We had been told that if we missed practice we wouldn’t be allowed to march in the real graduation ceremony, so I was definitely planning on making ...it on time. Lunch was even better than I thought it would be. The food was magnificent and the ambience was really terrific. The building was decorated in early twentieth century imperial Chinese. In other words, large blocks of green marble and beautiful flowing curtains, not overly gaudy, but flamboyant in an understated sort of way.Maria and I. ,,,Kal mera exam dopaher 2 baje khatam hone wala tha mere mom ne mere sare kapde meera ke ghar pohuncha diye the, muze bas unke ghar jana tha,,,2:30 baje mai unke ghar pohuncha to dekha ki uncle apne jute pahen rahe the, aur sath me unki beti bhi tayyar ho rahi thi, maine bola ‘uncle aap kaha ja rahe ho?’ uncle bole ki ‘beta muze balaji temple (tirupati) jana hai’ maine kaha ‘ohhhh, aap kab vapas aaoge?’ vo bole 5/6 din to lagenge hi ‘ uncle muze dekh kar bahut khush the, kunki unko station. " This time Yvonne rolled onto her side, staring across at Hope with narrowed eyes."Bullshit." Excuse me?" Hope smiled, a little nervously, and tried to laugh it off."You know exactly why you're so worked up about this... you wouldn't be this relaxed if you weren't, it's not in your nature to just accept." True." Hope sighed, putting the glass aside barely touched. "There are some people I like, but they're seeing other people — each other, actually — so I'm trying to... get them out my system,. After this weird neighbor of theirs who fancied himself some kind of an author. This so-called writer seemed to have problems making sense of reality, and that was a real aggravation nowadays when everyone just wanted to be normal and fit in.Sure, some people called it conformity, as if it were something to be ashamed of. Ashamed! Why, with subversives hiding in every doorway and everything unstable and liable to slide off into chaos and anarchy if you weren't careful, well, a patriotic.