This is about our being a part of this year’s republic day parade…an experience I’ll relish for a long time…what experience….well…read on….the title is not aligned with the theme though…like most bollywood movies
We reached with a little difficulty… …we din know head or tail on how to reach…no google maps....no gps… and if that wasn’t enuf our overconfident autodriver took us straight to president’s estate… :P
As soon as we entered our block on Raj path, everybody got busy with cleaning their respective chairs. The ceremony started on time with the arrival of the president at 9:57AM. Fortunately/unfortunately I was sitting beside Tyagi J who did exhibit why his dream company was/is/will be Lockheed Martin…we had discussions ranging from the 21 gun salute to which regiment’s band was better to which regiment had better uniforms to watching on TV vs being a part of this to discussing the state jhakis (I still feel THAT rowing looked natural :P) to the motorcycle stunts to fly past! We had good enuf info on anything n everything…not more than what we cud (or at least I cud) retain…at the end of it, I was…hungry…thirsty…felt chilly but was super duper delighted…
When I returned, I did not have the keys of our flat and my cell was in…I wanted to call up n shout out my experience…to let know there was no LeT attack…to reply some missed calls which might have been…to check mails…(not that anything important happens every single minute of my life)instead I thot…wasn’t the day beautiful more bcoz none of us had our idiot boxes n cells with us…we talked…discussed…enjoyed …as silly a thing as eating papad n getting lost…super experience which I was talking about earlier here!
Somehow when I see oldies around me…ranging from cynics to some who feel contented to those which crib to some who’ve excelled…to some who travel extensively for fun…to some who lead by example…to some who gossip…..to some who’re highly respected….I try portraying exactly what kind of life I wanna have which will culminate into some of these which I may admire…I don have an answer obviously…I plan long term only for interviews else looking even beyond a horizon of 6 months is out of my capability…but one thing I do crave for…to not let the ecstasy of these small things in life to wither away ever...to feel surprised over surprises…to feel happy over goodies & free gifts…to cherish unplanned happenings no matter how much they screw me…to click photos for social n/w sites only…to see new releases back-2-back…to sit on the beach side n be able to discover a new sound of the waves every single time! Hope that’s not too much to ask for!
i "super-duperlike" the thoughts and enjoyed !!!
ReplyDelete:) Lovely Puja!! First time visit to your blog, had no idea you write. I miss you. Feel happy however to think that the time we lived together was full of such small things in life which are now such happy memories. The esctasy of our impromtu visits to Juhu Beach, Andheri West Mac D's, the samosas, rasgollas and 'Anarkali' at the sweet shop in Shere-e-Punjab, the shopping trip to Thane when that uncle scolded us and refused to believe we were working and thought we are runaways from some high school..the esctasy of all these incidents has definitely not withered away :)
ReplyDeleteThanks suman...:)
ReplyDeleteMiss u loads anjana...It is those happy memories only dear which make me feel that mumbai is good,now that I'll be returning to the city!though L&T was such a small part of our lives, the fun was such an integral part...also the matheran trip with amit n company...that gujju aunty's awesome dinner...and of course...I'll tell that thane story to my children for sure :P I get several replicas of that story every now n then even today...with now me being married n not much change in any other harkate n kiddish looks ;)
It's about your last para...Isn't it just like we enjoy our unplanned leaves from office more then the planned ones...because of the surprise element associated with it.
ReplyDeleteI jst saw your profile on linkedin and visited your blog first time..