The final countdown ...

Just 7 or 14 days more in Bangalore before I depart for US. Got so much to do, so many things to settle, to clear, to initiate, to end... (listing below is in random order)

Bike - Need to get my bike transferred to Delhi. PB will use it there.

Other stuff, AB's stuff - Need to sell-off my other things. Planning to sell this recent all-time friend (laptop) here. Also, give my Nokia 6585 CDMA mobile to mom. Would need to clear the phone of all traces of use ;) Need to sell / transfer AB's stuff to Delhi.

Accounts - Need to balance out monetary accounts with everyone. Don't want to leave with any financial strings on my back.

Relations - Need to sort out things with a few people. Need to initiate some communication channels. Need to gather/capture all the love, memories and moments with the ones I love to keep me company in days of solitude.

Complete and send my ISB application. Believe in my selection for the next year's course.

Need to prepare myself for the change. Not only in my life but in others. Things are not going to be the same anymore. No more late night calls, no more long hours of talking on anything and everything.

What'll remain is just the cherished moments of people I know, of friends I have, of love and of hate that I leave purposefully, to pursue goals in my life.

Hello... get married !!

Just received a call from Mom. She's in Indore these days, visiting cousins. Nowadays, we are 2 brothers (AB and me) who are of 'marriagable' age in the family.

So, both my Mom and my cousin sister are after him to get married. But while bantering in that city, they remember me and pronto give me a buzz. It's 0100 hrs in the night, but they are not bothered, rather want to 'pull my leg' in the spur of the moment.

First on-line comes AB himself. Says, Mom has brought snaps of 4 girls with her. I say yea, as if that was possible in the wildest dreams... She roaming the country with snaps of her son's would-be's. Anyways, I avert the discussion.

Next on-line comes my sister BB. She married some 14 years ago at the tender age of 19. Yes, it was a love-marriage into a punjabi family. She's a mother of 2 angelic daughters now. She asks me about my preferences. Somehow I dodge her volley of rapid-fire questions. In the end, she asks me to give her 'timely updates' on this frontier of my life. [No comments]

Last, is Mom herself. I tell her that she already has a scape-goat in front of her (in the form of AB), so she should spare me. She agrees. So fast, so sweet of her.

But the fact remains... life's running at a fast pace. And, I need to keep abreast of it at all times.

Movies, Little Masti, No Magic ...

This could be the week when I saw the maximum number of movies in a span of 3 days (net). Went to watch 'Salaam Namaste' (the live-in relationship based movie) on Wednesday as part of our quarterly project party... Finished that day with a dinner @ Angeethi (a treat by my current PM, RB, for his recent job band change).

Visited my cousin brother SB and his family on Saturday evening. Stayed over for dinner with them. Went to a place called 'Leo's' - near their residence. Pathetic food. Sloppy service. Inhospitable environs for having a decent meal. But anyways, finished the a-la-carte ordered. Dropped them back home and collected some DVD movies from him to watch on Sunday.

Returned @ midnight. Started watching 'Bunty aur Babli' - the second latest presentation from the YRF stables. Must say, it's a nice comedy. Enjoy it after switching off your brains for the duration and you'll have a laugh or two definitely. Finished watching it @ around 0400 hrs Sunday morning...

Got up @ 1100 hrs... Nothing much to do. Did my weekly laundry. Had a late lunch. The MSO cable operators are on strike since yesterday evening, so started my second movie... This time it was 'The Last Samurai'. A brilliant movie to say the least. A pretty good storyline, amazing cinematography, brilliant direction and some exceptional performances by Tom Cruise and company...

Well, went for a stroll (using my feet for a change) in the evening, alone. Spoke to a couple of people while returning... Brought myself up-to-date with them...

Planned to watch my 3rd flick 'Sarkar', but unfortunately the audio's not audible due to some driver problems... So thinking of watching 'Musafir'. Got some bad reviews about it from PC. So not too keen on it, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do (especially when he has nothing else to do) ;)