Author: praveen

Today, Zubin and Girish had to finish off whatever they had left, since they will be flying off in the evening. We covered all that in the morning, to be back at home by around 1.30… and I was just lying down.. and off I went into a deep sleep.. only to get up around 4.30.. had a wash.. got fresh.

They are leaving.. drove them to Airport, where Ramesh and family was waiting for us. God.. Zubin, Rashmi and Girish were really on seventh heaven. They are going back home… Hmm.. maybe another 6 months wait for me before I fly back. I really am jealous!!! but nothing can be done…based on silly emotions.. can you. Well well.. they went and I took Ramesh and family and drove them to Royston. Had dinner there around 10.30, and took Ramesh’s excess luggage with me, as he has to send it by frieght to India. Since I had a car, I was just helping him out.. else he will have to carry the 30 kg bag all by himself all the way. Drove back in the night itself, and reached Zubin’s home.. Felt lonely. A japanese “erotic” movie was going on on channel 4. It was not really erotic.. it was really a “blue movie”. Went to sleep in the sofa itself.

The conversation was going in the midnight in between packing.. Zubin & Rashmi are the main characters..

Praveen: arre yaar, Rashmi, I miss her a lot. and the worse thing is that now I cannot even meet her.
Rashmi : dekh, there is nothing known as true love., its all compromise.. you just adjust..
Praveen: nahi yaar.. (protesting)
Zubin : Dekh, uska doosare kisi ke saath chakkar hai kya..??
Praveen: Mujhe nahin lagta.. lekin mujhe maloom bhi nahi hai
Rashmi : Lekin you never tell the details in full..
Praveen: I’m still a fool in these things..I dont know how to express this clearly
Zubin : acha.. mein experience se bolta hoom, sun, tu uske peeche pad.. koi ladki, jaldi haan nahi bolti hai… Mein bhi Rashmi ke peeche bahut pappad pele hain
Praveen: Lekin kaise yaar.. I know that I love her a lot and thats it.. time has flown by and still I like her. and I am sure she knows that too..lekin..
Zubin : Tu uska pata dhoond nikal aur usko flowers aur gift bhej, internet se tu yeh kar sakta hai..
Praveen: Galti kiya yaar.. Uska birthday abhi gaya.. Mein bhulakkad hi rahoonga, sudharoonga nahin. Mein gift bhej sakta tha.
Rashmi : tu uske saath vapas communcation chaloo kar. aur abhi valentine day aa raha hai.. tabhi usko gift kuch bhej..
Praveen: haan yaar.. kuch karna padega.. nahin to devdaas banna padega..(smiling sheepishly)
Zubin : Aur jyaada iske baare mein soch mat. dimag ka dahi ban jayega.. Experience se bolta hoon
Praveen: hmmm..(agreeing.. still smiling sheepishly)

Zubin, Rashmi and Girish are leaving to India on a One month holiday. Where else to drop in than their place, during the weekend. Ramesh had also come in with his family.. He too will be leaving to India soon., just after another week and half.

It was packing, packing and timepass all through the evening.. eeeaaarrggghhh!!! This homesickness.. mmm.. I will also go whenever I get the chance. At the moment for me, its learning and more learning. In the evening we drove to temple. Temple dosent help me these days.. they just have become another buliding structure for me.(or am i expecting too much??!!)..

I grade temple, by the amount of peace that I get as soon as I enter it. The temple at mookambika was one, and then Tryambakeshwar Shiva temple was another which I remeber distinctively. These temples., by thier presence alone gave real peace, when I entered those. The temple at Southall, dosent give any of that sense.

God’s drama is mysterious.. the more I figure out the way the world works, the more he outwits me. But I still am in the pursuit.

Well, coming back after digression, we came back from temple for more packing and this went on till nearly 2 in the morning, when I must have slept. It was wonderful to find myself under a quilt in the morning when I woke up(brr.. its still cold out here). I was sleeping on a sofa the previous night, and no quilt on. Mostly the quilt must have come from Zubin. He’s really wonderful person.

Work.. work.. and more work!!! and I am doing it, with a mind really down. I need a break.. I am feeling more and more homesick now. I miss my mom’s hug. I miss everyone.. Sometimes you just feel helpless, when you are far away from home, and you want to meet everyone. You dread to speak to them even over phone directly, lest it may aggreviate the homesickness.

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Well, Well, I was a bit down last two-three days. I was just in a contemplative mood yesterday, and was thinking about myself.. the journey so far. all the picture is hazy and I need more time, to reflect. Knowingly or unknowingly my mind is churning for the last two three days. I wonder If I am the only person to have that going!!! If any one will be feeling the same way.. Maybe I am unique in that sense.

Moreover recurring thoughts come about one person!!! I wonder is this called obsession? Whenever I have the thoughts I really feel incomplete.. Now-a-days, whenever I get a bit out of sorts.. I take my car out for a drive.. and the longer the drive better. Earlier it was swimming.. atleast it helped me keep in shape.. After buying the car, I am totally out of shape.. physically as well as monetarily..

I need more time to ponder things.. Time!! I need time!!

Work., and more work. Put my webpage live as it it.. has a lot of work yet to do on that.. somethings better than nothing.

“Search for perfection showed me that, the defenition of perfection is mediocre”

And this year.. a major restructuring program is going on.. hee hee.. and will appear on journal soon…

Yes.. the webpage.. the link is here., but let me tell you, the work is still going on.. but you can have a look at me and my photos!!

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and I was.. ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz. (most of the day!!)

As usual on a weekend, we all got up late and were ready by around 3pm for our new year bash.. There was no plans(Rashmi knew if we sat for planning, nothing will workout), We got into the car and then started deciding where to go.. Finally, decided to go to Feltham to the movie “Unbreakable”, by M.Night Shyamalan, and then from there to a Southindian restaurant at Southall and then on the Central London for the midnight bash.

The movie was not good.. Not upto the standard of “The Sixth Sense”. this was really off track and boring in between also. Not advisable to see.. but if you havent seen the Sixth Sense.. let me tell you.. go for that movie.. Its brilliant.

Then on the way back we went to the “shivshakti restaurant”, which had a typical udupi restaurant abience, back home and enjoyed our dinner for nearly one and half hours. Then it was off to London, We were there by 11.00 at night, parked the car and joined the crowd at Big Ben. there were people on the London eye, taking photographs and when the clock struck 12 there was a lot of cheer going on.. needless to say, we took many photos. In short, the newyear eve went wonderful. On the way back, we(Rashmi, Sunita, Girish, Zubin and yours humbly) pulled down the side windwos and were wishing each and everyone “Happy New Year”, while we were driving back home through the heavy traffic roads of Central London. We got back home by around three, only to sit discussing the New year resolutions which each should have.. before we got the sleep at around six-seven in the morning.

Wish you all a very Happy New year!!!

I sometimes wonder, if I am excluding the the wonderful thoughts I have, from my journal. It seems that I am only recording my physical existance on the journal, and am keeping with myslef all the thoughts which I have, which I feel are wonderful.. What the heck??!! Well I will continue like this till I feel like writing them..

Today, though it was saturday, I had to drive to a client site for thier month and year end, so was on the roads early in the morning to Andover.. The drive was really good.. I was driving through black Motorway (M3) and on bothsides all the fields were covered with snow.. it was snow everywhere and everything as realtively black and white. Had a lot of problems with the work, sorted them out., but has to wait till tuesday to see whether everything has gone correctly. On the way back picked up Sunita from Woking and after dinner had a good sleep, waiting for the 31st..