Ugadi!!!

We had Ugadi yesterday... The New Year...

If I was at home.. I would be relishing all those wonderful moments...
Let me just list down all that...

No office (ah what a relief)
Get up early in the morning.. (well before it used to be 6 or so... then it relaxed to 7 or 7.30 and it is early on a holiday) But its a festival day so no cribbing...
Go down stairs, dad would give me a hot cup of coffee... i would say ... i want a little more milk... i dont want it so hot..I love to trouble dad that way.. I love him... where s the newspaper.. and then realize.. paper is on leave that day...
Mom says good.. now u'll finish coffee soon and go to bath :)
I take previous days supplementary pages and read thru.. mom becomes furious... [ I love to irritate her ;-) I love her :-)]
After a lot of yes and nos go for a hot oil shikakai bath.. (the auspicious enne neeru. is what we call)
By the time I am out.. Mom takes out my new dress ... it has that auspicous turmeric powder in the corners.. Wow the new dress is so crisp and ironed.. (i never iron my clothes when at home... u see am very pampered.. dad does that for me n bro, i do it if he is not there, I can never Iron as good as he does)
Now get ready for the Pooja... Oh ya in the meanwhile I do help mom little bit in the kitchen etc... The house is filled with Mango leaves on all the doors... House is filled with Agarbatti smell..
All of us do the Pooja.. then comes the part where dad is trying to give us beevu-bella (neem-jaggery) . This indicates that we need to have sweet n bitterness in our life equally. We say "Beevu-Bella tindu olle maatadi" [Eat neem-jaggery and speak good ].. This means come what may ... joyous moments or tough moments always be good to people... Now I wouldnt like any neem in the prasad I get... I mean how can u eat those neem flowers!!!
Well after this is the best part... Food :)
Yummy yummy food..

We do call up relatives and friends in the meanwhile to Wish them A happy and a prosperous new Year "Ugadi Shubhashayagallu"

The rest of the day goes in visiting relatives(and eat at everyone's place).. They coming home... And in case there are not many people.. we sit n talk... and watch TV.. (special programs on that day)
In the evening, go the temple... its so colourful there... then finally... off to sleep.

Now that I am here... this is what I did...

No holiday :(
Got up at 7.45... Head bath (shampoo)
Then ate bread and bread spread... Came to office...
In the evening left early... Wore the new dress..Went to temple..Came back home.. We had plans of making payasa (kheer) but it was 10 at night and we were too humgry to prepare anything special.. So ate our normal food.. and got back to work...

More on Ugadi

Babies

just now saw one of our collegues baby.. She is just 2.5 months old... Babies are so tender.. I was holding her for 2-3 mins.. It was such a gr8 feeling... Those moments were so wonderful... With so much tension going on here.. .I felt so peaceful that time... Only thoughts were how innocently cute the baby is,, How soft.. how tender...

My Close Friend's Wedding

Just Last Weekend I saw "My Best Friend's Wedding"
Little did I know I would get a gr8 news the following news!!!
Yippe!!! I am happy...
My friend is getting married... Though I have known her for a very short period of time.. She has been so sweet...and of all I am one of the few people who know got this good news sooner than everyone else...
Wow makes me feel so special.. Thanks Dear... I know u will be reading this.... And Wish U A Very Very Happy Married Life...

I am so sorry wont be India for ur marraige, but when I come back will surely meet U :)

"Time we spent with each other
may just be a few hours
But the time we will be in each other's heart
Will be foreover"

Frustrating!!!

Dont want to put in frustrating posts.. but then.. sometimes life itself becomes so..

There are times when unknowingly work takes over ur life.. No time for rest, no time for timepass, no time for calls..

I know I know next thing after this would be "U need to plan work accordingly", "U need to keep personal life and professional life different" etc etc...

All this even I tell people.. Y just others I tell myself too.. But if there is work worth 48 hrs which needs to be done in 24 hrs.. then how much ever u plan, the plan is still hectic...

Well anyway after 3 crazy weeks of 16-18 hrs work per day including weekends... Now life seems to returned to normal.. around 10-12 hrs of work..

So currently i am not sure if i am frustrated or not.. If i am frustrated with so much work or coz of something else...
Well... hope to have a nice weekend.. Lots of things to do :)

Selfish...Self centered...

Ok... now I am really confused about these words... Anybody who thinks of self becomes selfsih or self centered... Now how is it possible in today's world that we never think of ourselves...
(here I talk about normal human beings)

If you are just not concerned about the other person and trying to hurt by doing ur things just coz u want to do it... May be its right to call these words... But there are times these words are used on People just to make sure they are hurt.. Or to hide the selfishness of the person calling out these words...

Well whatever it might mean.. We all should know when to prioritize our things and when to be considerate of others:)

Some quotes!!!

"Life ends when u stop Dreaming"
- Life begins when u wake up to fulfill ur dreams... But in the meanwhile.. if ur loved ones are away... ur dreams take a backseat.. and u dont enjoy even if u achieve ur dreams...

"Hope ends when you stop Believing"
- Belief is easily broken... So hopes keep ending soon.. but ur loved one has to keep up ,the belief in u ... so that u hope for the best.. and believe in it.

"Love ends when you stop Caring"
- Its not just caring which decides love... There are several factors... If the care shown is not expressed in the right way... Even then Love ends... Reciprocate to ones feelings... If one is angry.. other needs to find the reason.. by discussing.. and not just by keeping quite and saying "I understand" If the person has understood smthing.. then let the other person know of it. If one is not behaving as the usual... try to understand what he/she is trying to make u realize... Even after all this... if the other person lives life in his/her own way... God save them. They will always be in Love... but will they not hesitate in telling each other their feelings??

"Friendship ends when u stop sharing"
- Something which i wouldnt disagree completely, Share joy n sorrow... but share something.. Be frank!!!

The quotes underlined were the ones sent to me by one of my friends as a fwd... The ones below were my reply... This happened months ago... Was searching for one of my mails.. Happened to read this... So thought of posting :)

Diet!!!

Diet..Diet and more Diet...

Diet is supposed to keep u healthy... but I see people dieting just grow thin...
Thats so bad...

One of my cousins, she s damn cute, but then is not slim so she wanted to grow thin and reduce weight... So if thats the case she was supposed to exercise and have a correct and proper diet, which would keep her healthy and help her reduce weight...
Anyway she did a strict diet... and did lose weight too... but then has acidity these days... Has dizziness... So is all this worth all this....