My rants
happened to read a post where the author had invited me to rant and so here I am
"
cmin to the latter part of my weekend..that was much better..got 2 see a full scale cultural at hell at last..albeit org 4 one particular department only..after a hundred enquiries, threats, pleas n wat not we get to organise smthin akin to a cultural fest at hell.. (LOL..lookin fwd to ram's rants..u listenin mate?)
spent time in the usual manner..some booing, some ridiculin, very little catcallin, even more booing..n all that jazz!
also had a fair stab at cnductin this JAM thing as part of the fest..which was monopolised by 2 guyz who il say more abt in future posts (lookin fwd to those too..) only i dunno y the org had to call this JAM gladiator(!)..
anyways..methinks me had a fair stab at it.. :)
..thats that abt the week(end) that was..
all's well that ends well!"
This was the invite that has resulted in this post...
disclaimer first .....My first thoughts after reading the above lines..
"If only Balaji had asked me a year back..............."
Those were days when I was goin strong with my rhetoric abt what
Balaji fondly refers to as HELL..Sadly the halycon days of blogging atleast
in terms of my taking potshots at hell are behind me....But then again
am not someone to walkaway from a golden opportunity...
For the major part of one full academic yr I was involved in organising
events for the only 2 active components of the cultural association of hell..
The procedures involved were literally back breaking...So for the most part
I wil limit myself to talking about the procedure..
Say ,we had to organise a quiz..
First we needed a quiz master.The problem wil almost
immediately be solved when some student mamber volunteers to don the
role.The problem started then.
We needed a place to host the event.Hell as big as it was,
had only 1 place that had the very basic provisions needed for a quiz.
As luck would hav it, This place was a cherished treasure in Hell's armour.
We needed the consent of the staff in charge to begin with.Our staff in charge was a
gem of a man (NO wise cracks like "is he a Ginger Eating Monkey ?? permitted here )
and that issue was also easily sorted..This sets in motion the long n laborious process
of writing numerous letters..
First the staff in charge has to give a letter to the AO.The AO had retired from some
govt. service or the other 25 yrs ago and was recruited by hell for his experience in %$@#^&.
The AO wil take a little more than 2 hours 34 mins 53 seconds (I checked this
with my stop clock twice) to read the letter and then check his organiser to see
if the place was available on the requested date.If the place was not already
reserved , the AO will scribble his signature.If u think the scribble lasts only a few seconds,
THINK AGAIN.His scribble lasted for 22 mins 12 seconds.Once he remarked because of the
hurry I was in ,he had resorted to using his half-signature...Half-sign for 12 mins ???? SIGH........
Now the obvious qn will be what happens If the place had already been reserved???
Thats when the fun starts..The AO will not allow us to take a look in the schedule.
The zeal with which he guards the scrap in which he has noted down the dates
will put the priory of sion to shame.There is an unconfirmed report that
Dan Brown identified many of the methods of the secret societies by observing
our very own AO..The reports as I said are yet to be confirmed.Failing to get
some response to the alternative dates when the venue is available , I
have to go back to the staff in charge get a different letter with a different date..
The process is iterative .You are saved when the random number that is
the date in the letter written by the staff in charge happens to be one of those days
when the venue is free......
After going thru the iterative process that is infernal to say the least, poor souls will
assume the whole charade is over...NOT QUITE..
Having booked the venue , you have to write separate letters to be
handed over to some staff member ,who will make arrangements for necessary
Audio Visual aids.And then you had to follow it up with another letter to get power supply..
Can you imagine ???? You book the venue but fail to give the letter to the concerned authority
who is inchrge of power supply, you will have the venue but no power....
(Long time members of the quiz club will remember the ordeal we had to go thru,
when during our first quiz which was on a sunday we had failed to inform the concerned people,
and VENKAT currently at a different Hell had to go to the residence of a Helper to bring him to work....)
After doing all this, you have to revisit all these people once
again a day before the scheduled event to remind them of the
impending event...and if you are sufficiently blessed , the event will happen
without any glitches and 5 odd quizzers will compete for 3 prizes.....
If you are a godforsaken soul like yours truly ,
the event will start late, have lotsa hassles and 2 people
will fight for 3 prizes with one of the 2 being the staff in charge..........
This is not a part fiction part reality story..........
Am sure you get the drift of the difficulties involved in making things happen
at Hell....I have just thrown some light on one of the very many procedures n
practices of the cultural association..I dont intend to take the rest to my grave,
so watch this space for more.....
Until next time I write abt hell...................................
P.S:
Santosh uses conversations very effectively in his wonderful blog...
Am not sure if he reads this , but if he does read I urge him to
do a post on the stalwarts of Hell in his "Hum hain naa " style...
"
cmin to the latter part of my weekend..that was much better..got 2 see a full scale cultural at hell at last..albeit org 4 one particular department only..after a hundred enquiries, threats, pleas n wat not we get to organise smthin akin to a cultural fest at hell.. (LOL..lookin fwd to ram's rants..u listenin mate?)
spent time in the usual manner..some booing, some ridiculin, very little catcallin, even more booing..n all that jazz!
also had a fair stab at cnductin this JAM thing as part of the fest..which was monopolised by 2 guyz who il say more abt in future posts (lookin fwd to those too..) only i dunno y the org had to call this JAM gladiator(!)..
anyways..methinks me had a fair stab at it.. :)
..thats that abt the week(end) that was..
all's well that ends well!"
This was the invite that has resulted in this post...
disclaimer first .....My first thoughts after reading the above lines..
"If only Balaji had asked me a year back..............."
Those were days when I was goin strong with my rhetoric abt what
Balaji fondly refers to as HELL..Sadly the halycon days of blogging atleast
in terms of my taking potshots at hell are behind me....But then again
am not someone to walkaway from a golden opportunity...
For the major part of one full academic yr I was involved in organising
events for the only 2 active components of the cultural association of hell..
The procedures involved were literally back breaking...So for the most part
I wil limit myself to talking about the procedure..
Say ,we had to organise a quiz..
First we needed a quiz master.The problem wil almost
immediately be solved when some student mamber volunteers to don the
role.The problem started then.
We needed a place to host the event.Hell as big as it was,
had only 1 place that had the very basic provisions needed for a quiz.
As luck would hav it, This place was a cherished treasure in Hell's armour.
We needed the consent of the staff in charge to begin with.Our staff in charge was a
gem of a man (NO wise cracks like "is he a Ginger Eating Monkey ?? permitted here )
and that issue was also easily sorted..This sets in motion the long n laborious process
of writing numerous letters..
First the staff in charge has to give a letter to the AO.The AO had retired from some
govt. service or the other 25 yrs ago and was recruited by hell for his experience in %$@#^&.
The AO wil take a little more than 2 hours 34 mins 53 seconds (I checked this
with my stop clock twice) to read the letter and then check his organiser to see
if the place was available on the requested date.If the place was not already
reserved , the AO will scribble his signature.If u think the scribble lasts only a few seconds,
THINK AGAIN.His scribble lasted for 22 mins 12 seconds.Once he remarked because of the
hurry I was in ,he had resorted to using his half-signature...Half-sign for 12 mins ???? SIGH........
Now the obvious qn will be what happens If the place had already been reserved???
Thats when the fun starts..The AO will not allow us to take a look in the schedule.
The zeal with which he guards the scrap in which he has noted down the dates
will put the priory of sion to shame.There is an unconfirmed report that
Dan Brown identified many of the methods of the secret societies by observing
our very own AO..The reports as I said are yet to be confirmed.Failing to get
some response to the alternative dates when the venue is available , I
have to go back to the staff in charge get a different letter with a different date..
The process is iterative .You are saved when the random number that is
the date in the letter written by the staff in charge happens to be one of those days
when the venue is free......
After going thru the iterative process that is infernal to say the least, poor souls will
assume the whole charade is over...NOT QUITE..
Having booked the venue , you have to write separate letters to be
handed over to some staff member ,who will make arrangements for necessary
Audio Visual aids.And then you had to follow it up with another letter to get power supply..
Can you imagine ???? You book the venue but fail to give the letter to the concerned authority
who is inchrge of power supply, you will have the venue but no power....
(Long time members of the quiz club will remember the ordeal we had to go thru,
when during our first quiz which was on a sunday we had failed to inform the concerned people,
and VENKAT currently at a different Hell had to go to the residence of a Helper to bring him to work....)
After doing all this, you have to revisit all these people once
again a day before the scheduled event to remind them of the
impending event...and if you are sufficiently blessed , the event will happen
without any glitches and 5 odd quizzers will compete for 3 prizes.....
If you are a godforsaken soul like yours truly ,
the event will start late, have lotsa hassles and 2 people
will fight for 3 prizes with one of the 2 being the staff in charge..........
This is not a part fiction part reality story..........
Am sure you get the drift of the difficulties involved in making things happen
at Hell....I have just thrown some light on one of the very many procedures n
practices of the cultural association..I dont intend to take the rest to my grave,
so watch this space for more.....
Until next time I write abt hell...................................
P.S:
Santosh uses conversations very effectively in his wonderful blog...
Am not sure if he reads this , but if he does read I urge him to
do a post on the stalwarts of Hell in his "Hum hain naa " style...
posted by Ram at 10:54 AM
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