Life keeps unfolding new pages and we keep meeting new people, make new friends, new relations and in this phase at times forget to turn back to the old pages of the book called LIFE.
I have been lazy with friends, always been blessed with good ones though wherever I am, but may be get involved into so many different things ……to realize that.
I still remember this friend of mine I met in 2005 December at 10:00 in the nite at the first day of my call centre job at GE Money, she was surrounded by all the new batchmates, guys though, taking lead in guiding everyone, conversing with everyone and trying to be a center of attraction, she was sweet, but girls never get off their jealousy at the age of 21 when another gal is gazing all the attention from guys, so from then I didn’t quite like her, but she being the only gal in the batch I had to walk around with her in the corridor and be friendly with her…..it did not take me 15 minutes to change my opinion of her because she was extra caring, concerned and friendly with me….
And it was those 15 minutes and the year 2011, she has been extra caring, concerned and friendly this time not only with me but for my family too….
When we started our job and would have trainings, it was very popular with everyone that me and her are always seen together, for meals, for training sessions, walking around in the corridor, or be it at the cafeteria, we had gelled well as good as best of buddies…..
I don’t have the quality of making friends so close and steady but there was something in her…..it wasn’t very often with me that I would meet someone for 2 days and jus let out my life in front of her, my love life, my family, career, we shared everything with each other. I still remember at the end of training when we all batchmates were being split to different teams, Our coach specially came and apologized to us that both of us could not be in the same team for various reasons….he was not obliged to say sorry to us being our coach but he knew and everyone had sensed the bond it was….
Since then she had been conscious of my relation with my b.f, who is now my husband….and seeing me happy in my relation would give her absolutely equal happiness like it gave to me! And moments of sadness, oh…. she would not leave me alone for a single minute if I was low,so much so she would bunk office with me, take me out for a shopping, movie or a dinner and not let me spend a single penny….or also stay with me at my home to ensure I overcome that blue mood, get things ok and be in high spirits….I am sure people would envy me for having such a friend…..
we were just making 8K that time, which wasn’t enough for her to pay her rent as she stayed as a P.G, maintain her living and then spend so much for me, it sometimes came to my mind, should I ensure my luck to be favoring me so much that I have a friend so loving,, a family so close and a love relation so beautiful….
But contrasting to my life and luck, things weren’t same with her, she had a b.f, she had a family and a friend like me too….but never saw her to be very happy in her relationships with b.f or family for that matter, and yes I should have been there for her as much she was for me, but no, I regret not being there so much that it would be sufficient to wipe her tears with a tragic personal life on and off…I was studying while I was working, so I had other things as well that pushed me away to give that time to her, studies, family which needed my time, and b.f
But the friendship wasn’t ending was it, I had more time to make up for it…..jus when I thought of it, I switched jobs, it wasn’t working too good for me…the night shifts and all….people in our team and office were shocked and would often go to her and ask, “now that Priyanka(me) is not going to be in the office, hows it gona be like?” I was upset too….but I knew the bond was strong, it didn’t jus start and end at work, it was beyond.
A new job for me , a new career, got me busy and engaged, I remember she was going through tough time almost a break up with her long relation b.f, was time to make up, I did try my best to be with her, stay back at her place, or take her out, but not denying the fact, new job, new friends had pushed me into other things too….I was guilty about it, but life broadens itself and you need to keep opening your arms to grab all of it….
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