Pop!

Its been two days since i am back in Hyderabad... and the first thing that strikes me here is.... OMG! This is where I have lived all my life! The absolute chaos of the traffic, the hundreds ( and hundreds) of 'loving' relatives who will give u advice about everything under the sun (whether you want it or not ;) )... the maddeningly huge variety of foods to eat that leave you stumped as in what to eat... the frustatingly slow internet that makes you wish you could throw a brick at it .... the glorious sunshine makin u feel so warm all the time :)... the girl in the telefax shop giving u a shy smile ;) .... i guess that the one year I was in Hamburg, I was living in some kind of bubble where I had forgotten all that my life was made up of before coming there... and then POP! Today suddenly that bubble burst! This is why I love being in India... because I am only truly alive when I am in India. India is bursting to its seams with life and makes no apologies for it. What if the traffic makes you pull your hair out... it makes sure every drive is an adventure! :P .. What if the internet is slow.. it makes sure I dont stay too long online (unlike in Hamburg where I am the undisputed biggest FB king :P) ... all in all.... man its gonna be tough entering that bubble again when I go back to Hamburg... but its a long time till then... and am gonna enjoy every second I can, living the way only a 'Hyderabadi' can! :D Cheers!

What i wanna do

To be able to go out and run around like a dog in the open again... to open a window to let the breeze in and not have the room become like freakin -10 degrees x-( .... to sit in the bus and listen to a hundred different people talk a hundred different things..... to sit back in my balcony in a rocking chair with my favorite book in my hand and the warm sun streaming on my face... to act on a whim and go to some strange part of the city i haven't seen before just because i can... to be so bored sometimes as to watch all kinds of weird insect documentaries on the Discovery channel... to have an endless stream of pretty women dressed in all the colors of the rainbow walk right past me wherever i am... to go to my favorite snack stall and have panipuris till my tummy threatens to burst... to go wild and jump around like crazy with my friends every time Sehwag hits a six... to have my mom make chicken curry, eat every last morsel i can get and then lick my fingers, the plate and the bowl clean ;) .... to sit in a darkened movie hall and watch an awesome SRK movie that has you wishing you could get up and twist :P.... and most of all... to have so many wonderful friends that you always have at least one person willing to join u in all of this... thats what it means to be in India for me... India... Main aa raha hu :D