First, it was Yedukumar and Raji from Oman followed by Savio George and Annie from Chicago who'd come down to Kochi on a short break. We'd met the former couple, a couple of years back at a classmate's daughter's wedding reception at Thrissur but meeting up with Savio was after a gap of 41 years, immediately on passing out from our school and hence, his wife, Annie for the first time.
The two evenings were memorable in the manner we caught up with each other's lives and by the end of it, the long gap in communication had been bridged giving the impression that there wasn't any discontinuity at all! The anecdotes, the small events that dotted our school days were recalled with enthusiasm, analysed threadbare as to why they'd elicited unique responses from the protagonists and the interaction was frequently punctuated with guffaws and mirthful laughter.
The beauty about the get together was that the ladies seemed to be aware of many of our school escapades down to the last detail and they seemed to egg us on in our rewind to the past. I've always wondered as to whether they're indulging us to get on with our favourite pastime to get us off their backs or whether they were genuinely interested in hearing the narrations. And to my pleasant surprise I've found that it was the latter reason, as underscored during all the interactions thus far.
The 'Cabinet' on the second floor gave us our initial privacy to break the ice, followed by the elegant corner of the buffet lounge of the Avenue Regent where the interaction had meandered to its logical conclusion!
An evening well spent!!
Tailpiece.
The dominant feeling was that the evening would continue non-stop with no end! It's difficult to leave our friends from school with whom we'd ganged up after a long while!!
The two evenings were memorable in the manner we caught up with each other's lives and by the end of it, the long gap in communication had been bridged giving the impression that there wasn't any discontinuity at all! The anecdotes, the small events that dotted our school days were recalled with enthusiasm, analysed threadbare as to why they'd elicited unique responses from the protagonists and the interaction was frequently punctuated with guffaws and mirthful laughter.
The beauty about the get together was that the ladies seemed to be aware of many of our school escapades down to the last detail and they seemed to egg us on in our rewind to the past. I've always wondered as to whether they're indulging us to get on with our favourite pastime to get us off their backs or whether they were genuinely interested in hearing the narrations. And to my pleasant surprise I've found that it was the latter reason, as underscored during all the interactions thus far.
The 'Cabinet' on the second floor gave us our initial privacy to break the ice, followed by the elegant corner of the buffet lounge of the Avenue Regent where the interaction had meandered to its logical conclusion!
An evening well spent!!
Tailpiece.
The dominant feeling was that the evening would continue non-stop with no end! It's difficult to leave our friends from school with whom we'd ganged up after a long while!!
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