It's been almost two years since I gave up life and took on medicine. And strange as it sounds, studies are not the main problem I'm having.
For those of you who have listened to most of my "Dukhras", you might have guessed it; it's that I don't have many friends. But nobody ever understands exactly WHY am I the odd one out.
It was probably my first day at college and I didn't find any sane person to talk to. Nevertheless, I was walking to the Physio Deptt for my first tutorial with my batch. Out of nowhere, the guy walking beside me asks me, "Oye! Tu poondi karta hai?". For a moment I looked around if he really was talking to me but I guess soon it was obvious he was starting a "frank and welcoming" conversation. I gave him a stupid smile in reply and walked on. Meanwhile, a thousand thoughts came to my mind. I dreaded that all my fears about this place were about to come to life. But I was still underestimating what was about to follow.
So I made acquaintances with a few guys and fewer girls (about whom I had some sort of references beforehand). But still, I couldn't find a single person with whom I could get along like I did back in Beaconhouse. So most of my free time, I was either listening to desperate girl bullshit from a group of guys or listening to my Walkman under the library.
So one day, I'm sitting under the library facing the Canteen and this guy walks upto me asks "Why are you sitting on this side? The girls are on that side". What did I do to deserve this, GOD!
Anyway, cutting the detailed BS, here's a list of guys I tried to befriend and what went/is wrong with them.
(I'm keeping their anonymity just in case)
Guy A: Nice guy, still friends with him. Though he backstabbed me once but made up for it ever since. Some big differences exist so he's not really the perfect friend.
Guy B: Went really well for a few months, then he crapped all over it. Not even a friend anymore.
Guy C: Hypocrite. Lies blatantly in my face. Still, an acquaintance.
Guy D: Overclever. Thinks he can fool everybody with his fake caring gestures.
Guy E: Dumb, doofus, desperate; not to forget a theta of all sorts.
Group A: I thought this particular group of day-scholars would be fine but one day I was sitting with them under the library and suddenly they started passing moronic comments about girls sitting around and things like "Yar is larki ne ye dopatta to pehle kabhi nahi pehna." Didn't bother being with them again.
It's not that I'm a total outcast but I stand different because I don't have any friend like the ones I did in my school. Ones who were like me and had something to discuss that I liked. You probably still won't feel it but it's really difficult not to have a best friend of your own type.
Abraham Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher
16 years ago
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