Blogoholic!!!!

This is one phase of student life I love and hate! I have all the time in this world but have nothing to do on hand. I don't even pursue any "hobbies" to keep me occupied during there love/hate time periods. So , I've picked up an addiction- Blog hopping. Well, I'm sure all of us bloggers do this at some point of their blogging periods , but I have started doing this soo much that I'm literally addicted to it. It sure kills a lot of time, but also leaves my fingers close to carpel tunnel syndrome.
In course of nurturing this new addiction,I've come across a good bunch of ppl with different attitudes and different writing styles. As I've always been a fan of English writing ( using known vocabulary not the biblical style which I hardly understand!! ), I find it quite interesting when ppl write everyday incidents with some dramatic effect. It showes the emotion they have attached with it , the results they expect and a little about how they see themselves. Their style not only entertains regular readers but also makes bloghoppers like me comeback for more. Dil mange more......
Also , I'm simply amazed at the variety of topics that are addressed in these blogs , my favorite ones being Scientific , Cooking , casual chats. The amount of time and patience these bloggers invest in making their blogs an interesting place to hangout is laudable.

Apart from this , everything else for the next couple of weeks will be normal...well yeah Its Vacation time next weekend , so I guess I should be excited.

But for now...Its time to say goodbye....

Relationships

"Relationships are strange things" -- This dialogue from the only episode of Sex and the City I saw till now triggered a series of thoughts in me. Yeas indeed relationships are strange in so many, undefinable, uncomprehendable ways. Best friends drift apart, ppl who never met each other but are only internet friends (thanks to the internet chat!) get so close.
Such things happened to me too...two of my best friends have moved so far , that I find it really difficult ( almost impossible) to touch them with the same chord. Those people whom I thought had the same wavelength as me surprised me with their coldness. Made me think if it was the same person. Other times , I still share a very good rapport with ppl I can call close,only that I don't have much face to face interaction with them. We must have met couple of times , but thanks to the internet,chatting was more frequent than meeting, yet we grew close. Even today we share what's happening in each other's lives with the same intimacy and the same affection towards each other.
I guess this is what is called moving on in life. Some ,like me , hang on to a string from the past , while others don't care. This leaves me wondering what makes people change. Well , I say ppl change, but a friend fiercely says " ppl don't change, only their circumstances change", whatever it may be , does it hurt to acknowledge a person from your past. Don't you want to atleast relive that point of life when we were buddies!?
Its up to ppl...

P.S.I'm remembering this poem by Alfred Tennyson called " The Brook" in which he says
' For me may come and men may go
but I go on forever."
and wondering if this is how some ppl think.

long time no see

Ppl, I can see that question mark look on your faces saying "she isnt the one who should be saying that!!" Well the story is I was really really busy moving from Austin to Philadelphia. I now realise it was BIG move. Life's changed so much in a day that Im still to digest what happened. Life was so much laid back and peaceful back in austin but here , people are running , god knows behind what /whom. I guess life here is such-fast paced , long days and loads of work yet loads of activites to do and places to see. Its a fast track on the whole.
Adding to my woes, I left my camera cord conecting it to the computer at an uncle's place , so even if I want to post something , I remember I cannot add pics, which makes the post really really boring.

Things Im excied about and happy is that my fren came in for a week, so I intend to have some fun with her, explore places and jump ard, remember childhood. Lets see how that goes.

So what else ppl, I dont know if anyone ever reads my blog co Ihardly see any comments. Neways, I think its fun to see what others think about what I write. ANyhow, thats it for today.

Before I sign off, I want to add....PA is very very very Beautiful. I love the place.

Post publish

Wow...my post on spirituality found its way into yahoo group- Biosymphony . Ain't thats exciting. Thankyou Mr. C B Rao for posting that article upthere. This motivates me to think something useful now...

Adios Austin

My title sends a clue why i've been absent from the bloggin world all this while. I was busy packing and packing and sealing the packs and gearing to move out of austin. It been a combination of excitement and nervousness all thru the session. With 2days for the movers to pick up stuff and 5days to vacate the apartment , butterflies in my tummy are fluttering even faster. To be frank , the very fact that Im going out of austin for goodand not for a vacation struck me when our friends organized a "surprise farewell" for us on saturday night!
It was infact a big surprise as it was a leak-proof planning and we didnt even have a clue..Well that's what is a surprise party -said a friend.

Surprised me n Dileep


However it may be , we leave this place with cartload of memories and basketful of friends. Austin for me is a launch pad for life in the US, and being the first place I lived , I developed a special attachment for the city and the apartment I live in. Never did we change the apartment since Icame here, so these things make me want to cling to the apartment and city. But Life has to move on, for a career or for the need to moe up the ladder...and so we have decided to move. Dileep would have loved to stay back if not for the lack of career choices for me in austin.
Hope this move will bring us more friends at the same time keep in touch with existing friends and enrich our lives.

Thats our austin gang...not all of them as couple of couples are on vacation.

shoe shopping

No matter how many shoes I have , I always want more. N to add to that...I'm a kind who gets bored easily. I always want to use things for some time n then I get bored!! N I throw them away! Well , It is likely to tax the pocket but then intelligent me won't go for branded things but only koti maal !!

one such item is Shoes!! Hmm footwear to generalize were in picture from the Ramayana times when Bharatha prayed Rama's padharakshas when Rama went on exile.
But I have no clue when the industry started coming out with different varieties of foot wear. but I can guess that's when girls (like me!! ) lost their heart for them. There is never a time I don't go wow over some nice sandals / shoes. But not everything I can wear. When I do buy ...God save my shopping mate...I'm very very picky about them. No big heals , well flats are also not always ok...no pointed heals , no elastic straps ...delicate looking , pretty looking but should last ! n thus goes the conditions...

don't u see I even end up contradicting myself.So last weekend ,finally ..With the insistence of my hubby dear (which was the result of my constant nag that my sandals have worn out!).. I set out to buy more footwear...at my favorite store.."payless shoe store" ...

I wish I could look at the faces of people reading this...though I'm sure u'd say what "pay less shoes " with a tortured face!! but yes that's where I go....sastha maal , ache variety , n possibility to come back soon ...attract me to this store...

n these are my finds....




so ppl. , flats for comfort...

n heals for style...n they are small enough not to cause accidents...hope I carry this one well!!1

n then..if u happen to find a store like this one...do lemme know..I'm ready to dig thru it...

hello vacation

traalaallaaa......I finished my Summer sem on friday. I should actually be feeling wonderful coz I have nothing to do for the next two months. But the surprise here is that I feel none of that excitement, which is possibly coz of the hectic schedules I was on right from Jan this yr. kya bole boss..what way to start my year!!
Right now ' I'm actually looking forward for Sep this yr..when me gonna start Doctor of Pharmacy. I will b "legally" called Dr. Tata , but heard that pharmacists call themselves by first name. dhaaa !! thats a turn off !!
now, as usual lazing over the weekend....so lazy that I actually slept. but plannig to do a lot of "stuff" in the coming days ...like organizing my cookbook (plannig to actually start a cooking blog, but antha oopika undha naaku ??????) , for others hmmm lemme think n let u know.
BTW , for those who r wondering when I'm gonna move...I will I will...whats the hurry...I'm supposed to go anyway tho aaram se jayenge!
ok ppl, thats all for now...more ramblings later

Was wondering why I feel like writing only when I get nostalgic about anything personal!! well cant answer that now but I'm definitely back now to write coz I'm frustrated to the core.

I really can't help wondering what made me take pharmacy in undergrad in the first place ( I'm its coz of my mom jaan though) but right now I m gearing up to do my "DOctor of pharmacy" . Phew..that sounds like a big degree -ain't it!? N coz of that I working my *** off to complete English composition course. Hmm I can see u all go ..aahhh:O but yes Im taking it. Till this very moment I didnt realize how frustrating it can get when u cant write a 300word journal regarding multiculturalism or pornography.!!! what crap . I jus love to write about anything and everything (c spirituality..it confused me , n it will to u too) but cant seem to get a word out of my head when given a topic. haahhaa!! its crappy shit.
neways , enough , I'd better get back to multiculturalism!!!!!:(

Spirituality

Hmm...Disappeared from the page for really long rite! Im back now ...n I wanna see how I can put my ideas about spirituality in words! I donno why I wasthinking about this ..but I happened to think for real some time today!

Spirituality - well I dont know the dictionary meaning for it but for me its some things that directs the mind and "God" is a belief that there is someone powerful n more capable of anything -than me. Well , dont get me wrong at this point- i dont think im "can do it all" person , but I do believe that a lot of things have to taken through a long road before they can b left for destiny! At the same time , at each step of work , I pray saying please let this happen without obstacles.

I think spirituality developed because people were blindly believing that praying idols can "solve" problems without realising "its all in the mind" n its your perception about what to do, resolves half the problem . It developed to teach people to believe in themselves, to know what they are all about. But I feel God is still there because we need some "object" to focus on. I cant definitely focus in space , I need something to put my attention on , so god still is as important in spirituality along with the concept itself.

Well , my thought process stopped here. I couldnt get myself to think more. What do u all think now???

Nostalgia

I'am wondering when most girls usually realise the importance of having Mom around ! Well , I think I realise her importance in my life now ..specially at times when I'am jus unable to pull myself to do the chores but cannot exempt myself from them either. Not that Dileep will mind if I ask him to take me out ,but its this self imposed " wont eat out frequently" rule stops me from asking him .

Today , for triggers unknown , I came down with migraine and jus couldnt get up n cook rice jus for myself(Dileep had team lunch today) though my tummy was growling with hunger. To add to my agony , the thought of food was actually nauseating . So , I ended up fasting n yes sleeping the whole day!

I really wish amma was a phone call away at these times. Hmm ...well I think I chose this life...I wanted to go abroad badly n here Im.

But Im better than mornign now ..but still cant stand up long enough to cook:( will try though

moving on

Jus read sruti;s email. Pretty nostalgic..im kinda regreeting not meeting her n other frens when I was in India. But , its was not possible , timings didnt match , places we were in were different. but , sometimes its worth meeting ..u kinda revind into those days whe nlife was more carefree.. u had nothing really to worry about. Life moves on..doesnt it ? n one has to move along with it .

situations change ,people ard change..sometimes u even feel its too late to let your feelings be known to some. Nevethe less , its worth living with those sweet memories .

i know i have been in hiding last 2 mths but now im back.
inlaws left to sis-in law's place . infact we dropped them there ,went around florida n smokies for ard 10days
pretty tiring trip but it was loads of fun.
got to see 4m snow fall to hot beaches in a span of 10days...amazing!!

neways back home now and home alone. end of holidays sounds sad. but must move on