Sunday, May 18, 2008

au revoir

It’s time for the resurrection post again, the first back-home-to-good-net-speed post. The one that is usually a recap of the sem that was, and plans for the hols. The sem that is to be is too far ahead as yet( and anyway, that will be part of the last-rites-before-hibernation post) Right now, the only thing I can remember about the last sem is.. just that – it was the last sem. Still feels surreal to think that I might never see some of those faces again, that when I go back to campus for the last time, to see it rain-washed as I first saw it, it will not be quite the same.

Because it’s not just your circle of friends and all the times you had with them that you’re going to miss. It’s everyone, and everything you’ve always associated with them, set against that one unifying background of BPGC, that you’re going to miss. It matters not if they were a Somebody or a Nobody to you, whether or not you can attach a name to their face or a face to their name, they were all part of the big picture that will be incomplete without them all.

The guy who always came late to class, the one who always wore one of two tshirts only, the funny- haired fellow (which one of them, you’re wondering, now, aren’t you :B), the girl with the phone round her neck, the guy who slept through s.k.ghosh’s first p&s lecture and began a long series of thoroughly forgettable pj's, the Breakfast Guy whom you only seemed to notice in the mess in the mornings, the girl who petted the campus dogs when noone else would go near them, Bandage Guy cos his hand looked like a mummy’s the first time you saw him, the guy who spoke of Internal Bleeding Inside, the always impeccably-dressed Mr.Mon , the girl who always got up and ran for class, Familiar Face (and to this day, you dunno who he reminds you of), The Enlightened One, the Blue Brilliant Boy, the Insomniac, and Case and Whistle and Red Shoe and Superstar and DDRF and Cannonball and Smiling Face and Hermione and Assistant and all the rest of them, who, bless them, probably have no idea you know them, or worse(?), this is how.

Maybe you no longer refer to them by these first-impression nicknames, maybe you found that first impression isn’t always the best impression. Maybe you now know them well enough to call them something that alludes to a special memory between you, or maybe you know them no more than you did when you coined that first nik. They may have been the first people you noticed as you began a new life in this campus, even before you made your first friend; they may be the people who, unwittingly, are part of your first memories with your best friend, or they may be your best friend. It doesn’t matter, you’ll miss them all, varying degrees or not.

This post, then, is dedicated to all those friends/acquaintances/strangers, nay, to all my batchmates and seniors – the first faces I saw on campus – for all the memories we shared without really sharing.

20 comments:

Oink said...

pro post .
i only wish i could decipher some of those nicknames .. lolest some of them are :P

fiddlesticks said...

*** broad grin *** one of them is you, you know :P wonder what you have to say about that now, i really do :D

Oink said...

then lets just keep wonderin, shall we ?
:P

Sudarshan J said...

Just one word: wah!

Awesome post!

Vidya said...

LOL beats me how we used to put nicks for almost everyone we came across in class/lecs/sc etc.. awesome stories behind each of them.. and yea lolest oink nick :P can v jus tell him n see his reaction? :/ i jus cudnt stop laughin when i read bandage guy n the enlightened one!! :D

Vidya said...

and ob i'll miss bpgc and the awesome time that we had! :D (even tho v all complained abt somethin or the other at some point of time :))

Oink said...

ok now im curious

Vidya said...

and u kno what it is that v used 2 call u :P

Full Of Life said...

Nice. :)

Vidya said...

BLOG YOU MORON!

codename_047 said...

*SMILE* .... 3 yrs tht shuld hav been the best of our livs... but a solemn lull prevails ... on hindsight an era that had it all... highs , lows etc..nd it is nw time to move on... i m nt sure if it is so easy to get over already... but i kn it is nt the hardest thing i hav had to do yet nd i hav my qualms abt it....

fiddlesticks said...

@naren and fol - thanks! :D
@oink - muhahahahaha
@vid - patience, woman! sheesh!
@codename_047 - no codenames that i dont know allowed here!!!so spill, who u??!

codename_047 said...

u kn me well... we evn took a pic together on the last day ... ny memories????

Vidya said...

hey b^3 i thought was blue bald boy! and code blah blah is pashu showin off his gre knowledge! :P

fiddlesticks said...

grrr.. have u heard of discretion, vid?? b cube was that initially, yes, but we felt more charitable later so kinda changed.. such angels we are, yesno? :)

@codename_047 - yoyo pashoe! good to know at least one of us has started studying :-/ keep up the good work!

Got my foot in the mouth! said...

nice one white punjabi! :P

Nimit said...

great post ..... i could relate to some of those "first "impressions.... great one... had forgotten half of them 3 years flew fast.

Unknown said...

hi its really nice one... remembering ur pals in their first meeting wid u(some u may have not met till nowwww :( )

chal let me guess some of dem.. guy who wore 1 of the 2 tshirts was ankitagarwal(certain obbbb one:D)gal wid fone round herneck was manasa:(another obb one :PP :D) ..

but its not abt guessing dem but really a happy feeling remembering all frns...:DDDDD
really a nice post ripvanwink....:))))))))))

smilingassassin said...

well i hate bpgc for millions of reasons.. and to a gud extent many ppl in it too.. but u cud reach me.. so there u go!!! :) luvd it :)

Unknown said...

and u forgot danrad! hmph hmphhhest!