ONE DOWN...MANY MORE TO GO :)

On Saturday I attended the wedding of one of my university friends, the first to become a Mrs from that group. It was great to see everyone...almost like being back on second floor again, familiar people were everywhere I turned. For alot of reasons this wedding was a little extra special...a chance for people to mend broken bridges and for things to move forward again. Congrats Navdeep and Gurinder!

Weddings, weddings, weddings...its seems they are everywhere, that all we are talking about is who what, where & when. Over the past two weeks I've learned more about reception halls, photographers, floral arrangements, outfits, and ring settings than I need to know at this point in my life. The 2004 summer wedding season has just begun and the calendar for next year is already almost full, so far I'll be back here from at least July 30 - August 7 2005...maybe longer if someone takes the wkd of the 13th (and I have a inkling it might happen, I have a couple in mind).

Its weird being back here, my common link with most people here is purely personal, the measure of success is different...I don't tell people I run into about my work nor do I share my successes and failures and in some cases even my future plans..most don't even know who I've been working for for the past two years. They don't care if I become the CEO of an MNC or spend my time drawing charcoal pictures in my room...lately the only thing people seem to be using as a measure of "success" is one's ability is to get married. Okay, so this isn't true for EVERYONE..most of my good friends (single or taken) are in the same boat as me in life and we have lots of things to talk about and are having tons of fun running around the city...but last night was the first time I actually felt left out as a single person. It seems that after I returned to Rotterdam after Christmas break people started proposing like crazy...they're dropping like flies I tell ya ;)