Sohams personal Diary

Soham's weekly diary! 05October'22

05 October 2022, Wednesday

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Dear future Soham,

I really didn't want to go today. I mean who'd spend 3 hours in the car to go see some place. But something, some reason... I decided to go.

My mood in the start of the ride was terrible. I was grumpy and unhappy. But then progressively it got better. As the views got better. We went up to around 14,900 feet to reach a place called Natu La. It was the point of border between India and China. We were literally standing at the boundary. One foot in China the other in India. We could see the gates but the guards weren't present.

It was viciously cold up there. I was talking to my body. Telling it to produce more ATP. In Biology we had learnt about this enzyme called Lypase. I was telling that guy to get activated. Matter of fact, I was fighting the earth. Saying, "You can't do shit to me, I'm stronger than you'.

We then came down, we stopped at a place. It was a cable car ride. I really didn't want to go. We'd done one yesterday and (pause... This is the next day... I'm going to change tense and right UwU?) It wasn't all that fun. I decided I wasn't going, Divyam followed suit. Mom and Dad went up.

We both were told to take a yak ride and there were a couple standing right in front of us. The driver and us both... we went to all the guys standing there...
I said, "How much?"
He said, "long ride or short"
"How much is long? "
"1250"
I started laughing
"Short one? "
"550"
I started to laugh again
Driver started to laugh
Divyam started to laugh
Bhaiya started to laugh
I said, "Maa Baap ne saw rupay diye hain"


I had like 200...I told him I have just 100
He walked away. This other bhaiya who was also right there said, "Give 100..take some photos and we'll have him ride a little on the road"
I was like perfect!
So Divyam rode a Yak.. We got some great photos and under budget. Experience 👍


Divyam and I went up.. Drank tea and coffee... Came down. They still hadn't come. So I started talking to the Yak. I named him Jeff. On god, I asked it how it was doing and it moved its head. I swear these Yaks understand us humans. Scientists watch out bro.
Then Divyam and I went to pee. There was a proper bathroom and when I came out.. The view was awesome. So then I thought, "why tf pee inside. Like you got this whole ass view... Why don't u pee on the world. Can u imagine how empowering that would be? Telling the world that it's below you? "

Finally Mom and Dad came and we went to this shop and ate some momos and maggi.

Before returning to the hotel, I wanted to visit the market. This place was very close to China. I wanted to buy a Gucci case. Realistically... Never in life am I going to get a 50 goddam thousand rupee phone case. Might as well get a fake one right. But it didn't work out. In Darjeeling we didn't find anything and the Gangtok market was genuine. It had great ambience but no fake shops etc.
From there we went back to the hotel, chillee out for a while. Mom and Dad went to hit the Casino. Divyam and I were to go eat dinner together.
Today (technically yesterday) we are Paneer Tikka for mains. Ice Cream Brownies for desert. And 2 fresh lime soda's. Yep.
We came back and finished the film we were watching. Then I said why not and took a quick bath. I had to force Divyam to shut the TV and go to sleep aa we were to get up at 4 tomorrow morning(why? Read tomorrow's story). I started to write this particular entry once he fell asleep.
Then my parents came.
I stopped writing. I don't think anyone knows about this journal. It's completely private lmfao and it's on the net. Privacy👍.
Mom and Dad came and they were telling me what they won where they lost. Finally we went to sleep.

That's the last day of Gangtok.
As I'm writing this... I'm on the plane back to Bangalore. I'll write about today in the evening.

Peace love and kindness

Yours lovingly,

Soham