mis amigas..this week

Met Bonu after agesss today. Practically spent the whole day together. Catching up. Filling in. Sounding out...you get the idea..

Its wonderful (something I've taken a while to get used to, no doubt!) that my relationship with most of my closest friends (hail the gmail/gtalk revolution as well, of course!) is based on picking up and dropping off..flying in and flying out. And we still yap like kms never existed. Work. Ambitions. New phones. New work places. Essays to be submitted. Mean boys. Nice boys. Boys who are hard to get rid of. Pretty places visited. Expectations. Museums. Lounges. New creative talent sought. Chocolate. Bling. Chess.

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Watched the short film she's made. Had read the script beforehand; had even tried helping her out with the title..But had no idea it would come out so well. As a first, its certainly something I'm super proud of.

The credits rolled. and i sat with a lump in my throat.

Dealing with the process of change per se, she has most sensitively, and almost seamlessly, inter-woven the story of change in printing technology with change in her own familial vocations and the values and affiliations therein. So there are frames of printing machines and letter presses juxtaposed with family photographs and musings. Lingering Impressions, she's called it.

The film in itself is a tremendous project. But i know for me, it was more than that..i was revelling in our shared experiences and overwhelming we're-nappy-pals pride!

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Have also been dealing with insecurity lately. A trait i do not entertain, acknowledge or own up to. I blame it on global warming-induced dust squalors and early scorching summers!

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Pudd's wise words when i needed them the most:

There's humour everywhere..in small things..and in people who annoy you.

You always know best, Puddsie!!