Hostel Days - First Day
Had been my long cherished dream.
To come up with a weekly series on my hostel life.
Undoubtedly, the best days of my life.
Still remember the first day in hostel.
Incidentally, it was the first day in college too.
Being born to a pair of loving and caring parents,
stay in college-owned-hostel was not allowed.
That opened the doors to the best hostel in the
city. The Bethany Hostel.
(Well the real name is Bethany Students Centre.
I wonder how many of 'em know this name)
Located just about 7 km from the heart of the city,
and about 10km from the college, it was an ideal
nest.
First day in college was just some formalities for
admission. Doing B.Tech in the pioneer Engg college of the
state, CET(College Of Engineering, Trivandrum) is a dream
come true. All I remember about the first day in the college
is the conversation with the Principal, Ashalatha Thampuran.
A lady with a lot of air..
Straight comes the question
"You are coming from the other end of the state. Why did
you not opt for a college in your place, Kannur?"
I tried the diplomatic way of answering..
"Trivandrum is the capital of the state. The best place to
live in. Very friendly people, all around"
I'm not an expert in lying. And that answer of mine is not
what the lady expected. She was seated with pointed ears
to listen to some praise about herself and the college which
she administers..
Thud came the interruption.. "Nice people? What do you
know about the people in this place?"
I was game for an argument (just to save my face), but dad
interrupted and changed the course of discussion.
After "voluntarily" donating "generously" to the PTA fund,
to the lady at the counter - who turned out to be a lecturer,
whom I saw displaying a smile on her face, ONLY on that
particular day, and not during our 4 year tenure at the college
- we left for the hostel..
Heart beating at a decent pace, 'coz dad is gonna dump me
there and leave for native...
(To be contd...)
To come up with a weekly series on my hostel life.
Undoubtedly, the best days of my life.
Still remember the first day in hostel.
Incidentally, it was the first day in college too.
Being born to a pair of loving and caring parents,
stay in college-owned-hostel was not allowed.
That opened the doors to the best hostel in the
city. The Bethany Hostel.
(Well the real name is Bethany Students Centre.
I wonder how many of 'em know this name)
Located just about 7 km from the heart of the city,
and about 10km from the college, it was an ideal
nest.
First day in college was just some formalities for
admission. Doing B.Tech in the pioneer Engg college of the
state, CET(College Of Engineering, Trivandrum) is a dream
come true. All I remember about the first day in the college
is the conversation with the Principal, Ashalatha Thampuran.
A lady with a lot of air..
Straight comes the question
"You are coming from the other end of the state. Why did
you not opt for a college in your place, Kannur?"
I tried the diplomatic way of answering..
"Trivandrum is the capital of the state. The best place to
live in. Very friendly people, all around"
I'm not an expert in lying. And that answer of mine is not
what the lady expected. She was seated with pointed ears
to listen to some praise about herself and the college which
she administers..
Thud came the interruption.. "Nice people? What do you
know about the people in this place?"
I was game for an argument (just to save my face), but dad
interrupted and changed the course of discussion.
After "voluntarily" donating "generously" to the PTA fund,
to the lady at the counter - who turned out to be a lecturer,
whom I saw displaying a smile on her face, ONLY on that
particular day, and not during our 4 year tenure at the college
- we left for the hostel..
Heart beating at a decent pace, 'coz dad is gonna dump me
there and leave for native...
(To be contd...)
posted by Rat at 2:45 PM
9 Comments:
ente maanam pOkaruthu :_(
@Geo- Any doubt on that ? ;-)
@Dipu- Good that you reminded me of that incident.. Hav removed the comment. Will put it in one of the posts, filtering the contents.. (wonder if anything will remain after filtering) :-S
what did Geo say???
and
WHAT DID DIPU SAY???
your lady full of air waiting for praise on the uni is a typical character, isnt she... have met her types too...
@wbix - Geo said 'dont paint me in black' (while writing the hostel stories) :-)
And Dipu had written a command (again in malayalam) about one of the notorious incidents that happened in our first year.. Will post that in due time.. Hold onn :-)
oye dippu, check the principal! or was she altogether very very nice and polite to you eh? some discrimination she been up to??? :)
@dipu - wbix has clarified your doubts.
@wbix - probably, dipu gave her a diplomatic answer! He is an ekspert ;-)
Dipu, as i've already mentioned, you dont have the sharpest pair of brains in NY. Why dont you try Nataraj Plasto Sharpner ? :-S
ninakku rubber venamengil athangu paranajpore? allathe dipu medikunna cutter nte koode free kittunathu thoothu varan nikkathe!
:-S
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