Carl Lewis Of MIG-8

I opted to stay in the College hostel from the second year of my college.Our college was expanding then. Demand for hostel accommodation was high as against the availability of rooms. So staff quarters were becoming hostels then. I got an accommodation in one such building, MIG. After few weeks, we somehow managed to get our group in MIG and we were a 8 member team.

Though initially we stayed sharing two apartments in our 2nd year, we managed to have a house as our accommodation...... 8 of us and there was no room for any melancholy. Fun and mockery were always in the air. Our department was a ten minute walk from our hostel while, our college office building and temple were a good 15-20 min walk.

The people in the first year classes were shuffled and put in many different sections of our department in our second year. Each of us felt we missed someone or the other coz of the shuffling, but eventually we got over it and found our new pals and kept the good rapport with our old pals too.

My buddy and a close pal of mine vasan, too had one such friend. Well as fate has its way, they too were separated. Vasan throughout his school days, had never shared a class room with a girl. Voila, for him everything was new, meeting women, sharing labs classes, having them as part of your lab team etc....He did find a very good friend in the first year of the opposite sex.

Since they were put in different sections of the same department in the second year and because of his upcoming from a boys environment, he did not have enough guts to come in terms with the separation....our man was dejected. Though he wanted to talk to his new found friend, something always seem to tell him no and do the opposite. Even when his new found friend tried to talk to him, he somehow was not able to bring himself to talk. i thought abt this and made sure they talk at least once......which may bring down the barriers...

Since i had a good rapport with his new found friend, i spoke and made all arrangements for the meeting. It was agreed that vasan, was somehow made to come near our college Temple around

520pm and his best friend will also be there, and somehow we make him talk.

440pm: the college bell rang for the last time of the day indicating its the end of the hour.

445pm: i met vasan in the lobby of our department, along with two more good pals of ours, we set out of department to our college canteen

515pm: we came out of canteen after all the chit chat and other stuff.

520pm: we were on time...vasan now got suspicious.

vasan :டேய் என்னடா என்னிக்குமே கோவில்க்கு வரமாடீங்க இன்னிக்கு என்ன அதுவும் காலேஜ் முடுஞ்சவுடனே??

me: சும்மா தான் டா.

Now his new found friend was walking toward us...We were separated by some good 300-400 meters. Vasan was able to make out well what was happening, he shook off my hand from his shoulder. He took off..... We never knew where he was heading to. But alas i was fat enough and that kept myself from running :) :)...so i just stayed there with my roommate, i was not sure abt the happenings. This bloody beggar didn't even have a mobile. Mobile phones were not a common thing then..


me : எங்கட போனான் இவன்?
rm: யாருக்கு தெரியும். இவனையும் நம்பி நீ வண்ட பாரு!!!!!
me: எனக்கு என்னடா தெரியும் இப்படி வெக்க பட்டு ஒடுவானு?

By this time his new found friend has come.

NFF: பாரு உன் நண்பன. இப்போ நா என்ன அவன தொரதிட்ட ஓட முடியும்? அப்படி என்ன வெக்கம் அவனுக்கு?

Just then i received a phone call in my mobile from our hostel phone booth. It was my dear vasan.

vasan: டேய் நா வந்துட்டேன் டா, ரூம்க்கு.

me; நசமாப்போசு. எப்படி டா அதுக்குள்ள போனா? just ஒன்ற நிமிஷம் தான் டா ஆகிருக்கு?

vasan: அவல பதேனா பயம் வந்துருச்சு, அப்படியே ஓடி வந்துட்டேன் டா.

I was surprised to find that the he was able to reach our room so fast. He was able to cross the entire 15-20mins of walk under 90 secs. From then on, this was always a topic of fun whenever we all gathered...He was indeed the CARL LEWIS of our room!!!!!!!!

That was the day i decided, what ever happens, i should never rely on this vasan in my plans :) :). Well somehow he came over that as time went by. Today he shares a good rapport with his new found friend of Ist year and they are great friends now......