So welcome everyone to the 5th episode of Penguin's Tales.
I read it somewhere. Life’s greatest beauty often blooms from its toughest challenges; every storm reveals a brighter sky! Right now the penguin and writer are both going through a little strom!
Well, disclaimer, today's episode is a little bit offside, so you can skip too, plus, as promised, every week a new episode will go up in the air. So here I am writing this. Apart from this, the main character of these tales is also not well, so kind of worried like hell plus can't do anything, which leads to feeling helpless and not being able to find my way out either! So yes, this is what this writer's mind is struggling with!
In all previous tales, we did experience the front and beautiful side of our penguin, but there's always the other side of the coin too. As we are facing this storm, today's tale is about somewhere similar as well.
It's been 2 years, but having this penguin by side, it felt like it's just 2 days, which passed like a blink of an eye.
Since the day she changed the job, nothing is the same as before.
In my collection there's a quote,
She isn't just a woman; she's the novel you read from cover to cover and yet you read again and again, and each time you do,
You find something that was missed before!
She's that woman, and even though it's my guarantee, anyone can read these tales and then get a chance to know her, and after that, read these again. I am DAMN PRETTY SURE there will be something new they'll know about this penguin! 😅😅
In those 2 years, there are a couple of days when she doesn't come to the office for a day; it won't create much difference until and unless she didn't come for a week, that created a huge difference, but deep down, it's expected that after these long leaves she'll come back, but now, after this resignation, there's almost... not even a fraction of the possibility of her precious presence; it left us infinitely and utterly void stage!
Every day when the main door of the office opens, you expect to see but won't be able to witness that walking, sparkling sunflower with a million dollar smile!
The whole day, when someone doesn't come and scolds you for lunch even after you say no, someone will drag you for that. Evening tea will be missed just because she's not there now. The whole day when you stand up and see the office and there's no mere presence of her. There is nothing but chaos!
I admit it's just office things, and there can be hundreds of people who can come up with their hundreds of theories that this is an obvious thing and it should not that much matter, but I can challenge those hundreds of people's hundreds of theories with my one hundred and one counterpoints, but that's another battle!
I also know it's just a person, but sometimes one person's presence matters the most!
It's been a week now since she was gone, and I wrote this. I never said this out loud to anyone in my life, but that day I said I was literally not doing well, man! It seems like fate was in revenge mode!
Seriously, when I look back in life from 26 July 2022 to 31st January 2024, time literally passed like a blink of an eye, just because she was there. "She was not just a friend; she was more like a FORTUNE that I unexpectedly got."
From being a stranger to calling her a fortune, the journey of friendship we sailed in this corporate ship is worth it, I guess, and having this fortune in the disguise of a friend, I would like to call myself lucky enough and want to count my blessings!
The change in sitting arrangement comes up with shock and joy both. The day her place shifted in office to another side was kind of filled with a mini-heart attack, lol, but the good thing was that whenever I have a bad day, I can stand up and witness a penguin who's wearing an innocent smile or with a confused look and writing her content! That it itself fills up anyone's day with so much joy and happiness.
Someday you will witness an angry penguin too who is scolding even her seniors too. You literally have to be in standby mode because there are highly chances it may cause either world war or office war, and you can witness the "Angry Bird" for real! 😂😂😂
Office days were filled with so many expected and unexpected events! Like good days or bad days, which are worth remembering, and this thing may happen because of one person!
As I said before, I used to go early from the office to hit the gym, but when I found the gem, it felt worth waiting even till 8 PM when almost everyone leaves! When you have someone in life like this penguin, you'll feel even the dark time is worth living!
But as I said, fate has been in revenge mode since last year, and Penguin's sitting shifted from the office again, but at least she was somewhere nearby. Maybe witnessing sunflower was missed, but scolding for lunch and tea breaks were constant so I was happy with this ray of sunshine!
Waiting eagerly at afternoon that one little sparrow will come hasti khelti chhoti bachchi ki tarah and ya to pyar se ya mar se jabardasti khana khilane leke jayegi hi... kai bar jan buj ke mana karna bhi achcha lagta tha... taki uski dant pade
But then there was nothing.... nothing at all!
Later on I've realised with her I have started taking tea breaks and having tea but now I don't know when it was stopped! Now even if I go I won't kabhi man hua hi nai!
I don't know how this sound but someone has instructed me to be honest with my thoughts and feelings while writing these tales so here it is, even after she gone there hasn't been a day and an hour that I didn't miss her presence and whenever I do I listen her favourite songs repeatedly on loop! I think I've even lost a count how many times I have listens Night Changes by One Direction!
To be honest, I don't even want to write this tale. I wanted to tell this to the penguin because I have no words! May be her answers and support can help me with this, but I think I can't.
The other day I had these very, very weird dreams. It's 2 actually,
The first dream was like,
I was in my college days, first year. It was for almost all these years studied in boy's school how to interact with female friends, I never know. I was kind of afraid in college to talk with girls, and one day I was sitting on the bench and I heard this voice. Probably coming from the sky seems like a destiny lol!
So it was saying, "Make friends; some will last long, some will be for a moment, but later on, when you become mature enough! When you will complete 25 years of your life, after that you'll meet a friend, and that friend is worth keeping."
I think when I met this penguin, I believed that prophecy was true.
When she left the office, whenever I missed, I just texted or called, and the day itself became 1000 times better! Even a call or text from her feels like a peace in chaos. Something can't be explained in words; it's just a matter that you can feel and experience only! Whenever a notification pops up in your phone and you see the name on the screen and it automatically draws a smile on your face, that is the thing I am talking about!
Thank fast forward life happens, I went to Gurgaon she changed jobs plus her personal life and many things happen but she was constant the calls and text were constant and I came back from Gurgaon too!
The story of 2nd dream may be another day!
Now a days as we are witnessing this storm, it's very difficult to be in contact too; no next no calls, nothing at all. I know this day will come, and I am ready for that too, but it's way too early, and I am not ready for that either.
Whenever I see this penguin or see her name while a notification pops up or a call comes, I believe that even in a dream, the prophecy was true. 27 years are worth the wait!
But now every time a notification pops up and the screen of my phone brightens up, I just wish it came from this penguin, but it does not. Whenever I hear the sound of this notification before I check, I just close my eyes and wish it's from her, but when I check and it's not, I kind of feel this void.
This storm is getting bigger day by day, and my ray of sunshine, my hope, is fading day by day, and I don't know what I should do about it.
I don't know if I am allowed to say this, but I miss you, Precious.
She's like a thread, a thread of hope which holds every pieces of me together than how should I not afraid if I feel that this thread is breaking!
I personally believe in this theory that there's nothing in this world that exists, which a strong hug and long conversation can't fix!
It may not be a hug, but a long conversation is something that I need the most right now.
Sorry for this dark episode but as wise people say there always a golden sunshine among dark clouds!
So I'll also wait for that golden sunshine with hope of the hope I know. IYKYK!😅
I am waiting that you'll recover soon Penguin and share the good news that you are back as sparkling blossomed sunflower. 🌻🌻🌻
Take Care & Get Well Soon.
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Tale 6: Hermione: A character inspired from a real human
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