6th of August!
As I entered I could see a bunch of people sitting! Around 10 or something! By now my heartbeat had come to normal.
There was a lady standing in front of the class.(possibly the teacher herself!
:O)She announced that she was passing a sheet and we had to check our details
printed in it! Juili Keny..contact number…address…email-id..CHECK! ALL OK!
The teacher started counting the number of students…un
deux trios quatre cinq..n so onn…! Until then everyone was looking at all
possible things around! Lights..fans..windows…door…the train that was visible outside
the window! Everything possible except people around! Slowly, when eyes turned towards each other I found people smiling at each
other! That really warm smile! As if each one was saying "Welcome to the class".
And now the teacher began…"Je m’appelle Anupa
Kumar".
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| Mme.Anupa Kumar |
As I had studied a little of French before I had an idea of what she
was saying! She said her name was Anupa Kumar.
A really sweet lady indeed! Possibly one of the sweetest person I have met till
date! She continued "vous vous appelez comment?" which meant What is your name?
And the class began! Everyone started introducing their selves! It was called "présentez
– vous"! As there were less number of students it was easy to memorize everyone’s
names.We had to memorize because every now and then Mme.Anupa Kumar asked us "Elle
s’appelle comment? Il s’appelle
comment?" which meant "What
is her name? What is his name? " All this while everyone was busy learning French..me
too..:P
Just then I saw the girl sitting
ahead, she was busy on bbm and ofcourse talking to her neighbor too!! I thought
she was from my college! I asked her…"excuse me are you from RUIA..?" With a
question marked face she said,"who me? No I am from S.I.E.S."I smiled and said,"okay!
I thought you were from RUIA! There is a girl very similar in RUIA"…She smiled and said,"oh
really? No but I am from S.I.E.S. My name is Jyothi and yours?" I told her my
name. She turned back with a new question, I replied to her questions but of course along with another question to increase the conversation!
We realized that we were youngest ones in the
class. Everyone else was elder to us. Some of them were working, some of them
were pursuing their last year and some had completed their exams recently and
were waiting for their results!
So that was my first day in french class! A really
simple one yet heart warming! My new journey began with new friends! But on the first day it was just
a friend! Jyothi Iyer Mahadevan! We sat
together for rest all the days! Till today we sit together! We talk a lot during
the class! The 2 hours are really less for us. We have so much to talk about.Our talks are endless.We are picked up every now and
then for talking!
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| Jyothi and Me |
As time passed we all became friends! We have that unity in class! the atmosphere,the people around are just so perfect there!All of us are friends irrespective of our ages!
Well, Jyothi and I had a new member too! The same tall guy who I saw on the
first day! Jazib Farid! We call ourselves "The Awesome Threesome" we have the
best times together! One of the best things I have done in my life is joining
the French class! I wait eagerly throughout the day for clock to hit 6! So that I can leave for class!
Merci! Bonjour!  |
| That really tall guy:Jazib Farid, Mme Anupa Kumar, Me and Jyothi. |
