A New India

After a 31 hour journey, I made it to Delhi in one piece on December 18th 2010. Its been 4 years since I've been here and I've noticed a difference; it's cleaner. Apparently the city did a major 'clean-up' for the 2010 Commonwealth games which were held here in October. The 30 minute drive from the Indira Gandhi airport to my Aunt's house in Gurgaon was stray-cow-free and I noticed a whole lot more corporate buildings along the Delhi skyline. I always find it funny seeing a big shinning building that says Panasonic or Sony on it in India because you know the people in that building are taking calls from folks like us in North America when we call 'customer service'. However some things remain the same; the severe poverty. It breaks my heart everytime seeing little barefoot children covered in dusty dirt begging for change while a Mercedes Benz goes zipping by. I have no idea how I am going to help eliminate the severe poverty here but I know one day I will be back again for much different reasons.

Changing My Mind

I recently finished reading Changing My Mind by Margaret Trudeau. It was a really captivating story and I was inspired and a little changed by it. I never knew those details about the one time wife of Pierre Trudeau. It take a lot of courage to open up and talk so candidly about one's mental illness. She did a great job. Hats off to Margaret Trudeau.

 

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2 week positivity challenge

I'm challenging myself to thinking only positive thoughts for the next 2 weeks and to eliminate or convert any negative thought, comment, action, or person in my life into a positive one. I'm beginning today. Let's see how I do. 14 more days to go...

Weekend Getaway

So after weeks of going stir crazy and being snappy with everyone, I decided I needed to get away. So here I am sitting in a 2 star hotel in downtown Montreal....OMG i just flipped the channel and Beautiful Monster is on, the song by...shit who's it by again? I've had too much red wine. I must dance!
That was fun:) I've got the telly on (don't know why I'm talking in British but it must be the bottle of Woodbridge mondavi cab sauv I'm polishing off) and I'm getting annoyed at how little English TV there is in Montreal. Who am I kidding, I'm in a french city, what do I expect?
This was a trip to get away, to clear my head, to figure out what's been bugging me. What I've realized is, although trips like this can help, they don't necessarily 'solve' the issues that are brewing deep inside. I think I know what's bugging me and it's frustrating that I can't just accept and enjoy the faze I'm in right now. I'm constantly looking ahead, wondering what next.