2001, the year of reckoning

The year 2001 had many surprises in store. Some of them, which i least anticipated.

First being my admission into an engineering college.
The First thing which comes to my mind when i think of my college is the road which leads to our college. There was no asphalt. I still remember the year 2001 had excess rainfall in the month of October - November . The road literally turned into an " Inclined Swamp " where both humans as well as his inventions had a tough time mounting as well as dismounting.

The first year of my college was turning out to be as memorable as it could be , new friends , new college, empty roads leading from Kengeri to Uttarahalli and above all a remote location far from city traffic , pollution. I couldn't have been at a better place than this. May be my disastrous performance in CET was not after all that disastrous.

Second surprise was the launch of Bangalore's First Private Radio Station - Radio City 91 FM in July 2001 . The ads of Radio City read " No Electricity Try Radio City ". Radio City filled in the gap which was empty for almost 7 years.

I was a huge fan of ABBA , U2 , Bon Jovi , Bangles , Madonna , Billy Joel , but it was almost like ages since I heard these legends. With the introduction of Radio City there was a new ray of hope. To my surprise Radio City was not restricted to Hindi music.

I not only got to listen to all of the above artists but i became a huge fan of many other artists , Incubus , Goo Goo Dolls , Evanescence , Linkin Park , Our Lady Peace.

" Radio City u Rock "


Third suprise which was in store for me was the best of the above. Meeting a new friend by name Kranti Vikram A . I call this one as the best , as this led to a great chain of other memorable events ( which i will shortly write) . Kranti Vikram is a resident of my neighboring locality. Travelling to his house took a mere 10 mins. To this day this has been an added advantage.

These three were the most prominent events which took the center stage of my life during the year 2001 , which I initially thought to be dreadful , but was turning out to be fruitful.

My learning curve suddenly took a great turn in the year 2001. I slowly realised that there was so much life was offering me , and i thought two hands were not sufficient to grab them.

I immensely thank god for all that he has given me.

To summ it up;
-> a new college , with hope a to pursue a career in IT
-> a special new friend who would be a true source of inspiration for the rest of my life
-> a location away from city ensuring awesome soothing effect.
-> loads of friends @ college

The year 2002 had more in store for me which i will write shortly