a gift to remember

while i was returning home in a bumpy auto that shook all my bones, i was wondering how i could spend a lazy Sunday afternoon.

first, lunch :)

i felt like doing something different. yeah...different.. like rummaging a magazine holder full of CDs. Yay! i didn't know i owned CDs. :D i discovered the booty when i went to hunt for stapler pins.

i emptied the holder. i saw 4 movie CDs... naah.. not interested. 3 music CDs. wow! and yeah... one CD given to me by my best friend here 7 months ago. :| poor thing. i DECIDED to listen to them today . it had 12 Malayalam songs. i listened to 3 of them. was very very impressed!!

i saw a few other CDs i was not interested in. and then i found one. it didn't say anything. i had a hunch... because i remembered something that happened nearly 2 years ago.

i was leaving the place. he came up to me one day.. a few days before i left.. and said, " i have a little surprise for u." "what is it?", i asked. "something u'll definitely like", he said..he smiled.. his typical smile. he thrust something into my hand. it was a CD. he told me what it was. i was overjoyed. i brought it here. and there, it went with a few other CDs. i played it for 2 minutes only. and then, i forgot about it. (i am so very remorseful about that).

And today, while i was doing a "different" thing, i found it. i played it. It was, one of my most favorite books made into a movie. A CD of the movie. "A Walk To Remember". he knew i loved the story. my other friend loves it too. she and i used to spend hours in the school library reading the book over and over again.. we would sob together.. hehe... that book gives me a lot of memories.. :) great days!

I thought of him and the day he gave it to me. what a thoughtful gift, i thought, for the second time. (the first time was when he gave it to me.)

i watched the movie. wept.

he is a great friend and brother ....... he is sharan :)

and to the other great friends back there... thank u for the thoughtful gifts. i have everyone of them. :)

they are gifts to remember and cherish.

miss u all...