Wishing A Special Friend

Okay, this is an off the topic blog but its a special occasion of the birthday of one of my closest friend. So here is the intellectual gift that we present to her. She goes by the name XYZ (sticking to the policy), but the appropriate name for her would be Dimpy (*suggestion by Anju)) Special words by people around her, in the hostel who would like to give speech to their feelings for her. Off we go. And before i get shouted out by someone, this was the idea of NikR (hahaha since u like short forms).

Since its her idea I will let her have a go first. So here is what NikR thinks wants to say to you. Along with my additions and comments (just to keep up the buckchodi you know, and every note of mine begins with a star so as to differentiate)

NikR-  

    See. I’m now formulating the Nikito theory of friendship (*Buckchod notes - You can read it but it doesn't make any sense trust me on that. Maybe it’s because we learn so much in Economics classes). It’s basic common sense that degree and seriousness of friendship is directly proportional to the love and understanding between people. All things held constant (Ceterus Paribus. Wow, that does sound intellectual), it can be derived that the utility of friendship will increase with increase in love for the friend. And according to theory of Diminishing Marginal Utility, after the saturation point, the utility will start reducing. So, maybe, after a few years, we will get bugged of each other and therefore, the reliance and dependence and utility of the friendship will decrease.

    Well, I can only say one thing.

    Screw economic theories. ( *Exactly what I was saying in the beginning)

    The first time I saw you, I thought, ‘Hmm. She’s tall. Fair. Pretty. Looks like she’s got a load of attitude.’ (*Girls always assume people other than themselves to have attitude) When I was introduced to you, my thoughts were reinstated. And finally, when you and I were in the same class, with the others having a gala time in section A, I wept on Anju's shoulder. Seriously.

    Who the hell ever knew that one day, we’d be sitting next to each other at 3 a.m and posting shit on facebook on the SAME status and laughing so much that I felt the NTP. ( *God knows what that means, but since it isnt for me I wouldnt bother much)

    Who ever thought that my cheap room would become GROUP ka room and that the room would feel incomplete without Anju’s and my ROOMIE in it? (*This doesnt make sense either)

    

    Who could ever imagine that we’d share so many thoughts, so much laughter, so much friendship? If you ask me, even the frickin toothbrush is same, and the sheer MTBTness of it scares me and makes me just so ecstatic.

    You’re gorgeous. Your face exudes a glow everyday that’s so unique and somehow so YOU. Your sarcasm (in tune) and your smile and the potency in your charm? Dude, makes every girl wish, ‘Kaash main Muskan ki tarah hoti.’ (*Okay its beyond me to acknowledge such "girl" stuff)

    You’re so damn precious to us, Muski (*finally something that I can second). And being, ahem, senior to you and wiser than you (by roughly 2 months){*wiser by two months?}, it is my duty to expound on the stuff that entails being 18, but since I am the queen of blading, will not bore you more. Have too much fun. Laugh a hell lot. Cry harder(*Wow what a wish, though I agree on the whole it sounds cool). And be true to who you are. There’s nothing more perfect than you being yourself. We love you J Happy illegal drinking age, love J

     Okay, next I will let Eros have a go. He talks balls so do not read too much into the details. Just the emotion will be good enough.

Eros-

    Dear Gulaabo, (* Something between the two of them, don’t ask me. I haven’t got any idea what this is supposed to mean)

    Though it’s just been two months out of eighteen years, I don’t know what impact i have had on u but certainly you are a major part of my life at GNLU.

    The first time i saw u, i thought she’s pretty (*Anju-Shady haan?) and then u stood up, and it struck me that you are not just pretty I need to add a tall to it. Pretty Tall(*HAHAHAHAHA, poor fellow, must have gone through a complex) and very pretty.

    After about a week we finally got introduced courtesy Yudi, and the whole GNLU experience for me has been different ever since.  The “bakchodian” we do in Accounts class is epic (oo-hoo). All the time we have spent together in the mess, classes and the hostel has been awesome.

It’s amazing that you never get irritated despite my best efforts to do so. You are an awesome person at heart and one of the most chilled out girls I’ve ever met. (*the most chilled out “person” is me, so he put up a “girls” in there)

I Love you for what you are.

HAPPY 18^th BIRTHDAY GULAABO

    Next to go will be Sister and I literally had to coerce her into writing her feeling, because given the choice she would gladly have taken a sentence each from every other persons speech and made 1 of her own. So here is what originality she could come up with, it’s a plausible effort coming from her.

Sister-

    ¡Hola!

¡Feliz cumpleaños! (Happy Birthday!!...in Spanish :P )

Knowing the kind of person I am you know it is difficult to write original stuff[*my point exactly] (Google ke bina phatti meri)…..dil ki baat, emotions etc, etc mere palle na pade….i know yeh sab bolke paka ya gnlu style dassssss rahi hoon..disclaimer diye bina main koi kaam nahi karti!

Muskan sharma…hmm…first thought …“beta chawal dena!!” …lol :P…ok I’ll get serious… (*Really? That would be a first for you, aye? :P)

Time just flew these past two months only because of friends like you J …otherwise it would’ve been hell and filled with constant complex and what not!...all the late night gossip sessions, the dancing and singing, eating binges and the incessant chakela jokes!!…each and every moment spent with you was amazing. Hope you have a wonderful year ahead and enjoy your special day J

Best wishes and love

Sister

    Thank you Sister we really appreciate your huge efforts in doing this. You must really love her to have written over 150 words. :D

And that isn’t sarcasm okay?

    Next up is Gini and here is what she has to say to u..

Gini- 

    Muskuu !! Happy Birthday!! Finally you turn 18 ! 

    I remember the first time I saw you (*Why does everyone remember the first time? Looks like the girl makes strong 1^st impressions). We were on the same flight. I thought you would be a senior because you were all happy and smiley while I felt utterly clueless (*Was that the only reason?). Only now I know, that this is who you are. Full of life, you blissful soul(*Oh I love poetry). I love our crazy antics at 3 in the night. The full on filmy dancing, the hunt for anything ‘meetha’ and also the non-sensical video making frenzy you  have going on (Fakiira :D). You do the best ‘Dhirubhai Ambani and stuffs’ impression that cracks me up every single time. It’s just been 2 months in this place but thanks to friends like you that life is fun at GNLU (Shubham Bhavatu all the way !){*Shubham Bhavatu?. NO WAY!!!}. You are an awesome person. Gorgeous inside out with a special talent of sitting for prolonged periods without blinking (*Strange things people have to say on your birthday). And the permanent member of ‘group ka room’ I’m glad to have a friend like you present right in the next room. 

A very Happy Birthday to you. Enjoy your special day and have an amazing year ahead. (*Why doesn’t anyone add something like “hope you give us a splendid party”, kind of thing?

Loads of love,

Gini

 

    Next up on the podium will be Anju speaking shady stuff and nodding her head away to glory. Also I give her the credit for supplying the photographs. Adds colour to the blog. Thank You for that (*After the supply of the pics, I blatantly take credit for all the editing and artistry with the pics. Its just that I am attached to photography). Anyway here we go….

Anju-

      When i think of Musku, I always remember the first time I saw her (*Again). I came to the hostel lugging my luggage and wondering how I was going to stay at this place. Don’t blame me, this place that is home now, looked real shady (*AHA! I was waiting for this) to me the first time I saw it! There I was standing in front of the hostel office and grumbling; more like watching my mom grumbling  ( her ma ki mamta was over the top that time ). I looked around, scanning the place and I see this girl behind me. She wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary. Right then, the ordinary was everyone scurrying around the hostel and coming to terms with the fact that they were going to get bake in this place for the next five years. The girl in question was also doing the ordinary, nevertheless she was striking. In simple terms she was beautiful.  I’d like to go on but then what is the rest of the write up for huh?

I meet my blessed roommate NikR and the two of us hit it off instantly. With time, I learn that the protagonist’s ( just felt like using a big word) name is DIMPY. She lived in a totally different block and was also in a different section. So I assumed she was just going to be one of the people who’d be my ‘hi- bye’ friends.  And that is exactly what we were for quite some time. I even thought that this girl has a lot of attitude and managed to tell NikR that I did not think she’s a good person(*Just adds strength to my point. Girls make random assumptions). Was I right in my judgement? I couldn’t have been worse in my judgement, as she turned out to be a real sweetheart.

    And then somehow, with all the abhivyakti practises we start talking and become friends. And today as I type this in ginny’s room on the pretext of learning the law of DMU from Granger( I hope you’re blinking) I realise that apna room now feels weird without her! I know it’s just been 4 days but she’s ‘roomie’ to us now :D .  I’m obviously not the first person saying this, but she’s absolutely beautiful(man se bhi) (*I bet you aren’t the first person), charming, smart and let’s not forget hilarious( chawal khalo beta :P) And don’t ask how funny she is, when she’s  annoyed with someone. In short, I love her! :*

I know it’s only been 2 months but in a hostel that’s more than enough time to know someone and with regard to dimpy, I love what I know :D  

Dimpy, here’s wishing you a very happy birthday! Ask the old and experienced ( hint: certain 19 year olds skulking around) for advice on how to live your 18^th :D you’re amazing and deserve nothing but the best. We love you for what you are because that’s when you’re at your best. Issi khushi mein, ek sack race ho jaye!! :D your birthday is still a day away while I type this so I still have time before you read this. Tab tak, chawal khalo beta! FYI, that is full on dimpy style, ok? (full on dimpy style again :D)

Have a great day sweety! Love you loads! :D

Anju J

Next up is Granger and I dare not put in much comments because I fear for my Economics marks tomorrow as its all upto her.

Granger-

 So when the idea of this blog post was incepted, I wasn’t one of the happiest people around. After all, for someone who shudders at the very thought of expressing love, such an idea is quite the harbinger of doom. Nevertheless, here goes. So yes, you’re pretty, freaking GORGEOUS actually, but what the hell, I’m sure you’ve heard that one enough. Moving on. Earlier, the image I had of you was quite the innocent one. In my head, you were this really sweet girl who was perpetually joyful and who cracked up at jokes so unfunny, they had even Niki hiding for cover! Hehe. Of course, you also have the patented rights of the soon-to become-a-phenomenon-greater-than-anything-the-world-has-ever-seen-before ‘MTBT’! We owe you for that one!

And then Delhi happened. Oh lord. Unforgettable? Check. That’s when I saw how ‘multi-faceted’ you are! ;) What with cursing cramped Spicejet seats, wolfing down half-cooked, half-heated pizza at 2 in the morning, hoping to the Almighty that Roshni would get the ‘Get out! We need sleep!’ hint, warding off Asmita and her desperate drinking desires, dragging our tushies out of bed for a debate no one was really interested in, slogging through 5 hours of pointless existence followed by 2 hours of debating, dragging said tushies back to bed, warding off Asmita and her desperate drinking desires (she’s going to murder me! :O), repeating the cycle all over again, experiencing THE night, waking up on a strange bed the next morning (Yes, the dirty thought is intentional :P) and then getting back to the humdrum (on much more comfortable IndiGo seats, thank you), that was one hell of a trip. And I know it wouldn’t have been half as much of a blast without you (drunk/sober. Hehe). 

I owe you one of the best experiences of my life (and you owe me 3000 bucks!). And I hope you can forgive me this random gibberish. I’ll shut up now.

 Happy Birthday! You’re legal! Woohoo! :D

Inspector is coming with his whistles blowing high. Dont put any comments related to this or you might face his wrath. During his violent streak.

Inspector - 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Unlike others, I have started with the important part first. That’s actually because I don’t really remember when I first met you or talked to you… haha… do let me know if you do remember…

I don’t feel the need to super dass you in order to let you know that you are awesome. In simple words you are just awesome because you are fun to be with. Whenever you are around kuch timepass buckchodi ho hi jati hai! It is impressive how after some extreme bore class you can be full of joy and energy, ready to crack some of your usual funny dialogue with NikR. Keep it up and keep finding innovative ways of buckchodi like your sack race dialogue so that we can be entertained for the remaining 4 and a half years here…

Hope you have a great day and an awesome year full of buckchodi ahead of you!

Best Wishes,

Inspector Saab

Next up will be Trip and he will start peling intellectual buckchodi. So do your best to make maximum sense out of it.

Trip-

DIMPYY. I haven't met a person whose name describes her better. Her smile is contagious. I distinctly remember the first time I saw her during our orientation. As I sat there in Hall No. 1, apprehensive yet excited, a tall (rather collosal!) figure emerged wearing a big smile on her face with two cute dimples as if they were sidekicks. And to be honest, that was the first time I felt good to be at GNLU. :P

And then began a series of 'fortunate' events that makes our friendship so special. Countless trips to Infocity, those hilarious long walks with friends back to hostel from college and endless buckchodi in classrooms cemented our relationship. I must also appreciate the significance of Muskan's attempt to satisfy our insatiable desire for non-veg food (KFC!) And now comes THE most important part- our trip to Delhi on pretext of a silly debate :P For the first time our little coterie was going to my fav city and I could already sense the excitement. Thats when I got to know Muski better. The amount of sincerity and diligence she exhibited in summing up our debates as the whip and her constant prodding to go to CP and get drunk is unparallel, to put it subtly.

Finally, as I look back at my 2 months in GNLU lying in my pantry listening to Hurt (by Nine Inch Nails), I wonder how would life have been in this alien place if I hadn’t made such awesome friends like Muski. They always lighten your mood, help you when you need them the most and make college life all the more fun. So let me take this opportunity to wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUSKI! May you get all the success you deserve throughout this year and always remember that you the best and we are always there for you!

Cheers! :D

Okay next one is by Yudi and it is obvious that this is the one we are all looking forward to, since its pretty obvious who she is closest to. So without taking much time and space let him have a go.

Yudi-

musku!!  from what i know of you ( and trust me that is loads ;) ) its very tough to write that in a page or two! our friendship started like a whirlwind from that casual "pls can u turn down the A.C" in the class... we became best friends in a couple of days!! When we first talked i never imagined that we would hit of so quickly n dono itne badre backchod niklege!! I still remember the awkward hi which u did not notice n came to see actually who it was in frnt of ur hostel gate and how in a few days we were there at  that same gate to say bye every day...we actually hit off so well that all our friends first thought that were an "item" ;) (well i suspect many of them still do) but who can know what we have better than us. Thank you for being a constant support here...ur there every time! Ur a sweetheart n will always be one for me...in a couple of months we have the most awesome memories of a lifetime n it seems that we know each other for years now!! Finding a friend like u here has seriously made life in GNLU a blessing :P. I still remember how i came to knw ur name.... :D one of rare pretty girls in our batch...n never i thought that the same "rare pretty girl" after whom almost every senior n our batchmates were running after would become my best friend!! We r the BEST example of MTBT ;)....every class without u seems dull (if i am up) every day without u boring!! Remember how we both got selected for venky? i still think i would not have made it if u would nt have come :D ;) ....of course when i first saw u coz u were "MUSKAN" :D i thought that like every other pretty girl u would have loads of attitude oozing out but boy i could not have been more wrong! Musku (btw this name was supposed to be pvt bw us :P ) never have met such a selfless,amazing,pretty,backchod laundiya in my life! i dnt need to say this coz i know u cn never change n will always remain the same :). A true sign of friendship not how much u meet a person or be with each other but how do u make each other feel when ur together n being with u makes me feel simply AMAZING. Musku n always keep that "MUSKAN" on cause ur dimples are like sunshine in crazy richa's class :D

Love u forever, :)

I give myself the chance to speak at the very end. Not because I don’t have much to say but because

Buckchod-

Okay to begin with, I had thought that I would have nothing to do with girls here in GNLU since I have the lovliest girlfriend back in Mumbai. But I forgot that friendship is something that doesn’t discriminate between girls and guys. So as I hit off brilliantly with Yudi and Trip I didn’t think about it. But to be friends with Yudi and not be friends with girls is impossible. So as Yudi made his first friend among girls I naturally came in contact with her. Well before meeting her all I KNEW (*not assumed) was she was the prettiest girl in our batch (as opined by my batch-mates and by some seniors who were open about it.) So yeah, Yudi and Dimpy become great friends in a day and the next day I am having lunch with the two of them and a few others. My opinion during lunch was that the girl is fun loving and animated though it was obvious that sitting next to each other and not having introduced ourselves to each other was odd and we didn’t talk anything much, actually nothing at all, other than ridiculous Harry Potter Hindi dialogues. I remember u talking about what they would say to “Are you nuts?” You said, “according to me it would be- Kya tum Kaju, Kishmish ho?” So you along with NikR did make an impression, that I definitely could not avoid making friends with girls who are as Buckchod as I. So this goes on for a few days and Yudi with his food doesn’t notice a thing as we remain unintroduced. As far as becoming friends is concerned I don’t remember how that happened, but this much I remember that it happened over those strange lunches.

So as we became friends I came to know that you are not only a regular Buckchod but also mad, crazy, awesome, insane, terrific, hilarious, mental all at one time. And also the fact that you are no novice at Buckchodi, a master at it ( coming from me its huge :P ) It was awesome planning to meet you along with my girlfriend in Mumbai, though we couldn’t actually materialise the plan. The fun part was planning and the constant changes in the plan till 4 in the night when 1 of us finally nodded off. I think that was me.  But all of it was a great experience and I think I could coin the term friends for us, only after that.

Here comes the major gift for you on your birthday, oops forgot the main thing….

Happy Birthday!!!!!!! It’s a great feeling to turn 18. Though I dunno how it is, think it is great. Hope you have the best day in your life and get great gifts and give us a great party. :D So finally I have said it. Anyway, coming to the major gift that I will give you tonight. Here it goes

For standing in the center of the crowded road with your hands open facing the sky and saying “Lagta hai barish hone wali hai” in the Black style

For sitting in the mess and impersonating an old person without teeth and saying “Chaval kha lo beta”

For sitting next to me in the history class and going through my so called History-Grammar notes and laughing our asses off in between the class.

For tolerating me at my funniest worst during the English classes and actually participating in it, when the Suicide bomber thing came up.

For making a team of Anju protectors with me and NikR and deciding poses as well in real FBI style..

For the sack races and the strange combos of fist bumps and left and right claps and the tssssss’s…

I hereby award to you…

 The best female Buckchod award, It is a huge honor and hope you will keep up the good work and continue being just the way you are. Funny, crazy and most importantly, a great friend. Good Luck for the future, Better the past, And enjoy the present. (that was purposely put in a messed up form for no apparent reason)

We all love you, and the best wishes of all are with you forever!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!