The Fun Has Just Begun...

It felt like all the good part was over and it was time to pull up our socks and lead our lives like an ideal college student. Well fortunately, that was not the case! Yes, our lectures had begun and we had to attend them regularly, along with the tutorials, but I guess Aston strongly believed in and followed the phrase, 'all work and no play makes jack a dull boy'. Not only were the classes incremental in the level of difficulty but there was so much happening in and around the university that it would be next to impossible for one to feel the pressure of studies, even if there was any. While the pleasant whether prompted us to dress up and take a walk to the city centre, we were also involved in several activities hosted by our clubs and societies.

Interestingly, I had joined the Bhangra society, and was moving my feet to punjabi tunes, even at our first meeting! The first and second week after the freshers went in being part of the society meetings. The Hindu society meeting was most interesting of all of them. Well, the fact that they served samosas and dhoklas mad it all the more interesting, but that aside, the hindu society members were given a very interesting talk about hinduism and its importance and popularity in the world. This was probably the only meeting where I learnt something and filled my stomach! The Bhangra society, on the other hand, had a group of around 10 people who were instructing the newly joint members. Personally, the most captivating thing about the Bhangra society was dancing to live music from a Dhol! At the freshers fair, we had seen over 30 different societies which included varieties from ice skiing to tennis to cinematics.

I had even joint the drama and the music society. At meetings of the drama society. We were asked to give improvisational performances and the instructor, a student at Aston himself, coached us with various exercises, breathing and voice modulation techniques. There were even many interesting interactive games that we were asked to play during the meeting. While the drama society involved more of serious training, the music society, which did have training session, mostly involved self practice. Having met many friends at Aston and being a vocalist and guitarist myself, I, along with two other friends, one being a pianist and the other being a drummer, used to get together on wednesdays and weekends and jam. The first few weeks of Aston went off very quickly and before we knew it studies was catching up and exams were indeed around the corner. However, having been at Aston for almost a month now, I can confidently say that although the revision, tests and exams are coming up, the fun has just begun!!!