mY LasT LaB eXaM (Hopefuly)

S 7 labs just ended and ya its the last lab exams in my life (Hopefully, if i will pass in them)... Ya I m adding those lines in the braces coz i m not sure if I will pass in one of those exams.

Being a MTHSSian, I have been attending lab exams from VIIIth and by god's grace I have been very good in lab exams, especially in the Electronics labs. On 18th i had my last (Again, Hopefully the last one) in my B.Tech life. It was the communication Lab II. It was really a bad lab from the day I of the lab, the main cause being that Mr.XX was in charge of it. No one was there to verify the results and no one to approach if we didn't get the output's. the only help was from Biju sir when he accidentally step into the lab in our lab hours.
Anyways we did the experiments as much as we can and got OP for almost every experiments. Since no one really bothered about the OP everything was just fine.

Now i will come to the 18th of December 2007, My comm lab exam date. I was in the first batch to get in on that day. Got inside the lab. I was really tensed (which normally don't happen with me ) prayed well and took up the qn paper and looked at it. I was like OMG ... when i saw the 8085 interfacing with DAC to generate a triangular wave qn. I had no idea even abt the instruction set of 8085 at that time.

Had no other choice that to replace the qn. Had to suffer lota chori for that. The next qn being to demonstrate TDM without using any switching IC's. I was quite confident in getting the Op. But wen i designed the ckt with transistor's, they wanted me to do it using MOSFET. I designed the ckt and moved to the desk with components. I had a first touch on a real MOSFET at that time only !

Almost 1 hr has already passed by now and i wired up the ckt and powered on the power supply. Yep, the CRO screen was blank. And in between the viva went. It wasn't that bad.. but was never a good one. Now the tension grew up and time went by. At around 1:10 pm, taking 40 extra min, and with the help from Mr. Cijo, I cud get a partial OP on my answer paper.

With a heavy heart, i had to walk out from the lab. With all my previous mark lists with marks above 68 in all labs, I am praying to get a pass mark in the last electronics lab in my Life.

You too pls do pray 4 me ..

hOneY, i GoT pLacEd

02.03.07: It was one of the most eventful days "sambhava bahulamaaya dinam" in my life. Not just another placement blog !

It was on 2.3.07 when wipro visited our campus ... the first company to visit the campus for the 04-08 batch ... [:d]

As any elec student wud do, i too was appearing for vlsi. The pre-placement talk was scheduled to start @ 8:30 am (thatz what our placement coordinators had announced). The selection process was like they will come and do a presentation, then a written round and that followed by a tech interview and a HR interview...

Got brother's byke for conveyance. The deal was that i would go and pick him up from his office at Vytila after i finished my placement process at college. Started off from home with good hope and confidence to get into Wipro, if i have enough of HIS grace. Reached college well before time, as i always do. There were only a few people in the college. Yeah everyone was kinda nervous to write the first 'real' placement test. (we had written a lot of dose mock placement tests : Thankz to the Placement Cell, MEC )

By 9:00 am or so almost everyone in my batch reached the college and the nervousness and tension was clearly visible on many of them. Every one was eagerly waiting for the arrival of the Wipro team who are now our God's ... :D

Before it was too late, the wipro team reached the college and we, the students who were waiting for them in the auditorium was in the most disciplined fashion welcoming our God's of the day. I don't remember the name of the peple who came, but i remember the team contained some 8 - 10 ppl. 4 of them i remember by their looks. 2 of them obviously were 'pretty angels', another guy with a katta buji look and another guy with a rude look, and unfortunately was the head of the team, the HR head ... :D

Then it was some 1+ hr of presentation. To be frank, it was boring like any presentation. But no one was bothered about getting bored but was really trying to keep their brains work on what he was speaking there. Yeah it was a bit difficult (not exactly a bit in fact) to listen when some one is talking (like teaching) after being @ a college like MEC for 3 yrs. With all the enthusiasm everyone tried their level best and was successful in at least keeping oneself awake for the whole time of the ppt. So after the ppt it was time for us to write the prelim written exam. It was kinda OK qn ppr. I cud answer some 50% of them .. guessed the rest, though there was -ve marking (and i strictly advise you to do the same for Wipro exams if u r gonna write one) By some 12 in the noon the exam was done and we waited for the results to be announced.

We took our food and waited for the results to come. It took some time for the results to be announced. ya i was tensed, so was most of us. but some were confident, that they wont clear and some had already been selected without the written test (the top 5 ppl in each branch! ). At around 2 pm the results were announced at the audi and we listened when they read out the list, our figures crossed ...

It was a mixed feeling after hearing the list. Ya i was there is the list (in the last sections only) but many of us couldn't make it into the interview sessions. It was heart breaking for some while life giving for some others. After that they put up the list for interview. There were some 8 interview panels i think, 3 for VLSI n 5 for s/w. I was allotted the 1st panel and the time was 4:30 and i was the last but 1 person in the list for that panel. Now its the time full of tension n all .. d 1st people in d list have entered the cabin n r undergoing the interviews.

We were waiting at a room preparing for the interview with streetman, Gaykwad, Boylsted etc etc n ya some even had a mirror [:P]

The 1st news came about the interview results was that Vidya, the topper of our class was fired in the tech interview with one of the angels (who is an XMECian) and it was more than a Shock for us. We became more nervous and waited for every one's slot.

It was around 5pm when i was called for the interview. It was the same 'angel' who fired vidya who is now gonna interview me. (Vidya was called back by her within half an hr! Things like dat always happen!) . i was tensed but could keep a smile on my face before her (how rude it will be not to smile to her? ) The interview started with a C program, which was a totally unexpected qn still i could manage to write and the interview proceeded with some BASIC electronics qns ONLY. (Like trans as a switch, zener break down, tunnel diode etc etc etc. ) it lasted for some 15 mins and i was qualified to attend the next round, the HR. Had to wait for about some 7:30pm to get my HR interview done and it wasn't a big deal with the expected qns like self intro, expectation from company, etc etc etc ...

Now that i have finished all the process of placement, i waited like the rest of 120+ students in the audi. By about 9:30 - 10 only the final results came and I, along with my 110 friends was placed in Wipro. It was really a glad moment for every one of us. Despite the tiring day, every ones face seemed fresh with happiness except a very few who were not lucky enough that they were dropped in the HR.

Now its around 10 pm and now i m gonna leave college to pick up vinu chettan and go to home. Till then i hadn't took my dinner and was really hungry. Kurian came with me and i dropped him at his house at edappally, and moved to Vytilla to Vinu Chetan's office. reached there by 10:30 and he was ready to leave with me. Both of us were hungry and it was myself who wanted to celebrate the placement ! We decided to go to some hotel in Ernakulam and not to go to the Thattu Kada @ kalamassery.

We started from his office at Vytilla to Ernakulam through S.A road. He was riding the byke and since i had a lot to talk about the things that happened a few hours ago, neither of us wore the helmet. (Usually both of us have a habit of wearing helmet while riding) i was holding the helmet in my hand and was talking to him. There was not much traffic in the road since it was around 11 pm.

Everything was fine till we reached the Manorama Jn . We were in a normal speed sme 45- 50 kmph only, but still it was too fast for Vinu chettan to break and stop the byke before we had a Kiss with a recklessly driven auto.

I can have a super slow motion replay of the event. It goes like this : Vinu chettan was driving talking with me, it was me who saw a vehicle from opposite direction with an indicator towards panampally nagar showing no signs to stop at the junction. Though i had a feeling its not stopping, but i hoped for the better. By this time Vinu Chettan also had understood that things are not gonna be really nice. He tried his best but it wasn't enough. The auto driver, not surprisingly as any other person of his profession was not bothered about any one else on the road untill he is hit. We hit him by the side and i seriously understood we were going to hit but don't remember hitting the auto. I was out of my mind for a few seconds.

The next moment i remember, i was on the road kissing it with my face some 5 feets ahead of the auto. I tried to getup and what i could see was the auto (a big auto, make: vikram) had its wheels on its sides and our byke terribly damaged. But I had no clue where my brother was. I was really worried at that moment. i was looking on the other end of the road. I am sure i really would have cried if i couldn't find him inside the driver cabin of the auto very soon. He could getup from there and see that i am with him, with no major problems.

What happened there was with the hit, he was thrown to the front and he hit against the side bar of the auto and went into the driver cabin of the auto. I was actually thrown above my brother over the auto to the road hitting my face.

Now that we have successfully got up from that position we looked for the losses/damages in each other. I had a wound in my wrist, when my watch strap pierced my skin to the flesh. It wasn't that deep still it was bleeding in good amount. And by that time i could feel some bulging in my face, mainly in my lips and around my left eye. Vinu chettan lacked any wounds on his body in the first sight. But the brand new Titan watch which is less that 3 weeks old was missing and also his mobile phone. He got his mobile phone in a few mins search but it was the end of his watch.
By this time there were some 20 - 25 ppl around us, every one staring at us and no one coming near us even to help us move the byke. It was really embarrassing that the only people who came near was some auto drivers, just because it was a accident involving an auto and it was clear that it was all the mistake of the auto driver and i think he was drunken. A crowd of auto drivers came around and "The" auto driver vanished all of a sudden ! I was taken to the Medical trust hospital in an auto and brother stayed there to settle things. Reached MTH causality they just cleaned the wound and gave me a bed to rest. I called appa and infromed that i was all fine. They had already started from home geting call from Vinu chettan that i was taken to hospital and that he is all fine. I am sure it was a great relief for my parent to listen my voice and know that i m also fit n fine. I lied down on the bed. It wasn't much painful or anything, but i was bothered about the injuries on my face. I asked for water and a nurse bought me water in a steel glass. After i had water, i was trying to see the reflection of my face on that steel glass and was making sure that i got no broken teeth or a deep wound in my face. [:D] A sister saw that and smiled and told me, its all OK, u r perfect ... [:d] i too smiled at her but my chin was aching

After a few min of lying down in that bed, with a green color screen near me, it was too irritating and boring. I called Govind (he lived neat Ekm south) and asked him to come down to the hospital. A few more minutes of wait, my parents reached there and both them and me got a relief. The doctor in the causality had told that i need a stitching on my wrist and need to be admitted.

Very soon Vinu chettan came and soon came Govind. Vinu chettan, though had no wounds on his body has severe pain and could hardly move. Both of us were taken for X-ray and later was admitted. There was not even a single vacant room in the 16 + storied hospital ! Not even a AC / delux / any room ! it was really strange. but it was the truth. I was admitted in the H ward and my brother in K ward (if i m not mistaken)

By this time Govind brought some dress and fruits for us. Since he could do no more help, i asked him to go home and he went after some time. I really felt the byte of the Kochin Mosquitoes that nite ! The pain in my wrist was getting more severe and it was really hard to keep the mosquitoes away with one arm and keep the other in rest in a lifted position. None of us could sleep that nite jus b'coz of those mosquitoes.

The longest night in my life however ended with a sunrise. It was really nice to see the morning rays to take a break from the kochin mosquitoes. At around 8 am Doctor visited me and was taken to stitch my wrist. I was at the operating theater stitching was done. i was taken to there and waited in a room, for around 10 - 15 mins. A young man was lying near me, and when i inquired he told he is gonna have an operation to remove his kidney to donate it to his brother!

From that room i was taken to the operating room. A small room where a doctor and a nurse did the stitching. Since there was local anastassia, i had no pain at all ... It all ended in some 15 mins and then the worst thing of all, i was taken to the post operation ward of MTH for observation of 1 hr !!!

It was a big room with lots of beds and almost every bed was occupied with patients and more space was occupied with bio medical equipments that with patients. It was the worst time i had in MTH. The people near me are under observation after serious operations like inserting steel rod. OMG i cant tell u how difficult it was to be there. I really understood at that point, it is nothing that happened to me. Really i was thanking god in that room. But i was too much disturbed with the "cries " of the people around me. After around 1.5 hrs i was taken ut of that room to my bed.

There were many of my relatives waiting for me there.. [:p] Every one happy to see me with not much injuries ... I was discharged the very same day. Vinu chettan had some "chathavu" all over his body and some pain killers were enough for it. He was discharged earlier in the morning.

Left the hospital by around 2pm. And the trip to have a wonderful meal after getting a placement ended in 3 food less sessions. The next time i took food was on that day night. i spent 1 full day with out any proper food !!!

So that was the most eventful day of my life!