The Insect,Shwetha and Me

It was April..The times when you look forward to in your school life,yes.. the summer vaccation!But it's not the same once you enter into college.Especially the medical college where you tend to forget what vaccation  means.. Time can never stop..It shall never rewind too..All we can do is to silently watch the happy childhood days slipping away from our lives..Its sad..but we can help preserve the little child within us..And its true that often the naughty little thing jumps out of your mind and make you do funny things..havent you ever noticed that?

So that April,we were having our gynaecology posting 2nd year..We had a separate  building for gync and paediatric sections-The place for all mothers and babies and we fondly called it the Mom-Babe hospital(MBH).One afternoon as usual after clinics i was walking down the corridors of 3rd floor with my friend,Shwetha.we could hear the MBH clock strike 12.it was lunch break.we had to go to college at 1pm for afternoon lecture.To save time we decided to go by lift.people rarely use the lift in this part of the building.We entered the lift and pressed 0.It slowly went down.I loved the feeling of weightlessness as the lift descended.After reaching the ground floor the lift opened and we stepped out.Suddenly shwetha screamed"There is something inside my dress,some insect..ouch!! its biting me..oohf!!!She tried shaking her dress but it didnt work.She jumped,squeezd her dress..i think she even did a few dance steps but in vain!

Suddenly i noticed a small dark room to our left.i asked her to just get inside this room and shake her dress properly."OK"relieved she stepped inside."oh!it's so dark here.I will switch on the light for you."i offered to help her."No, No,its ok yaar..let me close the door"shwetha was in a hurry..But i didn't like the idea of Shwetha alone in a dark room.So i pressed on the switch.and to our shock an ALARM went off ...The entire hospital  shrieked..We didnt know what to do..We could hear footsteps coming closer and closer..
Shwetha grabbed my arms and ran towards the lift..we entered  into it and pressed 5.It took us to 5th floor..we didnt get out.we again pressed 0 and went down.This process continued for a few minutes.By that time we have removed our white coats and put them in our bags along with stethoscopes.we even pleated our hair and disguised as ordinary people we stepped out once again as our lift reached the ground floor after it's tiring journey carrying two idiots up and down..!

As if nothing had happened we started walking towards the small room.We could hear a great amount of noise even from a distance.People were gathered near the room"someone had pressed the ALARM"The security was telling his chief.An old lady recollected seeing two medical students near the room a few minutes before..Who said old people have poor memory!!We tried to put an innocent face and moved slowly through the crowd.When we reached the scene we threw a stolen glance at the room..Alas!it was closed..In fact  a red ribbon  was tied to it..!!

Somehow we escaped from there.Once outside the hospital Shwetha started laughing..I did not know whether to laugh or not..
"What about the insect" i asked..
"It's GONE" she smiled

  Sure, things like this can happen because it was APRIL..!!

Is it Strange??

"It's strange."I said. Shwetha looked up from her pathology record,her eyes dazed by sunrays.We were on our way to pathology lab after a hectic afternoon lecture .A bit irritated she asked."What?Patho exam?"
"Everything is strange..Friendships,relations,This world and its people "-i replied."You are mad ,All poets are mad" and she laughed "im not a poet", i said slyly."You write some stupid poems,so you are one of those crazy people,now c'mn ,describe the histology of fatty liver.".I kept silent.The sun shone fiercly upon our white coats .maybe it radiated some anger to Shwetha too.She said"Listen final year is fast approaching and  I have heard it's not that easy.So we need to be a bit more serious about studies".I nodded and asked her to tell me some important points for the exam.I liked the way  she described things.We made up stupid stories and funny mnemonics to memorise even the most difficult medical terms.
Having a best friend is one of the pre-requisites to study medicine,i said to myself.

"Shreya..."i heard  someone calling my name.It was Susan standing there at the corridor of patho dept.She waved a hand at us.she was the most intelligent and hardworking girl in our class."your friend over there"-shwetha sneered.She always loathed my friendship with Susan.Too much girlish, but I liked to see her frown everytime Susan comes and talks to me .

And this day was no different from other days."Hello shreya,Hello shwetha,finished everything??"Susan came running as soon as we reached there.I smiled at her and to myself.I havent even completed half the portion let alone finish it!"Hello Susan"I heard shwetha's voice.It had an undue harsh tone whenever addressed to Susan."I guess this is your third revision" shwetha's sarcasm.Turning towards me she hushed "I will be waiting  downstairs.Do come fast for the last minute review of diagrams".I agreed."All the best Susan" she shouted before vanishing downstairs

I looked at Susan .Her rounded face was pink.ears were red.! It's strange how even the topper is tensed a few hours before exam"Shreya im really afraid..I haven't studied anything.This time i will fail "She was saying her usual anguish.I dont remember how many times she had told me the same thing even though she always won the Topper's medal for all the subjects every year.Really the world is strange with it's strange people.

With a light smile i held her hands and told her not to worry.I reassured her that her topper's medal was not going to leave her even if she wished to.It is addicted to you.I said and she laughed.After reading a paragraph from our text book -Robbins( which always brought the image of a lovely bird and nothing else to my mind whenever i think about it),i waved goodbye to Susan and rushed downstairs to meet shwetha.

With Shwetha the next 15 minutes were of intense study.Even the most difficult topics you can drive straight to your brains if it's just before exam.With loads of topic pending,hearts pounding we heard the bell."Do well"shwetha squeezed my hand as we asembled before entering into the hall."I hope your strange feeling is gone now."I simply looked at her.Sometimes You can never say how you feel..

Somehow 2 hours rushed past me.Finally I was out of the exam hall ."I got one of my spotters wrong."someone was saying..I was wondering how many spotters i could identify.i walked slowly towards the corridor.Shwetha was waiting for me there.Susan rushed past me.She never talks to me after an exam ..And that was another strange thing about her.As soon as she saw me Shwetha shouted "Could you identify the fatty liver""yeah,thanks" my eyes gleamed..
"Oh..Thank God,I thought  you were in a strange world when i was explaining that to you,my poetess".she said happily

Well,we all are in a strange world,Shwetha"-i smiled while we walked back from College
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a warm welcome 2 u ol.....

Unlike my other blogs this one is not for my poems :-)Rather its where you can hear stories ,most of which have characters which show a glimpse of me somewhere in them..but not always..:-) Here u can come across various shades of me..sometimes  in white coat and steth ,sometimes your own stupid little sherin who is mad about friendship,sometimes a very spiritual  person detached from worldly desires ..At other times an ordinary citizen, a child of this world with wonder filled eyes..Yet often u may also find the emotional ,,and sentimental being cuddled up in a world of her own ,caressing sweet memories....Each sherin is different yet the same..yes they are all me..!!So let me take you for a light walk down this lane of thoughts..ready?