Before coming back to US again on assignment, I indulged. I did this extravagant act of flying to Bangalore to meet my friends, who have supported me in pretty much everything. Life is always easier with them around …
You know there are moments that you want to live so much that you imagine them again and again in your head. Like if you are an actor who is getting an award, you will think about the evening, the way people will react to you, the way your name would be announced, the way you would grace the podium and what you will speak. And when it actually happens, it is so different from the version in your head, that you are not even sure … this is the evening you were dreaming for. It’s not better or worse, but different … as different as fiction is from reality.
The Bubbly and the Quiet one picked me up from airport as planned. My humble demand of a Aloo tikki burger at McD for dinner was shot down and we headed to Samarkand. There the Virtual (I know him for 4 years but met him for the first time) and The Sodexho joined us there. The Sodexho is called so, as all he had were a bunch of these coupons and no cash and he proposed to pay from dinner bills, to coffee bills, to parking tips using them… and of coarse never parted with them … hehehe .
After couple of breezers, beers and vodkas down the throat, they challenged sanity like never before. Serious thought provoking and soul stiring comments were made like “Uske pati ka naam husband hai –(Her husband’s name is husband)” ,”I always though that kheera was the male version of kheer” – hahaha whatever that means , “Havn’t you heard the famous dialogue, in kutton ke samne mat nachna gabbar!!” or the insight that Mr Sodexho provide us in the car while ruining all the soundtracks by singing along, he told us "I am a guy, I can only sing along with the male playback singer" ... phew was never aware of such compulsions …
It was a beautiful evening with its different interpretation for all of us. Bubbly struggled to let go of the bad workday while Virtual constantly lived in the dilemma to hangout for some more time or return to work. The Quiet one struggled with his undefined turmoil’s while Sodexho caused turmoil by singing … for me it was emotional, nostalgic, crazy, intense, aching, alive … all at the same time …
It was a lot like life …
7 comments:
Missing the description and presence but i guess u must have got enough of a day.. too much exposure in a short while is injurious to these bunch of people..
How about one after coming to US?
I wish i hadn't missed it
The best comment of the evening "kheera was the male version of kheer" :D
Good to hear you had a great time! :)
"After couple of breezers, beers and vodkas down the throat, they challenged sanity like never before.. " hahahahah...
me drinkin was purely for passenger safety... it givs me wider vision of de roads.. :P
[ n it majorly proven fact tat me bad at drivin widout some fuel for meself ;) ]
hmm...you should appreciate the guy who is fully utlizing the sodexho coupons...it becomes handy during the month ends when you have already shelled out everything from your so called "bank" account..hes really a wise person who knows perfectly to manage his own "financial assets"!!
ok enough of it...now ppl know who is that sodexho man is!! :P
ye le... phir se piike likha hai sodexho saab...
"handy, shelled out, "bank" account, wise person, manage (hahahahahahahah), "financial assets"!! "
wen he uses such un-raju words n talks bout "money management" n dosent start wis "basigally.. aggctually.." tis proof enuf tat both the bottle/s n glass r down his throat.... ;)
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