tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post3674291693735262326..comments2023-09-13T03:13:25.429-07:00Comments on The Path Untaken...: India bluesthamaraihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13310669992639071083noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-75916865741102484502010-01-21T08:46:37.362-08:002010-01-21T08:46:37.362-08:00Efrutik, thanks for your wishes..:)..Well said gir...Efrutik, thanks for your wishes..:)..Well said girl! Especially at tough times I try to be happy thinking that things could have been worse!thamaraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310669992639071083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-89563225470367994492010-01-21T00:22:25.404-08:002010-01-21T00:22:25.404-08:00Thamari, I've missed you!!!!! Happy New Year I...Thamari, I've missed you!!!!! Happy New Year I wish you all the wonderful things 2010 has to offer to you!!!!!<br />Excellent blog post. I really agree with you on choosing to see things in a ravishingly bright way. I had the same thought today in the shower as I did my morning routine before work. Yep, life is just like that and now especially realizing that I am a "young adult", yep there is a path forward only which I am in charge of. To make things better in life it is better to look at things in a hopeful way :)Efrutikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355383817146809604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-13048892812027121392010-01-19T10:17:27.906-08:002010-01-19T10:17:27.906-08:00Lopa, excellent! Keep it that way please....:)Lopa, excellent! Keep it that way please....:)thamaraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310669992639071083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-1140451013417511522010-01-19T08:22:56.839-08:002010-01-19T08:22:56.839-08:00It's 7 degree C today...yeyyyy :)
And all snow...It's 7 degree C today...yeyyyy :)<br />And all snow-cum-ice gone ! double yeyyy :)~ Lopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298537040908969550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-8239964864697906832010-01-18T04:55:05.964-08:002010-01-18T04:55:05.964-08:00Orangesplaash, thanks for visiting my blog and for...Orangesplaash, thanks for visiting my blog and for your comment..:) I think being an Indian you can even more closely relate to what I had discussed about..have a great trip this coming year..:)thamaraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310669992639071083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-20002910575452280392010-01-17T05:05:08.253-08:002010-01-17T05:05:08.253-08:00Excellent post..and what a perfect pic to end the ...Excellent post..and what a perfect pic to end the post with. I thoroughly enjoyed it, it transported me back in time to my trip to India last sep. <br />The home coming feeling was overwhelming, meeting with family, relatives, friends and then getting to know the gossips that you have missed..so true!!<br />India is constantly changing at a rapid rate and so it looks new every time..have started to look forward to my trip thsi year already!!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578932092087387343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-26929017972359409112010-01-15T08:45:28.102-08:002010-01-15T08:45:28.102-08:00Lopa, Oh man! So perhaps more snow when I come bac...Lopa, Oh man! So perhaps more snow when I come back..thanks for warning me before hand..stay warm and take care then..I will most definitely be looking forward to spring as well..:)thamaraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310669992639071083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-33491897383249850852010-01-15T07:31:42.570-08:002010-01-15T07:31:42.570-08:00Yep, very cold, and strangely it will is almost 1 ...Yep, very cold, and strangely it will is almost 1 month now with this white landscape, so not typical of NL. <br />I just want spring to start so that summer follows but whenever i say that, my colleagues keeps reminding, it's still January, February is also one of colder months and here whenever it does mostly it snows in Feb and March, so don't expect much, so i am crossing my fingers that as this time it snowed record break already, it should not be that cold anymore, now it has to go up and up towards the summary days...hehe yeah but who am i, i can only dream :)<br /><br />As you replied late, i thought you might be flying back as what i remembered was you were coming back on 15th, so obviously you wont reply on 14th, lol<br /><br />Ok so get well soon and enjoy your extended vacation :)~ Lopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298537040908969550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-60531805593028916272010-01-14T18:26:59.324-08:002010-01-14T18:26:59.324-08:00Lopa, soooo true! We used to tease the NRI's w...Lopa, soooo true! We used to tease the NRI's with bisleri bottles as well..:) Now being on the other side, I know how it feels..ya, right when things begin to settle its already time to leave..:(<br /><br />I actually fell a little sick this time so had to postpone my trip by 10 days..am still in Chennai..<br /><br />Is it still very cold in NL? snow? I hope it gets better when I come back..:)<br /><br /><br />Aledys, ya the people..thats the best part..especially when you meet after such a long time there is so much to catch up on..and after all home is home..no matter what your heart always has a special place for home..:)<br /><br />Presépio no Canal, thank you so much..:) I hope the new year has been great for you so far..<br /><br />Droomvla, thanks a lot for your comment..ya thats sort of how I feel sometimes too ,in the middle...!thamaraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310669992639071083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-77456327363688370692010-01-14T06:10:03.474-08:002010-01-14T06:10:03.474-08:00Your post captured in words everything that I felt...Your post captured in words everything that I felt and went through when I went home for 10 weeks last April. I had what you called reverse culture shock. It made me sad on some level, because I felt that it was home but at the same time I didn't feel I belong there anymore because they have moved on... and yes, without me. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing this! :DDroomvlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320679838869362079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-86469058723326075112010-01-13T08:19:56.932-08:002010-01-13T08:19:56.932-08:00What a wonderful post, Thamarai! ;)
Happy New Ye...What a wonderful post, Thamarai! ;)<br /> Happy New Year!Presépio no Canalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15678476381577723495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-79305988485874573412010-01-13T07:42:50.691-08:002010-01-13T07:42:50.691-08:00Wonderful post! Just like Lopa, I feel as if you w...Wonderful post! Just like Lopa, I feel as if you were talking of my feelings exactly: the trip from the airport, the first minutes at home, noticing all that has changed and you weren't there, the latest item on the news that you don't have a clue what's all about, etc., etc. <br />The first one or two weeks I always look around, and spotting all the things that go wrong, I get angry and ask "why, oh why?!" When it's time to come back to Holland, I notice that those things don't bother me any more, and I am normally enjoying myself so much, especially with the people I love, that I can forgive almost everything I see going wrong. :o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923613028048879472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178326904452851842.post-2548290092989786522010-01-13T06:52:31.486-08:002010-01-13T06:52:31.486-08:00Your post totally reminded me of our trip back hom...Your post totally reminded me of our trip back home, i could relate with almost everything you wrote about. <br />That is so true that we take things so much for granted, and then everytime drive from Airport to home is an eye-opening experience as we look outside, a different world than what we left behind ! <br />When i was actually living there, i always kind of hated all NRIs with Mineral water bottle in hand and saying no we only drink mineral water, i always wondered why? You grew up here drinking this water, why cant you now? Aaah but only to learn on myself. I was very reluctant on that change, I wanted to be expactly as i was in old good days and i fell sick, for whole one week with abdomen infection, and my dad being a doctor kept advising me only to drink mineral water and when i argued what i always felt, he was laughing saying you have to understand your body, your system changes with climate adjusting to where you live over time and so it reacts to changes and you have to be cautious, so i learnt my lesson and my bro and cousins got one more thing to pull my legs...aah lopa, mineral water huh? You are no more eligible to be called "pucca Indian" now...hehe but that's fun. <br /><br />Everytime when we take 3-4 week vacations, first 2 weeks goes into adjustments and as you start feeling all settled and back to known world, it's again time to leave !<br />I hate that feeling !<br /><br />Hope you had a wonderful time back home, are you back already?~ Lopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298537040908969550noreply@blogger.com