September 08,2014 is officially marked by me as "My First Uni Day"...I like the sound of it as I sit on my bed with the laptop on my lap and my mobile resting besides me. SEECS officials declared the first week of opening to be "Week of Welcome 2k14" (I am really impressed at how they make common words into wonderful abbreviations).
This was an exciting week. Some of us met their acquaintances, others met their close friends who they brought along, and many stayed single. Fortunately I met an acquaintance. We hardly knew each other despite the fact that we were in the same college and we had seen each other but never even said "Hi!"
Technically I met one but practically I met two because they both were twin brothers and their faces matched approx 85% so, they were "one" but they were "two"; hope you get my point.
I hung out with them. We had lunches together, we moved together, played together, passed comments, etc, etc but I was never comfortable with them because of the fact that we had some major and addictive differences and I didn't want myself to change; that is why I went single.
Who said "ragging" is not done in NUST. Ragging, a popular word, is also done in NUST. Although not as much as its done in other universities, ragging in NUST means totally checking the confidence level of a Freshie (The new 1st semester students). Now the confidence checking can be in any form; they might order you to sing a song, they might order you to shout out loud (like really really loud!), they might order you to give them a treat, or simple as that they might ask you to introduce yourself. But don't expect them to be easy; they may leave you or they may wipe the floor with you.
That being said but there is always a solution to everything...You stay the best in your confidence, they will never rag you. At least that is what I did. I have no shame in saying "I was ragged" but when I was, I was never out of confidence. I stayed firm in my conscience and people couldn't outrun me.
I am not going to tell you how I was ragged because that would spoil the whole fun for some who are planning to keep SEECS as a second home someday...
Along with the ragging, we have different societies in SEECS introducing themselves to the new batch mates by celebrating on every day of the first week. They gave us cake to eat. They held many exciting activities such as robo-fighting, balloon shaving, etc. They invited us to join their societies which we all did. Almost every society had a membership fee. Some had more than I could've thought. Others were just normal so I went with the normal part rather than being in a family full of rich burgers.
Overall the first week was really a WoW. They are no better words to say other than "Total Awesomeness". In short, I made some friends, joined a society, spent a lot of time in the cafeteria, ate, ate and then ate again till I was sure I couldn't eat any more of the happiness.
