With your friends around, you never know how time flies by. There’s so much to do – you hang out at random places, crack insane jokes and gossip on out-of-the-blue topics. You reveal about your crush to your friends, and the next time s/he is around, your cheeks go red as your friends giggle and tease you. Breaking rules and then getting punishments together is equally fun. Getting kicked out of class for making noise, or surviving the three hours inside examination hall with heads turned right and left for answers, though immoral, do bring the evil smiles on your faces.[break]
Besides having fun, your friends also teach you different values and help you realize your dreams. Sports week practices, cultural programs and studying together with your friends help in getting your talents exposed, and along with that, you learn to work in teams.
“I love going to college just so that I can meet my friends. Also, certain subjects are really tedious, but with my friends helping me out, I manage to get good grades,” says Sushma Puri, 20, a third-year student at National College, Center for Development Studies at Baluwatar, Kathmandu.
In these many ways, your friends help you become more responsible and compassionate as you grow. And above all, you promise that you’ll be there for each other, forever.
Celebrating friendship is even more wonderful.
“I sent messages to all my close friends to wish them on the Friendship Day. We exchanged friendship bands in college, and after the classes were over, we went out and had lots of fun playing games and devouring our favorite foods at a fine restaurant,” Sudip Giri, 21, studying dentistry at People’s Dental College, Naya Bazaar in Kathmandu, shares.
The first Sunday of August is marked as International Friendship Day, and friendship is celebrated throughout the week. For those living far apart, phone and Internet are always there to stay connected.
However, making friends is not so easy, and nor is sticking to friendship for a lifetime. With an aspiration to learn something new and grow, you have to go wherever time directs you, and on the way, you meet different people with different values.
Adapting to new environments is difficult, but more difficult is having to leave behind your friends.
Udeshya Khanal, 21, a student at Chartered College of Management and Accountancy on Putali Sadak, opines, “Having to part from school and hostel friends and then again from college pals was hard indeed. Adapting to a new study place is also equally tiresome. However, despite the busy schedules and a lot to study, I try my best to connect with my old friends whenever I’m free.”
“Apart from school and college pals, I’ve made many friends of different ages while volunteering in various institutions,” says Surakshya Bajracharya, 20, a second-year student at Nepal Modern College, Bag Bazaar. “Those happy moments spent together won’t come back but memories will always remain, and I’ll always cherish them.”
Staying connected all the time with all our friends may not be possible as everyone seems to be caught up with their own lives. But creating little spaces in our heart for everyone who has been there for us in our good and bad times is definitely possibl
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