RIVIERA '07

Last week (22nd Jan - 25th Jan '07) was one of mine most memorable week of my life...... my college had conducted a national level sports and cultural fest - the RIVIERA '07....... and I had been an integral part of the fest thanks to all the seniors..... I along with all of my friends had to start the work a week before the fest.....

The first job assigned to us was in the SALES committee...... we had to go around all the hostel blocks asking everyone who wanted Riviera T-Shirts and the concert tickets for Riviera...... It was a very different experience as you get to meet almost all the 5-6 thousand boys of VIT Hostel which you would have never thought of ever doing.....and it was a tedious job too..... going from one room to another asking each and every person if he wanted the t-shirts and tickets or not......but with all our seniors around.....the job became much more simpler than it would have been.....

Then my second job was to sit at the counter and give out the t-shirts and tickets for those who had ordered 2 days later..... I took up this opportunity to use my contacts with my seniors to book myself a seat at the counter giving out t-shirts and tickets to the girls ;)....... and i managed to retain the same counter for 3 days continuous :D......its sometimes very advantageous if you know some seniors very well......trust me on this......well apart fro the jokes..... the 3 days distributing was the best time I ever had.......Met up with many new people and made more friends among the seniors.....

After that I was yet again given another job......my third one......this was on a day before the Riviera started.......I was the assigned to the RECEPTION committee......I had to escort all the colleges coming from out of town to their respective dorms......clear up their doubts and give them the appropriate instructions regarding the fest.......colleges came from all over the country......their were a total of 61 college represented at this fest from all over the country......from MP to Kerala, from AP to Maharashtra......it truly seems a national level fest......
The day was here......after the opening ceremony the fest took off......here I got my 4th job......I was assigned by the sports coordinator as the in charge for conducting all the tennis matches.......well at first I thought it would be a piece of cake doing this job as an in charge as i was assigned almost 10 first years as volunteers under me......I thought i would sit around and just give instructions to all of them (some may think how selfish of me...... but these volunteers were first years !!! and me second year......I had to show some attitude yaar.....come on.....I was faced with similar circumstances in my 1st year!!:( ).....anyways.....but I was wrong about just sitting around...... since I was the in charge I had to make sure all the tennis matches went on without any problems......or else I would be the one to be blamed for...... Thats what my coordinator told me later......thats when I got on my foot and started doing some serious job not trusting completely on the juniors......but anyhow the set of juniors which i had got were also very co-operative..... they did almost everything I said without complaining even once......Then that evening we had the PARIKRAMA concert.....which I would say was mind blowing......I have never seen anyone play live like them......they rocked to the core with all the AC-DC, Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd songs they played.....If I ever get a chance to see them play again anywhere else......I would surely go for it at any cost.....and again thanks to my seniors....I got to meet them and take a few snaps with them......

The second day was not so much interesting other than just conducting the semi-finals for the tennis matches......the rest of the day was quite dull for me anyways......but my other friends who weren’t doing anything said that the competitions of western bands -The HEADBANGERS CALL as we call it - was really good with bands from many different colleges playing rock music and competing of the top position......well it was too bad i wasnt able to listen to them due to the tennis matches :( ......

The third day was the best...... I had only one tennis match to supervise....that was the final.....then I had gone with my 7 other friends for the AD-ZAP competition......we were initially selected in the selections which was conducted 1 month ago as only 2 teams from my college can take part......even though we had really sucked in the selection round we somehow got selected.......and even I cant believe it that my team got the 3rd place in this competitions where there were many other colleges competing along with us too...... I felt it like a great achievement......ok ok I know I am flying a little here.....but what to do....its human emotions......;).......anyhow we got the 3rd place and got a trophy each and a cash prize of 1000/- bucks......now that was the most discouraging part......only 1000 bucks between 8 people......what justice does this do......we just went out to lunch to celebrate the occasion and the bill of our feast alone came up to 800 BUCKS..... we were left with only 25 bucks each:((......but what can one do about it now.....but the more important thing is that I had a lot of fun in all this.....then that evening was the 2nd concert......we had KK performing live for us.....he too rocked.....he played all the famous hindi tracks which would make you dance and sing all along......he was really outstanding......

Well if you just want to catch a glimpse of the parikrama or KK concert or want to see how I won the ad-zap.....just go to the personal section of this site to view the videos......

The final day was a kind of rest day for all of us.....with all the competitions almost over and all the colleges leaving we had a little peace of mind that day.......we had a DJ nite that evening just for VIT students to party the successful completion of the fest....that night me and my friends were treated by our seniors at a nearby restaurant......

I know i have written a very long blog this time.....but what can I do......it was so much exciting that I had to put it all down here......anyways I have updated my picture gallery in the personal section with all the pictures of I had taken On the RIVIERA......please free to view them......