June 30, 2003 should go down in History, as the day that two of the most craziest people on earth met each other to become best buddies in no time. Literally no time!

How would you feel about livin under the same roof for 5 months in a foreign land with someone thatz just a lil more than an acquaintance. Well, for me...it turned out to be just perfect. Arti n I, were in Florida for an OJT (On Job Training – You can also say On a Jolly Trip) and ended up doing some of the craziest things ever and in turn became the closest friends ever.

While reminiscing, I can think of a few outrageously crazy things we did that still manages to put a smile on my face. Here i go from the top of my head -

• We partied the weekend nights, like there was no tomorrow & depleted our wallets on tequila shots (convinced, ourselves that we weren't drunk enough)
• We made some real cool American friends, who drove us around the city all the time including Fairvilla (adult store), where i finally made up my mind on Arti's wedding gift ( A whip of course :) )
• We always struck the best deals in town ranging from Tshirts not more than $6 to package passes to all the Disney parks for just $25 :)
• We were totally shameless about making our guests cut onions or peel potatoes ( actually we kinda made them offer to help :)
• Once we switched between two movie halls every 20 mins or so ( couldn't help cuz the movie that we paid $10 for was not worth a dime :)
• Made Rasam and served them in bowls to our American colleagues at a pot luck lunch( made them believe that it was a kind of a South Indian Soup)
• A Puertorican friend tried to teach us to do the Salsa, but ended up learning the choreography for Manmadarasa (A hit Tamil koothu song :)
• My brave friend visited the graveyard @ midnite for an eerie experience ( only to discover later that our suite itself was built on a grave yard :)
• We always overloaded the laundromat to save a few quarters (But was usually compensated with a few pair less sox :)
• Hosted quite a number of drink n smoke parties in our non smoking suite (when the hotel in-charge warned us, we extended an impromptu party invitation to him as well :)
• Kicked some ass in the training assessments & also managed to get our manager fired (that calls for a totally new blog post :)

Amidst all the fun & chaos, we built a bond thats so special, rare and i also believe, “immortal” ( it cant be any other way). We've been through a series of emotional roller coaster rides together & have stood by each other during the good and not so good times. I read somewhere that each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world in born. How true... My dearest friend, you sure do represent a world in me and your arrival truly marked the birth of a new world in me. Thanks for being there & for being you....:)