me back!

Yes, I am alive! I know, that has been a question botherinng many of my friends and acquaintances. In the past few days, I think I received a few hundred calls to ask if I was sick? on a vacation? just plain mad? and even ALIVE??
I think thats what it took for me to realize this hibernation had lasted long enough.
Two weeks back I returned from CA and decided to go on an exile...in my bedroom and never go out to the world of the living! I was punishing myself for having way too much fun, just 2 weeks before my finals. What had i been thinking! As the work piled up, so did my guilt. After a few sleepless weeks and my last submission behind me, I finally came to my senses and decided to rid myself off the guilt. Afterall, theres no such thing as 'too much fun'! Especially when you are meeting your dearest friends after 18 months! And I had needed that vacation and it had been (if i may say so myself) well-deserved.
For those who are wondering about my CA trip (and also for those who I promised a blog filled with accolades to LA) I had a superb time! After hearing so much about the 'unsafe' city, I think I had pretty much said my final goodbyes to all my friends in Worcester (Thanks to the ubiquitous melodrama queen in me!) I even humored the thoughts of getting a license for a gun. But considering my aim I was more likely to shoot myself in the leg than at my attacker. So i braved it out and reached LAX. My luggage was lost. That was how LA welcomed me! What else could be expected, I asked myself. On the way to my friends place, I saw 5 policemen pounding a homeless looking guy...perfect scene from Law&Order! My friend completely ignored the scene saying it was a regular occurrence! I gulped hard and had half a mind to jump out of the car and run back to LAX...heck all the way to Boston if I had to! But i figured that was probably not safe. So I stayed...and was very pleasantly surprised in the next few days. We went to Long Beach, Universal, Santa Monica and around LA. Everything was so different from the east coast! There were beaches you could actually swim in because the water wasnt too cold! The weather was B-E-A-UUUUUUUUtiful. Food was heavenly...from the little Italian bistro round the corner to the juicy In-n-Out burgers! Even went to Inglewood (yes yes..the place thats up to no good!) and ate the best Pakistani food ever!!! So all-in-all (considering i am still alive!) it was a good trip!
And lucky me! I am already preparing to go on my next trip...to INDIA!!! 4 days and then i will be in HappyLand!