Of Weird FB Friend Requests

Yes, I may be a networking addict and whoever I tend to meet in the offline world on professional grounds or otherwise it would be no surprise he or she may be on my friend list. And the ‘World of Basil Da Bullet’ well knows that!! There are still many others who I may have not met yet or may never meet. But there is every chance that I have connected to that individual online – on FB. 

My interests being varied – I have connected with people from the field of media, authors and authors-to-be, bibliophiles, cricketers and cricket fans, esp. SRT fans (Sachinists), glamour – models, hot-shot fashion photographers, fashion designers, hair-stylists, actors and actresses, singers …so on and forth, the list being endless.

Oh yea, of course, thanks to the social networking tool, I have been able to keep in touch with relatives and maintain contact with classmates from school to college years, colleagues – former and current.

What prompted to writing this post was a shocker friend request I had received earlier this afternoon around 12.45 hrs. And it found me an urge to immediately write a post on the same.

The friend request which I have not yet accepted and not likely to came from a profile bearing the name of Raggu Pickerson from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His profile states that he has studied at Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts & Crafts. And the intriguing part of his profile says that he works at the municipality (cleaning service) and displays his pic (or is it) as a bearded fellow, not all that unkempt by appearance and quite well-dressed but carrying a partially-filled sack with garbage seen strewn in the background.

I have taken a screen shot of this strange individual’s FB Homepage with the pending friend request and I am sharing it here. Do give your thoughts on it.



The online world can really be vague isn’t it? I am sure you have your own little stories to share on the same. And I would love to hear from you with regards to it.

Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge

Today is the first anniversary of my friendship with one of the craziest girls, I have come to having known, but I am fond of nonetheless. She is a real hun-bun. Edible? That, I would digress from making known :D

A cute girl, right from the outset we have had our fair share of fights. Loves irritating me, not that I am any less :P

Rewinding back to the day I came to know about her – exactly a year back on this day, I was quite upset returning home. Yet another opportunity of watching an International Cricket Match LIVE at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao between the home team against the Australians went abegging as playing conditions were deemed unfit.

Back home and switching on t my computer and logging in to FB as is my wont; I had this friend request pending. A cutesy, happy face stared back at me, not that I was taken aback by that but the close to a dozen - and - half mutual friends we shared. And that too my former colleagues at the organization I am with for just over five fruitful years now. I had an inkling at this point where this would lead to.

In my inimitable style, with no courtesy intro message coming in, I did not click the accept friend option. But keyed in a quickie. I asked the gal for an intro and prompt came her reply. And within a few minutes, she became my friend on the social networking tool.  Yes, I am not like the often-found guys on FB (and or Orkut and the like social networking sites for that matter) looking for cute or sexy chicks online to befriend and randomly send requests. Yes, I do send out requests to beautiful girls if I find something interesting about her, but it is always with an intro. Any girl I have befriended online and who I have eventually met or even spoken to for that matter, can vouch for that. I haven’t changed as much. And I stay true to my self.

And that is what this girl came to understand - I can be nice, a real sweetheart but I can also be rude – a meanie. I can be funny, crazy and also can be sarcastic and have my PJs. 

We got to meet sometime before year-end (end December – I think the day was 29^th). I had gone shopping with mom and on my way back home went to meet this FB character of a pal at her work-place behind Grace Church, Margao. Pleasantries exchanged, we did not get to speak much. Alas, she was shit scared of her boss.

In time, I considered her to be one of my good friends or perhaps on her way being categorized thus. I even celebrated her birthday out at Dom Pedro’s, Margao, albeit belated by a few days. That she invited me to attend her grand 21^st birthday three days earlier, took me by surprise. Not that she, hardly had known me in person yet, but that she did not invite her odd friend who she had personally known last few years. It is another matter I had not attended her birthday. But I make her feel special on 9^th Feb, or I suppose I did, with a treat and a nice Aquarian gift for the Piscean later that evening.

B'dai Treat at Dom Pedro's 

At the Aquarium where Val got her Eenie & Mienie - lil Goldfish :)

A day short from the anniversary date of our friendship, she came over to my place to present me with a cute kitty who I have named Valie. A delayed cutesy gift, but nevertheless, so sweet, adorable and meowyyy

J J

Cute Cats at my place yesterday 

She has once said, she can be herself around with me, the feeling is thus mutual. Not known too many girls who are as broad-minded as her with whom I can talk A-Zee. 

Love that pissat a lot ;) Val is what I call that Gal :)