A free spirited girl

A memory from the past had me revisit my college WhatsApp group to search for an image from the yesteryear. As I scrolled down the memory lane I came across a particular photograph that caught my attention. The same one you see up there. Do you see What I see? If you knew me closely from college then I guess you do. If you don’t, I believe you’ll know by the end of this post.

When I think about my 19 year old self, I’m instantly reminded of the free spirited girl I was back then. I was a hopeful chirpy girl with a smiling face. I was also a dreamy girl with many dreams struggling to gauge what my true ambition really was. I was also naive and delusional at times and I would often live some of the moments as though I were a character from a novel, haha; a serial romanticist I was 🙂

When I look back, I feel relieved because of how far I have come from my thinking process back then. Yes, I can make stronger decisions now and I don’t make rash choices that simply suit the situation. I think through. And most importantly, I am more in reality than 19G ever was. That being said, I also miss that free spirited girl carrying a bundle of joy and love. Wonder what happened? Life maybe? Must have happened to you too hasn’t it?

Well, thank god for pictures for we can take a glimpse of the past and let revertigo power us up even if it were for just a while.

A memory from college made me revisit an image from the yesteryear and I realised just how beautiful memories really are. We have a lot to say to them and they have a lot to give to us 🙂

I ate Pizza with a Stranger

It was that time of the month when our bank account makes us hopeful. Salary day. I would rush to my favourite restaurants and treat myself with my favpurite dishes. I used to visit these places with my friends too and enjoy but going on a date with yourself is also one of the best things you can treat yourself with, particularly when it is pehli Tareekh, or paachvi Tareekh for most people.

It was February, last year when I went on one such date to a local Dominos pizzeria to treat myself on salary day. So I went to this place and I ordered my regular Margherita pizza and I searched for a place to sit but couldn’t find any. I came across one seating area where only 1 girl, who looked almost about my age was sitting. I asked her if I could join her table, to which she said ‘Sure’. For the longest time until we waited for the counters to display our magic order numbers we didn’t speak at all. Which is normal actually, I am not a big fan of talking to strangers but somehow this time I felt that maybe we could basic talk. Making friends used to be easier before right? When we didn’t have phones and were left to make new friends for real and ask them the 4 magic words that sometimes formed the foundation of our friendships. ‘Tera Naam kya hai?’ (What’s your name?) sounds funny now right? But that sincerely used to be the golden ice breaker sentence until we slightly grew up. At one point the silence got so awkward I just finally broke the ice & asked her, ‘What have you ordered?’ & then began our conversation, We spoke about things, we had a real conversation & we even shared our pizzas. It was during the time when sharing was considered safe, it was 2019, that year was awesome.

Her office was close to my place & my office was in the area she lived in, which was quite far away, it was a nice coincidence. We missed exchanging numbers but it didn’t matter as this was a usual go to place for both of us & we could catch up some other time coincidently but after a few months Domino’s unexpectedly got shut down and I could not even eat that #onelastpizza in the place I grew up eating pizzas in.

Nevertheless, occasional self dates do give you good experiences. Sometimes you learn, sometimes you make new friends