I hear thunder, I hear thunder.
Hark don't you? Hark don't you?
Pitter, patter raindrops,
Pitter, patter raindrops,
I'm wet through;
so are you.
This nursery rhyme really sums up my past few days. It been raining cats and dogs and every god damn animal on the streets. Really sickening. Added to that the pathetic roads of this city, makes me dread every time i step of my house.
Anyway, yesterday was FRIENDSHIP DAY. When I got the first of the smses at 12 midnight (what a perfect way to disturb a sleeping soul!), it suddenly stuck me that i don't know why this day is celebrated! I mean, there had to be some reason, like valentine's day being St. Valentine's birthday and children's day being Nehru's b'day (Exact 9 months the difference, what coincidence!). I asked Dipu about it in the morning, and turns out, even he didnt know. Times of India had no special article on this (I was expecting a whole supplement, going by their usual standards). So I turned to my most trusted source of information, dear ol' wiki. Surprise surprise, even wiki did not have a proper explanation for that. All it said was that this day was first celebrated in US in 1935 due to some declaration of the U.S. congress. How strange! So it continued through out the day and late into the night, the barrage of "happy friendship day" messages in all it varied forms. Poems in English, Hindi(Hinglish) shayari, witty remarks, picture messages or just simple plain texts. Plain silly to serious senti ones. But the best part is, they kept me entertained throughout the day.
How did i spend this day? In the best way possible (specially in these bloody rains):
In my room, wrapped in a blanket and enjoying an 8 hour long F.R.I.E.N.D.S marathon..hows that!
Btw, I watched Tokyo Drift over the weekend along with Soumen. It was really awesome. Drifting at its best! I really enjoyed the movie, never mind what TOI had to say about it. If u ask me, its a MUST WATCH!
Times of India though carried a very interesting thought :
"Friendship marks a life even more deeple than love. Love risks degeneration into obsession, but friendship is never anything but sharing"
My take on that :
AMEN!
