Before I actually write whatever I wanted to write, let me say this - no, I did not win a prize, and no, I am not disappointed.

Anyway the Technical Paper Presentation Contest at our college came to an end today.  My presentation on Optical Storage Technology and DVD was at around 11 AM, and it went well.  Today I thought there was a higher number of talks that I actually liked.  We had two parallel sessions and that made things run more smoothly.  After lunch there was a gap of an hour and a half (or so) with nothing to do, and at 3:30 PM there was a function for the prize distribution and the conclusion of the event that went on for *cough* *cough* more than TWO HOURS!  I got home very late (almost 8 PM) and I was extremely tired (I also didn't eat anything during the whole day, and I slept late last night too).  So after I got home I had dinner, then slept for a while... and then woke up in time to watch Star Trek: Voyager at 11 PM.

Okay, now about the prizes.  I was quite happy with the way my presentations went off, and it would have been nice to win, but I'll admit there was always the thought in the back of my head that I wouldn't win - because the stuff that I spoke about (PHP) isn't conventional.  Anyway I appreciate all those in the audience who told me they liked my presentation a lot, thanks for the kind words!  I am really happy because I got a chance to talk about what goes on behind the scenes on this site (in 7 minutes?  Yes!).  And I'd like to personally say thanks to all the people who came to our college to give their presentations (including Yamini and Shweta from DVRCET who were uh, *not informed* about their presentation date and time).  Congratulations to the Prize Winners!  Unfortunately both the Prize Winning papers in my category were scheduled in the OTHER session (the other room) so I couldn't listen to either one of them, but I hear they were really good.  And finally, thanks to the faculty members in the staff bus that we got into (it was the only one left and it was going by a different route) for telling us how to get where we wanted to go (if it wasn't for them I honestly don't know when I would have reached home).