My Life ... Now

Long phone conversation with my mum. Big grin from baby Anuraj. Garam Garam chai. Nice songs on FM. Cool breeze blowing. A long overdue hair cut last evening. Finalizing a deal. 2 bedrooms. Ground floor. Crisp new winter uniform. Tickets for the longer Summer trip. A completed project. 5 Fascinating facts about Whales. Vaccinations. Clothes altered. No stress. Nothing important pending. A wedding to look forward to. Meeting cousins. Dressing up. Saris. Make up. Photographs. Memories. Packing. Surfing blogs. Facebook. e-mails. Writing.

Much as I would like to be regular and write longer, meaningful posts. I either have too much going on in my life or lack the willingness to write!

Today I plan to simply chill out. Watch a movie. At least till Vedant gets home! Once he's back there's just too much chaos to think about myself :)

I've watched quite a few movies off late. Nothing that impressed me too much but then like I've said before, how I feel about a movie depends on my frame of mind while watching it.

Couple of nights ago I was sleepless. Surfing channels, I ended up watching Aishwarya Rai in the movie "Provoked" ... I'd never seen it before and thought it was quite interesting. A true story and one that sends across a strong message.

Before that I saw "Fashion" ... I somehow expected more from this movie though for a change, I liked Priyanka's emoting skills but wished she looked more like a supermodel. Her styling in the movie was disappointing! Would've liked to see more of Kangana too but her dialogues were so cliche'd... *sigh*... the story on the whole was predictable....

Thanks to Vedant, I alsowatched the "Harry Potter' series. YES AGAIN! But I didn't mind at all. I'm a huge fan :) and I'm hoping the release of the next Harry Potter movie "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" coincides with my trip next summer! July release is what the website says. I can't wait....It's such a pity that the story ends with the 7th book. I've seen the movies umpteen number of times and I read through the books whenever I'm bored. It's fun :) ...

Before I get back to Anuraj, help me out in picking wedding gifts....please! *grin* ... Till next time....Good Luck and smile!

Post Diwali...

After a week long break for Diwali and Bhaiya Dooj, it's sheer laziness that keeps me away from blogging :) ... it's getting cooler day by day and once I get done with my daily chores, I just want to snuggle into bed and read or catch a short nap...watch some TV...

Lil Anuraj is in his 4th month. He sleeps for longer stretches and for 5-6 hours at a stretch at night. So now I get my regular sleep hours at night! The older one has his school tests through this week. Afternoons are spent going through his lessons.

Diwali was good fun. We spent a weekend with my in-laws and shopped for Diwali gifts and oh yes suitcases to use for our upcoming trips. We also had visitors dropping in to wish us and the house was flooded with sweets and dry fruits :) and some very nice and pretty gifts.

Christmas is the next big occasion in our family. Usually we spend it with my in-laws. Bhaiya (R's brother) puts up a huge Christmas tree and all the gifts are placed underneath the tree. Mamma (mum in law) makes her delicious 'yakhni' pulao (it's a lamb rice dish) and of course christmas (rum & fruit) cake which I bake at home! I usually bake chocolate and plain vanilla cakes also since the kids tend to avoid fruit cakes :P

This Christmas we'll be on the train to Bhubaneshwar but should be with my parent's in time for Dinner :). I haven't been to BBSR in...6 years now! All my cousins have grown up. I've seen them grow through photographs. Looking forward to meeting them all.

My aunt and family are also coming back to Delhi from a long stay abroad. Right now they're in Mongolia! We've been getting their flat done up...a lot of renovation work. Here again my cousins have grown up a lot. They left India the year I got married...that's 9 years ago! Their flat is within the same apartment complex that we live in and I've missed having them around. It'll be great to have them back again :)

Below are some pics taken on Diwali and Bhaiya dooj...

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I usually avoid debates, issues, controversies in my personal space. This is more like me scribbling in my diary though in the past I have engaged in debates and issues. But there are enough people voicing their opinions on everything and anything that matters here in blogsville. I usually state my opinion in my responses to their posts rather than start a debate here in my blog. But yes there are times when I feel really strongly about many things and I usually wait for a while for any strong sentiments in me to die out or reason them out with ppl around me before I sit down to write a post.

Past experiences here in blogsville's shown me there are always those few who mask their identities and talk crap or force their opinions on ppl. In the guise of "anonymous" they get away with spreading a whole lot of ill feeling. It would upset me plenty earlier but then I told myself...anyone who can't reveal themselves can't

be taken seriously...and shouldn't be!

Of course blogger has comment moderation but then I do get to read their shit even if I choose not to publish it....

But ever since I've been sticking to my usual ramblings about my mundane life, I think I've successfully put off trouble makers...controversy rakers...good riddance to bad rubbish is all I can say :)

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Time to get on with my routine... more later!

::: Added the song "tha karke" from the movie 'Golmaal Returns' ... saw the movie last weekend. A sheer waste of time but this song is catchy huh? ... Vedant loves this and two others....one from Karan Johar's latest movie "Dostana"...song called ' Desi Girl' ... and from his current fav movie "Roadside Romeo" (an animated hindi movie about a dog called 'Romeo'...hmmm!)!!! So u see nowdays it really doesn't matter if I really like the songs, it's him who decides what plays here :D ... oh well, 'tha karke' I don't mind :P