First Time @ XLRI ....

I was into the second day in Dhanbad express, looking very much forward for the XL Xperiance. In Jharkhand and Bihar, the people have the habit of stopping the train and getting into it where ever they like. Some friends will board the train at the previous station and pull the chain to stop the train and take their friends . As we had some guys to talk with, we felt ok. Otherwise the condition would have been different. Coupled with an hour's delay at Roukela, we landed at TataNagar(jamshedpurs' Railway station) with a huge delay of 4 hours. Well into the afternoon Jamshedpur was at his hottest self, crowd cramming up the railway station and Jharkhand was there for all of us to Enjoy. Porters spoke an incomprehendable language and we all decided to move on ourselves. Sun was scroching on us and we were in a mess. We had no breakfast as there was no good station on our way and lunch was delayed till 1 PM. we also had to walk around with the Luggages. Saaji and CM went to collect the bike that saaji had parcelled along with the train. Two others went with their parents to the hotel and other 4 of us began to bargain for some taxi. We never got any good deal, burnt by heat, we decided to pay anything to reach XLRI. After all this was much better than the stressful interviews and those painful days waiting for the Waitlist to convert in. We all landed in XL. The Place of Jamshedpur may not be the most beautiful, but it was not definitely one of the those Bihari cities. The city is not great around TataNagar. But once you start exploring into the city, It is at its architectural best. The city was getting beautiful as we were coming close to XLRI. Our college is at the heart of the TATA kingdom with all the main Places surrounding it. I rate it as one of the Hippest place i had been to. We all were gasping for our breath which was worsened by downloading our lugagges from the Taxi. I was surprised when i saw that CM was my Roomie. I was jumping with joy. Never do they let two south indians share a room. CM was from Chennai and he worked at delhi. Probably that did the trick. Being happy with the fact that I can speak freely in tamil with a roomie for 2 more years, I walked into the hostel.

After the lunch, we all came back to the room and had a nice sleep till 5 PM. Waking up at 5 PM, we had bath and purchased the Bed from the Local Matress-wala. On having set everything in place, we wanted to go to the City. we all went to Bistupur(equivalent of Mount Road of chennai). we shopped for some bed-covers, pillow, hangers and all other accsories required for the hostel life. We all had a great time in a Magazine shop, all of us were shouting when we saw a copy of "Ananda Vigadan" and "Kumutham Reporter" in the shop. There is nothing like listening to your language or seeing your native things in a land far off.... After some great shopping, we all went to a chinese Restaurant and the food was acceptable. But the service in this part of the country is very poor. A typical chennai bearer may render a lot of service with a smiling face. Here the waiter may respond with angry gestures and you will even have to pour water into glasses yourself. Later, we came back to the hostel and had some long hours of chat.

Day 2 @ Jamshedpur

I had a great sleep till 9 AM . The climate in Jamshedpur was the only sour issue. The temperature the last night was as much as 38 Celcius and it was sweating like hell. All the guys felt that I would not be having issues as i am from chennai. But chennai climate is definitely better as it gets cold at chennai after 9 PM. Early morning 5:30 AM in Jamshedpur would be like 9 AM in chennai. That will explain how bad the climate is ...

The day was very dull and it went on into the afternoon where all of us had a nice sleep and also had a bath. Taking bath in the evening has become a habit for me. Later we all went to Coffee Day for a party meet.Cafe Coffee day may not have seen a similar crowd anytime in the recent past. we were more than 50 of us and we occupied the entire ground floor. We were shouting for orders and it was fun. we had as many drinks as possible and everybody got to taste almost all variants in CCD. All of us walked back from CCD to XLRI(4 Kms). The place is just great. There are not lot of places that you can enjoy. Probably after some time we may exhaust all the places and have no more place to visit. After the dinner, I found myself at the Computer center absoluely jobless to script in the entire thing.

More adventures in Shibu Soren's Land will follow soon.