February 21, 2021

Aachi veedu

on February 21, 2021

I have to tell about this most happening place in my childhood.

ghost story nights, card games, movies, tv shows, nila choru - to be continued...

LOL that one recording from college 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

on August 21, 2020

Hostel Life at CEG - The 5 Year Story

on July 12, 2020

Me joining in Anna University happened suddenly and unexpectedly; I have always considered it lucky and the hostel life spent here is one of the best part of my life. I have not spent it luxuriously but definitely leisurely.

Year I

I had to fight to get accomodation in hostel because the intake of the college was increasing every year and the college administration was giving priority hostel admission to B.E students.

Temporarily I was dumped as the 5th person in a small room where there were already 4 people staying later was shifted to a dormitory room of around 50 students.

The first year was like a trial to learn the ways

- when to wakeup so that you don't have to wait in queue to take bath and go to class

- what food to have in mess and what food to have in canteen

- what to do after the classes are over

Those who were over enthusiastic involved in NCC/ NSS/ NSO or other club activities. For me time was spent with playing cricket and browsing in the internet center. Weekends were mostly spent by long sleeps and when the monsoon hit we almost went to COMA.

We had the first glimpse of the cultural extravaganzas - Agni, Kalakrithi, Techofes, Hostelday and Kurukshetra. We were ragged by our seniors during our department symposium and they made me cry.

I bought mobile and went crazy with it - sending ringtones, picture messages, SMS. Few of my friends got committed and they got busy with the long phone conversations. Watched IPL matches, shouting and supporting for CSK.

In the academics side, I became very lazy and ended in backlogs.

Year II

The 2nd year I shared my room with 2 of my classmates and one of them discontinued the course & left the college. We started mingling with our seniors who were staying close to us. Started celebrating birthdays with bumps and cakes and started roaming out - Beasant nagar, Tnagar, Marina, Mahablipuram, night movie shows(Ganaptathi ram theatre, Adyar).

Attended symposiums inside and outside the college.

I bought a cycle and was roaming with it. We used to walk to kotturpuram for having tea, snacks and dinner.

Year III

I bought laptop and it became all my world. The free WiFi made us spend lots of time watching videos and movies. Sometimes I missed classes the next day after sleeping late. My sister got job in Chennai and I went out spending times with her.

Year IV

My cycle got stolen and I had to buy a new one. The first half was project semester and we had so much of vetti times - so had so much of chatter, watched as much movies and played games on LAN. Playing cards was our new time pass. I got much interested with web designing and designed websites for department symposiums.

Year V

It was the placement year. Luckily I secured a job though I had a backlog and had less CGPA. The final project sem got busy with internship as web developer and less time was spent in hostel.

+ves learnt from roomies

How to dress cool.

Why not to settle for the second best.

When to be punctual.

How to be economical.

Why I shouldn’t lie again.

-ves

The freedom we had was not potentially used.

I ended up with this attitude - “Don’t ask me anything, I too won’t ask you anything”.

‘Ammonia’, ‘Maaikyan’, ‘Madappayan’, ‘Portuguesa karaya’….

on June 04, 2020

Primary School:

Going to school by rickshaw.
Running race under hot sun and in the sandy ground.
Lunch provided in school, mess in the underground of the school and going for lunch in queue.
Gang fights during lunch break.
Playing cricket with pad and paper.
Pen fights.
Race for copying the contents from board.
Merit cards.
Circus, movies, circus, excursions, fun fair and annual day.
Ponvandu, Gola ice, Elantha vadai(jujube bar) in shops near the school.

Middle School:

Going to school by bus,
First row in class and during prayers.
“I shall not be…”, “We shall over come…”, “Hey Parameshwar…” prayers and the auditorium.
Favourite principal 'Ramiah'.
Playing throw and catch with cashew nut.
Swimming classes and fear to get into the pool for the first times.
Very eager games periods and cricket.
Arrogant teachers for computer subjects and frightful lab periods.
Fun with teasing teachers.
Playful yoga, karate and extra-curricular activities.
Evening snacks and having lunch under trees.
Freaks about tazos, tattoos, stamp collections.
Class cuts during preparations for science exhibition.
Parade and sports day rehersals in hot sun.
‘House spirit’ in sports events.
Searching for 18+ content in library books.
Friday’s casual dress.
Virtual classes, personality development classes, foreigner’s visiting schools.
Milos, Noodles sponsored. Mobile library and circus in school setup.
Prefects swearing in ceremony, teacher’s day, thiruvalluvar day, art-craft competition.
Science Exhibition, Sports day, Annual day.
Quarterly, Half yearly, Annual Exams and the most expected Holidays.

High School:

Last seat chatters in bus.
Boring and sleepy classes.
Joint classes for common subjects.
Strict teachers and scolding from them; frightful physics and chemistry lab periods.
Chats and teasing by friends about crushes.
Groups and gang egos and clashes.
Rumored talks and gossips about relations between teachers.
Tuition with other school boys and girls.
Rushing for lunch provided in school(esp for NV).
Special classes and Night studies.
Snacks given during night studies(especially mini idlis, bread bajjis) Mosquito, Coils plays.
Orkut freaks.
Scrap books & farewell day.

The good old 2K's Cartoon Network

on May 28, 2020

It was between 1998 and 2006, my school days when Cartoon Network was our favourite TV channel and our TV keeps running this channel for almost the whole day when its on. We will be fighting for the remote with our cousins and aunts who want to watch other channels.

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In the late 90's the channel was not 24 hour and changes to 'TNT' after 9PM and between 5AM and telecasts classic english movies. The end of the last show of the day - the road runner show marks our bed time.