Friends....

Some killer aadmi said-A Bond Of Love,A medal of trust,a shoulder in sadness,a hand in darkness,a special relation to hold,an ear where secrets can be told,is called friendship.Very true.A friend is someone very special.Someone who is always there for you,and the person who is there with u only when they need you…well,they are not exactly what you would call friends.They’re..well I would like to replace it with a really great swear word,but I really don’t want to spoil my blog on some of my very special friends with any abusive language…..so here goes,in ( I think) chronological order:
SP: SP has been my good friend ever since we were in the 6th grade till…well,till now,and probably forever.We last saw each other about 7 years back,when we were two roly poly eighth graders,still too innocent about the various ways of life.We had our private jokes ( mostly on all teachers and some real snobby girls in our class who were way too grown up for their age and stuff/..)We first met in our House Activity class,where,being from the same class,we sat together in the first bench and heard the teacher read a poem about a great whale,while led us both to burst into peals of laughter,which we carefully controlled.Then while tlking to each other,we found that we were from the same place-Delhi,and hence our delhi topic continued,and with one thing abd the other,how,where when and why we formed a firm friendship.Then I left school and never saw her again.But we still remain in touch,thanks to our social networking sites and more importantly,our choice,of wanting to be in touch with each other.I think its choices,more than abilities , which matter.And it is indeed true. There’s no compulsion for us to be friends.It could have been easily avoided,citing problems like more time on the internet and telephone bills etc.But no.We made it survive( thank God….).Now when we chat,we go on and on about old stuff,and reminisce ‘ the good ol’ days’ and still go around bitching about other people ( cumon,we are girls,we cant help it can we;)??)Most importantly,I m indebted to her for introducing me to the world of chicklits ( thanks SP for Princess Diaries!!)And it brings back our schooldays,and the fun we had,and most importantly,our rockstrong friendship.So here’s 2 u,SP….may u always have whatever you wish for in this life,as well as the next !!!
DL:School friends will remain school friends,no matter what.DL was my good friend from class 8 ( till when,need I specify??Isnt it sorta obvs??).Though both DL and SP were my school frnds( albeit from different cities and different schools),there was a lot of difference between the both of them.If SP taught me how to be confident and assertive and gave me suggestions on chicklits,DL taught me how life was not all hahaheehee and introduced me to the world of classics-Leo Tolstoy,Viictor Hugo,Anton Chekhov and also indirectly, Jane Austen. Her abridged version of Pride and prejudice inspired me to read the unabridged version,and it remains my favourite book.The coincidences were amazing-she was so much like Jane,while I was ( and am) a lot like Lizzy.DL brought a different way of thinking,which brought a great deal of maturity in the thoughts of a featherbrained 15 yr old,and which helped me to grow into a better human being.We became friends because we had quite a lot in common on our first day of 8th grade-we both were d only ‘outcasts’ whose skirts were way way below our knees and had socks rolled upto d knees,such that our legs weren’t seen at all.In addition to that,our hair was duly oiled and we used to come to school sans kajal,which seemed to be a total fashion disaster.In addition to that,we were not great lookers either,just your ordinary schoolgirl type-one with waist length hair braided into two pigtails,while the other with short bushy hair,which rather resembled a bird’s nest.But our appearances didn’t matter to each other as long as we were together.Those long walks in the sun in winter,that playing dodgeball in d games period wid a grp of 13 girls ( d othr gals were too ‘grown up’ to play ),that frantic searching for novels in the library…those days were simply wonderful.Now she’s somewhere in Kerala and I m here ,way North,but we are still in touch.We still call each other on our birthdays and talk like the old times,without any hesitation or anything.so DL,,if u r reading this,have a great life ahead,chillax….God bless…
NY: okay you’ve heard of school friends,college friends,bus friends,colony friends…what all and what not.But what abt penfriends?And that too in this age and time.?Well I can truthfully say that NY is my penfriend.The last time we ‘met’ each other was when I was,what,10 mths and she was 9 months( due to our dads being college friends).And we started talking in the 9th grade,though our mails became much more frequent in 12th grade and go on till now.We are so alike that one calls the other their twin.Everything about us is similar-we like the same singers,the same movies,the same books,the same seasons…everything is so uncannily similar that sometimes we feel as though we were friends long before we were even born!!Even though she is my penfriend,we are as close as I m to either SP and DL.One thing is that wid NY,I never had to learn anything.She is so much like me that its just like I am talking to myself,and I can be myself and relax and have great fun!!We have discussed and dissected almost every facet of Princee Diaries and God knows what other books.We have also undergone training in the same genre of music for the same time and have the same tempers,disposition and all.!!!And whenever we chat online, we bring the house down,wid our jokes and our habit of chattering non stop,sometimes about the most non sensensical of stuff!! We also thought how nice it would be if both of us were roomies in college,sadly whoch did not happen,and lotsa other stuff.The only aspect we differ in is probably our appearance,which is so totally secondary….Hey NY,my twin…hope u have a great life ahead…enjoy every moment an may u get whatever you wish for!!!
MK: okay so he’s only one of the two guys who figure on the list of my good friends,and u will soon know why( the other one has a post already dedicated to him elsewhere;I THINK HE’LLL KNOW WHY…SOME THINGS ARE TOO PRIVATE ;)).You might say that it is impossible for two one guy and a gal to remain purely Platonic friends,but I totally disagree.If SP and DL were my friends in school and NY ws a pen friend,MK became my much better friend after we had passed out from school,and he is still a good friend of mine.He is sweet though,in a scatterbrained sorta way.His personality is eons away from any of the above mentioned people.He is funny most of the times,and is rarely serious,but that does not mean that he doesn’t know where his priorities lie.He is always joking and pulling your leg half of the time,but u know when ur in trouble that u can really count on him.When he is outta his scatterbrained ways and not taking the mickey outta someone,u will find that he is very trustworthy,and like a true Leo,he is also very loyal and fiercely protective of his friends.Even now,when we are in different colleges,we still are lucky that we get to talk to each other,coz we are in the same city.And when we talk,its mostly me pulling his leg,taking full advantage of his gallantry towards girls.In his own words ‘ Main kisi ladki ko kuch nh kehta that is why main tujhe bhi kuch nh kehraha’.I continue to pull his leg and he goes on talking with a speed that rivals Rajdhani express,that I’m like ‘ Hello??could u repeat wat u just said a bit slowly and a bit loudly’ and that comprises about half of our conversation.here are some dead skeletons in his closet which I wud definitely love to reveal,but, all things are not meant to be revealed.All I can say is that he is not what he appears to be.Talk to .him really seriously and then you know how he really is ( for that u have to overlook SOME of his flaws,but that’s easy since his good qualities outshine the flaws).Well,here’s to u,MK…may u get what u r presently searching for ( or for whom ur presently searching fr),and have a long and happy life ahead.
5th – I know who you are,and you know who you are and of what importance to me.So forgive me for not writing about u in dis post,since it is too small for you.Have Fun,enjoy,and may u have a bright future and a long ,never ending life…
So here’s to all u beautiful people…may u always be with me in times of happiness and sorrow,and may I always be wid u…ending this blog,fr the first time,in a song…

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, but

{Chorus}

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

You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast so far, things are going great
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees, and

{Chorus}

No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Since you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me
Someone to face the day with
Make it through all the best with
Someone who always laughs at
Even when I'm at my worst, I'm best with you
Yeah!
(A special Thanks to The Rembrandts for this track and o F.R.I.E.N.D.S for making it immensely popular!