Saras India

I think I might be busy in office today also.. Big boss is coming, so not much free time then.. I have made a schedule for one of my guests. He likes to party, so on Wednesday I will take him to Loveshack, as well as on Sunday. Saturday we will go to Skyebar, he said he wanted to see that nice place. On Friday I havent decided where to take him yet,  I need to ask him what kind of places he likes..

Not much to write today.. Just have a nice day everyone

I swear! Is it only me that thinks I look pregnant in the previous photo? I am absolutely not. I am as skinny as always...

I hate the rain, really! I mean I come from a country where it rains too much, of course I am tired of it. And I now live in a country where it rarely rains, but when it rains it rains. And today it rains. It started on the bike back home from office. I was wearing so less clothes, and I started to get really cold. I was not dressed for the rain. When I got home I changed my clothes and jumped in to my boots. I love them! Its like it was a thing, something I never worn before! It was awesome to wear them here! Now when I just left roomies place, I was walking on the flooded streets and it was kind of heaven.. It was almost that I chose to walk home instead of being dropped in the car..

Fun day in office today where there were things to do all the time. I thought I would have an evening in my place tonight, but plans just got changed. No party, I will have to go to a friends place.

Other than this, one of the repeat guests is back, and he wants us to take him out again. Apparently Wednesday and Sunday he wants to go to Loveshack, Saturday he wants to go to Skyebar. Maybe I should take him somewhere on Friday also, lets see what my colleagues says...

I forgot my camera last night, I was stressed when I left the house. One of my friend´s called me up and said, "Sara you have to come to my place! I have been talking so much about you to my friends and they are dying to meet you. My friend will pick you up in two minutes, be ready!" I had no choice, I had to go. Her friend came to pick me up and took me to Loveshack. It is a great place on Sundays, not so many people and very good music. I get a chance to talk to all the owners and staff, so it is nice. Her friends were two cricket players and one owner of a great club! Nice people. At the end of the night, one of these "fell in love with me" and I spent a long time explaining I am not interested in having a relationship or going out on a date so he can fall for me even more.. He didnt want to listen to me. Saying that you have a boyfriend doesnt help either, so I have stopped using that. I dont think anything helps, really...

Anyway, I was dancing to the awesome music with a friend of mine, they told us dancing was not allowed. We stopped and started again as soon as the guard turned his back. Well I should not complain, atleast there was some music this time.. The night ended early, and I had a good night sleep, before I woke up by the lady brooming outside my window, our puppies screaming and the little girl nextdoor calling for Kara-kaaaaaar (My roommate Kara).

I really wonder how this road is. I have heard a rumour that there is a sign "Entry to Very nice road" but I havent seen that one yet, I dont know where it is.

I work for such a cheap company, that they dont let us use the AC if there is no guests around. And they dont let us wear less clothes, so even if I am just sitting, I am sweating my ass off! Great way to keep your staff happy and satisfied.. I hate people that are stupidly cheap!

So here I am, on a lovely Sunday, sweating away.. After work me and roomie is going for some treatments, maybe some facials or massages or something. We got some giftvouchers last night in the moviehall, worth 30 000 rupees, so lets see what we will do with all that money!

We have known each other for quite some time now, we have gotten along, we have become quite good friends. But now I was asked out for a date. And I felt I couldnt say no. We went for a movie, we were supposed to see a romantic movie, but it wasnt shown in the evening. It wasnt really a suitable movie for a date, but we enjoyed anyway. We were in good company. We both had popcorn and coke. We talked, we smiled and we laughed. I was cracking joke after joke, like always, and I think my date fell for me... Hopefully there will be a second date soon ♥




Me and my date

Sometimes, when I am lucky, I have a complimentary pick up and drop by the name of Rahul. When we work the same hours he always comes to pick me up and he also drops me home in the evening, since we live pretty close to each other. The other day, he drove very harshly and hit a stone so some pipe on the bike got loose (I have no idea what things on a bike are called). Anyway, we stopped by a mechanic and they fixed it. Or atleast so we thought. When we went back home in the night, I heard a weird sound and looked back, the whole pipe had fallen off! So we had to stop and Rahul and me had to pretend to be mechanics! Haha, it was actually little funny, and I had to try hard not to laugh....

Somehow I (yes, I!) got it back on, and we could drive back home again, although very slowly, scared that the pipe would fall off again. And I had to sit like a lady, like both legs on the same side, I was very scared and hold on to my driver the whole way!

I am just waiting for my colleague to come and then me and my ex roomie will go for a movie together.. A nice girls night out.. I think we need it, we have loads of problems to discuss... The movie we will see is called The Devil's double.. Its about Saddam Husseins son. I am sure it will be a good movie.

Have a nice Saturday evening everyone.

"Today I had to dodge a cow in traffic!"

I often get questions like "What do you love about India?" "How can you love India this much, just go back home!" But it is not that easy anymore. India has grown on me, and everyday I am happy that I live in India. There are so much love here, so much laughter, so much misery and so much happiness. Life in India is so different from the life I had in Sweden. No day is the other one alike. India is a very charming country. I think you either love it or hate it. It is so different, so exciting, so much colour, so much smells, so much crowd, so much love, so much happiness, so much beauty, so much poverty, so much richness, so much of everything!

When I was talking to my friend the other night, she was wondering why I love India so much. She thought I should go back to Sweden, it is so clean there, and traffic is so nice "Today I had to dodge a cow" The things she hates, are the tings I love and see as the charm of my beloved India (Okay, I confess, I dont always love the traffic and dirt).

India has taught me so much. She has taught me to be very independent, to take care of myself, to be patient, to not loose my temper over small issues (okay, I am still working hard on that point), to be happy with what I have, to appreciate life, to love, to enjoy, to love myself.

I once had a saying, What happens in Pune, stays in Pune. I later changed it to, What happens in India, stays in India. But I was a kid back then (some people will say I still am) and I grew up (some people will laugh at that statement). I somehow feel that everyone has taken over this saying of mine. Because I have seen so much bullshit in this country and in this city of mine. And it is such bad things that I cant even tell you. What does friendship really mean here? What does relationships and marriage mean here? What does your own life mean?

I have seen so much lying and cheating and I hate it. It can be all from "Yes it costs 50 rupees" When it really costs 40, or "No I dont have a boyfriend" When she really does have a boyfriend. What is the point of lying to others? Does it make you happy? I doubt that. Maybe some instant happiness, but in the long run it doesnt make you happy, and it makes other people feel even worse. If you are not happy with what you have in your life, change it! If you dont want to marry that person, end it before it is to late! If you want your friend to be more than just a friend, work for it! Nothing comes easy in this life. Our lives are short, just make the most of it, try to be happy. Why would you not want to be happy everyday instead of maybe once a week, or once a month? True happiness is an indescribable feeling.

Try to live your life the way you want it to be. Make changes if you are not fully satisfied. It feels so good to be happy in your life. Be happy with yourself, you are the most important person in your life.

I hate working six days a week. And I hate working on Saturday and Sunday when all of my friends are off. It is useless working shifts, and having to wait for the other person to take over. You can never just finish your work and leave early. I dont want to have a job like this. I want some flexibility, I want to work 5 days a week, I want to be off on the weekends which is normal for me, I want to work for a company that is not cheap with money and staff, it is not okay letting your staff work for 12 hours per day and not give them more time off or more money.

Where is my dreamjob? I want to have it now!

But there is no "Thank God its Friday" statement from me, because I work on the weekends so I hardly care if it is weekend or not..

I love the pictures from Loveshack. Or I think I just love seeing myself in pictures, hehe..

Me and Vishal

Himesh, me and sweet Zoe

I just read that the La Tomatina festival is cancelled. Spain can afford the festival, but not India... So all of you who planned on going need to make new plans now..

Did you ever hear about La tomatina? It is the famous festival celebrated in Spain, where you all throw tomatoes on each other.. It has now come to Bangalore and is held this Sunday, for the first time ever. There is an event on Facebook, and more than 54 000 people have said they are coming! The event is providing tomatoes, and DJ´s will also be there to play. It will be held in a huge area called Palace grounds, and there are entry fees for everyone who wants to participate.

So, the thing is that so many people are also against this festival, because in India there are so many people that can not even afford to buy tomatoes for eating, and now so many people just want to throw it away, when it instead could have been used for feeding a lot of people. The one good thing is that the event is claiming that some of the profit will go to NGO´s. But it is still a waste of a lot of food.
 


But I am sure that this festival will be a lot of fun. It is like the Indian festival Holi, where you throw colours at each other, but this time it is tomatoes. I will not attend this event. Mainly because I am working, but also because I dont see the point in celebrating a Spanish festival here in India. Why has it become so huge and popular here? Is it because of the hindi movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara? In that movie the are in Spain, celebrating the festival..

Why dont the Bollywood industrie make a movie in Sweden during Midsummer, maybe my festival would become so popular here in India that everyone wants to celebrate that one too!?

I have been a good housewife today, cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, shopping... When I was cooking I ran in to a rat in the house (second one, or is it the same one?), when I was cleaning I didnt see anything but a lot of dust, when I was shopping I met a bunch of weirdos. And when I was hanging my laundry outside, I came across this one! I got scared because it was really big. And when I was taking his picture, I was little scared that maybe he would jump and attack me. I didnt know what kind of spider this was, maybe he was superdangearous or something!