It wasn’t such a long time ago when I came up with my “Meet my friend Tommy” post for which I actually got a couple of commendation from many bloggers who don’t know Tommy.
Well today is his birthday and since he is thousands of miles away in small town London and since I am too stingy to make an ISD call
I already wished him at Orkut on Saturday nite. It was around 11:30pm and I was at M’s place online from her lappy (haha faith_no_more, wipe that dirty smirk off your face). I was trying to spice up this really happening Orkut community that I created “Worst Pick-up lines/Intro of Orkut”. As I logged into Orkut, my Orkut b’day reminder back then said “Tomorrow is Tommy’s b’day”. By tomorrow, I just assumed they meant Sunday as it was still a Saturday nite then, but I never knew Orkut was already on a Sunday. So there I was happily wishing him at his scrap book from M’s place when the clock struck 12 that Saturday nite, wondering why nobody else had wished him so far.
Then yesterday, Sunday, Amol called me up from Gurgaon.
“Yo today is Tommy’s birthday”
“Bastard, you wished him a day early at Orkut. His birthday is tomorrow.”
“What crap. It’s today. 17th July. Check Orkut.”
“What check Orkut? Check your freaking calendar!”
And there I was, oooops! 17th is Monday!
“Fuck. Stupid Orkut”
“What stupid Orkut? Stupid Kima!”
“ok ok… comon… I goofed up. I don’t wanna be the odd one here. Please wish him a happy birthday too! Today! Right now! On Orkut! Give me company dooood!”
Asshole Amol laughed so much he couldn’t even speak. And then we started making some really crazy plans like trying to convince him that Sunday was actually his Birthday, and that we’ll even call up Haridwar to inform his parents that it was their son’s birthday that day and not Monday. Lolz. Maybe if it was Muthu, we might actually be able to convince him (Muthu is a friend of ours who will fall for any crap I feed him, however far-fetched it may be. He’s a legend from our Batch. Maybe I’ll come up with a post about him later.)
So here I am, to make up for my blunder, a post specially dedicated to him. Happy birthday Tommy (Arnab Deb who?)
His birth name is Arnab Deb, but everybody calls him Tommy. And after our summer internships, whenever our gang went out for a movie/dinner/pub, when it was time to pay the bill, Tommy was no longer called Tommy. He was then suddenly known as Mister Morgan. All of us would look at him and shout out “Mor-gan Mor-gan Mor-gan” in synchronized unison, and for the umpteenth time he would reach for his wallet while saying “Bastards, I swear this is the last time man”. LoLz. Tommy was one of the few guys who did their summer internship in an I-Bank, literally minting cash. He got into JP Morgan for his summers, hence the name Mister Morgan. His stipend was atleast twice that of our entire gang’s put together.
But comparing his real name and his nom de guerre, one can’t help but smile at the aberrance. This kinda reminds me of Russel Peters who made fun of Indians who go to The US of A and introduce themselves with an American sounding name that is completely different from their Indian name (Quote Russel Peters: “Hi. My name is Rajendra, you may call me Steve”
So, ladies and gentlemen, if you ever want to know how a typical “Tommy” looks like, then I guess you should take a look at my friend Arnab Deb. Can you imagine what it would be like at a crime scene? The cop is busy taking notes from a distraught paranoid victim “The person who just tried to rape me… well… he is around 5’9… medium built… face description… somewhat like a Tommy.”
After a stint at JP Morgan, he is now at Barclays, London. But in between these two Mints, he was still the same old stingy Tommy. We always had to wring him hard until he finally shelled out money to pay for the CCD Black Velvet coffee, which was just 3 bucks a cup. Ofcourse sometimes we made him pay for the Tequila bottle but… *Kima slyly points his finger to Monu and Amol*
He is the most fraud Bhong I’ve ever known. Doesn’t know any place in Kolkata and have never played or watched football in his entire life. Bastard doesn’t even like chaats or sweets!!!!
He’s a big hit among the ladies. They drool over him. Although there was a brief scandal about him being a “silent killer” (read my previous post about him), most of the time he is completely clueless about the birds and the bees. He’s the type who would say “Thanx, I’ll call you if my Company’s on a recruitment drive” when a sexy voluptuous babe hands him her phone number on a napkin at a night club
Sometimes we think he’s actually confused about his sexuality. Maybe it’s because some juniors in IIMB selected him as their mentor because of his “killer looks”, and a majority of these juniors were guys!
Ah… good ol Tommy. From all of us here in India, Amol, Monu, Kata, Momo, Ankita, Shubha and me, we wish you a happy happy birthday dude. We miss you (although we miss you footing our bill more
Happy Birthday once again bro.
17 comments:
Here is to good times....
Cheers....
:)
-Elysia
thanks a ton dude!!!! really mean it..am touched.. and am missing u all guys too!! had a bloody training and work for my bd - it was good fun :D (am actually being sarcastic :D)
- tommy.
ps: went for a RHCP concert this saturday. it made my day :)
Haha Kima! It was too hilarious! I really miss those days. Happy birthday once again Tommy.
Hey Mizo!
love reading ur blog. Drop by mine sometime. Though its not nearly as regular as urs.
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hbd tommy..wish u the best..
kima..do u remember who was the cofounder of orkut worst pick up lines?...hehehe
Happy Birthday Tommy! shame we didn't have the opportunity to meet :-) hope ur stay in london gets better..
Dude, have you ever considered getting your own book published? You’re really good!
Belated Happy Birthday! Tommy
God bless...
Thanx a lot guys, Im sure Tommy wud have appreciated it. And yes, mockingbird, I did thought about your idea a long time ago. Lets see what happens... :-)
muthu should be next on ur chopping block..heheh..apadi podey podey nenay guy during "aarambh"..heheh..muthu next
-bro sonam
i kno....its a bit 2222 late....
but it was an awsummmm bday gift u gave tommy....
iimb times rockk....
awww i mis them:((
I don't freakin know how i made it to this place inside ur blog... but wateva b da mode... u appear to know arnab deb pretty well... n I happen 2 b sm1 from his gaon in haridwar nd one of his family frend... so u can consider this as a random 'post a comment' act and delete 8 or be kind of nuff 2 reply if u copywriters have sm free time... :)
I don't freakin know how i made it to this place inside ur blog... but wateva b da mode... u appear to know arnab deb pretty well... n I happen 2 b sm1 from his gaon in haridwar nd one of his family frend... so u can consider this as a random 'post a comment' act and delete 8 or be kind of nuff 2 reply if u copywriters have sm free time... :)
Thanks, friend :-) Any friend of Tommy is a friend of mine. Thank you for commenting and do visit again.
Cheers! :-)
well... i appreciate the fact that u took time outta ur bz schedule 2 chk ur blog n reply so promptly... neways somethin other than 'Tommy' as u guys call him that holds a common interest wud b that,jus about a few months bk i had an oppurtunity 2 get in2 webchutney but eventually decided against 8... [for training purpose only. Now after goin thru ur blog i guess it's a pretty decent place 2 be in... ur opinion...
well... hey... this is the same anonymous writer who last scribbled on 'Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:26:00 AM'
Apparently U've not checked ur blog posts of late... btw... reply tot he previous query still awaited ;)
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