"Oh my Friend! " :-)

Oh my Friend.......When I stepped out of the house first time to go to school, you were the first person I met apart from my family. Got into a solid relationship. Little did I know that I would be experiencing the purest form of relationship ever possible :-)

Oh my Friend.......Be it winning a small competition, getting the first offer letter, the first promotion, successfully proposing a girl, a big achievement in my career.....any joy for that matter, you are the one with whom I have raised a toast in celebration every single time :-)

Oh my Friend........yes, we had difference of opinions, we fought over trivial matters and we also stopped talking for a brief while. But I never tried analyzing whose mistake it was. All that occupied my mind was how to compromise and how to start talking again and I know that was what even you were thinking about :-)

Oh my Friend........As a person it becomes difficult to share some deepest feelings or emotions with anyone....sometimes not even parents or spouse and if there is one such thing which I have to share with any one person in this world, without a second thought it would be you :-)

Oh my Friend..........You were never a stranger to me. Your house was never far to me, I always had a second home where I could barge into the kitchen any time of the day to grab drink or two from the refrigerator, ask your mom to prepare something nice to eat, have a place to spend the night if it was too late to go home. Could I have dared to do all these in anyone else s house?? (they would have killed me) :-)

Oh my Friend...........We have different goals, we have different career lines we may not meet and chat very frequently but when it happens no matter how long the gap is, I am sure we would be able to have a fantastic conversation and a hearty laugh as if we meet up and chat everyday and trust me this can happen only with a friend :-)

Oh my Friend..........Would never have enjoyed my journey of life this much without you....
A standing ovation for a wonderful never-ending partnership :-)

Dedicated to "A Friend"

-Sethu-

She Came..!! She Sat...!!! She Spoke....nd I Fell...!!!

It was a pleasant Saturday evening.. I was sitting on a deserted bench in a huge park thinking of how I met her?? How we became friends?? How much I loved her?? how desperately I tried to tell her what all I wanted to tell....and how I had held myself back fearing that I might lose out on that wonderful friendship I shared with her all these while..!!

As my mind thought about all these, my eyes was scanning the huge park..the atmosphere and the ambiance....some  couples sitting on a bench chatting as if it was the last conversation of their life.....Some couples walking hand in hand at their slowest possible pace..Some elderly couple taking their much needed break after the hectic race of their lives.....it was a beautiful setting with some equally beautiful thoughts running in my mind...!!

Suddenly at distance, my sight fell on a beautiful girl coming towards the bench I was sitting... wearing a gorgeous blue dress.... hair left loose...Just for a moment I could not believe what I was seeing......felt I was dreaming......just had to pinch myself to make sure that I was not. Yes..!! It was the same girl who had occupied my mind all these while..!!

She came towards me, sat on the other end of the bench on which I was sitting and looked at me right in my eyes...I was almost in a state of a shock...!! Never expected her to come here...!! I had thousands of questions in my mind but my throat had dried up...I was not even able to utter a single word....I could hear my heart beat loud and clear.

Just as I was about to ask her something, she began to speak and told me that she wanted to tell me something which she always wanted to but was somehow was not courageous enough  to speak about it all these while...on hearing those words I froze...!! Just had a feeling where my heart rocketed towards the sky..the feeling of happiness was simply  immense..!! I had just fallen for her Innocence and simplicity.

Suddenly I could feel that my back was hurting...I could hear a loud sound right beside my ears, i could hear some familiar voice shouting my name at the loudest possible volume and very soon I realised that I had fallen off from my bed...My alarm was ringing loudly and my mother was screaming at the top of her voice to wake me up as it was very late in the morning...!!! I indeed was dreaming about all this.

Wow !!! what a fantastic dream it was...was just thinking about it the whole day after that..!!!

Wish our dreams had episodes like daily serials..so that It could just continue on and on and on...!!

New Found Friend....!!!!

Friendship is termed to be the most sacred of all relationships in this world.....The best part of this stupendous relationship is that it has literally no limits.....You can just go on and on in adding new people to your list of friends and you will never get bored and will never regret doing it at any point in your life..!!

Everyone will have friends in life...Best buddies, Childhood friends, colleagues, classmates, friends through acquaintances..so on and so forth....But there are very few friends who truly touch your heart....they come so close to your thoughts that you are literally comfortable in sharing anything in your personal world with them.....This post is dedicated to one such fantastic newly found friend of mine who unknowingly became very close to me....

We tend to meet a lot of people in day, some hundreds of people in a week and some thousands in  month...but only few people catch your attention....and with only those few people you feel like extending your hand to feel the warmth of friendship....

It was on similar grounds some 6 months back in the office cafeteria while having dinner with my team mates, my sight froze on a bubbly girl with a flashy smile sitting over the adjacent table for dinner..it was one of those moments where my intuition took over my senses and something in me told that she would be a real real good friend... Tried talking to her a lot of times at work to build contact....We had some common friends too..but somehow was not able to pick up a conversation....May be because of my timid nature..!!

A couple of months later through the same common friend I got to know that she was quitting the company...and that day I cursed myself so so badly for being so timid in talking to her and rued the opportunity to build a prospective friendship...but as wise people say.."not all doors close at the same time..there would be at least a window that would be open" And I saw this window of a opportunity in her "Thank you mail/goodbye mail" sent to my friend.

In the mail she had mentioned a link about her blog which I thought would help me in building the contact which I always wanted to...I have this habit of reading blogs sometimes (thanks to my brother for that) and that habit of mine paid off when I read her blog and commented on that....and for the generous person she is..she replied to my comment...and since we had some similar interests (music), the conversation flowed easily and started building day by day...and the rest...is history

I know her for a little more than 3 months now....a very down to earth, very simple, very hard working and talented girl....she almost gets along with anyone with her amazing conversational skills....I can easily relate myself to her so much that I am very comfortable in sharing anything in my life with her....that perfect friend anyone would yearn to have in their lives..and I can proudly tell that I have got one..!!

Busy Bee..!!! You have been a real nice person...and an amazing friend....you've been there when ever I needed u as a friend....a big big thanks for that..!!! and I am very sure that for your kind heart, you will get everything you desire in life..!!! Stay the same..!!! Never Change..!!!!

Signing off..!!

PS: The strangest part of our friendship is that we've never met till date...hopefully get to meet her soon..!!!

Time of my Life.........!!!!

Life does not stay constant for any Individual...It changes...and there might me lot of reasons for that change....it may be circumstances, might be an individual or might be a group of them...!! I am no exception...for me life changed drastically (for good) in 2 years...and there are a group of some awesome people who made it happen...and this small post is the dedicated to all the below mentioned people with whom I had " The Time of my Life" for 2 long years....(i still do when ever I meet them)..

Starting off with Mr Arvind Jarmalle....My closest friend till date......A fun loving..well informed and very organized Guy.....you can start off any conversation with this guy and it just goes on and on......First day I met him, I spoke to him for an hour in the bus without knowing his name....felt so embarrasing to ask after such a long conversation (he seemed to know my name though)..then had to silently peek into his notebook to get his name...sounds so funny isn't it....and right from that day till date, there has never been a dull moment with him around....Together we've had a long, funny, serious and interesting conversations...He is the one person who knows a lot of things about me..!!

Next comes a very famous person.....From last day college till a brief period after her marriage, there was very less conversation between us....One day I got a call and could see her number flashing...the conversation I had that day was the best one in my life till date.....because even though I hadn't spoken to her for some time, the conversation flowed so smoothly that I never felt I was talking to her after such a long time...(its the same even now) May be thats why she is there right at the top of my friends' list...Oh I guess I forgot to name the person...Introducing Pavithra.....a simple down to earth and a fun loving girl and the one to whom I would always go to if I have anything to share....!!

Next is the ever active, bubbly and the most talkative girl in my friends' list...Prakruthi...!! A big time foodie and when ever I needed any information on any good restaurants in Bangalore, I always knew whom to go to..!! Used to drag me everytime to have dosa in Ganesh Darshan (In Jaynagar) which took my liking to dosas to the next level..(The very mention of that word makes my mouth water)...Loves her music to the core and tries to push across this liking of her to others as well....Poor PK used to bear the brunt of it...!! A 5 minute conversation with her when you are not feeling good will surely put U back in the right track...Always good to catch up with her and A Super friend whom I would never wanna miss in my all time friends' list...

Rachana.....If there is anyone im afraid of in my friends' list, it should be Rac...whenever you call her, she doesn even say "Hello"...she starts scolding...It happened even today when she called me...instead of asking me how was I doing, she started off..."ಕೊಬ್ಬಾ ನಿಂಗೆ ?? ಒಂದು Phone ಮಾಡಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗಲ್ವ ???" without even letting me open my mouth... an equally innocent girl too...can never forget her Caller ID Phone and her idea about the Indian voting system...right Rac??? but thats Rachana for u....an amazing person and a great great friend..with a superb attitude towards life.....!!! Ve always enjoyed her friendship a lot..!!

Prasanna Krishna....famously called PK.....he is six years elder to me and I've never felt that when he is around ....My first friend in college and an amazing, Unique and a fantastic person...he'll be waiting for an opportunity to pull others' legs....He can easily relate to any person....an excellent Yakshagana artist.....One thing I don't like in him is that he is a bit moody ......!! Used to pick me up from my house everyday and on our way to college, we used to have a lot of fun....with a lot of funny conversations......and today if I am able to commute freely in Bangalore with all the knowledge of the routes and the leading roads, the credit should go to him..!!

Lastly...Anand, Motu, Brinda and Ranju....I would not be making any justice if I don't mention their names in the list....I do not have any incidents to talk but the list would simply be incomplete without their names..!!

I don Know if my MBA has added any value to my career...but truly those two years I spent with all of them has surely been a Time to Cherish in my life..!!!

 

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