Category: Diary
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2020
This one is going to be a long post. What the hell, it was 20 freaking 20! If you are reading this, then you made it through. Well done!My year had kickstarted in Berlin last year and as one would have hoped, I did too, that I would spend the rest of it travelling and […]
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Diary of a Quarantined Girl-Italy
Jan 20 Exams have ended today. My friends and I were going to celebrate the end of our semester. A group-mate from one of my classes says he needs to buy a mask before he leaves to China tomorrow. Apparently, there has been a virus outbreak in China. We try a couple of pharmacies and […]
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Second month in Milan
The start of this month was terrible but it only got better after that and hasn’t stopped. Terrible, why? I had a group of friends my brother and I went to church with for one or two years till my brother moved abroad. For me, they were really close but my dad wouldn’t let me […]
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First month in Milan
I’m going to keep this as positive as I can while being completely honest. I landed here one month ago. A new country all by myself where I don’t even know the local language. I had to get to my AirBnB with two big trolleys, one large backpack and one handbag. Thanks to my social […]
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Rewind 365
They say the way you start your year is probably how you’ll spend the rest of it, right? I think I read this somewhere. Having counted down to 2017 in a freakin’ bus and not spending the rest of the year in one or travelling, clearly, that’s bull. Anyway, rewind 365. I walked into 2017 […]
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When my parents asked me if they can start “looking.”
I always thought I’d be the last one to “settle down” (like chaas in a Gujarati thaali) amongst my friends. While almost all of my girlfriends had, had a sit down discussion about this with their folks. Mine always joked about how they would never “give me away.” Dad, mostly. Mom started entertaining proposals the […]