taital numbar wun.. ek arbid post ki katha

April 1^st, 2003. That was the day when my dad was informed that he was going to be transferred again, and this time it was from Chennai to Hyderabad. It took me quite some time to realize that he was not trying to fool me. He came home late that night with a book in his hand “Who moved my cheese?” Somehow the cover of the book never appealed to me and the only sentiment that this news evinced, hovered somewhere between fear and frustration.. fear of living in a city which had way too many communal tensions (or that is what I was told by some of my relatives in Chennai.. thank god we at least get to pick our own friends) and frustration of leaving your friends behind.. again.

You see I never ever have had a permanent set of friends. All you guys must be having childhood friends, best buddies or even pen pals. But I, on the other hand, had just a handful of friends who thought of me as the excessively-tall, squeaky guy who used tobe the class-topper, a teacher’s pet and the best class-jester in the lightweight category. Ok ok.. I confess, I was never the teacher’s pet.. :( But the thing is my dad used to get transferred so often, that it used to be quite depressing to start making friends from the scratch every 3-5 years.

Every transfer was followed by the worst part.. a period of loneliness and solitude. But I recently realized that feeling lonely is a universal feeling. Everyone in this world at some point or the other feels lonely. But the real solace for me had been that this phase passed quickly as I grew up. And the brighter side is, by now, I have started cherishing all kinds of friendships. It has helped me to be thankful and grateful to the special ones and I have developed unbelievable patience and tolerance towards the not-so-special ones :) So I guess life IS fair ;)

And finally to wrap it up, the quote of the day

It is one of the blessings of good friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson.

P.S: I guess the quote explains this post quite well.
People have been coming up with CS blogs and so I’m planning to start one.
Suddenly truck loads of work has come and I am buried neck deep with work.
My sixth sense tells me that trouble is brewing somewhere nearby :-s.
Please leave some topics that I could blog about in the comments section along with suggestions for titles :( I’m part of the placement committee and Manish is the secretary. I’m raring to get started :P And SCRUBS rocks!! :D
P.S2: Please read the title as Title number 1, if you misunderstood it to be Japanese or Mandarin. Didnt find a suitable title. And am working on a better post, but will take time though. Will be watching Rang de Basanti tomorrow for the second time coz they're screening it in the college :D Real Madrid is out of UEFA and Barca defeated Chelsea as well.. <:-p What could go wrong with this year's competition..