Whoa...........too much happening at present

To say life has been hectic would be putting it mildly. This is the first Sunday in ages (i actually can't remember the last one...its that long ago) when I am actually at home & have no plans except movie in evening with friend.

Goa was amazing and I am hooked. Been planning my next trip sometime next month. Let's see how that goes. A longer one this time, some sightseeing (my list of things to see remained in my bag in this trip, that list didn't see the daylight except on one day when i was hopeful) and some things we have to do again like visit stone house.

A holiday is so much better when it is with friends, this time i had old ones & made some new ones. It is so much better, you get to know people better. There are newer facets that one gets to view.

I think people are a bit like diamonds, some are shiny and some are dull. But all have amazing number of facets to them. Some we see at a glance, for others you have to delve deeper.
But the results are always well worth the efforts taken. This may sound silly to some i'm sure but I can relate to this since I love both - diamonds & people.

Life has been full of many firsts this year. My first trip to Goa, my first opera, my first taste of feni, first taste of sand & sea water(bleech was the thought, sand in ur throat actually hurts), my first of many sunsets on the beaches of goa, my first sunrise and sunset on the same day.

I hope there are many more such firsts to come this year :D I am someone who tends to take life as it comes, every morning on my way to work when we are stuck in traffic I look up & see these beautiful hawks circling above in the sky. They look so beautiful and graceful. Some of the rain trees on the Kanjur road are gorgeous too. I see them every day, yet they look slightly different every day. I always think I should take a picture with my camera, but somehow cameras can't capture the essence of trees. Only the human eye & mind can capture those for eternity in your head. Isn't that an amazing gift we have!

Yesterday was women's day. Everyone from Vodafone to newspapers to Tv bombarded us women with special women's day messages & programs. As a woman I have not always felt special. Early teen years were a phase when I fervently wished to be a guy until I realized the advantages of being a woman. Since then there has been no turning back. Today I think is one of the best times to be a woman. I have the advantages which my mom and grandmom struggled to have. But its thanks to all these earlier generations that I have those advantages. They were the pioneers. My mom was the first woman in her family to take up a job, my great grandmom was the first widow to be independent and rely on herself to support her daughter. I sadly don't have any such first to my credit till date. But I do feel that they were incredibly gutsy women to have done those firsts.

There are many such women in this world. Each of them has quietly done some such first in her family. All of them are heroes to someone in their family. I know that I have always been proud of my heroes - the women in my family & life.