Today I just went to have a cuppa coffee with my colleague, Chandan a classmate of mine, in cafeteria at office. We chit chatted for a while until the coffee was over and started to head towards our cubicles. We saw a lady, totally a new face at office, and both said “Is that Ruchi?” to each other. I wanted confirm that and walked fast and saw her again when she turned back and I was sure that it was her and I called “Ruchi” and she turned back and checked who’s calling her. She did not quite see me and got into the team room specified for people who visit our office from different offices. But I persisted and went close to the team room and waved at her from outside. She came out and I again got confirmed by asking her “are you Ruchi?” though I was sure that she was it. She was totally taken aback and she could not remember us immediately and then I said “Do you remember us? We were all classmates in BIT (Bangalore Institute of Technology)”. She now kinda got back her memory and said “Yeah why not, I do remember you folks!” And said “World is so small”. Yes I said and I really gave a thought on this statement for about few minutes before saying yes to join her for lunch at our great cafeteria at level 5.
Yes, the world is really small with the age of communication we are in and with internets, mobiles etc the distance is much smaller. But meeting a classmate, after nine years, whom you saw him/her the last time the day you said good bye to college is something wonderful and the feeling can not be really expressed. In the excitement, I did not realize that I had a team lunch and also made a promise to join our classmate to lunch with her along with Chandan. I joined her for lunch and the conversation was nostalgic. We talked, talked and talked about our class, classmates and events which are unforgettable. I said “excuse me guys I have to go” and headed to Saga, a Hotel near our office, with team. I was enjoying my food and I heard some one calling me by name “nata, how are you?” and I turned back and I was astonished to see another classmate, Sundar, of mine. I said to myself “Oh my god what’s happening, is it real?!” We were all classmates in engineering and I met two of them, within a span of two hours, whom I had seen some 9 years ago. Truly, the world is small. I told him about Ruchi and he was also surprised about the co incidence. I came back to office and narrated about Sundar to Ruchi. I still can’t think this as co incidence. What do you think?
Yes, the world is really small with the age of communication we are in and with internets, mobiles etc the distance is much smaller. But meeting a classmate, after nine years, whom you saw him/her the last time the day you said good bye to college is something wonderful and the feeling can not be really expressed. In the excitement, I did not realize that I had a team lunch and also made a promise to join our classmate to lunch with her along with Chandan. I joined her for lunch and the conversation was nostalgic. We talked, talked and talked about our class, classmates and events which are unforgettable. I said “excuse me guys I have to go” and headed to Saga, a Hotel near our office, with team. I was enjoying my food and I heard some one calling me by name “nata, how are you?” and I turned back and I was astonished to see another classmate, Sundar, of mine. I said to myself “Oh my god what’s happening, is it real?!” We were all classmates in engineering and I met two of them, within a span of two hours, whom I had seen some 9 years ago. Truly, the world is small. I told him about Ruchi and he was also surprised about the co incidence. I came back to office and narrated about Sundar to Ruchi. I still can’t think this as co incidence. What do you think?
