Rohan - "Man, today we almost had it, imagine what could have had happened"
Me - "hmm"
It was a perfect evening that. The setting sun had painted the sky in a myriad of colors. There was a cool breeze blowing, just perfect. The three of us were just standing and enjoy the beauty, postcard picture type.
Rohan - "This evening is simply awesome, i hope it stays this way"
Me - "Ya, this is so great, a lot better than those lectures, wassay Sammer"
Sammer till now had remained quiet. You generally won't associate that kind if thing with him, the kind of person he was. Yet there he was, leaning against one of the chairs on the pavement staring at nothing, in deep thought.
Rohan - "I think he is drunk"
Me - "Can't be, he didn't go to velinos today, oye sammer what happened, are you okay?"
Sammer - "Me, umm ya, I'm fine. Guys you know , I was thinking, all of us are so differnt, this fattu rohan, you lover boy and me, yer we have something in common"
Rohan - "i an NOT FATTU, u liar...."
Me- "Calm down fattum aah i mean rohan, what are you saying sameer, we are totally differnt, we don't have anything in common"
Sammer- "yes we have my dear casanova. You see we have totally different ways of thinking, we were raised in different environments, yet we have something in common"
Me- "What?"
Sameer- "We all have a fear which we don't accept, which we always run away from, which we never try to confront, we all are escapists"
Rohaan - "Are you mad...?"
Me- "Shut up fattu, Sameer what does this mean?"
Sameer- "I speak from observation sir. You see this fattu. he is too afraid to face the fact that he is not a genius. He tries to overburden himself and tries to prove to the world that he is a person which he is not. That is why he ties himself up i his boring routine and lifestyle so that he can convince himself that he is super intelligent. And you my dear loverboy, you sir are too afraid to come out of your image. You are nuts about that girl but you don't have the balls to tell her that. You will take her on walks and speak bullshit. You know why, because you don't want your image to be tarnished"
I was dumbfounded, whatever sameer was saying was actually true. Out of self defense I said - "all right mr thinker, what do you hide from?"
Sammer remained quiet for a few seconds but eventually he said-"I have always been esacping from the fact thatm I could never be a good son to my parents. I always miss them but I am too coward too tell them this. I know that I have created for myself a rift which is too deep and I hesitate to look down"
All of us remained quiet for a little while. I had never seen this side of Sammer. The guy could br so emotional, I had no idea.
Rohan broke the ice - "all right guys, cut the crap. lets have ice cream"
Sameer - "You know it sounds strange but we are like the three musketeers, we have to fight one comoon enemy and that is our fear"
Me - "And we will"
Sameer - "who want's ice cream, lets have a race, run fattu run"
Rohan - "You.. dare you..."
And both of them ran off
I was smiling, both these guys were crazy but I had developed a strange bond with them.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Chamber Consulataion
Whenever there is something bad that you know is about to happen with you and you can’t do anything to stop it, you tend to try to forget about it for sometime and then you try to pretend as is nothing happened. I was desperately trying to do the same. There is only one hitch in this method that bad moment truly arrives and when it does it truly knocks the air out of you.
Something like that was about to happen with me. Here I was in Bits, hardly 3 weeks old and already I was going to pay my first visit to the teacher’s chamber, not for academic purpose. Have you ever had a feeling when you wait for something bad to happen, something like when you were waiting to take your first shot of vaccine when you were a kid. The feeling is very bad and the wait even more. So here we where Rohan , Sameer and me waiting outside the chamber of our teacher.
Rohan – “Sameer, Puneet you better behave inside, I don’t want any trouble inside because of you guys”
Sameer – “O come on guys, we have not any crime here , chill………..”
Me – “We’ll argue later, can we go inside now”
So we went inside, obviously after a knock and a ‘may we come in sir’ , just like obedient school kids.
Teacher – “Yes , yes so you are the trio that has been misleading me for some time , haan. Nice planning I must say, but we are more smarter than you , that is why we are your teachers.
Rohan had a very guilty expression on his face while Sameer had a ‘I don’t care, get over with it soon’ kind of expression. I was having a tough time striking the balance between these two expressions.
Teacher – “This is disgusting------------------------------all heard stuff but which was true too---------------------------------------, you know if I complain , you registration might be cancelled also”
This triggered Rohan off. He was soon overflowing with –‘We are sorry sir, we won’t so it again and similar type pleas, I too joined a bit
Me – “We are sorry sir, it won’t happen again”
After a rather hard elbow from Rohan Sameer too gurgled a feeble ‘sorry’
Teacher – “You boys are young, your parents have so many hopes from you. You people are intelligent too, why don’t you put it to good use?”
Strange and stereotype as it may sound all these things were true.
Teacher – “ I am leaving you now , but you three boys must be present in all classes and if you try anything smart again , you will have had it, now go,………”
After coming out
Rohan – “Almost had it today..”
Me – “That was close”
Sameer – “Told you , it is always like this , come on lets race to ice and spice, last one pays”
Rohan – “You will never improve right?”
Sameer – “you bet”
Something like that was about to happen with me. Here I was in Bits, hardly 3 weeks old and already I was going to pay my first visit to the teacher’s chamber, not for academic purpose. Have you ever had a feeling when you wait for something bad to happen, something like when you were waiting to take your first shot of vaccine when you were a kid. The feeling is very bad and the wait even more. So here we where Rohan , Sameer and me waiting outside the chamber of our teacher.
Rohan – “Sameer, Puneet you better behave inside, I don’t want any trouble inside because of you guys”
Sameer – “O come on guys, we have not any crime here , chill………..”
Me – “We’ll argue later, can we go inside now”
So we went inside, obviously after a knock and a ‘may we come in sir’ , just like obedient school kids.
Teacher – “Yes , yes so you are the trio that has been misleading me for some time , haan. Nice planning I must say, but we are more smarter than you , that is why we are your teachers.
Rohan had a very guilty expression on his face while Sameer had a ‘I don’t care, get over with it soon’ kind of expression. I was having a tough time striking the balance between these two expressions.
Teacher – “This is disgusting------------------------------all heard stuff but which was true too---------------------------------------, you know if I complain , you registration might be cancelled also”
This triggered Rohan off. He was soon overflowing with –‘We are sorry sir, we won’t so it again and similar type pleas, I too joined a bit
Me – “We are sorry sir, it won’t happen again”
After a rather hard elbow from Rohan Sameer too gurgled a feeble ‘sorry’
Teacher – “You boys are young, your parents have so many hopes from you. You people are intelligent too, why don’t you put it to good use?”
Strange and stereotype as it may sound all these things were true.
Teacher – “ I am leaving you now , but you three boys must be present in all classes and if you try anything smart again , you will have had it, now go,………”
After coming out
Rohan – “Almost had it today..”
Me – “That was close”
Sameer – “Told you , it is always like this , come on lets race to ice and spice, last one pays”
Rohan – “You will never improve right?”
Sameer – “you bet”
Monday, May 31, 2010
A smile is Enough
'I am a dead duck',I thought while I was returning to the hostel. What will the guys say. Rohan was pretty hysterical, he was acting as if the world was going to come to an end. Well that was expected from him, I would have actually been surprised if he acted with less fever . Anyways Sameer was pretty cool about it.
"Dont worry dude, its nothing, he will just scold us, people do get frusty sometimes,chill man."
But how could I. Sameer was cool about most things, whether it was missing classes, bunking tests and all. Well he could afford it I guess, his dad was pretty rich.
Next two hours went by at snail's pace. Guess when you are about to be kicked, all things seem wrong. Nothing absolutely nothing could improve my situation right now. But life is strange you see, it will be out to prove you out when you think you are dead right.
As you might have guessed I met Pooja during the luch break. She was looking stunning in a simple salwaar kammez. Some people just have it in them , they look beautiful in anything I am sure you must be knowing some people like those too. Anyways she had a lovely smile on her face when she came up to me.
Me - "Looking happy, some occasion"
Pooja - "Nothing yaar, just that I had given an audition for the dance club."
Me - "So what happened?"
Pooja - "I got selected in it , yey!!!!!"
Now that was not a very big deal to be very frank. Girls do get over joyed on small things (guys take note). But some how I was very happy for her and I forgot all my trouble.
Me - "Wow yaar, that calls for a celebration.Wassay, mongi chale? Mess ko goli maar."
Pooja - "Ya chal"
So I spent the next hour laughing on her silly jokes and she also returned the favour (my sense of humor is also not that great). It was amazing how I forgot all my tension with her. A smile was enough for me.
"Dont worry dude, its nothing, he will just scold us, people do get frusty sometimes,chill man."
But how could I. Sameer was cool about most things, whether it was missing classes, bunking tests and all. Well he could afford it I guess, his dad was pretty rich.
Next two hours went by at snail's pace. Guess when you are about to be kicked, all things seem wrong. Nothing absolutely nothing could improve my situation right now. But life is strange you see, it will be out to prove you out when you think you are dead right.
As you might have guessed I met Pooja during the luch break. She was looking stunning in a simple salwaar kammez. Some people just have it in them , they look beautiful in anything I am sure you must be knowing some people like those too. Anyways she had a lovely smile on her face when she came up to me.
Me - "Looking happy, some occasion"
Pooja - "Nothing yaar, just that I had given an audition for the dance club."
Me - "So what happened?"
Pooja - "I got selected in it , yey!!!!!"
Now that was not a very big deal to be very frank. Girls do get over joyed on small things (guys take note). But some how I was very happy for her and I forgot all my trouble.
Me - "Wow yaar, that calls for a celebration.Wassay, mongi chale? Mess ko goli maar."
Pooja - "Ya chal"
So I spent the next hour laughing on her silly jokes and she also returned the favour (my sense of humor is also not that great). It was amazing how I forgot all my tension with her. A smile was enough for me.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Proxy
The previous night was one of the better ones of my life. I had a hard time convincing myself to sleep. I was so excited, but sleep was necessary because tomorrow was my turn to do 'proxy'. You see we had an agreement, my friends and I. We were bound by the sacred word, an unspoken oath, we had to take turns to go the morning tutorials and mark the attendance of each other. There were three of us, Rohan, Sammer and I.Sameer and Rohan had served their terms respectively, I was next. I did not see an eye to an eye to the morning lectures. But I had no choice, we had marks for attendance, ya that's right, no need to be taken aback. So as per plan I slept early(which was at 1 by the way)to get up on time the next day.Next morning it took 6 alarms and the constant banging by my neighbor on my door( apparently he had woke up due to the alarms and was a bit irritated that I was still asleep and was switching the alarms off) to wake me up. So i woke up , had breakfast for the first time in the mess and then went to class as a dutiful slave.
What was taught in class is of less importance, it was like a tangent. it touched my head and went far away!!!!!!!!. So I am sparing you the details.
What was interesting is what followed
You see we have a sheet that is passed among students to mark the attendance. Teachers actually believe that students will not use any unfair means!!!!!!!!
So when the sheet was passed to me I marked mine Rohan's and Sameer's attendance.
I was relieved after that, a job well done. I was wrong.
Destiny has a personal grudge against me, always has. Never before had the teacher never before but then that day he decided to take a head count. There were 2 students less, ob.
Teacher - "Who has put proxy attendance?"
No answer
Teacher - "Tell me or zero to all of you"
Some geek, some moron gave the idea to call out the names.
'I am a dead duck' I thought
So he called out the names
"Sameer"
No answer
"Rohan"
No answer
"Puneet"
"Present Sir"
"Where are the above two"
"I don't know sir"
"I haven't seen you in any class, but your attendance is full, you people you think you can fool us. I want to see all three of you in my chamber this evening or consider yourselves repeating the course"
'I am screwed man' "Yes Sir"
What was taught in class is of less importance, it was like a tangent. it touched my head and went far away!!!!!!!!. So I am sparing you the details.
What was interesting is what followed
You see we have a sheet that is passed among students to mark the attendance. Teachers actually believe that students will not use any unfair means!!!!!!!!
So when the sheet was passed to me I marked mine Rohan's and Sameer's attendance.
I was relieved after that, a job well done. I was wrong.
Destiny has a personal grudge against me, always has. Never before had the teacher never before but then that day he decided to take a head count. There were 2 students less, ob.
Teacher - "Who has put proxy attendance?"
No answer
Teacher - "Tell me or zero to all of you"
Some geek, some moron gave the idea to call out the names.
'I am a dead duck' I thought
So he called out the names
"Sameer"
No answer
"Rohan"
No answer
"Puneet"
"Present Sir"
"Where are the above two"
"I don't know sir"
"I haven't seen you in any class, but your attendance is full, you people you think you can fool us. I want to see all three of you in my chamber this evening or consider yourselves repeating the course"
'I am screwed man' "Yes Sir"
Friday, April 9, 2010
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - 2
So we were on top of on LT4 on a full moon night facing a river that was shining like silver. Pooja was loving it and I was feeling on top of the world
Me - "Have a seat maa'm"
Pooja - "Yes, yes why not"
I was thinking about a topic to start a conversation but couldn't find one. Told you I am a complete jerk at this. I was lucky enough that Pooja was in chit-chat mood.
Pooja - "So tell me , how did you find this place"
Me - (Sammer you \m/) "Just discovered, by chance"
Pooja - "Hmm , so tell me , you told me you write stuff and all. What kind of stuff?"
Me- "All kinds of. Depends on my mood. I write stories and poems......."
Pooja - "Poems , wow do you remember any of them "
Me - "Lemme see, I do remember quite a few"
So then I told her about my poems , mostly romantic ones(I did this on purpose)
Pooja - "Wow dude you are talented and romantic. You must be having a girlfriend"
Me - "Haven't been so lucky"
Pooja - "Dont worry yaar won't be much long. So any crushes in campus?"
Me - "Hmm I am not sure I am still considering one( you idiot)"
Pooja - "Who ,tell me"
Me - "Don't worry , the day I am sure you'll be the first one to know"
Pooja - "Thanks dude"
Me - "What about you meri hi raam kahani puche jaa rahi hai"
Pooja - "Not much luck here either. Every other guy I meet doesn't seem to be interested in my looks not me"
Me - (Can't blame them) "All guys are not like that"
So this random stuff continued on. I was surprised I was getting better at it. Sameer was right, you have to enter the field to get experienced.
Pooja - "Omg , it is 11 gotta go"
Me - "Ya , me too bye cya later"
Pooja - "bye , take care"
That was the most beautiful 30 odd minutes I had for a long time. Truly it was a night to remember.
Me - "Have a seat maa'm"
Pooja - "Yes, yes why not"
I was thinking about a topic to start a conversation but couldn't find one. Told you I am a complete jerk at this. I was lucky enough that Pooja was in chit-chat mood.
Pooja - "So tell me , how did you find this place"
Me - (Sammer you \m/) "Just discovered, by chance"
Pooja - "Hmm , so tell me , you told me you write stuff and all. What kind of stuff?"
Me- "All kinds of. Depends on my mood. I write stories and poems......."
Pooja - "Poems , wow do you remember any of them "
Me - "Lemme see, I do remember quite a few"
So then I told her about my poems , mostly romantic ones(I did this on purpose)
Pooja - "Wow dude you are talented and romantic. You must be having a girlfriend"
Me - "Haven't been so lucky"
Pooja - "Dont worry yaar won't be much long. So any crushes in campus?"
Me - "Hmm I am not sure I am still considering one( you idiot)"
Pooja - "Who ,tell me"
Me - "Don't worry , the day I am sure you'll be the first one to know"
Pooja - "Thanks dude"
Me - "What about you meri hi raam kahani puche jaa rahi hai"
Pooja - "Not much luck here either. Every other guy I meet doesn't seem to be interested in my looks not me"
Me - (Can't blame them) "All guys are not like that"
So this random stuff continued on. I was surprised I was getting better at it. Sameer was right, you have to enter the field to get experienced.
Pooja - "Omg , it is 11 gotta go"
Me - "Ya , me too bye cya later"
Pooja - "bye , take care"
That was the most beautiful 30 odd minutes I had for a long time. Truly it was a night to remember.
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER- 1
So here I was having dinner at shahi, with Pooja her friend and Sameer. To tell you the truth I didn't eat much (how could I, non veg and me well we do not see an eye to an eye). Still I managed to maintain a smile on my face.So after dinner while we were washing our hands, Sameer came up to me and said.
Sameer - "So dude, what now?"
Me - "What , what now , back to the hostel , I've to give those sheets to Rohan"
Sammer - "You are one dumb headed moron, you will let the go awa.y Dude this is your chance , take her for a walk. Get to know her or more importantly get her to know you."
Me - "Ehm Ehm , I get your point sire. There is only one slight problem. Why will she come? She hardly knows me. And by the way I am not good at doing all this. "
Sameer - "You have to enter the field to get experience soldier. Don't worry I will work my magic. Now go and talk to her On it soldier."
Me - "Whatever"
So I followed Sameer's instructions and started to chat with Pooja. I am lame at this and I sucked. She kept on laughing on stuff which was not meant to be a joke"
Anyways Sameer did work his magic and Pooja's friend went with him( for a walk I guess
While going Sameer came to me and said - "Dude take her to the balcony above LT4 , near the workshop, you have to just climb over a railing"
Me - "If somebody sees us , I mean is it all right"
Sameer - "Come on dude you are not robbing a bank. Trust me you will thank me for this later."
So after gathering all my courage I went up to Pooja and said - "I am feeling like going for a walk , are you game"
Pooja - "Ya , sure"
The reply was pretty prompt and quick. I was somewhat amazed , I didn't expect her to respond so quickly. 'Aren't girls suppose to take time and be shy', I thought.
Pooja apparently read my thoughts - "What , what happened?"
Me - "No , nothing I was just surprised......."
Pooja - "At what. Look you seem a nice guy , a safe guy. A guy with whom I can be friends with, you know just friends."
'Ya right, I am no saint maa'm don't be any wrong impression' I thought, but i didn't say so.
Me - "Ya why not? Sure"
So I started this first most important walk of my life.
Me - "You wanna have something at Ice and Spice"
Pooja - "Ok but your treat"
Me - "Sure"
We ordered two Ice creams(they were simply awesome. I would have actually loved them on some other day but today I was just concentrating on not making a fool out of myself in front of her)
Pooja - "These ice creams are really great.....should visit this more often"
Me - "True , true"
Pooja(laughing)- "Don't get too happy mister, that would mean more loss of money for you"
So after having our ice cream we just strolled around near the B dome stairs.
Me - "I know a great place wanna see it"
Pooja - "Huh ok"
So we went towards that part of the A wing .
Pooja - "Where are you taking me?"
Me - "No questions"
When we reached there , I mean near the railing
Me - "Climb over , after you maam"
Pooja - "Are you crazy this is not allowed"
Me - "Who said it isn't, if you are feeling afraid we can go back, chicken "
Pooja - "Huh I am not afraid"
Me - "Let me go first"
After crossing over we were on the top of a terrace. Well it was not a terrace , just the top portion of LT4 . The view from there was simply awesome. The river was looking silvery in the moonlight.
Pooja - "Wow, this is so lovely. I didn't know such a beautiful spot was there in the campus"
Sameer - "So dude, what now?"
Me - "What , what now , back to the hostel , I've to give those sheets to Rohan"
Sammer - "You are one dumb headed moron, you will let the go awa.y Dude this is your chance , take her for a walk. Get to know her or more importantly get her to know you."
Me - "Ehm Ehm , I get your point sire. There is only one slight problem. Why will she come? She hardly knows me. And by the way I am not good at doing all this. "
Sameer - "You have to enter the field to get experience soldier. Don't worry I will work my magic. Now go and talk to her On it soldier."
Me - "Whatever"
So I followed Sameer's instructions and started to chat with Pooja. I am lame at this and I sucked. She kept on laughing on stuff which was not meant to be a joke"
Anyways Sameer did work his magic and Pooja's friend went with him( for a walk I guess
While going Sameer came to me and said - "Dude take her to the balcony above LT4 , near the workshop, you have to just climb over a railing"
Me - "If somebody sees us , I mean is it all right"
Sameer - "Come on dude you are not robbing a bank. Trust me you will thank me for this later."
So after gathering all my courage I went up to Pooja and said - "I am feeling like going for a walk , are you game"
Pooja - "Ya , sure"
The reply was pretty prompt and quick. I was somewhat amazed , I didn't expect her to respond so quickly. 'Aren't girls suppose to take time and be shy', I thought.
Pooja apparently read my thoughts - "What , what happened?"
Me - "No , nothing I was just surprised......."
Pooja - "At what. Look you seem a nice guy , a safe guy. A guy with whom I can be friends with, you know just friends."
'Ya right, I am no saint maa'm don't be any wrong impression' I thought, but i didn't say so.
Me - "Ya why not? Sure"
So I started this first most important walk of my life.
Me - "You wanna have something at Ice and Spice"
Pooja - "Ok but your treat"
Me - "Sure"
We ordered two Ice creams(they were simply awesome. I would have actually loved them on some other day but today I was just concentrating on not making a fool out of myself in front of her)
Pooja - "These ice creams are really great.....should visit this more often"
Me - "True , true"
Pooja(laughing)- "Don't get too happy mister, that would mean more loss of money for you"
So after having our ice cream we just strolled around near the B dome stairs.
Me - "I know a great place wanna see it"
Pooja - "Huh ok"
So we went towards that part of the A wing .
Pooja - "Where are you taking me?"
Me - "No questions"
When we reached there , I mean near the railing
Me - "Climb over , after you maam"
Pooja - "Are you crazy this is not allowed"
Me - "Who said it isn't, if you are feeling afraid we can go back, chicken "
Pooja - "Huh I am not afraid"
Me - "Let me go first"
After crossing over we were on the top of a terrace. Well it was not a terrace , just the top portion of LT4 . The view from there was simply awesome. The river was looking silvery in the moonlight.
Pooja - "Wow, this is so lovely. I didn't know such a beautiful spot was there in the campus"
Thursday, March 11, 2010
At Shahi
Me – “ Rohan will kill me for this. I had promised him and now I am bunking and doing t p (time pass)”
Sameer – “Arrey bro , li8 le. I will take responsibility if Rohan says anything. For now , just chill. Man , I’m really hungy , missed breakfast and lunch today.”
Me – “Really , when did you get up ?”
Sameer – “Around four or five “
Me – “Then why did you go to velino’s?”
Sameer – “My head was huting like hell, I really needed something to get my mind off that”
Me – “Wow dude. Usually people have headaches after drinking , you know hangovers kind of thing. But you drink to cure your headache, you are certainly something “
Sameer – “Come on man do you call a few pints of beer drinking. They are not even enough to get me started”
Me – “ Whoa , do you drink a lot?”
Sameer – “Doesn’t matter . See we have almost reached shahi . What do we order , hmmm……. . I’v heard that the chicken tikka is highly appraised of.”
Me – “No way man , I’m a strict veggi , there’s no way I am going to eat that crap. I would rather not eat anything. Mera dharma bhrasht ho jayega”
Sameer – “You still believe in all that . Come on dude this is the 21st century , in which world are you living--------“
I could only hear some of the lecture that Sameer was saying for the rest …….
Sameer – “Are you even listening? What are you staring at man. Hey Puneet , dude……”
Me – “Uh … huh you were saying something”
Sameer –“You look lost dude . What happened”
Me – “Look Sameer , there she is sitting with her friend”
Sameer – “Who she , wait a sec , do you mean Pooja . Cool man , now is your chance , go and talk to her.”
I couldn’t believe my luck . I thanked my stars for having listened to Sameer and come to shahi.
Sameer – “Let’s go and sit with them . There’s no one sitting there, even her friend looks kind of interesting.”
Saying this he went towards them literally pulling me . I was quite apprehensive of his approach because I didn’t want to freak her out.
Sameer to both the girls – “ Excuse me , mind if we join you ?”
Now there is a certain inherent quality in some guys of pleasing girls. Girls go gaga over such boys , they will treat them as some kind of studs always laughing on the dumbest of jokes they make and all that kind of stuff. The sad part is that this quality is inborn and cannot be taught to fools like me. But usually guys from the metros like Sameer are masters of this art , therefore all the beautiful girls fall for them . Now I didn’t see Pooja interested(this doesn't imply she was not beautiful, she was just different) but her friend immediately took a liking for Sameer .
Pooja’s friend – “Ya , why not”
Sameer – “Hi , I’m Sameer , this is my friend Puneet.”
Pooja’s friend – “Hi , I’m Srishti”
Pooja’s friend did not say anything to me but I was relieved to get a small ‘hi’ from Pooja. ‘Nice, she has not forgotten me entirely .’, I thought
Sameer – “So we were confused over the menu , do you know anything good that we can order?”
Srishti – “I don’t know dude, I’ve come here for the first time. Pooja might be knowing something.”
Pooja – “The non-veg food is pretty good here . I have not tried anything else. I am a pure non-veggi , you can say that. We can order some chicken dish. Is it ok with you guys?”
Before Sameer could say anything
Me – “Of course , I simply looovvveeee chicken. I say we order chicken tikka first, then we can order something else.”
Sameer gave me such an astonished stare and an even wilder elbow nudge as if to say ‘What happened to Mr Dharam Bhakta who was a pure veg one minute ago’
Sameer – “ Do you guys know our friend Puneet has an exceptional taste in non veg food. Isn’t it Puneet.”
Me – “Uhh ….huh…. ya why not. I mean ya of course”
Pooja – “Really , then we have that quality in common. I mean what is life without non veg , nothing.”
Me – “ Ya of course and to think of those people who spend their entire life without tasting it just because of some stupid reason . Come on you’r living in the 21st century man.”
I got another nudge from Sameer.
Sameer – “Anyways bottom line is I’m really hungry. Let’s eat”
Srishti – “ I second that”
Sameer – “O K then I am going to place the order. Srishti, would you like to come?”
Srishti – “Of course , chalo”
That left Pooja and me alone , well not really, you can’t be alone in a open kind of restaurant. At least I didn’t have the nagging presence of her friend . She was more interested in Sameer than her friend , the food or anything else. Way to go Sameer , friend ho to tere jaisa.
Me – “So how’s college going on.”
Pooja – “Fine , just a few patches here and there , other wise it’s ok “
Me – “What patches?”
Pooja – “Arrey nothing much , was just having a bit of problem with the workshop pracs , this fitting job is not my type. Anyways apna batao.”
Me – “Nothing great , these morning lectures are not of my type . I always end up missing them. Prob Stat is going over my head. I haven’t attented a single lecture of thermo and I always end up sleeping in the maths lec . Physics is not also going that great. Bas baki sab thik hai.”
Pooja laughing – “You have a horrible sense of humor”
Me - “Ya and a horrible sense of time managemattent as well. I really need to start attending some lectures .”
Pooja – “Arrey , it is only the start, you will surely improve. By the way, if you have
not forgotten, you have promised to show me some of your stuff”
Me – “Stuff what stuff?”
Pooja – “You had promised me to show some of the pieces that you have written , don’t you remember.”
Me – “Ohh that, ya will do …….”
Just then Sameer came holding two bottles of soft drinks and Srishti holding two.
Sameer – “These guys are too lazy . It will take at least 15 mins for the order to be served.”
Sristhi – “ Anyways , what I was saying was that ki our campus is so boring , there is no fun no masti.”
Pooja – “No , not at all . I thinks our campus is very cool , you should see other colleges before commenting on your own.”
Sristhi – “What I was trying to say that we are in GOA , goa man . We should be out there on the beaches, not here wiling away our time in the library like you do.”
Pooja – “Who says that ….. I don’t go to the lib…..”
Sameer – “Time out , time out , cool it girls . The topic of the great debate is that what are we planning to do during the weekend.
Me – “ Weekend , what weekend , what are you planning to do ?”
Sameer - “Beaches, beaches and booze that is what goa all about”
Me – “Huh…..”
Srishti – “ Ya , good idea. I am dying to see beaches , haven’t visited any of them”
Sameer – “ Then it’s done , this Sunday we are hitting the beaches, wassay Pooja “
Pooja – “Hmm …. I’m not quite sure”
I glared at Sameer trying to say ( ‘Dude are we not going too fast. Slow down or I’ll bite the dust’)
But Sameer did not
Sameer – “Come on Pooja , be a sport”
Srishti – “ Yaar tu bhi , kabhi to campus ke bahar soch”
Pooja – “Uhh.. I’ll think ….”
We spent the next half an hour eating chicken tikkas and chicken this and that .I felt like vomiting , the stuff had been always hard for me to smell, let alone eat. I wanted to throw up but I somehow managed to keep a smiling face and even talk sometimes. Meanwhile Pooja didn’t talk that much while her friend kept on chatting and laughing on every stupid joke made by Sameer. I was in a way glad when all this was over and we were about to head back .
Sameer – “Arrey bro , li8 le. I will take responsibility if Rohan says anything. For now , just chill. Man , I’m really hungy , missed breakfast and lunch today.”
Me – “Really , when did you get up ?”
Sameer – “Around four or five “
Me – “Then why did you go to velino’s?”
Sameer – “My head was huting like hell, I really needed something to get my mind off that”
Me – “Wow dude. Usually people have headaches after drinking , you know hangovers kind of thing. But you drink to cure your headache, you are certainly something “
Sameer – “Come on man do you call a few pints of beer drinking. They are not even enough to get me started”
Me – “ Whoa , do you drink a lot?”
Sameer – “Doesn’t matter . See we have almost reached shahi . What do we order , hmmm……. . I’v heard that the chicken tikka is highly appraised of.”
Me – “No way man , I’m a strict veggi , there’s no way I am going to eat that crap. I would rather not eat anything. Mera dharma bhrasht ho jayega”
Sameer – “You still believe in all that . Come on dude this is the 21st century , in which world are you living--------“
I could only hear some of the lecture that Sameer was saying for the rest …….
Sameer – “Are you even listening? What are you staring at man. Hey Puneet , dude……”
Me – “Uh … huh you were saying something”
Sameer –“You look lost dude . What happened”
Me – “Look Sameer , there she is sitting with her friend”
Sameer – “Who she , wait a sec , do you mean Pooja . Cool man , now is your chance , go and talk to her.”
I couldn’t believe my luck . I thanked my stars for having listened to Sameer and come to shahi.
Sameer – “Let’s go and sit with them . There’s no one sitting there, even her friend looks kind of interesting.”
Saying this he went towards them literally pulling me . I was quite apprehensive of his approach because I didn’t want to freak her out.
Sameer to both the girls – “ Excuse me , mind if we join you ?”
Now there is a certain inherent quality in some guys of pleasing girls. Girls go gaga over such boys , they will treat them as some kind of studs always laughing on the dumbest of jokes they make and all that kind of stuff. The sad part is that this quality is inborn and cannot be taught to fools like me. But usually guys from the metros like Sameer are masters of this art , therefore all the beautiful girls fall for them . Now I didn’t see Pooja interested(this doesn't imply she was not beautiful, she was just different) but her friend immediately took a liking for Sameer .
Pooja’s friend – “Ya , why not”
Sameer – “Hi , I’m Sameer , this is my friend Puneet.”
Pooja’s friend – “Hi , I’m Srishti”
Pooja’s friend did not say anything to me but I was relieved to get a small ‘hi’ from Pooja. ‘Nice, she has not forgotten me entirely .’, I thought
Sameer – “So we were confused over the menu , do you know anything good that we can order?”
Srishti – “I don’t know dude, I’ve come here for the first time. Pooja might be knowing something.”
Pooja – “The non-veg food is pretty good here . I have not tried anything else. I am a pure non-veggi , you can say that. We can order some chicken dish. Is it ok with you guys?”
Before Sameer could say anything
Me – “Of course , I simply looovvveeee chicken. I say we order chicken tikka first, then we can order something else.”
Sameer gave me such an astonished stare and an even wilder elbow nudge as if to say ‘What happened to Mr Dharam Bhakta who was a pure veg one minute ago’
Sameer – “ Do you guys know our friend Puneet has an exceptional taste in non veg food. Isn’t it Puneet.”
Me – “Uhh ….huh…. ya why not. I mean ya of course”
Pooja – “Really , then we have that quality in common. I mean what is life without non veg , nothing.”
Me – “ Ya of course and to think of those people who spend their entire life without tasting it just because of some stupid reason . Come on you’r living in the 21st century man.”
I got another nudge from Sameer.
Sameer – “Anyways bottom line is I’m really hungry. Let’s eat”
Srishti – “ I second that”
Sameer – “O K then I am going to place the order. Srishti, would you like to come?”
Srishti – “Of course , chalo”
That left Pooja and me alone , well not really, you can’t be alone in a open kind of restaurant. At least I didn’t have the nagging presence of her friend . She was more interested in Sameer than her friend , the food or anything else. Way to go Sameer , friend ho to tere jaisa.
Me – “So how’s college going on.”
Pooja – “Fine , just a few patches here and there , other wise it’s ok “
Me – “What patches?”
Pooja – “Arrey nothing much , was just having a bit of problem with the workshop pracs , this fitting job is not my type. Anyways apna batao.”
Me – “Nothing great , these morning lectures are not of my type . I always end up missing them. Prob Stat is going over my head. I haven’t attented a single lecture of thermo and I always end up sleeping in the maths lec . Physics is not also going that great. Bas baki sab thik hai.”
Pooja laughing – “You have a horrible sense of humor”
Me - “Ya and a horrible sense of time managemattent as well. I really need to start attending some lectures .”
Pooja – “Arrey , it is only the start, you will surely improve. By the way, if you have
not forgotten, you have promised to show me some of your stuff”
Me – “Stuff what stuff?”
Pooja – “You had promised me to show some of the pieces that you have written , don’t you remember.”
Me – “Ohh that, ya will do …….”
Just then Sameer came holding two bottles of soft drinks and Srishti holding two.
Sameer – “These guys are too lazy . It will take at least 15 mins for the order to be served.”
Sristhi – “ Anyways , what I was saying was that ki our campus is so boring , there is no fun no masti.”
Pooja – “No , not at all . I thinks our campus is very cool , you should see other colleges before commenting on your own.”
Sristhi – “What I was trying to say that we are in GOA , goa man . We should be out there on the beaches, not here wiling away our time in the library like you do.”
Pooja – “Who says that ….. I don’t go to the lib…..”
Sameer – “Time out , time out , cool it girls . The topic of the great debate is that what are we planning to do during the weekend.
Me – “ Weekend , what weekend , what are you planning to do ?”
Sameer - “Beaches, beaches and booze that is what goa all about”
Me – “Huh…..”
Srishti – “ Ya , good idea. I am dying to see beaches , haven’t visited any of them”
Sameer – “ Then it’s done , this Sunday we are hitting the beaches, wassay Pooja “
Pooja – “Hmm …. I’m not quite sure”
I glared at Sameer trying to say ( ‘Dude are we not going too fast. Slow down or I’ll bite the dust’)
But Sameer did not
Sameer – “Come on Pooja , be a sport”
Srishti – “ Yaar tu bhi , kabhi to campus ke bahar soch”
Pooja – “Uhh.. I’ll think ….”
We spent the next half an hour eating chicken tikkas and chicken this and that .I felt like vomiting , the stuff had been always hard for me to smell, let alone eat. I wanted to throw up but I somehow managed to keep a smiling face and even talk sometimes. Meanwhile Pooja didn’t talk that much while her friend kept on chatting and laughing on every stupid joke made by Sameer. I was in a way glad when all this was over and we were about to head back .
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