Day 9, Narayan Ghat, Nepal

Lumbini was serene. Peaceful, quiet and beautiful.

Here are some photos of my family, me in lotus position and the mesmerising statute of Buddha himself in lotus position. The lotus position is when we are in complete equilibrium with our mental, physical and spiritual environment. It's the state of absolute peace. It's something that I need to try and achieve to become a better person and I am trying.

We are heading today to Kathmandu... Capital of Nepal. My Grandma is particularly excited to see the temple of Pashupati Nath. It's another name for Lord Shiva.

It's been raining since last night and the weather is amazing today. All the people who think that it's cold in Nepal... No its not. It's hot and humid except for today. Kathmandu is still 124 km from this place but I can't wait to get there.

Ciao

Day 8 Lumahi, Nepal

7 June 2018. The first place that we stop during this trip is a place still a hundred and seventy two kilometers away from our first destination. Lumbini is the birth place of Lord Buddha. I could honestly feel peace throughout our journey yet I can only imagine how serene Lumbini would be.

Day 7 Nainital Uttarakhand

So tomorrow morning I leave with my family for Nepal. A beautiful country with kind people and beautiful landscape so I have heard. But tomorrow I'll get to see. And seeing things for yourself is always better than hearing them from the others.

Now me and my family travel a lot. We have gone road tripping to Mcleodganj where His Holiness The Dalai Lama lives, to the golden temple in Amritsar and to the caves of Patal Bhuneshwara and more.

Travelling mean different things to different people. To me it's whole process of finding my own self. To know myself better. To connect with nature. Art, History and lifestyle of new place. And of course it's so much to learn. It's a self realising and rejuvenating experience.

What a traveller sees is in his camera and in his heart. He absorbs everything he sees. The experiences. The moments good or bad and he keeps them for the rest of his life. The picture in the mind is always more real then the picture in the camera.

So I am excited that I am going to see the famous city of Kathmandu. Meet the amazing people there. See the royal palace there. Travel through Lumbini the place where Lord Buddha was born and maybe get a glimpse of the incredible and magestic Mt. Everest at Anapurna Base Camp. I don't think I am gonna sleep tonight. I already need to be up at 3 AM so it totally works with my schedule anyway. Can't wait XOXO

Maya Angelou

Say what you feel. Do what you love XOXO

Day 6, April 5,2018

It's funny sometimes how people might react differently when something they usually do to others is done to themselves. I mean come on. You just said something to me and I said the same to you. So the reason you are offended is beyond my power of comprehension.

A famous Indian Comedian has said,

Let's say you take a suitcase and walk around with it all day. It's gonna get heavy. You can't expect everyone to carry that suitcase for you. To apologise for how heavy your suitcase is. To discuss with you why suitcases exist. To join in and bring their own suitcases. To stop using suitcases because you're finding it hard to carry yours. Why? You chose that baggage. There was no suitcase, and then you took one.

Similarly, if you 'take offence'.... carry that shit around yourself. That's YOUR suitcase.

This famous comedian is Vir Das. He's the wittiest man I know. And this is a 100% verified fact. People have enough problems of their own to deal with. I ain't gonna waste my time dealing with yours too. 1 this..

2. that you are a hypocrite and you know it. You might not agree to that out loud. But you know it for sure.

3. People might not say stuff doesn't mean they can't. I might not be saying out loud today doesn't mean that I never will. And I am not apologising for saying what I feel. I am real. And that's how I do it.

Maya Angelou

Day 5, March 31,2018

We grow up everyday. Everyday we learn something new from others, from experiences of our own, from experiences of others, from situations and circumstances. Growing is an every day process. We achieve things. We do things we are not so proud of. We learn lessons and we move on fresh. A new day and a new chapter in our lives.

So today a sister of mine started a whole new chapter of her life. She got married. Now I personally don't believe in marriages for I don't know whatever reasons. I mean I have my reasons and I'd explain them, but that's for another blog. My parents are married happily so are my aunts and uncles and grandparents. I just like being independent. I think that's what it is.

But as for now I am happy for my sister and I wish she has a long happy married life. I am glad she has married a good man who will look after and take care of her.

This happens to us everyday though. Something new awaits every next day. So what we've gotta do is be opportunist and grab every opportunity that we get and give it all of ourselves. Every single day.

I mean call me a huge fan which I am of course. And because I write my blogs at the wee hours of the next day so it's actually the 1st April in India right now and so it's Logan Paul's Birthday.

Happy Birthday Logan.

And like I said be a Maverick and

Do it different. And love yourself. Because it all starts with that. XOXO

Day 4, March 29

There are so many things that are important in ones life and the most important of them all is still peace of mind. The feeling of being content with what you have, what you feel and what you do.

I think anything that we do in our lives is to get happiness. Which is one and the same with peace of mind.

Now recently my Mom is angry and not speaking to me because I did something that she thinks and feels is bad. And I agree. May be it is bad. May be I shouldn't have done it at all. But then again... comes in the peace of mind.

I being an individual person can and does feel bad about being treated, spoken to and thought about in a certain way which of course isn't nice. It is one thing to be judged and being treated in an awkward way by complete strangers or people you don't sit down with and speak to often. And a completely different when it's from somebody you have known all your life, you love and you care about. You would know which would hurt.

And I as a person will not allow this. I won't let anybody disturb my peace of mind. That is I won't do something if I don't want to. And I might do it the very next second because I am impulsive and now I want to.

And that's what I did mother. You might hate me now for it. Or may be forever. But I am not sorry for this one thing. I am sorry but I am not. *waddup song reference*... | quoting superwoman | || you are smart you saw what I did there lol. ||

Now what I am saying here does not involve violence. Do not think that it's okay to hurt somebody physically or emotionally or mentally. Revenge should be healthy too. It's like showing people that you are to be heard and taken seriously. It's still like proving your point. Like showing people their place when they try to sit on your head. So do not think that I promote violence. No ways am I doing that.

What I am saying here just means do not let anyone else tell you who you are you tell them *gossip girl reference*.

But enough with this. I have my lab exam 1 for chemistry today because it's 2:30 already in the morning so I gotta go...

And if you learn something at all from all that I ranted above. Learn that violence is never an option. XOXO

Day 3 March 27,2018

If you happen to have a sibling or a cousin and if you happen to be the older person you might find this relatable..

Now these people think that anything that happens to them well obviously anything bad is because of you.

They wanted to go and see something and now they can't go is your fault. It not like you can have any emergency NO that's something only they can have.

Only these people are supposed to have mood swings others don't have a freaking mind of their own so they can not feel good or bad about things.

Now these people aren't always bad. They might do some good stuff for you but they always freaking all the time will mention it because that's perhaps the only thing they did for you. Absolutely forgetting all the many times you looked after them when they were sick. Did their assignments for them. Did things because they just wanted a cool thing to post on instagram and more. All because they are young.

I mean sometimes your whole existence is like a joke to me. You blame others because that's all you can do. That's all you know.

Try learning something different. It helps.

INK

There's ink.

On the paper,

And on my skin.

A canvas for my thoughts,

My virtue and my sins.

There are scars.

The scars that I wear,

As medals from past.

There are things,

I hold on to,

That I know will not last.

There's pride,

That I have built,

Walking through thick and thin.

Yet I am judged,

Because I have,

Ink on my skin.

This ink...

I made a part of me.

I did it by choice.

All the times I could not speak.

The ink was my voice.

But you judge me...

And so I judge you,

I am just returning the favour.

I am proud of the Ink...

That's on my skin

And on my paper.

- Sukriti Yagyaseni Pandey

Day 2 March 22, 2018. Thursday 23:25

This is what my bed looks like today. When you have pending practical manuals which needs to be corrected in a short while, you become an all nighter. Nobody studies as hard the whole year as the night before the exam. Well, not me at least. Now it ain’t that I don’t try. I have prepared a good schedule which covers all my subjects and all the topics in due time. The point is how well will I follow it. Now I may or may not have mentioned this before but I live in a hostel. And if you are an Indian you would know what hostel food is like. And you will also know what a wonderful miracle a pack of noodles is. Also I am in the Logang. I absolutely love Logan Paul. Now I know some of you might still be salty about what happened in his vlogs earlier this year but he’s done everything in his power to make up for his actions. I know he regrets it and I have forgiven him. I believe in him because he’s different. He’s a maverick. Sorry about that I was fangirling. What I mean though is because of our different time zones he uploads the vlog when it’s about 2 or 3 in the morning in my country. And I do not sleep without watching the vlog. So there’s another thing I have to worry about in my schedule. What I mean to say is that Life is tough for a student. Sukriti Yagyaseni Pandey

Day 1 Tuesday, March 20 , 2018 2:26 am

Well I haven’t really been a person to stick in one place for long. I get bored. And I travell a lot. This is a sketch I made when I was missing home real bad. The hills, fog, trees, birds and everything about the place. I have been in Banasthali for continuously five months now. The long stay is taking its toil on my brain. You know you are a mess when you look at people and you scare them away. Well that’s what I am now. People don’t irritate me. I am the personification of frustration. I am always irritated. Everything is bad. From food to people to studies to grades. I just wanna go home.

P.S. The sketch is not an original I saw it on pintrest and made my version of it. I could really relate to this sketch and it's my favourite of all sketches I have ever done.

Hello Tumblr.

Hi all. Well to begin with I am not really new here. I've been here for an year now. Only for reading good stuff that all the wonderful people post in here and well that's pretty much it. I have had a few posts earlier but that was when I didn't want to do anything serious with that. I deleted them just some seconds ago because I was embarrassed.

Well with these blogs I want to share my life with you. I hope you find it intresting. And to begin with I am going to introduce myself.

My name is Sukriti Pandey. I am 19 years old. I am from Nainital which is a small but beautiful hill town in Uttarakhand state of India. I like writing and singing and making music, I mean I have been trying lately. I will upload some stuff when I like what I make. I usually write songs and then when I am done writing I usually think they suck. I am doing my bachelors in Biotechnology from Banasthali University, Rajasthan.

I love reading. Some of my favourite authors are JK Rowling ( I am a huge Harry Potter fan), Harper Lee, Dan Brown, Amish, Paulo Cohello. I am a PROUD BTS ARMY. I love Jungkook. I absolutely admire Tom Felton. Have loved him since I was five. Emma Watson is my favourite women on the planet. She's my role model. Yagyaseni is my birth name it means the person born out of fire but my Mom liked Sukriti so that's what I am called now, though I love the name Yagyaseni so I use it for my username. I don't have any siblings but I have many cousins. I am really close to my cousin Sansriti Pandey. She is the daughter of my mom's sister. She has her own meme page on instagram @_adolf__critler_ and @drunkndazed follow her if you want to, she's pretty cool.

I welcome my readers to my blogs. I'll be posting regularly updating on what's going on with my life and may be a few of my writings. Follow me on instagram @yagyasenipandey and twitter @SukritiPandey7.

I hope you enjoy and with this I welcome you to the life of a small town girl xoxo