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Articles: My Experience | My Life n My Friends :)
- Badmaash Potti
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Eppatinuncho naaku chalaa raayalanipinchedi, abt my frnds especially, abt all the frnds i had made through my lifetime and whom i am going to cherish all my life.
Actually, i consider myself pretty lucky. Nenu chaala shools maarunta..till now...hehehehe...not tht every1 kicked me out....but basically, inti nunchi chaala dooram undevi..andukani..(inti nunchi dooram unna schools lone enduku join ayyavu ani adagochu kontha mandi...daaniki naa daggara answer ledu ;) hehehhe) and nenekkadiki vellina, i ended up making loadz of frnds. I think, very rarely, people end up making loadz of frnds inspite of changing so many schools n stuff. kotha school lo join ayyamante..akkada atmosphere ki adjust ayye tappatike...u might even end up finishing ur academic career.
Hmm..nenu oka 5 schools maarunanukunta..(till where my memory goes)..naa 10th ayyelopala..hehehe..Nenu LKG nunchi..hmm..3rd varaku..maa chinna oorlo chadiva..was a pakka village BUMPKIN thn ;) and made some village bumpkins my friends..well...now every1nz in Hyderabad. Villages lo evaruntunnaru ii madhya :( so 3rd class lo hostel lo vesaru..hyderabad..and guess wht..i din't knw hw to speak english atall. maa oorlo, telugu lo maatladatam, telugu teach chese vallu andaru. so i was in or a shock whn i had joined my hostel. it was an american establishment with a britisher as it's chairman and located in Jubilee Hills. I think u pple can imagine the heights of embarassment i would hv faced. I still remember, there were these seniors in my dorms who used to make fun of me cuz i dint knw hw to speak in english. Tht used to hurt me alot. My warden was pretty supportive. She encouraged me to read alot of english books n stuff, n the teachers at my school used to spk only in english. So ala ala i picked up that language and the fact tht my seniors used to tease me...made my will to learn english even more stronger. This is where i met my best frnd Aparna.
Then I changed to JHPS, which was also in J'Hills and appu thokemmata narayana laaga naa thone vachindi and we both ended up being in the same school again but were in diff sections. Now i was a posh kid. I knew english, wore kewl clothes and the most important thing was that i was pretty outgoing and friendly. NOble school had changed me :) i used to hate JHPS from the frst day itself and i even made a hell lotta hungama and told my parents tht i wont be goin there n stuff cuz there werent any GUD PPLE arnd. nenu 6th standard madhyalo akkada join ayyanu, so obviouly, no1 wud hv known me. though i knew this, i still wanted to get out of that place. but i dint hv any other go, i had to study there :( ala ala alavaatu paddanu and we once had election in our class for a post of a class leader for the girls and after a pretty dramatic movie scene, i ended up being the class leader :D Made quite a few close frnds there and had a GANG as well. Made a very gud frnd called Chotu. We were the best of buddiez. Ended up being the Leader of my House.. ganga house, cauveri house ani evevo undevi. nenu ganga house anamata. i had come to such a stage that i started reading poems, the news (IN ENGLISH) on the dias early in the morning almost everyday in front of hunderds of other students. Chaala prizes kooda vachayi elocutions and essay writings lo (kontha mandi DUMM DUMM DUMM anukovachu..kakapothe idi nijam :P). so 8 varaku akakda chadiva. inka dayscholar laaga unte extracurricular activities ekkuva aipoyyayani, guntur lo hostel lo vesaru my mum and dad :((
It was in the 9 standard that my life changed for the gud. we had changed into a new hostel which was like a palace for a place like guntur (no offence meant to guntur:D) and met loadz of other new girls from hyderabad. slow ga made a gang. (nenu ekakdiki vellina naaku oka gang unte kaani naaku happy ga undadu). 12 of us became very close frnds and our director sir's daughter (Pavani) was one of them. inekmundi, full bindaas. yevarini emanna, pavani undi kada ani chill! pedda pudingulu laaga seniors ni kooda comment chesevallam! hehehhee! Those were the days. gola, allari, aravataalu, gatti gatti ga navvatam, ivanni nenu akkade nerchukunna. 10 varaku akkada and i had met the best pple i could hv in my life and whn i look back, i have no complaints. those were the best days of my life. raasthu pothe, inka aapanu! so its better i stop it here ;)
Second yr aipoyindi nalanda nunchi. inter lo 80% and eamcet lo 4000 rank vachindi :D so obvious ga medicine lo seat aithe raaledu. and annaiah wanted to come here (UK) n study and tht's whn my parents decided to send me to this place. at frst it seemed to be a pretty wierd thought. ikkadiki vachi chadavatam, and not medicne which was always my frst love, but molecular biology adi kooda degree course. annaiah velle hungama choosinatharvatha, naaku baaga raavalanipinchidi. esp after taking a look at the propectuses of the universities here...the beautiful country side, the well-equppied universities, the dorms, classrooms and everything. nenu chaala hyper aipoyyi, josh lo daddy tho nenu kooda veltha ani green signal ichesa.
After a month, i was at the british embassy in chennai waiting for my number to be called out for the interview. Finally, they called me and the guy took my interview and after about 5-6 hrs of waiting, my passport was in my hand with the british visa :) everything had happened so quickly. actually, i was the frst one to hv got the visa whn atleast 4 members in my family were planning to study abroad. PUDINGI baane saadhinchindi anukunnaru andaru ;) hehehehehe
Ala ala 1 month lo shopping, tickets n stuff anni koni... chesi, sep 24, 2001, i was in the airport with my brother waiting for the emirates flight to take us to Manchester. My whole family n frnds, almost 30 of them, including my 80 year old grand dad had come all the way from Siddipet to give us a send off. They had to wait till 4 AM in the morning.
Everything seemed so wierd. I ws questioning myself, thinking, hw i was leaving my parents and going to some country which was oceans apart. chinappudu hostel lo untunna, 1 week lo vallani oka rendu saarlu choodakapothene nenu undalekapoyedanni. baaga yedchesedanni. alantidi, ippudu, intha dooram ela velthunanna anipinchidi. mummy paapam chaala yedcharu. dad was very composed. nenu assalu edvaledu.time to baord the flight. we all had to go for the security check. tht was the time i had to decide whether i really wanted to go. i was sure i wanted to study abroad but dint want to leave my parents. thn i had to make myself calm by thinking tht we dont get everythin in life and to get sumthhing, u always hv to loose sumthing. i am not a girl who would sumthing to gain sumthing, but now it was inevitable. nywyz, i knew my parents would be proud of me cuz i would be studyin abroad. i was just 18 thn..and i had taken such a brave decision to study at a place where i hadnt been be4 and wehre i dint knw ny1.
Once inside the security check, i burst out crying, i dint want to leave my parents. my brother was hugging me and ws trying to console me sayin he was there for me n stuff. tht dint calm me down at all. i had to get out of the sight of my parents...otherwise..i was sure i would hv ran away from the security check into my dad's arms. thvaraga thvaraga annaiah nannu security check daggara theesukelladu...and luggage collect chesukuni, we had got to the terminal. there i cudn;t see my parents anymore. the sadness tht dawned upon me, i cannot explain. i ws leaving my parents, my frnds, my family, every1 i knew and was on a flight to a place where i dint knw any1 and to a country which ruled us for almost 100 years. Dont knw y, but the jillain wala bagh incident kept popping into my head always. tht made me feel even more sick.
Finally, time to board the flight. velli kruchunnamu, nenu annaiah. okaru chethulu okaru gattiga pattukuni. flight took off and i could see the lights of my most fav city fading away slowly. my heart ached. i kew i cudnt do anyting abt it now, it ws too late. tv choosthu, nidra poyi, leche lopala, we were in dubai. akkada we took a connecting flight to manchester. in abt 5 hrs we were in manchester, it's sunny. tht was the frst thingi realised :) annaiah appatinunche britishers meeda jokes, telugu lo..hehehee...he tried so hard to make me smile.
Finally, flight digamu and we dint knw where to go and wht to do. the so called 'cold' britishers were pretty helpful and told us which train to take to go to salford. almost 50 kgs luggage vesukuni vellamu. annaiah room ki velli, dunna pothula laaga padukunnam. we were sooo tired. nxt day, it ws time to come to my place,..sheffield..the frst sight of sheffield, i was mesmerised by its beauty. it ws so beautful. it was as if sum1 had picked this place out of a beautiful painting. the mountains, the greenery, everything seemed so beautiful. finally, came to my dorm, annaiah nenu kalisi naa room antha sardamu. evening, annaiah had to go back, thts whn i felt scared. the only person i knew in the country ws leaving me. i wanted to run behind him..but i had to be brave. thts wht i thought. annaiah gave me a hug and told me to be careful and he left. i ws goin bk to my room and thts whn i met the frst indian(other than my brother) here. choodagane thelisindi, hez indian ani. parigethu kuntu vella., u frm india ante..yes annadu..from calcutta ani..maan! i was so relieved! ala ala maatladukunnam we became gud frnds. he used to help me out alot and hez a gud frnd even now and my second frnd was a pakistani my third a srilankan and thn a tanzanian. oka UN assembly laaga thanyaaraipoyindi. hehehhehee thn i met a girl from bangalore who was doin my course and thn a guy from assam who ws doin my course aswell...
The girl from b'lore is also called ramya..hehehe..and we ended up becomin very gud frnds. we live in the same hall now....our rooms beside each others'... she has been bugging me since 2 years and she will be for another year ;) (Ram, sorry for tellin these pple the truth) ;) Luv ya. Wish u cud bug me for the rest of my life ;) she ended up doin the spel check for this article!!! :D
Eppudu scool maarina...i thought i wudn't make any frnds here..and i ended up making so many...and each one of thm are very dear to my heart..inka Tp frnds gurinchi cheppanavasaram ledemo..i hv already written an article abt thm :D Luv ya all too
The best thing abt studyin abroad is tht u end up meeting so many diff pple..u just dont stick to indians. nenu mundu kappalo baavi..(oops..sorry..evaro ila ante ala vachesindi naaku kooda ;) hehehe) baavi lo kappa laaga undedanni..ikakda vachi..alomost every country nunchi, i hv made frnds....travelled so much, met so many diff pple, came to knw more abt their cultures n stuff...It was a learning experience for me.
The most important thing is the amount of freedom i got...sometimes i misused it..esp whn it came to studies during my frst yr...but most of the times i knew my limits. this had made me very confident abt myself..i am now sure that i can lead my life alone NO MATTER WHAT!!
The people i hv met in my life have taught me so much in their own way and i am so much indebted to thm..if not for my parents and my frnds..i would hv been shattered..and not to mention, GOD has always been with me and has been giving me strength in whtever i did..
SO FROM A VILLAGE BUMPKIN WHO DINT KNOW HOW TO SPK ENGLISH..I ENDED UP STUDYING IN ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGEOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE UK! to all the pple who dont knw english tht well..dont loose heart..i am sure if i cud make it...u all can aswell :)
(intha pedda article raasanani evvaru thittukomakandi :D )
Rummy :)
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