Kochu Guruvayur….

Kochu Guruvayoor……A temple for south indians located at Matunga…..its a very well known temple….a place where i’ve been going since i was a kid…..since Matunga is a bit far from my place we couldnt go that frequently but my dad always made sure that we visit this temple atleast once in a month……always before going to the temple its my responsibility to collect all the coins and put it in a small bag …..when we enter the temple with the things for the pooja my dad always shakes the coconut hehehe……i still remember when i was small my hands used to not reach the bell and my dad used to lift me so that i could ring the bell and now when i go to the temple i dont see that bell only over there…..seems as if they’ve removed it from there……mmmm……my dad always used to say “nadaku ninu tozhudu…..”…..and when me and my sister were small pujari used to always giv both of us vada…hehe….then after praying when we used to come out of the temple there was one old uncle who used to always stand outide ….a bit thin…tall…wid white beard..with glasses which had a black frame….dad used to always give that uncle some money and we used to call him appapan and the days we dint see him we used to ask “appapan evide poyi ??? “….i think the last time we saw him was before my sisters wedding…after that till date we havnt seen him…….after praying we always go to a resturant and have upma and mysore masala :-)……last sunday i had gone to the temple with my parents and cousin…and even on monday we had gone as we had to buy something from matunga…it was the day of akshaya triti….the pooja was going on and we all were waiting so that the ‘nada’ opens …it toook alot of time we were literally waiting for around half an hour still it dint open and then my cousin who was standing behind me called me and she was like “eniki thala chutunu”….and she fainted and it opened and we couldnt see anything …..i was feeling very bad that day….. even after waiting for so long i couldnt see anything…i wished that i could come back again….and the next day again we had to get back to matunga to buy something so we went to the temple and this time there was no problem……i was so satisfied 🙂

God understands our prayers even when we can’t find the words to say them.

Missing the library…

It’s just been a few days since my exams have got over and i’ve already started missing college…..especially the library………the time spent in the library is really unforgettable …….it was enjoyment plus studies……since the first semseter i’ve been going to the library…..during my first semester exams i used to go to the library coz no one used to be there at home …dad used to go to office and mom and sis were at kerala……after that u can say that i actually got addicted to the library……..i was never able to study at home…..at that time i used to hardly see anyone from my class in the library i think i was the only one….then later for each and every exam i used to go to the library be it a college exam or an exam at niit…..i used to reach the library sharp at 9.30 and leave at around 5.30 6……at times i used to even feel lonely as i had to even go and have lunch all alone….sometimes i used to call up goldy and talk to him…..i think that was just once or twice……..during the semester four exams one of my friend Vidhi used to come to study…i used to study inside the library and she used to study outside the library…and whenever she used to feel sleepy she used to come in and sleep…hehe….we used to take little little breaks in between…..for lunch she used always get an apple which her nani(grand mom) used to give her and she used to tell her friend Riki to have it…..we became quite good friends that time…..in semester five i couldnt appear for the ut as i wasnt feeling well….i had to prepare really well for the university exams and at that time i felt that i dint know anything…..as i couldnt study for a month and had not even appeared for the units…..then rashmi started coming with me to the library…..both of used to go everyday n study……she used to always come late and i used to keep waiting for her…..at that time amar and subhash used to be there in the library and everyday get a new set of notes and i used to rush to xerox them …..and after rashmi used to come we all used to talk for sometime and then start studying……and we used to play that donkey donkey game….whoever talks is a donkey…hehe….as we couldnt talk we used to show actions and all …..amar used to act out rani mukharjee in black……hehe….that was real fun…..subhash used to drink water only from rashmi’s bottle…..once we had biscuits and chakli and no one came to know about it ….hehe…… then later even puja and rekha started coming……and lepakshi used to come in the evening to distract all of us…she used to never let us study…..infact we used to enjoy alot….used to waste more time by taking lunch breaks ….coffee breaks……how much coffee we used to drink….and still we used to feel sleepy after seeing the books…hehe……after the exam i think we went to the library directly for semester six finals….we dint even issue a single book in between….hehe…..and during semester six we used to hardly study ..how much time we used to waste but it was fun…..first after Rashmi used to come we rush to the canteen and have coffee then talk for about an hour or so then if we felt like we used to study a page or two and then go for lunch…… hehe…..and this time Rashmi used to always be on time and i used to reach late….how many pics we’d taken in the library and that too in front of those camera’s…..applying fevicol on our hands….

(Omkar,Rashmi and my hand wid fevicol applied on it)

playing killer killer….and one girl even shouted at us and still we were making noise and then she literally joined her hands and then we left the library and we were playing outside…..hehe….it was so much fun…..and the next day when we saw the same girl in library we were like she’s so rude and her friend was sitting with us…how embarassing it was……later me and rashmi stopped going to library and everyone else including sneha who used to never study in the library started studying in the library……i’ll never forget all this…..

how much we all used to shout and the person incharge used to come and say “aay…..kya kar raha hai …kitna chilla raha hai….apna id do…”….hehe…..even took a pic with sneha in the Library ……we were standing near the window and waiting for Subhash to take the pic and he was busy zooming and trying all sorts of experiments on my cell……..and that person was about to take our id cards and we ran away from there……

i’m really gonna miss this place…im gonna miss my college days……..