Unloading my think tank...

(heh heh the title... funny innit :D )

So, been a long time since I came here eh? Been busy over the past few days. Went to meet my mom and my sister and her family over the weekend. Had a blast with my 8-month old niece, I simply love her the most :) just thinking about her makes me so happy

Also, for the first time, I travelled by the Shatabdi; and the experience was amazing! Free food all the way! Check this out -

- within minutes of you stashing away your bag, and settling down to read Maximum City (or Femina/Women's Era if you are a first-grade loser), the smartly dressed steward brings you a fresh fruit juice to drink. Ah!
- just as you are about to glug the last few sips down, there he comes again with sandwiches, tea/coffee, samosas. Howzzat!
- then you get back to your reading, or watching Shawshank Redemption on the iPod (for the nth time) and he comes with soup and bun with butter, with a shiny butter knife on the side! Yummo!
- then comes dinner - complete veg. with fruits in the end! Slurp slurp!
- just as you think, or go *burrrp*, before the "excuse me" comes out of your mouth, lo! there's ice cream! Woo f'kin hoo!

Bhai humaar to bas itna kahne ki ichha hai - Lalooji ki jai ho! Rail yatra to jet airways jaisan sukhad hui gawaa! Aur saath mein bhojan bhi! Ab ka kahe bas Lalooji ki jai!


Monday was our anniversary - the day we slipped rings into each other's finger exactly a year ago :) We celebrated that with real sumptuous Lebanese food. Perfect!


Its Tuesday, and like everyday, I've got work to do. These days I try not to think much about stuff that distracts me. I like to keep my focus on what I'm doing at the time - knowing what I do will satisfy me. I've also managed to keep off people/things that tend to influence my thought process in a negative direction - I can easily give up on chatting, blogging and concentrate on work assigned to me. Besides, my team lead is flying to US (CO and NC offices) end of this month, and I guess I'll be expected to take over. And at the end of each day, I am fine - fine as in calm with the thought that I worked, and I put in my efforts.

The guy who serves tea/coffee here on 6th floor, is like that. Though there are at least 200 people on this floor, he knows exactly what each wants. When a person enters the room, he immediately serves him beverage of his choice. Plus, he takes care of the pantry machine, and decorates the room when its a special day (like Mother's Day, New Years' etc.) The refrigerator is clean and so is the area around the sugar bowl. He loves his work, I can see that :)
Maybe he has influenced me indirectly...

Reminds me, I gotto get back to work. First, let me get my lemon tea :)

This weekend went by pretty neat. I cooked, I cleaned, I relaxed. Spent it all at hiome, which is surprising given that I am hardly home during weekends. I usually go watch a movie, go to the beach, or some other outdoor activity. This weekend, our maid-cum-cook (we call her Aunty) took off for 3 days to go to a pilgrimage. Previously, I used to groan. Now, I didnt mind it. I was excited actually, and that I could cook whatever I want, however I want these 3 days!


(Believe me, cooking is theraupetic, sometimes.)




So I cooked an array of dishes from poori-bhaji to pav bhaji and even gajar ka halwa, which was a hit with everyone. I also made soya nuggets with peas curry. Hubby loved it. Also, apparently, I can cook lunch for 4 in an hour! Not bad considering my past history when I couldnt even prepare lunch for myself.

On saturday, hubby went to have guys' time at his friend's place. I was invited, but didnt want to go cuz it was an all-guys thing, and I didnt wanna intrude in their "fun". It was 12 AM and he still wasnt home. I went up to A's room and started crying (A is my bro-in-law). He cheered me up, and we decided to teach my hubby a lesson. We made a poster that said "NO ENTRY" and drew a goofy guy wearing a Vodafone tee and holding a hockey stick, with "Hic Hic" written all around the cartoon. Obvious reference to hubby :-| And we stuck this on our bedroom door. He came home at 1 AM and it was fun to see him asking me to let him in. Hahaha!

I am reading The Maximum City by Suketu Mehta these days. Makes me miss the city all the more. Great, just great :-|

Oooh la la! Say my name baby!

http://www.myheritage.com

Next time, make sure you come to me through my agent *tosses her hair back*

Remember how I was talking about taking up knitting few days back? And I had started on the homework already? About the video watching on KinittingHelp.com and talking to few people?? Remember? Well, thats plan B for now. No no I'm not giving up on the hunt for creative satisfaction, but I think I was taking too big a step by taking up knitting. Thats because I am a total zero with anything related to stitching, knitting, etc. So when I went to Odyssey with my hubby, he said I should try simple stitching first, and see if I take to it easily and comfortably. I agreed (after looking through scores of books on knitting and being unsure of which one to pick up for a beginner). He took me to this section and showed me the Anchor Stitch Kit! Lots of designs to choose from, easy on a beginner! I bought this one!



Beautiful, innit?! They've given a ready design and its a bunch of roses. Yaay! See the pic see the pic!



Above pic is also how it will look after I finish it. Double yaay!

See the threads that they've given with it! Beautiful colours! There's a needle too!



I bought it last evening, and I already started on it. See the small stitch I did :)



Makes me so happy! I'll finish it quickly, and hubby said he'll frame it for me to hang on the wall. Can hardly wait!

... is not a five-lettered b word. One needs to be calm and think positively and rationally. As Samuel Langhorne Clemens (thats Mark Twain's real name) says,


Dance like no one is watching you
Love like you've never been hurt before
Sing like no one can hear you
Live as though the heaven is on Earth


How true! I started this blog to be exactly that - positive, non-spiteful, cheerful. I dont want to be negative about anything, ever (except for social causes, non-action on part of Govt - but never as a person to another, NEVER). I want to be inspirational (maybe thats a big word, but I'm not quite getting the word I mean to say here) to myself first. I want to set an example for the girl in me that I was good while doing 'X' deed that day, and feel nice about myself. I dont ever want to do/say something today, and regret it later. I dont want that kind of me. I dont want to see her face. I want me to be cheerful, happy, calm, confident - the kind of girl I would want to look upto (I would look upto myself then, or what???)

I dont know if I'm making sense here, trying to put all the thoughts running in my mind to paper, but I am damn right clear in my mind :-) So I raise a toast, here's to a "Semi-New Me" *clink* (I wasnt that bad a girl before you see! :D)