SO.. its the 1st of June and a month of hols have slipped by. By and large, its been a VERY productive period in my life. Indeed, I’ve only 4 more racers to beat in NFSMW (Need for speed: Most Wanted, for some of you suckers), after which I can add another title to the impressive list of games I’ve managed to beat. Right now, that list stands at Halo, and well… Halo.
Anywho… I just got back from my holiday (within a holiday). As you can probably surmise from the title of this entry, I just got back from Haridwar, the spiritual center of the universe, or at least Hinduism. My grandparents(dada/dadi) have a little flat in Haridwar, and it’d been a while since I saw them, so Haridwar it was. I also visited my other grandparents (nana/nani) in Bijnore, the um… crime center of the universe, or at least U.P. Haridwar was pretty neat, with all the temples, and the electricity that doesn’t go. Har Ki Pauri (“footprint of the lord”) was especially nice, and long walks along the ghats (ghaats?) were also fun. After two days of non stop fun, and a lot of holiness, and purification, in Haridwar, we went down to Rishikesh, and saw Lakshman Jhoola and Ram Jhoola (which are basically suspension bridges that have cool names). On the last day we did the usual touristy stuff like a 3 hr, 17k white water rafting expedition, and body surfing, and cliff diving from 25 ft into the frigid Ganges(during which I can proudly say I injured myself; indeed, the safety experts were puzzled when they saw torrents of crimson gush out my mouth; yeah I cut my lip or something :P). The usual touristy stuff.
But today was a spiritual experience of a different sort. My first day of work. And there I was all dressed up… and I have a big office.. and a big table.. and a computer.. and a printer.. and a phone.. yay! And there I was enjoying my shredded lamb and cherry pie and chocolate truffle on the 20th level of the Le Meridien, looking down on Rajpath and India Gate, and North Bloc and South Bloc. Nice.
Anywho… I just got back from my holiday (within a holiday). As you can probably surmise from the title of this entry, I just got back from Haridwar, the spiritual center of the universe, or at least Hinduism. My grandparents(dada/dadi) have a little flat in Haridwar, and it’d been a while since I saw them, so Haridwar it was. I also visited my other grandparents (nana/nani) in Bijnore, the um… crime center of the universe, or at least U.P. Haridwar was pretty neat, with all the temples, and the electricity that doesn’t go. Har Ki Pauri (“footprint of the lord”) was especially nice, and long walks along the ghats (ghaats?) were also fun. After two days of non stop fun, and a lot of holiness, and purification, in Haridwar, we went down to Rishikesh, and saw Lakshman Jhoola and Ram Jhoola (which are basically suspension bridges that have cool names). On the last day we did the usual touristy stuff like a 3 hr, 17k white water rafting expedition, and body surfing, and cliff diving from 25 ft into the frigid Ganges(during which I can proudly say I injured myself; indeed, the safety experts were puzzled when they saw torrents of crimson gush out my mouth; yeah I cut my lip or something :P). The usual touristy stuff.
But today was a spiritual experience of a different sort. My first day of work. And there I was all dressed up… and I have a big office.. and a big table.. and a computer.. and a printer.. and a phone.. yay! And there I was enjoying my shredded lamb and cherry pie and chocolate truffle on the 20th level of the Le Meridien, looking down on Rajpath and India Gate, and North Bloc and South Bloc. Nice.
