Friends

Last week one of my closest friends from IITM was visiting US. 12 months feels like an awfully long time to be away from people with whom you have shared four years of coexistence, so I was delighted when I heard that he was coming to Washington. I had planned to meet him in the weekend(the one that just went by).

I was trying to finish my pending assignments for the next week, working overnights, and sometimes coming back to the apartment only to crash so that I could take the weekend off. Except for booking my tickets, I had planned almost everything and waited in anticipation of the trip.

We were supposed to finalize our plans as soon as he landed, but it was not until 5 days later that I got a call from him. Imagine my disappointment when I learnt that he had a very busy schedule and hence we won't be able to meet.

I guess as we grow up work becomes such a strong point of focus that everything else just blurs into oblivion. And that is sad at times.

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I needed a journal paper urgently today for a pending course project. However I couldn't access any electronic source from the department server today. So, I mailed a few friends with the link hoping that someone should be able to get it and mail me within a day or so.

I was surprised to find several copies of the paper in my inbox within the hour. Every single one of them had tried to download it and sent it to me within an hour!

This again affirms my faith in the fact that however busy we are, friends can always rely on each other, and rightly so.