Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Cell phone seizures and VTU bans....

what the hell???
i mean seriously...they took away my cell phone...!!!
i'm really pissed that i had to give it to them...and give in to their arrogant attitude...

it was a boring tuesday afternoon on the 25th of oct, i was sitting there lost in thoughts, in the C class that we were having, not bothered in the least to listen coz i knew that stuff already...
and then there was someone at the door, an unknown face, seemed like a part of the faculty, i didnt care, our lecturer ran up to him, spoke a few words, nodded and got back to teaching...
a couple of minutes later about 3 or 4 people enter the classroom. we stood up giving them all due respect. one of them walked right up to the front and started talking before he reached, "all those having mobile phones please hand it over otherwise we will have to take it forcibly if found when we check your belongings...". we sat down gradually as he waved his hand. my hand involuntarily went to my pocket and felt my cell phone. i was the last one to sit. not before i looked back to see one of them standing in the back looking at me with my hand in my pocket. the panic button was pressed in my head...my heartbeat accelerated, "oh my god, what do i do? i'm gonna have to give it!". sitting a couple of benches ahead of the last in the corner left me a little vulnerable to view. there wasn't much time to think, time raced while he walked between the rows and i barely heard him moan something about the college possibly being put in the newspapers for its students being notorious in carrying cellphones despite the ban by VTU...blah blah.
i pulled out my cell and held it in my hand, i'm gonna have to let go of it...damn. what was worse was the possibility of being insulted in class when i would have to hand it over...he walked up the rows, scanning, as he reached my row, he saw my cell placed on the table, took it and handed me a sheet of paper, i wrote my name, model and number of the cell. wow, my hand was spastic, i struggled to write clearly...took forever to remember that i had a sony ericsson. i handed over the sheet as a few eyes from around the class looked at me...he gave it to a couple of guys behind me. good to know i would have company. poor whoever! his cell was a good one. then i hear him mumble more about us not needing to bother about getting back those cellphones. then they were gone. i felt like Neo in The Matrix: me at my desk, a cell phone (at the center of things), some people looking for me and my brain racing for solutions.
it took some time for me to realize that the class was continuing...some friends asked if i would get it back, some others said i would.

it was only in the break that i realized i just had another of my panic attacks. oh damn... over a stupid cell phone!. of course they will give it back. they better. i got to know from a senior that i would have to pay a fine to get it back.

its only later that i realize, i'm not gonna be getting it for some time, 4 days hols as rains lash Bangalore, and then a whole week of holidays for Diwali. did somebody wish me a happy diwali?

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