It took 20 days of isolation, imposed on me by chicken pox, for a realization to finally drill its way into my thick skull.

College life is over. I won't be going back.

I never did get too senti whenever stuff like this happened. To my school mates, most of whom I have not seen since my last day at school, I had bid a cheery 'See ya later'. My bro, who left for the States some five years back, I saw him off with a 'See ya later, bro'. Being one of the last guys to leave college, you get to see your friends leave one by one, bags packed. And to each and every one, I had bid farewell with smile on my face and a slap to the back , saying 'See ya later'.

See ya later. Aint much truth to that, is there...

Thinking back, I think it started to hit me a couple of days before I was to leave for home. Most of the guys had already left or were leaving that night. Manu had received some money from home for last minute expenditures. And he told me about it. He's a nice fellow really, smart most of the times. But sometimes he tends to make a idiotic mistakes like this. Needless to say, around an hour later, his account was missing some 400 odd bucks and we were sitting in his room along with Rejith and Amal enjoying the 'shevarmatic' experience, music courtesy of Manu's brand new, fully Linuxified comp. Picked on Rejith about his future Hydrabadi adventures. Will have to keep track of what happens there. Polished off a lot of chicken and fed the scraps the scraps to G.R.C. Patti, the dog with the Attitude....


-- This incomplete note has been gathering mold in my blog's cold storage for some time now. Don't remember why I never completed it but wish I had when I still remembered the details.

What did you say? I'm getting old?! Why, you whippersnappers.... where's my cane! I'm gonna belt youoof....dwamfn... fmah teefh pell outf....

Angel

I smile,
but I know not why..
They say the world is dark..
Why do I see the light?
Might even dance in the rain,
I wonder why..

All I know is a hope,
to see her smile,
of the angel who haunts my dreams
when I sleep at night..