Once the bus came, the collegers gathered in the station approached it hastily, and I thought, what the heck. Were they distributing candy for free inside the darned bus? No, it must have been something else. I didn't hasten. I took my time. I walked slowly. As I was walking, I saw girls throwing their backpacks inside the bus' opened windows so as to let them fall on the empty chairs inside (if there were any). "Aha!" I thought. "These fools are trying to catch places so that they could sit." I finally asserted to myself. Seriously, didn't these collegers have anything to worry about but a place to sit in? Anyway, I entered the bus, and, MAN, what can I tell you? The thing was overcrowded. There were many people inside you couldn't even lift an arm! There were collegers and also, to my confounded surprise, people having no relation whatsoever with college. They were old people. Maybe, they worked in college, I thought. Besides the crowdedness, there was the smell. Oh, man! You could feel that these people were born to do nothing but emit nasty farts to slap you right in your darned innocent nose. Whatever, I stood as there wasn't any empty place in which I could sit in, and I put on my headphones, trying to remain as calm and indifferent to the situation as possible.

"YOUNG MAN! Ay.. YOUNG MAN?", This woman who was sitting by a window snapped at me.

"Yes, ma'am?" I said.

"Would you please allow some space? Would you stand away from me just a little bit?"

"What the heck is wrong with this lady! Can't she see that the damned thing is crowded in here?" I thought. The woman probably wanted a problem. She was old and by looking in her face one could have easily assumed that she probably missed breakfast that day. That was why she snapped at me, I thought. Anyway, I looked firmly at the woman and said, "Look lady. Excuse my harsh tone, but you're gonna want to remain calm until we arrive. The bus is crowded, and we're all suffering. If you wanna make things easier for you, just open that window. Allow yourself and us some air!"

The old woman didn't respond. She just screwed up here eyes, contorted her face and turned away. She obviously didn't like what I had said. But, she deserved it anyway.

The bus finally arrived after a 30 minute soul-taking journey. Darn it! I felt like I had travelled a worldwide flight from west to east. Muscles all sored. Legs shaking. Well, I thought I would manage still.

I was about to enter the Institution of Physics, and just when I thought that I was through with problems that day, a security guard who worked at the institution came at the opening door to check the identification of those entering. Amongst those entering were some girls not dressed properly. I guess you could say that they wore clothes that didn't fit their position as 'persons of education' as my father would say. Still, the damn guard pretended not to notice and allowed such girls to pass without giving the slightest remark of warning to their clothing. The dirty SNAKE! Then came my turn. The snake looked at me suspiciously. He checked me from head to toe. I thought I commited a homicide.

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"Is there a problem, sir?" I asked.

"I ask the questions here Amigo! Not you!" He snapped.

"You got it, man. I am sorry." I replied, calmly and a tad (not gonna lie) mockingly.

"Now What is a sporting guy like you doing here?" He asked.

A sporting guy? What did this snake mean? I wasn't a sporting guy. That's a straight up truth. I checked myself and then I got what he meant. He referred to the old sporting pants I was wearing. Nevertheless, I tried to appear indifferent and mocking to this snake. He wanted control and I gave it to him because I didn't care.

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Look fellow. Give me your identification card." I gave it to him. He opened a file, pulled a paper, checked my ID, looked at the paper again and lifted his eyes towards me, "So, you study here. That's fine. Now pass!"

"You got it. No problem," I told him. I pocketed my ID, walked some few meters only to hear the snake hissing again,"Renalds, Orders from the head of the institution say that sporting pants are not allowed in here neither are shorts of any kind. So, next time, come in regular pants!"

Orders my behind! You big snake! What about those girls. Why didn't you talk to them about their improper clothes.

"Ok. Now, can I go? I have things to attend to," I told him professionally.

"Yes. Good luck by the way." Keep it SNAKO! I don't need it from you.

I marched inside the institution. It was beautiful. The grounds were so clean you would shame yourself if you threw anything in them. The trees that surrounded the grounds were fully trimmed. There were flowers and roses, too, of all kinds. In the center, there was a water fountain, so enchantingly designed. There were also few white benches surrounding the fountain, on which some collegers were already sitting and chattering. I walked past them right into the registration room. Inside, I saw some other collegers already queueing to hand out their registration papers and tuition fees. I took my place in the queue, waited patiently and happily contemplated the fact that before long I was going to become a college student specializing in physics!