Alumni Meet!...

FEB 11th '09

I had written this speech for the alumni meet in our college which was on 31st Jan '09. But due to the circumstances, (u know how rowdy these get-2gether are!!... :)) , coudnt deliver it!!... Dil ke armaan dil main hi rah gaye!.. ;)

Still thought of putting the transcripts of the speech, so that those who know the situational humour in this could Enjoy it!!.. :)

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Firstly, I thank the organizers for putting together such a wonderful event & inviting me for the occasion (that’s the main part! ). Thank you for your warmth and affection and I say this on behalf of everyone present here.

Let’s start.

Well it’s a written speech. What? Everybody now-a-days reads a written speech, from Presidents to Actors. So it’s ok with u I assume! But there is a difference also. I m my own speech-writer, anyways who could afford them now, their charges are ridiculously high!

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Anyways...Jokes apart

Starting off… First a disclaimer!

A Disclaimer! You may think that hmm… another shahrukh khan movie types emotional stuff!

Don’t be afraid, it won’t be a run-off-the-mill Hindi picture full of rona dhona and emotional atyachar but is short and fast like screenplay of “A Wednesday”. I assure u that!

That doesn’t mean u can bomb me at the end!

Huh...Where I was..Haan the disclaimer…ok

“The events and characters described here are all real and any resemblances to the living or dead,umm I will change it to suit the occasion,Present or absent is purely intentional. Each and every word spoken is mine, to the best of my knowledge atleast, and not plagiarized. Do not get offended by any off color joke. I know u all r very Sporty!”

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Ok...Now the real part!!...

Here I am,

After a year & half’s sabbatical,
Standing before u all,

At the very place where we were recruited to leave…
(Well, yes it was the same hall, Where I still vividly remember, We sitting at the back side(our usual place!) Where one by one everybody was going to the podium—Goosebumps in my stomach waiting for my fate. That time it didn’t occurred that we were going to leave this college once and for all, entering into a different world called corporate world.)

At the same podium where I gave my farewell speech…
(Not many of u remembers that I know, n please don’t remember it.)

Overlooking the same people, who has the courage to hear me twice.
(well…at least some of u!)

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In these very surroundings,

I entered (quite reluctantly & after so many hassles)
I learned (well I can pretend to do so!)
I excelled (a little…NO? ok I will strike it off!)
I unlearned (Many things had to be erased from my mind!)
I enjoyed (A hell-of-a-lot actually. Esp. bunking out when the classes were ON was the most memorable and thrilling part. – Never mind that we got an earful after we returned.)

My four years of roller-coaster ride called “The gr8 Engg. Ride”

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Those were the days,

When I was first a little hesitated and quiet… (Literally an introvert if I may say so...esp. to girls!)
Had unclear notions and goals.
Little less mature.
Entering into a new world and a new city with unknown mysteries and challenges!

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Now After these many years of my courtship with college
(With the usual differences of course..Else all would be dull and uninteresting. )

I learned to look things differently

I matured a little
Learned what to do n what not to do (This is important...what not to do!)
Made lifetime friends! (I think so! don’t believe me?? Raise ur hand guys! Hooting will also do!!)
Met amazing teachers(Right from first year to the fourth)
Honed my logical and managerial skills… (PINNACLE ’06…remember.kyun secretary?)
Learnt to be a prankster (That’s classified) & PJ-ite (In the comp. of Gaurav and tanmay)
Became a chatter-box (Well u can see...No need to explain that!)
Played dumb-charades on result days! (Our idea of stress-buster)
And what NOT!

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Everything you see in me today, is due to my four years of extended holiday in this scenic and beautiful college ( Natural beauty as well as intellectual beauty!) and over and above due to the love and affection, support and guidance of my teachers and Friends, Scholars and pranksters!..N everybody I come to think of and know of!

There’s a bit of everybody in me apart from my own individual self confluence into a one single river of thoughts!

Thank You all for such wonderful memories

I wish, from the bottom of my heart, that I could be in college again…
I could be in college again!!....