The Art of Gifting

Gifts are always precious for anyone. It’s a proof that someone or some people care or love us. These gifts add happiness to our lives when years pass by. It can also bring tears if things never went the way you imagined. Anyway, I’m not going to write a sad note here. Let’s talk about the unforgettable gifts or memories!

For me, even a greeting card is a biggest gift. I make it sure that I give a card along while gifting someone. I believe it’s a sort of expressing our care and affection towards them. That is why I always had immense joy in receiving those. I used to get a lot of cards during my childhood; sadly I didn't keep them safely. I started treasuring them from my college days, which I know is a little late. Thanks to my best friend Achu for teaching me that. I have got many gifts during my college days, especially from Achu and my school friends, which I still treasure the most. However, there are two instances which I will never ever forget in this life!

The first one happened while I was giving my birthday treat at Ambrosia bakery. That was during the first year of college life. It was really special as it was my first birthday after entering college and my school friends, cousins and a few college mates were present at the occasion. I got very surprised when they presented me some gifts. Usually, guys are too weak in gifting department. The gift of the day came from my college mates. It was a small and neatly wrapped in a gift paper. They wanted me to open it there itself and started laughing when I was unwrapping it. They even gave a caution to open it safely. Out of my anxiety, I opened it; everyone exploded into laughter, even the lady staff there couldn't hide her smile. Inside the gift box lied a neat and beautiful 'brief' ! I still can’t remember how I handled that embarrassing situation! It was really a new experience and even I couldn't stop laughing later. Soon, this incident became famous in college. However, I am very much grateful to them. That gift was really useful!

The next experience was a rather shocking one. This time from a gal, but it wasn't a brief anymore! This happened during my final year in college. One day I got a call from my friend Dhanya.

Dhanya (too happy): “Hey. Are you free tomorrow evening?”

I: “Hope I will be. Why? What happened?”

Dhanya: “Your birthday gift is awaiting. I would be very happy if you come and collect it as early as possible.”

I (excited): “Sure. We will meet tomorrow evening.” It’s quite natural that guys get excited when a gal is going to gift something. I couldn't hide that when I saw her.

Dhanya (smiling): “You seem so happy.”

I: “Of course. It’s the first gift from you. I’m super excited!” She handed over the gift to me. It was beautifully wrapped up in a costly Archies gift cover. That made me more curious.

Dhanya: “Do handle it with care.”

I (more curious): “Sure. What is it? Some crystal or something?”

Dhanya (laughing): “Much more precious. You will definitely like it. Get back home soon. I expect a call as soon as you open it.”

I: “Ok. Bye.”

I got back home at the earliest. However, my mom came to inspect this cover as soon as she saw it. She just gave a check without opening it.

Mom (doubtfully): “What is this? A beer?”

I (irritated): “Oh. This’s a gift my friend gave me. Don’t look it with suspicion.”

Mom: “Which friend?”

I: “College mate.”

She left the scene without much satisfaction. As soon as she left, I took the cover into my room. My aim was to check it before she returns. I opened it savagely and when I saw the gift, my mind said like “Holy Shit” ! A beer bottle was smiling in front of me and was saying “The King of Good Times”. If my mom had opened it, that slogan would have been really meaningful. I soon hid the bottle and dialed her without wasting any time.

I (still in shock): “What was that!!!?” She was laughing as soon as the call got connected.

I: “Laughing? You know, I just had a narrow escape. My mom was about to open it.”

Dhanya (still laughing): “That would have been the perfect gift.”

I: “Ya. I would have killed you then. How could you do this? At least you could have given a hint that it’s dangerous.”

Dhanya: “Then what’s the fun in it?” She continued laughing. Even I couldn't resist laughing after some time.

I: “One of the best gifts. And a truly shocking one! Between, how did you buy it?”

Dhanya (laughing): “Simple! Bought from the Triveni Beer shop.”

I (surprised): “You went to a beer shop???”

Dhanya (still laughing): “Ya. I took my friend along. I stood in the queue and bought it. But I had doubts about your favorite brand. You like this one, right?”

I (shocked): “No. I quit drinking!.”

We had a brief chat after that. Even though she gave me a shock, it was really a jolly experience. These types of gifts should be presented, but not always! The birthdays followed had much more peaceful experience. The only problem is that my face continues to get dipped in chocolate cake. I should thank my dear friends Tarun and Manu for that, hope I get a payback soon! As I wrap up this blog, a card is in front of me. I got this one recently. It’s very special too! 

PS: Plan and surprise your friend/loved one's. These ideas are outdated. Try something more exciting! And this's my 50th post. I would love to thank everyone who supported me till now. Thank You, Love you all!

Courier 'Scare'

The word ‘courier’ makes my friend Naveen screams the most. He’s afraid of couriers ever since he picked up one for me back in 2008. The story happened soon after my eventful college tour. It was the content of the courier which gave too many troubles for him. Let’s get into the story fast!

I did most of the shopping from Bangalore during the tour. However, I was unable to find a special type of bangle which my friend asked me to get for her. I searched for it all over the commercial street and couldn't find it. The reality was that I had no idea how that bangle looked like! Finally, my friend mailed its picture after I got back home. Soon I requested my sister’s friend Nitha to buy and courier it. However, I knew delivering this courier to my house will create utter havoc. So I asked Naveen’s address and asked him to pick the courier for me (hope I told him about the content). He gladly gave the address and told me to inform when the courier is send. Nitha send the courier as soon as I gave the address, but I forgot to tell him about this!

I called him next day afternoon to tell about this. The scene changed completely from that moment.

I: “Hello da. The courier was sent yesterday evening. Hope you will get it by tomorrow”.

Naveen (serious tone): “Got it. It’s here”.

I (surprised): “What?? This fast? Courier companies have become efficient”.

Naveen: “I want to talk to you. Come fast and take it”.

The scene at his home was completely unexpected. He looked at me with a gloomy and agitated expression, but even had a smile at times. His mom was always having a smile on her face. It was she who handed over me the courier. I was little embarrassed to receive it as she clearly knew what was inside it. I told her all the details regarding it, still she had that smile. He was always urging me to get out of there soon, and finally we left after ending the conversation with aunty. He didn't talk much during the journey to our usual hangout spot. His behavior got completely transformed on reaching the spot, like Vikram’s transformation to Annyan from the soft spoken Ambi!

Naveen (agitated): “Why you didn't tell that the courier was send”?

I: “Actually I forgot. I never expected it will reach this fast. Something bad happened?”

Naveen: “Yes, why not? Mom doubts me!” I couldn't resist laughing at that. This made him angrier.

Naveen: “She believes that the girl send courier for me!”

I: “But I told her the truth right? She knows that’s for my friend.”

Naveen: “You arrived at the end only. Lot much happened before that.”

I: “What? You could have told her the truth at the beginning itself.”

Naveen: “You think I’ll save your image? Never! I told everything so that you lose the good image in front of her.”

I: “Well done, thank you! Then what’s the problem?”

Naveen: “My mom is too intelligent. She has her own reasons and proofs to believe that I have a relation with the girl who sent the courier!”

I (surprised): “What???”

Naveen (sad tone): “Hope you remember I had my college tour a week before yours. Even I was there at Bangalore for some days. She believes that I met this girl then. Since my mom believes so much in me, she is sure that I gifted these bangles to her. After I got back here, she send it back. This is what my mom interpreted from the courier incident.” This was really unexpected. I started laughing like anything.

I (still laughing): “So she believes you bought her bangles to impress, and she send it back as soon as you got here?”

Naveen: “Unfortunately, yes!”

I: “That’s one of the best stories I have ever heard! I thought only we could make such fabricated one’s.”

Naveen: “Hmm. The story would have been more interesting if your mom received the courier! I would have had the time of my life.” That was really a shocking quote from him. It made me think for some time and finally we laughed together.

I: “Come on, let’s leave this. Can we have a game of snooker now?”

Naveen (with a weak smile): “Ya, that’s the only relief now. Let’s go!” The issue got solved then. We got into the bike and happily rode towards our snooker club.

Naveen: “For god’s sake, please never give my address to anyone. I will never ever send or receive a courier again!” As always, the day ended happily at the snooker club.

Recently, I wanted to deliver a flipkart shipment to my cousin’s home and was asking his address. I forgot that Naveen was also present there. The reply came soon.

Naveen (almost screaming): “No, don’t give him your address. Once, I got a nice gift. I haven’t got over from that gift’s effect. If you want to stay in your house, better don’t give him.” My cousin got absolutely confused with this.

I (laughing): “Oh yes, I forgot that. What’s your new address?”

Naveen (smiling): “Oh no. I live in the street now. I don’t have an address.” We both laughed.

Later, he explained everything in detail. Everyone had a nice time hearing his helpless situation. Still, the word courier scares him the most. Friends, do give this a try if you want your best friend to be in trouble. However, make sure that you don’t show his way out!

Month of Honor

Becoming a writer was my biggest ambition. I started as a poet in eighth standard. It was our English teacher Josephine Miss who encouraged me to write after happening to read a poem which I wrote making fun of her. I really wanted to take up mass communication after school. But destiny took me to an engineering college where I lost all my creativity. Thank god that I didn’t give up reading habit while in college which was the only good thing I used to do those days. Bunking classes were one of the hobbies I had in college, but I never knew it would change the course of my life again. I happened to participate in short story writing competition conducted at my college, just to escape from a boring class and being seen by my department teachers. Coincidentally, I got first prize for that! Actually I was shocked to hear that result. That prize really brought a change in my attitude. I realized that I still got the flair for writing. And from there I decided to chase my dreams again. 

In October 2009, I started blogging. Thanks to my cousin Deepal for introducing me into blogging, which I realized was the best way to gain attention of everyone. The plan worked out well and even many of my close friends were surprised to meet the writer in me. They all said in one voice...”Engineering was the biggest mistake I committed”! Yes maybe, but I strongly believe destiny can never be changed. But we can choose our destiny, which is what I’m doing now. From there, the journey has been wonderful. By July 2012, my blog has got over 20,000 page views! It made me popular among my friends and other people from different parts of India. I got the chance to communicate with many of the budding writers from India and make new relations. It’s indeed proud to be recognized as a writer. It was writing which presented me with my first job as a correspondent in an online news portal.

Many of you may already know the facts I shared here. Just thought of sharing this again as I have been nominated for Liebster Blog Awards by Ashitha. Ashitha is my very good friend and a promising writer whom I believe to be one of the best among us. Thanks a lot Ashitha and it’s indeed an honor to receive it from you. I would love to thank Josephine Miss, my sister Achu, my brother Chintoo, my friends, my cousins and everyone for the never ending love and support. 

Chase your dreams sincerely and you will be rewarded. I’m chasing my dreams with the utmost passion and sincerity I don’t know what destiny has next in store for me! Even if I falter in between, I would be proud that I tried to follow what my heart desired and almost made it! I believe life always gives a second chance, but many don’t use it well. To everyone who reads this...Do what your heart desires! Even if destiny makes your life hell, fight back and write your own destiny. Show the courage to chase and conquer your dreams. 

About Liebster Awards

This award is for bloggers with less than 200 followers. Award winners have to share 11 facts about themselves, answer 11 questions asked by the blogger who tagged them, make 11 questions of their own and and tag 11 more bloggers for this award.

11 Facts about me

1. My biggest ambition is to become a film director (at least one film).  

2. I wish to live as a bachelor always.

3. I love to think positively most of the time.

4. I’m an extremely sensitive and emotional person at times.

5. Love hangouts at night, long chats etc.

6. Planning to publish a book as soon as possible.

7. Extreme music lover, especially melodies. Melodies make the nights more beautiful and romantic.

8. I adore the courage and determination of people like Adolf Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Alexander.

9. I find Kerala better than any of the places in India. 

10. I prefer coffee over vodka (yes, I do).

11. I don’t lie much, except to my parents!


11 questions by Ashitha


1.  Yet to grow up or Grown up?
     Yet to grow up, definitely.
2.  Forbidden fruit- is tasty or bitter?
     Lemme taste it first!
3.  Fantasies or Real?
     Real stuffs with some fantasy to it.
4.  Most prized possession?
     My siblings..Chintoo Chettan & Achu!
5.  Person who most influenced the way you are?
    The legendary Malayalam writer and director P Padmarajan. His films and writings have always inspired me to write.
6.  First thing that attracts you to others?
     My friendly behavior.
7.  Ever ditched by a guy or girl?
     No.
8.  If you are writing a book about yourself, what would you like the last lines to be?
     As I always say..."Chase your Dreams"!
9.  Premeditated or Spontaneous?
     Spontaneous.
10. If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?
      Fulfill all my wishes even if it's out of the way!
11. Rate your blog out of 5
    It's fair when done by my readers. Hmm..I would give 3/5 for my blog (hope my blog isn't that bad).

11 questions I wanna ask

1.   Do you believe in 2012 Doomsday?
2.   Love or Arranged marriage?
3.   Favorite author?
4.   Most memorable moment of your life?
5.   Sachin Tendulkar or Roger Federer?
6.   One thing you fear the most?
7.   Favorite quote?
8.   Steven Spielberg or Christopher Nolan?
9.   The best quality you possess?
10.  Biggest dream of your life?
11.  Your message to upcoming writers? 


I have nominated this award to 11 other bloggers who truly deserve it..

Coffee @ SCT

Friends sit over a cup of coffee and chat for a long time. But what if a team of good friends were formed just because of a coffee shop? That’s what SCT college presented me with. Those who have been to SCT would know the coffee shop in the front of main block, for others I should say it’s the best place to have a chat in college. The shop started three years back and soon it got into the limelight of whole college, soon it was named as CCD(College Coffee Day). The gang which I was referring to was formed our dear seniors like Lutta, Sreeku, Salimkutty, Rasika, Vivek, Naseel, Zam etc. I was so fortunate to join the team soon followed by rest of the members of YODC. We had a permanent seating near the shop in such a way that we were able to see everyone who goes in or out of the college. We used to bunk majority of the classes and meet over there, never got bored sitting there even for a whole day! Our favorite pastime was to discuss about college gossips, comment on most of the gals passing by, making fun of each other in the team or playing pranks on them etc.

The context for this article happened 3-4 days back when we had a reunion back at our favorite spot, the only difference being we are pass outs now. It was Sreeku who took the initiative for the meeting which had Archit, Abi, Balan, Sab, Sid etc but we missed many like Lutta, Chegu, Salimkutty, Arshad Ikka, Sundan, Machan and many. This event took place during university exams; even we had a role in the university exam festival! It was strange; in fact, sad to find that now most of our juniors are bookworms. We used to make all sorts of mess before the exams, but now the scene is just like that of a typical management college. I’m sure that many students would have wondered why these pass outs were coming back and making all sorts of troubles! But we were excited to be back, it was an awesome feeling. Discussing our old stories over a cup of coffee is a hearty feeling which gets doubled when we make a person pay the whole bill for our food! The only sad thing is that the new batches got a lot of good gals; campus really got filled with cherries and mulberries. We were wondering where these were when we were studying. We had this black&white movie for four years, now it’s like a glamorous movie with 3D effect. Our only consolation was the ones like ‘Mech Rani’, but there too we had to compete with the whole college! Still we passed all sorts of comments on the new gals and made our team’s mark which was so satisfying like placing our flag on moon! As Sreeku says, we all still got a nice feeling when we come back to college. We really miss college at times..Miss the great times with our friends. For all those students out there I wanna say one thing..When you go back to college as a pass out, ‘Missing’ or ‘Nostalgia’ should be the feeling that should come to your mind. Don’t ever let the feeling ‘Regret’ rule you after college days. Enjoy the rest of days to maximum!

Emotional Atyachar

First of all I would like to thank Archit for helping me choose this title. From my previous blogs it’s clearly understood how close I’m with YODC(Year Outz Dance Crew) and the closeness within the team. Our team has always given great importance to friendship and that make us emotional now. The source for this blog happens to be a get together which took place at Akshay’s (Tp) house two days back. Before telling about the emotional scenes I would like to write about the ‘Marapaalam House’ which was our 'second home' for the past few years!

Tp’s house has witnessed all the funniest and naughtiest moments of YODC! It ranges from practice sessions to chatting sessions (mainly scandals), cricket games, late night parties etc. We hardly had time for practice as most of the time was spend on chats, making fun of Machan, Chegu’s comic comments etc. Maybe Sid and Balan had the best time doing all sorts of naughty tricks there. The party times were in fact the best we had in our college life especially the one after our ‘Dhoom’ performance! I still remember how perfectly the guys danced at night after the vodka shots which even made Machan cry! Hearing ‘Iktara’ made Chegu remember about his lost love and was finally seen with eyes closed and speakers inside his ears. Lutta won’t ever forget that night as he witnessed the ‘fashion show’ organized by Balan and not to forget Sundan’s airplane after getting drunk. For the next party we even had a ‘floral arrangement’ by Balan. I still remember what Chegu said to me next day...”To convince my parents that I wasn't drunk, I watched comedy show for one hour without laughing or moving from my seat”! Not to forget people like Abi, Gautham Jr, Thalli, Lbw, Vys, Unni etc who were always with us in all those times. For the past few days we were busy with cricket tournament there. I am proud to say that I belonged to the ’46 XI’ lead by Archit which included Chegu too.

2 days back we had a small get together there which was organized by Archit since he and Chegu are soon leaving Trivandrum for a while. Tp, Abi, Balan, Lutta, Sab, Tony Ja, Unni etc were present too. That happened to be our last get together for some time :( Archit truly made it emotional when he proposed a toast for us saying “Don’t know when we get a chance again to meet again...So let’s blast now”! I don’t know when we all will be able to have a meeting there again, but we all do love to come back there...Once more shake legs to some music...Make fun of each other...Play cricket...And to have a late night parties! YODC is gonna miss this house and those lovely moments. That house has got a story to tell everyone..The story of some great guys who turned into inseparable friends! I would love to dedicate this blog to all the YODC members and our well wishers and also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very very Happy Friendship Day in advance..Some things are never easy to get or can't be replaced, so treasure your friends always!

"Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends"

It's all about being 'Y.O.D.C'!

Those who have read about my college life would have understood how close i was with Y.O.D.C(Year Outz Dance Crew) . When i write this, i feel too emotional because this may be my farewell blog to one of the best dance teams that SCT College has ever seen! Actually saying when the current final year batch gets passed out, the college will be thrown into boredom. Everyone will be missing the best bands and dance team of our college..One of the best batches of our college, in fact the best juniors i ever had. Our college always had the best dance teams in Trivandrum, but Year Outz was entirely different from all of them. Many of them will be knowing in detail about the team, but still i love to share some of the best moments with those guys.

The name of the team creates some confusion among the people, as it is considered dangerous by all the engineering students. The team was formed by Anand(Machan), Anoop(Chegu), Archit(Sancharam), Aswin(Sundan), Sabarish(DJ Sab) and Unnikrishnan(Chunni) for performing in AuFait’08. All these guys had one thing in common, “Attendance Shortage”..From that the name Year Outz got its birth. 'Ponmagal' dance was just performed in that stage only, later Machan used it as his solo dance for 2 years! All these guys took dancing seriously only after their first performance. The crowd support and cheering was that immense which really encouraged them to last as a ‘team’ till the end of final year. It was after AuFait’08 i joined with the team and believe me, the best time of my college days were with them. The practice sessions were the most hilarious one. Most of the time was spent chatting and playing pranks on each other, used to practice hardly 10 minutes a day. Archit even used to skip those practices and always used to learn the whole dance just 1-2 days before the performance, but believe me he hasn't let us down ever. The superstar of our gang was always the ‘ever smiling’ Chegu. Oh my god, i haven't seen such a jovial guy in my entire life, seriously he lacks emotions such as anger, sorrow etc. I won’t never ever get surprised if he even cracks jokes at someplace where a death has taken place! What to say about psycho Sundan?? He always had a great dedication to the team..A great artist, he is one of the most creative heads in our college. But unfortunately his name got famous for the wrong reasons..like being gay, an absolute crack and all! He was the one who choreographed the most famous ‘Rama Rama’ dance of our team. Coming to Sab, i think this blog won’t be enough to write about him. In short he can be described as the ‘BT Man’. Sab was very easy to be located in college as his one&only hideout was the Biotechnology class(everyone knows the stories!). He also had the most interesting names in college such as ‘seal breaker’, ‘human dildo’ etc! We always loved the way Archit and all used to imitate him by saying ‘randu vadaii’. He was also one of the best football players in our college! Chegu always compared Unni to Dhanush in ‘Kadhal Kondein’. Being close to Sundan, Unni was also considered psycho at times. That maybe true, but for me he was always a great dancer and had a good choreographer in him..But it wasn’t used well. Rightly saying, he didn’t take the initiative. What to say about our choreographer/lead dancer Machan(chegu will be fuming now..he always considered himself as the lead dancer)?? I still wonder how he managed this ‘notorious’ team for 4 long years! Anyways we were always proud to have one of best dancers of SCT in our team.

Babu Vivek(PurpleBlood Guitarist) joined our team for just one performance for Crossroads’09(Apologize dance). That performance still remains as one of the most funniest of all time..Bless our luck that we got out of that college in the same shape. Soon he left the team as he was too busy with rock shows and all. Then Sidharth(Sid) joined our team. Unfortunately the day he joined happened to be Holi, so he was given a great welcome. First Sid thought we seniors were so serious (both in behaviour and dance), but in a matter of time he understood we were just like any other sctians. From the next day he was with us for all the comment sessions,vayanottams(including the seniors) and all! Maybe he brought us luck, the year 2009 turned out to be an excellent year as we got prizes for AuFait and Yagna. We started getting good fame and came to be famous as the ‘mask dancers’. The same year we performed a tribute dance to our dearest seniors like Atul(Lutta), which turned out to be a super hit among sctians. That was the ‘Rama Rama’ dance in which Sid donned the female role. The team performed only for Ragam’10 in my final year. Majority of the time was spent on usual boys’ stuffs that year! But that year happened to be one of the best in my life as i was able to spend majority of my time with them, we never had the senior-junior distinction. After Sid, Deepu happened to be our scapegoat. But he always supported all our immoral stuffs, especially at the farewell party in NIT Calicut. He was always compared to actor Ashokan in the movie Amaram. In 2011, it was our team’s duty to retain the Dhoom championship. For that Machan choreographed ‘Hosanna’ dance which had some new dancers like Nandu G Balan(Balan), Karthika, Megha, Ganga, Lekshmi and Navneeta. That was the first time the team practised with gals. In the beginning the guys tried out to be decent and the gals were in fact surprised to see some decent guys, contrary to what they had heard. But in few days things got back to same old fashion, the practice sessions became the typical Year Outz one’s. But the gals really got bonded to our team and really enjoyed their time. The dance got really famous for Balan’s ‘Arangettam’, sms’s and messages were flowing all over Trivandrum regarding this. Another funny incident related with this is Chegu’s onstage romance with Karthika, it still makes me laugh a lot!

After Dhoom Performance!

Our last dance was choreographed by the very famous Ullas Mohan. That was the only time the guys got serious during practice. But he was always friendly and cool to them. In fact now they are proud that they were taught by Ullas chettan. ”Now we feel we are dancers, now we know what dancing really means”..This was Chegu’s comment after training under Ullas chettan! He is a total genius when comes to dance! Aravind(Tony Jaa) and Hemanth(Hemi) were the last to join our team. Many of them won’t need an introduction about Tony Jaa, as many saw him flying around the stage in our last dance. He was one guy who amazed me with his stunning stunts. Hemi soon got into the spirit of our team, but unfortunately Deepu became the target for him too. Hemi also took the initiative to start YOSR(not expanding as it’s little explosive)! Tony Jaa was always linked with a second year gal, whose name had some striking resemblance with his name. What to say about Balan?? The whole college knows about him..Maybe the most famous being his ‘cousin’ story! Also famous as ‘Jowlikada Balan’ because of his craze for dresses. There is lots and lots of stories about him..But  i am not getting into that..Balan was really a hardworking dancer, we should be proud of him in that way..And above all one of the funniest guys among us! Our last dance was better than many of the dances that were performed in Trivandrum college fests, but still we were denied the prize where we deserved to win. That really dissappointed many of the members of our team, as our hardwork was neglected badly. But finally we got third in Ragam’11, which turned out be our final performance. We were so happy to end  our final performance in a high note. I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank Ullas Chettan, Pradeep and Rahul Chettan for all their help and support to our team!

Year Outz started as a dance team, but went onto become an organization of friends. The backbone of our team was always friendship and so the members like Lutta, Arshad Ikka, Abilash(Abi), Arun(AS), Akshay(Tp), Ashwin(Thalli), Vysakh(Thadiyan), Gautham(Junior), Hari(Kochappi), Vishnu(Prabhu), Harrik have a very prominent role in our success. Abi will be famous as ‘crack’ in the college, but he was one of the best guys i have ever met in college. If you take a list of all-time best five footballers of SCT, his name would be definitely there. AS was a very active member till 2010, but had to take a break due to ‘family’ issues. He was one of the truly gutsy members of the team! Year Outz will be always thankful to Tp for the immense support he have always given to th team. The practice sessions at his house were the most hilarious moments of the team. Eventhough Thalli was always busy with PurpleBlood, he always had his concern and support for these guys. Late night practices were usually conducted at his home. Thadiyan and Junior were always with the team doing all sorts of pranks. These guys almost attended all the performances of our team and should say Junior Gautham was one another football player who impressed me so much these years, maybe the next captain too! Kochappi, Abi and Sundan were the VSSC trio..studied in the same school for years, ended up in the same college and even continues to be best friends. A passionate footballer, now trying his luck in photography..Kochappi is really exploring his life! Prabhu and Harrik handled the design section of our team. Prabhu wants to be famous as a photographer, he has got the talent..let god bless him to become so! Haarik, famous as ‘Mammooty Hari’ is the one of the best designers in Trivandrum. I remember what these guys did when they were asked to take photos of our dhoom performance..The camera was full with photos of Ranjini Haridas and some womens college..Typical Year Outz stuff! We can’t never ever forget our dearest seniors Lutta and Arshad Ikka, whose endless love and support has always encouraged us. Lutta was always among us with his witty dialogues and comments. Arshad Ikka will be always remembered for the act in Balan’s ‘Cabaret’ dance, which really made me remember about yesteryear villains like Jose Prakash, TG Ravi etc!

There is still a lot of stories to write, but i don’t want to make it too long and boring. Maybe the most famous among them will be Machan’s loveletter case..The day we all decided to give a letter to Nia with his name! Incidentally the very day S3 results came and he got his first supply. I still remember what As said after seeing his desp face..”enthaayalum cpp poyi..ini e loveletter enkilum koduthu rakshayundo ennu nokkam”! Machan’s name was always linked with some junior gal all the time, and even with sundan’s for sometime. It was so fortunate to be a part of such a great team which had unity and gave a lot of importance to friendship. I love when these people call me manager, but that was finaly turned into ‘damager’ by all! I would also like to mention about the gals in our team. They became attached to the team very soon and always supported us, especially Karthika, Ganga and Megha! They were there to support us for almost all the fests in Trivandrum. It will be ungrateful from my part if i forget to mention about the tow most famous bands from the same year..PurpleBlood and Saptak..You guys were rocking! Prashant and Ganesh(PurpleBlood) were always with our team, in fact there were a lot to encourage us. A special mention to Babu as he was the only person to have featured in all the three teams! I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank each&everyone who loved and supported us all these wonderful years!

SCT will miss Y.O.D.C! We were not the best..But we gave our best to entertain everyone. Y.O.D.C will miss SCT a lot..The practice sessions, vayanottam, discussing about ‘kerala cafe 2’, coffee shop chats, comment sessions, making stories about eachother, irritating Machan and everything..Also the practice sessions at Tp’s house(Our tharavadu), hang arounds..Sadly we are gonna miss the wonderful stages, the cheers and the comments, backstage practice(usually everyone studies the steps at backstage only), blaming eachother after the performance..It was all fun!We had a lot of special words we used while talking..’Sheyy’, ‘Theppu’, ‘Twist’, ‘Cheap Show’, ‘Deep Throat’, ‘Attitudeda’, ‘Despp’, ‘Btw da legs’(Balan’s masterpiece), ‘Fail’, ‘Crack’ and many! For all those who never knew our team..This was a team formed by a group of best friends which later on went onto become so passionate about dance. Let the coming batches make us their rolemodels, atleast when it comes to friendship! As a fan, i love to thank Year Outz for what they were..You guys were the best!

   

nO sHaMe, oNlY aTTitUde

(PS: This is my 25th blog and i am so happy that it's about Year Outz! Thanks to everyone for supporting me all these years..Especially to my friends Lakshmi, Sidharth, Anoop, Megha, Shabnam, Karthika, Ganga, Karnnan for their immense encouragement always! Keep supporting :) )