Sunday, January 31, 2010

This can't be real....

It was an unusual morning. I got up, and I immediately felt something different. No no, wait, it had nothing to do with my stomach or my excretory system, no. It was something else. Let's call it unusual only.
I got ready. Surprisingly, it was 9.00 am and water was still available. Normally, thanks to BMC water cuts, we would be using water from local tank installed at my place at this time. So anyway, I got ready, and reached Borivli station. And my usual train in which to catch the front standing position I have to display some athletic skills, was empty. The front standing position was vacant, as if reserved for me. Reservation of these places-pretty good idea. Anand and Chandan know about this.
So, listening to my music, I reached college. Actually, I reached Vrindavan corner.
                                                  God knows why,
                                            I decided to have a chai.
That too in Vrindavan and not in Shetty's. So I entered Vrindavan, and a blow struck me. There I saw Pratap with a hot girl. I went and said "Hi.." And I got to know, from the man himself, that he was on a date with the girl. Whoa..No sooner than I was starting to take this in, another blow came, in the form of "fruit salad". Yes, Pratap and his date had ordered a fruit salad.
                                        I dumped the idea of having chai,
                                                  I said goodbye.
I just entered SPCE entrance and I heard singing. It was a group of people singing songs cheerfully. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Nikita, Komal, Rashmi and Sanket Pednekar. Just to be sure, I asked them, "People, is this part of your project?" The reply I got, "Project? Who cares about that?Waise bhi R.K. ne lecture free diya hai. She said ke 'Let the kids enjoy their lives. Yehi to umar hai.' And waise bhi gaane mein jo maza hai woh aur kis mein hai?" As they said this, Gaurav Dobhal, Sanket Godbole and Anand passed by. I just heard them saying,"Kya idiot log hain..Gaane gaate rehte hain..Project chod ke ye sab dikhta hai ye log ko.." Jhol hai bhai jhol hai!
I started moving towards my class. I thought, 'Free lecture hai. Kuch toh timepass chalu rahega class mein.' I entered our class, and there he was. Mr. Vivek Sagale, on first bench, with a reference book. Yes, with a reference book, completely engrossed in it. I just couldn't disturb him. A few benches back, I saw Vicky. I screamed out at him, "Chal yaar football khelte hain." And he said, "Abe pakta hai yaar football mein. Class mein baith ke hi kuch karte hain na!"
After hearing this, I could no longer stay in class. I called up Ruchika and asked her where were other people. She said, she was with Ankitha and Snehal in Bhavan's canteen. I went there, got a Masala Dosa and Masala Paav and joined them. And suddenly Ruchika shouted, "Ye kaun si faltu dishes le ke aaya hai? Ye sab nahi bhaati mujhe!" Before I could reply, Ankitha spotted some 'so called dude', and went off to get his phone number. Snehal reacted, "Kya maza aata hai dudes ke saath flirt karne mein?"
So I got out of Bhavan's canteen also. There was Tanmay, holding out a banner that said, "SAY NO TO DRINKING!" A couple of girls running in track suit passed by me. I turned around to see who they were, and it was Pratiksha and Swati. They were preparing for some race.  Itne mein, I got a call from Rupesh. He asked me to come to Kirti mam's lab. So I went there and asked him what the problem was. He said, with a cardboard in hand, "Saala kab se ye circle ke shape mein kaatne ko try kar raha hoon, jam hi nahi raha hai. Please kaat ke de na! In fact, poora gift hi bana ke de na!" I stopped him and said, "Dost ye mere se digest nahi ho raha. Ruk main kisi aur ko bhejta hoon." Bahar nikalte hi mujhe Amey Patil mila. I asked him to go and help Rupesh out. He said, "Sure. Plus achche handwritting mein usko kuch likh ke bhi deta hoon. Aakhir Chandan ne mujhe achchi handwritting sikha di hai!"
I decided not to try my luck any more and to go home. But as I was getting into the lift on 5th floor, a group of G.T., Ankit Shah, Gurtej, Chandan, Ann, Himali and a few others came out of the lift. G.T. said, "Alas Omkar we found you. Please teach us this chapter from XYZ subject. None of us understand it." Inside my head I said, "What the hell?" But my hands were taking out 'Reference Book of XYZ' from my bag, my feet were taking me back into the class along with all the scholars, my mouth started saying words from the book, they all seemed to understand what I was saying, I had no control over what was happening, and........
And I woke up. Thank god I woke up. Of course this can't be real. This just can't be. But can some bits of this dream turn out to be true? You never know! After all Life Is Interesting!!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Always moving ahead..

It happened a few days ago. I had come to college in the evening. Tired from a nightout the previous night(lack of sleep I mean to say) and a 3-hour GD-PI session in class just minutes ago, I reached college. I was to meet my friends. But it turned out, they still had an hour or so to come. I thought, what can I do? My thoughts could easily wander on the lines, "shit yaar..I'm bored..I'll cancel the plan and go home". But I thought, let's do something else. So I decided to go and sit in the temple in the campus. It was such a relaxing experience. I didn't actually sleep, but it gave me what I needed.
This always happens, with almost everyone at one point of time or another. One's life comes to such terms that he doesn't know what to do. He has time but no clue as to how to utilize that time. It is often heard, "Kuch karne ko hai nahi re...bas so raha hoon..". For ones who just love sleeping, great thing. But for some idiots such as me, sleeping for more time than what your body and soul asks for, doesn't even account for as a choice. And the choice isn't even needed.
There's so much to do around, it just needs to strike to onself. Life never becomes stagnant. There are so many things to explore, it just needs a little bit of thinking. If seen with right perspective, there's joy in almost everything(I asked myself immediately, "What joy you had whole last month while studying for stupid exams?" I thought twice and still dared to make this statement). There are so many things we don't know. Of course, hardly any of them seem important as to not miss out on. But still, what harm is in it, just in trying out? Who knows, what seems unimportant today may turn out to be the silver-lining of your life tomorrow..
One may feel, I have done everything I was supposed to do. Think again, and try something else if you actually have done everything you are supposed to do. If one feels, "I have accomplished everything! I'm the supremacy..", congratulations. But still there ought to be something missing. Try and find that out. If one thinks "I am just a waste of space. I haven't done anything..", well, even more congratulations. Because you have nothing to loose and everything to gain.
Some feel that I know very well the people around me and then live with those respective images of those people. There's almost always something more about every personality, and sometimes there's a chance that you have overlooked a thing here and there. By chance or deliberately, different issue. I, for an instance, am still getting to know things(I dont mean gossip here..although I confess I enjoy a bit of that also) about many people with whom I spent many years..Most of these things are good. Many even tend to overestimate themselves by saying, "I know myself very well". A slim chance of that being wrong also. There's so much to explore even about yourself!
All I'm saying is that never stop in a phase permanantly. Look back, see what all you have got, take a break every once a while and set out to enjoy the journey of life again. More than anyone else, I tell this to myself. Be happy with whatever you have, and make others happy too. Happy new year to everyone.
Cheers!!!