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Ac h i l l i n ge x p e r i e n c e , ar e t r o g r a d ej o u r n e y i nt h et i mema c h i n e& i nt h ew a r mt ho f w o o dr e , t oe x p l o r e t h e g o l d e nm u s i c a l e r a g l a mo r i z e d b y t h e me l o d i o u s d e l i g h t s o f R a s i r &J o h n s o ns i r . I t w a s a c o n c e r t e de o r t t a k e n u p b y t h e v e r y g i f t e d s t u d e n t s &f a c u l t y t or e d i s c o v e r t h e p r e c i o u s v o c a l a n t i q u e s , l o s t i nt h e s a n d s o f t i me . T r a n s f o r mi n gt h e v i c i n i t yo ft h es y n a p s ew i t ht h e i re l e g a n t v o i c e s i n t o a p a l a c e ma d e o f i mmi s c i b l e w a l l s o f m u s i c . R e a l i s i n g w i t he v e r y s i po f s u l a i ma n i , t h e h a r d t r u t ht h a t t h e mo r e y o u g o i n t o e x p l o r i n g t h e m u s i c o f t h e p a s t t h e mo r e y o u e n j o y t h e g r a c e o fi t &t h e mo r e y o ug r o w j e a l o u s o f t h e b y g o n e m u s i c a l e r a . J u s t a f e w s e c o n d so fr e l i e ff r o m t h eh e c t i cs t u d y s c h e d u l e o f t h e g e e k s b u t a r e a l mo u t h w a t e r i n gd e l i g h tf o rg e n u i n el o v e r so fm u s i c . B r o u g h td o w n , j u s tl i k et h ea s h e so ft h e c a mp r ew e r eo u rd e e pc r a v i n g sf o rn e w g e n e r a t i o n m u s i c &i g n i t e d w i t h i n o u r s o u l s w a s a ni n t e n s e p a s s i o n& d e s i r e f o r p r e s e r v i n g t h e g l i t t e r i n g v o c a l g l i mp s e s o f t h e p a s t

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V i s a z o s l i f ei s s o me w h a t l i k ea c l i c h dH o l l y w o o dmo v i e . I t w a s d u r i n gh i s 8 t hg r a d et o u r t h a t f a t e t o o k at u r nf o r t h ew o r s t , w h e na n o r ma l s c h o o l s u r v e y t u r n e di n t oa n i g h t ma r e . I naq u i t eu n f o r t u n a t e a n du n t i me l y a c c i d e n t , V i s a z ol o s t h i s l e f t l e gw h i l ea t t e mp t i n gt oc r o s s ar a i l w a y t r a c k . A s f a t ew o u l dh a v e i t , h i s b o d y w a s t ot a k et h et o l l o f t h e a c c i d e n t . I a mu s e dt oi t n o w . I h a v en o r e g r e t s . I t s y o u r f a t ea n dy o uh a v e t od e a l w i t hi t . S a y s t h ec h e e r f u l l i f e l o v i n gc h i l d . H i s n e v e r s a y d i e a t t i t u d ei mp r e s s e dme . Mo v i n g a h e a dw i t hh i s l i f e , V i s a z oc o mp l e t e dh i s 8 t hg r a d ef r o m ac a t h o l i c s c h o o l a n d+ 1a n d+ 2f r o m aS a i n i k s c h o o l .

N i g h t i s d a r k e s t j u s t b e f o r et h ed a w n . S oi s t h e c a s ew i t hV i s a z o s l i f e . S u c c e s s k n o c k e do nh i s d o o r s t e p s , w h e nh es c o r e d7 t hr a n k i nt h e N E E T U Ge n t r a n c ee x a mi n a t i o n . A n dt h u s V i s a z oe mb a r k e do nh i s g r a n dj o u r n e y f r o m N a g a l a n dt oC a l i c u t , t h ep r o mi s el a n d , l e a v i n g b e h i n dt h ep a s t , l o o k i n gf o r w a r dt oab r i g h t f u t u r e .

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My classmates are the best I could get. They are friendly, frank and wonderful in their own ways. I cant wait to know them more.

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People here are very friendly and loving says Visazo. Visazo spends most of his time at social networking sites and practicing his boxing skills in the adjacent empty room. Mary Kom is an inspiration to him and he is a huge fan of her. My classmates are the best I could get. They are friendly, frank and wonderful in their own ways. I cant wait to know them more. Visazo is very interested in MBBS as he wants to treat patient from his own experience and it was his grandfathers dream to see him become a doctor.

And the question we have all been wondering about!! No, he has not gotten around to seeing NPCB but yeah!! The guy does know Surja Bala, she was his classmates friend after all! With such diligence and sincerity, Visazo is trying to move ahead and achieve his goals so that one day he could prove to the world that physical disabilities are never a hurdle for anybody to achieve their goals, and that he could set himself as an example for others like him to gain confidence and excel in life.

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B yMa y , t h i n g s s t a r t e dt os l o wd o wnab i t ; p r o g r a mswe r ef e we r a n de v e r y o n es t a r t e dg e t t i n gs e r i o u s F i n a l a v e r a g ee x a ms we r ea r o u n d t h ec o r n e r . I g u e s s t h eb i g g e s t f e a r t h a t wea l l h a d wa s e i t h e r n o t b e i n ga l l o we dt owr i t et h e u n i v e r s i t yo r e l s ef a i l i n gt h ee x a ms . F o r me , F i n a l a v e r a g ewa s an i g h t ma r e , I c o u l d n t s l e e pf o r d a y s I wo u l dg e t s ot e n s e da n dc o u l d n t c o n c e n t r a t eo na n y t h i n g . D u r i n gt h o s et o u g ht i me s , t h es e n i o r s a n dt e a c h e r s we r emyt o we r o f s u p p o r t , c o n s t a n t l ye n c o u r a g i n g mea n da t t i me s e v e ns c o l d i n g me f o r wo r r y i n gu n n e c e s s a r i l y . I r e me mb e r t e l l i n gmy s e l f , n e v e r wo u l dI r e c o m me n dt h i sc o u r s et oa n y o n e .L o a d st os t u d y a n dn og u a r a n t e et h a t t h eq u e s t i o n s wo u l db e e n t i r e l yf r o m wh a t wer e a d ! A n a t o mys p o t t i n g , d i s c u s s i o n , v i v a ; e v e r y t h i n gs e e me dl i k eah u g e n i g h t ma r e . B u t n o w, t h i n k i n gb a c k a l l o f i t wa s a l o t o f f u n . P r a c t i c a l s s e e mt o me l i k ea g a me , e s p e c i a l l y a n a t o my , wh e r ewes h u t t l eb e t we e n f o u r s t a t i o n s ; p h y s i o l o g y v i v awh e r ewej u s t wa i t f o r t h eb e l l wh i c hs i g n a l st ha t we c a nl e a v e a n db i o c h e mi s t r y wh e r et h er e a g e n tt a b l ei s t h eh o t s p o t f o r c l e a r i n gd o u b t s ! T h eF i n a l A v e r a g ee x a msf l e wb y , a n di nt h e b l i n ko f a ne y e , we we r ef a c i n gt h eu n i v e r s i t y e x a ms .T h ea t mo s p h e r e wa st e n s e ,n oo n e s e e me dt oh a v et i mef o r j o k e s , I my s e l f wa s v e r y s t r e s s e da n dj u s t wa n t e dt of i n i s hi t o f f s o me h o w. Ge t t i n gt h r o u g ht h es t u d yh o l i d a y swa s t h e t o u g h e s t p a r t , b e c a u s eo n c et h ee x a ms s t a r t e d , t h ed a y s j u s t s e e me dt of l y b y . I r e a l i z e dt h a t t h ee x a mswe r e n ta sp e t r i f y i n ga swe i ma g i n e d , r a t h e r b yh a v i n gac o o l h e a d we c o u l d b ea b l et og e t p a s t i t wi t he a s e . I ns h o r t , f i r s t y e a r wa s u n d o u b t e d l yt h et o u g h e s t , h a r d e s t a n dmo s t s t r e n u o u s y e a r b u t a t t h e s a met i mei t wa s t h et h emo s t e n j o y a b l e , t h r i l l i n ga n da ma z i n gy e a ro fmy l i f e . T h et h e o r y e x a ms e n d e do nA u g u s t 1 6 , 2 0 1 3t h u s ma r k i n g t h ea n n i v e r s a r yo f o u r f i r s t y e a r i nc o l l e g e . L o o k i n gb a c k , I k n o wt h a t i f n o t f o r t h en u me r o u s e v e n t s a n dp r o g r a ms t h a t wewe r ei n v o l v e di n , f i r s t y e a r wo u l dh a v eb e e nag r e a t b o r e . I n o w l o o kf o r wa r dt oen t e r i n gc l i n i c s ( i f I p a s s ) a n dI k n o wt h a t l i f ei nCMC s h o u l db ee n j o y e dt ot h e ma x i mu m .

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