It was bright sunny on a Monday morning and we had our final project presentation at college. (There will be another one) But this would carry 100 marks of our total of 200 marks. I got up very early so that I get ready on time. I ironed my dress till there was not a single wrinkle on it. I wanted this to be a perfect day. But somehow I was convinced that it would not be a cakewalk.
We had decided to meet at 9 AM and be prepared for the presentation. But when I reached college, only Bhuvan was present there. I was instantly reminded of the proverb- "In life, everything does not happen according to the way you want it". I was disappointed but there was nothing I could do. I stood numb in the corridors trying very hard to come up with a solution and find a way out of this mess. At first, my pessimistic thoughts told me to go and cancel our presentation and tell them we were not prepared. But the optimist in me said we could manage it somehow.
Bhuvan was at the shop getting the printout of the report which was so pathetically formatted (all of us are to be blamed for that). I was surprised that the reviewers did not slam it on our faces. I could see all of us failing then. Since we were the 3rd batch, there was sometime before our turn came. Ambika came from her hometown directly to college, she did not know the developments in the project or her part in the presentation. I felt so helpless. We had two options: either sit and sulk about our irresponsible work or sit and work out something before our turn came. Of course we chose the second option. Ambika and I worked on the ppt while Bhuvan and Anusha got everything ready to show the demo of our project. Our turn would arrive in 15 minutes and we hurried through it. We did not have time to decide who would present what. We managed to finally consolidate everything on time.
Our turn arrived and we entered the presentation room. Since our laptops have become moving desktops now, we need to plug in to the power supply in order to get it working. Meanwhile the reviewers were taking a look at our report. By the time we could set up the laptop and boot it, they started shooting questions about the project. Now this part is very easy as long as we know how to make them understand our point. So one question led to another and they understood the working of our whole idea behind the project without the use of slides and paper (and also without Bhuvan's turrrrrr turrrrr lines on the paper ;) ) But this post would go for a waste if I didn't mention about Bhuvan's presentation that day. He had that confidence in his tone and body language and he was so articulate that everybody understood the concept very well. They did not have any more questions for us. Everybody seemed to like the idea and they were very happy with the efforts put in by us in the past 5 months. At that moment, all of us forgot the roller coaster ride we had in the morning and were so joyous. What we couldn't achieve by sitting at home for a week was achieved in less than 60 minutes as a TEAM which stands for "Together Everyone Can Achieve More".
Lastly, I would say that all this would not be possible without the continuous faith of Sudarshan Sir in us and for motivating us all this while; for being our inspiration for now and for years to come. It is also unfair if I conclude his contribution in just 2 lines. ( A separate post on Sudarshan Sir titled "Superman Sudarshan" will be up shortly) ;)
All in all a memorable day! :)
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