And as they say the rest is History

Yes I did begin with quite a cliched line but honestly there isn't a better way to begin my next post.
This day 5 years back a very important part of my life, the most important person in my life moved base to London with her family.

It's weird how some moments just get stuck in your head, I was there along with a couple of her other friends at the airport and the feeling I was going through is inexplicable even 5 years down the line. Yes I did expect her absence to pinch me initially as I had alot of people around to keep me distracted. I mean you do move on with time and what with life being so busy! But here is the twist in the tale- with every visit of hers to India or mine to London, the feeling of getting her back to Mumbai gets stronger.

The funny part of the entire scheme of things was the fact that we never managed to spend alot of time with each other whilst she was in the Mumbai. 'Distance makes the heart grow fonder' was so true in our case. Like she says "we would never spend so much time if I was in Mumbai." I wish I could prove you wrong!

In these 5 years we have had our share of ups and downs, bouts of no communication caused by miscommunication, distance, time difference, mood swings. It is so much more easier to get back after a fight and talk it out if the other person is around, but he is not it's a different ball game altogether and a tough one I must say.

Even after 5 long (never ending) years each trip to drop her at the airport is a weird feeling. Even after a month long stay you want to hold on for the last 5 mins. We still need to learn the art of saying bye though :) Although what cannot be matched is the sight of the person you have been wanting to meet for the longest walk out of the airport. No matter how much you have to wait to for them to clear all formalities, you inevitably have the hugest smile on your face when you receive them.

I cant wait for the day when I just have to go receive her at the airport and not think about the departure date!

The Plunge

Last weekend I met up with a couple of friends who were with me in grad schoool. Yes it was amazing to meet all these people after 2 long years and what was better to know was that all of them wanted to go back in time and be in college, yes it isnt a wise option among the other set of friends from the same batch and they are glad to be done with college. Anyway this isn't the subject for my post.

We all met coz it was a classmates wedding celebrations and the only function in Mumbai was the cocktail ceremony. Trust me sitting there, we all went through mixed emotions as we were happy for her and also experienced this tingling feeling within, which I wish I could explain. No it wasn't a feeling of 'oh my god we are next' but more of 'damn we are at the stage where we have to take another step', 'life is going to get more complicated', 'didnt we like just get out of college'. I had heard from alot of people that when someone from your batch in school or college ties the knot it's a different feeling, last saturday I experienced it for myself. Quite a different feeling, but am sure I will be better prepared for the next one around :).

Moving on, what I found interesting is the way the couple met, there was an entire skit prepared for their story. Must say technology does make hearts meet inspite of the distance and it has gotten Mr. Cupid out of a job now. Oh and how can I forget to make a mention of the wedding website that they had painstakingly created for this milestone of their life. It had a section where both of them had to write something about the other one, a read through which would make many a hearts melt and strengthen the belief in the thing called Love all over again. Good job done there.

My friend soon is going to relocate to another country. So here's wishing the newly married couple all the very best for a new beginning and a birght future. God Bless!

P.S- the blurry picture is courtesy bad lighting+ lack of proper camera.

Something's Just Don't Change

Doing my Majors in advertising meant having alot of guest lectures from industry experts. Inevitably all the speakers who would come to address us, share their experiences etc would start with the same line which is I Miss my College Days and wish we could exchange places. At that point sitting across the room as students we would envy these guys and think about why would they want to do something so stupid. Why would they want to give up on their jobs, salaries and all the fun and get back to the monotonous life of a student full of pressures, exams and studying. 2 years post my graduation, I know what made all these successful professionals envy us and want to trade roles.

A project with Barclays at my current Job involves going to the top 6 B schools across the country and have sessions with the students. The 1st session was with a renowned college in Ahmedabad and trust me all I wanted to do at that moment was to trade places with the bunch of students there. How I miss being a part of such boring lectures, making fun of the idiot who is addressing us and thinking he is making sense. I just couldn't stop myself from messaging my closest friends from college and telling them how much I miss them and the time spent together., and their replies too were on the same lines. Now all the friends are doing pretty well for themselves including yours truly.

I could relate to the bored students, how they just wanted to chit chat, copy for a case study which was meant to have individualistic opinions. The way they all were trying to copy and help each other was funny honestly. Post the session I chatted up with a couple of the students to get their feedback and it was funny how all of them wanted to get done with education and start working. I mean why, why, why would you want to get into this rat race and dirty politics, trying to yourself floating every single day. Why wouldn't you want to cherish every moment that you have with your friends, cause you never know who is where and doing what later on and if you are going to be the same (i know i sound cliched).

Now I know what they mean when they say "THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE"

Its way too long since I last posted something on my blog and trust me the irregularity just doesn't make me feel good at all.

There are way too many reasons for not being a regular here, laziness being the number 1. But its a new year and a new beginning and I have made one new year resolution i.e. be regular on this space ( i know its almost 2 months since the new year started)..

The beginning to the new year was great as I was in London with My BFF and trust me there is nothing else I would want in this world other than spending time with her. It was my 1st white Christmas and I must say it was all worth it. I always wanted to make a trip without getting any monetary help from parents and this was it. I have one more thing ticked off from my ' THINGS TO DO' list and it feels great. The trip will need a separate post altogether, so here I promise that my next one is going to be about my trip :)

a funny thing called LOVE

Love doesn't make the world go ‘round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

No matter who you are, where you are, with you are,

you just cant escape this thing called love..

Its addictive, its contagious, its funny, it can get you angry, it could change you to someone you never were, it could make your world go round!

Before writing this post I googled 'love' and found a thousand definitions and meanings of love, none of which were true or may I say apt!

A million things pop up in our head every time someone mentions the word Love- from flowers to perfumes to chocolates, but, what about the feelings and emotions associated with this word?

What about all the nights you spend crying, thinking whether this will work out, whether this is worth it?

A colleague of mine broke up a couple of months back, but still cant seem to get over the girl in spite of being told a million times by her that she just needs to be left alone and doesn't need him. Now to make things worse they have common friends and every time he goes out with them he is bombarded with questions about her absence as none of them knew that they were a couple!

What I hate the most about love is that sometimes people tend to forget themselves when they are in love. I mean why the hell would you let go of your individuality, your friends, your beliefs, your everything just for that one person? Is it really worth it? I know our in love, but love doesnt demand you to do insane things 365 days a year right!

I think love is a state of mind rather than a feeling, coz if it were a feeling then people would never fall apart in love! Relationships would never go sour, 2 people who seemed crazy in love with each other would never cringe at the mention of the other ones name.

Yes I agree some people are just out there to have fun and to move on, but while your at it, pls DONT call it "LOVE".

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so when it mattered the most!

But thankfully I have learnt from my mistakes and dont shy away from expressing myself anymore :)

Call its bad judgement or a rushed decision, but alot of us are in relationship only coz we think that we couldnt get a better person than the one we are with. Our sense of insecurity is camouflaged into Love and we waste alot of time being in Denial about the same. Learn to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get! And I am sure that you will like to be loved not to love only!

Memories

First rains in the city invariably get a smile on the faces of people, as its an end of the harsh summers and close to 40 degree temperatures.



Yes we got the first showers of the season in the city today!!



Now all those people who know me also know how much I detest the rains, no not coz I ain't a romantic person, but i strongly believe that the city is never equipped to face the rains. Am sure alot of people would agree with me. Who can forget 26th July? I remember being abused by my friends for not carrying an umbrella yet again. Now this is another thing about me, no matter how much its raining when I leave the house I will never ever carry an umbrella or a raincoat. I just don't get the concept as you are either ways going to get wet.



As a kid I always preferred summer's over the rains as the onset of rains meant end of play, end of mangoes and getting back to school, which I never liked. The smell of the first rains always brings those memories running back to my head. Its been 6 years since I passed out of school but every single monsoon reminds me of "those days" when waking up at 7 was late, when you had to ask for permission before drinking water or before visiting the loo and carrying bags that were twice my own size. I always wanted a pair of gumboots in school (which I never got till date). I don't know what was my fascination for them but I remember having huge arguments at home just get that one pair of shoes.



I don't know if this year is going to be any different and if I will still cringe my nose every time I have to get out in the rains, but am keeping my fingers crossed and just hoping that this year at least the city's drainage system lives is efficient coz I don't want to be wading back home in knee deep water.

iRoNy!!

Irony because in my previous post I mentioned how fabulous the last year was and how I wished that the coming year would be as good (if not better.)

Have been away from blogging since the past 3 months, not because there wasn't much to talk about or there wasn't anything interesting worth Blogging!!

From getting my First Car (finally), to the Magazine I worked for since the past One and a Half years Shutting down suddenly, to the endless wait by the phone to get interview calls, to fights with everyone around. Its all being happening so quickly that I really don't know what I should ponder about and what should just be accepted and left the way it is.

Ok so here it goes 2 months in flash back mode-

9th January 2009- I love cars and have always wanted one since I was a kid..so I got my 1st car on the 9th of January..pushed the delivery date by 3 days coz of dads belief in number 9.. but the wait was worth it as I just don't seem to get enough of driving around in the city. But it also meant spending huge amounts of money on Petrol (which I still pay for.) I wouldn't trade it back for anything else in the world

21st January 2009- I turned 22 and the whole marriage talk from mum and dad was officially going to kill me, but apart from that it was quite a memorable birthday :)

Got a huge surprise in the night, have never cut 2 cakes in one single night (am so not a birthday person), morning started with a visit to the gurudwara and then the day was just fabulous with good food and great company. Got a very thoughtful gift and an expensive one too :P

Just was a little upset at not having got a call from my best friend until 2 p.m (generally she is the 1st one to call).

February 2009- Now this was probably the worst months of my life in a long time to come ( i hope.) The organisation just decided to shut down the Magazine one fine day and on one fine Monday morning we were told to look for other options as "we ain't going to come out with any issue henceforth." So we basically shut shop. The timing was so bad. Me and a colleague got a much awaited raise from February onwards which quite obviously a false promise made to us and wasn't lived up to. So we were stuck at a point where we just had to go but we didn't know where to go or what to do next. None of us saw it coming and the anger in all of us and the hatred was just inexplicable. How could they just wake up one Monday morning and tell us THIS IS IT.

Well I could go on and on about this and how badly the whole situation was handled, but guess I don't want to give it so much importance anymore.

Recession Recession Recession every news paper, every channel, every person had only this one word to talk about. Reading about companies shutting down, people being sacked, salaried being cut is a different story and experiencing all this at your 1st job is a new level altogether. I have realised that whenever we read something unpleasant in the newspapers we just take it for granted that something like this would never happen to me. I too had taken this recession shit really lightly and thought of it as a brilliant escape route for all the advertisers who didn't want to advertise. Little did I know that my life was going to take a 360 degree turn coz of this one Friggin word

The good thing that this whole situation bought with it was that I finally put up my resume online and started going for interviews which I had been planning in my mind since the past couple of months. So all in all February was the EVIL month :P

End of February bought with it a set of interviews some good some long and some just a cakewalk. I interviewed at 3 places out of which I had my eyes on this one particular job where I had a 2 hour long interview with the head of Marketing. The job was exactly what I was looking for, what I exactly wanted and thought would being out the best in me. Its been a month now since I gave that 2 hour long interview and 3 meetings later I still don't know if I got through :(

Nonetheless its been quite a roller coaster for me as I hadn't plan for it like this.

Now I too have my own recession story for my Kids :P

nEw bEginniNg

8 hours away from a new year, a new beginning.

Was just talking to a close friend about how the year (2008) has been for me and I surprised myself completely when I said " It's been good for me, no complaints!!"

In retrospect, it honestly has been a year full of surprises. So much has changed in me and the people around me, a 360 degree change. Not that I didn't have me "down and out" moments in 2008, but its the outlook and the perspective that has changed.

2008 too bought with it a considerable amount of downers, but for a change the good things are over shadowing the bad ones in my life. Yes I have had my share of Failures and downfalls, relationships gone sour (and how), fights, misunderstandings,,but thankfully all this has changed my perspective towards life in a positive way and I am not looking back at the year with sorrow and all things lost. Instead, Iam look back and see all the good things and the Superb people and memories that form a part of this positive outlook. Every single loss in 2008 made me look at life in a different light.

But my friend pointed out that perhaps 2008 has been one of the worst years for alot of people around me and the world on the whole. Recession, Terror Attacks, Financial slowdown of the world economy et al.

2009 is going to be better for sure, all we need is a fresh start at this point.

8 hours away from the new year I hope that 2009 brings with it alot of good luck and lots of love for all my friends :P

Sadly one thing that has remained constant for all the 31st's of my life is that I am going to be home and bring in the new year with the remote in my hand. Hope at least this changes next year atleast :), but if it doesn't then no complaints.

Wish you all A verY haPPy new Year 2009!!!

a piCtuRe 's worth A thousAnd wOrdS

Mumbai saw an unprecedented turnout for the rally at the gateway in memory of the Mumbai attacks a week one after the event.

Even though I couldn't make it coz of health issues, but I have been seeing pictures all over and hearing stories from colleagues and friends who did go for it (wearing I Love Mumbai tees)

Looking at the huge turnout while watching the news gave me such a different feeling, wish I could have been there :(

Came across a couple of pics from a school friend's facebook album--people came up with some very witty one liners at the peace march. Here they go-------------------

The next one is my Favourite :)

iNsaNe----iNaNe

Iam sure no one has ever watched the news so intently, as much as we did in the past one week!!

The terror attack or whatever you call it, has surely shaken us all up. Imagine being stuck in your room in one of the most prestigious hotels in the country, hearing gun shots and grenade attacks, not knowing where to go or what to do. When you don't know whats awaiting you on the other side of the door, whether its the person who is going to shoot in the chest or save you from the bullets.

Last night I was watching a debate on NDTV, on the panel they had known faces from every field. The audience had survivors from the attack, and trust me each of them had such moving stories to tell.

Everyone whom I know, knows someone who was there during the attacks.

The newspapers, news channels, fm channels, facebook status' cant seem to get over this whole incident (thankfully) and are trying in some way or the other to not let this pass as just another thing that happened in Mumbai.

What's most ridiculous is the way some politicians have come out and made the most heartening statements. The Home Minister (state) got one dialogue straight out of the famous Bollywood movie, little did he know that this is no time to talk like King Khan.

Out of the many questions on every single Mumbaikar's mind is "where were the Thackeray's?"

The few politicians that did manage to come and show face didn't get a warm welcome either.

In fact even on the NDTV show yesterday with Barkha Dutt, none of the politicians were even ready to have a video conference and face a couple of questions from the audience, the only person who dared to come on the show was the Congress spokesperson who ended the show by calling the audience Hostile.

During those 3 days I remember getting up every morning and asking my dad to put on the news and tell me if it was over, coz if it wasn't then it meant yet another day off at work. It felt like I was checking the score during an Indo- Pak 5 day test series.

We did manage to come to work on Friday and trust me it wasn't quite a memorable day.

Half way through the day we got frantic calls saying that the terrorist's were out on the road in a white car shooting anyone and everyone in sight. None of us in office knew what to do, whether we should choose to stay back in office (not that we could concentrate) or get back home ASAP. Every time the door of the office opened it sent shivers down my back bone.

There have been innumerable candle marches and Peace rallies, but lets face it, what beyond all of this?? What are we going to do to change the F**ed up system governing our country. The celebrities on the show thought that not paying Taxes would surely change the way things are and the Financial Capital would be taken a little more seriously, after all we contribute 45% to the total tax of the country. But did we forget that not paying taxes would mean that we would have to pay a fine which is 100% your tax amount. So we would land up paying double the amount, so at that rate we would contribute 90% to the total tax payment of the country.

Mumbai's helplessness is as also known as the city's Resilience.

Its not the spirit of the city but a bout of Collective Amnesia.

I hope things do change and life does become a little safer for us to stay without the fear of being shot while walking on the streets of a city that "Never Sleeps."

I have always wanted to go to the Taj, but never managed to, I hope Mr Ratan Tata does restore it back to its old heritage structure which will have alot more stories to tell now.

IF

The One and Only thing that I really want, need and wish right now is a trip to London.

Not cause I love that city alot but because the one who means the most to me is in that part of the world.

There are moments and incidents in life when you hate the way life is going for you only because the most easy thing seems unattainable. When you really want to do something but cant cause of financial constraints or some other god forsaken damn reason.

This is worse when your life hanging is by just this one moment and you cant do anything about it as you are tied down.

The inability to get what you want and desire can cause such a mental imbalance (yeah i know I am getting too preachy)

Its been 2 years since I went to London to meet Ankita, and trust me these 2 years have flown. I remember the jitters we both had when I had submitted my papers for a visa as I was a bit skeptical on getting one and I did this after having a huge fight with you and wondering if you even make me stay with you. But it was worth the risk :P

The whole process of my parents agreeing on sending me to an unknown place alone just for one person, me sitting on an 8 hour flight. Now that was my first flight abroad and I was hoping that I would have some interesting company in the 2 seats next to me, but I landed up sharing my seat with an old Gujarati couple who didn't know Hindi, so I was the official translator for them, translating everything from apple juice to caramel custard (oh this needs another post altogether). The wait for my baggage ( 1 hour), to heading out and not recognising you, if it wasnt for your dad I would have stood at Heathrow for probably the next hour or so :) without any mode of communcation.

Overall the whole trip got us better with each day and trust me it was worth all the tension, drama and the rubbish that happened back home with my parents as none of the relatives approved of my Lonely Venture to a "foreign land" just to meet my best friend was just not digested by them. All this non sense didn't make even one percent of a difference once I was there with you.

All the random roaming on the streets of London without a Motive or destination made the journey even sweeter, every trip to your school was a pleasure and worth the walk in the winter, all the fights and arguments felt dismal as being there made it easier to solve them.


This is one the many moments when I ticked you off or embarrassed you by doing something stupid or crossing the road badly (like any Indian would lol ).

Listening for LOVE

How often do you confess your love to the one's that really make a difference.

Personally I find it very weird to go upto my dad or mum and say "I Love U."

Probably the only person I can say "I love you" without any reason or event and not feel funny about it is Ankita.

I was chatting with a childhood friend a couple of days and in the midst of a very serious conversation he told me that if someone doesnt say 'those three words' doesnt mean that they dont love u. He told me that if a close friend isnt talking to me doesnt mean that she doesnt love me anymore. They just convey their TLC through their actions. We kind of landed up arguing on this as I just didnt get the point.

I played this whole conversation over in my head yesterday and I realised how true this whole thing was and how most of us shy away from conveying our feelings through words and expect the other person to understand and interpret every action of yours.

There are moments when we really need to convey our feelings and need to tell the other person how much we love them, but there is this whole fear about expressing the love we feel.

We are sometimes very strange people. The only thing we want to say and the only one thing we should say is the one thing we dont say. According to me this is one of the most vital reasons why relationships fall apart.

People who were very important and meant the world to you at some point, no longer know what you upto just because you had lost the opportunity to hold it all together just by saying what you feel for them and what they meant to you.

But since the feeling is so strong and real, and the need to say it so high, we are driven to use other words and the meaning is never communicated the way we intend it to be conveyed.

The other person is left feelings unwanted and unloved.

Therefore we need to listen for love in the words that people are saying to us.

We have to listen for love in those around us. If we listen intently we will discover that we are alot more loved than we realise :)

cHange

Its my boss's last day tomorrow!!
For alot of people I know this may sound like good news cz they cant even stand the sight of their boss.

On the other hand it was a different ball game altogether in my office.

From the 1st day itself when I walked in for my interview shes been my guiding force, no matter what rapport I share with my Colleagues, she was one of the few reasons why I loved my jOb and looked forward to every single day at work.

I dont know how much of this she knew, but I am sure she knew that I was in aWe of her since the very beginning.

We didn't share alot of words, but it was just her presence that made work so much fun.

She followed the open door policy (literally). We could walk into her cabin as and when we wished if we wanted something or if we are just having a bad day.

We were told about her plans of moving on last Thursday and we were more than taken aback by the news as for a couple of us she was someone we looked up to and got inspiration from.

The whole thought of "omg what are we gonna do without her" was running on our minds through the day. We felt like a headless chicken running in a market full of people.

When she spoke to us about this we just couldn't hold back our tears :P

Its funny how we form a bond with people in no time and the way we react when the person is no more going to play the same pivotal part in your life.

This also made me realise how I much detest change (initially). I would kill for things to remain the same. But unfortunately as they say change is the only constant thing in our life.

I don't how much my perspective towards the job and the people at my work place is going to change, but I know one thing for sure Iam Going to Miss my Boss sorely.

Saying good bye is one the toughest things...

For me, Seventeen wouldn't be Seventeen without you!!!

I hope the break helps you sort it all out and you come back stronger.

All the best!

????

I have been wanting to blog about alot of things since a couple of weeks,

Have so much to talk about, whether its the guy at the gym or the graduation ceremony tomorrow and how everyone around me is running helter skleter just to make sure I look perfect or in general things happening on a day to day basis.

Life's been so different and amazingly awesome, want to write it all down.

But guess I am temporarily suffering from Writers Block, every time I sit down to type a post I never manage to put all my thoughts down in words.

I hope this phase passes soon as I really miss blogging.

Someone please advise me a remedy for this :)

Art Of Living

Last week was quite something I must say!

Office had organised an Art Of Living course for all, so day started at 8 in the morning, the session went on till 11.30 and then we used to rush to office. The funniest part last week was to see almost everyone in their tracks running around in office and this my Friends is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see people who otherwise would be in their Gucci and Prada :)

Apart from all of this, we learnt quite a bit in all the sessions, was a rejuvenating experience.

Out of all the things we spoke about in the last 5 days the one thing that struck me the most was the Cycle Theory. No no it ain't no rocket science, but happens in all our lives.

Every relationship in our live goes through a cycle. There are times when we talk to a friend 3 times a day and then there is a phase where you hardly talk for a Minute everyday, down to One Call in a week. This goes on for a while till you hardly talk, and know about the nitty gritties of each others life through Social Networking sites.
What sets good relations apart is the ability to keep the Ego aside and call the other person, even if it means calling after a year.

When the Teacher was talking to us about it, it made alot of sense to me. I personally think its just that one call that can make things better, but sometimes that one call makes you think so much. There have been times when my Best Friend and I haven't spoken nor mailed each other for a couple of months at a stretch, but at the end, all it needs is just one call to make it better.

Trust me just listening to the other persons voice can make things better.

So go on make a Random Call today,
Without getting 'If's and But's' in the way.

After Effects

Its been a while since I posted something on the blog!
In the last post I spoke about how I wanted to stand up for myself and speak up when needed, not let it build up inside me.
It did work quite a bit, it did make a difference, sorted a couple of things which were bothering me and taking a toll!! The after effects of the same have been bad (not for me.)
Sometimes people just force you to be wicked, they create an urge within you to erupt and speak up which can be lethal for them!
I am glad that I finally stood up, all thanks to all the pestering from G.
Another reason why I haven't blogged since a long time now is cause I have been trying to figure out life and see where I belong.
Life just amuses me to no extent (as always)!!
A couple of incidents in the past week and a half have me realise how our live's are interconnected.
How someone influences some decision of our life, how that whole thing changes our perspective and how that in turn affects everyone around me.
Its a continuous cycle which is quite freaky as we don't know how far is our attitude going to affect and who who is going to be on the receiving end of the same.
R and me did something quite random last week, was crazy!
And another incident made me realise that
I SUCK AT KEEPING SECRETS (the ones that I have building up on.)

Gandhigiri

A recent tiff at home made me realise that I ain't a person who would give back in a fight anymore.

Have stopped reacting while someone is on about something, which is ticking me off but I don't want to get back cause I have reached the point where I feel that if I become a part of this and give my side of it as well it will never end!!

Now there are Pros and Cons to everything in life (unfortunately), apart from the usual pros like the argument ending sooner than expected et al.

But on the flip side it all cramps up within me. I have absolutely stopped taking when I am upset about something or when I am really really angry.

I have realised that all the anger and negative energy gets to me in one way or the other.

Either I get red with anger, or stomach cramps up, or head starts aching till I don't get it out or maybe I just cry it out or my body heats up (yeah that happens often).

A recent spat with my mum made me realise that I have another addition to the list, I can feel all the tension in my nails. zeesh it was crazy when I realised this, I mean how random and weird could I get.

Even in office, i rarely speak up when its needed, never stand up for myself cause I feel that it might just get the whole situation dirty and messy! So I just let it be. But after repeatedly conversations about me quitting the place with my HR head, I just get one statement no matter what I say. She just says "dude f**k all of this, f**k your theory of I don't want it to be messy, just talk it out and give it back, lets see how ugly it can get."
So yeah from now I am going to give it back and stand up for myself without thinking of the consequences.
Enough of Gandhigiri, time for some Dadagiri :)

24 hOuRs

Yesterday was quite a day! There were so many things that took place in just one day that brought out different sides of me.
There were 3 things that happened and made it worth writing about.

1) The day started earlier than normal and I saw a different and beautiful side of Mumbai at 7 in the morning. So yeah breakfast was the FIRST thing that made the day wonderful! The feeling of catching up with an old friend cannot be matched with anything else. I was glad that we could still have a good time without letting the past come in our way. Oh ya and also Marine Drive is even more beautiful in the morning on a clear day.

2) I randomly got asked out at gym, and had such mixed feelings for next 2 hours. I didn't know how to react to whole situation, neither did I know how to turn him down (coz I hardly know him), nor did I know what to say :)
I was a little taken aback initially as we have only spoken twice, that too while running on the treadmill. He is bald and he carries it off so well!! zeesh don't know many people who can do that.
3) Got a call at an odd hour from a childhood friend who has never randomly called me in the middle of the night. Yeah we are close et al but it felt a little more than weird to see her name flash on my mobile screen at a bizarre time. Was a little worried before answering her call, wondering if she was OK or no. Thankfully she was alright and wanted to see me and was below my building. Went down to see her and was a little surprised to see her with her EX. I have heard loads about him and have seen her in her most vulnerable state when they broke up after dating for 5 years. They just got back in touch a couple of months back but she denies the fact that they are again in a relationship. Seeing them last night, it got my mind ticking again!

Why the hell do we get into stuff when we are smart enough to know it ain't worth the pain?

Why do we get back to the person who has caused us so much pain in the past and made us feel like shit?

So yeah, it was quite a day with a lot of feelings and thoughts running across my mind at all times.

Sometimes a lot can happen in 24 hours!!!

HK 2

Went to Disney land on Saturday, and to put the whole experience down in one word it was AWESOME.

The way things were going I thought we wouldn't be able to make it before I leave and it was a tad disappointing, but thankfully it didn't turn out that way.

Everything was so Puurfect- the company, the weather, the atmosphere, the Energy, the fun..oh my god. Loved every bit of it.

I had a bit of everything, and of course the much needed break from everything and everyone in Mumbai and Around ;)!!

Hong kong is a beautiful city, the house is Fabulous, the view from the balcony (can literally see the whole city), the weather, the Chini Kids, everything, I mean everything. Till I wasn't on the flight I couldn't believe it that I was finally going to Hong Kong after so many discussions, failed plans, arguments, Mamta dropping out. But Iam glad I made it cause I had the time of my life at the time when I needed it the most.

The day we got lost on the way back home, the random running on the streets just to cross the road while the signal is on, just sitting at the coffee shop and checking out people et al.

The big Buddha, Central (just couldn't get enough of that place), the light show one of the most fabulous things I have ever come across.

I have no more words to describe the trip.

P.S- Picturtes will be up in the next post!!

HK

I don't know where to start from..

have seen such beautiful sights and structures, don't think I am ready to go back to Mumbai yet. (yeah I still have 5 days to go)

want to make the most of it, I so needed this break, its feels wonderful!!!

yesterday R and me went to Ocean Park which is a theme park with rides et al. It also has a Panda Habitat, so all over the park there were panda memorabilia!!so wanted to get every Panda for Ankita!! zeesh..

Sat on the roller coaster and the Abyss, omg I cant get over the Abyss, it was one of the most amazing things I ever sat on. Have clicked a couple of pictures on it, zeesh..loved it..

It takes you up almost 10 floors and then drops down at racing speed, the adrenaline rush was worth it.

The look on the Faces of people waiting in line for their turn was worth it ;P

till the end moment I was wondering if I want to do this and if I will survive :)

well I did and enjoyed it the Core.