A few more

Sometime during last August I was preparing for gre and I used to go to the library, where there were some guys preparing for cat, and I soon became acquainted with them. Some incidents during that time –

There was this Vineeth's friend who bought a brand new mobile phone with a 3 MP camera. But to his dismay the pictures taken are all blurred. Incensed at this he takes the mobile to the shop to get it repaired...........Turns out he hadn't removed the sticker in front of the cam.

Unni was a self-proclaimed painter. Once he sketches a person and comes to us and asks how it is.
Vineeth: Adipoli, Heath Ledger kidilam aayirikkunnu.
Shocked and disappointed, Unni turns to me and asks, “ithu aarane enne ninakke thonnunnu?
Me: Undertaker? 
Unni desp. Only later we learned he had actually drawn Emma Watson.

Appu, Unni & Vineeth goes to this rundown, seedy restaurant for lunch; it was the only one nearby. Careful in what they ate, they ordered rice. Pakshe Appuvine athonnum pora. Avane porottayum chicken curryum venam. But avide ini 2 porottas matrame baakki olloo, Appuvine 3 venam. So the boy after a while gives him a 3rd one. Hours later, Appuvine kadinamaya vayaru vedana. Our reckoning – Boy goes to kitchen, and waste basketil kidanna oru porotta eduthe Appuvine koduthu.

Nambi and I went to college to collect LORs, transcripts and other application-related stuff; it's been a long while since we had stepped into college. After collecting the documents from staff adviser, she asks Nambi, “Aa irikkunna teachere okke ormayundo”. Nambi replies, “Pinne, enne 4 semesters padippicha teacher alle, marakkan pattumo”, ennitte oru ilinja chiriyum chiriche avidunne skoot aayi. Kurachu kazhinje he asks me, “Eda aa teacherude peere enthayirunnu”, and I says her name. Nambi – “Njaan vere oru peeranennanu vichariche. Njaan pereduthu parayanjathu bhaagyam. Allarunnenkil chammi poyene”. 

Nambi takes me in his bike to drop me off at the bus stop. Bus stop-ile pennungale kaanumbam avane ichiri ilakkam koodunnathaanu. Bike oru prithyeeka style-il saamanyam nalla speedil avan bus stop-inte mumbil valachu chutti kondu nirthaan nokki. Pakshe avide kurachu manal kidannathu kaaranam bike skid cheythu. Potho ennum paranje Nambiyum njaanum marinjadichu veenu. Bike-inte mirror potti. Nambiyude kai murinju. Ente kaal oranju. Aduthu ninna oru ammavan paranju “Ithe ivanmaarude sthiram paniyanu. Pennungal koodi nilkunna sthalathu bike kondu kore koprayam kanikkanayitte irangum raavile”. Aa keettathil enikke vishamamilla. Pakshe, kandu ninna pennungal adakki pidicha chiri chirikunnathu kande ente hridayam thakarnu. Alpamenkilum undayirunna maanavum poyi. Ennittum ithellaam kazhinje Nambi ente eduthe parayuvane, “aa black dress itta penkutti enne nokki chirichu, nee kandarunno?”. Athe ninne nokki chirichathalla, nee veezhunnathe kandu potti potti chirichathanu, ennu enikke avante eduthu parayanam ennundarunnu; pakshe enthu kondo njaan paranjilla. Maunam nadichu njaan angane irunnu. And to think that Nambi is going to attend Univ. of Southern California with all his antics and number-ukal is a joke in itself. Enthayalum Los Angeles-ile pennungalude heels inu kurachu naalathekku oru pani aayi. Nambiyude kavilinum.

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P.S. Almost 7 months of wait after filling out application forms answering some very embarrassing questions such as what skills and knowledge do I have, finally I got admitted into some universities out of which I got a scholarship and tuition waiver to attend University of Houston, Texas. And as a cherry on top for me, my cousin and her family stays about a one hour drive from the university. As they say, like many other things in life, your options choose you sometimes, not vice versa.

Waiting for life to kick start once again. Hope the kick doesn't land on my teeth though.