2018 Chapter I Section 20

Bittersweet goodbye!

A very close friend of mine is going back to his country and I cannot be happier or sadder. 

I feel this pang of sadness because I will not be able to meet him at will, but I am excited for him. I know great things await him, I definitely hope so. 

I still remember the first time I met him. It was funny and I would never have imagined him to become such a close friend of mine. 

I have very few good friends in my life and I hope he remains one forever! 

Goodbyes seem to have become a common occurrence in my life, but this is not a goodbye to our friendship. 

Here is wishing him a great journey, an amazing and succesful life! 

Today was a good day otherwise, met him and a few other friends for a small farewell party and I got to try my first Shabu Shabu. It was amazing! 

Went for a very long walk. I am loving my 10k steps a day but my body wasn't ready for this long a walk, but I am always up for a challenge. 

Anyway, right now feeling so tired, so adios. 

Tata! 

 

2017 Chapter III Section 5

Farewell Parties & More

I am too tired to write anything. 

My awesome friends showed up to bid me bye! 

They are so sweet and it was all quite heartfelt. 

Now, I am poofed from all the love! Need to sleep for a bit in the warmth of their frienship! :P

Tata! 

TODAY'S CHECKLIST:

• Exercise: None.
• Food:
  • Breakfast: Rice, veggies (very little)
  • Lunch: Pizza, Fried Rice, Chilly Chicken, Coke Zero (Feast)
  • Snack: Lactose-Free Milk, 4 Appletinis
  • Dinner: Pasta, pizza, Quesadilla (Chilli's)
• Study: None 
• Read: None
• Feeling: Feeling loved

2017 Chapter II Section 12

Stories of Old & New

Today was a fun day. I was at my friend's place. I met her after almost eight years! I have known her since I was 11! We were quite inseparable when we were young. 

In between for a few years, we both got busy with our lives and did not keep in touch. 

But, I am happy she has come back into my life. I had missed her a lot. She is one of those people with whom I can talk about absolutely anything under the sun and not have to think about her judging me or getting me wrong. 

She has the cutest baby boy now. Yesterday I had gone to a party which was in his honour. He is so cute and has such an adorable smile! :) Makes my heart feel warm. 

Throughout the day we kept chatting, and it felt like I was back in my childhood. 

My brain kept getting confused. It felt like I was a kid again and nothing had changed yet every time I saw her with her son, I knew a lot of time has passed. 

But, it doesn't feel any different. I feel the old and new is nicely blending in together. 

I love it when she tells me stories from the time we couldn't talk. They add to the surprise element yet everything seems familiar. 

It is the weirdest of sensations. I just hope we keep talking and be present in our lives for the rest of our times. 

While talking to her, I realised, though I have changed a lot in the past few years, the good, the mad and the funny things in me have remained the same, and that made me happy. 

On that nostalgic note, Tata! 

TODAY'S CHECKLIST:

• Exercise: None
• Food:
  • Breakfast: Oats pancake
  • Lunch: Rice, Shukto, Dal, Alu Bhaja, Fish Fry, Mutton (Promadi's son's party) Awesome food
  • Snack: Tea
  • Dinner: Quinoa, Veggie
• Study: None
• Read: None
• Feeling: Happy and nostalgic. 

2017 Chapter I Section 6

Blast from the Past! 

OH MY GOD! What a fantastic day it was! I did not think my day would end this way! I love it. 

I met my childhood friend, my sister from another mother, after 10 Years! 10 YEARS! And, the best part, nothing has changed. We are still the same crazy kids we used to be. 

Due to circumstances and life and long distances between us, we had fallen apart for a while. But, today it felt like nothing has changed as if life had stood still for us. 

We became friends when I was 13, and we are inseparable. She is older than I am but that never was an issue for us. 

As a kid, I didn't have a lot of friends. We lived in the same neighbourhood and to be honest I somehow never really fit in with others. 

I used to go for English classes to her mother's house, and that's how we met. I always thought we were cool kids. We talked about everything under the sun. From books to boys to nothing at all. 

What I loved about our friendship was we were very different, yet somewhere we were the same person. 

Her house was on the next street to mine, so I used to spend most of my time after school at her house. 

Every day, even on days when I did not have my English classes with her mother, I would show up at her doorsteps. Then, we would go for long walks to chat. We would walk for hours, yes hours. We had a particular route we would follow. And, every day it ended with getting 'papri chat' at our favourite 'Chaat' guy at this local shopping mall area, Dakhsinapan. 

It was my daily routine. These walks are some of my fondest memories of my childhood. 

She moved to Bangalore to study and then I moved to Pune for my Master's and somewhere in between, not sure exactly when, we stopped talking every day. 

It wasn't like we entirely stopped talking, but we somehow fell apart. I never did feel like I lost a friend, though. I always knew she was there. 

Somehow in the past ten years, we were never in the same city at the same time. And, then, life happened to us both. So, all this took us away from each other. 

I do not know what the future holds, but I cannot be happier for this one day. I felt like we were those two young kids, roaming around, talking our hearts out and just loving life as it is. 

TODAY'S CHECKLIST:

• Exercise: Walked 4117 steps. 
• Food:
  • Breakfast: Boiled egg and bread 
  • Lunch: Quinoa, Mixed vegetable, Dal, Fish 
  • Snack: Biriyani!!! (Was outside and got super hungry)
  • Dinner: Palak Chicken and two rotis. 
• Study: 30 mins of French 
• Read: None
• Feeling: Ecstatic!! :D Cannot stop smiling.  

2017 Chapter I Section 2

A day of anger and food

The day started off in the most annoying way possible. An old friend of mine, who had decided two months back that he doesn't want to talk to me, suddenly apparently missed me a bit too much to ignore me any longer!! 

I found it rather annoying that he thought I would be easily up for forgiving and go back to our old ways. Now, I might be overreacting, or maybe I have faced similar situations with a few close people, I somehow, do not have the patience to hear out apologies. 

Maybe I am going heartless, but I do not even feel like forgiving anyone. I feel like hibernating somewhere far away. Somewhere away from my current location, where no one knows me. I just want to read and write, cook and eat and in general be just me! 

I have been losing my patience lately, more on that, maybe another day. For now, let's just say, the day did not start on a happy note. What annoyed me was my friend messaged me at 4 in the morning. I mean come on. I get it, you miss me, but maybe next time miss me at a less ungodly hour!

I had some work at the bank, then we all decided to go for our weekly visit to the mall to buy the weekly (some monthly) essentials. We are a family of mall rats!!! 

Though I carried fruits because I knew I would get hungry, somehow my brain shut down for a good half an hour, and I ended up eating at KFC!!! 

To make up for it, I made my parents walk around with me for one and a half hours (inside the mall). I also took this opportunity to play Pokemon Go (Yes, it has released in India a few weeks back, and yes I do love playing it. No, I do not go out of my way to play it, though.). I am happy to report I caught around 25 Pokemon and levelled up twice. 

After quick stops at our local grocery mart, fish mart and a fruit seller, I came home to get inspired to cook pasta suddenly. (recipe will be on the site soon)

After a good meal, I am now happily plopped on my bed, typing out every single word that is coming to my mind. By the way, the friend of mine tried to apologise by sending me Puppy videos! (That's low, very very low, I mean how can anyone say no to cute puppies. I am a sucker for cute things, damn it!) 

TODAY'S CHECKLIST:

• Exercise: Walked 4048 steps. (Was aiming at 3000) 
• Food:
  • Breakfast: Corn Flakes and Milk (!)
  • Lunch: Rice, Cabbage, Fish. 
  • Snack: KFC Chicken Wrap (!!!)  
  • Dinner: Rice Spaghetti and Vegan homemade pasta sauce
  • Study: None
• Read: Finished only 10 pages, but might read more at night. 
• Feeling: Happy.