Ya, Finally after 3days I went out for a walk today evening...thot abt my roomies returning frm home tmrw & no grocery@home, this thot took me out…
I stepped out of the door & guess wat…?? I saw the key in the keyhole…
Oh Gosh!!…it was hanging there since Friday nite 8pm…I cudnt believe I cud b so absent-minded…as I NEVER was one…M the one always taking care of things arnd me… & keeping in mind I was all alone for 3days..it was unexpected behavior frm me…
After walking for close to 300metres I noticed, that round the park where there was an old temple, a huge new temple is existing & even the park is renovated…It reminded urs truly that I havent been out for mnths & m not noticing things arnd me…
M I LOST?? :-(
Anyways…went inside the temple…sm ladies were sitting there & singing sm bhajans…it was in Kannada I guess, I cudnt get a word of it…but it was soothing…
Then I went to Food-days, bought myself an ice-cream, since its first day of May, a mnth which I hav decided to celebrate bcoz this month marks the anniversary of mom-dad & b'days of sm of my closest frnds…
I took the ice-cream, sat on the stairs outside…nobody was sitting there…& I was lost in a world of my own then noticed that two guys who saw me buying ice-cream, came & sat at sm distance on the stairs…they must b quite younger to me…reminded me of an incidence last yr…I was travelling in train, returning frm home to B'lore, still remember was reading da book 'Fast Courting' & it was 2nd July'05…there was this gang of students, returning frm their summer hols…I was on my fav. side-upper berth & since urs truly was only girl in the compartment…these guys were nicely flirting arnd, passing comments, walking around, gathered on the side-lower berth, singing loudly, talking loudly & smiling wenever I saw them…I was least bothered…just smiling to myself & reading my book…In the morning wen I brushed, went & sat on the lower berth for smtime, one of the guys came & sat next to, I think he boarded the train frm Agra only…(I had never noticed him coz I was myself sad since was leaving dad-mom behind again...)
So, this guy came & started talking to me, told he boarded train frm Agra only…I said ok..then he asked where m I staying? for how long I was in B'lore? & I was kinda avoiding….then he asked me abt Agra…I said my parents stay here…I did most of my schooling here…he asked again, which school? I thot why shud I tell u?...but then I told…surprise came wen he said he was frm same school, then he asked batch I passed out, my name…altho I usually avoid but since he was frm same school, I told..& guess wat?? That guy turned out to b my bro's classmate in school…he told my bro's name…he was a 1st year engg college student…& best was the xpression on his face…
He said politely- "Sorry di, v all thot u must b frm sm engg or medical college, a student like us coming back after hols…v cudnt guess u r so elder to us & u r working & sorry for all the stupidities..."..I just smiled back…said never mind…don’t bother…u guys enjoy, its fun!!…
He went & told his frnds, wenever my eyes met wid any of them, they just smiled shyly towards me…was a nice trip…The guys sitting next to me on stairs reminded me of those guys…
I finished my ice-cream, went inside, picked up veggies, grocery, paid the bill…now I was wid two big poly-bags as lots of things were over@home…I cud have taken on auto but I decided to walk, wat will I do if I reach early also?? :-(
…Food-days is close to 1km frm my house…bags were real heavy, midway while walking it reminded me of childhood summer hols…wen I used to carry buckets of water in both my hands..my grandparents r in Rajasthan, m talking abt days wen I was very young & there was terrible shortage of water there…water used to come on alternate days…inspite of large storage, in summers, water used to get over…I used to go in morning wid my uncles to fetch water frm the public supply hand-pump nearly 100ms frm my granny's home, pump the water & carry those buckets back home…
Ya, urs truly has seen those hard days closely & learnt the lessons of life….probably those who c urs truly today chirpy as a kid always smiling don’t knw the maturity of mind behind it….
Anyway I was walking wid my packets home…was thinking abt office tmrw & frnds…Finally I reached back to my apartment…dropped down the bags to take out the key (reminded me of my absent-mindedness again)…my fingers had gone numb, crumpled, gone deep red rather purple due to the weight inside those bags…
I was back home…clean, tidy & shining flat…the only job I did this weekend was cleaning every nook & corner of the house & its sparkling now…
Roomies will b back tmrw morning...
Special month started wid a walk down the memory lane...
ps: Sweet memories , But M still alone, missing my luvd ones :-(
