A Walk To Remember
"It's just around the corner", said Aswin as we started walking towards our destination.We that is me and Aswin was en-route to attend a concert by a famous rock band(quite similar to Avial ). As we walked in the dark alley I couldn't imagine how our journey ended up in that deserted place!It began about an hour earlier,when after a tiresome day at college, i realized that the rock band was performing live nearby. I immediately called Aswin.We didn't know the exact location of the concert.Still in-spite of all these uncertainties we decided to try. I got ready quickly and so our journey began.
Our journey actually began years ago.Here begins a story about a long friendship which has no bounds...
Early Days
Years ago, from the day I met the new boy in spectacles who spoke little, to this day Aswin has changed very little.When i first met him in school,i liked him due to his inherently silent nature.In all these years of friendship never has he been angry or overly emotional.What I admire in him is his ability to remain calm and composed even at times of extreme pressure.
School days were innocent days.While in school i neither owned a cell phone nor had access to the internet.
I never went out for movies and i had peace. :)
I regret to admit it, but our silent nature made us invisible beings at school. We weren't exactly popular.
We would watch all the English movies on television and then discuss about it.I found him a great soul with whom I shared all my problems.Ours was a pure and uninhibited friendship.What I really liked about him was his humbleness.His brilliant talent in music which remained unknown till recently was known to me in advance!
Talented Soul
How should i describe my closest friend?
Aswin was a quiet soul.Spoke very little and was highly talented. He had been trained in classical dance Bharathanatyam.But to date i haven't seen him perform a dance on stage. :)
He would sing songs and background tracks of English films to me.That was when i realized his talent for music.He was a very sarcastic friend,which i later realized through his messages. :)
Aswin is also a blogger and what I like about his blog is his inherent style of writing , which may seem idiotic to many!His style of sarcastic writing is being followed by many, including me.He projects himself as an alien from outer space!This is mostly due to his interest in extra-terrestrials and partly due to him being alienated by society(or so he believes) Click To View Aswin's Blog
Back To The Walk...
We boarded a bus which would take us near the place where the band was performing.We knew that when we had started our journey, the band had started its concert. But we didn't give up. We wanted to prove a point to ourselves by at-least reaching that place!We got down at a stop and didn't have a clue about where we were at! I asked for directions to a security guard. He told me the place is a few miles north. So we decided to walk. It was very dark and gloomy. The city streets were deserted. Few street lights were working properly. Aswin seemed quite unperturbed by the scary alleys. We walked at a brisk pace and kept on walking...
Still no sign of a concert...we kept on walking for miles and miles ....For hours we kept on walking and then suddenly it happened...
We were back at where we started!!! Well normally i would lose my cool at these situations,but strangely we were laughing at our idiocy :D
"No other friends would tolerate such useless walking and still laugh at it",i told him.
Finally we reached the concert venue after asking for directions from a local resident. We reached there just in time to see that the concert had almost ended. We listened to the songs for sometime outside the venue and then began walking back. We then reached our first junction.
"Hey,I know this place,just around that corner there is a bus stop",Aswin said. We walked to that corner and there was no bus stop.It was very dark and there wasn't anyone outside.
"It might be around the next corner",said Aswin "I had once visited this place with my parents",he said.
We again walked and walked for the next corner, but that was a long way ahead as it was a straight road.
So then once again after walking for an hour there was no sign of the bus stop. Now we were tired and we started laughing again at our foolishness.
"Anyway we walked halfway home ,now let us complete this epic journey on foot",I said.
Aswin agreed to it and we started walking home.So by midnight we reached our respective homes tired and laughing.
Finally
Now separated by time and space still we remain close as ever.When I look back upon life, I realize how much I have changed but he hasn’t. He has been practically the same old soul ever since our first meeting.Aswin says he rants a lot but that’s just at social sites , in person he remains silent and same old friend.We have been friends for nearly a decade now and ours is a friendship that has no limits...
