Package Deal :) :) :) :) :) :)

(Dedicated to my wonderful Roomies : Aditi , Khushi, Prachi, Pinky, Renu, Sonica)

Anybody who has bonded with their roomies will know why this is such a big deal. Why the name “Package Deal”? Roommates and Package Deal kinda resonates for me. Coz having a roommate is not about having just a friend, or a foe or just another human being. It’s about sharing a million relations in 1000 sq feet rented apartment (the funny me!!!… Ok... I know, it didn’t tickle your bone)

I landed with the best deal.

Sharing that space is one helluva experience for me because:

1. Foremost, sharing physical space with the unknown.
2. Breaking the ice. (Need to keep smiling and bring up small talks… it works)
3. Arriving at a consensus as to how to live. (sounds far fetched.. but yes.. there r a lot of things to decide)
4. Rating everybody on my Like-o-meter. (the ratings keep fluctuating with every incident)
5. Coming to know they are so much like ME, yet there is so much of THEM in them (I hope I am clear..)
6. Cooking together. (its really a bonding experience. Perfect time for small talks)
7. Finding so many ears to listen to How Crappy my day had been. (10 ears and 5 words of cajoling can work wonders… I had 5 roomies... that’s y the count)
8. “What to wear?”… the pressing issue easily solved (everybody just knew the answer to it … but to the other persons question)
9. Shopping. (with 6 females!!! It’s rampaging)
10. Birthday surprises!!! (5 heads – nobody can plan better surprises)
11. 5 handkerchiefs to wipe a single tear. (Everybody cared)
12. Making the kirana list. (we have had specialists)
13. Sharing secrets (6 girls…. One can not even imagine that there can be sooo much)
14. Talks that lasted for more than 6 hours at a stretch (in broad daylight... the butt glued to the same position… we have the stamina and the topics)
15. Chatting away in the night about everything under the sun.
16. Dancing, playing antakshari with electricity gone, wrestling, Pjing. (makes my heart smile)
17. Blaming each other for every reason and still getting back together (this was the most amazing part… abuse to the hearts content... but still be in love)
18. MARRIAGE (standing ovation plz… this topic is till the fav)
19. Rock Solid support in time of need. (whatever came… they always stood by)
20. Deciding what to cook (this decision needed time)
21. Knowing for sure if I am looking like shit or like a princess (5 confirmations are enough…)
22. Advices, pep talks, abuses, fights, recommendations (life is easy…)
23. Getting all geared up for their marriage ( I am still hunting…)
24. Convincing that your BF is not such a prat after all (men will be men… and we are gonna hate them sometime…)
25. The chain mails from office (within 6 hrs we exchanged more than 320 mails)
26. House Cleaning spree (fun in the pure form… )
27. Missing them (after a few got married)

The list could just go on and on… I need to get my fingers off the keyboard.

2 years have been out of this world. A different life. A different experience. Its not easy to live together. But nothing can be more fun either. There were times when we may have wanted to kill each other or run away, but we always came back with more luv.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust