First and foremost on my mind is the betrayal I faced from my own flesh and blood, my guardians, my PARENTS! Yes, you read that right, my parents, the same people who brought me into this world, have deceived me. This is something you never see coming, I mean friends come, betray and go. But family, never! They are the ones who are always for you, with you. Or so I thought!
Anyway, without further ado I present to you the betrayal, as it happened:
I call my parent every night to take their blessings, its something I've been doing all my life. So, as usual I called them last night, and after taking the blessing from Ma, I was about to say good night and disconnect when she suddenly said, "Oh, our tickets have been booked, we'll be going to Shrinagar in September". I went "WHAAAATTTTTT?" out loud on the phone, and "WTF?" in my head.
Yes, apparently they had planned and booked a whole holiday, without even asking me! Can you believe it? Yes, I was speechless too. I mean, what kind of parents do that? Like really!
It seems, Ma and her Sister had unclaimed LTAs (Leave Travel Allowance - They can claim a full refund on air fares for themselves, their spouse, and non-working kids, once a year or so), so they decided to go somewhere since Sis was retiring and wanted to use the last LTA she got. Sis said Shrinagar, so Shrinagar it was. I wasn't asked because:
- Ma didn't think I would get leave from work.
- Ma didn't think I would want to go with Sis and her husband.
- Sis realised that without me, hiring taxis would be easy! (Since there were only four of them, one taxi would suffice).
- Ma didn't think I would get leave, again.
And its not like she didn't have any opportunity to ask me, or even tell me, for that matter. I mean, she speaks to me only like EVERY single day!
Anyway, whats done is done, the past cannot be altered. So, after a fair amount of soul searching and crap, I've decided to silence my wounded pride, and shamelessly tag along!
"I'm going on HOLIDAY!!!!! WOoHooOo!!!"
Now that I've dealt with the betrayal in a fair way (They're gonna (literally) pay for this!), I have to make a list of place to visit and all. Super excited. I'm finally breaking the circle of Goa-Pune-Mumbai-Goa-Pune-Mumbai-Goa-Pune-Mumbai....
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In other news, I've been feeling somewhat guilty. Why? Because I got promoted. And my teammate did not.
Now, I'm more experienced than him, and more deserving too, IMHO. So I don't know where this guilt is coming from.
Maybe I'm just too nice a person! No, that's something I've never been accused off, believe it or not!
Maybe its like misplaced guilt or something, or maybe I'm just being too dramatic, I just haven't figured it out!
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Also, my flatmate of 9 months is leaving for the USA on Friday. And she informed us about this on Monday! So we now have to look for someone who is ok with Non-Veg (Beef/Pork are the biggest issues!) and us, and is Goan, in exactly FOUR days! How that's gonna happen, I have no idea!
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And Nadal's out of Wimbledon, first round!!! On the bright side, this gives Federer a shot at the trophy.
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Now that I've got it all on my blog and off my chest, it doesn't seem that overwhelming! Phew! Off to dinner!
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Picture Of The Day: Lone Fisherman on Pashan Lake:
