2010 has everything in it to be rated as one of the best years of my work life so far. It's not easy to get an Onsite in a 60 membered team where only 6 at a time can be here. Moreover, i got my chance so it was the turn for the others. I would not want to be modest but i think i sincerely wanted someone else to come here if that was in my hands to decide. I got a call back in 20 days time from my Manager that people here wanted me to fly back in - I think i had done well in the past 5 odd months.
It's always good to do the niche things in life rather doing something spectacularly common. Enough of self enlightenment in the post already. Let's move on and talk about those 45 days i spent in India. The first week after landing was meant to be in Bangalore. I met friends from all nooks possible, ripped my wallet like crazy. In a week's time, my bills were reading 10k+ INR already. I dropped by to Kolkata, met some of my old buddies from College. Not to mention the DCH reunion between Sid, Akash and Sameer at Jadavpur. It was all going good, as i traveled back to my hometown in North Bengal. I was thrilled by the weather - 18 degrees like, i was doing great in India. Had Mom cooked food for 6 odd days and traveled back to Kolkata to meet people who probably mean the most to me in someway - Dark Project re-united. Nachiketa did not turn up but Korak, Ugyal and Sauvik certainly did and we for the first time took our time off to relax and hangout together rather than practicing for shows or recording.
I was in Kharagpur with by soul bearers. 46.5 degrees of heat. No food till 4 in the evening - other than the consolation that i was spending my best times with DP, it was dreadful. We had our photo shoot and i think now we finally have some band photos that are worth sending to Newspapers/event managers. I was doing my bit with my DSLR, however Sauvik could not have looked more Geeky with his Analog SLR.
When i left KGP, i felt that the fun stopped for sometime but i was wrong. As always Anir is probably become my best buddy ever for our common choices. He introduced me to 3 beautiful women out of which 2 were just great company - Meet and Amy. I got so involved into our group that i did not even find time to meet my other commitments before i realised that i was supposed to fly back again. We went to Coorg, did night outs, cooked food, ate food, celebrated - as if i look back and feel that a year had passed in just a span of 15 days where everyday was a celebration. I have been honest with them and i would be honest here, i did not know that India can be this fun after i left Ottawa. Indian Ladies take a bow - you are awesome.
Not to mention that my weekly average working time in office dropped severely as i was into some kind of a rush to live my last few days in India. It became a Irony that even though people just crib to come to Onsite and put their papers for it - i was not really willing to come back again so soon. With all due respect to Gajan and Kush in particular - i had a feeling that i would miss my friends in India a lot more. It's been almost a week now and i still miss the fun...It's summers here in Ottawa - it looks like a different place all together. Girls in tank tops - 1/16th pants, sunshine, workouts.
So bottom line time - nothing in this world is fixed - so don't plan for something which is into your imagination. Live this moment - do not crib about the future or the past. The more you want something, the less it comes to you - so don't expect anything from anyone. Life is just too short - Keep your arms wide open to grab anything and everything that comes your way. But in the end, be honest and remember that LOVE WILL KEEP US ALIVE.
Soon. Signing off.
DJ
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