IT Mela........

Dont remember which came first the IT Mela or the Onam celebrations.But as far as my memory goes we were fresh into S3 and the first incident that comes to my heart is the IT Mela trip to Technopark...

It was hell of a ride to get the permission for the trip. We were trying to term it as Study Tour to learn new technologies but it turned out to be pleasure trip.At last the college authorities accepted our proposal and then we got adamant by asking for our own "College Bus" as the trip vehicle, as it was difficult to arrange for a private bus operator on such a short notice.

That too, college authorities agreed upon but on one condition only, that we have to get a spare wheel for (Stephny/Stephnie-Thats what we used to call the spare Tyre), which they will pay for later. Naseer T P , me, Reji Annan(Our brilliant Driver) and Renju we went to Erumatheruvu to buy a new spare. And we bought it and fixed it at the second last seat in the bus and Reji annan also got us Red Board in front of bus, so as to let authorities know that it is a government vehicle(which it was). and guess what that helped coz we were not bothered by Highway POlice on our way.

So it was all setup for that wonderful tour of ours.A big banner was prepared quoting "Official Tour of CSE 99".We planned to tie it at front of the bus then our Reji annan said it will heat up the engine as it will not allow air to pass , at last we tied that to the back of the bus. We Started at 8PM towards Kozhikode(105 km) for a journey of around 550 km to Thiruvananthapuram.

The trip was rocking.. Songs echoed all around the bus.Can't say whether it was an Anthakshari or just a chorus.Shaji annan was at the wheel and we reached Kohikode by 11PM. Had dinner from there and by 12 we started our rest of the journey. Dunno when I fell asleep and Deepu woke me up and said Reji annan called. I looked towards him with half open eyes and he said dont sleep in front of him or else he will also fell asleep while driving. That was enough for me to wake up n reach the back door of the bus. Had a puff or two and away went my sleep. In no time we reached Thrissur.

We had a stop for filling up diesel and we started again .We reached Kalavoor for a stoppage near Sreelal's home. We then had some homely food from his home and we continued our journey. After that food stop with heavy tummies we all in the back seats fell asleep with Sreejith taking the whole back seat of the bus lying down comfortably.. Everything was ok until we reached Chertala bypass. Remember that guys ?? A sudden jerk and we all were almost in air, Sreejith went up like hell and touched the luggage rack. But he landed right on the seat or he landed on Nowfal?? "Welcome to Bypass" this was what the speed breaker tried to convey to us. Hell of an Jump. After that Sreejith tied a towel , one end to his hand and another to the seat handle bar.

By 6.15 AM we reached Kottiyam and as per our plan we split in many groups which will disperse and freshen up and regroup at my home in Pallipuram. Renju n Co over @ Kottiyam, then at Kalambalam Sandeep n Co were dropped. Girls mostly were dropped at Navaikulam(Nisha Rani's place) and rest @ Famida's home. Others at Rengith's home @ Attingal and the rest came to my house.

The Tour has just started, so don go anywhere. Will soon follow up with rest of the story.I trying to put in here all the incidents as possible but I do tend to 4get things.. So put in the moments u remember ok.....