So my aunt calls in early this morning. I assume she's jobless. Morning's are so busy in my house, everyone desperately trying to get to work in time.
Anyway she wants to speak to mom. Apparently she wanted to check when my mom "intends" getting me married. Can you believe that? Maybe she had a dream last night that she was not invited to my wedding. Damn! that means she may have missed an opportunity to eat some good Kashmiri food.
I know I'm being rude and mean but these inquisitive aunts really piss me off. She wants to know if I am having an "affair" (haha in her terms) and my mom's covering up for me or upto something "fishy" (again her term) that my mom doesn't know about. She wants to know why I did not look at any potential eye candy at a recently attended wedding. She was secretly watching me I presume.
I don't understand why people cannot mind their own business. Did I tell her about that guy who her daughter used to secretly make out with since Std 9!. Let me be. It's my life and you re not even a part of it. Heck! I've hardly even met you.
It's all in goodwill according to mom, but I cannot stand people trying to pry into my life. It's hard being a girl in the mid-twenties ( did I just call myself a girl?? Ahem..) . It's almost become a crime to attend a wedding. You can feel 24000 eyeballs constantly looking at every move you make and the second you even "look" at your cellphone after 10:00pm, "Bang"!! You're having an "affair" (haha I cannot get over this word)
Anyway my dearies thank you all for your concern but chill, I am still in that cynical phase about marriage and whenever it happens..be rest assured..you will get a card!
(secretly wishing my mom never reads this)
Friday, December 26, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
The week that was...
Wow! I've had the most busy 2 weeks. The 1st week was busy with the whole "Big Fat Indian Wedding" in Delhi and chilling for a bit in Gurgaon. But that is something I expected. Once I've come back which is 2 Sundays ago life has been so hectic but I'm loving it!
Let me recap as to what has kept me oh-so-busy this whole week (other than work which was rather hectic too)
Sunday- I just got back in the afternoon so the rest of the day was spent unpacking, sleeping thinking about the whole wedding etc
Monday- Was also chilled out, slept at like 8:30 until 9:00 am the next day
Tuesday - Met "I" before work, Watched Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with "R" and almost got killed by her.
Wednesday- was soo busy. Went to meet "D"'s baby, met W and family after REALLY long (gosh they were pissed off) and had Micks with family over for ice-cream later in the night
Thursday- Played with "S"'s baby soooo much and caught up with realllly old friends for dinner at "Del Italia". Reminsced about the good old days
Friday- Had Micks and fam for dinner. Late night again but super fun. Sara joined in too
Saturday- Went out with the family for a drive followed by a super fun night with "D" at Aurus. Happened to meet couple of other friends there as well
Sunday- R-E-L-A-X-E-D
What-e-fun!
Meeting R and Z for dinner tonight. Hoping its Chinese. The years almost over. My next post will probably recap the high's and low's of 2008. Did I tell you about the travel book I've created.. I suddenly find myself very Bollywood. I mean what the hell does "Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost" in the post below mean". Eesh.. I've also begun using the word "spectacular" ever so often
Damn! I'm rambling at 243091820 thoughts per second again.
Let me recap as to what has kept me oh-so-busy this whole week (other than work which was rather hectic too)
Sunday- I just got back in the afternoon so the rest of the day was spent unpacking, sleeping thinking about the whole wedding etc
Monday- Was also chilled out, slept at like 8:30 until 9:00 am the next day
Tuesday - Met "I" before work, Watched Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with "R" and almost got killed by her.
Wednesday- was soo busy. Went to meet "D"'s baby, met W and family after REALLY long (gosh they were pissed off) and had Micks with family over for ice-cream later in the night
Thursday- Played with "S"'s baby soooo much and caught up with realllly old friends for dinner at "Del Italia". Reminsced about the good old days
Friday- Had Micks and fam for dinner. Late night again but super fun. Sara joined in too
Saturday- Went out with the family for a drive followed by a super fun night with "D" at Aurus. Happened to meet couple of other friends there as well
Sunday- R-E-L-A-X-E-D
What-e-fun!
Meeting R and Z for dinner tonight. Hoping its Chinese. The years almost over. My next post will probably recap the high's and low's of 2008. Did I tell you about the travel book I've created.. I suddenly find myself very Bollywood. I mean what the hell does "Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost" in the post below mean". Eesh.. I've also begun using the word "spectacular" ever so often
Damn! I'm rambling at 243091820 thoughts per second again.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
and then the sun did rise...
I'm at work and so don't feel like working right now. We've just celebrated "S.S"'s birthday at work with cake and my favorite "crispy corn with water chestnuts" from China Gate and I am not looking forward to doing anything the rest of the day.
Sure writing this post also means that I will be working overtime today but what the heck. I am just back from attending this big fat Indian wedding. My cousin "A" recently married her fiance of about a year "G" in a huge ceremony in Delhi. I have this love/hate relationship with Delhi. When I was younger (much younger) we celebrated a lot of my vacations in Delhi with cousins et all in tow. I loved Delhi then. Once I grew older I wanted to go other places and thus the distance with Delhi grew. Lately, I've met some super cool non pretentious people (very unlike Delhi I know!) and my love for the city has increased. Also even though I complain and sneeze, complain and sneeze I actually love the Delhi winter and the oh-so-beautiful boots these Delhi girls wear.
Ohh..k.. getting back to the point, to be very honest I wasn't very sure if I wanted to attend this wedding. Don't get me wrong here.I love "A". She's a fantastic cousin someone who I have been very close to when she lived in Bombay and her entire family has people who I am really really fond of.
But reasons for not wanting to attend the wedding were more my own issues than anyone else's. Anyhoo glad I did otherwise. I have now decided to do completely the opposite of what my mind asks me to. It works out for my better.
Just for your knowledge this was only a part Kashmiri wedding. "G" is not Kashmiri, not that it matters but just FYI.
As I landed onto Delhi airport (mom and dad reached that morning to attend the mehndi function which I kinda missed) I had missed calls from "V" already. V is the single most genuine cousin I have. She is honest, carefree and her jest for life, her positivity is something I secretly admire. I don't think she knows all this about herself either. V has the cutest younger sister "S" who I will always be partial towards but she comes in later in the post.
Anyway so as soon as I reached the "shaadi khana" I was surrounded by a whole set of people I didnt know (the known people were Delhi locals and had left already). I was chilling the rest of the afternoon with "A" her very pretty (and mind you I dont find girls pretty that often) friend "M", "A"'s sister "R" and few of their cousins.
"A" had sent me a you tube Bollywood song video which I was supposed to practice and perform that very evening with "A" and "R". I was having fun. "A" was telling me all about her love story, how he proposed etc and I found myself suddenly for the first time actually enjoying and being genuinely interested in a conversation of this nature. Also I promise you that all my "aww"'s were genuine throughout. There was apparently some Kashmiri eye-candy for us too present at the wedding but I failed to know who, hence my comments on that topic will be reserved although I trust "V"'s judgement and description on the topic fully and of course "S" and her "red moustache" story ( I wish I could reveal more but I cant) .AMEN!
Coming back to that evening the venue for the sangeet was spectacular. I was so pissed off with mom for not getting me a new camera, I hardly got pictures from my old one and "S" for some reason refuses to put up her pictures making it very difficult for me to actually describe that fairyland. The dances by the other cousins were spectacular but we did a fairly neat job too. To sum the evening in chronological order
1) phoolon ka gehna 2) sangeet 3) Dj night with crazy dancing. It was great fun catch
ing up with all the cousins and having a blast. It was almost like catching up with old friends, bonding on secrets that we have shared and so many more things.
The next morning was the another pooja for "A" followed by smacking haldi and besan all over her. She is such an awesome sport, she took all of th
is so sportingly. After which we left to "G"'s house for the "tilak" ceremony. I remember the car ride to "G"'s house with "R" and her cousins "S.A" and "G1". We were so short of time and had to run back in order to get ready and leave for "G"'s sangeet that night. "Phew"!
I missed all my cousins in the night cause there were not too many people I knew that night but "S.A" gave me some great company. She is so fantastic and humble. I've really begun to like her as I know her more.
Ok so we had nothing to do the next morning when we popped over to meet "V" and see some fantastic jewellary and the cutest doggies. That evening was the wedding and it was spectacular. The bonding with all the cousins, eating jalebis with "S" to giving her some career advice (which I am sure she doesnt need). It's
so funny how much of myself I see in "S" that I am forced to just try and look out for her (yes I know very grandmotherly but I cant help it), to
the standing with rose petals to welcome the guests and the chatting and laughing admist all that to watching mamu wiping a silent tear everytime he looked at "A" ever so lovingly.
Personally this wedding was probably the best thing that happened to me this year amongst all the dull, drab almost static life I was leading all year through. Though there were some things I would have liked to happen differently and would have liked to react differently to certain situations but I guess whatever happens its all good.
After the wedding I spent 2 days with chacha in Gurgaon, where I met "P" for dinner at Ruby Tuesday. She is
such a great girl. I cant wait for her to come visit me in Bombay and share some more great moments with her. I also had an informal Big chill lunch with "V", "S" and V's friend A who seemed to enjoy scandalizing me with all their Delhi girls are not safe in Delhi stories. "A" was great too and I hope V and S actually plan a trip to Bombay with A in tow.
In short the sun did rise on me this year, better late than never I guess. I only hope it shines for a while before setting again.
There was only one abrupt ending in this whole almost perfect story. But that's maybe cause that abrupt ending will begin a whole story of it's own.
Maybe.. on the cost of sounding very SRK.. picture abhi baki hai mere dost!!
Sure writing this post also means that I will be working overtime today but what the heck. I am just back from attending this big fat Indian wedding. My cousin "A" recently married her fiance of about a year "G" in a huge ceremony in Delhi. I have this love/hate relationship with Delhi. When I was younger (much younger) we celebrated a lot of my vacations in Delhi with cousins et all in tow. I loved Delhi then. Once I grew older I wanted to go other places and thus the distance with Delhi grew. Lately, I've met some super cool non pretentious people (very unlike Delhi I know!) and my love for the city has increased. Also even though I complain and sneeze, complain and sneeze I actually love the Delhi winter and the oh-so-beautiful boots these Delhi girls wear.
Ohh..k.. getting back to the point, to be very honest I wasn't very sure if I wanted to attend this wedding. Don't get me wrong here.I love "A". She's a fantastic cousin someone who I have been very close to when she lived in Bombay and her entire family has people who I am really really fond of.
But reasons for not wanting to attend the wedding were more my own issues than anyone else's. Anyhoo glad I did otherwise. I have now decided to do completely the opposite of what my mind asks me to. It works out for my better.
Just for your knowledge this was only a part Kashmiri wedding. "G" is not Kashmiri, not that it matters but just FYI.
As I landed onto Delhi airport (mom and dad reached that morning to attend the mehndi function which I kinda missed) I had missed calls from "V" already. V is the single most genuine cousin I have. She is honest, carefree and her jest for life, her positivity is something I secretly admire. I don't think she knows all this about herself either. V has the cutest younger sister "S" who I will always be partial towards but she comes in later in the post.
Anyway so as soon as I reached the "shaadi khana" I was surrounded by a whole set of people I didnt know (the known people were Delhi locals and had left already). I was chilling the rest of the afternoon with "A" her very pretty (and mind you I dont find girls pretty that often) friend "M", "A"'s sister "R" and few of their cousins.
"A" had sent me a you tube Bollywood song video which I was supposed to practice and perform that very evening with "A" and "R". I was having fun. "A" was telling me all about her love story, how he proposed etc and I found myself suddenly for the first time actually enjoying and being genuinely interested in a conversation of this nature. Also I promise you that all my "aww"'s were genuine throughout. There was apparently some Kashmiri eye-candy for us too present at the wedding but I failed to know who, hence my comments on that topic will be reserved although I trust "V"'s judgement and description on the topic fully and of course "S" and her "red moustache" story ( I wish I could reveal more but I cant) .AMEN!
Coming back to that evening the venue for the sangeet was spectacular. I was so pissed off with mom for not getting me a new camera, I hardly got pictures from my old one and "S" for some reason refuses to put up her pictures making it very difficult for me to actually describe that fairyland. The dances by the other cousins were spectacular but we did a fairly neat job too. To sum the evening in chronological order
1) phoolon ka gehna 2) sangeet 3) Dj night with crazy dancing. It was great fun catch
ing up with all the cousins and having a blast. It was almost like catching up with old friends, bonding on secrets that we have shared and so many more things.The next morning was the another pooja for "A" followed by smacking haldi and besan all over her. She is such an awesome sport, she took all of th
is so sportingly. After which we left to "G"'s house for the "tilak" ceremony. I remember the car ride to "G"'s house with "R" and her cousins "S.A" and "G1". We were so short of time and had to run back in order to get ready and leave for "G"'s sangeet that night. "Phew"!I missed all my cousins in the night cause there were not too many people I knew that night but "S.A" gave me some great company. She is so fantastic and humble. I've really begun to like her as I know her more.
Ok so we had nothing to do the next morning when we popped over to meet "V" and see some fantastic jewellary and the cutest doggies. That evening was the wedding and it was spectacular. The bonding with all the cousins, eating jalebis with "S" to giving her some career advice (which I am sure she doesnt need). It's
so funny how much of myself I see in "S" that I am forced to just try and look out for her (yes I know very grandmotherly but I cant help it), tothe standing with rose petals to welcome the guests and the chatting and laughing admist all that to watching mamu wiping a silent tear everytime he looked at "A" ever so lovingly.
Personally this wedding was probably the best thing that happened to me this year amongst all the dull, drab almost static life I was leading all year through. Though there were some things I would have liked to happen differently and would have liked to react differently to certain situations but I guess whatever happens its all good.
After the wedding I spent 2 days with chacha in Gurgaon, where I met "P" for dinner at Ruby Tuesday. She is
such a great girl. I cant wait for her to come visit me in Bombay and share some more great moments with her. I also had an informal Big chill lunch with "V", "S" and V's friend A who seemed to enjoy scandalizing me with all their Delhi girls are not safe in Delhi stories. "A" was great too and I hope V and S actually plan a trip to Bombay with A in tow.In short the sun did rise on me this year, better late than never I guess. I only hope it shines for a while before setting again.
There was only one abrupt ending in this whole almost perfect story. But that's maybe cause that abrupt ending will begin a whole story of it's own.
Maybe.. on the cost of sounding very SRK.. picture abhi baki hai mere dost!!
In the end nothing ever happens..and thats the whole point
The tittle of this post is courtesy Guj (Refer to "My Gal Pals" for more information) .Post 26/11 things have been on an all time low. 26/11 has been a reality check. We always hear about blasts, terrorism but never expect that it could ever happen to us. I was at the Taj just a night prior to 26/11 attacks. I had friends, their family present during the attacks. W (Refer to "My gal pals") has her office behind Leopold cafe. I used to work right there until last year. And the way the whole situation was handled, politicized..insane!
Anyway this is not going to be another post where I crib crib and crib about our corrupt politicians. All I can say, hoping not to sound too "Shobha De ish" "Fuck Resilence" and lets do something to protect our India.
Words fail me..I have nothing else to say.. God bless our country, Amen
Anyway this is not going to be another post where I crib crib and crib about our corrupt politicians. All I can say, hoping not to sound too "Shobha De ish" "Fuck Resilence" and lets do something to protect our India.
Words fail me..I have nothing else to say.. God bless our country, Amen
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Pliss to maek franship? No! Why? UR bootifulll
I apologize for writing this post. I feel bad. I really do. But over the years I have safeguarded certain "franship requests" that I have receieved and before deleting them from my inbox I would like to keep them safe for my future generations to read and maybe laugh :). I will paste these requests exactly as they were sent to me in descending order of humour.
Here goes. Thanks people for all your requests, sorry to not being wanting franship with you
1) now thats what you call a perfect match...
a beautiful girl with a beautiful smile...
those eyes...that smile....yaaarrr!!!!
hehe
flirt nahi kar raha hoon!
easy...am not a bad boy ..just a way to begin
hi
i am (name protected)
from mumbai
doin ma final year BMS (sad part)
and
dunno wat to say..
just came across ya profile ...read it..liked it..pretty impressive!
and felt like messaging ya and knowing ya...
you really got a pretty smile..speaks a lot...almost hypnotising...
i am not wriitng this mail...
the smile just forced me to....
hehe
well
i am new to ORKUT
just a 2days old ..
and looking for good friends in here
for some serious advices on some serious mess that i often get stuck in...
here with a hope to learn from people and get better!!!
how did that sound?
please?
good?
tanx
i dont mind having ya on ma list as a friend
(on my knees)
pleaseee
hehe
just joking
hope to hear from you soon...
in case you are a serious kind of person
then let me tell you
i did not know that!!!
i need one more chance i will send you a serious mail!!
god! fear of rejection!!!
see you soon...
(did i tell you that you how beautiful your smile is...may be next time hehe)
take care and god bless ya
and yea
keep up that beautiful smile
:-)...
ciao bella
(pls dont mind if i sounded bad!)
wasn't that a long mail?
i dont mind being appriciated....PLEASE!
and
one confession...
i went through ya profile.. it;'s sweet
and i dunno
but ur one those prettiest girls i came across...may b i am new to this site..so ...but feels good!...and did i tell ya wat ya eyes did to me???..welll next time...
i did hear from people that mumbai is a beautiful place...but i had never found a strong supporting reason for that statement...until i met ya...
hehe
take care
god bless ya
2) Before you read this one I have no idea who he is and nor does he have my number..Go on :)
Hi...
Finally ...the never ending ...six months training
programme has ended ...today for me.
Six Months was a big time span.....I "felt" this thing
in January and Mid Feb.....but as we moved on...it got
better....and now it seems as if....it was just
yesterday.....
Lot of things happened....during this... ..on personal
front.... made some really good friends......learnt
some lessons..... formed stronger
relationships.....also moved on in few.... ....
On professional front...learnt lot of stuff........how
to handle work...but also how to present it.....
Also things...one must take care of...at work
place..... to protect and remain secure....
There are lot of other things ....may be .....I cant
pen them down.....
Challo...anyway.....I am happy that I shall be back
home on 2nd.....July. (I am leaving on 2nd Morning)
Do stay in touch.....and all the best...
Take care
PS: I shall notify my new cell number either by an
email or an sms.Chao.
3) I have no movies or books listed on my profile :)
Hi Pooja..
what ever orkuts i go through the first thing i see is the collection of books and movies..and 10 points to u for those lines..ya movies can to sm extent shape life..nice to meet u..
i will scrap u once so that u can see my orkut..
tc
4) Hi, friend I see ur ID in orkut, I like ur behaviour when i show the information which is given by u. now i want friendship with u. if u think that i am able for that thn accept my friendship. I am unkown for u and u r also unknown for me but still i am ready for freindship. I have seen lots of snaps of girls in the orkut but i like u only. that is why i am offering u only. so if u dont mind thn please mail me back. Yours unknown, I am waiting ur mail.plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
5) In March
Hi
Just wanted to wish on Valentine Eve.....
Happy Valentines Day...May you get your true love
(soul mate) if you are looking for one ....the one who
gives you happiness,love and warmth of the purest
relationship.....
GOD bless you though I am not old enough to say that.
6) We may be far apart... but our hearts could be so close. Don't you agree?
7) Hello. Okay, I said something. Your turn.
8) Dont really know you but got your profile on Dhar's friends list !!
But what exactly is a Kashmiri Nose ??
9) Hi Pooja...
hope i am not disturbing u...i had messaged u somefew days back and was awaiting a reply ...but none till date.
i guess u r busy and probably no time to be online at orkut or ....u dint feel to write back...
watever be the reason.....no issue...i am still open to frndship n waiting to hear from u...
buzz me wen ur in a mood to do so...
take care
bye bye till u reply...
10) HI pooja!!
how r u?
looks charming in ur pic.
well I'm an IT professional in pune..
drop in few lines abt urself..
BYE.
Ok thats enough for a few laughs. Now I can safely delete these emails from my inbox :)...These are safely the 10 best not deleted franship requests I have recieved till date
Here goes. Thanks people for all your requests, sorry to not being wanting franship with you
1) now thats what you call a perfect match...
a beautiful girl with a beautiful smile...
those eyes...that smile....yaaarrr!!!!
hehe
flirt nahi kar raha hoon!
easy...am not a bad boy ..just a way to begin
hi
i am (name protected)
from mumbai
doin ma final year BMS (sad part)
and
dunno wat to say..
just came across ya profile ...read it..liked it..pretty impressive!
and felt like messaging ya and knowing ya...
you really got a pretty smile..speaks a lot...almost hypnotising...
i am not wriitng this mail...
the smile just forced me to....
hehe
well
i am new to ORKUT
just a 2days old ..
and looking for good friends in here
for some serious advices on some serious mess that i often get stuck in...
here with a hope to learn from people and get better!!!
how did that sound?
please?
good?
tanx
i dont mind having ya on ma list as a friend
(on my knees)
pleaseee
hehe
just joking
hope to hear from you soon...
in case you are a serious kind of person
then let me tell you
i did not know that!!!
i need one more chance i will send you a serious mail!!
god! fear of rejection!!!
see you soon...
(did i tell you that you how beautiful your smile is...may be next time hehe)
take care and god bless ya
and yea
keep up that beautiful smile
:-)...
ciao bella
(pls dont mind if i sounded bad!)
wasn't that a long mail?
i dont mind being appriciated....PLEASE!
and
one confession...
i went through ya profile.. it;'s sweet
and i dunno
but ur one those prettiest girls i came across...may b i am new to this site..so ...but feels good!...and did i tell ya wat ya eyes did to me???..welll next time...
i did hear from people that mumbai is a beautiful place...but i had never found a strong supporting reason for that statement...until i met ya...
hehe
take care
god bless ya
2) Before you read this one I have no idea who he is and nor does he have my number..Go on :)
Hi...
Finally ...the never ending ...six months training
programme has ended ...today for me.
Six Months was a big time span.....I "felt" this thing
in January and Mid Feb.....but as we moved on...it got
better....and now it seems as if....it was just
yesterday.....
Lot of things happened....during this... ..on personal
front.... made some really good friends......learnt
some lessons..... formed stronger
relationships.....also moved on in few.... ....
On professional front...learnt lot of stuff........how
to handle work...but also how to present it.....
Also things...one must take care of...at work
place..... to protect and remain secure....
There are lot of other things ....may be .....I cant
pen them down.....
Challo...anyway.....I am happy that I shall be back
home on 2nd.....July. (I am leaving on 2nd Morning)
Do stay in touch.....and all the best...
Take care
PS: I shall notify my new cell number either by an
email or an sms.Chao.
3) I have no movies or books listed on my profile :)
Hi Pooja..
what ever orkuts i go through the first thing i see is the collection of books and movies..and 10 points to u for those lines..ya movies can to sm extent shape life..nice to meet u..
i will scrap u once so that u can see my orkut..
tc
4) Hi, friend I see ur ID in orkut, I like ur behaviour when i show the information which is given by u. now i want friendship with u. if u think that i am able for that thn accept my friendship. I am unkown for u and u r also unknown for me but still i am ready for freindship. I have seen lots of snaps of girls in the orkut but i like u only. that is why i am offering u only. so if u dont mind thn please mail me back. Yours unknown, I am waiting ur mail.
5) In March
Hi
Just wanted to wish on Valentine Eve.....
Happy Valentines Day...May you get your true love
(soul mate) if you are looking for one ....the one who
gives you happiness,love and warmth of the purest
relationship.....
GOD bless you though I am not old enough to say that.
6) We may be far apart... but our hearts could be so close. Don't you agree?
7) Hello. Okay, I said something. Your turn.
8) Dont really know you but got your profile on Dhar's friends list !!
But what exactly is a Kashmiri Nose ??
9) Hi Pooja...
hope i am not disturbing u...i had messaged u somefew days back and was awaiting a reply ...but none till date.
i guess u r busy and probably no time to be online at orkut or ....u dint feel to write back...
watever be the reason.....no issue...i am still open to frndship n waiting to hear from u...
buzz me wen ur in a mood to do so...
take care
bye bye till u reply...
10) HI pooja!!
how r u?
looks charming in ur pic.
well I'm an IT professional in pune..
drop in few lines abt urself..
BYE.
Ok thats enough for a few laughs. Now I can safely delete these emails from my inbox :)...These are safely the 10 best not deleted franship requests I have recieved till date
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Mayhem! To flanders and back twice!
I belong to the "Jack of all Master of None" category. I've tried everything. From singing to swimming, dancing (indian to western) to horse riding I've done it all. Hell! I've even done stuff like fountain making. Anyway that not being the point of this post, what I am trying to say is that although I have done a lot of stuff in my life, there are very few things I have wanted to continue. Few things I am passionate about and the most important one of them being travel.
Lucky for me, my job takes me places. Like this year after joining my new company I visited the northern region of Belgium called Flanders(Map below).
I visited Flanders twice this year and it was an amazing experience both times. It is a beautiful region. Brussels and Antwerp and namely picturesque cities which you could find elsewhere in Europe too but smaller towns like Bruges and Ghent are straight out of a picture postcard. At times when I walked through those streets in the night, I felt that I've walked into a story book. Seriously!
The second time ar
ound was more fun though reasons being that I was not alone like the last time and also that the people with me (mainly media, the objective was to show them around) were fun people too. We had endless nights in different places, sampling different wines, different types of food (liked some didnt like the others) all in all it was such a cozy ambience.
I walked a lot both the times, almost 100 odd kilometers in a week each visit, but the weather allows you to do so. The people are friendly, they speak English which again is a plus and the you are just sucked into this whole elusive atmosphere.
Are these the joys of living in a small town I sometimes wonder? Did I miss out whilst being labelled a big city girl?
But I was born and grew older in India. Mind you I love my country and all that but I wonder if it would be even logical to compare a small town abroad to a small town in India? They are so self sufficient but all the ammenities and are least dependent on the bigger cities for support.
Anyway moving along, we celebrated an India Day in Brussels on the 7th of October. It was a b2b session before which we had a series of presentations. I was told just the morning of the 7th that me, who was only supposed to assist in the presentation actually had to give the whole presentation and my boss would only butt in with a few pointers.
I was a nerve of wrecks as it was a very numerical, statistical sort of presentation, something which I am just not used to doing.
But as they say, everything has it's first time and I had mine which went off well thankfully.
I still have a few updates to add but I will once I find some more pictures
Lucky for me, my job takes me places. Like this year after joining my new company I visited the northern region of Belgium called Flanders(Map below).
I visited Flanders twice this year and it was an amazing experience both times. It is a beautiful region. Brussels and Antwerp and namely picturesque cities which you could find elsewhere in Europe too but smaller towns like Bruges and Ghent are straight out of a picture postcard. At times when I walked through those streets in the night, I felt that I've walked into a story book. Seriously!
The second time ar
ound was more fun though reasons being that I was not alone like the last time and also that the people with me (mainly media, the objective was to show them around) were fun people too. We had endless nights in different places, sampling different wines, different types of food (liked some didnt like the others) all in all it was such a cozy ambience.I walked a lot both the times, almost 100 odd kilometers in a week each visit, but the weather allows you to do so. The people are friendly, they speak English which again is a plus and the you are just sucked into this whole elusive atmosphere.
Are these the joys of living in a small town I sometimes wonder? Did I miss out whilst being labelled a big city girl?
But I was born and grew older in India. Mind you I love my country and all that but I wonder if it would be even logical to compare a small town abroad to a small town in India? They are so self sufficient but all the ammenities and are least dependent on the bigger cities for support.
Anyway moving along, we celebrated an India Day in Brussels on the 7th of October. It was a b2b session before which we had a series of presentations. I was told just the morning of the 7th that me, who was only supposed to assist in the presentation actually had to give the whole presentation and my boss would only butt in with a few pointers.
I was a nerve of wrecks as it was a very numerical, statistical sort of presentation, something which I am just not used to doing.
But as they say, everything has it's first time and I had mine which went off well thankfully.
I still have a few updates to add but I will once I find some more pictures
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