Chai With Shai

In this episode we talk about everything to do with what happens during the process of egg freezing. With one day until my procedure I go into detail about the hormones, the scans and the tiredness!

Coming back on Chai with Shai with a new and different subject. The first episode explores the journey I went through to get to the decision to freeze my eggs.

The end (part 2) comes to an end along with the whole 23-year-old’s India diary. A wonderful final hurrah followed by a brief run through of all of the main characters brings everything to a final close.

The final hurrah (part 1) - the 23-year-old’s diary takes her away to Sri Lanka for a wedding. All the favourites throughout the year make an appearance and obviously a decent amount of drama.

Dealer continues to make constant reappearances in the 23-year-old’s diary. As much as she tries to move on, he is reluctant to let her.

Carrying on from last week’s cliffhanger, the 23-year-old’s diary comes clean to Dealer and then deals with the consequences.

London life is in full swing with a rubbish-paying job for the 23-year-old. And somehow Dealer manages to make several visits to London in only a handful of months - I wonder why?

Leaving India behind, the 23-year-old’s diary returns to London but doesn’t seem to be to happy about it.

The 23-year-old’s diary has reached it’s last entry on Indian soil. The drama from the weekend continues to unfold keeping everyone on their toes.

The final weekend in Hyderabad has arrived and the 23-year-old’s diary attempted to have a quiet one. That quickly changed when “the boys” managed to convince her to go out...several times.

With the comfort in knowing that home time was near, the 23-year-old’s diary wraps up the temporary life in Delhi and prepares for what is hopefully going to be a drama-free weekend in Hyderabad.

Four months have flown by and now the 23-year-old’s diary is attempting a life of a grown up in the nation’s capital.

Heading far up towards Kashmir, the 23-year-old’s diary forms new bonds with distant relatives while obviously continuing to discuss boys.

Enough of the travelling, Lisa and the 23-year-old’s diary go back to Hyderabad to collect their luggage and catch up with the boys.

Diving into Rajasthan’s favourite cities, the 23-year-old’s diary travels around doing the typical touristy thing while strengthening the friendship with Lisa.

Continuing on with future predictions in Punjab, the 23-year-old’s diary goes onto explore her roots. Getting extremely immersed into where the family originates, it’s a nice break away from boy dramas.

Rounding off from the Bombay trip, the 23-year-old’s diary finally reflects on some of interesting things they’ve been doing. Although it starts off on the topic of boys, it manages to swing around to some really unusual experiences.

With a special treat in this episode, the 23-year-old’s diary falls in love with a whole new city. Meeting new people, experiencing new things - it should divert attention away from boys.

A tiny teeth related procedure leads to the 23-year-old’s diary being Hyderabad-bound for longer than expected. Fortunately with Dealer far away, real friendships are able to form providing many fun and exciting times.

Continuing on from the previous episode, feelings for Dealer intensify and is not helped by the new boring city offering few distractions. The 23-year-old’s diary begins to meet new people who aren’t testosterone filled boys for a change.

Moving from Goa, to Bangalore (just the airport), to then stunning Kerala - the 23-year-old’s diary starts experiencing a few more cultural things. But ultimately we all know where it will end up.

As the 23-year-old’s diary leaves Hyderabad to begin 2 months travelling across India, it’s time to catch up on the week before departure. The Dealer is at the forefront of it all, but new characters begin to emerge.

A night out in Hyderabad lays the grounding for a new boy to torment the 23-year-old’s diary. Things start to get a bit more steamy slowly but surely.

In an attempt to talk about a beautiful Indian festivity, the 23-year-old’s diary may actually be under the influence...

Would it be possible for the 23-year-old’s diary to talk about a job without actually talking about the job?

The first social interaction with a real life Indian boy, the 23-year-old’s diary explores if she can behave differently with boys in a different country.

Stepping into Goa for a short holiday, the 23-year-old’s diary meets new people who aren’t quite her cup-of-tea.

A step before boy drama kicks in, the 23-year-old’s diary goes deep and attempts a session of regression therapy. Ordinarily people would do this to seek meaning and answers - me... just for jokes.

The cringe kicks off with the first 2 awfully written diary entries. Virgin Upper Class flights, bricks of Marlboro Lights and bottles of Champagne help my 23-year-old self settle in