A Welcome Change

Finally the change that i have been looking for is here!! My membership with the gym has expired today. The routine of coming back from work and rushing off to gym is now broken. :) And the best thing to happen to me is the block leave (a compulsory leave of 10 days or more). Just what i was looking for. Its been long since i did something different, the last time i did something different was in April when i had gone to Goa for 3 days, the trip was gr8 but definitely short. It's time that i do something new so that i can get out of the rut that i am stuck in!!

So here it is, this Saturday i will be flying down to Bhubaneswar (those who don't know about this place click on it). I am going there for my cousin's wedding. Yes, my closest cousin who i literally grew up with is gonna get married on the 29th of June 2009, which is also coincidentally my brother's marriage anniversary. :) I still remember the times when i was on school, i used to look forward to the summer vacations coz as soon as they wud start, we would be off to Bhubaneswar for a long vacation.



The best part abt vacations was meeting my cousins and this cousin in particular coz she's just one yr elder to me, so we wud mostly do everything together. But i must say amongst the two of us she was the angel and i was but obvious, the little devil! :P On one hand she was this sweet, little, obedient gurl who wud always listen to what her parents said. And on the other hand, i was a complete rebel who always did what she felt like. I never liked to obey anyone blindly, i wouldn't jus do something coz i hav been asked to do so! In fact i still don't do that. :P That's coz i always do things that i am convinced about, if i am not convinced abt something, i won't do it, no matter what! So we would play all those silly games which i don't even want to mention here. ;)

Everything has remained pretty much the same, she's still the obedient, sweet and industrious girl. And i still pretty much am the rebel, if u wud like to call me so. She's going to marry a guy who has been chosen by her parents. They feel he will keep her happy coz he's passed from an IIM and he's financially well off! And i still being the gurl i am, have chosen my life partner on my own and will marry him when we feel we hav achieved what it takes to have a comfortable life together. I wudn't want to marry someone jus bcoz i am growing old or some other random reason!



Coming back to the point, i am not trying to ridicule anybody here. There are tons of gurls like my cousin who go the arranged marriage way every yr, each and every day. I would actually like to appreciate their guts coz i don't have the guts to marry someone who i hardly know, i can' t marry someone who i have met just once! I mean, hello! this is the man who i am going to spend my whole life with!! How can i assume that i will be happy with him just bcoz he has passed out from an xyz b-school and that he earns a 6 figure salary. I think it definitely doesn't work this way, i think when it comes to arranged marriage, most of the people just assume a couple of things or probably they are a sure bunch of optimistic people who wud like to believe that everything will be fine. Or another corollary to this is that mebbe i think too much!! Its best to plunge into a marriage headlong, without thinking of what will or will not happen.



All i can say here is "To each his own". As of now i just wanna let my hair down, enjoy the wedding and the celebrations and come back with a fresh mind to resume office. And i also have to think of an interesting way of work out. I know i still have the option of renewing my gym membership, but i m sorta bored of running on the tread mill and pumping iron. I want to do something new and different viz. kick-boxing, tai-chi, power yoga or pilates!? What say people, any suggestions?? I will do my research once i come back. As of now my bags are packed and i am off the the land where the wedding bells are tolling. :) This is not my last post b4 the break. So i am not saying a bye as yet!