Born free

My friend recently informed us that she was expecting a child soon! This was great news and we had to meet. So she invited us to an event that was organised by the NGO she works for. 

After the wonderful bharathnatyam performance, we were outside the venue chatting and she was telling us about how hospitals charge a lot for delivering babies. The discussion was about how over the ages hospitals have charged and how their mothers told them about how much they had to pay then versus how much their children will have to pay for it. 

That time, i had an epiphany and said: 'I was born in a Military Hospital and I was born for free'

Born free! Yea baby!      

Lyrids/Sleepless nights

I slept late last night. It was quite cool and the sky was clear. The moon was setting and as I got into my blanket on my terrace and looked up, I saw a fireball move across the north east part of the sky and I was thrilled! 

That made me lose any little bit of sleep remaining and I searched the internet for any possible meteor showers this time of the year, as I remembered the Lyrid showers from a few years ago. The internet told me that the showers were to officially start on 16th of April and would peak on 21st. So I know what to do those few nights - stay awake and look at the sky! :D 

Then I remembered this blog post I wrote two years ago about the Lyrids... I am super lucky to witness such events!   

Srilankans

It's been three years since I bought my current bike And I was pretty excited about it. So decided to text Revati and she asked me what happened to the 'Sri lankan'...

Obviously she was referring to my previous bike - The Sri Lankan made Lumala Platina.(She got married before I switched my bike, hence the disconnect with which bike I currently rode.) Pretty bike that was. And I told her it was with my cousin who uses it very well indeed.

But when She said 'Sri Lankan', It triggered a whole different memory about the time when I was in Auroville, and met a very good looking Sri Lankan guy. I Had a crush on him and I though he liked me as well. But he wasn't there long enough for anything to happen. 

Apparently, Revati remembers me talking about him. Also, she reminded me that even though we were in touch, he stopped replying once I told him that I was planning to take a trip to Sri Lanka. 

Such a bummer, right? :P 

But i've got a huge silly grin on my face, and can't stop thinking about the two aforementioned Sri Lankans :D

Yesterday will forever be known as the day I managed to lock myself out of my house!

I was out with my friends till midnight and didn't want to go home, but I went anyway. I found that my neighbour had locked the main entry to our building thinking that I was home already, and my folks were fast asleep to hear the phone ring. 

So I called up Pooja, and spent the night at her place. 

But when I reached home at midnight and realised what situation I had gotten myself into, I couldn't help but laugh :P 

That was fun