Tis is a PREQUEL+SEQUEL to my previous story.. :)
Days became vry long.I found no reason for livin in tis world after tat day she rushed into the car.It pained a lot wen she never called me back after that day. She dint attend my call or reply to my text either and from next day I heard oly the recorded voice sayin“The number yu ve dialed is switched off .Pls try again later “.Once I even became so dumb tat I shouted back at the recorded voice “Hey bitch,tell her to switch on the phone just once .I need to know what she has planned to do or what she wants me to do “ .I was CRAZY about her and realised tat I luvd her even more after the break up.
I came back to blore very next day. Blore had lot of wine shops..One could find it in every street corner. Cbe la idhae madri KAALAAN kadai irundu daan naan paathurkan..I drank in the bar attached with the wine shop and not in my room so that my room mates don't feel bad about my condition as they were unaware of wat hapned to me.
“Enna thambi, unna daily paakaran.. Chinna vayasu payanna iruka.. En pa kudichi udamba keduthukara” asked a stranger in the bar ..
“Onnum illa na.. “ I tried to ignore him .
“Thambi..20 varshama kudikaran .Kudikaravan moonji eh paathalae adhu sandosathla kudikara kudi ah.. illa sogathla kudikara kudi ah nu naan sollirvan..”
Advice pannavarum bodhai la daan irundurkaaru :P
“Thania daily vandhu kudikara..kandippa ponnu matter eh daan irukum ..Sollu pa.. Saraku solve panna mudiadha pala matter eh inga varavangluku naan solve pani kuduthurkan .. Enna un annan eh nenachi sollu pa“
Yea, the usual sarakku sentiment dialogues.
“Hmm...” I gave a small laugh..Avar kitta share panlam nu mudivu pannan,.. Annan nu sonnadhu naala sentiment ellam onnum kedayaadhu . Andha aalum bodhaila daan irundan..So eppdium he ll forget watever I say the very next day , anda nambikai la daan I told my story , but not in detail.:P :P
“Orae Go.. Go.. adhu enna pa adhu..Gopuram ah...??”
“Gothram anna.”
“Aaah.. Gopuram.. Gopuram..Ipdi ellam koodava pa piripaanga..Ipo daan pa idellam naan kelvi padran.. Un kadhai la adichadhellam erangirchi .. Oru half sollu pa.. “ he said with a bigg smile in his face
Aadu sikkirchi nu nenaikaria …
“Daily naan quarter ku daan kaasu kondu varuvan..jaasthi kondu vandha bodhai la tholachirvan..Neenga oru full vangunga na..Saendhu adipoam.,Innaki jaashti kudikadnum nu mudivu pannitan..“ I said as if am so desperate to drink..But actually, avan ena vechi pota plan eh , naan avanukae thirumbi divert pannan :P:P
He thought for a lot and finally decided to buy,but only a half
“Thambi enaku vayiru sari illa.. Adaan half mattum vaangitu vandhan “
Un purse seri illa nu sollu da.
And we started to drink a lot..I did the mixing so that I got the maximum share...:) :)And obviously I got very highhhh...and the pain of shruthi also increased by many fold..
“Shruthi..I love you Shruthi“ I cried in the bar. .
“Correct thambi,, full sruthi la daan naan irukan” murmured the stranger lying on the table.
Dai.. verupu ethada da...
"Nee enna thambi half kae mattai aaita “
“1 varsham kalichi kudikaran na..Adaan .. “
“Ayyyoo. En kudi eh niruthuna..Thappu thappu thappu.. “
“Avalukaaga vitttan.. Ipo ava vittadhaala kudikaran “ I said and ran back to my room..I went into the toilet , sat over the closet and cried for more than an hour.
Came out and opened my laptop to log into FB .All these days, I wud have sent 100 msgs in FB expecting atleast she ll reply to one..Majority of the msgs were “I love you “, “I miss you “, “I need you “ , “U der??? “ , “Please reply “ . Yet,no reply from her .Bt thanks to the FB's latest technology ,I cud knw very well tat she has SEEN all my msgs.. So the rest of my msgs were “ Hey yu are seein my msgs na.. Y no reply.. Am dyin here :'( :'( :'( “ .I used to read our old conversations and see her profile though there isnt much fotos of her.
2day it ws somethin different. 1 new message.Prayed to all gods that existed on the earth that it must be some gud news from her. And when I opened the message tab, the webpage loaded for 2 mins and finally the message was indeed from her . :) :)Well ,tat was one BIGG message from her !!
“Sathya, 1st of all I still love you, nothin has changed in the love I ve on yu. This silly GOTHRAM thing cant separate us .I jus want u to wait ! Its nt easy for me to fight wit my dad for u ryt now.Even if we fight , its vry tough to win due to our age factor. Just wait Sathya.Yes, I ve switched off my mobile and I am going to change my num wich I wnt give u ryt now. I ll contact u wen I feel the right time has come. So pls, dont change ur num. I indeed saw all ur msgs and did not reply. I fear to reply Sathya . I am afraid I ll leave my family and come to u. I dont want tat. I need u, but my family needs me and I need them to. Imagine hw they will feel if I elope. If u think am old-fashioned, so be it. Remember wat I told when u proposed me ? I said I luv u also coz of ur family, esplly ur mom. I cant lose her too .I need all of you . If this GOTHRAM thing doesn't allow us to marry and tells we are bro and sis, then I would gladly stay in ur home wit u and ur mom forever. I wud love u still, though we don't marry officially . Tis is my last message in FB. I am gng to deactivate my profile. I want u to live without my trace till the right time come. Carry on with ur job sweeta..Luv u Narayana..:P Aunty eh bathrama paathuko.. keep her happy...Mmmuuuuaaaaah :* :*:*: *Miss you !! :(:( Tc ! Olunga sapudu.. !!Mudinja try to convince the world that GOTHRAM is not an issue. :P :P Bye :* :*“
Oh My Goodness !!MIXED feelings..Shud I feel happy tat she replied and she still loves me ?Or shud I feel sad tat she has deactivated the profile and feel sad tat I cant contact her or cant express how I feel. . ? Still,managed to smile after seeing that msg. I would have read that msg for abt 1000 times. So powerful and lovable were her words. I got so much confidence after that msg that I mentally became so strong , and most of all,I stopped drinking once again :) Her last line was somethin tat never went off my brain . She just said convince the world if u can . But I felt it as a challenge and also , the only way to solve our problems. I need nt convince the whole world, instead her dad was more than enough..And to convince my dad is not that easy .Bt 1 gud thing about my dad is tat he ll get convinced if rest of the world gets convinced .Typical middle class brahmin attitude .So convincin her dad became the prime mission of mine and getting hold of Shruthi became the reason for livin:)
Kumbuda pona deivam, kurukka vanduchu nu ter s a sayin. Tats wat happened to me. My dad had this knee pain problem for quite a long time which made him to retire as he cud not climb steps .The person who replaced his post had fresh plans to develop the project and hence there was recruitment going on for fresh engineers. They dint pay much as my current employer , but I decided that I should crack the interview by any means so that I can get closer to her dad.
I jus had 2 days to prepare for the interview.I felt tat most of the quests wud be from the work I did .My current wrk aspects wer placed on the top of the resume so tat the interviewer would stick to the 1st page, coz the 2nd page wich contained the so called achievements and my projects all were just words :P :P..Nothin wer true to the best of my knowledge. Ironically I had given a declaration in the end tat “I here by declare that all the above details are true to the best of my knowledge “ :P :P :P
The Judgement day!!!
More than 150 candidates appeared for the interview. Startd to develop conversation wit the candidates and came to know tat ter wer oly 2 kinds of ppl. One who were not eligible for placements and others who have not heard of CAMPUS PLACEMENT :P
Koundamani vadakupatti ramasamy kitta kadan eh thirupi vaangara po irunda anda confidence enaku vanduchu..
Like how he said
En panam kedachirum !!!!!
I told to myself
Enaku Vela kedachirum...Confirm :P :P :P
One by one went in and came back in a jiffy... As soon as one comes out of the interview room, it was like a bunch of press people plungin on a politician comin out of a jail . They asked so much quests tat tey dint face such a situation even inside the interview room :P :P
“O**ha kilichitan da.. Onnumae purila “
“Dai english seri illa nu thorathiran da “
“Machi ellamae correct eh sonnan da...still ena thorathitan da”
“Mama mokka company da .. vera company paapoam “
“Vaa macha..Saraku podalam “ were all the voice of ppl who came out. All these things reminded me of my College days :) :)
I went in next, closed the door feebly and stood near the chair till he told me to sit down . Yea, the basics that were taught during my placement training class. :P :P
“Please take your seat “
“Thank u sir.“
So far so good :D
“So u are Misterrrrrrrrrr..Ya...Mr.Sathya Narayanan , son of Swaminathan . “
He started to scan my resume.
Aama ivaru Endhiran Rajnikanth , resume eh scan panraaru ,
“This is a gud one I have seen so far. Nice man . And u ve an year experience in a big MNC. Why did u leave tat ? Were u fired ? “
Oops.. These wer nt part of my script :P but still, managed to write one on the spot :P
“Sir, my wish was to work in a start up so that I will learn a lot , bt I couldn't get a chance. Instead I was offered to work in a big MNC.I dint regret either. A person can learn anywhere and so did I . Nw tat I ve a chance to work in a company which is neither a start up, nor a big MNC , I felt ter is so much scope to learn . Also my dad worked here in ur position earlier . My heart told to work here and am pursuin wat my heart desired :) “
Tat was bull's eye:):)But the last sentence actually meant Shruthi:P :P
“Well Mr. Sathya I can see tat u have wrked in a domain tat is totally irrelevant to the position we are recruitin now. So yur 1 yr experience doesnt matter here. Hence no point in asking quests from ur 1st page of the resume. And remember, I have replaced ur dad's position only as the manager of this company and not as how he is in ur home. So dont expect the love ,affection etc etc from me. If I feel u r unfit, u ll leave tis room vry next minute like others. “
Waaaatttt theee FFFFFF... Wat he said was as good as Get lost ..I just held my nerves for shruthi . Come on Sathya..You can do it... Atleast u dont have a backlog and u r the best compared to others.
“So..Coming to ur final year project 'Contactless fingerprint recognition' .. fingerprint recognition is an old one ryt ? Wats spl abt urs ?
Sarvam Krishnaarpanam....Ellam mudinjidu nu nenachan... 'Kumbuda pona deivam kurukka vanduchu' nu ivalo neram nenachitu irundan...But ipo dan purinjidhu... Its actually 'Kodumai Kodumai nu kovil ku pona,,Anga oru kodumai seruppu ku token podra kadai pottu ukkanduchaam' !
So far, some incidents reminded only few moments of my college days. But this quest took me to a flashback.. It reminded my whole final year life.
FINAL YEAR .The timeline where I had loads n loads of fun . The days where friends were actually friends. Roamed with them a lot. Trips , treats, partys,disputes etc etc.,The year wich decided my career.The time wer I got closer with Shruthi.
So...Colg days..... :) :)
“Evryone listen here..Ter are 3 areas where u can select one and do ur project.Tey are”
He turned towards the board and wrote
1.Information Security
2.Networking.
3.Image processing.
Again turned towards us
“Choose the area wer u want to do ur project ,the actual project's title u wish and ur team mate's name in a piece of paper and submit to the class rep .Once u submit that , projects guides will be assigned to u “
Soon after the faculty left the class there was a huge noise in the form of discussion. Avg studs wer jus formin the team.Toppers had already formed the team ,the area and also the project they wanna do and hence started to discuss on the implementation:P :P Soon came an announcement tat the team should be distributed even .Hence a team cannot have all 9 pointers. It shud have a 9 pointer, a 7 pointer , and a couple of 6 pointers or 5 pointers. It was a big boon to the 5 pointers. :P Tey felt Happadi... Namma safe...rest of the team ll do the project.. Koodavae suthi nammalum mark vaangirlaam..
I belonged to the 7 category and I was waiting for some 9 pointer to pick me. Unfortunately there was only one 9 pointer in class and quite a few 8 pointers and all of them ve already picked their 7 pointer . So I had to choose my own team. I did a mini proj in 3rd year tat was well received and hence I chose the same ppl thinkin we ll do it once again :P .. And micha sochama irunda 5 pointer orthanayum chose and formed the team .
“So guys which area shall we choose ??“ I asked my team .
“Information security la panlaam nu nenaikaran... “ said one.
“Machi... Encryption decryption nu complex eh pogum da.. Adhuku ellam nammalaala code eludha mudiuma ??Paaru..Namma team eh nalla paaru.. Coding la ellarum ara gorai..“ I said..
“Appo neeyae mudivu panu da... and u r d topper in our group... :P :P Thala neenga pora paadhai la naanga ungala follow pannuvoam :P “ said the same old usupu ethara frnd :D
“Dai...serious eh pesu..tis s sumthin serious..We have to do it somehow.. Idhula no compromise...Getha oru proj pannanum.. Tis project is wat thats gonna help us in the future..” I said with full serious tone..I really wanted to do a awesome project.. My team mates felt with such serious ME, our team can really finish the project as I ll drive them to work :P.
“So..networking ?? “ askd another...
“Poda dai... info security aachu concept purium..code podradhu daan kashtam...Networkin suthama puriadhu.. Namma team oda netwrkin internals marks ellathayum add panna kooda 50 varaadhu... Adhellam namaku set aavadhu da..Socket.. pocket nu.. Cha.. I feel irritated to hear those words... “
“So??? “
“Wat else... Digital Image Processing... :D :D“ I said with a biggg smile...
All started to stare..
“Dai... we have no idea abt it.. we havnt learnt anythin on it... Anda sub pathiae namma 7th sem la daan padika poroam as an elective..tey are gonna teach oly the basics anyway. Do u think we can complete it ?? “ asked one..
“Machi...Image processing da.. the name itself sounds so cool na ?? :) :) Also... Its abt handling with image... It ll be very interesting da..Photoshop la elllam chinna vayasu la irundu use panran :D .. “ Yea, joinin my pic and KAMAL HASSAN's pic....:P
“Dai machan..idhae madri daan last year..COMPUTER GRAPHICS nu oru elective eduka sonna..kaeta edo AVATAR graphics lam padipoam nu pulugina.. kadaisila.. C prog la lines, triangles, circle nu daana da potoam...:( :( Anda madri aida pogudhu da :( “
“Dai.. adhu namma dept emaathitaanga da..This time miss aagaadhu.. And ippo namma select panra proj daana.. so we ll choose a better topic and ll proceed..This is our proj.. Ellam namma control la daan da iruku...We ll do it machi..I have hope…We ll rise...“
Deshi Deshi ….Bashara,,...Bashara,,,,Deshi Deshi ….Bashara,....,Bashara,,,:P :P
And ma team mates again started to stare..Tis time, the feel was different...tey too started to feel we were going to do an awesome project..Luckily only 2,including us, of the 8 groups took Image processing. So I even thot abt gettin the best project award :P :P
Its not wrng bein dumb or being an idiot..but bein both along with over confidence is wayyy worse... :P :P
The first day of Image processing clas was cool talkin abt colors and human eye perception. Bt after few classes it was full of 0's n 1's ..Our num range were restricted to 255. All I understud was 255 meant white and 0 meant black. Everythin else sounded greek and latin..And wen I looked the syllabus it had “Grayscale..Low pass filters...High pass filters...Band pass filters...Correlation..Convolution.. Erosion,Dilation etc etc and full of shit shit and shit of shit...Naan evalo muttal nu apo daan purinjidhu
IT and CS Departments.. Y U CONFUSING COURSE TITLE????????? :( :(
You cheated us with Computer Graphics, Compiler Design,and now with Image processing with the course title.. I dint learn to do graphics, to design a compiler or to process with an image..And in the last case, all I know is to convert the image from color to black and white with a simple one line matlab command :( :(
So on the feedback of the course I wrote as
Correlation..Confusion...
Convolution ...Constipation...
Erosion..Loose motion,,,
Dialation..Dysentry...
Thus, Digital Image Processing or shortly DIP, is a deeeep SHIT...
And I showed my cleverness by writin the above feedback in left hand so that they cant trace back with handwrting :P ..All of us may have unique handwritin..Bt tat holds true only wen writin with our right hand ..Our left hand writin or rather scribblin is ALMOST similar for everyone :P :P
So , my personal advice ,
Wenever u decide to write such feedbacks, write with the hand in which u r not used to .. Also use only capital letters so tat its even more untraceable :) :)
“Dai mama.. Aapu confirm..Sure eh namaku extension daan..” said one..
“Machi ter are only 2 ground rules for choosin a project..
1)It shud be feasible for a team like us to do..
2)It shud be available in internet easily :P :P
So think accordingly and come tomrw ” I said and left home...
Nxt day was quite surprisin. We went with very lame topics and the lamest of the lamest title one 6 pointer thot of was given an input image it will blur the image and return it, and he proudly told us that the application of it was that he ll request Adobe ppl to use this as it as additional options to blur in their next version of Photoshop..
Topic eh sonnalae serupala adipaanga.. Idhula inda application eh sonna Pinja seruppu eh Saani la mukki adipaanga..
We wnt to meet our assigned guide to discuss on the topic. He was not jus a guide, he was very WIDE too.. :P :P The cabin he sat was not enuf for a man of his size. His table was filled with tea cups and samosas more than the books.
“Thambi... We ll do a project on tumor cell detection in brain system.. Try to collect the data set from any hospital if any of ur father or mother is a doctor“
En appan doctor eh irunda naan en da unkitta anubavika poran..
We wer all shocked to hear such a topic. We thot we ll select the proj and ll proceed on that.. But later realised most of the teams were doin the proj selected by their own guides. Wondered why, and came to knw tat most of the guides wer doin M.phil or P.H.D or some masters.Tey need to be a guide for a final year project and thus a project should be done under them . So tey have no option ,bt to be a guide.
“Sirr...Brain tumor detection ah.. A doctor shud do tat ryt??Wy are we doin tat?? “I asked...
“Thambi..Its not like that.. WE are going to write an appl tat ll detect tumor cells from MRI scanned images. The doctor ll diagnoise with that later...”
“Sir..WE dnt need such complex topic..Naanga poi brain scan ellam..Chance eh illa sir.... WE are not intersted..Say something feasible.. “
Ter is a difference in the WE he used , and the WE we used :P
Payasam saapadradhu nee..Paatharam kaluvarudhu naangalaaa,,,,Poya sotta.. Enga proj la P.Hd panlam nu paakria.. Vida maatan da..
“Ok..Thn tumor detection in Liver system.. I ve the dataset, workflow and also the algorithm..Ellam naan ready panitan Thambi,,Neenga senja mattum podhum :D :D“ he said with a EEEE smile... No ,not like shruthi.. He looked like a jackass..
But anda dealing engluku pudichirndudu :D :D Othukutoam :P :P
“Ena macha..Loose ah da ivan.. Thambi...Thambi,,nu... Thambi..Dataset iruku thambi... Thambi Code iruku thambi...Liver thambi..Tumor thambi...Karumam..Why he is so obsessed with tumors..Prsnal problem eda iruka avanukku ?? “ I said..
“Hahahaha..Thambi.. Inga enna solludhu,,,Liver..Liver solludha ??? “ :P :P he said keepin his hand in my left side of the stomach...
“Dai kirukka..Adhu right side la iruku da... :D Ayyayoo.. Liver enga nu kooda terilayae...Unna ellam vechi epdi da inda project pana poroam... :) :) “
The day of zeroth review arrived.. The guide asked us to prepare a PPT on the scope and objective of the project.. It took 2 days for us to even understand the term 'scope' and 'objective' and to knw 'What' is the scope and objective of our project :P :P
“Thambi..Panel la namma faculties daan pa,.. Namma team pathi solitan.Perusa onum kaeka maatanga..Namma proj pathi ellam explain panitan..So u guys just present the PPT.. No problem :D :D “ …. he said and went inside the review room.. We were the 1st team to enter the panel in our class..
Sir... Neenga nallavar ah...kettavar ah... :P
"Dai.. adaan ellam ivanae panraanae... Namma edhuku da project pannanum.. Adayum ivanae pannatumaee...Namaku TIME save aagum la :D :D “ I told..
“Vidu machi.. Kadaisila adaan nadaka pogudhu...Epdium namma pana matoam..Avan daan pana poran...” said the 5 pointer..
When it comes to project, ter was never a difference of being a 7 or a 5 pointer..Nobody could do a project :D :P :P
We wnt into the panel room.. We all went with a similing face and gave a THANK-YOU-GOD smile to our guide...
“So sathya... Wats ur project ?? Begin ur presentation... “ said the lead of the panel ..
“Well.. Let me intro my project team..I am Sathya, and this is Naveen, Kumar and Dinesh ..Our Project is...Liverr....Detection...Of.. Pfffff.. Pffff.... “
Fuck The World... I forgot even the project title... Ayooo.. I know it was sumthing with liver..Come on Sathya...Come on.....
“Ya..its Detection of Tumor cells in the Liver System... “
Paaaa....A sigh of relief...and when my frnd pressed the 'Next' button to go the next slide , the machine gun started to fire..5 diff quest from each in the panel. We even got confused on which question and whom to answer,though we dint knw the answer to any of the questions... And again I started to 'Pffff..Pfffff'' :P :P ..
Everythin can be tolerated.. But one whom we felt like GOD was the hardest surprise to digest...He too fired a question on us..:( :(
Dai goyyya...Pali vaangitiayaee da.. Ennanamo pesniae... ellam poii ah ??? :( :(
And it went on for 15 mins...I was a known face in my dept coz I had been to HOD room for gettin caught in various cases :P :P .Also I was the class rep...All the bullets were fired predominantly in my direction..After a certain point, I couldnt hear what they say.. Nothing stayed in ma mind.. I have heard studs usin the term “GETTING RAPED” after an exam or an enquiry..Well, by that terminology, I wud call the project reviews as “GANG-BANG” .
We came out of the room and went inside the class..There was a silence amongst our team mates.. The rest of the class wer waitin for us to say sumthin abt the review. And after a while I started
“Enna da..Vanda Vandaya thitraanga... “
“Aamam machi.. Sila faculties ellam soft type nu ivalo naal nenachitu irudan da.. Ipdi kilikaraanga.. “ said one.
“Ellathayum poruthukuvan da... Aana avana mattum mannikavae maatan...Dhrogiii...Pacha Dhrogii....” I said with utmost anger..
“Avana nambunadhu namma thappu da...Ippo enna panradhu..Inda proj pana mudium nu satyama enaku nambikai illa”
“Inda proj ellam seyya vendam...We ll go to him and say that we cant do this...”
We told our guide the same and made him angry .But we were firm that we wont do his project. And he himself told openly that if we choose a diff topic, he cant help us. Yes, he was ryt. Its not that he WONT help. He CANT help :P :P ..
Next day we had a discussion wit the panel lead and told all the topics we thot of. We came to know tat one of our seniors did a project on Fingerprint. So we said the same. The lead asked us wats new we ppl can do.. Its been already tried by seniors..And its a difficult topic.. They dint complete it fully. We thn came up with a concept of Contactless rather than the traditional fingerprint recognition which makes the user to PRESS on the device. Ours ll just require the hand to be placed in front of a camera..Rest all procedures were same..Thus it was 'Contactless' :P ...And the lead finally accpeted..
“Machi..Epdi ida panna poroam..fingerprint pathi edumae teriadhae..” asked one ..
“Terinjikivoam,,. Oru full sem aduku daana.. they call it 'Literature Survey' .. ll study abt that the whole sem.. Next full sem we ll code... Mudichirlaam da...” I said..
After every review my frnds wud worry a lot abt completing the proj..They feared our team ll get extension .But I always had a positive attitude..ella thadavayum I wud be so positive abt the completion , which consoled them temporarily. I always feel that everything in our life always has an happy ending. If it doesnt, thn its not the end.So I felt that our proj thing will have an happy endin too.. And so did I expect in the case of shruthi :) :)
Final year was TEXTFUL year..C++ solli kuduthadhu apparam I hardly spoke with her in colg.
We just used to SEE from distance, a smile wenever we see.. Speakin was done thro sms..the total number of sms I wud have sent in the 1st 2 yrs of my colg life was less than the total number of texts I sent her.. Due to tight economic constraint, I couldnt cal her frequently... :P :P Bt once in a while, I ll top up for 10rs which ll increase the balance upto Rs.6.80 and all was spent in talking with her. I dint love her. But talkin with her was somethin I loved to do, though most of the time wen we speak in phone, it wud be “ Aparam..ena vishesahm”.. “Nothin here...U say...” ...“Ingayum nothin.. u speak somethin...” and she wud ask “Wat to speak..”... “Some topic..” etcc...and finally the call will get disconnected automaticaly due to insufficient balnce..
On d eve of a religious festival, most of the classes were suspended.. Being a class rep I was bestowed with so much of responsibilities..but I did none.. Appointd ppl for evrythin and I sat comfortably in a chair textin her..:D :D
“No class.. all went to work.. FREE FREE :D “
“Yea,, here too..appointed ppl to work.. and me relaxin and watchin thm wrk :P “
“Oh good.. REP eh... Nice REP :P “
“Lol...So.. wat doin.. ??“
“Nothin.. Jus sittin.. “
“Oh.. ok..”
“U??”
“Me too.. vetti yaar..”
“Hmm.. ok..”
“Hmm...”
“Hmm...”
Ayyoo....Eda sollu di....
“Borin... :( ”
“Here too... :( “
“wat to do? “ she asked..
Enaku en inda sodhanai...How to ask to meet...Unakum ippo meet pannanum nu thonudhu la.. Nee aachu open eh kelu di..”
“Terilayaeee :( U say... “ I replied..
“Enakum terila pa.. u itself say REP :P “
“Ok... enough of mokka puttin... Meet pani pesuvoama..:) ?? “
Ha,, Aambala da.. :P :P
“Enna pesaradhu ?? “
Idhuku enna di sola mudium..Either say yes or no... Y U ASK HYPOTHETICAL QUEST??? :(
“Chumma.. meet pani pesi romba naal achu la.. adaan... “
“Wher to meet ?? “
Ha.. idhu good gal ku azhagu... :P
“hmm...canteen ?? “ Yea.. common spot.. Not just that.. Many ppl come as couple to the canteen and have made me jealous.. Romba naala pali vaanganum nu nenachitu irundan :P
“Ayoo.. Noo..many ll see..sum other place“
“So wat.. paakatum.. a guy n gal going to a canteen is very common in our colg.. :D “
“Yea.. still.. I dont feel comfortable...”
“Hmm... Near the park?? “
“Nooo.... same prob.. vendam... “
“Sabba... thn yu itself say wich is comfortable for u “
“Hmmm... Near swimmin pool ??? “
“No No... namma colg swimming pool irukara area la guy n gal meet panna.. Vera madri nenachipaanga.. :P very dangerous spot.. :P also adhuku canteen eh better :D “ I said...
“No.. Thn.. near the steps of ur floor..All yur classmates are busy na..so dat wont be a prob na ? “
“Ya.. but yaara paatha nan matikuvan..Oatiaee saagadichirvanga.. :D “
“Ok..thn vendavae vendam.. leave it.. “
Ayyayoo.. adhuku nu en inda mudivu... :(
“Ok ll meet in steps...bt not in my floor.. in ur floor...?? “
“Ok..”
Vetri...Vetri... :D :D
“Comin now...?? “ She asked..
“Right away :D :D “ ..
I climbed up the steps and when I looked up, I saw the ever beautiful eyes. Satyama solran, apdi oru eyes eh naan paathadae illa.. She was wearing a bluish chudidhar or salwar watever they cal and matching ah chain , bangle and other accessories..She wasnt complete blue. Her leggins was whitish .. top was bluish..and her accessories matched both the top and bottom... Ava correct eh dress panirndaala nu enaku terila.. But she was very pretty...I jus imagined how beautiful wud be to go for a walk holding her soft hand throughout my life...
“So..we met...:D” I said
“Ya.. “
“Hmm... “ and we were searching for topics...If I was bad in startin conversation, she was worse :)
“Sollunga.. Pesalam nu sollitu silent eh irukeenga.. “ she asked..
“Ya..Enaku enna pesaradhu nu terila.. Annaki edo C++ solli kudukanum nu meet pannoam.. so apo inda madri illa.. ippo summa meet panradhu naala.. konjom oru madri iruku... :) “
“Ada tu... Eda pesunga.. y u feel uncomfortable.. be casual na.. “ she asked..This made me lil comfortable.
“Ok..Usually we both smile at each other..and rarely we say a HI wen we see each other.. ryt?? “ I asked..
“Ya...”
“Gud..Imagine u are wit a gang of frnds... and I see u opposite comin wit thm...ll u smile back at me in tat case ?? “
“Of course.. wats der in it ?? En loose madri kaekareenga ?? :D “ …
“Ok..Suppose u come alone...and u smile at me...ll u mind if I walk along with u and have a casual talk.. jus like we do with our classmates or any other frnd ??? “
Nw tat ws a gud quest... !!!!
“Hmm Ya...I dnt mind in tis case either.. “ She replied.. Tat boosted ma confidence to ask the next quest :P ..
“Ok.. Suppose u come with ur gang and since u say u dont mind smiling at me...ll u mind talkin to me at that situation??? “
Sathya.. epdi da inda madri ellam yosikara.. Ennamo poda :D :D
“Hmmm...idu konjom kashtam daan :D” she said as expected..”But the fact is.. u cant see me like that.. GANG eh sutharadhu... I just have very few frnds in this colg...”
Anda nambikai la daana naanum irukan,..kadaisi varikum ipdiae irunda naan polachan :D
“Oh thats good.. ll see “... and we spoke for like half an hour till the bell rang.. Aft that day, I strted speakin wit her in colg atleast once in 2 days..Ellam pukka plannin.. mainly targeted lunch hrs and post colg hrs so that whole coll ll see us talkin..This wud make others think that we are in a gud relationship, which means the number of guys approachin her wud decresae to a considerable extent , though not to zero :P..
Naama correct panromo illayo..aduthavanayachu correct pana vidama paathukanum :P
Once there was a poetry recitin competition in my colg and tey kept the topic open . Anyone can come and recite any poem of any title in any lang..Ter wer multiple judges for that competition knwin different languages. Shruthi challenged me for that.
“Hey …Do u write poetry ? “
“No.. never.. ena patha unaku kavidhai eludharavan madri ah iruku.. “ I said and laughed. .
“Enaku kavidhai na romba pudikum....”
“Teriumae.. ponungaluku kavidhai solravan.. melody paatu paadravan na romba romba pudikumaee.. :P :P .. “
“Apdi ellam illa.... I like poetry...Thats it.. “
“Apo nee participate pannu,,, Yaarum kai thatta maatanga nu kavala padaadha... Oru beer vaangi kudukaran nu sollu...Kai thattradhu enna.. Whistle kooda adikaran,,,Maatnalum paravala :D :D .. Deal ??? :P :P “
“Chi.. poda... budhi pogudhu paaru..I dont knw to write poetry,, I just like readin it.. “
“Apram enna.. Vaa bus ku polaam.. “
“Well.. I ll buy u a beer,,, But u have to win this competition..Unnala mudiuma?? “
“Vera aala paaru....Kettai vaarthai la 5 mins non stop pesa sollu..1st prize vaangi kaatran... kavidhai ellam .. Vaipukkal romba kammi :D “
“Ok.. atleast I ll atleast be audience,,,I want to listen.. If u wan u leave...“
“Seri...cool.. naanum varan.. both ll be audience,, “ I said...
“hmmm... ok :) :)” and we both went inside the hall...
“Nee ulla poi unaku pakkathla oru seat pudichi vei.. I ll go to restroom and I ll be back.. “ I said and went for the restroom..
Poetry writing naala many dint turn up.. Hardly 50 – 60 of the whole college participated ..Sila baer sentamil la kavidhai sonnanga..I was stunned to hear those...And then they announced
“Next participant... Sathya narayanan...Final Year B.Tech IT... “
Yes,, I gave the name when I returned from restroom.. Not for the beer.. Just for shruthi,,,I knw I wnt win...But I wanna convey her that I ll satisfy anything she desires..
“Hello everyone.. Hello mam..” I addressed the judges..
“Wats ur topic n language...”
“Tamil..naan ONE SIDE LOVE ” I said wich drew the attention of evryone coz of the topic.. Bt my attention was only on one person..
“Nice,,,Love Ok.. adhu enna pa ONE SIDE LOVE “ asked one of the judge.
“Mam..Inga irukara neraya pasanga love panranga,,,Bt ellarkum anda ponnukita solla deiryam illa.. Engluku.. I mean..Ella pasanglukkum bayam kalandha vekkam iruku..oru ponnu kitta love solla..So ada pathi solradhu daan inda kavidhai.
“Interesting.. Remember this s a short poetry writing.. U cant express like a song.. Jus 2 lines..R U ready? “
“Yes mam.. Am ready..”
“Start”.
There is a photo editing tool called SOFT FOCUS ..It ll blur everything except the portion u selected and focus the selected region alone...I did exactly that.. I jus focussed on Shruthi,,Enaku ellamae blur aairchi...I could see only her..I took a deep breadth and recited..
“Ithanai naatkalaai ennai patri yaavum arindha neee...
Enaku un mel irupadhu verum NATPU endru eppadi ninaithai??? “
Silence prevailed for a short moment.. I saw shruthi givin a very small smile..She was puzzled.. And so were many... And thn the judge said
“Sathya.. I couldnt understand completely .. Could u throw some light on it?? “
Well, actually many were puzzled bcoz many dint understand wat I meant.. But shruthi did.. Her small,cute smile which she tried to hide from me told me she understood...
“Sure mam...If u split my kavidhai.. each part has a meaning.. Ithanai naatkalai refers the time period..It means they knw each other for a LONGG TIME... Ennai patri yaavum arindha nee la YAAVUM is the word to be noted. It means she knows him VERY WELL..A gal cannot knw abt a guy very well unless they are very close.. So this means both are very CLOSE and both knw each other well for a LONG TIME… And in the last line Enaku un mel irupadhu verum NATPU endru eppadi ninaithai??? , VERUM NATPU are the main words.. which means he felt her not just as a frnd.. But somethin more..which is obviously LOVE.. Thats it mam..” I said “Thank u everyone “ and came down the stage and walked towards shruthi.. I mean to my seat next to her :) :)
And now the applause was loud and a long one..Some got too much emotional that they even stood up and applauded.. I looked at shruthi..She was extremely happy to see ppl clapping for me...
“Eppo da prepare panna..Epdi ipdi ellam..u lied to me that u dont know to write poetry eh..Idiot... :) :)“
“Rest room la daan prepare pannan.. :P :P I dint lie..I was unaware..Enakum kavidhai eludha varum nu anda rest room la daan terinjidhu :P :P “
“Wat made u to realise now that u can write one.. u luv anyone??” she asked as if she doesnt knw anything..
“Beer...nee daana di sonna... Beer vaangi thara nu.. Pasanga ponnunglukaaga mattum illa..Sarakukaagavum enna venum na seivoam :P :P .. Olunga beer vaangi kudu“
“Thara maatan.. Ena da panuva...:P :P “
“Hmmm...Nothin :) :) “ and we both smiled lookin each other..She very well knew that I dint participate for the beer ..
“I loved ur poem so much.. “
“I knw... I saw ;) ;) “ I said and smiled again..
As expected I was awarded the 1st prize, and from then I participated in most of the poetry writing competion and won in quite a few ..
7th sem ended smoothly with respect to shruthi.. I got placed in a big MNC which gained more respect from her. In project side, we wer RAPED twice later in d name of reviews :D.Since the placement occurred in 7th sem, the interviewer asked quest in tech side rather than the proj which literally fetched me the job :P
8th sem,, jus 2 subs which means in a day we had oly 2 hrs of classes and rest of the hrs were expected to do our proj work..We day scholars somehow got out of the campus and boozed most of the time..I told shruthi wenever I booze thinkin I shud not hide anythin from her..But she hated that and instead of tellin me to quit drinking, she used a diff combination of words.. “If u r drinking, dnt txt me that time.. I hate to talk when u r drinking“ . Bt it sounded as good as “Stop drinking”..Ppl say ”Rome was not built in a day” .Similarly “One cant stop drinking in a day” :P :P I jus decided that day that I ll reduce the frequency of boozing and one day in the near future I ll quit drinking completely..
PROJECT again..We couldnt code..We couldnt do our project..fingerprint was wayyy tough than we imagined..The panel lead, who later became the unofficial proj guide, almost confirmed that our team ll get extension if we dont progress.. So we chose the 2nd ground rule..GOOGLE GOOGLE panni pathoam :P :P We got 3 diff codes.. Adhula oly 1 code was convincin.. The code was in Spanish :P :P All the variables , comments and the user log everything was in SPANISH .. Time for Google again.. This time., GOOGLE TRANSLATE :P :P 2 weeks of googling, translating,studying the code and we were showing real PROGRESS..Yea, not the type the teacher's expected..Still, we were on TRACK :) :) It dint work perfectly..We made adjustment here and there, and few adjustments in the input images and dataset, our proj went from WORSTUU to AVERAGE status..We were more than satisfied with our project..I laughed at myself for thinking abt best project award:P :P ..
FINAL REVIEW... The Guide made all kinda probz to us for not doing under him..Tackled him somehow and got sign from him in the PROJECT COMPLETION letter.. That piece of paper looked more valuble than our degree !!:) :) Shruthi love letter kuduthurunda evalo sandhosha patrupano, avalo sandosha pattan seein the sign of every panel members that we have COMPLETED the proj :) :)
Next day was our final review and we decided to party a day before it..Me and Dinesh mattum daan thanni adipoam..Naveen was a die hard lover of food. :D Variety eh eda paathalum saapadraku 1st eh nippan.. We all got into his car and were leaving home.We compelled him to drive to Walayar,Kerala which was just 10 kms from our college, coz KF beer costs just Rs.55 :) :)And most important of all, KF beer COOLING oda kedaikum :D :D..But Naveen dint get convinced with our compulsion. So brain washing began..
“Machi..Please da...Highways poi right thirupu da.. aaluku 2 beer adichitu kelambirlaam da” I said..
“No mapla.. Veetuku ponum da..Pasikudu.. And en car la saraku eh etha kudaadhu nu oru policy iruku da. Sry machi.. “ said Naveen..
“Dai saraku en da ethara..Naanga daan ada ethika poroam :P :P Nee wine shop ku vandi vitta mattum podhum.. :P “
“Dai.. saraku bottle eh etha maatan na..Saraku adicha unga 2 baer eh.. eppudi da … Please machi.. “
“Enna macha.. engala frnds eh paapa nu paatha... Edo road la vilundhu kedakara kudikaran eh un vandi la ethika pora madri pesara.. Cha. Poda...Ipdi pesita.. “ I said with much depressed tone...Evryone other than NAVEEN knew that I was actin..
“Dai macha.. really sorry da...” he said and kept driving..Takin a right would leave us to Walayar.. Naveen thot putting the indicator would shut our mouth and he switched on the LEFT indicator of his car well ahead of taking the turn..
Now dinesh said the final dialogue..
“Walayar la DAM fish ellam kedaikum.. Kerala fish fry semaya irukum...Saapadalam nu aasa pattan..Ellam pochu..Vidu Sathya..nalaiki I ll bring the bike...Namme rendu paer MATTUM...Nalla kaetuko Sathya... Namma RENDU paer MATTUM poroam.. Fish saapadroam....:D :D “
The indicator was still on... But there was a slight change in Naveen's face.. He started driving slow and we almost reached the main road.. He was slowly steering left.. We felt our Brahmaastram failed.. :( :( But suddenly he changed the indicator to RIGHT and started to steer hard on the right side....Yes... We were heading to Rs.55 :) :)
“Dai...Fish kaaga ellam vandi eh tirupala...Neenga romba aasa pateenganu daan thiruparan..”
“Terium machi... Fish kaaga ellam Yaarachu vandi eh thirupuvaangala :D :D “ I turned towards dinesh and started to laugh... :) :)
2 beer ulla poirchi...and our heads started to shake a bit.. Naveen was busy with his 4th Fish fry and Cuddala curry..We badly wanted another beer to get high..Stole 100 rs from Naveen's purse both had a beer each..The funnier part in that ride was Naveen took his kerchief and put it over the small Lord Ganesh doll he had in the front chanting “Saami.. Mannichiru pa.. Nee inda kodumai ellam paaka kudaadhu.. adaan unna moodran “ :P :P We were laughing at his act for almost an hour...
He dropped us in a central bus stand and left home in his route..Me and Dinesh have to board the same bus..But Nature called exactly wen we were in the center of a signal..Beside one of the road was a big lake..We both jumped over the fence and went near the lake and unzipped...:P :P
“En machi... beer adichitu piss adikala na oru satisfaction eh varadhu la” Dinesh said :P
“Aamaam machi...Piss varla na namma adicha saraku la edo fault iruku nu enga family doctor solirkar da...” I had no idea from where did my family doctor came into that scene.. The whole city was watching us..:P :P Eda pathium kandukama we were happily peeing :P. Dinesh finished early and went back..Naan start eh panla :P :P
“Come on Lakshmi...Start..Start...” I said looking down :P :P
“Come on lakshmi... dont play…Start ..Start... “
Still, no improvement...
“Vara vara un poakae seri illa.. oru beer kae enda prob um panna maata.. ippo ena unaku avalo aanavam.. :P :P “
One thing abt drinking is u cant question WHY for all these things :P :P
“Start..Start..Start...AAAAAAAA yesss...“ And finally Niagara falls made its way into the lake... :P :P :P
Next day came to college with hangover for the final review. We had the review in the afternoon. So we prepared the PPT and were rehearsing the presentation so that nothing goes wrong on the final day .
“Machi...CS dept ku mrng eh review mudinjirchi da.. Image processin ku daan overa noandraangalaaam..Net la irundu sutta code.. Enna da panradhu... :( :( “ askd Naveen..
“Vidu machi,,,,Paathukalam... Ellarum enna prepare paneengalo.. ada pesunga..Mudinja alavuku tackle panuvoam....” I said..
“Adhukum mela pochu na..??”
“Silence eh maintain panuvoam.. If he still insists on answering his quest... Kaal la vilundurlaam”..I said.
We were the 1st group to present..Went in slowly inside with our report.. I jus prayed inside that I shudnt PFFF PFFF inside when I present and the external shouldnt ask me much quest lik our internal reviews we had earlier.. I started my PPT as usual by wasting time in introducin the team members and other aspects irrelevant to the project and slowly got into the project details.. It was gng smooth until our YAMADHARMARAJ ,the WIDE GUIDE , interrupted and asked a question..Guess he prepared more than us for this review:P :P We stood still and looked each other..The external was staring at our mouth expectin us to answer.. Oh god,, rescue us somehow !!!
Someone knocked the door and came in even before the ppl said “Come in” :P
“Sir..Vada,samosa iruku... Kudika tea coffee iruku...” said the peon and kept all the containers inside the room..
Now everyone's attention went to the containers, especially our guide's and the external's eyes were fully on the vada n samosas..I soon became alert to use this golden opportnity..As tey wer fightin for vada n samosa I blabbered somethin in between and inorder to avoid such interruptions further ,moved through the slides quickly and reached the final slide..
“And thats how we made our system to have an efficiency of 93% and here are the results..:D” I concluded directly..
“Oh... 93% efficiency eh..Gud gud,,,Very good guys.. good work...U can leave “
All sung in chorus “THANK UUU SIRRRRRR” and grinned at our guide who was still grinding the last samosa..Came out of the hall silently and went inside our class room.. All my classmates wer eagerly waiting for our response again...Jus like our zeroth review we maintained silence for a while..and I started...
“Buhahahaha..Idhuku ah da oru varsham kashta pattoam... Hahahahaha”
“Dai.. ivalo sappa nu terinjirnda naan paadhi naal night kannu mulichi inda code eh padichirkavae maatan....Hahahaha,,,“ said Dinesh …...
Rest of the TENSED classmates got relaxed and stopped preparin for review..Some started to watch movies,serials, etc...Told everythin to Shruthi and made her smile since she was angry on me for boozing the day before the review..She felt happy for me...and that day I decided to stop drinkin completely.. :) :)One of ma classmate came to me and asked...
“Apdi ulla enna da nadanduchu??? “
“Vadai pochaeeeee :D :D!!!Sry,,,,Vadai vandurchaeeee :P :P “ said and gave a hi fi to Naveen,the die hard eater :D…We laughed the whole day thinkin abt our review.. :P
Noww...back to the interview room..I was nearly unconscious wen he asked abt my final year project as the whole final year life was runnin in my mind..
“Hello Sathya..Wat happened???”
“Sir.. Nothin ..Sorry sir..”
Now I have to clear it somehow for shruthi..Took a deep breadth and started
“Our final year project was 'Contactless fingerprint detection and matching'..Unlike the traditional method where we press with our finger its enough that we show our hand in front of the camera. It ll capture the image and process with it.. We were able to generate a system with 93% efficiency . And too add more, its been in use in a couple of start ups and its working fine for over an year !!! “
“Impressive..“ said the interviewer and dint ask further quests on my project :) :)
Later he just asked a couple of HR quest which was a piece of cake for me..I cracked the interview and got the JOB:):)I felt I almost got married to Shruthi...I really wanna speak to her at that moment. I wish I could contact her somehow now.. I wanna hug her !!!!
Well, there are 3 reasons why I got the job..
1)Our project was installed in a couple of companies and it was working fine.. Well, that was actually a lie,, We sold our project, not to a company but to a builder who was constructin house for a famous minister..It was installed only in his home where he hid his black money .So technically it should work only for the minister's fingerprint :P :P That was very simple.. Thus its working fine for over an year :P :P
2)Our project had 93% efficiency....Anythin u say above 90, ppl ll get impressed. :P
3)I never spoke about the technical details of the project and I dint go deep on it.. Wat I gave was just an overview of the project :P :P :P
So again a personal advice, never explain in detail unless they tell u to in an interview !! :) :)
I was posted in a development project , a place to prove my worth and so did I. Shruthi, as she said, I waited. . Her dad being the boss was the person who has to approve incase I need any access or authorisation . So whenever I need an approval I have to mail him with the subject line as “Request approval for so and so “ and he would reply
“Hello Sathya,
It is approved.
Thanks and Regards,
Srinivasan”
I wondered if he ever reads all my mails or just replies seeing the subject line. Bcoz not just me, everyone wud send similar mails to him .
Every year our company wud celebrate in the month of December by havin some cultural activities and conductin various competitions, something for a change from the regular computer life. Everyone would brin their family..So did I.. I expected my boss also to do the same.. It was almost an year since I saw her. I stood near the entrance waitin for my BOSS's SWIFT to enter the arena..And aft a while he arrived again with the same 2 beauties..I stood in the front holdin a bouquet next to my project manager, the guy who replaced my dad to welcome the boss. And when the boss came near us, my manager handed over the bouquet to him and I was told to hand over the bouquet to his wife.
“Welcome Sir.. Please take the front row.. Enjoy the evening sir “ said the manager handing over the bouquet to him..
“Thank U Prakash .. This is my wife Vidhya..and my daughter shruthi...” introduced the boss..
“Welcome Shruthi, I said and extended the bouquet to Shruthi “ :P :P
"Oh... This is Sathya,.. U remember him shruthi ..?? Swaminathan uncle's son... we met him in Avani avittam.. Nyaabagam iruka ma ?? “ he asked his daughter..
She looked up surprised and stared at me...
“Welcome Shruthi... Have a nice evening.. Hope u ll enjoy the event.. “ I said winking her and handed over the bouquet …
Yes, she gave her trademark EEEE sirippu.... tears stuck in her eyes... and with the dimple in her cheeks...My god.. how many days did I wait to witness the cutest thing ever in this world.. She went inside the hall looking at me.. I jus watched her as she was searching for me when the function began. She hardly looked at the stage.. I enjoyed the whole evenin watchin that :) :)
I stayed with my manager so that I can accompany the BOSS's family for dinner... It was a Buffet.. My manager was busy talkin with the BOSS abt the company's revenue and progress..I dint even bother to listen and was busy talkin with shruthi through my eyes.. Meanwhile my manager also gave very good feedback abt me to the boss..Shruthi heard those and felt really happy . She wanted to have a chat with me...So she coughed hard..
“Dad.. I need some water...” she said and continued to cough....
“This way .. I said and guided to her the drinkin water..We walked a lil more so that her dad couldnt see us...We went outside the ground and went to the common street so that actually none could seee.
“Hey … How are u ??? “ I asked her....
She cried loud and holded my hand...
“Hey shruthi..Pls dont cry...Am der for u forever” I said and wiped her tears..
“Sathya..I lovee u so much..Una nenachi alugaadha naalae illa teriuma“ she said and continued to cry.
“Shruthi... Naanum aludhan... But from the day u sent the msg in FB.. I never cried..As u said.. I'm waiting :P :P “
She laughed
“My dad forced me to attend this func..After that avani avittam incident I dint speak well with my parents.. I jus lived like a paying guest.. My dad used to ask me to come with him whenver he goes to a hotel or any company party.. I never went..Bt today he actually fought with me to come...Thank God I came today... Am so happy da... “
“Hey,,,Ivalo naal naan pannadhu love eh illa..Ippo un mela oru feel iruku...Adaan real love..Love u Shruthi … “
She was totally emotionally and hugged me tightly..
Now if u ask me to define love....
Its not just abt showing care and affection . .Its abt how well u understand ,support and compliment each other...U have to wait,adjust, compromise,tolerate and most of all ,have to be patient enough to succeed in a relationship .
“Hey.. Will u marry now ;) ;) ??? “ I asked her..
She looked down the watch...It was 7:59:40 PM ….
“Wait for 10 sec” … She said and looked all over the streets....
I looked puzzled wat she was gonna do...and it was 8:00:00 sharp...She dragged me and kissed me on my lips and stayed der for almost 2 mins and released her lips from mine after that and said
“This is CBE dear... inda area la 8 PM to 9 PM correct eh current poirum :P“
“What the FFF.... What if the power went 2 mins late.. Oorae paathurkum... :P :P“
“Well, this is TNEB ,, Punctuality at its best :) :) :P “ she said,,,
“Hahahahaa.... Ethana naal di iruttulayae kiss panitu iruka poroam... When shall we marry ? “
“Dai Narayana... unaku 24 daan da aagudhu.. Enna avasaram.,,, Jus wait dear.. when ma dad raises my marriage talk, we ll tel him..Epdium adhuku 1 year aagum.. En chellam la..Wait panu da.. “ she said and hugged me again ..
“Anythin and everything for u shruthi...But having kissed u now.. I feel let us tel abt our love matter to him now.. Marriage later panlaam...Ippo unna paakama irundurnda kooda wait panirpan.. But again 1 year unna paakama iruka satyama inda Sathya aala mudiadhu :) :) “
“Enaku bayama iruku da.. Now things are going fine...He is having a good impression on u now.. Y should we spoil that.. ?? “
“Hmmm ok... ll see...”
“Hey.. lets go back.. current vera illa.. dad would be searching for me.. “
“Dont worry... anga generator iruku,,Ground la mattum power irukum... bt lets go..i have a surprise for u.. “ I said and took her back to the arena..
We entered the arena and she asked
“Wats the surprise Mr.Sathya ?? “
I pointed a lady at a certain distance who was with her husband.. Yeah..the lady was none other than my mom...She was extremely happy...Enna paathada vida she was happy to see ma mom..
“Sathya .. U r sooo sweeetttt.. U made my day.. “ she said and hurried to ma mom and spent some good valuable time with her...My mom was happy too,,, Both hugged each other with so much love.. My dad enquired me abt the boss and so I took my family(which includes Shruthi) to my BOSS..
“Hello Mr.Swaminathan.. how are u..Howz ur knee pain ?? “
“I am fine .. Neenga epdi irukeenga..” asked my dad..
“Wit employees like ur son, every boss would be fine..Ur son is progressing at a high pace,.U and ur son are the best employees my company ever had..“
“So happy to hear..Colg days la poruppae illama irundan..To hear such words about him makes me so proud..” said ma dad keepin his hands over my shoulder..
“I thought he ll replace ur position in the company..I guess he ll replace mine :)“
Well he meant abt his designation.. Bt I wanted to replace his position with respect to Shruthi..I wanted Shruthi to be mine.. I wanted to speak abt our love with her dad .. Everyone left home with a happy note.. Shruthi was extremely happy...
Next day in office... I wrote a mail to the boss again for yet another approval..
Sub: Approval for access of PRODUCTION SYSTEM ...
Hello Sir,
As part of my career growth, I need ur approval to access the production system. Also as part of the career and personal growth I need ur approval to marry ur daughter. I joined ur company so selfishly to impress u and convince you that GOTHRAM is not a big thing to consider..Myself and Shruthi,not just share same GOTHRAM, but also our hearts. If u believe am showin so much growth in ur company and takin the company to a progressive track, please be aware that its all because of the love I have on her. Imagine if I marry her. I can even win the world. She likes my mom more than me, and our family loves her too. I have fwded the love mail which she sent me for ur reference.I wud lik to inform u that we would wait for even many years till both the families accepts our love and I thereby declare tat we wont elope to pursue our love. I kindly request u to consider my approval.
Thanks & Regards,
Sathya Narayanan
Proud son and lover
Software Developer
I sent this mail along with the mail which Shruthi sent me in FB. I did not receive any reply from him the whole day...Next day there was one new email .It was indeed from my boss. With much fear and expectation I opened the mail .
Sub : Re :Approval for access of PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Hello Sathya,
It is approved...
I was very much worried coz I thot my boss approved the mail without readin it like he always used to do.. But then , there was something written at the bottom of the mail, which was the twist...
P.S : I indeed read all the mails before I approve. Come to my cabin at once.
Thanks & Regards
SRINIVASAN
Proud BOSS , FATHER and FATHER IN LAW too..
I rushed to the BOSS' cabin and opened the door a little to peep inside
“Sir..”
“Yes Mr.Sathya..Come in..Please sit...”
I came and sat in a hurry..
“Relax man.. Why are u shivering.. “
“Sir am happy sir..I dont know how to react “
“Ok cool down.. U received my approval for accessing the production system ;) ;)?? “
“Sir.. shruthi pathi pesalam sir.. please...” I said with biggg smile..
“Hahaha... Well adhuku daan I gave my approval na... All the best man... “
“Sir.. am curious.. how did u approve..was it bcoz of wat Shruthi mentioned in her mail to me. ? “
“Son..All these days she was very dull..I knew she was not normal..But on our company's annual function , wen we were goin back home she was very happy .She was smilin and laughin in car..and also she spoke with me well that day. I was surprised..I clearly understood that the annual function changed her.. Kandippa namma cultural events wouldnt make anyone happy...It sucks bigg time.. And when u brought ur mom along wit my daughter I saw her very happy...apovae purinjikitan ter was something going on between her and ur family..
The boss continued,...
“And seein ur mail..doubt clear aairchi.,.Daily veetlayae kedapa..I love her so much,,She is our only daughter..I wnted her to be happy..Ava sandoshama irukanum nu daan avala force pani anda function ku kutitu vandan.. But wen u and ur family is the only thing tat makes her happy..How can I resist it.. Naan ava appan pa..Villain illa...I care for her.. Una vida I love her so much...:)I saw ur mail sterday..I thot I ll reply after talkin abt this with her and my wife.Nethu nightae pesitoam..She was so happy.. I love u so much daddy nu katti pudicha,,,Ava school padikum podhu daily ena katti pudichi kiss panitu daan school ku pova,, Adae school ku pora shruthi en kannuku terinja.. En ponnu eh nee enaku palaya padi thirupi kuduthuta,, Unaku daan pa naan thanks sollanum “ He said with tears …
I was thrilled excited and emotional as well...
“Sir..U love her more than I do. Proud of u sir..Ungala convince panradhu daan en life ambition eh nenachitu irundan... But ungala madri oru APPA eh vaazhndhu kaatradhu daan ippo en ambition,,En vayasuku meeri naan pesaran nu nenaikadeenga.. I really feel so...”
He wiped his tears, wiped his specks and thn put it on
“Fine Mr.Sathya..Now start working on the PRODUCTION system..Business data eh check pannu ,,,Tell me if u need any more access...”
“U ve given me the maximum access one could ever get..Thank u Sir.,“ I said and came out of the cabin...
Walked happily to my seat and kept lookin at shruthi's foto..Meanwhile I received a call from an unknwn num... I attended the call and the voice said
“Hello..”
“Hmmm:) :) Luv u Shruthi...:) :) “
“Hahaha...Thiruttu payya..Luv u too :* :*"
Days became vry long.I found no reason for livin in tis world after tat day she rushed into the car.It pained a lot wen she never called me back after that day. She dint attend my call or reply to my text either and from next day I heard oly the recorded voice sayin“The number yu ve dialed is switched off .Pls try again later “.Once I even became so dumb tat I shouted back at the recorded voice “Hey bitch,tell her to switch on the phone just once .I need to know what she has planned to do or what she wants me to do “ .I was CRAZY about her and realised tat I luvd her even more after the break up.
I came back to blore very next day. Blore had lot of wine shops..One could find it in every street corner. Cbe la idhae madri KAALAAN kadai irundu daan naan paathurkan..I drank in the bar attached with the wine shop and not in my room so that my room mates don't feel bad about my condition as they were unaware of wat hapned to me.
“Enna thambi, unna daily paakaran.. Chinna vayasu payanna iruka.. En pa kudichi udamba keduthukara” asked a stranger in the bar ..
“Onnum illa na.. “ I tried to ignore him .
“Thambi..20 varshama kudikaran .Kudikaravan moonji eh paathalae adhu sandosathla kudikara kudi ah.. illa sogathla kudikara kudi ah nu naan sollirvan..”
Advice pannavarum bodhai la daan irundurkaaru :P
“Thania daily vandhu kudikara..kandippa ponnu matter eh daan irukum ..Sollu pa.. Saraku solve panna mudiadha pala matter eh inga varavangluku naan solve pani kuduthurkan .. Enna un annan eh nenachi sollu pa“
Yea, the usual sarakku sentiment dialogues.
“Hmm...” I gave a small laugh..Avar kitta share panlam nu mudivu pannan,.. Annan nu sonnadhu naala sentiment ellam onnum kedayaadhu . Andha aalum bodhaila daan irundan..So eppdium he ll forget watever I say the very next day , anda nambikai la daan I told my story , but not in detail.:P :P
“Orae Go.. Go.. adhu enna pa adhu..Gopuram ah...??”
“Gothram anna.”
“Aaah.. Gopuram.. Gopuram..Ipdi ellam koodava pa piripaanga..Ipo daan pa idellam naan kelvi padran.. Un kadhai la adichadhellam erangirchi .. Oru half sollu pa.. “ he said with a bigg smile in his face
Aadu sikkirchi nu nenaikaria …
“Daily naan quarter ku daan kaasu kondu varuvan..jaasthi kondu vandha bodhai la tholachirvan..Neenga oru full vangunga na..Saendhu adipoam.,Innaki jaashti kudikadnum nu mudivu pannitan..“ I said as if am so desperate to drink..But actually, avan ena vechi pota plan eh , naan avanukae thirumbi divert pannan :P:P
He thought for a lot and finally decided to buy,but only a half
“Thambi enaku vayiru sari illa.. Adaan half mattum vaangitu vandhan “
Un purse seri illa nu sollu da.
And we started to drink a lot..I did the mixing so that I got the maximum share...:) :)And obviously I got very highhhh...and the pain of shruthi also increased by many fold..
“Shruthi..I love you Shruthi“ I cried in the bar. .
“Correct thambi,, full sruthi la daan naan irukan” murmured the stranger lying on the table.
Dai.. verupu ethada da...
"Nee enna thambi half kae mattai aaita “
“1 varsham kalichi kudikaran na..Adaan .. “
“Ayyyoo. En kudi eh niruthuna..Thappu thappu thappu.. “
“Avalukaaga vitttan.. Ipo ava vittadhaala kudikaran “ I said and ran back to my room..I went into the toilet , sat over the closet and cried for more than an hour.
Came out and opened my laptop to log into FB .All these days, I wud have sent 100 msgs in FB expecting atleast she ll reply to one..Majority of the msgs were “I love you “, “I miss you “, “I need you “ , “U der??? “ , “Please reply “ . Yet,no reply from her .Bt thanks to the FB's latest technology ,I cud knw very well tat she has SEEN all my msgs.. So the rest of my msgs were “ Hey yu are seein my msgs na.. Y no reply.. Am dyin here :'( :'( :'( “ .I used to read our old conversations and see her profile though there isnt much fotos of her.
2day it ws somethin different. 1 new message.Prayed to all gods that existed on the earth that it must be some gud news from her. And when I opened the message tab, the webpage loaded for 2 mins and finally the message was indeed from her . :) :)Well ,tat was one BIGG message from her !!
“Sathya, 1st of all I still love you, nothin has changed in the love I ve on yu. This silly GOTHRAM thing cant separate us .I jus want u to wait ! Its nt easy for me to fight wit my dad for u ryt now.Even if we fight , its vry tough to win due to our age factor. Just wait Sathya.Yes, I ve switched off my mobile and I am going to change my num wich I wnt give u ryt now. I ll contact u wen I feel the right time has come. So pls, dont change ur num. I indeed saw all ur msgs and did not reply. I fear to reply Sathya . I am afraid I ll leave my family and come to u. I dont want tat. I need u, but my family needs me and I need them to. Imagine hw they will feel if I elope. If u think am old-fashioned, so be it. Remember wat I told when u proposed me ? I said I luv u also coz of ur family, esplly ur mom. I cant lose her too .I need all of you . If this GOTHRAM thing doesn't allow us to marry and tells we are bro and sis, then I would gladly stay in ur home wit u and ur mom forever. I wud love u still, though we don't marry officially . Tis is my last message in FB. I am gng to deactivate my profile. I want u to live without my trace till the right time come. Carry on with ur job sweeta..Luv u Narayana..:P Aunty eh bathrama paathuko.. keep her happy...Mmmuuuuaaaaah :* :*:*: *Miss you !! :(:( Tc ! Olunga sapudu.. !!Mudinja try to convince the world that GOTHRAM is not an issue. :P :P Bye :* :*“
Oh My Goodness !!MIXED feelings..Shud I feel happy tat she replied and she still loves me ?Or shud I feel sad tat she has deactivated the profile and feel sad tat I cant contact her or cant express how I feel. . ? Still,managed to smile after seeing that msg. I would have read that msg for abt 1000 times. So powerful and lovable were her words. I got so much confidence after that msg that I mentally became so strong , and most of all,I stopped drinking once again :) Her last line was somethin tat never went off my brain . She just said convince the world if u can . But I felt it as a challenge and also , the only way to solve our problems. I need nt convince the whole world, instead her dad was more than enough..And to convince my dad is not that easy .Bt 1 gud thing about my dad is tat he ll get convinced if rest of the world gets convinced .Typical middle class brahmin attitude .So convincin her dad became the prime mission of mine and getting hold of Shruthi became the reason for livin:)
Kumbuda pona deivam, kurukka vanduchu nu ter s a sayin. Tats wat happened to me. My dad had this knee pain problem for quite a long time which made him to retire as he cud not climb steps .The person who replaced his post had fresh plans to develop the project and hence there was recruitment going on for fresh engineers. They dint pay much as my current employer , but I decided that I should crack the interview by any means so that I can get closer to her dad.
I jus had 2 days to prepare for the interview.I felt tat most of the quests wud be from the work I did .My current wrk aspects wer placed on the top of the resume so tat the interviewer would stick to the 1st page, coz the 2nd page wich contained the so called achievements and my projects all were just words :P :P..Nothin wer true to the best of my knowledge. Ironically I had given a declaration in the end tat “I here by declare that all the above details are true to the best of my knowledge “ :P :P :P
The Judgement day!!!
More than 150 candidates appeared for the interview. Startd to develop conversation wit the candidates and came to know tat ter wer oly 2 kinds of ppl. One who were not eligible for placements and others who have not heard of CAMPUS PLACEMENT :P
Koundamani vadakupatti ramasamy kitta kadan eh thirupi vaangara po irunda anda confidence enaku vanduchu..
Like how he said
En panam kedachirum !!!!!
I told to myself
Enaku Vela kedachirum...Confirm :P :P :P
One by one went in and came back in a jiffy... As soon as one comes out of the interview room, it was like a bunch of press people plungin on a politician comin out of a jail . They asked so much quests tat tey dint face such a situation even inside the interview room :P :P
“O**ha kilichitan da.. Onnumae purila “
“Dai english seri illa nu thorathiran da “
“Machi ellamae correct eh sonnan da...still ena thorathitan da”
“Mama mokka company da .. vera company paapoam “
“Vaa macha..Saraku podalam “ were all the voice of ppl who came out. All these things reminded me of my College days :) :)
I went in next, closed the door feebly and stood near the chair till he told me to sit down . Yea, the basics that were taught during my placement training class. :P :P
“Please take your seat “
“Thank u sir.“
So far so good :D
“So u are Misterrrrrrrrrr..Ya...Mr.Sathya Narayanan , son of Swaminathan . “
He started to scan my resume.
Aama ivaru Endhiran Rajnikanth , resume eh scan panraaru ,
“This is a gud one I have seen so far. Nice man . And u ve an year experience in a big MNC. Why did u leave tat ? Were u fired ? “
Oops.. These wer nt part of my script :P but still, managed to write one on the spot :P
“Sir, my wish was to work in a start up so that I will learn a lot , bt I couldn't get a chance. Instead I was offered to work in a big MNC.I dint regret either. A person can learn anywhere and so did I . Nw tat I ve a chance to work in a company which is neither a start up, nor a big MNC , I felt ter is so much scope to learn . Also my dad worked here in ur position earlier . My heart told to work here and am pursuin wat my heart desired :) “
Tat was bull's eye:):)But the last sentence actually meant Shruthi:P :P
“Well Mr. Sathya I can see tat u have wrked in a domain tat is totally irrelevant to the position we are recruitin now. So yur 1 yr experience doesnt matter here. Hence no point in asking quests from ur 1st page of the resume. And remember, I have replaced ur dad's position only as the manager of this company and not as how he is in ur home. So dont expect the love ,affection etc etc from me. If I feel u r unfit, u ll leave tis room vry next minute like others. “
Waaaatttt theee FFFFFF... Wat he said was as good as Get lost ..I just held my nerves for shruthi . Come on Sathya..You can do it... Atleast u dont have a backlog and u r the best compared to others.
“So..Coming to ur final year project 'Contactless fingerprint recognition' .. fingerprint recognition is an old one ryt ? Wats spl abt urs ?
Sarvam Krishnaarpanam....Ellam mudinjidu nu nenachan... 'Kumbuda pona deivam kurukka vanduchu' nu ivalo neram nenachitu irundan...But ipo dan purinjidhu... Its actually 'Kodumai Kodumai nu kovil ku pona,,Anga oru kodumai seruppu ku token podra kadai pottu ukkanduchaam' !
So far, some incidents reminded only few moments of my college days. But this quest took me to a flashback.. It reminded my whole final year life.
FINAL YEAR .The timeline where I had loads n loads of fun . The days where friends were actually friends. Roamed with them a lot. Trips , treats, partys,disputes etc etc.,The year wich decided my career.The time wer I got closer with Shruthi.
So...Colg days..... :) :)
“Evryone listen here..Ter are 3 areas where u can select one and do ur project.Tey are”
He turned towards the board and wrote
1.Information Security
2.Networking.
3.Image processing.
Again turned towards us
“Choose the area wer u want to do ur project ,the actual project's title u wish and ur team mate's name in a piece of paper and submit to the class rep .Once u submit that , projects guides will be assigned to u “
Soon after the faculty left the class there was a huge noise in the form of discussion. Avg studs wer jus formin the team.Toppers had already formed the team ,the area and also the project they wanna do and hence started to discuss on the implementation:P :P Soon came an announcement tat the team should be distributed even .Hence a team cannot have all 9 pointers. It shud have a 9 pointer, a 7 pointer , and a couple of 6 pointers or 5 pointers. It was a big boon to the 5 pointers. :P Tey felt Happadi... Namma safe...rest of the team ll do the project.. Koodavae suthi nammalum mark vaangirlaam..
I belonged to the 7 category and I was waiting for some 9 pointer to pick me. Unfortunately there was only one 9 pointer in class and quite a few 8 pointers and all of them ve already picked their 7 pointer . So I had to choose my own team. I did a mini proj in 3rd year tat was well received and hence I chose the same ppl thinkin we ll do it once again :P .. And micha sochama irunda 5 pointer orthanayum chose and formed the team .
“So guys which area shall we choose ??“ I asked my team .
“Information security la panlaam nu nenaikaran... “ said one.
“Machi... Encryption decryption nu complex eh pogum da.. Adhuku ellam nammalaala code eludha mudiuma ??Paaru..Namma team eh nalla paaru.. Coding la ellarum ara gorai..“ I said..
“Appo neeyae mudivu panu da... and u r d topper in our group... :P :P Thala neenga pora paadhai la naanga ungala follow pannuvoam :P “ said the same old usupu ethara frnd :D
“Dai...serious eh pesu..tis s sumthin serious..We have to do it somehow.. Idhula no compromise...Getha oru proj pannanum.. Tis project is wat thats gonna help us in the future..” I said with full serious tone..I really wanted to do a awesome project.. My team mates felt with such serious ME, our team can really finish the project as I ll drive them to work :P.
“So..networking ?? “ askd another...
“Poda dai... info security aachu concept purium..code podradhu daan kashtam...Networkin suthama puriadhu.. Namma team oda netwrkin internals marks ellathayum add panna kooda 50 varaadhu... Adhellam namaku set aavadhu da..Socket.. pocket nu.. Cha.. I feel irritated to hear those words... “
“So??? “
“Wat else... Digital Image Processing... :D :D“ I said with a biggg smile...
All started to stare..
“Dai... we have no idea abt it.. we havnt learnt anythin on it... Anda sub pathiae namma 7th sem la daan padika poroam as an elective..tey are gonna teach oly the basics anyway. Do u think we can complete it ?? “ asked one..
“Machi...Image processing da.. the name itself sounds so cool na ?? :) :) Also... Its abt handling with image... It ll be very interesting da..Photoshop la elllam chinna vayasu la irundu use panran :D .. “ Yea, joinin my pic and KAMAL HASSAN's pic....:P
“Dai machan..idhae madri daan last year..COMPUTER GRAPHICS nu oru elective eduka sonna..kaeta edo AVATAR graphics lam padipoam nu pulugina.. kadaisila.. C prog la lines, triangles, circle nu daana da potoam...:( :( Anda madri aida pogudhu da :( “
“Dai.. adhu namma dept emaathitaanga da..This time miss aagaadhu.. And ippo namma select panra proj daana.. so we ll choose a better topic and ll proceed..This is our proj.. Ellam namma control la daan da iruku...We ll do it machi..I have hope…We ll rise...“
Deshi Deshi ….Bashara,,...Bashara,,,,Deshi Deshi ….Bashara,....,Bashara,,,:P :P
And ma team mates again started to stare..Tis time, the feel was different...tey too started to feel we were going to do an awesome project..Luckily only 2,including us, of the 8 groups took Image processing. So I even thot abt gettin the best project award :P :P
Its not wrng bein dumb or being an idiot..but bein both along with over confidence is wayyy worse... :P :P
The first day of Image processing clas was cool talkin abt colors and human eye perception. Bt after few classes it was full of 0's n 1's ..Our num range were restricted to 255. All I understud was 255 meant white and 0 meant black. Everythin else sounded greek and latin..And wen I looked the syllabus it had “Grayscale..Low pass filters...High pass filters...Band pass filters...Correlation..Convolution.. Erosion,Dilation etc etc and full of shit shit and shit of shit...Naan evalo muttal nu apo daan purinjidhu
IT and CS Departments.. Y U CONFUSING COURSE TITLE????????? :( :(
You cheated us with Computer Graphics, Compiler Design,and now with Image processing with the course title.. I dint learn to do graphics, to design a compiler or to process with an image..And in the last case, all I know is to convert the image from color to black and white with a simple one line matlab command :( :(
So on the feedback of the course I wrote as
Correlation..Confusion...
Convolution ...Constipation...
Erosion..Loose motion,,,
Dialation..Dysentry...
Thus, Digital Image Processing or shortly DIP, is a deeeep SHIT...
And I showed my cleverness by writin the above feedback in left hand so that they cant trace back with handwrting :P ..All of us may have unique handwritin..Bt tat holds true only wen writin with our right hand ..Our left hand writin or rather scribblin is ALMOST similar for everyone :P :P
So , my personal advice ,
Wenever u decide to write such feedbacks, write with the hand in which u r not used to .. Also use only capital letters so tat its even more untraceable :) :)
“Dai mama.. Aapu confirm..Sure eh namaku extension daan..” said one..
“Machi ter are only 2 ground rules for choosin a project..
1)It shud be feasible for a team like us to do..
2)It shud be available in internet easily :P :P
So think accordingly and come tomrw ” I said and left home...
Nxt day was quite surprisin. We went with very lame topics and the lamest of the lamest title one 6 pointer thot of was given an input image it will blur the image and return it, and he proudly told us that the application of it was that he ll request Adobe ppl to use this as it as additional options to blur in their next version of Photoshop..
Topic eh sonnalae serupala adipaanga.. Idhula inda application eh sonna Pinja seruppu eh Saani la mukki adipaanga..
We wnt to meet our assigned guide to discuss on the topic. He was not jus a guide, he was very WIDE too.. :P :P The cabin he sat was not enuf for a man of his size. His table was filled with tea cups and samosas more than the books.
“Thambi... We ll do a project on tumor cell detection in brain system.. Try to collect the data set from any hospital if any of ur father or mother is a doctor“
En appan doctor eh irunda naan en da unkitta anubavika poran..
We wer all shocked to hear such a topic. We thot we ll select the proj and ll proceed on that.. But later realised most of the teams were doin the proj selected by their own guides. Wondered why, and came to knw tat most of the guides wer doin M.phil or P.H.D or some masters.Tey need to be a guide for a final year project and thus a project should be done under them . So tey have no option ,bt to be a guide.
“Sirr...Brain tumor detection ah.. A doctor shud do tat ryt??Wy are we doin tat?? “I asked...
“Thambi..Its not like that.. WE are going to write an appl tat ll detect tumor cells from MRI scanned images. The doctor ll diagnoise with that later...”
“Sir..WE dnt need such complex topic..Naanga poi brain scan ellam..Chance eh illa sir.... WE are not intersted..Say something feasible.. “
Ter is a difference in the WE he used , and the WE we used :P
Payasam saapadradhu nee..Paatharam kaluvarudhu naangalaaa,,,,Poya sotta.. Enga proj la P.Hd panlam nu paakria.. Vida maatan da..
“Ok..Thn tumor detection in Liver system.. I ve the dataset, workflow and also the algorithm..Ellam naan ready panitan Thambi,,Neenga senja mattum podhum :D :D“ he said with a EEEE smile... No ,not like shruthi.. He looked like a jackass..
But anda dealing engluku pudichirndudu :D :D Othukutoam :P :P
“Ena macha..Loose ah da ivan.. Thambi...Thambi,,nu... Thambi..Dataset iruku thambi... Thambi Code iruku thambi...Liver thambi..Tumor thambi...Karumam..Why he is so obsessed with tumors..Prsnal problem eda iruka avanukku ?? “ I said..
“Hahahaha..Thambi.. Inga enna solludhu,,,Liver..Liver solludha ??? “ :P :P he said keepin his hand in my left side of the stomach...
“Dai kirukka..Adhu right side la iruku da... :D Ayyayoo.. Liver enga nu kooda terilayae...Unna ellam vechi epdi da inda project pana poroam... :) :) “
The day of zeroth review arrived.. The guide asked us to prepare a PPT on the scope and objective of the project.. It took 2 days for us to even understand the term 'scope' and 'objective' and to knw 'What' is the scope and objective of our project :P :P
“Thambi..Panel la namma faculties daan pa,.. Namma team pathi solitan.Perusa onum kaeka maatanga..Namma proj pathi ellam explain panitan..So u guys just present the PPT.. No problem :D :D “ …. he said and went inside the review room.. We were the 1st team to enter the panel in our class..
Sir... Neenga nallavar ah...kettavar ah... :P
"Dai.. adaan ellam ivanae panraanae... Namma edhuku da project pannanum.. Adayum ivanae pannatumaee...Namaku TIME save aagum la :D :D “ I told..
“Vidu machi.. Kadaisila adaan nadaka pogudhu...Epdium namma pana matoam..Avan daan pana poran...” said the 5 pointer..
When it comes to project, ter was never a difference of being a 7 or a 5 pointer..Nobody could do a project :D :P :P
We wnt into the panel room.. We all went with a similing face and gave a THANK-YOU-GOD smile to our guide...
“So sathya... Wats ur project ?? Begin ur presentation... “ said the lead of the panel ..
“Well.. Let me intro my project team..I am Sathya, and this is Naveen, Kumar and Dinesh ..Our Project is...Liverr....Detection...Of.. Pfffff.. Pffff.... “
Fuck The World... I forgot even the project title... Ayooo.. I know it was sumthing with liver..Come on Sathya...Come on.....
“Ya..its Detection of Tumor cells in the Liver System... “
Paaaa....A sigh of relief...and when my frnd pressed the 'Next' button to go the next slide , the machine gun started to fire..5 diff quest from each in the panel. We even got confused on which question and whom to answer,though we dint knw the answer to any of the questions... And again I started to 'Pffff..Pfffff'' :P :P ..
Everythin can be tolerated.. But one whom we felt like GOD was the hardest surprise to digest...He too fired a question on us..:( :(
Dai goyyya...Pali vaangitiayaee da.. Ennanamo pesniae... ellam poii ah ??? :( :(
And it went on for 15 mins...I was a known face in my dept coz I had been to HOD room for gettin caught in various cases :P :P .Also I was the class rep...All the bullets were fired predominantly in my direction..After a certain point, I couldnt hear what they say.. Nothing stayed in ma mind.. I have heard studs usin the term “GETTING RAPED” after an exam or an enquiry..Well, by that terminology, I wud call the project reviews as “GANG-BANG” .
We came out of the room and went inside the class..There was a silence amongst our team mates.. The rest of the class wer waitin for us to say sumthin abt the review. And after a while I started
“Enna da..Vanda Vandaya thitraanga... “
“Aamam machi.. Sila faculties ellam soft type nu ivalo naal nenachitu irudan da.. Ipdi kilikaraanga.. “ said one.
“Ellathayum poruthukuvan da... Aana avana mattum mannikavae maatan...Dhrogiii...Pacha Dhrogii....” I said with utmost anger..
“Avana nambunadhu namma thappu da...Ippo enna panradhu..Inda proj pana mudium nu satyama enaku nambikai illa”
“Inda proj ellam seyya vendam...We ll go to him and say that we cant do this...”
We told our guide the same and made him angry .But we were firm that we wont do his project. And he himself told openly that if we choose a diff topic, he cant help us. Yes, he was ryt. Its not that he WONT help. He CANT help :P :P ..
Next day we had a discussion wit the panel lead and told all the topics we thot of. We came to know tat one of our seniors did a project on Fingerprint. So we said the same. The lead asked us wats new we ppl can do.. Its been already tried by seniors..And its a difficult topic.. They dint complete it fully. We thn came up with a concept of Contactless rather than the traditional fingerprint recognition which makes the user to PRESS on the device. Ours ll just require the hand to be placed in front of a camera..Rest all procedures were same..Thus it was 'Contactless' :P ...And the lead finally accpeted..
“Machi..Epdi ida panna poroam..fingerprint pathi edumae teriadhae..” asked one ..
“Terinjikivoam,,. Oru full sem aduku daana.. they call it 'Literature Survey' .. ll study abt that the whole sem.. Next full sem we ll code... Mudichirlaam da...” I said..
After every review my frnds wud worry a lot abt completing the proj..They feared our team ll get extension .But I always had a positive attitude..ella thadavayum I wud be so positive abt the completion , which consoled them temporarily. I always feel that everything in our life always has an happy ending. If it doesnt, thn its not the end.So I felt that our proj thing will have an happy endin too.. And so did I expect in the case of shruthi :) :)
Final year was TEXTFUL year..C++ solli kuduthadhu apparam I hardly spoke with her in colg.
We just used to SEE from distance, a smile wenever we see.. Speakin was done thro sms..the total number of sms I wud have sent in the 1st 2 yrs of my colg life was less than the total number of texts I sent her.. Due to tight economic constraint, I couldnt cal her frequently... :P :P Bt once in a while, I ll top up for 10rs which ll increase the balance upto Rs.6.80 and all was spent in talking with her. I dint love her. But talkin with her was somethin I loved to do, though most of the time wen we speak in phone, it wud be “ Aparam..ena vishesahm”.. “Nothin here...U say...” ...“Ingayum nothin.. u speak somethin...” and she wud ask “Wat to speak..”... “Some topic..” etcc...and finally the call will get disconnected automaticaly due to insufficient balnce..
On d eve of a religious festival, most of the classes were suspended.. Being a class rep I was bestowed with so much of responsibilities..but I did none.. Appointd ppl for evrythin and I sat comfortably in a chair textin her..:D :D
“No class.. all went to work.. FREE FREE :D “
“Yea,, here too..appointed ppl to work.. and me relaxin and watchin thm wrk :P “
“Oh good.. REP eh... Nice REP :P “
“Lol...So.. wat doin.. ??“
“Nothin.. Jus sittin.. “
“Oh.. ok..”
“U??”
“Me too.. vetti yaar..”
“Hmm.. ok..”
“Hmm...”
“Hmm...”
Ayyoo....Eda sollu di....
“Borin... :( ”
“Here too... :( “
“wat to do? “ she asked..
Enaku en inda sodhanai...How to ask to meet...Unakum ippo meet pannanum nu thonudhu la.. Nee aachu open eh kelu di..”
“Terilayaeee :( U say... “ I replied..
“Enakum terila pa.. u itself say REP :P “
“Ok... enough of mokka puttin... Meet pani pesuvoama..:) ?? “
Ha,, Aambala da.. :P :P
“Enna pesaradhu ?? “
Idhuku enna di sola mudium..Either say yes or no... Y U ASK HYPOTHETICAL QUEST??? :(
“Chumma.. meet pani pesi romba naal achu la.. adaan... “
“Wher to meet ?? “
Ha.. idhu good gal ku azhagu... :P
“hmm...canteen ?? “ Yea.. common spot.. Not just that.. Many ppl come as couple to the canteen and have made me jealous.. Romba naala pali vaanganum nu nenachitu irundan :P
“Ayoo.. Noo..many ll see..sum other place“
“So wat.. paakatum.. a guy n gal going to a canteen is very common in our colg.. :D “
“Yea.. still.. I dont feel comfortable...”
“Hmm... Near the park?? “
“Nooo.... same prob.. vendam... “
“Sabba... thn yu itself say wich is comfortable for u “
“Hmmm... Near swimmin pool ??? “
“No No... namma colg swimming pool irukara area la guy n gal meet panna.. Vera madri nenachipaanga.. :P very dangerous spot.. :P also adhuku canteen eh better :D “ I said...
“No.. Thn.. near the steps of ur floor..All yur classmates are busy na..so dat wont be a prob na ? “
“Ya.. but yaara paatha nan matikuvan..Oatiaee saagadichirvanga.. :D “
“Ok..thn vendavae vendam.. leave it.. “
Ayyayoo.. adhuku nu en inda mudivu... :(
“Ok ll meet in steps...bt not in my floor.. in ur floor...?? “
“Ok..”
Vetri...Vetri... :D :D
“Comin now...?? “ She asked..
“Right away :D :D “ ..
I climbed up the steps and when I looked up, I saw the ever beautiful eyes. Satyama solran, apdi oru eyes eh naan paathadae illa.. She was wearing a bluish chudidhar or salwar watever they cal and matching ah chain , bangle and other accessories..She wasnt complete blue. Her leggins was whitish .. top was bluish..and her accessories matched both the top and bottom... Ava correct eh dress panirndaala nu enaku terila.. But she was very pretty...I jus imagined how beautiful wud be to go for a walk holding her soft hand throughout my life...
“So..we met...:D” I said
“Ya.. “
“Hmm... “ and we were searching for topics...If I was bad in startin conversation, she was worse :)
“Sollunga.. Pesalam nu sollitu silent eh irukeenga.. “ she asked..
“Ya..Enaku enna pesaradhu nu terila.. Annaki edo C++ solli kudukanum nu meet pannoam.. so apo inda madri illa.. ippo summa meet panradhu naala.. konjom oru madri iruku... :) “
“Ada tu... Eda pesunga.. y u feel uncomfortable.. be casual na.. “ she asked..This made me lil comfortable.
“Ok..Usually we both smile at each other..and rarely we say a HI wen we see each other.. ryt?? “ I asked..
“Ya...”
“Gud..Imagine u are wit a gang of frnds... and I see u opposite comin wit thm...ll u smile back at me in tat case ?? “
“Of course.. wats der in it ?? En loose madri kaekareenga ?? :D “ …
“Ok..Suppose u come alone...and u smile at me...ll u mind if I walk along with u and have a casual talk.. jus like we do with our classmates or any other frnd ??? “
Nw tat ws a gud quest... !!!!
“Hmm Ya...I dnt mind in tis case either.. “ She replied.. Tat boosted ma confidence to ask the next quest :P ..
“Ok.. Suppose u come with ur gang and since u say u dont mind smiling at me...ll u mind talkin to me at that situation??? “
Sathya.. epdi da inda madri ellam yosikara.. Ennamo poda :D :D
“Hmmm...idu konjom kashtam daan :D” she said as expected..”But the fact is.. u cant see me like that.. GANG eh sutharadhu... I just have very few frnds in this colg...”
Anda nambikai la daana naanum irukan,..kadaisi varikum ipdiae irunda naan polachan :D
“Oh thats good.. ll see “... and we spoke for like half an hour till the bell rang.. Aft that day, I strted speakin wit her in colg atleast once in 2 days..Ellam pukka plannin.. mainly targeted lunch hrs and post colg hrs so that whole coll ll see us talkin..This wud make others think that we are in a gud relationship, which means the number of guys approachin her wud decresae to a considerable extent , though not to zero :P..
Naama correct panromo illayo..aduthavanayachu correct pana vidama paathukanum :P
Once there was a poetry recitin competition in my colg and tey kept the topic open . Anyone can come and recite any poem of any title in any lang..Ter wer multiple judges for that competition knwin different languages. Shruthi challenged me for that.
“Hey …Do u write poetry ? “
“No.. never.. ena patha unaku kavidhai eludharavan madri ah iruku.. “ I said and laughed. .
“Enaku kavidhai na romba pudikum....”
“Teriumae.. ponungaluku kavidhai solravan.. melody paatu paadravan na romba romba pudikumaee.. :P :P .. “
“Apdi ellam illa.... I like poetry...Thats it.. “
“Apo nee participate pannu,,, Yaarum kai thatta maatanga nu kavala padaadha... Oru beer vaangi kudukaran nu sollu...Kai thattradhu enna.. Whistle kooda adikaran,,,Maatnalum paravala :D :D .. Deal ??? :P :P “
“Chi.. poda... budhi pogudhu paaru..I dont knw to write poetry,, I just like readin it.. “
“Apram enna.. Vaa bus ku polaam.. “
“Well.. I ll buy u a beer,,, But u have to win this competition..Unnala mudiuma?? “
“Vera aala paaru....Kettai vaarthai la 5 mins non stop pesa sollu..1st prize vaangi kaatran... kavidhai ellam .. Vaipukkal romba kammi :D “
“Ok.. atleast I ll atleast be audience,,,I want to listen.. If u wan u leave...“
“Seri...cool.. naanum varan.. both ll be audience,, “ I said...
“hmmm... ok :) :)” and we both went inside the hall...
“Nee ulla poi unaku pakkathla oru seat pudichi vei.. I ll go to restroom and I ll be back.. “ I said and went for the restroom..
Poetry writing naala many dint turn up.. Hardly 50 – 60 of the whole college participated ..Sila baer sentamil la kavidhai sonnanga..I was stunned to hear those...And then they announced
“Next participant... Sathya narayanan...Final Year B.Tech IT... “
Yes,, I gave the name when I returned from restroom.. Not for the beer.. Just for shruthi,,,I knw I wnt win...But I wanna convey her that I ll satisfy anything she desires..
“Hello everyone.. Hello mam..” I addressed the judges..
“Wats ur topic n language...”
“Tamil..naan ONE SIDE LOVE ” I said wich drew the attention of evryone coz of the topic.. Bt my attention was only on one person..
“Nice,,,Love Ok.. adhu enna pa ONE SIDE LOVE “ asked one of the judge.
“Mam..Inga irukara neraya pasanga love panranga,,,Bt ellarkum anda ponnukita solla deiryam illa.. Engluku.. I mean..Ella pasanglukkum bayam kalandha vekkam iruku..oru ponnu kitta love solla..So ada pathi solradhu daan inda kavidhai.
“Interesting.. Remember this s a short poetry writing.. U cant express like a song.. Jus 2 lines..R U ready? “
“Yes mam.. Am ready..”
“Start”.
There is a photo editing tool called SOFT FOCUS ..It ll blur everything except the portion u selected and focus the selected region alone...I did exactly that.. I jus focussed on Shruthi,,Enaku ellamae blur aairchi...I could see only her..I took a deep breadth and recited..
“Ithanai naatkalaai ennai patri yaavum arindha neee...
Enaku un mel irupadhu verum NATPU endru eppadi ninaithai??? “
Silence prevailed for a short moment.. I saw shruthi givin a very small smile..She was puzzled.. And so were many... And thn the judge said
“Sathya.. I couldnt understand completely .. Could u throw some light on it?? “
Well, actually many were puzzled bcoz many dint understand wat I meant.. But shruthi did.. Her small,cute smile which she tried to hide from me told me she understood...
“Sure mam...If u split my kavidhai.. each part has a meaning.. Ithanai naatkalai refers the time period..It means they knw each other for a LONGG TIME... Ennai patri yaavum arindha nee la YAAVUM is the word to be noted. It means she knows him VERY WELL..A gal cannot knw abt a guy very well unless they are very close.. So this means both are very CLOSE and both knw each other well for a LONG TIME… And in the last line Enaku un mel irupadhu verum NATPU endru eppadi ninaithai??? , VERUM NATPU are the main words.. which means he felt her not just as a frnd.. But somethin more..which is obviously LOVE.. Thats it mam..” I said “Thank u everyone “ and came down the stage and walked towards shruthi.. I mean to my seat next to her :) :)
And now the applause was loud and a long one..Some got too much emotional that they even stood up and applauded.. I looked at shruthi..She was extremely happy to see ppl clapping for me...
“Eppo da prepare panna..Epdi ipdi ellam..u lied to me that u dont know to write poetry eh..Idiot... :) :)“
“Rest room la daan prepare pannan.. :P :P I dint lie..I was unaware..Enakum kavidhai eludha varum nu anda rest room la daan terinjidhu :P :P “
“Wat made u to realise now that u can write one.. u luv anyone??” she asked as if she doesnt knw anything..
“Beer...nee daana di sonna... Beer vaangi thara nu.. Pasanga ponnunglukaaga mattum illa..Sarakukaagavum enna venum na seivoam :P :P .. Olunga beer vaangi kudu“
“Thara maatan.. Ena da panuva...:P :P “
“Hmmm...Nothin :) :) “ and we both smiled lookin each other..She very well knew that I dint participate for the beer ..
“I loved ur poem so much.. “
“I knw... I saw ;) ;) “ I said and smiled again..
As expected I was awarded the 1st prize, and from then I participated in most of the poetry writing competion and won in quite a few ..
7th sem ended smoothly with respect to shruthi.. I got placed in a big MNC which gained more respect from her. In project side, we wer RAPED twice later in d name of reviews :D.Since the placement occurred in 7th sem, the interviewer asked quest in tech side rather than the proj which literally fetched me the job :P
8th sem,, jus 2 subs which means in a day we had oly 2 hrs of classes and rest of the hrs were expected to do our proj work..We day scholars somehow got out of the campus and boozed most of the time..I told shruthi wenever I booze thinkin I shud not hide anythin from her..But she hated that and instead of tellin me to quit drinking, she used a diff combination of words.. “If u r drinking, dnt txt me that time.. I hate to talk when u r drinking“ . Bt it sounded as good as “Stop drinking”..Ppl say ”Rome was not built in a day” .Similarly “One cant stop drinking in a day” :P :P I jus decided that day that I ll reduce the frequency of boozing and one day in the near future I ll quit drinking completely..
PROJECT again..We couldnt code..We couldnt do our project..fingerprint was wayyy tough than we imagined..The panel lead, who later became the unofficial proj guide, almost confirmed that our team ll get extension if we dont progress.. So we chose the 2nd ground rule..GOOGLE GOOGLE panni pathoam :P :P We got 3 diff codes.. Adhula oly 1 code was convincin.. The code was in Spanish :P :P All the variables , comments and the user log everything was in SPANISH .. Time for Google again.. This time., GOOGLE TRANSLATE :P :P 2 weeks of googling, translating,studying the code and we were showing real PROGRESS..Yea, not the type the teacher's expected..Still, we were on TRACK :) :) It dint work perfectly..We made adjustment here and there, and few adjustments in the input images and dataset, our proj went from WORSTUU to AVERAGE status..We were more than satisfied with our project..I laughed at myself for thinking abt best project award:P :P ..
FINAL REVIEW... The Guide made all kinda probz to us for not doing under him..Tackled him somehow and got sign from him in the PROJECT COMPLETION letter.. That piece of paper looked more valuble than our degree !!:) :) Shruthi love letter kuduthurunda evalo sandhosha patrupano, avalo sandosha pattan seein the sign of every panel members that we have COMPLETED the proj :) :)
Next day was our final review and we decided to party a day before it..Me and Dinesh mattum daan thanni adipoam..Naveen was a die hard lover of food. :D Variety eh eda paathalum saapadraku 1st eh nippan.. We all got into his car and were leaving home.We compelled him to drive to Walayar,Kerala which was just 10 kms from our college, coz KF beer costs just Rs.55 :) :)And most important of all, KF beer COOLING oda kedaikum :D :D..But Naveen dint get convinced with our compulsion. So brain washing began..
“Machi..Please da...Highways poi right thirupu da.. aaluku 2 beer adichitu kelambirlaam da” I said..
“No mapla.. Veetuku ponum da..Pasikudu.. And en car la saraku eh etha kudaadhu nu oru policy iruku da. Sry machi.. “ said Naveen..
“Dai saraku en da ethara..Naanga daan ada ethika poroam :P :P Nee wine shop ku vandi vitta mattum podhum.. :P “
“Dai.. saraku bottle eh etha maatan na..Saraku adicha unga 2 baer eh.. eppudi da … Please machi.. “
“Enna macha.. engala frnds eh paapa nu paatha... Edo road la vilundhu kedakara kudikaran eh un vandi la ethika pora madri pesara.. Cha. Poda...Ipdi pesita.. “ I said with much depressed tone...Evryone other than NAVEEN knew that I was actin..
“Dai macha.. really sorry da...” he said and kept driving..Takin a right would leave us to Walayar.. Naveen thot putting the indicator would shut our mouth and he switched on the LEFT indicator of his car well ahead of taking the turn..
Now dinesh said the final dialogue..
“Walayar la DAM fish ellam kedaikum.. Kerala fish fry semaya irukum...Saapadalam nu aasa pattan..Ellam pochu..Vidu Sathya..nalaiki I ll bring the bike...Namme rendu paer MATTUM...Nalla kaetuko Sathya... Namma RENDU paer MATTUM poroam.. Fish saapadroam....:D :D “
The indicator was still on... But there was a slight change in Naveen's face.. He started driving slow and we almost reached the main road.. He was slowly steering left.. We felt our Brahmaastram failed.. :( :( But suddenly he changed the indicator to RIGHT and started to steer hard on the right side....Yes... We were heading to Rs.55 :) :)
“Dai...Fish kaaga ellam vandi eh tirupala...Neenga romba aasa pateenganu daan thiruparan..”
“Terium machi... Fish kaaga ellam Yaarachu vandi eh thirupuvaangala :D :D “ I turned towards dinesh and started to laugh... :) :)
2 beer ulla poirchi...and our heads started to shake a bit.. Naveen was busy with his 4th Fish fry and Cuddala curry..We badly wanted another beer to get high..Stole 100 rs from Naveen's purse both had a beer each..The funnier part in that ride was Naveen took his kerchief and put it over the small Lord Ganesh doll he had in the front chanting “Saami.. Mannichiru pa.. Nee inda kodumai ellam paaka kudaadhu.. adaan unna moodran “ :P :P We were laughing at his act for almost an hour...
He dropped us in a central bus stand and left home in his route..Me and Dinesh have to board the same bus..But Nature called exactly wen we were in the center of a signal..Beside one of the road was a big lake..We both jumped over the fence and went near the lake and unzipped...:P :P
“En machi... beer adichitu piss adikala na oru satisfaction eh varadhu la” Dinesh said :P
“Aamaam machi...Piss varla na namma adicha saraku la edo fault iruku nu enga family doctor solirkar da...” I had no idea from where did my family doctor came into that scene.. The whole city was watching us..:P :P Eda pathium kandukama we were happily peeing :P. Dinesh finished early and went back..Naan start eh panla :P :P
“Come on Lakshmi...Start..Start...” I said looking down :P :P
“Come on lakshmi... dont play…Start ..Start... “
Still, no improvement...
“Vara vara un poakae seri illa.. oru beer kae enda prob um panna maata.. ippo ena unaku avalo aanavam.. :P :P “
One thing abt drinking is u cant question WHY for all these things :P :P
“Start..Start..Start...AAAAAAAA yesss...“ And finally Niagara falls made its way into the lake... :P :P :P
Next day came to college with hangover for the final review. We had the review in the afternoon. So we prepared the PPT and were rehearsing the presentation so that nothing goes wrong on the final day .
“Machi...CS dept ku mrng eh review mudinjirchi da.. Image processin ku daan overa noandraangalaaam..Net la irundu sutta code.. Enna da panradhu... :( :( “ askd Naveen..
“Vidu machi,,,,Paathukalam... Ellarum enna prepare paneengalo.. ada pesunga..Mudinja alavuku tackle panuvoam....” I said..
“Adhukum mela pochu na..??”
“Silence eh maintain panuvoam.. If he still insists on answering his quest... Kaal la vilundurlaam”..I said.
We were the 1st group to present..Went in slowly inside with our report.. I jus prayed inside that I shudnt PFFF PFFF inside when I present and the external shouldnt ask me much quest lik our internal reviews we had earlier.. I started my PPT as usual by wasting time in introducin the team members and other aspects irrelevant to the project and slowly got into the project details.. It was gng smooth until our YAMADHARMARAJ ,the WIDE GUIDE , interrupted and asked a question..Guess he prepared more than us for this review:P :P We stood still and looked each other..The external was staring at our mouth expectin us to answer.. Oh god,, rescue us somehow !!!
Someone knocked the door and came in even before the ppl said “Come in” :P
“Sir..Vada,samosa iruku... Kudika tea coffee iruku...” said the peon and kept all the containers inside the room..
Now everyone's attention went to the containers, especially our guide's and the external's eyes were fully on the vada n samosas..I soon became alert to use this golden opportnity..As tey wer fightin for vada n samosa I blabbered somethin in between and inorder to avoid such interruptions further ,moved through the slides quickly and reached the final slide..
“And thats how we made our system to have an efficiency of 93% and here are the results..:D” I concluded directly..
“Oh... 93% efficiency eh..Gud gud,,,Very good guys.. good work...U can leave “
All sung in chorus “THANK UUU SIRRRRRR” and grinned at our guide who was still grinding the last samosa..Came out of the hall silently and went inside our class room.. All my classmates wer eagerly waiting for our response again...Jus like our zeroth review we maintained silence for a while..and I started...
“Buhahahaha..Idhuku ah da oru varsham kashta pattoam... Hahahahaha”
“Dai.. ivalo sappa nu terinjirnda naan paadhi naal night kannu mulichi inda code eh padichirkavae maatan....Hahahaha,,,“ said Dinesh …...
Rest of the TENSED classmates got relaxed and stopped preparin for review..Some started to watch movies,serials, etc...Told everythin to Shruthi and made her smile since she was angry on me for boozing the day before the review..She felt happy for me...and that day I decided to stop drinkin completely.. :) :)One of ma classmate came to me and asked...
“Apdi ulla enna da nadanduchu??? “
“Vadai pochaeeeee :D :D!!!Sry,,,,Vadai vandurchaeeee :P :P “ said and gave a hi fi to Naveen,the die hard eater :D…We laughed the whole day thinkin abt our review.. :P
Noww...back to the interview room..I was nearly unconscious wen he asked abt my final year project as the whole final year life was runnin in my mind..
“Hello Sathya..Wat happened???”
“Sir.. Nothin ..Sorry sir..”
Now I have to clear it somehow for shruthi..Took a deep breadth and started
“Our final year project was 'Contactless fingerprint detection and matching'..Unlike the traditional method where we press with our finger its enough that we show our hand in front of the camera. It ll capture the image and process with it.. We were able to generate a system with 93% efficiency . And too add more, its been in use in a couple of start ups and its working fine for over an year !!! “
“Impressive..“ said the interviewer and dint ask further quests on my project :) :)
Later he just asked a couple of HR quest which was a piece of cake for me..I cracked the interview and got the JOB:):)I felt I almost got married to Shruthi...I really wanna speak to her at that moment. I wish I could contact her somehow now.. I wanna hug her !!!!
Well, there are 3 reasons why I got the job..
1)Our project was installed in a couple of companies and it was working fine.. Well, that was actually a lie,, We sold our project, not to a company but to a builder who was constructin house for a famous minister..It was installed only in his home where he hid his black money .So technically it should work only for the minister's fingerprint :P :P That was very simple.. Thus its working fine for over an year :P :P
2)Our project had 93% efficiency....Anythin u say above 90, ppl ll get impressed. :P
3)I never spoke about the technical details of the project and I dint go deep on it.. Wat I gave was just an overview of the project :P :P :P
So again a personal advice, never explain in detail unless they tell u to in an interview !! :) :)
I was posted in a development project , a place to prove my worth and so did I. Shruthi, as she said, I waited. . Her dad being the boss was the person who has to approve incase I need any access or authorisation . So whenever I need an approval I have to mail him with the subject line as “Request approval for so and so “ and he would reply
“Hello Sathya,
It is approved.
Thanks and Regards,
Srinivasan”
I wondered if he ever reads all my mails or just replies seeing the subject line. Bcoz not just me, everyone wud send similar mails to him .
Every year our company wud celebrate in the month of December by havin some cultural activities and conductin various competitions, something for a change from the regular computer life. Everyone would brin their family..So did I.. I expected my boss also to do the same.. It was almost an year since I saw her. I stood near the entrance waitin for my BOSS's SWIFT to enter the arena..And aft a while he arrived again with the same 2 beauties..I stood in the front holdin a bouquet next to my project manager, the guy who replaced my dad to welcome the boss. And when the boss came near us, my manager handed over the bouquet to him and I was told to hand over the bouquet to his wife.
“Welcome Sir.. Please take the front row.. Enjoy the evening sir “ said the manager handing over the bouquet to him..
“Thank U Prakash .. This is my wife Vidhya..and my daughter shruthi...” introduced the boss..
“Welcome Shruthi, I said and extended the bouquet to Shruthi “ :P :P
"Oh... This is Sathya,.. U remember him shruthi ..?? Swaminathan uncle's son... we met him in Avani avittam.. Nyaabagam iruka ma ?? “ he asked his daughter..
She looked up surprised and stared at me...
“Welcome Shruthi... Have a nice evening.. Hope u ll enjoy the event.. “ I said winking her and handed over the bouquet …
Yes, she gave her trademark EEEE sirippu.... tears stuck in her eyes... and with the dimple in her cheeks...My god.. how many days did I wait to witness the cutest thing ever in this world.. She went inside the hall looking at me.. I jus watched her as she was searching for me when the function began. She hardly looked at the stage.. I enjoyed the whole evenin watchin that :) :)
I stayed with my manager so that I can accompany the BOSS's family for dinner... It was a Buffet.. My manager was busy talkin with the BOSS abt the company's revenue and progress..I dint even bother to listen and was busy talkin with shruthi through my eyes.. Meanwhile my manager also gave very good feedback abt me to the boss..Shruthi heard those and felt really happy . She wanted to have a chat with me...So she coughed hard..
“Dad.. I need some water...” she said and continued to cough....
“This way .. I said and guided to her the drinkin water..We walked a lil more so that her dad couldnt see us...We went outside the ground and went to the common street so that actually none could seee.
“Hey … How are u ??? “ I asked her....
She cried loud and holded my hand...
“Hey shruthi..Pls dont cry...Am der for u forever” I said and wiped her tears..
“Sathya..I lovee u so much..Una nenachi alugaadha naalae illa teriuma“ she said and continued to cry.
“Shruthi... Naanum aludhan... But from the day u sent the msg in FB.. I never cried..As u said.. I'm waiting :P :P “
She laughed
“My dad forced me to attend this func..After that avani avittam incident I dint speak well with my parents.. I jus lived like a paying guest.. My dad used to ask me to come with him whenver he goes to a hotel or any company party.. I never went..Bt today he actually fought with me to come...Thank God I came today... Am so happy da... “
“Hey,,,Ivalo naal naan pannadhu love eh illa..Ippo un mela oru feel iruku...Adaan real love..Love u Shruthi … “
She was totally emotionally and hugged me tightly..
Now if u ask me to define love....
Its not just abt showing care and affection . .Its abt how well u understand ,support and compliment each other...U have to wait,adjust, compromise,tolerate and most of all ,have to be patient enough to succeed in a relationship .
“Hey.. Will u marry now ;) ;) ??? “ I asked her..
She looked down the watch...It was 7:59:40 PM ….
“Wait for 10 sec” … She said and looked all over the streets....
I looked puzzled wat she was gonna do...and it was 8:00:00 sharp...She dragged me and kissed me on my lips and stayed der for almost 2 mins and released her lips from mine after that and said
“This is CBE dear... inda area la 8 PM to 9 PM correct eh current poirum :P“
“What the FFF.... What if the power went 2 mins late.. Oorae paathurkum... :P :P“
“Well, this is TNEB ,, Punctuality at its best :) :) :P “ she said,,,
“Hahahahaa.... Ethana naal di iruttulayae kiss panitu iruka poroam... When shall we marry ? “
“Dai Narayana... unaku 24 daan da aagudhu.. Enna avasaram.,,, Jus wait dear.. when ma dad raises my marriage talk, we ll tel him..Epdium adhuku 1 year aagum.. En chellam la..Wait panu da.. “ she said and hugged me again ..
“Anythin and everything for u shruthi...But having kissed u now.. I feel let us tel abt our love matter to him now.. Marriage later panlaam...Ippo unna paakama irundurnda kooda wait panirpan.. But again 1 year unna paakama iruka satyama inda Sathya aala mudiadhu :) :) “
“Enaku bayama iruku da.. Now things are going fine...He is having a good impression on u now.. Y should we spoil that.. ?? “
“Hmmm ok... ll see...”
“Hey.. lets go back.. current vera illa.. dad would be searching for me.. “
“Dont worry... anga generator iruku,,Ground la mattum power irukum... bt lets go..i have a surprise for u.. “ I said and took her back to the arena..
We entered the arena and she asked
“Wats the surprise Mr.Sathya ?? “
I pointed a lady at a certain distance who was with her husband.. Yeah..the lady was none other than my mom...She was extremely happy...Enna paathada vida she was happy to see ma mom..
“Sathya .. U r sooo sweeetttt.. U made my day.. “ she said and hurried to ma mom and spent some good valuable time with her...My mom was happy too,,, Both hugged each other with so much love.. My dad enquired me abt the boss and so I took my family(which includes Shruthi) to my BOSS..
“Hello Mr.Swaminathan.. how are u..Howz ur knee pain ?? “
“I am fine .. Neenga epdi irukeenga..” asked my dad..
“Wit employees like ur son, every boss would be fine..Ur son is progressing at a high pace,.U and ur son are the best employees my company ever had..“
“So happy to hear..Colg days la poruppae illama irundan..To hear such words about him makes me so proud..” said ma dad keepin his hands over my shoulder..
“I thought he ll replace ur position in the company..I guess he ll replace mine :)“
Well he meant abt his designation.. Bt I wanted to replace his position with respect to Shruthi..I wanted Shruthi to be mine.. I wanted to speak abt our love with her dad .. Everyone left home with a happy note.. Shruthi was extremely happy...
Next day in office... I wrote a mail to the boss again for yet another approval..
Sub: Approval for access of PRODUCTION SYSTEM ...
Hello Sir,
As part of my career growth, I need ur approval to access the production system. Also as part of the career and personal growth I need ur approval to marry ur daughter. I joined ur company so selfishly to impress u and convince you that GOTHRAM is not a big thing to consider..Myself and Shruthi,not just share same GOTHRAM, but also our hearts. If u believe am showin so much growth in ur company and takin the company to a progressive track, please be aware that its all because of the love I have on her. Imagine if I marry her. I can even win the world. She likes my mom more than me, and our family loves her too. I have fwded the love mail which she sent me for ur reference.I wud lik to inform u that we would wait for even many years till both the families accepts our love and I thereby declare tat we wont elope to pursue our love. I kindly request u to consider my approval.
Thanks & Regards,
Sathya Narayanan
Proud son and lover
Software Developer
I sent this mail along with the mail which Shruthi sent me in FB. I did not receive any reply from him the whole day...Next day there was one new email .It was indeed from my boss. With much fear and expectation I opened the mail .
Sub : Re :Approval for access of PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Hello Sathya,
It is approved...
I was very much worried coz I thot my boss approved the mail without readin it like he always used to do.. But then , there was something written at the bottom of the mail, which was the twist...
P.S : I indeed read all the mails before I approve. Come to my cabin at once.
Thanks & Regards
SRINIVASAN
Proud BOSS , FATHER and FATHER IN LAW too..
I rushed to the BOSS' cabin and opened the door a little to peep inside
“Sir..”
“Yes Mr.Sathya..Come in..Please sit...”
I came and sat in a hurry..
“Relax man.. Why are u shivering.. “
“Sir am happy sir..I dont know how to react “
“Ok cool down.. U received my approval for accessing the production system ;) ;)?? “
“Sir.. shruthi pathi pesalam sir.. please...” I said with biggg smile..
“Hahaha... Well adhuku daan I gave my approval na... All the best man... “
“Sir.. am curious.. how did u approve..was it bcoz of wat Shruthi mentioned in her mail to me. ? “
“Son..All these days she was very dull..I knew she was not normal..But on our company's annual function , wen we were goin back home she was very happy .She was smilin and laughin in car..and also she spoke with me well that day. I was surprised..I clearly understood that the annual function changed her.. Kandippa namma cultural events wouldnt make anyone happy...It sucks bigg time.. And when u brought ur mom along wit my daughter I saw her very happy...apovae purinjikitan ter was something going on between her and ur family..
The boss continued,...
“And seein ur mail..doubt clear aairchi.,.Daily veetlayae kedapa..I love her so much,,She is our only daughter..I wnted her to be happy..Ava sandoshama irukanum nu daan avala force pani anda function ku kutitu vandan.. But wen u and ur family is the only thing tat makes her happy..How can I resist it.. Naan ava appan pa..Villain illa...I care for her.. Una vida I love her so much...:)I saw ur mail sterday..I thot I ll reply after talkin abt this with her and my wife.Nethu nightae pesitoam..She was so happy.. I love u so much daddy nu katti pudicha,,,Ava school padikum podhu daily ena katti pudichi kiss panitu daan school ku pova,, Adae school ku pora shruthi en kannuku terinja.. En ponnu eh nee enaku palaya padi thirupi kuduthuta,, Unaku daan pa naan thanks sollanum “ He said with tears …
I was thrilled excited and emotional as well...
“Sir..U love her more than I do. Proud of u sir..Ungala convince panradhu daan en life ambition eh nenachitu irundan... But ungala madri oru APPA eh vaazhndhu kaatradhu daan ippo en ambition,,En vayasuku meeri naan pesaran nu nenaikadeenga.. I really feel so...”
He wiped his tears, wiped his specks and thn put it on
“Fine Mr.Sathya..Now start working on the PRODUCTION system..Business data eh check pannu ,,,Tell me if u need any more access...”
“U ve given me the maximum access one could ever get..Thank u Sir.,“ I said and came out of the cabin...
Walked happily to my seat and kept lookin at shruthi's foto..Meanwhile I received a call from an unknwn num... I attended the call and the voice said
“Hello..”
“Hmmm:) :) Luv u Shruthi...:) :) “
“Hahaha...Thiruttu payya..Luv u too :* :*"
