This and that September 4, 2007

I was browsing through a few random Orkut profiles (I think I do this too much for my own good) and now feel like I want to be 18 again, want to go to college, want to have some whacky friends, want to feel hopelessly bored and sleepy in class, want to sit up and do assignments… arghh! You get the drift.

To make up for it, I am thinking of taking up a photoshop class in Hyderabad. Maybe a weekend one. I could really use it to enhance the pics I take. Also considering upgrading my camera. But that has to wait till my bonus is here, can’t afford it now.

I have started a new event in my cooking blog so if you are even slightly inclined, please do take part. Its fun!!

I am tired and want to go home and watch friends reruns and other stuff on TV. Just that and nothing else. Arghhh!!

Mistakes I normally make while typing and what makes me a fan of proof-reading August 30, 2007

What I type: In case you are interested in donating some boobs to the local school..
What I want to say: In case you are interested in donating some books to the local school..

What I type: Wow! That close-up shit looks awesome!
What I want to say: Wow! That close-up shot looks awesome! (imagine me putting up the typo as a comment in a food blog about someone’s proud food pic! I could redefine disaster that way!)

What I type: The jerks that come along with the job seem pretty interesting
What I want to say: The perks that ….

And I could have potentially made these mistakes in one single day.. proof-read!! That’s the way to go

The vicious circle August 22, 2007

Checkstor pastry
Hot and sour potato chips
Coffee with extra sugar
Kurkure
Twix
Popcorn

Now my tongue is confused between what’s sweet and what’s hot.

August 21, 2007

Read in someone’s ‘about me’ section in Orkut : ‘I never complain about something that I have a choice of not subjecting myself to”.

Found it quite.. hmm.. nice. And appropriate to some of the things I am subjecting myself to right now and not doing anything about, except complain.

Work has been busy last couple of days, so I am blogging in my head right now. I type atleast 5-6 posts every day in my head but when it comes to actually typing it in here, I find excuses. Actually, I really don’t have enough time lately. Yesterday, I logged in from home but was soooo sleepy by 10:30 that I had to log off and hit the bed.

Really want to see transformers. Has anyone seen it? How is it? I hear its a total theatre movie and you just cannot enjoy it on small screen. So all those people who have the VCD or theatre print DVDs, think twice before watching it

Gotta go now. (Maybe I should just publish one of those posts which have been lying dormant in here)

August 21, 2007

Read in someone’s ‘about me’ section in Orkut : ‘I never complain about something that I have a choice of not subjecting myself to”.

Found it quite.. hmm.. nice. And appropriate to some of the things I am subjecting myself to right now and not doing anything about, except complain.

Work has been busy last couple of days, so I am blogging in my head right now. I type atleast 5-6 posts every day in my head but when it comes to actually typing it in here, I find excuses. Actually, I really don’t have enough time lately. Yesterday, I logged in from home but was soooo sleepy by 10:30 that I had to log off and hit the bed.

Really want to see transformers. Has anyone seen it? How is it? I hear its a total theatre movie and you just cannot enjoy it on small screen. So all those people who have the VCD or theatre print DVDs, think twice before watching it

Gotta go now. (Maybe I should just publish one of those posts which have been lying dormant in here)

August 20, 2007

I have never felt to empty and de-motivated before. I sit before the comp but don’t feel like or even remember the things I am supposed to do. I just sit and stare.

Sometimes identifying the issue can be more difficult than figuring out the solution.

Whatever, eh? August 16, 2007

* I feel bloated most of the time. As in, like I have put on a lot of weight. Maybe I have, but never used to get this feeling so much. Think its cuz of absolute lack of exercise and too much junk in office. I think I have cribbed about my hair and my weight a taaaaad too much in here, sorry my ever-forgiving readers. If I have crossed the line this time, please feel free to abuse me through a comment.

Immediately after typing the above paragraph, I went for a walk around the office building. Feel slightly better now.

* I realised over the past week that I have too many clothes. This situation, strangely, gives me a very low feeling. Why? Cuz that means I can’t buy more clothes guilt-free. I think I accumulated too many recently when I had to get some formal shirts, trip to Dublin, then all the Google tees that we got, the salwars I got from back home.. Sheesh. So its no clothes for the rest of the year. To add to my agony, all the malls are on a sale in Hyderabad at this time!

* I am spending a little too much time on my cooking blog these days. The reason: feeling of guilt for neglecting it for over two months cuz of travelling for work, mostly. This is freaking me out. If this is the way I choose to get over neglect-guilt, then it might go dangerous. Why? What if I feel I have been negecting house-work for too long and quit my job or something. Ok, that was a little too much even for me. You are right, I should just chill. (That reminds me, I need some good plates and stuff to photograph the food. I only have steel plates now. Probably those colorful yet cheap stuff we find in Shilparamam)

* Really really looking forward to the weekend. Have some random stuff to do and then planning a movie. Rush Hour 3. Ok ok I know. But we didn’t get tickets to Transformers or Chak De. And we really need a break, Prat and I. We sat at home entire 2 days last weekend and Aug 15th holiday too.

Am I losing my blogger touch? (shudder). Or is it just me who finds this post utterly dull, boring and lacking in any humour what-so-ever?

Just anything.. August 14, 2007

13th Aug – 7:50pm

I reached the basement 10 mins too early for my next cab home. The girl who is in the same route is sitting in the back seat and talking to her parents. Ok, don’t judge me, I am not eavesdropping or anything, its just that she is talking quite openly, and I can understand her language. She is recently married and is telling her mom how not to get her or her husband anything while they come visiting, how he may not wear the shirt if he doesn’t like it or if it doesn’t fit properly, how she still has unworn clothes from after the wedding and really doesn’t need any more.

Is this what it becomes after marriage? The conversation with parents will revolve around husband, cooking dinner, maid issues, neighbours, kids.. What do I talk to my mom about when I call her now? To be honest, I am not one of those people who call their folks every day or even every other day. I consider myself good if I call once a week, probably on a Friday or a Saturday. And when I do call, its mostly she who does the talking. How things are at home, what my uncle and appa are up to, how naughty my grandmom has been and how she doesn’t let her nurse sleep in the night, how Mary made a fish curry that was particularly yummy, how the stitching has not puckered up though its Onam season.. and it goes on and on. I just tell her how hectic it has been, the trips I may need to make and that’s about it.

That’s the way I want it too.. Donno if I will change too. Maybe?

Hasn’t it been long since we spoke about Hyderabad in here? August 9, 2007

The weather in Hyderabad now can be described as nothing but ’sexy’. Its cool, somewhere around 25-26 degree centigrade, and there is a cool breeze whenever you step out on the balcony. I feel nice and refreshed after the break, work is steady and a little hectic. I am working part-time with Orkut team too, so its quite exciting. On the whole, things are looking good.

I also have been quite busy reviving my cooking blog. It had been neglected for the past couple of months cuz of all the travelling I had to do. Now that I went home for some time, I tried out different stuff and took pics and all that. Do check it out and let me know what you think. Err.. those who walk into the kitchen only to talk to your mom about something or to wash your hands when the dining room faucet is leaking, you can tell me what you think of the pics What say?

Going to our Gurgaon office next week, so more travelling on the cards. And life goes on.

I had typed some stuff while at home to post when I get back. But now, somehow don’t feel like it. Maybe I will some day…

The First Vacation Post July 18, 2007

July 17, 5:50pm

I guess I am now officially part of the ‘I hate hospitals’ group. Its especially bad when the much-talked about and asked-about ‘patient’ is you. Anyway, surgery is day after and with that my vacation is over. From then it becomes dettol-scented and green-gown donned.

Today my sis, uncle I had to wait in the hospital for around 3-4 hours before we could complete all the formalities. The nurses were surprisingly and refreshingly pleasant, the doctor is an old family friend and a retired med college prof, and the tests and medicines were startlingly cheap. I got a blood test done for 60 rupees, and Hyderabad has never cost me less than 750 rupees! Even the a/c double rooms were just 375 bucks per day and though my mediclaim does not support more than an a/c single room, I booked one.

Anyway, the 4-hour wait gave me some time to observe others around. Since there was a gynec (I can’t spell the whole word) right next to my doc’s OP room, there were a lot of pregnant ladies at different stages of pregnancies around. Some of them were had more jewellery on them than I would wear to my own wedding. I wonder how they look when they actually go for a wedding. The same I suppose? What’s the fun in that? When do they feel dressed up then? Ahh every day!! Hmmm.. that makes me think whether its such a bad thing after all. But jewellery.. its just plain uncomfortable. I would rather stick to my eternally bangle-less arms and thinnest-of-them-all gold string around my neck. I think its even ‘in’ in some cities, so it all works for the best for me.

I am also in the middle of a very important phase personally, so good luck to me