THE WEEK OF THE CUPID....

The Valentines Day just passed by. Cupid must have had loads of jobs within the last week. As a matter of fact, cupid really did a lot of making and breaking for some of my good friends, within the last week. Giving a thought about the whole scenario… I thought it’s good if I can share a lil bit of it with you all….

So.. did you get any roses last week?? I didn’t. But last year I did get yellow roses. They were from my best guy friend who passed away recently. I found myself thinking and thinking about it… But… in the end… he’s gone.. and he’s never going to come back again. What’s sad is…. Even his grave lies thousands of miles away from me. I really wish I could place some flowers on his grave… which I couldn’t do… So.. however.. let’s get back to our story.

They say… that you never know when love comes around.. and before you know it… you’re completely in to the whole thing…. Why?? Just listen to this.. The girl in the story is a very good friend of mine.. who works in the same company which I too work… She has never been in love in her entire life. Being such a dedicated follower of Lord Buddha… her mind set was clearly settled to follow that path for her entire life… Considering the dangerous situ in the country and many other factors… she decided to leave the job… She gave the resignation letter to the HR and took leave for one week. Ok… the people in my company.. you know who the girl is now, right?? Well… After the week passed… here she comes to me.. red faced… and telling me “I found a guy”… Whoh… I was like… petrified!!! It was a proposal…. and they are so in love with each other now. She asked back for the resignation letter from the HR… and she’s happily working again. She used to surf the net like a maniac… play online pool… chat… watch movies.. download songs and stuff…. But that was earlier… All she does now.. is spending her time on the phone… wow! I’m so very thankful to the lucky guy who brainwashed this sweet girl!! There you go people… Love comes around in a totally unexpected moment… and changes your life in the sweetest way!

Last week too.. This other friend of mine called me.. saying that she wanted to break free from her 6 year old affair… The reason?? She didn’t even know why. She has just felt that the relationship is not going to work anymore.. The guy too.. was a friend of mine. Talking to them both.. what I realized was.. the reason for it was the lack of time… They’ve been busy with work all the time… so they couldn’t even talk to each other for a long time. After spending hours and hours in the chat.. I was able to make them realize that they still love each other and they still need each other very badly. After the entire thing was over, they were wondering why they even wanted to think of a break up. There!! People just get too busy… and they even forget how to love… Don’t do it..

This time.. I’m going to tell you about a guy who did every single thing he could do for his girlfriend… and well.. let’s hear it. The guy was extremely rich.. and the girl was not so rich, let’s say.. He was the one who looked after this girl… paying her tuition fees… buying her stuff… picking her up after classes.. paying her bills.. you name it…. He did it all. After the girl entered the university too.. this guy was the one who payed her boarding fees and everything. Last week.. she came to him and told him… that she wants to break up with him… Reason being she needing more space in her life.. (Ya.. right!! “space” you call it!!)… and the other reason being… she’s developing feelings for her senior lecturer.. Well.. what do you call this kind of girls?? I’m giving you all the freedom to think about it…

This time.. it’s a girl.. She moved to US after her marriage.. and last Friday.. I met her online. We were talking about crushes and love stories. She started to relate her own love story. The guy she married was one year junior to her. They used to study in the same campus. It has started out as a good friendship… But since the guy was junior to her.. she was not even thinking about him the other way.. Things were getting complicated.. and later on.. Before it’s too late.. they’ve understood it’s love. I can’t relate you the whole story; sorry about it. But it’s a very nice and interesting story. In the end… they’re happily married now. If things are meant to happen… they happen anyway… no matter what comes in between.

This guy… he had an affair since he was schooling.. I think it lasted for more than 7 years or so. They just broke up… I still don’t know the real reason. But the guy was very upset over it. He left the country. Last week.. Thursday, I think… I met him online and he told me the same thing… If things are meant to happen… they happen anyway… True enough!

This guy… a friend of mine too.. He was having feelings for me over an year. But knowing it won’t work out… I gently had to refuse. So.. we’re still good friends. 3 months back.. he had his eyes on this girl.. who works in the same company. The girl had a troublesome past and was 3 years senior to him. After a couple of calls.. they started going out. As per the last week.. the situation was this… She was telling him that the relationship won’t work out… One reason being… the guy not having a degree.. and she herself… having one. There were so many other excuses too. After listening to all the things my friend said… I realized that the problem with the girl is.. she’s looking for the perfect person.. regardless her tragic past. No matter where we stand… most of the people look for the perfect match… Sometimes we have to settle down for less than perfect. Otherwise… if we keep on looking…. we would have to search till we die. By then it’s too late. Nobody’s perfect, right??? So.. personally… I think.. less than perfect is perfectly alright.

Last week… I was able to locate some of my long lost school friends through facebook. Boy… life is quite a surprise. Most of them are married and living abroad. Some are even having kids. How the years pass!! Well.. the way I ended the week of the cupid was… spending the weekend at The Heritance – Ahungalla.. with the bunch of people of our project in the office. The hotel was cool and the weekend was simply superb!

Well then.. that was all about the cupid and the rest of the world.. As for the cupid and me… I’m doing fine these days!!!