ComFest 2006 - Day 1

I've come to the computer as soon as I can so that I don't forget anything. So, here goes...

Today, I reached school at the normal time, 7:30 AM, and directly entered the computer lab with my bag. I was the first one to reach the lab... even though I was the last one to enter the school gates!!!

Utsav and Rohit doing some programs for
the Programming and Debugging event

We had classes today. The first hour was computer, so all the computer students assembled at the lab for a practical. While everyone made programs, I played games! Gaming was one of my events, and I had never played such visually stunning games ever before. So everyone continuously stared at my computer screen as I fragged Ranger in Quake III Arena! After that we had 2 hours of practice at the lab... no one to disturb us. I tried to start a multiplayer game, but the network wasn't working quite well... there were problems... if the network worked, the computer did not run the game! If the game could run on a system, there was no DirectX.

Me and Vipul in our lab. And you'll see more out of focus pictures.

Vipul practised making his website for the website design event. Akshat practised Adobe Photoshop, and others practised their stuff.

At 10:15 AM, we started packing up. Principal ma'am told us to try to get the first prize... the third time! And then we boarded the school bus... bus number 3. Mr Rajani did not go with us. Mrs. Vinayak went with us this time. For the past three year, Mr. Rajani used to go with us. But this year he had some appointment, so Mrs. Vinayak went with us.

The entire team: (from the teacher, anticlockwise) Mrs. Vinayak, Akshat Wahi, Rohit Singh, Utsav Kesarwani, Varsha Saha (the little face), Milan Preet Kaur Bhalla, Utkarsh sinha (thats me), Himadri Roy, Utkarsh Agarwal (that's not me), Rajat. Picture taken by: Vipul Agarwal.

At 10:27 AM, we left the school and started our journey to Jaipuria. I don't know why, but we took the longer route. In the bus, we had a lot of fun. Vipul took a lot of photos, and I did some magic for everyone. We reached Jaipuria at 10:51 AM.

Leaving school the first day

On our way...

Me and Vipul... yet again

From the outside we could see a marching group. We thought we would be welcomed by that group. But they did nothing as we entered. Maybe they were there to welcome someone else.

Finally... we reached the place... Seth Anand Ram Jaipuria School.

When we reached the registration desk, I noticed a drastic change. We were not given a folder, a paper pad and a pen as. I had expected that we would get at least those things (I had went without them!!) We got just one thick pad, one pen and some information about the various events. We also got some ads... for the BEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEP (no advertisement in the blog!!)

The familiar setting

CF 05 - Dr. VSEC Kidwai Nagar

We moved to the hall I had been to thrice. The seats had been arranged for our team. And a tag was hung behind a chair that clearly showed our school code - CF05. After sometime, the topic for the topic for the Website Design event was declared. The drivers of the digital camera were also installed just before the breakfast.

And after that we had to go for breakfast. The breakfast was good... Liked it a lot. But Vipul did not eat a thing... he had a fast (today is Saturday).

The chief guest

Once the breakfast was over, the competition began. There were some opening speeches and a song. And the events started. The events started late... about 15 minutes, at 12:45 PM. My event was one of the first events - Cartoon film making. I had seen some tutorials at on the internet. But none of them came into use. The topic was Alien and Earth-tech. We had to make a cartoon film on this topic. I made one... but the result was still unknown.

I just made the cartoon film. And in the last 15 minutes, I added some sounds. I used Macromedia Flash MX and Fruityloops 6. There were some more softwares too, but I did not use them... it would be a waste of time.

While I was working on the cartoon film, they started showing a movie, Lage Raho Munna Bhai All of our team members had already seen that movie (read an earlier entry: Did not get the time to post yesterday...), so everyone was a bit bored on hearing the same things again.

When I came out, I got to know that we had lot the Junior gaming event. Junior gaming has never been our strong point. The Quiz prelims had also taken place while I was in the computer lab, making a film. The collage making event also took place.

All these events ended at around 2:30 PM. Then we had to go for lunch. This time, the lunch was a bit more lavish than the previous years. :D But Vipul could not enjoy it... his fast. The head of the computer department in Jaipuria, Ma'am Kapoor, personally came to Vipul and asked him if they could arrange some fruits for him. So nice of her! The lunch ended at 3 PM.


Then there were some more events. The group discussion prelims. That event started at 4:30 PM. I was bored. So we just moved around and I took our my deck of cards and [omitted]. The contestants of the GD returned, and then it was time for snacks.

Then I had another event. The Senior gaming event. This has been our strength just once - last year, when Ahmed bhaiyya was the gamer. This year, the game that was selected was Need For Speed - Most Wanted on a PlayStation 2 console! I hadn't played games on a computer... and now I had to use a remote.

The organizers tried to start the game. But the game would not start initially. Later (when it did run), the game crashed in between. So the game was changed. We now had to play Tekken - the game in the junior gaming event.

The event was taking place on a PS2, so there were two remote controls. The game was being projected onto a screen. The room had been darkened, so it was clearly visible.

When the game started, I had to select my player. I thought my player had been selected, but actually, that player was my opponent's player. My player was some girl. So when the game started, I was extremely shocked, that I had to play with a girl... and in front of her was a muscular hunk. No match. My opponent won 2 consecutive round. Then I won one. But finally, he won another round so he was declared the winner. I did not qualify. So we lost the senior gaming event.

Then we again roamed here and there for some time. The web design event had started. So had the programming event. And the strangest thing of the day happened. Our teacher escort, Mrs. Vinayak was [omitted].

Finally, we left Jaipuria at around 7 PM. While leaving we met Mr. Khanna. And there was some peon who had asked several times if Mr. Pankaj Gupta had left the school. I came to know that he was now in Delhi.

We boarded the bus again, and we were on our way back to school. A lot was discussed about [omitted]. Then Vipul and I sat together. He told me the things he did and didn't in the web design event. And when we were back in school. All of us went back together. We'll meet tomorrow again, at 8:15 AM.

Lets see what happens tomorrow. I have two event - Surprise and X-plode.