I have been living out of a suitcase for over a month now. I
can’t wait to get back home. My pillow (hate the one I have right now!), my
bed, my space. The only thing I am happy about is that I don’t have to cook,
but then, I hate the fact that I have been eating outside so much.
My face has become chubbier. I don’t exercise anymore. I can’t wait to get back
home and return to my no-nonsense schedule.
I am in Shanghai right now (for work) since the last few
weeks, and will be heading back to India next week. Before coming to Shanghai,
I took a nice long vacation in Bhutan. My vacation high dissolved soon with the
flurry of work I had to throw myself into. I couldn’t enjoy the Bhutan
afterglow. I need to slow down. I foresee some more work related travel, so I
should savor every moment I get now.
I have not updated this blog for so many months. And we are
almost half way into this year. I have been neck deep in work. It’s been like
this since the end of last year. We are short-staffed and over worked. But I,
sort of, like it this way. My empty mind can become a devil’s workshop very quickly.
Work keeps me grounded. Not that last six months have been devoid of any
personal ‘drama’. When a lot is happening in your professional life (and you
enjoy the work!), you can push your personal life out of your mind for some
time, and that is a great stress buster.
I have a lot of travel stories to tell. I stayed in Bhutan
for two long weeks, and it was a bliss! I lost my phone and was totally
disconnected from the world for those two weeks. I got a chance to reconnect
with myself.
Last weekend I took a day trip to Hangzhou, a town close to
Shanghai. I was traveling alone and it was a nightmare. That is another story
I can’t wait to pen down – How I felt like an alien in a Chinese lake town,
looking for a taxi on a rainy night, not knowing where I was, almost on the
verge of tears.
I will be back very very soon! Here is a picture from
Bhutan, till then.
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