This Friendship Day celebrations were not planned at all.
For those who know me personally know one fact about me that I like to plan things and execute those in order, so it was kind of an anomaly that we were celebrating this Friendship Day in such a fashion. But, I am glad that I could celebrate with my friends and especially my baby sister – Minu Tai.
One thing that I would like to tell you guys about my special bond that I share with Minu Tai. We have been together since the kindergarten, just a year apart. We went to the same convent, same middle and high school, same college. We worked at the same organization and in the same building, so, over all these years, I did not realize how much I would miss her once we set ourselves on different paths. This harsh reality hit me when I was leaving for the US and realized that I would not get to spend more time with her and cursed myself for not spending some more time with her.
If we want to generalize this to other aspects of life, I would say, we do (most of the times) take things, people, and relationships for granted; and, we do not realize their importance until it is gone, so please do not take anything for granted in life. You never know when it will be your last time and chance to meet that person.
Anyway, I will not deviate further and get back to the topic of this blog post.
So, one of the reasons we went out to celebrate this day was because of my college friend, Umesh. He was in Bangalore for a few days and was staying with us. I have always liked him and thought him to be a really funny and genuine guy. I was happy with him being around, even though, for a few days.
Here’s the picture of the group outside one of the malls in Bangalore. Damn, we used to go to so many malls. Unfortunately, many trees perish for many construction projects in Bangalore or for any major city in India for that matter, increasing pollution, temperature, and global warming. Hope, we will understand the gravity of the situation well before everything slips away from our ungrateful hands.
Deviating again!!!
We decided to celebrate the Friendship Day by dining out. Those days, the only way we could spend time with each other (outside work) was to go out and dine. In the past, I was not too much into the hiking or running or any other fitness related activities for that matter, as I was focused on earning more money so that I can come to the US for my next career and academic move.
The location was the restaurant called Tamarind which is in Banashankari area of Bangalore. I think, Daya, one of my roommates, suggested this place and we were sold to the idea as we wanted to try some other place than our regular dining places. The one problem with Bangalore is that it is big and you have to take so many things into consideration before going out like holidays, traffic, and pollution.
The food at the restaurant was really good, as it used to in almost all the Indian restaurants. How stupid was I in the past? I used to eat Indian food at my place, and used to order only Indian food while dining out, such a waste of both money, time, and energy.
Anyway, after the dinner was over, we clicked the mandatory picture to post of Facebook. Ah, the good old days of Facebook, which I don’t use anymore and has been such a good decision.
Here’s that picture.
And off course, I could end this post without posting a self loving picture of mine.
So, here’s the handsome hunk that you have been dying to see. JK, it’s me!
Take care, everyone!
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