Onam Bumber from University of Kerala

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Our s5 results came in the last week of june, many of us wanted to improve our marks to boost the GPA. But we were in great confusion as the detailed mark list was not published along with the result and the last date for applying for the improvement was already declared .The detailed mark list published only on the 30^th June(the last date for applying was over) and we got the news that the last date for application extended. We clarified this news by making a call to the university from our college office.

Then it was my turn – going to the university to remit the required fees and submit the application. I took the responsibility as I love travelling. I collected the fees and application from all my friends (a total of 8 ) who wanted to improve. I went to the university on 2^nd July 2008. First went to the information counter and clarified the news of extending the last date of application. I remitted the fees and submitted all the 8 application forms (including mine). There was an interesting incident on the way back home and you can see it from my blog http://vosree.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/indian-railway-comedy/ Every thing was fine and we got the hall tickets at correct time and done the improvement exams (the exams were postponed two times) and most of us are sure that we will improve them.

Every thing changed when I got a call from one f ma friend last Saturday (I was on my way back home from the great blogcampkerala ) saying that she got a memo from the university citing that she didn’t remitted the required amount of Rs 310 for improvement (we remitted Rs 260 each which is the right amount with out any fine) .And the university want us to remit Rs 100 more (310-260=50 and another 50 rupees for not remitting the correct amount). No longer did I wait, I got the same thing on Monday. Another friend got it on Saturday itself and in short all of us got the memo before Tuesday. Not only for those 8 people whose application was taken to the university by this poor young man but for all who remitted the fees on 2^nd july.(I hope same is the case with students from all other colleges also). We enquired about this in our college office and we got the answer that this may be due to some mistake and we were advised to go to the university and clarify it. We are going to Thiruvananthapuram tomorrow and not sure about the outcome.Any way we need to spend another 200 Rupees as travelling expense. lets wait and see.I will write about the outcome afterwards.

The Onam bumber for me!