Happy New Year 2015

It was the night of 31st, of course no need to mention that the 31st means 31st Dec, & I was travelling to my hometown. My observation throughout my IT career says that “Going Home” is the sweetest thing for IT professionals. Same was the case with me & I was happy. I had my dinner & reached the bus stop from where I usually get picked-up by the travels. This time I hadn't done the reservation; just thought of directly asking the driver/cleaner for any available seats as this is off-season for travels going towards my place. I left the room little early so that I can have multiple options to choose from lot of travels, but it took around an hour to reach all the travels at the stop. Till the time I didn't had any option other than waiting, so I sat on a place & got engaged in the road circus.

As it was the night of 31st, means celebrations, parties & enjoyment. Lots of people were heading towards the various parties, DJs arranged. My friends had asked me for joining them, but I had to go to home. Happiness was all around, but not around me. My mood was little mixed with happiness of going home & sadness of not celebrating New Year. And whenever you don’t have complete happiness, the sadness overtakes it; your face shows it completely. In between, I got the travels with 25% OFF on ticket cost, which made me little happier as IT people always look for such offers regularly. The travels was quite empty, I took the 2nd row seat. I don’t like to sleep in travels, hence throughout the travel I was thinking about my mixed mood.

Of course going home makes everyone happy, but celebrating/hanging out with friends gives you lots of happiness until you are bachelor. I mean only bachelor, not single; because once you leave your single’s degree, there are lots of things that need to be taken care of. People who are in a relationship will know these things very well.

As the journey progressed, I was figuring out the different ways people use to celebrate the new year, like “Group of friends decide to the whole day celebration plan like Movie in afternoon + DJ Party in evening + Dinner”; “Family person takes his/her family to a movie in the evening & then to a good famous restaurant in night”. So are other ways, but would like to keep them under curtain for a while.

When my friends asked me to join them, I could have joined but then a sudden thought crossed over my mind What’s point in going to such big DJ party for new year celebration when you do not have companion. Just I said that with friends you enjoy a lot, but when you are with someone special then your enjoyment gets double; And I am sure people having such special person in their life would agree to this. But you can’t ignore the other side of coin & it is – If you are single & you go to such a big parties, there is a chance to find your special one and if God has planned something like that for you, you are going to get it for sure. But God had planned something different for me as I was going Home.

The clock struck 12.00 and I wished my friends a Happy New Year!!!

We were almost midway through the journey with 12.30 AM in the clock & suddenly driver hit the brakes like he was about to break that brake, when the thought of becoming double from single brought a smile on my face. Everyone in the travels was jolted out of their slumber. Some of them cursed the driver as well. I also tried to find the reason for stopping suddenly which woke up everyone. Driver was on the road & was talking with two wheeler rider. The two wheeler was actually loaded with three persons & all of them were heavily drunk. They were coming from the opposite direction & were in our path while overtaking another vehicle. Rather than saying sorry or asking for forgiveness, they were quarreling with driver for not driving properly. They were from the nearby area and to avoid more argument, driver asked them to remove their vehicle from our way. In the mean time, a long traffic was blocked on both sides.

The drunken people removed their vehicle & we again commenced our journey. The driver was talking with his co-worker & from the discussion I came to know that the people were badly drunk & reason for it was New Year Celebration. This is other way of celebration which I kept under curtains & didn't want to mention here. But few things are always need to mention irrespective of the situation, people present, etc, etc...

Still, I don’t understand why people get drunk if they can’t handle themselves? Every time these people say I am OK, I am Fine & in next minute they are on the floor. People do not understand the simple concept – Celebrate New Year with drinks & make some promises, but if they have met an accident on the same day, what they are going to do for rest of the year? How they are going to keep the promises they made on the very first day of year? And this is worst side of New Year Celebration. If those guys would have met with an accident with us, then the life of them would have been in danger along with that the life of driver who wasn't part of this anymore.

I have few friends who are regular member of drinks, but I am proud of them as they always keep themselves in limit, especially when they have to travel after the drinks & when to have to go home just after drinks to avoid home clashes. I also have seen lot of people who are in limit & I am happy that these people really understand the importance of life of their as well as others.

The time was 2.00 AM & our travels was at some dhaba for a tea break. There were other travels also & almost everyone from each travels was outside for having tea in the cold season of winter. Coldness was there in the air, but it feels very good when you are taking tea in the winter & especially on dhaba. I am not a regular tea in-taker, but I don’t wanted to miss this chance of hot & cold combination.

I headed towards the cash counter, where a girl was quarreling with the person on counter for not giving proper change in return. I was standing behind her in queue & was waiting for it to over. Finally it got over & the girl turned back. Unknowingly I went so close to that girl that when the girl turned back we almost crashed into each other. She had already taken the tea-cup & now that cup was on my hands, i.e. the whole tea was splitted on my hands spoiling my hard earned Rs. 10/- note. The girl was already angry & then our cute, at least for me, accident made her more, but somehow all her anger was converted into sympathy for me.

First of all, I was little shocked when she showed a sympathy to me, but I was more stunned when I saw her face. It was crystal clear glowing in moon light, complete black eyes & chiseled round face. I was completely like “Uncle muh to band karo!!!” or “Ek Ladki ko Dekha to aisa laga..” 

In a minute I felt like I am in heaven & one of the angel is in front of me. I was looking at her face like I am the only one who has got chance to see such a beautiful girl in the whole world. Her whole attention was on my hands & mine was on her face. All around us was a big noise of trucks going on highway, people in the dhaba, but I was hearing her voice only. She was asking for water & saying sorry in between. All my concentration got broken when the person besides me put some cold water on my hands. The cold water in such low temp was enough to freeze my blood, but her touch to my hands kept the temperature maintained. Her touch increased my Blood Pressure with my heart was pumping at the rate of 200 MPH like an F1 racing car.

I shouted on the person in a louder voice for putting such cold water on my hands, but he shouted back on me saying that the hot tea was splitted on my hands. When I saw my hands, both were showing some design made up of brown colored tea with some dots of water, just like we found usually on ladies apparels. I said “Sorry” to that person & “It’s OK” to that girl for showing some awareness of the situation, but mine was completely fall-off.

I went to the wash room, cleaned my hands & when I came outside I saw that the girl was still at the same place & looking at me with a very very cute smile on her face. The smile made her more beautiful than the previous one. She came towards me & asked about my hands. I said hands are OK & asked for forgiveness. We both said Sorry to each other at the same time & it lead us to laugh for such a co-incidence.

For showing some generosity, I asked her for tea & she said yes without any hesitation. Her yes brought some confidence in me. When I was going towards cash counter, she told me give only exact amount as these guys do not give proper change in return. I took two tea for us & asked her to come outside of dhaba. I brought her outside as whole dhaba was looking at us like we are couple & have left the house for our future. In the cold environment, the tea was perfect one to have.

I started the conversation with saying that the tea is very good & she also nodded her head like she was completely agreed with me. We exchanged our name & then we talked little more about my job & her education. She was the student of 3rd year Computer Engineering in one of the best colleges for Engineering. As I am in IT field, she showed more interest in me & that time I feel proud to be an ITian. She was little worried about the job due to such a recession, but I told her that since you are in very good college, you will get a job for sure. That sentence brought a cute smile on her face once more which made me happy as well.

We finished our tea & said bye-bye to each other. As her travels had come to the dhaba before us, it will go before us. She went towards her travels & got seated into it. She was in the window seat; hence I was able to see her. She was also looking at me & raised her hand for final good bye. I also went into my travels & got seated into it.

There were about 10 more minutes for us to leave & suddenly I heard her voice. She was calling me. I went down the travels & asked her, What Happened? Why are you calling me? She was asking for my mobile number. I asked her the reason for same & she said “Don’t you want to meet again?” I just got confused, “What she is saying?”. But I made myself conscious & felt very happy when she asked for my number. I gave my number & she said she will be giving a miss call so that I can have her number as well. She was having a HTC Wildfire touch screen mobile & the wallpaper of the mobile had her cute photo. I think she had taken that photo on any of the Mumbai Beaches.

She called me & my phone rang. I saw my mobile & it was showing my roommate’s number. I got more confused, how she can have my roommate’s number?. I picked up the call & it was the voice of my roommate. He had called me for wishing a Happy New Year. I replied back with same wishes to him & cut the call. I saw around - There was no girl around me, nothing was going, travels was running like a jet in sky & everyone in the travels was sleeping like “Kumbhkarna”. 

All in sudden I came to know that all it was a dream & there is no girl asking for my mobile number. All my happiness fallen down like a bungalow of cards. I was just laughing at myself.

Why doesn't GOD plans this same scene in real?. I hope God has planned something similar in future but just giving me an hint for the same.

By the way, A very very Happy New Year to all. I wish all the happiness of world to you & your loved ones. And please wish for me as well. Also, make sure you follow the 3D policy on road, i.e. “Don’t Drink & Drive…”