Parting Gifts

Life's been busy lately. No, not the hard-at-work kind of busy. It's more like the I-feel-too-lazy-to-get-up-to-update-my-blog-so-let's-just-sleep-some-more kind of busy. Or the hey-come-over-to-my-house-and-get-some-booze-on-the-way-because-I-feel-too-lazy-to-get-up kind of busy. And so on and so forth.
Be that as it may, I just realized I fulfilled one of my adulthood resolutions. I learned to drive. I.e., I got my driving license. After trying to read an entire instruction manual in Bengali. I feel all gratified.
But the reason I suddenly decided to do something about the deplorable lack of material on my blog was this. I leave today. First to Mumbai, then Manipal, for college. It's taken a while to sink in, but there's a goodish chance I might not be back any too soon, because we've been transferred to Mumbai.
And while I know this won't make up for the deplorable lack of reading material on my blog, I needed to say a lot. All those things we never think of saying in person because we've always taken them for granted. To all my friends, I realize I can't ever express in words how much you've all meant to me. I can but try.
Rono. Best friend since childhood. For all the parties at your house. For the tazos. For the cricket on the terrace. For the EVS marks. For all the memories. Thank you.
Rijoy. Confidante, advisor, and so much more. For understanding me. For helping so much about her. For being there to support me when I needed it. Thank you.
Rama. Who taught me half of all I know. For getting me through all those tuitions. For reminding me to actually pay attention. Thank you.
Basak. Blood brother. For never complaining, all those times I ragged you. For Worms Armageddon. For all the music. Thank you.
Tith, Avi, Dash, Shounak, Rohit, Annie, KB. The R-group. For eating my tiffin when I didn't want it, and also when I did. For teaching me how to bunk. For all the football, and all the maal. Thank you.
Soumya, Rajarshi. Quizzards from that other room. For all the quizzes, with each other and against. For all that I learnt from you guys, from South Park to the Arctic Monkeys. Thank you.
Namrata. So fuckin special. For the first time you talked to me. For all the times you put up with my "bhaat". For understanding every bit of me. Thank you.
Saikat. Madan. Prateek. Dibya. Rajiv. Bose and Avik and Abray. Kushagra and Atri. Swati. Arjun. Namrata Basu. To each and every one, thank you.
Ok, that completely sucked. Apart from the fact that this is the most sentimental I've been in most of the past century, I probably missed out on four-fifths of the people I should have mentioned. It's just that one little blog entry can never be enough to say all that I wanted to about all of you. Rest assured, I can never forget any of you guys. Well, except for the ones I forgot already.
Goodbye, till we meet again.