College Days....

Starting off with a new experience :)

Hurray…….why so much of excitement????.....Finally I have some how managed to get an Engineering admission for myself…..My mom’s dream come true. oh I am terribly wrong in saying that….God has blessed me with that seat…..You know why?. All because of my tremendous score in 12th and even more lavish score in my entrance exams…..with 250 being my cut off (Not sure if it was at least 250 or even lesser ). “Vanga madam we will go to this hotel for dinner”….This is how my parents invited my teacher who was all the way accompanying me right from my 10th standard till I got admission in this college…..Good dinner. All set to come back home….”Mami Hemanthuku abc college la kidaichachu…..” This was not the end but a beginning of a powerful telephonic conversation in which users at the other end kept changing but user at our end kept on going unbeaten…ha ha funniest way of describing a mom’s pride over her son’s achievement….I still did not like calling that an achievement cause I was aiming at Anna university…..lolz……cannot make it more funnier…..To be frank I thanked the engineering colleges counseling committee a lot cause but for them I would not have even entered Anna university even once…..2 more month to go before I can start a new journey….

“Mummy…..enga ma en bag”…….shouting like this I ran around the entire house just to realize that its my first day to college and I am searching for my bag……”Padikara pullaya irrundha dane akkara irrukum”…..as these words flurried out of my dad’s mouth, I found my bag to show it proudly to my dad and mom……so another 10 minutes and my bus will be in the bus stand…..some how managed to search the rest within 5 minutes……”bye see u in the eve”….even before these words neared by parents, I was already running through the streets…..”Shit……veetu pakathula college irrundhurindha bike vangi thara solirakalam daddy ya…..”…..as I uttered these words, my bus college conductor shouted at me “dai thambi, vara poraya illa kilambatuma?”. Super start for my college life with this idiotic screaming at me…..I could see something bright ahead of me. (mind u, I still know nothing about my college.)……”12th mattum finish pannidu, turning point idhu. After that college life jolly Dan, you are the king of your empire”…..these words kept ringing in my mind as I entered the college bus…..The bus started and it took almost 1 hour for us to reach an area called puzhal where my college is.

A neat blue silent bus with 29 other idiots, honked as we neared the college…..My goodness, the scenery all along was really awesome…..(Man actually there is nothing so good if u go now, it just shows how much I have gone out of my house till then) As people started boarding out of the bus, I too followed them silently…..Dreams of ragging, playing, shouting, dancing etc were still running all over my mind. “Thambi Admin office la poi kelu un class enga nu. Seriya”…..this was the first advice I got in my college life…..”seringa anna” As I completed this short and sweet reply, I started marching bravely towards the admin office. There was a notice board which would have been dead by now had it been a living being….That shows how many people are covering it up around. “Machan, nan I – A da…nee?”…..One guy came rushing out of that nasty crowd as if he has won first prize in some competition. Then did I realize that this big queue was to find out where people are going to spend rest of their days for this year…..With at most sincerity I made a small peep into that crowd……”Sakala,nee enga da inga????”…..oh shit some one really shouted so hard at me…..”machan neeya da….how r u da?.”…..so fast I realized my school friend balu as he came near me…..(Irony was I have never passed even a single exam in my school days with him, so it makes sense for him to ask that as his first question to me) With some intelligent statements, I could cover up the fact that I remember nothing about him but for being his school mate….”Dai nan I-E da….nee?.”…..as he put forth this point, I somehow managed to get a view into the name list and was shocked to see my name in the I-E list…..doomed totally….It was not that I had personal conflicts with Sakala but the fact that he is too studious started worrying me……Silently I managed to convey this truth to him…..which truth????....”Machan nanum E dan da….”…..”nee E illa da, manushan…ha ha ha ha”…..with this terrible mokkai he dragged me to the lift…..I started sensing a small amount of fear inside my mind on this E section life. (I swear, I did not know at that time that there were even more deadly things to fear at in college life)….”Thambi lift is not for students, stairs use panni po pa….”…..As one of the service person there uttered these words, I was totally stunned…..Sakala could not control himself, but he had to…….As we climbed up to the first floor, we could see a room saying E Section to us…..”Machan vandhutom da nama edathuku”…..with this pride around him (as if we both climbed Mt.Everest), Sakala took me inside the room. It was a big room (or class, I don’t want to use this technical term) lit with 4 tube lights, ventilated by 4 fans and finally polluted by 60 plus students…..The first thing I could ever think of as I stepped in was, will I get a seat in the last bench?. (I did not even fear this much when I stepped into Anna University for my counseling). Ah, there I found it……the last bench was totally empty on the right corner of the class……The first incident in my college life which showed something positive to me was this discovery…..Even before Sakala could introduce me to some of his school mates there, I made myself comfortable in the last corner seat…..

What next? Nothing really…..I opened my empty bag without purpose but just to do something to calm down my anxiety….but what am I really anxious about????.....To be frank, I did not want any studious boy to come and sit near me for the whole year……As I could peep out of the window to change my mind, I saw a really huge figure entering our class room. 6 feet, 80 kgs, broad shoulders and what not….a medium built weight lifter entered our class as the whole class paused for a moment (trust me, my intuitions were perfect, he did end up being our college weight lifter in the final sems)…..as he came inside he kept looking for something as if he had already lost in the same class room….ha ha but this time I could not laugh for my joke as he was marching towards my bench……shit before I could do anything further…..i heard him saying.”Hi”…..and even before I said a “Hi” he made himself comfortable near my seat…..With a big artificial smile I introduced myself “I am Hemanth, how about u?.”…..”I am Aravindhan Sundaresan”…..shit, I forgot that I had to from now on use my dad’s name all along my name……Ethics, will it come automatically if I keep playing under hot sun and roaming all around and eat and sleep????......”Forget it Hemanth” I said to myself as I pulled off my hands which were till then inside his hands….Ha ha hope you are clear that I meant a handshake in that manner. By the time I could know which school he is from, “Hi I am Manivannan” came a voice from behind me……Oh not again…..”Hi I am HemanthNarayanan, how about u?” I said this with extreme happiness…..Hope by this time you know the reason for my happiness….its simply because I have become a professional college student who gives his full name out during any introduction. So last benchers set….anything remaining? Yes there must be someone called Class teacher for this E Section. As I wished, the whole class stood up for some reason. “Sit down every body, I am deepa. I will be your class teacher for this year. I finished my B.A in……Blah Blah…..”……By this time, I started dreaming of P.T period….I was infact curious to stand up and ask Deepa if we have any P.T period today…… (I could not even realize that in colleges, they don’t have such periods). Suddenly I heard a loud voice….”Are you not coming from a convent school? Don’t you know how to behave in a class?”….Oh I could not believe this…..Some body getting scolding the very first day in their very first college class?......I felt really sorry for him……I infact I kept a reminder for myself that I have to console that guy and boost his confidence when I meet him in the interval….but something strange was happening in the class by now…..The whole class including my bench mates were totally staring at me…..how could they read my courteous mind?......Oops it took me another 5 seconds to realize that I had to actually boost my confidence and not some strangers…what does that mean?. I was the one who Mrs.Deepa was very clearly shouting at all the way…..But what for????......the next moment itself I got an answer for that dumb question “Wont u look at the teacher instead of day dreaming when she is telling something important?”……”Sorry miss”….. (I did not know mam is the technical word to be used in colleges)…..”Sit…..” and she continued after this statement…” You cannot come late to my class, you cannot talk in my class, you cannot sleep in my class….etc etc”……She put a big 7 levers lock to lock my big world of dreams….Man she said NO for anything and everything that all fresher’s would be dreaming of doing in their college life.

Things started pondering my mind……Am I really a king after passing 12th as my friends and parents said? Shit with all these rules and restrictions I cannot even be a student……All that made me happy amidst this tensely packed scene was that I was not the only one getting screwed, Aravindh followed me, followed by manivannan, followed by Rajeev (Back bencher of my parallel row) and so on…..Sakala was the second bencher…..So obviously he will not be in this list right?. But one thing I loved about my class teacher is no partiality for any one…. Even before I could finish liking that character in her, I could see Sakala screwed too. Suddenly I could feel some prayers running inside me…..what are they for….as I listened even more carefully I could see that I was wishing that the bell rings now and the period gets over….but how does that do good to me?. Ha ha with in a moment I could hear manivannan shouting silently “machan, kaal valikudhuda”….I could bend down to see that we were standing out for the whole period……A first class in your college life can start no better……these were my thoughts as I walked out with Aravindh and Manivannan for lunch break….

Rest in my next post……don’t worry we will somehow graduate out of this college 

Note: Expect for my friends names, all other character’s names mentioned in this blog are changed as I did not want to mention them without their knowledge