First of all i would like to thank madhura.. she also doesnt know y.. but if i hadnt seen tht collage in her profile.. i would have never thought of making one.. and thnks to vidhi.. who taught me how to make it online.. So, this post is about how i felt while and after making that beautiful collage.
I was going through all the pictures.... starting right from the first semester till today.. all those memories gettin back to me.. the time we met.. the time we smoked first.. the time we partied first.. they time we moved in to 1204.. the time we bid farewell to a friend... etc etc... all those amazing memories.. those beatufil times... whch can never b described.. i felt those as i opened each folder and checked through all the pictures selecting the best one.
It wasnt an easy job for me to select like 40 5o best pics... each pic had a history behind it.. had a meaning.. had a memory.. but somehow after editing and deleting alot of pics.. which i hated doing.. i came up with the final 50 pics which i could put on the collage.
Each of the picture in the collage.. might seem to u as a small tiny picture, where yo wouldnt be able even to recognize who r the person is. But for us, the guys in these pics... this is LIFE.. here in Chicago.
May it be Vibhors and Kapils pic... in the first sem.. where they looked like kids from high school.. man ask them those times...
Or may it be the pics after our exams got over in the first sem.. where for the first time I guess we got drunk together properly...
may it be the cruise... where everyone was dressed to their best... had one of the best times in these 2 years... where we won our poker set...
or may it be the diwali celebrations at 1204.. everyone dressed traditionally and all religious.. although its a diff thng we got drunk after the pooja.. lol
may it be the birthday parties.,, mine, raymonds, poojas, vibhors.. or anyones.. where the bday guy wud b drenched in cake.. n gettin hit in all possible areas on his body...
or may it be the halloween time.. where all of us were dressed in the scariest possible way... which turned out to be funny... lol
or may it be the pictures of me n vibhor wearing long hair... man we miss it...
or kapil gettin drunk.. whch is a rare site...
or may it be the pictures where ashiqlal is present.. whch again is a rare site.. given that he used to work much n party less with us...
Every damn picture has a meaning.. has a long lasting.. never forgettable life to it...
All these pictures potray our life here in Chicago. Not all the people are so blessed to get so good friends.. trust me.. WE have it.. so plzz value and cherish it.. "WE" stands for all the ppl present in the picture...
These times aint gonna come.. you never know whos gonna land up where.. you get a job n u may relocate... so till the time we r here.. lets make the best of it...
I would like to thank all the people here in Chicago who made my stay worth... Vibhor, chikka, ashiqlal, raymond, patel saheb.. u guys rock.. lov u guyssssssssss...
N on behalf of 1204 i would like to thank all...
First of all Pooja... you are a part of us.. u were there always... thnks alot..
I am also very grateful to Zen, mandy, payal, gulia, dipti, bharni, bijal, tyagi, kanwar, krupa, priscilla, poorva, sameer.. n if i forgot any name.. m sorry...
you guyss are amazin.. n plzz be the same always... i apologize to u guys if anyone of us hurt u by any chance...
Life is Chicago.. was not as smooth as it seems to be.. we werent friends from before.. noone of us knew each other so well excpet chikka n vibhor.. but as said by some "Friends are the most important ingredients in the recipe if Life".. each one of us met and added our own taste to make this beautiful recipe called LIFE.
And within a span of time, we got so close... and it was not because we did not have anyone else.... it was beacuse we had each other..
Every new day in Chicago was never boring.. every new day was never dull or lifeless... we had something or the other to do.. every new day gave us a sense of security.. knowing that we had each other.. every new day was great.. was awesome and something that we looked forward to.. just never thought that everything does come to end...
Now that we realise that... we look back to those almost 2 years we spent in this place and still smile tears over it.. ask us... me vibhor chikka raymond ashiqlal pooja.. n we wud be the best people to answer u how we feel abt the last 2 years we have known each other..
"never postpone joy".. thats the motto of my life... and we never did postpone joy.. every moment was great here in chicago... some valuable memories u will have all ur life with you.. no matter where you go...
You guys are the best.. couldnt have asked for more...
Love you..... muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh
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I agree wid u pranay ... U r right we are really a very good team together .... I will remember these days till the very last day of my life and i m sure it will make me smile .... I m thankful to u guys Pranay , Vibhor , Raymond , Ashiqlal , Kapil , Pooja and everybody else .. Thanks a lot guys ..
-Patel
P.S. :- I hope this blog remains intact forever so i can see it in future and remember these great old days.
yeh...m gonna cherish these memories for sure! have been to all d major events..credit 2 pranay..this is d beginning of ma life in chicago..juzz happy 2 c dat d wavelength matches betn me n all ppl around...
btw d collage maker..rock..hw many hrs spent? i had spent a day long bak..nice 2 c d blend of different pics..
chalo ab mml...this shld b d group chant man..lol
Rock! mandy :)
AAwwwww, that is so sweeet. Firstly, thank you for mentioning me, really appreciate it :) Also, this is a great blog. It is so true right, all our memories in Chicago are formed with each other, by each other. I truly feel my experience in Chicago would be incomplete w/o the mention of 1204 :)
Good Luck , Cheers, and Thanks once again :)
trullyy amazinnggg ...
man ........i swear i had tears in my eyes whn i was goin thru this post ....
i actually have no words for this ..
just wanna say that .....u guys are my life ...infact
just because of u guys only i don miss india ..infact i don even want to go back neither i don want to marry cuz i m afraid someday we wont be around for each other..n i don want to c that happening...probably busy in his own life ..wid 2- 3 wives and one kid ..hehe
i mean..for me u seems like imp part of my body ..u knoe which part ...hehe ...widout it ,,it difficult to survive ..
just cuz ..u my friends ...my life has been worth living in US ...else its just a land of layyoff and offcampus job .. staying and enjoying enjoying wid u has made my life a beautiful journey...i hope shouldn't end. ..
i consider myself to the d few lucky ppl in the wolrd who have such amazing frenz ..u just wish n there they are for u ..to fuck ur happiness or to laugh wid u ....
" YAROON DOSTI BADI HI HASEEN HAI YEH NA HOO TO KYA PHIR YEH ZINDAGI HOO .."
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
i don knoe wat will happen after one year , infact i don want to think abt it ....but those 2 beautiful years willl remain intact in my life ..till now i havn't achieved anything in my life..except u guys...
...sincere thanks to ..pranay, pooja, kapil, maa fuck, ashiqlal, raymondo, nitin ,and bharni ..u guys are great , nd i wish for u a grt future.....
“We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.”
cheers to u guys ...
lovee u sooo much guys...
Vibhor ...
hey vibhs..i read d entire story of ur life in chicago...i can sense and feel d happiness u have had der...its nice to c dat ur wid d best of people in d world...its not easy to find such frens so ur one of dose lucky ones...i hope u alaays get happiness in ur life...miss u loads...hope to meet u soon in life...tc...all d best:)
I always said so and would keep saying that," Life give us so many moments to cherish, to laugh about, to fight for still we crave for more".This feeling never gonna stop inside me and infact most of u guys say the same.these lines themselves proof what is life mean to be.i hate separation but I am sure this bolg will always keep me updated with the beautiful bunch of frn around here in chicago, as vibhor said we haven't achieved any success yet but this is no less than a great experience and long lasting joy ride.pretty soon we guys are going to land up somewhere or other which is kinda mix feeling cos we need that and can't help it as well, but what will always matter the most is memories and great time we spent together it will keep us connected and i m sure about that. i hate writing cuz it gives the feeling of seperation to me and i don't want to write much more. i just wish we always be together , always have joyous time around, masti, majak, ladaiyan,,ladkiyan( this to vibhor) aur galiyan this is to 1204...:...:). Thank you guys for being there in almost every time whenever i needed and special thanks to pranay “THE INITIATOR” to bring about the hidden and true feeling into writing stuff..
...Tht's chho chhwweet Paranay!!..First of all thank u(all) very much for considering me friend..Then thanks a lot for creating a "home" named 1204.It's the place where our soul becomes really free, frank and fearless...and i think that's the true essence of friendship!!..Well..kudos for writing such a beautiful memoir of Chicago.This blog is the memory lane we can always slip n slide into..
Keep writing buddy!!
Neeeeeeee... its so true how we cant say this for so many ppl "And within a span of time, we got so close... and it was not because we did not have anyone else.... it was beacuse we had each other.." --- and for you having been able to say it - you are blessed!!
Collages are the best things you can do to frame a few memories, and I am such a big fan of this concept... I have a few collages that are very dear to me, and I can feel what you must have felt while you were making it...
I hope you guys stick around each other as you have been... even if you move to different cities and settle with different wives (which I am sure about)...
hello 1204, Thank you so much for considering me as part of you all. Love u...(though having so much issues)..i have enjoyed with you guys to the fullest...Best days of my life...n long lasting too.....
After coming from india, 1204 is more kinda my home instead of 709 and pranay, vibhor, ashiq, ashish, chikka, and raymond are my roomates.....lol. you guys are family for me....
Apart from the entertainment, sometimes, we seat and think about the future that wat we gonna do, where we will gonna land up......and we end up to weird thoughts like pranay or ashiq will gonna open liquor store or motel where i will be housekeeper.:))))or vibhor n pranay will migrate to canada...lol, kapil bhai ko to tension hi nahi hai kyunki wo to director saheb hai humare.
this not gonna remain d same, we all will move to different place, may be for job or marriage or any other reasons but this blog will keep us together emotionally. Thnks to pranay....amazing, beautiful.
We lived and shared student life together and i wish we share our professional life too...hope to see u all together thereafter....
“Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends".
I wish best luck to all of you for your gr8 future...will miss you all so much.....
Besides 1204, thnks n love to Bharni (cuttest boy ever seen) Bijal, nonu, noni, Zen, prisci, krupa, dipti, mandy, sam, n all who i might have missed.
Friends are my life and so u all r, muaaaaaaaaaahhh...:)
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