Last nite was emotional for me..
finally Obama proved he can and he did it..
when he won PA and Ohio and they showed kenya and people there eagerly waiting for results I cried..
I read both obamas books and his book "Dreams from my father" touched my soul..Having lost my dad, staying away from home for years and years I can understand what obama went through growing up without a dad, living with grandparents, coming from poor family.. Obamas journey is an inspiration and he should be proud of what he became..
wish his grandmother was alive for just one more day to see this great day..
I cannot vote but I campaigned a little bit for obama because his story struck a chord with me..His idealism, his political ideology, his plans on education and healthcare etc., resonate with what I feel..Iam not a democrat or a republican as I think Iam a long way to understanding the US political system but I liked obama..
Iam glad he made history and what an amazing campaign it was. some of my friends campaigned too and just the campaign he put up, the amount of money he raised, how he ran for his presidency, how he handled himself in presidential debates, the story of his life, the way he sees the world tell a lot about the man..Iam sure he will make a good president..
Hope he gets time to rest a lil bit, catch his breath and takes care of his health and gets to spend some goodtime with his two cute young daughters before he starts working hard again..what a battle what a victory..
this economic meltdown worked good for obama..and all the endorsements he got at the right time helped him too..it was his destiny to be the president and all the cards fell in place..he is born to be a great man...
mccain gave avery graceful speech too.. I admire mccain too for fighting for the country but his choice of VP, bad campaign decisions, lack of proper plan for a economically beaten country, age, lack of good campaign strategy cost him big..
whatever it is glad it is over and it ended well.
my days last three months were consumed in following politics and elections..
finally I will have more free time..
whatelse..life is keeping me busy..
work keeps me busy five days a week, volunteering or preparing for a month long India trip is keeping me busy with somuch traveling planned through Italy and India..I still did not find a furnished apartment to stay in India, still so much to do..Iam going home to India but have no home..Irony of life is for people like me living in two countries, loving both countries has made life harder..
I am neither there or here.. when Iam here in US I miss India and family...when Iam there in India I miss US and friends..nostalgic life either way..staying in apartments both places..there is no place called home or I have two temporary homes..thats life..
taxes to do in India and US, business to take care of in India and in US, apartments to take care of in India and US, family in India and US..life is just more richer, more diversified and I have one foot here in this continent in US and other in Asia in India.. I manage to stand on both which is amazing...
so much to do in India too..
I have to learn so much about indian tax system in the next two weeks before I go..
I have to book an apartment for a month in India
I have to book pooja at tirupathi temple which is busy and booked until 2025..
Ihave to plan business trips and meetings in India..
so much to do as usual.
I barely get time to read any books..
Diwali was fun..I volunteered at the temple all day saturday and helped cook food for 250 people which was fun..
finished Aravind adigas booker novel which I thoroughly enjoyed..
reading Junot diazs booker novel on oscar wao life right now..
Also reading chetan bhagats one nite at call center..
3 more weeks of work and then vacation time and trip to India...
little nephews in India waiting, nieces waiting, big extended family to spend time with, elderly aunties and uncles to see..business to take care of , taxes to do in India life goes on..
there is always something to do..
new year is coming with a new president, new life and hopefully some love and soulmate for me...
have to see how fate and life unfolds as the new year arrives..
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
diwali memories , this and that..
Finally Diwali is here..
miss the fireworks, authentic indian sweets, rangoli, new clothes, goodtimes with family...
when I was kid diwali was a such a big hangama with granny, mom,dad around. the nite before huge hangama with rangoli with all girls in the neighbourhood..morning granny would apply oil to our hair and wash our hairs, then new clothes, pooja, eloborate five course lunch, then busy early evenings decorating all the house and walls outside with diyas , then bursting fireworks, eating sweets and ending the nite with smiles.
As I grew up a lil bit, it was just mom, dad, me and sis..it was quieter times..no hungama...new clothes, good lunch, pooja, lesss fireworks, sweet and sleep..best part was early evening decorating the house I grew up in with diyas..
Now last few years after dad passed away, we sold our home in small town, it is much quieter...no proper home or walls to decorate diyas...no proper family it is just me and mom hanging out with aunts or cousins at their places celebrating diwali..
ofcourse most of the last 12 years diwali is here in US..sometimes it is just another ordinary day..sometimes like this year it will be a lil bit lively pooja at a friends place, then pooja at temple and fireworks at temple thanks to the temple..Nov1st I am volunteering to cook at temple as a part of diwali celebrations so it is going to be ok diwali..
life goes on..
as we age things change..
but I cannot wait to find a nice traditional boy, get married, start my own family, celebrate diwali with my kids and hubby and family, have a own house..restarting the tradition all over again.. cycles of life.
what else.
I read Aravind adigas novel white tiger..
mighty impressed.. Adigas novel is realistic down to earth simple well told sensitive story of a car driver..very well written, very fine details of everyday existance of poor and rich, corruption and politics in India..great novel to read on modern India, richly deserves a booker..
what else.
Iam busy planning my India trip..got my italian visa too..busy with travel plans, shopping for nephews and nieces.. waiting for much awaitied vacation..
Iam so glad to go home to visit my family after 2years of being away from them..life is hard specially if u are working girl...out of 600 days in two years I get 30 days with family..rest is all waiting for those 30 days...
life has been busy otherwise too..
my dads third death anniversary was last week. so I did the traditional karma pooja at the temple who says girls cannot do it..priest helped me do it north indian punjabi style as he knew only that way and it was good...it was a week of nostalgia, melancholy, philosophical..some people can never be replaced in life..it is a hole in the heart and you just learn to live with it..
week ahead looks busy with work
weekend of volunteering, shopping for india trip..life goes on..
so much to do as usual..
miss the fireworks, authentic indian sweets, rangoli, new clothes, goodtimes with family...
when I was kid diwali was a such a big hangama with granny, mom,dad around. the nite before huge hangama with rangoli with all girls in the neighbourhood..morning granny would apply oil to our hair and wash our hairs, then new clothes, pooja, eloborate five course lunch, then busy early evenings decorating all the house and walls outside with diyas , then bursting fireworks, eating sweets and ending the nite with smiles.
As I grew up a lil bit, it was just mom, dad, me and sis..it was quieter times..no hungama...new clothes, good lunch, pooja, lesss fireworks, sweet and sleep..best part was early evening decorating the house I grew up in with diyas..
Now last few years after dad passed away, we sold our home in small town, it is much quieter...no proper home or walls to decorate diyas...no proper family it is just me and mom hanging out with aunts or cousins at their places celebrating diwali..
ofcourse most of the last 12 years diwali is here in US..sometimes it is just another ordinary day..sometimes like this year it will be a lil bit lively pooja at a friends place, then pooja at temple and fireworks at temple thanks to the temple..Nov1st I am volunteering to cook at temple as a part of diwali celebrations so it is going to be ok diwali..
life goes on..
as we age things change..
but I cannot wait to find a nice traditional boy, get married, start my own family, celebrate diwali with my kids and hubby and family, have a own house..restarting the tradition all over again.. cycles of life.
what else.
I read Aravind adigas novel white tiger..
mighty impressed.. Adigas novel is realistic down to earth simple well told sensitive story of a car driver..very well written, very fine details of everyday existance of poor and rich, corruption and politics in India..great novel to read on modern India, richly deserves a booker..
what else.
Iam busy planning my India trip..got my italian visa too..busy with travel plans, shopping for nephews and nieces.. waiting for much awaitied vacation..
Iam so glad to go home to visit my family after 2years of being away from them..life is hard specially if u are working girl...out of 600 days in two years I get 30 days with family..rest is all waiting for those 30 days...
life has been busy otherwise too..
my dads third death anniversary was last week. so I did the traditional karma pooja at the temple who says girls cannot do it..priest helped me do it north indian punjabi style as he knew only that way and it was good...it was a week of nostalgia, melancholy, philosophical..some people can never be replaced in life..it is a hole in the heart and you just learn to live with it..
week ahead looks busy with work
weekend of volunteering, shopping for india trip..life goes on..
so much to do as usual..
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
topsyturvy world...
After a long time, news that excited me was Aravind Adiga winning booker..
kiran Desai writes about globalized modern india and gets a booker
Aravind Adiga writes about todays India of corrupt politics and reality and gets a booker..
so there u go...now u know what gets u a booker...
Iam glad they both won bookers writing about India..
I just started reading Adigas white tiger and can see why it won the coveted prize..like kiran desai he deserves his win...good writing..
what else..
Economy and its downward spiral is just unbelievable. I cannot even figure out why they waited until the 700 billion collapse happened. I cannot even understand why they did not stop and investigate when they lost the first billion..unbelievable times..
Being a girl probably, I was never interested in learning about world economy or investing or money market..it is like not having that much interest in electronic gadjets or sports..it was not a girl thing for some reason for a long time for me..
This month the economy fluctuations changed me..
I kept busy educating myself about stocks, investing, understanding the loss of money last few weeks, I never was interested in economy or stocks or investing or money market before, but now Iam keen on understanding the system, which is going to affect all of us not only now but in the years to come..
how could they give loans to people who cannot afford?
how did they let the housing market drop down so bad?
How did they end up spending so much money on iraq war?
how did they not see this collapse a year ahead with all the intelligence and sources?
all this is a mystery for me..
I used to think that economist and business people here are the smartest in the world , apperently not now..
may be everyone should read future shock and prepare for future..
anticipating tomorrows needs and tomorrow world and economic market is so so important..too bad they waited so long to realise who bad the state of affairs is..
too bad..
Politics was also not my thing..I used to think once upon a time that following politics or politicians is a total waste of time..
Iam also following US politics as never before..this presidential race has been the most interesting political race for me so far...It matters whom we elect though I cannot vote in US right now, for some reason it matters a lot..
tonites debate is going to be interesting..mccain vs obama..now that palin factor faded and is more controversial may be people will get into the reality of the candidates and their philosophies of how they will run the country...who ever wins is going to have a hard time no matter what with this economy..
from health care to economy to education this election and the opinions of both candidates matters a lot..those who can vote should pay attentiont to these candidates and vote..it is probably the most important election in recent times considering how volatile the world and the economy is..
And equally as the presidential debates I am enjoying watching saturday nite live as never before...it is as if within the last two months the things I do, the stuff I watch on tv changed drastically..now Iam hooked on to debates, news, night line, saturday nite live, anything that comes on economy, politics...
cant believe it..
my life changed otherwise too last two months..
been busy working nonstop..did not take any vacation this year so far saving it all for my india trip to go home..so tired and exhausted..
gave up volunteering and all social activities for these last four months of the year as I needed some time for myself..
Iam busy learning about economy, stocks, travel, politics etc.,
Did spend sometime in dussehra festivities...cooking,cleaning, groceries and chores taking away the rest of the time that I have...
my life has been so busy too planning to long trip to India this year end and getting visas to a couple of other countries that I dont have that much time now a days to volunteer or do anything else..
books I read
The brief wondorous life of oscar wao - junot diaz which has been a very interesting read..
movies I saw
mostly travel videos of europe and asia which are fun to watch..one of the interesting movie I watched was himalaya about nepalese old man who travels all the way through mountains and snow with his grandson to sell salt and for just a morsel of food..
travel videos make me realise how different life is in different countries..
life is going on..as usual same routine single working girls life...
God knows when my single life will end and when I get to share this beautiful life with someone special but until then Iam glad to go home for a month, finally forget this topsyturvy world and spend time with nephews , nieces, family, friends in India before I get back to this race again in jan next year..
kiran Desai writes about globalized modern india and gets a booker
Aravind Adiga writes about todays India of corrupt politics and reality and gets a booker..
so there u go...now u know what gets u a booker...
Iam glad they both won bookers writing about India..
I just started reading Adigas white tiger and can see why it won the coveted prize..like kiran desai he deserves his win...good writing..
what else..
Economy and its downward spiral is just unbelievable. I cannot even figure out why they waited until the 700 billion collapse happened. I cannot even understand why they did not stop and investigate when they lost the first billion..unbelievable times..
Being a girl probably, I was never interested in learning about world economy or investing or money market..it is like not having that much interest in electronic gadjets or sports..it was not a girl thing for some reason for a long time for me..
This month the economy fluctuations changed me..
I kept busy educating myself about stocks, investing, understanding the loss of money last few weeks, I never was interested in economy or stocks or investing or money market before, but now Iam keen on understanding the system, which is going to affect all of us not only now but in the years to come..
how could they give loans to people who cannot afford?
how did they let the housing market drop down so bad?
How did they end up spending so much money on iraq war?
how did they not see this collapse a year ahead with all the intelligence and sources?
all this is a mystery for me..
I used to think that economist and business people here are the smartest in the world , apperently not now..
may be everyone should read future shock and prepare for future..
anticipating tomorrows needs and tomorrow world and economic market is so so important..too bad they waited so long to realise who bad the state of affairs is..
too bad..
Politics was also not my thing..I used to think once upon a time that following politics or politicians is a total waste of time..
Iam also following US politics as never before..this presidential race has been the most interesting political race for me so far...It matters whom we elect though I cannot vote in US right now, for some reason it matters a lot..
tonites debate is going to be interesting..mccain vs obama..now that palin factor faded and is more controversial may be people will get into the reality of the candidates and their philosophies of how they will run the country...who ever wins is going to have a hard time no matter what with this economy..
from health care to economy to education this election and the opinions of both candidates matters a lot..those who can vote should pay attentiont to these candidates and vote..it is probably the most important election in recent times considering how volatile the world and the economy is..
And equally as the presidential debates I am enjoying watching saturday nite live as never before...it is as if within the last two months the things I do, the stuff I watch on tv changed drastically..now Iam hooked on to debates, news, night line, saturday nite live, anything that comes on economy, politics...
cant believe it..
my life changed otherwise too last two months..
been busy working nonstop..did not take any vacation this year so far saving it all for my india trip to go home..so tired and exhausted..
gave up volunteering and all social activities for these last four months of the year as I needed some time for myself..
Iam busy learning about economy, stocks, travel, politics etc.,
Did spend sometime in dussehra festivities...cooking,cleaning, groceries and chores taking away the rest of the time that I have...
my life has been so busy too planning to long trip to India this year end and getting visas to a couple of other countries that I dont have that much time now a days to volunteer or do anything else..
books I read
The brief wondorous life of oscar wao - junot diaz which has been a very interesting read..
movies I saw
mostly travel videos of europe and asia which are fun to watch..one of the interesting movie I watched was himalaya about nepalese old man who travels all the way through mountains and snow with his grandson to sell salt and for just a morsel of food..
travel videos make me realise how different life is in different countries..
life is going on..as usual same routine single working girls life...
God knows when my single life will end and when I get to share this beautiful life with someone special but until then Iam glad to go home for a month, finally forget this topsyturvy world and spend time with nephews , nieces, family, friends in India before I get back to this race again in jan next year..
Monday, September 15, 2008
country concert, good books...this week..
News that caught my attention..
sad about Delhi blasts...The world is no longer a safe place...and normal innocent people who didnot harm get hurt.. sad state of affairs in the world..
Economy in US another sad state of affairs...stock markets, rising prices, floods, storms...what is happening? Alvin tofflers future shock is right here..things spinning beyond control..
Sarah palin factor in US elections...Her interview with charles Gibson was bad yet people are supporting her...where is the country headed? seems like race is not about presidents or presidential merits anymore..it is VPs who influence..too bad..too sad..
Georgia to Darfur...problems everywhere... Ike to katrina never ending disasters...then man made troubles with blasts in India and everywhere.. the world seems to spin beyond control..power struggles..Iam reminded more often of Alvin Tofflfers war antiwar, towards a new civilization power shift culture..
I have to admit like everyone else Iam also in future shock...unprepared for future, silent resignition towards tomorrows, strangely helpless despite being educated and smart...not knowing how we can change the system and the world..
Gandhism and non voilence will it work?
Or Bushs doctrine will it work?
a combination of both or all..
someone needs to change the system..clean up this world..
is it younger generation or older generation..
who will suffer more..
No social security, no pension, no security no medical insurance elder generation who worked hard left with no solutions.
Or bad economy, high costs, no jobs, no education or opportunities younger generation left in a mess with no solutions..
both suffer their own way..
have to see how this govt. and the coming govt. handles all this..
what else..
went for a country music concert this weekend..Kenny chesney, keith urban, leane rhymes, Gary Allen all sang..
Keith urban was the best , man he knows how to play guitar and sing so well. he sang my fav. songs. whether its raining on sunday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxDuckV7IAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fy91mHAPpE
kenny chesney was just ok, cant sing really well, though Iam a big fan of his lyrics than singing, has a 2 year old kid on stage until 12 in the nite with beer commercials all nite for 60,000 audience...If he can get that much audience wont u assume he will put up some nice educational messages and guide america in a good direction.. but no nothing of that sort it was all business....it is all commercial..come on kenny make a difference do something good for community, dont advertise beer..do something good man for the community.. Also dont make concerts 8 hour long..it gets tiring man,...
he sang these 3 fav songs of mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMoFYtZ6o8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpPJEj8Uj-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2DSF8KtTso
Gary Allen was ok..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rULQNIEX_6k
leane rimes sang well too. she has a good voice..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UmF3iRrkU4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4QkSa2-oX8
what else..
Iam reading this very interesting novel
"The Brief wondorous life of oscar wao" by Junot Diaz
http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/1594489580
thanks to MV for introducing me to yet another new writer.. I have to say Iam thoroughly enjoying reading this novel.. It was amazingly real, touching, unique story of a unique race..Iam amazed that a male writer can write with such sensitivity and raw..it was very real, very human..He richly deserves the pulitizer or booker he won last year..I think after a long long time Iam reading a real good one.. I think Iam adding Junot Diaz to the list of my fav. writers..
Iam also reading
one night at call center by chetan bhagat which is a barely ok read.
The calcutta chromosome by Amitav ghosh which I need to start reading this week.
it feels so good to get back to books and reading...
I love lazy sundays where I can just drink a cup of morning elachi chai and have a parantha or idli for breakfast and keep reading until sunsets..
I can just read all week long if I had time..work keeps me busy 5 days a week..
volunteering and household chores keeps me busy on weekends..
what else..
volunteered at temple and cooked for 50 people this weekend.
went for a country concert
cooked dosakaya tomato daal, dosakaya curry and make even chutney out of dosakaya.. nice home cooked meal with achaar nothing beats that..
next weekend again Iam organizing a walk for a cause...after that finally Iam done with the volunteering for this year.
I quit the indian group and quit being chair of volunteer group and quit as chair of the indian cultural event I was supposed to organize...Iam so so glad I did it..it was a waste of time for me organizing with a group of people with too much politics going on..I prefer volunteering by myself without much fuss.. sometimes people make so much noise and talk but dont do any work..half the people are like that..iam the one who prefers to do less talk and do work..I pray i get a hubby also like that..most people I meet are so self centred they have nothing much to give to anyone, so lost in their self indugent world.I love Aynrand but dont like her virtue of selfishness..I like people who silently do everything in action than talk too much..unfortunately have the indian crowd do too much talk and no work..probably this is pretty common with all countries and all cultures..
less volunteering more reading, writing, and planning for my big year end India trip from now on...
I hope I can find a great guy in US before november and happily get married in december when I go to India..wishful thinking..
miles to go before I sleep..miles to go before I sleep...and too many promises to keep too..
sad about Delhi blasts...The world is no longer a safe place...and normal innocent people who didnot harm get hurt.. sad state of affairs in the world..
Economy in US another sad state of affairs...stock markets, rising prices, floods, storms...what is happening? Alvin tofflers future shock is right here..things spinning beyond control..
Sarah palin factor in US elections...Her interview with charles Gibson was bad yet people are supporting her...where is the country headed? seems like race is not about presidents or presidential merits anymore..it is VPs who influence..too bad..too sad..
Georgia to Darfur...problems everywhere... Ike to katrina never ending disasters...then man made troubles with blasts in India and everywhere.. the world seems to spin beyond control..power struggles..Iam reminded more often of Alvin Tofflfers war antiwar, towards a new civilization power shift culture..
I have to admit like everyone else Iam also in future shock...unprepared for future, silent resignition towards tomorrows, strangely helpless despite being educated and smart...not knowing how we can change the system and the world..
Gandhism and non voilence will it work?
Or Bushs doctrine will it work?
a combination of both or all..
someone needs to change the system..clean up this world..
is it younger generation or older generation..
who will suffer more..
No social security, no pension, no security no medical insurance elder generation who worked hard left with no solutions.
Or bad economy, high costs, no jobs, no education or opportunities younger generation left in a mess with no solutions..
both suffer their own way..
have to see how this govt. and the coming govt. handles all this..
what else..
went for a country music concert this weekend..Kenny chesney, keith urban, leane rhymes, Gary Allen all sang..
Keith urban was the best , man he knows how to play guitar and sing so well. he sang my fav. songs. whether its raining on sunday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxDuckV7IAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fy91mHAPpE
kenny chesney was just ok, cant sing really well, though Iam a big fan of his lyrics than singing, has a 2 year old kid on stage until 12 in the nite with beer commercials all nite for 60,000 audience...If he can get that much audience wont u assume he will put up some nice educational messages and guide america in a good direction.. but no nothing of that sort it was all business....it is all commercial..come on kenny make a difference do something good for community, dont advertise beer..do something good man for the community.. Also dont make concerts 8 hour long..it gets tiring man,...
he sang these 3 fav songs of mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMoFYtZ6o8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpPJEj8Uj-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2DSF8KtTso
Gary Allen was ok..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rULQNIEX_6k
leane rimes sang well too. she has a good voice..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UmF3iRrkU4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4QkSa2-oX8
what else..
Iam reading this very interesting novel
"The Brief wondorous life of oscar wao" by Junot Diaz
http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/1594489580
thanks to MV for introducing me to yet another new writer.. I have to say Iam thoroughly enjoying reading this novel.. It was amazingly real, touching, unique story of a unique race..Iam amazed that a male writer can write with such sensitivity and raw..it was very real, very human..He richly deserves the pulitizer or booker he won last year..I think after a long long time Iam reading a real good one.. I think Iam adding Junot Diaz to the list of my fav. writers..
Iam also reading
one night at call center by chetan bhagat which is a barely ok read.
The calcutta chromosome by Amitav ghosh which I need to start reading this week.
it feels so good to get back to books and reading...
I love lazy sundays where I can just drink a cup of morning elachi chai and have a parantha or idli for breakfast and keep reading until sunsets..
I can just read all week long if I had time..work keeps me busy 5 days a week..
volunteering and household chores keeps me busy on weekends..
what else..
volunteered at temple and cooked for 50 people this weekend.
went for a country concert
cooked dosakaya tomato daal, dosakaya curry and make even chutney out of dosakaya.. nice home cooked meal with achaar nothing beats that..
next weekend again Iam organizing a walk for a cause...after that finally Iam done with the volunteering for this year.
I quit the indian group and quit being chair of volunteer group and quit as chair of the indian cultural event I was supposed to organize...Iam so so glad I did it..it was a waste of time for me organizing with a group of people with too much politics going on..I prefer volunteering by myself without much fuss.. sometimes people make so much noise and talk but dont do any work..half the people are like that..iam the one who prefers to do less talk and do work..I pray i get a hubby also like that..most people I meet are so self centred they have nothing much to give to anyone, so lost in their self indugent world.I love Aynrand but dont like her virtue of selfishness..I like people who silently do everything in action than talk too much..unfortunately have the indian crowd do too much talk and no work..probably this is pretty common with all countries and all cultures..
less volunteering more reading, writing, and planning for my big year end India trip from now on...
I hope I can find a great guy in US before november and happily get married in december when I go to India..wishful thinking..
miles to go before I sleep..miles to go before I sleep...and too many promises to keep too..
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
this and that..
Interesting news Mccain leading obama...may be he made a clever choice choosing sarah palin who seems to draw women and young men alike..Now mccain is copying obamas change slogan..its all politics..
Obama seems to be lost in his own inspiring speeches..may be people need to know what he really achieved last few years..Biden has long political career but I dont think I know all about his achievements..sometimes u need to market urself well..obama and biden need to shake their campaign and step up.. Biden is good choice but if it was Hillary probably he could draw women voters... Iam going to campaign for obama next few weeks if I can..
I thoroughly enjoyed watching democratic convention and republic conventions..
I had high fever for a couple of days but these conventations made me forget about my sickness last two weeks.. moral of the story If you have things that interest u , they make u forget ur pains...
I also enjoyed watching olympics and almost developed a mini crush on micheal phelps..swimming, gymnastics (Raj participating in it and winning a medal finally) interested me..
bookers prize short list has aravind adigas novel and amitav ghoshs novel - good for indians..
Iam glad there are more new good indian writers coming up..the next rushdie generation..good for readers like me..
what else..
went for a nice indian classical dance show which was beautiful and made me all nostalgic
went for circus which was nice with amazing acrobats which made me sad for animals at the circus
went for a ballet and free style dance on dreams with just music and no songs which was interesting
went for indian independence day celebrations in indy which went well
celebrated varalakshmi pooja and Ganesh pooja at home last 3 weeks and made dahi vada,jelebi, dalvada, vada and indian rice pudding at home to offer to god which came out ok..
Most of my weekdays are busy with work. too much stuff to do as usual..
Most of my weekends last 2 months just slipped away , I volunteered almost every weekend last 2 months.. temple, running 5 bone marrow drives, food drives for salvation army I barely have time for myself..
Next two months look busy too I have a huge indian cultural event Iam chairing I need to organize, I have a walk Iam chairing I need to organize..so my weekends are pretty much gone..
books I tried to read:
one night at the call center by chetan bhagat which I started reading
finally finished Salman Rushdie's Enchantress which was a pretty confusing read..not a great novel but a ok time pass read..
Brief wondorous life of oscar wao by Junor Diaz which Iam enjoying reading
Aravind Adigas novel the white tiger
Movies I watched:
Outsourced - About an american who goes to India to train indians, very interesting movie on outsourcing. cultural differences, outlook, experiences very unique view
bachna eh haseenon- ok time pass Ranbir is ok deepika looks alright, rest of the girls look too old for Ranbir.
god tusse great ho - remake of Bruce almighty another mediocre film
kismat konnection - totally boring waste of time
Singh is king- which was mediocre
Jaane to na jaane -which was also mediocre
Mansaara kanavu- with kajol aravind swami - my kinda girl and movie great songs music by ARRahman
Dil se - maniratnam sharukh manisha koirala movie - excellent movie with good songs, story, direction
krishna telugu movie trisha - just time pass
what else
next few weeks more volunteering, busy work schedules, more indian events to organize..
no time for resting, relaxing, no time for guys or friends in life. single busy working girls life who volunteers all the time..my life is becoming like the girl in movie "Amelie" or the girl in movie "Mansara kanavu or priety zintas life in movie kal ho na ho..serious studious girls life..life goes on...
my india trip end of the year is coming soon..
so much to do as usual...no time to rest or relax as usual..
Obama seems to be lost in his own inspiring speeches..may be people need to know what he really achieved last few years..Biden has long political career but I dont think I know all about his achievements..sometimes u need to market urself well..obama and biden need to shake their campaign and step up.. Biden is good choice but if it was Hillary probably he could draw women voters... Iam going to campaign for obama next few weeks if I can..
I thoroughly enjoyed watching democratic convention and republic conventions..
I had high fever for a couple of days but these conventations made me forget about my sickness last two weeks.. moral of the story If you have things that interest u , they make u forget ur pains...
I also enjoyed watching olympics and almost developed a mini crush on micheal phelps..swimming, gymnastics (Raj participating in it and winning a medal finally) interested me..
bookers prize short list has aravind adigas novel and amitav ghoshs novel - good for indians..
Iam glad there are more new good indian writers coming up..the next rushdie generation..good for readers like me..
what else..
went for a nice indian classical dance show which was beautiful and made me all nostalgic
went for circus which was nice with amazing acrobats which made me sad for animals at the circus
went for a ballet and free style dance on dreams with just music and no songs which was interesting
went for indian independence day celebrations in indy which went well
celebrated varalakshmi pooja and Ganesh pooja at home last 3 weeks and made dahi vada,jelebi, dalvada, vada and indian rice pudding at home to offer to god which came out ok..
Most of my weekdays are busy with work. too much stuff to do as usual..
Most of my weekends last 2 months just slipped away , I volunteered almost every weekend last 2 months.. temple, running 5 bone marrow drives, food drives for salvation army I barely have time for myself..
Next two months look busy too I have a huge indian cultural event Iam chairing I need to organize, I have a walk Iam chairing I need to organize..so my weekends are pretty much gone..
books I tried to read:
one night at the call center by chetan bhagat which I started reading
finally finished Salman Rushdie's Enchantress which was a pretty confusing read..not a great novel but a ok time pass read..
Brief wondorous life of oscar wao by Junor Diaz which Iam enjoying reading
Aravind Adigas novel the white tiger
Movies I watched:
Outsourced - About an american who goes to India to train indians, very interesting movie on outsourcing. cultural differences, outlook, experiences very unique view
bachna eh haseenon- ok time pass Ranbir is ok deepika looks alright, rest of the girls look too old for Ranbir.
god tusse great ho - remake of Bruce almighty another mediocre film
kismat konnection - totally boring waste of time
Singh is king- which was mediocre
Jaane to na jaane -which was also mediocre
Mansaara kanavu- with kajol aravind swami - my kinda girl and movie great songs music by ARRahman
Dil se - maniratnam sharukh manisha koirala movie - excellent movie with good songs, story, direction
krishna telugu movie trisha - just time pass
what else
next few weeks more volunteering, busy work schedules, more indian events to organize..
no time for resting, relaxing, no time for guys or friends in life. single busy working girls life who volunteers all the time..my life is becoming like the girl in movie "Amelie" or the girl in movie "Mansara kanavu or priety zintas life in movie kal ho na ho..serious studious girls life..life goes on...
my india trip end of the year is coming soon..
so much to do as usual...no time to rest or relax as usual..
Friday, August 22, 2008
this and that...
News that interested me
whats up with Mccain paris hilton campaign..presidential race has become so cheap now..who wants a next president who gets into a childish fued with paris hilton?
Shouldnt presidential advertisements be serious specially with a bad economy, troubled war times..
cant even believe they have an add comparing obama with brittany and paris..shows how low they can stoop too.
This VP guess game, via cell phone announcements etc., good marketing move from obama, but doesnt it sound all commercial and jazzy...
whats up with anthrax scare..
a govt. scientist doing that cant even believe it..how can a scientist do this scaring people and putting someone at risk..
whats up with Anderson cooper..commenting on Lohans..
come on anderson you can do better than that..why are u talking about stuff like this..what happened to the anderson I adore who cares about darfur, cango,katrina victims,chimps in africa..
water on Mars finally..60 minutes has interesting news on our space programs..
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/04/60minutes/main3994925.shtml
on a easy new cancer cure from a cancer patient
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/10/60minutes/main4006951.shtml
what else..
Life has kept me busy..
too many new screens to develop at work for new diseases, important projects, people to train..work is leaving me exhausted..
busy volunteering every weekend..cant believe..every weekend I volunteer atleast one day...so weekends are also busy..
first salvation army food drive which went so so well, raised 400 dollars and two wagon loads food cans to keep the food bank from closing until christmas which was so good..heping some 500 families feeding them during this sad tough economy times.. I was very happy about this food drive..I donated a lot of my money too for salvation army food drive,least I can do helpthe people of this country who gave me a job and food to eat..
then a bone marrow drive again my third one this year last weekend which went well..hopefully cure for cancer patients..
then volunteering at temple.. even this weekend sunday I have a four hour volunteering at the temple..
Last weekend was vara lakshmi pooja , so i did pooja at home , one peaceful day..it went well.. with flowers, fruits, panchamrut, I did a very traditional lakshmi pooja at home and made jelebi and dahi vada and vada as naivedyam to goddess..One evening of quite prayer...
otherwise rest of the days were superbusy last four weeks..
Iam just a lil down and tired..
too much voluntary work and may be Iam missing having a family, having kids..now I finally feel like it is time for me to get married..all my girlfriends praying for my marriage are already coming up with middle names for my future kids since they are praying for my marriage , I have to give my kids middle names of my friends...too bad I dont even know how to find a guy for myself..Iam sure God is having a tough time
what else..
went to BOdies exhibition in Indy..
Bodies exhibition is not that scary, yes these are real deadbodies without skin and everything else, but they dont smell and they are not that scary..
Dont miss this exhibition, it is pretty good..
I thought I will freakout but strangely I did not freakout ..I didnot get scared..
may be it is scientist in me was looking at everything dazed and curious..learning about myself, my own body...
It was an education for me..
strangely though Iam a girl I am not conscious of my body at all, never dream of my wedding or anything that much..I dont think I ever understood my own body or beauty that much....
Iam like a little girl or a child sometimes...it is as if Iam in this extended phase of childhood for a long time and I liked being free, not being romantically involved, liked the adventerous and carefree life until recently..and then suddenly matured too much to become kind of prematurely senile after seeing so much pain specially my dads leukemia and all that..it is as if youth, romance, motherhood, dream of looking beautiful,marriage ,dreams slipped away somewhere...I dont think I ever understood my own body...
Iam kind of boy as most of my friends put it , I take 5 minutes to dress up, just wash my face with soap and Iam ready..I am not a typical girl..never been to beauty parlors and dont look at myself in mirror that long either, though have long hair I take 2 minutes to comb my hair like guys..only time I feel girlish is when I like chik flicks, soft romances, babies, cooking etc.,Iam very shy too like any other girl..
like all other girls strangely life has taught me not to dream...
so I kinda of never dreamed much about marriage, or having children or anything..I do miss not having a soulmate and not having children but never saw myself as a woman or bride or mother dont even know why..so never imagined myself with a big belly carrying a baby..
Until I saw bodies exhibition with small tiny babies who are 3 weeks to 8 months old, I didnot even realise that someday I will be carrying a baby in my womb too..the whole thing is just amazing. it makes u understand urself..it makes u understand what all ur body is capable of doing.
Bodies exhibition left me wondering what all amazing things our bodies can do..
I saw a lot of movies at home:
sarkar raj this weekend:
It was an interesting movie..kinda realistic in present day India..
Amitabh reminded me of my dad many times..
I remember growing up in a very tensed surroundings...my dad was stabbed because he stood for his ideals when I was barely 5 years old..then it would be the people who hated my dad for running single handedly his schools and colleges who tried to destroy his institutions by provoking students to go against my dad..me , grandma would hug when students through stones at our house for no issues, my dad struggled through out to keep up with his ideals with people trying to break him down allthe time until they could no longer stop his success..
I saw that in sarkar raj, everywhere struggles , life like a chess game people playing games all the time.
I kinda liked sarkar raj though it is sad..
just the story direction and amitabhs acting.. it was mumbai, saketu mehtas mumbai...u are reminded of political groups in mumbai..ram gopal verma seems to be a very fine director..I like movies sometimes with no romance..no song..no dance..just realistic ones with powerful dialogues which are contemporary..that youthful idealism that struggles with gundagiri,powerful political games...idealism dying in the hands of corrupt people..
good movie worth watching dont miss it..
then watched Singh is the king.
Singh is the king is just another masala movie, like the small town world innocence but it is just too loud..not a bad movie but it is just another movie..nothing special..katrina cannot act and is a beautiful glamour doll.. I think Akshay is ok as singh with turban...nothing memorable..just barely time pass.
I also saw bachna eh haseenon..
Ranbir kapoor movie who is ok ok actor, story is realistic and good..men finally repenting for dumping girls and saying sorry, I like that..all the girls except deepika look too old for Ranbir like elder sisters...too bad..deepika stands out and is cute..nice locations and shots..story is interesting..so a ok realistic movie to watch about todays romances..Iam like that deepikas character career oriented straight forward girl...Deepikas character reminded me so much of myself..
anyways..
Iam reading Salman Rushdies enchantress of florence..Iam at probably 280th page.
It has been an interesting ride unlike any rushdie novel I read before.
first 50 pages was good, then it became a history lesson next 50 pages that I almost could not even find the stamp of rushdies writing in those pages, pages 100 to 200 I could find rushdie again in those characters which are pretty unique and interesting, then again pages 200 onwards he lost me, in the same repetition , it gets confusing at the end where u tend to forget ur characters with so many new names that towards ending it leaves u bored to finish, leaves u confused.
None of rushdies earlier novels are like this, this is the worst of all but, probably he might land up with a booker for his historic attempt and unique imagination and story line connecting two continents.
what else..
I got a lot of new novels from library chetan bhagats hit indian novel "one night at call center"..some amitav ghosh, some this years bookers novels..so long list of books to read.
lots of books to read., ofcourse volunteering every weekend leaves me exhausted..so when I get time I read these days..so much to catch up..
life is superbusy workholic life and rest of time goes away in social service helping community..so there goes my life..less blogging, less internet,less socializing until may be soulmate comes sweeps me off my feet and just takes me to a different world which is more relaxing ..until then..woods are lovely dark and deep, I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep..
whats up with Mccain paris hilton campaign..presidential race has become so cheap now..who wants a next president who gets into a childish fued with paris hilton?
Shouldnt presidential advertisements be serious specially with a bad economy, troubled war times..
cant even believe they have an add comparing obama with brittany and paris..shows how low they can stoop too.
This VP guess game, via cell phone announcements etc., good marketing move from obama, but doesnt it sound all commercial and jazzy...
whats up with anthrax scare..
a govt. scientist doing that cant even believe it..how can a scientist do this scaring people and putting someone at risk..
whats up with Anderson cooper..commenting on Lohans..
come on anderson you can do better than that..why are u talking about stuff like this..what happened to the anderson I adore who cares about darfur, cango,katrina victims,chimps in africa..
water on Mars finally..60 minutes has interesting news on our space programs..
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/04/60minutes/main3994925.shtml
on a easy new cancer cure from a cancer patient
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/10/60minutes/main4006951.shtml
what else..
Life has kept me busy..
too many new screens to develop at work for new diseases, important projects, people to train..work is leaving me exhausted..
busy volunteering every weekend..cant believe..every weekend I volunteer atleast one day...so weekends are also busy..
first salvation army food drive which went so so well, raised 400 dollars and two wagon loads food cans to keep the food bank from closing until christmas which was so good..heping some 500 families feeding them during this sad tough economy times.. I was very happy about this food drive..I donated a lot of my money too for salvation army food drive,least I can do helpthe people of this country who gave me a job and food to eat..
then a bone marrow drive again my third one this year last weekend which went well..hopefully cure for cancer patients..
then volunteering at temple.. even this weekend sunday I have a four hour volunteering at the temple..
Last weekend was vara lakshmi pooja , so i did pooja at home , one peaceful day..it went well.. with flowers, fruits, panchamrut, I did a very traditional lakshmi pooja at home and made jelebi and dahi vada and vada as naivedyam to goddess..One evening of quite prayer...
otherwise rest of the days were superbusy last four weeks..
Iam just a lil down and tired..
too much voluntary work and may be Iam missing having a family, having kids..now I finally feel like it is time for me to get married..all my girlfriends praying for my marriage are already coming up with middle names for my future kids since they are praying for my marriage , I have to give my kids middle names of my friends...too bad I dont even know how to find a guy for myself..Iam sure God is having a tough time
what else..
went to BOdies exhibition in Indy..
Bodies exhibition is not that scary, yes these are real deadbodies without skin and everything else, but they dont smell and they are not that scary..
Dont miss this exhibition, it is pretty good..
I thought I will freakout but strangely I did not freakout ..I didnot get scared..
may be it is scientist in me was looking at everything dazed and curious..learning about myself, my own body...
It was an education for me..
strangely though Iam a girl I am not conscious of my body at all, never dream of my wedding or anything that much..I dont think I ever understood my own body or beauty that much....
Iam like a little girl or a child sometimes...it is as if Iam in this extended phase of childhood for a long time and I liked being free, not being romantically involved, liked the adventerous and carefree life until recently..and then suddenly matured too much to become kind of prematurely senile after seeing so much pain specially my dads leukemia and all that..it is as if youth, romance, motherhood, dream of looking beautiful,marriage ,dreams slipped away somewhere...I dont think I ever understood my own body...
Iam kind of boy as most of my friends put it , I take 5 minutes to dress up, just wash my face with soap and Iam ready..I am not a typical girl..never been to beauty parlors and dont look at myself in mirror that long either, though have long hair I take 2 minutes to comb my hair like guys..only time I feel girlish is when I like chik flicks, soft romances, babies, cooking etc.,Iam very shy too like any other girl..
like all other girls strangely life has taught me not to dream...
so I kinda of never dreamed much about marriage, or having children or anything..I do miss not having a soulmate and not having children but never saw myself as a woman or bride or mother dont even know why..so never imagined myself with a big belly carrying a baby..
Until I saw bodies exhibition with small tiny babies who are 3 weeks to 8 months old, I didnot even realise that someday I will be carrying a baby in my womb too..the whole thing is just amazing. it makes u understand urself..it makes u understand what all ur body is capable of doing.
Bodies exhibition left me wondering what all amazing things our bodies can do..
I saw a lot of movies at home:
sarkar raj this weekend:
It was an interesting movie..kinda realistic in present day India..
Amitabh reminded me of my dad many times..
I remember growing up in a very tensed surroundings...my dad was stabbed because he stood for his ideals when I was barely 5 years old..then it would be the people who hated my dad for running single handedly his schools and colleges who tried to destroy his institutions by provoking students to go against my dad..me , grandma would hug when students through stones at our house for no issues, my dad struggled through out to keep up with his ideals with people trying to break him down allthe time until they could no longer stop his success..
I saw that in sarkar raj, everywhere struggles , life like a chess game people playing games all the time.
I kinda liked sarkar raj though it is sad..
just the story direction and amitabhs acting.. it was mumbai, saketu mehtas mumbai...u are reminded of political groups in mumbai..ram gopal verma seems to be a very fine director..I like movies sometimes with no romance..no song..no dance..just realistic ones with powerful dialogues which are contemporary..that youthful idealism that struggles with gundagiri,powerful political games...idealism dying in the hands of corrupt people..
good movie worth watching dont miss it..
then watched Singh is the king.
Singh is the king is just another masala movie, like the small town world innocence but it is just too loud..not a bad movie but it is just another movie..nothing special..katrina cannot act and is a beautiful glamour doll.. I think Akshay is ok as singh with turban...nothing memorable..just barely time pass.
I also saw bachna eh haseenon..
Ranbir kapoor movie who is ok ok actor, story is realistic and good..men finally repenting for dumping girls and saying sorry, I like that..all the girls except deepika look too old for Ranbir like elder sisters...too bad..deepika stands out and is cute..nice locations and shots..story is interesting..so a ok realistic movie to watch about todays romances..Iam like that deepikas character career oriented straight forward girl...Deepikas character reminded me so much of myself..
anyways..
Iam reading Salman Rushdies enchantress of florence..Iam at probably 280th page.
It has been an interesting ride unlike any rushdie novel I read before.
first 50 pages was good, then it became a history lesson next 50 pages that I almost could not even find the stamp of rushdies writing in those pages, pages 100 to 200 I could find rushdie again in those characters which are pretty unique and interesting, then again pages 200 onwards he lost me, in the same repetition , it gets confusing at the end where u tend to forget ur characters with so many new names that towards ending it leaves u bored to finish, leaves u confused.
None of rushdies earlier novels are like this, this is the worst of all but, probably he might land up with a booker for his historic attempt and unique imagination and story line connecting two continents.
what else..
I got a lot of new novels from library chetan bhagats hit indian novel "one night at call center"..some amitav ghosh, some this years bookers novels..so long list of books to read.
lots of books to read., ofcourse volunteering every weekend leaves me exhausted..so when I get time I read these days..so much to catch up..
life is superbusy workholic life and rest of time goes away in social service helping community..so there goes my life..less blogging, less internet,less socializing until may be soulmate comes sweeps me off my feet and just takes me to a different world which is more relaxing ..until then..woods are lovely dark and deep, I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep..
Friday, August 1, 2008
this and that this week..
News this week
sad about blasts in India..innocent people dying. I prayed for India and US safety last weekend..
mccains negative attacks on obama comparing him to paris hilton and brittany too cheesy..why negative campaigning. focus on yourself and your positives, thats my motto...sell urself and ur positives..if they are good enough u will win..
Abc news says studies show women are happy until their 40s and men are happy after 40s until old age.. too bad..next decades are going to be sad for women like me..older men happier than older women
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080801/sc_livescience/oldermenhappierthanolderwomen;_ylt=Ag6TS8QPCuJGq7BW6k3YtYus0NUE
lovely pictures of solar eclipse
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Total-eclipse-sun/ss/events/sc/080108solareclipse#photoViewer=/080801/481/1042d0bde5384f97864380cca569eb9f
books Iam reading :
salman rushdies enchantress- gets better after 100 pages, not as good as other rushdie books, feels like a history lesson but not too bad either, very creative
harikunzrus my revolutions - good through out, interesting story, characters, well written
I am reading a book on school system is US for our schools and colleges in India that my family runs..it is some personal business reading..
I am enjoying doing cross words puzzles too these days.. learning new words..
Dont have anyone to play scrabble with but whomever I marry Iam sure we will play lot of scrabble and do cross words puzzles and do word games together..and have lots of discussions on books we read..
movies I saw
love story 2050 - lovely picturization, scenic beauty, ok story, bad acting, bad music but romantic enough
jaane tu na jaane hum- very good acting, ok picturization, boring story, ok music, not romantic at all.
saw odd telugu movies nothing interesting just time pass ones..
I am looking forward to seeing sarkar raj this weekend..
music I listened to this week..shammi kapoor janwar songs total turn on for me, so so romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo1IGrPPrd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhcACgr41AQ&feature=related
food I ate and cooked:
made upma, telugu kadi, alu+tindora+tomato sabji..had haldirams ready to go bhelpuri twice this week with evening tea..it is pretty good..
Ate punjabi restaurant khana..I have to admit I like punjabi food as much as I like telugu food..
weekend menu for me to cook - dosa, home made punjabi alugobi sabji and home made roti
what else
thought almost every weekend Iam volunteering I should take a break..
But then fox ran this story of a local food pantry having to close it because of lack of food donations and food pantry supports 800 families..so there goes me..
Next minute I knew I am talking to people, mobilising my volunteers and friends and running a massive food drive to keep this food pantry from closing.so there I go..next two weekends booked running the food drive..it ends august 9th.
August 16th is another bone marow drive. so there goes mylife...
Sometimes we want life to go one way, but life takes us the other way..
I know as all my relatives remind me its time to marry, settle, have kids, my life just seems to take me other way..
Most of my old school mates and college mates would be surprised if they hear about me as a scientist living in US and seeing me as a working girl last 13years in US.
One of my seniors met me in my company cafe some 3 years back and was shocked to see me. She was a big city girl. I was a small town/village girl. She naturally assumed I would marry by 20,have a whole bunch of kids settled in a remote village in India. I dont blame her. Because I was this silent girl wearing lungavoni with oiled hair and two plaits who rarely spoke and was so shy and so family oriented that you could bet on me to settle in marraige as soon as I finished degree.
No one knew I was college magazine editor twice before I turned 17, no one knew I wrote a mini novel before I turned 18, no one knew I wrote poetry in english when I was 19, no one knew by the time I turned 20 I read Aynrand and atlas shrugged became my bible and ramayana...and no one knew who I was at home either..
when I was 18 if you asked me what I wanted to with my life, I would have said I will be journalist or a IAS officer. All my teachers who knew me very well thought though I was good at science I would end up as an IAS or a IFS officer as I was so all rounded knowing everything about whats going on in the world..
But I ended up majoring in genetic engineering, became a scientist, now I dont do any more of genetic engineering or cloning, barely 10% of my job is biology, 30% is robotics and remaining 60% is computer data analysis..
I never thought I will be in US..here Iam now very americanized and very indianish too..and cant live without either countries and love both equally..
Here Iam a career woman, scientist by day time, event organizer and volunteer event chair by weekends and trying to be a writer if I have any more spare time to write, fighting on immigration causes sometimes, sometimes chairing odd events like picnics for 100people for free..
sometimes life takes u somewhere else..
13 long years with no boyfriends, no marriage, no soulmate living in US working and working..I know relatives tell me what is this life? I agree what a monastic life right...it is as if my youth just ran away and Iam still a child waiting for real love..
friends and family remind me to settle down often...
yap I want to get married, settle with a cute guy, have children which I cannot wait to have but kya kareen god seems to have other plans..may be girls like me need to have a guy come and sweep me off my feet from somewhere and take me away with him...until then volunteering will keep me busy I guess..
weekend activities:
brunch with girlfriends saturday morning
this lovely exhibition called bodies. scary but dont miss it, Iam scared to go but still will go..
http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/
http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/bodies.html
saturday afternoon bodies exhibition
glad Iam not a doctor, I dont like seeing bodies and I have made up my mind to never marry a doctor.
saturday evening is an art exhibition of a friend
sunday morning at the temple
then sunday evening biking and boating at the canal with a whole bunch of girlfriends.
for tonite, doesnot even feel like a friday with busy week at work and so much data to look at.. I just want an elachi chai, some haldiram ready to eat bhelpuri, a nice dinner
sad about blasts in India..innocent people dying. I prayed for India and US safety last weekend..
mccains negative attacks on obama comparing him to paris hilton and brittany too cheesy..why negative campaigning. focus on yourself and your positives, thats my motto...sell urself and ur positives..if they are good enough u will win..
Abc news says studies show women are happy until their 40s and men are happy after 40s until old age.. too bad..next decades are going to be sad for women like me..older men happier than older women
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080801/sc_livescience/oldermenhappierthanolderwomen;_ylt=Ag6TS8QPCuJGq7BW6k3YtYus0NUE
lovely pictures of solar eclipse
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Total-eclipse-sun/ss/events/sc/080108solareclipse#photoViewer=/080801/481/1042d0bde5384f97864380cca569eb9f
books Iam reading :
salman rushdies enchantress- gets better after 100 pages, not as good as other rushdie books, feels like a history lesson but not too bad either, very creative
harikunzrus my revolutions - good through out, interesting story, characters, well written
I am reading a book on school system is US for our schools and colleges in India that my family runs..it is some personal business reading..
I am enjoying doing cross words puzzles too these days.. learning new words..
Dont have anyone to play scrabble with but whomever I marry Iam sure we will play lot of scrabble and do cross words puzzles and do word games together..and have lots of discussions on books we read..
movies I saw
love story 2050 - lovely picturization, scenic beauty, ok story, bad acting, bad music but romantic enough
jaane tu na jaane hum- very good acting, ok picturization, boring story, ok music, not romantic at all.
saw odd telugu movies nothing interesting just time pass ones..
I am looking forward to seeing sarkar raj this weekend..
music I listened to this week..shammi kapoor janwar songs total turn on for me, so so romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo1IGrPPrd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhcACgr41AQ&feature=related
food I ate and cooked:
made upma, telugu kadi, alu+tindora+tomato sabji..had haldirams ready to go bhelpuri twice this week with evening tea..it is pretty good..
Ate punjabi restaurant khana..I have to admit I like punjabi food as much as I like telugu food..
weekend menu for me to cook - dosa, home made punjabi alugobi sabji and home made roti
what else
thought almost every weekend Iam volunteering I should take a break..
But then fox ran this story of a local food pantry having to close it because of lack of food donations and food pantry supports 800 families..so there goes me..
Next minute I knew I am talking to people, mobilising my volunteers and friends and running a massive food drive to keep this food pantry from closing.so there I go..next two weekends booked running the food drive..it ends august 9th.
August 16th is another bone marow drive. so there goes mylife...
Sometimes we want life to go one way, but life takes us the other way..
I know as all my relatives remind me its time to marry, settle, have kids, my life just seems to take me other way..
Most of my old school mates and college mates would be surprised if they hear about me as a scientist living in US and seeing me as a working girl last 13years in US.
One of my seniors met me in my company cafe some 3 years back and was shocked to see me. She was a big city girl. I was a small town/village girl. She naturally assumed I would marry by 20,have a whole bunch of kids settled in a remote village in India. I dont blame her. Because I was this silent girl wearing lungavoni with oiled hair and two plaits who rarely spoke and was so shy and so family oriented that you could bet on me to settle in marraige as soon as I finished degree.
No one knew I was college magazine editor twice before I turned 17, no one knew I wrote a mini novel before I turned 18, no one knew I wrote poetry in english when I was 19, no one knew by the time I turned 20 I read Aynrand and atlas shrugged became my bible and ramayana...and no one knew who I was at home either..
when I was 18 if you asked me what I wanted to with my life, I would have said I will be journalist or a IAS officer. All my teachers who knew me very well thought though I was good at science I would end up as an IAS or a IFS officer as I was so all rounded knowing everything about whats going on in the world..
But I ended up majoring in genetic engineering, became a scientist, now I dont do any more of genetic engineering or cloning, barely 10% of my job is biology, 30% is robotics and remaining 60% is computer data analysis..
I never thought I will be in US..here Iam now very americanized and very indianish too..and cant live without either countries and love both equally..
Here Iam a career woman, scientist by day time, event organizer and volunteer event chair by weekends and trying to be a writer if I have any more spare time to write, fighting on immigration causes sometimes, sometimes chairing odd events like picnics for 100people for free..
sometimes life takes u somewhere else..
13 long years with no boyfriends, no marriage, no soulmate living in US working and working..I know relatives tell me what is this life? I agree what a monastic life right...it is as if my youth just ran away and Iam still a child waiting for real love..
friends and family remind me to settle down often...
yap I want to get married, settle with a cute guy, have children which I cannot wait to have but kya kareen god seems to have other plans..may be girls like me need to have a guy come and sweep me off my feet from somewhere and take me away with him...until then volunteering will keep me busy I guess..
weekend activities:
brunch with girlfriends saturday morning
this lovely exhibition called bodies. scary but dont miss it, Iam scared to go but still will go..
http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/
http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/bodies.html
saturday afternoon bodies exhibition
glad Iam not a doctor, I dont like seeing bodies and I have made up my mind to never marry a doctor.
saturday evening is an art exhibition of a friend
sunday morning at the temple
then sunday evening biking and boating at the canal with a whole bunch of girlfriends.
for tonite, doesnot even feel like a friday with busy week at work and so much data to look at.. I just want an elachi chai, some haldiram ready to eat bhelpuri, a nice dinner
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