[Ab] Hey dude…Me coming over to the den…
[A] Cool…Lets crack the university together…I’ll call R over too…
Ab gets up and drives over to the den.
Den:
Both computers on and me and A get down to some serious browsing. Thick ‘Power Electronics’ books lying on the bed well used of course, by R who’s busy snoring away dreaming about red roses and his dream girl…Singing himself hoarse to a few lines from ‘Lakshya’.
Cough Cough…He is awake…He just overheard us talking about some software on the comp that I was ‘coaching’ A to use…“Kandhon se milte hain kandhein
Kadmon se kadam milte hain
Hum chalte hain
jab aise to
Dushman ke dil KHILTE hain”
[A] Dude don’t you think the cookies ought to synchronize with your algorithm in place so that your accuracy is not affected by much. I mean the IPs will..
[Ab] Shhhhhhhhh…Dude R is awake…He might hear what you are saying…
R gives out a lazy yawn and looks outside through the window, dazed and wondering what is happening around.
[R] What?...Cookie?...I’m hungry…
Three of us lunge out to the kitchen where aunty lays out a feast. Time to indulge…
And uh oh!...
Time to watch Kal Ho Na Ho yet again…
Let me fast forward for 35 mins.
Shahrukh spreads out his arms…And in the background, music fills the room and the neighbours house as well…
[Jaya Bachan] Bhagwan ek farishta bhejtha hai…
More music..Lights in Shahrukhs balcony and Sharukh is basking in it like a farishta would have done when in heaven. Music reaches a crescendo and fades away into the busy LA street filled with ABCDs doing undesi stuff.
Turbo fast forward.
Sharukh shakes from head to foot and reads out loud from an empty sheet to Preity with Saif tongue tied and dazed. BTW..Our very own Saif will have an applause worthy entry in one other episode. And our Narayanamurthy friend will also join us in a later episode. Did I miss out Mr Dawn???...No way...He's kicking in some fun too...All in one episode next...(Beauty and the Beast - The eternal drive to the beach featuring stars from the north east...) Aaaarg back to this one...
“Mere naina sirf Naina ko dhoondtey hain. mein ankhein band karta hoon toh tumhe dekhta hoon.. Aur jab ankhein kholta hoon toh tumhe dekhna chahta hon!! I love u Naina i love u very much!!!”
Suddenly voices come from outside and we hear someone climbing the stairs. Movie is almost over and an episode of “Jassi jaisi koi nahin” starts on Sony.
Hero dude from the neighbouring house decides to call game and we assemble outside to hunt down the 3 crooked stooges and the bails.
More colony friends troop in and we all start playing.
Play starts off in vigorous mode and we are once more joined by another friend who troops in, in his sedan, elegance personified.
Play continues. Histrionics in the battle field. Only to be stopped at frequent intervals by a very senior IT lead in a very reputed firm who kept going in and out in his car.
R gets his leg pulled at regular intervals by a hulk of a guy in the gang. There are videos in http://www.youtube.com/ I believe testifying to this effect.
A’s mobile keeps beeping in the mean time, and we decide to call it a day.
Lord Victor in the sedan troops back home and hulk and bro get back to their mundane chores.
Senior IT lead is seen quiescent in his reclining chair probably thinking how to wield the axe on the unbecoming youngsters who just spoilt the serene noon nap he is so entitled to taking…Phew...
Dusk falls and R gets back home to have his early dinner.
Ab and A go on for a walk and Ab starts shelling out unwarranted advice on a poor A who portrays a typical Hamlet. Only that the situation is related to replying to an sms…Duh!...’To reply or not to’…Swears to join us in 10 mins (means 2 hours- get used to it buddy).
Ok cut the crap…
[A]Dude don’t talk so loud about IP tracking and the algorithm and the advanced tracking, synchronizing and processing tool that we are configuring..
[Ab] Smirk…Ok…I’ll make sure R doesn’t get much of that info…We’ll consider this as a clandestine operation. Hehe..
To be continued…
