# fe_03_05851.sph # Transcribed at the LDC 56.38 61.03 A: i mean no money is very important definitely and a million dollars is a dream come true for me i mean 61.19 64.71 A: i can actually imagine the kind of things i can buy 64.41 65.38 B: yeah 65.57 69.14 A: travel and do whatever i want to in life but then again 69.61 70.13 A: i just 70.25 73.34 A: can't i mean stop talking to my best friend that's like 73.54 76.25 A: i can't do that i mean i've been so close to her 76.52 78.31 A: she has been my friend since my school days 79.01 81.04 A: so i share almost everything with her 81.15 81.91 B: mhm th- 81.36 85.99 A: whatever problems whatever successes that i've faced in life i mean everything i have to share with her 86.36 89.54 B: and they know so much about you and 87.81 89.13 A: yeah i know 90.29 92.75 A: everything i mean any little problem any little 92.98 95.78 A: thing that you have in your life you can always go and talk to her about it 95.97 96.50 B: mhm 96.55 101.84 A: really nice it really feels nice you know you can share your burdens with her your joys with her your sorrows with her 103.75 107.05 A: seriously money is definitely important but th- but then 106.55 108.89 B: i don't think its that important right 108.17 108.87 A: mhm 109.24 111.54 A: not to sacrifice a friendship for it right 111.58 112.17 B: mhm 112.27 113.36 A: you can't do that 113.43 116.05 B: does your best friend d- does she live close by 116.33 119.01 A: mhm she's actually in india and i'm from india 119.47 119.83 B: uh-huh 119.47 123.07 A: i just came here last year but we're still in touch through mail li- 121.08 121.51 B: oh 123.19 125.13 A: call her on and off once in while but 125.28 125.64 A: you know 125.90 128.16 A: anything that i want to discuss i always 129.12 133.01 A: since the internet facility is so rampant now i can always make 132.45 132.91 B: uh-huh 133.40 135.10 A: kind of mail to her and ask her 135.31 137.28 A: for her suggestions cause she's always been 137.45 137.81 A: you know 137.93 138.83 A: she always has 139.16 140.56 A: something to tell me 140.84 145.54 A: if there is anything that i feel that i need to discuss with her she's always there for me she always stands by me 146.17 147.07 B: yeah there's the 146.52 146.93 A: so 147.26 151.19 B: just having a best friend it's just having someone you can always count on you know 149.59 150.21 A: i know 150.65 151.40 A: i know 151.33 153.13 B: you could just tell them anything 151.57 152.01 A: and 152.94 153.61 A: mhm 153.89 157.72 A: and like she has been with me since we were in standard six 158.14 158.73 A: so it's been 158.97 161.65 A: i guess about almost twenty years now 161.26 165.29 B: oh my goodness yeah but you email back and forth then 163.02 164.12 A: so 165.14 172.21 A: yeah yeah very regularly and she's going to have a baby very soon so i'm very excited about that also she' going to become a mom 169.00 170.95 B: oh wow is this the first one 172.39 173.57 B: oh my goodness 173.37 176.26 A: what about your best friend 179.47 180.01 A: mhm 180.50 186.74 B: and i lived with her in college and then she's going to be going she only lives about nine miles from me 186.54 188.76 A: oh that's really nice i mean 186.85 187.42 B: so it's 187.82 189.66 B: yes it is nice and 189.34 190.07 A: uh-huh 190.24 194.32 B: i get to talk to her on the phone and we email jokes back and forth so 193.94 194.66 A: right 194.65 199.85 B: yeah i i feel for you not being able to see her when was the last time you saw your best friend 199.67 203.06 A: uh that was before i got married that was last year 203.30 204.65 B: oh 205.17 208.72 A: and i really miss her sometimes you know 208.59 209.17 B: uh-huh 209.59 218.54 A: sometimes you feel like you're not talking on a one on one basis you have to be facing the other person also so it that is not possible right now but still we are very close otherwise 218.82 219.98 B: mhm 220.18 220.98 B: exactly 220.67 221.85 A: i know 221.34 225.83 B: it would be hard to be like just talk over the email it's a lot 225.48 228.05 A: sometimes you really want to have the person physically 228.23 229.39 A: in front of you right 229.40 232.30 B: exactly you just need them to be there 232.51 236.33 A: so next time when i plan to go to india i definitely would would meet her 236.45 238.87 B: uh-huh when is your do you have any plans to go 236.55 236.91 A: and that 237.03 237.55 A: (( shortly )) 238.78 244.07 A: uh that's probably by the end of this year lets see there's nothing definite as yet but yeah probably 243.08 243.59 B: mhm 244.31 247.20 B: li- keeping your fingers crossed maybe that will happen 245.95 247.66 A: yeah yeah yeah yeah 247.43 248.45 B: oh good 248.12 251.64 A: you're very lucky you have a friend so close by and i mean 251.98 256.59 B: yes i am i actually have a couple friends i consider my best friends and 252.57 253.36 A: that's really nice 256.06 256.78 A: mhm 256.69 257.89 B: it's nice um 258.43 259.08 A: okay 262.36 263.01 A: okay 269.87 270.46 A: mhm 270.09 274.53 B: i'm sure you'll hear something don't worry and she's very comforting 273.78 274.36 A: i know 275.03 282.88 A: i know yeah i seriously understand i mean there ther- have been a couple of episodes in my life in the past that i've been really hurt badly 283.20 289.28 A: and my friend was always there to stand by me i mean she kind of consoled me and supported me during those hard times it was 290.02 294.62 A: i mean really look upon her i respect her for that and i appreciate what she's done for me 294.72 295.24 B: mhm 295.11 298.23 A: (( no way )) money can be substituted for her no way 298.21 299.99 B: definitely not i mean 299.29 299.90 A: mhm 300.52 304.26 B: and i kind of laugh i mean who would give you a million dollars and ask for this 305.46 307.24 A: i know 305.85 307.02 B: but oh 307.37 308.91 A: that's understandable 309.03 309.85 B: yeah 310.00 310.26 B: but 310.58 312.03 A: so who's the other close friend 312.04 315.08 B: uh my other close friend i've known her form like 315.33 321.64 B: um since i was like seven or eight we were in four h together i don't know if you know what four h is but just kind of a 320.96 321.61 A: okay 321.92 325.84 B: club that you get together in when your kids and you do little projects like you take 325.45 326.08 A: mhm 326.10 328.03 B: care of stuff and um 335.76 336.43 A: okay 335.99 341.73 B: (( )) on friday and i have to work it's my last day with them i teach preschool so 340.41 340.90 A: uh-huh 341.54 342.95 A: okay that's nice 342.84 349.33 B: yeah it's my last day with kids before summer so i wish i could be therefore her and i'm so excited for her but 350.05 350.77 A: okay 351.09 354.09 B: yeah i feel like i'm kind of letting her down you know but i know she 354.29 357.19 B: she's not to worried about it but i wish i was there 355.88 356.65 A: yeah the same 356.96 363.68 A: okay the same thing happened with me when i was getting married my friend couldn't attend it because she had one of her medical exams to appear for 363.68 364.45 B: uh-huh 364.02 364.79 A: and it was one of 364.96 374.40 A: very it i me- it was a very important exam so obviously there was no way she could make it but she was so apologetic and like we spoke over the phone and she was like i really want to 367.60 368.21 B: exactly 369.88 370.37 B: uh-huh 374.56 379.02 A: but then (( )) it's always been my dream to see you married and stuff like that but 379.21 381.59 A: obviously i mean there is no way she could attend it 381.68 383.02 B: oh no 382.39 388.96 A: so that was really bad i felt really bad because i wanted her to be close to me you know that was the most important day in my life but 388.68 392.00 B: exactly you want to be surrounded by the people you love 389.14 390.59 A: unfortunately 391.09 395.38 A: yeah i know but unfortunately she couldn't make it but then 396.01 398.19 A: you know you can't do anything about that 397.87 401.83 B: mhm no so did you get married just a year ago 401.84 403.79 A: yeah just a year back 403.53 407.41 B: oh wow okay i got married back in july so 404.85 405.24 A: mhm 407.17 408.56 A: okay that was last year 408.63 409.10 B: uh-huh 409.40 411.09 A: oh that's great 410.74 412.15 B: yeah so i didn't 411.85 412.69 A: okay 412.96 417.25 B: did you meet your husband over here does your best friend know him has she ever meet your best friend 417.36 421.68 A: oh they've just like spoken over the phone that's it they've not meet face to face 421.58 422.08 B: uh-huh 422.53 427.06 A: because he was here in the us and i was in india so he just came down for the marriage and uh 427.19 429.23 A: she well she couldn't attend the so they couldn't 429.52 431.11 B: they never (( )) meet that way 430.00 432.38 A: see each other so they just spoke over the phone and 432.89 435.00 A: i'm glad they like each other at least 434.88 436.91 B: yeah really have you ever thought about 435.11 436.34 A: that- that's 437.03 439.36 B: um having her come over here and visit 439.17 440.95 A: uh probably lets see 441.28 447.68 A: she has plans of coming down to canada sometime in the near future so probably if she pays a visit to canada then i will definitely 447.83 450.46 A: call her here as well if that's possible 450.19 451.27 B: wow 451.14 451.77 A: so 451.97 452.42 A: you know 452.62 456.30 A: and now since she's so uh far away from me i've 456.77 458.64 A: i mean i realize her importance in my life 458.98 459.89 A: even more know 460.13 461.16 B: uh-huh 460.98 463.26 A: because you know there is sometimes when i really 463.59 466.76 A: really really feel like dying like i'm dying to speak with her but it is not possible 467.38 469.16 A: you know because it's a 467.52 469.59 B: how expensive is it to call her 470.58 472.78 A: it is about i guess 472.91 481.46 A: um about fifty cents a minute or something like that to india but it depends on different cities in india so the capital is about fifty cents and the other cities it's more expensive 479.70 480.12 B: uh-huh 481.80 482.48 B: really 482.07 491.29 A: so it's not always well a- if i had a million dollars then i would have called her up every day but then again that's not wha- yeah 488.92 492.71 B: that would have been nice wouldn't it oh i didn't know how much it would cost to 492.66 493.88 A: so 493.48 494.60 B: oh goodness 494.17 497.92 A: that's the disadvantage of you know coming to another country or something like that but 498.08 498.64 A: well 499.00 501.28 A: that's life i guess you have to carry on 500.21 503.02 B: yeah is she going to be a doctor is that what you said she had 502.70 507.54 A: yeah yeah she already is a doctor know she is doing her specialty in dermitology 507.88 508.86 B: oh wow 508.13 509.26 A: so 509.91 512.52 A: and very soon she is going to have a baby as well so 512.14 513.88 B: oh that is so exciting 512.82 515.29 A: i so much wanted to be (( )) 515.87 519.25 A: i guess when i visit them (( )) 518.84 519.83 B: really 519.51 523.36 A: so i have to do with the photographs i think now for the time being 521.84 522.55 B: mhm 523.31 527.68 B: so does she have a digital camera or something you can take pictures and send it over the email 527.69 529.38 A: yeah i did that 529.01 530.30 B: oh you already have huh 530.14 531.21 A: yeah huh 531.21 537.24 B: oh well that was good you have at least a couple of sources ways to get in contact with her 537.04 537.83 A: right that's 537.98 543.47 A: thankfully the net thing is there now otherwise it's like you know it's easy you can mail to each other every day 543.77 545.89 A: net is not to expensive in india also 543.78 544.26 B: uh-huh 546.13 546.69 A: out here 547.78 549.09 A: very reasonable so 549.52 551.40 A: mailing is a very good thing i believe 552.17 554.42 A: even though i can't all her so often but 554.52 555.08 B: uh-huh 555.27 556.30 A: that's fine 555.84 557.67 B: how much does it cost to mail a letter 558.45 560.59 B: like i know a stamp is like thirty seven cents here 559.69 562.83 A: email is i guess free it's just the monthly cost of the internet 563.17 567.58 A: (( )) and i don't write those snail mails because i'm