Pani kodukkumbol ithrayum pora.. Enkilum..!

The cover page news of the September issue of Graffiti is supposed to read " Chief Editor and staff reporter gets stabbed". The remaining article informs the readers that ' the chief editor and the reporter were hospitalized following the tragic incident for immediate medical attention.'

This incident took place in the wee hours of night, when the duo were out biking, enjoying the gush of cold wind against their heads which contained their dazed brains (people are asking if they got any after what happened though.. !!) after hectic studying of the Theory of Machines and Operations Research principles.

After a heroic flight of 5 seconds ( you can read a detailed account of those dreadful seconds here ), our dearest duo came down on two legs and biked back to the hostel, bathed in blood ( that was a little too over the edge, sorry).

What happened then, you all are familiar with, the usual taken to hospital stuff, minus all those blaring sirens and cool looking blue lights you typically see after most accidents nowadays. The driver escaped with minor bruises on his right side(shoulder, elbow, palm, knee, foot) while the editor had gloriously won four stitches on his right elbow.Coming back to the title of the post, you might be wondering how does the stabbing part fit in during an accident. Well, stabbing did happen. I twisted the facts for a little fun though. What is life without some fun, right?

A dear nurse there (not the ordinary ones, with those short skirts and pretty hands, rather a tall hunk) stabbed them both ( !! ) on their butts twice. I even got a pic of vp getting stabbed as a memento, but he has literally threatened me with physical harm. So you don't get to see it. After all, if he is true to his word , which i have the best intentions of believing in, i would be getting the same stabbing later, ain't it?

A message the next day went like this.

Accidentil parikketta VPyodu doctor : Stitch Idanamallo..
VP : ethrayaakum?
Doc: 750 roopa..
VP: Eeshwara.. Athey.. Stitchittal mathi, embroideri onnum venda..!

SO that's the update for now. Though i have the photos and videos of the whole affair, i am too scared to put it up on my blog ;). So till something happens next time, adios.

ഒരു മരണപ്പാച്ചില്‍

സ്പീഡോമീട്ടരിന്റെ സൂചി ഇല്‍ നില്ക്കുന്നത് കണ്ടപ്പോളാണ് സ്പീഡ് ഓവറാണോ എന്നൊരു സംശയം തോന്നിയത്.. മരങ്ങളൊക്കെ എന്നെ കടന്നു പോകാന്‍ മത്സരിക്കുന്നത് പോലെ.. മനസിനെ കെട്ടഴിച്ചുവിട്ട് യാതൊന്നിനെയും പറ്റി ചിന്തിക്കാതെ ചാറ്റല്‍ മഴയില്‍ നിലം തൊടാതെ പറക്കാന്‍ ഇന്നും നല്ല രസം. അരയില്‍ അവളുടെ കൈകള്‍ പിടുത്തം മുറുക്കിയപ്പോള്‍ ഒരു നിമിഷം ഒന്നു തിരിഞ്ഞു നോക്കി. പാണ്ടി ലോറിയുടെ അലറുന്ന ഹോണ്‍ കേട്ടപ്പോള്‍ വെട്ടിതിരിഞ്ഞ ഞാന്‍ കണ്ടത് ചില്ല് പൊട്ടിയ ഒരു ഹെഡ് ലൈറ്റ്‌ മാത്രമാണ്..

"അയ്യോ.." ചാടി എണീറ്റപ്പോള്‍ തല കട്ടിലില്‍ ഇടിച്ചു.

8 മണിക്ക് വച്ച അലാറം 9 മണിയായിട്ടും അടിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു..

പല്ലു തേക്കണമല്ലോ എന്നാലോചിച്ചപ്പോളാണ് ഫസ്റ്റ് അവര്‍ ആണല്ലോ എന്ന് ഓര്‍ത്തത്..

"പഹയന്‍... താമസിച്ചാല്‍ ഇന്നും ഗെറ്റ് ഔട്ട് തന്നെ.. "

ലോറി കയറിയ പേസ്റിനെ ഞെക്കുമ്പോള്‍ രണ്ട് ദിവസം കൂടി നില്ക്കും എന്ന് ഇന്നലെ പറഞ്ഞതു തെറ്റാത്താതിനു ദൈവത്തിനു നന്ദി പറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ടാണ് ബീഡിക്ക് വേണ്ടി ബോക്സില്‍ കൈ ഇട്ടത്..

" പള്ളീ .. ചതിച്ചു.. "

ആ മയിരന്‍ രാവിലെ എന്‍റെ ബീഡികൊണ്ടു കാര്യം സാധിച്ചു..

ബീഡി ഇല്ലാ.. അപ്പൊ പിന്നെ മറ്റവനും തത്കാലം സ്റ്റേ..

പല്ലു തേക്കലും തുണി മാറലും എല്ലാം ഒരുമിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞു .. ബക്കറ്റില്‍ വെള്ളം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നത് ഭാഗ്യം.. ഇല്ലെങ്കില്‍ പേസ്റ്റ് തിന്നേണ്ടി വന്നേനെ..

"മെസ്സില്‍ ഇന്നെന്താണാവോ ?"

രാവിലെ ആ വര്‍ഗീസിന്‍റെ മോന്ത കൂടി കണ്ടാല്‍ ഇന്നത്തേക്ക് ഉള്ളതായി..

മെസ്സിലേക്ക് ഓടുന്നതിനിടയില്‍ പെട്ടന്നാണ് ഓര്‍ത്തത്‌..

" ഈ ഷര്‍ട്ട്‌ മിനിയാന്ന് കളി കഴിഞ്ഞു അളക്കാന്‍ മാറ്റി വച്ചതാണല്ലോ.. മയിര്.. സ്പ്രേയും തീര്‍ന്നു.."

സാരമില്ല.. പോട്ടെ..

മെസ്സില്‍ എത്തുന്നതിനു മുമ്പെ തന്നെ ആ വൃത്തികെട്ട മണം മൂക്കില്‍ അടിച്ച് കയറി.. ഞാന്‍ ഭയപ്പെട്ടത് തെന്നെ സംഭവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു..

" ദൈവമേ.. ഇന്നും ഉപ്പുമാവ്.."

"അല്ലെങ്കിലും ഇതൊക്കെ ഇങ്ങിനയെ വരൂ.. കലികാലമല്ലേ കലികാലം.. "

തിന്നാല്‍ ബീഡി പോലും വേണ്ടി വരില്ല.. സ്റ്റേ ചെയ്തതൊക്കെ പെട്ടന്ന് പോയികിട്ടും..

കയ്യില്‍ കിട്ടിയ പഴവും പറിച്ചു ടാപ്പില്‍ നിന്ന് തലമുടിയും നനച്ച് ഓടി ഗ്രൗണ്ടില്‍ കയറിയപ്പോലാണ് ഓര്‍ത്തത്‌..

" പേന എടുത്തില്ല.. "

"ആ.. ആരെയെങ്കിലും വെല്‍ഡ് ചെയ്യാം.."

ഈ ഇലക്ട്രിക്കലിലെ പെമ്പിള്ളെര്‍ക്കെന്താ ക്ലാസ്സില്ലേ..??

"സോറി.. സമയമില്ല.. "

അല്ലെങ്കിലും ആവശ്യമുള്ളപ്പോള്‍ ഈ മക്കളെ ഒന്നും ഇവിടെ കാണില്ല..

സമയം ഒന്‍പതേ കാല്‍..

"ഈ മൂന്നാം നിലയൊക്കെ ഇവന്മാര്‍ക്ക് താഴെ പണിതു കൂടെ..?"

മുകളിലെത്തി ശ്വാസം പിടിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ മുമ്പില്‍ റൂം മേറ്റ്‌..

" ഡാ.. സാറ് വന്നില്ല.. ഇനി ൨ മണിക്കേ ക്ലാസ്സ് ഉള്ളു.. "

" മ മ മ .. അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ വേണ്ട.. മയിര്.. "

"വയറ്റില്‍ ഒരു ഇളക്കം പോലെ... !! "

Thrissur Motor Show 2008

First time we made history. Then we edited it five times. We'll do it the sixth time this year. The latest edition of Thrissur Motor Show or TMS, as those people who really took it to heart call it, is just around the corner.

Posters and fluxes are up. Sponsorships are being canvassed. Arrangements are being made. It is again time for the largest auto expo in kerala organised by students.


Backed by the Mechanical Engineering Assosiation of Government Engineering College, Thrissur, this year's TMS quote promises to be the event of the year, with the year off in-between only heightening the anticipation of what is to come. This time, it is the hottest brands on the market that will hit the spot with the crowd. An assortment of buffed and polished vintage cars will add a royal touch. unquote

All roads will lead to swaraj round from 4th to 7th of december, to witness the largest event of the year. Witness history. I promised, we'll edit it every time.

Ponnonam '08

Onam is a festival of colours. It is a time of the year which other than the summer holidays many students look up to (for reasons that are obvious).
Ponnonam '08 in college, as always, was grand. The competitions included Pookalm

• Pookalam
• Chakkilottam
• Naaranga Spoon
• Panchagusthi
• Vadamvali etc
  

We started off at 9

Teamwork

Co-Designer and Director

In progress

Team Work. MEx SpiritFinishing touches. Almost done

Lighting the first flame. Gopi doing the honours.

That's it. We're done. S5 royal MEx, Reining champions, (Pookalam)

With the pookalam finished, the entire Royal MEx embarked on a procession befitting Royal MEx. Accompanied by Chendamelam and ilathalam and occasional bursts of good quality crackers, we rocked the college.

400 people. One Sound. Royal MExThrill. To it's max

The entrance of the college was decorated by a magnificent floral by College Union, one for 'Mathrukam' and one depicting 'Che'.

That's the Floral by College UnionMaathrukam

The results of the pookalam competition came at 3. And sadly, we got only 3rd. But seeing the pookalam which got the second, we're really disheartened. We really deserved second. But, first was unanimous. Akhilesh and the chemicals really deserved it.

First prize. the gradient looked really superb in person

The Vadamvali(tug of war) was another affair. Of the 8 teams, 3 were mechanical teams viz, mechanical A, mechanical B, and 'veruthe oru team', which in fact was a team comprising of myself(please don't laugh), payis, niranjan, raju etc with naomboori and ms being the only able bodied ones. But we won the first match. I don't really remember against whom, but it was chaos after we won. nobody expected us to win. Not even ourselves. We were pitted with mechanical B team, which of course we lost.

Vadamvali for girls were also fought with the same vigour, which the LH team won in a closely fought row with the divyans.

The men's finals came down to mechanical A team Vs Mechanical team. Who won among them is not important, but the fact that our spirit won. Before the finals, i could see the A team captain Freddie, coaching the B team on having the perfect hand grip and the leg lock, a really curious sight.

The day came to an end by 8, filling all hearts with hopes for the next Onam. More sarees, more prizes and more fun.

Lady with Fruit - ഫലതാലമേന്തിയ സ്ത്രീ

സ്ത്രീയെ അവള്‍ ആയിരിക്കുന്ന ഭാവങ്ങളില്‍ സൗന്ദര്യം കണ്ടെത്തി ലോകത്തിനു പകര്‍ന്ന ഒരു മഹാ കലാകാരന്റെ സ്മരണക്ക്‌...
തൃശ്ശൂര്‍ എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ്‌ കോളേജിലെ നവനീത്‌ വരച്ചത്‌

Chrysalis.. And end to a long 5 yr wait

Well, to start with, this post should've been done almost a month before. Thanks to the circumstances, it's not on to the moment. Actually i wanted to tell you about a small programme we organized on the 12th of November,which we named CHRYSALIS-07(the word is biological, meaning the initial stages of birth of a butterfly or something).

Wiki told me that "A chrysalis (Latin chrysallis, from Greek χρυσαλλίς = chrysallís, pl: chrysalides) or nympha is the pupal stage of butterflies. The term is derived from the metallic gold-colouration found in the pupae of many butterflies referred to by the Greek term χρυσός (chrysós) for gold.".




You may ask who the 'we' here is. The 'we' i'm referring to is the one and the only MECHANICAL ENGINEERING department of the Government Engineering College, Thrissur.



The story behind the whole program is so confusing and hateful that i am compelled to bypass the episode for my reader's sake. Anyway, after lots of the usual throwing mud at each other, we decided to conduct the program on monday, despite our series tests being scheduled for the same date. Besides, we also wanted to postpone our series for a few days just for the sake of it. Actually we pulled of the stunt, save for a stern stand of the maths teachers and had to write the maths exam on monday itself which ended up a disaster.(which, no doubt, would've been the same any given time,save a few)


Another speciality about Chrysalis '07 is mech freshers after almost a gap of 5 or somethin years. I said 5 or something because none of our seniors remember seeing a mech freshers day(they're here for 4 yrs)


Since there's nothing much to write on the answer sheets, we'd a lotta people outside soon after the 'commencement' of the exam that we never felt the lack of manpower. Besides, the whole of S5 and S7 were there, actively making it a festival on its own. Our seniors had also prepared a flux which they displayed proudly near our department proclaiming us, The ROYAL MECHs. Also among all this commotion, two of my friends, who'd gone to town to get some designer letters to make up our CHRYSALIS ended up with an empty tank in the middle of nowhere(now petrol pumps in the vicinity :D) The rest you can imagine.



At sharp 12.30, the melam started. Amid the noise and dance, we'd a nice time jumping to the tunes.(i don't daresay dance. it'll be an insult to dancers :D). And thanks to our seniors, the crackers(bombs??) were awesome. And a surprising display rescuing our balloons flying to the sun. The 1&2's were taken to the prestigious eastern amphi at 1 amid the cheers and melams and the proceedings began.


We divided them into five groups FITTING, CARPENTRY, FOUNDRY, SMITHY and WELDING, which was a tribute to the famous 1&2 exclusive mechanical workshops. Our head of the department most respected Prof.VijayanRaja sir delivered the opening address telling us about the importance of good junior-senior differences, the great histories and traditions of our department and the show got rolling. He was followed by our beloved C.P.SunilKumar sir, with his usual smile and sharp tongue. Tharun did the talking for the seniors and it's rock and roll time.


The whole lot of items kept in store for the dat began and it's pure fun. First on the cards was the dumbsharas round, unearthing common captions of famous brands. Then came a song by our lateral entry 'chettans' who really won our heart not only with their singing, but also with their conduct.Then we'd a round of anthakshari made sweet by the voices of arshad and anees and also the whole hearted singing of our juniors.



After the anthakshari, our dear Latha Maam came on stage and she's all praise for S3.:D. She called us a vibrant, dynamic, nice batch, the best batch she had in her life by any standards. Well, thank you maam, and i can't agree with you more. You may think i'm self praising, but the fact is, you'll never have such a batch again. God help you.



Then we'd a round of scrambling and our juniors did a nice work there too.If i don't mention the announcing of the results after each round, it'll be an injustice to the most rocking team of the day. Each time we announced the score, this particular team greeted their score with a loud cheerful "THOTTITILLA THOTTITILLA, THOTTA CHARITHRAM KETTITILLA". They did a nice job in that. The scrambling over and we'd our surprise, the mech launcher ready. Since it's a name coined by our programme committee, lemme explain a bit in detail.The round consisted of making paper planes or rockets(in the lecture class standard) with the provided newspapers and flying them into a 2x2 box at a certain distance. The teams enjoyed it and thanks to the aim, we're hit almost on a regular basis wherever we stood.Nice aim guys and gals. We also had some occasional paper balls from here and there in the good spirit. Guess the 1&2'S will learn better mechanics and aerodynamics next time.



Then it's turn for anybody with not talent, but mindset on stage. But we'd a lotta talents there also.

This's a real rocker


1&2's had their share of fun.


This's the mech spirit


Pumping the spirit, S7 Sinesh