India with Smelly
I recall a conversation I had with Smelly. The crazy girl wanted to go to India for almost 2 months and she wanted me to join her. “We’d earn ₤300 a month… (“But that’s pittance”, I said) ... “Ah! But in India, it’d allow us to travel and eat and have a ball with cash to spare”, she said. “C’mon Linda”, she coaxed. “Let this be the last crazy thing you do to mark the end of your childhood. It will give us time to rethink our goals in life; we will come back to the UK as adults and finally embrace the responsibilities ahead. Just be reckless this one last time?”
I laughed but deep inside I have to admit, I was tempted. Still, I said, “It’s wholly irresponsible. I cant just up and leave, hun. Job, bills, commitments...”
“Whaddaya gonna tell your kids? You wanna tell them that their crazy mother just up and left for India and forgot about the world for 2 months.” (*For the record, Smelly and I backpacked through all of Tuscany and Northern Italy, hopping on and off trains, sleeping rough, living like nomads.*)
India. It was not too long ago that I would have said "heck it, I'll race you to the airport". When did it happen, this coming of age? This saving of coupons for 10% off washing detergent. This purchase of a documents folder and the sorting of bills in date and payment order? This paradigm shift of replacing "adventure" with the word "reckless". When did that happen...
India. Sadly, it will have to go in my list of to-do's.
I laughed but deep inside I have to admit, I was tempted. Still, I said, “It’s wholly irresponsible. I cant just up and leave, hun. Job, bills, commitments...”
“Whaddaya gonna tell your kids? You wanna tell them that their crazy mother just up and left for India and forgot about the world for 2 months.” (*For the record, Smelly and I backpacked through all of Tuscany and Northern Italy, hopping on and off trains, sleeping rough, living like nomads.*)
India. It was not too long ago that I would have said "heck it, I'll race you to the airport". When did it happen, this coming of age? This saving of coupons for 10% off washing detergent. This purchase of a documents folder and the sorting of bills in date and payment order? This paradigm shift of replacing "adventure" with the word "reckless". When did that happen...
India. Sadly, it will have to go in my list of to-do's.
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6 Comments:
you should have gone to Yindia,
you would have liked it here, ayam sure :D
who's smelly?
whois anonymous?
Who IS anonymous... hmnmn...Auntikie, who's anonymous? Jas ah? Or Ris? Siape tu... I tak tahu lah. Eh, buat I sentimental aje...lama tak berbual dalam Bahasa Melayu..
ahahaha. no lah, you tersilap dah. Its one of my friends from kl. cheh wah, kasihan the poor guy. Case of mistaken identity.
ok lets make it CLEAR. its me jasmine ler...i thought jas was sufficient to identify myself. wasnt that what i was called or still am? hmm anyways and i left an email, jasmineisnow@hotmail.com. so in case which jas you were wondering its jasmine chia siew wei!!! haha...i enjoyed the comments though...=] take care lin and aunti kie...
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