Imagine being jampacked in a 1.5 acre region with 600 students mulling around. Imagine trying to get a drink from the bar with 2 bartenders. (Well that actually turned out to be relatively simple since it seemed that 90% of the class were teetolers). How is that even possible, i thought to myself. how can people converse with absolute strangers and "make friends" with such ease. I was clearly missing something.
Having walked there with Kunal, however, I was feeling comfortable. The cheap plastic cup of wine, aided the easing up process. The walk to the party 08 lounge had been lengthy though but we had discoveerd a shortcut that we could use on the way back :) The party's theme was back to school (mystery solved). But by then my white shirt was sweat soaked (humid hyderabad, something like windy chicago) so i had changed.
Wine in right hand, i was charged up and ready to start making some friends! There were people from Delhi that I knew through other people. To tell you the truth, everyone in delhi probably knows everyone else in Delhi through someone. Its a bit disdturbing actually but c'est la vie and the link gives you a talking point.
There was Rohaan, who was my friend's well sort of secret boyfriend. There was Saad, who went to college with a friend of mine, who I went to high school with and there was Akshay whose girlfriend I had gone to college with for a year!
Summing up my first impressions from what i remember:
Rohaan: good looking in a ranbir kapoor sort of way, nice guy, boy next door
Saad: good looking in a will smith sort of way, warm, friendly, FUN
Akshay: good looking in a robert pattinson kind of way,
the intersrting thing about Akshay is that he brings his own liquor (black label) to party because of "inability to drink this cheap shit" !!!!
(In case you want to know how he manages it, he hides it behind a rock and goes to the back and takes periodic swigs.)
So at this point ure probably wondering, was I interested in any of them? I should have probably mentioned at the beginning that they ALL had girlfriends.
Besides that, before coming to college I had developed a checklist of what I wanted my next boyfriend to be like.
Looks: Somewhat important but not really
Degrees: Preferably an IITian, solid resume
Hobbies/interests: Preferably sporty but not necessary. However must have something else to occupy his mind apart from just work and socialising
Social behavior: Partially reclusive, few good friends, is NOT a "party person"
Vices: Drinking and smoking allowed but no drugs and no MONOGAMOUSLY CHALLENGED gentlemen
Overall pluses: non attention seeking behavior
Look, i said i developed it. I rarely follow my own checklists in any case. :) :) :) And in any case, The One doesn't enter the picture till third term and thats still a few posts and a few memories away.
Having walked there with Kunal, however, I was feeling comfortable. The cheap plastic cup of wine, aided the easing up process. The walk to the party 08 lounge had been lengthy though but we had discoveerd a shortcut that we could use on the way back :) The party's theme was back to school (mystery solved). But by then my white shirt was sweat soaked (humid hyderabad, something like windy chicago) so i had changed.
Wine in right hand, i was charged up and ready to start making some friends! There were people from Delhi that I knew through other people. To tell you the truth, everyone in delhi probably knows everyone else in Delhi through someone. Its a bit disdturbing actually but c'est la vie and the link gives you a talking point.
There was Rohaan, who was my friend's well sort of secret boyfriend. There was Saad, who went to college with a friend of mine, who I went to high school with and there was Akshay whose girlfriend I had gone to college with for a year!
Summing up my first impressions from what i remember:
Rohaan: good looking in a ranbir kapoor sort of way, nice guy, boy next door
Saad: good looking in a will smith sort of way, warm, friendly, FUN
Akshay: good looking in a robert pattinson kind of way,
the intersrting thing about Akshay is that he brings his own liquor (black label) to party because of "inability to drink this cheap shit" !!!!
(In case you want to know how he manages it, he hides it behind a rock and goes to the back and takes periodic swigs.)
So at this point ure probably wondering, was I interested in any of them? I should have probably mentioned at the beginning that they ALL had girlfriends.
Besides that, before coming to college I had developed a checklist of what I wanted my next boyfriend to be like.
Looks: Somewhat important but not really
Degrees: Preferably an IITian, solid resume
Hobbies/interests: Preferably sporty but not necessary. However must have something else to occupy his mind apart from just work and socialising
Social behavior: Partially reclusive, few good friends, is NOT a "party person"
Vices: Drinking and smoking allowed but no drugs and no MONOGAMOUSLY CHALLENGED gentlemen
Overall pluses: non attention seeking behavior
Look, i said i developed it. I rarely follow my own checklists in any case. :) :) :) And in any case, The One doesn't enter the picture till third term and thats still a few posts and a few memories away.
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