#2
There was a guy who was doing post-graduation in Business Administration , something he always thought for doing , before starting his career. First day in the college ..The orientation day. That day he learnt two things : Firstly , it's not a college but an institute (duh!) and Secondly , the coming two years would be ..umm...lets say...interesting ..because the atmosphere was not at all what he expected , but he always knew he didn't know what to expect , so it cancels out I guess. Nevertheless , first week of the day ..some sort of Orientation Classes marketed under the heading of , " To equip you and bring all of you at the same level of knowledge so that we can collectively , as a group, move forward and learn to be successful and ethical managers in the future .. " .Sounds good..I guess... Never mind , coming back to the point , he kinda liked his new classmates. He could recognize few familiar faces , few faces he thought were familiar but yeah what did he know , and the others. Typical of him , he didn't make the first attempt to talk to anyone . Being allocated the corner seat in the last row of the room , he actually felt that it was the universe telling him to stay away and quiet for now until the opportune moment comes. Now fast forwarding , he met some great people and kinda felt this strong connection with many of them . Being in his nature to roam around and poke his nose in everyone's matter , he felt that everyone kinda knew him and lets say..didn't hate him.. He essentially considered himself to be part of this group, most of whom he met because of they being 'familiar faces' and mutual friends ofcourse.. He felt that his life was going great and finally , he was feeling some sense of belongingness towards the entire scheme of things. " I don't think I would trade this for something else..I value it that much " was his thought process.
So what we have , is this bulky guy,ugly by face but good by heart(or so he thinks) hanging out with these people and feeling like the king of the world. As time went by , bond got even stronger and he , completely unaware ,subconsciously sort of divided these friends into different tiers based on his level of bonding with them and how much they meant to him. So there was the White Knight Tier , Tier A , B and C. Couple of them belonged to the White Knight Tier while others occupied the next tier. It sounds lame and it surely was. But that's what his mind was...pretty lame!! There goes the first trimester and so his real life now begins .
In comes the second trimester , and his real insecurities start to show up at many instances. Firstly , due to some structural changes , his work group was ..literally..broken apart but so was everyone's in the class. Some liked it , some hated it and some didn't care. When he realized that he had to join another group , he really didn't know where to go. " Who would have me?!", he thought. Knowing him , he hesitated to ask his friends whether he could actually join their group who were a member short because one of the group members left them for their friends. But he didn't want to look pressing or forcing them to take him just because they are friends and they are 'obligated' to do so. In an interesting turn of events , he did end up joining that group and he felt relaxed . " What happens , happens for the best . "
The bonding among the new work group grew stronger with passage of time..not by his efforts ofcourse ..but because they were good people. Anyways, his life is now great. He has this big group of work friends , travelling friends,gossip friends and hangout friends..and what was the best thing ( or the worst maybe) about it , that they had more than 80% common between them...Even though he used to fail alienated sometimes , but he used to think that it was all in the mind and it's only natural that people don't hang out with them everytime he is around.. " Why would they.?? I am not that cool " he used to think. So there goes the second trimester and he feels that things are going well..But what do they say..- The sea is most dangerous when it's all calm .
So now we come up to the defining moment ..the third trimester. A good start. He feels connected to everyone and the cohesion in the group is really strong. The work group , herein after referred to as the RSG, had it's first party and people really enjoyed there. More of a get together , it was fun nevertheless. Then due to some interesting turn of events , there was a slight rift between certain close friends of his..And this guy thought that it was his fault . He should've done something before things took a worse turn . But he wanted to make it right. Through cooperating nature of his friends and some intentional 'good guy,bad guy' things, he managed to do something right and rest was the bond between friends which pulled the ship towards the shore. Good for Him.
His bond with his friends has grown stronger..more than ever. His white knight has become special to him and so have his other friends. He has the whole second year planned in his mind..Fun and more fun was the central theme of that 'expected storyline'.
But then something changed....FOR THE WORST OR BEST..TIME WILL TELL!!
my name is aman and this is the story of my lyf..