No bombs, no boundaries

I still believe in paradise. But now, I know its not some place you can look for, because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you are a part of something, and if you find that moment... it lasts forever.

Travel (Australia)

And in my dreams I'm dyin' all the time... - At Palm Cove, Queensland

Thornbury suburb, Melbourne, where I touched base

With cowlick at her home in Thornbury

La Trobe University, Melbourne, where cowlick's hubby is doing his PhD!

Yep, that's them at Infinity Beach, 20km from Cairns City, the first beach up north from Cairns.

The Great Barrier Reef from up above (a chopper).

From down below

Travel (Australia) 2

Osprey 5 - The boat that took us to the Great Barrier Reef
Heading for the chopper now
The chopper that would fly us over the reef back to Cairns
Palm Cove, 40 minute-drive from Cairns. One of the better beaches up north of Cairns
Surreal, ain't it! I was there. Don't know what the place is called. But it's at the end of one of the hills in Cairns.
Getting stoned at Palm Cove.

Travel (Australia) 3

The Great Barrier Reef
No beaches in Cairns, just this lagoon.
Dusk till Dawn, Eating Joint - Cairns City, Queensland
Josephine Falls - Queensland
Mt. Buller - Three hours drive from Melbourne

Affirmation

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

Enough

This is to inform that the admin of this blog has finally found what he was looking for. Just like he had predicted - his destiny found him.

He's got nothing to crib about anymore.

Hence, this blogsite is now defunct.

Signing out of Australia

Yep, I'm outta here. No blast, no traffic jam, no unusual delay. Everything's bang on target. I woulnd't mind things going a little wrong, but this isn't too bad either. Everything's perfect.
I'm on my way to Hong Kong. Got just about 12 hours there before I get my ass to Delhi.
I met a girl just before I was to leave for Melbourne. The night before... at Turquoise Cottage. The good part is that she was good looking. The second good part is that she came up to me and started off a conversation. The third good part is that we were holding hands standing at the bar counter.
The fuck up, however, is that I was so drunk that it was only in the evening the next day that I realised there was a girl with me the previous night. I didn't even remember her name.
Again the good part - it's that apparently the DJ of TC knows her.
So basically I'm gonna search for her the minute I land. This time I'll try and be sober so I know what I'm dealing with. Who knows, these few days could be life changing for me.
Who knows, maybe she's searching for me as well.
That apart, I had the best time ever in Australia. When I was leaving cowlick and N, man, I was so fuckin depressed. I think I might have been just short of cryin there.
I'll miss you Nitika.
This trip's been brilliant. When I got here, I was arguably friendless. I'm leaving Australia, with at least three new, very close friends, who I'll strive hard to meet no matter which part of the world they're in.
As of now, we're meeting in Istanbul, Turkey in March.
What can I say... life ain't too bad.
Take a small piece of advice from one of the most amazing men you'll ever come across in your entire life.
Travel

It's all comin to an end

Queensland. Dive the Southern Great Barrier Reef. Damn.

I see the poster right in front of me. I'm in a cafe in Melbourne... everyone's at work... dressed in black, overcoats, ties, polished shoes.

Behind me... a handful of shabbily dressed backpackers... all of them tryin to get in touch with a bit of familiarity through the internet.

I was there. The Great Barrier Reef. Cairns. Way up north. So different. So beautiful. I can't say it. I can feel it... all over again.

Man!

But tomorrow, it'll all come to an end. Melbourne will... for me. But Cairns is unfinished business. I gotta go back there. It's a place meant for me.

Come tomorrow and I'll be on a nine-hour flight to Hong Kong. God knows what'll happen there.

Shit fuck. I didn't do Cairns properly. I didn't have the balls to.

Sad ass shit. Money means too much to me. More than money it's the fact that I am shit scared of not being a journalist, a writer. I don't have the balls to be a waiter at a restaurant.

Aaah.... you won't get it anyway.

I know what I mean.

The Great Barrier Reef. Sure.

It's done. I was supposed to do it with Noor.

Noor.

It's been long. Almost forgot there was a Noor once upon a time. Whatever.

Well... I think it's over and out from Australia.

Unless...