Month: April 2001

A Dinner and a few thoughts

Yesterday one of my colleague was moving on. He had arranged a dinner at a pub near our Office. Friday is normally dressdown day at our office, but it was sort of holiday for me.. I came back home at the afternoon, went back to office, to go to bank after sometime(read 2 hours) and then back at office working and back home by around 6.00. Though the day was hectic, I was really thinking all through the day.. Spring’s here and while I drove back to the pub near office at around eight at night, I had my windshields down and the breeze was cool. The dinner was good, had my favourite Mushroom boats again from that pub. Had a good company with Seatal, who I think is growing closer as a friend. I left the dinner roughly around 10.30..

The thinking of the whole day was accelerated learning!! How fast a person can learn and the wide array of things that can be learnt too.. Hmm.. need time to put those in words.. even more time to make it happen!!!

Plans!!

I had enough queries from colleagues, as to whether I want to settle down here or not.. Well I am undecided. Settling down in a place for life? Dunno yet.. havent thought about settling down here at all. I was a bit too much, when Rashmi and Zubin asked me about my buying a house here.. Hmph!

But I didnt have any trouble when Raj asked, where are you going to settle down.. Ideas flowed from my greymatter., and I blurted out.. I will save enough money so that I can retire maximum by the age of 35. By that time, I will have a plot of land in some village in India and I will build my farmhouse.. I will build it using my own design and try to include alternative energy resources. I will be growing the vegetables etc etc.. the farmhouse will have a growing collection of books.. Mostly it will be near a river, where I can take bath. Monday evening to Friday, I will be looking after the farm.. get up late in the morning, Newspaper with the morning cuppah, going to river(occasionaly) for the bath.. come back.. enjoy meal.. Afternoons will be spent looking after the farm and in the evening can stroll into the village and help the people with ideas (like giving the idea of gober-gas plant etc.. which I will be researching for them, help them improve the literacy?) and come back late in the evening, have dinner, retire with a book… maybe write also.. And come friday night.. will be back in the city.. with my family(oh yes!! Family’s most important).. Weekends for family exclusively.. Monday morning, making “dabba” for wife (and kids?!!) dropping her to office, pick her back up in the evening, and after that back to farm house!!!… occasionaly backpacking to different destinations.. learning.. etc etc..

Raj was shaking his head which for the moment meant “Tera kuch nahi ho-sakta”!!(you cant be changed! Hee hee.. Raj dosent realize that I can dream when wide awake..) But I added finally.. these are the current plans(long standing also).. it may change soon.

A little secret: Those who are not happy now cant be happy anytime!!!