10/7/2007 7:00:44 PM
What is your perfect idea of a weekend?! Especially if you have a job like mine where you are expected to be on alert 24/7… you just don’t know when your boss might need someone’s email id or you need to reply in the middle of the church service to your colleague about the car pick-up. Well comparatively at least these options are better than being on a shoot or attending the fake parties just for your company’s PR.
This Saturday-Sunday is what I would call very relaxing and I’m content by the end of the Sunday evening as I listen to the Rabindrasangeet and write this, one of my usual sudden attacks of diary entries.
So what did I do?! No I was not cleaning my room. That’s in pretty decent state. This time it was one of my reading fits. Yesterday after some awesome VEGETARIAN marwari lunch at Rajdhani, I went to crosswords for what I would call ‘time-pass’. But for a shopalcoholic like me what do you expect. Yes I did pick up a book called “Almost Single”. The synopsis goes like this “My name is Aisha Bhatia. I’m 29 years old and single,work as Guest relationship Manager at the Grand Orchid Hotel, dine at luxury hotels and stay in 5 stars during my travel…….. I tolerate my job, hate my boss and bond big time with my friends…………” and it goes on. Just one glance at it and I could relate to it, hence I bought it. And there I was in my bed living through the pages as the life of the protagonist proceeds.
In the evening, I managed to go the Youth Cell of our church. There was a Canadian man named Steve who was sharing with us his life and walk with God. It touched my heart especially a statement where he said that in his early years he didn’t know who was God but knew one thing for sure that God loved him. Yes God loves each one of us then why do we crib, cry and complain. I guess that’s human nature which needs to be disciplined.
Today was fun in church. Yes I sang in the choir holding the mike. And I testified about the last eve and also my take on Steve’s THE statement that struck me. I skipped lunch, had fruit juice and and apple and continued with my ‘Almost Single’. It had a happy ending like any funny casual read but it made me think a very practical point of my life. Aisha the main character all distressed by her single status when alas gets wooed by the perfect man, she denies the proposal. She realized may be she is still not ready to commit into the bonding called ‘marriage’ and all the frustrations that she had was nothing but a “habitual banter’, a Greek chorus more for entertainment than an honest expression of misery.”…. Yes and then suddenly the bulbs glows on my head……all these everyday cribs n cries are quite similar. I’ve no reasons for them. I just do them as a “HABITUAL BANTER”. God has always blessed me with everything and may be if my life wouldn’t have been like this I would have been bored but whatever it is, I’m actually happy and not lonely that I keep thinking I’m. Praise God!!!
But I’m a little sad cause I’ve hurt Shekhar by my words and was also rude to sruti n the other chick from the hostel. Please forgive me!
Take care, and see you soon J
