Christmas-eve!

I got done early from shoot. So I called up few of my friends. They were so busy that some picked up my call and hung up on me, some didn't even answer. I was damn sure about Nilesh, that he'll surely have time to hang around with me, but I forgot, his sister is getting married. He was busy too. I didn't have anyone. Awww! Poor me. 

I'm horrible dealing with situations like this, had only one option- HIT THE BAR. 

I enter and get settled on a table from where I had a decent view of the girls who were sitting across my table. They were three friends, must be from the same office, because they were constantly bitching about their Boss. I'm lucky, I never spoke bad things about my boss. My ex-bosses were really sweet and currently my good friends. I was put off by the girls and their language. 

I ordered a Bud. I think the company must have misspelled Budweiser. It should be... 

Butt-wiser. Clearly, it makes my butt a bit wiser.

Sipping and getting wiser, I was checking my phone unnecessarily and just trying to show that I was waiting for someone. I started chatting up with one of the waiters there. Rakesh, who served me my Bud was telling me how much efforts they had put in to decorate the place specially for the Christmas-eve. He had to go. He's not supposed to chat in his working hours. I was alone again. I always have this habit of chatting up with random people around me. I really Can't kill the Radio Jockey in me! It gets pretty boring when you are sitting alone in a lounge. And then two gentlemen wearing Santa caps (not sure if it's called a Santa Cap) came and sat right next to my table. Tall, fair and both of them had different accents. With their loud voice, everyone noticed them. One had a french beard and the other was clean shaven. 

The moment the french beard guy opened a pack of 'Bidis (local and cheap cigarettes, easily available in India), they had my attention. I could not believe those two guys sitting on the floor and smoking Bidis. That was really a funny sight! I felt like clicking a picture but instead, the one with a stronger accent asked me to click their picture. First I clicked in my phone and then theirs.

They asked me to join them. Poor and lonely me, sat happily with them. The french beard guy, named Virendra born in Bhutan, studied in Bhopal and currently settled in UK.

 The other guy, named Julian born and raised in New York.

We had random conversations starting with the obvious question "What do you do?". They both are working on an IT project regarding 4G network in Mumbai. It was my turn to answer. I ignored in the beginning. If you don't know about me, let me tell you. I'm a simple guy who doesn't like to talk about my work (it's interesting and people ask me too many questions about being an Actor, I know it's a general feeling when you meet one) but then I answered honestly, that I'm an Actor. They didn't understand a single word while they were watching my episode on YouTube. I tried explaining them about that particular scene.

 What the heck! They were excited to meet a celebrity. Nope, I'm not bragging about myself but YEAH they didn't even let me pay! 

It's so true that sometimes you don't know what's written in your future and who all are supposed to meet you and be friends with you. I don't know who said this, but it's so true "you don't get to select your relatives that's why God made friends" 

Cheers! 

Couple Encounter.

Sometimes I'm so lost that I don't even know what I'm upto. I change, get ready, sit in the car and surprisingly I even start driving. As a matter of fact, I keep thinking, "what do I have to do?" But nothing pops into my head, so I drive around. Observing things, people and yeah it's funny when you see a couple fighting in the same group of friends giggling at them. The eternal question comes to me "How does this term called relationship work? Just because two random people get attracted to each other?"

I tried asking this to one of my close friend who's in a relationship right now, he doesn't have an answer to it. May be two people of different genders, gets attracted physically and get used to each other and call it the big 'L word. They start hanging around in parks, malls, restaurants and also places "jahaan koi aata jaata nahi" but it's pretty difficult to find such places in India and specially in a crowded city like Mumbai- there's no such place "jahaan koi aata jaata nahi". Being a public figure, it gets kinda tough for me too, to roam around such places but what the hell, a couple doesn't give a damn! They don't care who's watching them or staring at them, unless the person who's watching the couple is related to the couple in any possible way. 

On a random day where I don't have any particular agenda, I decide to follow a couple and just for fun observe them. Yeah, I did that. FYI: JUST FOR FUN!!!
 

My search began for a lovely couple who's deeply in love. I got into a shopping mall, wore my spectacles (so that I don't make any mistake for the couple encounter) and started staring at people... Wow! I realised there were too many people in the mall, it was crazy... but it was the craziest search for that particular couple who's in love. I didn't give up. I was walking by each and every shop, specially the one's for the ladies. There's a reason I'm stating this, if a guy is truly in love with a girl, he will always have to stand by her for hours and hours while she's shopping. Btw this is what I think! 

So getting back with the search, I saw a lovely couple in a ladies footwear store. I don't think they were married, 'coz clearly there was no ring in the finger, nor the girl's neither the guy's. Importantly, the girl wasn't wearing a 'Magalsutra. I was staring at them. Just didn't want to look creepy, so I started checking out some footwear. The sales girl came up to me and the best thing which popped into my head was "it's my moms birthday and I'm looking something for her"... God! I hate lying. Anyways, getting back to the couple, I was observing them. The guy was standing and the girl who was wearing a red top with a pair of denims, a Guess watch, an Apple in her hand and sparkling ear rings ( I don't care about the guy, 'coz the girl was kinda hot!). Something funny happened! I laugh out loud as the girl gives her dark red handbag to the guy as she was trying some footwear and the guy happily holds on to it. I wanted to scream out to him "Dude that's a girls handbag, don't screw up with your self respect" but then, I was there to have fun. She was hilarious, every time she tried something, she would click a picture and send it to at least three of her besties. Fine, I understand you are Hot but you got your guy standing right next to you, why would you not take his opinion! Then those friends of her's used to call her and suggest her. May be after 27th pair, I felt like telling her "Buy anything you like, I'll pay for it. But please stop this and Just finalise on something". God! I was there... After checking out some 50 pairs, the girl walks out of the store and I over-heard her, "there was nothing good". I still remember the look on the guys face. I don't know about him but I surely felt like killing her at that moment, whereas he politely hands over the handbag to her and interestingly they leave the mall right after that. I was angry and frustrated with that couple. 

After wasting two hours I decided to get into a bar and relax, my legs were hurting and my ass wanted some rest. 

I enter the bar. I have to make a confession, the bar wasn't so good, in fact it was a sidey one. But what the heck, it wasn't crowded at all, it was dark in there and awesome music playing. After gulping down two bottles of Budweiser, I finally came to a conclusion  "Relationship is all about adjusting and understanding", Huh! good for me I suck at both! 

Cheers guys, ordering my third!