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Another story featuring S (Aaarambichitaanya aarambichitaan)
If you have patience, read on

Part 1
2005:
Me, S and some common friends go on a picnic to Lonavla . There are around 10 of us, and to break the ice we play Dumb Charades in the train. Incidentally it happens that me and S are in the same team.
My turn comes and the movie is ‘Mouna Raagam’. My team people keep guessing movies like ‘mouna geethangal’, ‘Mounam Sammadham’. But it is ‘S’ who rightly guesses it as ‘Mouna Raagam’
Then its her turn. She gets some movie. She touches her heart and then points towards us. People initally guess as ‘Idhayathai Thirudadhe’, ‘idhayam’ etc. And I guess ‘Uyire’.
And my guess is right. Me and S do a high 5 after the guess
(Romba over aa illa?)

Part 2:
The next day we go on a trek. We split into small groups. S is in some other group and not in mine
I get to see her after some lunch time and this time she is in my group . Whilst walking we encounter some slippery surface. She is struggling for balance. I wanted to offer my hand, but was in a dilemma. Meanwhile another friend of us helps S. @!#!$#$@#$@#$@. I curse myself for missing a golden opportunity and walk on. (You were thinking that I will offer my hand and then ‘annalum noakkinaaL avaLum noakkinaaL right? )

Part 3:
07.00 PM
Its very chill and all of us are sitting around the camp fire
panivizhum iravu nanaindhadhu nilavu
iLanguyil irandu isaikkinra pozhudhu
pooppookkum raappoadhu poongaatrum thoongaadhu
vaa vaa vaa…
S is sitting opposite me. I just cant get my eyes off her. And she catches me ogling at her
I gather some courage, plan to talk to her.
poovilae oru paai poattu paniththuLi thoonga
poovizhi imai moodaamal paingiLi aenga

Exactly at that point of time, one of my friend calls me for the booze party. And almost all guys were going. If I alone say no, it will look like me trying to project a goody goody image. And let S also know that I booze I get up and go. While walking I turn back, and find S looking at me. I wink at her and she is surprised. Raises her eye brow, biting her lower lips. And pretends to be angry and throws a stone towards me.
maalai viLakkaetrum naeram manasil orukoadi baaram

Part 4
Booze and dinner over. Each one gets back to their tent. I dont feel like sleeping
thaniththu vaazhndhenna laabam thaevaiyillaadha dhaabham
thanimaiyae poa poa inimaiyae vaa
neerum vaerum saera vaendum

Dinner is over. I gulp dinner quickly and search for S. I find her sitting near the front with 2 other people. I join them. I am kinda lucky, because the other 2 people are a couple. After sometime they go away. S gets up, and I ask her if she is feeling sleepy. She hesitates and then sits next to me. I am at a loss of words. I have never felt like that before.
kaavalil nilai koLLamal thaavudhe manadhu
kaaraNam thuNaiyillaamal vaadidum vayadhu
I start talking something like, it is so beautiful, no pollution etc etc. Looking at her expression I knew that she wasnt impressed (Idha solradhukkaa enna irukka sonne maadhiri oru look vittaa baa)
I took a deep breath and slowly started engaging her in a conversation. Hobbies, movies etc etc. No idea how long we talked. But at one stage we stopped talking and were looking at the river.
I was so tempted to hold her hand. But didnt know how she will take it
aasai kollaamal kollum angam thaaLaamal thuLLum
ennaithth kaekkaamal odum idhayam unnoaadu koodum
viragame oh naragamo sol
poovum muLLaay maarippoagum

It starts drizzling and we rush inside. She to her tent and me to mine. Sigh. Another opportunity missed

Ok. If you want to read a sad ending continue. Else skip this section

Sad Ending:
That ends an eventful trip.Some 1 month after the trip, S resigned from my organisation and joined somewhere else. And she didnt send me a goodbye mail before leaving. Slowly slowly I got over her
2007:
I got a mail from S. I was super thrilled. It seems, she had done a google search on Lonavla and my blog appeared on the top. She read this story completely. And the email read something like this. ‘Stupid fool. Why didnt you propose to me that night? I was waiting for so long. I thought you will. But you didnt. I assumed you werent interested. Cha! You missed a chance of lifetime.Poda’ (Engirundhaalum vaazhgha)

Happy Ending:
After the trip, I am in good talking terms with S. And she comes to know that I blog. Thanks to ‘The Hindu’. I was scared. What will she think of me, when she reads the posts I made on her
I was extremely tense. Didnt know what to do. In 30 minutes I get an email from her asking me who is ‘S’. I just send an one word reply ‘You’. She replies ‘Glad to be part of your hall of fame list. Now that we have started talking, has the bubble burst?’. I felt very bad. Rushed to her work place and asked her to come out for tea. I tried to convince her saying that bubble didnt burst. It was turning to something else. I tried to say too many things at same time and made a mess out of it. he he. She asked me ‘Are you getting involved? Or is it like, I have to check your blog for the response?’. he he. Thats it. Everything ended very well and we are living happily thereafetr (Aanandham aanandham paadum manam aasai oonjalil aadum. toin toin toin toinYaadhum Oore yaavarum kaeLir. Anbe engaL ulaga thathuvam)