Home alone.

This happens almost every night..

11.55 pm : I fatafat check all my mails ranging from gpo, ee, google and all social networking sites for all possible updates - this includes orkut, facebook, and for me, my blogs as well.

11.59 pm : All (if any) chats suddenly stop replying. No more presses on Home (on orkut) {which usually take place around every minute or so} or refresh (on gmail etc) {which usually take place every 30 seconds} result in meaningful page updates and give the usual browser error message to check connection setting or reload and try again.

00.01 am : It is confirmed. The net has been disconnected.

00.01-00.03 am : I keep trying pressing on the links and tabs of various open windows of firfox and IE. Finally, giving up, I close these. If the comp is lucky that day, I decide to give it some much-needed rest and switch it off as well.

00.10 am : I am back to room from brushing my teeth and usual dental hygiene routine, ready to go to sleep, since obviously I am not going to study.

00.15 am : Lights are off. And am supposed to be asleep by now. But I am NOT. Whats wrong? I am bored. Oh what the hell? What is that supposed to mean? Bored when you are going to sleep?
But you see, I am from a different planet. With my trusted Nokia 1100 at my side (which has such a wonderfully useless mtnl connection which never fails to fail you), I start feeling lonely. Lonely? Yeah, and that too in the middle of the night. I end up doing the usual routine..
Unlock -> Menu -> Messages -> Inbox -> Inbox is empty! -> Deafts -> Drafts folder is empty! -> Sent items -> Sent items folder is empty!
This sequence is repeated around 5-7 times within a duration of 2 minutes or so.
Then, I think, Aaj kis-kiska call aaya mujhe? Hmmm.. nope, kisi ka nahi.
Maine kisko call kiya? Nope, kisi ko nahi. Arre haan, am using the excuse ki my balance is low. Whatever.
Then, I think, what the hell.. main hi kisiko msg ya call kar leta hoon. Shayad koi reply aa jaye.. Balance ki baad mein dekhi jayegi.
Any quick names which come to my mind, are already asleep long back, and I dont want to wake them up unnecessarily. Even if I could call getting rid of my boredom as a necessay excuse, what am I gonna say to that person? I have nothing to talk, do I? I feel empty.. am I empty? Really?
So, this is what the supposedly-brilliant-brain-from-IIT ends up doing.. going through my entire contacts list of 127 people and see if there's someone I could call up in middle of night, not be weird, and feel fresh at the end of conversation. Guys' name I mostly skip anyway unless they are outstation. Plus, guys do not expect calls from me. Ever. One of my friends was shocked when I called him up 15 minutes past midnight. It was his birthday. I dont think people expect me to keep in touch. Anyway, right now, I dont have the bloody balance. Girls' well, it'll be definitely odd calling up some random friend in middle of night. Even more if she doesn't even know that I had her number. As I reach the end of the contacts list, I know there is noone am gonna call there, from previous so-many-nights experience. Not that I didn't know about it when I began searching through the contacts list in the first place. So, contacts list is always a disappointment.
The same Inbox, Sent Items, checking routine takes place a few more times. By this time, its maybe 01.00 am or 01.30 am, who cares! I finally go to sleep, bored of being bored.

p.s. Seldom, I do send a message to some person. Mostly, I dont get a reply. Unless it was one of those whose name had come to mind in the first thought, if they had not gone to sleep already. Though the replies usually have half of it as " ... Chal, goodnight. bye."