"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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"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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