I’ve been wanting to write a long, thought-provoking and interesting post for quite some time and though I have many ideas swishing around in my head, I just can’t seem to get them out onto paper in a coherent manner. So I thought I’d request someone to guest blog for me.
Many of you have heard of The General. He is a very good friend of mine from university. Last week I asked him to do a guest post. “You can write about anything,” I said. “As long as it’s appropriate. And I promise to publish it.” Of all the topics in the world he could have chosen, he chose to write about me. This is what he had to say:
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This is how I think Nas’ Homunculus (a place in the brain that provides a picture of the body) interprets him. But ET is missing the curly eyelashes though.
This is my first ever blog post so sorry if my English is a bit rusty. In this I plan to describe Nas in the most honest way. Our friendship started…actually I can’t really remember exactly when it happened. From what I can recollect however, it all started when I forced myself onto a table in the university library where Nas, my first BMW hubby (supposedly), Dum & Dummer and a few other friends were sitting. Despite me only recognising Nas by face and not knowing him on a personal level, his warmth and personality drew me towards him; just like a magnet. For those that personally know me, I had a fair bit of bad luck in initially finding friends because my personality and that of my previous friends was as similar as the South and North Pole (total opposites).
The first year of university went past like a breeze and I made a lot of discoveries about Nas. The first discovery was that Nas is like an onion, as he is capable of making you cry (this relates to my proposed love interest) and also that he has many layers; the deepest and innermost of which are the hardest to penetrate. But fortunately our exclusive interview should resolve that issue. The second thing is that Nas is one of those people that you can’t find anything bad about; maybe it’s down to his nature of just being a nice guy. I would describe him as the Piped piper but he hasn’t led anyone astray, especially me, despite what other people think (inside comment). He has just made me realise what to focus in life, by making sure I was the number one priority in my life. He is the type of dude that will say it straight, and I mean straight with so much raw emotion you don’t know whether to find his phrases poetic or offensive. But that is the nature of him; a person that appears to be complex from the outside, but actually once you get to know his simple and out of this world nature you’d be blown away. In a good way, just like a L'Oreal hair advert.
This is an image from Tiny Tempeh's ‘Pass out’ video. Despite it being a stereo with water droplets vibrating down to the music being played full blast, it could also represent the up and downs of life. Sometimes you are totally clueless and ignore/neglect things/people closest to you when you shouldn’t, or sometimes you attempt to deal with the problem head on. Nas always preaches the latter and I respect him for it even though sometimes I don’t take his advice when I clearly should. He is always there for me and always a phone call or text away when I get bad news or even when I have good news. He is like my rock, and is one of the few people that I can classify as being a stable aspect in my life. I know he can be a bit weird at times, and maybe a bit annoying (to be honest I am describing myself but deflecting my insecurities onto him lol), but I like his attitude in which peoples negative opinions, despite being irritating, do not appear to affect him even a tiny bit. I know this sounds a bit cheesy but ‘I would walk a thousand miles if I could just see you’ (Vanessa Carlton) and even if he decided to go back to his homeland, I would drop everything and still go to visit him. I could describe Mr Nas by writing pages and pages, illustrating how awesome he is, but in order to be short and concise, I just wish our friendship lasts for as long as it can and withstands the monsoon floods and erosion that the previously known ‘East Pakistan’ is so used to. This may be the first and last blog post that I write so I hope this gives you guys an insight into how truly great Nas really is.
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I’d like to thank The General for these extremely kind words that I now have to live up to. As for the interview, we have had 2 sessions of questions and you shall be able to read all about it in the next post.
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Title: ET – Katy Perry
Picture 1 showing ET taken from here
Picture 2 showing water droplets on a stereo taken from here
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1 June 2011 at 23:27
This was just too sweet. I didn't know males could have such a friendship I couldn't help but be reminded of how girls describe each other. I think this is one of my favourite blog posts on your blog.
2 June 2011 at 00:21
Someone else who agrees that there isn't a bad word to say about you Mister!
A x
2 June 2011 at 00:49
Beautifully written =]
I agree with soo much of what your friend wrote! I wanna say this post makes you look like an open book now, but I can't. There are still too many layers of you that are securely closed like The G said.
Maybe what the G wrote is as far as the eye can see and surely it's a beautiful sight. =)
Yours Truly x
Ps. loved the : "you’d be blown away. In a good way, just like a L'Oreal hair advert." :D
2 June 2011 at 08:33
Hey Dude thankyou for posting this
G
2 June 2011 at 09:09
Brilliant guest post mann! (Y)
I agree with alot of what The General wrote, of course :) The onion analogy reminds me of the onion conversation in Shrek.
Wonderfully written, looking forward to the follow ups.
x
2 June 2011 at 09:40
Lovely post! i'm officially in love with nas :P
2 June 2011 at 09:53
AWWWWWWWWWW THIS WAS SO SWEET! (and really well written).
there's no doubt that Nas has one of the most kind and lovely souls out there.
God bless this friendship. :)
("Nas is like a onion." LOL)
2 June 2011 at 09:54
G this is brill! & soo awwie and I always knw you 2 had a "special relationship" (true bromance). the quote from Vanessa Carlton's song in particular.
Its particularly sweet and endearing how you have detailed the ins and outs of your friendship.
I think we're all onions to be fair and we dont always let people into the inner layer or it takes that person a long time to do so.
keep trying G!
& Nas you already live up to the expectation so don't go changing for anyone
P x
2 June 2011 at 13:01
THIS WAS SO CUTE AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN! This just put a huge smile on my face. You seem like such a good friend to your friends (does that sentence make sense o.0?) and this post left me saying "aww"
2 June 2011 at 15:22
AWWW. Nas, you are so incredibly lucky to have a friend who loves you as much as the general does.
This was SO sweet, and in all of your posts that i've read so far, i have seen nothing that would make me disagree with what is written.
You are one of the most amazingest people i know :D
And the onion bit made me think of Shrek, too. :p
ooh, the intervieww! can't wait to read that ;p
2 June 2011 at 17:39
My friends will NEVER write something like that for me. NEVER. I mean sure they'll write about what a pathetic loser and a pain in the ass I am but this stuff, No sir.
I envy you, layered man.
ps: The onion-layered comment reminded me of Shrek.
2 June 2011 at 17:51
Thats so nice, you got a heck of a good friend there Nas! :-)
3 June 2011 at 08:28
OMG.I'd want my freind to write something like that for me.But then I'd have to be as good as you.:)
You are awesome.And so is your 'General' friend.:)
3 June 2011 at 16:48
You're a treasured friend for real. =))
4 June 2011 at 08:09
That was a very good account/description. I read it a couple of days back. Can't help but wish one of my friends would write something so sweet for me too but well. Until then, I'll write about myself. :D
5 June 2011 at 10:10
@ рεяfεcтℓγ▪ιмpзяfзcт: :). Thanks! We're not all heartless gits you know :P
5 June 2011 at 10:12
@ A: Maybe he only chose to write about the good points. x
5 June 2011 at 10:13
@ Yours Truly: I guess you're right. We are all onions in a way.
x
5 June 2011 at 10:14
@ G: Thank you for writing it man! :D
5 June 2011 at 10:14
@ Smiley: Did I ever mention I've never seen shrek? 8-)
x
5 June 2011 at 10:15
@ Kitkat: Haha <3
5 June 2011 at 10:16
@ Furree Katt: Thanks Furreeee :)
5 June 2011 at 10:17
@ P: Thanks a lot P! And I agree with you, we all have layers and the ones at the centre are hardest to get to.
x
5 June 2011 at 10:18
@ normal.is.overrated.: Thanks Dr! Yeah it made sense :)
5 June 2011 at 10:19
@ Vice Versa: Thank you for such kind words. Haha I might have to check out this shrek people keep referring to. 8-)
5 June 2011 at 10:22
@ AcetylCholine: If your friends are still your friends even after thinking that, then you must be an amazing person for them to stay your friend. :)
5 June 2011 at 10:23
@ Sy's Prints: I know Sy! I know :)
5 June 2011 at 10:24
@ Hamza Bin Ladin: Thank you for the lovely words bro. You are pretttttty awesome yourself :)
5 June 2011 at 10:25
@ Roshni: Thanks Roshni! :)
5 June 2011 at 10:25
@ Tazeen: I think we all know just how awesome you are T!