Happy birthday, A

So it's one of my friend's birthday. I wonder what to do to make it special - Should I order a cake and get it delivered midnight? Should I plan a surprise? Should I ship a gift? But then I also wonder why should I even think of it since we don't talk anymore. After a lot of reasoning with myself, and realizing that I can no way track A's new address, I settled for a blog. I want to tell A about what it meant to have a friend like A in a new city.

One could tag me as a lost soul when I arrived in Chennai, I only knew A in the whole city (besides my busy brother and another friend A). Right from preparing me to fight the challenges in a new city to finding an accommodation, A helped me a lot in the initial days. I learnt from A that I have to adjust and make myself comfortable rather than complain about the problems the city has in store for me, only then can I start enjoying. The days passed by, I loved the job that I did, A made sure that my weekends don't go wasted. I found a place in a small group of A. Right from playing UNO to cooking on weekends to watching movies and going on trips, A made my stay memorable. Though like every friend, even we did fight but that never let us develop hatred for each other. From A I learnt a lot of things... To chase your dreams, to never give up, the importance of adjusting, to help in need, to not compromise on anything in life due to work commitments and the list goes on... A was also another inspiration for me to learn cooking. :D So yes, I owe A a lot.

Though things did not go the right way and professional commitment and other reasons pushed us to choose two separate ways and I had to leave the city, I just want to say that this friend of yours will always consider herself lucky to have crossed paths with you. You were one of my few friends who appreciated me always, encouraged me to write and write more, were my strongest critic, were happy for my achievements, always there with your gyaan to help me in times of trouble and what not. You taught me to stand up for myself. I just want to say that in the process of trying to make you feel special now, in the last  5 minutes, I ended up realizing what I had lost by losing a friend like you.

So my dear A, be the same always. And I know that you would always be there for me in times of need with your faaltu gyaan and say 'fikar kyun karti Neha, main hu na'. And you know that its vice versa too, be it even 4 in the night. :)

Thank you for keeping up with the post. Happy birthday, A.