Our conversations haven't really changed. We still fall down laughing so hard that my stomach hurts and my eyes get tears... we get the weirdest and wildly funny ideas when we get together! After all the laughing, we talked about how little kids call us 'uncle' now and only that reminds us of our biological age. Otherwise, we still feel like we are just out of school. Not that we shirk resposibilities! :-)
My long time friend since my engineering days AK, had finally come to Pune like we had always planned... even though I had lately stopped thinking of it as a possibility...
We went to our friendly neighbour PK's house to play carrom board. I told her that he knows Marathi. They started conversing in Marathi when PK realised that he has a different accent. The place in which AK lives was mentioned and immeditely PK's mom said that one of their old family friends Mr.S lives there.
Later, back home, AK asked us, "Does she have an elder brother called A?"."Yes, but how do you know?", we asked. "Because my dad's name is S too and we knew a family in Nashik (when I was in Kindergarten) who had the same surname as PK!!"
Yes! PK turned out to be his childhood friend and their parents were great friends too. They had lost touch many many years ago...
Twenty years later, he got a new job, moved to a new place, stayed at his friend's place, met a neighbour who turned out to be the same kid he used to play with when they lived in some other town!!!
What are the odds of that happening??
She is not high maintenance. She doesn't drink too much. Nor does she smoke too much. She has the right vibes. We love going places together. We have been through all the ups and downs... together. It's been nearly 3 years now since we started our journey...and I am loving every mile of it! :-)
Had a blast photographing the kids of the neighbourhood! For once I did not mind using a flash...
Was back at Mulshi and fell in love with the place all over again...
Inside one of the temples... I was wondering if the pujari will object to my wielding a camera... it was too small to be noticed ;-)
We came late in the morning and lost all the morning colors to the harsh sunlight... no wonder these snaps look colourless...
...and at the parking lot... all that was there was this cycle! :) Hey Bem, check this out when you go there! :-)
I will post the snaps taken beside Cauvery later...
Aaaah.... the wide open skies! No highrises, no smoke.... only sky...
[OK, seriously, this thing has been repainted. And the markings have been made for what looks like a building complex that might come up soon. It's days ARE numbered. :-( ]
When I was about three, we had one in our neighbourhood and we used to call it 'kappe car' ('frog-car' in Kannada). This little car has stolen hearts the world over for a long time now. I was pleasantly surprised to find this Beetle parked outside my friend's apartment complex.
I long to be here again, under the shade of the mango tree, on the granite steps, crows crowing overenthusiastically above, the swift waters rippling over the rocky river bed...
If I had a near-death experience, it could be riding pillion with my bike-crazy friend on his Karizma (the one above) at around 100kmph. The bike seems to pur silently even at these speeds and the loudest sound is that of the wind blasting by and the occassional 'swish' sound of a vehicle you just overtook, now quickly shrinking into the distance...
My friend's company gave him a Mini Cooper car for free. When I saw the car, I liked it a lot and asked him casually if I can have it...
Well, I am not dissappointed by the fact that it is 36 times smaller than the real thing...
Bought this straw hat in Goa. Gives a rush of happy memories (although it was in Dec '05!) when I look at it as it hangs on my room wall, waiting to be touched by the orange light of the setting sun...
This kid was sincerely trying to frighten us by saying that he will let loose the dinosaurs that he has back home...
