little nothings...

I have recently read a novel called 'Sisters' by Danielle Steel. Its a book about four sisters, each in their world, thousands of miles apart , pursuing their professions, living their destinies, yet, tied together by a bond that only strengthened with time, how their lives are thrown into utter chaos when a tragedy strikes the family, and how these sisters come together in a time of disarray and the sacrifices they make in their professional and personal lives to reb uild their family after the misfortu ne.. the sisters move into an apartment and live together for a year and I so so wanted a life like theirs..i realized having a sister is so much fun.. I take grea t pleasure in quoting Amy Li , " Having a sister is like hav ing a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there." I have 5 such 'god given sisters' who have been with me through thick and thin. They have been my ray of sunshine on a cloudy day and...

6:30PM, a chilly breeze making them shiver from head to toe, three girls, M, A, S set out on a mission to buy rice from the Indian Grocers, which closes at 7PM and is a good 8 mile drive from home..the girls embarked their 'adventure ride' with lots of excitement and proudly flaunting someone else's Infinity G35 Coupe," intensity captured in seductive form "..excitement as this is going to be their first ever 'only girl' drive after coming to the US.. They make it to the Indian Grocers in time but are disappointed to find it closed. ..more disappointment because V has already started preparing the shrimp curry she has been boasting about since morning and now there is no rice!!!..After racking their brains for a few minutes as to why it is closed they begin their return journey. On the way back home, they realize they need garlic, trash bags and the car needs fuel...A keeps looking to the right and S to the left for a gas station and finally they land in...

was just browsing the net when I came across this wonderful quote.. "Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech." -- Martin Fraquhar Tupper I was never a person of silence..it surprises me that all of a sudden i find quotes on silence sensible..n being silent does so much good especially when you are in a turmoil..for me, a few months ago, silence was spooky, silence was uncomfortable ..now it is reassuring..it takes so much strength and courage to remain calm, composed and yes, silent when everything and everybody is against you..this well timed silence has reinforced my belief in myself, that i am strong, courageous and indomitable.. mere words cant shake me anymore.. more quotes on silence that have influenced me ... "Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart" "Even silence speaks" "Silence is a source of great strength"

there is so much that is going on within me these days.. i dont know if i am happy or if i am sad I dont know why i feel this way for all i know something somewhere is really wrong... I can no longer be the free-spirited bird that flies high in the sky neither can I be the river that flows unperturbed I know i cant be the real me anymore for all i know something somewhere is really wrong... somewhere I am lost, which I dont want to be I dont want to be lost among the millions of stars.. I dont want to be a grain of sand in the vast desert I dont want to be a drop in the ocean all I want to be is 'ME' I dont know why I cant, cos I know something somewhere is really wrong...

i miss India i miss Hyderabad i miss roadside pani puri i miss the traffic in Hyderabad i miss ammamma i miss CBIT days i miss paradise chicken biryani i miss the pajama parties with vid,kav,vand n mans i miss partiessssssss i miss family get2gethers i miss my cousins i miss their birthdays i miss bossing around my brother i miss minerva dosas i miss breaking rules i miss my childhood i miss d movie halls i miss the constant honkings of cars i miss autos!!! ( yes, i do) i miss holi i miss diwali i miss sankranthi i miss the late night chats with amma i miss her scoldings i miss fighting with her i miss mom!! :(

I really dint know what this tagging concept was until Preets tagged me. But I am glad he tagged me cos this is fun and I never really gave a thought as to which books have impressed me...I read a lot of Nancy Drew and Enid Blyton stuff as a kid..but what really got hooked me to this habit of reading books was 'Tell me your dreams' by Sidney Sheldon. I dont know what made me pick this book. As far as I can remember i borrowed this book from Ramya cos this was the same book Ramyakrishna asks for in the movie Iddarumitrulu ;)i know thats one strange reason but.... okay..there are many books that i like and selecting 3 among them was very difficult and here they are.. 1) The Prodigal daughter.. loved the book..I simply adore Florentyna..and the relation she shared wid her father is simply touching and I can identify myself with her in this aspect..i have always been daddy's girl :)..cudnt help admiring her throughout the book..her willpower,determination n intrepid nature hav...

I recently came across a hoarding that says.. I want.. a good career dollar salary and a job abroad.... why do people have a wrong notion that a good career is having a job abroad and earnings in dollars? is money the only factor that should be considered while choosing a career? Is it not important to acknowledge the satisfaction that you get from a job? is money everything in life? isnt happiness what we want out of life? does money bring happiness? is happiness something you can purchase from the store down the street? are money and happiness entwined? if yes, does it imply you are happy when you earn more? arent people with little money happy? why are people not ready to walk the extra mile to bond with fellowmen when they can toil hard to scale the mountains of name, fame and ofcourse money?? dont relations bring happiness to life? then why do people compromise relations for a little more luxury in life? why do i talk nonsense?

it feels blessed to be back home after a hustling 9 months in the US of A... twas a surprise visit and dad n mum were speechless when i just walked in all of a sudden..their expressions were worth capturing,..(Lux kya scene hein types)and they cudnt resist showring me wid kisses..mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! i have returned to my former lazy self with all the subtlety that i could manage..back to ghar kha khaana n fab india kurtis...glad that kutti has started acknowledging me after running away from me for the first two days...cant stop doting on him n simply love the way he calls me.." dhi....dhaa"( dhi= short for odhina..dhaa= come):)my homecoming has put few aunts back in their "match-making" métier( with no offence meant to all the aunts..i simply adore u guys for caring so much)...n paaaaaaani puri...nd srikanth i ve been eating your share of pani puris too:P..theres so much 2 say but its realy difficult to put into words what i feel at d moment..mmmm simply loving ever...

I have started enjoying working in the lab..Found a new way to make my work fun..a huge old box lying at a corner, supposedly called a computer, is being my saviour in d lab..d systems pretty old but my labmate was kind enough to hook up a very good pair of speakers to it( altec lansing..heard someone say that they are verry good..i have no clue):D...so this marks the beginning of another movie spree..yuppie... just finished watching chukkalo chandrudu( siddharth rocks!!!) while preparing 125 sampling tubes!!!! gosh!! working in the lab is fun;)!!

aaaaaaaaghhhhhhhh...eeeeeeeee.......grrrrrrrrrrrrr.....mummmmy!!!!! zindagi sucks!!! bigtime!!! a term paper, a presentation, 4 lab reports n a take home due!!! gotta submit all those by tis saturday..am i a machine or wat?? i can see stars n planets all over...yeah naveen.. i can c ur planet zuzozga or bozo or wateva d crap u call it!!!i thot twas funny when ppl said all d nice things just dont fall into ur lap..u gotta work for it!!hmm thats wat i am doing now..just realisedw at masters in US really is..for 30 days of bliss i have to go thru so much..pooor me!! momma.. i really need u..missing u so much!! muaahhhh!!

yippieeeee.... 22 days 2 go!! cant wait till I set my feet in Hyderabad..back 2 home.. sweet home..my cozy dark orange n yellow cave of a room..daddy's hugs..mommas endless arguments...eliminator rides wid mah bro.. ghar kah khaana...mmmm mouth watering!!( the crappy stuff we cook here has already started tasting yucky n making me crave for mom's cookin)..granny's hot oil massages..lots of cuddles n kisses from my darlings kutti,vicky,anshu n ani... paradise chicken biryaniiii...shopping for junk on d streets of badi chowdi...kurtis at westside...taruniiii..pani puri at gappe-vappe n maharaja chat pav bhaji...midnight biryanis at green park..frankiesss...looking forward to meeting old fnds..endless chitchats at CCD until they shoo us away..movies at prasads not 2 forget d chicken sandwich n cuppa corn..ice creams at melting moments n alankritaaaaaaaaa ...constant leg pullings by my maamas.. uuummmmmm cant wait till I get back home... n how i could I forget u my dearest kin...

The following is not entirely my creation; I read it somewhere sometime ago..but just realised how true they are.. 1) never make promises when you are happy 2) dont talk when you are angry...

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Its 1AM and I am as excited and energized like I would normally be on a Saturday morning. I had a nice tete-a-tete with few of my friends...recollecting old memories,..our first few days in the US..exploring the campus..skeptical about taking directions from strangers ( cos we were scared that they would make out we were new to this place and thanks to the endless stories about mugging that we heard from various sources).. Over the last seven months I have made a home away from home..built many new friendships..strengthened old ones..made my own decisions...learned that environmental engineers are the stewards of mother nature...last but not the least realized that my happiness comes before anything else.. BUT was so out of sync with so many things happening in India..dint care to find out what the political scenario was..India's presence globally, rupee's recent gain on the dollar..$$$.. never realized it though.. Holi, shivratri and Ugadi came and went..they were like any ...

When I first came to the US, few of my seniors advised me not to drink hot water from the water tap. . Reason being lead contamination.. The explanation they gave me was that water here was heated using lead. But, later i found out that that aint true and here's the real story. Most of the buildings here ( in most parts of US) are very old which means they have water pipes made of lead. When water stays stagnant in these pipes for hours together theres the problem of lead leaching into the water and this has an impact in the long run..It leads to lead accumulation in the body and we dont like a stranger within us..Do we?? Recently, while I was talking to my advisor I asked her what I should do rather what she did... She told me to simply leave the taps open for a few minutes before drinking water!!!!! This coming from an Environemntal Engineering prof is something not very commendable..When i asked her if there was some alternative to that she could nt think of any.. Everyday t...

If you ever get lost in India and want to find out where you are, this is the best way of doing just that. Scenario 1 Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, then a fourth and they start arguing about who's right - you are in kolkata. Scenario 2 Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, sees them and walks on - that's mumbai. Scenario 3 Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along & tries to make peace. The first two get together & beat him up - that's Delhi. Scenario 4 Two guys are fighting. A crowd gathers to watch. A guy comes along and quietly opens a chai stall - that's ahmedabad. Scenario 5 Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes. He writes a software program to solve the issue but the fight does not stop because of a bug in the program. That's Bangalore ... Scenario 6 Two guys are fighting. a crowd gathers to watch. A guy comes along and quietly says that amma doesn't like all this nonsense. Peace comes in - that's...

I managed to watch an episode of Donald Trump's TV show 'The Apprentice'..u may think its wierd cos i have never watched d show earlier but...donno i cudnt watch it..may be cos i dont get time and more importantly maybe cos I dont have a TV..ok ok..before i wander away the only thng I wanted to let you guys know was that I watched d show and found it to be gr8888...donno if u guys ever watched it but dont miss it if u get a chance.. Its a must for all you would be managers, entrepreneurs , team leads etc etc... I found it a lil ruthless..cold to be precise..but I guess dats how life is:( too bad lifes gotta be dat way...I wonder why did pandora open that damned box!!!! hmmm no point in blaming pandora..probably even i would have gave in to my curiosity if i were her...may be she shouldnt have opened the box wide open...she should have shut it in time not letting all the evils escape out...maybe we could have done with little evil...may be i find the thought of icecreams, c...

I hate Monday mornings!! Mondays are loooong.( fridays being the longesssssssssssssssst) and tiring too.. Every monday morning, I wake up with tears in my eyes..Firstly,because it marks the beginning of another week of the never-ending saga of my Masters study and secondly because we do sampling in my 'BIOFILMS' lab ( yeah I can c u smile...) on Mondays.I work hard..( Yeah u read it right...it cant be 'I hardly work' cos there is so much work to do:(() I bunked my bio and modelling class today..hoping to get some sleep cos i was supposed to be sick!! If Kavitha( the whizkid of the Environmental Engineering Class of 2006 at UC and my saviour wen it comes to homeworks) comes to know what I had been doing all along she would nt lend me her notes...She wud strt another of her rantings " U little girl U r so ........" Now seriously I ponder..watz happening?? Why am I like this? Why cant I simply study wen everyone around me is studyin?? Wat makes me simply lau...

Well.. it aint a good time to start little nothings ( its 120 AM and I should be in the process of aquisition of knowledge on chemostats and activated sludge process for the bio exam i am takin this wednesday) but nevertheless it is here... I have been yearning for a blog for d last one year seven months and twenty three days. I have created one and now I cant help cursing myself for creating one...most importantly for creating one at this time!!! grrrr!!! Will get back to my books now and come back for my sweet little nothings asap.... ASAP....hmmmmm no wonder these acronyms have crept so much into our life..I was at a desk-staff inservice program today. The purpose of the program is to coordinate and train the desk staff working for The University of Cincinnati. Guess wat!!! we were being taught how to write good emails!!! Emails are full of acronyms and my ARCs are annoyed cos they are not able to make out the ABCs of the emails they get...Ever wondered wat MHOTY stands for?? mmmmm...