Strawberry Soft Serve...

Have you ever observed a pattern in the way your life unfolds?

I've always admired the phenomenon of deja vu, the mental phenomenon. But this is different. Few things, actually happen in a similar way, as if they follow a repetitive pattern. Not that you perceive them that way, or that you plan in advance for them to occur. They just _happen_.

Now in this season of farewells, I have somehow recognized it happening. Every time I say a good-bye to a dear friend (how much dear I hold the friend to me is very important here, not all friends get such a good-bye from me!), I always end the day with a strawberry soft serve at McDs. ALWAYS. I can count atleast 5 times this has happened. Today, I did it because I just wanted the pattern to continue, given the fact that McD was just a floor away.

The first one was at the McD at South-Ex. The last day of my summer of 2008 at ICPO. Probably the beginning of the pattern. Good-bye to shakky and neha. The day that still holds a lot of everygreen memories for me, followed by the Dominoes night on July 8, 2008. They all made the day I said farewell to all those dearest people - july 10,2008, all the more special! Those memories are just etched and I am sure I shall recount it to even my grandchildren!

And then while at NBRC, 4th July, 2009 - McD at Ambience Ambience - goodbye to ankita, subhankar, gagan and purabi. After the fateful pasta and the amazing raj kachori, i remember we finished it with the Soft serve! I just loved it and I remember how hurried we were, to get back.. It was one real adventure, wasn't it? A memorable one at that... The whole institute went into a frenzy searching for us late in the night :)

And now very recently, on the 14th of July, we went out to Ampa Skywalk! A super gang of girls, happy-go-lucky ones.. Went around and around.. finally bid farewell over soft serve @ McD, Skywalk... Madhura, harini, vinitha, apoorva and priya. Again a tad emotional like every other time, but the excitement of the strawberry soft serve overcomes it all..

And today, with vaishnavi, it was time to say goodbye... After lots of talking, we finally finished it off with Strawberry Soft Serve, purposefully so. I shall remember this day for long for more than one reason, mainly for all the conversation that we had. Felt so heart-warming :)

So here's wishing, the number of such good-byes come down, though I would love to continue the stint with the yummmmmmmmy strawberry soft serve, given that I am such a strawberry person, I blindly go for the flavor, whatever be the dish - from milkshakes to perfumes!
(By the way, a couple of good-byes have been over chocolava cake recently, memorable again! Just two of them, but then that was because of lack of McD nearby!)

Talking of patterns, as one of my friends Madhura rightly pointed out in all her wisdom, its also true that we go through the same kind of feelings when we wear the same dress. I have seen it happen atleast quite a few times recently. I have a blue Fabindia top which drives me crazy with emotions. I always end up having one of the best times of my lives the day I wear it, my heart brimming with an undefinable sort of happiness and then the person of the day leaves the place and I end up crying fully the rest of the day - Out of the sheer thought of missing those wonderful people and the memories, and trust me, it isn't planned that I would wear something that day. It just Happens.. Rather, maybe it's meant to happen that way. Happy to know the same happens with many people as well. Ofcourse, I would be telling a lie if i said the same happens whenever I wear that dress, then I would be planning these and these wouldn't make for interesting co-incidences for me to write about. It's actually the other way about - such days happen to fall on days when I wear that particular dress, that's the interesting thing here.

So pardon me if reading this post was a waste of your time. This post has had no thinking behind it, no editing too. Just pouring out. As I keep telling, this blog is a time machine for me, the place I vent all my feelings out. And this post, comes at the spur of a moment, out of mixed emotions, out of the feel-good I have got today. Just take a bit of this enthu if you would like from here. It grows double when I share!

If you've gone through the same, have ever observed a pattern in your lives, make me happier by posting them in the comments! These things make life more worthwhile!