I started off with writing the highlights of the year...but well a few sad moments are best left untouched. And I think its high time I shoo away the unhappy vibes this blog is been exuding!
My Favorite Place: Mullath House, Guruvayoor - the best memories of my childhood are here!
My Favorite Food: This one will need a separate post in itself ... imagine the injustice to ask an unbiased foodie a question of this magnitude :-D
My Favorite Dress: A well fitted jeans , a sexy sari, beautiful salwar, a cute skirt, a hot top :-D
My Favorite Past Time: Once upon a time it was Reading (but well it is 'the world of virtuality' now).....
My Favorite Kiddos: Well who doesn't lOve kids; It is currently topped by Roshan n Aparna.....
My Favorite Teacher: Elsy Teacher - Taught me quite a fw things
My Favorite moments: Long eve walks with Deepthi, Pani puri bandis, Long drives to Dhola ri Dhani - chilukur - Shameerpet with Pravin, holidays in kerala
My Favorite romantic spots: 'Move n Pick' ,'Little Italy', shameerpet , 'General Bazar'(!!), Terrace Bay,Hyderabadi Autos( Couldn't resist revisiting the post to add the last two entries...of course I cannot not add the place where I got my first smoke n smooch)
Will update the list as i keep getting ideas.....
My US Trip.....
My first trip to the US of A......My dollar dreams.........
Considering it was an 'onsite' opportunity I was excited about, USA has underwhelmed me! It is just another 'Concrete jungle'! Indeed if you have seen one metropolis city, you have seen them all. May be the so called 'Undeveloped' countries is where the real surprises lie(no wonder our India is famous)........
On the brighter side, this trip was full of many 'firsts'..... Its the 'first' time am living far far away from family and friends! And that too in a 'Suburb ' away from all comforts of city life. The nearest shop is a good ten mins drive away. Indeed it can be a overwhelming experience for a city bred, protected girl like me. Haa but am surprised it didn't daunt me much ....
Today I can tell you if a clueless(my cooking prowess was limited to making rice Maggi, Omelet - today you can add a nameless mish-mash sabji to the list :-D) , irresponsible girl like me can do it - anybody can! Of course having a sweet colleague for a roommate helped - she highhandedly took care of cooking, cleaning and all ;)
But the biggest novelty for me was 'Snow'! Its for the first time in these many years am seeing actual snow! Indeed the vast expands of snow can be beautiful...all white n pristine! I should add Chicago gave me a blistering cold welcome... the day I landed here, the temperature was hovering around -18 degrees!!. My woodlands jacket felt like a flimsy windcheater then I should say :-D
This trip is coming to an end in another three weeks! I wish I had traveled more...... These colleagues of mine seem to be loving their laptops better(Even am online 24 * 7)! Or maybe its better like this ....I get to save some dollars for my upcoming marriage! .
Despite all the 'novelty' there is a overwhelming grief n sorrow hiding just beneath the surface! As with everything else in my life , "Yeh Dil mange more'.......Longer stay, better salary, Challenging work......
I am homesick and being transported overnight to this deserted snow laden place with no people in vicinity can be depressing......Indeed I can't help wondering what a different 'happy ending' I would have scripted if only this trip had happened a few months ago when my daddy was around......
Maybe another time with another set of people and a happier frame of mind frame would have made this place seem picture perfect :)
Considering it was an 'onsite' opportunity I was excited about, USA has underwhelmed me! It is just another 'Concrete jungle'! Indeed if you have seen one metropolis city, you have seen them all. May be the so called 'Undeveloped' countries is where the real surprises lie(no wonder our India is famous)........
On the brighter side, this trip was full of many 'firsts'..... Its the 'first' time am living far far away from family and friends! And that too in a 'Suburb ' away from all comforts of city life. The nearest shop is a good ten mins drive away. Indeed it can be a overwhelming experience for a city bred, protected girl like me. Haa but am surprised it didn't daunt me much ....
Today I can tell you if a clueless(my cooking prowess was limited to making rice Maggi, Omelet - today you can add a nameless mish-mash sabji to the list :-D) , irresponsible girl like me can do it - anybody can! Of course having a sweet colleague for a roommate helped - she highhandedly took care of cooking, cleaning and all ;)
But the biggest novelty for me was 'Snow'! Its for the first time in these many years am seeing actual snow! Indeed the vast expands of snow can be beautiful...all white n pristine! I should add Chicago gave me a blistering cold welcome... the day I landed here, the temperature was hovering around -18 degrees!!. My woodlands jacket felt like a flimsy windcheater then I should say :-D
This trip is coming to an end in another three weeks! I wish I had traveled more...... These colleagues of mine seem to be loving their laptops better(Even am online 24 * 7)! Or maybe its better like this ....I get to save some dollars for my upcoming marriage! .
Despite all the 'novelty' there is a overwhelming grief n sorrow hiding just beneath the surface! As with everything else in my life , "Yeh Dil mange more'.......Longer stay, better salary, Challenging work......
I am homesick and being transported overnight to this deserted snow laden place with no people in vicinity can be depressing......Indeed I can't help wondering what a different 'happy ending' I would have scripted if only this trip had happened a few months ago when my daddy was around......
Maybe another time with another set of people and a happier frame of mind frame would have made this place seem picture perfect :)
My first Valentine:-)
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| My first ever Valentine's Card :-D. Now that deserves a place right at the top rt |
Imagine celebrating your first valentine after more than twenty four years of existence! Doesn't speak much of my fan following ...does it:) Well all my previous valentines were spent day dreaming about 'smart hunks' - they just happened to get a new identity every year :-).
This year saw my dream turning into a reality(albeit a virtual one as we are in two different cities!)... So for the first time yours-truly has a valentine. Ha, the pleasures of doing mushy things with no trace of guilt(well the pic should give u ideas) ;) Now only if my daddy was around it would have been just pic perfect:(
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| Now let your imagination go Wild :-D. Pic Courtesy Google! |
Of course am not ending this post without showing off the Swarowski crystal pendant he got around to gifting me :-D. Here is hoping for a lifetime of happy, blissful Valentines with him....
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| Pic courtesy - Swarowski Website |
A sad begining......
A sad time to start writing a blog......A time when I lost my dadu......my dearest dadu darlu....
I love him....n he always was the biggest supporter in whatever I did. Always was v proud of me...thou hv never done anything so v commendable in my life.......was v happy with all my small achievemnts. I remeber him helping me with all my maths homework(i was hopeless in maths till then)..n man was he a gr8 teacher!!! N he would stay awake till late in night to finish my records:((....am sure I had the best dadu dalr un the world......love him!!!
But how soon does life move on....it is hardly 10 days n here I am blogging n chatting away to glory with my fianceee...how selfish can one get!!!!! N i am supposed to be a father's girl...so sad.......
I love him....n he always was the biggest supporter in whatever I did. Always was v proud of me...thou hv never done anything so v commendable in my life.......was v happy with all my small achievemnts. I remeber him helping me with all my maths homework(i was hopeless in maths till then)..n man was he a gr8 teacher!!! N he would stay awake till late in night to finish my records:((....am sure I had the best dadu dalr un the world......love him!!!
But how soon does life move on....it is hardly 10 days n here I am blogging n chatting away to glory with my fianceee...how selfish can one get!!!!! N i am supposed to be a father's girl...so sad.......