Sunday, May 25, 2008

Vacations..

The thing about vacations, especially the one vacation before joining work and right after you're done with college, drags on for an eternity. Nothing seems right. You're a little fuzzy all the time, disoriented and just plain lost like a puppy dog wandering on a dark street.

Deleting seminar notes, exam time tables and going through tearful e-mails of 46 other women who shared a 3 year roller coaster ride along with me makes me gloomier. I am, was and never shall be a fan of change. It is the one thing I hate.

Speaking about the land I'm vacationing at.. There is a food overdose, heat overdose and T-Rex sized malls overdose. I'm sleep deprived and on my toes most of the time, clicking away furiously with my digi-cam and drinking gallons of iced coffee with cream and chocolate sauce topping.

Last week, I was in this mall called the Dragon Mall.. it is shaped like a Dragon and all the shops inside sell Chinese stuff. Walking down one of the alleys in the mall, I bumped into an aunty I met on the plane. We made conversation, oohed and aahed over the freak coincidence. We didn't ask each other too many personal questions, and we left our names unsaid.

Yesterday, I went to a mall called City Center and bumped into my classmate from school. We stared at each other wide eyed, hugged and caught up on each other’s lives of 3 years. "You don't look the same at all, you've become so skinny" she kept saying for the first 5 minutes. I laughed and remembered my pro food days when I'd gorge on everybody's lunch boxes.

Vacations.. I don't like them! Dear blog readers, do pass on all your unfinished assignments and projects to me, I'd love to work on them for you.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hell NOOOOOOOOOOOO......... U dont know what u r asking from me......

John Doe said...

awesum! trade me ur vacations for my work ...does it include a flight ticket to sharjah?

cm chap said...

Ha Ha... Enjyg the Dubai heat.. hmm

WOW.. Glad u want evry1s proj.. Take Mine... Next one n Western side of the world.. I will b happy to stay n Chennai for a while. Deal?

Anonymous said...

you'd like to work?... guess you wont regret!!!
have a great rocking time and come back

--xh-- said...

hm.. u dont know what u r asking.. enjoy the vecation while it lasts... :P whr r the pics u clicking? show the to us na :)

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

I wish we could exchange roles. Im so badly in need of holidays, I have my exams going on.*sigh*

Have a great time! this is my first visit to your blog.I'm completley in love with it.Will surely come back to read more.. I'm blogrolling you as well :)

Mahi said...

happy holidays! n welcome to the 'city tht never sleeps'(thts wat i call dubai!:D)
nice blog uve got there:)

The Pseudonym said...

Shucks... I had a phase in my life when I would do everyone's project. But now*sighs* It has been 4 years since my last vacation. Just starting to lose it. Cheers!!!Have Fun

Anonymous said...

I wish I could somehow teleport you here during my exam days...!

Ferrin B said...

wow! hav fun!
oh, and great blog!

Divia said...

we never had a vacation!!!
so it is the green pastures on the other side story....

thank God you had one

Deekshanya said...

nice! I am in dubai too for an onsite assignment. will be returning to India this weekend. I've been to all these places u've mentioned! I wonder why people struggle to earn money and then go straight to these malls and end up spending it all!!

-Deeksh

Tazeen said...

happy holidays