The camp-fire

All who are near and dear know what this post is all about..but since they are only a handful i thought i should share with u one of my most enjoyable experiences in college. Do bear with me if this doesn't sound funny..coz it really was and i suppose it is one of those things where u just had to be there to enjoy.

This incident, as u would have already figured out, was during our tour...S3 tour to be precise.Personally, i am not a huge fan of camp-fires...coz frankly i just don't see any excitement in jumping up and down infront of a fire and making a fool of urself...especially when girls are around and normally i am quite reserved and prefer seeing the Tamasha unfold infront of me. This occasion was no different as i stood back and saw some of my friends desperately gyrating to some popular tamil song. Then there was a small altercation between a couple of my friends(over the choice of music..above all else)..and the camp fire(well atleast the legit one) ended with the whimper. Everyone retreated to their rooms and went to bed..and so did I.

I was lying in bed when my friends Sreenath and Zaroof joined and were laying down next to me. Sreenath was, at this point quite, severly sloshed. He came to me during the 'legit' camp fire and told me with a dead-pan face,"Hey avi...I see three of u". Zaroof , not one to be left out enquired,"and what about me"...to which he replied," Oh i see three of u too". So now we were all lying in bed when the door knocked and entered George Sir(by far the coolest dude in the dept and also our staff advisor...reminds me of Prof. Veera in 5 point some1). As it was dark we had no clue who it was...and he asked us," Did u guys see where Rinsa and Prajeesh is?". (Rinson or 'rinsa' and Prajeesh were another couple of cartoons in our batch...both were quite severly sloshed too the last time i saw them that night). As i knew that i would be in trouble if i did know where they were...prudence came over me and i kept quite. Sreenath on the other hand in his drunken bliss blurted ,"avar evidingilum velladicha kedukuayirikum"(loosely translated as 'they must be drunk and lying down some where'). George sir said,"What?"...which was met with no reply. He realized that there was no point asking us...wished us goodnight and went upstairs. Zaroof and i started admonishing Sreenath for his loose tongue and then were just lying down trying to catch some sleep.

It was then that i flicked on the light on my watch to check the time and found out that it was just 10:30. I exclaimed," What the &*%$ it's just 10:30...we are supposed to be on tour..both of u get up". They duly obliged and we then walked outside to begin what was known later as THE camp-fire...
****To Be Continued****