You know it's been a while since I chatted away with someone for hours together. So let me do it now!
So I've been here in California since the past 3 weeks or so, & it's been a bit different this time around. First of all I came here with so much of stuff to do I felt my brain was gonna explode. Travel, explore, trek, drive, stay up all night, gorge on Pizza, cheesecake, ice-cream, subs, chips & soda & watch movies, shop, meet up with people, O & yes some exams & work too. Needless to say there's been very li'l time for anything else(donno what that is though).
But at the end of it all I guess I managed to get it all covered, well almost. I messed up one exam, got blocked at work a li'l bit, didn't really explore, but nothing serious that the Pizzas couldn't make up for!
And then, this time it wasn't new, it didn't feel like I was 'away', just felt like I was coming back to something.
Another difference was that this time I bumped into so many people I knew! I mean I just loved it. At some store, restaurant or at the movies, you know you just run into 'em. I don't think I've bumped into so many people even back home! O well, I guess I stay really far away from the city.
Met my sis, the one I'd met 2 years back the day she landed here, & boy has her life changed. Met this other friend, an ex-colleague whose life's changed in a pretty dramatic way too, but he so hasn't & in each of the above cases, it's good to see 'em both where they are now.
And obviously, when you meet people, & you find out all that they've been through, you tend to think about yourself & try to recall what the hell you've been up to during the same time. So I got down to it too and it wasn't too bad after all. Also read this stupid book, which I loved btw, but what was annoying was that I didn't wanna like it! Something somewhere touched a chord or a nerve or something.
And today, you know how it feels? I don't feel I've done or seen or been or known anything great, but it's been good, good enough really, & I can keep the smile on, a little longer.
It's like what Gump said,
"Bubba: Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?
Forrest Gump: No, but I've been on a real big boat. "
And I guess that's all I have to say about that ;)
Thanks for listening. So how've you been?
