Monday, November 20, 2006

Flashback: More than a year ago

A phone call from a recent acquaintance:

Him: Hi, what are you doing?
Me: going to the mess for dinner.... why?
Him: Ok, meet me in 20 mins, I was at CCD and got you a brownie, lets share it.
Me: What? Where? Hello... hello???

25 mins later:

Two of us sitting in the campus and trying to split the brownie in half... What did we talk??? No idea, I just remember him saying : "I wonder what is beyond that wilderness"
Hmm.. I wondered too...

Next morning: 7.30 am:

A phone call from the acquaintance
Him: Wake up, you said you wanted to go for a morning walk... sorry for waking you so late.
Me: Thats ok... you wont believe where I am.
Him: Tell me
Me: Remember when you said "I wonder whats beyond the wilderness"... well, I got curious and I walked here... this place is beautiful... there is the moon on one part of the sky and the sun on the other part... You have to check it out
Him: Cool, I will call you at 5 and you can show it to me.

7 pm: Half way to the place
Him: Damn, it is dark... I am sorry I got late. Are you sure this is the way?
Me: Damn sure... I am good with roads... Do you think it is ok to go there now?
Him: Well, now that we are here, we might as well go on...

7.05 pm:
Me: this is the place...
Him: Wow... it is beautiful even in the dark. Are those fireflies? The houses are so rustic, gives it a nice look.

Sometime later:
Me: Whats the time??
Him: Lemme check... it is 11 pm
Me: What??? Already? I thought it might by 9 or something. Shit... we better hurry...
Him: Relax, your hostel is barely 5 mins away... we will be there by 11:20 max...

Thats how we discovered the "Hillside".
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