Hi folks… I am back with the fifth, (but not the last) Post of “4 Idiots”… Our beginning...
Shocked guys?Before you begin reading anything in this post, I request you all to kindly have a glance of all the comments posted in my 4th Post...There is a reason for it. So those of you, who haven’t read, GO Back & GET back soon!......
I was emotionally disturbed for the last few days that I couldn’t type or even think about the last post of “4 Idiots”…I was worried that 4 Idiots was gonna end after this Post !!
It has been around 3 Years & I still feel nostalgic about those most unforgettable days..
Initially, I thought of putting an end to 4 Idiots with my 5th Post. But after repeated requests from my close friends, I have decided to extend it to the 6th…
When I commenced writing the Blog, I thought of scripting all the incidents that happened during OUR Shankara days, only as anecdotes. However, once I started writing, the past kept haunting me! So I finally decided to publish it as an exclusive story………
Again a request for all first time readers! Do read my previous posts first, before you start reading this…
Unforgettable Moments of Shankara Days!
Katrin Mozhiye….Oliyyaaa ?? Isaiyaa?? Poovin Mozhi…Neerumma ?? Mannumma ?? Kadalinn Mozhi …………………
… “Ayyo ! Pinneyum thodanjiii” !! ... (Translation - Omg! Again started)…
Ashwin whispered into Maddy’s ears as I started to sing this beautiful number from the Movie Mozhi ! Those days, I was totally hooked up about Mozhi songs that I always kept singing it in the class!. Especially the song Katrin Mozhiye, kept me haunting everyday! Often, when we were forced to remain reticent in the class, it was like a holy-chant for me!!..I even had a copy of its lyrics in my hand!...Whenever the class got shifted to real boredom , I kept singing the song & at times, I was in a reverie about Anjali !!...
Apart from our Beach Visit, once we happened to visit Spencers too !!..Again, the missing link was Ashwin!..He stayed in the room while 3 of us left for Spencers. Myself being a T-Shirt freak, took some 2-3 T-shirts & also selected few for Swaroop!! We saw a wide range of 100 Bucks T-shirts which were really worth it …Madhav bought an Mp4 player !..Those days, Mp3/Mp4 Chinese players had just hit the market & it had created a huge demand!
I still remember the Mp4 player!..When I was not around, it was getting irresistible for all three of them without listening to my Katril Mozhiye Song! Lol !!:) ...So Madhav requested me to sing the song one day from their room & he recorded it so that they could listen to it all day!!...Ha ha !!
@ Mandaveli, my cousin Easwar & his wife Meena resided … It was just around 3 months since they were married & settled in Chennai then. So I had made the decision of not staying with them even if it was just 2 Kms away from Shankara & preferred traveling 10 Kms to Kilpauk …On repeated invites from Meena, I promised to stay at their place for 2-3 Days …Since I have been in touch with her quite often, from their Nichayadartham, I was kind of close to her…She was the nicest & the most innocent girl that I have ever met in my whole life…The 3 days which I stayed there was memorable!..She took care of me with utmost care & affection …I always yearned to have a wonderful sister like her …Nevertheless, she is definitely one person who is really close to my heart in our family….
In our 40 days of Stay @ Chennai, we faced many adventures!!...The ones, which I have written are amongst the most interesting incidents, which we all faced! This post would be incomplete without mentioning about another unforgettable incident!..
Our coaching was nearing its completion & we were repeatedly fooled by the whole Management in the name of providing good faculties , completing the syllabus on time & keeping frequent tests (not even a single test was held!!)..
With just around 12 days to go & one fine evening, Mr.NJN (Chief Mgt Head & Accounts Faculty) came up with a feedback sheet having the names of all the faculties including his, corresponding to which , few ratings & comments column were provided . He insisted us to write our comments irrespective of whether it was positive or negative along with our names. He also promised us, that the sheets would be read, only by a Doctor who was his close friend & not by any one else including him …
We wanted to watch a Movie from Inox Multiplex, which was located in the City Centre @ Mylapore. So few days back, four of us had a joined discussion, but finally Ashwin & Maddy backed out of the plan.. But we didn’t drop the plan.. I took Swaroop & went to City Centre & booked for Unnale Unnale !!As the Movie was doing gr8 business all over the city, we wanted to watch it badly, even if it had all new faces. …
I reckon, I must be the only person in the whole class to have commented negatively about Mr.NJN‘s teaching on few chapters in Accounts. I gave ratings which none in the class would have given … Highly Straight forward & had negativity to the core!!...
After all, we all had just written 10+2 …So, most of us had a fear, that if a negative opinion was passed, it would lead to a big issue & stuff!Poor Chaps, most of them would have definitely provided an excellent feedback, which would have pleased Mr.NJN too!
Since the classes were nearing its end, the number of absentees was increasing day by day. Students bunked classes especially after the first half during the half an hour Tea Break! If my memory is correct, it was on Tuesday of that particular week that we had booked for Unnale Unnale.On Monday ,during the second half , the number of Students were all time low !..Only around 45 students attended the class & there were around 20 absentees! Mr.NJN had a session the subsequent day, i.e the day when we had booked for the Movie!! ..
Initially we had a plan to bunk classes completely & go for the movie. Since the Movie was only @ 7.00, we decided to attend the first half! By 1.40, I reached Luz Mansion. Swaroop had already left & he was busy eating @ HSB. Madhav & Ashwin had finished having their lunch earlier & were waiting for me. Once I arrived, we locked the room & left. I asked Maddy & Achu to proceed for the class & told them that I would catch up with Swaroop & come to the class! By 1.50, I met Swaroop from HSB !..
In another 10 minutes, we moved towards Luz Mansion to take our respective bags & go to the class. By the time we reached the Mansion, it was already 2.10 & unfortunately, Swaroop had forgotten to take his spare room Key!..On the top of it, I kept my Bag too inside the room! Since it was already late, we didn’t take chances by going to the class & instead left for City Centre!!...Thank god! The Movie tickets were inside my wallet!
By 2.45, we reached City Centre & started to explore all the shops! Unlike Spencers, City Centre was a place where Shopping was meant only for people who were filthy rich! Shops like Lifestyle offered goods @ 50 % Discount!!Unfortunately the minimum base prize ex-discount came to around Rs.1800 for a plane T-Shirt with few stripes!!!
Nevertheless, since we Indians love Window Shopping more that Actual Shopping, prize tag does not actually matter…Thus, we decided to Window Shop till evening 6.30 !From 3 P.M to 7 P.M , spending 4 hours was really a tough job because there were only very few shops inside the City Centre ..By 5.45, we had already finished our darshan to all Shops & only the food court was left. Next we went there & had 2 Coke ..For the next half an hour, we kept sipping the Coke drop by drop !..It was a big sigh of relief once we entered the Cinema Hall !..
By 7.PM , the movie commenced !From what would have been an excellent movie if directed well , it turned out to be a real head-ache at the End of first Half …Suddenly by 8.30, during the Intermission, I got a call from Achu !!.. I was petrified when he started to narrate the incidents that happened in the class …
The feedback forms had made a great impact on Mr.NJN & the single comment from a guy about NJN ,as reported by him about his class made him wild! ( adhe adhe ,its me-the missing culprit ..Poor NJN !!),..Ashwin went on to explain about the tempestuous rage of NJN, which was never seen before! Statements like those, that “If NJN can’t crack accounts, who else can” etc were given in front of the students...
To add on, the news of 20 Absentees on the previous day after the first half took him out of Control... Half an hour of frightening verbal action was what the whole class had experienced! Thank god, I was not there...On that particular day, the ½ an hour Tea Break too was banned!!....
Like a blessing in disguise, Swaroop forgot his key, which subsequently made us move to the City Centre by bunking the whole day’s class! If not, we would have attended the first half & bunking the second half would have been totally out of question!...
By around 10.15, we came out of the City Centre... Since it was already late, we decided to board an auto & come to Luz even if it was just 1 & ½ Kms from City Centre! We were shocked after enquiring the rates from the Rickshaw guys!...Rs.40 to Rs.60, the rates kept varying ..Finally one guy agreed to come for Rs.18..Once we reached, we got the shock of our life …I gave Rs.20 & asked him to keep the change!!..But, when he said that he actually meant 80 & not 18, we were bewildered!!.... Poor chap… would have thought, that the kids could easily be cheated!
Once I started to yell @ him, sought of sullen crowd started to pull in as if some accident has happened..Swaroop was even more tensed when he saw me yell @ him to the max! Finally, I paid him another 10 Bucks & finished the deal …
The Next Day didn’t have Mr.NJN’s session! Goodness me! It was such a big relief that we were thrilled to the Core !!....The Next time I saw Mr.NJN , from mild fear ,I started to laugh suddenly… That day was really a lucky one for me!A question in Partnership A/C's was posted to the students & it was answered only by me in the whole class!..The next few seconds was the most happiest of all! Words of appreciation poured in ...I thought in my mind, “So Mr.NJN, you are appreciating the real unknown culprit!! Thank you...Lol…..”……
“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the true spirits.”
The ones, which we faced, are among those …The Most Cherished & truly Memorable!
It was around 3.30 P.M when she turned back & stared at me for the first time! Well, I don’t wanna exaggerate & quote some romantic stuffs like in movies coz my thought process was totally different then!...Two days back, I had a hair-cut & my hair was in a pathetic shape that I was really upset & ashamed to be in the class !..On the top of it, I was wearing a shirt, which looked as ugly as ever! So the very thought of she looking @ me was un-believable...
The news of her partial staring had reached my gang.. Maddy & Ashwin couldn’t resist teasing me…
Ashwin was laughing amidst the whole class, as if something funny was going on…Mr.Swaroop was seated in the 3rd row comfortably with Nithin ; both of them all set to listen to the class & sight @ their respective crush simultaneously! Nithin called his crush as Sania Mirza or something!. Still I wonder what made him call that female with this name!.....
I was perplexed...I didn’t know whether to look @ her eyes or to check if she was actually looking at me or someone else or was she puzzled at my dramatic change?
20 comments:
Hey dear.. blog still goin strong.. :)
its as good as ever..
nice one..
waitin 4 the grand finale!
Good work man ...!!! but it is not fair to put other in trouble in front of NJN... what comment did u write ..???
@ Jijith !..I wrote like the concepts which were taught lacked clarity & was totally vague etc etc..I don't remember the exact words coz its been around 3 years...
@Uthra !..Thanks a ton dear..
Waiting for the climax. Even when i read a story book, i go through the first few pages just to get an idea of the story and immediately shift to the last few pages for the climax. Can't resist my temptation.. So, kindly publish your next post asap. I have 2-3 guesses regarding the suspense.. (Did she actually look at you??) Let me wait and see if i'm right.
- DPTA :-)
Wow, undoubtedly a wonderful post this one is! Things r going damn interesting 4 which i was eagerly awaiting resisting my sleep..I bet no one could give such a clarity in things happened 3 yrs back n ur d best blogger ever! Your way of describing the incidents obviously deserves precious comments..Am a poor guesser n i don wanna take a wild guess of d climax! Would wait rather 4 d Epilogue..:)
Hello Everyone….I am one of the “4 Idiots”, of whom u have been reading these days.
Every time..after reading the blog, I limit my comment in 1 line or so. But this time I am going to post those things which happened in Chennai in April 2007, of which, either Vignesh is not aware of, or just didn’t consider it necessary to post. U may also feel, why the hell I am posting these minute incidents here. But, u shd understand that these things remain in my memory (Generally, I am weak in remembering things) only bcas I think it was a little bit special.
As I told, I have a poor memory, which may be the reason why I can’t recollect some of the incidents mentioned by Vignesh in his posts.
Anyway, I am going to start writing abt my experience with these 3 idiots + other strange/amazing characters (Not in any particular order…..But I will try to post it Chronologically)
1) I left Palakkad with a smile of Happiness/Relief !!!
Not bcas I was thinking abt the beautiful days that I was going to spend in Chennai……
Cricket World Cup was going on at that time…I was unhappy that, I can’t watch India lifting the World Cup…But, thanks to Indian Team for their splendid performance, I watched all their matches b4 leaving for Chennai (For those who don’t remember, India was eliminated in the group stage itself !!!)
2) As u all know, we started our Journey from Palakkad by train. It was on this journey that, Swaroop made us hear the Sahara song from ‘Sivaji’….The audio was to hit the floors only after some 15 days or so. But, to his surprise we (me & Ashwin) didn’t like it. Actually, I was not fond of Tamil & Hindi movies at that time & I was not excited abt ‘Sivaji’ too !!!
3) Once we (3 of us, Viggu was in his relative’s place na) settled down in our room, we came to know that, the only source of entertainment was my FM player & Swp’s Ipod. The funny aspect abt his Ipod was that, there was only 3 videos:- Kaun Benega Karore Pathi’s Title song(SRK’s) , Rahman’s Pray For Me Brother, Spider Man 3 Trailer. We saw these 3 videos at least 100 times(each) in that 1 month. Infatct, it became a routine thing for us to watch these 3 videos whenever possible !!!
By the way, My fm player was severely damaged due to a crash landing in the initial days itself.
4) My friends used to call me ‘Pishuka’(Miser)….That may be the reason why I started to keep an expense book as soon as I reached Chennai. But, it was not an easy thing to do while staying with ur friends. Soon, I had to stop it.
5)I started liking the meals in Mylapoore Sangeetha hotel very much, whereas these 3 called it Sub-standard. These guys, even started to bunk lunch, which was too much for me. I couldn’t control my hunger and sit in that boring class till 9PM. Sometimes we had a Lemon juice from Saravana Bhavan costing just Rs 19 instead of Lunch of Rs 50.
6)One day (as always), I got ready for class late, so I asked these guys to go. But, when I got ready I couldn’t find the lock of our room. I searched for it for a long time that, I couldn’t attend class that day.
7)Adventurous Beach Walk:- By this time we came to know that 2 other guys from our coaching class r staying in our same mansion, Nithin(Mallu) & Zeeshan(Gujarathi). We used to sleep very EARLY every night (By 2AM), not bcas we were revising our subject, we had so much topics to discuss (For example, we discussed abt existence of God; Which job gives us more money:- Politics, Acting, Business, etc ).
One night we all ( incl. Nithin & Zeeshan ;excl Viggu) ran out of topics to discuss that we decided to take a walk. Time was around 11pm. We told the Mansion watchman that we will be back in 10 mins. We had no specific plan, just wanted to have some chocolate and go back to our rooms. But, soon the idea of going to Marina Beach pop up from nowhere and we started our 2km walk to the beach. There was no people, vehicle or anything on the road. It was a different experience seeing the busy streets of Chennai so isolated.
Finally we reached beach. But when I put forward the idea to go near the sea, many objected except Zeeshan. So, we both started walking through the beach. As we got near the sea, we saw a young couple sitting there & having a Good Time. We called our friends who were standing near the road and told them abt what we saw; some even tried to catch a glimpse of it by running towards us through the beach. Some of my friends still regret not taking my advice of having a beach walk !!!
We reached back only by 2am. By the time our watchman had locked the gate & we had no other way than waking him up.
8) As u all know, Swp had a SMALL crush for a local beauty. For gaining her attention, he tried many things like sitting in the front rows of the class and acting studious. Once, during the class interval, we were having ice-cream, he suddenly threw away his ice cream just like that, so that she may at least have a look at him!!! (I still don’t know what he wanted to showcase abt him by such an act)
9) Bus chase:- Swp desperately wanted to find more abt this girl, so he started following her b4 & after class to find where she was going. Even I accompanied him sometimes (for protection!!!) One night he even ran after a bus in which she was travelling. I was too tired to run after him, so I walked back to our room.
Later, Swp told that he found out the Bus Number and her stop too. Coincidently, the bus number was same as the title of a romantic tamil movie !!!
10)Mistakes of my life:-
a) I am a diehard Tintin fan. (Tintin is a comic character created by Herge around 80 years ago. Speilberg is making 3 Tintin movies too, which will release in the coming years). I was so addicted to this comic series, that I bought a Tintin cartoon collection for Rs 985 from Landmark. The set had 6 Vcd of six different Tintin stories. The sad part is that, later when we went to the beach market, I found a pirated Dvd of the complete 24 Tintin cartoons which was sold for just Rs 18……Speechless !!!
b) I bought one 4gb Digital Mp3 player from Spenser Plaza for Rs 1600. And to my surprise it lasted only for 2 months.
11) My father who frequently visits Chennai told that he will come to our room one day. As he didn’t know our room, I have to go and pick him. Soon as I got the call, Swp & Ashwin helped me to make the room look clean. Swp had another brilliant idea:- In order to show that we study a lot he kept some books open with a pen on it.
Have some more small incidents, but have to stop now…
@ Maddy !..
Except for the beach visit which i got reminded after reading yours , i remember almost all the incidents..Anyways amazing Job da...
I request you to post a comment with respect to my present post too !..In the sense, kindly elaborate the NJN episode as me & Swp was not there in the scene...
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Guys, the best thing about our friendship was, we shared every news in case of either one's absence..I used to narrate things @ my aunt's place & these guys used to tell me what happened when i was not there with them...
Sorry da....I just dont remember the NGN episode....I think I too bunked that class !!! Better ask Ashwin abt it....
"NJN incident" was nice to read. In fact , ashwin had told me of it before. He told me dat NJN reminded students of the hardships dat parents ebdured to earn for their children's educational expenses
Among his 10 most memorable incidents, madhav forgot to include himself having taken swaroop's "aal's" photo
@Ganesh....I don't think anything of that sought even happened...
it really happened aliya.just try asking madhav
correction ganesh... it was not my aals pic.. it was dat ambika ( viks gal) s pic....
well thats a one big incident!!
@vignesh.. dude wy don u include dat in ur last post??
Well as madhav hinted that bus was 12B...
n btw maddy hats off!! didn knw u had such gr8 stuff in u 2 write!! im moved!! wy don u start a blog on ur own 2 incorporate our incidents in mansion n stuff that vik missed?? n maddy... dat day did ur dad actually got impressed by seeing our buks ? :P
@Swaroop !...I'll definitely incorporate all the suggestions in my Next Blog !..Well, as for the Pic !Comment reserved till my next post is out !..I've another funny incident too to add on to it....
Yeah !..Maddy really rocked !..
@ Ganesh & Swp
Whats that "aal's" photo thing....
I just dont remember !!!
@Madhav ..Yeah i know , i know...Some wrong stuff is being mis-interpreted..But i could get what Ganesh was trying to convey..I'll elaborate in my next post !....
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