It all began that fateful day as I waited in the porch of the department of mechanical engineering at IISc. It was after an hour of dreary waiting that The Vysyan strode into the entrance hall of the department carrying a smug expression that I’ve now learned to associate with being The Vysyan. My academic career suddenly decided to dump my instincts and tag along with The Vysyan’s.
True – those two months at IISc were remarkable – what with Kaka and Ragu appearing side-by-side. At the end of a summer filled with “Yoo suk doode”s (Kaka style) and “Hoopla!”s, I was gloriously inducted, thanks to The Vysyan, into an Engineer committee mishappenly headed by The PenNerd.
My CFD performance gave me the first doubts with Kadoli (bless his soul again) awarding me an AA (obviously). I quickly went on to working once again under Ragu the following summer. Another hit.
My GRE performance really set me thinking. Others quickly followed – my SOP, fascination for PennState, university lists, TOEFL, a teaching assistantship (we taught the same class), joint-convenership of the same Engineer committee. It was hence with great consternation that I sought to know from The Vysyan when he received his first admit. And thus began the wait for January 17th, 19:30 hours.
January 17th, 19:30 hours has passed. I haven’t yet received my first admit. DAMN THE BLOODY COINCIDENCES!
4 Comments
January 19, 2009 at 8:22 am
You forgot mentioning about Avogadro??
January 19, 2009 at 8:23 am
Hail Avogadro!!!
January 19, 2009 at 1:18 pm
The Vysyan blesses you!
January 20, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I guess u cud have mentioned ur current project under kadoli too