lamhil september 2012 - E-Pao!

LAMHIL SEPTEMBER 2012 OPINION
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THE WORST THING TO HAVE IN COMMON
I had so much in common with a
girl. She can relate to almost every experience
and situation that I told her about. We had
the same taste in almost everything. We grew
up in the same locality and went to the same
high school. Of course, this alone makes us
just two among the thousands that passed
out from St. Mary s High in Churachandpur.
However, not many had a year break after
+2, which we did. We both went to Delhi
to prepare for an entrance exam. However,
we lasted only three months there and
returned home subsequently. Almost a year
later, we both failed our respective entrance
tests. We both hate DTC buses and had
avoided it completely at the cost of many
other luxuries. For you see, we emptied our
pockets almost entirely on auto fares. We
both were even hospitalized once; also due
to the same complain - gastritis.
We both preferred sugar-low tea
to special tea. Everybody loves black for a
shirt. So do we. But, we never had red and
yellow before. Again, everyone loves music.
So do we. However, there are few who like
AC/DC and GnR. We both have been their
fans, !Shoot To Thrill" being our latest
favourite then. I was surprised, and upset as
well because I love things, which I thought
girls hate. We both enjoyed Chetan Bhagat s
novel (5 point someone, the others suck) and
The Big Bang Theory (though I ve started
to dislike it lately). However, despite all our
common experiences and similar tastes, we
do not like each other enough to be more
than friends.
On the contrary, I had so little in
common with another girl. We grew up in
- Thet Thet Haokip
an entirely different world. She had never
been in my locality as I had never been in
hers. Environment had a crucial role in
shaping our psyche, personality and shape
esp. during our childhood. After all the
works of the environment, when we met
at college in Shillong, we were already very
different from each other. She was slim
and tall like all her siblings, while I was
bulky and short. God had given us free
will but not free choice of genes.
She is good in singing. So, she
often sang in churches and always during
our college outings. She even plays the
guitar herself# I have never sung solo in
church or anywhere. Simply because I can t
sing# My career as a singer had ended even
before it started. I was still young when
this incident happened. I was at home
playing a guitar, practicing the three chords
I knew. I sang a song matching the chords,
or so I thought. Then, an elder from the
church came home and found me
engrossed in that state. He remarked, !laa
ahi tah leh!" Since then, there was no
looking forward.
It was astonishing to discover how
two people can have so much differences
and so little in common. Change is said to
be the only thing that does not change.
Likewise, I find differences to be the only
thing common in all human beings.
However, despite all our differences, I
know one thing we have in common: we
don t like each other enough to be more
than friends, either!