Vasanth
This post is my emotional outburst as my dearmost friend,Vasanth is leaving to the US.He is going to pursue his MS in Telecommunications at the famous Illinois Institute of Technology. The saddest part is that I will be the most unluckiest friend for not being able to give a personal send-off when he departs from Chennai on 8th August.
I wud like to tell u all abt our relationship... which is definitely more than juz being friends..
Our paths crossed when I joined Saraswati Vidyalaya,Nanganallur for my 5th standard.He was studying in the same school from his KG classes. We both, with some more guyz (Ashok, in particular.He is working with CTS after finishing his B.C.A) used to take our bicycles and roam about in Nanganallur.
There are numerous incidents to be told.. But that wil make this post endless. I will put out a few incidents, that wud be quite intersting.
Then, from the 6th standard to the 10th, we were in Sri Chakravarthy Matriculation. They were golden days in our lives. Never will we forget the hide and seek game played around Vasanth's home. There was a Gauva tree in Vasanth's home. Vasanth wud climb this gauva tree and go to the upstairs when we start the game. And when the catcher is still trying to catch the other people, he would come down thru' the same gauva tree and shout- "All Safe"....Oh God.. Again the same catcher- again the same cycle..
We have played cricket at all the grounds in Nanganallur, in front of and in the terrace of all our friend's homes.
Then.. we joined Prince Matric. for our higher secondary. Again both were in the same class-Computer Science Dept, sitting next to each other. It was always my dream to beat Vasanth in the marks, till my 11th standard. And finally, I succeeded to score more than him during the 12th-quarterly exam. Great effort by me - huh..
I would never forget our English madam (Ms.Shuba) referring us as the twins of our class. Anyone who comes to Prince wud refer it as a hell- but it was really a gr8 school for us both and our gang, who enjoyed to the core.
After our 12th std, we both joined CSC for C & C++ classes. Me with my family had went for a trip to the Andamans and so I was unable to go to class for 10 days. Vasanth, as was deprived of a company, did not go to class for those 10 days. When we went to class after my return, we were questioned for our absence for which I told the exact reason. When Vasanth was asked,... think of a possible reply he could hav given...
"Mam,Vijay went to the Andamans.So I did not come!".
This reply was so spontaneous that the faculty was spellbound and started laughing.
We were so lucky that we joined the same college-Sri Sai Ram Engg. College. But we were in different departments-myself CSE and Vasanth-ECE. But he still remained my closest friend. No one could ever become such a friend to me as Vasanth is. We would share all the department secrets with each other. And the secrets with us wil remain secrets. None of us have ever opened up any of the secrets, till date.
We did not hide anything from each other. Whatever happened, I used to tell him and vice versa.
Many of u mite not be knowing of the great singer-Vasanth. He used to sing in the Sai Bhajans. But he was soooo shy that he did not sing in any of the college events. After many debates between me, my friends (Anitha in particular, my another closest friend) and him, finally he sang in college in the 3rd year. I was sooooo happy when he sang during our college culturals in the troop.
Not only these 4 institutions, we were in the same tution centres during our 10th to 12th stds. We were in the same computer centres during our 12th and post-12th period. We were in the same driving school to get our car-driving licence during our post-college period.
Our record "12years-in-same-institutions" came to end last June-17th when I joined Mahindra-British Telecom without him. And he will join IIT without me.
I feel very sad to leave this guy, who is not only a friend, but also a philosopher, guide, care-taker etc. etc. etc.. I dont know when I will meet him again. Thank God that the present communication facilities makes us atleast virtually bonded.
This post mite look a bit-big.. But to me, itz only the size of a single-cell taken from the body of a big dinosaur.
Iam going to miss Vasanth a lot.
Vasanth, I miss u very much da..With ur patience and talent, you will shine bright in your life.
Friends never say Good-Bye..
posted by Vijay at 9:07 PM
10 Comments:
Hey Vijay,
Good blog abt a good friend. Surely we'll miss him a lot. As u mentioned, its impossible to forget those days when we all roamed nanganallur in our bicycles.Remember we used to wonder how vasanth used to know which shop used to sell "Palli mittai" and "thaen mittai" with discount. Hope Vasanth puts on some weight atleast in the US.
hey thanks for the wonderful words about me.me too cant forget those days we enjoyed together with our friends.i miss u all a lot.
huh.. 12 years in the same institution (unimaginable) and I joined u guys for the last 6 years !!E'thou I know thw complete story and xcellent chemistry between you, this post make me read it more than once !!Good job da!
Definitely those +1, +2 days still remain fresh in memory and the 4 years of college too !! (Also reminds me the fact that - We were part of the 'Back seat Boys'in the bus).
Vasanth has got words of appreciation from me too...he is one of the talented bike riders who carried me from N'nallur to Stella Maris (eh! for the IMS Classes)in 15 mins..or 20 mins max.A definite lucky chap, for he can bring luck for anyone around him, as it was him who was next to me during my Verizon interview. And this time too.. he gave me a free bike ride too and fro.
Good Luck !!! to one of my greatest friend in life.
Srini
Hey Vijay,
Very emotional blog about a Very close friend. 12 years is not a small thing. I had the same feel when i left my close frnds in Mumbai. I can imagine the pain u would be in when he will leave on 8th Aug(though may not be comparable). But in some corner of the world u still have a frnd VASANTH who will always be there for u.
Hi Vijay!
I can relate to ur emotion about ur good friend....you know sth?
I had no contact with my best friend(of my school days) for four yrs. after 12th....i found her phone no. just the day before i left for b'lore and what do i find? She's coming to chennai and am leaving for b'lore .....for job!
Hey friends, I'm really terribly sad for leaving him... Anyways, he is going to go higher in hi slife.. Lets all wish him the very best in life to come..
Ya Srini, as u told the +1 and +2 were the most green days in our life.. The way Ms.Selvi(Physics) used to question us.. and we all stand up in a queue not answering her questions.. Gr8 days..
Gr8 are those days..
Bye for now..
hey dude,
I agree its really hard to part a very close friend..but u know wht distance is def not gonna to seperate a friendship..thugh it adds a small hint of glitch..i ve exp the same too..I understand it must be very hard...but like im still cherishing my friendship..i hope u would too..Hail Frienship!!!!!
-Gaya3
hey vijay... quite an emotional outburst da...
don worry we'll take care of vasanth at the airport tomotrrow :)
well.. looks like cakes monarch is having a tough time withuot our parties there. the coll incidents wil remain fresh in our hearts da..
hmmm ,.. my works goin gr8 and i find this is the sort of job i wanted all my life..
its tough but its satisfying..
ok will catch up with you sometime..
and yes... 12 yeras is a long time..and one more thing... distance is not a matter when you know each other that well...
i do have contacts with my frens whom i've known right fro std1.. 16 yrs now...
so never mind the physical distance . its the distance between the hearts that shouldn be huge
ok with this thatthuvam i leave bye
hi this is shuba i hav not met vasanth but i have met vijay here in pune and i know something ,vasanth is a terribly lucky chap for having a friend like vijay and vijay i think vasanth is a gr8 person ,too.pity i cudnt meet him .,............
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