WEEKEND

MY 1ST WEEKEND IN THE NEW CITY
 
   THIS IS NOT AT ALL INTERESTING..... I LANDED IN THIS COUNTRY ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST, A FRIDAY WITH 175 KILOS OF LUGGAGE BETWEEN MY MOM, ME AND MY DOG..... WITH THE NEVER ENDING LINE OF BAGS WE CHECKED INTO OUR NEW SERVICE APARTMENT AT  RIVERVALLY, SINGAPORE.
 
     THE FIRST DAY LITERALLY WENT SLEEPING... I WOULD ONLY GET UP TO DRINK SOME WATER OR GO TO THE LOO..... I LOST TRACK OF TIME ,THE TRACK OF IT BEING THE DAY TIME ,EVENING, NIGHT.... I HAD NO CLUE......
 
     THE NEXT DAY SEEMED QUITE EVENTFUL.... WE WENT FOR OUR BREAKFAST EARLY MORNING.... THE SERVICE APARTMENT PROVIDES YOU WITH BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING.....
      THIS BREAKFAST WAS ONE OF MOST OBSERVANT BREAKFAST.....I MET SO MANY PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CASTE, CREED, NATIONALITIES, RELIGION SITTING TOGETHER IN HARMONY WITH THEIR WHOLE FAMILY AND EAT THEIR 1ST MEAL OF THE DAY.... THE EXPERIENCE AS PRICELESS..... I FELT LIKE I M WAS A WORLD CITIZEN ... TALKING TO NEW PEOPLE , MEETING DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY PART OF THE WORLD... THE BEST PART EVERYTHING SEEMED SO NORMAL AND POSITIVE.....
 
     HALF THE DAY WENT UNPACKING THE LINE OF BAGS WE GOT HERE..... IT FELT LIKE WE GOT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING WE COULD SEE IN OUR HOUSE TO EAT... I FELT LIKE A GUJARATI.. :p (NO OFFENCE)....
    WELL IT WAS NOT A BAD IDEA BECAUSE FOR A VEGETARIAN LIKE ME IT IS A TASK TO FIND VEGETARIAN FOOD ON ANY MENU....:p

     MY DOG ROMEO IS STAYING IN THE QUARANTINE FACILITY OF SINGAPORE... HE IS GOING TO STAY THERE FOR A MONTH... WE CAN VISIT HIM EVERYDAY FOR 2 HRS FROM 4-6PM..... FOR WHICH MY MOTHER IS READY TO LEAVE AT 2PM... :p...
 
     THIS IS ONE PLACE I FELT AN ANOTHER GOOD CHANGE... ALL THIS WHILE WHEN I USE TO TAKE MY DOG AROUND FOR A WALK OR TALK TO HIM.... OR BOUGHT TREATS DRESSES ETC FOR PPL WOULD LOOK AT ME WITH JUDGING EYES.....CALLING ME NAMES, TELLING ME NOT TO GET MY DOG OUT OF THE HOUSE, PEOPLE CALLING ME AND TELLING ME TO KEEP MY DOG AWAY FROM THEIR CHILDREN.....THE WATCHMAN KEEPING AN EYE ON ME WHEN I TOOK MY DOG FOR WALK THINKING HE WOULD SPOIL THE PARKED CARS.... WELL DOGS CANT REALLY DO SHIT TO YOUR CAR DUMBFUCKS.
     

   I VISITED HIM AFTER SEEING HIM LAST IN MUMBAI.... THAT SWEET SOUL WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ME AND MOM AFTER 2 DAYS..... IT MADE ME AND MOM BOTH CRY.... AND I SAW EVERY FAMILY FEEL AND GO THROUGH THE SAME THING... I FELT SO NORMAL... I FELT LIKE ONE AMONG-EST ALL OF THEM... FELT LIKE I HAD OTHERS LIKE ME...PEOPLE DECORATING THEIR DOGS DEN WIT FANCY BEDS... TREATS .. TOYS... AND EVERY OWNER FELT SO AT PEACE...THE LOVE A DOG GIVES YOU CAN NEVER BE REPLACED.

     WE SPENT OUR TIME FEEDING HIM, TAKING HIM FOR A RUN, BRUSHING HIM, PATTING HIM, GIVING HIM TREATS.... AND FOR THE 1ST TIME I FELT LIKE I COULD MAKE SOME1 FEEL SAFE ... HE WOULD RANDOMLY COME AND LICK MY FACE LAY DOWN BESIDE ME... WATCH THE OTHER DOGS AND BITCHES(he has a crush on many) RUN AROUND THE FIELDS.... IT FELT ENCHANTING...

   

    WELL THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEKEND... SEEING THE LOVE FOR ANIMALS/DOGS.... EXPLORING THE STREETS.... UNPACKING...AND LAZYING AROUND THE APARTMENT .LIFE SEEMED PRETTY NORMAL . 

NEW CITY , NEW LIFE... IT STARTS

IT STARTS.....

    WELL I RECENTLY MOVED TO A NEW CITY/COUNTRY WITH MY MOTHER AND MY 4 YR OLD DOG ROMEO......

     

    IT HAS BEEN  A EVENTFUL 3-4 MONTHS... PREPARING FOR THE BIG MOVE, I HAD TO MEET A LOT OF PPL ,BUY A LOT OF THINGS, VISIT PLACES....  IT WAS ONE CRAZY RIDE WHICH CAN NOT BE EXPLAINED IN WORDS.

  

   I APOLOGIZE TO PEOPLE WHOM I PROMISED TO MEET ONCE BEFORE I LEAVE, BUT COULD NOT... I WILL MAKE IT UP TO YOU THE NEXT TIME I M IN INDIA.

     

    WELL I MOVED TO A NEW COUNTRY SINGAPORE... MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ME ABOUT WHY DO I WANT TO LEAVE????? ... INDIA HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH ,  DON'T I THINK I SHOULD STAY HERE AND GIVE IT ALL BACK TO THIS COUNTRY.

   WELL FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE THAT, I DO ACCEPT THAT MY HOME COUNTRY INDIA THE PLACE I WAS BORN HAS GIVEN ME A LOT... THE CORE VALUES THE AMAZING SCHOOL AND FRIENDS THE FAMILY THE FESTIVALS ... ALL OF IT.... BUT LIFE IS BEYOND THAT.... THE COUNTRY TOOK AWAY A LOT OF MY MAJOR RIGHTS MY RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND MY RIGHT TO BE FREE WHICH INCLUDE ME FEELING SAFE AROUND THE PLACE TOO.

    

    I M CONSTANTLY NAGGED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I KEEP ON COMPLAINING ABOUT INDIA, BUT THAT IS JUST MY FRUSTRATION COMING OUT . I WASN'T GIVEN MY RIGHT TO GET ADMISSION INTO A GOOD COLLEGE BECAUSE I DINT BELONG TO A CERTAIN CASTE OR MINORITY... WITH 73% RESERVATION IN MUMBAI I COULD LAND UP NO WHERE BUT A DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM AS I WANTED TO BE NEAR HOME.

     ARCHITECTURE WAS NOT A JOKE FOR ME.. I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS SINCE I DECIDED TO BE SOMETHING IN LIFE. WELL I THOUGHT IF I COULD NOT MAKE IT INTO A GOOD COLG IN THE 1ST YR I WILL WORK HARD AND GET INTO A GOOD PLACE IN THE SECOND, EVEN IF IT MEANS STARTING FROM THE START.

    BUT NOT SO TO MY SURPRISE EVERY WHERE I WENT WITH MY GRADE(which were good enough to get into mumbai university) I WAS ASKED FOR A "DONATION" . WHICH WAS NO LESS THEN A FORTUNE AND MY PARENTS WERE STRICTLY AGAINST THIS MALPRACTICE AND HENCE I CONTINUED WITH THE SAME PLACE. 

    

    IS EDUCATION IN INDIA ONLY FOR THE RICH WHO PAY THIS "DONATION" OR IS IT ONLY FOR THE MINORITES AND PEOPLE FROM A CERTAIN CASTE... AFTER ALL THIS TO TOP OVER ALL THE FEELING OF NOT BEING SAFE IN YOUR CITY.

    WALKING DOWN THE LANE WITH THOSE JUDGING EYES WHILE ALL U HAVE DONE IS WHERE SOMETHING U FEEL PRETTY OR COMFORTABLE IN..... THE CONSTANT EVE TEASING ON THE ROADS, STATION... AND GUESS WOT YOUR COLG TOO.....

    THAT CHEAP THINKING OF THAT IF I WEAR SHORTS I M INVITING RAPE, WELL JUST FYI I DINT HAVE SUCH PLANS. WELL THIS TOPIC IS A NEVER ENDING DEBATE .

    INDIA IS THE WORLDS 2ND MOST POPULATED COUNTRY... IT CUTS AROUND 35% OF UR INCOME AS TAXES..... ALL THIS MONEY THEN GOES INTO THE POCKETS OF THESE CHEAP, ILLITERATE , NARROW MINDED FUCKS... OUR DEAR LEADERS... WHO DO NOTHING TO PROMOTE THIS COUNTRY............. WITH NEVER ENDING SCAMS , THE FEELING OF BEING CHEATED CONSTANTLY...... THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT SCHEME OR ROAD YOU CAN TRUST ON.... IT FEELS LIKE A JOKE... ALL UR HARD EARNED MONEY GOING DOWN THE DRAIN . 

      THE EXCUSE BEING INDIA IS A BIG COUNTRY ITS NT POSSIBLE TO ORGANIZE IT, WELL IF CHINA BEING THE WORLDS MOST POPULATED COUNTRY CAN DO IT WE DEFINITELY CAN DO IT.

    AFTER THIS WHEN ONE GETS A CHANCE TO GO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE THEIR DREAMS ARE VALUED , A PLACE WHERE U KNOW U WONT BE CHEATED A PLACE THERE PEOPLE RESPECT EACH OTHERS PERSONAL CHOICE, WHERE U FEEL SAFE, WHERE U ARE NOT JUDGED ABOUT WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO WEAR, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY A PLACE WHERE I GET MY RIGHT TO EDUCATION . 

     THAT TO PURELY ON MY MERIT . IF A PLACE/COUNTRY GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHAT I WANT AND STAND ON MY FEET I FEEL I WILL SURELY FEEL AT HOME.AND THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I GOT MYSELF TO MOVE FROM MY M OTHER LAND TO MY NEW MOTHER LAND WHICH HAS GIVEN ME THE THE POWER TO STAND ON MY FEET AND BE A WORLD CITIZEN. AND I DON'T REGRET ONE MINUTE OF IT.

    SAID ALL THAT INDIA HAS A FEW GR8 THINGS... ITS DEMOCRACY THE WARMTH IN PEOPLE, THE VALUES , THE SMALL-SMALL THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE SMILE, PANI PURI... AND LATELY MODI... :p .....