Memories...

Why is it that when we want to write about the ones close to us, a sudden mental block arises?

There is so much I had thought of and I wanted to say, that my mind has gone completely BLANK….but (thankfully!) only for a while…once I thought of the first sentence, the words came gushing out…as if they were waiting to fly out of my head and on to the screen…words that fumbled and ran into spelling errors and typos as they fought with themselves to try and put the whole of the past 6 years together…

In no specific order, the dialogues below are a witness to our friendship...G-SPADE, as we like to call ourselves...

Dedicated to DD, who's leaving for her M.S. soon....

Scene: VESIT Drawing Hall Class D15, somewhere in July/Aug 2004
Time: 9:00 AM
An App-Chem class taken by Mrs.Kh... I entered (late) and sat on the bench just next to her’s.
Moi: “What has she taught till now? What books are we supposed to refer? Are there any assignments yet?” (Necessarily in a single frantic breath…)
DD: “Hey…Chill! Even I have joined late…I think she has just begun the syllabus..Don’t worry….we’ll figure it out!”


Scene: VESIT Common Room, Second Yr.
CPP assignment due in an hour…Moi(frantically) and DD(coolly) searching for (blank as well as “filled”) assignment sheets (“blank” - on which to copy and “filled” - from which to copy :P)
We write (frantically and coolly, respectively) and manage to scribble the 10-odd pages onto 5 “decently-filled-looking” ones and rush to the lab for the submission…
VM: (trying to look cross, but failing miserably)You girls are late…
WE: Ma’m, we lost the way(?!?! LOL) and couldn’t FIND the lab…(Moi putting on my moshhhtt “sincereshht” face while DD struggling to keep a straight face…)
NOTE: the lab is RIGHT NEXT to the Common room where we had just spent the better part of an hour copying (frantically and coolly, respectively) the assignment….
VM lets us off! :D


Scene: Various stages during the 8 semesters
Moi: “Hey, AM I want assignment#1 of DLDA…SM..plz give me your assignment#4 of DS…Gayu…arre tune assignment#2 of DBMS likha kya…I want it….” (again, in a single frantic breath…)
DD: ABBEEE “Havratpana” mat kar!!! Kitna assignments likhegi ek sath?! Thoda auron ke liye (read DD :P) bhi rakh!
Note: "Havratpana" is a Marathi word for "greediness" and one of the fav marathi words learnt by DD

Scene: Any typical Lunchtime @ VESIT
Moi: “Have you brought “Pongal” for lunch?” or “When will you bring “pongal”? “
DD: “Hey Pu! Aaj pongal hai…” or “Have you brought the mango pickle? ”
*SIGH* I STILL can’t forget DD’s blue dabba with the aroma and taste of pongal inside it! (“havratpana” @ it’s best! ;-) )

Scene: Various stages during the 8 semesters (extra-curricular activities…PRAXIS,Aesthetics, SFMC, Utsav, TechFest, Adventure Sports)
Moi: “Wow! That’s so awesome..I want to do it…” or “Oye, main wo activity join karu kya?” or “Hey, I so wish I could join that” or “Wot say, should I do it?”
DD: “Areeyyyy…itna kyu sochti hai re?? Go ahead…just do it!”

Moi: “M hungry! ”
DD: “Chal gola khate hai…” or “Chal Vikram-Bhel wale ke yahan dahi-papdi-chat khate hai” or else her fav “Chal..gola khate hai”

Scene: Final year, B.E Project Presentation Day
Moi,AM,SM: “VM didn’t even bother to see our proj! :-(” or “ X-( How can she do this to her students?!”
DD: “Forget it…”

Scene: Various Shopping Malls across Mumbai…shopping for DD's formals (TCS training time)
Moi: “Are ye shirt dekh…. try kar na! Mast lag raha hai!” or “WOW! Those black trousers look awesome!”
DD: I am tired of shopping!

Scene: RCity, Ghatkopar
Moi, DD, AM : “Kulfiii Falooodaaa @ Kailas Parbat!!!! :D :D :D ”


Scene: DD’s See-off@ Kurla Terminus
Moi,AM(while gifting her a sole TT racquet) : “Come back soon for the other racquet of this pair! “
DD: “Sentii sab mat ho abhi…”
@AM: We never gave this “other” racquet to her! ;-)

Scene: Telephone to DD during Xams
Moi: “Are..ye to syallbus main nahi hai..!” or “Ye sab kab sikhaya apne ko?! :-o”
DD: “blah…blah…blah” (All I can hear are the temple bells near her home ringing away merrily as they drown out her voice…)

Scene: My Mess, H-11, breakfast time
Moi: “How can that lady say so?! X-( X-(”
DD: “Chill…you know what…tu bahut chid-chidi ho gayi hai…take a break! ”

Scene: Various Saturdays over the past year
DD,Gayu: (via SMS) saw XYZ,PQR,DEF,ABC, JKL movie…morning show..(bracket main…(Missed you!))
Moi: X-( X-( I SO wanted to come!..

Scene: Many times during VESIT days, whenever a “so-planned” (pun intended…it rhymes with “so-called”) trip got cancelled
DD: “Tum log waste ho…Next time I am NOT planning any trip with you ppl...” or
“Main aur mera bag XYZ-place jaa rahe hai…any one coming?”
Note: Put “Lonavla, Matheran, EsselWorld, etc in place of XYZ”


Scene: Mumbai airport on our way to a flight to Banglore
Some random “uncle” tried fooling us “indirectly” by saying “Blue flights go north, Pink flights go south ”
Me, Gayu: “Ohh!..Good that he told us! ”
DD: “He is kidding girls... !We have to board the BLUE one for Bangalore”
Moi, Gayu: Are still cursing that “uncle” and wondering how DD figured it out…
Note: If not for DD, we would have ended up asking a Delhi cabbie to take us to “Kormangala”! :-| (Well, I know it’s over exaggerated and so-not-funny)
PS: Kormangala is an area in Bangalore…


Scene: Many times @ IITB especially during an ADBMS project, 4th Sem
Moi: “blah blah blah” or “blah blah blah” or “blah blah blah” or “blah blah blah”
DD: “Bol..I am listening….”

Scene: Ghatkopar Khau Galli
Moi and DD gorged on Paniipuri, Jini Dosa, Masala Thumsup and CaDBy
Moi, DD : *sigh* *BuRp* *sigh*

Scene: ANY/TCS water cooler
DD: Pu! :-P
For those who didn't get it: I drink LOTS of water..I ensure that everyone's water-bottles are emptied + two of my own! (exaggeration intended!) while DD doesn't even carry a water-bottle...

Scene: ANY Playground/TT Table
Moi: DD! :-)
That's where DD is most likely to be found @ any given time :-) Sports is her true passion!

Scene: My room, H-11
DD: “Tu “manually” data copy kar rahi hai kya PC se HD main?! :P”

Scene: RanDoM
The dialogues below have NO relation with each other and have been spoken randomly!

DD: “Tujhe abhi bhi gussa aur rona saath main ata hai! Grow up! ”

DD: "They mis-spelt my name AGAIN! :-("

AM: “Maine bola THA...”
DD: AmruTHA ne bola THA

DD: "Waye Mudd!" ;-) ;-D


Scene: DD’s home, one day before she flies to the US
Moi, AM : “Take care” and “Study well…choose courses wisely” and
“Learn swimming” and “Did you take that Teddy?” and “Be careful of strangers” and “Enjoy yourself” and “Come back soon” and “Why don’t you take that green jacket?” and “Keep in touch…” and “Skype!”
DD: OK! :-)

Hey DeeDums,

Here’s wishing you ALL the luck in the world…Go on…Fulfill your dreams…Cherish your journey as much as you will enjoy the destination!
Be brave, be strong and you’ll shine through (I am saying this @ the cost of sounding typically like me, as I am sure you’ll say when you read this… :-P)
We’ll sure miss you here…Take care...Hoping to see you soooonnnnnnnn…

Bon Voyage!

Loads of Love n Luck,
GSPADE

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