JP

I met JP as Joker's Park in a chat thread of IC. At first sight I saw its a fake profile, indeed it was a fake profile. But some fakes come out to be good, he is one of those good guys. He used to change his Display Name on regular basis, in the end he settled for "Jyotish Pradhan". He is famously known as JP though. I call him JPg as he is quite older to me.

First of all I would like to say he is not fake. He did show me his real profile once and for those who think he is fake, keep thinking! He never disclosed his age but its somewhere close to 40. This virtual world allows people of a huge age difference to behave like friends, at least it allows me to so. So, I am writing something about my friend and not about my uncle, JPg must be feeling really young now!

His blog on virtual life (here) made me think again on how I look at it. I agree with him on most of the points! I have met many grown ups on orkut, most of them tried to teach me a lesson or tried to dominate me. Many made different comments but what makes JPg so special is that he let me be what I am. He is the only one in the grown up category who understands me. He never told me to do things, he made me think on what I am doing. Some quality of his that I admire the most!

In the last one and half year of interaction, I might have said many things to him, many things in front of him which might not be appropriate, did things that I should not have but he never complained about it. He never scolded me, he never acted as if he is someone to do moral policing of mine, that is something that makes him special!

I need not tell you about his other qualities like patience, his way of talking to people, his way of tackling problems and the way he keeps relations with people, that is something either you already know very well or you will get to know soon! That's all folks!