Van Chitgo - The Art of Life

i guess that happens when its time to put an intense and crazy experience behind you. the last 1 week has seen for me some amazing times.

the party at eclipse with all my closest friends rocked beyond possible comprehension. thanks to everyone who came....its a long long list!:)...i will treasure the gifts. forever.

sunday morning saw some insane soul cleaning (literally) and i reinstated my belief in pure hard physical labour. the balcony in eigerstrasse 55 is now spotless enough to have a ballroom dance on.
it was worth it. the day was spent with close friends who have made my time in switzerland much more than just the cliche that we call an 'international experience' these days. it was pure, solid, truthful words- honest to a country with integrity seeping in its every action.

i spent the last 3 days with my team. bee, rob, zuzka, sabi- what can i say that hasnt already been said. neuchatel proved to be the perfect spot for our reminiscing. I realized that after the gazillion sugar cubes shared through conferences in these past 8 months - 4 special notes were all I had and all I needed to tell you how I feel.

I sit here now, at 8pm on the 18th of may..packing like a maniac, trying desperately to reduce the amount of 'knick-knacks' that I have acquired...yet I know I just cant leave them behind.

20 kgs? hahahah fat chance... its a bit unfair when you think of it. every badge, every picture, every book, every ticket has a memory for me. when im 40 and chilling over a glass of wine with a journalist from TIME questioning me about my initial impressions of western european society in the early 10's...where will i dig up the evidence from ?:)

huge congratulations for my brother for another mother:) CK...he is going to be the latest grandmasta to take up the post of Assistant to the CEO at DPWN DHL Singapore. I could not be more proud or happy for a friend .... proof to be found here:) (and i dont think ive written an impromptou song lasting over 6 minutes for anyone else before :)

on other path breaking career news, my main man Trentina aka Trent aka the aussie master from down under returns to the country where I know he belongs- India !:). a traineeship with KPMG in his back pocket. ...we will relive the old memories in delhi/bombay again soon tmb:)

jaj has got a blog and pani must be in her last phase of preparation for singy. caro just came in and the gang is all eating dinner together. tomorrow , same time, ill be flying somewhere over the middle east ready to make my descent into dubai.....jesus.

friends shall now disperse to different corners of the planet. thank god for the beauty of the blog , ill be following the lives of a german in columbia, a brit in bangkok, a slovakian in pretty much all over europe:), a swiss in singapore and a whole bunch of others ready to embark on eventful journeys. this is what they must call the magnificence of youth....

huge chunks of warm clothing get put into unsightly plastic bags which shall be shipped across to India, pictures get downloaded from team days next to a lake in neuchatel. speaking of which, ive uploaded some in my flickr, so feast your eyes on a place so serene you could literally hear the grass grow. rob taught me how to play poker:) and it was brilliant fun, although sabi kept eating the 'chips'. our last travel together was accompanied by a mad run- how fitting is that....

words fail me.
they continue to fail me.

Posted by chitgo on Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 5/18/2006 11:27:00 PM | Permalink