Tales of a Road Warrior!

Lately have been thinking of how the last 4 years as a road warrior has transformed my thinking, lifestyle and habits.  The first time I boarded a flight was 10 years back at the young 'ole age of 23 when I went for my first international assignment. That time, I was a wide eyed innocent girl, who had never stepped into an airport, did not know baggage policies as a result of which had to carry two big coats in hand because my bag was overweight, immigration officers scared the shit out of me and I would double check if I was getting on the right flight and really when could I board! Would they take off without me ;)!!. In the flight, I would wonder whether I would be served any food and if I should pack my own lunch & breakfast like what we do when we travel on the Indian Trains :)

Nostalgia sets in when I think about my first time to now, when airports, flights, airplane food, last minute boarding, choosing the best seats, immigration & visa processes, transferring to terminals, etc.  has become second nature to me and the concept of flying itself has ceased to amaze me. Flashback to 10 years ago, when I would be scared & amazed during take off, at how high we were going and seeing the changing landscape beneath me to show the geometrical terrains in the US while in India it would be rugged unplanned terrain, to the stage at which I am now where I shut down my window and settle to sleep or read. Packing for a flight, at one time used to take me a whole day to now, when my suitcase already has the bare essentials and all that I need to do is dump the week's clothes, which are already sorted in my cupboard.

After traveling for so long and that too every week, was thinking back on experiences gained, which I do not really think about now as these thoughts/experiences have become instinctive for me. But if I was a newbie, to travel, it would stand out and be something that I observe and think : Oh that was new!. So here goes nothing:

1) You know which airports you like/hate and the quirks of each. Like for me: I find the Houston airport convenient and queues manageable. Another thing about the IAH airport: The TSA Pre Lines are longer than the premium lines ;) Works for me :D.

An airport I hate is EWR ( yes that's another thing that happens when you fly too much. You refer to places which their 3 digit codes!!). EWR being a united hub, although they will have 3 different security lines open, there is always a long serpentine queue, the TSA guys there are rude & rough and the evening flights NEVER take off on time. Either there are too many flights and you are in the middle of the queue waiting to take off or of course the weather is bad. Even if a damn good project was there in NJ, the sheer thought of flying in and out of EWR would make me cringe and think twice of being on that project!

2) Airplane food unless you are in first class just plain sucks! I have yet to meet anybody who says they like the airplane food and I would any day welcome a conversation with anybody who thinks so :x!

3) If you are traveling internationally, always keep a 3 hour buffer if you are going to be taking another flight from your POE. I have missed 3 domestic connecting flights till date just because of the sheer amount of time it takes to complete immigration, collect your bags and check back in again. And yes of course, during international travel , you know which airports are good/bad. Like I just don't understand why at the Frankfurt airport you take 30 mins, just to walk from one side of the airport to another for making a freaking connection! Why why can't they have the gates closer?

4) If you are in boarding groups 4 or 5 and you hear about the over head space filling up, as you are coming in, look around for any available space you find as you board (even in first class) to stuff your bag in. You don't want to go all the way to your seat to realize that you have to go further back, to find a place and then make it all the way back through the throes of passengers already giving you the crabby "seriously woman" look :D!

5) Be compassionate to moms with crying babies!! Before when I used to hear a baby crying I would roll up my eyes and put on my headphones, but then one day a colleague of mine told me that when he travels with his 4 kids and people give him that "judgmental" look his comment to them is: Look the flights hurt their ears and this is the only way they can express it. What is your excuse for being so whiny ;))! It was a blunt statement and when I thought back, parents do have it tough as they make long journeys with their infants! Heck, long flights are tough for young guns also, so imagine what they have to go through!

 6) As you are de-planing, if on the aisle seat, make sure you get up so that you and your fellow passengers have their place in the queue which is kind of laughable and just shows how restless we are humans are. Why are we in such a hurry? All of us will get off the plane at some point so why stand up and be uncomfortable for a full 10-20 mins while the jet bridge is set up, doors are opened, passengers before you slowly make their way out and so on and so forth!!:) This is one of the many reasons I choose the window seat. I just does not want to have the added pressure of standing up once the landing is complete and the seat belt sign turns off ;). I don't understand the urgency of it all!!

I can go on writing so much more especially as I think more on loyalty programs, claiming hotel points, travel hacks, and the list goes on! But at some point, I do wish to go back to how naive and starry eyed I was 10 years ago, when each new experience would instill a thrill in me and the joy of flying would get me all excited that I could not sleep for nights altogether, just thinking of my big flight :)

Innocence, and being hungry for new experiences should never be lost! Always be like a child who takes pleasure in the smallest things of life because only then do you experience life to the fullest. As they say in dead poet's society: "Carpe Diem"! :D!

Whew this was a serious post! A first for me for sure. Am I getting old :-I?!! Damn man!!

30 is the new 20 ;)

So here we are. Blogging again after a year as usual! I honestly marvel at people who are able to maintain a continuous hobby. Man, I like to write, but my lethargy and laziness are just so infinitely high, that only when life is not too busy and I am back to the place where I say to myself, " Dude, I need a hobby", that I come back to my Blog and be like " Okay, I need to start this again. This can be my Hobby ;)"!. See how it works. Why I blog once a year :P

So anyways, I was reading through my blog posts starting from 2008, and realized that there has been a common theme in all of them: I am always running behind new goals! And as the years go by, my need to chalk off items in the so called bucket list is just growing.

So all this, left me thinking, that as people grow older, do all of us go through similar motions of somehow wanting to get things done fast and cross off items in our bucket list when we "are able to!". Like taking the backpacking trip in Europe, experiencing many new cuisines, taking & retaking the yearly scuba diving or bungee jumping trip..and the list goes on.. It's as if all of us are in the rat race against time before the inevitable dawning of the  "actual" adult life where, you add family members and life as we know it never stays the same again.

This year in January, I became 30! When I was 25, I used to think: "Okay I have 5 more years left to plan my life and really think about kids, house, how to invest, family, etc. So in these 5 years, I am gonna travel, have fun and just enjoy life :P". Now, when I am 30, I am still back in the same place where again, I am still contemplating the kids, house makes me feel tied down and yeah okay, I was wiser as compared to 5 years ago on investments , so yay on that at least ;)! But now I tell myself, okay you know what, maybe 35 is the new 30 ;). I still have 5 more years to make the big "adult" decisions so I am just gonna keep thinking of the next best place to travel and the next big thing to do :D

So....after this long & albeit random post, my one conclusion that ties the randomness in this post together is : Getting old sucks!.  And yeah, I make no bones about it. There's only so much you can postpone in your life but eventually the big bad decisions need to be made and we all grow up :). So, let's see 2021..hopefully I am not writing then that 40 is the new 30 ;)

Dimensions!

Somewhere as I grow more older, a gnawing need to be able to experience life for what it can offer has also grown stronger. So that is where, I feel that as an individual it is important  to grow yourself in multiple dimensions that would ultimately converge to provide you with all the happiness you can feel. Keeping your 8 to 5 job aside, what are the other activities you potentially pursue to make existence more meaningful? Are we ever utilizing ourselves to our fullest potential? Have we really asked ourselves what truly makes us click?

These are some of the questions which have plagued me for sometime now. So I decided and that instead of constantly thinking each Sunday evening what  I should be doing, why not start with creating a to do list ! I know I know many of you will roll your eyes and say! Man after all this she says the most obvious thing that can come to anybody’s mind! But hey! I am a common person with common sense like many of you and that in itself is very uncommon ;)! So in a way unique !!

So here goes nothing:

- Travel as much as I can in these few awesome years before the third phase of life sets in.   Yes yes, I have my own classification of the phases of life and in an another blog post hopefully I can enlighten myself and you with it! To achieve this, with the limited time and money that also accompanies these few awesome years, I set modest goals. Explore at least 2-3 new places every year. And in the meantime, see what the local places have to offer.
I have actually started working on this with 2 new places already thought of for this year. But it’s the
“meantime” experience that I have really started to enjoy. I am truly surprised by what local Austin and San Antonio have to offer once you start exploring. Hidden trails, parks, lakes, festivals, … List goes on and truly you just have to get yourself out there!

- Learn a musical instrument: first step done! I bought myself a Keyboard but have never really been using it :(! First time i got it, I was like the small kid unwrapping my present to myself and trying on the few notes I know. But soon! Alas! It lies there gathering dust. So yes, for this year, one of my goals is to go find myself an 20 above class for keyboard beginners. I use the word 20 above, because there are so many child prodigy’s nowadays! Man, it’s hard to keep up!

- Read at least 100 books this year! Don’t ask me how I came up with 100! I just needed a good enough round number! But while on this, reading has been my hobby for some time now but I had given it up for some years. I recently picked it up and truly, reading keeps me so occupied that look forward to it each time I come home from work.

- Finally, learn a new language. For some time now, being in San Antonio, I have felt the gap of not knowing Spanish! So I decided that anyways I have been trying to figure which new language do I want to know and there it was staring right in my face in the form of the many Hispanics I meet in my daily work life!

So there it is! The multiple dimensions of life that I want to embrace! Seems like a small list for now ;) but if I complete even one, I would be partially happy at least :D

Life After 25!

had to really get off my ass to start writing again. After school and motto of "with professional life comes greater laziness" inspiration was lost out to me.! Which got me thinking: how do things turn out for you once you turn 25. Yes yes, the silver age when you have to tell yourself that everything comes with a silver lining ;)

25 - the age at which people say everything is gonna go downhill from here ! Yeah buddy ;)! I seriously wonder now at the truth behind these words. When I tell people at my office that I am a old 2* year old they look at me with a look "Are you serious"!. Of course the people i talk about here are the 40-50 year old's!. The 20 year old ones tell me themselves that yeah you are a senior citizen ;) Do you see the perspective change! Ahh the 20 year old's.. When will they grow up :P!

But going back on the main topic: After 25 what meaning does life really hold for you? The most common symptoms for some of the normal average folks like me include:

- Am I really where I want to be? I have to achieve so much more but but but I am no where close to getting it. For most of us, we are at that stage of our career where we are given "some" responsibilities but need so much more. And getting there seems to be a long way off!

- In a hurry to get settled: OMG! Everybody around me is getting married :-O or having kids! FB and Parental pressure put together can really make you want to get settled soon even if you don't want to!

These are the main highlights. Of course you feel all this when you are kind of in the middle and do not know what to expect next! Well, for now I'd say it's a kickass time to rediscover yourself and start with something that really interests you in case you haven't already! As they say " live life QUEEN size" ;)

Birthday Hues!!

A small compilation which was long due!..Hope its liked :)!...

P.S.: I agree m technically not so good nd neither are my song selections ..but nyways wat the heck :P

Retrospection: Another word for meaningless thinking!!

Well, blogging after a while now again!. Loads of events and many more experiences, I sure did not know what to pen down!

"Retrospection": big word and bigger implications. Looking back, I started to wonder what all I have really gotten to learn over the past 6 months of student life. And, whether there has been any improvement in the way I live or my severe case of ADD!..Anyways, thought of quantifying my learning's along some parameters : People, Goals and Other lives!

People: This is one thing gained and lost!. As you go through the years and the wisdom of the older years starts to set in, again the time comes when you start planning for your life and the people you wish were there in it. People come, people go and people stay!.. And the ones who stay are truly those whom you know will be there forever. One thing about "people" i have definitely learned is that those who "did not make it" did not ever deserve to be there!..These folks were the outsiders, and always would be!.. There's no point wasting your time over them. Period!..

Goals: I am not sure how well this has gone! Lethargic habits, typical indian attitude of doing things at the last minute and so on and so forth..!. Time just flies.!. You can get bored, get all weezy about things, but truly, when you can do something about it..u never really move ur ass to getting around to it!!!!.....Jesus.

Many times, I started to wonder : "how many of us really think of what we want to do and go for it". I find very few and the few I do find, i have utmost respect for them because these are the guys who have been able to break from the mold and be the whale of the well!..

Of late, I have also been thinking of how I would want my life to be. For one, I sure know I want to work for myself and for the cause of my country. Being a global nomad for the last one year now, the realization of one's roots has sunk deep into me. But sure as hell, I have not been able to figure out how!..You would think, that maybe as age progresses and you complete quarter life, somehow things would crystallize. Well, sure as hell that ain't happening to me..If any thing else i seem to be getting more confused while evaluating my options!!

SO anyways, I thought let me have a to do list. A list of all the things which I have truly wanted to do but would pass it away as a whimsical fancy:

1) Go skydiving and bungee jumping
2) Learn dance and dance my guts out
3) Everest base expedition
4) Join a volunteer organization but for the indian people
5) Create something really innovative ---> what's that something...god only knows!
6) Have a job that makes me travel, meet people and job content is satisfying
7) get a degree which I really want and stimulates me
8) be able to in some way give back to my country
9) learn a new language, know about cultures, taste different wines and have cuisines from all over
10) manage my money better!!

There are so many more I could add to the list!..There is however, one thing common to it!..In all these events, I wish a close companion would always be with me.. be it a friend or soul mate..doesn't matter!.. Just someone with whom I relate to and would be able to share my joy with!!

Goals was a long one!.. Maybe cause I have so many things up there in my head!.. Just can't seem to put it into practice

Other lives: weird benchmark eh!.Many times, I have wanted to be somebody else. Live the life as they say "in another person's shoes". I feel, you are your own best friend and only you can really really self-improve yourself!. So sometimes, when I look at some people i truly admire, I wish almost selfishly to live their life for one day, know what they think while they are doing the right stuff and then incorporate it in my life :D!..Tis such a cool shortcut!..Nyways, as expected I could not get any close to this for sure!!!!!!

Summarizing, there are many benchmarks to add to this list. But at the end there is one worthy parting line:

It is the bad experiences that make you a better person today. And these experiences and also the people associated with it should be looked back as "yeah .watvr fuck it/them/him/her..tis so not worth my time and effort"!.

Anyways, back to achieving some of the goals in my list now :D

Ciao!

Hues and Blues of People!

Well!.. Blogging after a while now..Exams exams exams kept me completely glued to facebook and gtalk!..Man am i glad that Google and Mark were born during our time ;)!..

Exam time for me is more of self contemplation and day dreaming about mils of stuff rather than the actual studying bit. So this time around I thought instead of self indulging in my boring self, "why not observe people" and try to categorize them!..Not the whole junta..but people "different"!.. People whom you look at and think..."Wow man!. This dude is different. He/She would go a long way"!..

So here goes nothing!. A small compilation of the types of people in my life who truly influenced me in some way or the other:

Radical thinkers: Now these are the guys who are truly focused and don't care a shit about the whole damn world. They follow their own rules and head and move along a mysterious path, the outcome of which they themselves don't know. That's where the whole fun of it lies right.

You can have scintillating conversations with such folks on topics they are truly interested in!. Heavily opinionated folks, bending down for them is so out of question!. Lol. Yeah! I have been one of the few to completely argue my guts out with these individualistic intellectuals, and truly in the end I was enlightened and silenced !!...:D!!..

Happy go lucky: I am real crybaby and pessimist!. (Self acceptance is the best defense :P..That's what I have learned over the years when my friends used to kick my ass royally when I would crib about a bloody fly also ;)). So people in this category really enthuse me cause they may have a million troubles in their head but really, they always emerge smiling from it!. I simply admire their ability to do that and always try to borrow a few leafs from their book!.

Also, I love drinking and discussing philosophy with such kinds. I being a "live life queen size" freak myself, when I am with them I feel at home!.Cheers to you guys!..

Strong and Silent: These are the folks I really really respect a lot. Honestly, many of us literally worry about "chindi" stuff as I'd like to put it. Really, actual problems are the ones concerning an ailing close aide or family member or you yourself in those shoes. And people who are able to handle this amidst betrayals, loneliness, hopelessness are the true heroes!

They are the silent spectators in your life who at the time of difficulty are your support system! And somewhere down your heart you know that you can count on them for literally anything!. If any of you are fortunate to have such a person in your life, make sure that they are not taken for granted (Yeah ! I do give advice at times coz yet again I have made a lot of mistakes :P)

Creative Upbeat Go Getters Every group must must simply have one of these!..They are the life of the party cause they can concote such amazing plans and also have their logistics in order to execute these plans. Complete go getter's, you can never have a weary moment in their company!.Their motto "Lets do it! Chuck everything..Lets just do it". Really rare to come by!. Wish there were more of these!.

Many more are to be added to this list!. I could just go on actually. Homosapiens are a real interesting breed to analyze!. And figuring out different kinds of homosapiens can add a lot of variety to you and your life as each person would lend a different flavor and perspective!.

Nyways!. Back to cooking food now.. :D!

My Tryst with Time !.

Wondering wondering..whats gonna me inspire me this time around?!..Jeez i have so many thoughts running in this scrambled brain of mine day in and out and when it comes to putting it down on paper..it goes like....teeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Anyways, I was reading this article on time management which runs through the experiences of successful people who truly know how to balance their busy work lives and also relax. All of them were really valid points to ponder on and that what really got my old tinkers chiming! There!..My inspiration..for now at least.!

Time management is really one thing you can credit the westerners for. "Born Managers" as one of my friends puts them as, they are truly born with it! Let me prove my point here with a comparison of work trends. Me V/S Cute smart westerner who one day hopefully I would get to work with!.. :D

Me:

I am assigned a task to do. On an average, it should not take more that let's say 2 hours. But if i had to provide an estimate of how much time it would take, I would definitely give a "ballpoint" figure of 1 day :D .!(I love using the cliched IT jargon!..It sounds so wordy!)

So let's see, what do I do in those 8 hours. First, minus 2 for lunch,tea and coffee breaks. Minus another two hours for compulsive email checking, meetings of endless mindless nonsense, etc etc.!

Then, coming to the actual job!..I can't prioritize for nuts. Given a list of activities or for that matter a task my first thing would be "Where do i start"..I tried coming up with a Master list of the "to do" activities priority wise. At the end of it I would end up with multiple lists. Then I would simply say to myself..Fuck it!..Let me just start!..And I would, with no aim in my head as to what is it I am finally trying to acheive here. In short, it would be an effort that I putting in for which I have no idea of what the end result should be!!

So in this "goaless" pursuit of "semi (kaam chalau) completion state I would waste my time in non important activities. End result..At the end of the day when I would ask myself what have i really really done..the answer would be zilch zero!!

One of the places where I really faced a problem because of this erratic senseless management was when I was "officially" leading a team from onshore in London. Man, the day was packed. Meeting after meeting. To top it all I would understand nothing in these meetings because it would be so unstructured.. Desis would literally literally make things messy!..Any meeting we had would be a classic case of "too many cooks..too many fundas...too much too much too much". At the end of these meetings I would for one walk out with a glazed look and my manager would give me that knowing look conveying "yeah I am in the same boat..but heck I get to go home early...m the one managing...u wud be the one staying up in the night :D:D"!...

That's one of the reasons i hated Infy projects..It would start with chaos, continue in chaos and produce something causing chaos!!.So what used to really happen can be depicted by this equation:

Unstructured Projects+My confused state = 8 hours of not knowing what to => Late nights when finally i would have the eureka moment!!!!!

Now, let's look at the work life of the "Cute westerner whom I would want to work with some day"!

The biggest difference that I would find in the scheduling of activities can be stated in few simple words:

1) Prioritize prioritize prioritize
2) Say NO!
3) Be clear on when an outcome is expected. If email responses are going to be delayed mention it clearly
4) KISS motto for the meetings!..*
5) Time is a premium. Walk fast, eat fast, talk less gibberish and to the point etc etc..!
6) Finally, SHUT DOWN THE TERMINALS AT 5 30!..And go for a beer!..Or take the dog out !..

So there! Need i say more about why I want to work with the cute westerner!...I need a time manager :D:D:D:D!!

Nyways, as shown in the picture above I would always have a "funda" to compensate for my tardiness. Luxury of being a SE you see!.. . For now, I''ll survive with that! :D

Laterzzzz!!...

* KISS= keep it short simple!..What were you thinking ;)!..

Wide Eyed Wanderer

So here I am at work, trying to work, but hell!..With December break around the corner that sure does not seem to be happening!..All i keep thinking of is NY!..The shopping, the partying and my friends!..

Lately, I have been very feeling very happy ..Generally just very happy!..No real reason..But I kinda realized that I should maybe move out of the whole cribbing thing I am soooo in love with and just start "living life" for what it has to offer..!.

When i think about my life for the last one year, I know that for most of the time ive really been with myself..Work always eluded me from meeting people and I was in so many different places that just as I was beginning to make friends I had to move out. So there, I started to wonder whether its only me who feels these pangs of "just letting go but are not able to" because of the newness of the new place !..Or are there others in the same boat too!?

Well, just to be set things straight..I love traveling..I cannot be in any one place for more than an year (MAX!). After that my restless mind would be pestering me to somehow change something about the way i live or move out. Maybe it is because of that nagging mind (Tis worse than my mom ..trust me !..) that I have been in 4 different places over the last three years!...And i loved every bit of the experience!

So i kinda thought let me walk through the phases of moving to a new place. In order to have unbiased views I am basing my observations on my experience and also some of the things that my friends also faced when they were taken out of their comfort zone and placed in a remote corner...And told "all righties..get ur act together"!..

So these phases:

Phase 1: Excitement & loneliness: Well, you are in a new placE!!!...So many new people, new things to eat, new sites to visit..It sure does get me all revved up!..But but but one problem here...Nobody to see it with..:D..
Then suddenly all things start paling out and you keep logging onto facebook, utter sweet musings endlessly on the phone and generally spend a lot of time with yourself pondering over how happy you were back home ;)!..State of depression prevails!.. Another thing about this phase is : You have drinks with urself :D!...

Phase 2: Getting used to the groove! Well, you are stuck to the place..So might as well start getting used to it..So what I do here is really socialize a lot..Talk to a lot of people..vn if they are not very friendly :D..And later on think..What a weirdo :D!..Get to know the routes (esp girls..we are sooo lost), call up long lost friends in that place and act as if you've been missing them for so long etc etc.
Apart from all this, there is other groove which I call as the "me" time..Best described with an example: I have this friend who is in a true sense very individualistic. You leave her alone in an island and she would still find tons of things to keep herself busy with. And i truly admire her for that!..Knowing how to have fun with yourself is truly very important. Heck, if you are one of the lone travelers like me this could serve as a blessing!..
So this friend, she would always engage herself with either running, listening to music, reading, cooking or just about anything random!..And she would really live it up in those times!..

Phase 3: Now this place is urs baby;)!..Now you pretty much know the things around..Getting to know people..Yeah! They may not be your type..But anyways something is better than nothing eh :D..Best phase!

And then, what happens after all this : Bam!..You have to move :D!...

Hee hee..Life's like that..It sure keeps you entertained all throughout.!...That's why I am in love with the concept of the "wide eyed wanderer"

So nyways just to quote a few "famous" people who also think like me!

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert

Nyways!..Back to my work now!

Laterzz!..

SATC!!

I was watching half half episodes (bloody youtube!) of SATC!..Sex and the city!..I luv this serial..Def not for the soft porn it has but for how well they display the camaraderie of four single women in the city of NY!..It feels like living another life where you are not dependant on your man, on your work, on your monotone!..You are the single successful woman who does the perfect balancing act of meeting her priorties and also has time for herself and her friends...

There was this one scene which really made me like..the creators of this serial really thought from the heart and bam!..they put it on the script..that's another of the reasons i like SATC..its sexy, bold and brings out the hidden truths about life & relationships!!

So this scene..It had carrie speaking about how she always ends up with the wrong men..and there she starts wondering..."Am i going to be like this..throughout my life..will i be the katie girl..single & fabulous?! The girl vrybody wants to bed but not take home to because they cannot tame it.. Will i ever find a soulmate?!"!..And her girls said one thing "Well, we can be each other's soulmates...!...."This line honestly touched my inner soul..And i wished i had my girls around me when i was watching it!!...

One thing ive been fortunate with are my girls!..I can simply talk any crazy shit with them!..There was a time when we would sit together with a peg of old monk, cigs and sumthn to eat and gossip away to glory!..We had guys, work and many more in our life..But somehow we always found the time for each other..to simply sit together under the green lamp and TALK our hearts out !..And the resemblances of problems was so strinkgly similar..it was as if we knew what we would say next...!..

Today, although distances and people separate us we still find the small corner of solace in each other. Somethings never change and this would be one of them. Seasons would change, priorities would shift, distances would increase..but the sweet ol tinge of old monk and smoke would always be there!..Lingering arnd reminding us of the sweet ol innocent memories of the yester years:)!..

To US!..Cheers!...

Disclaimer: This post is really not supposed to be interpreted in the "feminine liberation" kind of way!...I don't believe in that!..It more about scenes and how they correlate to life in general!..

Katie Girl!..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUS-cr0duCI&feature=related