Looking back...

Seems like just yesterday, that I used to get a cardiac arrest at the beep of my cell phone, while driving...may be around Feb. And now...right hand on the steering, holding the cappuccino glass in the left hand and giving some complicated gyan to some hapless soul at the other end of the phone! Life seems to have come a full circle! So what do I actually prefer...day driving or night driving? Of course! Night driving...BBSR to CTC on friday nights...manoevring between the trucks and long distance buses with Rockstar music blasting from the stereo...hmmm thats life! Thats a great relaxation after 5 crazy weekdays, each day consisting of 14 hours of work....

Weekends, I have been too dead to get up and do something creative, for eg., contributing to my blog. But I am planning to change all that. I have decided to spend at least half an hour every weekend writing, which has been my passion since childhood. Though lately, have neglected my blog...2011 has been a crazy year, I admit, specially the last 6 months. Too much of coffee, too little sleep...hmmm

A strange sensation overcomes me usually at this time of the year...feel like giving a make over to my life in some form or the other. Feel like making some difficult resolution...to charge me up...but what is the use, if I am unable to stick to it.

One good thing that I have discovered lately, is green tea. Uplifts my mood and rejuvenates me whenever I have a challenging meeting at hand, or when I reach home, dead tired. Just the aroma of it, is enough to transport me to some other world...of meadows and flowers... :)

You know what, I have this weird habit of signing out from chat etc, without informing the other person. So I might do the same here also, sometimes...dont mind, ok? :) Well every individual is blessed with some eccentricity or the other, and my friend, I am no different! :)

Ciao!

Nazia misses the slice of summer

The monsoon is here, and I cannot tell you, how difficult it has been for me, to keep my cool amidst all this hara-kiri. Incessant rains, puddles all around, potholes full with muddy water creating mini-swimming pools for frogs and all kinds of slimy creepy crawly creatures! Not to mention the difficulty of drying the clothes. Have almost forgotten the warm smell of clean sun-dried clothes! Oh! I miss the bright summers! The chirpy bright mornings, the warm afternoons, the breezy evenings and the “Oh-so-beautiful” nights where we could go for movies or warm cuppas!

Winters are good too, but slices of summer are my eternal favourite.
The coastal part of Orissa enjoys moderate kind of climate, unlike the western part which is afflicted by extremes. And I have been fortunate enough to experience both kinds of climate. Anyways I would prefer the dry sunny climate any day!

Nazia Tanwir's passion for driving.

The whole experience of driving is so very intoxicating. It has been just couple of months, since I got behind the wheels of my Alto, and life has not been the same ever since. Sometimes, I try to fathom the reason behind this passion, and I have realized just one thing, there is nothing more sexier than driving a car with your stilettos on!

Since time immemorial, we have been brainwashed with just one logic, driving a car has some kind of masculinity attached to it. But, fortunately times have changed for the better. Though women drivers are still stared at on roads of BBSR and CTC, but who the heck cares! As long as we don’t run down pedestrians on roads, alz well ;) he he!

Haven’t got the chance to drive long distance till now. Max. that I have driven at a single stretch is 40 kms, the distance between BBSR to CTC, the journey that I undertake every Friday evening and Monday morning. That is truly bliss! Night driving has its own special charm, it usually has a very calming effect on me. After a week long slog, I finally manage to get the very elusive “ME” time only Friday evening onwards, starting with the drive.

This much for now, sayonara!