Saturday, February 23, 2013

Reminisces




 Life is often brimmed with extreme joy – even filled with unrelenting reminisces – also encircled by the melancholic packages of natural world. Furthermore, recollecting some of the unforgettable moments that took place in our college life makes our heart grow even more cheerful. It actually starts like this…….

I was afraid that the, jot it down, process nearly bankrupted me and my close friend at the canteen which is located in the vicinity of our college, otherwise two of us would be on foot to home, penniless. Money send via post from home were always inadequate for two of us, it would only last for a week or two to the farthest moment. When our purse got somewhat filled with the warmth of notes, it was easy to squander into every directions, however, it was bit difficult to gather patience waiting for yet another sum from home.

Out of decided mind, we started cultivating new habits; it’s what we call the jot it down process, in other words as simple as that, “taking credits.” The owner of the canteen was a boy of my age; I believe, he was strange at first look but he appeared really frank and possessed a friendly bondage as the time went by. Every time we entered his canteen, he would greet us with a smile, a blissful smile that attracted a lot of customers indeed. Two of us would make wide range of selection in the set of choices and would request him to prepare those edible stuffs. Even shared with friends who were of the same type like us and when we finish gobbling up, before passing the marks of doorsteps, in the softest tone ever, I would timidly say, “Jot it down, Budiman……..bye for now!”

The habitual instinct continued as we visited him the maximum time, he didn't bother, although the amount of credit was rising beyond the status of a student – on the other hand, we were least bothered no matter how promising the amounts were at the end. By the end of the semester, despite clearing the dues for several times beforehand, it amounted to only 5000/-ngultrum. The money that we received from our home was too less to pay the debts. If we pay all the money that we had in our pocket, then it would be difficult on our way back to home; the little amount we had should sustain all the expenses of one day journey to home. What’s next?? Luckily or unluckily, my partner managed to borrow some money from one of our mates; we added on top of that from our own pockets and proudly cleared the credits. Credits cleared!

seven month had passed since we last cleared our debts, and also another seven month after leaving college. I wish I was there again to jot it down but; unfortunately, everything has changed, it has undergone a certain metamorphosis which is lamentably inexpressible. Those flush of memories will be always there in my heart. Those beautiful days went by – still the invisible scars of those days deliberately haunt me to recall once again from the boundless trail of my memory.  







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