F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Okay, i know the title is cliched n typical.. but i don’t care! This post isn't about the show though.. even though I could probably go on about it, n Chandler (*siigh*), n Phoebe's music, n how you doin'?, n all .. lol!

I've just been thinking alot about all the people I call my friends, and since i've spent quite a bit of time with some of them lately (.. n its been absolutely fab!!), I wanted to write on them, and how much they mean to me - the variations, the differences, the masti, the times spent.. the memories!

Its the same everywhere and with everyone.. We party, have fun, spend time with people, realize how amazing/pathetic they are, how we analyze whether they can become our 'confidants' or if they are just 'tafreeh' material.. how they might eventually become our bestest friends or vice versa, if we find out how they've bitched to others about us.. and then feel all depressed n low (!), how people who seemed just so different and unlike us wind up being the people we're the closest too, how people who seem so much like us end up being just so different.. its all the same - a never ending cycle of meeting new people.. new friends!

From the 'bachpan ke dost' to the 'wow' people I met during my A'levels, to the just discovered university lot.. I have in my not-so-long life (:p) met quite a variety of people..

people who I love, and am very close too..

people who I just cannot imagine life without..

people who are loads of fun to have around..

.. and then ofcourse, certain people who I pray I never meet again (..as crude as that may sound, its true!)

I'm not gonna take any names here; some people won't be comfortable with the idea! But I thought I’d use initials instead, if you’re the one I’m talking about, you’ll know! And if you’re just reading, you’ll understand what I’m saying anyways..

Going way back into the past, I was introduced to “M”, one person who I can trust with my life.. She’s been around me way before I even knew what the word ‘friend’ truly meant.. Someone I just cannot imagine life without! Though there are times when we haven’t talked for weeks.. We are way beyond the stage where if we fight, it’d all end!

“U”.. a recent entry! ;) its unbelievable and soo not like me, the way you and I became friends.. n stayed that way! I just hafta talk to you everyday, if I don’t.. The day is just not complete!! The times we’ve spent together are crazy, and though I haven’t known you that long.. There is nobody today who knows me better than you!

And ofcourse, “A”, definitely you are one of the most important people in my life! We've been through quite a bit together.. And you are what nobody can be for me – all my whining, my weird talks, my craziness.. there’s no one who can understand all of it in a better way!!

And then of course come the “Z’s”, other “A’s”, “S’s”, “F’s”, “R’s”, “H’s”, “N”.. lol, the list goes on!! Cutting out the special mentions, each one of you I love very much, and your friendships I cherish! We've all been through such excellent, fun, not-so-good, n horribly bad times.. and we still stand together today, which is the best part!!

There are so many memories, random things that most of us probably wont even recall.. The fights, the ‘shayeri’, the clubs we as kids used to make, enemies becoming friends (lol! excellent friends, not too mention!!), then the Dubai trip.., the initial awkwardness with new people - the realization that they are just soo nice!, the bonding during ragging at uni.. The fights (yep, I know I’m repeating.. but I’ve had quite a few :p).. Everything means a lot to me!!

I haven’t been that great a friend I believe.. I’ve tried to be there for you just like you all do for me.. But I have at times failed.. I’ve tried to make you happy, just like you all do for me.. But I have at times given you tears.. I have tried to be the shoulder for you to cry on, just like you all are for me.. But at times I just couldn’t be there.. All I want to say here is that I have tried to be there for you all and will go on doing so..

I am sure everyone reading can relate to whatever I’ve been writing, its straight from the heart.. And its stuff I genuinely feel! This post is just an ode to all the amazing people in my life, without whom alot of things just wouldn't have been possible :)

Oh, and its also cuz of you guys that I am who I am, so if you people think I’m a retarded freak.. lol, its your fault!! :p