Moved to a new house this Saturday so I guess its so long Boston Road. And for some insane reason I wanted to write this one from the old house, so here I am alone sitting in my room reminiscing the past and welcoming the future.
As I removed all the Godfather posters I remembered the first time I got them and my friends helping me out to have it stuck all around my room (I am never good at this). Then it was time to pack the mugs that I bought from Germany, Austria, France, Italy and so on, flashes of my Euro trip came gushing into my mind. And then there was this small teddy with "Passed" written on it that I got when I passed the driving test.
I had packed almost everything but subconsciously was aware that I had to do one last thing. The one thing I never wanted to do but knew it had to be done. I dismantled the home theatre system and as I went on disconnecting the wires I could recollect all the films I saw there, the photo albums with Hindi songs at the background, checking mails and in fact decoding live issues on a 84" screen and of course the all time 100 movies with Gaggy..
Sipping a can of Coke with pizza I stare at my blank wall, I am neither sad nor happy, but just a wierd feeling, I guess this house shall always remain some where in the corner, after all here is where I learnt all the tricks of the trade, saw strangers turn friends and funnily friends who wanted to be strangers..
Thanks to all the Bostonians.
Rakesh for his katchori, samosa, Kishore songs during cooking and our dinner sessions together
Pooja for Pudina Pulav, dhal makani, Yogurt Theory, "Hello Mrs Jones" and our dinner sessions together
Sowmya for the daily breakfast, afternoon lunch, our dinner sessions together and so much more
Suresh for his amazing Rasam, Tamil songs in the morning and trying to get me gyming
Lohith for his huli saaru, company to MANU matches and our films together (Andaz apna apna)
Sangeetha for raagi muddes and jolada rottis and calling "SRIDHAAAAR dinner is ready"
Gaggy for our AFI top 100 together, PS3...
Ashok for football matches, our cricket matches together and your morning tea
Vinith for our Immigration discussions, Man U matches and giving me company during my work from home...
Cheta for telling no everytime, comfortability theory and for giving me nice company...
Meera for your dishes which you always think you sussed it and for me writing this memoir in the first place :)
And finally a toast to 9 Boston Road
For being my first house in the UK, being the home away from home and teaching me things about life, people and many other things ;-)
- Sridhar Ramakrishnan
- About me? Thinking about it, describing yourself is such a difficult task and I am puzzled how some guys out there do it so seamlessly. I am what you can call a “Yours Ordinary Programmer” and come from an already overwhelming group of people calling themselves the “IT Guys". So here goes my space mostly with things I don't know why I wrote in the first place. For those who feel it is non-sense thanks for your patience and for those who feel its quite good thanks for sticking your neck out "Be the change you want to see" Cya, Sri
unlimited memories expressed very well with limited words!! ;-)
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