Letting Go!!!

Its been a crazy journey at IIFT. and its almost coming to an end. The only thing remaining are exams, 2 vivas and a dissertation. And of course placements!! But this too will be over soon.. Its going to be tough to let go of everything. My first taste of living on my own and that too in a completely new city which was as different from Mumbai as it could possibly be. I have had the most amazing experience so far. Wonderful diversity of people who came from lirterally every corner of the country giving me great insights not only into their behaviours but also of me as a person. This included my adjusting and becoming a better person. I hate the fact that I will move away from a majority of these people who I have come to consider a second family away from home. Apart from that the media coordinator position was just such a blessing. I loved every moment of it whether it was interacting with the media, the PR agency or my lovely juniors. It has indeed been a great ride so far. And now once again there is some uncertainty but i am sure that things are going to end well. As I type this my best friend at IIFT sits on the bed next to mine laughing at an episode of Boston Legal. The girl's gang I was a part of is around doing their own thing. These people have been such excellent friends, support system and partners in crime, that i fail to remember when I formed so many strong bonds in such a short time in the past. It will indeed be a difficult task letting go of it all but i do hope that this is the end of only the physical proximity to each other and not the excellent relationships forged here.

For Payal

For Payal...

Why do bad things happen to good people? Here’s a query that has bothered me for a while now. And the thing that has brought it back into focus is that one of my best friend, Payal, visited me yesterday to hand over her wedding invitation. She was to get married on Saturday (yesterday was Thursday evening) and was leaving for Bhubaneswar today. We had a nice girlie chat, everyone including my mom was excited about her wedding. She left in time for dinner with her parents. Imagine my shock when today morning i get the following message: “Zabid met with an accident last evening. Is in the icu. He is stable. Plz pray 4 us”. And all of a sudden everything is tossed out of balance. Her wedding has been postponed to don’t know when and she will now be rushing to Bhubaneswar not to get married but nurse her husband back to health. It’s sad when it happens to people who are genuinely good. Maybe shit happens with everyone but its more noticeable when it happens to good people. And I think I am rambling now... but Im really upset about this and I just screamt at two of the guys from IIFT interning with me for cracking a stupid joke and I just want her to be ok and I want him to be ok and I want them to be happy. Please just take care of her and her family.

Yappy Birthday....

Ok so the title says it all i guess... one of my most talkative friends celebrates his 27th birthday today....Yippee...so happy birthday.... talk ur head off....the best part abt the fact this blog is that i can get away with writing this today and he wont be able to do a thing other than maybe say "wats ur prob?" because he's not at this location today...so anyways here goes ....a tribute to this chappie.....lets see...wat can i say abt him? dammit i cant think of a thing to say abt him...hehe...this is not good........

Ok... I was gonna be all nice and flowery and say how my life has completely transformed and how he brightened up everything etc...but tht would just be lying.... hehe... so i am gonna be brutally honest..... he's one of the biggest pains in the neck i know...he just cant keep his mouth shut... he cant sit still for a minute...his mind wanders every second...cant even say every few seconds...he is so pre-occupied with 1)checking out hot girls, 2)thinking abt hot girls,3)hoping he finds a hot girl who understands him..... that sometimes i wonder what his job profile is...he basically is a big time critic of most of the girls around him....how a particular colour doesnt go on soemone and how a girls voice is beautiful because she sounds like a squirrel( normally i tht ppl didnt like voices which sounded like the person spking had just inhaled helium but watever) and how there are a million girls checking him out(how do guys notice this so fast? this is really not fair) and if he isnt doing all this he is busy checking out someone...hehe...nice desc...i think i am gonna be murdered for this post...unless he realises its all in good humour and says his characteristic "what goes of my father". Hmm...so in his spare time he works....no but seriously its been a lot of fun knowing this dude...have a great day dude...