Chapter 17
I and Jerri entered Anna mam’s cabin with great confusion. She asked us both to sit. After she started to tell whatever she had in her mind and what she had heard from Subashini mam about us. Anne mam told that “I like u both very much and I thought u were very good friends. When I came across that dam visit incident I got some doubt on u both, but when I heard from subashini I got my doubt clarified. Subashini told that she saw u both together in an internet cafe outside, she doesn’t want to spoil your life by reporting it to some higher officials. Though she is very strict she has some soft heart too. So she told me about you both as I was Jerri’s class in charge.”
We all were silent for some time and I started “Mam we both thought of saying our love to u personally when we get time but before that u itself came to know”.
Mam asked “What Jerri, u would always talk without break. Why you were sitting like statue without speaking?”.
Jerri doesn’t know what to reply he just smiled. Mam continued “I was surprised to see Jerri’s progress was very good from his 3rd semester marks. Now I came to know his progress was due to his new teacher only”.
Mam teased me as Jerri’s new teacher. I smiled for her comment.
Mam told “I had seen many people spoiling their life or even dying because of love. But I am proud to see you people, u were giving importance to your parent’s wishes and studying sincerely for getting good marks. Don’t worry I would pray for u both to succeed in our love life and also if there is any problem with parents due to your love, please tell me I would surely help u and talk to your parents regarding that”.
Jerri and I were very happy to hear the wishes from our favorite mam. We thanked our mam for her concern and we left to our respective classes with full of joy and dreams.
From that day onwards, Anne mam would tease Jerri and me in our classes indirectly. If Jerri went to ask doubt to Anne mam means she would tease him by saying “Why u asking doubts to me ask your new teacher and get it cleared by her”. Jerri and I would share our Anne mam’s teasing with our friends during the break time. Our friends also started to tease us in our classes like shouting our names when we go to each other’s classes and call out our nick names etc. I and Jerri were enjoyed each and every second of our college life without any regret.
There had to be break for our fun know, Hmmmmm L yes we got our 6th semester University Exam Timetable and sincerely started to study for our exams. We all wrote our exams well and went to our home town for our semester holidays. After 1 month break, I was very excited to meet all our friends again together. We were final year engineering students; we all can’t even imagine how we got through those University exams without any backlogs. We all were in cloud nine.
In 3rd year we had 6 subjects that time itself we won’t allow our staffs to take class, in final year we had only 3 subjects and project work alone just imagine how far we would have enjoyed. We had only 20 days of regular classes for those 3 subjects after that we had to do our project work and there would be reviews for our project twice in a month. We were allowed to do own project in our college but me and my friends doesn’t have that much knowledge for doing own project J J so we preferred to go to Project center for doing our project.
Divya, Karthi, Gowthami, Jerri, Bala and me went to same project center. In this Divya and Karthi were project partners, me and Gowthami were one group then Bala, Jerri were one group. We had chosen Computer Network as our domain for doing project. We all were assisted by our all time favorite sir Mr.BalaMurugan; he (Bala sir) was my non-blood related brother. He likes me very much since I was similar to his own sister. Me too like him very much he would call me as “sister” not for name sake he really treated me as his own sister and if I had been doing any mistake he would not even talk to me for one or two days. I had to apologize and make him normal. I forgot to wish Bala sir (Anna) for his birthday; he got very angry he didn’t even turn his face towards my side in class. I consoled him and compromised him and promised him that next year I would be the first one to wish him on his birthday but he told surely u would forgot but I had kept my promise and wished him without fail the next year. He was a very lovable brother.
In our college we had Intercollege Symposium final year students only had to organize, arrange and conduct the events. Bala Sir told me “Don’t participate in the Symposium because there were more partially and fights among the staffs. They didn’t even give respect to our department staffs at all. So our department final year students don’t need to participate. We would see what they would do without our cooperation in this”. We also agreed to that but due to some pressure from other department staff we organized events for the Symposium.
Bala sir got very angry on me. He didn’t talk to me at all. I consoled him but he told “This was the respect u would give to my words ah?”
I don’t know what to reply him, for some days he didn’t speak to me at all . Then somewhat I made him to talk with me formally regarding the project work and then he became normal. As per Bala sir instruction, we all were doing our project work sincerely and were getting good progress in our project reviews. At last we all had done our university practical i.e. our project demonstration very well.
After that we got schedules for our CAMPUS INTERVIEW. All became nervous. We got first company to our college on Dec 11 2010. We had written exam on Dec 11 and the qualified individuals would have their HR Interview the very next day. We all wrote the exam well. I had full confidence that I would pass in the written exam. In the evening we got the written exam result. Jerri and almost all my friends got selected but I didn’t get through the examL.
Fate played again between me and Jerri, one more separation but in college at least I could have met him during the break times, but if I was getting into different company means no chance of meeting in weekdays at all. Divya and Karthi too didn’t get selected in that company. I called my parents and told them that “I didn’t get selected for interview”. Though they were sad they gave me hope to prepare for the next company without worrying. I don’t know what would happen whether I would be able to get selected in the next company? I asked the question for myself since I lost my full hope and confidence at that time because of my first failure.
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I was worried for not get through the written exam. I cried a lot and my roommates were telling “Don Worry da, U would surely get selected in the next company don’t lose your hope and confidence”.
Jerri called and consoled me .He told “All for good only da, don’t worry”.
I was worrying for some time and thought it was nice at least Jerri had cleared the written test I had to make him get through the Interview also. I made my mind relax and told to myself “If I was confident I could be able to make Jerri confident to face his interview tomorrow”.
I called and encouraged him to prepare for his Interview. He told “I am not going to prepare. U didn’t clear the exam so I too won’t get selected in this company.”
I consoled him “Jerri, don’t worry da. I would surely get selected in the next company. U had to utilize this chance and get selected in this company, then only u would be able to tell your parents about our love.”
Finally, I made up his mind ready. I accompanied him to prepare for the Interview questions regarding his Area of Interest and some important topics in computer. Then the next day, even its Sunday I went to college to wish him and sat with him for recollecting some interview questions like Introduce about Yourself, What is your Area of Interest and some computer knowledge questions like Write a C program for finding mean of n numbers, Write a C program for calculating prime numbers etc.
Luckily in Interview, Jerri faced most of similar questions whatever we prepared that day before he went to attend the Interview. Jerri answered confidently for those questions and did his interview well. After the interview got over, all the candidates were asked to assemble in the auditorium for the Interview’s result. After couple of hours, all our staffs gathered in the auditorium. Out of 700 qualified candidates 595 got selected. All were in tension whether their name was present in the selected list or not. I hopefully prayed for Jerri and all my friends. They started to read the names, all were praying in tension.
Finally while reading ECE department list I heard Jerri and my entire gang of friends name. After Jerri’s name was red out I saw him, he was crying like a child. He texted me “It’s all because of you only dear”.
After reading his message, I too started to cry. All my friends congratulated me for Jerri’s Placement in a good company. They all teased “Then what Jerri got Job, u can even tell your parents now J about your love”
I blushed and smiled at their comments. All my friends went and boarded their respective buses to their home after dinner.
Without anyone’s notice, Jerri came near me held my hand and thanked me. I told him its gift for your hard work da I didn’t do anything why are u thanking me. He told “No, yesterday after seeing the selected list I scolded god for not selecting you for the interview, I was not at all ready to prepare for the interview at all but you only encouraged me and made me to study even when u are in pain of losing the first company in campus interview”. I thought of hugging him at that time and to cry on his shoulder as I was very happy but we were standing in the bus stand inside our college campus so I controlled my feelings and gave a smile. My eyes were welled with tears in happiness.
Jerri was not happy at all; though he got selected he was worried and concerned about my campus selection. He studied with me for preparing for the next company. We had written test in the morning, and the selected people have to appear for the interview on the same day itself. Eligible candidates about 224 people without arrears appeared for the written exam and about 81 members cleared it. They started reading the name list. My name didn’t come in the list till 50 names. Divya’s name was called out. I was praying god hardly. At last I heard my name but I was not able to stand from my seat I was excited. Karthi didn’t come to attend the interview . She decided to do M.E, so she was preparing for TANCET exam. Me and Divya prepared together, attended the interview and got selected in that company.
I called my parents and told them the good news. They almost cried in happiness. I told them that I would call them after some time and called Jerri to tell the good news. He was very happy and told “I know da; u would surely get selected in this company”. He thanked god. I told him I was in auditorium I would call u after reaching hostel and disconnected the call.
The next day I was very eager to meet Jerri in college. I thanked him for making me confident and made me to do get succeed in the Interview. Campus Selection got over. Almost all the eligible students got selected. All final years felt relieved from the great pressure of Campus interview after such a long time.
After that few days went joyfully, and then we got our university exam timetable for our final 8th semester. We were enjoying our life without realizing that we would never return after the semester holidays or would never be able to meet everyone together in college again. After getting the timetable only all realized the truth and became very sad, sitting idle thinking about the separation from our friends and college life. I too became very sad from thinking that again I wouldn’t be able to be with my friends and my Jerri. How I would survive without them. If its temporary separation I could have bared, but now the happiest days I was spending with these people in this college would never come back again.
Study holidays started. We all were not able to study at all. I was crying during the night times when I was lying in bed. I can’t able to overcome that thinking because it was not just a thought it was the reality I had to accept it. How I would be able to see my friends? How I would be able to meet Jerri? How I would be happy without seeing them all together? My heart became hard. My mind was running around those questions and my thoughts running around my friends and Jerri.
After few days, I made myself to accept the reality because by crying or feeling nothing going to happen or change. I was not going to leave the world I had to leave my college life that’s it. I can meet my friends whenever needed most of them, they all going to be around me in this world only. Even I can be happy in their memories of the days spent with them.
I met my friends during the exam time we all shared our slam books but we all were not as usually speaking to each other. Everyone looked like they were in mourning. Though I was not strong enough to manage my sadness I strengthened my friends by consoling them. But I was not able to make them normal. We all wrote our memories with our friends and everything we had in our heart in the slam book. The final exam i.e. our last day in college came. I don’t know how to face my friends. We all returned everyone’s slam book to corresponding persons on that day. I prayed god for strength to face the entire sad situation going to happen after my final day exam.
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My Last day of College life atlast came..
All were very silent around me; my heart started crying without making noise outside since I don’t want my friends to be like tat around me. We all went inside exam hall. My heart longing that the world should get stopped at that moment without moving. Exam started as usual by 10 AM, after that how those three hours went like few seconds we don’t know. After exam we all hugged and cried on each other’s shoulder.
Our sadness busted out like free flowing water from dam. After sometime we all made our mind to be in touch forever through frequent get-together, chatting in mobile or internet, and also by visiting each other’s home whenever getting time and also consoled ourselves that we can also meet everyone on our Convocation day. Though it would be a very long gap our friendship would not fade just like that. So we all made promise and separated from the bird’s nest (College).
We kept our promise by sharing everything among our friends through messages, emails, facebook chatting and enjoying our days though we were not together we were under the same sky. We all got our joining date from our recruited companies through mails. Finally, we all made it out. Yesssss!!!!!!!!! We all were going to earn, we can’t believe it. It was all like a fairy tale dream.
I, Divya and Gowthami, Aishwarya got our joining date to the company. We all had our induction program. During the Induction we got new friends like Gowthami’s school friend Kayal and Kani. We enjoyed our induction with a new set of people around in a full air-conditioned hall. Then had a delicious feast during lunch and had a little nap during the afternoon sessions, had snacks and tea during break etc. During the end of the second day session, all our friends together got Thoraipakkam as our place of training. They announced that after the training period we would be announced about our place of posting. Our parents found a hostel for us and settled our things and they started their way to our respective homes. We too started our journey towards the unexplored corporate world.
Divya, Aishwarya and I were identified for Java Training. Kayal and Kani got Dot Net as their domain of training. Though Gowthami alone got Oracle domain, she managed to find a new friend named Gaayathree from her domain during the induction itself. We all got excited to know about the IT industry. Training was its doorway to step in.
Every day I would even forget to have food and but never forget to call Jerri and update the things happened that day. I felt his presence wherever I went. I missed him so much and cried for few weeks and but he gave confidence for me to face the reality. I too used to it. I started to enjoy the training with my friends. I got a list of friends from different colleges they too missed their college life same like us. In a short while my whole class became friends for me.
Especially we all went together for break and lunch. Even in the hard times of training we find different ways to enjoy our life. My new friends were Priyavadhana, Julie, Mythili, Geetha, Thilaga, Pavi, Padma, Sumi, Vignesh, and Sai from XYZ College, then Archana, Sudha from ABC College, Amutha, Bharat, and Deepthi from Karur College. Also got friends from my college too Roobi, Paavai, Ganesh, Irwin and Priyanandhan. New big group of friends around made me to forget the sadness of missing my college life.
My friendship circle started to grow. I, Divya and Aishwarya had get together with our college friends in the weekends whenever all were convenient with the date and time. Life was easy going till my parents came to me with a topic L obviously they started their treasure hunt for Bridegroom. They registered my profile in marriage websites and all. I got frightened to tell them that I like some other guy. So I pleased them now only I completed my college so I don’t want to marry very soon I need time. They too thought it was a valid reason and agreed for it and told we would be searching guy for u but we won’t disturb u in this till we get one good alliance. I prayed god that my parents should not get good alliance till I tell about my love to them, after telling them they would at least think my opinion. So I too said “OK” for their condition.
I informed Jerri about my parent’s rush for searching guy for me. At last we decided to tell our parents about our love. First I asked Jerri to tell his parents and to know “What was their decision” before I reveal the truth to my parents. Jerri decided to go to hometown evening. He booked tickets. I became very nervous about his parent’s decision. Before Jerri starting to his hometown we both went to temple and prayed well. It gave a little confidence for us both.
Jerri started to his home. I was praying hard for his parent’s approval for our love. I didn’t able to sleep that whole night. I woke early the next day morning, went to temple and started praying. I informed Jerri to intimate me with a blank message after telling to his parents, from that clue I would understand that u had told your parents about us. At 10:00AM sharp I got blank message I don’t know what was their parent’s response but I know only that Jerri had revealed our love to his parents. I called him for a long time but he didn’t respond to my call or message. I got frightened whether some bad thing had happened. What was going around him???? Would his parents accept our love or not????
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Finally after sometime I got call from Jerri, he told that his parents opposed a lot and at last they told “First that girl’s parent had to accept for this, if they had accepted we would think about it after that”.
Jerri asked me to tell my parents and convince them for our love. I tried to tell my parents but I didn’t good chance to expose my love to them.
I was waiting for one nice opportunity. I planned to go home the following weekend to tell my parents face to face, but I didn’t get courage to start that topic after reaching home. I messaged Jerri “I am afraid to tell them da. What I had to do?”.
Jerri replied “Tell them otherwise they would find groom for u. Please da. God would be always with you da. Find nice chance to tell them without fail.”
After reading his message I got some strength to tell my parents. When I came out of my room I found some relatives came to our home to visit us. I missed the chance to tell my parents. My courage too faded away as time went. Weekends went off just like a second. I packed my things for returning to Chennai. My parents went to attend their close friend’s daughter reception and came back. I gathered all my courage to tell my parents. I asked my parents to sit in the sofa. Then I told them “Don’t search grooms for me. I like one guy from my college mom and dad.” They didn’t react at all for some time.
My mom asked who that guy was. I showed Jerri’s photo to my parents. Since I was getting ready, my mom just told “Love marriage and all not possible in our family, please change your mind”.
I thought “My mom doesn’t know much about Jerri, that’s why she is opposing”.
So I made my mind confident to face the obstacles for my love. I started my return journey with heavy heart because of my parents oppose for love.
After boarding bus to Chennai I called and told Jerri everything that happened in my home. He convinced me by saying “First time when I told my parents they also told like this only. Surely our parents would get convinced and come to a good decision soon. Don worry.”
I too believed in his words. I became normal and concentrated on my Training. Days moved as usual, but I forgot all my worries when I was with my friends.
In our training class, all were very talented and interested in knowing many things in our class. But imagine me and Divya we were not very much involved as much as them. As days went my classmates all became hard workers since we were not IT background in college. They all would work even in the break hours too. I and Divya would go to Gowthami’s class for gossiping . In that class most of them were from our college, they would enjoy the break by playing music loudly, teasing others, and playing with friends. It would be like entering “Heaven of Enjoyment”. I and Divya loved to be there during our break time.
In that class we got some new friends Gaayathree, Devi, Deepi, Narmada, Amirtha and Karthika. We would share each other’s training class comedies during the break hours. One day while I was about to enter Gowthami’s class some people started to shout a guy’s name I thought they were teasing someone in that class. So I and Divya causally went to Gowthami’s table and started talking with our friends, after reaching hostel only Gowthami told that they were teasing me only with one guy named “Bala”.
I was shocked “Why there were teasing me with some guy???”.
Gowthami told “Hey don worry. Those guys were from our college only. For fun they were teasing da.”
I too didn’t mind it, since we would also tease many of them in our college days. I and Divya didn’t find time to go to Gowthami’s class since we didn’t even get breaks during our training.
After few days of training, we were left free as the training theoretical part was over. We were given hands on exercises for understanding. During that Divya and I would never miss the break time; we would go to our lovable place (Gowthami’s class). We would forget our tiredness while we were talking with them and stress too goes off like a moving dark cloud away from us. We would laugh often even for silly jokes to make ourselves feel happy.
In Gowthami’s class the group of boys (Anthuwan, Bala, Deric and Arumugam) who were teasing me also became friends for me after the days went. After my training, we had our exit test. As usual we passed with help of our late night preparation. My parents were searching groom for me and I was unaware of it. My brother Abinesh who was doing his college 1st year only informed me about that groom searching to me. My lovable brother and I had some mutual understandings in hiding small small mistakes for each other’s wellness. For my love too, he acted as my personal spy J in home. He would tell things to me whatever happening in my home before EOD (End of Day) I would get the entire news at that instance.
Usually I used to call my mom after reaching hostel. Likewise I called her during one Friday evening she asked me to come home, I told her “Mom I am feeling tired, last week only I came home know. I would come next week please.”
I tried to convince her. If my reason was acceptable my mom would tell me to take rest and ask me to do as my wish. But that day she acted weirdly she stressed me to come home since dad asked her to do so. I was surprised and little bit confused whether they were planning something without my knowledge.
I called my brother and asked him the reason behind that. But he was too unaware of it. I begged him to collect the information and tell me immediately. As my mom told I too started to my hometown that night but with a great confusion. After few hours, I got call from my brother I was shocked to hear the thing he told me. I was not in state to sit in my bus seat stable my eyes welled with tears thinking what my brother told. I can’t even believe my ears…
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