the answer to my unasked prayer.

the answer to my unasked prayer

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INDIA

traffic churned through the streets with wondrous and mysterious efficiency- a ballistic dance of buses, trucks, bicycles, cars, ox-carts, scooters and people.

those words are in the book im reading now, Shantaram. and a true story it is too.

thinking about India and all that I have to write (type) would most probably reduce this post to a long,nonsense ramble. so I think I'm gonna have to split it up and insert some stuff from the last trip as well. hmmm, and yes, of course there will be pictures =)

so last trip was basically last year, in the height of summer (and I mean like the peak!) which means it was sweltering hot. but having our Ishnaans were lovely to get out of the heat ;P
this year was winter (but it wasnt that cold yet, it was only December). this time around was better in some ways, and different in many ways.

lets start from the start. i got home, did shopping and off we were on the 10th of Dec 2010, 9am?flite. as I was super excited to go we were all smiles all the way. we landed sometime around noon, local time. we emerged into the new terminal built for the Commonwealth held earlier there (in October).This terminal 3 was awesome, with paintings, sculptures, carpeting and even cool loos!;P

the bharatnatyam gestures hot guy and girl not included :P

then we got into the best ever Delhi taxi ;) and got into an hour-or-so long hunt for the hotel..hahaaa..

and immediately upon settling in, who should greet us but Big B himself on tv(love their cable!).
that night, mom,dad, Perv and me went to Gurdwara Sahib Karol Bagh (the hotel was extremely close by) and yes, we totally laughed thinking that there is a serial on karol bagh.hahah!

the next day we took the train to AMRITSAR, but not before going again to G.Bangla Sahib and G.Sis Ganj Sahib, after which we dropped by at Haldiram's (obviously!)

ok seriously there was a wedding going on a few hotels away (check out the REAL horse)

the mad mad place called Chandni Chowk :) (view frm Sis ganj Sahib)

Place of Martrydom Guru tegh Bahadur Sahib Jee


yehaha

As it was a last minute booking, we got 3rd class seats. now, we were pretty skeptical (although I was kinda excited thinking it would be adventurous)- but amazingly, those seats on Shan-e-Punjab were allright and we had a great time (yes, for the whole 8 plus hours). the last trip had us on 2nd Class AC- Shatabdi Express, and eventhough that was cool, this was fun :) the endless stream of chai wallahs, snacks and cold drink guys, magazines, trinkets, food, and even paper soap kept us well entertained. not to forget the-um, transvestites in sarees, sweeper folk and people who for some strange reason, crash the coaches and STAND although they have tickets (I suppose for open seating). since the windows opened, endless gusts of wind swept my face and got my hair,looking as it always does-:Lion kIng-esque.

the moment we got there, bags were left in the room, and we headed to HARMANDIR SAHIB at promptly: midnight :)


the most beautiful of times to go down the marble steps towards the Oasis of LOVE that Darbar Sahib is, we rested our foreheads on the cold marble and walked around the parkarma. Now, as we arrived at NRI nivas, there was a guy (I guess everyone knows about him, he's rough around the edges, as are most Indians, but he was ok after that) who made us kinda sad with his attitude. NOw, as we walked in the cold midnight air, smiling at the fact that we were there and a little frown of sadness, a Bhai Saab at the Shabils for Jal smiled a dazzling smile at us, and invited us for water.
That was what we had needed. Our hearts positively swelled with gratitude and we knew, Guru RamDas Jee had welcomed us.
.....................to be continued.

i may not say it..

but i say it all the time..
this post goes out to as usual..the people who are always there for me (willing or unwillingly).
so like always, it was some big crisis (for me) and in the super melodramatic-ness that's me, i was pretty freaking out.
enter:
Dr.Marinah
Dr.Kerol
Dr.Jam
Mom
Thuls
Gurps
jadoo di jhaphis to them :)

INDIA WINTER 2010

as soon as pre-viva was over, I was like 'vacation,in the S-U-M-M-E-R-T-I-M-E!!!hahahhaa..
a) it wasnt even summer,if we actually had seasons. it would be winter-ish (anyway it was rainy)
b)it was more of pilgrimage-cum-vacation, but still
c)i still had labwork
but Guru RamDas is always there for us, as shown by the results of my 5th sem :)
and so it was India, me and the camera (oh and mom dad p and s);P
will write and post more on that later.ciao!goodnite and lots of Love.

FORENSICS!:D

i know I just said like 5 seconds ago that the bed is calling me, but this is big news!!!
on the 4th of jan 2011 I finaallyyy went for the FIRST EVER FORENSIC lecture!!
after waiting 5 whole semesters, anticipating every sem,it was seriously,like heaven.
seriously. i tried really hard not to grin like a foolish person in love(haha!!)and instead kept a nonchalant look (wonder if it worked) while Dr M went through the intro and to the first portion of things. *sigh*it was awesome, as I said to anyone who would listen that day, and mom positively laughed hearing me fawn over the phone. yea well.
anyhoo,i better end this session of the rambling and start the last planned post before hitting the sack(lab in the a.m.)
weehooo FORENSICS!!

yea,i knw its been a month!

deuter bag :) yeeha!

a whole month!
and so, i begin with a humble and simple entry about a day that some people completely ignore, some spend a lot of money on and some, are differential towards.
the day i was born.
haha!
my birthday weirdly, has never(as far as I remember) been away from home and family. even when we came away to uni, it always happened to be in the sem break.
so this time, thanks to pre-viva and exams, i was Stuck.
at first dr sukeri, the coordinator announced my bday as the presentation day, bt then it was the next day's batch that my name was in.
hence, the day was spent with me glued to my lappy; looking at the slides and preparing for the attacks(as I'd heard some horror stories; what with Thuls getting shot on pH meter usage and whatnot).
suren, bro kumar and manes were the heroes i suppose.
suren said to me earlier in the day that we'd go for dinner. it was just gonna be the 4 of us, since dunno what happened to the others that remained (school had let out about a week before).
after dinner, they drove to the beach and had a small,cute and totally touching little celebration for me. thanks guys, ur the best. and so that was my bday. suren and anne gave me CHOCOLATE!heheheheh which no-duh, was awesome esp since it was like coooold.
then i come home and get the best presents ever.
mom gave me a trip to INDIA and brand-spanking-new Levi's. -the skinny new range that was out.
Gurpreet gave me an awesome Deuter backpack which according to his wise-guy-knowledge is like hotstuff. haha!(no those are my own words :P)
my dear Goopi sent me a suit that she had gotten frm India (which i consider my bday present)
and everyone else gave me love,support,encouragement and a whole lot of texts and FB posts :)
so I'll post the pictures tomorrow,mr.Beddy is beckoning already, outstretching the mess of pink comforter, blannkie and pillows to invite me :D
as always, Love from me,stay safe and God bless.

alrighty, last nite i tossed like a salad anyway and couldnt drift off.hmm.

so continuing the story, it was Thulasi's bday and as usual we had the cake cutting at midnite and then spending some time together.

the big catch was that just a few minutes after i casually commented to Suren that my bday was probly the most tragic one, there was a second cake with my name on it. they'd made us both signed t shirts and i had a lovely gift from janet, dar, gayu and kisha. pink bangles!haha..so..i guess lucky to be part of this heart of gold Ulekule (the name of our pack which i think literally means the inside or act of it). love u guyss lots.

so that's about it for this post, i gotta go eat my corn on the cob and chill out for a bit. LOve and hugs!