Changu.

I love Changu. She's perfect as a sister, perfect as a friend, and most importantly she's perfect as herself. She's one person who made life in Bangalore fun, one person you could always talk to, and what made her top on my priority list was that she was one person whom I could bitch to about ANYone. And she'd just smile. :)
You could call her up at midnight, and she'd talk to you. If you didn't have anyone to go with to the movies, all you needed to do was call up Changu. Tired as she might be, you could convince her to come. Need company for dinner? Need a break from the drab hotel food? Well, there's Changu if all you need is some good-intent, but badly cooked home-made food(Kiddin- she cooks well too). :D
She was the perfect boy's sort of girl. Had you been restraining yourself from commenting at that good-looking girl, well Changu would take herself to the task. And you'd find that she's pretty good at it too, trust me! :)
Then of course, there's her sense of humour. She has a poor one. But she appreciates humour- even the slightest tinge of it, even if you hadn't meant anything! ;) She'll laugh at even the slightest hint of a joke, however dumb it be. Even the WORST of our sleaziest jokes have fetched at least a rolling-eyed full-strech grin. And she can embarrass you laughing SO HARD at a PJ, that you'll have to tell it to others and suffer the consequences. Hence, more often than not, you find her to be the only person laughing at her own jokes. :D
Her 'strong-point' is her maths. When a person has difficulty dividing 100 by 10, you know she's gifted. Well, put in her words, things like those belong to her long list of 'the small things in life which don't matter'. A really long list.
She's smart(arguable), she's really cute and very understanding too. I've whined to her about people I hate, and talked very fondly of the same people the very next day to her. She'll listen to everything you have to say- eyes twinkling, and with a gentle smile. She'll smile as if she's panscient. Ah, that 'I know you, my boy' smile. How I miss that. How we all miss that, Changu. Well, that's another one down from among us. I wonder who's next. I wonder when. Never mind- we'll see.
Have fun Changu, and live happily forever. We all love you.

Smile

Hey, these are things that really make ME smile. And I hope, they do the same to you too. But if you want this to work, make sure you think, and spend some time over each one of the crappy things mentioned below. PLEASE do. You could just read through it and move on to the next one, but that's not the point. Make sure you spend a minute pondering over EACH of these. Cos if it applies to you, you'll smile(I guess).

You'll smile if:

01) You think of all the fun you had bunking classes.
Think about it.

02) You think of your sibling's baby.
Think about it.

03) You think of hot, steaming chocolate/coffee on a freezing day.
Think about it.

04) You're in love.
Need to think about it?

05) You think of Changu and Gachu
Think of those two.

06) You try to REMEMBER ALL the crushes you had
Think about it.

07) You think of all the 'COOL' things you had thought of doing to impress each of those crushes.
Try to remember those small stupid things.

08) It's 5:00 p.m. on Friday, and you can smell the weekend coming.
Hope you notice it.

09) You have a friend whom you can call up and talk to after months, like you'd called yesterday.
Think about it.

10) You have a friend who earns the highest, but still adds 160 and 110 as 170.
I'm sorry, but you might not have a dumb friend like this.

11) You call up your Mom and Dad when you're alone and feeling really lonely.
Try doing it.

12) You can remember the times when you were dead worried you'd flunk an exam, but thankfully passed it.
Think about those nightmarish exams.

13) You notice a fleeting glance towards you from the cute girl you've been constantly glancing at too.
Think about it- that girl at the other table, in the restaurant, eat-out, somewhere.

14) You think what you've actually done to try to impress a crush you had in your class at school.
Think about it.

15) You think of those lazy afternoons when you were walking down the Rajpath, headed to class, cursing an attendance shortage(Rajpath: provided you've studied at NITC)
Think about those post-lunch classes.

16) You think about how the old flame who's already married.
Just make sure it doesn't still hurt.

17) A beautiful girl smiles only at you, when you're with a gang of howling friends.
Think about it- or imagine it!

18) You think of those scenes in the movies where you've imagined yourself as the star.
Maybe it was a romance movie, or an action movie.

19) You think of all those wasted Valentine's Day Roses and cards.
Think about it.

20) You have the kind of friends I do.
Don't even think about them.