Yesterday, I called up my friend, Chandra, who stays in
Bangalore, after a long hiatus. We
talked for quite a while. I have typed
out the conversation below so as to give you a brief idea about how
conversation in English mainly takes place.
Hope you will find it helpful.
I dialed Chandra’s number. After a few rings, I heard his voice saying
“Hello.”
Me: (I said in a
soft voice). Hi Chandra, how are you?
(He at once recognized my voice and said...)
Chandra: Hey Aziz,
what a pleasant surprise! Where were you
these days man?
Me: I’m fine here
buddy. I am still in Guwahati and have
not shifted to Bangalore yet. And, how
about you?
Chandra: I’m fine
too. Today is Saturday, so just enjoying
the weekend with my family.
Me: Oh, that’s
nice! Having a gala time, I guess.
Chandra: Yea, but
tired. I had a lot of work in the office
today.
Me: That’s
normal. No matter how hard you try, you
still can’t escape from your workload.
Well, too much of work can make you abnormal and irritable, ha ha.....
Chandra: Yes,
that’s the boring part. And tell me
about you. What are you doing over
there?
Me: Just passing
time. Actually, the plan to shift to
Bangalore got changed. Thinking of
opening a coaching center over here. For
the time being, actually got some students and am teaching them English, spoken
English, Science, and social studies as well as computers.
Chandra: That’s
good. I know you can do it and that’s a
pretty good idea.... I’m really liking it really. Moreover, your coaching center won’t be
affected by any recession or American economy.. ha ha..
Me: Ha ha..
really? Why do you think so?
Chandra: Well,
whenever I approach my boss for some salary hike, he says that the company is
not progressing well, very difficult to get jobs from US, your productivity is declining,
and finally pushes everything to American economy. And when the company is actually improving, he
says it’s true that we got some new contracts but also lost some of old ones,
so the company is at the same level..., again blame goes to American economy...
Me: Oh, that’s
really true and same is the case everywhere.
I too faced it a lot.
Chandra: Well,
that’s how it’s everywhere.
Me: That’s
true. I just wanna work out my stuff and
have peace of mind.
Chandra: And what
else? Anything new?
Me: Nothing
especial. Oh... I just wanted to ask
you... do you still have the photographs of our trip to Ajanta and Ellora?
Chandra: Actually
I don’t have those, but Ganga might have as he is the one who took the snaps.
Me: Oh yes... now
I remember. But are you sure he will be
having those, as that trip was almost 7-8 years back?
Chandra: You are
right. I’ll have to check with him. He should have those, as I don’t think he
will delete such lovely photos. Even
Mahesh might be having some of the photos of some of the trips that we had.
Me: Anyway, you
just check with them and let me know as soon as possible.
Chandra: Sure, I
will. And how about your blogs? I didn’t see any updates on them lately.
Me: I just finished
writing about my trip to Kaziranga National Park. You can check that.
Chandra: That’s
cool. I will surely check.
Me: I also want to
write about our trip to Ajanta and Ellora and that’s why I needed those
pictures.
Chandra: Sure, I
will try my best to collect those.
Me: Thanx, that would
be a great help.
Chandra: Aziz, I’ll
take a leave now. My wife is calling me
to join them.
Me: Sure, have
fun... and it was really nice to talk to you after such a long time.
Chandra: In fact,
it was really nice. Keep in touch. Bye.
Me: Bye, take care.
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