GOD MUST HAVE THOUGHT GOOD FOR US! A TRIP TO LONDON !

Life is strange. If you are happy you are worried that this will go away. When you are sad , you feel when will this pass! The story begins like this……………

Hurray ! Me and My Husband are going on our first ever overseas trip to London. This is the third time we got an opportunity to go overseas on an almost all expense paid trip, this time, nothing doing, we just grabbed it. Actually twice before it has happened that we wanted to go , but could not as things just didn’t fall in place or like any other Indian Middle class family we thought that the money we will spend on a overseas trip can be better utilized for something else…….. though that something else for me was Gold jewelery and Mutual funds for my husband.Since the discord was irresolvable so this time we decided better to go.

First it was my husbands friend who was living in Switzerland inviting us to visit, but we turned it down ( it is a separate thing that some people still tell us Switzerland was a better choice than London)….. chance lost. Second was again one of our relatives marriage was there is Mauritius, but circumstances were such we could not  go……second chance lost again for an all expense paid trip 🙁 . But this time, a very sweet couple ( my Husband’s cousin) coaxed us finally to come to London. And learning from the previous experiences……… we just grabbed the opportunity ! Typical misers, me and my husband, thought of going to Thailand or Malaysia…as they are cheaper trips………But surprisingly…..  it was my Father in law who said ( like Nathhu lal’s famous Mustaches) ” Jana hai toh London Jao nahin toh na jao”( if you want to go, go to London, or else don’t go!). And ironically for misers like us…… ‘almost all expense paid notion’ was nowhere a reason to finalize it. We thought its not that we will go overseas every now or then…….. but if once we have thought we must go to a place which is generations advanced to us…. and may teach/show us a thing!

But as we were thinking “to go or not to go”especially when you are in a close knit Indian society, there are some typical questions that come to mind :

But finally all the arguments lost………. plans for a trip to London won!

But as tomorow is approaching there is a realization………as my first line said “Life is strange. If you are happy you are worried that this will go away. When you are sad , you feel when will this pass!” …….. Today as we are planning to board the plane to London……….. we are worried…………. Are we doing the right thing??? will the good times remain or “Nazar na Lag Jaye“( may god spare us from evil eye)???? Will the vacation be a “Paisa Vasool” ( worth the money).

Then suddenly I remember my father’s face which always remained the same in happiness and in sadness….. calm and serene with a broad mysterious smile……. I get up and gather my courage…….encompass the happiness or anxiety………. fill my lungs with air and heart with hopes that GOD MUST HAVE THOUGHT GOOD FOR US!…… This is giving me strength ! We can now go………. with peace !