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Ah, the post comes rather late. But, I’d rather pen this one down.
Andorra was the vacation that happened – even before college officially closed. On Thursday, the 18th, I was off to Andorra. Because of the famous strikes, I missed my connecting train at Marseilles and then the connecting bus from Toulouse – by a mere 6 mins. Stayed on at Toulouse for the evening, and took the bus next day to Andorra. I had an awesome time with my cousins. We even went to Spain’s Seu D’urgell for a lunch one day. 
My Aunt made sure I got to have all the little things that I miss – from back home. Even the same Sindhi recipes for some particular bhaajis. *drools* Andorra photos are up on my flickr set. Some more will be added later.
Paris was the vacation that did not happen. But I’m glad I stayed on. Had an awesome new year’s eve dinner, among other things, that would probably not be possible ogling at Eiffel tower fireworks at night.
Since I did not take my camera along to the last trip at Les Deux Alpes, some of Haiyong’s and Chang’s pictures have been uploaded here, with their permission. Thanks guys! Ruchna has a hilarious account of what happened at the Ski trip.
Now, less than a month before the exams start. And then, the next vacations! 
Filed under bah, events, festivals, foss, freemap, linuxchix, mumbai, openstreetmap, pune by barkha | 1 comment
- The talks at Lala lajpatrai college went well.
- Spent more time travelling on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway (and the Chembur-Sion-VileParle Mumbai darshan trip that comes free with it) than attending talks at Gnunify’08 at Pune. Reached just-in-time for the linuxchix-india talk+BoF.
- Finally got a chance to be at the Kala Ghoda Arts festival this year.
- Had awesome fun at the Freemap India workshop in Mumbai. (This calls for a separate entry)
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You better watch out, you better not shout,
You better not cry, I’m telling you why,
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Heeeeeeeee’s making a list, and checking it twice,
He’s gonna find out who’s naughty and nice,
Santa Claus is coming to town!
I had been singing these lines over and over again all over the place. In the elevator, on the way to the canteen, while climbing the stairs, etc. I wonder what were people thinking when they came across one such idiot?
Filed under Dance, Life, bah, events, festivals, hmmm, mumbai, ness, office by barkha | 0 comments
The outcome is so radically different if you enjoy what you do. People do notice it. You can’t fake it.
In other news, we had our Christmas celebrations today at office.
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Quite a few people are cursing all the noise and the pollution. As is Ruby. She has been shaking with fear every time a bomb explodes in the building compounds.
Some chakri chaklis, coconut barfis, and sakkar paaraas later, I think the Diwali went quite good. But I miss those long Diwali vacations during school.