Friday, May 26, 2006

Well then now for college life.(If at times you find me terse or brief it is because I am typing this out for the second time after the computer ate my first attempt). The first day in college was a big hassle(too much of one if you ask me). Anyway I got into G- Batch which was a batch you wouldnt wish on your worst enemy. But then again it wasn't all that bad. It suited me because there wasn't too much of a competition anyways.
Academically I felt the course wasn't all that challenging. Two incidents come to mind immediately about my first semester.First was a debate on what constitutes the Baser Instincts of the Human Pshyche with Srimati M'aam. The second was when I very patiently explained to Mr.Pitchyandi why I felt that the effort spent in bringing the Drafter to college was too much in comparision to its usefulness. He of course had the last laugh and I got a B in ED. Other than that there weren't that many surprises. Though I did botch up my chem end sem.
Now CompSoc membership is really worth it inspite of Raghav. You even end up liking his stand-up act which is mandatory at every meeting. But seriously I felt that Sparks was a really good event. It also helped me get to know a lot of my fellow students. I met Vijay for the first time at the meeting for JAM. Ganesh too was there as he was co-ordinating Oddz N Endz.The meetings for both took place together usually. Now Srivats(the little version) and I hit it off from the beginning. We seem to have this amazing rapport and we had a lot of fun there. Of course there were 3-4 girls in the committee but we let "Vijay handle them"(He seemed to have a way with girls you know). Well Sparks meetings were characterised for me by goofing with srivats, slanging with santhosh and funning with asad and of course pulling raghav's legs.
The event itself was awesome and I really enjoyed judging Jam and Spin a Yarn(the latter I did with santhosh and this led to quite a few laughs). The event was won by a childhood friend of mine(Karthik). Brainscan was nice too I suppose(didn't really get myself into it all that much).The semester ended with me having watched only two movies(Ghajini and Majaa).
The second semester now was a whole different story. We instantly formed a group (Vijay,Siva,Srivats(kuchi),Sanjay and myself-Prashanth,Vishnu and Nitin got added on later as did Nari I suppose(Excepting Nari the other three were all A-Batch maybe that had something to do with it)).
From the beginning we hit it off with our EVS lecturer. The Debate we gave during the first session was actually pretty well received though Aishwarya and Samaya were shouting at the top of their voics like a pair of whatever and when Vijay and Prashanth entered the fray it was left to Myself with a little help from Siva to be the sole voice of reason. My attempts at enlivening the other debates got me described as an arrogant,superior attituded and sundry other itemed fellow. But unmindful of this I soldiered on for the enlightenment of my fellow students.
On a an exactly opposite note, I and my maths professor"did not hit it off" at all right from the beggining as is epitomised by my internals. This semester was actually more fun because of Abacus( a really cool event) and Techofes. Not having participated in Agni and Eureka during the first sem I decided to give it my all in Techofes and SURPRISE!SURPRISE! I won the English Debate along with Santhosh and placed second in Extempore(which Raghav judged by the way).I of course refuse to write here what happened in the final event of the show(this is after all my blog).
On a note of caution,very early on we noticed that Raghuram came with a "HANDLE WITH CARE" sign. Other incidents that have stuck in the minds of my fellow students include my EVS seminar classes and the "OH GOD I CANT BELIEVE THIS" digi lab incident.And yeah Vijay ranting and raving at me whem he learned I got perfect internals in EVS(actually a lot of people did that not only Vijay).
Academically I felt the courses for the second semester were more challenging. I really enjoyed Digital and E-Mech.PDS Lab was god awful bad,while PDS taught me a whole new meaning for the word slacking(GAWD I wouldnt have believed it if I hadnt gone through that).Phy was okay i suppose.
The really good part were Lenin na's classes and VC's 32. God! but coming up with V+97 and FAT 32 were really wonderful. Life got pretty routine towards the end. You do some VC bashing, go to canteen for coffee and getting Vishnu to eat his GODDAM breakfast or lunch or whatever. Some more VC bashing Lenin na's classes and finally home.
Sunil is one fellow I have not mentioned so far and that is beecuse I myself am not sure how to describe the fella. He is almost eccentrically genius stuff. Awesome at drawing and pulling VC's leg. There simply isnt anyone better.
Another glaring omission so far is NCC NAVY. Why somebody would want to fight off the competition from 150 students to get selected to what basically is an organisation where they can do almost whatever they want to you physically,I have no idea.I did it and what's more I am now off to BOOT CAMP and don't know how or if I will return. Hence the hurry to get this to you before I leave(I want the world to know what my life was like- there isnt going to be another like me anytime soon). If you have any prayers toss them towards Lonavala for me. Signing off - Cheeku.
We will next meet with my recount of the camp.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Hi You All. This started out as an attempt at a diary. But first lets get you introduced to the fellow whose life we are going to get a sneak peek at (that's me by the way). I was born on the 14th of November in the year 1987. I am told I was the cutest chubbiest boy around back then(I know I still am - but modesty refrains me from saying it). I lived the first 19 months or so of my life in Bangalore and then I shifted to Madras.

Now to school life. My first day at school. I remember it vividly. I was calm, cool and collected when I went in. But then try being surrounded by forty kids crying at the top of their lungs and damn but you are tempted to cry too(which is what happened as I explained very patiently to my parents " No worries mom and dad-I am a big guy" I said).

Highlights of my kindergarten were getting jaundice and getting over my stage fright to first be a parrot in a song and dance and then as the venerable " Hot Cross Buns" lad. First std saw me become a wounded sailor. In second yours truly was a Tribal Fella( I was a girl really owing to my school being a boys school). Then came the highpoint of my stagelife. In third I got the role of Goldilocks and my portrayal of this blonde was so impressive I was singled out for special praise(I am being modest here). Got very famous in school after that. Started getting called Goldi by my seniors( That by the way was my second nickname - the first being Cheeku of course).

On to middle school then. I was topping my class year in and year out. Very popular and all. This was actually the lean part of my school life. Nothing much interesting happened except our school became a co-ed of course(Not that it created that big a stir). Hit my all time low in the sixth(came very near to flunking language then).

Well life looked up after that. I captained the school volleyball team(did so for the rest of my school life).I was a part of the school team which went to the quarterfinals of the TNCA during my eigth(and oh yeah I played for the state baseball team too that year). The hype around my tenth results lead to my second low. I scored 87% and there was a "Oh Shit" expression on most of my teacher's faces.

But me being me I bounced back from that really strongly. Had a great time during my eleventh partying, playing, bonding with the guys(any snickers and i will cream you). I actually took part in dancing competitions, started playing football for my school and surprise!surprise! even went to satyamurthy's for iit coaching. I cottoned to the fact that preparing for IIT was way too much work as far as I was concerned. Chucked it. Became the SPL(something I was touted to be since eigth std) won the zone football competition, got a name for arranging events. CHESSA(the farewell we conducted for my seniors was voted the best in the last 5 years and guess who was the backbone of the entire thing- yep ME) and later DANKE(final year Teachers day celebrations) are still talked about. Other than that I left behind a couple of legends which cant be told here.

Ah then of course I came school first. Did amazingly well in the entrance. Got into Anna Univ- Comp Sci(I also did B.Sc Phy in Vivekananda for a brief period). And there ends My School Life.