ende jeevithatilea 10 valiya abbadhangal- abbadham 1

I said i my last post i will publish my 10 greatest stupidities in life under the name

'ende jeevithatilea 10 valiya abbadhangal'

Ever since then i have been trying to recollect such incidents and events...

By 'abbadhangal' i refer to both funny and serious ones which

• either brought tears of laughter in the eyes of other people when i narrated the particular incident to them...
• or those which made me re-consider the options i had, at the time of making the decision, later. These are the ones i still regret .

     #1                       My first day in class 6                   June 1,  1999

My kindergarten and lower primary were completed at a convent school. After class 5 i was transferred to this new one.It was my first day at the new school , class 6. My parents didn't accompany me since there was this girl who was a neighbour and we were in the same class. So she took me along with her. I was not informed about which class:the division, i would be in, at the time of admission. So i went and sat with my new friend in her class.Then the teacher came in and started the calling the rolls. And obviously my name was not there. so she checked with the office and found my name. I was to sit in Class 6B. The class was a floor below .I climbed down the stairs and found the room. When i was about to enter the class, i got a glimpse of some familiar faces from my old school and i was very relived. But suddenly i saw a woman in saree inside who was talking down to a boy who was standing .

' Oh no, the teacher is already there.The first day and I'm late ..what will happen now??'

'.....................................................................................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

pettannu ende thalayil bulb kathi.

i cleared my throat..mhhmhh...may be a decent request to enter the class, convent style, can make a good impression...

"excuse me.. " several heads turned..

"may i come in teacher??.." asked i, brightly, glowing more and more with each word...

there was a moment...and then the entire class broke into a laugh...my mouth fell open a little...

'but..why are they laughing??'

the 'teacher' was smiling, but said nothing..then someone spoke out loud from among the smirking faces..

"She is not a teacher"

my mouth opened even wider..now i was literally standing at the class room entrance, gaping into the many faces, some still smirky.

then the truth struck me...

THE 'TEACHER' WAS ACTUALLY A MOTHER WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED HER SON..,COZ IT WAS HIS FIRST DAY AT A NEW SCHOOL

how silly of me...just because my parents send me school with a friend..it doesn't mean that every parent does so...

when the initial shock died out, i walked inside, located a free corner and sat there...

i neither spoke nor did anything for the next some 15-20 mts, something that was really not myself..

then to my pleasure, someone came to me and said hello..and then i started talking 

and 

i never stopped..i kept talking and talking..

my ability to talk endlessly about anything under the sun(or the galaxies) made my seniors name me 'sound box' (coz i used to talk really really loud)

And such an achievement in the very first week itself!!! Ooh.. I'm simply great ;)

So that was the first one...this series will continue..i will post the next one as soon as possible..as soon as i recollect the details ;-)

see u soon..!!!