This was a mail i'd jotted down on jan 1st,2009 vn i missed my college life real bad, addressed to my classmates... Thought i'd start off bloggin with this.. This way, i really don havto write anythin now.. :P
All of us r a year older.. N so is our friendship..
Those new years' eves we spent at marine drive on top of the trees adjacent to TAJ peekin into their disco….. Vn v saw tht madaamma in blue bikini… :D
Those days we spent pullin each others legs.. N each others towel's en route to the MH shower..
Those days vn shameerka became a streaker jus coz some1 pulled his towel n running naked thru mh corridors..
Those days vn CounterStrike "kills" were all that mattered.. N each other was everythin.... Those new years eves spent in MH tryin to hunt down each other in crazy CS maps.. Those days vn v vr gods… killing each other on pc in the wee hours of midnit..
It all started 4 me vn I joined MEC… I had major plans 4 college.. Had the yuckiest hair(chakari as ppl still call it n i still have it :( ). Some1 told me if I shave my head n then oil n shampoo my hair regularly n all, the hair tht grows'l be damn better.. N the joining 4 the coll wasn't expected till 1-2 months l8r.. So I decided to shave my head bald... N to my dismay, in the next days newspaper, thr's this horrible news tht I had to join the day after!!! I was shellshocked!!! I has a mottaa!!!!... But I beckoned every drop of courage tht I could n headed to cochin.. Vr I'd actually done my schoolin till 8th.. So it wan't a new city to me, though the experiences tht followed was damn new… never ever did I imagine somethin like this..
So I reached cochin a day earlier, n reached a family friend's place.. This uncle was pretty fond of advicing young lads… n I was a pretty good target since I was gonna join college n all.. So got daily doses.. N was desp due to it.. But thr was this li'l kid they had, who was like a sis to me.. So I used to hang out with her n watch cartoons with her to escape from the free advice…
The D-Day came atlaast.. I dinnoo wt to do.. I had been asked to report at this place MEC, thirkkakara .. So I reached thr at 8 somehow.. N vn I reached the only thing I saw was many dogs running around.. N some makin out ;) (which I din know at the moment was a trademark of MEC).. N lemme describe my attire.. It'd sound funny now, but I had to look neat.. So I had this formal shirt avoiding my t-shirts.. N I luvd jeans, so was wearing a loose baggy kinda jeans too… not very hip/YoYo, but ok pair.. N nice black shoes. Tht dad'd given me 4 the special occasion of joinin engg college.. So dinno wt to do n was hangin around in front of college.. N I saw an uncle n a small lad crossing the gates n heading to college.. The lad lookd kinda small n terribly petrified…. The duo talked to me n told me tht they had reached thr beforehand, but had gone to have tea or somethin since they din find any1 in college, let alone in office.. So we had normal polite talks abt vr each of us hail from n all…. N finally after our induction meeting by jyothi john(whom I'd thought was a female until I saw him).. I actually thought he'd heard the wrong name bein callled n came up to talk vn jyothi john was being called upon stage to talk to the new batch.. I was half expecting a gud lookin ma'am to walk upto the stage… (so.. That's the 1st disappointment at college..)…
N many other hulla gullas l8r after all the fee formalities, I headed to meet the hostel in charge to enquire abt the hostel accommodation n all.. So I'd to fill some forms n all n warden asked me to follow the peon to the hostel.. So I was standin in front of the college.(with blue jeans, formal shirt, of course tucked in neatly with n neat belt n a small cross bag which had my certificates n stuff).. It was supposed to be college.. Which meant fun n blaast( this word, I learned only after joinin college though)… so I was standing thr with this not so simple attire, with the clean shaven head, mind u… n this guy comes about introducing himself.. Sayin he's also a new joinee.. N he suggested I better remove the cross bag n pulll my shirt out… 4 the better of my health.. N since it was related to my health, I gladly listened to him..(thank god I did it coz I'd'v been screwed real damn baaddd if I hadn't).. N this guy says he's frm calicut too… n I was relieved… n that's how I met shajith ali hassan.. One of those lads with whom I still share our apartment n is a colleague at work…. So I head out to hostel behind the peon n thr's this dad-son duo I'd met earlier.. They vr also goin to the hostel n I joined them.. N on reachin the hostel, the peon says this lad n me r gonna be roomies.. N I'd already 4got his name n hence asked his name again… n tht's how I met payyan.. (even though I was introduced to him as suresh : ) )… n the fun started… I left 4 my family friend's place to get my luggage n by the time I was back, payyan n my other roomie was shit scared n wouldn't even open the door 4 me.. I had to convince "suresh" I was the lad he met in the mornin.. N I was shocked as to y this lad's so damn scared.. N he tells me.. "vann raggin aaanuu… vaathill poottikkoo.. Enth aayaalum thorakkandaaa"… n I find another person in my room who was supposed to be my 3rd roomie.. N tht's "andan".. N then seniors almost slammed our doors down n made us open the door.. N he asked payyan n andan their names.. N then me.. Me being the polite person that I am, said "my name is jebeer, what would be yours"..(extending my hand 4 the handshake obviously...).. N life jus went downhill from tht moment onwards.. Every senior wanted to meet the junior "motta" who asked a seniors name n wanted a handshake!!!.. Life was desp those days… singin like a beggar in mh mess, playin spiderman (of course with the underwear on ur head).. But payyan beat every1 in play acting everytime… seniors saw some super power thing in him tht he was always made the superhero-superman,batman n wt not.. The only thing tht changed durin each of these was the names.. Be it any hero, "suresh" had to wear the underwear around his head n jump up n down the shelves of mh rooms n from the table to table n all.. Funniest thing I'v eva seen n couldn't stop laughin… so seniors gave me the honour of wearing my underwear around my head too… n the underwear tht I opted to wear was the best thing they luvd.. It was supposed to be yoYo designer ones, but they thought it had a world map printed on it…. Pheww… tht did it… the motta with a world map underwear!!!!... Our rooms was beginnin to appear like a train station.. Ppl'd never leave the room.. Untill v got new neighbours in the room nextdoor.. Some1 who was more than glad to strip.. The words STR would make him strip stark naked.. He like njoyd it.. N tht's poker… fijaz poker… this's how life jus hit off…. From rockbottom to sky high.. The years tht followed cannnot be described as easily…. It was jus damn fun………………..
n I know I'm speakin too much.. So lets jus stop it here… wt I meant to say was….. Tht u guys.. All of u whom I'v already met here in my college joinin story n those whom I'm yet to meet… all of u have made my life wonderful in some way or other… n I'm damn glad I'm one of u.. A CB'ian… no matter how shameful tht sounds to others in colle :).. Coz v rock…. N so I jus wanted to wish all ma buddies out thr… all my bro's.. N all the gals.. A happy damn prosperous new year.. N let 2009 bring all of us together n give us fun like alwaaays…
Luv ya all…
Have a happy happy rockin new year..
PS: Life has changed a lot since i penned this down .. Vn i'd penned this, i was workin in wipro,cochin n now i'm jobless n heading to a b-school in the coming months. Shajith Ali hassan got married n wt not.. Life's changing always.. But all these memories'l neva fade... Best days of my life!!! :D
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