Saras India

It feels like it was so long ago I did some shopping, but I just remembered that Mumbai had some good shopping when I was there.. And I went to Commercial street today and did lots of shopping. I cant even say how much money I accidently spent today! But I needed it all! Clothes, shoes, and the best part - my first Saree! It is so difficult to buy sarees, there are so many pretty and the best part is that you dont have to worry about any sizes. Everyone will fit you. So you just have to choose the ones that you like!

A phonecall woke me up last night, of course people make drunk phonecalls to me on Diwali, what did i expect? Anyway, I knew people would miss me, but this much? I had no idea. After all the phonecalls "Where are you?" "Why didnt you come out?" "We miss you" it was time for me to fall asleep again. Only, now I couldnt sleep. I guess I was to excited with all the boosting I got from my friends. And then I got so hungry, I went up in the middle of the night to get some food. Of course there wasnt anything in the fridge, since I never eat at home these days, so I only had some youghurt. That hardly helped.

Then I started thinking about the phonecall that came to office today. Who was that? He started with asking me normal question like where the office was located, but then it turned personal. Where am I from? I dont sound indian? What is my name? Do I want to go for Metallica with him? How long will I be working for? etc.. I hope it is not a scary stalker guy! His voice sounded familiar, maybe it was one of my friends, but I didnt recoognise his number. Luckily I never work alone. I hope all my guys in office will be protecting me from these weirdos. After all, I am everyones favourite in office ♥ hehe

We just cant get along. I dont know why this is, I am such a nice person, everyone likes me! But there are some serious tention between me and Diwali. Not a single one till date has been good, these are the reasons for this years Diwali being bad;

1. I had to work for 12 hours because someone decided to take off

2. I was angry because I had t work for stupid 12 hours on Diwali

3. Some weirdo called me at work and asked me out to the Metallica consert! I have no idea who he was

4. I got a migrane

5. There is a nice party happening, but I cant go since I have a migrane

6. There are so many crackers outside, and its hurting my head since I have a migrane

So me and Diwali are just not friends. I have to realise it now, this being my forth crappy Diwali in a row. I guess I am kind of the only one just sitting at home doing nothing... Oh, this sucks! Just because of the shift I had today, it ruined my whole week.. I am little sad because of that actually!

Sometimes when I am bored, and my friend is in my place, I let Harper out of her room and let her run around in the house. Why do I do this when I am bored? My friend is really scared of dogs. Actually he claims he is not scared of dogs, he is only scared of puppies! And its not that he is really scared, he just dont like when they run towards him and he is not ready for it. I love watching when he jumps up on the sofa because he is scared of the tiniest little puppy, or when he jumps back in fear when the puppy is running towards him!

Yesterday was one of those days when I was little bored, so I let Harper out. I also tried to make a video out of it, but I think my friend put on his brave mask, you cant see how scared he really is.

She really liked posing infront of the camera. She never wanted to stop taking pictures or making videos. I think she could have kept going the whole night, the sweet kid Kirtina..

Tomorrow the festival Diwali starts, the great festival of lights. It must be one of the most famous festivals in India, for us foregigners atleast. Diwali and Holi are the popular once I think. I had some great plans for tomorrow, since I havent had a good Diwali till date. My first Diwali was celebrated in Jaipur with my friends. We had to go home to the hotel because boys kept stalking us and touching us! My second Diwali was spent all alone in a hotelroom in Delhi, I also had food poisoning and no one could help me get medicine or take me to hospital until morning.. My third Diwali was spent at a friends place, where I actually didnt want to be. I was hoping my forth Diwali would be a good one, celebrated the Delhiway (Delhipeople know how to celebrate festivals) Now there is a slight change in plans, I hope I can get past my grudges and still have a good time..

Houses will be decorated with flowers and lots of lights. A lot of crackers will be sold and used. Some pujas, good food and drinks also I guess... It is very nice being a part of all the Indian festivals, there is so much love and happiness during these times. And look at this sweetbox I got from office today! I will never finish this one, it is too much sweets for me.

What better way to get yourself into a good mood than this?

After a good day gone bad, I think I deserve all of these.

I am such a child! The biggest problem I have in life is seriously my mood. I cant control it and when I get angry I get so angry! I want to say so many bad things, and, to feel even better, slap someone, instead I keep it all inside because I know I will say something that is not acceptable. I left office in a rush and in a state of complete anger! It did not help that it was raining cats and dogs and I got completely drenched. The thing that made me feel slightly better was all this chocolate and this cutie waiting for me at home..
 
Some puppylove is the best love. Our sweet puppy Harper. I think we are going to keep her ♥

Eventhough I had an awesome time in Mumbai, it is so nice to be back home in Bangalore. How can I move from here? I dont think it is possible... As soon as I entered my house, I left my luggage, took a shower and met up with some of my friends. I had a lovely evening with a long lost friend, havent seen him in a long time so it was really nice meeting him again. We were just sitting in a bar chatting the night away, I was home quite early..

So what happend in Mumbai? Well, all my visa issues got sorted out. I dont know why Bangalore gave me so much trouble, it was so easy in Mumbai. Other than that I had meetings with my Swedish friend and I ate a lot of food. The Dahi puri in Mumbai is awesome, and I hade the best roll ever, Paneer bhurji roll with cheese... And me my friend we bought so many donuts for our meetings, lovely!

Now I am off into the extreme heat and humidity that Mumbai has, so that I have lots of time to enjoy Mumbais wonderful adventures. Shopping, eating, ticketbooking, policereports and a long meeting are on the agenda for today. Have a wonderful day, unless I am melting in the sun, I will also be having a wonderful day ♥

I found hundreds of these on the women´s compartment in the train in Mumbai. But people please, dont call, only sms him..

Yesterday after all my work (my visa issues are now solved, yeeey) I met my sweet swedish friend Kathrine. We have big plans for the future. Yesterday we had our first meeting and it looked like this! I would love to have more meetings like this.  

We went to Mad Over Donuts, one of my favourite shops, they sell the best donuts ever. And we decided to buy 5 and get one free (it was their offer). When we had chosen 6 I asked them if we couldnt get one for free. The guy said that we already got one, but I wanted one more for free. I told him that we are so sweet (two cute, white chicks) so we should get one more. He couldnt say no! So 7 donuts we had, and they were all amazing. So far I have eaten Dahi Puri and donuts. Now only rolls from Lokhandwala is pending, and some of the white stuff I dont know the name of, but I dont know if I will find that.

Today I need to book a ticket for Bangalore, but before I leave I have to do some police report over here, and of course some shopping. I am leaving tonight after all my work is done.

I have seen this so many times, and it always surprises me how the kids can fall asleep when someone does this. When someone did it to me ones, it was so irritating, I had to tell the person to stop because I couldnt concentrate on falling asleep.. But this kid he fell asleep, and he slept the whole flight after this..

I went shopping the other day, and then I found this. I didnt know they had Gina Tricot here (Swedish brand), but it made me happy, eventhough I didnt buy this thing..

I think not. But I was really hungry and in a rush as well.. My friend was nice enough to give me atleast something!

This kid is just too cute. Her name is Khirtina (dont know the spelling, but it is pronounced like this atleast) and she is the daughter of the maid we have. She is five, will turn six in a few weeks. Me and her had some nice time together on last Saturday when I was home.. We took a lot of pictures, made some movies and played a little. She wore my high heels and my Gucci bag and my mobilephone and pretended she was an office girl. She was walking around in my shoes and made a lot of calls, saying things like "No I cant come, I am in office" "Oh, I dont want to be in office, I will come home soon" Soo cute!

To all of you how is following my Indian adventure, I am sorry for not writing as much as I should. I have had a few very hectic days, and yesterday I was so tired that I actually didnt go to Loveshack, I stayed home and slept for 11 hours. I fell asleep at 8pm. Well I needed that. And now can you all guess where I am?



Yes, I have taken a flight to Mumbai. And Oh my GOD it is so humid here! I am glad that I live in Bangalore, the weather is so much better over there.. But I am sure I will change my mind in a few days or so. After all, I do love Mumbai... The ride to Bangalore airport took me 3 hours and 20 minutes! I cant believe it, the traffic was horrible! I think I could have walked faster than that.. But once I reached the airport, my flight was delayed, so I stressed for nothing..

The reason I am in Mumbai is to sort out some issues I have been having with my stay in India. I hope it will be solved fast, I will try to do it tomorrow. But as you all know, I am in India, and India is not know for being fast and effective. So lets see how long it takes. In the meanwhile, I will enjoy everything that Mumbai has to offer. The first thing I will do is to eat! I missed good Dahi Puri sooooo much. And Mad Over Donuts, and Veg rolls in Lokhandwala. And some white thing they sell on the street that I dont know the name of..

I will try to update more frequently. And I am sorry for not being able to write. I know you all love to read whatever I write. Specially Francesco, Gianluca and SAAAAAAAM! They are my biggest fans!

A few crazy days, no sleep and lots of tasty food. Tonight when I come home I will rest! I will not go anywhere, if someone wants to meet me, they have to come to my house. And if I fall asleep, waking me up is not allowed. Monday I was hanging out with my ex-roomie, we had dinner and talked a lot.. Yesterday I went out for dinner with a friend of mine. I think I have had my share of fish now, dont think I need it for a few weeks. Next step will be eating a lot of meat. Funny how I have been craving fish but not meat. Those who know me, knows that I hardly eat fish and am one of the biggest meatlover..

Anyway, I met one of my friends last night when I was out, he is getting married in a few days, so I wish him a happy wedding and married life! The place I went to they played the most awesome music, I cant believe dancing is not allowed here, when the music is soooo good! Not OK!