YE 'S' - 10

21st July,2011

Venue: World cup final, Mumbai
We needed 6 runs to win the world cup and last down.1ball remaining and 6 runs needed. I came out in the middle. The whole stadium was impregnated with tension. Malinga was bowling the last bowl of the match. Malinga had a fire in his eyes. I was lil scared but was having full confidence in myself. Malinga threw the ball. I came lil forward and hit the ball high in the air. There was a fielder in the boundary, but the ball left him way behind. It’s a six. I couldn’t believe myself that I did it and won the cup for the country. Everyone ran towards me and lifted me with lots of applauds and accolades. I felt very proud of myself.

Venue: Rock-show, Bangalore
I was playing a guitar in a rock show. Girls have become crazy about me, shouting my name “Murthy, I Love You” and fighting with the security personnel to come on the stage to give me a hug or probably a kiss (heights of optimism).

Venue: Secunderabad Railway station
I was in Chennai express leaving to Chennai. I stood near the door of the coach and saw everyone waving their hands to their loved ones as the train leaves the station slowly. Suddenly, what I see is a beautiful girl in black jeans and pink top with her hair fully open, running to catch the train and shouting “ MUUUUURRRRTTTTHHHHHYYYY”. “Did she… did she just shout my name?”asked to my fellow passenger . Adding to my joy she was running to get into my coach. This reminded me of SRK and Kajol in DDLJ. Without any further delay, I leaned forward to provide her a helping hand. I got hold of her hand and pulled her in. She said “Thanks” and we were happily smiling ever after.

“Murthybabu come n take arti and prasadam”. It was my grandma.

I was in Hyderabad to attend one of the bhajans organized by my grand- parents for something I have no idea of what. And yeah, this is what I do... “Day- Dreaming” whenever I am made to attend any of the religious stuff and trust me, I am very good at it. And btw these are my dreams which I am waiting to happen actually except the 1st one which is impossible at this stage.

My train was at 5P.M back to Chennai. It’s been a really boring two days in Hyderabad.

I reached station at around 4.30. My train was standing on platform. I went near my coach and saw the chart (the first thing I do before boarding a train). To my disappointment there were no girls of my age in my bogie. All were either way older or oldest. I don’t understand why it always happens with me. I always share my compartment with oldest of aunties, snoring uncles and wailing infants. Yes , all the time.

The train journey was smooth and boring till 1.30 A.M.
At around 1.30 AM, I felt very thirsty. The train stopped in a station named ‘Kavali’ near Nellore.

I got down to buy a bottle of water. Quenched my thirst and came back only to find out that the door of my coach was locked from inside.
I tried to open it but in vain. There was no one around. Everyone was asleep. I ran to the other coach which was also locked.

‘WTF, screwed’ I thought.

I was shuttling between the bogies. Ran from S-10 to S-2 in a hope that at least one of these bogie’s door would be open but to my dismay none were open.

I started to panic now as the train was given signal to move. My luggage was in there.
I ran in search of general bogie. It was in the other end of the train. I didn’t know what to do… I was also searching for emergency windows so that at least I can try getting in and face the consequences later on. I gave up my efforts and decided to catch up the next train or something. I was literally cursing the guy who closed the door of my bogie from inside.

The train started to move. Then suddenly in S-8, I saw a police-man doing his night patrolling I guess. I shouted out to him. Explained him whatever I could while running and literally begged him to open the door. He was lil reluctant in the starting but then I guess, he saw my cute and innocent face (that’s what Girls say :)) and opened it. The train was catching its’ pace. Finally, He opened it. I was running and somehow got into the train.

I thanked him. Explained him properly. And finally came back to my compartment. Was fully exhausted mentally and physically. I thought I could never make it but by God’s grace I did.

‘Never ever, I would get down at midnight again’ I thought.

After that incident I woke up at around 6AM only to find out that the train halted in a station named ‘Ponneri’ for more than an hour. It seems a goods train got derailed. So, all trains were stopped. I was waiting near the door; (yes u heard it right, again near the door of S-10)

There were talks going around that it will take another 2-3hrs for the trains to get clearance. I was waiting near the door. It was 7 AM then. Suddenly, out of nowhere one hand was approaching an area of mine (on which only I had access to) from behind. I made a quick move and protected myself. I looked around to find out 2 eunuchs.
Honestly, I am very scared of them.

They were asking for money.

I replied I don’t have any “bhaiya” (stammering).

They were like “bhaiya kisko bola re” ( whom are you calling brother) in their typical inflection and were coming near me.

I told them Sorry and gave them 50 bucks. Thank God they left. I had a sign of relief after that. Seriously I tell you, now days, guys are also not safe. We can’t even travel alone in trains. God bless us. 

And yes, it also happened near that S-10 coach door. (I guess there was some kinda last birth connection between us) 

I was losing my patience. Then I decided to catch a bus and go. So, I took my luggage and got off the train.

I came out and caught a bus to Chennai which was worse than train journey.

As there was huge rush, I could not get a seat. That’s ok. Standing is not a problem. I can do that.

But standing in the same place and in the same posture, not even having space to even lift my hand and scratch my head, is something u should imagine.

Yes, I did come like that. Imagine my plight there. On top of it, sweat odor from everywhere. Was feeling suffocated. But there was no other option.

I stood like that for 3 and half hours . Finally, I made it Chennai somehow.

I called up my boss and took leave. Rested the whole day.
The first thing I did was to take shower for around 1hr.

This was the worst journey of my life. Never even dreamt of like that in my wildest of dreams.

God Bless me!!

P.S: -
1) it’s been a long time since I posted anything.

2) had nothing substantial to write, so wrote something . kindly bear with me and yeah, don’t forget to leave the comment. A good comment is appreciated even though u didn’t like it…. Hehe..

3) And yeah, always carry your deodorant or perfume wherever u go. U never know when u might need it.  :)

CAT-'A'-CLYSM

“Its July 2010 dude… we have completed 1yr in job… what do u wanna do in future?” Vineet was asking me, Harsha and Satish. I told i wanna go for MBA as I was no more interested in Engg. Subject. And I was pretty much interested into Marketing as you get know more people and stuff. Vineet, Harsha and Satish also concurred with me and said they also wanted to go for MBA. Seriously yaar, wanna get out of this shitty job. I am not at all enjoying it.

We went back home that day and surveyed about the prospects of studying from an IIM and the kind of pay packages they get in hand. We were totally into it and started dreaming of what all stuff we can do and buy with that much money as if we have already got into IIMS and also got job offers from there. Dreaming was at its peak.

We took an oath that we would not go to any movie nor to any concert till our CAT exams were over. We took an oath to study at least 3hrs at home after coming back from the office. We started our Cat prep seriously… Started doing all quant, verbal and DI questions.

I can assure you we didn’t watch any of the movies which got released last year …. No... not even by downloading it. Our full concentration was on CAT. We didn’t even start watching “how I met your mother”. Trust me we don’t know how who met, God knows whose Mother. And not even 10 seasons of “FRIENDS” – twice.

We joined the TIME test series. It was going great... We all were scoring great. As far as I am concerned, I never scored in 40’s and 50’s percentile which kept me going and in fact boosted my confidence. I filled all the application forms like MDI, IMT Ghaziabad, S.P Jain etc as I knew I can easily score 90 percentile as I was scoring in my Mock test series.

Finally, my CAT test date came. I went and wrote it calmly without any kinda tension. I attempted around 35 questions. It was good overall. Finally, as per our oath we went for the movie. Enjoyed our December like anything.

Finally new year…. Year 2011… yeah before I forget Happy new year to all…

Finally today, our results came… I got 99.97 percentile…. Call from all the IIMS. Almost same was the case with my friends-Harsha, Vineet and Satish. I called my parents and told them about my result. They felt very happy... They felt very proud of me which made me proud of myself. I called and told all my friends. I was on the top of the world.

We four decided to bunk office today which we did and went to party hard. Firstly, we went for “NO ONE KILLED JESSICA”. At around 1 PM to Escape IN Express Avenue mall (which is actually the biggest mall in Chennai and also where beautiful chicks in and around Chennai hang around and the only reason why all the guys always go there). Our movie was over by 4.30 P.M we had lunch properly which we forgot to have in the sheen of excitement.

After sometime we were kinda jaded so we decided to go to Marina Beach. As soon as we went there, we saw some foreigners were playing beach volleyball. We went up to them and joined them. They were from U.S. They came here on a tour, it seems. There were totally 3 girls and 4 guys. Trust me people; those girls were the most beautiful u must have ever seen. Milky white complexion, red lips and brownish hair. They had brown eyes. Gosh, they were beautiful.

I totally fell for Rose (one of the three girls in my team) not only because of her beauty but also for her name… Rose….. Rose... Wow what a name… it’s like, an electric current is passing through my body whenever I take her name. ‘Rose’… See I just got the shock again… :)

We started playing the game. After some time, rose asked me if I wanted to give her company as she was tired of playing and wanted to rest near the shore. I was jumping from happiness that out of all people she asked me… Although, I didn’t show any of my emotions. I winked at my friends and went with her.

We went and sat near the shore pretty much close to each other… we were seeing the sunset. After spending some time together, my heart was cajoling me to ask her out. I wanted to but I was lil scared. But I had to do it as if not now, I can’t do it ever.
I took a deep breath and asked her out. “Rose, I love you” I am totally lost in you. I can’t imagine any other girl other than you”
She seems to be very happy. She said” you are so sweet” and was about to tell something when suddenly, I couldn’t hear her… her lips were moving but I couldn’t hear her voice.
Then suddenly, one slap from her. I was thinking “what the fuck is happening”?
She threw some water on me and was telling me in slow motion…
“ waaaaaaaaaaakkkkke uuuuuuuuppppppppppppppp”

'What' I said?

She again said “waaaaaaaaaaaakkkke uuuuuuupppppppp” and again threw water on me….

I woke from my sleep. It was my roommate who started throwing water on me…
Wake up dude, wake up… its 7 AM. Today CAT results are coming. Get ready to see your results.

I was like “What… we already got our results yesterday rite?? Btw what am I doing here? Where is Rose”???

Satish was confused and told” Dude u must have had a dream? And btw who is Rose? “Asked with a sardonic smile….
Oh shit… It was just a dream… just a dream…. Shit man…
I woke up and got ready by 8AM. Then four of us sat down to see our results.
First, Sriharsha- 92.75 percentile
Then, Satish – 93.5 percentile.
Then Vineet- 97.5 percentile.
Finally I saw mine and was devastated. I got 90.15 percentile…

All four of us were screwed... No one got calls from any of the IIMS… Screwed really…. We wouldn’t even get calls from other institutes as we didn’t apply to any... Thanks to T.I.M.E for boosting up our morale…
We all should have stuck to our oaths…

Shiiiiiiiiittttt…………

We calmly went to our office without speaking of anything about CAT. I was disappointed about CAT but more than that I was missing “ROSE”….
God Damn…. Shit maaaannnn….. 1 more year in the company…. 


P.S: All my fours friends’ names are real and have not been changed in spite of their request.