The Year Gone By

Before I start, let me wish everyone, “A very happy Tamil new year’s day” and also “Happy Vishu”. With a new year beginning today, I set about thinking, what actually happened in the past year. Quite a few things ( Ain’t I stating the obvious).

Let me start with something that has been sweet and sour at the same time. My tenure at VEC comes to an end, finally. It had been my goal for the past four years (the only one I actually succeeded in achieving) but when the hour finally came, I am confused. As my friend Dhuraison put it “When I came in, I realised that I’ve been duped. I prayed that those 4 years must fly without notice. But when my freedom was granted, I regretted.”

I have some good news and some bad news. Good news: the cow is pregnant and the bad, It died before giving birth. Something similar comes next. People who remember me will also remember the 3315 that I carried wherever I went. (ofcourse, just to add weight) Having done almost 2 years with it, I was so irritated with the very look of it that I wanted to throw it as far as I could. It was at this eleventh hour, that I asked my dad for a new cell. He, contrary to what I expected, said “Fine, tell me which model you want?”. And this is how I ended up with a Sony Erricson K700i. Even before I knew what all functions it had, some f**ked up loser decided “I need it more than you do”. Maybe, its written in the stars, I am back to my 3315.

The last year also saw us hosting the symposium “DEUS EX MACHINA ‘05” which I got to be part of, in a big way. Actually, my seventh semester attendance sheet is filled with two letters: OD. Although a lot of fun, we also had to cope up with some amount of stress. It all started with “No sponsorships from beverage companies, cell phone related firms, and food based companies accepted. Nothing Commercial” So, we had no money and more importantly no time in hand. Against all odds, it finally happened. All said and done, it was fun and to say the least, not a flop. Special thanks to Lokesh and Sanju Luis (we are sorry, bro). Without these two people, I and Kurian would have been facing the music.

Also, with the advent of broadband, two things happened. One, ORKUT came into existence, in a big way. As with all things worthwhile, it also started pretty slow. I was one of the proud early birds who registered. It did take quite some time for my college guys to get in. But, now that they are in, the “Log Off “ button has become insignificant for most of them. Don’t blame them. With so many options and absolutely no limit on how many people one can meet, its addictive. We, actually, have a number of “I wanna quit orkut” communities filled with HUGE lot of people who never log off. And the second thing: Blogging. It has been in existence for quite some time now. But, broadband has pushed its limit no end. Its like an identity nowadays. Every person having an email id has a blog id to go with it. Well, I have no complaints. Thanks to them, my final days at engineering have been less mundane.