3 friends...

i met two of my friends from secondary school yesterday...meeting them after 17 years and we are all 34 now..wow how cool was that...anyway we sat and chated for a few hours...after secondary school i went away to do my degree while my friends went to form six before they did their degrees...then of course they got married...my friend K, got married about 10 years ago and now lives in the US. she has two children. another friend, A, got married about two years ago and was about to migrate to where her husband was working and then somehow things happened and she is now separated from her husband and waiting for her divorce. then, of course there is me...my friends kept asking me what are my plans and when i want to get married and if it would be a love or an arranged marriage...i just laughed and said...i dont have any plans...i live a life without plans...sad isnt it...anyway, they were kind of surprised that i m still single and does not have any plans to get married...well, what can i say...life has taken me here...no idea where it is going to take me next...anyway, as i was driving back from my friends place, i could not help but wonder...we grew up in similar neighbourhoods, went to the same school, shared so many things in our lives until we were seventeen...yet look at home different how lives have turned out to be...imagine if i were to meet all my other classmates...imagine...

i am scared...

i am venturing into something new now and i am scared of what is going to happen... why am i always so scared of what is coming ahead...why do i feel that everyone seems to take things easier than i do... would everything work out for the best or will there be more problems... again why am i so scared...

athens and istanbul...firsts...

well, i wanted to write about this from last week...somehow i postponed it many times...I guess today is the right time...i went to Athens and Istanbul early this month. it was partly work and partly vacation...there was lots of firsts in my life during this trip...i took my first cruise to poros, aegina and hydra island in greece. the color of the sea water...what can i say... i could just spend hours looking at the 'aqua green' which happens to be the favourite color of someone i know.

then of course the journey by train from athens to istanbul. we took a four hour train from athens to tesalonikki and then about 12 hour train to istanbul. i really enjoyed this. first time i took a train that has berths and i saw one of the most amazing sunset from the train...

first time, i tried Greek and Turkish coffee and of course the famous Turkish tea (which by the way is like our Teh-O but a very 'pekat' version of our Teh-O).

it is also the first time i tried lots and lots of Turkish delights...the sweets...it was heavenly... felt so at home when i saw all the sweet stalls...

first time we tried raki and oozu...dont think i will try them again....

of course before i forget, it was also the first time i went into a Harem...never done that before...

the guy we called...

the guy we called email guy...what can i say about him...a lot actually, he stormed into my life early this year...captured my heart first through his writing...at the time when I almost forgot how exciting it can be to receive a mail from someone you like...then we started talking...what can I say... I enjoyed all the conversations...anyone who really knows me would understand how much I enjoy a 'decent conversation' and again, at the time when I almost forgot what that term used to mean...i had some of the most wonderful conversations with him...one of the most memorable conversation was the one we had at 3.45 am, at the end of which he decided to come and see me...when we met, I enjoyed his company...but if you are wondering why I am writing this now...well, it has been 5 months since I started writing to him and 3 months since we started talking...somehow, I realize that his 'visit' in my life will be soon over...do I feel sad, yes I guess as I really enjoyed talking to him...whether I understand why he is doing...I havent got a clue...but like what I was telling my friend...it was fun while it lasted...why it has to be for a short time...I have no idea but like what he once said to me... "I am glad you touched my life..." I wish I can tell him that the feeling is mutual...thank you for touching my life and making it a memorable one...