Girl In Germany

I could not resist writing a post on this label, on this day. It is Deepavali, or Diwali today! Happyy Diwallliiiiii !!! * puts a sweet into your mouth For those of you who don't know, Diwali is India's best-loved Festival and famously called 'Festival Of Lights'. The festival gets its name from rows (avali) of lamps (diya/deepa) that Indians light outside their homes - to symbolize the inner light that protects us from the outside spiritual darkness. The festival is as important to Hindus, as Christmas is for Christians. There are different stories , that narrate the origin and celebration reasons of Diwali. It is not just the festive mood, or the fact that you get to eat yummy sweets, or that you would meet friends and family, there is simple happiness everywhere in the air.  Festivals in India, are always filled with friends and family greeting each other, beautiful Rangoli , new clothes, and special TV programs. On a Diwali Night,

.... It was a long weekend - which means Friday, Saturday and Sunday are off and people get excited the Thursday afternoon. The long-awaited October 3rd -  The German Re-Unification Day . S and I had planned to go to a beach location,  never worked out in the entire Summer - Next year maybe,  and so we thought we would stay at home only. And then suddenly all of our friends pitched in for a trip in the long weekend ( thats'y I vanished Saturday.. hehe) . It was on a very short notice - absolutely no time to even Google search where to go, let alone the bookings.

Heya everyone ! After eight months of German, German and more German, I am taking my B1 German Certificate Exam this Saturday.  I have absolutely no time for anything at all.   B1?  There's basically levels for the language based on how good you are in it - as in the communication skills, grammar, day-to-day talks etc., This B1 comes after A1 and A2. I have to clear off the exam (reading, writing, speaking and hearing) - secretly wanting to score more than 90/100 in all departments.  But then I know how it feels when, your favorite show you watch on television doesn't air on the slot without notice -  Dont worry, I have cursed them too.  Hopefully you, my reader will understand and wish me all the very best! If possible, do pray for me that the computer which scans my answer sheet, does it without errors. Brainless machines.  Oho, I do not want to just like that neglect you, so here's a sneak peek of my next post. Happy Reading! And stay with me :) ...

I happened to suddenly see a video today. Curious - I clicked it on it. It was a video of students opening their deeply-buried Orkut profile- one last time. It has been quite a while since this 'Orkut is shutting down' thing going around. However, it is now officially shutting down this September 30th ( handkerchief please - *sniff* ). To be frank, this news never really meant anything, just until I opened my profile ( after N number of attempts to recover username and then the password ).

You know the Fall begins when -  the blue skies, chirpy birds, buzzing insects, colorful flowers are all still just like how it was two months back - just that you need to wear your hoodie. Yes, the winds kill you as hell with the chills running own your spine.  Sometimes I feel: maybe it is more because I'm an Indian. No, seriously.

Cycle-warming : My Bicycle "You can have a look at the bicycle and take it if you like - My address is ..... " came an SMS to one of our E-bay short-listings. I was anxiously waiting for the  Termin. The destination was not far. It happened to be just a 4-min walk from our house. We went near the yellow car  as he had stated and waited. He came 5 mins late (Of course we were there - on the clock). He led us directly to the cellar and there it was!

There is always two sides of a coin. Just saying. Same way, I have found myself profoundly attracted to certain 'German' attributes. In the initial days of me coming here, I dint like any of what the Germans did. Be it their hostility, their only-German signboards, TV channels, No-I-don't speak-English attitude, extremely expensive food and clothes, etc etc., Oh I forgot - their timing! In India, its always around eleven, 'bus will come at six thirty', 'we'll meet around 4' and so on, but never ever- 'train is at 06:06'!! It was because of this, I had to have a digitized watch - I never needed one before.  And the clocks were in 24 hr system - we have similar ones in India too, but no one uses it. It is more of a am-pm system. I still subtract 12 in the afternoons just to make sure. Anyway, over time, I somehow have developed a liking towards 'German ways'.