My First Day

As I had thought I got up at 5:30 AM when Appa Dearest woke me up. It had been my daily routine to get up early in 10th, but never have taken bath so early. I always bathe in natural light conditions you know! Ok let me skip the obvious activities and jump to Kumarans.

I am the first of my friends to enter the college. At 8 AM. No, not to help the Aayammas(or whatever they're called there) sweep the floor. I am always early to college thanks to Carrier Edj :P. I saw the notice board where class-section details were put up. I saw which class I belong to and my friends belong to. Then I saw the time. Sharp 8. So I asked the Security man as to where the classes are going on. He pointed the infinity behind him and said "ಅಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲೋ ಇದೆ!". I kept gaping at the infinity and then thought he might be talking about the stairs. With no other choice, I just rushed up the stairs. I seemed to be the Lone Loser on the 1st floor of Kumarans. The how can I be what I am without making a fool of myself? 

I saw a staff room. I went forward. I saw a khaaali class. Next to it was a class with a few girls and boys. They looked like 2nd PUC students writing an exam. So I dint want to disturb them. I went even further and the other class was empty too. I had already grabbed the boys' and girls' attention, mind you. Not very surprising though. Just walking to and fro with a sheepish look on my face will seem funny to anyone. Thrice I oscillated like a fool. And thrice did the students look at me and my idiotic act. Then finally I asked them: "Career Edge...?". The girl who looked the most studious nodded her head and pointed at her desk, as if to say, "Yes, you sheep, this is where your sacrifice will happen!!!!" I just got in and dumped myself next to her. Actually Bridge Course classes had started long before. But this was the 1st class I was attending. She was revising the previous day's portions then. Then the classes went on. I understood 95% of what he taught. 

Then, we were supposed to assemble in the ground, freshers as we were. I was very happy and only little surprised to see my 5 year old friend Aishwarya! We are in the same class again, after 5 years! Some purohit said some shloka, made us repeat some after him, and then we were led to our classes. The class teacher came late.

He himself says that we are "unfortunate" to have got him as our class teacher. He claims to be extremely strict. Umm.. Let's see. There was no classes on 6th.

It was today we got classes and met our teachers. Nice staff I guess. I hope so too!

                         So to conclude, it was nice getting into Kumarans. Instead of complaining of the Bad and the Ugly of Kumarans, I want to practise to appreciate the Good of the college. I have no regrets on joining the college. I'm happy with my present company of acquaintances. Well there's always a good company of "friends" for the rest of my life, wholly comprising of an immortal entity - A2.

Preparation for My First Day

Hi all. Given below is an informal report of the much hyped My First Day. So much hyped as if it were to be the first ever day of my life. Fine, let me get started. First things first. There was this orientation on 2nd June.

The orientation day was actually meant to introduce the dignitaries, viz Mrs.Meenakshi Balakrishnan alias Mother, Raviraj Bhat alias RRB Sir and Counsellor(Forgot her name. Oops! But nice lady...). RRB Sir tried to look strict and serious by repeating good habits.
                                        "Be regular. Be punctual. Atendance is compulsary. Be good. Be decently dressed..."
               And thus he went on. Be that, be this. The rest were fine. Seniors and PU pass outs inspired us with their sky-reaching marks(bad adjective, I know :-/). I lost count of my inevitable yawns and was fed up of applauding. The entire program was managed by II PU volunteers(I hate to call them seniors!). Kumarans' left me at 12:30 PM. (Ussappa!).
                                      Then there was my grandad's funeral, and then off I went to my uncle's house. My aunt is one of the best company I can get. We are unique like poles that don't repel. I like variety of food. Junk food, to be precise. So does she. She talks a lot. So do I. She took me all around RR Nagar to fill in our shtomakk with absolute junk and make dinner out of it!  Imagine a Golgappa, Pani Puri, Vada Pav AND ChocoCake on the same day! We went to Gopalan the next day and roamed. Know what, I got my cartoon drawn there! Amma had come there too. And that's the end of RR Nagar. I came back home. I would have stayed there a day more, but for Career. Career Edge I mean! I had to be there for admission stuff.
                                      Then came my 0th day. Read it as zero-th day. I mean the day before 1st! 5th of June 2011. I kept my bag ready. I also tried on the dress I wanted to wear today. And at night I could not afford to sleep late. Had to get up at 5:30 AM. And yeah, after two months - two long months that just fled away like a chased rabbit, I asked my father to wake me up so early! He gave me a are-you-really-my-daughter-Vidha3 look and nodded his head with a mild smile. I grinned back at him. Very strictly restricting myself from music while sleeping, I tried to sleep. Still resisting the temptation, I tried to sleep without music. I realised that even "I" can do things with slight determination. I thought even giving up the slightest temptaion requires a lot of determination. Ah! Now I know why I am lazy! I finally slept at the same time I would have slept if I listened to music. May be around 11:30-12 I fell asleep. I know, too late for 5:30. But I did get up as soon as my father woke me up.
                      *yaaawn*I thought I will blog about "today". But I see that I wrote one article on the preparation itself! I better sleep before mom or dad comes and reminds me I have college tomorrow and I have to wake up early and all that nonsense that I know!
To be continued.

ಅನಿಸುತಿದೆ ಯಾಕೋ ಇಂದು..

ಪರಿಸರ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆಯ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು!! 

ಈ ಪರಿಸಾದ ದಿನಕ್ಕೂ ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೂ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಂಬಂಧ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಮಾಡೋಣ ಅನ್ನಿಸಿತು, ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಈ ಭಾಷೆ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ. ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿ, ಪರಿಸರವನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿ ಎಂದು ಬಾಯಿ ಬಡೆದುಕೊಳೋಕಿಂತ ನಾನೇ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನಾದ್ರೂ ಬರೆಯೋಣ ಎನ್ನಿಸಿತು. ಹೇಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಈ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ನಿಂದ  ಕಾಗದ ಉಳಿಸಿ ಉಪಕಾರ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ(ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಇನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಉಪಕಾರವಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದು ಯಾರಿಗೂ ನಷ್ಟವಾಗುತ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದೂ ಗೊತ್ತು). ಆಗಾಗ ಹೀಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು. ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಯನವನ್ನು ಏಳನೇ ತರಗತಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದ ನನಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಎಷ್ಟು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಬರುತ್ತೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಆಗಾಗ ನಾನೇ ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ ಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಸರಿ ಎಂದು ನನ್ನ ನಂಬಿಕೆ. ನೀವೇನಂತೀರಾ?

ಅಂದಹಾಗೆ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ನನ್ನದು. ಫಲಿತಾಂಶ ಈ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ನ ಓದುಗರಾದ ನಿಮ್ಮದು.  

ಓದುಗರೇ, ನಿಮ್ಮ  ಸಹನೆ ಹಾಗು ನನ್ನ ಬ್ಲಾಗನ್ನು ಓದುವ ಉದಾರ ಮನಸನ್ನು ನಾನು ಅಭಿನಂದಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಒಂದು ವೇಳೆ ಹೀಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿ. ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದರೆ "ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿಲ್ಲ!" ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿ. ಅದೂ ಕೂಡ ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರೋತಾಹವೇ ತಾನೇ?

ಈಗ ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಜಾಹೀರಾತು ಸಾಕು. ನನ್ನ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿದ್ದು ಸಾಕು. ಈಗ ಪರಿಸರದ ದಿನದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚರ್ಚಿಸೋಣ. 

ಈ ದಿನವು ಪರಿಸರದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಮೂಡಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅರಣ್ಯ, ಬೆಟ್ಟ, ಸಮುದ್ರ, ನದಿ, ಮರ, ಮುಂತಾದವುಗಳ ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ನಮಗೆ ಸಾರಿ ಸಾರಿ ತಿಳಿಸುವ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ. ನಮ್ಮ ಪರಿಸರದ ಈ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಗಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ಜೀವ ಜಂತುಗಳು ಬದುಕಿರಲಾರರು ಎಂದು ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ಗೊತ್ತು. ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಿಗಂತೂ  ನಮಗಿಂತ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗಿರುವ ಸತ್ಯ ಇದು. ಆದರೂ ನಮಗೆ, ನಮ್ಮಂಥ "ಬುದ್ಧಿಜೀವಿಗಳಿಗೆ" ಯಾಕೆ ಬೇಕು ಪರಿಸರವನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡುವುದನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾಪಿಸಲು ಒಂದು ದಿನ?

ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಕಾರಿಗಳು, ಮಹಾನುಭಾವರಾದ ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ, ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ಮುಂತಾದವರ "ನೆನಪಿಗೆ" ಅವರ ಜನ್ಮದಿನವನ್ನು ಜಯಂತಿ ಎಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದೇನು ಪರಿಸರ ಜಯಂತಿಯೇ? ಅಂದರೆ ಪರಿಸರ ಇನ್ನಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ತೀರ್ಮಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಎಂದಾಯ್ತಲ್ಲ! ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಿ ಮಾನವನಿಗೆ ಪರಿಸರ ಬೇಡವಾಯಿತೆ? ಆದರೂ ತನಗೆ ಸಿಗದದ್ದು ಬೇರೆ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಿಗಬಾರದೆಂದು ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿಗಳ ಪರಿಸರವನ್ನು ಕೂಡ ನಾಶ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆಯೇ? ಈ ದಿನವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸದಿದ್ದರೂ ಪರಿಸರದ ಹಣೆಬರಹ ಹೀಗೆಯೇ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದರಿಂದ ಪರಿಸರಕ್ಕೇನು ಲಾಭ/ನಷ್ಟ ಆಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಹೀಗೆ ದಿವಸಗಳು, ಘಂಟೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಿಸರಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಅದರ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗತಿ ಬದಲಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಏನೋ, ತಿಂಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಥವಾ ವಾರಕ್ಕೆ, weekdayಯ ಒಂದು ಘಂಟೆ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ತನ್ನು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರೂ ಕಡ್ಡಾಯವಾಗಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸದಿದ್ದರೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪವಾದರೂ ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿ ಆಗಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ ಹೀಗೆ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೊಂದು ಘಂಟೆಗೆ Earth Hour ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಟ್ಟು, ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ ಅರ್ಧದಷ್ಟು ಜನ ಪಾಲಿಸದಿದ್ದರೆ, ಇದು ಯಾವ Earth Hour? 

ಪರಿಸರ ಉಳಿಸಲು ಮಾಡಬಹುದಾದ ಅಳಿಲು ಸೇವೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡಿಸಿ ಹೇಳಬೇಕಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ಶಾಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮೂರನೇ ತರಗತಿಯ ಮಕ್ಕಳೂ ಭಾಷಣಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಸದ ರಾಶಿಯ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ದೊಡ್ಡದೊಂದು ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ಅಂಟಿಸಿ "ಸ್ವಚ್ಚ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿ" ಎಂದು ಗುಂಡುಗುಂಡಾದ ಅಕ್ಷರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಎಲ್ಲಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ನಿಮಗೇ ಗೊತ್ತಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

ಇನ್ನು ನೀವುಂಟು, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪರಿಸರವುಂಟು. ಬದುಕಿರಿ, ಬದುಕಲು ಬಿಡಿ. 

ಜಯಶ್ರೀ, ತಲೆ ಕೆಟ್ಟು ಹೋಯಿತಾ? ಇದನ್ನು ಓದಲು ಎಷ್ಟು ಹೊತ್ತು ಬೇಕಾಯಿತು? :-P