It is not strange that you traveled to a place which is far away from your home, and excited about its climate, landscape, people, etc, but it's a strange and rare feeling when you go to a land, which is in your neighborhood, for the first time, which provides you a totally different picture about the life. There is an island called Delft, near the Jaffna peninsula, approximately forty kilometers from Jaffna town.
After my advanced level exam, I went there for conducting an examination guidance workshop for the O/L students, the education standard was very low there those days. Me, Thurai, Muthhu (Both of them are in medical faculty, university of Colombo) , Maran (Peradenya Engineering) and Mani (Medical faculty Jaffna) were the five member team.
We started the voyage, from Kurikadduvan, the very same port where you take the launch to Nainaatheevu, and it was said we'll reach the island in one hour time. It was an open boat, and very nice to be on board, with the nice chill breeze. Except five of us, all the others were the residents of the island, and for them there is a few excitement or thrill in the voyage. It was in October or November 2003, so there was a new Tamil movie "Boys" released with an excellent music score from A.R.Rahman. One of the song from that movie a favorite for both me and Maran, which we enjoyed singing on board. The popular scene from Titanic tempted us to climb up to the bow of the boat, without knowing the awaiting disaster. We were standing on top of the bow, the front pat of the boat, enjoying the up and down motion of the boat in the wavy sea. It was simply superb to be on the bow, and we felt, we were floating in the air. Many people warned us, and advised us to get down, but we didn't bother as usuall. The sailor, who was controlloing the tiller, just threw a smile to the people and said, "they will get down by then selves in few minnutes". Soon after that the waves become aggressive, and started to shake the boat up and down severely. Both of us suddenly realized, the meaning of the words from the experience man!!
After my advanced level exam, I went there for conducting an examination guidance workshop for the O/L students, the education standard was very low there those days. Me, Thurai, Muthhu (Both of them are in medical faculty, university of Colombo) , Maran (Peradenya Engineering) and Mani (Medical faculty Jaffna) were the five member team.
We started the voyage, from Kurikadduvan, the very same port where you take the launch to Nainaatheevu, and it was said we'll reach the island in one hour time. It was an open boat, and very nice to be on board, with the nice chill breeze. Except five of us, all the others were the residents of the island, and for them there is a few excitement or thrill in the voyage. It was in October or November 2003, so there was a new Tamil movie "Boys" released with an excellent music score from A.R.Rahman. One of the song from that movie a favorite for both me and Maran, which we enjoyed singing on board. The popular scene from Titanic tempted us to climb up to the bow of the boat, without knowing the awaiting disaster. We were standing on top of the bow, the front pat of the boat, enjoying the up and down motion of the boat in the wavy sea. It was simply superb to be on the bow, and we felt, we were floating in the air. Many people warned us, and advised us to get down, but we didn't bother as usuall. The sailor, who was controlloing the tiller, just threw a smile to the people and said, "they will get down by then selves in few minnutes". Soon after that the waves become aggressive, and started to shake the boat up and down severely. Both of us suddenly realized, the meaning of the words from the experience man!!
