What does it mean to have a sister?
Bursting out into hearty laughter at the smallest things.
Saying the same things at the same time, and pretending to be irritated by it though we secretly love it.
Secret smiles and glances for things no one else notices or understands.
Speaking using secret codenames.
Telepathy.
Buying matching things. I can never understand why people don't like wearing the same kinda thing as another person. My sister and I have worn things in pairs often, since we were young, often coincidentally.
Reading each others' minds.
Just "knowing".
SMSing/MSNing each other cos we have to keep talking even when we're not together.
Hilarious conversations.
Serious conversations.
Normal conversations.
Weird conversations.
Fights that have record times. And by that i mean extremely short fights. 3 seconds is our record. And 10 minutes is probably the longest time we can resist not talking to each other.
Forgetting all arguments in a second if something funny happens. Like a song we both laugh at being played. [remember that one mia? that was gonna be a hard one to ignore =P ]
Teaching me the ways of life. My sister taught me that all living things have to die someday. And she was only 6 or 7 at the time.
Pulling me back to ground when my head's in the clouds. She says i'm an idealist.
Running across roads, she grabs hold of my hand. Cos she doesnt want me to hesitate.
Giving me a million nicknames, none of which are suitable to mention here. I never gave her a nickname of my own accord. Nothing sums up who she is more than her own name.
Surprise gifts. Especially when one of us goes overseas- we spend a lot on the other.
The perfect running partner, cos we have the same stride and stamina.
Being similar in thought but so so different in the way we look.
Singing together. Our voices match, and we always know what phrase the other is gonna sing. And we always forget the same lines of a song, and remember them at the same time too.
Playing badminton at the rear void deck. Or goodminton, as we used to joke when we were young. We have our own terminologies for different speeds, etc, and we always try to keep the shuttlecock airborne for as long as possible, which is why we enjoy it so much. We play FOR each other, not against.
Soulmates. =]
I'm not done with this yet. But then again, it's never possible to finish. Language is limited. The essence of sisterhood can't be put down into words.
sowmya:
how come you're online?
shreya:
cos i'm home. i have research work
sowmya:
oh ok..
sowmya:
MUNCHIE
sowmya:
oops sorry for caps
shreya:
donut?
shreya:
isnt that munchy
sowmya:
how do u read my mind man
sowmya:
i mean, how do you know i feel like eating sth
sowmya:
someone else might have said 'what munchie'
shreya:
i'm your sister, you idiot
sowmya:
ya but still
sowmya:
gosh my future husband should be like this man
shreya:
sth's wrong with you. i think you're on a high
shreya:
but anw yea mine too
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for those of you who understand tamil:
shreya:
at the end of the post
sowmya:
o ok...
sowmya:
haha OOPS
shreya:
caught? =P
sowmya:
well some of them have already seen me msning anw
shreya:
tsk
shreya:
and an intern at that
sowmya:
lolo
shreya:
lolo-nnu alaiyama ozhunga velaiye paaru
sowmya:
................
shreya:
actually you came up with that. when we were talking to goki online
sowmya:
IS IT???
sowmya:
haha stop it man... i was grinning away as one of the senior auditors walked past
shreya:
HAHAHA
13 comments:
HAHAHHA. this is gonna be my most favourite post ever!!! just couldn't stop smiling/grinning sillily as i read it. my mouth wasnt wide enough to accommodate my smile. hehe. and some of the things u mentioned, i never even thought of them while doing it...like pulling u across the road. and u've given a whole new meaning to it. =D. there's indeed a special thing in having a sister. =)
-mia
and gosh i can't believe u still rmb my 'talk' to u abt death. haha! btw, i read this post atleast 3 times before i cld bring myself to close the window and go sleep. =D
-mia
haha i knew you'd like it. yknow what, after i shut down the com, i realised i forget to mention the parts about singing together and playing goodminton =D =D =D but i was too sleepy to turn the com again. and haha the death incident is one of my most vivid Rose Garden memories.
then go add now, since u're on the com! i too was thinking u shd have included something...but now i can't rmb what it is. haha. and papa came and cut me off before i could scare u further.
scare me further? and anw, i've added those parts in =]
yeah abt death. he said it's not for us to talk abt at that age.
oh you're talking about that. yea i remember. he came into the room, and i said "pa do we really die one day?" and he said "don't talk about it now."
and HEY i wasn't scared! just fascinated. hahaha.
i remember!! haha i wanted to u talk in detail abt our 3-second fight. =D
-sowmya aka mia
you two ah. so cute! *hugs* and i knew about the death talk before this hahaha i feel privilged!
mia- haha let's keep that to ourselves. dont need to publicise every single thing. and other people probably wouldn't get the humour anyway.
nadia- hahaha thanks and here's a big hug right back *bighug* =] oh haha which of us told you? must be my sis eh. =]
lol...did i now? i dun remember telling anyone abt it!
hiii shreya! really nice post there :) why am i stuck with this ashadu teenu sigh.
btw savitha gave me your blog add. i'm not stalking you, don't worry :P
hello archana! it's a pleasant surprise to see you here! =]
haha thanks! LOL don't worry i'm sure he secretly admires you or something and some day he'll realise how much you're worth! =D
HAHAHA yea i guessed sav gave it to you. nah you look too nice to be a stalker =P
seeya around!
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