Discovery of Laser

The following takes place between 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM.

10:01 AM
The weather ees so fine ... not really. It's started raining early morning, and if this is an indication of how the day is going to be, then I can say with confidence that this lecture series that I am attending is nothing short of another wasted hour. I walk towards MP, head down, and counting the number of puddles on the sidewalk.. I lost count after 3.

10:10 AM
I see a friend waiting for the elevator to arrive. I call him and ask the proverbial greeting of fourth year undergraduate, "Heard any good news?" or "Have you decided? Standford or MIT?" or "Have you started writing your thesis?". The answer, most of the times, is not. We go up to 4th floor, wait for a couple of minutes while continuing our idle chats, only to find that we missed a notice about room change. The bastard (I think by now my loyal readers should know whom I'm referring to) didnt tell us!!!

10:15 AM
In my 4 years of undergrad, LM holds many bad memories. And today is another addition to the pile. The speaker, an old professor from the separatist province, read a book once about the history of laser, and decided that it was a good material for his last lecture during his visit to our famous campus. He promises that this lecture will be full of thrill and mystery like a blockbuster movie. I hope he doesnt mean brokeback mountain, because we dont have lubricants handy with us, or good night and good luck, because we see in color. I suppose the chemistry store in the basement may have a replacement.

10:30 AM
The lecture is really boring. He starts from the early 19th century. And it's hard to concentrate because of his french accent and the silent 'h' treatment, which keeps reminding me of steve martin in pink panther, and miniPO. "ee was black listed from the patent", "ees paper wasnt accepted", and so on.

11:00 AM
I wake up from my stupor, only to find that he has reached the late 50s. Thank god that he means to deliver his speech only up till the 60s, when laser became a household tool. I'm quite proud when my AS&M prof's name is up in the Canadian contribution slide. He sure has contributed a good portion to the discovery of laser, and the discovery of my hate towards old profs.

11:29 AM
The lecture ends. We collect our quantum structure homeworks, another couple of perfects for me, adding to the pair of hundreds (midterm and quiz) for condensed matter.

11:30AM