Dissertation submission:
Cycled uphill, why is the university road like this, when you go towards the library, you need to ride your bicycle uphill, and by the time you reach hallward, you are tired, you tend to start deep breaths, I think it’s out of purpose.. Telling ‘wake up’ and breathe... Locked up my bike in the stands, Walked in to the library... had a decision to make, print in the basement, or in the upper floor. Upper level, i walked towards the computers, and was agam (and mihir) already printing. All right,. Damm am late.. 10.10 And I am sure the first print I take out will have mistakes. So, I gave a first B/W- complete copy, and started reading, expecting to find some mistakes.
Agam, was printing it chapter by chapter and arranging it together, in the library in the morning he had his each chapter in a different word file, (dint Saurabh teach him how to organize all of it in one word file? as he had taught me). I was sure that he will miss out one of the prints.”So Agam, how much done”, Agam ,“ I ve done it to the best of all I can, with all the constraints that we had, I am satisfied, I had done so much of research, but dint find time to include all of it in my report, I am just printing it off ...“ thumbs up ! Sekar,” do we really have to submit it by 12.00”, “I don’t think so, they have kept the deadline as 12.00 so that we submit the copy at least by 4.00” that’s when the close the office.
Saurabh walks into the library with all smiles. He had given his report for binding “ hello MR. Sekar, they are taking 1 hour to bind see they have asked me to come at 11:10...!” shows his receipt showing the collection time. He started burning his CD, which he has to submit to Benson. Sekar” so how is your work”, Saurabh, “I have done loads of work; still I feel I could have done even more”. I kept reading my draft, I am sure it has many spelling mistakes, but I need to spot it now, last chance to correct mistakes, that’s the challenge... Saurabh, “Arreee sekar, if you require any help let me know, I’ll do”. “Sure dude, I’ll ask”. ” But go fast, it will get late otherwise it might get late, print it and go off, not enough time to check mistakes now..!”,he is right, I checked my watch,10.20Am, and was telling to myself, “hum I will read for 20 more minutes, cos, 15 min printing, then run down to the binding shop at the Portland building at 10.50, get it bound at 11.45AM, cycle down to the school office at 11.59AM”, I could still manage to submit by 12. Agam walks out, towards the print shop, as i was still proof reading.
Hope it goes on well. Ok ...Ah, yes, I found a spelling mistake in my conclusion (report), and one in introduction. I am poor at writing, I got it proof read by Lincy the previous night and Ashwin has been helping to structure the dissertation for the past one week... and my essay still has errors... Hope i get through in this masters, god, I ll never do a Phd. I can’t...! Ha ha.. I ve not slept the previous night..! Not eaten since 7.30Pm the previous night. , I have my submission at 12(hardly 2 hours left) and I am thinking about not doing a Phd. This is how weird the mind works...
Ok, enough, I printed out 2 sets(final ones) of the report “Saurabh I need your help to arrange these pages yaar, can you fold this A3 so that it fits into this A4 report.”,” sure”, and as he was binding it, Thanks Man, “ don’t ever mention it...!” this time with a angry tone.. Smiles exchanged. I will meet you later on in the day..! , took the prints in hand, took the bicycle, and was holding the printed sheets in one hand and was riding the cycle in the other. The print shop is down the hill at portland..., As i was cycling down,
Kalpesh comes up walking in the opposite direction, towards the library. He had taken the prints and given it for binding “Hey put ur prints into the bag, why r u cycling holding your final prints like that?” Sekar,” No time to put them in the bag dude, I’ll see you again.”, “go fast, and there is a big queue. I will see you in the binding shop again, i need to collect the binding at 11.30”, and OMG is it going to take more time? I managed to reach the Portland building at 10.50. Saw Caro at the lobby, “Denish” this is how she calls me, South American accent..., Caro, “Who look very different with the beard”, I almost forgot that I ve not shaved my beard for almost a month now...! “Yak... work pressure” “I am late for the submission”, Caro” don’t worry, I have a submission form, you can use it, that ll save your time, while giving in you submission”, Thank god, see how he helps, “thank you very much”, J . Yes there is a big queue in the print shop. Damm, I can’t submit on time, the shopkeeper refused to take in my binding entry, as there were many people waiting behind... It is already 11.00. At 11.05, he took my entry, and asked to come at 12.30 to collect the binding. “ o please, I have my submission at 12.00.”, “But there many people waiting, so..”
Ya, all my friends in architecture have their submission at 12.00., Kadir, Bala, Vikas, Tanisha, Jeevan, Deepika; everyone were there in the queue. That’s it, gone... My final thesis submission is going to be late then... As i was standing there worried, wishing some miracle to happen and the binding guy works faster, Saurabh walks into the shop. It was 11.10, he had come to collect his binding. “Hi, when is your collection time”, “ 12.30, It shouldn’t be a problem. They ll accept submissions even till 4.00”, “Really”, I wish it was true, but wanted to do my final academic submission in life (hopefully if I clear it), on time. I still have time, god help. Saurabh soon disappeared with his final bound copy for submission. At 11.35, Kalpesh walks in, his binding was done as well. His report looks like huge. Done, I ve done the smallest report of all...! “Dude this looks like a Phd thesis, huge”... “Aree.. Half of it is appendix man, sitll i exceeded 17000 words”, Mine was 12200 words, the smallest. Agam has missed one page in print as I had already expected, and was getting it bound again. Saurabh, Agam, Kalpesh left on time, by 11.45, this will give 15 min to walk to the school and submit on time.
Suddenly an miracle happenes, god exists, by 11.55 every one leaves (for submission) the print shop, queue disappears and its free..., I was waiting with vikas and jeevan.. and the binding guy offers to give me my binding immediately. 11.56, I got my binding, dint check my binding, gave him 10 ponds, and got the change, dint bother to check the change. “ thanks a lot, cheers”, “ all the best” Ran toward my cycle. Cycled towards the school office, thats a mile away... Kalpesh was walking towards the office... “So soon, how, dude this is not fair” “hey come soon dudes, its already late”... AS I enter the school office, “ helloooo..... blab la bla,... “, everybody talking and sharing smiles.”Huge crowd, Surabh and Agam hav already made their submission, and I managed to reach the office at 2 minutes to 12.00!, and Kalpesh walks it 30 seconds later...! By the time we filled in the forms and gave the reports along with the CD, exactly 12.00, we managed to submit on time...!
Gr8, Hold on, we totally forgot about Pranav, Where is he?.. “Agam where is Pranav”., “ He is at the hallward library, his index got mixed up, he is still printing”., “ oh shit...!”. “I am filling in his submission form”. The lady collecting the report in school office says,” No worries, we are open till 4.00 for collection”., so sweet.. Kalpesh and Agam ran towards the library to help Pranav with his submission. Saurabh and me met Benson to drop the copy of my CD to him. “you guys should feel very proud of yourself, so you are ready to fly” I typical Benson accent. “Saurabh, we should develop your dissertation into a research paper. How long are you here in Nottingham”? “I am here for two more weeks”.” Good we will have a discussion and carry this forward”. He then turns to me and for the sake of...” Denish how long are you here”. I am here for at least 4 more months Benson”. “That’s nice..; good I am sending a mail to all of you now. We will meet for a party tomorrow at the cannel club” cheers. Nice well-done etc.!
Then we decided to walk back towards the library Saurabh, “I still feel I could have done better”... “Dude, forget it. I know you have done loads of work. You did a detailed model, computer simulations, reading writing etc, etc..!” Sometimes even I felt I have not done enough justice to dissertation seeing his work..!” ya, I have done enough work, and I can give all the details to Benson if he asked for, the model, report, images and all, I have spent 200 pound on my model, and hopefully 500 pounds for my whole dissertation”. This really made me feel guilty. I have spent some 60 odd bucks! All right we had a chat with Dhara, Kadir, Vikas outside the library regarding jobs and stay..! Walked in the library... It was 12.30, Pranav was still printing. “Dude, I have not slept for 48 hours now, brain is not working”. Agam was writing pranav’s abstract. Cool, he will submit it by 1.00, anyways. We clicked photographs, all smiles, discussion regarding Mc Donald’s job and professional jobs..! As Pranav walked towards the Binding shop, we( Agam, Saurabh, Kalpesh and me) walked out. “This might be the last week our student cards works in this library”, hum yak... the course it over......! this is not the end. Here begins the real story...! Results, Graduation .... more to come....
Written on : 5Th September 2009
Published on : 24th December 2009
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