It was the final year of college. Me and a few friends(7 of us) ,were doing a project in Trivandrum for our final Engineering exams. We were planning a trip to Shanghamugham beach before we left TVM. It was getting postponed as we wanted all of us to go to the beach together. Finally ,one fine day we did all become free to go..we took 2 autos and finally reached the beach by almost evening.
We all were excited to play in the water. Few people were warning us as the waves were rising higher and higher. We had to move so much backwards each time the waves came back rising higher. One of my close freinds and me were holding hands with our back turned towards the sea and talking about something. Suddenly one big wave came and swept us off our feet before we could get back. Both of us got separated and were gushed away into the sea.
A lot of things were passing thru my mind as my nose and ears were getting filled with water. I thot that was the last of me. The thots of my parents and how they would react, thots about where I'll be going next etc etc. For some time I felt as if I were a baby being rocked in the cradle of the sea(hahahahaha....it became a trademark joke about me , when i spoke of this dialogue to my friends). Deep Inside of me I knew I had to come out of this situation. I struggled hard to get a grip of the sand below but that too was being washed away by the sea. My other friends were shouting out for help while all this was happening. Even the (so called )rescue guards declined to help.
I hadn't gone as far as I had anticiptated(which was later confirmed by my friends). A few seconds later, I was pulled out of the sea by a local hefty man. My other friend managed to return as she knew a little swimming even tho it was tuff for her to swim against the powerful tide. After I was pulled out,I cud stand on my own 2 feet. It was too embarassing coz a crowd had already gathered around us. People who weren't ready to help us out were there to point fingers at our carelessness. Water came out from my nose and ears. Once I was found to be OK, we decided to go thank the hefty man. He was standing a little faroff with another man. We all gathered and went to thank him.( all of us thanked him one by one and showed our gratitude). But The men were inviting us to go to their "Thattu Kada"(tea Shop which was a little far off) to have tea and change if we wanted. We said we were fine even tho Me and friend were drenched from top to bottom. The hefty man and his friend were drunk coz we were all getting the "drunk stink" and they kept repeating whatever they said.
After we realised this we ran for our lives as we didn't want people gathering around us there too. We took 2 autos back to our hostel and on the way we had some food at the Kalavara restaurant in TVM(donno if its still there). BY then our clothes were almost dry.
That day really shook all of us and we kept thanking GOd that he saved us. It didn't matter whether that hefty man was drunk or not, we were thankful to him too . I wudn't be sitting here and writing this if I weren't saved that day.
That day really shook all of us and we kept thanking GOd that he saved us. It didn't matter whether that hefty man was drunk or not, we were thankful to him too . I wudn't be sitting here and writing this if I weren't saved that day.
That God works in mysterious ways to save his children is what we learnt that day thought it was the hard way.
