End of an ERA

As I looked through my window, amazed and thinking to myself if it was true what I saw, all i could see the small bright glowing dots that were the lights of the town. Spread as far as I could see. Far in the horizon there was a hint of orange glow which was spreading rapidly. and I was excited yet nervous. It was a big day for me. it was the Day of the Firsts. First time that I did alot of things. And it was that day that i was going to start a completely new life which I was oblivious to ........ yet.

Date: 26th November 2002
Time: 08Hrs 15Mins
British Airways flight from New Delhi to London made its way towards Heathrow turning and twisting in order to get in line with the runway; and in turn making me feel as if the pilot was giving me a tour of London.


London the city I had always heard of and was an important part of my undefined memories, the memories which I myself had no idea where they came from. London, an extremely familiar word yet so unfamiliar. and today I was about to embark on a journey which would build up my relationship with this city. The city of dreams. And reality

One of the first photos I took of Big Ben with my phone

About an hour and half later I was out of the arrivals and was introduced to the "Tube".

First Time I flew...........
First time I left my country.........
First time i travelled in an underground rail............
First time I saw London.

The Day of Firsts.

Five days later I was at the Mandarin Oriental. My employer, who brought me here. 

And my life in London started.

its been Six Years since then and I have lived a lifetime in these six years. 

I have been Happy, 

I have been Sad .............. 

Nervous ...........

Excited ............. 

Surprised .........

Awed ................

Critical .............

Dreamy ............

Realistic ...........

Dead .......

and  Alive.

I grew up

and I Grew Down.


I changed and evolved. I lost my hair and I found friends who don't care about hair :) 

I came closer to a lot of people and I went far from a lot. 

I found the new meaning of life and I compared it with the old one. I weighed it up, and I criticized it.

I fell in Love and then I fell deeply in love. 

I experienced what i never knew existed.

I broke down and got up again, with difficulty and support.

I travelled to places in search of something.

And I roamed around on the streets and parks of London oblivious to even myself.

I have been drowned and rescued. 

I have been sure and I have been confused.  

I learned and I unlearned.

I became the Master and the Student.

The life never gives you a break, you have to take it. And thats what I did a few days back. I took that break from something that was my life in London; My work. I finished my life in London

Date: 30th January 2009

Time: 1830

with countless memories which will be with me forever. Good and Bad, they will all be with me.

I am indebted to people who stood by me in my time of crisis and I am thankful to the people who put me in that crisis because they helped me develop into better being. Or atleast thats what I think of myself.

Thank you all .............. Thank you London. I shall always remember you and I  shall always miss YOU.