So I chose to move to Hyderabad due to the new company i was joining.

I took the train because I could carry two suitcases, a duffel bag and a backpack, and not worry about excess baggage.

I arrived in the morning after a 14-hour train journey and as soon as I checked into my company guest house, I crashed onto the bed. I have this thing for soft, clean bed linen. I find them irresistibly inviting. So much so that i missed breakfast and was starving past lunch time too; courtesy high-speed wi-fi thereafter.

As I sit soaking in the city, my mind wanders to imagine what the future holds for me here. The unfamiliar roads, people and their ways will become familiar. I will soon grow to like the language, cuisine, weather and have little quirks about the place much like the locals do. I will own the city and feel passionate about its functioning problems maybe.

I have had an exciting year on the whole and this new beginning on the work-front towards the end of the calendar year adds to the introspection of the year(s) gone by and the expectations of the next year(s) to come. I will have stayed in five cities in 2010: few months Mumbai (2.5), Bangalore (2.5), Chennai (.5) & Hyderabad (1), and close to half the year in Beijing & the cities on the Eastern part of China. The learning has been immense: emotionally and intellectually. The spiritual graph is on a constant (no dips thankfully) while there’s a peak for my personal space and independence. Health-wise plummeting, whereas I have managed to keep above the red line financially and that’s a challenge on top of my list for the coming years. I also need to economise the way I spend time. To continue to think of what is to come, I draw a blank. While there’s a lot I want to accomplish, I really don’t know what to expect. I am not sure about the turns my life is going to take. I am not sure about the path I will tread. There have been a lot of changes in this year and all of those need to be assimilated for sure. I have some aspirations and I am praying for grace too.

I completed three decades of stay on Earth this year and have lived 11018 days today. As a result, I truly believe that there’s more of Destiny than I give credit for and lots of choices strewn on the Path. As I write this piece of self-expression, I hope to keep this habit going and incorporate some new ones. I wish to go with the flow and stay tuned. You do too! 🙂