Its 7:30 in
the morning and I was trying to concentrate hard but there’s this distance
noise disturbed me. Soon enough I realized it’s nothing other than my alarm
clock. Having slept for only a couple of hours my mind was directing me to
sleep, but as everyday my clock won. I cleaned myself up and rushed to the mess
for breakfast. Its 8:25 am and I still have 3 minutes before the
class starts. Lesson one nailed – Time Management. TAPMI doesn’t run by IST, it
has its own – TST (TAPMI Standard Time). Simply put it just means that you’ll
miss an important lecture if you’re late even by a second. Never being able to
beat the professors on punctuality, who always arrive 5 minutes before, I
rushed into the class and the watch ticked 8:29 a.m. The class
started with some discussions followed by the case study and an all-time killer
surprise quiz. Amidst the seriousness of class few students were catching their
sleep. Everyone was checking the digital clock hanging on the wall repeatedly
to get the class over. Finally the class got over and its 12:45
p.m. which can only mean steaming hot lunch. After the lunch people are
slowly trickling back into the class – most taking power naps, some updating
their current affairs reading newspapers, few indulging in occasional gossip
and the remaining brushing up for the upcoming quiz. Now it was the second half
of the day. Heavy lunch started putting its effect on eyes of everyone during
the classes. All were trying hard to keep their eyes open. A group activity
during class made everyone awake suddenly. The classes continued till 4:00
p.m. and we had the quiz at 4:30 p.m. It’s 5 in the evening and
we are finally done with the classes and the quizzes, when a WhatsApp message
sends us hustling around. A group assignment needs to be submitted
by midnight. It’s time to catch up with my group members and crack our
head over the new assignment. Finally after a lot of brain storming we reached
at a common conclusion. We drafted the assignment before time and submitted since
we were sure that there would be no extension of deadline. Now it’s time for dinner with friends. During
dinner we discussed about all the happenings in the college and all the
happenings in the respective sections, latest gossips in the college, latest
pairs and the list is endless. After dinner it was time for relaxation at
TAPMI’s own lawn named as Tapmi Greens. After a long day I returned to my room
at 10pm. But suddenly received a reminder mail mentioning there was a batch address
by Placement Committee at 11pm. Within 1hr I read for the next quiz. Then at
10.50pm the whole batch rushed to the seminar hall for the meeting. The meeting
got over at 11.45pm. How can we miss the birthday celebration of our friend? At
12am we celebrated the birthday together with birthday bashes and cake cutting
and many more fun in the well (Tapmi’s own place for all sorts of celebrations).
Finally around 12:30 a.m., I returned to my hostel room. For us 12 a.m. is just
the beginning of a long night. Still I had 3 to 4 hours to go before sleep. I
started my pre-reads for next class and individual assignments. Now it’s
3.30am. Eyes are no more giving permission to continue. Sleep prevailed over my
tired body and I slept with the great hope of a awesome day ahead.
Apart from regular days, where we
can see academic rigors (including guest lecturers, seminars committee events),
there are many fun filled days as well. We celebrate all the festivals together
irrespective of the states from which we belong. Apart from studying, we get
enough platforms to show our talents in innumerable of events. To name a few
events like Episode during the month of October (whole college including senior
and junior is divided in to different groups which compete with each other to
show their talents in various fields starting from academic to cultural),
Brandscan (Tapmi’s own market research fair), Speed (Annual sports fest),
Atharva (intercollege events where students from various top level colleges
participate and a unique quizzing event is organized at Kaup beach),
Waves(Intra Tapmi cultural events). Apart from various events, we celebrate
various festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam, Pongal, and Dussehera. We spent
here many sleepless nights but each moment is worth of living. We live each
moment, we enjoy each moment, and we dream every moment for our future. I could
not realize when one year passed like this. I am looking forward a great year
ahead.
