AD-mirers....

Hey guys.... sorry for not writing this long... was going through a patch of laziness coupled with the distressing Rajagiri Syndrome, that is too much work in too less time.... Anyways Im back and raring to write write write.... So here I go....

The story I have for you today is about a group of 5 individuals who called themselves AD-mirers... hee hee.... (dont laugh too much, the name was suggested by me). So, what do you get when you mix 5 total strangers, who are not comfortable talkin to each other, who havent worked together, who dont know head and tail about what they have got into and how they are going to do it? Yes, you get utter CHAOS.....

Well at least this is how I perceived the situation to be.... Boy I had no idea how wrong I was going to be.... it all started with Nithin (one of ma friends) coming up to me one fine morning and asking me to help him out for this ad-making competition he put himself into. Well not an everyday scenario, so I decided to enquire further, then came the real cream... he said that there were 2 other gals involved. Now thinggs were making sense as to why Nidin would give his name for an ad-making competition one fine day out of the blue. Anyways, when he kept asking, I agreed and I remember thinking, "How hard can this really be".... ha ha

So, along with Nithin I went to meet these other "TEAMMATES" of ours.... One of them was a tall, lean chick who looked kiddishly cute to me, she called herself Remya, and the other one was a sweet n trendy...hmmm u can describe her as streetsmart chick... her name was Anu. And this is where the journey of AD-mirers started. The assignment given to us was very simple... to make an promotional ad film for the college. Well, at least I thought it would be simple. hours turned to days and days turned to weeks.... still no progress... no headstart... we were still stuck on the "SCRIPT" for the ad..... oh yeah almos forgot /... we hired one of the most professional and stubborn actors available @ mathew...( juzz kiddin... hes a darlin) who wanted every detail about every shot to be canned including the camera angles and what time we were to do which shot. This wasnt a herculean task, there was just a teeny-weeny problem.. ha ha these were things even we didnt know.

So, as time went by nothing seemd to progress with the ad, but all of us started knowing each other well, we grew comfortable with each other, we started hanging out, cutting classes, making the canopy and the canteen a frequent hideout and before we realized it a beautiful bond of friendship was created. We started having so much fun, when we would get together even if it was for 10 mins a day, we would forget all the things, forget about rajagiri and just be ourselves. We could all be ourselves to each other, and this according to me is what makes friends into best friends. Before we knew what was happening, deadlines after deadlines started attacking us, somehow we managed a video cam and shot something and we submitted it. Well, needless to say we didnt win, but we managed to prove our critics wrong. We did the whole shooting on a zero rupee budget, that is, we didnt even spend a single rupee on anything, and we were really proud of ourselves cos of this.

The thing I realized from this is that it just takes a minute to break a lifetime friendship and it just takes that sinlge minute to build a lifetime friendship. A friend is one who stands by you and with you in ur time of need and distress. Like aI always say, "Friendship isnt a big thing, its a million little thiangs." I gess what made us so close was the fact that we were all going through life together at Rajagiri, and we were there for each other when we needed it the most.

At first, I was never game for ths ad making competiton but now when I look back at it, I realize it was Gods way of gifting me with new friends, people who could be trusted with anything, People whom i could call up anytime and share stupid stories ( well except remya esp b/w 11 pm and 7 am.... beauty sleep), most importantly people around whom I could truly be myself, without putting up a facade, guys u are a blessing, stay the same always... will miss ya like crazy in aussie, but remeber we will part to meet again esp in 4 yrs rems... ha ha... so to end this one i would love to quote dis favourie phrase which i picked up frm somewhere...
"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had."
anyways keep readin.... next one soon to folow... i promise
so till then signing off
Lijo Thalodil John