‘Gift’ed friends

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The last 3 months has been yet another roller-coaster ride with only a few things looking positive, results of which I would probably know in a couple of weeks. In the moments of lowness,a.r.rahman’s compositions come to the rescue, but a couple of interesting events happened recently which also put me on a high…

I have always believed that if you need something really really badly, sooner or later, you would get it. With my cellphone picked at Bangalore railway station and my iPod losing it’s life, there was no way I could listen to those rahman’s tunes on my travel – and I used to travel a *lot*!

Just as it would sound like a tamil movie’s script, a month later, I got this beautiful mp3 player from Arun along with Inbound Marketing book from Balaji – a book that is a *must-read* for anyone starting up, which is not available in India! It came to be as a biggg surprise and was really touched given the fact that both the guys didn’t have a full-time job, but still decided to get something! I almost never get out without the MP3 player in my pocket, my mobile comes only next.

The second incident was even more dramatic! I was just flipping through the initial pages of the book ‘Viral Loop‘ at Odyssey. The first 10 pages just caught me on and I just didn’t want to leave without the book – a battle between mind [which always thinks about money] & conscience ensued and I came out not buying it. The 1st 10 pages dealt with an interesting story of hotornot, and I tweeted saying “Checkout hotornot.com” [PS: There is no reference to the book in the tweet]

In what would NOT even happen in Tamil cinema, that very night Rashmi shipped the book to my place!! Would you believe it? She had no clue whether I read the book (or) if I even knew that such a book existed! I am still yet to come out of the surprise/shock, there is a height to co-incidence also right? I so wanted the book in the afternoon and 2 days later I am reading it. Thank you soooo much!

Whenever I talk to someone about some of my genuine friends, these guys have always been there in the list – no, I am not saying because they got me a gift , honestly I have mentioned their names everytime I talk about genuine buddies [you can even ask my mom!]. The beautiful thing about these events was that there was no special occasion associated with the gift, not my birthday, not a new year, absolutely nothing at all – and to still remember me and send something is absolutely wonderful!

For now [and forever] my love and linux troubleshooting is always there for you guys . With respect to gifts, just wait for a little more time, I will be making money soon . Thank you soo much!

Tags: book, friends, gift, ipod, marketing, viral

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