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Thursday, January 13th, 2005
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11:57 am - I'm moving !
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A good friend has been pestering me to shift to typepad for a long time now, and I finally did it. I was a little hesitant to step out of my corner of LJ into the humongously huge world of blogging. But I think I'll be okay :)
And for those of you hardcore LJ people who think I've deserted the LJ culture and gone over to 'the other side' - relax. I may have moved my address, but I'm going to be writing like I always did. And I'm not deserting Lj; I'll still maintain that. Just a change of scenery, so to speak.
See you around.
And here's my little corner of the world
current mood:  cheerful
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| Wednesday, January 12th, 2005
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11:39 am
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Busy
Swamped
Frazzled
Drained
Overwhelmed
Bone-weary
Apprehensive
Uneasy
Fretful
On edge
University has started; and started with a bang.
Got 3 courses this semster, 2 of which are in new areas and tough as nails; interesting though.
Got 2 GRAs - am teaching an undergrad lab and also serving as undergrad biology tutor = 12 hours work per week; but great pay.
Worrying about my Fall admissions
Missing my family.
Lovelorn and lovesick.
Unsure about life goals.
Dont know what the hell Im doing, and what the hell I want to do.
Result = Panic attacks
Ive always thought of myself as a mature responsible person. And I am. Living on my own, I even consider myself independent and self-sufficient. But there are times, when things all just collapse on my shoulder, and all I wanna do is curl up into a ball, and cry my eyes out.
I want my mommmy.
:(
current mood:  worried
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| Sunday, January 9th, 2005
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12:48 pm - Dont like putting up forwarded jokes...but this is too good :)
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IIT Joke
Once all the scientists die and go to heaven............
They decide to play hide-n-seek.........
Unfortunately Einstein is the one who has the den...........
He is supposed to count upto 100...and then start searching.....
Everyone starts hiding except Newton.........
Newton just draws a square of 1 meter and stands in it rite in
front of Einstein...........
Einsteins counting......97,98,99.....100........
He opens his eyes and finds Newton standing in front........
Einstein says "newtons out..newtons....out....."
Newton denies and says i am not out........
He claims tht he is not Newton......
All the scientists come out and he proves that he is not
Newton..........
how.................
scroll down.....
....scroll down......... further..............
His proof:
Newton says:
I am standing in a square of area 1m square.....
That makes me Newton per meter square......
&....since newton per meter square = Pascal, I'm Pascal
Therefore Pascal is OUT
*Aaaargh !!!! Tearing out hair !*
current mood:  giggly
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| Monday, January 3rd, 2005
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10:07 pm - I wuv you !
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Heya ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) ankita ! Guess what kiddo ?
Today over a peaceful cuppa chai, I was suddenly struck with a vividly animated memory of you doing that silly 'I love you' cartoon song, remember it ? Complete with baby voice and actions and all ?? :P
I immediately proceeded to gleefully imitate you to P -
I wuv you ( hands pointing from me to him )
You wuv me ( hands pointing from him to me )
We make a big happy family ( hands making a circle and then clasped to my chest )
With a great big Hug ( hands in big hug motion )
And a kiss from me to you ( great big flying kiss )
Won't you say you wuv me toooooooo ! ( hands clasped in pleading mode, puppydog eyes and woe-begone expression )
He of course had a hard time reining in his laughter, and only did so because Id threatened to kick him into the pool... but I myself was in splits, and laughed right through the demonstration !
*grin*
My shweet baby sis, I do so miss you making an ass of yourself ! :)
* big grin *
current mood:  ditzy
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| Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
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3:30 pm
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I would like to write about the Tsunami and all that came with it. But considering the ample coverage, anything I say or add would be redundant. Besides, I cannot write of it. It struck too close to home. I cannot coolly and rationally analyze the situation. I cannot help but look at it from a personal and emotional standpoint, and then I’m too agitated to speak coherently. I went though the hell of the orissa cyclone which ravaged the state some years back. Maybe I’ll tell you about that someday. And although the scales of the two disasters are vastly different, I can understand the pain and fear that the survivors feel.
And that is what agitates me. The numbers of those who lost their lives to the fury of the sea is terrifying, horrifying and obscene, but those lucky few who survived have the immense task of rebuilding their lives. If city-dwellers from Chennai have started keeping emergency bags ready for escape, I wonder how the villagers are ever going to go back to living normally. My brief brush with cyclone shook me up so bad that I still get afraid when the wind picks up and howls against the windows. How will these survivors face the sea again ? How will they live in the shadow of fear ?
The fear will never go away. Life will never be the same.
I pray for peace for those who were taken.
I pray for strength for those who survived.
current mood:  pensive
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| Friday, December 31st, 2004
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1:43 pm - Hello-goodbye
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2004 was an interesting and tumultous year of upheavals, some good, some bad. A year of trmendous personal change. Of hellos and goodbyes.
Goodbye to
- Xaviers : classmates, proffs, Malhar, quad, foyer, woods, mess
- Powaii : Hiranandani, the lake, evening walks, the lanscaed gardens, the disgusting bus stop
- Bombay : the locals, BEST, Marine drive, Barista, Sterling, vada pav etc etc etc
- India : and eveything Indian
- my baby, my car ..my most tearful goodbye yet
- my family : disciplinarian mom, huggable dad, sarcastic sis
Hello to
- my Masters program
- Atlanta
- Georgia
- America
- International travel
- Bahrain
- Living on my own
- blogging and blog friends ( second best thing of the year )
- new friends and love ( best thing of the year )
An interesting year. Hope te coming year proves to be challenging and interesting too.
Wish all of you the very same !
This reminded me of the Hello Goodbye song from the Beatles..kissiko yaad hai kya ?
current mood: optimistic
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| Thursday, December 30th, 2004
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1:40 pm - Swades
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I went and saw Swades yesterday. I was a tad apprehensive about its preachy aspect, but I went only because Ankita said its good. This is a girl who has sarcastic comments about every scene from every Hindi movie and has a particularly nasty vendetta against Shahrukh Khan and his hamming. So when she told me Apa, go see this movie, its really good, I figured, Hmmm, there must be something khaas about this movie. And there was.
I quite liked the movie and would recommend it, particularly to us desis living outside India. Don’t worry, it’s neither preachy nor designed to induce guilt. It’s a lovely movie that just reminds you of the strength of the bond that links us to our homeland. If I, who have lived all over the country and have no claim to any roots whatsoever, could feel the tug of that connection, then surely those of you who have lived all your lives in one place, would feel it too.
One of the nicest scenes is in the movie is as the Air India plane descends over Delhi and SRK eagerly looks out the window to see green and brown land patches taking shape through the clouds. There is a wonderfully warm feeling of coming home. Darn, Im sure Im gonna cry like ababy when I land in Bby, and pass over those beloved Ghatkopar railway tracks…*sniff*
Anyway, getting back to the movie, its really good, shot and directed weel, with a solid performance from SRK and the soundtrack is great. Go watch it.
By the way, the Indian theatre that I went to see the movie in, was a surprisingly drab, old theatre, reminiscent of apna Metro theatre in Bombay, albeit on a smaller scale. And guess what ? Halfway through the movie, the projector conked off for a bit. And my friends reassured me that this is the norm, and apparently there have been time that the y had to start the movie all over again. I was appalled. Jo cheez India mein kabhi experience nahin kit hi, who idhar Amreeka mein experience ki. Sheesh
current mood:  happy
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| Saturday, December 25th, 2004
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10:06 pm - Merry Christmas !
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Hey everyone,
Wish you all a very merry christmas !
Hope you all had a good christmas and may the year ahead be filled with good cheer and laughter :)
And no, I havent fallen off the face off the earth ... just been really enjoying my christmas vacation ;)
Will be back to voracioulsy reading yor posts and writing some crap of my own soon :)
current mood: happy
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| Monday, December 13th, 2004
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10:40 pm - Do a li'l dance...
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What happens when you take an extremely enthusiastic girl who can dance as well as she can sing - which is to say that she can’t dance at all, and pair her up with a guy who has two left feet, no make that four, but adores aforementioned rhythm less girl, and put on some lovely classical music, and teach them to dance the waltz ?? Mayhem, chaos, confusion, havoc, disorder, bedlam, disarray, pandemonium…Im out of synonynms.
( Read more... )
current mood: giggly
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| Thursday, December 9th, 2004
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10:15 am
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Plain sentences
Made up of words
Constructed with letters
Assemblies of dashes and dots
Mere hieroglyphics
In a language
Thought up by
By ancient man
Aeons ago.
Used to describe the laws of physics
The history of Man
The chemistry of reactions
The formation of volcanoes
The psychology of dreams
The techniques of cement-making
The constitutions of democracies.
And he comes along
Strings these letters together
Describing the rhythm of my heart
Giving these routine words
A world, a universe of meaning
Of love, joyous.
Of desire, burning.
Of happiness, unsurpassed.
Of content, peaceful.
Of hope, eternal.
Thank you, my love.
For those dots and dashes.
© Ashweeta
current mood:  loved
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