Archive for April, 2008
Rushing home from work, I realized I had less than three hours to get through the book so as to have my review up before my self imposed deadline. Dinner done in a flash, I sat down with the book almost weary of having to read through it. I knew it was a losing battle. […]
April 30th, 2008 | Posted in Books, Opinion, Review | 7 Comments
Yup! I absolutely love stories of success. Rags to riches and anything that speaks of hope and light at the end of the tunnel. That also explains why I hate tearjerkers and movies that leave me depressed. I am easily impressed by people who make it big. Like my classmate in college who did night […]
April 30th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Education, India, Life, Madras, Musings, People | 6 Comments
Nita of A Wide Angle View of India tagged me this morning. Right when I was wondering what to write for today. So, all my half baked ideas moved to the back burner and I sat and pondered on these questions. What I realized at the end of it was that I was a […]
April 30th, 2008 | Posted in Blogs, Meme, People, Personal, Tag | 6 Comments
Most mornings as I have my pot of tea simmering on the stove, I have my laptop up on my kitchen island and bring up Google Reader to catch up on all those night owls who have been posting while I have been gloriously asleep. As I skim through the new entries and mark some […]
April 29th, 2008 | Posted in Blogs, Feelings, Habit, Happiness, Life, Musings, People, Routine, Words | 6 Comments
Standing on the steps leading away from the home, my sis looked wistfully at our adorable niece. Excited waving bye with both hands she was looking from my sis to my mom and her parents. Little did the baby realize how much she caused our throats to lump or how much we wanted her to […]
April 28th, 2008 | Posted in Family, Feelings, Happiness, Home, Life, Love, People, Personal, Sruthi, relationships | 9 Comments
On our regular weekend return drive to our home from my brother’s we glided down the curving butter smooth one lane local road. Wrapped in silence, lost in thoughts both of us caught the driver on the opposing lane blink his headlights for a second on his way past us. Wondering what he was trying […]
April 27th, 2008 | Posted in Life, Musings, People, Social, Tradition, US | 4 Comments
Writing about what blogging means to me yesterday led me to other serious thoughts. Like the friends I make on blogosphere and the things they blog about. While all blogs that I frequent interest and impress me on many levels, there are a few that touch me deeply. Like Unchaahi. It is run by Roop […]
April 25th, 2008 | Posted in Blogs, Desi, India, Inner Voice, Life, Musings, Opinion, People, Responsibility, Sadness, Social, Sorry | 9 Comments
Blogging changed my life. I am serious. What started off as an innocent hobby has now turned into an obsession that hogs a bulk of my ‘free’ time. Looking back, I wonder what I did with all my time then?
From a note in two months on blogger to a post a day on wordpress to […]
April 24th, 2008 | Posted in Blogs, Books, Business, Education, Ramblings, Review | 5 Comments
It is strange that I feel compelled to type this. I am a closet fan of American Idol. I cringe at the overly long show that still has the power to keep me glued to the television. For one who has no idea of what the different genres of western music means other than of […]
April 24th, 2008 | Posted in American Idol, Entertainment, Family, Frustration, Life, Musings, Opinion, People, Social, US | 7 Comments
Don’t you look beautiful today? She asked and nodded appreciatively as she passed me on the aisle at work. I was on my way to fill my water bottle and start my day. Since the days are warmer and I feel the lightness of Spring in my step, I usually tend to wear clothes that […]
April 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Desi, Inner Voice, Life, Musings, People, Ramblings, Routine, Social, Spring, US, Work, reflections | 10 Comments