Oasis 2004

http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in:12346/bitsaa/menu_frames/index.htm

there is a oasis 2004 video up there. though its not the video of the
actual oasis fest as I thought, still its quite nostalgic. shows all
the departments at work before oasis and some glimpses of fashp. the
theme was Expressions Unleashed I think.

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tuls

what an exciting day

It was the height of excitement when I heard from a school friend
Sanjukta. We were in school together and then lost contact for almost
7 years. Today she discovered me on orkut and we synced up on yahoo.
its really really a small world now!
long live orkut!
long live yahoo!! (I mean untill google come up with something even better ;)).

The day started great too when I got my UCSD degree, all safe and
addressed to the correct place and person.
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tuls

new addition to our home

We have a new teddy bear added to our home, its big life sized and white. According to Rahul, it looks so real that he is scared to touch it, so you can imagine its so great. He was anyway thrilled to get it, me too especially since it came for free, well, almost, its one of the long stories on how :) Will have a picture here as soon as its all washed and dressed and ready for display.

driving to work!

finally I am driving to work, all by myself, parking in the office garage, its just great!! I am still slow, not all that confident to leave my hand off the wheel for even a sec to adjust the sun shade, but still its working.

Library

Yes, we have a big new great fancy impressive library on campus now. Its designed like a big pink jaipur palace, huge.


dear refli and stairs in front, do I have to say more about it, we all have our memories associated. closed now for some fancy structure 


ah, the new library, wait, is that pink, what happened to the yellow paint!! 


BITS Library entrance, phew are we still on campus 


This is where current BITSians study 


pillars pillars, more pillars, what happend to the nice cozy refli 


library stairs 

The campus and Insti

Lets start with the AC lecture/compree rooms everyone has been talking about. They are indeed great, high tech stuff, AC, projector, mic, lot like the lecture rooms in univs in US. No more sweating during comprees because of heat (but i guess students still sweat in comprees).


The AC lecture rooms everyone has been talking about 

Most of the insti is still the same though, I could still see myself walking in those coridors, sitting in the lawns, IC and everything is still there. Though these are a few additions like the fancy BOSM grounds gate.


BOSM grounds, fancy gate now behind ANC 

The D-lawns in front of FDIII are still there. Channel V and (probably nescafe) used to play music there during OASIS, and the nescafe stall, maggie at midnight! Those were fun times.


front of FDIII, this is where lot of oasis music used to happen, nescafe stands 

Sky was also the same, though empty. Not a single group having lachcha. Even pappu was not that busy. Just a couple of senti-semites (girls), hanging around in back sky, looking very bored, and they said that they were very bored. senti-sem is boring!!


sky, the sun clock, and pond behind that 


sky 

The SBBJ has a ATM on campus, plastic money has arrived.


We have a ATM on campus 

so have cell-phones...


Cell phones have arrived, lost also and treat assured 

The OASIS 2004 structure, great as ever, this time it was soemthing like a monstor, I could not find what the theme was.


OASIS 2004 structure, don't know what the theme was 

There were a lot more bike stands near IPC, and some wierd hurdles on the way.


do we have hurdle race in front of IPC, had no idea what these strcutures were for 

the bhawans

This is how the bhawans look now. Guys bhawans all enclosed with jalis, RP made into MB2, I think its still called RP though. It hosts the 5th yearites still, but only girls, and it has its own mess. I talked to some of them and they all said that food is just awesome the new mess. I could not find out where the 5th year guys have been dumped.


jailed gandhi 

Ah, our old wing has a new TV and a big equipment, which I first thought was a water cooler, but is related to the BITS connect thing.


new TV, this was our 3rd year wing 

Cycle stands in MB are still the same but there are a whole lot more cycles. The number of cycles in guys bhawans has also increased considerably. Well, I guess there is no more walking with your girl, holding her bike :). The insti seemed to be a big mess of cycles everywhere.


cycle stand in MB, and we can almost see the gatekeeping leaving after announcing a gate call 


attending the gate calls, MB gate 


RP, gates closed now, this 5th yearite terror bhawan for freshers is converted to girls hostel now, though still for 5th yearites