Ever heard of Goan Trance??

It's gonna be Goa for New Years!!!!!!

Here's to all the Friendship, Tears, Laughs, Fulfilled Hearts, Torn Ligaments (that's you Kiran!), Parties, Throwing-up after Parties, Sobering-up after Parties, Soul-searching, NEW JOBS!, New experiences, and Undiscovered emotions that we all felt in 2005.

For more experiences (good and/or bad) to come!

Here's to a Smashing 2006 everyone =)

Bouncy

It has been a very bouncy week. Bouncing up and down from 4th floor of the office to the 3rd floor to the 4th floor again. I've been nick-named Bouncy, but I still prefer being called "Baby" by Dasha and the rest =p

It has also been a very bouncy year. So much has happened, and usually people tend to say 'the year has gone by so fast' at around this time of the year. For me, it hasn't. It's been a crazy-ass-looonnggg year. Too long. So much has happened, TOO much has happened.

But I think I learned a LOT about myself this year.

And My learnings are:
1. I've learnt how to smile for pictures, keeping my eyes OPEN (Thanx Winnie for the lessons).
2. I've learnt how to ask for Dosa or Strudel from a German: 'Hast du Dosa?'/ 'Hast du Strudel?'
3. I've learnt that a smile reeeeeeeaaaallly goes a long way in our interactions with people, particularly to people you've only just met.
4. I've learnt to use the daggiest toilets (moving or non-moving!) in the world, and to come out of them alive and not dead with disgust.
5. I've learnt to be patient..well, almost.
6. I've learnt that friends do NOT come and go. The real true ones stay forever, and whenever you meet them, whether after a weekend away or a year away, the connections will still remain.
7. I realized that sometimes, all it takes, is "just a little bit more effort..that little bit makes the difference".
8. Line of the Year: "This too shall pass"....I've learnt a lot about TIME.
9. I've realized that I'm putting on some weight..again...Bouncy Yam-Baby
10. I'm learning to come to terms with my 'expected' self, my life-plans, and ME. Still learning how to.

..Okay, NOW, after all these reflections, I can't believe that's it's gonna be 2006.

Oh well, whatever, another year =p Have a great weekend =)

Head NORTH..to the land of BUTTER CHICKEN

Chicken Tikka Masala, affectionately known as 'Butter Chicken', served with hot Pudina Parathas from Colonel Kebabs @ Mahima's residential apartments.
That's all I remember of my trip to North India last week. Butter chicken, butter chicken, butter chicken.

So two Fridays ago, we boarded the Karnataka 'Express' to Delhi. 46..FORTY-SIX..hrs later, we reached Delhi.

And now for the Best, or at least 'Interesting', experiences,...in random order naturally:
1. The train journey to and from Delhi (88hrs in total),
2. The Taj (Mahal), The 'Baby' Taj and the revulsion that came along with it (talk to me for more details),
3. MAHIMA!!!,
4. Sleeping in Mahima's cold cold room with 5layers over me,
5. Butter Chicken and Sheekh Kebab, Dahi Papdi Chat, PANEER (cottage cheese-absolute heaven!),
6. 'Smoking' Phantom Sweet Cigarettes @ 11pm in Jaipur, aaaaahhh childhood memories!
7. Humayun's Tomb @ Delhi (which I liked more than the Taj even),
8. Waking up at 6.30am when the bus was to leave at 6.30am to Jaipur and having Mahima's parents race-drive us to the bus,
9. Having some plain-weird, funny, and kind guides take us through Jaipur, the Taj and Agra, 10. Spending quality time with great girlfriends like Mahima and Joanna,
11. Getting frightened out of my wits by Hijras aka eunuchs on the train to Delhi, they're freaky in sarees!!!
12. SHOOOOPPPPPIINNNGGGGGGGGGGG @ Janpath, Jaipur, Sarojininagar, Agra, Sarojinagar (only)
13. Driving on Delhi's 'verrrrryyyy-nice' big un-pock-marked roads and feeling like I'm in a city finally, not a small-town-joint like B'lore =p
14. Waiting on the steps of India's largest mosque Jama Masjid for 45mins and experiencing so many feelings upon entering finally.
15. Watching kids climb over a HUGE fence to play cricket at the park next to Jama Masjid
16. Running through a flock of pigeons at Jaipur's Amer Fort
17. Having the old Jaipuri shoe-man sell me those leather-chappals for Rs140 and not Rs150 b'cos I was a 'student' and patting me on the head like I was a kid again.
18. .......and Yes, the list goes on..Mahima's wonderful grandparents and her funnnyy family!
19. Listening to Mahima talk to and with her friend Divya, and making me laugh like crazy at 1am!
20. CHILLING =)



So that's almmosstt all we did..delhi's funnnnnnn

And when I went back to work on Monday, I actually forgot many many parts of my trip..as a result of the freakishly long train-ride back..i slept THAT much.

I'll blog next about the EGG-CURRY-CITING train journey.. heheheheee