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It’s Christmas time :) This time of the year brings lots of
happiness, gifts and surprises. I remember as a childhood memory the importance
of this time when a family in my neighbourhood would put a shining star in
their balcony and I would know it’s Christmas. Children love this celebration
the most. They are the ones who honestly believe in the concept of Secret Santa
fulfilling their wishes. And as years go by it just remains as a memory.
So…Another year is about to draw its closure. Personally I am
waiting for this to happen with a blink of eye. In my view nothing has worked
right for me this year. Still in the last couple of months few things happened
and these changed my course of life to a great extent. And this post of mine is
dedicated as a note of thanks this Christmas to those two angels of mine.
I am sure both the persons would be totally surprised to
find their names here. Even I am just as I realised how you both have played an
important role in this phase of my life. To introduce my first angel – He’s the
person I look forward to meeting everyday at the bus stop. As they say few
people just click along well. And so was with him. The funda of travelling in
bus for an hour to reach workplace seemed weird to me. I delayed this
travelling as far as I could but finally it had to come. Post Diwali vacation it
was my first day to travel by office bus. Not sure of the pickup point, I
reached a few minutes [actually a lot early]. The place was empty and I told my
dad probably we’re at the wrong point. After a wait which looked like eternity,
a tall guy walking in his own world, at own pace with Infosys ID card emerged
from nowhere. Huh! I sighed at the confirmation of being at the right place.
And there it started. Quickly we found similarities of being MBA graduates 2013
pass out from similar colleges and lot of things in common to discuss.
I had filled my bag with a novel, my ear phones and lots of
sleep. I had my next list of reading books ready. Surprised with this amount of
effort? It was needed because I was at that point of life where I was making
efforts to draw myself out of the sad love saga of my life. A break up from a 5
year long relationship had left me devastated. I started dating one of my
friends but looked like I would create another mess and injustice. And so I had
been trying hard, time and again, to come out of this. I was unsuccessful all
the times. Finally with the start of my job I made up my mind. I promised
myself in these last two months I will walk on this path. And so I was slowly
trying to be with myself all the time.
I use to refer to him as my bus friend till I reconfirmed
his name :P His name is Vikky with a ‘k’. Yes, it’s his real name. I discovered
soon he’s one of those who will miss the bus very often and his life would seem
to be unusual if he doesn’t. And I experienced it soon enough where he took a
lift from a scooter uncle to chase the bus for around 2-3kms. Initially trying
to be quiet I would sleep off after sometime and avoid talking. But he’s a
chatter box. He would never give up. He would often interrupt my gaze and lost
thoughts outside window bringing up lot of varied and random topics of
discussions and I started to like it soon. I found these discussions better
than trying to sleep or forcing mind to keep thoughts away. And now I enjoy my bus journeys. It would not
be overboard if I say I look forward to them when in an otherwise no purpose
day [considering the ‘no-work’ disaster in office]
I think anything new in life keeps you going. Be it a new
activity, new hobby, new work or getting to know a new person. He’s my first
ever guy maarwadi friend with whom I get along well inspite of a lot of opinion
differences [I think it’s because of cancerian scorpion compatibility:)]. Initially it was a
lot of effort to keep myself away from checking my phone in bus and doing the
unwanted. But with my new companion it has become natural to me. These days, I atleast,
do not realise when the journey passes and we reach office and still are not
out of discussions. And then these continue in our return journeys. From guessing
the return travel plan of other person, to using office intranet to fix up
return time, to forcing each other to take early/late bus, it’s been a
wonderful start to these bus journeys.
I realise now how short lived this is going to be. Two weeks
more and he would be on his way for his new job. And that’s when I realised
God’s purpose of this brief interaction between us. The friendship has always
been about bus journeys. Come the weekend and we would be in our own lives. So
I am not sure how far we would be in contact post this, but you shall always be
remembered as my ‘bus friend’ and missed during the travel time.
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| Yet to click one together! |
I am sure you all would be wondering this is only a part of
the day that is covered in this, what about the in between time. That’s where
my second and precious angel comes into picture. She isn’t the one I got
introduced to recently. We have been friends or rather ‘via- friends’. Her name
is Aditi, can be referred to as teddy bear :P We have been a part of common
group of friends between me and my brother. And that’s how I know her. But
today the Aditi I know is very different, the bond we share is one of the
bestest and the times we share is the most fun filled. Today we dislike when
people ask us how do you both know each other – and we have to talk about the
‘via’ friendship. We have become friends in ourselves.
She also works with Infosys but was a part of branch which
was 44kms away from mine. For some reason she took one month transfer to my
office and we ended up sharing the same cubicle. Till the time she came to my
office, my floor people would have hardly heard my voice. All my team members
use to be on other side of floor/different floor. Since she joined me in my
cubicle, the entire floor hears our laughter, hi-fi’s and discussions. Every
day she has been brining something new in my life. New learning’s, new
thoughts, new ways of looking at things and lot more. I have got to read a lot
of new things staying with her. We are now known for our long walks in and
outside campus and power naps at desk and in dorms. Engrossed in talks, we
would not realise how much we have walked or how much time we have spent. She
has been angelic enough to accompany me during day so that I would not feel
alone. She would study or finish her office work after I left from office. At
the end of the day when I would be back home, I was good to have a peaceful
sleep without much worry.
She has seen all of me in these two months. My crazy side (which
is at best with ) to my low side. She has seen tears in my eyes out of non-
stop laughter to emotional tears. She has seen me changing and adapting to her
crazy ways. One of these include the way we interact in washrooms :D We start
off our discussions as strangers –
‘heyyy! It’s been
long. I didn’t see you around. How have you
been?’
The responses would go on to fake onsite visits, the abroad
travel with family and many other classy, posh and cheesy things we would want
to do.
Initially I would react with the expression – ‘what the ****
is wrong with you’ or I would start laughing. These days I pull it off and
she’s amazed to see it.
We would start off from the desk because we had nothing
constructive to do on work front. And end up spending hours together with
‘Away’ status on office communicator. One
talk to another, one incident sharing to other, one opinion to other, one
belief to other…With so much ease I have disclosed most of myself to her in
such a short span of time. Never did I have second thoughts in mind considering
she’s first a friend of my brother.
Thanks to her we now somewhat have a youngsters group on
campus. No more do I have to bear the office gossips or backbites at lunch
table/chai breaks. I have people with similar thoughts to share table with and
topics of our interest to discuss. The recent spiritual insight of her life has
been mesmerizing. I owe it majorly to her for helping me in this not so good
phase of my life. Like we believe everything has a purpose. And this entire
turnout of events in last two months has been an affirmation of the same.
Again this is going to be short lived as soon she would be
back to her old office. I wish she stay here for longer. I wish for her a
special Christmas gift from Santa this year. Consider this as my way of
thanking you on this Christmas eve teddy bear :)
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| That's my Addie and fun times with her:) |
Thank you to both of you for being the invisible hands in
helping me sail by being with me during this time.
P.S: Thank you God for once again making my belief strong
that you’re always with me, guiding me and helping my way out.
