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Saturday, January 22, 2011

The Night I played the role of a Guard!!

So much said and so much listened....soo much felt and soo much expected.....but still somehow sri balaji society always has something in itz kitty which will keep u excited and happy at the same time....
when i sit down and think about my decision to join this college and and be a part of this amazing society....i always adored my decision and feel extremely proud of wht i did.. ..
Just 6 months at Sri Balaji Society and i already have more than 20 odd tell-a-tales to give out....
and each one of them is better than the other....
one such incident is today....my NIGHT DUTY!!...
itz 2.12am and the night is freezing...i am wearing 2 Tees....a pullover and a jacket on top of it....covering ear to ear and head to toe....
my fingers are feeling the chill as i am typing....but then this is a story that i need to tell...
coz itz not everyday that you are handed over the duty of a gaurd....
Sitting on this bench below the hostel in bloody freezing temperatures...
I may not be accurate but i am guessing itz somewhere around 8-9 degrees...
my rommie prateek is accompanying me at this laborious task
How often do you get the opportunity to take responsibility of 700 odd students and watch by them as they sleep with peace....with the hope that someone is watching their back...and today that someone is me...(and ofcourse my rommie too...who is lost somewhere in a volley of movies on his lappy)
2.25 am now as my fingers are adjusting themselves to the climate around....just came back from a round around the campus....the campus seems a total different story at night...everything is down....except for the watchmen at the main gate who are having a merry time....they have lit up a bon fire and are accumulating the heat....they offered me some of it....in bits and peices of a oral usage which seemed like a mixture of some ancient linguistic mix and hindi....Ahhh!! i made life easier for them....i am from mumbai folks i speak fluent Marathi....that momentarily excited them...they offered me a chair to sit.....took the registers from me to sign....and then discussed with me about the coldness of the night.....though i was very less interested in any of it....i half mindedly listened to it....for i needed the bon fire.....ahhh soo soothing it was....my rommie just stood der....waited for the gaurd to sign the registers....took it from him....and said letz goo after momentarily gliding his palms over the fire.....
But i was in no mood to go....i held him back....offered him a chair....but he choose to stand anyways....5 more minutes with the flame and we left....completed our round from behind the college got the registers signed from the other gaurds...and came back to the hostel gate.....
2.38am seems daisy has ran out of her quota of freedom tonight as the watchman has held her and is moving her into her room(for those who dont knw who is daisy....skip reading this part...:P....lol).....she stood there for about a minute wondering what to do....i was wondering what is gonna happen....den the watchman stood up and put of the lights inside her room.....she immediately understood itz time to sleep so went in and lay down on her mat inside the room....wow...i mean thats some training....she seems to be a stupid bitch......well now i knw she is not....
2.46 am....my rommie is saying letz goo....i dont feel like going....i am loving it down here...itz soo much unusual....the night is seemingly mine....i cant goo now....what happenned to the sleep of the 700 odd people in the hostel.....their peace for which i am the source....i am gonna stay back....not for what i have to do.....or not for wht makes me happy.....but for what i believe in.....
which is
one for all....and all for one.....
...
P.S.: 2.56am....sleep in peace hostelites....i have got it all covered....;)

4 comments:

  1. 1st post of year 2011!!
    Happy new year!!
    Its a sense of triumphs when u feel u r responsible for the sound sleep of 700 odd students!! Just like the real guards of the country!!

    Cheers to ur duty!!

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  2. thanks priyanka...
    and happy new year to u2...

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  3. good written.......
    ya, i too ws feeling sleepy,
    so wanted to come back asap.
    come on, it ws not the Q of sleep of 700 odd peoples....

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  4. its a feeling my friend....too bad u dident feel it...

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