I wake up on chilly Saturday morning prepare some hot tea, grab my cup of team and walk down, the chilly morning tea takes me back to my college days....
When I was going thru the routines of engg we(me, my cousin and a dear friend Bhikubhai) stayed in Rutu enclave a rental community about 5 mins from college, well our parents perspective was we would travel less and indeed get more time to study, wee also had a perspective a bit different from them,
So I used to hangout with 2 gangs of friends first one(Niral, shilpi, meghna, hiren, jigs, hems, ji, pathak and many more) and sceond one(called as Rutu gang so called hostelites)..Those were the days when love and romance was in the air for me, music in my veins, dreams in my eyes, at times well most times day dreamed of some weird situations like being a hero, honestly would not like to share those dreams as it is they have crashed so whats the fun!!!!!!!
Most of the day time I used to hangout with first gang and evenings and nighttime with Rutu gang, apart from this other times would end up being on PCO, no mobiles at that time for me, so eventually end up being tired with some great activities and not getting any time to study(truly not my fault if there are only 24hrs in a day..)
Hanging out with Friends at bhagvati pav bhaji centre discussing each other's love story and if time and sense permitted sometimes abt how to pass our exams, imagine you are discussing this and the environment is so tensed that your friend ends up lighting a cigarette and next moment you see your friend's pa walking down, so what you do is hide your light with a topi...and lucky us bapu does not notice...more worrying factor than bapu was not having more money for another cigarette, or imagine you talking with your sweetheart in wee hrs of morning like 4am and her brother picks up the second line and you still get away with it...saying oh that was wrong number, or going out to back to back movies "Apollo13" and evergreen Rangeela in regal cinema, your friends feeling the theatre seats moving when Apollo 13 takes off, and asking you whether your seat is moving too and to their surprise they find you dozing off, bcas u don't Care a shit abt English movies
Zipping around Kandivli M.J. road on zone of 25 at speed of 50 trying to be a cool dude and your DAD sees you doing all the stunts, and very politely asking you "Beta aaj pachi tame car ne haath nai lagavta" in way don't you dare touch my car.
Going to Lagaan movie just the night before your engg exams, and you end up failing in not one but 6 subjects and blaming it all on your college saying they don't want me to pass because of XYZ reasons(what a dumb ass I was how i cud I fail in 6 subjects) but clearing the most difficult subject Eng Mechanics and feeling proud of that.
OR you running out of gas on dead end with your sister and friends and trying to be smart by opening the bonnet of your car and trying to find the reason for car stopping rather than checking the gas...stupid me
Imagine you taking your GF to same UDIPI restaurant for 4 yrs of your life and bribing your cousin with a masala idli or dosa so he does not open his mouth
Y the hell I used to be broke before the month ended and there were 10 more days to go, or sneaking out from backdoor for garba so you save on that money,
Imagine you roomie feeling proud abt the fact that he found a young maid who can cook and is suppose to be a good cook but you end up eating alu parathas for all 7 days of the week, your roomie blushing when the maid requests him"AAP AATA LE AAYE AATA KHATAM ho GAYA" and he runs like he is in some running competition.
or you teasing your cousin over your OOPS teacher because she will take his submission no Q's asked, oops what happen there (well the Mera naam joker thing did not happen), your HOD screwing you at time of submissions, and many more!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today when I think of it they seem stupid and does not make sense but who said life is always about making sense all the time.
Many say Fame Money Ambition makes your life worth, for me these moments make my life worth, I cannot go back to my college days but always will remember the days which were truly
"THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE"
Saturday, September 12, 2009
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I loved it sweetie, I actually relived all of those days, beautifully presented and well written :)
ReplyDeleteOh mannn Saumil...too good...I actually could feel PCT around me and waiting on that stupid bus stop...ofcourse not for the bus but for the car who had AC and good music :-)..We get into car and you head to your so called hostel :-)))..."Best days of OUR life"...Shilpi yaar..wished we can get back to college somedays...:-)
ReplyDeleteyes we can only remember those moments of life!!!!!!!!!
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