The ghost who wanted help popping a lock!!!

Here I am. It is 3:45 in the morning and I am typing out a blog. But this was so funny that I wanted to record it in that instant. You know, the feelings and emotions that are lost once are lost forever.

It was Sunday evening. I was loath to start my math assignment that was due Monday morning. I was postponing it to an end and to aid me in that process my friend came home for dinner. As we were finishing a long dinner, my roomie, my friend and I, were talking of films to videos to TV and finally to programs. And then.!! Ghosts. There was serial called haunting and our friend was entertaining us with the gory details of it. My roomie and I were adding to the scene by shudders and oohs and aahs..Finally I decided to leave to the lab. But was afraid to after all these talks and asked my friend to accompany me. As we were going to the lab, we spent more time dwelling on the topic.

I was afraid to stay in the lab and there was only my lab mate who looked a lot of times like a skeleton of his body. I hurried home with my friend after collecting the necessary stuff for my class. I decided to work at his house as I could hear “New York Nagaram..” as I worked for there was no internet at my place.

I finished the hazy outlines for my homework and left his house as he dozed off soon. It was around 1:00 that time. I can home. Locked the house and tidied my room. 2:30 Am. I wanted to complete my homework so I switched places to the hall. Pondering on integrating a function along a circumference of a circle..when…

Knock Knock knock.. Dham Dham Dham!!!

I literally jumped out of my skin. It was 3:30 :A god forsaken hour.!! Who the heck was it. Before my mind could form a concrete explanation, my heart had jumped into my mouth and I ran into the bedroom and shouted “Soddy Soddy..” She jumped out of bed and shouted “what what ??”// @#$%%^ blasphemies. I was like, “There is somebody knocking the door and I am frightened” I was shouting incoherently. Oh God!! I am really rolling on the floor while I am writing this, You should have been here!!! Wow!!!

I was sure that some miscreant ghost had at last found its way into the house and was going to kill me. My roomie was shouting out instructions, “Go.. switch off the music. It must be the neighbors complaining.(Oh yeah!! I had the volume at the highest with ARR going Fana…), Don’t open the door, ask who it is..!! All this without moving from her place. Man!! But she is not to be blamed.

I switched off the music, asked “who is this?””

Voice : “ Hey!! This is your neighbour. I locked my selves out. Can u help me? “
Me : “what!! Do u want me to pop the lock???” (By now, my mind had finally taken over though my heart was going 120 strong..)
Voice : “yup. Can you? “
Me : “what!! No I cant. I don’t know how to.”

I was now sure that it was a miscreant all right but no ghost. I was now into thinking that it was a thief trying to get into my neighbor’s apartment as I knew my neighbor well.

Voice : “Please look thru the blinds I am tired!!!”
Me: (opening the blinds), “yeah??” (It’s human all right!!!)

Man : “Can you give me eleven dollars? I need to pay the locksmith. He is here and popping the lock. I will write out a cheque for you later”
Me : (Oh!! This is your game??) “Sorry sir, we don’t keep money in the house”.
Man: Resigned sigh!! Left.


I went inside. Explained the situation to my roomie (who had not moved an inch). We had a great laugh. Literally rolling on the floor wiping out the tears from our eyes.!!! I left the door to her room half opened and came outside to continue my homework. I accept that I was absolutely chicken!! But I am to be excused. I was laughing so much that I felt I should write this out, and here it is @ 4:08 on a 18th September morning and I am laughing. Hope it will be a great day..