Greetings
Some important days of our life.
CHINA
New Year's Day (元旦)
Chinese New Year / Spring Festival (春节)
Lantern Festival (元宵节)
Labour Day (劳动节)
Chinese Valentine's Day (七夕)
Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节): October 6, 2025 (Monday)
National Day (国庆节 ): October 1, 2025 (Wednesday)
Birthday
Festivals
The day I always forget, August 21 and the day she might be getting very angry June 22.
INDIA
Holika Dahan
Holi
Hindi New Year
Rama Navami
Raksha Bandhan
Ganesh Chaturthi – August 26 (Tuesday)
Dussehra – October 2 (Thursday)
Diwali – October 20 (Monday)
Christmas – December 25 (Thursday)
The moments we cherished.
Every Sunday visit to Hyderabad, India....
Back when I lived in Amravati, Maharashtra, every Saturday became a ritual of love and longing. I’d travel to Hyderabad—sometimes just for a day, sometimes two. No matter how brief the stay, she was always there, waiting.
She’d cook with care, knowing exactly what I liked. And every time I left, she’d quietly slip money into my hand—not out of obligation, but out of a love that spoke in gestures more than words. Her way of loving me was unlike anything I’ve known. It made me feel seen, valued, and deeply cared for.
Those weekends weren’t just journeys across cities—they were journeys into a kind of affection that stays with me even now.
A Trip That Taught Me More Than I Expected Bangkok, Thailand....
The trip was meant to be memorable—and it was, though not in the way I had hoped. We fought. Again and again. The arguments weren’t really about the trip itself, but about something deeper: our habits, our upbringing, the values we carry from the homes we were raised in.
Coming from India, I’ve grown up with a mindset shaped by modest means. Money, for us, is first about survival—basic needs. Only after those are met does luxury enter the picture. I now realize that her world, shaped by China’s more developed economy, operates differently. Comfort and convenience aren’t indulgences—they’re expectations. And I failed to understand that.
She cried. I stayed angry—held back by my own ego, my own inability to bend. The trip lasted just two days, but I managed to spoil it with my stubbornness. And yet, despite everything, she chose to stay. She could have walked away. She could have found someone with more money, more emotional maturity. But she didn’t. She compromised—for us.
That kind of love humbles me. It reminds me that relationships aren’t built on perfect moments, but on the willingness to fight through the imperfect ones. I may have failed her on that trip, but I won’t let that be the end of our story.
LISTEN
I told my heart, "Go and bring happiness to me." The innocent heart brought me sorrow—well then, let me accept sorrow.
Where does the poor heart know what pain is, what emptiness is? Compared to all the joy in the world, my sorrow is more comforting.
I never found joy in celebrations; I found pleasure only in sorrow.
Sometimes there is the light of love, sometimes the darkness of death. Tell me, what disguise should I wear? Should I become a saint or a thief?
This heart has many faces. Who knows which one is truly mine?
There were thousands of miles I set out to travel, but the paths kept moving forward, and I was left behind.
I walked only a few steps and then began circling around your thoughts.
I told my heart, "Go and bring happiness to me." The innocent heart brought me sorrow—well then, let me accept sorrow.
I have no grouse against a life without you
But a life without you is hardly a life
Wish we could tread our journey with your steps
Pick our destinations afresh and walk someplace else, far far away
When you walk along with me
There’s no dearth of places to be
And though I have no grouse against a life without you…
All I wish to do is seek refuge in your embrace
And keep crying; keep crying
Aren’t those tears too that I detect in the moistness of your eyes –
A life without your is hardly any life
If you say so the moon will not set tonight
Say it – Stop this night
It’s just the matter of the night, there isn't much left in life without you
I have no grouse against a life without you
But a life without you is hardly any life
You alone… Without you, how could I live? Come to me, don’t let me ache like this.
My life, come and breathe within me. Like the moon, descend onto the ground of my heart.
If you love me, come and meet me — or else, take me from this earth entirely.
These breaths are restless, they whisper that wherever you walk, I should lay my eyes like a path beneath your feet.
I would give up my life from the heights of mountains if you did not come.
My hope, my world, my life and my death — I have placed them all in your hands.
I have broken every bond for your sake. Call me a hundred times, and a hundred times I will come.
Even tears taste sweet when they fall for you.
O naïve bird,
come back home..
come back home..
why do you wander country-country (in such bad shape)
why is your condition so bad, all tired-lost
why do you wander this country to that
you (have become) a nomad of nights..
a hundred pains are spread on the body,
clothes of all compassion are dirty..
(guess that means, all the sources of compassion are not there for you right now)
however much you cut the winds with your wings,
you'll not be able to fend yourself from yourself..
break the skies and burn the worlds,
but you can't hide yourself,
whatever path you take,
you are homeless (out there)
you will come to your home only..
O crow, I have so much of request to you, eat (my body's) flesh,
but do not eat my eyes, don't eat my eyes as I have a wish to see my lover..
If you are mine, I’m surprised that I never asked for anything
If you are mine, Why does it feel like I’ve gotten everything
For you are mine
I don’t ask for anything from this world
And if you’re not
I don’t want to live in this world
And in my visions
There’s a place where you and I are together now
And no one else is there
But you and I, oh
And you’ll come, you’ll come
Are our paths intertwined like this?
And if you’d cross paths with me
I’ll fall madly in love with you
And you’ll come, you’ll come
Are our paths intertwined like this?
And even if you don’t cross the paths with me
I’ll still want you the same
For you are mine
I don’t ask for anything from this world
You ask
What I see in you
When there’s a lot of things to see around me today
You don’t know
Yourself, no idea why
See yourself from my eyes please
Please see, please see
Beneath the hair, how beneath the hair
Your lovely smile hides beneath the hair
And your eyes go down and then up
So what do I do? I’ve lost already
Your lips, your lips
By which you give me lovely names
And about your heart, and about your heart
What can be said? How wonderful they are!
And yes, look here
How two hearts are walking down the aisle
But is it a clear sky
Or a rainy day again?
Even if your day is rainy
I’d still want to be with you, do you know that?
I’d not ask for anything else for
You’re mine