Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Oh No... Exams

i hate them,but what to do,i have to write them,no other go..
i am still to write abt many people i have met,that will be done only after exams though..
meantime if i have time and something interesting happens i will post then,otherwise it is going to be a dull month..

Thnx to my friends..

I was presented with a beautiful gift last friday by my classmates for my b'day,
it was cool,thnx to them for thinking abt me

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Milo...

Our pet dog,he came into our lives and there was drastic change in my house,no more fighting with my sis,no more dull moments in house,if u start play with him time will fly.




Wednesday, October 19, 2005

My B.E. Friends

Ok now to my B.E. days....
it was a complete turn around from my school days, i have written about it already,so i will concentrate on my friends only.
My B.E.(CSE) class strength was 140,and honeslty i even don't know some of their names.
My friends circle is small,and i lost touch with some of them already.
Only 2 of them r in touch regularly,Balaji and Senthilvelan.Other guys like siva and ragu,settu(arun),Madhan speak with me sometimes.

Ok abt Balaji,i have this uncanny knack of picking guys who r fun to be with,and Balaji is no exception.he has a very good sense of humor and added to the fact that he is very well informed in lot of matters,i always have a healthy discussion with him about variety of topics.He is working now in Alcatel and doing fine

Senthil,my close friend and a joyfull guy,he will pick friends easily whereever he go.He cares for his friends and always giving me advices which r good ones.
he finished his M.E. at PSG recently and is now presently in Honeywell,B'lore.

Me,Balaji,Senthil,Madhan,Suresh..



Bals,me and siva

My Tribute to Ashok

My friend,Ashok..

2 years before..
i was heart broken when i heard the news that he passed away.He was studying M.B.B.S in Russia and he was murdered there apparently for money.I couldn't even see his body because i heard the news after a week he was ceremented.Later events concerning his family, was even more heart wrenching,i don't want to discuss it here.

He studied with me from 5th-10th std, and was a very good friend.An instant joke-cracker,if he was around, that place will never be dull.Always joking about somebody or something,he never sat idle for a moment.

His unfortunate death was a shock to all of us.

I will remember him and his crack jokes all my life..

My School Friends

I somtimes think why we can't be children for life without worrying about anything and enjoying every moment of life.My school days i will never forget,i enjoyed every bit of it.
I did my pre-1st and 1st std at Vandavasi and my 2nd std at Arrakkonam.
Upto 2nd std,i remember the days vaguely.After that i moved to Vellore and we settled there.
From 3rd to 12th i studied in the same school,Township English School.
10 years,a decade in the same school,i have seen its gloriuos days and also its great fall as a reputed school..

I had many friends during the years,most of them moved to other towns/city and i lost touch with them.And also some of them moved to other schools and i was not close with them. To name the few of them,Srini,vinoth,sam,rajesh,praveen,joan,manju,ashok(see the seperate post abt him)..

Any way,at present only 3 of them are together
Karthic,a charming fellow,u feel good when u r with him.He did his B.E. in Information Technology and presently he is working in Chennai for a software company.
Other then that he is a faithful MJ fan, and a responsible person.

Elmas our group chatterbox, u can immediatley tell Elmas is around the area if u hear a ear splattering laugh, he can't close his mouth for a second,other then that u must have a friend like him.And i think u could guess what he studied and what he is doing now from what i said...not yet guesed,ok he studied MBA(Marketing),and worked in Carvey shares,and now he is going to open his own franchise in share marketing,he finished his M.B.A only 3 years before,fast mover and hard worker..


Arun,sorry i must say Dr.Arun,he finished his BPT(atlast),and now undergoing training,tallest of us and very smart,and i must specifically write about his memory,I always envy his memory power,if u say a phone no. to him he will just listen and won't take it down, and if u ask him anytime in future he will correctly tell the no.,i don't know why he didn't apply this to his studies..



The guy with the glasses is Karthic,to my immediate right is Arun and to his right his Elmas.The last guy is Shankar,he studied with me from 5th-12th,and a good friend,now he is settled in chennai,he did his BSc in CSE and now working in HDFC bank.Its fun to have him around because his every move and his every word will make u laugh,a very funny guy,u could tell from his looks i think..

Others like Raj,Balaji(thadi),kvinoth,i see them some times and r good friends of me..

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Abt my M.E. friends...

I should have done this before itself,but i think this is a good time to introduce my M.E. friends to u all.see below,the list is in no particular order..

Sivagami Mam.. always smiling, if u see her all u'r worries go for a walk. Her enthusiasm is infectious.Little madam Sandhya,her daughter,is a cute girl,still i have to know abt her,because she had seen me only few times and she is a shy girl.I hope she accepts me as her friend soon..

Thilagavathy,a strong willed person,already taking lots of responsibilities on her shoulder.she can face any problem,taking everything on the lighter side,well almost all.I admire her for her hardwork and sincerity.I should mention abt her cellphone,a sorry little thing ,if it can cry ,it will fill an enitre room with tears.

Subalalitha,a kind hearted girl,a very good friend to have.She is a senstive person and a girl of great virtue.She has a good authority over English language,honestly when i first saw her ,i thaught otherwise.

Rakesh alias Rockky,a fitting alias bacause he looks like a rock and sleeps like a rock, other then that a very good friend of me,but sometimes he use to frustrate me.

Kavitha mam,a very good person and very supportive.she can take charge of a situation very easily.Her daughter Madhumitha,a bright young girl,with lot of flair.she is going to be a successful person in the future.

Jaisakthi mam,very social person and a joyfull individual.Her son Jitesh,a busy young man,always on the move and always willing to learn something,he is going to rock the world.

Thanikachalam sir,the other person who is always smiling(actually he started late in that),a cool person and a very handsome man.

Rao sir,a very good person by heart,quite a charachter,a very supportive person.

Bharathi mam,a quick thinker and the brainy of our class.very supprotive and always encouraging.

Punitha,a very nice girl, married but don't look that part though,i came to know of this fact only recently.We call her the database,because she can tell a film name from a song or from the actors involved.Coming from a Electronics background she is doing a great work here.

Gomathi,a quick witted girl, an easy going person and a very good friend.

sivakumar,a strong individual,good at heart,and a proud man

Kuppuraj, a very resourceful man,and a very good person and a globe trotter.Always discussing about something or other,u can always learn something new from him

Anitha,the other brainey of our class,a bright girl with lot of flair.

Vani,a good natured girl,always laughing and a nice person

Abirami,the calm girl of our class,and can make quick remarks and a sharp girl.

Pleasent surprise

Birthday until now for me was just another day(for my friends too).Maximum i have done was to go with my friends for a cinema and wish them(or accept) by phone(or in person).

But today only i realised what it is to give a gift to u'r friend on his birthday which is a token of friendship and also which reminds u of u'r friends whenever u see it.

Thnx to Sivagami Mam and Thilagavathy for their gifts and for the lesson they thaught me.

Monday, October 17, 2005

Tour photos..


Valley view...


Our Hotel...


Soojipara Falls...


Angry Kavitha Madam..


Karapuhzla Dam...


Edakkal Caves...


Wild life sanctuary,i assure u we r not seeing any wild animals..


Pokkad Lake..

My Tour Minutes...

Waynaad...

A lovely place and an adventurous one. It was an eventful tour for me, both during and after the tour.

Our plan was to go by train up to Calicut, and from there to Waynaad by van arranged by our travels.

14 of us boarded Mangalore Express on 23rd Sep at 8.30 P.M.( read my post about my friends which i will post it after this article)

Kavitha Madam’s daughter Madumitha and Jaisakthi madam’s son Jitesh also accompanied us. Sivagami Madam’s daughter Sandhya boarded the train at Erode junction. All three of them were quite a handful.

It was fun from the moment the train left Chennai Central. Inspite of the age difference between us,all the seniors in our gang made the journey( and the tour), how a college tour really should be(ofcourse with some restrictions).

I was happy(an understatment of the year) when i introduced my parents and sister to my friends when the train stopped at Katpadi(i couldn't introduce milo to them,may be some time in future). They had a chance to see VIT.Double delight for me,ha ha...

After Katpadi,we played cards and ankthashri upto 2.30,when it was time to meet our little madam Sandhya at Erode junction,but she was shy to meet us all and clung to her mother and eventually they went to sleep.2 of our berths was in some other compartments,but i and rakesh slept in the floor.

8.30 the next morning we reached Calicut, and was met there by Kasim our driver for the van cum tour guide(??) and the van cleaner Ramesh(he said that they were coming directly from Ooty from another college tour,which was an all girls tour,kuduthuvachavanga).Our van was a Swaraj Mazda which was good but only disappointment was the sound system which was horrible.

We had a tough time finding a hotel to eat breakfast, and finally we found one and it had only dosa and porrata.

On the way we stopped at Valley View(we knew this only on the last day of our tour,kasim what a guide!!),it was a spectacular view.

At 1.30 in the afternoon we reached Kalpheta and our hotel The WoodLands.It was nice hotel with good hospitality and nice food.

4 of them shared a room. We immediatley got ready and at about 3 pm, after finishing our lunch we left to see Soojipara falls(don't mind the spelling).

Soojipara falls..
To see the falls,itself was an adventure of its own,and after arriving at the falls, to go near it was an another one.

It was nearly 2km from the main road upto the falls,and it was not a National Highway..
But it was worth all the trouble,because the falls was a amazing one with all its wild beauty, and Kavitha mam was very angry with me for taking risk in going near the falls,i was touched by her protective instinct.
That night i slept like wood..

Next morning we went to Karaphulza dam which was under construction(??),but we changed the dull surrounding into an enjoyable one by going down to the water front and taking photos and all..

That afternoon we went to Edakkal caves, and this time we climbed nearly 1km(it seemed to be like that for me) up a mountain and again it was worth the time,Eventhough the cave was a samll one it felt good to be there.
The only disappointing of our tour was the wild life sanctury,because the so called wildlife sanctury which had only us visiting and no wildlife(if u don't inlcude monkeys and rakesh and suba).

That night we returned to the hotel and again i slept like a wood..if i kept on visiting those kind of places i don't have to worry about diet and all..

Next day, our last one , we visited Pukkad Lake,which was a nice place but the charge for boating was a cheat..

After visiting lake we went in search of Banasura sagar dam, which was some where inside Waynaad,and that too was under construction and again we turned that into an enjoyable one.

Our train was at 4.30 and we had to board the train at Quilandy and not at Calicut because we didn't get reservation.We caught the train at the last moment.

Our tour to kerela,i would say came to a nail biting finish.

Once on the train it was fun agian.I decided i will not sleep that night because Kavitha madam must get down at Jolarpettai around 1 am and i at Katpadi around 3 am.

But the train we travelled was to be a passenger train until it touches TamilNadu,we didn't know that and when it finally arrived at jolarpettai it was around 3 am.

I,rakesh,suba ,thilagavathy,and abirami was awake until 2 am ,and after that others went to sleep and i was alone fighting to keep myself awake,eventually when it was only 1/2 an hour to katpadi i drifted to sleep.I would have missed katpadi,if it not for suba who woke me up,thanks to her.

It was a tour i will never forget....