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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Alarm Effect!!!

“Beep Beep”

After fifteen minutes….

“Beep Beep”

     Ohh no!!! Not again the alarm has gone. Yet another day has begun to end my sleep booh hooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! But wait was it the first alarm tht went off or the second or the third :Ooooooooooo Surprised !!! No its not surprising, this is the scenario of my room since I shifted base frm baroda to b’bay and now pretty much in b’lore :DDDDD

     Bak in baroda never ever required any alarm. It wasn’t tht I used to get up early on my own, but the scenario then was tht my alarm requests and timings were fulfilled by my sweetest father. If I wanted to get up at 5:00 am in the morning (too early nowadays), he would call me up by 6:00 coz he very well knew tht I would definitely get up 1 hr after the alarm instructed timings :DDDD But do respect him a lot for being so patient to tolerate and fulfill my varying timing requests. By the time I reached college, I was almost a nocturnal creature so getting up very early wasn’t required.. so my father was slowly relieved of tht burden.

     Once in b’bay thngs took a totally different turn. In b’bay, I was particularly lucky tht I got a roommate like Reshmi. We both used to have sleeping competitions and ultimately I used to be the winner :DD. It was like everynight oops every morning by 2:30 or 3:00 we used to go to bed and were forced to get up by 8:30 in the morning. One of the reasons for this early wakeup was tht IIT mess main brkfast used to b only uptil 9:30 and second was reshmi’s punctual boyfriend (now husband) :DDD.

     After having dosed off in the wee hrs of morning getting up in the morning is a real pain :DDD And Reshmi being committed, had an additional headache tht her boyfriend (now husband) would be in front of H11 (girls hostel) by 9:30 am sharp (not a single minute here or there). Reshmi used to hate punctuality thn for this very reason:DDD

     Before getting cozy in our respective beds we used to keep 2 alarms -- One on mobile and the other on our respective alarm clocks. :DDD So in all 4 alarms to wake us up the nxt morning ufff wht a job man :DDD!! The morning scenario would be something like this :

At 7:00 am – my mobile alarm
At 7:30 am – rehsmi’s mobile alarm
At 7:45 am – reshmi’ alarm clock
At 8:15 am – my alarm clock.

     Even after all these alarm attacks the two gr8 ladies wouldn’t have bothered to even remove the quilt on their face :DDD Finally somehow as ppl say the natural alarm works and finally we both get out lazily by 8:30 am. Once I left b’bay I used to wonder y we ppl used to keep so many alarms and y the hell we wasted so many cells uselessly for alarms :D, coz in the end, everytime it used to be our natural alarms waking us up.

     Once in b’lore scenario was worst. B’lore being a cool place, I never ever felt the eagerness to get up early in the morning. Here also I was lucky to have got sleepy head roomies like kosha tai and Kaajal. Kaajal was the person who could brk records in sleeping. But here I progressed well and could get up at a single alarm beep, set on my mobile :DDD

     Waise now the scenario has changed again (I thnk this is wht ppl say it takes time to adjust out with a place :DD). Now acquainted with b’lore completely and all the more having shifted to 2-sharing room with tazneem (my current roomie) my sleeping traits have started showing off once again :DD. Both of us being fully nocturnal go to bed not b4 1:00 or 1:30 and get up araam se lazily by 8:15. This happenes only after 2 alarms go off 1 hr b4 this scheduled time of 8:15 :DD.

     Sometimes I wonder if alarms wouldn’t have been invented, life would have been so peaceful and we could sleep for long hrs. Sometimes it feels as if I had just slept for 2 mins and the alarm went off and used to wonder sheepishly how come an entire night vanished in just tht small time gap. But then again a small re-thought would prove all this wrong. The important thing to be realized is tht sleep is one of tht important thngs required to lead a healthy life but not the only thng required. I thnk alarms are a good invention to awaken the young generation, majority being nocturnals :DDD Would like to wind up this post with this beautiful quote :

"Live your life to the full,
take every opportunity that arises because you'll have plenty of time to sleep when you are dead"


So once again thnx to alarms :)))))

Monday, January 16, 2006

A Silent FriendShip!!!!

     The first day in college, nysa(name changed) met so many new faces… some scared her coz they were monsters in the form of seniors, some frndly those of her batchmates and some of those who were to bcome her long life frnds!!

     The first few months she sat with different ppl and had chgned n no. of seats to sit with the right person who was compatible with her views, her bunking classes, her mischiefs and above all who fully agreed with any damn trait of hers. Finally she found a frnd in nidhs (name changed)… She was there to take up every blame of mischief played by nysa!! It was as if nysa wouldn’t have dreamt of nythng else in life if nidhs was there with her. She didn’t require a bf to entertain or sooth her. They used to spend huge amounts of time together at any time of day sharing all sorts of knowledge ranging frm engg, movies, songs, higher studies etc.

     Nysa witnessed a lot of groupism in college as was usual. But being with nidhs never made her feel left alone or aloof. They were enuf to tackle a group of 10 even. They spend the whole of 1st yr through the mid of second together deepening their frndship bond every min of the day!! “A wonderful relation to cherish” -- Nysa used to feel. But all of a sudden one day came whn the very trust of both nysa and nidhs came to a shattering end whn the first seed of misunderstanding started sprouting. It started growing everyday and one fine day the frndship uptil fate was broken and they parted their ways with heavy hearts!!!

     Now nysa found herself totally left aloof frm the rest of the college crowd with nidhs not there to support her nymore!! Then to her gr8 relief, nysa found shelter in a group of 5, the sixth one being nysa herself. But she was there with them superficially everytime thnking of the moments she had spent with Nidhs. She used to thnk many a times to go and get her back. But tht time came only after 3 yrs. Whn they both had left college and were pretty much settled in jobs. Now they r once again back with their frndship.

     Once being a group of 6 she also started inflicting herself with grpism traits. Now there was this particular group with whom she limited her interaction uptil a hollow “Hi”. But one person amongst this group, with a beautiful and mesmerizing smile always attracted her!! Being a silent chap and being herself an introvert by nature she could never ever approach him for a talk. Nor did he have the guts to cross the limit of those smiles exchanged btwn them!! Was it the groupism causing an hindrance or something else … they never knw the reason for sure, even whn they have bcome close frnds now!!!

     Days passed in college with both of them exchanging just smiles. Nysa got involved in her grp and D got ngaged in his. In btwn they started talking but all related to studies and finally it was the 7th sem of the college. By this time both of them talked but to b specific just 5-6 in the ntire 31/2 yrs of engg. Now their final yr training forced thm to bid adeau to each other, this time too with a smile. Nysa’s training forced her to be away from her parents itself and D also!! By now both of them had taken it for granted tht we both can never b frnds and can b knwn only as batchmates!!

     During final yr exams also they never met and finally Nysa went away frm D as per the requirement of her job, thus leaving it to fate tht they were not destined to meet or be frnds. Then one fine day to Nysa’s utter surprise, D called up to inform her, tht he had got a job in the very place as she was! Now her happiness knew no bounds coz she had got a call frm a person whom she hardly ever talked and feared giving a smile even!! Then with the passing time they started chatting on YM and phone and became very fast frnds. They started seeing each other on weekends (if possible). And donno how such a sweet frndship took shape btwn both of them, in just 4 months time, which they could never even dare to initiate in 4 yrs time!!

     Now both of them are miles apart from each other but even now when either of them feels down and thinks of talking to someone – it has to be D/Nysa after their parents!!! These are the moments when Nysa believes in fate. If it wouldn’t have been for fate they would have never ever have had been frnds, coz college never allowed them to even talk but once out, their urge to become friends got them together and 2day they share a relation they both will cherish till fate!!!

Even I wonder sometimes this is how true frndship sprouts, matures and grows fully.....

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Gone Are The Days!!!!


     Life shows you so many colors can’t predict whch one to choose -- As it goes whn choices are more the confusion is ultimate!!!! I guess I m also passing through such a passive face of life wherein I wanna b my old self once again with my old frnds!!

School Days :

     There was a time whn I was fully drenched in innocence and now is the time whn I m totally devoid of the same!! Back in school, life was awesome. A gang of 8 we were more than enuf to give ny other person in this world a severe headache in flat 1 mins time!!! Those were the days whn my mischiefs were optimum and age wasn’t a bar at all.. Have got punished n number of times for having played mischief on teachers, but never ever got punished for the same!! Was it the innocence I had on my face or my academic performance or was it the gang with me who were proving lucky for me everytime.. Whtever it was I was and always have been on the safer side while playing mischiefs!!

College Days :

     Once out of school, there was life waiting to welcome me with a bright future.. in engg. line. As per my wish having got the favorite engg. discipline there wouldn’t have been a person more happier than me on this earth. but as I joined the tech. institute, I realized life is not so easy as the one I had been through back in school.

     Being in a girls school I wasn’t very much used to the tactics of dealing with boys. Frankly speaking I couldn’t establish a very good rapport with my seniors especially male seniors during my engg. days (But now they are the ones I interact the most with). Convent gals (the one and only fultoos girls school in baroda) were the favorites of seniors during ragging time.. Being from convent we used to be favorite pieces for ragging :DDD Having gone through all those traumatic moments finally the most awaited day came whn I bcame the senior.

     Whn I used to get ragged, my usual revolutionary dialogues used to be “Ragging should be banned”, “I won’t rag nyone”, “Poor Soul see How much they get scared”. But once being the senior, I too got attracted to ragging stuff and ragged many of them!!! At many a places the ragging mastermind used to b mine!! Hope they haven’t cursed me for having made them do all those thngs!!! I donno how 4 yrs was gone as if it was only a life of 4 mins!!! The day of our farewell and the last day of my college were the worst days whch never ever would I like to remember!!! But one thng I m contended at this moment is my college frnds are still arnd. The most I miss are my school frnds and the school days!!

     Apart frm college and school life the most interesting parts used to b festive occasions especially holis, makarsankranti and the hot favorite navaratris!! Navaratri’s used to be so fun uptil final yr of engg, whch ultimately happens to be the last time, I danced to garba tunes on the soils of the cultural capital of Gujarat – my very own baroda. Now those beautiful memories reminds me of one thng, i.e to get something u have to sacrifice something.. but sometimes whn I look at myself today I regret of having lost so many golden moments, memories and above all my so very close frnds for this busy professional life(((((((…. Hope to have all those moments back sometime in the long run!!!!!

Professional Life :

     After engg began my actuall professional struggle. After lots of opposition and very much against my will I came down to b’bay for a professional life!! Initially no frnds no frnd circle made my life horrible even in a happening city like b’bay! But now whn I look bak I thnk I can never ever find a better life than tht ever again… May be that life is one of the reasons, why b’lore never bcome my cup of life!!! Life in b’bay was rocking every moment. Met some very good ppl and not to mention my most intimate frnd mango (Amit Tyagi) !! 

     But alas now being in b’lore I m totally away frm all of them. At this very moment it seems as if I m in the midst of a barren desert with no one to be seen for miles together!! It has always been adjustment for me once I started my life in b’lore. Even having made some very good frnds online , some out of my colleagues and PG mates, every time it seems as if I m missing the good old frnds and all those best moments of my life i spent with them!!! Hope to get united with all of them soon by this yr end atleast!!! But still regret remains tht those days r gone wherein at one shout I could have everyone arnd.. and 2day is the time whn after many phone calls also, no can come including me, reason being busy professional life!!!

Will I be ever able to get all those moments back????? Life is posing this big question mark to me with myself running short of answer!!!

Monday, January 02, 2006

New Year Trip To Mekedatu!!!!


     A wonderful New Year alongwith friends far away from B’lore’s madding crowd - tht’s wht I had thought of and as it would have been got one too!! This is the new year trip we had to Maikedata..(here we includes Kosha, Pavithra, Mipple, Deep and very much myself) :D:D:D

     After the New Year party at night I was in no mood to get up early, not even by 12:00. But then again the enthusiasm for the trip and being away from b’lore was such I got up by 9:30 :D:D. Then as per Pavi’s and my plan the previous day, we made a move from our PG by 10:20 am. Mind it pavi who is used to a cup of morning tea didn’t get one, as we both got up arnd the same time and had to reach the meeting point by 11:00 am. So she wasn’t in the best of her moods since morning. As per our plan every participant of the trip was supposed to gather at mipple’s house by 11:00 sharp. And to be frank the new year resolution was good … everyone was all set to start the trip by 11:15 am…

     Now whn we were just 10-15 kms aways frm b’lore pavi started feeling uneasy all the more coz we were not stuffed with brkfast and pavi specifically was without her morning tea. Somehow we managed with some gharelu nuskhe and she felt fine :))… Now during the onward trip it was like leg pulling happening btwn all of us and pata nahi kya fundae pila rahe the :D:D We ended up chit chatting abt ppl’s trippings, history of kumfu karate and such other stuffs… Finally by 2:30 we reached our destination.. to be specific 4 kms from the actual destination, coz any private vehicle can’t go beyond the point where our qualis dropped us. There the first thng we did was get a cup of tea for pavi :D:D. Mind it pavi had 2 cups :D.

     I guess this place is meant for non-veggies. Kosha and pavi being veggies couldn’t get nythng to eat it seemed… Mipple, deep and myself survived on bread omlette. Then after filling our stomach we started out towards our actual destination. Here we had to cross a small river sort of and reach a point wherein we got a bus to our final destination… The bus trip was the best. The bus was totally overloaded with passengers and it appeared as if they were hung from different parts of the bus :P:P Truly thts wht we say proudly “Indians can adjust out nywhere” :))))

     Talking about the place I don’t have words to describe the beauty.. Such an awesome place. The speciality being water flowing amongst big rocks … for a moment I felt as if I was in some wonderland with rocks all arnd and water flowing so elegantly with all its beauty in the arms of these huge rocks :)))).. I even compared the location to “Raat Ka Nasha” song location of ashoka!! A wonderful place!!!

     As it would have been, being adventurous creatures we decided to go further down to have a closer look of the water-flow, whch involved some rock climbing….. Everytime mipple and deep were helping the gals climb down the rock or up the rock :)))… and the usual and the only stuff coming out of the gals mouth was oops, ouch!! :D:D Finally with loads of effort and co-operation, we finally reached a point wherein the view was marvelous…. At tht point I felt as I was feeling the water within me :)) In btwn I did something adventurous. Having got inspired by a person jumping from a rock in front of me I too did the same blunder and ended up with a small sprain in my leg. The best part was the pain was gone with 15 mins of massaging but I made others wait on the rock for 15 mins (the rock was quiet hot it was as if standing on a heater :P:P) :D:D

     Then finally after lots of water fresh memories by 5:45 we decided to return and had to wait for the only bus in tht route. Here Deeps suggested to walk down 4 kms. Initially we girls opposed the very idea of walking back, the reason being we were dog tired. But finally seeing the bus fully stuffed with ppl, we too agreed for the same :)) While walking down we discovered a spot which wasn’t crowded by ppl, better to say we were the only 5 creatures there at tht time. Here we found loads of rocks and the entire place to five of us. We decided to spend some peaceful time there. To be frank this was the best part of mekedatu we had discovered :)))….. nyways there we spent a lot of time, with pavi all the more getting frustrated about getting bak to b’lore and having a proper nap before attending the first shift of the new year :D:D

     Finally after lots of time pass once again pavi started feeling hungry and we decided to walk bak the rest of the distance of abt 2 kms. Somehow we made bak to our qualis and finally deep and myself once again had some bread and omlette and got back for our return trip. By this time pavi’s battery was totally down, I guess she was cursing for having spent the new year with so many bitter and good memories, the former being in majority :D:D

     On the way bak we took our dinner at a Punjabi dhaba.. the food was good all the more coz we were dying of hunger !!! Finally after all the filling stuff we made our way bak to b’lore with all bitter and good memories to cherish. Today whn I m writing this blog I m fully afflicted with pains in everypart of my body especially my leg whch witnessed an adventure jump of mine :D:D.

Conclusion : Overall a very good experience and a sweet experience. Explored such beautiful place that too on a new year. Thnx to mipple, deeps, kosha and pavi for making my new year so wonderful and sorry if I ever spoilt nyone’s mood in btwn the trips :))))). Hope to njoy many more such new yrs together :)))

Another Bad Day!!!!


     The end of new year turning out to be horrible is sometimes least expected…. But sometimes u can’t avoid thngs happening arnd u and specifically with u 

     This incident is of 31st December 2005…. The worst day of 2005 I guess… Day was as usual and normal… got up in the morning at the usual weekend time of 9:45 am :D:D Then after having a cup of coffee did some tp with pg-mates watching tv and majority of the time chit-chatting… Then pavi and myself decided to have lunch outside coz none of us were in any mood to cook and all the more we wanted to get some food and beverage items also.

     So finally once ready we were out for lunch at arnd 2:30 pm…Now thts wht is called a very late lunch :D:D While on our way Mipple called up for lunch and since I was supposed to have it with pavi I asked him to join us. He was supposed to join us after 1 hrs time so we decided to complete with our shopping stuff. Now just whn I had finished with shopping another tlteian called up (not mentioning his/her name in here will be addressed henceforth as person X).. Now since the person was free and getting bored we (mipple and myself) decided to meet him at forum at 5:30 pm. Once at the restaurant, pavi and myself ordered for a soup and started our waiting for our third partner mipple. After about 15-20 mins mipple joined us. Now we started with lunch, consumed approx 2 hrs of our time .. thnx 2 the Indian restaurant’s ordering and serving time delay :D:D..

     Nyways finally having stuffed ourselves it was decided tht mipple will reach my PG and pavi and myself will reach our PG in a rick. Finally after loads of search we managed to get one rick who was ready to drop us at our destination at proper charge… Mind it pavi and myself had got some foods and beverages from MK Retails and was already overburdened…. Now we would have just covered 2 kms whn we encountered a red traffic signal and as it would have been, our rickshaw driver to our utter dismay, broke the signal and went straight through. Now the nxt thng was the worst to happen the traffic policeman was quick enough to stop our rickshaw and wht nxt we the poor passengers were left in a place arnd 3 kms frm our actual destination.. and in b’lore it being difficult to get a rick 4 such a short distance, the only option left with us was to go by bus No. 11 (i.e. walk down the same)  But being overburdened we found it difficult to walk, but somehow managed to walk down.. Meanwhile mipple was already at my PG and very much waiting.

     When we didn’t turn up at the decided time mipple called us up and we narrated this insane incident.. and thn he came down on his bike and met us at a spot abt 1 kms frm my PG and to our gr8 satisfaction reduced our burden by some few kgs ..and by the time I reached my PG it was already 5:00 and 5:30 we had to meet the so called person X. In btwn we had decided tht since we were planning a trip to makedaata we had to book a cab for the trip. So immediately after dumping my goods at my room mipple and myself made a move to his place. Once at his place we were busy going through all the yellow pages calling up all travels agents… but everywhere the answer turned out 2 b a big “No” as expected. Finally, we decided the good old “Akkad Bakkad” funda and dialed an arbitary no. and to our utter surprise got lucky enuf to get a cab booked… Now this happiness was short lived coz whn I had a look at my watch it was already 6:15 pm and the person X had already been waiting since 5:30pm.. Now we tried but couldn’t contact him for some reason and finally decided to drive faster.. But thn again the biggest hindrance “b’lore’s horrible traffic”, we could only make it to forum by 6:50 pm. Finally, whn I met person X.. it was as if the person was totally frustrated having been made wait for so long.. To be true never ever in my life have I made someone wait for more than 20 mins in the extreme case I guess.. But this was something I felt very bad and I couldn’t control myself from being guilty and to be frank couldn’t tell this person X nythng abt wht went wrong within the same day  Nyways the person X left within 10 mins time .. and I fully expect it to be the frustration and anger on me the person X had

P.S : This person X called me up on New Year also.. I feel so embarrassed and guilty tht inspite of doing so much the person was grateful enuf to forget to some extent. But I knw the person X won’t forget it totally 

     This day I can never ever forget coz this has given me an addition to my resolution list – Not to take everyone for granted. I took it for granted tht even if I make someone wait I’ll be forgiven everytime. Frankly speaking if I would have been in person X’s place I would have exploded in tht very place no matter kaun saamne hai ((( Person X : Thnx for the gr8 new year resolution and sorry once again!!

Monday, December 12, 2005

A Day Off......

      Its been months together I have ever taken a leave on a weekday and njoyed the leisure of free day time :D:D. On Friday I got this chance and had taken off and wanted to relax and rest….

      Day began for me a few minutes later than the usual day on a weekday .. to be specific at arnd 8:45…. Now having completed with my morning chores I went down to catch up with my morning coffee and paper news. Going through the papers it felt as if only One Man Ruled the Entire Paper .. the one and only “BILL GATES”. Surfing through all the related articles on Bills Gates visit to India and his future ventures I felt as if I was reading and re-reading the same stuff in every other article on him…. Finally having had enough of Bill’s insight on IT industry I decided to be away from IT world for today atleast and so with another cup of coffee I went to my room.

      Back in room I decided to listen to some old classics which included my favorites like Kishore Da and Rafi Sahab… With such enchanting music in the background I started with my half pending novel “The Kite Runner”. The environment was so mesmerizing I never realized I would be such a fast reader and I couldn’t believe myself having completed the novel in few hrs time… But then again I was stuck up it was only 12:00 pm and wht should I do nxt?? (((((

      Then it struck to me I better do some cooking tried something and got something, ultimately ended up ordering food from outside :D:D Finally once completed with my lunch again I was back in pavilion. My mind was still at work deciding upon what chore to take up next?? Now the only option left was to have a nap but being not very much used to a noon nap that too turned out to be a futile attempt..

      Then it struck to me why not do some cleaning up stuff ….. Once having begun with cleaning never realized where it went wrong and instead of a spic and span environment I was amidst complete mess :D:D:D Then somehow managed and brought it back to the original condition atleast and then decided to surf through some magazines or books… thus ended up going through pcquest, femina, tinkle etc…. Finally by evening time it was as if I had gone through a hell lot of articles books and all stuffs I could lay hand on and tried some experiments whch didn’t bear good results :D:D

      Then came the most awaited evening time wherein you can atleast time pass coz almost all of the girls would be back but as bad luck would have been none of them turned up it seemed as if I was passing a never ending day :D:D Then one of our PG mates turned up and she wanted to apply some mehandi on her hands …hmm thts something interesting I can lay hand on and showed all my skills and talents on tht small canvass…… She was totally flattered with my artistic skills :D:D.. Then throughout the evening the most awaited pgmates and myself spent time chit chatting and surfing through all of the channels … not to be surprised weren’t watching any of those boring soaps or series… but ads, ads and more ads :D:D

      By the end of the day back in my room in my cozy bed whn I rethink initially I felt as if I wasted an entire day uselessly… But now thinking back it doesn’t sound to be a day wasted… Every time I used to wonder if not a S/W engg. or at least not have been working what would I have done, how would have I passed my time … But now with a day off from work I realized how many ways time can be spent although all of my ways were not fruitful but I had ample amount of time to meet with all of them in bits and pieces…… Truly now it seems I should take a day off on a weekday and work on a weekend to experience the vice versa life ....

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

SE7EN

This is in response to the tag from kosha, bhavesh ....

SE7EN Things I Plan to do:

* Go on a world parikrama
* Settle down on moon :D:D
* Take many resolutions for new year.(hope to implement some bug free :D:D)
* Read the entire collection of shakespeare in original latin literature. (which i couldn't the first time i tried :D:D)
* Get a scorpio(my favorite rt now) and go on long rides :)))
* Go on date with the man of my dreams (abhi main bhi chehra dekhne ki koshish main hoon :D:D)
* Be away from this madding crowd and settle down in a beautiful and peaceful place :))

SE7EN Things I can do:

* Listen to songs (especially my favorites).
* Freak out a lot.
* Play pranks and mischiefs (age no bar :D:D)
* Chat a lot on YM, phone etc. modes of voice and msg communication :D
* Be another rip wan winkle :P
* Dance and sing :)))
* Read a lot (nythng i come across and find interesting)


SE7EN Things I can't do:

* Maunvrat dharan karna :D
* Settle down abroad.
* Stop playing pranks.
* Entertain someone :D
* Cooking and stop watching TV.
* Go to bed b4 1:00 :D:D
* Gain weight


SE7EN Things I say most often:

* Ye toh galat baat hai
* Hmm
* Aur nahi toh kya
* Pain mar raha hai :D:D
* It snds insane.
* Bulls**t
* Okayyyyyyy


SE7EN persons I want to tag:

* Kosha
* Saras
* Samyak
* Pommu
* Megs
* Mipple
* Bhavesh

An interesting round of question answer is over hopefully i will pass :D:D Nice one :)))

Friday, December 02, 2005

A Memorable Train Travel!!!

     This diwali was a time of surprises for me i guess.... everythng that happened and has been happening since then has had a great impact on my life :))))

     This blog is about a particular incident that happened during my onward journey from b'bay to baroda....I had got my tix for avadh express for my onward journey..... I boarded the train from Bandra Terminus and its the origin station for the train also and it was supposed to leave by 10:40 :) ... I had two guys and a middle aged uncle in our compartment... Initially the very appearance of the guys wasn't comfortable it appeared to me as if they didn't belong to the sophisticated decent category :D:D Then adding fuel to the fire was the fact that one of them didn't have a confirmed ticket.... As it would have been human mind it got into mind that i have got degraded category of guys with me this journey :(((( Inspite of the fact that i usually prefer reading a novel ....i decided to wind up fast and go to sleep early even whn it was only 10:50 pm and the main being that one of them was sitting on my birth (mine was lower berth) and wanted him to sit aloof frm me :D:D:D I told in a rather stern and rude voice to vacate the berth so tht i can relax ....

     As it would have been being scared i was having intermittent sleep....and purposefully was peeping through half open eyes to keep a watch on those guys......But on one such moment to my utter embarrasment i found them instructing some passer-by not to sit on my berth as i would get disturbed .. tht was for the first time i realized "Apperances are often deceptive"..

     Then i don't knw as fate required i decided to get up and continue with my novel coz i wasn't feeling sleepy at all.. Then came an old lady in our compartment who also didn't have a confirmed seat and being sick one of the guys offered her his seat to relax... tht was the moment i realized wht actuallly is the difference between preaching and practicing humanity...

     Then it came to me that wht all happened and was happening before that wasn't what they deserved....i shouldn't have done such a thng even in my dreams to ppl who are very pretty helping minded.... From there through and through the old lady a conversation stuck between the guys and myself .. beginnig with name, job and such thngs we ended up talking abt places and life :))) They were basically from agra working in b'bay and pretty much into s/w industry...and tht too working on java... and one of the guys did his BTech from kerala so it was all the more fun talking abt a place knwn to both of us...

     It was such a soothng talk tht i never realized tht it was already 3:00 am and within 1 hrs time i would be at my destination.... And u won't imagine those 1 hrs was like a min.. i never knew time flies :))))

     Then finally was the end of a gala time ... as it would have been by 4:15 a.m our train reached baroda and the last act of help they did for me they got my luggage down to the platform for me and from the distance i saw my father approaching us... I introduced them to my father.... It was my father who took the initiative to pen down his number and mailid....Truly that was a time whn i saw and xperienced the feeling that helping minded young guys are still arnd us...

     All tht nights incidents are still very much fresh and will remain forever... Hope to njoy lot more such memorable train journeys........

Another TLTE cum oldies meet at b'bay!!!!

     This time too I decided to reach baroda via b’bay coz I had to meet some of my b’bay frnds also…. So this time also met 2 tltians 

     As per the plan I stayed at IIT with one of my frnds poorni :))) I was supposed to reach dadar by 7:30 and saras was supposed to receive me there and the nxt day I was supposed to do some diwali shopping in a place called Mulund … Now at the last moment the plans got changed and instead of getting down at dadar I got down at kalyan and went straight frm there to Mulund for shopping :D:D:D There even the security got scared looking at my luggage…. but somehow once we started shopping I never even once thought of the weight I was already carrying and started adding all the thngs I could lay hand on :D:D Finally at the end of shopping I was out with a stock of shopping materials whch would fill another bag similar to the one I had already got from b’lore :D:D:

     Once finished with shopping, saras and myself reached IIT by arnd 11:00 pm… After dumping the luggages in the lab we had our dinner and thn came bak to have some chit chat at the lab with my other oldies  Now uptil arnd 1:00 or something we talked and did time pass and then finally it stuck to me that I was supposed to call up our very own alchemist (kiran – on tlte) … and finally after lots of attempts I got connected to him (Note : If you wanna call alchemist keep on trying…. its for sure that he will not answer your call b4 40 rings approx :D:D thts means 3 calls :O:D:D) nyways I called up and to my utter surprise found he was awake and fully free and was ready to meet us and as per my punctuality I told him I’ll call him up once I make a move towards my hostel…

     Then as it would have been we got more delayed with some of my other frnds and finally I called him up by arnd 2:30 a.m tht we would meet in front of girls hostel (my abode ):D:D:D Finally at abt 2:45 a.m saras and myself met the so called alchemist of tlte :D:D A tall, shy and smart guy – really a rare combi :D:D To be frank a very shy guy and me being the chatter box was the one talking the entire time :D:D And mind it in btwn he used to talk whenever we used to mention abt his sweetheart ;))))))):P Meanwhile I gave saras and alchemist some time off to discuss their past IIT experiences also :D:D:

     Being with two shy and silent guys (alchemist and saras) I couldn’t believe we chatted for almost 2 hrs and finally by arnd 4:30 am in the morning we parted :D:D The nxt day was the most hectic. Saras, a frnd of mine and myself went for shopping and ghoomne in HN :D:D The entire day went and I didn’t even realize tht it was time for me to leave………

     And finally by 9:00 in the night I started for bandra alongwith saras who was also leaving for his native tht day and we both bid addeau and left for our respective destinations …. It was memorable moment again in b’bay with 2 tltians and all my old frnds … Truly missing b’bay and all my IIT frnds …………

Memorable Trip to Baroda!!!

     This time i took two weeks off to njoy life to fullest at baroda during diwali. Uptil the D'day i wasn't even sure whether my leaves would be approved and finally just before 2 hrs as my luck would have favoured my leaves were confirmed and i was on my way to baroda via b'bay .. and abt my b'bay stay there's another post tht will follow. :)

     From the very day i reached baroda it was like a festive occasion for me And on top of it my Big B was already there to receive me :P:P (I met him after 6 long months :(((( )

     I reached baroda 1 day prior to diwali and had ample amt of time to get crackers and sweets and for doing all small small preps :))) I don't believe i helped my mamma in preparing some delicacies also and the best of my preps turned out to be 'gujiya' also called 'gughra'. Truly when i used to be in baroda (uptil engg. final sem) i never ever realized the importance of diwali... it was as if another holiday or gala time thts it. It was for the first time whn i came down to b'bay and now all the more far away to b'lore that i realize the actual value of this festival :) Its not the crackers or the sweets thats fun.. its a reunion with so many ppl also especially oldies.. and this time it was a grand reunion for me and I guess for all the ppl who were there :)))

     The very nxt day of diwali for gujjus is knwn as 'bestu varas' (NEW Year)... thts the time whn all the ppl visit their frnds and relatives:)) On tht particular day i made a visit to all my gujju frnds in baroda and the nxt day it was like frnds attacking my home :D:D But it was fun :))

     Then the following week and weekend we had many more get togethers and all the more this was the first time ever after i left baroda i had the gr8 luck of meeting my school frnds.. it was the most cherishable moment in my life a gr8 reunion and all chit chats abt the mischievious school life and college life we had :))

     Truly school life and college life are the ones that can never ever go out of ny person's heart or mind .... but in my case its somewhat extended i guess :D:D:D even in my professional life i am mischievious :D:D (Donno whn my boss will come across this and punish me for all the mischieves i have done and not been punished for :D:D)

     I don't have words to conclude these sweet reunions that i witnessed during the few days i was in baroda... But one thng for sure is that these reunions have given me all the strength and hope to live a fun filled life for another 7 generations :)) It was fun and it was an unforgettable trip too :))) met so many new and old frnds all in 2 weeks time..........