Finally the day has come for which I've been waiting for the last 13 months. Here I'm on the San Francisco airport waiting for my flight to India but I'd never imagined that it'd be so hard for me to leave this place. It's not actually the place that I'd be missing so much, but the people here and the fun we'd in the last one year.
~I'll miss the weekend poker at Casino D where winning was more important than the means (read cheating!).
~I'll miss playing Volleyball on weekends and pulling each others' leg on the court.
~I'll miss playing Cricket-with-custom-rules on weekends where main target used to be not having a negative score.
~I'll miss going to late night movies on Sundays to extend our weekends.
~I'll miss renting cars on weekends just like that and then driving around for no reason.
~I'll miss hunting for food on weekends in other apartments and finally finding Sid as our savior.
~I'll miss Nandan's witty jokes and body building lessons.
~I'll miss Anna's dialogs from latest movies. Only in his company did I realize that the dialogs of AAA and Hera-Pheri are universally written and can be used almost in any situation.
~I'll miss Manoj's sixes in unisex Hindi like wo naya chokri.
~I'll miss Yash's photography tips and the long discussions we used to have about where life is going.
~I'll miss Bond and me watching the same girl in the whole crowd and either me or he saying abe! munh to band kar.
~I'll miss Pandeyji's non-stop chatting, which leaves no moment of dullness around him.
~I'll miss Bheda's chumma chai (as he used to call it).
~I'll miss Lavya and all her stepping over foot and hitting the people around. And wondering, while having serious discussions with her about life, is it the same girl from 5th B !
~I'll miss Deepa's comforting company as of an old friend.
~I'll miss asking Naveen a puzzle and his asking counter questions and leaving us all puzzled.
~I'll miss Mishi's lively talking and putting expressions in every word, which I could watch for hours even without blinking my eyes.
~I'll miss Reddy playing those comedy clips (including kauwa biryani and shaadi ka khana) again and again and we laughing hysterically everytime watching them.
~I'll miss me, Yash and Bond running to catch the last train at 12.25 AM from office everyday and then eating frozen parathas at 2 in the morning.
~I'll miss those Daru Parties where others enjoyed more making me take a sip from their drink than they having it.
~I'll miss those weekend trips, which we had in the last one year, covering most of the US.
~I'll miss those b'day celebrations, giving b'day bums and applying eggs, ajax, juice, liquor or anything available in kitchen to the b'day boy/girl.
~I'll miss those parties on Saturdays when we used to go to a new desi restaurant for dinner and creating so much noise that others would leave the place.
~I'll miss my Bhabhi scolding me for not calling her for ages and then we chatting for hours.
~Oh! and I'll miss the girl at starbucks whom I'd asked out (obiviously she said NO), but couldn't ask her name in more than an year.
The list would go on.. (not the list of girls).
This is one of those few moments in my life when I want to hold on.. but I know I've to move on.
The final boarding announcement is made.. and I let Myself go..
10 comments:
Nice summary of the 13 months of your stay put together. I am sure you will have million more moments like this and not to state the obvious I am going to miss you.
Enjoy.
good one! ending finally mila..:) im sure you will get settled in no time at offshore & savor many more moments.. keep writing!
Good one! Shobhit. I liked all the comments. Enjoy the life and keep writing!!!
Reading all this has made me all nostalgic and tears streaming down my cheeks rendering one of my laptop useless. I'll include that in the expenses.xls !! Taking a trip down the memory lane, it seems only yesterday that we exchanged a few "pleasant intros". Well you had the misfortune of knowing me ever since !! Obviously we'll miss you as well, the ever smiling assassin ;) And the numerous "Yessss" and "Abbe ... maine kya kiya ??" Unfortunately I never had the privilege of being a part of the famous Shobit Das venting sessions where I play the part of a frustrated young man (ahem) and you acting like a deaf doctor on steroids ! So don't expect me to recommend you to be someone's agony uncle. Apna Las vegas ka sapna bhi adhoora reh gaya yaar ;) And looks like your roomies have inherited another "snoring tiger roaring dragon". So your presence is definitely felt in Spirits and Sounds !! Best of luck dude with ur career !! Aur baaki sabb theek hai ..... Koi shikayat toh nahi ???
Shobit Das .... well written !! ek Naya Bachha ..13 mahine Purana kab ho gaya pata hi nahin chala .. Few trips bak Anna were calling "a naya bachha .." n u dar ke saying "abe maine kya kiya ..." Dude will miss u .. kip in touch -n- hv fun
Well u know we didnt traveled all through with you in last 13 months .. but we know all of your near escapes (infact Parul remember more than i do ).. but going thru the memory lanes was all so nostalgic...I think u were trying to create that n u succeeded..and as bond put quite aptly.. u'll going to have million more moments like this.. I m not going to say better but I want to be optimistic...so i m going to say with us...just to let you know we miss u as much as u do!!..so cheer up n bust open for the third round..life is calling..n yeah so is the yellow stone n Reno..hope u r listening..Cheerrrrssss !!!
We also miss u a lot dude..
Just today... only after the musk melons reached home we did realize that the sweet milk shakes cannot be taken for granted anymore... Looks like u'll have to come back before they are taken care of
kind of started looking forward to u'r blogs these days..I'm sure u'll have many more exciting days to blog about.. Scribble is there in my favorites
Its just one week after Shobhit left and we feel the heat. Here is the quick glimpse of Dharamshala's inside story in Shobhit's absence:-
(1)No one is ready to prepare the milkshakes after a tiring cricket match.
(2)The Water Jug is always empty in the morning.Its the first thing which i look for in the morning and everytime i saw it full i used to talk to myself " Sahi hai yar , shobhit hi hoga".
(3)Enough said about Shobhit's active listening skills, now there is none at home, who will listen. "Pandey to kabhi Sunta hi nahin hai, Muan mein jo aaya bas bak karke bol diya".
Manoj Sunta to hai lekin samjhta kuch aur hai hindi mein.
Dalvi sunta to hai lekin Sote samay badla leta hai.
(4) Kitchen is a mess.Sab door se hi "hi or hello" kar rahe hein.
I know this comment is entirely our home centric(Dharamshala), but so it is...(Isn't it the place where we first met :)).
Aur baki sab to theek hai. Tumse aur koi shikayat nahin. Is baar billi ko pakad hi lena. All the best :).
Hmmmmmmm!!!! seems that u've really missed ur stay. u must have njoyd every bit of it.Hope 2 meet u soon.
gudbye and take care
.... I dont know bout most of the things or persons detailed, in here but it was an interesting read all n all... u actually come to know how well u had settled - the moment u leave the place. Parting with people & places in a way makes u get more close to them... seems u had a great time in SF (though u were mostly whining bout the food, ghar & many other things!)... coincidently, I opened the link 'Sanjeev's Picasa Album' alongwith this blog... going thru the pics simultaneoulsy made your leaving a sort of 'live telecast' ... a giggling group with all the 'Red Eyes' (in Yash's terminology!) was quite lively.... Welcome back!
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