happy diwali?

sigh.... over the last few years, all i cud do on diwali was crib that it was no fun... n that diwalis back in the past were so much more fun... har de har har! one diwali away from home n things seems so much more different! no amma, no appa, no frenzied shopping, no paati, no thaatha, no lassie, no sweets, no i-wont-go-to-neighbours'-house-to-distribute-sweets, no nothing! damn! diwalis back home were so much more fun! simply coz everyone was at home! simply coz we cud turn in any direction and we'd have someone wish us a very-happy-diwali! sigh! okie, so ppl here are celebrating diwali too... but it just aint the same... it just aint the same...

so... wat do i do to combat a growing depression? i make carrot halwa! :D hmmm... that kinda made me feel i was celebrating diwali too... small consolation!


and getting depressed about not-doing-anything-for-diwali has overshadowed something much more important... "what?", u ask? well, today was my first flight! i spend close to 3 months waiting for this day and when it happens what do i say? "im missing krishna sweets and adyar ananda bhavan"... well, now strictly steering away from sweets, sweet stalls or anything closely related to food, let me try and descibe how it felt to fly... hmmm... ive been back-seating before, so i had an idea of how it would feel, but yup... being there, having the yoke in ur hand and the rudder pedals right under ur feet is something else! :D but hmm... my instructor did 99% of all that needed to be done anywayz, so i guess i cant really say i-flew-the-airplane! :D n i reaslied a depressing fact today... im short! :( well, having a sister who was way shorter than me always made me feel i was on the taller side... boy! i was sadly mistaken! cant believe i need to shop for cushions or something along those lines, so that i can see where im going! :( hoo boy! serious dent to my pride!

but looking at the bigger picture... this is wonderful... flight training i mean... its wonderful to talk planes, think planes and better still - fly planes! when i get past the initial hiccoughs and get the hang of it, i know i'll love it... and that... is something worth waiting/working for!

ps: my first radio call : "Castle Ground... Cessna 733 Alpha Delta... at ASA... request taxi to active... for left crosswind departure... with information Zulu... Castle Ground..." i told you... im loving it! :D