05 nov, 11:55 pm

I am writing after a long time. its been a combination of tiredness and laziness that I havent written anything.

A few interesting things have happened which come to my mind which I should put down, not necessarily in the order of importance.

my trip to pune
I had gone for a meeting to mumbai when I got a call from my teammate that I should call up a client in pune. I immediately wanted to go there. and so was the case that I got a chance to go the next day. flight from mumbai to pune. I slept like a log on the flight, had no idea when we took off and when we landed. it was such an amazing feeling to land in pune after so long. its been exactly 3 yrs since I had landed here , oct 06. a lot of things that happened then , are or have happened now as well. its almost like a complete circle which I have gone through. Considering how things turned out in oct-nov-dec 06 and after that, this looks to be an interesting prospect !

I went back to the site where I was in 2006, IBridge Solutions. I took as many snaps as I had in the 4-5 mins I was there. and I finally got to take a snap in front of the pool there. its taken a long time for to realise that wish. the company itself has closed down so I coudlnt go inside and see the office and the glass bowl server room but went to the cafeteria on the roof, ran up the stairs. I know I have put on some weight since then, more so in the last 20 days but I was able to go up hte stairs like I used to. If I could turn back time, I could see myself there on the stairs, alone and then not alone , being naughty and daring. the roof was the same as earlier, the chairs had been pushed aside, the serving tables or set up had been dismantled. If I could turn back time there, I could see myself having breakfast, snacks, stealing glances, having dinner with the IBS guys. it was a great experience which I had there.

Nidhi;s , the place where I had laods of marathi thalis was still there. I remembered the paan there and almost started singing " khaike paan banaras wala"

the place which I remembered the most was SHREE KRISHNA. I told my team mate about it and I made sure that we had lunch there. what I wanted to have was pao bhaaji and orange juice with no sugar. Pao bhaaji wasnt available so I settled for a dosa, my fifth dosa in lunch in 5 days ! and I had the orange juice without sugar. just gulped it down like old times.

I surely remembered a lot of things from the place, and saw how much the place was the same and how things around had changed. the giga space complex had changed and developed a lot. it was in early stages of development when i was there in 2006.

I tried then and am trying now to feel senti about my time in pune in 2006 , but emotions fail me. maybe it was all that i wanted to finish " the unfinished task " and get over everything. like I wrote earlier, life has come up a full circle and I have to what lies ahead.

Things are moving in a lot of directions. Whether its for the good or for the bad, i do not know but I am being pulled in multiple directions and I need some help and advice on what to do and how to manage things. Work has become hectic and at times I am really tired and exhausted. Studies are demanding and its just a matter of time before the course gets over. I feel so bad that coz of work and time pressure, i am not able to prepare for class and give my 100% to the course. After all I have worked for it and paid the fees just as I wanted.

my flat and room mate experience is turning out to be a great learning in the short and long run. how to manage some one staying with you, how to manage myself and the house, the maid, the garbage guy, the dhobi, rations, land lord and other things.. its really interesting and funny at times.

what has to be done to complete the house is a different story !