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..

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..