Hi friends...I'm back with yet another post.....
Although this time ,
I wouldn't be (or at least I think that I wouldn't be..)writing about "HER" (My motivation behind writing this blog ..since I didn't get to see HER for a long time now)
Although I'm not an ardent reader ....once I decided to give it a shot i.e try to get into the habit of reading....
After a lot of pondering over which book should I read first....(Don't worry...it wasn't a comic book!!)
I decided to read "Wings of Fire" -A.P.J Abdul Kalam's Autobiography.....(I've always admired him for his simplicity and devotion towards his work)
My English Teachers had always been telling me to get into the habit of reading........
"It is not only helpful for the curicullum but will also help you in your future interviews and exams...blah blah!!!!"
But I never heeded to their advice....
It took me just half an hour to purchase the book AND 6 months to start reading it :) (..not an exaggeration..)
Dont't worry I'm not going to narrate you his story of "Rags to Riches" or that of "Devotion and sincerity towards one's work"......
When I finally started reading the book, I didn't really find it interesting
"What have I to do with his story?
How will his contribution to Indian Space Research help me?
I don't want to be a scientist anyway..
I'm really a fool ,
I should have purchased some light romantic or some detective short stories book
"
But I decided to at least give it a quick reading ....
By the time I reached the third chapter,
I was somewhat occupied by the story of this small town man who has shaped the Indian Space Programme to its present status....
So , I left the reading for the day ....(I mean 30 pages for a reader like me is more than enough)
Next day.......or rather next week I again resumed reading from where I had left....
As I kept reading the book , I got even more enthralled by the depth of his thinking and his principles......
Suddenly around noon, I got a call.....
Guess Who had called me.......?
YES,it was HER call....
SHE wanted to see me....I didn't know why....
But who cares why she wants to meet me....I'm more than happy to just catch a glimpse of HER
I hurried myself to the restaurant SHE had called me....
I found HER seated on the corner seat gazing at me..
With a mysterious smile , SHE welcomed me.....
I grew a bit nervous....but none the less I carried myself upto her......
"Hi, so how are you doing?",I asked courteously
"Hiiii(girls have this tendency to stretch "hi" to "hiiiiiiii")....I'm fine "
As I sat down , I enquired about the reason as to why she had called me..
"Why , can't a friend call another friend without any reason?",SHE responded to my surprise....
"Well,I never knew that we were friends" , I thought..smiling or rather blushing at HER response....
I wasn't prepared for this sudden encounter....
Apart from studies I had no other topic about which I could talk to HER,
So I thought to boast a little about my newly acquired "reading habit"
After placing the order ,
I told HER about the book I was reading
I kept on telling HER or rather (boring HER) with whatever I had read.......
I told HER about APJ Abdul Kalam's family...his education...his dreams and aspirations of becoming an IAF pilot..
about how he gave India its first SLV and missiles , about his dedication ......................
"What the hell am I doing?"..I thought..
"I've got this golden opportunity to confess my feelings for HER....when SHE herself has invited me......
and I am wasting it by telling HER about a book that I haven't even read completely........"
I could clearly see in HER eyes....something that SHE wanted to say....
"Might be she too has some feelings for me.......
OR might be SHE just wants to tell me that things can't work for us ...so I better leave HER alone and stop tormenting HER with my "Wings Of Fire" narration....."
We finished the lunch , with me doing all the talking (which was completely absurd and irrelevent)....
"Shall we go now....?" , SHE asked....as if SHE wanted to hear something from me
"Should I tell HER ?
YES....this is the right time.....
NO..it would be really awkward and stupid of me to talk of such an issue after spoiling HER noon by telling HER
about my "READING HABITS!!"....
SHE would definitely refuse ..if I talked to HER now...."
So we left the place....
with me thinking "Had I not listened to my Teachers and not tried to get into reading ,
I would have definitely confessed my feelings to HER "
And like every other time , this time too "I had wasted an opportunity to get along with HER......"
