Serendipity

19th January 2012: It is nine days short of three months that I have been here and I have not yet written down a single word. So much for my resolution to pen a memoir of my Swedish Sonata. But here I am finally and it is this first step which demands the maximum effort. For I have seen time and again, that once I cross this major hurdle of penning the first sentence, I,kind of, rediscover the flow. Hopefully I haven't lost that touch. Also, as always, my memory which is pretty much cent per cent accurate when it comes to all things apart from studies and now office work, will help me out here. So.. "Let's start at the very beginning...a very good place to start.." 29th October 2011...a date to remember. I was scared, nervous, excited, jittery, apprehensive and homesick even before leaving home. I was going through such a gamut of emotions once my travel date was finalized. It was indeed a restless period. This was one huge step for me - moving out of home, bein