Nostalgic Refreshments

No wonder 'memories' are the best stuff 'God' can give us. Before moving to the next phase of life, let me just pause everything for a few minutes and do a quick rewind.
Happiest moment defined will definitely include some part of material possessions. The child in me rather many of us is still very alive. I would see the world with my head up when i wear a new dress.

'Those were the best days in my life' When we used to ride bicycles to school. I was the proud owner of Bazooka cycle(a cycle with shock absorbers and hardly 3 ft from ground )I used to lock it with a chain for the rear wheel and some lock made of rubber for the front wheel :O

Growing taller than the cycle, I got one BSA SLR,slim and a bigger one. I happily drove that to my school, until the D-day when i dashed mine with my school mam's in a terrific cycle race. Though i lost my cycle, i became popular in my school. Teachers used to recognize me as the person who earned good injuries for his hindi teacher. How could i walk to school which is 2 kms from my home :P Yeah, i got one shining silver colored Hercules cycle. It lasted few years until it was replaced by my Dad's Kawasaki. To describe about the bike - It had no headlights, no speedometer and no brakes too. But u could hear it even if u r a kilometer far. The motorized cycle used to carry minimum of three riders (no quadruples yet :P)

Never will i forget Vivek's Topgear cycle,Sunny,scooty and Discover. All of Vivek's were equally ours :P (a few exempted on moral grounds)
Prakash - the man who purchased a license has a red Unicorn and claims to be the 'scorpicon with a unicorn' and finally Charan - He keeps walking and he loves that :P

My ‘mileage beast’ replaced the era of Kawasaki. This particular bike has many style and comfort aspects. Jotting them..
1)Comfort aspect -- You need not hire your friend to carry something for you every time as my mileage beast owns a superb plastic spacious box.
2)Style aspect -- Never wasted my money on remodeling coz 'mileage beast' is modeled to perfection
3)Safety aspect -- No fear for parents on rash driving as you have the ride control set to 40 km/hour .Dont dare to cross 40 in the speedo,you can't :P
4)Economy aspect -- Why need a helmet when such safety measures are observed
5)Trouble free -- Chuck off the problem of losing keys, duplicate keys, rusty locks,etc,reason being 'mileage beast' doesn't have a lock. But you'll have to master some tricks to ignite the beast.( ppl with knowledge of these tricks are requested not to leak them out )
6) The best aspect -- Last but not least 'mileage beast' does not need petrol, it can survive with the smell of petrol.
I'm the proud owner of the first-rate,fanatbulous,regal bike. :)
But in the recent past, owing to my absence in the city mileage beast is not properly nurtured and so my Dad's car superceded my mileage beast.

An idyllic transition witnessed by the same old streets of Nanaganallur !!

Cheers,
Akil

P.S: My mileage beast is not for sale,Plz don't drop in mails regarding the same :P

My 2008

MY 2008, is all about my memorable, scrupulous, joyous, gleeful and crumbled moments which made up my year 2008.

I have a poor memory and I could jot down only few dates which made me feel 'this is not an ordinary day'.

I guess I had enough of my year and if anything could happen, GOD please postpone it to 2009 :P

Feb 6:

It started in the month of June 2007, placements kicked off in our college. I got an offer from Accenture and I was not satisfied with that, as nobody in my college was. We were eligible for two jobs - dream and non dream, categorized based on package the IT giants offer.

I dint feel the heat till the end of 2007, by the time I felt that I have crossed 16+ companies. Till the count was 16 I had a feeling, everything will get fine as I had my friends with me with no dream offers. As days ran, the gang of eight reduced to four then to two and finally one(proud ME).

The glueyness I had with people was loosening up, felt like I was ditched but my 'Never mind' attitude was up. I still remember my dad saying 'u r running behind something big, just don't lose your run and be sincere’, I could just chortle saying 'people say this for consolation' but I continued my hunt.

And at last, I was asked to stop my pursuit. I still remember the day I never told my parents that I was going for placements, made sure they did not guess that and so I dressed myself up in casuals and slippers. I was called in for interview which went for three rounds, ironically I was not there when they my name was called out as the first name. Most rapturous day in my life!!I'm now in Oracle and they offered me the heftiest pay I could ever believe. Thank you GOD!!

Feb 27:

We guys had to fix up stuffs for our School Reunion. This particular day we (I, Charan, Prakash and master) went to book a resort in ECR. We were done with our negotiations and set off from that place. I took the honor of riding the bike. As I managed to rise the steep entrance of the resort and took a right by the time I heard a fulminant voice(Charan’s) saying ‘Stupid take a left!!’ Struck by that I turned left(U turn actually).In no moment, I saw a young guy shaking his hand bars , an old women falling to the ground and a Govt. bus blowing horns badly. We met with an accident and no damage on our part. All I could see is the old woman crying for her son. Thank God!! All were alive in the damn road. Sudden upshots made us feel the worst day of our lives. People started gathering as the woman was hurt, they took our bike keys and in no time the young lad has called in his area members. If not for master,the consequences would have been worst. Myself and Charan ran into a 3 star hotel (definitely not to relax) to hide ourselves. We hired a vehicle (meen body vandi) , placed our bike in that and reached home safely. Lesson: See both sides of the road before u take a turn. :(

March 22:

We had a wonderful school reunion. Felt proud for being one in SVAP :)

May 6 :

We came back from our last college tour. Everyone was trying to wipe their tears off before others noticing it. Free hugs came into play. I felt the best in four years.Of the most Akku’s words were very warm.

June 1:

Its been a long time since i met my frens, so we(Vivek,Prakash,Akku,Raja Vijay,Kd,Satish,Kings,Deepan and myself) dined in my home.

June 2:

Tragic day,Akku met with an accident and died on the spot.Never even dreamt of such a tragic incident,too harsh a reality.

Mach !! U made a very strong impression in me, u know , I could still hear you and picturise ur reactions.U were the best.I love you mach..RIP

June 15 :

My dearest grand pa passed away.Thanks to him for passing his grand son all values he learnt.

June 22 :

First time i'm out of my home, felt like crying.Annaen singamla..publicku munadi oru sottu kaneer kuda vidala :P

June 23 :

My first day @ Oracle.

July 31:

My first salary..I never knew i'm worth 58k in my first take.Happily spent all my money to ppl who mean a lot to me :)

Rest of 2008 :

In my own world of family and friends,I enjoyed my year.

cheers,

Akil