Last quizzing season of college

Been quizzing lately. I'm mid-way through my last quizzing season in college. It's been a lukewarm start. We won the regional round of the IMS Quiz at Patna. Since then it's been hard work and no rewards. We moved on to NIT Allahabad for their annual quiz fest Gnosiomania. We were in for a rude shock when we found ourselves up against corporate teams. What's more, these guys were behaving worse than school-kids in their desperation to win. Our team from BIT was by the far the best among the college teams. Our best result at Gnosiomania was a 2nd place in the Corporate quiz conducted by Biswabijoy Sen. Lost by narrow margins in some others.

After a week-long breather, it was on to Kshitij, IIT Kharagpur. We reached a day after the fest had begun, so we were made to run around for accommodation. You would think that IIT Kharagpur would be more amiable when it came to their neighbours from BIT Mesra but nothing of the sort. We weren't any good when it came to the Tech Quiz hosted by Avinash Mudaliar. Came in a close 4th in the Biz Quiz conducted by Arul Mani. Feeling kinda down. By this time of the year, Shoaib and I usually have our pockets nice and warm with a few thousand quizzing bucks. Well, looking forward to giving the eastern teams a good fight in the quarter finals of the IMS Quiz in Calcutta. Will be another good quizzing weekend.

Haven't spent a single weekend in the hostel this semester. Been traveling all over on quizzing trips. My expenses have gone through the roof. The prize money from NIT Allahabad would help to buffer it out for some time, but that doesn't seem to be coming in either. That's the big problem with college fests in India. The prize money never comes. They all make big promises. In this case, a certain Saket, the chief organizer promised us that we would receive our cheques in a jiffy. Never happened. Still waiting. I really hope the rest of the quizzing season is more productive materialistically.

Where does it all go after this? I don't know. I have no idea whether I'll find the time to quiz with the same fervor in the coming years. Been one helluva time quizzing in college. Great win record and even better memories. Some really fun trips to unlikely places with friends. It's not over yet. You can't take the quizzing out of the quizzer.