wat a nerd !

Things were getting lousy wid this searin sun , scorchin heat , offensive sweat nd d fear of UV rays.. me n my frnds were compelled 2 restrict our activites 2 our collg corridors.... nd this situation was makin us lazy pigs.. who hogged home cooked food... drank frooti n water... copied assignments , gossiped abt guys and bitched abt everythin in general .

2 get ourselves outta d monotonous routine me n my frnd > Riti thot of doin smthn ( anything!) which v cd classify as FUN . so on d last day b4 d vaccation i announced dat v wd bunk classes nd go 4 n outin.. a short picnic.... d response was obvious... YAWNS!!

" noway... not in this heat..... i'll get tanned." said d girls in unison.
" noway.... d restaurants charge heavy amt 4 even small drinks." said d guys in unison.

" okeh ppl.... i don't care whether d uv rays roast u or d restaurants bankrupt u... V r goin n dats final.... cum on....this is d last day...we'll meet after 2 1/2 months!!! " i spoke wavin off all d xcuses.

after a lot of 'nos-ifs-buts' me n riti succeeded in gettin kal ready 2 go out wid us.. but d tantrums she had put up r worth mentionin...

" nahi yaar.. v shdn't bunk classes.. yeh galat hai...v shdn't betray our parents' trust upon us! " kal lectured which was followed by my water spurtin session.

" eww !! wat d hell ric ..... dats so disgustin! "
"sry..sry.... not my fault... kal always do this when m drinkin water." i defended my action.
" aisa kya galat keh diya maine? " kal asked innocently

" arre ...aisa ghor apradh kar diya tumne.. ki ab kya bataoo??" i mimicked her tone
followed by d usual lol session.

" seriously ... i wonder how will i manage another 3 yrs wid u !! either u'll become normal or i'll lose my sanity! " i spoke in a very serious tone!

" kal u gotta come hamesha teri wajah se nahi jaa pate kahin par ." surbhi showed her frustation in her typical 'flippin her flicks away' style

" achcha...last week also v bunked colg nd went 4 shoppin till evenin ! v reached home late.. my mother had scolded me so much dat day." kal is such a baby!

" fyn ! this is d last tym m askin u .... miss kalpana pawalia.. u wanna come or not ? " i asked her ,pickin up my haversack.

" if i won't come ..then also u ppl 'll go huh? " kal asked widenin her eyes.

" YES " v all answered .

"yeh sahi nahi kar rahe ho tum log. " she tried stoppin us.

" cum on wat so bad abt bunkin classes ? " i asked her
" u'll miss on ur studies !" she gave her usual geeky replies.
" they r n't those 'must attend types'.. n u kno dat ! " riti spoke.
"tum nahi sudharoge!" kal sat on her seat n opened her forensic medicine textbook.

" atleast v r happy wid our lives.. not a moron n sadist like u! " it was like now-or never 4 us.. d ultimate tool

"EXCUSE ME ! " kal got up 4m her seat

" YOU ARE NOT EXCUSED !! " i pushed her bck 2 her seat.

" cum on lets go.... " riti gave d green signal 2 every1 2 leave d class.

........ at d bakery shop.. i stopped every1.
" now wat? " soma asked

" v r waitin 4 kal ." i answered

" r u crazy she won't come." soma spoke

" she will..." m always optimistic.
so after 5 mins v saw kal walkin 2wards us. now d fun began!! oh wait.. fun n dat 2 wid kal arnd ??? yeah...i won't lie dat v had fun.. but it wasn't xactly our definition of fun!

" so where r v goin??" kal asked after givin her patented sheepish grin.
" u tell... ur wish! " now i acknowledge dat it was our gr8est mistake till date.

" then lets go 2 NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE ! " kal said.. givin us dat discreet - wicked smirk of her's

" OH SHIT!! " v all showed our disgust

but d harm was done....she had agreed 2 come along.. n now it was our tym 2 COMPROMISE !

so d trip 2 nat.science centre.... d place which i've seen endless tyms durin skuldays dat i cd walk thru dat museum even in d dark... is sure 'not -worth'mentionin..

but my dear frnd kal had asked me 2 blog abt it.... as a memoir sodda thing....
[ sure girl.... 20 yrs down d line i'll definitely make ur kids read this piece nd tell them d torture v all went thru! :-p]

so once in2 d science centre .. v stared blankly at d empty halls.. no visible signs of lyf xcept a few mosquitoes nd of course us!

after standin there 4 5 mins idly we began walkin ...entered d samsung digital xhibition... everytym v passed by a new samsung model kal wd sing " my 'so n so' possess this" ... by d tym v reached d end ... v cd think of nthn but ' my so n so possess this' phew!!
after dat v visited d " biology section" n at last v spotted some 1 dat belonged 2 our species.... a couple... chkin out d 'birth of a child' video.. weirdos!

hmm.... so ..then.. we went 2 d jurassic age section .. which i guess was d only air conditioned part of d centre.. d dinasaur models no longer appeared scary ..d way they used 2 when i was a kid..
all of us ( of course minus kal who was readin d catalogues ) stood infront of d ac.. n wolfwhistled .. d only thing v r best at !

now d next deptt on our so called agenda was ' FUN WID SCIENCE ' n lemme tellya dude it sure was fun .... a retrospection of d childhood days !!!

v lafed at each other's distorted figures in d mirror lane... hooted in d m invisible section... n displayed our muscluar strength in d electromagnet project.. n had lunch wid our twins .


so by d tym v came outta d nsc it was 4 pm n i hadta rush bck 2 my ngo meet up..which my dear frns want 2 reframe as a date wid n iitian !!
i n kal tuk n auto waved a ta..cya..tc 2 d rest !!
[ now d censored part... d auto ride.... [:P] d nsc roamin had left me xhausted n hungry ... damn hungry.... so cdn't muster d courage 2 chat wid kal... after 15 mins of keepin quiet ...i got bored n initiated smthn called lame ....
" so kal kaisa laga ?" i asked despite knoin d ans
kal obviously gave her ear 2 ear grin , straightened her posture n crossed her legs preparin herself 4 an answer-essay (phew!)
"uaaaaaaanh .. maza aya na. kitna achcha laga ."

i kno i kno u ppl r thinkin dat'yeh dharthi kyuon nahi phatti aur kalpana pawalia usme sama kyuon nahi gayi !! '

apne illegi baap voldy ki kasam i felt like throttlin her neck..but d recent satsang lecture 4m mumma was abt " how to control ur anger" n i sumhow clenched my fingers n tuk deep breaths thinkin abt d iitian whom i was supposed 2 meet .

i guess i've done justice ( more like revenge huh? ) ... hope kal wd love it!! [:-D]


[7 may 2008 ]