My Little Log Book

Camera - checked Cash - checked Comfortable shoes and dual purpose sandals - checked Medicine - general Sunscreen / face cream Mosquito repellent Pee Safe Tissues Sufficient Winter clothes since I don't wish to spend my nights shivering Chargers Socks Sufficient pairs of jeans tees undergarments Lip gloss, ear studs and other wee accessories Passport And again sufficient cash and cards So goes a checklist before my journey. All packed and ready to start. Despite the longish looking checklist. I pack quite light (or so I think). It's International Women's Day. Don't know why only one day should be women's Day or various other days... but somehow fitting to be starting off on a car rally to Bhutan on this day!

Here I was sitting in the movie hall a few hours back, when I get a phone call. Not sure if it was Bajaj Finance or whoever, I text back asking them to connect later. The caller was persistent and the number didn't look like a mass marketing number. I took the call in the middle of an intense scene (Haha I am joking, the movie was Sonu ka Tittoo Ka Sweety) and the caller said she was Sridevi from Kolkata. It was interesting enough for me to text back, apologising for not being able to take the call. Well turned out it was Sridevi, an acquaintance I had made when I was doing the TSD Rally at Kolkata. She gave me some rambling explanation, the gist of which was she needed a navigator for a TSD car rally to Thimpu from Siliguri. Really? I like to think I am not one to jump into situations. And I take calm considered decisions. So a few phone calls - to the organizers, to my employers -  and I am ready for Bhutan. In a calm considered manner. So there's an upcoming car ra...