04/09/2014

04/09/2014; 13:42:

I’m not sure if I want to fall to retrospect & write about the last 3-4 days. The highlight of 31st, 1st & 2nd evenings has been our TI Stall.
On 31st, we were told to set up two stalls, to sell SunBurn Passes and Atharv Merchandise, one, the usual one at TI Ground floor and the other one in their food court.
Someone had turned up with a laptop, and some while later, we’d set it up, to be playing SunBurn videos, to give people an idea of what it is that we are selling passes for. We did successfully sell a fair number of passes.

1st September also saw us going to TI Mall, to our usual stall. I had new company and we sat in the food court, generally talking to people and letting them know about the event. Someone asked about a Spray Painting Workshop that is happening as part of Atharv; it was a nice feeling to know that people are actually aware of and talking about Atharv.
Later in the evening, we walked ourselves to Chappan, to get two MoU’s signed, from two food places- one Frankie place & another that serves frozen yoghurt. We ended up bumping into friends from college who were returning from O2 café. We were advised to pay it a visit, and we did. The ambience was nice, as were the beverages we got.
The night of 1st was spent planning what all we would spend the next day doing, since it was an impromptu holiday. After a lot of discussion, we agreed to go to O2 Café, for lunch and then head to TI to our usual passes-selling business.
2nd September was thus spent, eating good pasta at O2 café and then heading to TI, where we did brisk business. Over this course of over a week of daily TI-visits, I’ve managed to meet a lot of random new people; also, all of TI’s staff now recongnize me as one of them, so much so that I was given the 20% employee-discount, when I ate at F.Y.I., in the food-court.

Yesterday, aka the 3rd of September saw an informal batch-gathering, in the lawn in front of the library, where all the food & other stalls are being set up. The evening was spent, walking around Kothari Market, the ‘clothes bazaar’, looking for a specific type of black net, which was needed for Vanity- the fashion event. We ended up back at TI, and I was guided to Pantaloons. Akanksha had taken it upon herself to make me buy some pretty clothes- I tried on printed pants, jumpsuits, tops, dresses and even a crop-top. I did finally leave with some shopping, probably one of the first times that I did manage to shop clothes in Indore (aka without my mother needing to tell me to). (I’ve bought too many pairs of heels after getting here, so, we’ll pretend that that doesn’t count!).
We then headed to Taas for dinner. We ordered quickly, for there was a 10 p.m. bus back to campus that we had to catch. Our dinner was supposed to be served in 15 minutes, but, they came & went, with no sign of any food. We raised concerns and were suddenly served our soup. We informed them that it was not the wait that was a problem, but simply the fact that we had a bus to catch. They were nice in that they let us know that it would be another 10-12 minutes before any food was served; we thanked and left, heading to McDonald’s instead.
Once back, there was so much to do on campus; posters & banners were being put up. I found myself pasting labels onto MUN placards along with 8-10 other people. MUN Kits, complete with ID cards, notepads & pens were being assembled and the excitement in the air was palatable. It was like the fest was finally happening! Here and now! 6-7 months of preparation had boiled down to this moment and were we thrilled!