An Inconsequential Fare at CEG - 13-June-2009

Another day of inconsequence; spent in boredom. I assure Kalpana's absence had nothing to do with it.

Inauspicious Start

• Day started with total chaos at domestic front... Wife had exams & I had classes... Clothes not pressed; spectacles missing; books not to be found... Missiles & Temper flying... Ended in the same way it does every time... Me waving a white flag on seeing a chapatti rolling pin in my wife’s hand.
• With the hurry to reach university in time, drove through Chennai roads reminiscing my college days... Burning tyres, screeching brakes, screaming passer-bys, swearing pedestrians... which again ended in same way it always does... a police fine for traffic violation.

Fifteen minutes late... No faculty; No surprise...

OB for Guys

• OB faculty for Guys walked in... Damn it! Vijay was absent and I was in the direct line of sight. Looked around for cover but got caught before I could duck. She touched upon many things off which I remember nothing. If she was looking for a Type B Extrovert, she need not have looked beyond yours truly.
• For some example, she asked if somebody was from Kerala... and all eyes were on Anups_18. She didn't bother even as much to turn and see the face of the faculty. Guess she is still smarting about the treatment met to the girls in the last class. No complaints there, Anupa. You owe me a cup of coffee for not telling the faculty that you were from the god's own country.
• When I quoted her as an example for Extroversion and Statistics lecturer for Introversion (for spending more time with the book and the blackboard), she mentioned that she didn't want controversial examples. Didn't have any funny ones in my bag... so, we all let it go.
• Midway through the lecture, she referred to me as the student of Psychology, and asked some question. This was getting a bit repetitive and I just ignored her at first and later gave her some unnecessary retorts. Guess I should have handled it with more finesse. Sorry, ma'm... Got out the wrong side of the bed... I owe you an apology.
• I counted that she entered the girls' area 5 times - a record of sorts. I think she did realize her earlier folly and concentrated on the weaker sex for longer periods than last time. Good start, anyway. Let us call it as "OB for all", from now on.
• One small suggestion to students. While she was talking about different types of personalities... Try creating a "Personality Inventory" in your notebooks and keep listing down your own Personality Type. eg: Type A, Introvert, Task-Oriented etc., This will give you a fairly good idea about your personality.

All said and done, she has got a very cute accent when she speaks Tamil and she also has a nice smile. She does have a pleasant personality, doesn't she???

Ok, guys... shut your traps! I'll stop with the buttering part. I am not trying to take advantage of Vijay's absence. My wife still has the rolling pin at home.

Assignment-O-Phobia

• The class stuck by assignment-o-phobia since Deepthi sent the assignment questions.
• Priya and her companion (I didn't get her name) had beautiful smiles on their faces until I mentioned the "A" word. Their dumb-stuck faces said it all. Assignments were news to them and I, unfortunately, was the person to break the news to them.
• Division of assignments completed with Prabu offloading most of his work to Anto. Found a willing scapegoat in Kuldi.
• Deepthi was supposed to do Statistics but didn't see much of her after noon. Kalpana opted for Accounts but didn't see the whole of her for the full day.
• Stay brave, folks... Deadline is 26th July... Only 14 @ 2 assignments per subject... Just 140 pages @ 20 pages per assignment... Time to cooperate, collaborate, collude and copy.
• Reach out to Sudha for additional information.

Statistics-in-absentia or is it "Absent Minded Statistics"

• Statistics professor rolled in an hour late. Reason...Traffic Jam. Apologies given; accepted. Btw, were you stuck in the traffic jam or were you responsible for one???
• His love affair with the textbook and blackboard continued unabated. Small matter of us sitting there. His motto is "Learn on Your Own". No further explanation required...
• All except one conveniently forgot his request for calculators. Looking back, his class turned out to be the most interesting. He gave a fast tutorial about how to use Calculators except that he was too far away for me to understand what button he was pointing to... Not your mistake, Sir, It is all mine.
• He elaborated about POISON... oops... POISSON distribution. Some of the former would be great if that was an option to the classes conducted by some faculty.
• He mentioned that he was given only a short notice for taking our class. Anyway, how much notice is needed to copy what is there in the notebook to the blackboard? God knows...

He wanted student's agreement for extending the session by 15 minutes. After the reaction for his earlier request for having an additional hour, I could visualize the whole class looking at him and saying... "Yoouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu WISH"

Overall, it was not that bad a session.

TOPSEE Lunch

Anto took us to a new restaurant named TOPSEE. Good food; Bad Price; Worst lighting.

After naming it as TOPSEE on the outside, they could have spared a moment to put a couple of light bulbs inside. There was no way to see anything inside. Like blind men with poles, we poked around with the forks to trace our food. I used this opportunity to swipe a bite or two from Prabu and Anto's biriyani. Some of my noodles also went missing. Guess those two played the same trick on me. Too bad that we couldn't sneak out in the dark without paying the cheque.

Kuldi was let loose to find a Veg restaurant. He came back later and somehow found us inside TOPSEE. Good eye-sight, mate. He mentioned his grandparents don't even eat onions, potatoes or anything that grows underground but he eats them for convenience. Am sure your son is going to enjoy the delightful taste of chicken and lamb while you regret not eating it when you were younger. Never late to change, mate... Think about it!!!

Economics for All

We got another new faculty for economics. Looks like we'll have the most no. of lecturers by the time the course finishes. He stuck to his task - teaching, and I stuck to mine - sleeping. We both did what we do best for next hour and a half. I don't remember much of what he taught but only thing I remember is that he gave a lots and lots of notes.

It stuck 4 and the economics lecturer stay put.

At 4:03 - Prabu got a bit restless; At 4:07 - a bit agitated; At 4:09 - a bit violent. I think the lecturer saw the violent streak on his face and decided to close shop. He still managed to spend another 15 minutes taking attendance.

We all left for home leaving Anupa behind.

Trivia

• Kuldi offered to finish the Accounts assignments by Sunday and write it on the board. He has also offered to teach Accounts. Anybody interested, join the party and put in a word of appreciation for him.
• Sudha had got an earful from the co-coordinator after asking for a proper lecturer for Economics. Poor soul!!!
• saras_dreamy lost in her own world; suganya_sukumar and shebaselvaraj join my COMPLETE MISS list. Remember girls, there is always an option... DND... Much better than ignoring.
• Deepu528 joins the SURE HIT list.

Have a great weekend.

Pras

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