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IRFAN
11th August 1981
One of the closest 3 friends I have, I've learnt a lot of things by knowing him. Like how appearances can be deceptive and how the best and WORST things come in small packages. All of 5 feet 6 inches tall, he can be more than impossible to stop if he gets going the way he can. I've learnt the importance of keeping my mouth shut when I'm supposed to by observing how much trouble he fell into by NOT doing that. I've learnt things like the beauty of laughter, and how the meanest of things can be most effective if said subtly and with a smile.
Talking more about him, he's probably got the best sense of humour around. And he eats a lot. And talks a lot. And laughs a lot. And he's almost got me out ten times in a row. ALMOST. Says a lot about the guy, doesn't it? Says a lot about my cricket as well, but we're talking about him here, aren't we?
Over the last couple of years, I've become what he was in the first two years I knew him. I've learnt how to get on other peoples' nerves. Much to the chagrin of my college classmates. I know I owe them an apology. Which is why they're probably never going to get it. I've learnt how to make others laugh at themselves at the same time I'm laughing at them. I know I act a bit meaner now. But its worth the laughter. You can ask my friends.
I've known him for more than four years now, and can't imagine life without
him. To sum him up, I'll say this about him - "He's the only one I know who
can talk with ANYONE about ANYTHING for ANY amount of time." And I mean that
in a nice way. :)