High School Reunion

After seven years it was the wedding reception of my high school classmate, Anandraj that arranged for our reunion. None of the girls and only 8 of the 11 guys turned up.

We tried some strange things like standing in our old attendance order while waiting to greet the groom, recalling atleast one incident where the other person got caught in the class etc.


Me: Dey, ponnunga ellam engada
Arun: Theriyala da. Paadhi perukku mela ellarukum kalyanam aayiduchu
Cheralathan: Namma class-la motham ethanai ponnunga?
Me: 18 peru da
Rajashekar: Dhoda. ennama nyabagam vechirukka da nee!!!
Me: %^&**&...
Ajay: Naama ellarayum pottu kanda menikku oatti thaLLinom. Ippa dhideernu kalyanathukku koopitta yaaru varuvaa?
Gowri Shankar: Che..Oruthi kooda varala!
Me: Yaaru andha 18 peru
Ajay: Aamanda...athanai peraa irundhanga??? kanakku podu
Franklin: Anitha, Preetha, Bhuvaneshwari, Preethi
Me: Iruda. Oru paper-um penaa-vum edu. List podalaam.
Ajay: Indha 4 pera ezhudhuda.
Me: Konjam wait pannu. Pillayar suzhi pottu start panren...
Cheralathan: dey, ezhudhittiyaaa??
Me: Ok da. Anitha, Preetha, Bhuvaneswari, Preethi
Arun: Dey, last bench-la kannadiya mookuku keezha pottiruppale
Franklin: Dey, ava Chitra da.
Me: Ok. Ezhudhikitten, 5 peru
Cheralathan: Dey, Bala...Botany teacher kitta boys ellam galatta panrom-nu oru ponnu complain pannina theriyuma. ava yaaru
Arun: Haan!!!Ava braces pottitu iruppale
Me: Avalaa.. Rajeswari. Ok 6 aachu
Rajasekar: Dey Ajay. Unakku second language Hindi thaane. Vera yaaru Hindi padichaanga
Ajay: Anusuya, Preethi, Maitrayee, Chitra...
Me: Preethi, Chitra already ezhudhiyaachu. Anusuya, Maitrayee. Ok 8 peru
Franklin: Namma class-la neraya Vidya irundhaanga theriyuma..
Arun: Aamam da. Srividya, R.Vidya ....
Me: Ok 10 aachu. Ivanga ellam ennada panraanga
Ajay: Srividya-kku kalyanam mudinji Seatle poyittaa da.
Me: Ellarum America maapilaye kalyanam pannikkunga. India pasanga naanga vaayile verala vechikkittu vedikkai parkarom.
Cherelathan: Vidu Bala..Idhukku ellam feel pannadha. Rajasekar...nee train-la dhaane pova. Ponnunga yaaru train-la povanga
Rajasekar: C.H.Vidya.. Avalukkum pona varusham kalyanam aayiduchu.
Me: Ok 11 aachu.
Arun: Rajasekar nee oru ponna sight adichiye ava yaaru.
Rajasekar: %^&&*
Gowri Shankar: Machan ava peru Niraja-da. Ezhudhikko da . 12 aachu
Me: Second bench-la yaaru ellam ukkaruvaanga
Arun: Priyadarshini, Suganthy ezhudhuda.
Cheralathan: Ivanga 2 perum eppadi da iruppanga.
Franklin: Silent-a irukka edam thriyaama iruppaanga
Me: sarida 14 peru vandhirukku. innum 4
Gowri Shankar: Dhumma pottute pesuvom. 5 kings vaangu.
Cheralathan: Dey. Gayathri-nu oru ponnu padichaa illa?
Arun: Ava Computer-Science group da.
Me: Illada. Biology dhaan.
Gowri Shankar: Aamam da. Ava Biology dhaan. ezhudhikko. Innum 3 venum
Rajasekar: Dey, edho Devi-nu oru ponnu padichaa nyabagam irukka.
Ajay: aamam da. chitra devi yaaa??
Arun: Illa illa
Me: Dey, Mythili-nu yaaravadhu padichaangala
Franklin: Correct machan. Adhu chitra devi illa, mythili devi.
Cheralathan: Appadi podu. 16 aachu.
Ajay: Oru ponnu konjam gunda iruppa, full sleeve chudhidhar poduvaale da.
Arun: Yaaruda solra. ava endha area???Nanganallur-aa?
Ajay: Bala veedu kitta dhaan da.
Gowri shankar: Edhavadhu oru incident sollu
Ajay: 2 varushathula ava vaaye thirandhadhu kedayaadhu da
Me: Appa eppadi da nyabagam varum.
Ajay: Ava thambi kooda TVS Sport-la povane
Arun: Ippadi adayaalam sonna eppadi da???
Franklin: Aaamam da. Ava peru V-la start aagum.
Ajay: Bala, ava namma kooda Vani nursery school-la LKG, UKG padichaa da
Me: Ohhh! avalaa...correct da. namma kooda tuition padichaa da ava. peru nyabagam varaliye
Franklin: Ava peru Vijayalakshmi-da.
Cherelathan: Super-da dey. engiyo poyitteenga. Innum orey oruthi dhaan. Yaaru andha Ms.X
Gowri Shankar: Innoru round dhum potta nyabagam varum
Franklin: Sari vaangu....

We broke our heads another half an hour. But couldn't find that elusive 18th girl. Nevertheless it was great fun in identifying those names and more importantly the different ways in which we guys had remembered the girls who studied in our class was very interesting. The reunion ended at 10.00pm with we guys exchanging our mobile numbers with each other and asking them to keep in touch.