Chocolate World

Being born in a middle class family with two siblings we could just afford the basic necessities of life. We were not allowed to buy luxurious stuff which were not required unlike some of my friends. Chocolates fell into this category. Once in a while my parents would buy big candy bar and give it to us. We had to share that bar and would eat 1 or 2 pieces daily until it would get over. We would cherish every single bite and I even stored the wrappers. I would always dream and fantasize about this chocolate world. A big bungalow made of chocolate walls and having chocolate fountains everywhere. Colorful flowers were made of different flavored chocolates in the garden. There was a pond made of chocolate syrup and I would ride in a chocolate boat in that pond. The pond even had white chocolate swans swimming at ease. I would even wear a pink colored chocolate frock and had chocolate sundae for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There would be no one to stop me or share my chocolates. Entire world belonged to me and only me. This fantasy did fade as I grew, but my love for chocolates never did it fade. The crazy side of me still hoped all these to be true one day. One of my all-time favorite movie is Home alone. The scene where the boy watches a movie with a big bowl filled with ice cream sundae was imprinted in my brains the moment I saw it. Even till date when I say Home Alone this scene plays in front of my eyes. During my initial days in US, I literally survived on ice cream. I had them for lunch and dinner. I would buy a big bucket of ice cream, chocolate syrup and gulp them as I watched Netflix nonstop. I still recollect those moments as one of the best moments in my life. I would not recommend doing that to others, as I gained unwanted pounds for that behavior of mine. I don’t stuff myself like that anymore but my love for chocolates is still fresh. Smell of chocolates can still make my heart skip a beat or two. Chocolates are still my true love.

Unwind in Empire builder

It was one of my friend’s brilliant idea that we should take a train to Seattle for our office trip. It immediately ringed ‘yes’ bells in my mind. The route is very scenic and we wanted to venture out and see how it’s going to turn out. Hence we materialized the plan and took the train. Our journey started around 4.00 AM from Fargo. There was roughly around 30 hours of ride that was ahead of us. As soon as we entered , we were keen on knowing what all facilities were offered. Turns out, our bed was already made and it was the first thing we saw and were temped to take a nap. We were all pretty tired. We had not slept because of the weird timing of the train. We went to sleep and had a good night sleep. We woke up around 7.30 AM. We brushed and then headed to the dining area for our breakfast. The experience was amazing as the dining area had big windows, fresh flowers were laid in vases of all the tables. Food itself was tasty and the view was good too. The servers were in great mood and wore big smiles. They greeted us and spoke in a friendly tone. After a wholesome breakfast we headed towards the observation car. We occupied some seats with good view and started reading books. As we crossed North Dakota and Montana, it was more of plain land to look out. I was able to spot some oil fields as well. By the time we reached glacier park it was night. We were kind of disappointed, because we were unable to see anything scenic in that pitch dark. We slept a little disappointed. The next morning when I opened my eyes we were in Washington state. It was very pretty outside. Large trees soaked in snow, beautiful snow covered mountains. We were amidst this winter wonderland. After a stretch of snow covered mountains it was our turn to see the ocean on one side of the train. It was a very calm morning and we had our breakfast with our hearts filled with joy, as finally we had seen something scenic. We reached Seattle ahead of the schedule. After a week long stay in Seattle, we took the same train back to Fargo. We boarded the train at around 4.40 PM. As we sat in our spots we savored some cheese cake that we had grabbed at the last minute from Cheese cake factory. I did sleep for straight 12 hours that night. I woke up at 6.00 in the morning to a gorgeous sight outside. We had our breakfast and were happy to see that few of the staff members were the same from our previous journey. We headed to the observation car, I took out my camera and started to capture few moments. We were passing through Glaciers and it was absolutely magnificent. Streams in between snow covered mountains, seemed to be like a fairly land. After having lunch and stuffing ourselves with food we saw that we were back in plain regions of Montana. We walked a bit, read books and played a little. When I look back to this journey I have some good memories. We had no access to internet, got all the time to sit and stare out of the window. In this busy life we cannot afford to do that. This journey provided the opportunity to unwind and relax. It was a well-deserved break from regular stuff.

Experience of Life

They say that there is one day when every person would feel nervous, excited, have cold feet and many more things at the same time. This did happen to me on a day prior to my wedding day. I had been waiting for my wedding day for almost two years, planned the entire thing for six months. Preparation time was the most exciting phase and extremely stressful at the same time. It involved things like deciding the venue, menu, flowers, clothing, jewelry, wedding card design, list of guests, makeup person, photographer, video recording person, wedding website design, henna tattoo design, henna design artist, the stage decoration etc. Making all these decisions were so much fun and equally challenging. This could as well be the most challenging planning anyone could do in their lives. Just couple of days before, there were loads of thoughts about the entire event like how would I look, if things would go as planned, if there would be any obstacles etc. What surprised me was on the actual day, none of thoughts came to my mind. The only thing that mattered on that day was my partner and the happiness of finally being one. Things like how I looked, how my pictures came, who all had come to the wedding and all other thoughts had disappeared from my brain. The experience of getting married was totally different than I had expected. It was like the whole world had come to a still and it was just him and myself who moved. We were the only two in that moment, everything around us were grayed out. I was the happiest that day and I could not help but smile all the while. The feeling of holding hands and deciding to spend the rest of lives together among-st the ups and downs of life can only be felt and not explained.

I would say, that getting married is an experience not to be missed and cannot be matched to any other experience.

The Only one!

Days were dreadful,
Days were lonely.
I prayed and hoped for better days.
Like a silver line midst the clouds, I saw glances of your smile.
They were samples of joy.
Even in small doses, they made me feel high.
There were difficulties and some life changing trials,
I would not stand if you were not right by my side.
A mountain of problems looks like a miniature,
A tiny bliss looks like a peak of joy.
The common factor, of course is you; my boy.
My life is no less a painting and you are no less a Picasso,
For all the colors that you fill, I fly.
With time I have known, my smiles were meant to be unlocked by you; the only one.

My world

When you are so awesome,
When you are so sweet,
When you are so humble and joyous,
When you can light up my world,
When you can show me the path of happiness,
When you can bring my dreams to life,
When you can care and cuddle with love,
When you can bring out a smile, even in pain,
When you can comfort me with a word or two,
When you can stand by my side and the rest is assured,
All that is true! when my world is YOU.