Dry Day – Wet for Them

There is a policy that Tuesdays are to be observed as dry day whereby no bar should sell any liquor to anyone. In fact it is a good policy to control those people from consuming alcohol at least a day a week. But people often are seen under the influence of alcohol on this very day.

Many of the college mates are settled here in Thimphu (A city in Bhutan) but they rarely get to meet each other. If it is not for the events like baby showering of their mates, they don’t meet. They go to office and back home in the evening and that’s it, don’t get time to get along and enjoy few moments over a cup of coffee or tea or a glass of wine. But there are these three friends who make sure at least they meet once a week. They always keep in touch themselves through social networks. They make plans through facebook chats and make themselves available for each other right after the office or sometimes even during the office hours. But it so happened that they always make a plan on Tuesdays. They know that it is a dry day but unknowingly or knowingly they will have made the plans to hang out.

They get together and go in search of a very quiet place to hang out. Bar to bar and place to place they go in search. Finally they will get settled themselves for a drink. One sip after another, they talk about the old college days. More they drink, more and more they talk about old gold times. They drive from place to place, sponsors after sponsors. They drink until they think it is enough for them. There were also times when they missed office the next day due to hangover. 

When the day is time for everyone to keep themselves dry, it is a day for these three to get themselves drenched in liquor. They hang out till late night and get home so late. They will receive calls from every angle but when they are together, they listen to no one. Although it was not a right day for them to hangout, they at least give time for each other. Life in city like Thimphu, the time has come where even the people living next door will be a stranger. Many friends though live in the same city, do not get to meet. But the three, find themselves time and keep in touch, which in fact is a good way to cherish the old memories. It is very refreshing sharing the old day’s memories.