To the world of Technology

Finally it came....... Your rank is this... shown in the website of Kerala Entrance Commission.. Yes, that's the end of all the suspense.. It was as much awaited as the World Cup triumph earlier this year.. The latter brought smiles and joy though..

Phone calls...phone calls.... and more phone calls......... Most of them sounded the same...

'What happened??' ..... as if I've failed in the I standard!!!

But I'm thrilled for the fact that I'm going to be an engineer... But this engineering has got a problem..Strictly speaking this B.Tech has got a problem.. Though it spells same throughout the globe,its standard depends on college to college...... So mine wouldn't be as worthy as a B.Tech from IITs or NITs.. It would be just an ordinary B.Tech..... So what makes the latter superior? Maybe due to the huge facilities and the level of pedagogical systems that makes them stand apart.. Anyway its pointless going into all that..

Most probably I would get electrical engineering which is my preferred industry... I can bet you on the fact that only just a few, maybe around ten, in Kerala would like to take electrical engineering..  Most of them like to take mechanical.. Its interesting to note that 80% of them have no idea of what that field is... Still they tell ' I would like to take mech'...

Whatever it maybe I'm going to step into the world of technocrats and mind blowing industry of technology.. I always believe that young engineers can revolutionize the society; revolutionize India...  But most of the highly acclaimed brains are moving out of the country.. Unlike them, I don't want to work outside India like in NASA or in any other foreign company and then mourn and sing ' Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera ' !!!

Everyone boasts that they are different but end up doing the same thing.. Either they work for another country or they stay here doing something that will only multiply their bank account.. India still remains to be the same old, poor country..

This is my problem..... When I say something, I start from myself and end up somewhere......

Longest day of my life....

These days I have to wake up early,at 8 am. This new lifestyle had its birth since 16th of last month. Driving classes is the culprit..Cursing this early schedule I looked at the calender. Its May 19, thursday - the day I have the test for getting learner's licence. What a crap is that.... Licence for learning?? Or is it a permission to hit anyone or anything while we drive? Whatever it may be I have to get it to continue my classes. Having such ridiculous thoughts in mind I left my home at around 9.

 I reached Pongmudu Sree Jyothi driving school at around 9.15am. There I had to put at least 8 signatures in as many columns.. I have done it as if I  was writing as imposition - without any sense. There were 5 more students having test that day. One of them Sandeep has got a bike. Master asked me to go with him. There are situations in life when you act without much thinking....
While Sandeep started the bike I asked catually,
'Got the licence na?'
'2 yrs ago'
So we started for RT office Kazhakuttom.. But unfortunately our hopes ended within 5 seconds..

Sitting behind him a noticed a red car trying to overtake us. In a nanosecond it hit somewhere in the handle of our bike and we lost balance; leaned towards right, and we both were on the road. There are times when you  are scared a lot, you scream; and there are times when you are so beyond scared, you freeze.. This time I did freeze even under sunshine. What has happened ? At this point Rancho ( in 3 Idiots) might say "All izz Well' 'All izz Well".,...but actually I was telling... "I'm alive" , "I'm alive"... I tried to get up as people ran and encircled us. I saw my leg was completely under the bike.. I asked someone to lift it up. Trying to stand I found my right hand and right leg were injured.. But the pain is bearable. 'So no fractures'.... thinking of the fact that people say fracture has unbearable pain..Sandeep had also minor injuries..

Someone gave me a glass of water.. At times when you desperately needed water you cannot ask for boiled and purified water.. For the first time I felt water was tasty.. Meanwhile a similar model, similar colour car stopped in front of us and a man around 50 years age offered us to take to the the hospital.. Going to the hospital in an AC car was better than going in an ambulance.. The nearest hospital was one SUT hospital in Kochulloor.. So he drove us towards that.. Sandeep kept on telling that it was the first time he had an accident..  I kept on complaining myself to have chosen to go by bike.. We might have felt that complaining about the past must be better than looking at the wounds.. Neither of them will have any effect on us though..

Car stopped in front of the casualty.. We stepped out... A lady around 30 years of age came to us..
'What happened?'
'Bike,...bike accident'
'Sorry we won't take any accident cases.'..,,,...... as if we reached a temple.
'Wha..aat?'
'you have to go to other hospital.'
'So what the hell are you doing with this hospital?'
'we have no option.'
We gave her a weird look..;then left the place immediately..

The 'driver' went after dropping us at Medical College.. I noticed a scar on the left side of the car and he had asked us whether we remember who hit us.. These made me sure that it was he who was the culprit... But filing a case or doing anything against him won't help us either.. So we left him with a "Thank You Sir" in as polite way as we could.. Suddenly I thought of my sister... I called her and she came in 10 minutes.. Her presence helped us from not waiting at the queue and  got the necessary treatments comfortably..

She brought me home and then was the scolding session.. Starting with a 15 min scolding from mom for getting into a bike accident. then came a 20 min scolding from dad..  That continued for the whole day.. It was another unforgettable day.. But this one prevented me form any sort of writing for 10 days!

at the reception

May7....finally I have got a day to begin with. I woke up late,around 9.45am( but I feel it's too early ), and for someone of my age group having big excuses of toiling hard for the last 2 years to get in any prestigeous
engineering college waking up too early is something difficult to digest.....Some experienced people say waking up at 5am and studying( or mugging up? ) for 3-4 hours really help,but I have never practised that... .Anyway I am not going into all that..

Yes coming back to may 7....It was a very important day.....having a marriage function in the evening.For me last week has been too boring.I have even thought that those school days were better.But this day is 

different.It's our favourite and the most respected Sreelekha madam's son's marriage reception..The feeling that I can see all my friends and teachers made the day much more valuable..My mobile rang and it shown 

"pran calling"...Yes thats Pran Nath( or pranny,kk )..We call him anything thats suits him at that moment..And dont think that kk refers to king kong..Only he knows it.... He asked me to be ready at 11 am so that we both can buy together a gift.. He came at 2pm.......kept me waiting for 4 hours.....thats him....."regularly irregular"..Anyway we have done the job afterall....He landed me safely in Govind's house and went to gym(don't know for what he's going there). This place,govind's house,remains to be our common starting place..... We all used to join here to go anywhere..As I expected Jaggu(Jagadiendran) was already there showing his batting and bowling skills with chinnu( govind's bro ) and with chinnu's friends..

Soon bj also came... Yeah bj is Gokul Nair..Don't tickle your brain on why we are calling him bj.Some say its shortened form of bujji......let it be like that.He is a bujji of course but not of our Govind's standards..... Govind used to be the best among us and is now excited with his 15000/- worth samsung galaxy mobile.... He deserves that..for someone who is expecting to crack almost every exam he has written this 

year this might be small gift..... Who knows what else he may get....

Just before  6 we started to leave for Palayam... Incidently Vishnu( a face we have seen after 2 years or so ) and ahmed came and it was time for us to leave.

We stopped infront of the hall-Bishop Pereira hall- and Nandini also accompanied us just before we entered.... Ma'm was at the stage with his son.... She was really thrilled to see all of us... No girls( except Lekshmi P Nair ) of our class came....And that is expected also.... Govind  was busy taking pictures and sending via bluetooth to lekshmi and nandini...... Unfortunately neither of them asked him how much his galaxy costs... :-)

Coming to food...there was fried rice,appam etc.. with chicken in non-veg area..... We ate as if we haven't eaten anything for a week..Sid(sidharth) and kanju(hari),rohit,adithya and pran also came later... Those memories of our unforgettable high school days came back flourishing. Our bj's hurry to leave made me,hari and vishnu to leave early..  One thing I understood of bj was that his tension and fear are directly proportional to time(particularly night)..And even after 18 years of earth life it hasn't reduced a bit.....perhaps increased...What can we do...Thats him... Of course that day was special...... a day not to be forgotten.......