Balu...

Balu, is the name of the guy who trained us on software engineering, and I am writing about him. There arises a question. "Why write about him??" There are 2 answers.

1. He was so cool that we guys got little bit emotional when his session ended. He actually made me realise, S/w engineering was actually very interesting.

2. Because of the big fat fire breathing pig which came to teach us DBMS the next day!

Watch carefully, Balu had trained us, and the pig taught us! Balu had said "You guys are not in college anymore. Call me Balu and 'learn' not 'study'!" The pig with smoke in its nose had said, "You are not in college, listen carefully. Take down this point, it is very important for the Examination"

We all, or atleast I was disappointed. It was a drastic difference between the 1st and the 2nd trainer! Balu gave us activities, and open book tests. The pig gave us a exaination after a greatly irritating 6hr session. And the whole point was, we had learnt in Balu`s sessions and we were bored in the pig`s class.(Again nothe the use of words, Sessions and class).

The pig was just one of many irritating lecturers we come across in the 21 years of student-hood. But, Balu made an impact. A big one infact! Before he left, he had said, "We are like train passengers. We stand on the station, shake hands and promise to keep in touch. But, apparently we forget each other when we step out of the station." He used "WE" including himself into the category.

Finally, I shook his hand thanking him! He said, "A sound comes only when you clap wit 2 hands. So, thank you!" Thank you Balu! We owe you one!