SATIRE: 2nd semesters are the busiest!

 

Quadri Yahya

A diary-keeping student will have a lot happenings to write about in the second semester more than the first semester or session break or hostel hubbub or shuttle struggle. For me, a jotter can no longer contain every thoughts, every events, every cancelled lectures I wish to write about. I write it somewhere nevertheless; I write in cryptic wordings on class group; I scribble it on my white plastic table as I whirl away time through the week after they canceled 8 out of 10 lectures fixed. In my writeups, I commend organizers and cancellers alike. They made the semester so worthwhile!

The second semester are unarguably the best part of academic life on campus; you get to experience rollercoaster learning. The ambiance tells you you are in for a tough academic journey. The journey that your CGPA not only depends on but also your life.

Unfortunately it is often short though I sometimes feel it’s the longest semester because of the many things happening simultaneously. At the same time, it is short. Some students will say second semester is life. But I don’t see second semester as such because many things are going on. While life can be interesting in itself, in the individual living it; all the most intriguing ups and downs of life play out in the second semester: the parties, the unscheduled breaks, the assignments, the finished foodstuff, the presentations, the parties, the parties and then the exams. 

The lightning of the second semester’s viewing centre does not fade out immediately the match ends; it lingers. The speaker continues to whistle. Some of the viewers remain seated in the dimly lit centre, on the benches, as most of us shuffle, shove against one another to leave. The game is over.