BFF

I’ve been caught up with the rest of my life. This should explain my hiatus from my blog. I won’t apologize for the same.

Life has been hard on me as far as friendship is concerned. I have learnt NOT to be gullible, NOT to trust easily, GIVE people the benefit of the doubt, GIVE people a second chance if I consider them worth my while, ALLOW relationships to grow on their own instead of forcing them to, and moreover cherish the few friends I have.

I found myself in a strange city with unknown people in the year 2007. And I met somebody special. Of course, at the point of time when I met her (the special somebody), I did not know how close I would become to her. We met every day. We shopped every day. We went for movies every day. We’ve had cups and cups of coffee together, spent hours at Koshy’s and Tibetan Market and at Inox. We have even spoken over the phone late at night, despite having spent hours together earlier in the day. I’ve cried to her. She’s cried to me. We have shared laughter. We’ve shared clothes, bags, shoes, feelings and emotions This friendship happened through circumstance - that of knowing people in common, of not knowing anyone else in Bangalore, of thinking alike despite being completely different, of having varied as well as similar tastes in everything and of agreeing to disagree. She is the only other person that has understood me completely, other than Baafs. She is, in many ways a carbon copy of Baafs. She is someone who never misinterprets anything I ever say or do. She is my alter ego. She is a part of who I am today. She will always be a part of me.

Today I stand before you, disoriented, lost and with an intense feeling of despair. For she will soon fly over the Indian Ocean to a country far away and I will once again, stand alone.

So I dedicate this blog post, my actual birthday gift to you, Tina. And try to, in some way, immortalize our friendship in cyberspace. Primarily because I don’t think I can do so in the real world we live in. I will also make this promise to you. I promise to cherish every moment we have ever spent together, miss you every day, think of you every day, call you on Skype whenever I can, and be by your side anytime you ever need me (even if I have to do so virtually).

This testimonial below, written by me and posted on your forgotten profile captures the true essence of what our friendship is:
“Tee!
She's My Rockstar, My Lunch Buddy, My Shopping Trip Pardner, VP of My Gossip Club, My Shots Pal, My Sucky-Movie-in-the-middle-of-the-afternoon-watcher frund and moreover My Sounding Board. She kicks my ass in Karting (though I purposely go off track and into the tyres). She'll try and whack me everytime I make a smart assed comment knowing fully well I can pin her down if I wanted to. I'm her official Bodyguard, I keep her Booty safe!! ;-) She always listens (n with few complaints) to me literally go Whiiiiiiine!!! She feeds me when I'm hungry n laughs her ass off at everything I say. She's my support when the Con Man aint around. She's my Appy's fav gal in B'lore. She's My Mom's Fish lover n My Dad's Booze lover. Moreover Tee is Me!
For the above mentioned reasons and loads more unmentioned ones, You are my Best Gal Pal!
Here's to you n Girlpower!! Cheers. You know I lou you.”

xoxo

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