trip

Guess I have to bring an end to the suspense which i created in the previous-to-previous post. It goes like this.

This proposal came our way & everyone was okay with it except me. The guy works in Chennai. His was brought up in South. Why it was no for me because our upbringing was different. He visited Delhi couple of time. But living & visting a city are two different aspects. Alright i went acc. to my parents wishes. His mother wanted to speak to me couple of times over the phone but I denied. To meet the guy I have to go to south which in turn was a big pain. But i had to go fulfill my parents request. The trip got postponed because of my US trip. His mother once again wanted to talk to me before I lef for US but once again as my mother knew of my intentions, she made an excuse. Moreover the guy & his parents wern't aware of my night shifts. I prefer north indian food anytime over south indian.Finally I decided the day & have to almost fight at work in getting a day's leave. It was hard but I needed it as my parents were after my life. Somehow I managed to get one.
I flew on friday evening. We reached home around midnight the same day. My mother told me that they would be coming next morning, sharp 10 & I have to be up & ready before that time. I managed to have a sound sleep of almost 7 hrs after some argument with my father & mother. It was bad. You go all the way down to south & you end up in argument with your parents- N' all this happens when you meet your parents after a weeks time. Sad :(
Anyways I woke up, had breakfast & was up & ready on time. It was 10- then clock stuck 11. Finally they arrived. The guy did not had the courtesy to say even a "hi-hello".He was one of those Mama's boy. He sat there next to his mother. They were 7 of them. His sister was dressed in traditional saree not to forget to mention the jewellery that she had on her neck & hands. Goshhhh..... I dont like to wear such jewellery.... its simple because I am not used to. I believe in simplicity & elegance. Anyways his sister asked me only & only one question: Where do I work ? I replied but she made a face after listening to me.
Neither the guys mother nor father uttered a single word out of their mouth. What was wrong with them ? That female was ready to talk to me over the phone but what happened when she saw me face to face. Probably she was insecure about his son. She might have thought that his son might move to Delhi if this proposal finalizes. True... Chennai is the last city in this world where I would like to get settle down.
This family seated there for almost 45 mins but did not ask/talked to me. Imagine you have com down all the way from the city which is more than 3000KM away from the town & you were not even asked about your trip. Forget about marriage. I wont like to talk to them in near future. Few hours later, after they left my jiju & didi had a word with the guy & pressuirised me to talk to the boy if he calls up. I told them clearly its not possible. Someone who cant utter a single word like "hi-hello", I cant think of living my life with that fellow.
But in a days stay one thing I enjoyed was the company of my cousins & my aunts. It was good. The next I we had our flight back to Delhi. I did not feel like coming back. But I had to & arrived the next day.
My parents are after my life in kicking me out to another "family".
Marriage .... why the hell did God made such a word.
Let me stop here else would end up writing my frustrations.
Peace...!!!


PS::: Pardon me for the mistakes. I did not feel like going thru this post.

phone

People can be so bugging when they talk loud on the phone- I didnt knew that.

A day's rip to south

It was such an aweful experience. Arranged marriage is not my cup of tea. Guys like him should not get married. They can play a good role of "mama's boy" but not a good husband. I'll write soon. Not in a mood to write.

San Francisco Trip

Its been a while that I updated this space. For the past few days I've been thinking of jotting down my thoughts here but I did not feel like. Probably because i did not had much time in my hand.

Latest from my end is that i am back from my US trip. The trip lasted for 2 weeks.Visiting a country where society is liberal, culture is not the same as of ours was indeed a good experience.I missed the Indian food upto that extent that I counted days for my return trip.

Transportation, be it travelling thru Bart or Bus, was something which I found new. Buses were all air-conditioned (not a big deal) but was disabled friendly (facility which is yet to make its presence felt in majority of the 'areas' in India). Commuting thru Bart was a new experience to me because I never got the oppotunity to travel in Metro here. Road rules: We give a damn to the traffic rules. But there people follow them strictly. In the entire trip I did not get to hear any car/vehicle honking on the road. It seemed as if the cars were not fitted with horn.
Pedestrians were given due respect on roads. And thats something which we cant talk about :D

Food, man I missed my Indian food like hell. I tried tea once but it tasted aweful to me. So I promised myself to taste the other cup back in India. It was coffee in the early morning hours. Breakfast was good. Loads of fruits, fruit juices, sosages, ham-omelette, yoghurt, milk, muffins, fried-potatoes, etc ---- thats the breakfast menu. I survived on mostly on burgers because that was what I had in my lunch & dinner.

For Americans the dinner starts at 6 in the eve. But we managed to have our food during our prefered time which was not fixed for those 12 days.

Weather somehow got me confused. I wasnt sure whether I have to put moisterizer or its the sunscreen lotion to protect my skin from getting tanned. It used to be sunny in the daytime but the night & early morning hours were chilly. Jo bhi tha acha tha. But I cant forget the trip to san Francisco were I was almost freezed to death. I wasnt aware that we would be visiting bay area that sunday. I forgot to take my jacket along with me. Those were the 2 mistakes which I did for that day. When we reached San Fran, we were exposed to the weather which atleast i did not expected.It was chilly. When we crossed Golden gate Bridge I had the feeling that probably I might not survive. But I survived & here am sharing my experiences.

Shopping was all fun.I picked up less stuff as I felt that we have got everything here. Only the electronic stuff I found it less expensive there.Less shopping stuff doesnt mean that I went for shopping once or twice. Man, it was almost every other day that one can find us in BestBuy OR Target. It was mostly Target that we guys hopped into.

Getting to speak to my close friends in US is one thing which I miss here.I get to speak to all of them. N' the best part was that they were not annoyed when I called them when it was not even 5 in the morning. Thanks Saroj...!!! :) Really miss you guys here.

Overall a good experience I had. I did feel homesickness after 2 days of stay there. I was really happy when our place touched down in Delhi's International Airport. I felt good. No matter how badly or how many times I argue with my parents, I realized home is the best place in this world. In this post I almost forgot to mention Heathrow Airport. Man, thats one of the huge & biggest airport. phew..!!!