Again, I have been caught in procrastination. Needless to say that the last 10 days have been hectic - to the extent that it upset my gym schedule but that shouldn’t take away the onus of recording my chronicle. Moreover, there has been quite a few things worth mentioning – the visit of my cousin (second, actually) who visited me from US and whom I met after 12 long years. She is pretty much her own self except that she has put on some weight. She was here on a 6 day trip while she was on her 3 week long vacation to India.

Their stay was enjoyable to us and I hope they too had a nice time. We visited all the places of tourist attraction including – Ramoji Film City, Salarjunj museum, Chowmalla palace and of course the Charminar and Birla temple. I wasn’t even aware of the existence to this palace and the auto fellow guided us around. They didn’t do any shopping but we indulged in all the good food – biriyani at Charminar, prawns at our little Chinese joint and ofcourse a grand dinner at Basera not to mention the while lot of cooking done by cousin and aunt at home which included – Spanish and Italian delight. I also took some yoga lessons from her.
This trip seemed a good break as it kept my mind off all the worries – still no news, even the consultant have stopped calling … I have spoken to Hari asking him if he could arrange some guest lecture to be delivered in his colleges. Afterall, how much favour can one ask of a long lost classmate whom I have met briefly after 18 years.
Now for some news about our world – Aruna is packing for her trip to the marriage – Ujjwal surmises that she must have spent over 20K in shopping for it. Afterall, it’s a major show off event. Now, I get why elders often advise children for not marrying outside one’s community, caste or background. Given our humble upbringing, we would never quite understand why someone needs to buy loads of new clothes for someone else’ wedding!!!
Yesterday, I had a word with Prits after months and guess what – from the sound of things, he seems to have got the pink slip as well. That makes it 3 of us now and is job hunting. Now, I am convinced about the MT jinx!
By the way, I have been reading up a bit and one blog that I visit often is Amitabh Bachchan’s more for its sensitive content and words of wisdom than the news events that he speaks about. I found the below quite appropriate - "मन का हो तो अच्छा … न हो तो ज्यादा अच्छा !"
(If things happen the way you desire, it is good. If not, it is better. For then they happen according to the will of the Almighty. And He shall always think and do what is better for you).
He also quotes – “No one can make us feel inferior without our consent.” He even explains that at length illustrating with his thoughts. So, here is what I commented on his blog.

 "Thank you Sir, for the ‘pearls of wisdom’ that you share with us every day. Your quotes are no less inspiring than the thoughts that you express – it has touched my life and has invigorated my spirits ever since I started visiting you blog. I have often felt down and out being a victim of the latest corporate reality – the pink slip. As I am grappling to come to terms with the situation, your thoughts stimulate me to try harder.”

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