Impressions

My blog is turning out to be like my personal diary, far too few and infrequent posts. So this is my lovely resolution. From now on I am going to work very hard Mondays to Fridays, and save a third of my salary so that I can repay my education loan. And on weekends I am going to paint, write and read; in short become this amazingly creative person. And years later when there is a wikipedia entry about me, the 'London phase' will be referred to as one of the most productive and prolific phases of my life. Of course D would have become a very famous writer/director/producer by then. And there will a mention about how the two of us met at King's College London where we formed a lifelong friendship that led to our famous collaboration on our children's book (yet to be conceived, written. executed and published). And we will be rich enough on royalties to own a home in Cambridge where we could meet once a year to work on future artistic collaborations and exchange reminisce...

It would perhaps be too strong a statement to say that I have started believing in destiny. But I have to admit I have become more sympathetic than I was before to the idea that sometimes it is all about fate. To begin with, I found a camera in Cardiff castle, which I returned to the lost and found section. The supreme irony was I lost my own camera in Cardiff later that evening! And, after months and months of trying to get a job in London, I finally gave up. I booked my flight back home, started packing, gave notice to my landlady, asked some family friends living close to the airport if I could camp at their place the night before my departure, and arranged (or rather my friend arranged) a farewell dinner. And then, out of the blue on my birthday , I was offered a junior admin position in London! Destiny or coincidence? Going by how surreal the past couple of weeks have been, I am more inclined towards the believing in the former. Of course, none of this would have b...