......will call you

I didn’t even realize this till last night that I’ve been in Beijing for almost two months now. I dint because I am having the time of my life here.

Work, Culture , Parties , Moments, Learning Chinese, experiencing all three seasons in the same day , meeting new people, doing some things that I would never imagine myself doing, all of this is adventurous to me and I like adventure.

But then Hatim(you have to come here pretty soon) called last night, and we spoke for almost half hour and it made me feel home sick. I’ve been out of my house for four years now(its not very common for an Indian) and don’t we say friends become family. It made me think in this excitement have I forgotten to keep in touch with some of my closest friends. Emails, blogs, MSN , don’t give you that satisfaction ,you get when you actually talking to them over the phone,listening to them, shouting on the streets and people think that you are crazy…..

I miss you guys and I will call you one by one. (I need to save up even if that means one weekend less at sanlitun…. Hehe)

Thank you.

"CHE"

Some movies just dig deep in you, they bring the true “you” right in front of your face and ask you those simple questions of life…

· What is your purpose??
· What difference you will make to the world if you die the next moment and not after 50 years??
· Is it only for food, money, feelings, people that you live for? Or is there a core objective that you need to hunt and go after it like you have never chased anything before…


Obviously there are a lot of such questions, (and I can sense people reading this blog, saying what bullshit, he is the last one to talk about life and to top that give a meaning to it.) which remain unanswered to a lot of us. But there are some who get these questions answered and obviously there is no looking back from there then.

One of them was “Che” Guevera, and I am talking about the Motor Cycle Diaries.

I’ve seen it twice already. If I am not watching it I am listening to its music, and I can honestly feel it.(Obviously you can accuse me of being over emotional about certain things or most of the things I do), but then some things do move you.

One of the reasons to start this blog was that I can write about my feelings(I don’t care how many people read it or not) and look back and think did I do something about it?

I don’t know if I can promise, it will be a big one if I do though, but I hope I can ride the “Mighty One” one day go about meeting people visiting different places and living my dream of traveling the world and getting to know the people who have seen this tough life, who have much more to cry for then not having their nails polished or their girl friend dumped them.

For those who haven’t seen the movie. Watch it. Download its music. Let me know what you think about it. J You don’t need to get emotional about it, you can just watch and movie and love it. Don’t need to write about it. J

Zia jian (Good bye!!)

Lost(Continued)

This is the best picture I have taken so far in life....I know now where Ronaldo got his hair style from . :-)

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Lost

We decided to do something productive/different this week…Initially the plan was to go for a @ conference which was three hours from Beijing, but then that couldn’t materialize so we decided to “something” …

However vague absurd that might sound that something was to get “lost” in Beijing. We decided to drive for 30 minutes in one direction and then take out our map to figure out if there was any interesting place somewhere around to be visited…

Let me talk, a little more about this feeling of being lost. How boring it is to know what you will be doing for the next 6 hours, one day, one week, year or maybe years. I completely agree one needs to plan and work to ensure that plan is successful, but sometimes you need to be adventurous. All I checked while leaving my house was, did I take my camera, my keys, some money and a map. I didn’t know where the road was leading me. I left my house with one intention and one intention only that I need to be on the streets of Beijing.

The result was a beautiful antiques market called the Panjiayuan Antiques Market. It was a place to appreciate some finer things in life. Felipe and me couldn’t stop taking pictures. Below are some of my favourite snaps from the market.

This place is definitely one of the most interesting places I’ve been in my life. I wouldn’t have been here or liked it as much as I did, if I had planned to be here..

Hope you like the pictures….

Cheers

Hope...

Hope is a good thing....."The Shawshank Redemption"

Hope all my friends and family are safe in a city, I know has gone through a lot in the past and has come back fighting stronger then ever before...

This is to the city and the spirit of the people..

This is to Mumbai....

Cheers
Jitu

Only good as the last game... you need to prove yourself again everytime.....

Roberto oh Roberto….

How about retiring ,and giving your legs rest for good?

Pictures speaks more then words?? You decide.....