A LONG TR@VELL!NG M0NTH !!!!

Well ya..I know that I am writing after a long long time….but its okie….Had a busy schedule..travelling to places…and as always office work load…

But today…its unlike as always J I have not much work to do..hey wait a minute..will not elaborate on this as to why..because my past experience says…tht Dare if I say I have not much work… n work finds my desk….so after a long week of 3 presentations by our team..which was by the way….up to the mark….this Friday we have a right to be F ahem ahem…I am not writing that Word…Which starts with F …a four letter word….hmmmmmm…don’t think craap..okie…but its end with E…. :)
The time I posted the last one…a lot of things have changed…..now don’t even know how to give a brief about all that ( see I am learning the tricks of the trade…this word is so so very often used at my workplace that it has now found its place in my normal conversation as well)

Let me begin with things I remember the most….after the filed training…there was another training…at All India Level..called DIVA from 31st Aug to 6th Sep…a lavish stay at a 5 star…Retreat for a week..with colleagues from Delhi and Bangalore…with pool of which we never measured the depth…a beach that was stinking and I didn’t dare to go…
But ya, there were assignments….SALSA ( jes four steps though ), and a Gala Dinner…the fun part….Wow…how much I ate in that one week….gosh….to start with..a soup, some salad then starters….( which was most of the time papri chaat ) then the main course, then desserts ( cheese cakes, muffins, fruit creams, sweets etc etc..) n then mouth freshner….so you see a wholesome meal…in proper order with fork n knife…so…that was something !!!!
After comin from them, I was not able to digest even the light home made food…so was down wid a stomach ache…kisne kaha tha bhar bhar ke khane ko, jaise kabhi mila na ho…bt its okie….it happens…

Then I went to Tirupati…wid by dear ones :) and that was my best trip ever…it was a package tour, and the darshan was Awesome…you feel so peaceful and calm as soon as you enter the temple premises…there was a long queue, but its worth waiting, that too with your close ones around and the most powerful “Govinda” calling you. There was loud chanting of the name Govinda Govinda, n my friends (ahem ahem- they’ll get the message) joined the crowd!!!! The temple is Huge, well maintained and gosh well managed, so much so, that in spite of a crowd of more than 8 to 10 thousand people, there is no stampede, no partiality in giving prasad and everyone will atleast get a glimpse of “ God Tirupati” at least for 7-10 secs. Not to forget, the guide was really helpful and patient…I found him cute enough to be caring for all of us, in spite of the language barrier. (Gujarati’s, Northi’s n Southi’s all were there to make it difficult- remember it was a package)


The bus trip, the stay, the food all was good…and above all the feeling was inexplicable….the breeze was so pure and chilling when the weather was full of moisture, there was a serene feeling at Tirumala…the curves of the road, the vastness of the place could make you feel so minuscule in front of the Mother nature.

Then it was another ‘Wave episode’ at Pondicherry….yes my next destination where Mother Nature was at her best…. We went to three beaches…n the waves were beautiful…they were listening to me when I challenged them to go high….so much so that when I took a chance to go near them they took me along…thank God I was holding my friend….so the moral of the story is…don’t try to act smart…and challenge the powerful!!!!!

Those four days were most memorable days of my life…I ate lot of Dosa’s and Idli’s but I liked them. We thought Booze at Pondicherry will be just a phone call away…but the ones who wanted to be tipsy, didn’t even got a drop of it ( ha ha ha ha ) coz when there is availability there is time constraint…..I mean after 11 p.m you cannot get booze…and before 11 the next morning again u cant get it ( and so we ended up having nothing- a booze so cheap, so rare, was now not there)

After this wonderful wonderful trip…I came back to Mumbai meri jaan…n was welcomed by loads n loads of work, bad health, and a work trip to Delhi, having 103 degree temperature, acute throat infection n was on liquid or a whole week…WOW…what an end to the trip sessions, and sad beginning of my Bday week.
This week I was improving but the state was still sad…better than worse but still bad. Didn’t go to any place for dinner, neither took my friends out, and weeks passed, I improved but the work pressure pulled me In…..so till date my friends curse me for not treating them…uff…aur karcha, mumbai eats a lot of money yaar!!!!!!

So this was an eventful Bday month for me, I got lots of gifts so I can spare that illness week :)
Chalo there are lot of breaks happening in between, office is a place of work breaks, u break n everything else breaks….told you I am Free, but then came some work, n my insightful writing got interrupted, jealous people, they know I am Good…Anyways, self appraise is not that great always…
Everytime I start writing I feel I should keep posting frequently, but here I go again…yeh kuch dino ka bukhar hota hai bus :) hope to maintain a normal temperature…I know a bad one, but its okie..