Vote of Thanks...

Tomorrow is a big day for me :D I am entering into the 25^th year of existence in this world.. Haa haa.. Is life a film to be celebrated for a silver jubilee? Mmm.. for me, sure, it is!! Full of characters and thrills. Well, every human being in this world is special in one way or other and every day of our existence is influenced by few important people in someway or other.

This post is for remembering all those unforgettable characters that I have come across in all these years. A heart felt thanks to all of them for the unforgettable moments of all these years.

(I am not including my parents or any one from my family/relatives or my cousins, because I cannot thank them enough for whatever they have done for me, and they are part of my life.)

Ok. To start with, in chronological order from my birth:

Dr. Ramani Sivaraman: The doctor, who brought me into this mother earth

Dr. Venkata Subramanian: My family doctor who is treating me right from 6 months of age

Ms. Bala: My first teacher in school, who taught me the ABCD in LKG

Ms. Kanthimathi: My UKG teacher who taught me mathematics

Praveen: My first bench mate in school whom I could remember, don’t know where he is now and what he does

Ms. Sharadha: My 2^nd std teacher who created the urge in me that I should come first in studies always

Ms. Hema: My first Tamil teacher in school

Ms. Radhigua: My 5^th std teacher who made me participate in school competitions and made me realize studies is not the onlt thing a person has to do in school

Sreejith, Santosh, Selvakumar, Reagan, Abdul Majeeth: My friends in my first school.. Donno where u guys are, but my best wishes

Surabhi: My first computer teacher. I was living in her house for rent.

Ms. Jayalakshmi & Ms. Jayanthi: My Hindi teachers. The little Hindi I know today is because of what they taught

Sadagopan, Manikandan, Srinivasan, Karthik, Jagadeesh, Aparna, Suchitra: Friends in my second school

Gayathri Ganesan: The first girl who tied me a Rakhi in my life. In other words, my first Rakhi sister

Seshadri, Jude Anand, Deepak, Raghuram, Saravana Vel, Madhan, Jose Vinoth, Ganesh, Sriram, Vasanth Kumar, Srikanth: Friends in my third school (Really sorry if I have missed any name)

Ms. Pearlin: My English teacher in higher secondary, without whom I would have been a zero in English

Mr. Peter: My Tamil sir in higher secondary, because of whom Tamil blood still runs in my body

Ms. Lakshmi: I got a strong base in maths only from her

Sr. Lissy: My moral science teacher who taught me good morale

Sr. Shobana: My unforgettable school principal

Dr. Ashok: For making me stand up and walk after that big accident of my life

Leena and Kalaiselvi: The nurses who took great care of me till I got recovered from the accident

Ms. Shakil Kirupavathy: Well, for assigning me my first seminar of life. Without her I couldn't have overcome my stage fear

Mr. Ramakrishnan: For seeding a thought in me for quest of knowledge

Ms. Aanandhi: My tutor in NIIT who is responsible for my knowledge on C and C++

Vikram: My bench mate, college mate, project mate, X-colleague and dear friend, who is always there for me in my joys and sorrows

Tejus Das: My computer guru, yet another dear friend who was always there by my side in everything

Satish Kumar: The person with whom I have spent most of my time out of college. He was always there to help me when I needed it. A friend indeed.

Aravind: My source of MP3 songs once upon a time and my Guru on various aspects :P

Amarnath: College buddy, classmate, X colleague.. one of the few from college with whom I am in constant touch

Rajesh: My first friend who tied me a friendship band

Vandhana: Only girl from my college whom I am in constant touch with till today. Yet another Rakhi sister of mine...

Rest of Class of ECE A sec, VEC: Well, I cannot specify that big list here, because I cannot forget my classmates in college for ever in my life.

Sundara Balaji: My dear college junior, friend, colleague and the one who constantly keeps pulling my leg.. Very naughty ;-)

Dinesh: My friend and dear junior, who always keeps in touch

Balachander: My X-PG mate and colleague. Can’t forget the days when we stayed in the same PG in Bangalore

Mr. Pradeep: My first manager at work, who has given me lots and lots of insights of IT world when I was a fresher

Mr. Seenivasan, Mr. Swamidass, Ms. Sreelatha, Mr. Sunil, Mr. Adarsh, Mr. Ramesh: My mentors in early days of work. I learnt my work only through them.

Mr. Praveen Gorur: My supervisor in Bangalore for over one and half years who played an important role in shaping my early career

Rest of my project team in Bangalore: I had lot of fun and learnings working with them, an unforgettable team.

Ms. Sheela Ganesh: My trainer who has given me a very strong base for my work I have never seen a great teacher like her.

Mr. Abhinay Kalmath: My team mate,who made my first stay in US enjoyable and comfortable.

Pramma: My friend, college mate and X-colleague/project mate. Very helpful.

Gopinath: My friend, college mate and X-colleague who was my source of information in Bangalore

Sandeep: My friend, colleague, college mate and training mate in office. Always cheerful.

Krishna, Rajesh, Lalith, Savitha, Keerthana: From my lunch team in Bangalore office. I miss u all a lot…

Sivakumar, Priya, Suresh, Muthuselvan: My friends from my company’s internal forum

Venki, Mahesh, JP, Karthik: Training mates in office.

Mr. Vijay: Haa haa.. Film actor, one of my inspirations and the only actor whose films I love to watch.

Bala, Venkat, Nirmal, Brindha, Karthik Gandhi: Special friends from Orkut

Ram, Poojith, Senthil, Sai, Ashok, Shrinivas, Kanna, Aravind, Karthi, Karthik, Kavitha, Prem, Prasad, Vanchi, Jayaram: Friends from Vijay fans community in Orkut

And finally, My current project team for all the good times I have in office these days.

And thanks to all those innumerable souls, who make my life happy and enjoyable everyday on earth, and whose names I have not mentioned here.