Experiences Of An Ambivert

Mumbai – A City of dreams, just like we have heard a lot about Mumbai and its fast life… We have heard that Mumbai is a city that never sleeps, And well being a teen nothing excites you more than this, and going to a college in the city like this is nothing but “Sone Pe Suhagah”, College life is another exciting part you consider to experience. We all have seen movies, we all have seen tv shows where they show how amazing college is, but Spoiler Alert it is all FAKE
I entered college with a huge amount of expectations that how it will be like to experience a new phase of life? Well, I guess I held my expectations too much that shattered in a day or two.
College life is nothing as shown in movies, I thought I’ll have this great amazing class, amazing friends, and this may sound a little lame but I also thought ill find someone whom ill take care of, but now I think if anything goes against your expectations that is what real life is, Just in short ill tell you how my first few weeks went in college. I left my family behind to have better self-growth. but I lost my self when I had to grow my self, one day I got a call from my dad while I was in class and he said and I remember ” HI, Where are you?” in College, I replied, ” Is college good” it feels like, I said. “There’s something that you should know, Dolce ( My Pet Pug ) was facing some serious issues last night and we rushed to doctor, but even doctor wasn’t able to save him” I checked my surroundings and even in the crowded place I felt like I’m alone, I went back to class and sat again on the last bench, unaware what teacher was teaching me, all I was thinking of my pug who was with me all the time I had problems, let it be my first breakup or 3 Am when I was afraid that someones watching me. So, I had this NSS Blood Donation Camp that day itself, I went there and Donated Blood and it was for Dolce, Later, I got a call from my mom and she couldn’t stop crying she tells me “He Was sitting on your bed, he didn’t want to leave it, He Was Missing you” And I felt just one thing, in all these past what 7 years it has been he had never left my side, and when he needed it the most wasn’t there for him? I never said this to anyone in my life before but I think if not today ill never be able to say this, No matter how far I was, no matter what, He Deserved a better Goodbye at least! that’s the least I could have done and I didn’t even do that. Anyway, This all happens and I lost my last energy to socialize for a while,

He Was this old when we first held him 🙂

I took my time to gain my confidence, and after a while maybe I did or maybe I’m still trying, It wasn’t even a month I guess and this all happened, Classroom was full of weird people, there was no one you could have relied on,
Colleges’ lectures were boring, there was no one to even crush on, I remember at times I used to cry on my bed without even knowing why, maybe this far from home I felt alone, scared? unaware of what’ll happen in future,
I believe something good will happen maybe not today maybe tomorrow but eventually, it will happen. and things got quite better it was just a matter of time.
Idk If I there is been a personality growth or demotion but I know one thing for sure, I have learned quite new things about life, I think it’s just a matter of time that you take to understand that you are here to live not here to study, so the faster you accept that it is your home the sooner you’ll be able to adapt.
Leaving your hometown is very scary you’ll always think that what your mother is doing? Is your best friend okay? because you can’t be physically there for your help. Sometimes you want to do a lot for your family, your friends but you get helpless.

Maybe now life is going in the wrong direction but sooner or later it will come on the right sides of the tracks, We should just wait for opportunities

it almost 1 year since I came here and the semester is about to end, there’s a lot more waiting to come on m way, I am just ready for the journey, after all, the journey is more exciting than the destination.
I may fall I may feel like what I am doing here but you’ll understand one day, what it’s like to be in a city that never sleeps
All those who’ll be coming or joining college soon, I just have something to say to you, Don’t expect too much by looking movies or Tv Shows you don’t know what might come your way, And its okay to feel alone, it is okay ‘to look deep into water at Marine drive and think what’s the purpose of this? ‘ Its Completely normal to feel ‘Nothing is Normal’ just give yourself and Mumbai a little try you’ll adapt it, just like I’m still doing

Journey, Trips, Travelling. All these words are means an escape we have been waiting for. An hiatus from a normal life. Travelling the word it self is exciting enough, but travelling with friends, there is nothing more exciting than it.

We were a wolf pack of three one of us told to visit a hill station in our own state Pachmarhi. Pachmarhi – ‘Satpura ki Rani’ is a calm and peaceful town with exquisite views and falls. So we all packed our bags and reached bus station with no idea what to do which hotel we’ll live in . But we knew one thing for sure its going to be fun as hell. we reached bus stop and the next bus to pachmarhi will come after an hour. so we went to have some snacks at a canteen near it . the bus arrived and we with our bag sat in bus and were waiting for journey to start. it was a sleeper bus with capacity of 2+2 so my friend M. was in his seat as we thought so, but he went for a leak and bus started at 0040hrs and then both of us obviously didnt notice him to be missing he was calling us but we were busy in playing game. He some how managed to make the bus stop a bit longer at another bus station at the outer of our city. The bus is taking longer time to start its journey again, w were curious to find out what M was doing and we we opened his cabin and didnt find him, At that moment we realized he’s not in the bus. we called him and we said ” Chutiye Kidhar Hai Bus Chalne wali hai” and he replied ” Gaandu Dusre Station se aa raha hu bus ne chord diya aur tumne rukwai bhi nahi bus bc” The Journey was not even started and It was fun as hell.

After 6 hrs of journey we reached pachmarhi and stared hunting hotels . the town is as small as vatican city, we hunted almost every hotel , and every single one of them was booked. we thought that this is it we’ll have to leave city by the next bus home. But as they say when you really want is the universe makes it to happen. At a restaurant manager overheard us he told us there is one cottage a little far from city(1Km) That may have a vacant room. It was our last hope and after reaching there we were happy to know that the we will get a room by 1300hrs and owner being nice gave us a room to freshen up.

we were ready for our expedition. we visited Priyadarshini Point, Handi Khoh , Jata Shanker, Gupt Mahadev Temple and at last Sunset Point, we were just minutes before sunset. and My Friend Said lets grab tea and maggi and watch that sunset from that hill up there. My Friend Sh grabs tea in both of his hand and M with maggi starts running towards that point and there was no way we would have made it in such less time. we were racing and running like hell, we almost made it to the top and there was still time left but Sh slips and guess what the hot tea was now all over M and He started dancing like hell shouting and dropped maggi on ground. both started arguing on whose mistake it was, none of them was ready to stop and i was busy laughing but then suddenly M stops and looks in the right. He stopped arguing, grim on his face was gone At That very moment The sun was exactly aligned Between the two mountains. Exactly like the ms paint drawing we used to drew as kids (obviously with better graphics). The both stopped arguing and we just looked into that sunset without even murmuring a word. That moment i felt like its just sun and me staring each other . One of the most beautiful sunset of my life.

We came back to our hotel. We played music and went out for dinner. Since the hotel was far from the town we had to take a shortcut and there were only few lights on our whole way, we were completely depended on our flashes. We Were at the restaurant and we stared asking waiter about pachmarhi and its history. On Our way back there was A banyan tree and Sh told us “bhai uske niche se nahi side se chalo” and we asked him why, and then the discussion of horror stories started. it was pretty shady, dark and full in forest cover. we heard a noise from left it was dog but i Told My friend M. “Jungle mein rat ko awaz aae toh murdke dekhte nahi hai” . Almost before our hotel there was one more banyan tree and i was walking ahead of them and we were walking from the other side of banyan tree but since there was not much space it wasnt far enough so sh said ” bhai aaj to Gaand lagi jaldi niklo” suddenly i hear a voice from the banyan tree side and i turned my flash to see what’s there. And i wont lie, my flash turned off and i was scared as fuck and i started running. M and Sh Also started running And M said “Gaandu Khudne hi bola tha na jungle mein nahi dekhte murdke abb bhugat” and while running i stepped on a dog’s tail and now the gang of dogs were behind us and we were running like the last run of life, it was not less than znmd without bulls . we finally reached hotel . hotel guard heard us shouting and started throwing stones on dogs. Finally At Last Damage Averted !

Next Day We got Ready and we were out for our safari. we went to reechghar, dhoopghar and bee falls, bee falls is divided in two layers calm pool and after that falls’ water . in order to go to see falls’ water you’ll have to climb down atleast 300 stairs which was nit a problem and we were very excited to swim in the falls’ water. it was cold as ice. it was unbearable to stand but it was hell of a experience. we came out of water started wearing clothes and M shoes fell in water and there was no way he could have worn that wet shoes, and yet climbing down was not problem but climbing up was. and for M he had to do it without Shoes. After almost climbing up those tiring 300 stairs we realized they were 400, legs were not ready to work anymore. we went back to out jeep and it was again the same feeling like they had in znmd after diving ” Pighle neelam sa behta hua ye sama
Neeli-Neeli si khamoshiyaan
Na kahin hai zameen, na kahin Aasmaan
Sarsarati hui tehniyaan, pattiyaan
Keh raheen hai ki bas ek tum ho yahaan
Sirf main hoon
Meri saansein hain aur meri dhadkanein
Aisi gehraiyaan, aisi tanhaiyaan
Aur main sirf main
Apne hone par mujhko yaqeen aa gaya ”

And we reached our hotel and got ready and we went to the bus stop and catched the bus and were ready to get back to reality.

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