Yes Folks! I mean that damn title. It seems strange, moreover weird, but its true. I need myself a holiday to be home.
Pune, the city I work. No matter how nasty is it, at times, due to many a reasons, it has got its own positives to applaud. I love this city. I would have loved it much more, would it be at least a bit more nearer to my hometown than it is now. It takes me 24 hours, a whole day to reach my hometown from Pune by train. Damn it! Now, U dont give me suggestions to try a flight than train;You guys know where I work!
Last week, I had been to my home town. It was a stay for 6 days, out of which 3 days I was WFH, one 2-day weekend and only single Holiday! I know, now you start cursing my firm for being so mean at leaves or chiding me for being so workaholic. But I have to tell you - this vacation is very much unplanned. I had to attend a function and I was present, planning at the eleventh hour.
Home is the best place one can have on earth, for sure! Thought the holiday schedule to my hometown, this time, was pretty hectic, I enjoyed it to max. It is filled with mixed feelings that I can not put it down in words. I had been to home after a long time, may be I should have had many a things to share with my family and hence may be I should have had loquaciously talk talk and talk until some one say "shut-up! we are bored". Unlikely, I am almost dumb at home during this holiday (Thanks to mobile revolution, every thing is shared with your near and dear just as and when it happened). Not only I was busing working at home but also my family too were busy as it was a festive season.
This hectic working lives deprive us of very small happinesses. You say it a cup of tea with your family or a lunch/dinner with your best pals, whatever! Now-a-days such incidents are called parties. LOL!! One more thing that makes my holiday perfect was a day out with pals. Though this was an unplanned holiday, I was aware that this idiot would be back from Singapore. I went to his home and stayed a night there (this is why I said that my holiday is hectic). You guys never know what all nonsense topics we had been discussing all night!
When you were working in the office, time moves like it was a snail. When you were home, days pass by in an eye-flash. One eve - shopping with dad; another eve - boys day out - me dad and bro went for a film and then to dinner. And finally the function day. This is a ritual performed on a grand scale by my maternal grand parents. Every one have their presence, all my relatives, family friends etc. I had been used to this function since my childhood. But this time, to be frank, it did not impress me. I can not say concrete that this is why I felt so; the result is out of mixed reasons.
One prominently was that I lacked the enthusiasm. I dont know why, may be I am not a kid any more, I was not able to involve in the scene. Secondly, the function itself lacked the josh. May be it was due to lack of concerned co-operation. I better dont want to comment on it. Last but not the least, Its damn tough to pose a eligible bachelor pose. I felt very much uncomfortable when I am in a group. It seems like hundred of eyes were watching me. Many a people come to me and introduce themselves, say hi to me and even inquire me when I am to home when I would go back too. And the heights was that some even photographed me, damn, without my permission. I cant help! All I can do was to say All is well to myself.
The holiday ended in no time with loads of memories. Waiting for Pongal, for next Holiday to Home.
