So let us start the new year on a happy note :D
Happy New Year ppl :)
P.S : The man in the picture is Wilbur Sargunaraj, the music sensation. I have decided to start the new year by watching his songs on youtube :D
Bye Bye 2010
The end of 2010 is almost here. Finally!
So let us start the new year on a happy note :D
Happy New Year ppl :)
P.S : The man in the picture is Wilbur Sargunaraj, the music sensation. I have decided to start the new year by watching his songs on youtube :D
So let us start the new year on a happy note :D
Happy New Year ppl :)
P.S : The man in the picture is Wilbur Sargunaraj, the music sensation. I have decided to start the new year by watching his songs on youtube :D
"Chicken? Ewww" - SOS 2.1
Semester 2
Chapter 2 : Chicken? Ewww
First a kutty flashback. We go to 2006 when am doing my 12th.
(Just roaming around my house)
Me : What's for dinner?
Mom : Today Sunday na. So chicken.
Me : Chicken a? Chi. Am skipping lunch today then.
Mom : You can eat Maggi. Like you do every Sunday.
Me : But I can't even stand the smell. Its disgusting.
Mom : Adjust one day.
Okay next we go back to 2008 when am in my 2nd semester.
Me and my friend Vishnu go out to eat.
(looking at the menu)
Vishnu : What you want?
Me : I donno. Anything is ok man.
Vishnu : Seri. We ll take the chicken fried rice and the chicken biriyani.
Me : Add chicken manjurian too.
Vishnu : Vokay.
Well this conversion from being a pure vegetarian to a eating-chicken-everytime-I-go-out is solely thanks to hanging out with a group of friends who I guess have never eaten veg anytime they went out.
Also to Bismi and the local mall where we go to eat at least once a week.
How I Met My Friends - SOS 2 to 8
Semester 2-8
Everyone in college has their own "gang" (unless you are like Surya who keeps jumping from one group to another never truly fitting in anywhere or like Viswa who is simply present in all gangs). If am gonna write about my college life, I should be writing about the people with whom I have spent a lot of time with. So here goes.
A Man United fan, a gifted poet, one of the few to watch English TV serials and vague movies like the Machinist (which is a true master piece), loads of online FIFA via Hamachi meant we had plenty to talk during the long lecture hours.
Impulsively sarcastic and a true somberi, the dude shows an uncanny ability in keeping his spirits high. This post probably describes him best. Apart from being one of my closest friends, he has done a spectacular job as my shrink :D
Oh ya, the dude has a real life story that would put most tamil movies to shame.
A cousin of sorts, Sarvesh is a stand up guy and best described by the word 'decent'. Despite coming from a seriously loaded family (He once said, in full earnest, "Pocket money la bike vaangirla. Aana my family won't let me drive it"), he wants to start a company fully on his own. Baffling, you know. Co-founder of TOSS. He has given me plenty of advice on a specific area of interest which I have mostly never followed.
And ya, a famous tamil movie is more or less based on his real life story :P
Sowmy Narayan aka Ironman :D
The geek of the group, Sowmy (ya some boys also have that name :P ) is a rare specimen indeed. This lanky dude is clever, witty and amusive. A true connoisseur of sarcasm, his ability to grasp even the most subtle meanings of a conversation is unbelievable. The dude reads novels, watches movies/tv serials, bunks classes yet still somehow ends up with a CGPA above 9. Also the co-founder of TOSS.
One of the best writers I know in real life (to know what I mean, read this), he wants to be a writer, lawyer and/or an entrepreneur :D
Viswanath aka Viswa (not Vichu)
Initially hung out with him mostly because he hung out with Vishnu. Talks a lot and comes with tons and tons of mokkais, a small percentage of which are actually funny. Best used to break the ice in awkward situations, he is comparable to a head ache. Despite your best efforts, you are never sure why you got it and how to get rid of it.
Surya
His inclusion in this list would surprise a lot of people and for good reason. He has somehow stuck to my gang for so long, getting rid of him has become too much effort for a somberi. Guaranteed to do something silly-looking at least once every five minutes, he has got a recent passion for cartoons and the spartans (this is an inside joke.. for now) which thankfully no one else seems to share.
Nalini aka Nemo
Childish and studious to almost a fault, she is a happy-go-lucky kinda girl. Its almost funny how every time I talk to her I seem to upset someone or the other. She is quite a good dancer and has been the inspiration for quite a few posts in this blog. And thanks to her, I have had many interesting phone calls(again, this is another inside joke). Also she is probably one of the few women who knows a lot about me and someone I know a lot about.
Well I could write about a few more people but feeling too lazy to complete.
A Boring Post - SOS 1.2
Semester 1
Chapter 3 : Nothing More
This is a boring post. There is nothing terribly interesting here. Nothing funny. Nothing drastically sad. Nothing worth reading twice, in case you go on to read it once.
Exactly like my first semester in TCE. It was one of those days when things don't happen much.
Then why bother post this at all? Because this was part of my college life. Because am too lazy to remember the tiny details in a semester whose most memorable moment was when a staff got pissed off at me. Because a boring semester turned out to be better than some "worstu" parts of my future college life.
Exactly like my first semester in TCE. It was one of those days when things don't happen much.
Then why bother post this at all? Because this was part of my college life. Because am too lazy to remember the tiny details in a semester whose most memorable moment was when a staff got pissed off at me. Because a boring semester turned out to be better than some "worstu" parts of my future college life.
Anyway there I was, at the end of first semester . Still as a geeky nerd and a vegetarian :)
Blankness Is Bliss - SOS 6.x
Sothapals Of A Somberi
Semester 6
Chapter (Not Yet Decided)
Too many thoughts crowd in my head,
It is so bad I cannot even go to bed.
All these memories are making me mad,
For my life has become so so sad.
Then comes the blankness to come save me,
And out of this crappy life it sets me free;
Something I have tried has gone wildly amiss,
It is true, this blankness is bliss.
What was it that I tried? Why the blankness?
To know all this, keep reading, the Sothapals Of A Somberi :D
Semester 6
Chapter (Not Yet Decided)
Too many thoughts crowd in my head,
It is so bad I cannot even go to bed.
All these memories are making me mad,
For my life has become so so sad.
Then comes the blankness to come save me,
And out of this crappy life it sets me free;
Something I have tried has gone wildly amiss,
It is true, this blankness is bliss.
What was it that I tried? Why the blankness?
To know all this, keep reading, the Sothapals Of A Somberi :D
At The Wrong Place - SOS 1.1
Semester 1
Chapter 2 : First Day Of College
Well it is the first day of my college and I had to go by bus. Now everyone knows am not very good at going from one place to another on my own. So I got into the most direct bus from my house to college. That would be the 31 numbered bus. Now, remember this is the first day of my college and I had no idea where to get down. All I knew was it takes approximately thrity minutes to get there. And sure, after 25 min, I did reach the place. I asked the conductor if that stop is the college. Just to be sure. After getting an affirmative, I got down. And as soon as the bus left, I knew something was wrong.
What I had not known was that the stop right before my college stop is called "Mannar College". Why? Because there is a freaking college there. Right before my college stop is another college. I had gotten down at the wrong stop. Shyte.
It was a good thing I had started early that day. So I decided to walk my way from there to my college. What I didn't know was that it was a 20 min walk. I got there in 30 minutes.
I reached the class in time. The first period was Chemistry. He started teaching immediately. Thus five minutes into the first hour of my college class hours I was fast asleep.
What I had not known was that the stop right before my college stop is called "Mannar College". Why? Because there is a freaking college there. Right before my college stop is another college. I had gotten down at the wrong stop. Shyte.
It was a good thing I had started early that day. So I decided to walk my way from there to my college. What I didn't know was that it was a 20 min walk. I got there in 30 minutes.
I reached the class in time. The first period was Chemistry. He started teaching immediately. Thus five minutes into the first hour of my college class hours I was fast asleep.
Orientation - SOS 1.0
Semester 1
Chapter 1 : Orientation
Orientation is the start of college life. They take you around the college showing you around. Generally dull stuff. But my first sothapal starts there :)
I wore what could be the worst choice for a shirt. A black shirt with orangish collar and sleeve. Yes, orange. Reasonably bright orange at that. That seemed to upset a few staff. I get shouted at on my first day of college. For wearing a bright shirt.
Unfortunately I wore that day only once again I think. And that day was when they took photograph for my college ID card. So no surprise I look like a moron in my college ID card. Which I have to use for four years.
But it was not all bad that day. The first conversation I had with a college mate was with someone who would be my classmate for all four years. He was disgusted with hostel food. Being at my grandparent's place I felt reasonably better. That person is the one whom we all now affectionately call Biscuit :D
Orientation is the start of college life. They take you around the college showing you around. Generally dull stuff. But my first sothapal starts there :)
I wore what could be the worst choice for a shirt. A black shirt with orangish collar and sleeve. Yes, orange. Reasonably bright orange at that. That seemed to upset a few staff. I get shouted at on my first day of college. For wearing a bright shirt.
Unfortunately I wore that day only once again I think. And that day was when they took photograph for my college ID card. So no surprise I look like a moron in my college ID card. Which I have to use for four years.
But it was not all bad that day. The first conversation I had with a college mate was with someone who would be my classmate for all four years. He was disgusted with hostel food. Being at my grandparent's place I felt reasonably better. That person is the one whom we all now affectionately call Biscuit :D