NUST Olympiad 2013: The good, bad, awesomeness! (Day 1 & 2)

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Day 1:

For me day one meant running away from college in a hurry and getting to the NUST H-12 campus in uniform in public transport with friends (Their first time, they thought of it as an adventure) so that I could reach in time for the opening ceremony. While everyone stood at the reception looking their best in their colorful clothes, I stood in the line wearing a white shirt and steel grey pants in my prescription sunglasses. Looking like a fool and waiting for the bus to take us to the NIT auditorium, I felt excited. Entering the hall in and attending the opening ceremony in sun glasses sounds more weird. But it was fun. Hunger Games themes video for the opening ceremony and seriously professional short words by the important people on the stage meant it was a well planned opening ceremony and not a boring one. And thus the odds were in the favor of the winners.

While the rest of the peoplewent for the Human Flag (A replica of the Pakistan flag with lots and lots of people placing themselves holding green and white boards) I got caught up in a problem with my accommodation. Thanks to the liaison people for helping me out with the issue. Yes, I had paid, and thank you for informing me. It took me three hours, but they were helpful and I had to bother like, ten people to get me a place to stay. Which I totally did not avail because all my clothes (and my toothbrush, dentist in the making here) were at home.

So by the time I got free with the stay issue, it was evening. And that is when the fun began. The lok virsa started. I heard it was fun. 'Cuz I didn't attend it as I had to go home. Living far away in a village has it's perks. And cons too. But I had fun too. Went with a really good friend to have ice cream and window shopping for clothes. And I reached home with a ticket to the lok virsa that I did not attend.

I got to meet old friends and so many new people. Now THAT counts, right? *confused smile*

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Day 2:

So i reached the campus at 9 in the morning only to find out what an awesome event the lok virsa was, with all it's fire breathers and cultural dances. AAAH! I missed it. But whatever, I could only focus on what stood ahead. Excited to be participating in the Literary Death Match against a couple of my friends. My best friend was against me. But well, I beat her to get to the final rounds and after writing and delivering my poem, I get to find out I have to wait till the next night to get to know the results. Well, That wasn't bad. Just one and a half more day.

So I spent the rest of the roaming around campus, getting pictures taken and attending no event and eating ice cream all alone as I was just running after my friends whom I couldn't find. I finally found them at the Wall Climbing area. And Man, those contestants were great! It was fun to see people jumping like monkeys (sorry, but that's how some of you looked). Then as the sun set, I made way to the footsal gorund where I had heard that nearly 30 teams participated. That makes about 150 people! Seeing my friends play there was fun and meeting up with them was even funner. While on the sides girls' basketball went on. And one of my friends was off with her charcoal sketching competition.

And after having lots and lots of water (I don't take soft drinks) that every person seemed to get me after finding out I just drink that and won't take anything else, I finally managed to cope up with the dehydration. And when I got a hold of myself, I was in a really good place; The surprise social. And it was really great. The dance performance and the play by the students of FUMC were really really good. Also the duo playing acoutics songs. They were pretty cool. But the limelight was all on the play Akar Bakar which had recently been staged at Al-hamra in Lahore (Review to come soon). Now that was something you would expect to be quality and it was. The only downside was that the play started nearly three hours later than scheduled and a lot of people had to run back home.

So while I went to utilize the accommodation I had payed for, I didn't realize how I would sleep. We all were given mats to sleep on the floor. It rained in the night and I couldn't figure out how to turn the fan slow without hurting anyone's feelings, and while I went to slow down the fan (I couldn't figure out how to so gave up) and turned back, my sheet that was protecting me from the cold had vanished...

At least the day was fun!

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I am sorry if I missed out on any events. These are just the ones I had attended. You can look up the full list of events on the website here. Pictures courtesy: NUST Olympiad Facebook Page here