Remember..

Ok, So here I am sitting on my bed, laptop on lap, on a hot Saturday afternoon with nothing better to do. You see I was supposed to go in to work today, but everything got cancelled due to the Boston Blasts. Funny how something happening so far away in the US affects me, sitting here in Pune, but it does (Ok, I guess it shouldn't come as much of a surprise since I do work for an MNC!!). Anyway, so here I am sitting on my bed, laptop on lap.
I just finished watching Sherlock (amazing series, cant wait for the third Season) and checking my Facebook page. Nothing new there. So thought I'd update the blog, change the look or something.

One click led to another and next thing I know I'm reading my cousins blog. Now some four years back, when I'd joined my first job and had nothing much to do there, we used to chat all the time on GTalk (I guess she didn't have much work too!), and came up with the ideas of creating our own blogs each. We'd motivate each other to post, actually she'd be motivating me to post, she always had something to say, still does, and would read and comment on each others blogs. Called ourselves true cousins. There was always some scandal/secret to share about the rest of the cousins, and a lot of time to discuss all these things. Reading her blog brought back all those memories. What fun we had, talking rubbish most of the time, but it made sense.
How times have changed now! I don't even have her number (lost my contacts), we meet maybe 5-6 times a year. No chats/calls/gossip nothing! And its really sad. I have friends here too, but its just not the same. Miss those days, there wasn't much to do, everything was easy and laid back. No deadlines, no work pressure, no office politics. Parents and delicious food to come home to!
Most days I'm happy here, but some days, I wish I'd stayed back home and got a job there. Everything would have been so easy. But then, I would have never learned to do stuff on my own. Never would have known the freedom and independence I do now. Never would have met any of the people that I've come to know and love now.

I guess the moral of this rant is, you win some and you lose some. You just have to make the most of the situation you are in. Anyway, all this reminds me of a song I'd heard.

Remember by Harry Nilsson

Long ago, far away

Life was clear

Close your eyes

Remember is a place from long ago

Remember filled with everything you know

Remember when you're sad and feelin' down

Remember turn around

Remember life is just a memory

Remember close your eyes and you can see

Remember think of all that life can be

Remember

Dream love is only in a dream

Remember

Remember life is never as it seems

Dream

Dream love is only in a dream

Remember

Remember life is never as it seems

Dream

Long ago, far away

Life was clear

Close your eyes

UPDATE: May 6, 2013:

So after this post, I called her sister and got her number. Now we are in contact almost every hour, thanks to Whatsapp!!!