Disclaimer: for all of you who don't know or are not aware of the concept of Model UN, it's a simulation of the United Nations. This story is part fiction. All characters and events in the following are just a coincidence. I'd blame destiny for that, and so should you.
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------------CUT TO- ILS HOSTEL ROOM No.16------------
Adu: So how was the SIMUNC 2010? (Removing his clothes)Had fun?
Dev: it was archetypal private college MUN... Rich, Babes, Food, Bands, etc...
Adu: Sweet! (Now hanging his clothes) 3 days have gone since I’ve seen you D tell me, dude...
Dev: there was one thing I wanna tell you! I meet Lechi Mon Su and had lunch with her!
Adu: YOU Went on a D-A-T-E? (Just wearing the essentials)
Dev: No, not date technically but yeh sort of… (Irritated by his attire) dude! Wear something!
Adu: tell me the story, and yeh stop scratching your underarms… and (sarcastic tone) yeh never mind with the clothes I’ll switch off the light before anyone check out your sexy body
Dev: So here it is, another one of my MUNs where I meet a girl, she smiles, I smile, and I don’t get anything but memories…
(Interruption from Advait)
Adu: can you bounce all that part and stretch to the part where you met her and all?
Dev: Dude, you are tolerating 4 seasons of How I Met Your Mother you can’t tolerate my 4play? (it was Feb 2010)
Adu: (falling out of his bed laughing out loud) DDDDDDDDDDDDDeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Dev: Shut up and listen: -
------------CUT to DAY 1 – SIMUNC 2010 – On way to Symbi Campus------------I was sitting in that rickety rickshaw waiting for Viman nagar to come as Vijay was yawning with his mouth wide open. I was thinking last night, about how I decided to come for this one-of-a-kind impromptu model UN. It so happened that due to the German Baker blasts the Government Law College team backed out of the MUN, they were the Delegation of U.S.A. and I was offered a free entry to SIMUNC for the same in Special Committee of the League of Nations, titled: 1943 Special Security Crisis, as an Agent from Roosevelt’s Government to end World War 2.
Speed Breaker Bump! And my file just slipped off from my hand and woke our drowsy - Mr Vijay, he utters ‘are we there yet?’ he asked; ‘Nope’ I replied! and he slept off again.
What was Vijay doing here? Well both of us had backed out from Public International Moot Court Competition and after my strong convincing and blackmailing Vijay finally came to accompany me to the MUN.
------------ENTER THE VIMAN NAGAR SYMBI CAMPUS! / DAY 1------------
As I was filling out my form and collecting my coupons SHE passed, although her height and size made her clearly unnoticeable to everyone around. Her amazing fair skin and her satin red top caught my eye! She came to me, followed by a mob of similar-looking guys (small eyes, small nose, small everything!) and …
And to this date, I don’t know what she said to me. She might have asked something related to the registrations and I don’t know what I said. I just collected myself and ran to conference room C12 where my committee had gathered.
I opened the door and there was no one there except some guy fixing the projector, and podium and one other guy asking me - ‘Delegate of?’
Still unrecovered from the image of HER at the registration desk I replied something like ‘fphoommasee’, and post recovery I said ‘U-S-A! I am the Delegate of USA in SCC at SIMUNC 2010’, I don’t know why I gave that big intro but it was fine to Rahul who was to Co-chair us for the committee!
I went to the washroom to adjust the tie and the blazer Adu had rented me for the day, while I demanded my dad to parcel my suits back to Pune (in my defence: I forgot! Also I thought I might not need them.). So I went back and I was staring back at the placards saying ‘United Kingdom’, ‘United States of America’, ‘USSR’, ‘Ethiopia’, ‘The Republic of China’! WHAT? Ethiopia? I yelled loud enough for everyone to stare blankly at me! Actually, the delegate of Ethiopia was - HER ! the girl I saw at the reception! I told myself ‘somebody gonna get hurt real bad!’. (Russel Peters)
Well despite the lovely Ethiopian girl I made an amazing opening statement (literally) as I was from the United Kingdom aka the Emperor's side followed by some remarks to the Nazi side towards Germany and Italy and concluded with some ideas to end the war! (Come on guys this was my 18th Model UN I was literally an Adult in MUNning!) No matter how much good I was I got humped post-lunch by everyone including my allies except for Ethiopia!
------------Conference room - Day 2 - SIMUNC 2010------------
I was writing some points for the peace Treaty to be signed by all when my pen slipped off and landed near the Ethiopian girl, today she was wearing a blue top with a light brown skirt. So already in character I stepped off my seat and bend down to take my pen when in shock she turned and moved her leg in my direction. (Was she trying to step on me as If I was a rat?) Well, she apologized later for kicking me by her calf!
Guys! Let me describe to you how this was, and please do not bring dirty thoughts - it was like my hand went into a milk cream fall (like a waterfall)! Wow!
Later during the lunch break, she came to me apologizing again, and I told her that I’d forgive her only if she had lunch with me. (Dev’s mind: YabbaDaabadooo!) She didn’t deny that! Mostly during lunch, I remember her asking me about India and places to see … She was a South Korean and her name was Lechi Mon and her surname was SU! (I did control my laughter but you know me!) That day went awesome! I did come back to ILS late as the campus was far away, also we passed an AMAZINGLY HILARIOUS treaty that day. If it would have been passed and implemented we would have still been in a World War.
------------Day 3 – SIMUNC – Post Award Function------------
Symbi Campus near the abandoned Registration Desk
I was with Harindar Singh Pela my Delhi School friend who was one of the organizers of SIMUNC (MUNning circle come useful!) asking him why the Ethiopian delegation came that day. He went on ‘Abbe, kake you get your award na? Toh kya gal hai? Why are you behind those Chinkies’, ‘Dude they were South Korean! Chal koi nahi I just wanted to know if they were safe or not because my committee had this girl and she didn’t turn up today!’ I replied in one breath.
Catching my breath I inquired ‘Where are they living?’ Harry checked the records and told me that they had booked an evening flight and were to enjoy the Gateway of India and Hotel Taj that day, so they left the night before.
Saddened by the loneliness and reminiscing our minutes of togetherness, I dragged myself back to the footsteps of the open amphitheatre which was filled with students from all over India to find my college guys. They were there congratulating me for my win in the impromptu MUN. I had won the HONORARY MENTION that day but it took me back to the memories of my last school MUN where I had met my love, still thinking.
What would be the fare of a flight from Mumbai to Korea?
Will she ever meet me?
Will she talk to me?
Will she be on Facebook?
Should I find her?
I realized that it wasn’t love, and just a small crush and deserved to be crushed in the memories of the pages of my diary. How funny a crush gets you crushed.
------------CUT TO- ILS HOSTEL ROOM No.16------------
Adu: At least try D, you might find her!
Dev: dude she was Korean! She was 24 (I lied)! She had a boyfriend (I lied, but she must have had one!) She was just a girl! A girl I’ll never meet! Also dude I can’t differentiate these Korean, Chinese or Japanese they all look alike! So there is no question about meeting her again!
Sometimes you just have to control your heart with your brain,
Sometimes you have to change for a better ride train,
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,
Sometimes love happens; sometimes just drain it all with booze.
Adu was asleep but I was outside staring at the lovely partial moon, trying to find her face!
But I couldn’t instead I saw a different face! But that’s a story that I’ll keep to myself!
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