''Shit man! you sing worse than the beggers traveling in the trains!!''
''I think you should hear yourself sometimes, NO NO, just when you're singing!''
Yeah, my friends gave me the best advice I can get, but it would have been better with less amount of sarcasm and humor. Come on, who wants a room full of 'friends' to laugh at you while mocking your 'heavenly voice'?!
But it will be different when we'll go our separate ways.. No, it's not like we have completed our graduation, or we are getting jobs somewhere (which is highly unlikely, given our grades!), we are on the verge of completing our F.E.
Yeah, that's right, first year engineering!
in Pune university.
I arrived at the hostel a day before the date, just to observe the hostel, and if possible, meet my roomies.
The hostel was good, and well furnished too. Some minor work was remaining, but it was nice overall.
The rector, a typical marathi manoos, sent me on the fourth floor. "Choose any room you want. You're first on this floor."
He thought that I would be happy about it.
NO!! I didn't want to spend my first night on a deserted floor with just a CFL tube and a fan! Not like I'm afraid of the dark or something, but then I decided to look for a new room.
I still remember the moment...
On the first floor, corner room.
The door was open...
"Hey, is this bed occupied?"
Awkward silence, two pair of eyes staring at me...
"No, it's just two of us" The guy on the bed near the window.
"Can I move in here? I'm on fourth floor and no one's there yet."
...
...
"yeah, um, no problem." The second guy, near the door. The first one nodded.
As I turned towards the lift to go and collect my bags, the second guy offered help.
"hey, I'm Avais." he said, helping me with the luggage.
"Leon." The first guy from the room, shook my hand.
"Shridhar." I replied, and the formality was complete.
And I swear, from that day till this, I have enjoyed nearly every moment of my college life. We made new friends, formed a cool small group. Awesome people like Ankur, Nikhilesh, Ayush, Raj. Every one of 'em having a story about them, a character, and sometimes I ask myself, like, how in the hell did I get here, with these guys, Cuz I was different..
(to be continued.... )
''I think you should hear yourself sometimes, NO NO, just when you're singing!''
Yeah, my friends gave me the best advice I can get, but it would have been better with less amount of sarcasm and humor. Come on, who wants a room full of 'friends' to laugh at you while mocking your 'heavenly voice'?!
But it will be different when we'll go our separate ways.. No, it's not like we have completed our graduation, or we are getting jobs somewhere (which is highly unlikely, given our grades!), we are on the verge of completing our F.E.
Yeah, that's right, first year engineering!
in Pune university.
I arrived at the hostel a day before the date, just to observe the hostel, and if possible, meet my roomies.
The hostel was good, and well furnished too. Some minor work was remaining, but it was nice overall.
The rector, a typical marathi manoos, sent me on the fourth floor. "Choose any room you want. You're first on this floor."
He thought that I would be happy about it.
NO!! I didn't want to spend my first night on a deserted floor with just a CFL tube and a fan! Not like I'm afraid of the dark or something, but then I decided to look for a new room.
I still remember the moment...
On the first floor, corner room.
The door was open...
"Hey, is this bed occupied?"
Awkward silence, two pair of eyes staring at me...
"No, it's just two of us" The guy on the bed near the window.
"Can I move in here? I'm on fourth floor and no one's there yet."
...
...
"yeah, um, no problem." The second guy, near the door. The first one nodded.
As I turned towards the lift to go and collect my bags, the second guy offered help.
"hey, I'm Avais." he said, helping me with the luggage.
"Leon." The first guy from the room, shook my hand.
"Shridhar." I replied, and the formality was complete.
And I swear, from that day till this, I have enjoyed nearly every moment of my college life. We made new friends, formed a cool small group. Awesome people like Ankur, Nikhilesh, Ayush, Raj. Every one of 'em having a story about them, a character, and sometimes I ask myself, like, how in the hell did I get here, with these guys, Cuz I was different..
(to be continued.... )
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