Eight is Good Enough :)

Attendees : Ajay, Dilip, Jabir, Meeraj, Suresh MV, Shanavas, Vasu & Me

Who are we : SMS 93 batch mates

What do we do

Ajay : Dr. Ajay - Manusharude Ellu kondu jeevikkunnu

Meeraj : Kappalil Kayattu mathi..

Jabir : Cycle.... Shop

Shanavas : Paper Veno .... Paper....

Dilip & Suresh : Vakkilanmar..... Doctormarodum Ivanmarodum Orikkalum Sathyam parayaruthu....

Dileesh : Computeril Virus kayatti jeevikkunnu :)....

Place : Blue Nile restuarent, Opposite Sangitha Theater, Kannur

Date : Thursday 3rd of Sep 09.

Time : 7pm Onwards... Till the night was young !!!

And so it was on a Thursday that we decided to meet. We could finally manage I was trying to reach Jeevan, expecting him to join. So finally I caught hold of 7 others who could manage. Fairoz had to travel urgently to the Gulf and could not make it.

I picked up Meeraj and arrived at the restaurant aroun 7:15 pm. Sitting in the lobby was Dilip (Kokkare Kooo.. You guessed it... ) & Suresh (Mrithangam.... ) Both Vakils had come there on time. Reminded me of school Bell.. Nhim Nhim Nhim..... & Dilip in his usual sarcastic look, stared at me "Main ethrayayi :)" .

Just to explain you about this hotel, it is a new one in Kannur called Blue Nile... Fulll Jango.. I don't think may of us could relate to Kannur having this kind of facility in the Hotel. A 4floored apartment complex that got converted into a Hotel. It was obvious from the Lobby.... Lifts to each floor & Vasu had boooked a table for us by the side of the Pool on the 3rd Floor.. Yes Not joking... Pool on the 3rd Floor.. Suresh stared at me & wispered to Dilip, dai I know Meeraj who is that Goonda with him.. Unfortunately I had done a tonsure (Motta adi) from Thirupathi recently.... Sangathi pishakanu.... Njan vicharichu... Allengil thanne Keralthil Gundakulude Kalam :D.....

I informed Dilip that there is a table reserved for us in the Name of Vasu... And he Grinned... Vasu.. "I asked the person at the desk (Coatum suitum :) itta oral) reservation in the name of Vasu... He said no... Then I asked him Vasudeva Pai, Aalu Kulungiyilla"... I think Dilip was undestimating the Reach of Vasu... So finally everyone arrived. Shanavas in his new Fiat Linea, Vasu in his I10, Dilip in his Indica etc.....

From the Lobby we headed straight to the 3rd Floor, with Vasu leading us....

We sat around the Swimming pool with special provisions for Drinks ... :)... So in case someone got drunk it will be easy to push them to the pool... BTW: Poolil Muttolam vellam mathram... The lights were dim, Disco lights hanging from the top, High Volume Music... Typical Pub environment.... But with Family sitting around... The bearers dressed in white mundu and white Kurtha...

Dilip :"Dai Ithu oru Kallu shapu pratheethi.... Nammude naatil Chemmen Kulam, Kallu shappu pinne poricha meen.. hayi hayi.... ".

To tell you the truth none of us Drank that night... For the next 2 hours we sat and chatted about School and what each of us were doing.. How things have changed.. but yet somethings have not changed.... Like the Thadi of Vasu, the slimness of Shanavas, the mannerisms of haris KP etc... Topics came up on Upendran sir.. Murali sir... . Mathew sir.. his drills and how we used to wear two layers of dress if we had drill. The tips of sitting together.... The jokes of Fr Mathew... & a host of other paradooshanam....

Meeraj got a call in between and had to go back home for a while... I have decided that during our next get together I will take your mobile phones and keep it in a locker... This stuff is really taking our good moments away :)...

Ajay (Sorry Dr. Ajay Radhakrishanan) arrived late... I called him in the middle to confirm his availability, he was in the operation theater... We had sumptuous Dinner together... I liked the meen curry.. The Fruit salad was lousy... Could not make out in the dim light the quality of the Food .. Finally we dutched the amount...

While I am writing this I want to pen down each and everything we talked,laughed about but man... what you miss is what you miss... so make yourself available the next time :)...

IMPORTANT:

We decided, the best way to remember oru Teaches is to meet them in school. Arrange a Get together in SMS around 25th of Dec 09. Call all teachers & fellow SMS 93 batch mates. Present them with a gift & Importantly stake a claim to support one Poor Student from the school this year for his studies (around 15k). Let us make a difference to this World through the school that taught us the basics. In the evening we also could have a get together exclusively for Boys ;) ... We also decided to revive our association, have someone from Kannur be the president who could manage the show. I look forward to hearing from all of you... Voice out...