SRK- Naam toh suna hoga?

Only once in your life (that too if you're lucky enough) will you meet someone like SRK. Before I begin this post, let me clarify that SRK does not (which you will definitely realize as you read further) refer to Shahrukh (who I think is awesome) but is a nickname for somebody, meeting who was an encounter I will never forget in my life. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I have enjoyed my time spent with SRK.
 It was roughly 60 days ago when I spoke to him on the phone for the first time. I had called, wanting to speak to someone else, but landed up in a long conversation with him that day. His persistence was evident even through that conversation. While talking to him that day, I realized that I was soon going to be a part of a long project far away from home with a few strangers and SRK in tow.
My next encounter with SRK was at the train station where I met him physically for the first time. This was after a series of long conversations of constant questions fired by him almost continuously. Haha well to be honest, he was nothing like he had claimed to be. No washboards abs, no Tom Cruise resemblance nothing, but trust me when I say I wasn't surprised when this 5 feet 7 inch "boy" came up to me, said hi and ran off to meet a few "celebrities" he claimed he knew who were at a nearby coffee shop.
Not quite sure if the celebrity  knew who he was but SRK claimed to have had jamming sessions with older brother. Anyway, you know those days when things just don't go your way? the celebrity was seated next to SRK all through the train journey, right until we reached our destination :)
After spending a few days with SRK I realized that he was a piece. A sample. Someone so unique that you won't  find one of the same kind even if you kept looking for years. At this point I would like to introduce 2 strangers on this same trip who later became close friends. Lets call them A and A1. The first memory I have of SRK was a dinner we went to at a local bar where he claimed that the Singaporean waitress was hitting on him who in reality was so confused because he spoke to her in French, something which she did not even understand. A1 and me tried hard to explain to SRK that the waitress may not be as interested as he thought she was, but we were shunned by comments like he could feel positive vibes and something about her mentally checking him out :) Obviously A1 and me did not miss further opportunities to egg him to ask her out which eventually did not happen. However there was a mental French connection! Apparently!
One afternoon when A1 and me just decided to chill hanging around at a book store, SRK and A went sightseeing and shopping, and I have never ever felt so bad for A in my life. A was following SRK's directions unfortunately and landed up reaching the mall in 60 minutes when they could've just gotten there in 20 thanks to all the French SRK spoke in a land where no-one understood what he was saying :) SRK bought bitter chocolates for his grand-mom who had diabetes thinking that bitter chocolates contain no sugar!! Hahahaha! In A's exact words "His grand-mother would have tapakofied had I not stopped him from buying the chocolates in the nick of time".
SRK was an all rounder- A musician, a poet, a linguist, a romantic who was in love with places you've never even heard of. He could eat 1/2 kilo of bitter chocolate at one go, randomly jam or at least pretend to with street musicians,and speak in languages as unheard of as the countries I mentioned earlier.
He has prayed with resteraunters, jammed with celebrities, recited in front of international audiences and the works. He is someone who lives by his instinct. At one point, he wanted to perform a cleansing ritual (Indian style) at an internationally acclaimed hotel, as the rooms there gave him neagtive vibes, so you can imagine the craziness I am talking about.
No words will ever be able to describe our days with SRK. I don't think anyone has ever tested my patience as much as he did and although I pretty much did what I could to keep shut, we ended up in a quarrel on one of the days, during this journey. SRK was a specimen- he would get lost and not know to get back, tie his jacket backwards because it reminded him of one of his 105 girlfriends, eat- 2 appetizers, 3-entrees and at least 2 deserts and tell me how much weight he has lost cause I haven't given him enough food to eat :), carry 2 t-shirts on a 7 day trip and the works.
Being the responsible fool I am, I did look out for him at times, which is why ultimately I reminded him of his grandmom who apparently looked out for him similarly :) Obviously I stopped once I heard this statement.
Meeting SRK in my life was an oppurtunity which not too many people have. A and A1 would agree. Words cannot really describe a few incidents and other times we shared, but trust me when I say, these days I will never forget!