Come with me

A huge gathering at the airport- family,relatives,friendsâ €¦everyone was there to see me off as I boarded my first flight to US.My parents were more nervous than I was…I was frankly most tense about getting lost.What if??????? How will I change flights,immigration,will I reach Cleveland one piece…
Well…I did manage that and it turned out to be the easiest thing in this world…

Ok now my picture of United States aur mera hone waala ghar was a fully furnished one ,each room has an attached bathroom with “bath-tub” and its basically a replica of heaven.
25 Aug,2002- As my friend Rajiv picked me from Cleveland airport and drove me to Akron all throughout in the midst of my traveling hang-over I was looking for something different,something that will tell me –yes that’s US and that’s how it is different from India..I thought that I was just too tired from the long journey and that’s the reason I cant figure it out right now..
But as I enter my house in Akron,greeted by Sapna whose busy with all others shifting to the house next door and moving stuff from here to there,I am taken a back.

My dream room is actually just a room with a mattress and stuff lying around everywhere.

I burst into tears and just slept off in sometime on that one mattress in my room. I guess I got used to this fact(or maybe got myself used to it)with time J

as I would repeat to myself 'priya arora-welcome to the real world'

I woke up the next day with the realization I wasn’t home.

Mummmyyyyyyyyyyyyy……⠀¦â€¦.papa,Pooja…koyee bhee nahee hai…main kahan jayun,main kyun aayi yahan….kyuuuuun…I never knew I was so attached to home as much as I realized this in my first few weeks of stay in US.I would talk to them everyday,chat for hours…they missed me equally.

Time- is definitely the best healer,the solution to all problems…all fears…I was a cry-baby when I came here,a pampered child at age 22 who had to be exposed to this air to learn.And that’s exactly what happened.

Apart from a new life,lots of learning and exposure,Akron gave me friends I would cherish forever.Moreso, it’s also the place one gets used to…the roads,the familiarity with the places around me,my university that I see everyday,it became my comfort zone.
But that wasn’t my purpose of coming to the United States.I had to move out one day.Bid goodbye with tears in my eyes once again…with memories and lots of them…forever!

A new life is waiting for me with open arms and I am definitely looking forward to it.

For those who havent seen Bunty aur Babli yet,you are missing something in life.I just loved it...fir chahe uskee cast ho,ya characters,ya fir songs hon,ya dialogues...a very light and different movie...it will leave you smiling all the time...either at the romance in the song 'chup chup ke',or the funny QQQuereshi,or the connection between bunty,babli and all others,or amitabhs hip-hop number,or aish's dance on the awesome kajra re number along with father and son, sung beautifully by alisha,or ranis punju upbringing,or the presence of old actors like prem chopra or ranjit,or shamak dawar's choreography...

There are some movies we see for the songs like Taal...i'd heard the songs too many times before the release of the movie...but for some its different.Like for b n b,i had not heard a single song before i saw the movie- and thats all i have been listening to since sunday now.

Abhishek is so much like his Dad in some scenes...heart-throb...sensational...like father like son ;-)

I just loved the movie...

Words...make all the difference...
kaha jaata hai ki kamaan se nikla teer aur mooh se nikle lafz kabhi waapis nahi aate...in other words 'think before you speak'

So many times we happen to just talk nonsense,not meaning a word and yet end-up hurting the other person.And its very difficult or maybe impossible to mend that wound.
At the same time,sometimes just one soothing word,just said like that,is a blessing for them.How much does it take to be nice and to not hurt- nothing!

Just a few things off-hand which define a basic human character ,i wont admit that I have been forever perfect,but yes,have learnt over these past years and try to practice them as much possible-
Be in your face and honest and yet not curt, dont lie and dont hide,dont hold grudges(lifes too short for that)

So comeon people lets be a reason to make them happy...and not let them feel alone...

Uthe sabke kadam dekho rum pum pum
ajee aise geet gaaya karo
Kabhi khushi kabhi gum dekho rum pum pum
Haso aur hasaya karo...