First day of law class

'6.59.. do u wanna go to college today or not?"
hubby shakes me awake rudely.
i rub my eyes. Its a clear day today....that being the first condition for me to be able to  attend college..(the burns  that i sustained about two weeks back , and the untiring  Mumbai rains kept me grounded at home for at least ) 6.59 am doesnt give me time for much, i think, as i need to leave by 7.15 at least to reach by 7.30. the college is just a drive away, some solace that!.

i idly wonder if the students wud think i was an unmarried  eccentric old lady,  since i was a skirt(courtesy burns). nobody seemed to notice, or at least nobody asked anything.

while most parents, father or mother were standing at various roads, waiting with their wards for the school bus, my son gave me a piggy back on his bike to reach me to my alma mater, 7.30 sharp.

just like that first day in  NM college in 1983, the whole class is filled to the brim. but unlike that time, the last benches were taken..the first bench was empty. i plonked myself on the first bench close to the exit wall, and turned to the lady behind..have u been attending the lectures last week?..
she grinned . my first day too..here's the time table, and the teachers...i just got it from the guys behind me..i grin back , as i copy the timetable, in haste.

enters one sir, (whom i had seen on the ground floor.), and i wait in eager anticipation for the first lecture.

imagine my disappointment, when i realise that the place from where i am sitting, the board is shinning...some things never change, do they? also, i cud hardly hear anything he was teaching, and not at all helped by the whole class buzzing with conversations.

i was almost ruing having this college, when I took courage and told him i cudnt hear much of what he was saying...that is when he said..........ur teacher is not here.

oh, wow, first lecture free lecture!.

i decided to visit the canteen,  and found four girls also wanting to see it, and since as  a good student in 83-88 years, i had not stepped in the college canteen for more than 3 times in five years,i was determined to correct it, this time at least.

though the canteen was an apology, i was still thrilled enough, to use my BB to send a pic of it to my friends.

i also inquired about the college library.im thrilled, three continious  years of books... 5th floor. somebody says,...lift not for students..ah, il check it later, i decide, when my leg heals.

then the topic turned to reference books to be brought. when somebody spotted the topper of the college...he will give a good idea of what books we need to refer to...the girls rush, i follow lazily....other guys watching him being serenaded by 15 odd ladies.

then its time for the second lecture.. the sir for labor laws, is not good, the girls insist, im sitting anyway, i insist, and they  follow me, and i firmly change my seat to a first bench where i can see the blckboard clearly and hopefully would be more audible.

the sir started dictating notes on I D Act 1947 (industrial Disputes Act..for the uninitiated :P, and im  back to taking notes in a so so handwriting..and believe my fingers started to ache.

though class wud finish at 10.50m i leave at 10.30, I call up son to leave me at Kandivali Stn for my job.

and that ends the first day of college.