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I miss Dubai!!!!!

Seriously..its unbelievable. I cant believe I haven't had a single quite moment. I mean I have had quiet moments here & there but mentally - nothing was quiet. I have been having these cravings. Craving to sit back on my chair, put my feet up and feel the heat of the battery on my lap and type away to glory.

I think I have come to start getting comfortable in my skin - again. After almost 2 years of being here in the USA, I now feel like I pretty much know the surroundings such that I don't feel the need to explore anymore. Besides Stamford is small town to explore but still needed time to get accustomed to the American way of doing things. :)

But Dubai I miss. I miss it like crazy. Besides my parents, sister, cousins & friends being there - that being one of the BIGGEST reason, I still have my set memories attached there. Let me try and list down the things that immediately comes to my mind:

1. The view from my home in Karama
2. Priviledge of 4pm - 8pm naps on Thursday half days
3. Sand storms - makes Dubai look so warm and cloudy and cozy
4. Mutter Gotaala on the Dubai - Al-Ain highway
5. The evening walks at the Zabeel Park
6. Fatafeet Cafe by the creek which has now closed down :(
7. Quick lunches at Kamat with my parents during work hours
8. The long waits for a bus or cabs which I did not like :)
9. Impromptu sheesha plans with friends or my fav cousinssss
10. The samosas and mazaa treats from the persian bakery in BurDubai (it had to be Chand's idea - she loved it)
11. Chats in the car with Loveeta after college
12. OMG...SP Jain - those days....:)
13. The sat bhangra nights at copa cabana (but was only for 1 year when I moved to DXB after coll)
14. The navratri nights at Al Aweer - oh my goodness...cant forget the image of all last benchers almost sleeping off in class

What fun it is to walk down the memory lane. Changes in life builds unforgettable memories.

Times have changed...

Its been over a year and I havent added a single post to this blog. My last post update was on June 30th 2007 and today is 31st August 2008...times have changed. My residence has changed. My status has changed. The pace of life has changed. I am happily 8 months married to this really amazing person who I dint know for one second and the next thing I realise is that he turns out to be someone I wish I had met a couple of years earlier.

Tons of things that have happened. I wish to express more often here...I will. I will soon.

Its 11:35pm Eastern Time....need to hit the bed.

Cant seem to find time to do 'nothing'....

Have been really wondering what's been happening to all of my time? I have been dying to do nothing for a long time but the way things are going, it seems like it will be happening any time soon.

For instance on Thursday, I had announced to my family in a loud and boisterous manner that I wont be doing anything this Fri-Sat and that I just plan to sit at home staring at the walls or watch the leaves in our money plant grow. They told me then to stop kidding around with them.

It was Friday morning, just when I sat to have breakfast with my family, I get a call from a very close friend to attend a Biodisc presentation at 12pm. I could have said no but I couldnt because of the fact that I had been dodging it for almost 10 months. If I wouldnt have gone she would have definetly arrived at my place with a AK47. Well, whatever it is about not finding time & not having a life at the moment - I still love my life. After I kept my phone, I couldnt believe the poisonous stares I got back from my own family.

Well, I went to the presentation and I managed to pull my sister along for it. It went off pretty ok. And thankfully it wasnt that long. It was about some glass disc which tries to pull out the negative energy and energises everything till the distance of 10meters. They showed some experiments and well, they did work. But honestly I really missed the point behind all of that. They showed us the lemon test. It was about the lemon loosing its citric acids if kept next to the biodisc. Isnt that the only reason why one would use lemon in the first place? Second test was that four people got together and lifted a man sitting on the chair with just two fingers each with the help of Biodisc. But why would I want to lift anyone or anything unless I plan to take up a job of a 'coolie'.

Anyways, so that was the story of the Friday morning. Still being under the hope that I would be able to do a little catching up of 'doing nothing' in the evening, I drove back home. By the time I reached home it was almost lunchtime. Sitting with my folks for lunch, I get the dreaded call again. This time it was from a college friend saying that suddenly everyone has decided to go for the college semester-end party. And that I have to be there by 7pm. This time I was seriously scared to look up from my plate. I just went like "hmm, uh huh, ok, yea fine" and hung up. I was just about to get up from my seat and go into my room hoping that they wouldnt have caught on to the conversation I was having, when my dad asked, in an overly sarcastic tone, "Ok, so NOW whats the plan?"

Well, that ended my plans to have a nice quiet day to myself. That evening I even had to go for a surprise party a friend's sister had organsied for my friend.

Really, I have promied never to expose my plans to my folks. I dont know for how many years I'll have to hear about this....over & over again.

Mere saath hi aisa hota hai.

Amazing...Amazing..London!!!

I am telling it the way it is....I have heard a million stories but really its not even close to what I have heard or felt....its like you have to experience this to really underdstand the crux of it....

Man, I feel like staying here for as long as I can....I love it here.

This place makes you feel so wanted, comfortable, important...as if everything is happening 'cuz you wanted it to.

Amazing....Amazing - London!!!

A Beautiful Day!!

The sky is out shopping today - it is changing its look a bit too often. And you can feel its mood swings.

One minute its looks like its bright and shiny. All set with the sandals and a hat to go to the beach and the next moment its like settling down for a lazy day ahead with feet up on the sofa, curtains closed and watching a favorite movie. And the rain acts up suddenly.

How does all this happen so fast? Its amazing. Wonder what its thinking.

Its a beautiful day!!

Explicit Talks!!!!!

Work has calmed down as the year is coming to a close; Micro-Economics seems to make no sense to me at all; My car looks as good as new after the small dent repair; Need to get a manicure; Have to buy a keychain as the Thailand keychain broke; Have to drink lots of water; Need to be less on the internet; Have to clean my cupboard; Have to ask my sister if she is ever going to empty a drawer for me to keep my books; Computer files have to be sorted out; Laptop battery to be replaced; Time to sleep. *Yawn**Yawn**Yawn*