hukkas and memories...

i had an amazing day yesterday.. had to go look at hukka bars in the city for a story thats now been shot down.. but i got my day of smoke n memories.. sap got back to delhi yesterday so i convinced him to meet me at the station n hang out with me before goin home... its freaaaky how thin he's gotten.. but then when the choice is between hostel food n your own cooking.. i guess anyone would lose some weight.. anyway... i met him at teh station after a horribly delayed train and frantic calls to confirm that he had arrived/not gone home with out telling me/ not had an accident somewhere... coz the damned train was almost 3 hours late coz of teh foggy weather n sap being teh damned idiot that he is had run through all his balance so he couldnt call n tell me when he's arriving.. n god..... teh train enquiries service ppl are such idiots! they told me taht teh train had already arrived..!!!! n i was FREAKIN OUT coz i couldnt get through and there was no communique from sap..

anyway.. after mutual exclammations of "tu kitna patla ho gaya hai", we went to khan mkt to this hukka place called market cafe.. after an auto ride taht turned into a nostalgia and giggles fest.. and sap refused to wear anything warm...! he spent most of teh day in a half sleeved tshirt except a brioef 30 second interlude when he wore my overcoat.. then got embarrasesed n proceeded to carry it around n use it as blanket in teh auto..

anyway... on our way to khan mkt we saw this reeeeaaallly pretty convertible on teh road with an old sardarji driving it.. neither of us knows what car it is so if any kind soul can provide enlightenment it would be highly welcome...

so.. we got to khan.. went up the spiral staircase at market cafe.. n saw teh menu... read teh menu.. n walked out after seeing the prices.. :)

and proceeded to eat the kabab rolls at khan chacha's..

hung out at the barista outlet for about an hour eating chocolate excess and drinking frappe... i'd forgotten how good it was to sit with someone n be silent for a while... n then talk bout silly things n things taht matter.. and dare each other to aim things at bald men's heads only to pull back teh dare yourself.. :)

then we went to def col market where i also called noor to join us.. went to mocha to wait for her to arrive.. damn pretty place that.. too bad teh smoking section was too full so we had to leave.. sat at mocha for a few minutes and generally chatted bout life.. n then we went to this place called cafe brown sugar.. its in def col mkt itself.. with noor, and had a mint flavored hooka.. sheesha as its called.. took me quite a while to figure out how to pull so taht i could take in the smoke instead of gagging on it..
but.. i finally managed.. sap meanwhile tried to copy this waiter there who was blowing smoke rings..

and ended up looking like a smoke geyser.... ;)

anyway.. after a dreamy hour or so of sheesha and conversation.. we headed out again.. noor had to go home.. n we decided to hit CP... the auto ride till cp was chilllllyyyyy... so we were sitting cuddled up in my coat.. n discussing career and college and school.. and then we were singing.. honestly.. with or without you is SO not the same unless its a duet... :)... sigh.... memories...

at CP.. we sat at a Barista outlet again.. n right on the next table was this couple where this guy was SO trying to show off his guitar n vocal skills to his girlfriend.. we watched tehm 4 a while.. got all nostalgic bout school n teh band.. n borrowed the guitar.. and proceeded to sing away to glory for teh next hour or so.. including silly hindi songs like "tu mile dil khile.." hehehe

oh n there was this absolutely ADORABLE little kid there.. who was staring at us a while.. n then came up n asked to play teh guitar.. n teh guitar was too big for him.. so sap n i decided to give teh kid lessons...he's in prep class.. n went away determined to buy a small guitar and learn.. specially since we were trying to teach him the D chord.. but his hands were too tiny even for that... his mum was almost embarrassed.. but the way sap got all excited at teh idea of teaching taht kid how to hold a guitar.. we were both (The mum n me) just standing there watching teh two kids.. hehehe.

we finally left fromj there at 7.. once sap got a frantic call from his roommate in bangalore warning him taht his mum had been calling to find out where he was.. n since he hadnt told his parents he was comin to delhi.. he ran home to surprise tehm...

all in all.. a lovely day with an old friend.. something i hadnt even known that i was really yearning for.. the comfort of intimacy.. of knowing someone who knows you and accepts you.. things got a bit teary a few times.. and we got pretty nostalgic a few times... but teh comfort was always there..

of an old trusted friend u can get high with and sing lullabys in autos...