Time is running, people change, world changes!!!! But the memories will always remain close to the heart.
It was month of varun deva ( the god of rains) . The city was in the start of festival of rain.As we students were in the ultimate step of school grade, the varun deva was nothing special for us at that time. Since the school students are the one who enjoy lots in this festival, we weren t in the mood. Our tutions had been started and over a month passed before we entered our final year of school.
And that year i had my special moments of life which i cant get back:-()
School was all started in the month of June. It was June 2003. All of us are thinking of future on one side and enjoyment on the other side:-))...
So as usual classes went on. At each days end we used to hear from lectures about our future. We used to imagine ourselves at different posts like police officer, IAS officer or something els. But we never imagined about engineering nor medical.
So coming to now my life on those days. I was like a bird whose destination was unknown. Just fly wherever i want. Do whatever i want. Never my parents nor my school teachers imagined about my destination. Since i was like a full enjoying guy without books in hand. To start of with I will tell about the school group.
There were two groups we made in our class. One for 5 boys called sambs and other was 5 girls called as snaps. The meanings of these unusual names are surnames of boys and names of gals.
So in our last year as we were the seniors of school teachers used to be very friendly with all of us. Specially it means to say we never attended classes in our last year(except maths, since it was held by our head mistress). The reason behind this was we were doing something creative for our school:-).. We all 10 people used to go to school library(not to read), spend time in preparing charts of all drawing s in social science. That was a real fun. Still those moments are fresh for me. We never worked seriously. All time we used to play games , discuss all waste things and just pass the time, until the maths class comes. The head mistress knew us very well, so she used to force us to sit in maths class. It was still a nice feeling that we learn t to bunk classes in school days only.:-)
The rainy season slowly disappeared until august. Then came the fest of competitions. It was really fun that time. Since it was last time we are competing as a school student. I was like a happy person when i get to know about competitions.
The first competition i had attended in that year was a quiz by Vivekananda institute of commerce. Me and my quiz team mate vinayak won the first prize. Then next competition i went to attend was the elocution competition on 100 years of aviation.:-)
This competition had both pro s and cons. Actually it was all about the planes and its related topics. In my school it was told like that it was about rockets. My science teacher called me and said that this is the competition and you have to represent our school in this. And said it was about rocket as we had those topics in our science book.So i got a book on rockets by my teacher which was in English( sorry i forgot to tell that i was a Kannada medium student). So some things i got to know at that point of time. And prepared a time pass speech as i didn't know much on science that time. And i went to for competition. The competition was in a girls school:-).. That was embarrassing!!!!!!!!!!!. And with me my biology teacher came. I took rocket 3d models with me for that and a chart which was showing parts of rocket.So the competition started. In some schools it s not known that its a elocution competition. They sent science models with their students as if there is a science exhibition:-). So they were rejected. Still many people were my competitors. The competition started. As students went on my legs started shaking. How can be my speech should be better than this. Next my turn came!!!!!!!!!
I was not sure what should i speak. But since i only prepared speech i had no problem with context. I started. And went on. I don know when i come to stage to speak i will not think what i speak and don't think of audience also. Just speak whatever comes to my mind at that time. After my speech they asked me questions. I guess i answered 2 out of 3. Then after few more entries the event came to an end. Judges gave 10 min leave for judgment. So my mam took me to a hotel to have breakfast. Before leaving somehow i got a glance at scorecard . I saw mine was 3rd place. I was very happy and told my miss. She was too happy. Later the judges came and started reading from last place.(3rd place). I started preparing myself to receive third prize. But i found it went to some girl. I got shock!! and bit upset. Then was just guessing who are the other winners. Then they announced second. Then they gave a break to announce first prize. I was about to leave to my home after listening that one. Then came the most beautiful moment of life. I WAS THE WINNER OF THAT COMPETITION. I was not at earth that moment. Each part of my body started vibratating!!!. Since it was good competition by other English medium people i never expected it.So i got a 500 rupees cash. Me and my teacher were quite happy.Then i went to home back. I didn't tell mom nor my sisters about that.I decided to show it to all at once in evening when dad comes to home. At evening when everyone was sitting i opened the packet and told everything happened. All were tremendously in joy and surprise. My mom gave me sweets. Then i told them it was a district level and i was selected for state level competition which was going to be held in bellary after a week. The next day in school all students were called out and made us to stand in lines according to our class. Then our head mistress came and announced my name and my achievement. I went and took certificate. Applause from every part of ground. (It makes to feel happy when you get praised by so many people.)
In between i forgot to tell other events i was in during those days. Before that elocution competition we were preparing for ganapati festival. In our school we don't have a annual day gathering. In ganapati festival only we do all cultural events. So the last year i want to do more events in my school. And we had competitions like drawing, extempore and essay writing.So i participated in each since i used to be in all every time, this year also i participated. On the another side i was member of skit group. And this time we all final years were preparing a dance. So we are 14 to 16 members were there.At the same time i was preparing for state level elocution competition.
The skit was little comedy, little serious and had a nice message in it. It was designed by one of our teachers. I had a comedian role in that. During the cultural events day , the programs were after the prize distribution. Since we had to get prepared for the skit we all got makeup and present in the role of skit. I got three prizes, 1st for extempore,2nd for drawing and 1st for essay. So i went in the same costumes as i wore for skit. All people were laughing, including the teachers. That was the one of best moments of my life:-). Then in cultural programs and we performed skit first. It was good. All performed well. Then we did dance. That was also fun. The day got over.
The very next day i had to go to the state level elocution competition to Bellary. So i prepared the required things. The funniest part was our school sent our Kannada sir with me. Even though he was experienced and very good with students, for a science competition it will not be good. Anyhow we left at 10.00 night to Bellary. The next day at 4.00 am we reached bellary. That day at 11.00 am i had competition. Students from all over karnataka. And i am representing Belgaum. OH!!!!!!!!!. Then in competition they had given us random numbers for turns. I got some 14 i guess. (cant remember properly) . during competition all i saw, partcipants were telling about planes and all. I didn't get a single word of rocket there. And none of them brought a 3d model there. When my turn came i thought i will get ruined in very good manner!!!!!... Since i got 3d models and poster of rockets. In which i am allowed to show only the poster. And our sir is also cant able to check the things. Since he had no information. But he supported me against all odds. I am very thankful of him. So i presented in my own manner. Since i read the book on wright brothers i added some points in that. Even though i spoke well my contents were not so much on planes. I felt very frustrated and left to room after my speech got over. Evening my sir took me to show bellary. There was nothing to see in that city. It was just to change my mood. At night i again boarded bus. Through out my journey i was cursing my school administration and the people who were judges in district level , not telling me its about planes ,about birth century of wright brothers innovation.
So we came to belgaum next morning. In my house i explained whatever happened there. So they told its k. My parents told , its my achievement i represented belgaum. So i left that topic there only.
The next competition i attended was the quiz by central library of belgaum. There i won consolation. Then we had our class tests and mid term examinations. There i topped again. My parents wondered how i had done that. They even wanted to come and ask teachers is that i have copied!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( They were joking)..Then at the end of year near in the December we had a skit competition. So prepared for that. That day after my morning breakfast i headed to the venue. All my teammates were meeting their only. Just after i left home with my favorite Hercules mtb 9000 (oversize) i met with an accident near my home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For two three hours i didn't open my eyes only. And when i opened my eyes i could n able to remember how i did come to home back. Actually i had hit a m80 bike with my cycle. I did n remember that part. It was told my my parents. None of my body parts were damaged except my face. I had a bump like hanuman:-). That day evening all snaps and sambs group came to see me. They started laughing instead of feeling pity. Since i was looking funny:-). After 3-4 days my face got correct. Then i started to going school again.
We people continued our mass bunks within our school only. And annual sports came. During that we all (sambs and snaps) decided to get slam books. Since our groups were going to depart in different streams of life. So we finally got all our slam books. Then we went to my home and exchanged books and wrote. That day the uncle who stays in front of my house was amused to see girls cycles in front of my house. Later in evening he with my sister started teasing me.:-)))
So the new year came. The very beginning Rotary club of belgaum had organized Best Student competition. I want to share some parts of it here. First one student should represent from each school. So in my school they sent me. We had first general knowledge round. A set of 100 objective questions. Which i found quite easy. Then we had a group discussion round. That was the first gd of my life. So i didn't know how to speak and all. I cant remember the topic. But i remember they classified us among diff mediums. English, Kannada and Marathi. I was in Kannada group. So the Gd went well. I did defend my points well. The very next day we had a personal interview. My turn came!!!!!!!!!!!
They first saw all my certificates and achievements. Then they started asking about questions in all categories like sports, history , politics etc. One question i remember still. They asked me that, where ABDUL TELAGI( the stamp paper criminal) from.I didn't knew his place. So i thought according to his name he might be from kerala or tamilnadu. I guessed and told that answer. They started laughing. Later i came to know that he was from khanapur( a village in belgaum district). So the competition got over. After a week results were going to be announced. The very next week i got a letter to attend the award ceremony. My dad was very tired that day. He told me if i am confirmed that i ll get any prize we will go. I told i am not sure. At the same time current went. So he took me there. Initially they were distributing pens and certificates to all the participants. I didn't get mine. I got shocked. I thought they might have missed it. So i decided to ask it later. Then main prizes were started. There were totally 5 prizes. 5th prize was given to marathi medium student. Then they announced my name. I went and took prize. All my family members were happy that day. The prize was a titan sonata wrist watch. (which i still wear as a reminder).
The next day they gave that prize again in front of all students in school. For another amusement i got another prize in chintana maths exam. First in district level. Another feather to crown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The next week i had the last competition of that standard. It was a general quiz competition. I and my quiz partner went to write the prelims. Unfortunately all the things were in English language which we are not used.( since i am from Kannada medium school) . So we tried our level best. And surprisingly we got selected for final round. There were four teams. Three of them are from top schools of belgaum.So we thought that time only we are going to loose. The next round started. We answered the questions we knew. Two audio files played in that round. I got a pass question. I got correct answers for the both. That took us grace than one team. So finally we got third place. That day we were too happy. Since we came up in all school s. One of organizer came and congratulated for our achievement. That was the last quiz i attended.!!!!!!!!!
The days of fun got over. The heavy days of studies started.Prelims and then preparation s for annual s started.The most noisy group of students(us) started studying hard.So we had prelims and finals got over. I scored top of all in spite of no expectations from teachers.And in my school on august 15th i was going to hoist the flag. And the score i made in 10th was not made till that time and not made until now. That makes me to feel proud whenever i go to school.
Thus most special and wonderful days of my life got over. I came into outside world. Got to know about all the problems a common man has. From superior in school i became inferior in outside world.
Friends , this is my first blog. So please bear with me since i am very poor in english grammer and if i am overpraised myself also. Feel free to comment.
As Feedback is important factor in amplifiers, similarly your comments are very important in improvement of my future blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
