Moving into a new locality,midst of all conservative bongs was a big challenge for me and trust me their not so social yet nosy nature added more salt to it.It took a long time for me and mom to adjust with the new neighborhood;where who visits your home, what your daughter is wearing, what fish you are eating today and almost every small move is observed and criticized which was very much unlike our township culture. The biggest challenge for me was to make friends and start a new social life here.
We have all seen in the movies about that one annoying neighbor who can make your life hell,but without whom that " fun" element of your living is missing too.Well in my case I won't say he turned out to be an annoying one but yes his not so social attitude was something which annoyed me the most. I remember meeting this person, well not exactly meeting but knowing each others face with no hopes of friendship.We were introduced by our parents. I remember saying Hello to him,for which I didn't get any reply, well the social person in me continued the conversation.I inquired about some colleges where I can get admission after finishing my high school, I got a very cold reply.How can someone be so unsocial and neutral? Ah that poker face got stuck into my mind.
I used to avoid that road if I see him coming from there.I can't take ignorance and he never used to smile, forget saying Hello. How does it feel, being a girl you always say Hello or talk to a person who is least bothered about you being around.So one fine day I decided I am not going to talk to this poker faced creature again, though our families seem to get along well. By the time I had made a good friend in the locality and we were kind of soul sisters. Like me, she had also moved in here recently and going through the same situation as mine. So I finally got a friend, we used to bitch about this weird unsocial creature. Ah bitching gives such a relief and specially when you have no other useful thing to do.
Days were passing and then came the festival of festivals, the Durga Puja,when the entire colony would gather at the Puja Pandal for 5 days.When everybody was happy and busy shopping for the Pujas,me and my only friend were terrified;how are we going to spend those 5 days at the Pandal where nobody is going to talk to us.Girls simply can't take ignorance. So we gathered some courage,got dressed up in our new clothes and went to the Puja Pandal.I remember sitting at the back with my friend, looked like we were isolated from the mass. Suddenly the poker faced creature makes an entry and joined the mass "wait isn't he an introvert unsocial person who just doesn't talk to anybody". Soon all the guys came and sit near to him, he attracted everybody like a magnet and after some time all I could hear was laughter and giggles.He wasn't talking much but he had something which made others to talk and have fun.Then they started playing antakshari and to our surprise they invited us to join with them. So it was like all unknown guys and only 2 girls.But it didn't take much time for me and my friend to gel with them, thanks to my adaptive and social nature.
Those 5 days of Durga Puja was fun. I thought finally the ice is been broken and we all would be in friendly and talking terms. But it wasn't the way I though it would be.He came back to his patent unsocial mode again.No Hi-Hello, no smiles were exchanged while crossing paths.
One evening,he gave me a CD and said they went for a vacation to the Andaman Islands,so he just thought of sharing the pictures and videos with me. I couldn't say anything due to his unexpected shocking behavior and took the CD. I was wondering what made him to share the CD with me, or was he just trying to break the ice.
It's been 5 years now; we have come to a place where I actually share lots of things with him like a real friend.
I think some people are better meant to be just good listeners.
I used to avoid that road if I see him coming from there.I can't take ignorance and he never used to smile, forget saying Hello. How does it feel, being a girl you always say Hello or talk to a person who is least bothered about you being around.So one fine day I decided I am not going to talk to this poker faced creature again, though our families seem to get along well. By the time I had made a good friend in the locality and we were kind of soul sisters. Like me, she had also moved in here recently and going through the same situation as mine. So I finally got a friend, we used to bitch about this weird unsocial creature. Ah bitching gives such a relief and specially when you have no other useful thing to do.
Days were passing and then came the festival of festivals, the Durga Puja,when the entire colony would gather at the Puja Pandal for 5 days.When everybody was happy and busy shopping for the Pujas,me and my only friend were terrified;how are we going to spend those 5 days at the Pandal where nobody is going to talk to us.Girls simply can't take ignorance. So we gathered some courage,got dressed up in our new clothes and went to the Puja Pandal.I remember sitting at the back with my friend, looked like we were isolated from the mass. Suddenly the poker faced creature makes an entry and joined the mass "wait isn't he an introvert unsocial person who just doesn't talk to anybody". Soon all the guys came and sit near to him, he attracted everybody like a magnet and after some time all I could hear was laughter and giggles.He wasn't talking much but he had something which made others to talk and have fun.Then they started playing antakshari and to our surprise they invited us to join with them. So it was like all unknown guys and only 2 girls.But it didn't take much time for me and my friend to gel with them, thanks to my adaptive and social nature.
Those 5 days of Durga Puja was fun. I thought finally the ice is been broken and we all would be in friendly and talking terms. But it wasn't the way I though it would be.He came back to his patent unsocial mode again.No Hi-Hello, no smiles were exchanged while crossing paths.
One evening,he gave me a CD and said they went for a vacation to the Andaman Islands,so he just thought of sharing the pictures and videos with me. I couldn't say anything due to his unexpected shocking behavior and took the CD. I was wondering what made him to share the CD with me, or was he just trying to break the ice.
It's been 5 years now; we have come to a place where I actually share lots of things with him like a real friend.
I think some people are better meant to be just good listeners.
