Diwali 2010; Night

Until 5pm on Diwali I was devoid of my identity in black and white. Mom found it amidst her belongings in her room. More than the fact that I was barred from enjoying the festivities, I was restless because of the myriad of complaints, formalities and hassles it presents. The notion 'when you stop looking what you find eventually comes to you' has always been true in my life. Leave the wallet aside, almost everything else, love, friendships, acquaintances, name it... I find them only when I don't look for it....

Just as I was about to relax and enjoy what was remaining of the day, I got a call from a junior from my former university. Alcohol Pre-Presentation rang me up because he was back in Peaceful Suburb for Diwali. He was also part of the Indian gang I spent my undergraduate days with. So Alcohol Pre-Presentation tells me that he wants to meet up and I agreed. Tagging along was supposed to be Mr. Fuck A-Lot (Mr Fuck A Lot and Alcohol Pre-Presentation were acquainted even before they were undergraduates). Unsuspectingly, I drove out from my granny's place to the snooker center we were supposed to gather. As I was approaching the vicinity I spot Alcohol Pre-Presentation standing beside the road looking out for a familiar maroon coloured Wira to park. Lo and behold, my worst nightmares manifested into that one scene. Mr P's maroon Wira. That sneaky asshole!!! Alcohol Pre-Presentation and Mr. Fuck A Lot apparently and very conveniently left out the fact that Mr. P was driving them to meet me!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It didn't take more than a second for me to drive straight on... I gave all three a rain-check via text message and drove around... Calls after calls started pouring in... And three replies... I ended further communication with a reply to each one of them and ignored their calls... It took every ounce of will-power in me to avoid the very place they were stationed at but I did drop by to see his car and give a kiss goodbye to it...

Diwali 2010, will stick around in my memory for a very long time...