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A day for my friends????? Are you kiddin???

Hola people!!!! Well some people have been asking me for the past few days, why there isn't a new post in this blog(really, two of them asked). So let me say that I was kind of.......... lost for some time so didn't got time to write. However, on this auspicious day(for network companies and Archie's) I decided to post something.

Well about the topic, its what everyone asks 'diplomatically'- "why do we need a day to remember our friends???" and in rebellion as-" Boo Friendship's day cause it materializes friendship!!! Down with commercialization of friendship's day!!! We love our friends and we don't need a day to remember them". Well guys, all you say is right, but friendship's day is not merely about remembering your friends but its about valuing friendship. Its more like an accolade for one of the best things in our lives. I heard this in a movie but I find it appropriate for this day- "We get all other relationships by fate, but we get the privilege to choose our friends. That's why its the greatest of all." As I said, I find it appropriate but not quite true. I love my friends for sure but..... well..... I love my family more(Its just me guys, please don't grind your teeth). OK back to the topic. So as I was saying this day is not only about remembering your friends but its also about making new ones(Yes you can make friends any time of the year but think about it, everyone will be in a mood this day), its about sorting out your differences with friends who got lost due to misunderstandings, its about thanking those special people for making our lives extra special cause we do love them but we rarely ever appreciate them.

Now I wouldn't talk about friendship cause honestly I don't have words to express or admire it. Its nothing that can be wrapped in words or penned down. We all have a thousand tongues for it so I dare not give you a version of mine. But, I would like to say something about broken friendships or misunderstandings. A friend of mine told me that you never loose a friend, once made they are forever...... And I said to him - grow up brother. Cause you do loose friends over stupid misunderstandings, but whether you have the guts to mend the damage or not, this is the question. Because at last it always reaches to whose fault it was and who will apologize first. If you care about your friendship enough and you can take the initiative then wallah problem solved, but if neither of you want to give in then its over, believe me I am an example. But hold on, this is just temporary. You can get along anytime you come back to senses. If you ask me I always have fights with my friends and I was always able to correct everything except one.

And one other thing, this 'issue' normally happens with girls I guess- "he/she didn't message me or called me for a long time. He/she is not a real friend". Now people it doesn't matter if your friend doesn't call you, message you or send you Farmville requests, cause if you ask me I would rather like my friend sitting beside me silently in my sorrows than sympathizing with me over Facebook. Seriously, I mean I rarely call any of my north Indian friends, but whenever we get together it is fiesta. Anyhow, I would like to quote a poetry on this subject. I am quoting this in relevance and not because I myself wrote it and I am dying for an audience. I wrote this poetry for a friend who had this same problem as stated above. Its hindi and a bit of urdu so malayalis please forgive me. Here it goes:

Hamne tumhe yaad na kiya, toh tum rooth gaye,

Tumne socha hum bhi auron ki tarah ho gaye,

Tumne maan liya ki hamse dosti kabhi karni hi nahi thi,

Par tum bhool gaye ki dosti ko alfazon ki zaroorat nahi hoti.

Yeah its not good, but its the first one I ever wrote so just swallow it. If you can understand what I meant to say then it was worth the effort I guess.

Now at last I would really like to give my version of friendship(Forget what I said earlier. My blog my rules). I actually don't differentiate among my friends so I don't have best friends or close friends. They are just friends. And those who really touch my heart become much more than just friends, they become my family.

Well that's it, kinda last moment and written half-heartedly, I know, but well, as I said I am kinda lost these days. Love your friends people and cherish the moments you spend together.

Happy Friendship's Day my dear ones.