Arrested Development

"..and that is why we have a detailed estimate, so as to obtain a technical sanction", Paddy (name changed for anonymity) concludes with an broad smile and slight snigger....such is the drab that i have to encounter on a day-to-day basis. Paddy for those who are not in the know is my Survey lecturer and he has this unfortunate misconception that he has an extremely good sense of humor...trust me it's the pits. It's so bad that it makes u stop playing the game u have on ur mobile and cry. To be honest he is not the worst that we have..no sir not by a long shot.
There is Jain(name changed for anonymity) who teaches us structural analysis (and has been doing so since i joined the college) who in my opinion can make even the most attentive student go bananas with his method of teaching. From what i have observed( i must confess i haven't obseverd much...all thanks to 'master blaster' on Sanal's cell or snake on Jinu's cell) his style is quite unique...which really has to be seen to be believed..he has this uncanny knack of staring at the cieling after a point he has made as though he forgot something (it invariably looks like he got stuck in a momentary trance) and then ofcourse his mobile which has the nokia 'rocket' ringtone which plays out invariably everytime he takes a class. We once put the ringtone on our own mobiles and called each other...the result...well let's just say we now know what the term 'self' frisking really is.
No post about the civil dept. lecturers can be complete without a mention of Rakri( name cannot be changed to any other). Rakri is not a very conventional teacher...in fact he is not a very conventional human being.I could go on for sometime about him...but i think it is best that u look at the following conversation and the decide...
Rakri: " Why did u draw the bathroom on the left side"
Confused and tad nervous student: "Sir, i had no other option...u said i have to draw the entire floor within this lenght...and i had onl.."
Rakri: "Enuff...i don't want hear anything more from ur mouth...go back a draw it in the right side...got it...right side"
CaTN student:" But sir...that will take me a lot of time...sir please understand.."
Rakri:"Enuff i tell u...i had enuff..u must take this very seriously..Do u know why the bathroom has to be on the right side..do u ...tell me".
CaTN student doesn't and nods his head
Rakri:" The bathroom has to made on the right in this case because if we apply the laws of vasthu in ur diagram my bathroom will be away from my neighbours house not towards...Now u tell me how am i going to impress people with my singning if the room is so far away...."
CaTN student nods his head and takes the paper and leaves....Haven't seen that student since.