It's raining... Hallelujah!!!
Yes, you read it right. It's NOT raining MEN, but just raining in Bangalore!!!
They are called the "Mango Showers"... and it felt so good. Bangalore just didn't have its true spirit right until today. The Garden City did manage to look it's very best with all the flora washed and green as ever. Thanks to the very first rain of the season.
Yes, the rains will ruin a lot of fun "outings", the roads and drains will get clogged, etc., but what the hell, who would not want to curl up in bed under a nice warm blanket, eat spicy pakoras with steaming chai, watch movies on TV the whole day, read books, have endless conversations over the telephone...
I, on the other hand go for walks in the rain, love to take my car out in the rain (simply love the sound of the raindrops splattering on the roof), sip on my Cinnamon flavoured coffee at Coffee Day, have mint-chocolate ice cream at Corner House, sit on my swing and watch the trees dancing in the rain...
I have very pleasant memories of rains during college... of multi coloured umbrellas, of umbrellas getting lost, of rubber Hawaii chappals, of getting drenched and sitting under the A/C in class, of clothes not drying up, of yelling at the laundry guy for clothes not drying up (like it was his fault), of the million creepy insects that would emerge, of Acid Bugs, of classes getting cancelled because visiting faculty could not fly down to A'bad, of very slippery walk ways, of the Shela Lake filling up, of Tuk Tuks not being able to ply on the village roads...
I think I'm just going to look through some old SNAPs now :-)
They are called the "Mango Showers"... and it felt so good. Bangalore just didn't have its true spirit right until today. The Garden City did manage to look it's very best with all the flora washed and green as ever. Thanks to the very first rain of the season.
Yes, the rains will ruin a lot of fun "outings", the roads and drains will get clogged, etc., but what the hell, who would not want to curl up in bed under a nice warm blanket, eat spicy pakoras with steaming chai, watch movies on TV the whole day, read books, have endless conversations over the telephone...
I, on the other hand go for walks in the rain, love to take my car out in the rain (simply love the sound of the raindrops splattering on the roof), sip on my Cinnamon flavoured coffee at Coffee Day, have mint-chocolate ice cream at Corner House, sit on my swing and watch the trees dancing in the rain...
I have very pleasant memories of rains during college... of multi coloured umbrellas, of umbrellas getting lost, of rubber Hawaii chappals, of getting drenched and sitting under the A/C in class, of clothes not drying up, of yelling at the laundry guy for clothes not drying up (like it was his fault), of the million creepy insects that would emerge, of Acid Bugs, of classes getting cancelled because visiting faculty could not fly down to A'bad, of very slippery walk ways, of the Shela Lake filling up, of Tuk Tuks not being able to ply on the village roads...
I think I'm just going to look through some old SNAPs now :-)
posted by DSK at 9:00 AM
7 Comments:
Also, the couples hudding under one umbrella, the not-so-much couples huddling under the huge umbrella, the pebbles submerged under a shallow pool of water... and eating garlic noodles in the rain.
Sigh, Shee. Why are memories lurking around everywhere!!
Dee
Oh, Dee, you forgot about the "killer" looks one gets if one does not go in the same umbrella as one's girlfriend... wink :-)
Of sneezing and having people count to four. Of managing to evade acid bugs but getting stung by a wasp.. twice. Of a blankets and sweaters, mugs of hot soup, gossip.. and four people.
Of wishing for one day back in the same setting.
Of loving people who keep memories of MICA alive so wistfully through blogs!
Of loving people who keep memories of MICA alive so wistfully through blogs!
Will the real "Anonymous" please stand up... and identify yourself!!! And yeah, more MICA stuff coming up verrrry soon.
this post is the first time anything has made me miss MICA the place after i left...*siiigghh*
and yo wrote SNAPs...yay!!
:))
Abhijit
Post a Comment
<< Home