Back to my "Karma Bhoomi"

After a much needed three week break from studies, am back in AIM, my "Karma Bhoomi" till december, at least. My classes/grilling begins on the afternoon of 7th, so am thinking of exploring a few pages of wikipedia in the meanwhile.
Past three weeks were rejuvenating in the literal sense.
My vacation started with a trip to Thailand's capital Bangkok. Honestly I was impressed with the progress they have made in smoothing road traffic. The flyovers and expressways they have made is a model for major cities around the globe fighting with the traffic jam problem.
Then I went to Jaipur where I met my cutie pie, my angelic daughter who turned 6 months old a couple of days before my arrival. It was really moving to see that my daughter, whom I'd last seen when she was only 1 and half month old, recognized me the moment she saw me. May be its because she used to see me almost on the daily basis on webcam. Whatever. Thank you wifey for individually taking care of our daughter not only as a mother, rather as a father too.
With Apooravi, my next 7 days passed by in no time. Contrary to what I'd thought before leaving for India, I could hardly drive my parked car, City Zx for 100 KMs. there was actually no time for anything. I hardly did any shopping. Can't even see any movie in the theater. However, I somehow managed to get the edu loan ceiling enhanced by a few lacs.
On 25th, I proceeded alongwith my wifey and daughter to Jamshedpur where I met both my younger brothers and my parents. We were all together after a long long time. Once again a week seemed too little to be enough.
on 31st I left Jamshedpur for New Delhi where I took NCFM's Derivatives and Debt market tests. I think my performance in these tests were satisfactory considering that I was not able to prepare at all for these tests.
On 3rd night I left Delhi for Manila via Bangkok. My daughter and wifey had come to IGIA for seeing me off. Last time my daughter was very young, but this time I'm sure she is going to miss me.
Btw, no prize for guessing that I'm missing them like hell.
It was near dawn, when Cebu Pacific's flight landed in Manila. The moment I came out of airport and our taxi started plying on the roads of Manila I felt as if I'm back to a place where everything is sooo much familiar. As if I'm back in my own country. I was feeling so much at home that in the evening when I was going out for dinner, I started talking with hostel staff in "hindi". When she said "sorry", it took me a moment to realize that am not in my motherland, rather in a foreign country where hardly anyone understands hindi. Whatever.
The break was great. It has reenergized me to take the coming semester head on, and I'm sure raring to go :).