4 days 4 airports and days 15- 18!

The last week has been a roller-coaster. I was in the Andaman islands where I went scuba diving. And from there I went to visit my maternal grandmother in Kolkata for 14 hours! And then back to Delhi for about 26 hours before I took a 17 hour long excruciating flight to Chicago. But to be with my parents, I’d do it all over again and it’s so hard to go a year before I get to see them each time.

Anyway, so all that travelling did not leave me any time to update my blog, so here’s day 15- 18. Also day 11 and 12 dealt with the best and worst advice I’d gotten or heard and honestly I couldn’t think of anything too impressive, so I’ll conveniently skip those.

Day 15- A song that makes you cry and why:

Everyone hurts by REM. Everytime I hear this song, a lot of bad memories flash back. Another recent song that almost always makes me cry is Say Something by Great Big World and Christina Aguilera because he left without saying much and I knew I’d give anything to have him back/

Day 16- Someone you trust

My best friends- Ellen, Jessie and Aditi. I can tell them whatever in the world without thinking they’ll judge me or even if they judge me, they’ll put my interest before their judgement.

Day 17- your idol and why you look up to them

A lot of people would say their mom/ dad or some reasonably famous person, but I think I am my own idol. I don’t believe I need to look upto someone to gain inspiration from them because everyone has a different path in life and have their advantages and disadvantages. I have my own share of problems and yes they maybe small as compared to those who go hungry to bed, but the expectations from me are also much higher than from them. So, I don’t have any idols.

Day 18- why you made your blog, why you still have it

I made my blog about 2 months back to be able to do something outside my usual routine tasks and challenges like these make me think about so many things. Like the previous question, I had never thought about an idol or so many other things. It’s fun and hopefully I’ll be able to do almost all the posts through this year!

Day 9: things that make you happy

Top 5 things that make me happy (in no particular order)

1. Being with my parents and friends.

2. Chelsea/ Indian cricket team winning a game

3. An experiment that’s publishable

4. Winning something from an online contest I had forgotten about.

5. An unexpected day off!

Day 7: a show or a movie that has changed you, and how

A show that held me throughout my teen years and I can still watch re-runs endlessly is FRIENDS. I won’t say that it changed me much, but it emphasizes the importance of friendships. Friends are our extended family, often more important than our extended family.