Over the past few days,a lot has happened.Although not very significant...not something which could have changed the course of American presidential elections or Australia's series defeat against our maverick cricket team INDIA ...or for that matter which can make a big difference in my life.But these are still important for they have taught me things about human beings!
Well I have a friend who is really really good at Cricket.He is a complete all-rounder.I personally adore him very much for his talents.
We use to play indoor cricket or colloquially called as 'One Drop One Hand' cricket within our hostel compound and its a big hit among us here.A big respite from the daily grilling which primarily consists of thinking how to kill time!Obviously after MOVIES.Nothing can beat that.So he is our Sachin cum Warne cum Jonty Rhodes in that field.And I am no competition to him ...well actually there's no competition between us,in fact.But it so happened that for 2-3 consecutive days I was teamed against him and I managed to get him out on my balls number of times making him commit same kind of mistakes again and again.It was a big thing for me ... I never considered it as my victory over him or anything...but it was just self satisfying to get him out again & again (as any amateur bowler would feel getting Sachin Tendulkar out .It wouldn't make the Batting Maestro any shorter in his stature but it would only mean to the bowler that he is something,that he has some talents too!).It was the same feeling for me.
After the game,we returned to our rooms and I started talking to him about this and told him even the trick I was playing with his batting strategy.
From the next day,he started playing more conscious and even then I picked him up twice or thrice.As it happened yesterday,we were again teamed opposite and when I again got him out twice in a span of 5 games...he was just so vexed!Sometimes people place so much prestige to things that belong only to them that they get annoyed even if someone just tries to come closer to it.There was this expression in his eyes which told me that I don't become equal to him and this might happen to anyone.Fine.I know that and I never competed with him to get near him 'coz I can't ever.But it hurts when your friends make you realize this.It also somehow showed that our friendship is not of equals but of a very talented & stylish person with a very 'ordinary' colleague.And this later sentence is not just because of this incident only ... but a long thought which is slowly ebbing my mind.
I kept quiet for few time but its just too tough for me to avoid friends and so I finally told him that his attitude has hurt me without telling the complete reason.He asked me and I denied.
Since then,I am quiet and aloof from friends....spending all my time alone in my room ,on my bed.I am talking to them only when it's necessary.I have got my Laptop's hard disk replaced and so I am pretending as to be very busy revamping my drives.I don't know when I would choose to come out of this self knitted cocoon.
Next exam is on 18th and I haven't touched my notes yet.Oh I forgot to mention , 7th end-sem exams are on and the first two papers (Microwave & DCNP) have gone O-K-A-Y.
C Ya!Bye.
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