Our mentors, teachers, seniors, counsellors, and employers have always advised us to get involved in extra curricular activities and attend as many workshops as possible. As more the certificates, the finer your resume`. Therefore, when there was this workshop on investigative journalism, organized by the department, we were all too eager to become a part of it. The enthusiasm was not only due to the new tactics of journalism that we were going to learn but also because of the attainment of the much desired certificate without paying even a single penny in the name of the registration fee!
So, when the clock struck eleven on Thursday two weeks back, I bunked my dreadful History class and, with a lot of fervour and zeal, headed towards the auditorium with two of my other friends who were nearly as excited about this event as me. Upon entering the cool, air conditioned room, we soon realized that we were late, and in order to get room in the front we ended up cramming ourselves on a two-seater. After all the hustle and bustle, when we looked around, we saw people with neat blue folders, ball point pens, writing pads and other accessories like dandy bookmarks and brochures to name a few. That bit got us agitated but after going through some oddities, even we managed to get our hands on those 'captivating' supplements.
Once we settled down and felt that we were ready to get the knack of this amusing branch of journalism, droopy eyes and discreet whispers made us conscious of the tediousness revolving around the whole space. This interesting yet idiotic realization was followed by the hideous photo session via cell phones and incessant laughter over the wierdest matters. So much so, even the guest speaker took notice of this and shook his head while looking at us for a wakeup call. However, as stubborn as we are, we kept ourselves occupied with our crazy nitty gritties without paying any heed to whatever was going on around us.
The refreshment box given at the end of the event indeed made all the boredom worthwhile!
God, you guys are stubborn...
ReplyDeleteAt least appreciate the fact, that despite your ignorance, you attended and did actually learn something from this session and write about it...
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ReplyDeletewhat did u actually learn from it?:p askin cz i dint attend it
ReplyDeletewell written and so true......but i feel if everyone was busy doing smthg else then its the weakness of the presenter ...as it must not have been captivating enough to indulge u guys in the subject
ReplyDeleteAyesha, as the title say, what was the price you had to pay...?
ReplyDeleteskipping history was the price i'd say :P
ReplyDeleteyaar we had to go through all that boredom for the sake of tht certificate! Wonder if we are even going to get it
ReplyDeletemaybe this was a useful lesson in how NOT to give a presentation
ReplyDelete:p
who was the speaker btw?
lol must say u people are able to extract the fun quotient at work places too.. :D
ReplyDeletefariha: Asif Shakeel
ReplyDeleteLol pls try not to incorporate 'so much' humor in ur writings :P
ReplyDeletelol........god u r so right ayesha.......sitting in there was AGONY!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLol....Everyone does the same in boring sessions such as these :p....well written!!...It all depends on the presenter....If hez good and presents in an interesting way then u might well get entertainment in a boring too :D
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ReplyDeleteLol Well written :). But why was it so boring that you guys didnt even pay attention to it? :P
ReplyDeleteAnd now even if you get the certificate then its great :D :P