IV CHRONICLES.. Part 2

DAY 2: Touchdown at Bangalooru

Landed at B’lore on Sunday the 16th. After a breakfast of Idli..dosa etc. we set out to Visvesvaraya Technological Museum. Dunno if the fact tht we wer tronix students played any factor but the Bell hall of Electronics seemed to be the most interesting section. The virtual gaming section was fun. As KP ws spiritedly playing virtual volleyball against a robot, Soju Sir appeared outta nowhere on the screen, kicked out KP from there and completed the rest of the game. All of us were laughin our asses off. Science section for children was also cool. Had a great time dancing on the piano floor. I expected the space section to be the most interesting but unfortunately(or fortunately :p) one ultra hunk materialized in front of our eyes nd the rockets, satellites nd planets blurred out of our vision..All we(me n KP..rest of the doggies wer busy gathering knowledge frm the biotech section) could see was the magnificient greenery.. truly grrr88..hoooo .. But the moving dinosaur at the museum was really lame..It was makin sounds as if it had chronic constipation.
Went berserk at a chaat outlet outside the museum coz many of us had not tasted even a panipuri till then. After lunch, as we were walkin on the pavement enjoying ice cream a kannada guy bumped against one of my friends.. nd this friend let out the usual reaction of our gang.. ‘PATTICHETTEH!!!!’.. nd the kannada guy became violent..we fled.



Next stop was Lal Bagh..Ws really disappointed to find tht the greenery ws all in pairs. We the Ottathadis of India!!! Hung around the place until it started raining really heavily.
The rain started when we wer standing on a tree nd posing for a foto. The day winded up with ISKCON temple. It was a really different experience. I’ve been to an ISKCON temple before. But this was in a much more grand scale. I found the room of my dreams there.. a BIIIIIIIG hall with long tables loaded with the tastiest food imaginable.. aaaa *drooolinnnn*.. black forest cakes.. chilli gobi.. ice cream…

After reachin back at the hotel Kp Shal n me gave Peeru a b’day treat.. nd then went to snooze aftr a small pillow fight session..
So this is part 2 of the post..I wanted to write abt day 3 n 4 too… But not in a mood to write.. so to be contd.

IV CHRONICLES - Part 1

Been dreamin of the so-called Industrial Visit ever since getting into college. Cant really explain wht I’m feeling now that itz over. One week on the move, with friends... it’s the longest I’ve been away from my family n home( not countin the times whn my parents wer away frm home for weeks.. sis was ther for company then nd also not counting the times I’ve been away frm home with my parents for weeks).
So many experiences nd so many images.. Can’t really do justice to them by condensing them into one single post..Hmm well truth is that I don’t hav the patience to write about all of it in one go nd neither wud any of u hav the patience to sit thru it..

DAY 1: The Journey Begins



Thought I’d get some help with luggage since both Amma nd Achan decided to drop me off at college.. But naa, Amma insisted that I should carry all of it as practice for the upcoming journey when I’ll hafta move around the luggage frequently.. So being the little Schwarznegger that I am I staggered and panted nd huffed nd puffed nd somehow managed to dump the luggage where all the luggage ws being dumped..Then KP arrived with her backpack threatening to knock off her centre of gravity any moment..haa we the little Schwarzeneggers of India!!My parents got bored after sometime nd left after givin me handshakes which is their way of giving advice abt not getting into trouble or hitting my head on some electric post while busily drooling over some hot hunk or tumbling down escalators while doing the same..
The bus journey to the railway station (Kochu Veli) had the usual violent tribal dance nd dappankoothu session with all of our screws getting loose nd with Fatima losing all screws.
Was really disappointed to see the age group of the fellow passengers.. the chart went something like ‘Kochu Thresiya 49… Jacob Mathew 50….’ bla! Since we couldn’t alambify in the train as much as we could do in a bus..we juz limited ourselves to singin nd stuff..Soon more passengers got in nd it ws juz me singin like a possessed frog in my cracked voice..Pandit Frogshillah Rahatulla..I hd to stop when little wide eyed kids started comin to my compartment nd stared in fear nd confusion.. hoo fans!!fans!! :D
The real fun started when we started trying to switch berths with other passengers so that all of us could be in one compartment. I have never seen in my life such Choris who are hell-bent on picking up a fight. KP nd me had a real tough time convincing all of them nd the rest of our gang even had to play coolies. In the end we wer almost sure tht either those people would defenestrate us or we’d flush them down the toilet. Itz not possible to behave more decently nd humbly thn we did..yet..UGH!!All of em wer commentin tht KP nd I wud become good TTR/TTEs someday..The RAC people trying to snatch our berths ws the icing on the cake.Nyways managed to wind up the matter before midnight coz midnight was the time to wish Peeraparu Happy Birthday!!yippieeee!Her birthday always coms during tour-times..Last time we had given her a toothpaste bath when she ws dozing off in the bus :D (to be contd.)

At Da Beach

Midnight... last day of the Onam vacation officially over nd whatta day it was! 6 of us (unicorn, dollar$, boxer, shalpattii, kalla pattii n me-mega pattichetta) affected by chronic zoanthropy n calling ourselves 'doggies' (nd one unicorn) gathered at KPs house to write three assignments nd managed to finish off one.. first time most of us r finishin somethin off so early.. yippie to us!

After lunch we got a hunch that the date of submission of one assignment wasnt the next day(which is today..past midnight so coll gonna reopen today..hmm whtever).. So we packed our bags nd went off to the beach (after me nd RP goin to a veg shop to buy 2 palayamkodan pazhams for 2 rupees for KPs aunty..In the end the 2 bananas cost 3 rupees nd we jus stood ther n smiled..n the appooppan shopkeeper let us off...'makkalkku roadil koode kazhichondu nadakaanaano??'.. *smile grin smile*)..O nd b4 goin to the beach all of us had a really interesting conversation with someone apparently called 'Sheetal' or sheetalan rather!!!

Beach ws great tho the moment we set our foot ther som TV anchor guy(lookin like a zombie coz he had too much make up on..or was it toothpaste coz it looked pearly white) came runnin to us askin if we could endorse his program which hd got past 100 episodes(we bear so much crap to run for so long on our channels).. we wer like.. yea right!! Over all of our deadbodies!Ini atu kandittu venom valla wicked ammachiyum veetil vilichu parayaan..'aaha molu beachil valiya tv star okke aayallo'.. n my amma will prolly think tht i made a guest appearance in the Valiyathura version of 'Baywatch' nd played a character named 'matthi vikkana annaamma'...

Then all of us ran to the waves nd had an awsome time splashing about..wrote nonsense on the sand.. nd raised the BP of the lifeguard(why ws he so worried abt us!!)...

Doggies nd Unicorn among the waves

haa haa... gettin hyper excited seein som ammachi being washed off by the waves.. look at the joy on unicorn's face(2nd frm left).... hehe no.. juz laughin..no one got washed away

wave-gazing peacefully... shantiii samadhaanam

boxer's master stroke...surf nd the sand

v de grr8... signing off on the sands of time..waiting for the tide to erase us.. sho!! drainage literature!! :P

nd in the end aftr sittin on the lawn, watching the mermie nd gazin at the planes takin off frm the runway...drying off in the sun..all of us parted ways to meet again the next day.. good days ahead.. hopefully :)

half century of queries

wanted to do somethin...so..


1.Were you named after anyone?
no..not my official name..tho i got my petname 'anu' frm my sis's best friend in kindergarten

2. Do you wish on stars?
nope..luv gazin at thm tho

3. When did you last cry?
been only a couple of months..cnt believe i wasted tears over somthin so stupid..cryin juz aint worth it

4. Do you like your handwriting?
yea...especially when it strts lookin like ECG while snoozin n takin down lecture notes

5. What is your favourite meat?
chikkkannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

6. What is the most embarrassing CD on your shelf?
some biblical chavittu nadakam..i dunno hw it got ther

7. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Yups

8.Are you a daredevil?
Ther is a thin line between daredevilry n stupidity.. its hard balancin on tht line

9. How do you release anger?
havin a problem with anger issues..cant sustain mild anger nd cant bear extreme anger.. throwin the tv remote at someone helps a lot tho

10. Where is your second home?
used to be ma skool durin ol days... luvd tht place tho i usd to bunk a lot.. now im not a big fan of college..still i look fwd to goin ther nd i dont bunk tht much ..cant brand it as my 2nd home tho

11. Do you trust others easily?
find it easier to trust strangers.. its weird.. i kno

12. What was your favourite toy as a child?
my tricycle nd a big duck on which i usd to go on imaginary voyages :D

13. What class in college do you think is totally useless?
industrial management.. othr ones are surprisingly quite nice this sem

14. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
only on people who i think deserves it

15. Have you ever been in a mosh pit?
ok lemme check wiki wht mosh is.. oo nice..our buses are mobile mosh pits nd the conductor guy often performs stage-dives

16. What do you look for in a guy/girl?
depends on wht purpose im lookin at them

17. Would you bungee jump?
yesssssss :)

18. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
nope..ive got big shoes :D

19. What's your favourite ice cream?
chocolate... triple scoop drenched in choco sauce nd a lavish helping of nuts

20. What are your favourite colours?
depends on the background.. nd wher theyre found.. bright red flowers- awsom.. bright red shoes on my feet- not tht good.. grey T with sap green cargoes..eww.. sap green leaves against the grey cloudcast monsoon sky.. *dreamy eyes*

21. What are your least favourite things?
the list never ends.. tho this link leads to som of em
http://cloudcanvas.blogspot.com/2007/01/som-things-i-hatedislike-x.html

22. How many people do you have a crush on right now?
i think its two..or one..im not sure..nyway not much choices out ther nowadays

23. Who do you miss most right now?
do chicken salad nd hot n sour chicken soup count as persons???? :(

24. What are you listening to right now?
to the voices in my head..lol

25. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be?
black

26. What is the weather like right now?
cloudy

27. Last person you talked to on the phone?
som friend of my sis who mistook me for sis nd strted blabberin somethin

28. The "first" thing you notice about the opposite sex?
again.. depends on why im lookin at them ;)

29. Do you like the person who sent you this?
copy pasted it frm shals blog.. shalz a dear doggie :)

30. How are you today?
hungry n too lazy to make instant noodles

31. Favourite non alcoholic drink?
thick mango juice

32. Favourite alcoholic drink?
red wine available at vikas bhavan co-operative store durin X'mas... very niice.. but dos tht classify as alcoholic?? :-/.. so oru stylenu irikkatte...absolut vodka...kulukkiyathu ..not kalakkiyathu :P

33. Natural hair colour?
somwher between black nd deep dark brown(when u shine a torch on it :D)

34. Eye colour?
Black

35. Wear contacts?
nope

36. Siblings?
yup..big sis

37. Favourite month?
never gave it a thought..nd dont feel like doin it now

38. Favourite food?
junk food.. fast food..tasty food..ice cream food..chocolate food.. :(( im hungryyyyyy

39. Favourite day of the year?
itz not my birthday anyways..tho birthdays rock

40. Have you ever been too shy to ask someone out?
yess afcoz..if i'd not been shy i wudve been a 100 dates old!!!

41. Scary movies or happy endings?
scary movies

42. Summer or winter?
neither... monsoon

43. Holi or Diwali?
holi not celebrated much around here..so diwali i guess

44. Do you like your name?
yea :>

45. What book/magazine are you reading?
started readin 'satanic verses' nd toppil bhasi's 'olivile ormakal' simultaneoulsy.. interesting but not in a mood to read nowadyas..let xams com..thn i'll try :P

46. What's on your mouse pad?
lots nd lots of junk nd crap i guess...coz mouse pad restin in peace at som dumpyard..threw it away long time ago

47. What did you watch on TV last night?
i remember homer simpsons head at som point of time

48. Favourite Smell?
tea dust nd rain

49. Have you ever regretted breaking up with someone?
not broken up yet..but someday i will :D

50. Most tiresome thing you’ve ever experienced/done?
usually dont sit thru tiresom things.. tho these 50 q-s on a normal day may prove tiresm..but got nothin els to do..so...

Kamatthi Vacha Uruli

Itz the third Onam celebration after gettin into college.. Was a great day..No casualities by tripping on the sari..itz actually pretty comfortable after u get used to it.. got good ventilation too.. wind blowing in unexpected places..lol
Gonna tell the story in pictures coz im not in a mood 4 words ...

Deeps n me preppin flowers for the athappoo..RP d grr8(not in the pic) demo-ed her vegetable cutting skills by rapidly de-stalking the marigolds usin a penknife..

The atthapookkalam...lookin awsom..hard to believe tht it dint bag any prize.. i WONDER who the judges were....hmmm

Thiruvathirakali... gorgeous n graceful ladies of S5 on de floor (bagged the first prize)

Sundar n Athira singin the thiruvaathira song...ws great with Sundar bangin the tiny symbols to the rhythm..ning ning ning

The grp song came 2nd tho it primarily had thintaka taana tantha naanaa laced with generous amount of oooo tana naanaa 4 lyrics

KP me n Sundar-malayali mangiis..

KP is gettin hyper excited on seein the camera.. enthaa kuttiii ingane..chai chai aakhraandam :P .. nyways cool pic right..took a lot of effort to cram our butts onto the oonjal :D

kp me n nazia... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.. who wudve thot!!!

Someone came n switched the music to som lousy ol vilaapa gaanam when the pic ws being clicked..thtz why the OING!! expression on my face.. the song tht took the cake ws 'ente jeevitham oru kamatthi vacha uruli pole...'.. naaya nakkiya jeevitam..kalbukal nakkiya duniyaavu ennokke kettittund...but kamatthi vacha uruli!! simply marvellous!

Sheikhs of U-AE, Little Dufaai(xcept 4 Rugma in red-CSE monkey).. waitin 4 sadya..hmm it took one ammachi on KPz way back home to make her stop sayin 'hoo glamor oru saapam aano'.. The amamchi asked her 'moleh, innu collegeil dance competition aayirunno?' :D

So these r som snippets frm my day..Loadsa othr stuff also happened .. the sadya-havent got hold of any pics of tht, KPz breakdance when she heard abt the IV news, Fatimas very lively n violent duet with Mahima on stage, Jincys reaction on hearin the song dedication, Gymnastic performances nd non-performances on the oonjal, PPz n KPz Mars launchings on the oonjal, the primary school kidz stunning n acrobatic dance performances, the uri adi...nd now holidays hav kickd off.. HAPPY ONAM people.. enjoy :)