Alankar Khanal

Kathmandu:

Sitting tight by the Nursing Hostel for the last 17 years, I have hardly had a lady fri-end. Actually whom could I really open up to? I am a very shy and timid person. It’s among a very limited bunch of friends that I dare to share myself. But I have always loved being loved. So I was always in search of that perfect bond of friendship with a lady. It was a bright and lustrous Saturday afternoon and I was attending a seminar on studies abroad. I noticed one of my lady classmates sitting on the same row as I was. It was the first time I had met her outside the college premises. We sat together and right from the start we began sharing jokes and all. At the end of the day, I accompanied her to the bus stand and took her e-mail address.

That triggered a bond of friendship. I started sharing my feelings with her. In a very short span of time, I could sense both of us sharing a great rapport. And it has, indeed, turned out to be a bond of perfect friendship. Especially for somebody introverted like me and a person who has always been misunderstood as a happy-go-lucky boy, finding someone with whom I could share such camaraderie was indeed finding a lot. Regular mails and long phone conversations brought us together and intimacy kept on growing. And till date, we are regularly checking our mails every now and then. She has been standing right beside me at the time of my adversities. It’s her tireless efforts that have helped me quit my nasty habits. It’s very much her whom I recall whenever I am alone. No doubt I have always wanted this relationship to grow to new heights. I feel so blessed to have her by my side. She is a person who empathises with me a lot. My topsy-turvy life has been changed because of her. Indeed, she is the person who taught me to live my life. I wish she will be by my side for the rest of my life and I know she will.