Today, was a great evening. One I was dearly looking forward to .....(a voice in my head said...really?. It's very rare I hear the word 'looking forward to').
I had a meeting with Kathy (my first friend in the US and met met on a train :))
As I am exhausted, I will keep it (ook ok...try to) keep it short.
Met her or say found her after the hide and seek we played for a few mins to find out where exactly when is😀, around my stay apartments. Also because all four sides of the apartment is marked with sw name so people get confused as to where they are or if they are on the right side of it
We hugged (something I was so looking forward to💖, especially in a foreign land like this) she brought me beautiful flowers from her home garden which she recommended - I put in my bedroom so that those flowers will fill the room with beautiful soft fragrance. She also got a bag full of mint leaves, also from her garden 🏡.
She then did a quick visit to the apartments, we left all our stuff and I gave her the small gift that I brought form India (a colorful Toran, ahead of diwali) and turns out that she is also volunteering for one of the Diwali celebrations in her community and she loved the gift
We then left for the dinner. We walked towards the nearby food street (castr lane) and chatted a lot of stuff , it started with - what brings me back to the city? Within the six months whereas the last time we met and departed, we weren't sure if I will ever travel to the US again
At the food Street, we decided to go for one of the resturant that's top on her preference but I had to go for a vegan one so we decided we order seperately and eat together. Luckily, the resturant staff was supported and allowed us to eat something from the other restaurant as well.
While in the next restaurant ordering my food, I saw a bunch of folks from my team also sitting at a table and had a quick chat with them while my food was getting packed. And I wished them great time together and left with my food.
Over the food we spoke a lot of stuff! from her design projects, she is working on to the upcoming elections, the challenges with new generation of working people or bots etc
After about an hour, we decided while walk back home prepare the mint tea and continue our conversation.
Below pictures are a wrap-up from another long conversation over freshly brewed mint tea (check out those flowers 🍁💖).
Via this post, I just wanted to reflect back on a blissful evening of conversation, a chance to host someone at my temp accommodation and these flowers just turned it all into a 'home'.
I loved it. Thank you '2G'
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