This is a weird yet an unforgettable incident that happened when I was in college. Four years of college, every day was golden and today when I turn back and look I find so many cherishable moments that remain afresh and evergreen in my mind. Well this incident which I am going to tell you made me realize how special and different my dad is from the rest of the world. It was winter break and I was about to enter my third year of engineering. It is in the practice of my college to arrange for placement training programmes during that break to help students get through the screening tests that every MNC would be conducting in the near future. After four days of training in quantitative aptitude we had separate sessions for improving our soft skills. Our instructor for that day was a young dynamic bubbly girl named Nancy. we started off by introducing each one of us to her. The day just went by doing several activities in groups.
The last activity for the day was to speak on anything for a minute on the stage. We were called one after another in random. Many had so much to share and tell. But undoubtedly everyone's motive was to outdo the other. Some chose to speak on abstract, generic topics. A B boy from our class even added depth to his topic by teaching us a few dance steps after speaking about his passion to become a brake dancer. I absolutely had no idea about what to say when I would be asked to. I had planned to tell sorry guys I cant be impressive or interesting as you all are. I feel I shouldn’t be wasting your time and boring you. So the next person following me may continue. I had even told a couple of friends sitting beside me this is what I would be saying if my chance comes . but the instructor didn’t spare me when I said this on stage. She forced me to speak about something and said it would be unfair and attitudistic if I don’t do so. What instantly struck my mind was an incident that took place the previous evening at my home. And so I began by saying that I was standing in the balcony of my house and watching the street. I suddenly happened to see my neighbour's son setting out of his house in his newly remodeled bike. He was trying crazy wavy patterns on the road, gearing up and down with the ultimate intention of impressing and attracting all the young girls on the street. Later when my dad retired home from office I spoke a lot about my neighbours son, his new fascinating bike, his silly way of trying to gain attention of girls and not only did I stop with that I kept repeatedly emphasizing on the nature of teen age guys and their weird mad actions and styles they do on the road to grab the eyes of others over them. My dad is a great thinker and he immediately related this instance to another that happened during his college days. He defended by starting to say that people often behave so stupid that they forget even their risks of losing their life in the name of attracting the opposite sex. And continued saying that he studied in a college close to the banks of river Cauvery which required him and his set of friends crossing the river everyday by boat. It was a time when the banks of Cauvery were flooded with water and due to improper communication in those days people set out to college and later found the day to be declared as a holiday. Two of his friends in an enthusiasm seeing their college girls, simply to navigate the girls attention towards them jumped into the river and tried crossing. Both struggled hard to get to the other side of the bank. Unfortunately only one could succed in this venture.
The other was carried away by the floods and none could find the remains of that person. It was a tragic end to his life. And my dad then concluded by saying everybody wants to get noticed by others. Every being seeks recognition. But the approach we take matters more. Teens of this age blindly do anything without giving a sense of thought as to the styles they create or execute to demand attention from others. Simply insane and insensible. I finished my turn by narrating this story and stating a few good approaches and tips to attract the other gender. Its true that a person gets noticed if he shares his seat in a crowded bus or lends his hands to an old persons loads rather than boarding into a running bus or travelling on the foot board. The latter irritates rather. This is how I had finished. As you are finding all of this to be boring quite a lot in my class found too. Some clapped their hands mid way, some howled, some asked me to simply stop and get off the stage. But my group of friends never let me down at any point. They joined the instructor and encouraged me to continue although I found it to be embarassing. But the subject matter of realization follows only after all this.
The boys as usual wrre unassumingly noisy. The instructor lost control over them and spooted out a boy and asked him to summarize what I had said to resume to the same mood. The boy simply stood up and said the only point I find good about this entire two to three minute speech rather a mess I would say is her DAD. He is great. I wish I had a dad like hers. How broad minded of him to give his daughter the freedom to speak with him on anything. I m sure every dad must learn from her dad to be positive friendly and affectionate. If every dad in this world begins to think like him I am sure we can have a stronger bonding with our family members. You are lucky to have yiur dad Aparajitha. Those last few words kept lingering on my mind long after the ytraining was completely over and still today. BOYS ARE ALWAYS BOYS. MY DAD IS ALWAYS MY DAD, INDEED A SPECIAL FRIEND