Smile and Wave !!

After what seemed like ages, I have finally secured a rented accomodation in Shimla. It is surprising how difficult it is to find a decent place on rent in shimla. First of all the crazy gradient and hilly terrain makes it virtually impossible to have a house with access to the road. Road acess, which is called 'drive in' around here is a premium luxury item. Add to that the odd terminology of one room set or two room set, which canbe translated as 1BHK and 2BHK. Another thing i noticed here, which would surprise any maharashtrian, is that having just one bathroom in the house is almost sacrilegious. there have to be as many bathrooms as there are bedrooms, so a house with 2 bedrooms and one bathroom is a big no-no... the guy must be really poor. :) But after much huffing and puffing and calling friends at all hours, I finaly found a place to stay. A nice 1BHK, with a decent kitchen, a good bathroom , good fittings, although on the highway (noisy) and on the second floo...

Here we go, a few more of shimla pics, may be I ought to start a new blog for this very purpose.....:) Now this is what i call dangerous living. the houses are simply too much, more on this tomorrow:P Now thats the view from my office, cool na?notice how the houses are all built on the slopes, these are all connected by zig-zag, steep roads, barely enough for a 800! need to put that here too! :) another cool view!

For the past few weeks, I have been feeling so elated and fantastic like I have never felt before. Good things have been happening to me and how! And to think it all started with me coming to Delhi in September with the Ganesh Idol I had forgotten back home. In one weks time, I had a new job, a good one, add to that a posting in Shimla and the final cherry on the cake. She said yes! Thank you god! I never thought I would say this again after 2007, but Life is good to Me.... yet again!

Some more pics of Shimla taken today, dont mind the date, my camera clock got reset :D     In this picture, on the hill in the centre, 2 white bldgs, at the centre bottom of the group of buildings is where my office is. took me 45 minutes to walk, but what a lovely walk!

My first views of Shimla, Man is this place beautiful!!!! More to come soon...

This is the second entry under the same heading... for reasons beyond my control, i was unable to complete the post in one single sitting. Its weird how the road of life goes, you never know whats beyond the next corner, sometimes you don't even know there is a corner or an intersection until you actually get there. Something similar happened  when i was on vacation. suddenly I was at a new crossroad. A crossroad I was expecting but not so quickly... Well, it was a fruitful, relaxing and wonderful vacation that left me nervous and apprehensive about the future. New decisions, new doors opening, new people entering my life, some doors closing... and a sudden change in perpective.. The folks were happy to have me, luckily Hans was there too, we had a great time together. felt so good to drive around Goa sitting behind the wheel of the car. Some developments have opened a lot of questions... questions like what have i been doing with life, just fooling around or really looki...

Ah yes! The strategy of it all. I have just come back from a week long (short actually) break from home. Felt so wonderful to go home and breathe the fresh air and greenery of Goa.... Yes I could actually breathe in nature, after staying 4 long months in Dilli. The first thing I did was to rush to the bar and restaurant and have a ton of squid and fish and have a quiet relaxing drink at a reasonable rate, unlike the establishments in Delhi. Add to that the incessant rains and the power cut at the hotel. the ambience was perfect, an exact opposite of that in Delhi... so serene.... Now i am back in Dilli and not very happy about it, think it was too short a holiday, i think my folks concur.