Hello there! Writing a blog is a new adventure for me. I have been unsure on how to start this endeavour and since opening this account a few months back, have been mulling over what to write about, how to start, whom to address etc. After much vacillation I conclude that this Blog will be a bit about something, a lot about nothing and include everything that I love, hate, like or adore. Some posts will be about my life experiences where I may wax lyrical about something beautiful I have seen, others may go into orgasams over something I have eaten and in some I may vent about things that get my goat.

Ergo, my Blog is a manifestation of my vanity, where I presume that someone would like to read about what I do, think, eat, feel. So this is the first glimpse you get of my persona, I am vain, I consider this my biggest failing and as I write, I wonder that, while I try constantly to overcome this flaw in life, will not writing a Blog feed it? We shall see.

So after a not so flattering an introduction, let me tell you a bit more about myself. I think I live a life less ordinary, indeed most of the time I think I am special and immensely lucky. I am a professional but suffer from a tendency to rest on my laurels, heck, I am downright unambitious, the reasons why I am that, we shall discover by the by.

A ‘Bon Vivant’ would be the best description of me. I know how to be happy and the prospect of a simple croque monsieur would dry up the most sorrowful of my tears quite easily. I am more often than not in a state of elation, which explains part of the name of this Blog. I love to oscillate ie. travel the world and my life seems to be more about planning the next holiday than anything else hence Oselation!

I speak several languages and can cook up a storm. I detest crowds, I am opinionated to a fault and always think I know better. I am loyal to the upright and champion of the underdog. I must mention that I remember learning the word underdog as a young girl during a Wimbledon Final thanks to my beloved Boris Becker or Baby Boy as I had nicknamed him. So I have given an indication of my age and my hobbies. I am the kinds who will remember and honour a cult figure like Rahul Dravid rather than become a crazy fan of a selfish sports star.

People say I am good looking and often compliment me for my flawless skin, I think I am gorgeous. There speak both my honesty (in as much as I say what I honestly think) and my vanity (in that I think I am gorgeous) .

I am a cosmopolitan, a vibrant cocktail, born in a big city, educated in a boarding school and a porte parole of sorts by profession.

I start this blog just before I embark on a new adventure. I will be heading to Perugia, Italy this September (2017) to study the Italian language at the University of Perugia for Foreigners. I go with a certain sense of trepidation as I have never lived alone, and even though, I will do this for only three weeks, it will be a new experience. I go with excitement as I get to relive my experience of doing a similar course at the University of Coimbra, Portugal some 18 years back. I go with the desire to excel as I am on scholarship. I go with enthusiasm to discover more of Italy. I go with patience to overcome Italian bureaucracy. I go with an immense appetite to partake Italian food and absorb the culture.

With this post I invite you to join me on my future oselations!