An introvert as I am, I pledged to make friends this year. To my surprise, I made a pretty good progress. I even made good contacts with my neighbor. However, the unfair life made its play again. As I kept making friends and was content with the result, one by one started leaving Chennai – one to Bangalore, one to the UK and three to the US, all on a long term basis. Even my neighbor left to Malaysia today (though this was known for sometime). On one hand, I laugh at my misfortune – I’m just recovering from a personal tragedy and I need friends to carry on. On the other hand, I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to make more friends and also the fact that I now have friends across the oceans.