Why all that pain???

Throwing surprises to people around me has always kept me happy. And when it comes to birthdays of my dear friends, i take an extra effort to do that....Since my school days, me, yuppie and Akkubukku have surprised each other and many others with our birthday gimmicks. During my stay at the hostel, whenever it was a birthday it was a party time for us.

from cutting cake to surprise gifts, to playing virudangam on one's back sharp at 12 we have done innumerable things. All this would not have been possible had people not supported my plans.

And ever since, we stepped into this bloody corporate life, things have not been the same. People started marching the paths in their vicinity. The first few months of my so called career launch in chennai would have strained the hell out of me had manmadhan and viswanathan not been around. They were there always willing to help me out at any point of time, like a 24/7 support service. Raj, Mokkai and manickam have stood by my side by all means till this very minute......And i am indeed happy for having such people around me....

The more i think about my stay in chennai ever since i kept my foot on this bloody beautiful city, i cannot help but thank god and my wonderful parents. God for blessing me with whatever i needed at the right time and my parents for their great upbringing which sowed a lot of good virtues that helped me gain people who really cherished me having in their circle, who went out of their ways to keep me happy and helped me in times of need.

I always found myself in debt before them for their shower of love and affection towards me. These people walked into my life at various point of time for various reasons and i have always been at the receiving end from them.

Why all these feelings suddenly? Am i getting a bit emotional? Answer may not be a NO straight away, coz their is no point to shun away form the truth.

I have always thought about giving something back to these cute people in my life, alas i had nothing!!!! And all i could think was to plan a surprise package for them on their birthday. And as always they were executed successfully though not perfectly :):) with a great deal of help from few good friends.

A birthday occurred last week for a good friend of mine. By all means i decided to throw in a surprise for him by appearing at his doorstep for his birthday right at 00:00 hours. And as planned with the help of raj and few others i did reach his home at 00:00, did the cake cutting ceremony, made all sorts of arts on his face. On the same evening, this guy called me up and asked me "Why all that pain?".

This, i have done last year too. Appearing at the doorstep is a very common thing. Unlike last year, we were separated by a good 400 odd kilometres. I had a hectic office schedule which he was aware of. I left for his home the evening before his birthday, surprised him right at 12 midnight and came back the same day.

If not even these little things, what else am i going to give them all back? After all little things do matter a great deal in this gorgeous life. Seeking an opportunity to keep these people happy have always topped my to-do list.And this is one such chance which keeps coming every year.

Above all there is one more reason why i take all that pain. That will linger in me.....as has always been for a long time....