Friday 16 January 2015

Home Away from Home

From being a girl of 10 or 11 whose parents used the "I'll make you live in a hostel" threat to reprimand her to being a girl of 15 or 16 who wanted to live in a hostel (which rebellious teen doesn't?) to a grown up (maturity is questionable) of 23 who is finally moving out of her parents' chatrachaya (as my friend so eloquently put it) (meaning protection or shelter).

It has been a roller coaster of decisions, reality checks, permissions and emotions.

This Bombay Bumpkin is making her way to another city.

I will be writing about:
  1. How not to screw up when you ain't with mommy and daddy 
  2. How to grow up (haha)
  3. How to cook maggi 
  4. How to make sure you don't screw up so bad that your parents pester you to "come back home for good" before you are ready
  5. Other misc items related to"Just how not to screw up"
The fact that I don't know what is in store for me gets me scared, excited and uncertain all at once.
I hope to document it all. Maybe it will help someone somewhere sometime; just maybe.