Funny Moments Outside Home

1. During my first IV, I shared a room with five other people(Manoj, Dhanasekar, Aswin, Uday and Bharatwaj). Bharathwaj was the first person to go to sleep and the last person to wake up. On morning, he woke up at five and said he was very hungry. He disturbed the sleep of everyone in the room and asked us to get ready soon. Once everyone was ready, we went to a near by hotel to eat. Bharatwaj said he was hungry for at least fifty times before we started and when we reached the hotel, he ate just two idlys and said his tummy was full!

2. During my Cochin IV, Bharathwaj, while searching for his belt, started sleeping in his standing posture.

3. While going to Jerusalem college via bus, Krishna fell out of the bus like how Prabu Deva jumped from a bus in a song(orvasi orvasi) from the film Kadhalan. He fell as if he thought gravity never existed. He ended up having bruises in his face, hands and legs. The bruise on his nose made him look like a clown. Lol. I think the prize money that he won was just enough to cover his medical expense.

4. When I went to Kodaikanal with my school friends, my friend Raghuveer handed Gadhadharan a travel bag and asked him to carry it. Gadhadharan said "Ella luggage yum en kittaye kudhukadha da (Don't give me all the luggage)". He said this holding just a good day biscuit packet in his hand.

Funny Moments In Flat

1. I was studying in fifth standard when this incident (more of an accident) happened. School was closed for dasara. It was the first day of dasara vacation and we (Karthik, Adithya and I) decided to play individual cricket as early as 7:30 in the morning. I heaved the bat high and gave a it huge swing at the very first ball I faced. The trajectory of the ball traced a nice, smooth, curvilinear path and landed on the terrace of the neighbouring flat. As per our rules, the one who hits the ball out of the flat is supposed to go fetch it. So in order to get the ball, I climbed on the parapet wall adjoining the two buildings. From there, I climbed on top of their car shed and from there, reached the terrace. I saw the ball, took it and threw it into my flat. So far, so good. Then suddenly, when I was about to leave, I heard the sound of the terrace door being unlocked. I didn't know what to do and went and sat on the parapet wall (I still don't know why I did that). I was trembling with fear and the moment I saw the flat owner come into my line of sight, I jumped off the parapet wall. I had an awkward landing and on hitting the ground, I went flying into the opposite house almost bringing down the door along with me. X-rays revealed hair line fracture in both heels and I was forbidden from playing outdoor games for three months. This wasn't funny back then.

2. Adithya dialed Naidu Hall's number and ordered two bhel puris!

3. Karthik shifted to a new flat few blocks away from my flat. One day, after shifting to the new house, Karthik came to visit his old flat friends. He came via his bicycle. He parked his bicycle in his usual place and was standing in the first floor balcony waiting for his brother, Adithya. When Adithya came, he asked Karthik, where their bicycle was. Karthik said he had kept it in it's usual place. Adithya said it was not there in the usual place. After a few minutes, they realised that their bicycle had been stolen. Then came the funny part. Karthik said "Nammo cycle ah orthan ottittu pordha nan pathen. Ada, namba cycle madriye oru cycle avan vechurukan nu nenaichuten!(I saw a guy riding our bicycle but I thought he had an exactly similar bicycle!)".

4. One sunday, few of my school friends came to my house. We decided to play a prank on someone. We unanimously choose to have Bharath as the victim. The following phone conversation happened between Arun and Bharath.
Arun: Hello, nange sun tv lendhu pesarom. Oru pudhu quiz show aaramichurukom. nange moonu kelvi kepom. Adhukku neenge correct ah bathil sollitenga na, aayiram rubai ungalukku parisa kudukka padum.(Hello, we are calling from sun tv. We have started a new quiz program. We'll ask you three questions and if you answers them right, you'll win a cash prize of rs 1000.)
Bharath: Ok.

Arun: Ungalukkana mudhal kelvi. Tamil Nattin thalai nagaram edhu?(Here is your first question. What is the capital of Tamil Nadu?)

Bharath: Chennai.

Arun: Seriyana bathil. Inum rendu kelvikku bathil sonna, aayiram rubai ungalukku. Rendhavadhu kelvi, Doctor aagarthukku enna padikanum?(That's the right answer. Just two questions seperate you and the thousand rupees. Here is your second question. What must one study to become a doctor?)

Bharath: M.B.B.S.

Arun: Seriyana bathil. Kadaisi kelvi, pulli raja ku aids varuma?(That's the right answer. Here is you last question. Will pulli raja get aids?)

Bharath: Enna sir ippilam kekarenge(Why are you asking me questions like this?)

Arun: Seri appo ungalukku varuma?(Ok then tell me whether you'll get it or not).

Bharath realised that it was a prank call only then and hung up the call.

Funny Moments In College

1. EG professor's voice was so feeble that even he couldn't hear himself talk. Attending EG class was analogous to watching a mute movie. Venkatraman was so fed up with EG class that he started writing Sri Rama Jeyam during EG hours!

2. During the first semester, the last but one bench was shared by Venkatraman, Balaji, Ganesh(me) and Karthik(Order of seating from left to right). Chemistry teacher had announced a test for which neither me nor my bench mates came prepared. Each one thought someone else will come prepared and the rest can copy from him. A mega flop presumption. When we came to know that no one came prepared, Venkatraman came up with a bright idea. He said he'll copy from the book, Balaji should copy from him, I should copy from Balaji and Karthik should copy from me. As soon as the test began, Venkatraman started implementing the plan. Things went on well till he completed filling his front side of the first sheet. Then he turned the sheet to continue writing the answer not waiting for Balaji to copy. So, I tried to turn his sheet and he tried to prevent me from doing so and in the process, his answer paper got crushed. He was enraged and crumpled my answer paper in return. Seeing us fight, Balaji started laughing. Seeing him laugh, I tore Balaji's answer paper. Thank God the teacher cancelled the test or else I would have been beaten black and blue by Balaji.

3. During a class test, Dhanasekar copied every single word from my answer paper including my NAME!!

4. EG professor asked us to buy a rolling roller from him. It's MRP was 18rs. He asked everyone to bring 20rs. He asked us to come according to our roll number with the money to collect the rolling roller. Everyone except Laxman went with 20rs. He alone came with 18rs. The EG professor collected 20rs from the student, gave him the rolling roller and the remaining 2rs. This continued till it was Laxman's turn to go next. He handed 18rs to the EG professor. The professor responded by saying "yow, nee irabadhu rubha tha ya, na rendu rubha tharen(You give me 20rs and I'll give you 2rs)". Laxman sarcastically said "Sir, idhule correct ah 18rs irruku(I've given you the exact price - 18rs)".The professor said "yow, adhu paravalaya, nee irabadhu rubha tha ya, na rendu rubha tharen(That's alright but you give me 20rs and I'll give you 2rs)". Laxman cursed the old professor for being so dumb. He went back to class to get the 20rs, gave the money to the professor, got the change and the rolling roller!

5. Maths teacher made a test null and void as she knew the entire class had copied. She went from one bench to another asking the students what they had copied in the test. Everyone said jacobian. When she came near Nagaraj, she asked "What is your name?" and Nagaraj said "Jacobian"!

6. On the day when we were asked to collect the provisional certificates and consolidated mark sheet, I asked Dhanasekar whether he remembered the names of all the staffs right from the first semester. He said yes. I asked him "Who handled CA(computer architecture) for us"? He said Devi Bala(name of a theater in Chennai) instead of Kamala Devi.

Funny Moments In School

1. Be it school, be it college, the case was always the same - Last hour preparation. The only difference was, in school, the last hour preparations used to be before each term exam, but in college it used to be only before the semester exam. It was the term exam before half yearly exam. The paper was English 1 and a sure shot detail from "The man who saved pumplesdrop" was expected. I knew nothing about that prose and didn't make any attempt to know it! So I went to school early on the day of the exam and asked my friend Gopinath to explain the prose. He had already explained it to 2 other people. He said he'll just give a gist as he had to do some revision work. As he just finished explaining, Venkatraman entered the classroom and asked Gopinath to explain the prose. Gopinath told him an entirely different story. This is what he said: "Pumplesdrop was once a prosperous town. It's economy, popularity etc decreased over the years and was no longer prosperous." Let me say the remaining of what he said in Tamil to give it a better read. "adhukaparama oru nal, andha oor le irrukure ellarum thanni adichittu paduthutange. Adutha nal andha oor munneriduchu(Then one day, the entire town boozed and slept. The next day, the town became prosperous)". Venkatraman believed the entire story and wrote exactly what he heard from Gopi in the exam. Venkatraman faced a fierce reprimand from the English teacher when she distributed the answer paper. I still can't help laughing when I recollect this incident.

2. Gadhadharan, when asked to tell the gist of the prose Albert Einstein, accidentally said "a girl asked Einstein to spend a NIGHT with her" instead of "a girl asked Einstein to spend an EVENING with her".

3. Vamsi Krishna was sent out of the class by different teachers for an entire day. First hour was maths. Vamsi Krishna was doing physics assignment during maths hour. He was caught and sent out. The next hour was physics. Vamsi was sent out because he was doing physics assignment during maths hour. The next hour was again maths and he was sent out for the same reason. The fourth hour was chemistry. Vamsi failed to answer a question so he was sent out. Fifth hour was computer science and Vamsi was sent out because he didn't bring his text book. The sixth hour was Sanskrit. Vamsi's parents were supposed to meet the Sanskrit teacher who happened to be our class teacher that afternoon but didn't show up. So vamsi was sent out. The last 3 hours were computer lab sessions and he was not allowed to enter the lab because he didn't bring his text book.

4. I was asked to tell the gist of the prose "Water the elixir of life". Instead of saying "the author stood on the Libyan desert", I said "the author stood on the lesbian desert". Thank god the teacher didn't hear it clearly. :)

5. It was Anirudh's birthday. His girl friend greeted him saying "Happy birthday". He responded by saying "Same to you".

6. It was English II hour and the teacher went on with the story of Oliver Twist. She caught Venkatraman laughing. Upon asking why?, Venkatraman responded by saying "I laughed because Nancy died". The teacher was stunned and the whole class burst into peals of laughter.

Pleasant Nostalgia

I came across Einstein's theory of relativity when I was in eleventh standard, where it was explained with an example of a guy sitting near a girl for an hour and a guy sitting on a hot stove for a second. Fortunately I still have my back intact as I didn't try to experiment the quoted example even though the first example was quite tempting. But my college life really did strike a chord with Einstein's theory of relativity. Every minute of my college life was certainly a moment to cherish. When I think of all those fun filled, jolly moments, my college life seems to have been an eternity. But when I think of my college life as a whole, it's just 4 years. Time went by so quickly that I fail to accept 4 years as 4 years! Whatever be the case, the four years of college life from 2k4 to 2k8 will remain as one of the most cherished phase of my life. The symposiums, industrial visits, final year project, week of e3, class hours, hostel galattas, standing outside principal's office, culturals and not to forget the birthday parties and the birthday bums will remain as evergreen memories. All these moments are priceless. Why? Cuz my classmates were a part of it. I don't know what the future holds for them, but they'll certainly stay as legends in my heart.

luv ya legends.