Feels like Yesterday

A day that changed my life; I would be too filmy if I remembered the date (actually I do..) but let’s just say it was 43rd January 1656. A day carved in my mind, for everything that it gave me, only to be lost much unexpectedly, but that’s a later story.

So, it was the month of January, peak winters!! No.. no.. when you are living just a couple of miles away from the sea, there is no winter. But then, this is my special day; I get what I want so it is a nice winter morning. Before I tell you what transpired that morning, lemme just give you a brief introduction bout the what’s and where’s of me. What am I doing? I’ve just joined college 6 months back. I am completely off the hook, on my own, in a new town, having fun, meeting new people and of course the speciality of the day, “waiting to fall in love.” 

It’s not just another day today in college. It’s our one-in-an-yearly college tech fest, where we invite students from colleges all over south India and then blah.. blah.. blah.. and more blah.. The point here is, today is when the pretty faces in my class come all decced up, looking their gorgeous best. Perfume fragrances so hard, your smell sense would be taken for a ride. Pretty women everywhere!! And in this pretty crowd, I am searching for my stunning princess.

Yes, the one, the only, my Olive Oyl (well I couldn’t find a better disguise name for her).. ;) So here she was, draped in a maroon-green sari with jewellery to compliment. Beautiful flowing hair, eyes so captivating, you d get lost in them and that’s it. If I say too much, you might fall in love with my Olive Oyl. ;) I could see that she like me too coz when I went up to her to say “Hi”, she was pretty surprised (well.. coz she dint know I existed).. But I wasn’t to be disappointed and I was sure I was going to make her mine. So even if she dint know who I was, I gathered all the guts I could and borrowed some from my friends and went up to her and said... “Get up!! You lazy piece of trash, or you are gonne be late to office today also..!!”.. What? What did I just hear? Oh... Damn it. I just woke up... It’s a bloody Monday morning and I just had a sweet night’s dream? Awww.. No wonder it “Feels like only Yesterday”...