Foodie25’s Weblog

Friday, 26 October 2007

Today is a sad day. My partner-in-crime Pradnya is spending her last few hours of her first job here at NS. I am sure it must be tougher for her, considering that she has worked here for real long. It’s not easy for me either. She was the first person at work who allowed me to ‘be myself’. There was no superficiality, no hypocrisy, and no politics in her world. Considering the state of mind I was in (since it was my first job), she simply drew me out of my shell and brought colour into my life.

The first day, the seat to my right was vacant. I wondered who this girl was and what kind of person would she be. I had my immediate instinctive reaction: worry. I worry about every little thing: about the past, the present and the future. That’s me! The third day I saw her and my first reaction was relief. She was probably one of few people who did not fill me with dread or make me jittery with nervousness. I relaxed and our first words of ‘Hi’ culminated into a crazy fun-filled memorable friendship, which has no bounds for MADNESS!!

We live and we let live.

We connect through facebook. (she harasses me actually)

We share our thoughts over wecheeto.

We giggle like hyenas over Omelet Maggie!! Sometimes we eat and drink so much, we cannot keep track of what followed what!

We make bathroom trips together just for the heck of it (don’t find it weird, we girls like company even in the loo)!!

We tempt each other to drink Tropicana! (I will not forget your ‘garam’ Tropicana’)

We ‘net send’ to each other for no apparent reason (just a Hi or wassup)

We get overjoyed just going to the 20-20 shop (now who said girls fancy upscale shopping?)

We blog together.

Sniffles as I fondly call her, laughs like there are no worries in the world and makes you forget yours. Her face lights up when she talks about her beloved Beige. She scrunches up her nose when the food is not upto mark. She layers her curds with sugar and sugar and more sugar (crème de brule!!) She makes puppy faces (taking after Beige I must say!) when I refuse her something. She is crazy over pink, but that simply adds to her personality. She has taught me the tricks of our trade (which I shall refrain from mentioning here). She has simply made my life at work easier.

I don’t think I can write anymore, for fear of letting out any more secrets!! The bottom line remains: she was my guardian angel at NS. And the thought of her big grin not lighting up my face every morning at 11:30 makes me sad. But I know she has many more miles to go and lots of success to achieve. I also know for sure she will shine her way through wherever she goes from now on.

Prads you bring a smile to my lips, a twinkle in my eye, and joy in my heart!

Love you always and keep up the blogging spirit!! We are and will always be bloggers in crime!