The Words with Wings

 Let's see where we end up with this question by the end of this blog.  Talking about my life lately... Got tired of drama with my friends, so decided to take a break and give myself some space. Started dating (again) and that's not as bad either - I almost forgot what it feels like to go on dates where the other person is actually your friend and doesn't end up asking what my food choices are. Work has been okayish in the sense that every day, I say "I'll conquer the world as soon as I work on my resume and start applying for a job switch" before going to bed. I started living in a 1RK (that's basically a room with a mini kitchen) and god knows where all those ants are coming from in my room. Ohh yeah, and I've been getting ill a lot lately and some people would say that the weather change is the reason for my throat infection. To them, I say it's that healthy and fresh orange juice that I drank last week (I always knew healthy food items don'...

I've lived within a 30 km radius of the India Gate all my life but it was only recently that I finally got to see it. Now, open up your imagination and come on this journey with me! It all started when one of my office friends visited me in Gurgaon. Oh! And he had a scooty (trust me, that scooty is the star of this story). So, we sat and talked and soon, realized that the weather was nice outside, so we thought of going on a quick 5-minute scooty ride. We met after dinner, so had no intention of eating something. Now, we started and the cold air felt good on our faces, so we decided to extend this quick ride. I'm not sure what we were thinking at that moment but we decided to go and touch the Delhi airport and come back. This was about 30 minutes away from my place - felt doable and here starts the adventure. While on the highway, we started seeing some signboards with directions to the India Gate on them. We ignored it for a while but within the next 5 minutes, I was like ...

There's an electricity outage at my PG, so my mind wandered into daydreaming which made me look back on the past year and the numerous new experiences I had all these months. I'm grateful for all these new experiences, even the bad ones because they made me come closer to the people I have in my life. Let's start with the good experiences first. I think I'd like to make a list for this one and I'll try to keep this one in chronological order: Rode an ATV in Jaisalmer I went to my first open mic (I tanked it but it felt amazing to talk out one of my previous blogs on stage) Attended a food fest (it was such a crazy experience and the irony is that we had to visit a restaurant post the food fest since we were super hungry when we left the fest) Earned my Bachelor's degree Had my first girls' trip to Goa Lived at a hostel on vacation for the first time on that trip Shifted near my office and met my tribe of girls. These people made me realize the importance of ...

"Eventful" seems like a small word to describe the crazy February I had. This month involved moving out of my home and shifting to a different city, dancing on stage and wearing a lehenga after years, going on dates, meeting old friends, and even that's not all. Let me go through all the events chronologically. My office is in Gurgaon and I'd been traveling to the office since last year but lately, I'd started getting horribly car sick, so shifting near my office seemed the right way to go about it. So, shifted to Gurgaon at the start of this month. This was also the time that I started getting into the dating world again (Didn't really work out but I felt ready to finally start dating again). Soon after shifting, it was my best friend's parent's silver jubilee function, where the dress code was traditional Indian outfits and we also had a dance performance planned. The only thing about that was... I hadn't done both of those things in the last 12 ...

I met a couple of my school friends after years today and the peace that came with this visit was unsurpassed. Just a couple of hours together made us realize we're at a place in life where we never anticipated being as school kids. All of us have grown into our unique selves but we still have certain traits that have remained constant over all these years. For instance, I still need to learn how to walk and not trip over imaginary things, one friend forgets about the world when she's around food, and the other one still thinks it's easier to derive formulas than to learn them. Once you enter a corporate setting, you become a more sophisticated person, even if it's not intentional. Maybe it's the environment or maybe it's the work but the folks at your office see a version of you. They might never get to see the "Innocent school you" or the "Wild college you". Eventually, even you start forgetting that part of yourself. But meeting those chil...

 I recently watched a movie named, "Serendipity", which means "Fortunate accidents". It made me realize how we come across so many fortunate accidents in our daily lives and don't really appreciate them enough. Just today, I was driving to my friend's place and something exciting happened. There were four traffic lights on my way there and as soon as I reached each of them, they turned from red to green, so I didn't really have to wait even once. It was such a small thing but it made me so happy. I told my mom about this when I returned and she said, "Now you can wait peacefully the next time you find a traffic light to be red, hoping that maybe the next one turns green as soon as you reach there." So, in a way, such little things help you stay hopeful and keeps you going. Every time you meet a person and feel like keeping them in your life, it is serendipitous because even if it is for a short period, that person reflects hope and happiness. I...

 So, it's been a while since I wrote anything. The same old excuse - "Been busy! Trust me." And even I don't know what else to say. The past few months have been no less than a roller coaster ride. Before last year, all of us had a specific task to do. We had the defined goal of studying  (and enjoying the childish pleasures of troubling our teachers and finishing all the food in our friends' tiffins even before the lunch break started) in school. Then, we started college and the ultimate goal at the end of those 4 years was again already laid out - yeah, to get a job! But now that we've started with that job, we no longer have any set rules to follow. Now, we can choose any road and become whoever we want. And I know that sounds amazing but it comes with its share of confusions. You just have too many choices! You can continue to do what you're doing. You can look for a better opportunity. Or you can even do something completely different and change your ...