mangalapurathe oru pranayakalam..part 2

The life of any s/w engineer in Mangalore circles around a few basic places…their
office..Punjabi dhaba..siddhi sagar..Empire mall n Bharath mall..Am pretty damn sure that
almost 95% f the s/w engineers in here would have gone to the above mentioned places...So
being a part f d elite common software engineer sect even my life in here circled around the
above mentioned places plus a few more places….

As every other engineering graduate I Came into the IT field with big big hopes abt earning
big bucks meeting cool gals having a branded life n all…but never had thot that all this wud b
cumin at a very big cost..At first it was really looking all cool…no work...All day net
connection...My own system...Free local call wala land phone..Free cappuccino n scores f
sizzling pieces J …but once the real work started all ma dreams came down like a palace f
cards..sathyam…pinne angot ullath verum oru yantrikam aaya jeevitham aayirunnu…ravile
8’u manik vayikunna alarm snooze cheyth cheyth 820-830 vare aakiyit enikuka pinne rdy
aayi formal dressum itt 9-915 aakumo officeil varuva…log in to ur system n open the mailbox
innathe pani mail aayit vann kidapundakum…but watz d big deal....i js wana push d time till
evenin..so start playin d sngz..Start d usual lal vs ikka fight through mails (I seriously thot I’ll b
ending that fight in college but I was wrong evn in ma office the fight is continuing.. ”wherever
u go my network follows you” enn ad pole “wherever a malayali goes lal vs ikka fight will go
on” enn enik manasil aayi..) n den go for communicator conference and make fun f dundu n
kuku or cookie …seriously dude for any IT company to work der r 3 basic necessities

* Microsoft Outlook (mail box)
* Office Communicator and
* CCD machines

…. N lo d next second out of blue comes a mail pop up...1 on 1 meeting schedule with
program lead…n dat too in 5 minutes…oh ma god…y din I go to breakfast whn Nipun
called datz the 1st thot dat came to ma mind whn I saw dat meeting request…but ini aalochit
enna kariyam…I tuk a notepad n pen n dragged myself to the conference room…. pinne
Module lead vann ulla usual set of questionz..”Y did u go early yesterday Nidhin, din I tell u
to update the status n go..n what abt the work that I had gvn..did u finish analyzing that..watz
the status of the defect # 285..did u resolve it..???” N I’ll b sittin like am watchn an adoor
gopalakrishnan’s movie..no expressionz on ma face…oru nisahayatha mathram…n no itz not
over…”U r always chattin or sending mail rite y man don’t u have ny wrk to do..try to
complete your work 1st n den go along wth ur other stuffs k… ” innatheyk film theernu
baaki nale continue cheyunath aayirikum… n den he’ll leave askin me to complete the
pending work n the new work that’s assigned to me…man I start cursin myself “Thendiii
inanle mariyadaky update ayichit poya mathiayirunnu..appozha aa charak penn pokuna time
aayi enn paranj avale follow cheyan poyath…ennito aval’k oru boyfrnd und enn njan kandu
pidichu…anagne avalum poyi..n ippo de paniyum katta purath aayi..” But as a matter f fact
there is no use thinkin abt wat had happnd but one thing she was definitely hot.. So back in
ma seat I start goin thru the different modules n defects…3 months rigorous trainin kazhinjit
aan enik oru java code thattiyum muttiyum ezhuthi theerkan pattiyath…aa njan 1 week
mainframe training kond oru mainframe code analyze cheytha engane irikum….desp condition
aayirunnu…but after dat 1 on 1 session I was determined to do sumthin…so I tuk up ma
coffee mug n went to the pantry wth ma mallu set f frndz..n sat der discussin d usual stuffz
movies,partys,weekend plans n ofcourse watz a discussion without gals… N den back to the
analyzing drama….

I always looked fwd for the lunch time..coz thatz whn I get to c ma dream gal…yup
mangalapurath oru pranayakalath njan kanda pavithtram aaya ente pavi (ya datz her name
J..or rather hw I wish to call her..)…. Man she was cute n beautiful oru tani nadan penn
kutti…yeth oru malayali bachelor’inteyum dream gal…kalangam illatha aa mugham n aa chiri
kanan vendi mathram aanu Food Court’il irunn aa uppu vellom polathe sambharum ,thanutha
paper polathe papadavum,rubber polathe rice’um kazhikunath.. Snehathinu vendi enthu
sahikan ready aavanam enn ente yetho oru alavalathi kootukaran paranjath ithin udeschi
aayirikumo entho… Nywayz I badly wanted to get introduced to dis gal..i tried a lot to find
out her IBU n atlast found it n wat I was really happy coz 3 f ma best buddies in mangalore
where in that IBU so I was pretty damn sure f making a gud 1st impression coz I was sure
pattathi , jibu n cookie will help me out…but alas aa moonu perum ente kaalu vaari… Pattathi
was telling that she had a good image n dint want to risk it by introducing me to pavi..n jibu
thendi alavalathi avante ella kariyom njan set aaki koduthu..oru alapuzha achayathi aayirunnu
avante crush.. he din evn bother to show dat courtesy back..n cookie avalde kariyam pinne
parayandalo..she badly wanted sumthn by which she could pester me n lo I gave it to her in
the form of pavi …n they blocked all the possible means by which I could get introduced…n
the worst thing was she was always surrounded by her set f tulu speaking friends (shez a
native f Mangalore)..I never met her alone…. L… man I was desp…The only solace was
that she used to smile @ me evrytime our eyes met ..As a matter f fact my eyes were always
on her J so it would be better to say she smiled whnevr she accidently turned towards ma
side….

Hmm….so life went on as it always does..n we have js 2 options with us..either to sit n cry
over ma lost past which I can nvr get back or move along with time n let life discover the new
wonderz of ma wrld..yup n u guessed it rite I hav decided to move on….well to most f dem I
havnt stopped yet to start moving on…but der r a few stages in life which will make u sit n
think…n yup today d day am hurtin my keyboard like nvr bfr (evn bein a mainframe coder I
nvr hurt ma keyboard I live wth the ctrl+c n ctrl+v buttons..as ma company always
says…REUSE initiative..am a specialist in dat) marks d completion f ma 1 year in ma
cmpny…I js cant belive that according to the financial records I earned abt 2.85lakhs in the
last year..as a matter f fact I dnt evn have 28.5rs in ma account now let alone 2.85lakhs….its
an year since I became a s/w engineer..an IT professional..an Income earner…but watevr dat
may be am still a royal mech in heart n soul….i still do all the stuffs dat I did in coll..play
pranks on frnds…cut classes (nw called knowledge transfer sessions)…spent half f d day in
canteen (nw called FC n pantry)…copy d assignments (nw called reuse initiative)…still
getting supply in exams J (after d series n university exams nw its certification exams)…hang
around wth friends (nw called boozing or coffee breaks)..n ogle @ gals..well derz no IT term
for dat till nw….so life remains d same oly d scenarios , d terms n ppl have changed….but I
havnt…n by d look f things I don’t see myself changing for the nother couple f years…or
rather it will depend on the time till d search for ma achayathi ends…. J J