Ek Ajnabee...

I had been getting 6 hours of sleep everyday until I forced myself last night to sleep early and got up fresh after a really long time. Seems, this act of mine went down well with God as well because the weather was just too pleasant today! I was greeted by a blustery morning, a nice cloud cover and temperatures of around 35 degrees (yeah that’s really cool for a delhi summer day!!). Anyway I was in for more surprises.

As I mentioned earlier, I would travel to the bus stop in the HCC car with other people who worked in HCC and were on their way to office. I just happened to fall into conversation with one of the people in the car. Here’s what happened:

A: Hi I’m Arpit

V: Hi Venkatesh here

Ok so always the worst part is explaining people why the hell am I staying in HCC guest house and traveling in a HCC car when I don’t even work for HCC

A: What do you do in HCC?

V: I’m a trainee here. You’re a trainee here as well?

A: Umm.. well.. kind of yeah. Actually I don’t work for HCC, I work for a firm affiliated to HCC.

V: Then what are you doing in Green Valley? (guest house name)

A: HCC has given me accommodation

V: But you don’t work in HCC

(And it took me another 5-10 minutes to explain what exactly the entire arrangement is. Anyways what’s interesting is what happened next…)

A: SO what do you do?

V: I’m in IIT Mumbai

A: What! I’m from IIT Bombay as well!

V: You must have graduated na! I’m still in second year.

A: No baba. I’m still studying. You must be a PG right?

V: NO! I’m B.Tech and I just completed my second year.

A: WTF! Dude I just completed my second year as well. And I haven’t ever seen you.

V: Nor have I seen you!

(And there I was telling myself thank god I didn’t have to fight an election. I didn’t even know people from my own batch!!)

And as it turned out, we had common friends, he stayed in H7 but spent quite some time in H2, he had been there in the same complex for roughly the same time as I had been and yet… YET we had never met!

The day gets even better

Well I am not sure if I should call it getting better or not... its for you to decide! I reached my stop and got an AC EXPRESS bus within mintues. These buses are AC and are empty as well because they stop fewer times.

As I was half way through, this really cute girl stepped into the bus. She looked about a year or two elder to me. Dressed in a white shirt, black formal pants, she was extremely fair, had long highlighted hair with a small mole on her left cheek. The entire bus was empty but guess where she decided to sit - RIGHT NEXT TO ME! (Despite all the “reserved for ladies seats” being empty). The minute she sat I was hit by this entire burst of awesome fragrance and my mind automatically started playing the song “ek ajnabee haseena se”. She took out a book and began to read. I tried to act all cool and not  look at her (:P). I peeked to look at what she was reading. It was some Law School book. (Nice Arpit. proud of you. Now you know she studies law). All of a sudden my mind changed the song to You’re beautiful by James Blunt and the only lyrics that it repeated – “I saw your face… in a crowded place and I don’t know what to do!” I had 4 stops before I would get down, and the loser that I am, I did not (read: could not) make conversation! As I moved towards the exit gate my mind continued the song and again got stuck at one particular line… ”I will never be… with you!”
But yeah, one thing now, I will try to board that very same bus everyday in hope for some more luck again some other day!