Day 21: Li'l Sis

SOWMYA … what do I write for you yaar, or rather what all shall I not? Well just the gist. As others have already said so much, I will keep this last blog as short as possible.

My first memories of you are of a little girl who stole my mother away from me. I loved u for being so cute and all but, hated u for taking away Amma’s attention from me (I was the sole beneficiary till the night before)... but then how was I to know that u would be the one to understand me and help me cement my relations with everyone?

A lot of things in my life are the way they are because of you. You have filled in so many roles in my life I just can’t count.

A friend, when I had none,

A teacher (read ‘Preacher’) when I messed up/ opened my mouth too wide (how I hate you for that!),

A Personal Chef Cum Tutor on the few nights that I sat down to study, Preparing tea in the wee hours of morning and taking up my lessons (even though u could not understand one bit of it) just so I feel confident.

My fashion designer... without u I couldn’t even suggest proper designs to the tailor!!

A sister, more like an elder one, when you supported me every time I felt lost or needed a suggestion or simply a shoulder to cry on

A caring little sister who can brighten up my world with a word and

A devil who can and does ruin my day with just that – A word.

And the list goes on….

Well I don’t know about rest of you but when I think of Sowmya one thing that comes to my mind is the plethora of silliest and stupidest questions. The latest addition to the list being “Do you think the (building) watchman will have a fridge?”

God knows how she comes up with them!!... but then hey do lighten up the mood…

And the best thing about you is that you know how to laugh at yourself and make others laugh with u.

And Sowmya, one more thing before I end – any thing you don’t like about the above note is in there “BY MISTAKE” (seriously, not my fault).

I guess I gotta end it here or there a danger of not being able to stop. So bye Somu. And CALL ME REGULARLY!!!

Day 19: Happy Raksha Bandhan!!!

Hello Sowmya, this is first ever write-up I’m writing for your blog, but I’m doing it at the right time, yes its Raksha Bandhan. Yup, it did start as a joke but today even I mean it, as you do, that you're my Li’l Sister. I would just like to say today what I feel about you, okay? It all started from the time of dance, as a joke, you called me your brother and covered me from everyone stating, "Yeh mera bhai hai, isse koi kuch bolna nahi, rule nahi pata kya?". I always liked the way you did it, I’m not saying that you never meant that, but knowingly or unknowingly you have always covered for me or protected me. Then gradually the studying season of Sem1 arrived, when the deadly dozen split into deadly Ardha Dozen. And then was formed the group of 6 friends which are the best friends I ever had. You got the tag of Tambu on you, but I never knew from where this name evolved, but anyways, in spite of everyone calling you Tambu, I like calling you Sowmya. Now, let me tell you what I think about you. I have seriously not seen such a calm and cool personality like you. Once I discussed this with Avi also. Does this lady ever get angry on anyone? Anything happens you take it so calmly which always amazes me. You r the youngest amongst all of us but the most sensible one. I guess to this everyone should agree. We all have come so close to each other, I’m afraid that this friendship never breaks. I just don't want this year to get over as I want to be with all of you always. I never try and get close to anyone because I’m afraid to lose them, but as I have got all of you now, I just wish not to lose you guys. I’m glad that all of you have taken initiative to gift Sowmya this blog. It’s much more than Orkut or any social networking site to keep us united and together irrespective of whereever we go. I thank You, Aditya, Shazia, Avinash, Avishkar to be with me always. Happy Independence day and Happy Raksha Bandhan to you Sister.

Day 18: Thank You!

Hmmmmm… first time in life writing something, that too in English J But frankly when it is about my sis it’s very easy, I just have to write SOWMYA… Everyone has written many good things about you, kya baat hai… Or is it that u urself are writing this stuff… Just kidding I know how important you are to others and me toooooooo… Because u are really different, actually an alien because no human being can care for others more than for themselves… N u care for others more than for urself… I still remember the first day we met and then u made me walk all the way to Nerul, but that day I realized that when there’s such a wonderful friend n sister to walk besides u no distance is long….. THANK YOU very much for making me walk forward in life… thanks a lot… You have always been there whenever I needed a friend and guided me perfectly in life… Actually I am falling short of words to thank you… One more thing, you remember once we are in BARC and I was depressed n u asked whether I was waiting for an angel to come n change my life. Arey I didn’t know then that an angel herself was giving me advice… What an angel u are… But with the devil’s brain J… There’s sumthing which I guess very few of ur friends know. That you are a very good cook also n I like ur telgu fries… Guys ask her to cook n feed u also, y only I should suffer? Hehehehe… Just joking she is really a good cook n me waiting for when she’ll make those fries again… Hmmmm, interesting na I wrote all truth about. U don’t worry next time I will write all lies… So it will be equal… Anyways will write many things next time now feeling sleepy… Wish u all the best in life and may all ur wishes get fulfilled…. Thank a lot for being such a great sister-friend J

Day 17: Proud to have you!!!

Sowmya …hmm what should I write ….. all of your friends had written so much that. Now there is no space for me to get in that….but I try to add something………. Ok SOWMYA………naaaa…….TAMBUUU She doesn’t want anything for herself… she only wants people around her should be happy and makes them feel that yes I m with U dear. Her glimpse on her face shows that how to live life.. She is that person who always with me when I m depressed. She always gives me different type of ways to get cheer up and make me comfortable in front of everyone…… I get to know her during our event ELIXIR in college and she is also a family member of our ELIXIR team… she really works very hard for that event and always supports us…….. I want to share one private thing which I don’t want to disclose but I have to accept that:- I got K.T. in my economics so I m very tense that how should I submit my project to my prof. in the last three days, and started thinking about the re-K.T. then one day I told TAMBUUU ……that yaar this time prof. is going to screw Me. And in economics I m the biggest dump ……since 10th standard Then she said don’t worry and asked every thing for my project and also request her to help me …she made the project for me and completed that project at 2a.m. and in that subject I got highest after getting K.T. 76……puri life me b economics padta to b nai aate I lost my best friend and in that case I was not in a condition to get in a normal life. But TAMBUU took me out of that…and made me in a normal and she tried to make me happy and to get me out of that shock …… This makes me very proud on myself that I hved a friend like SOWMYA who will always b with everyone…… She makes every one very comfortable to share everything with her…and in problems she gives us perfect solution and really it works……… I really feel proud having a friend like u…........ I want to dedicate some lines to u TAMBUUU u know it’s not mine but written only for “u”:- Someone I can talk to Someone I can trust. Someone who will be there When my relationships rust. Someone who will save me, When everything goes wrong. Someone who will comfort me And help me to be strong. Someone who listens At any time of day. Someone who will brighten Any sky that’s gray. Someone who will always Want to be my friend. Someone who will fight for me, Until the bitter end. Someone who will cry with me Whenever I am sad. Someone who will laugh with me Whenever I am glad. Someone who will understand My every weird emotion. Someone who will always be At my side with their devotion. Someone who will always think Of me before themselves. Someone who will care for me And put their own worries onto shelves. Someone who will always let Me act like the true me. Someone who will always be Just like I want to be Someone who will always remain Incredibly beautiful and true- Someone who is my best friend. Someone just like “ U”.... TAMBUU if I want to write I single line for u then it will be:- IN MY OPINION TAMBUU U R THE BEST……. I wish her to be the best and successful person in life…..and keep smiling as u always …. God bless you dear…… ( Dekha na TUMBUU ke liye paper bhi kam ho gaya)

Day 16: The Angel & the Tea

OK. I accept the fact that I am breaking the most stringent rule here (I have taken permission from Shazia, though), set mutually by all of us, when we came up with the idea of this blog. The rule was that we will not, by any means, use any name of Sowmya, other than Sowmya itself, when referring to her in our writings. Accepted. We even went through 3/4^th of the blog in strict adherence of his rule.

However, the more I thought of it, the more difficult it became for me to continue sticking to this rule. For one simple reason. For me, one of her names is not just her pet-name or nick-name, which we were not allowed to use, but it is her identity for me.

That name is how I see Sowmya. That name is how I have come to know her. That name is how I think of her. That name is the alpha through omega of how I perceive her.

That name is Tambu.

It started as a stupid thing, I remember, when the erstwhile Deadly Dozen were at her place for a sleepover, or more like for a demolition derby. She was serving us food, and somehow the name cropped up. All of us know how it came into being, and my so called logic behind it.

I really didn’t expect the name to last. I hadn’t planned on that. But somehow, I began to address her by this name, and I was delighted to know that she responded to it, accepted it. That’s one of the things I’ll never forget. I know for a fact that she wouldn’t have done that if she didn’t like the name. And so before I knew it, people started picking it up too. Shazia began to use it (btw Shazia; Tambu says you identify with the name more than I do), and then others followed suit. I remember explaining the import of the word quite a number of times to people.

Then I imagine the name went through a process of gaining an identity, a personality of its own. In my mind at least, Sowmya and Tambu are two people, as different and as individual as, let’s say, two tea leaves. Same, yet different. Tambu is her brand now, simply because there can be many like Sowmya. But only one Tambu. Our Tambu.

Tambu becomes her in more ways than I can pen down, do you not agree, people? On every day that goes by, Tambu adds a new dimension, a new facet, a new glint to what Tambu stands for. Today, I’m sure none of us can imagine what it’d have been like to have known this angel as only Ponnada Sowmya Sundari Venkatrao Sita Mahalaxmi, minus the Tambu.

Today, we can’t really say what will happen to the “The 6 of Us” a few years down the line. We may stick together, we certainly hope to. But even if we can’t, there’ll be many things we will remember each other for. But certain attributes of all us will be forever embedded in our hearts. Shazia’s godliness, Nikhil’s mein-kya-karu attitude, Avishkar’s immovable positiveness, Avinash’s resourcefulness, my jokes.

But with what we have done here, through the means of this blog, goes much beyond that. This time we spent on her blog, is like that time of the day, the afternoon, when you are kind of tired from working so hard since morning, but you still have a lot of work to do. So you refresh yourself with some tea.

That’s called tea-time.

This, We will call, T Time.

;-)

Day 15: The Angel & the Dwarf

Many have written about you in this blog, some once, some many times. A few have even been invited to write. But what I am about to write can’t be written by anyone else. Even if they wanted to, even if they tried, they do not have my position, my point of view, my capacity, or my expertise on this matter. Only I have the power to put in print these words.

You will wonder why? What is it about you, which only I know to the largest extent? What is it that no one has experienced as much as I have? Which facet of this diamond have only I been deemed worthy of? I will explain.

You see, out of all your friends, past, present, and I am sure even the ones to come, I have been, am, and will be, the person who troubles you, irritates you, frustrates you, gets on your nerves, drives you to the edge, the most. And all this at the same time, not turn by turn.

The others? Well, they can’t even get close, even if they tried. And some have. But the good people that they are, I am sure they aren’t taking conscious efforts to do all of these things to you, like I am sure you have wondered whether I was, on occasions.

And so I repeat, only I can have written these words, because only I have tested the limits, the farthest boundaries, of your patience.

And you know what, even after exploring the vast frontier of your patience for the last couple of months (mostly, but I had started long before that, I know), even after putting the limits of your patience to the best or the worst of tests (depends, you know, from where you look at it), I admit that I haven’t yet reached them, even once. I mean I will confess, that once or twice, if I had used a set of binoculars to look for them, I might just have gotten a glimpse of the boundaries, but never once have they come within reach. So forget about crossing them.

Babu, your patience is so friggin vast; mankind can raise a whole civilisation in it, once we run out of habitable land on Earth.

IknowthattobetruebecauseIhavetriedtocrowdyourpatiencemorethanthegullies
ofDadar,orthebackroadsofDharavi,ortheshelvesofmyoverstuffedcupboard.But,
believemewhenIsay,thatthereisalwaysroomformore,alotmore…

You see how I don’t give you space, Sowmya? But you went through the whole thing nevertheless, didn’t you? Just goes to prove my point. Thank you.

Because that’s what you do. Stick together through it all. Until the person realises that he is in it deep and that he needs to come out. And then you help him come out. That’s your master stroke.

And it’s not as if you don’t have a choice. Or many choices, for that matter. Its just that for you there is no space for the wrong choice. That’s one thing your patience does not have a room for. Wrong choices.

(I’m sure you remember this joke we keep on repeating.

Once, a dwarf went to the doctor and said that he was getting tired of being so short and tiny and that it was getting on his nerves. So can the doc do something about it please? And quickly?

The doctor said, there was something that could be done, it was, in fact, very easy. The dwarf will just have to be A Little Patient.)

I’m looking for that dwarf, searching for him. If I ever happen to find him, I am going to introduce him to you. After that, looking at how patient you are, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind being A Little Patient, would he?

I know you keep on saying you are very impatient with me. And I know this reads like a very idealistic, fictitious article. But no its not. It’s true. You may be human in other matters, but when it comes to patience, you are an angel.

My angel.

Day 14: Instructions for Sowmya

After we met yesterday & started talking, my mind again started wandering and I felt my flow of thoughts taking me to the same place – your blog. I was waiting all this time for this spark to ignite in me so that I could start writing again. You can give the credit for this to Aditya and Avishkar.

We were talking about you yesterday and Avishkar just mentioned that there’s one thing he’s learned from. He said “I was astonished to see that this girl only knows how to give and give selflessly.” (That’s why he calls you Miss India.. see I told you the secret behind it ;)). On that Adi replied with a very beautiful thought. He said, “We become happy when someone gives us; this girl becomes happy when she gives.” After listening to their thoughts, these words still remained registered in my mind and so today I start to write my new article on this.

I was just looking back on how much and what not you’ve actually given us dear. Most important thing - your time, always, forever.. You’ve always been available for everyone of us at any given time… apart from when your not answering calls and not replying to sms’s.. ;) I mean you have such a lot to do, there’s so much more you can actually do, but u still prefer spending time with us doing nothing.. And if we are not available at any given time, you wont even complain.. Now that’s what I call giving selflessly.

Moreover, be it any occasion or even not an occasion, you’ll be the first one to initiate a way to celebrate. If any of us are feeling blue, that’s bound to happen. You’ll find ways to spend time with us and make sure we are alrite. And we selfish people, sometimes, don’t even bother to understand what’s up at your end. You’ll make everyone around you much more important than yourself and make them feel special. But then what bout U..?? Well, you never care. And that is how, and that is why you’ve been so important to all of us.

Sometimes you even give away the time you need to spend with others to us. I mean imagine in the last one year, how much time have u spent with us n how much with all the others. You’ll keep thinking of ways to make everyone feel special, even when we are out of sight, sometimes even when it’s not required. It’s just your words that do the magic. And most important, there’s nothing, absolutely nothing you expect.

Don’t you ever turn around to yourself and ask a question that why is Sowmya Ponnada so unfair to herself..?? Why do u yourself don’t get things which you give to others..?? Why do you don’t treat yourself as special as you treat the others..?? Why do you don’t believe in yourself as you do in others..??

Ever thought of all this sweetheart??

I m sure your answer to this is going to be No.. So here’s another reminder (an eye-opener, shall I say..??) for you to now stop giving to others and start giving yourself. Look in the mirror and tell yourself that alrite from today Sowmya is gonna be nice to herself, much much more than she is to others.

Rememebr the mails that we exchanged in these few days. I kept telling you that look and observe others and learn. Yes sweetheart, this is just an extension to what I said before. You are too too naïve to be born in this world as a human being. But since you are, you have to learn how to tackle people. You can’t keep being nice to people all the time. Sometimes you gotta be a little harsh on them in order that they be nice to you. N that way u ll be nice to urself. Hope you get what I m tryin to convey sweetheart

Day 13 : The Other Side of Sowmya

I was just going thru this very website, and I realized that all of us have written so much good about Sowmya. In an attempt to make her feel nice, we forgot ourselves. Yes guys..!!! Is this what we generally did when we were with Sowmya..?? When we are together, its her job to make everyone around feel nice and we are only there to harass her, criticize her and pull her leg (all for fun of course). Then how, when and why did we get into her shoes and take up the task of making her feel nice..??

Anyways, now that we've done it, I think she’s had enough. Let’s get back to what we are best at... After moving forward and reaching halfway through this blog, today we’ll try and unwind ourselves. Let’s go back and complement the good things said for her with some reality checks. Yes Sowmya, you’ve guessed it right. Today this blog has negatives about you, more than your positives.

Any ordinary person after reading the first few paragraphs would have been afraid that his weaknesses were about to be disclosed. But yet again, we are not talking about any ordinary person here. I know what this stupid girl’s reaction must be. She ll say the way I ve accepted good things, I ll accept the bad also and try to improve. Wrong….!!!! You should confidently stand up and say that there's nothing that you can write about if you tend to write bad about me. But then the humble and down-to-earth person that she is, she takes compliments lightly and criticism seriously.

Having written about the delicate darling, a perfect friend, a thorough professional and the beautiful angel, here is the time to do something different. Don’t worry dear I m not gonna be very harsh on you. These are just a few things which I think can make me more than the perfect self that you are. SO lets get started.

One… There have been times when I ve seen you real confused, confused on what decision to take, confused on what to do, The best example that comes to my mind is the incident when we have to go to eat and when all of us are busy doing our own work. That is the time, you take such a lot of time to decide that we end up waiting and waiting. Mind you, I m not blaming you here for it. And my intentions will be more clear once you read the next few lines. Actually the thing is this female is so busy trying to get everyone together that sometimes she forgets what’s going by. She wants all of us to do things together, which my dear, is not possible sometimes. But this girl is so patient that she does not want to accept this.

Ok lets see some other instance where I can pull out the bad in her. Suppose she has to do some work and we as usual are not letting her do it just like that without a rhyme or reason; like sometimes we are just in mood to waste time and she has loads of work. If its anybody else, I m sure they would walk off and do their work. But she wont. She ll sit with you even if you are just wasting time avoiding her very important work as well. Can anyone be that stupid..?

I have been trying hard here but have not been able to really point out anything bad in this female. Actually even if I start with something bad (after thinking for a really long time), eventually it turns into something good. Now you see the magic. That’s what you do. Anything, no matter, good or bad, which is directed towards you always turns to something beautiful. The same way this article has turned out to be. So now I hope you ll stop being thankful to me for everything. I hope you realize that its not me but you who has made this entire idea a beautiful one.

Day 12: The journey so far...

Since we are half way through this entire process of making Sowmya feel special, today I’d like to talk how this entire process originated and where are we heading towards in this world of ours - Sowmya-land…..

Lets get into flashback….

19^th April 2008: Exams were on and so we couldn’t find that empty space in our minds which we could utilize to think about what could to done to make Sowmya Ponnada feel special on her birthday. Each one of us was tense. And every one of us wanted to make that little angel feel really special on her birthday.

You know though we had thought of things in a group and did make a plan (including a few back ups too) but then owing to the fact that you held a special place in each one of our lives independently, all of us thought of making it different and special in our own little ways.

Unaware of what the others were planning, I sat down late night to think. I wanted to make you feel special and I wanted to give you something that would touch your heart. There was something on my mind. Since this was your 21^st birthday and you were very excited about it, I knew I had to do something related to the number 21. So the first thought that crossed my mind was, let me write to her 21 mails. But then I didn’t want to send you the mails all at once. I spoke to a lot of people and tried to find out whether there was any way I could pre schedule the mails and they get delivered later. No one could find a solution.

It was 12:30 a.m. I was sure I had to write things to you but then how was the question still unanswered. Now here comes a new person in the story (who is worth a mention). I told Abhinav about it. The first thing he suggested was that I take you somewhere out, do shopping n all. But then we had already done that today. I explained my idea to him and told him I want to do something that touches her heart and this could be one. Then came something from Abhinav, which I thought was a brilliant idea. He suggested that I make a blog and write things there and give it to u. I added on to it that since I wanted to do something related to her 21^st birthday, I d write 21 articles.

Adi was online then so I shared this idea with him. He liked it and so he too decided to be a part of it. I was more than happy because I knew that this small thing, which I had started to work on, would become only better with this. He suggested the idea of having artwork along with the article. This was like icing on the cake and I just couldn’t resist it. I went ahead to write the first article. After finishing on the rough draft I mailed it to Adi. He sent it back to me with a few modifications, for the better of course, and it was just perfect.

Then Adi started working on the artwork. Since the article meant to give a welcome message for the blog, the artwork had to be on similar lines. And let me tell you, the name Sowmya-land was also given by Adi and when the artwork came to me, I just felt it was perfect – in sync with what the article had to say.

But then the plan was to write 21 articles. I had already started working on the next one. Wrote that and before I could finish Adi was all ready with his artwork. Both of us were so involved, we didn’t find time to look at our watches. We kept going with all enthusiasm. After some time when we suddenly peeped into the watch, what do we see? It was 4:00 a.m. and we had hardly finished 3 articles. We had not realized this because we lost in creating this Sowmya-land and making it as wonderful as possible for our princess. But now was the time, we had to get out of this fairyland and think logically. Sitting for the entire night would also not be enough to complete 21 articles. And we didn’t want to rush because both of us unanimously agreed that Sowmya deserved nothing but the best. Eventually we decided to compromise on quantity for quality.

But then when it’s us, there’s always a way out. I had an idea. Initially we were actually very confused on how should we place the articles. Because if we posted the second one after the first, it would come on top on the first one and that way Sowmya would see the last one first. So now we decided that we would post one article at a time. That I think was what made this idea unique in itself. You know Sowmya; I always keep talking about something. That it feels really bad when the day of your birthday gets over. And that’s what made me come to this. We decided to post one article for you everyday so that you didn’t have to go through this feeling. This way not only would the excitement of your birthday could continue for more than 1 or 2 days but you would also remain curious about what’s coming next. Now that’s what we call doing something different and special.

This the blog came into existence. And I still remember the moment when we had shown this to you. You held my hand while you read this. And I could feel the warmth that you felt deep inside. Your eyes were filled with gratitude but then you couldn’t get words enough. But sweetheart those beautiful eyes said it all.

That was the day we started on a new mission – mission to make you feel special. And then we had Avishkar and Avinash who joined in. I was really really happy to see both of them take the initiative themselves. Again, I felt proud to have friends like you all. Everybody was so enthusiastic about the blog that one day if I didn’t write people used to wonder what’s happening with the blog. And then later on came a completely new and completely different person – Anupam, who wrote for it. And he did complete justice to the idea of the blog. He wrote an amazing article thus adding to the beauty of the blog.

After the efforts of so many people, I was just forced to believe that each one of us would never let the other be alone. In case if someday I am not able to upload the blog, there is always someone around who is going to do it. That’s the kind of bonding which we have developed and now you see Sowmya, you’ve given us one more reason to support each other.

Now when I look back, I feel happy. The objective is satisfied. You feel special and nice. Everyday you wait for your blog to get updated. The same curiosity still exists which we saw on your face the very first day. And the most important thing is this manages to bring a smile on your face while we are not around. So I think the blog is doing just what its intended to do.

And the new thing that we’ve started with now, well that keeps me curious.

All the time I see you being thankful to us. You don’t need to be thankful for anything Sweetheart. Because as Nikhil says – What goes Around Comes Back Around. And this what is coming your is a minuscule of what you’ve given to others. It’s just a small gesture for you to let you know that you are really really appreciated.

Day 11 : Professional at its Best

We’ve already spoken a lot about Sowmya as a friend, Sowmya as an angel and we have no second opinion over the fact that she perfectly fits the role there. Today I’m going to switch to something completely different. Of course it’s going to be about Sowmya herself, but today leaving aside the personal self of hers, we are going to look at the professional self of Sowmya.

I’ve got a chance to work with her quite a few number of times. But even when not working with her, I’ve been a spectator, a silent observer to her most of the times. And even if she doesn’t need it, the kind of person that I am, I always keep giving her suggestions on everything that she does; owing to which, she consciously or subconsciously is now used to look up to me for feedback and suggestions. I’ve always been observing her while she works, she talks, she advises, or even when she’s just quietly listening. And that is the reason why I can take this stand and comment about her professional personality.

One has to be really lucky to get the chance of working with her. And once you do, there’s no looking back. The work has to be nothing but perfect. She’ll put her heart and soul into the work she is doing. High amount of dedication personified, is what you see. No matter what kind of work it is, whether it interests her or not, but she is the first one to take the initiative. She never shies away from doing any kind of job. And I can say it with 100% confirmation that she has never missed deadlines. You’ll never find her struggling last moment with the work that she’s involved into. She does everything with so much dedication.

And don’t even ask me what happens when she talks. She mesmerizes the audience with her speech. And I’m talking this not only out of personal experience and but also out of experiential learning. Yes I’ve seen her catch attention of the worst of audiences. That’s the magic this girl can create when she is on the podium. Her flawless speech topped by an awesome delivery and that soothing smile on her face while she’s talking. None of us could ever escape this enthusiastic package of energy.

Let’s suppose you need advice on something (I’m talking about professional advice here). What would you expect?? Someone who listens to your problems patiently, analyses it, empathizes with it and then suggests or gives advice. But how many people do you know will be able to do this at a professional level?? There’s hardly any time. Your friends will definitely do it for you. But it’s only your friends who do it for their friends.

But this particular female, she does it for everyone; whoever approaches her for a suggestion over anything, be it as small as a script of a presentation or as big as a decision for a project. She’ll very calmly listen and give genuine suggestions, be it positive or negative but they are logical. I can bank on her anytime for a feedback over whatever I do, big or small. And I’m pretty sure that she’ll never say good to something I’ve done badly. She makes sure everything becomes perfect, a thorough perfectionist that she is.

She does not force her opinion on others. But the way she puts her point across, you are bound to listen. Such is the convincing power this particular girl has got. She’ll not scream and reiterate her point again and again. In fact she doesn’t need to do that. She very well knows how to get her point across. And that’s a quality found in a very few. Actually this completely contradicts the sweet personality that she is, all the time listening to others, but when it comes to making her point, she very clear and very precise. She knows how to make a mark.

In fact anyone who looks at her will get a feel of the immense confidence that she has. It shows on her face. She is a very confident and a very focused female. She knows she has a long way to go, and at the same time, takes it one at a time. No work, absolutely nothing can bring that ray of despair on her brow. She is all lively all the time to do anything that is required and finish it to perfection

Day 11