‘Look up the stars,
look how they shine for you’ and I exactly felt like the night sky with the
full moon on 2nd July was indeed glowing for me. One should indeed
be careful for what they wish. Rhonda Byrne was not totally wrong in her book
‘The Secret’ where she said that if you want something really bad, the whole
universe conspires for you to get it.
When I woke up on 2nd July 2015, a blah Thursday morning - my Instagram, Facebook and Twitter newsfeed was full of statuses and tags making me realize that
while I was not doing anything much at home the night before; Cris Martin was playing at Summer
House Café. I went to office not feeling very great and realizing what I
missed. I was listening to his slow number ‘Fix You’ and was trying to cheer
myself up.
I remembered my college days and all my emotions with
ColdPlay. It was only few days ago that I was discussing with a friend how
music is one thing that acts like a perfect time machine. I remember so many
different sets of friend and so many various discussions at different point of
time while Coldplay always set the mood behind. I remember my friend trying to
play the strings and hum to his numbers while we sat on the balcony and
discussed our DU life and not-so-certain career ahead.
I remember humming ‘Yellow’ on every starry night with a
friend when we took a train for a month to travel around the country and see
the real India.
I also remember bonding with new people and talking for
hours about music and life once we got comfortable singing ‘Paradise’ together.
One reason why I still love the super expensive 'Route04' at Khan Market is
because of their music and it is ColdPlay that more often sets the mood.
For all the other rainy days and lazy evenings, my brother
would have a perfect Coldplay playlist playing; for though we both have very different
taste in music, love for Coldplay is something we both share.
Things have changed now from those carefree days,
most of my friends are married, some have gone to different cities and
countries and everyone else is in the rat-race to make it to the top. Many of my
opinions about life have changed. Many new people have come into my life. In
all this, one thing that remained constant is my love for Coldplay and
my innumerable college days memories over their numbers.
With all these thoughts occupying different corners of my brain
I went out for lunch to the Canteen with my best friend and ordered a special
fried rice to cheer ourselves up. Just then, the universe conspired and I got a
call from a colleague informing me that Chris Martin will be in office in
another 15 min. I remember my exact thought and I know that I will not do
justice with words to explain my exact emotion ; we ran!
My excitement reached newer levels when I got a seat right
next to Chris Martin. The thought that he came to our office without me having
to go anywhere and took a seat right next to me was unbelievable to digest. I
knew my brain was not working. I see comments in the social media where they
are talking about how the girl on his right looks like she is melting. I wish I
could only express in words, the real emotion that I was going through.
I remember his exact smell and the super cool ‘A’ tattoo on
his left wrist which made me love him a little more maybe. In my fairy-tale world I imagined the 'A' to stand for Alpaxee. He sat there, next to me for 45
minutes, he chatted with all my other lovely colleagues and learnt about the work of Oxfam
India. Before going, to add the cherry to the cake he gave
me a good teddy bear hug, a hug that I will remember my whole life.
It took me days to realize and come to terms with what
happened and hence, 15 days later, here I am sitting and trying to pen down
what just happened!
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