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Thick about to fall droplets on the rusted window...
Blue tall clamped single seat near the window...
Sharp voices around... Newspaper.. Coffee
People walking through the narrow passage between the seats...
Dripping droplets on feet from neighbour's umbrella...
That going-away-from-home feeling...

Just paused myself in Vanchinad 5:30 AM... Do I miss being home?

And I graduated!!!

UTD Graduation Ceremony; May 18, 2012

Internship at NetApp - Happy moments!

With Mitch Ugland, Bryan Bell, Wayne Mueller. Few of the best people with whom I am working with. Pic taken this week at NetApp Dallas office during the end of quarter celebration.

The day when our apartment caught fire... Nov 9 2011 Evening

(Courtesy: All photos are copyrighted material of UTD Mercury)

Memories of tomorrow...

An evening walk thro my college's campus...

An autumn in winter... One page from my personal diary..

An Autumn in winter…Memories jotted down.. The 23 days..

Started the journey with a red bag with a some dresses and a white parcel box which carried hot spicy biriyani which turned to cold old dried rice. A kid who has only heard about city of Newyork fastened the seat belt with a gum in mouth - Mom told myth for avoiding ear pain.. She told it will be a new experience for you.. Who knows a son better? Really will it be?....

It started singing for me.. Diana’s gift from her first salary… on the way to see her. When melodies sing the tunes of your heart, tears roll down your cheek. Why do I miss everyone so much? I thought a man’s heart is woven with steel strings.

Sat on a seat in a corner watching people hugging their missed ones. Airport – One of the place where you see wet eyes of love. Tried to put the jacket away to look good when she see me after a long time. But the chillness was cruel to me…. I could hear the recorded voice from the GPS which Diana was trying to operate on... The lights on the arches of a long bridge, the decorated houses... reminded me that I am in the city of dreams of many.

With a child’s excitement she switched on her beautifully decorated Christmas tree. She asked how it is? Diana, I am sorry. I later felt my mind of dead emotions didn’t do justice to your pain of setting up the tree for her only brother. The past months of cruel sleepless busy days took away the sheen of my eyes , the love for life. An elevated place from ground level after 4 months. I slept and with that it starts… An Autumn in Winter..

A dream relived!

The train started moving slowly... same Vanchinad window seat... 1 difference today am midst of a set of unfamiliar faces.... Missing those good old days where the whole compartment was embellished with the laughter of Sreejith...Ameen's PJs.. Sujith's Innocent Smile.. The untidy,untied,sagging hair of rushdie... Unshaved face of Vishnu...JK....Flashing faces of juniors thro' the window... everything dissappeared.. Nobody to reserve a seat for u.. Nobody to give a miss call when they reached the railway station... The two dark tunnels after Kottayam made me even sad... I had nobody sitting near to give a 'tunnel' hit secretly! :-)

I reached chengannur and then went to Chinju Hostel.. I laughed inside when the autodriver asked for more money... Everything is same.. Nothing has been changed! Wait .. Something has changed... The hostel board reads "B4Boys Hostel"!!! huh! So whr is chinju hostel?? They changed its name..! wow! This one suits a boys hostel more , right?

Ameen had told earlier he was staying with sajo.. So lets c what the 2 lecturers doing in the room. Time was around 8:00AM ... Sajo sitting in front of Alan's new Lap with a half closed eye.. Ameen as usual with his winsome smile sitting on the bed greeted with the usual "Macha" call.. :-) Sajo in a half trouser !! seeing a lecturer in a half trouser for the first time .. he he... We went to college canteen to eat.. Hey whr r u going?? Ameen is having fasting??? huh! What happened da?? phew!!! Can a lecturer post bring this much change??

Now comes Libin the ex-chair! waaah! i spotted the sight of the his huge 99kg body a km away itself... We went to TPC room n saw liju sir first... Libin's bike came to the rescue whenever i needed to move around.. Thanks a lot lot lot for that da.. :-)

Actually i came to get 3 recommendation letters from Principal , Renu Miss and Vinod Sir..The college didn't refuse to show its government behaviour which I very well expected..I was prepared... I knew i wont be getting those recommendation letters the same day.. Its CEC ;-)
"ശരിക്കും പട്ടിയായി " May be the library staff got fed up seeing me every now n then to take print outs.. Couldn't acknowledge the smiles of most of them at college.. Sorry guys i didnt mean it.. but coz i was melting inside.. Went to Liju sir's house in the evening.... Reached chinju back and that night Sajo took Ameen n me to Thiruvalla for a delightful treat.. If these guys wr not thr what to tell .. it wud have been an extremely tiring journey.. While we were walking thro' the streets Ameen told he sometimes felt like Dimal n all walking n coming from the opposite side.. . He also, like me, might be missing those days terribly... We reached hostel back. I saw my old room.. I could see we all sitting together and chatting in every room.... I once again relived thro' my dreams... Alan and Cristin was also there at Chinju..I could see from outside students peeping into Sajo "sir's" and Ameen "sir's" room to watch what they are watching! he.. he...

The next day morning 7:30AM ... Sajo on bed trying to get up ... but some 'evil 'force not allowing.. His eyes going back to sleep.. He suddenly gets up and see ameen eating a biscuit... And Sajo asked U dont have fasting today?? Now Ameen replied... " Oh .. I thought its 5:30" That statement made me realise nothing has changed! ha ha..

Renu Miss did all those filling forms with a pleasant smile on her face.. Principal had agreed to give the forms on Monday.. Everything settled, I left the college once again....

Just now Ameen called saying principal has not completed filling the forms... humphh!! Am now waiting desperately for those......