Nyabagam varudhey....

So, here's me following suit..
My year end post starts right away..
The good of 2006-07:
IMO TC(2006 AND 2007): The International Mathematical Olympiad Training camp was easily the best thing that could have happened to me. I realised that it had a great effect in my name's boosting and for this I definitely have to thank my dad primarily... He made my interest in maths grow by leaps and bounds.. Dad, all my credit has to go to you.I also have to thank my Olympiad trainer,Sadagopan Rajesh sir for have made me as competent I am today in the subject and unfailingly KKA sir, who in spite of being my IIT prof only has placed tremendous faith in me and has backed me to do great in the Olympiad... But for him, my story would be different altogether this year..
Abhishek Hemantkumar Dang: For those who might not be knowing, he is a two time Astronomy Olympiad gold medalist and has won a silver, a bronze and a honourable mention in the Maths olympiad.. He has come to IMO TC 2007 for his fourth and last try at the IMO and to win a gold this time.. In the TC , he is my neighbour sharing a common balcony.. We have become great friends now and his is a contact I'd love to maintain for years to come... Till weeks ago, he was my idol and now is a good friend.. The best part was when he volunteered to partner me in a badminton tournament at the TC...
KKA sir's marriage: Definitely this wasn't of a great effect on a personal note.. But the coming of manni has made our classes more lively ones... And it definitely has made KKA sir a much more jolly man..
KKA sir's classes: As long as I was in the tenth, all I knew was that KKA sir was a good teacher..
But I started loving everything about him this year... We became more emotionally bonded towards each other.. As Shre said, he was definitely, the man of the series, or rather in my words, the player of the tournament..
Heritage Quiz: This is something which gave me a great platform in school... I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and had 4 days in Delhi, where I lived life to my heart's fullest..
Rennaisance: We won Rennaisance this year.. One of the marking events in this year's schooling.. 11(12) A rocks... Special thanks to our culrep Vikku...
Mystique: I was on the editorial board of Mystique which came out with a coloured cover for the first time.. We had amazing team work and it paid of really well....
AMTI conference,Mysore: My presentation on sequences here was selected as a research topic and was published in a journal too..
Sivaji:My most expected movie ever, Sivaji starring the great superstar is releasing on May 31... The songs are simply breathtaking and I hope for an equally great movie.. I'm watching it first day first show... Yipee...
The others: This year was marked by getting NTSE, and KVPY scholarships and a fairly decent Cyber Olympiad performance... Nothing much to boast of... I just thank god for whatever great he has given me this year...
The bad of 2006-07:
Grandpa passed away: My closest in my family, my aide and confidante from my younger years, my maternal grandpa passed away on September 5,2006.. After this, I guess nothing went too right for me this year.. This left me shattered..
Doing well at school: In spite of other performances, my old ambition of performing well at school again failed this year.. I was topping the school in the half yearly which gave me quite some hope but the annual proved to be a dampener..
Rivalry: I have hated rivalry... I've wanted to be friends with everyone.. A long rivalry with Vikku came to an end a few weeks ago... Now, people have started talks of a rivalry with Srinivas... Such talks irritate me..
Chemistry: My marks show it... This has been the subject I've hated for long and now am forced to like... And Andy doesn't help either...

Noobies of 11A 2006:
I struck a good rapport with Prasad, Shre and Ranga right away...
Satti is becoming a good friend of late..
Raghu Pradeep is the apple of our eye... He is getting quite close too...

New friends:
Vikku: I have known him since my 5th.. We used to do quite a bit of chatting.. But this year he picked upon me as a rival... But I was persistent to become his friend... And I did succeed.. He finally accepted me as a friend in the aftermath of the Mystique preparation..
Shruthi:My akka... We share the same emotional wavelength(It's gettin repetitive, isn't it?) A really good friend.... I got off by irritating her at first, but then I realised how valuable a friend she could get.. Initally, it was sympathy that got me really close to her, but then I now realise I've made an amazing friend..A friendship I'd value for life..
Shreyas: He has become one of my friends for life... He's very similar to KP and that gets us going really well... A chanceless friend I've earned this year.. He is the guy... Someone who hits a six-faced sixer off Muralitharan...
Prasad: He is a mature looking guy with childish innocence, much similar to me... He has grown into one of my closest friends... One of the new friends with whom I talk a lot... We have some common projects in hand and that is certain to bring us only closer...
Ranga: Dubbed my "attache"... This guy is one with look of childlike innocence... Something he is deficient of... A very nice friend.. My partner in understanding the value of music... Randy shall always remain special to me...
DK/Jyoti: These are guys from my IIT classes.. Have become really close of late.. Coz we share the same thoughts and interests... And both are friends who would do anything for you...
Nitish: A guy from CV.... But not much like it... A fun guy, who at times does scale things up and scale things down.. But it matters least in friendship...
Jayashardha:We have been friends for so long, since the 6th. But Infosys ,Hindi classes and as she claims AMTI, brought us close.. But the IIT classes have really got me some good friends , and she is one among them... Another nocturnal creature like I am, she is one of those ppl I chat with around 1 or 2 in the night.. Funny girl, too short tempered.. But a really good friend abve all..
Among girls I made some friends like
Vasundara- We became friends through the net.. And practicals only made us better friends..
Vaishnavi- Got close to her talking about Simbu and stuff.. Now, a really good and crazy friend..
Vasiya-She used to follow me to every bloody class from my 8th... Now is in the same school.. But for her stupid laughter, she's fine..
Deeptha:Another net friend at first.. Then Mystique followed to make us better friends...

My old friends:
Sarma,Abhijith,MS,Hari: These people were really good friends.. I do have contacts with Sarma on a day today basis.. But the other two are missing... Just hope the best for them in their lives...
Hari, though a cool buddy at first, somewhere down the line we lost contact... Happy to have revived contact with him of late...
Mah best buddies:
Navneet: This guy joined PS in his 7th.. And since then we've been great friends.. We share the same family background, same culture, same interests in stuff, and so we thought why not make the other a good friend... And that's what happened.. My long time buddy, shall always remain one..
Varun: Friendship, like love, is not made... It is there and you have to just realise it... Varun was such an example.. He was the only other new admission in my class in the 5th... I realised that I could make friends only with him and it happened.... He is now in Calicut, but is there for me whenever I need him..
Shridhar: Sori, he was my first close friend, out of my group.. We knew the other well through AE-Quiz and stuff, but became good friends only when we were discussing the 9th AMTI final paper... And then we started talking over the phone on a nearly daily basis... Then KKA sir's classes happened.. And we became best buddies... Shridhar will always remain as one close to my heart, as ours is a friendship without any expectations..
Vijay:My second friend out of my group.. We became friends through AIMS, and became closer as he used to come my place every evening to play cricket... I don't know if our cricketing skills strengthened, but our friendship definitely did strengthen.... A friend for all times..
KP: He has grown from being a student of mine(lol..) to being my bestttt friend ever... We have been classmates since 5th and did the science project together in the 6th.. But when, he was selected for AMTI second round in the 8th, and he came to my place to learn some Olympiad stuff when we became serious friends.. And then he soon joined our gang... But he has always had this special place for me which I have also had for him... Without KP, I guess my life would have become meaningless... Though there are many friends willing to help at the time of distress, I prefer him most because he knows me most and acts according to the situation... He knows me fully... He knows all my secrets and for me,he is more trustworthy than anyone else on earth..
Lakshmi: Another of my closest friends... I have known her as our school topper till my 8th... Till, we went for the NSO exam at Avadi... We've grown into close friends in a relatively quick period of time... Thanks to the common classes we attended.... An achiever par excellence, she has been a big source of inspiration to achieve a lot of things... Used to study 24x7, waking me up at 11 in the morning to ask queries during the board exams... Is real fun to keep chatting with, can just browse through topic after topic after topic... Values her friendships.... And is highly patient... That is why is still such a good friend of mine in spite of me being a source of embarrasment to her plenty of times... A friend anyone would like to have..
Thanks a lot for all your friendships... Hope 2007 is more fun and eventful guys..
Buh bye,
Lots of luv,
GV...