So, life is nothing but one big adventure, right? College begins next Monday, and the train that takes me toward my last year in college (for now) leaves Bandra Station on Monday, the 23rd. So let’s pack and lead normal lives till then? Not exactly.The point is (I’m not cribbing, but..) my friends won’t let me rest in peace. So Rushikesh Kulkarni has been trying to get me on a trek since the beginning of the monsoon. Unfortunately, due to work and the GMAT prep, I was only able to manage one outing to Visapur.

So once the GMAT got done, I got a message immediately from him, “So you’re coming for this weekends’ trek, na?” And who doesn’t mind a bit of adventure to pep things up just before we resume our journey of intellectual dumbing down? I signed up for a Saturday trek to the hills, enjoyment under a waterfall, and rappelling down along the flow of the fall. A little too exciting to let me sleep this Friday night. Let’s see  how it goes. I’m sure it’ll be brilliant, as Breakfree always organizes the most amazing stuff, but the asli adventure is in being there. This place we’re headed too isn’t well-known and all, it’s our secret little water-fall where we expect little company and, in my opinion, is the ideal destination you’d want to run away to on a weekend. There won’t be too many people to surround you, phones will be out of range, and you could scream at the top of your voice and no one, I’m sure would care. Except for the snakes in the jungle. 😛

Sunday sees me enjoy a lazy morning at home. Last minute packing, meeting a few relatives, a quiet lunch at home, picking up stuff for the journey and the next semester. A nice weekend? Yes. Add to that, the icing on the cake, Dark Knight Rises in IMAX! For which I’d really have to thank my sister for getting enough time off to go catch a movie just before I leave.  And with that, we will arrive in Jodhpur by Tuesday, refreshed by a long 3-month holiday, with a fresh perspective on life, careers, joys, gains, and character. It’s been a long hard holiday, with the internship working out great, enough studies to keep the mind deteriorating and a good dose of music to keep us all alive. I think I’ve wasted enough time these holidays to be proud of myself, and spent enough time learning stuff that’ll help me along this undulating path.

I’ll see you all, next, from Jodhpur. I’ll be cut off from my ever vibrant social network because of this heavily packed schedule, as you can see, and because I don’t want anyone to spoil the surprise of TDKR for me. See you on the other side.

May your sword stay sharp, and may the stars watch over you.