She'l be there for me.. Review on Choosing Gifts for a Best Friend

So no one told you life was gonna be this way.

Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year,

I'll be there for you!

(When the rain starts to pour)

I'll be there for you!

(Like I've been there before)

I'll be there for you

('Cause you're there for me too)

• Rembrants(FRIENDS theme song)

Friends, I am not participating in any essay writing competition… After reading so many “personal” reviews….wanted to share something from my life… Cant think of anything better to talk about, than my BEST FRIEND.

During school days, I used to write a diary.

Stopped it soon. coz it used to be filled up with the same stuff. I woke up… brushed my teeth. went to school… came back. read … saw tv… blah. blah. I used to be a loner… always occupied with myself. was good to everybody though . but no close friends. in fact when teams were built up for sports and everything. I used to get abandoned:-( . [pathetic situation isn’t it?]

After studies I took to the routine 9 to 5 job… professional atmosphere. deadlines… again was always alone. boring and alone…

[Ok. Now it was officially confirmed that my situation was pathetic…]

Somehow I could never manage to mingle among others very easily… I had requested my HR to give me a internal transfer … After probing too much. I got one. Wasn’t excited about it as this was the weakest branch of our organization…but they convinced me and I had to accept my new assignment…  After a while. the work had become monotonous. but the people around were better this time. I could talk to them. there were people from my native place Kerala. had started making “Friends”…

Then one day she joined… in the dept. next to ours… Why I remember the day is because I was asked to introduce her to my department colleagues. She was charming. carried herself very well. was extremely confident for a new joinee. had a smile(an honest smile) on her face… she met everybody.

We spoke afterwards … and got to know that we share a lot of interests. like art for example… she had learned music. and enjoyed the same passion for movies, music, dance and theatre… as I did.

After that day. we would see each other every day. wave at each other from our respective workstation… gradually we started getting to know each other more… In a short while. I found myself going to her with my problems. going to her to share my joys. going to her when I was hurt…going to her when I was sarcastic about someone. and she was there… always there for me… she would help me relax if I was tensed… she would advise me if I did something wrong… She would listen to me and somehow manage to keep her cool. calm … [U see. my situation was no more pathetic!]

Chaps at office could not believe that I have a “lady” friend. who is not my “girl friend”… to make it much more interesting. she’s extremely pretty. She used to stay near my home. so I would drop her on the way while going back home. we would go out and roam around the market …. For some strange reason she refers to shopping as “Marketing”….  So we would often go for marketing…

Its surprising to me too that its just 4.5  years! since we know each other. how could someone be so important in my life in such a short span… but SHE is… I feel confident every time she calls me and gives her approval on something that I did. I feel anxious . sometimes troubled. if don’t get to speak to her throughout an entire day…

*  “If you should die before me, ask if you can bring a friend.'

• Stone Temple Pilots *

We worked for the same company for almost 2 years… then she left for her native place… Calcutta.(I now like that city more than any other city in the world). At first, I felt very apprehensive about it… but she kept in touch with me…  now we get to meet very rarely… around 3 times a year… but I speak with her “everyday” over the phone… We talk and talk… Earlier, we sort of created records once we started talking…(have just kept the phone down after having a chat with her)… I myself did not know I could speak so much. I call her and bother her all the time. even if she is in a meeting. late nite at 1a.m!. for that’s the kind of liberty that she gives me… although now the no. of calls have come down a lot…

“Together forever, never apart.  Maybe in distance, but never in heart”

She gets emotional when it comes to gifts…. She had send me a tiny electric water heater. the one we use to heat a glass of water! coz I have recurring throat problems… [even my family hadn’t observed it. u c, I told u . the situation was no more pathetic!]

She has gifted me clothes a few times. Once she gave me a shirt. It got worn off within 3 washes. when I told her. she wouldn’t believe me. she maintained that I must have used a bad detergent or something …. She was not being arrogant. its just that she takes great care while buying something for me that she simply cant believe anything can go wrong with those things:-)

I am extremely proud of her. we still share our joys. sorrows… our secrets … Incidentally I have not told her that I have written about her on Mouthshut.(the only thing she does not know about. that I have done!). let this be a secret between me and my MS friends:-) …. Haina?

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kunchu