Monday, January 12, 2009

Hello?

I've been here in the insti for only one and a half years. Not a very long time, but then, the variety of ways that the people here use to draw my attention towards them, has diversified to such an extent by now, that I feel a post is absolutely required to highlight the most interesting ones. Of course, there's the usual occasional person who adds me on GTalk using ids like rakhisawant or yellowredboy, and the frequent forwarded message from unknown numbers belonging to people who are too "shy" to tell me who they are .. But these two specific instances definitely deserve special mention. (And I will be adding more when they happen.)


14th February, 2008: 3 o' clock in the morning. My phone rings.

Me:
(groggy voice)
Hello?

Guy on phone: Ya, hallo, is this Akshari?

Me: Yeah .. Who is this?

Guy: Ya, uh .. um ..

Me: Hello?

Guy: Mumble-mumble.

Me: Sorry? Didn't get you.

Guy: Ya, uh .. I just wanted to say .. uh ..

(No sound for 10 seconds)


Me: (still groggy) Hello?

Guy: Ya, uh .. Sorry. (Whispering in background)

Me: Hellooo?

Guy: Ya. Uh .. Uh .. Happy Valentine's day.

Me: ("Huh?") Oh .. Same to you. Who is this?

Guy: Uh ..

Me: Hello?

Guy: Ya .. Uh .. So .. Uh .. I have pizza, you wanna eat?

And at this point he hung up, so any chances of me getting to have pizza with completely vanished, as did his identity. I'm still reminded of him whenever I have pizza.



13th January, 2009 (today): Noon. At CRC. Walking back to hostel.

I feel something fall on my head. Okay, maybe a twig or something and I brush my hair to make sure nothing's there, and I keep walking. Then it strikes me: There are no trees above me.

I look back to see what fell on me. There it was.

A tiny piece of chalk. Of all things.

Okay, maybe someone meant to hit someone else, I continued walking.

And there falls another piece on my head.

And another comes down next to me. And another ..

And that's when I realise that the culprit is some guy sitting happily on the 2nd floor of MSB, who understably stepped back when he saw me looking.

Awesome. So IIT contains chalk-throwers too, pizza lovers aside.


My conclusion: Some people never grow up, do they? :P

P.S. If any of these two guys
are reading this, please do leave a comment saying it was you. :)

7 comments:

Blank Space said...

Some some some I some I murder
Some I some I let go
Some some some I some I murder
Some I some I let go. :D

Rohit Kumar Chemudupati said...

@Pizza Valentine
Galat baat hai... Pizza nahi share karni toh poochte nahi hain. Aur raat ke 3 baje pizza toh thandi ho gayi hogi!

@Chalk Thrower
Ab iske baare mein kya boloon!

MaxP said...

:) ab teri fanfollowing hai :P

Anki said...

Nothing less expected from akshari and her Fan Club !! They have lived upto there expectations... :)

mundane-matterville said...

well,pehli baat chalks specific to u nahi thi..watto say u wer jst nother in da long list of victims ...lol...but u blogd bout it so no special mention...nyways i enjoyd throwin chalk at all the aforesaid victims .. u see a mean way to relive the skul dyz!!
we if u want reveng den throw a chalk back ..we host chalk wars:revenge of the chick... ha ha ha

Shounak said...

LOLmaxxxx.......Bizarre though it may seem, pizzas make me feel hungry and thirsty at the same time. So, yours being a lemonade stand, kindly send 2-3 glasses of nimbo paani with extra sugar to my room. I do hope home delivery is free :P

CRD said...

hehe. u seem very popular :P


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