Anvay New Phase of Life, College it is..

31-July-2023

Anvay moved to #Bengaluru to attend college and now will stay in hostel for at-least next few years to study B Tech CSE. It will be a long journey as he ventures into a #newphaseoflife. I am sure, he is excited, but it will be a lot of hard work. 

It was an emotional moment for all of us. We won't see him for months and when we see him it will be for a few days whenever he comes back for a break or vacations.  He has left the house for good and will be now charting his own journey without us being physically present with him. I hope Anvay will learn from his past and will do his best in this new phase. All I can wish him is best of luck. 

I spent last weekend in Bengaluru with Anvay, sorting out the admission, hostel and other paperwork. It was my second time in Bengaluru. The weather was nice at 21 degrees Celsius. The campus looks appealing. I haven't had the opportunity myself to go to a campus like college, but these days there is a lot of push on good infra. It has a jogging track, a football ground, a basketball ground and an open gymnasium, food court etc. We were told that full sports building coming up in few months along with a separate cafeteria or food court building. The hostel space looks also nice and worth the money. Sometimes, I wonder how they are going to maintain this with all the cost they charged.  

We also went to see Ginni and Mayank on Saturday and spent a night there. It was sort of nice to see them after a long time. Avantika aka Ginni was busy with her two kids, and Mayank supporting her well, wherever he can.

On my way back to Delhi, I had almost missed my flight. The flight was scheduled for 5:15 pm IST, and at 4pm I was at the hostel waiting for the taxi. A lot of things had to go right for me to get there. I think I got lucky. Web check-in saved me as check-in counters were closed by the time I got at the airport. Originally, I had planned to leave by 2pm, but somehow, I didn't feel like leaving and keep dragging. It was kind of nice to see him around or at home. 😢

I also met Rishu on my way back at #Gurgaon. It was kind of nice meeting him after long. However, we both were very tired so slept like after few drinks and dinner. There was nothing new, we both are busy with our work lives. Rishu keeps on travelling a lot as sales his primary job. We gossiped about the same shit, talked about new developments in our life and called up Raju to make him jealous about our meeting. Raju is now posted in #Faizabad near Ayodhya travelling in and out from Barelli. 

I will be travelling back to #Thailand on 3rd morning as key deployment coming up on 4th Aug. Hope the visa issues for Myra and Pallavi will soon be sorted and they can join me at Bangkok in next 2 weeks. 

As written earlier, it's a big change that is going to impact many lives. My father has to shift to my brother's place (that's what the thinks, but I think he will be back here in this house soon) and Pallavi's parent will be also alone. They moved to our building back in 2021, and it was a sort of arrangement which was quite symbiotic. Back of my head, I don't want it. I still like it here, but I don't want to mess with my work, and I also don't want to change. I am not sure, if this is right or wrong and yes, as a son, it is not so great for the parents on both sides. I wish I could have done better. 

Have a good week ahead!!

vA