ciao :(

well if u r reading it the title is dedicated to u :P..aftr a brief stint at home finally leaving again..it is a terrible feeling! although the place i'm going to is no longer new to me yet there is nothing inviting about it..it's been just 4 days at home yet i'v tried to get as much of the city as possible to keep me going for the next few months..yes holidays don't come easy!..but to be honest i have my share of fun away from home too ;)..having extended family and friends have made it a lot more easier..there have hardly been any weekends when i managed to spend the entire day in my room..in fact i have my outings pre-planned two weekends in advance :D and as i mentioned in my earlier post have been shopping unhindered because if things that money can buy can make you happy then so it be!
but where else can u find churma and kheer made by ur mother..a father u can play pranks with and a brother who has started listening to miserably slow and sad songs ever since u left.. :P
home forever is sweet! 

HOLIday 8/3/12

Dinner ready h so i'll keep it short..ghar pe hun :) :) :) drove nano today..zindagi mil gai dobara..haha..

life, work, ppl and light!

yes i'm writing this post again thanks to the fluctuations in electricity!!!! had it been an exam i would have lost my cool but since this is just leisure writing so i'll try composing it again..going home for a few days now..holi has never been so important an occasion before but all of a sudden it feels like it cudn't get any bigger and better..have had enough encounters with cold ppl and corporate clowns! Phewww! it took me so long to find this perfect phrase! :P staring into the laptop is as continuous as breathing but certainly not as involuntary..but believe me work has been fruitful..got my second pay cheque today..and that should help to gulp down another month in this city..my heartfelt gratitude to shopping for keeping me sane! had an amazing weekend this tym around..met some old frnds aftr a long time, visited planetarium, book fair, craft museum..hope i continue to make the most of this survival experience away from home..padhai has taken a back seat..need to gear up on that account as well..chalo baaki sab dekha jaega..philhaal chd i'm coming! let's play holi! ;)

$$!

got my first ever pay cheque today! :) pta hi nai chala kab itni badi ho gai..feels gr8 to finally have the fruit of being tutored :P patience is the key..p.s. the above lines myt have double meanings :D

ethical gate-crashing :D

being in a city where almost nobdy knows u has its own positives ;) the last weekend was spent at my massi's home..and thanks to this season of marriages i had the opportunity of tail-gating 2 such functions..the first was a lavish indian wedding..and as u wud have imagined i knew nobody there or vice versa..so when there is so much food around and u have nobody to say "namaste" to or pass a forced smile at then wat do u do! :P ofcourse u eat! and that is exactly wat i did..from kulfi to khichdi nothing left my notice :D left one plate and picked up the other without losing ne time! and ofcourse the aftr dinner paan is the most happening part of it all..the next day my relatives took me to a 'bhajan sandhya'! i can assure u of the fact that while in chd i would have never imagined to sit and survive one..but again the prospect of a good dinner was obviously more tempting than staying alone at home..so there i was sitting among heavily decked ppl singing 'radhe-radhe'! and not to forget the elaborate decorations and rose water sprinklers..then came the dinner, which was no less than that of the previous night, but unfortunately the paan was missing :P..this tym also i tried to eat to the max of my capacity without bothering to take a second glance at nebdy there..my massi also being an excellent cook more than made up for the breakfast and lunch the next day..sitting in my pg now..missed dinner today..and i had already foreseen that! and that's not because of an upset stomach but because i don't feel like giving up on good food.. :P

welcome weekends!

thanks to my internship i now know how to exploit the few holidays i get..weekdays are extremely hectic and tiring, it's only on weekends can one expect to have some fun and study as well :P two topics of constant struggle at work (other than work itself! ) are food and cab..it is by mere chance that i'm writing this blog today at 10 on a monday morning..as it so happened my cab failed to show up on the scheduled time and when i called up the transport ppl i was informed that my leader hadn't sent them a particular mail to sign me up for the facility! so here i am sitting on my bed waiting for the next shift's cab to pick me up..each day at office is more or less the same..reach , have tea/coffee & biscuits, start laptop, stare at it for the rest of the day :P so as u can see weekends have become the only source of joy even though i havn't received my first stipend yet..but there is certainly sumthing about roaming around/ shopping which makes u happy even though at the end of the day you understand that both time and money had been floundered :D..the next weekend is still a long way to go but it is eagerly awaited! 

senti kar dia!

senti..whosoever is reading this i'm sure is well accustomed to hearing me use this word and hates it too! :P but blog writing mein believe me this is an asset! i know it's been verrrry long since i last posted and i wudn't have posted today also had it not been for a frnd who constantly reminded me that i have a "chaav" too! the past month as a whole has been very hectic and since this i know is no excuse to shy away frm the blog i'll try and include a 'high level view' (very frequently used term by amex mentors as a substitute for "very easy" and "u guys know nothing"!) :P of what went by! this task that i have taken upon my shoulders ryt now is huge!, as describing the past few days does not require rich vocab but it would be like reviving all those sentiments and memories which seldom find suitable words! but for those who r still hoping to hear of the yatra from me let me try! the yatra began and it will never end...there were tyms whn i was angry at the organizers or co-yatris and thot this was a total waste of both time and energy and money too! but as days went by and i met new ppl evryday, travelled to diff topographical locations within India and survival became the instinct, i realised how much i had in me and that there was so much more to learn! giving u one instance of this..i went to the AC chair car to charge my phone..there i happened to meet a south-indian guy and as was the yatri-norm :P we started discussing about the yatra..i told him i was pretty upset about the yatra ppl making us wait 4 hrs on the madurai platform, instead i cud have just gone off to the famous Meenakshi temple!(yes i went to madurai and didn't visit it!! ) i told him there is no point of touring India like that..what he said in response left me dumbstruck..he said "y r u even luking at things frm that perspective..i'm talking to a person frm chandigarh and that for me is equivalent to visiting chd!"

..the train yatra had both highs and lows but wat remains with u aftr that is many new frnds and experiences..i must also add that the yatra has helped me maintain my cool and be patient with new ppl and situations in reference to the second yatra i had lined up almost immediately aftr jagriti..yes but this time it was the super fast and air conditioned american "express"! to make that transition frm sleeper coach to ac also takes time :P so yes i'm still in the process to trying to settle myself in this new place, work culture and of-course living ethics of a pg!! hope to find my feet soon enough and thn start enjoying both work and it's perks ;)