is there a time u can call your own??

does the clock know the time? – a friend had asked me once…no, i did not have the answer.

went home last week. wanted to surprise my parents…and what a journey that was. 25 hours! cost me rs 450, a neck and a spine.

visiting the chipsters was almost overwhelming! made me feel right at home…kp ran all over the place announcing my arrival, like i was some big shot! hari thumped a HUGE calvin and hobbes treasury collection in my hands and said it was for me !!!!! george wanted me to join crn and gave me his funda about zdnet, itspace and crn. dhaval accompanied me till sion station (he’s changed so much, my chachu dhav). veer took me around in the brand new zen that his father gifted him… we finally had coffee together. jace introduced me to shvetank who later interviewed me for zdnet. i was so tempted to say ‘yes’ right away!

i also met mahesh shantaram, and of course, sumod, vrushali, pillaiji, gv, hari (again) and ‘the’ manoj everyone was telling me about!
gulnar, umesh and gourav were in goa…too bad, i thought then, almost disappointed!

other bombay friends…sameer and ivor and sandeep. met sanjeev too, but i was really pre-occupied and tense and sanjeev left after we had a coffee and choc-doughnut at hotbreads. just like him! he doesnt like to be with ppl who are not in a mood for good news and fun. its a good practise, actually…keeps you in good cheer always. met prakash 30 minutes later. praks has a new office now…everyone’s grown up and doing their own thing.

what about me? am i on the right track, i keep asking myself.

flew back to bng the next day. spoke with gulnar and decided to go to goa!! told sharmela about it (heh heh, she didnt have much choice! i’d booked my ticket already 😉

took me 15 hrs to reach goa. this time i lost my patience too! not that i’d found my neck and spine though!
but it was all well worth it. i needed the breaks, i think. and now i think i’ll go back to bombay. to be with zdnet. have lots of ideas i’d like to try here.

will at least take me a month though. but it would be a shame leaving my house and independence and all 🙁

i still wonder if i’ll be doing the right thing, but hey, what the heck!