Surreal
I arrived in BLR at 2am (IST) Sunday morning ... actually to be more specific, I got out of immigration/baggage claim at 2am. Got home, crashed after paddidling around. On Sunday morning, we had to go to the club to take care of stuff (urgh, 10am on a sunday morning? BRUTAL!) and then we rushed back coz friends were s'posed to come over. Of course, in true Bangalore fashion, no one showed up until 2pm! Bops and Pavi got here first, and later on Nish and Naina showed up ... we basically just ate biryani and flan and chilled :-) As usual we reminisced about our high-school days, got Gosh (Pavi's husband) up to speed with what maniacs we were, and to some extend contemplated our futures.
The evening summed it up - it was the Mahmood reception at the West End. What an awesome opportunity to meet everyone, at least I can say I saw them once on my whirlwind trip here. I got to meet the groom-to-be and get him ready for the week ahead ... muhahaha!
On a more contemplative note, I've been thinking. As I mentioned in my last post, I'm a little sick of my nomadic lifestyle and am so ready to settle down. I'm constantly asked whether I would ever move back to India. At first, my reaction was an emphatic - yes, as soon as I get an opportunity. But as I've grown, I have discovered where I want to focus my efforts and have identified (at least in theory) what state of mind/body/soul I would like to be at. The answer has changed slightly to a more contemplative ... inshaAllah, if there is an opportunity. This trip home is somewhat symbolic. It has been 5 years since I left Bangalore, and its amazing how much I have grown. I've begun to seriously wonder if I could come back home. It is home, and it will always be home ... but ... I dunno.
Maybe I'll hold off on this post ... after all, I have come for a happy occasion. But I will say this, everything is really surreal ... I know I've been saying that for a while, but more than PR and more than anything else in the past year ... I feel like I'm having a little bit of an out of body experience.
Anyhoo, switching gears completely -- its shaadi time! Lets make some tamashaa! Related pics, stories will be forthcoming ... :-)
The evening summed it up - it was the Mahmood reception at the West End. What an awesome opportunity to meet everyone, at least I can say I saw them once on my whirlwind trip here. I got to meet the groom-to-be and get him ready for the week ahead ... muhahaha!
On a more contemplative note, I've been thinking. As I mentioned in my last post, I'm a little sick of my nomadic lifestyle and am so ready to settle down. I'm constantly asked whether I would ever move back to India. At first, my reaction was an emphatic - yes, as soon as I get an opportunity. But as I've grown, I have discovered where I want to focus my efforts and have identified (at least in theory) what state of mind/body/soul I would like to be at. The answer has changed slightly to a more contemplative ... inshaAllah, if there is an opportunity. This trip home is somewhat symbolic. It has been 5 years since I left Bangalore, and its amazing how much I have grown. I've begun to seriously wonder if I could come back home. It is home, and it will always be home ... but ... I dunno.
Maybe I'll hold off on this post ... after all, I have come for a happy occasion. But I will say this, everything is really surreal ... I know I've been saying that for a while, but more than PR and more than anything else in the past year ... I feel like I'm having a little bit of an out of body experience.
Anyhoo, switching gears completely -- its shaadi time! Lets make some tamashaa! Related pics, stories will be forthcoming ... :-)
posted by zai5h at Sunday, September 03, 2006
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