Alcheringa motivating the Techniche within me

Alcheringa, my college cultural fest, which I thought would just boil down to pro-nites for a Techniche (my college Technical fest) member like me. Especially after 1^st year where all were friends and there was no concept of a department or it was just for name sake, where all were trying to know each other better and all were supposedly really great, it was difficult to think that there could be a better Alcheringa feel than the one in the first year. I guess it was too presumptuous of me to think like that or probably it was really difficult to imagine college life without certain situations and without certain people. 

Nevertheless Alcheringa for me in my 2^nd year turned out to be more fun than the previous one. Yeah I know how it feels to be a part of a big fest for the first time. I know how the new feelings have a very special place and how it is unforgettable. Despite all this I felt that my 2^nd year Alcher weighs more than my 1^st year. I am really wondering what is making me feel this. Was it the magnitude and the participation this year which was 10x better than the previous year? But it couldn’t be could it? I’d have to be a core team member of Alcher to feel that way, I was just an audience. So what was it that made me feel this way? I certainly had lesser friends than my 1^st year so that isn’t something which I would be energetic about but I guess I got my answer the night I was tired after organizing an event called Eatopia in this fest. That night I had deep and sound sleep and woke up in the morning all fresh. It felt great! I wondered, after JEE how many times have I woke up in my room in my college with such freshness? I think I hardly have. Definitely I became less obedient, less sincere and less hardworking than my JEE preparation days and now there was seldom a time where “real” studying made me “really” tired which ended up in strong sound sleep.

 So, it was ultimately that work which I performed as an organizer in Alcher for which I am ready to lower the bars of those maiden feelings as a first year as well. Weird isn’t it? But the revival of JEE days makes me happier, actually, happiest! Ofcourse my life doesn’t end after JEE or something that I can just look back and be happy but well to be frank till now I haven’t even experienced something very magnanimous in my college life to compare it to the level which JEE preparation days have in my life. Be it with respect to the sanctity of JEE, the level of the teachers, the kind of friends or the kind of enjoyment I had during JEE prep nothing stands even close to it. But yeah this work of organizing an event not only gave me that sound sleep but also a lot of small moments with big impacts. 

Firstly, thanks to this event I met one of the most interesting people I have met in my college. Such a person whom I’d imagined being in my batch as my friend irrespective of our department or aims. Well but life’s full of surprises, this guy turns out to be my junior. Although he’s very innocent to be with someone like me but well then which senior doesn’t think of his/her junior to be a kid. May be not always but as seniors we have our moments. So, yeah I was really glad to come across and interact with people like him and hell! I crave for more of such sorts. 

Secondly, the event in itself was so interesting that it made me feel ecstatic! Also, on the second day of Alcher when I was completely free I randomly decided to participate in “So you think you can dance” event where the prelims comprised of impromptu dance whereas, I had actually gone to watch Electric heels to cheer my college dance club. To my astonishment out of more than 70 participants I got selected for the finals in the top 15 (I guess). This was so random and it felt awesome! I was wondering what I should do for the finals coz there were many good classical dancers and others who had prepared in advance for this event. I realized I cannot win the finals so in the end decided to do some crazy weird dance and enjoy myself fully. I did what I thought I had to and had one of the best times in these few days. Also thanks to my useless co-organizer ;) who was such a sweetheart throughout. Overall Alcheringa leaves me happier, confident and with a whole new level of energy ironically to work better for Techniche. \m/ :D