for EVERYTHING else

People often say “we laugh at the thought of days we cried and vice versa” it happens, very often, but do we remember the days when we were doing both at the same time. We learn during those days, not that we don’t during others, but the thought of those days gives us more thoughts and it becomes a cycle. It is obvious that we are peddling it but what to do, many obvious things are not more obvious.

For example,
Happy New Year!!!!!!!! Each time I wish my loved ones, I am reminded of THE days of my life in the year 2009. My nomination to the COP15 at Denmark. It was awesome; I learned a lot, I was celebrated. Wishes poured in from all corners, I was sponsored by my college, and gifts came in. AWESOME;

I got my nomination when my address proof was “u knock the door, I open it”, leave alone the passport, I dint even have my birth certificate, in a span of 25 days everything was ready. Again, AWESOME;

I took the flight, went down. Everything was new, completely new.

• People crossed the roads only at zebra crossings and don't spit on roads
  •I was charged Rs100 for LU, oh my god, imagine how much would food cost
  •Trains ran on time & buses had a perfectly followed timetable
  •The house where I stayed had wooden floorings, I remember seeing wooden floors only at badminton courts
  •Policemen dint have a belly
  •BENZ RUN AS TAXIS
  •Lots more… Again, AWESOME;

When I went to my room, threw my luggage down, sat on the couch, looked around, for the first time that evening, I was happy that, that is not home. Everything became different so fast, everything from the plug point to the tissue paper in the toilets to the air conditioners to the food to the room with no one except me and most of all, MANY MORE.

Basic things that made my life for all these years were missing. Like, my mom shouting “DINNER READY”, my dad’s “GO, GO AND STUDY”, my brother’s” I AM HAVING THE FIRST DOSAI” my friends’ WASSUP text message, which meant” hey its almost lunch time and I haven’t got a single message from u”. These actions would have irritated me at some point of time, but when I missed them I was irritated more.

During the trip I learned a lot. More than learning about tackling climate change I learned about tackling my emotions.

It was after all this, I realized FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THERE IS MASTER CARD.