A star close to the earth

Today, had been to this place I had never been to in Downtown. A few of us..the excutive committee members had an informal meeting with none other than the vice president of a multinational drug company! It was an amazing experience. At a time when it is hard to sit through an hour class of Statistics, we were wondering how it will be to spend time with one big shot! At the end of it, we looked at our watches to find that it was dinner that lasted for 3 straight hours. Filled with sharing experiences, smiling, laughing, eating and them drinking beer. Incl him there were three guys and I being the only girl. First, when we reached the restaurant, I was totally surprised to see him clad in jeans. Secondly, when we reached inside..he amongst the other three guys was the one who pulled the chair out for the girl! Believe me, the guys were equally surprised at this. No matter the age, chivalrousness is a quality in a guy thats sexy! Later, he started asking us,how many years we had for our graduation. To which he said "Do not rush through it". Being graduate student is good! I said "The grass is greener on the other side" Later, I quipped "So whats good about being a student" He said "Your dress! You can wear jeans. You can work wearign shorts.Thats good thing! I hate wearing that damn suit and working in the lab(when it is required)." He also said that just to make fun of that formal attire, he wore totally non sensical Tie's that had Santa claus, a cat, Jingle bell etc on his tie!!! Believe me you blush a million times, when a big shot such as him gives you a compliment that your smile can light up an entire room! I remember Nandya giving me this compliment a long time back!! We decided to order some drinks and he and the other guys chilled out over a pitcher. While me, the fool decided to try Irish coffee..not knowing what it was but still had heard a long time back from a friend that "Irish coffee, contains some coffeee, some whipped cream, some cinnamom, and some alcohol that gets evaporated after you flame them" I ordered it. The whipped cream made it even more tempting. The first sip and I went "Whack..thu"..like actually! Still, I continued sipping through the damn thing just coz it would have been rude to not drink it. I added 5 packets of sugar to it. Still the damn thing was bitter. He saw it and said "Dont you like it?" I pretended to say that I liked it just that it was bitter. He said "It is Irish coffee, alcohol and coffee.What do you expect" I was like "Whoppsssssssss!! I narrated my view of an Irish coffee. They smiled and said "Irish coffee has alcohol in it and it does not evaporate and it stays" I finally stopped sipping it and ordered a pepsi!! After ordering appetizers, I already felt full and decided to skip the main course and ordered the dessert which was "Warm Caramel Bread Pudding" It was yummiee and he said so too!! Before starting to eat, I just said "Would you like to dig in"? of course, I did not expect him to say yes but just coz he said it looked good, I asked it out of curiosity. He said no. The dinner was over and we were casually chatting. He mentioned that he weighed 250 lbs as a high school kid and lost 70 lbs later. But it does not show on his body coz he exercises everyday. Believe me he looked handsome! Totally amazing was when he mentioned his writing skills sucked. We thought he was just being candid but then he totally blew us off when he said"Now, I want to try that dessert of yours" :O :O I said "I am sure you are kidding again. I have eaten from it" He said "So what. We all breathe the same air" Never in my life has someone had that piece of dessert from my plate. I have always cut the slice into two and then eaten it. Thats what I call "feet being firmly ground" How many times, have you found someone sharing a piece of morsel from your plate? Although I have done it often times with my friends, but never with a person of his caliber" I could not control from saying that "Your modesty speaks for itself" To which, he said something that would echo on my mind forever "When you are there at the top, you need to be modest, coz its really lonely up there" "You need friends from different backgrounds, different nationalities, you got to remain friends with your high school friends. You need to establish network without severing of ties from the past" This one evening made me reflect on so many things. That made me change so many of my perceptions. And I wished I would have known a lot more about that person! In the end "Its not the altitude, its the attitude that maketh man"