Feel very good about this change, will be starting at Star in Jan 2010. Looking forward to this new chapter in life!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Moving ship and feeling good
Can't believe its been so long since I last posted... Intend to write in more regularly now! Now that I will have (believe/hope/pray) more time on my hands. After months of deliberation - have decided to hang up my consulting boots and opt for Industry.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Amazing August....
Finally its here... starting 1st Oct. there is a Mumbai-Chandigarh direct flight... and I cannot wait to spend more weekends home... feels strange that I have been to Chandigarh all of 3 times the las year if I don't count my brother's wedding!
It's been such an amazing month...
1. Started off with a fun vacation... Ko Samed was gorgeous... the speed boat in, the national park and the turqouise cottages... very cute... I think I've had my dose of Starbucks for six months atleast...
2. Managed to spend quality time with the newest member of the family - shocks me how seamlessly we put the past and future in water tight containers! Thankfully...
3. Get to spend endless time with C without losing my balance... really helps in freeing up my weekend and using those flybacks...
4. Eating 'ghar ka' guesthouse khaana 4 days a week!
5. Got a pay rise!!! Always welcome...
6. Spilt the beans to my Mum... she's acting all funny now and I don' t know who else knows... but its funny and annoying at the same time figuring out everyone's stance... the person who's stressed out the most is gorgeous Aman...
7. My rakhees reached on time! Just on time I heard... I'm so proud of Vir... he sent me a snap with his gang and AK 47s... looks like its straight out of Farhaan Akhtar's sets...
8. Discovered tea centre... yes a lil late... but the plate of pakoras with chaat masala is so DU canteen... I am loving it...
My current study is likely to wrap up by Mid Oct at the very latest... lets see... have a chat set up for tom... and we'll take it from there... Feel more ready for long distance but always get cold feet at the last moment...
Looking forward to Shanghai... lets see if I can do a budget holiday... else I'll give it a skip and use the miles to Goa instead!
It's been such an amazing month...
1. Started off with a fun vacation... Ko Samed was gorgeous... the speed boat in, the national park and the turqouise cottages... very cute... I think I've had my dose of Starbucks for six months atleast...
2. Managed to spend quality time with the newest member of the family - shocks me how seamlessly we put the past and future in water tight containers! Thankfully...
3. Get to spend endless time with C without losing my balance... really helps in freeing up my weekend and using those flybacks...
4. Eating 'ghar ka' guesthouse khaana 4 days a week!
5. Got a pay rise!!! Always welcome...
6. Spilt the beans to my Mum... she's acting all funny now and I don' t know who else knows... but its funny and annoying at the same time figuring out everyone's stance... the person who's stressed out the most is gorgeous Aman...
7. My rakhees reached on time! Just on time I heard... I'm so proud of Vir... he sent me a snap with his gang and AK 47s... looks like its straight out of Farhaan Akhtar's sets...
8. Discovered tea centre... yes a lil late... but the plate of pakoras with chaat masala is so DU canteen... I am loving it...
My current study is likely to wrap up by Mid Oct at the very latest... lets see... have a chat set up for tom... and we'll take it from there... Feel more ready for long distance but always get cold feet at the last moment...
Looking forward to Shanghai... lets see if I can do a budget holiday... else I'll give it a skip and use the miles to Goa instead!
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Finally 8th August
Finally 8th August..
After ECNR hang-ups
Misplaced tickets, dodgy FIR stories (which I did not have to go through)
Thai-quacking AVIS folks... we are off on our holiday!
Pick up Toyota Tiger 2 pax (checked the internet - some seriously shady min-truck type creature) drive to Rayong. Ferry to Ko Samed - diamond beach for a day and night. Friday night in Pattaya and Saturday night in Bangkok... loads of massages, shopping, banana boating, snorkelling and water scooters... I can't wait
Now its just the Mumbai traffic to the airport...
After ECNR hang-ups
Misplaced tickets, dodgy FIR stories (which I did not have to go through)
Thai-quacking AVIS folks... we are off on our holiday!
Pick up Toyota Tiger 2 pax (checked the internet - some seriously shady min-truck type creature) drive to Rayong. Ferry to Ko Samed - diamond beach for a day and night. Friday night in Pattaya and Saturday night in Bangkok... loads of massages, shopping, banana boating, snorkelling and water scooters... I can't wait
Now its just the Mumbai traffic to the airport...
Monday, July 09, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
We live in uncertain times. Go for the dessert first.
I know this is often heard - but it's been hitting me particularly hard over the last year... and going through this list its so apparent that most of the craziest/happiest/most fun times I've ever had have been with my school friends or family.... Even as I went on to college - it was my school pals that I was closest to & amazingly enough I managed to stay in touch and connect even twice a week...
Moving out from Delhi after business school was phenomenal in many respects, but I have'nt been able to create a similar microcosm of good friends. I do meet people and many more than I met in Delhi thanks to C - but they get lost somewhere between my market research visits, Mumbai traffic, out of town in-laws arriving, alternate weekend flybacks & the monsoon OR are they lost because I really don't care...
Done in bold
Bought everyone in the bar a drink
Swam with wild dolphins
Climbed a mountain (You mean those school trekking peaks right?)
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid Held a tarantula
Taken a candlelit bath with someone
Said 'I love you' and meant it (A bit too often actually)
Hugged a tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris (Though I need to go again)
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (Get to business school & you’ll know what I mean)
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game. (Straight after Class 12 – the India-Pak game at Mohali)
Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
Grown and eaten your own vegetables
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars (Many times in Bikaner when my Dad was posted there)
Changed a baby's diaper (For Mehtaab when his Mom was hospitalized for a month)
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower (With my grandfather)
Gotten drunk on champagne (Oh yea… plenty at my graduation ceremony at LSE with my aunt & granny)
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (One of those school sky watch thingies which were really the most affordable date options around then)
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (In RDG’s cabin in last year at VVS when Pranay began cycling)
Had a food fight (Just last Saturday)
Bet on a winning horse
Asked out a stranger
Had a snowball fight (In Mukteshwar…)
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Seen a total eclipse
Ridden a roller coaster
Hit a home run (Softball counts?)
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
Adopted an accent for an entire day
Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
Had two hard drives for your computer
Taken care of someone who was drunk (Enough chances)
Had amazing friends
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign
Backpacked in Europe
Taken a road-trip
Gone rock climbing
Midnight walk on the beach (Really and rumoured-ly)
Gone sky diving
Visited Ireland
Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love (That’s just me)
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
Visited Japan
Milked a cow
Alphabetized your cds
Pretended to be a superhero
Sung karaoke
Lounged around in bed all day (Every other Sunday)
Posed nude in front of strangers
Gone scuba diving
Kissed in the rain (Goa, was it the rain or the waves… there was lotsa water in my mouth)
Played in the mud
Played in the rain
Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites
Taken a martial arts class
Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
Gotten married
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Gotten divorced
Gone without food for 5 days (3 days)
Made cookies from scratch (From ladybird’s My First Cookbook with Dad)
Won first prize in a costume contest
Ridden a gondola in Venice.
Gotten a tattoo
Rafted the Snake River
Been on television news programs as an "expert"
Got flowers for no reason (8 carnations at Hard Rock – just like that)
Performed on stage
Been to Las Vegas
Recorded music (For some annual day crap )
Eaten shark
Gone to Thailand
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Buried one of your parents
Been on a cruise ship
Spoken more than one language fluently
Performed in Rocky Horror
Moving out from Delhi after business school was phenomenal in many respects, but I have'nt been able to create a similar microcosm of good friends. I do meet people and many more than I met in Delhi thanks to C - but they get lost somewhere between my market research visits, Mumbai traffic, out of town in-laws arriving, alternate weekend flybacks & the monsoon OR are they lost because I really don't care...
Done in bold
Bought everyone in the bar a drink Swam with wild dolphins
Climbed a mountain (You mean those school trekking peaks right?)
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid Held a tarantula
Taken a candlelit bath with someone
Said 'I love you' and meant it (A bit too often actually)
Hugged a tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris (Though I need to go again)
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (Get to business school & you’ll know what I mean)
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game. (Straight after Class 12 – the India-Pak game at Mohali)
Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
Grown and eaten your own vegetables
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars (Many times in Bikaner when my Dad was posted there)
Changed a baby's diaper (For Mehtaab when his Mom was hospitalized for a month)
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower (With my grandfather)
Gotten drunk on champagne (Oh yea… plenty at my graduation ceremony at LSE with my aunt & granny)
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (One of those school sky watch thingies which were really the most affordable date options around then)
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (In RDG’s cabin in last year at VVS when Pranay began cycling)
Had a food fight (Just last Saturday)
Bet on a winning horse
Asked out a stranger
Had a snowball fight (In Mukteshwar…)
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Seen a total eclipse
Ridden a roller coaster
Hit a home run (Softball counts?)
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
Adopted an accent for an entire day
Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
Had two hard drives for your computer
Taken care of someone who was drunk (Enough chances)
Had amazing friends
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign
Backpacked in Europe
Taken a road-trip
Gone rock climbing
Midnight walk on the beach (Really and rumoured-ly)
Gone sky diving
Visited Ireland
Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love (That’s just me)
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
Visited Japan
Milked a cow
Alphabetized your cds
Pretended to be a superhero
Sung karaoke
Lounged around in bed all day (Every other Sunday)
Posed nude in front of strangers
Gone scuba diving
Kissed in the rain (Goa, was it the rain or the waves… there was lotsa water in my mouth)
Played in the mud
Played in the rain
Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites
Taken a martial arts class
Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
Gotten married
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Gotten divorced
Gone without food for 5 days (3 days)
Made cookies from scratch (From ladybird’s My First Cookbook with Dad)
Won first prize in a costume contest
Ridden a gondola in Venice.
Gotten a tattoo
Rafted the Snake River
Been on television news programs as an "expert"
Got flowers for no reason (8 carnations at Hard Rock – just like that)
Performed on stage
Been to Las Vegas
Recorded music (For some annual day crap )
Eaten shark
Gone to Thailand
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Buried one of your parents
Been on a cruise ship
Spoken more than one language fluently
Performed in Rocky Horror
Monday, June 04, 2007
Mind the 3 mm gap
Sitting in watching Doogie-Howser and stuffing myself with gelato - I was pretty sure that all the doc. would say is watch your posture, do some exercises. Posture change and exercise done - all would be good. Dancing on saturday, rafting on 16th and driving classes daily.
Then the reports came - dessication of discs? loss of lordosis? left neural foramen? thecal sac?. Hours of googling later, terrified and hopeful the visits began.
It turns out posture change and exercise done - dancing by next month, rafting after the monsoons and driving classes after 2 weeks are all workable.
There are only three times in my life I have been so terrified.
Once when I was at Rockland and saw my grand-dad after his diagnosis
A few months later when I was at Max and met dad after his stroke
Now when I was at the clinic and had the MRIs against the lit screen
Can't help but feel that I am so underprepared for 'real' life... flap at the mention...
Comforted that there's a guardian angel watching...
Then the reports came - dessication of discs? loss of lordosis? left neural foramen? thecal sac?. Hours of googling later, terrified and hopeful the visits began.
It turns out posture change and exercise done - dancing by next month, rafting after the monsoons and driving classes after 2 weeks are all workable.
There are only three times in my life I have been so terrified.
Once when I was at Rockland and saw my grand-dad after his diagnosis
A few months later when I was at Max and met dad after his stroke
Now when I was at the clinic and had the MRIs against the lit screen
Can't help but feel that I am so underprepared for 'real' life... flap at the mention...
Comforted that there's a guardian angel watching...
Monday, May 21, 2007
Murphy's favourite
Never on a sunday (in May)
8:00 AM - Wake up and get ready for a wedding
9:00 AM - Late for breakfast, skip it.
9:15 AM - Re-do hair as Mom doesn't like it
9:30 AM - Re-do hair as Grandmom doesn't like it
10:15 AM - Noida, Sector 37 gurudwara gate waiting for baraat. Temperature nears 42 degrees.
10:50 AM - Baraat stops dancing, band stops playing. Hot, sweaty people hug each other welcome.
11:10 AM - Eveyone assembles in Gurudwara, enjoys the cool air conditioned draft.
11:11 AM - Power cut
12 NOON - Congratulations! Beta, ab tumhara number next
1:00 PM - Successfully move all baraati's to lunch venue
1:01 PM - Queue up for the margharita
2:00 PM - Endless margharita's and bloody mary's distributed to all aunts. Finally my own one
2:15 PM - Still unable to taste the tequila
2:16 PM - Grab a table
2:25 PM - Head for lunch
2:30 PM - Give up and decide that lunch at 3 PM is a better idea
2:31 PM - Table is gone
3:30 PM - Start goodbyes
3:45 PM - Start goodbyes - Part 2
4:15 PM - Walk out
5:00 PM - Reach home
5:15 PM - When will we get to see your wedding?
5:20 PM - You remember the Uncle and Aunty who came for your 3rd birthday party when we were in... their sister lives in Manchester and her husband's nephew works in London.
5:30 PM - Your shelf life is reducing, you have 2 white hair now.
5:45 PM - Ek coffee mein tumhara kya jayega
6:00 PM - Leave for airport for a 7:40 PM Jet
6:25 PM - 2 mins from airport
6:26 PM - Decide to try for 7:15 PM King F
6:28 PM - Amex emergency confirms availability, cannot book
6:35 PM - Walk to King F counter, cancel Jet to get refund (Refund only if 1 hour before)
6:37 PM - King F systems closed 2 mins. back
6:38 PM - Jet puts you on hold
6:40 PM - Jet systems closed
6:41 PM - Near tears
6:45 PM - Start walking to other Terminal
7:00 PM - Purchase 8:30 Jet
7:10 PM - Jet Lounge
7:20 PM - Pick up food tray
7:22 PM - That is not the complimentary counter Ma'am
7:30 PM - Munch on cold pasta
8:00 PM - Go for security check
9:15 PM - Board flight
9:45 PM - Flight takes off
11:45 PM - Flight lands
12:00 AM - Meet C
12:15 AM - Amoretto hot chocolate and blueberry muffin
12:20 AM - Maybe I'm not Murphy's favourite
12:35 AM - Giggles and gossips continue
12:45 AM - Staff want us out
1:00 AM - Back to the guesthouse
1:15 AM - Today's Monday already!
8:00 AM - Wake up and get ready for a wedding
9:00 AM - Late for breakfast, skip it.
9:15 AM - Re-do hair as Mom doesn't like it
9:30 AM - Re-do hair as Grandmom doesn't like it
10:15 AM - Noida, Sector 37 gurudwara gate waiting for baraat. Temperature nears 42 degrees.
10:50 AM - Baraat stops dancing, band stops playing. Hot, sweaty people hug each other welcome.
11:10 AM - Eveyone assembles in Gurudwara, enjoys the cool air conditioned draft.
11:11 AM - Power cut
12 NOON - Congratulations! Beta, ab tumhara number next
1:00 PM - Successfully move all baraati's to lunch venue
1:01 PM - Queue up for the margharita
2:00 PM - Endless margharita's and bloody mary's distributed to all aunts. Finally my own one
2:15 PM - Still unable to taste the tequila
2:16 PM - Grab a table
2:25 PM - Head for lunch
2:30 PM - Give up and decide that lunch at 3 PM is a better idea
2:31 PM - Table is gone
3:30 PM - Start goodbyes
3:45 PM - Start goodbyes - Part 2
4:15 PM - Walk out
5:00 PM - Reach home
5:15 PM - When will we get to see your wedding?
5:20 PM - You remember the Uncle and Aunty who came for your 3rd birthday party when we were in... their sister lives in Manchester and her husband's nephew works in London.
5:30 PM - Your shelf life is reducing, you have 2 white hair now.
5:45 PM - Ek coffee mein tumhara kya jayega
6:00 PM - Leave for airport for a 7:40 PM Jet
6:25 PM - 2 mins from airport
6:26 PM - Decide to try for 7:15 PM King F
6:28 PM - Amex emergency confirms availability, cannot book
6:35 PM - Walk to King F counter, cancel Jet to get refund (Refund only if 1 hour before)
6:37 PM - King F systems closed 2 mins. back
6:38 PM - Jet puts you on hold
6:40 PM - Jet systems closed
6:41 PM - Near tears
6:45 PM - Start walking to other Terminal
7:00 PM - Purchase 8:30 Jet
7:10 PM - Jet Lounge
7:20 PM - Pick up food tray
7:22 PM - That is not the complimentary counter Ma'am
7:30 PM - Munch on cold pasta
8:00 PM - Go for security check
9:15 PM - Board flight
9:45 PM - Flight takes off
11:45 PM - Flight lands
12:00 AM - Meet C
12:15 AM - Amoretto hot chocolate and blueberry muffin
12:20 AM - Maybe I'm not Murphy's favourite
12:35 AM - Giggles and gossips continue
12:45 AM - Staff want us out
1:00 AM - Back to the guesthouse
1:15 AM - Today's Monday already!
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