Where I want to be...

IIM-K is the most beautiful campus I have ever seen. Located in the outskirts of Calicut on top of 2 adjoining hills, it has a spectacular view from the hostel balconies. U wake up at 4.30AM in the morning to see clouds floating on your balcony. There is absolutely no pollution, the air smells pure and there is a serene atmosphere. You get the feeling of tranquility when you enter there.

The infrastructure is simply superb, equipped with Wi-Fi thoughout the campus. You can sit on the lawn and work on your asignments if you want.

I went into the library at 5AM in the morning as soon as I reached to find people working away on their laptops. A couple of them recognized me from my previous visit and jumped up with a cheerful face. They were all ready to go for a drive at 5 AM after working for the whole night. No complaints and no cribbings.

Breakfast at 8 on a sunday morning has a few students in the mess - My friends and a few other who belong to the rare species of waking up early and going to bed early. Breakfast consists of Aloo parathas, corn flakes, Egg burji, tea/coffee. I enjoyed every morsel of it.

The campus comes alive at around 4PM on Sunday because thats when everybody is awake and deciding what to do about the deadlines for the next day. Even around 6PM, surprisingly the place is comparitively quiet. When I walk near the hostels I can hear loud music from some rooms, but otherwise there is no unruly behavior like UGs. People mind their own business, probably because they dont have time for anything else :)

There is no restiction out there on anything - attendance/reporting time into the hostel. There is even no warden. Girls can get into boys' hostel anytime and vice versa.In spite of all this, not a single unpleasant event has been reported till date.

The guys over here are not geeks, the opposite , in fact. They are ready for fun at any time, any place the only constraint being that there should be no deadline the next day.

Im visibly impressed. This is probably where I want to be, I would give anything for it.
But I'm afraid I might have already screwed up my chances. I can see my vision dimming away each day.
Sometimes, I want to write CAT again , just to have the privilege of studying in a place like this.
But on hindsight, i know this would be a bad idea.

Somethings are just not meant to be, I guess....