2020-08-11 20:49
Edit to add - this post is two years old...It was lying uncared for in the Drafts and I had fun reading it. So, decided to post it.I dropped off my wards...G and S and came back home talking… Read More
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2019-01-24 18:19
I always enjoy writing a re-cap of the year that was. It takes me through the travails of the days gone and helps set realistic goals for what I want to do this year. But I slacked. I took a… Read More
2018-06-27 18:50
Competitive...The latest trend amongst people my age is to claim their virtues and be proud of it. I have literally heard people loudly and proudly say, "I am so competitive," or "I am type… Read More
2018-06-22 13:38
The last few months have been a roller coaster - of emotions, of lives, of my world as I know it. I was forced to look inside and see that I was not what I thought I always was. I almost ent… Read More
2018-04-12 19:50
When I was a little girl the words savage and wrecked meant something different. Er, they actually meant what they were supposed to mean. Today, there is a totally new meaning. Kid talks or… Read More
2018-04-09 13:22
It was my first paid job. The day at work started at 10 and ended anytime after 5. Some days I spent more time and others I would leave early. Especially if it was Friday. I had to meet my b… Read More
2018-03-28 19:50
There is always that one person in your life who will do everything possible to make you feel inferior. A lot of times when it is true, you accept it and make changes or move on but sometime… Read More
2018-03-26 16:26
As we leaf through book of our own life, each page is filled with a new memory, a new friendship or relationship, a new story, a new memory of an old story, laughter, sadness, tears from joy… Read More
2018-03-07 20:00
Have you ever felt that your life is nothing but running from pole to pole? Deadline to deadline? Friend to friend? From home to work and back? From classes to cooking to cleaning to taking… Read More
2018-02-21 17:25
I had this window open for a while. Each topic I think of writing feels combative. This is not the only reason for the existence of the blog - to complain about people or their habits. I wan… Read More
2018-01-17 16:42
We never hear the truth from people. Period!Not unless they trust you completely and you are the one person in the world to whom they will confess. So true in the world of Facebook and other… Read More
2017-12-29 19:56
Of course it is a wrap! 2017 is closing down and 2018 is gearing up for a start.I stopped believing that things really change in the new year. I do not believe that an entire year sucked or… Read More
2017-12-28 16:04
We were going from 70 degrees into 20 degrees F. It was a big difference, especially if you are suddenly transported from whatever weather to winter wonderland. We were dressed very warm and… Read More
2017-12-27 15:52
I have seen it in my niece and nephew. I have seen it with my friend's children. I am seeing it in adults, in people of all ages and sizes. We are obsessed with our mobile phones, making mem… Read More
2017-08-24 13:40
All other kids posed for their parents in front of the school sign, in the parking lot, at the door to the school, in their classroom, everywhere. Mine, well, did not. She refused to smile f… Read More
2017-08-24 13:30
I enjoyed dressing up, looking beautiful, putting in the effort...well, I enjoyed it when it happened that once in a while moment. The rest of the time, it only reminded me of the effort to… Read More
2017-03-21 16:33
This past weekend was Holi celebrations in one of our local temples. I love Holi. Loved it for the past few years I have actually celebrated it. I actually did not like it much as a kid. I r… Read More
2017-02-02 15:26
I normally would have written my summary for the year gone by before now but this year I am blame the slacking me. 2016 was tiring. That is the best way to describe it for me. Too many thing… Read More
2017-01-05 17:28
I am loving Saavn! I have gone to the past and danced in the present with the awesome collection of music. I love hearing old Tamil songs. The songs that I grew up with. Each song reminds me… Read More
2016-12-16 21:28
I volunteer at S's school sometimes. It is always a unique feeling when I get there. Very rarely have I felt welcome. I am a working mom who volunteers 5 to 6 times a year unlike the other m… Read More
2016-12-12 14:16
An office friend traveled to South East Asia a few years ago and came back with a scarf for a gift for me and another colleague. I remember looking at the piece of cloth wondering what to do… Read More
2016-10-13 13:40
Recently, someone in our neighborhood did something wrong...for example say, cutting lane while driving. It always frustrates me when people do that to me when I am driving. I sometimes honk… Read More
2016-07-11 18:52
Please...Reply promptly to invites. Wouldn't you like that for you when you invite others?Respond promptly to messages. A lot of times your response decides what I will do with my time… Read More
2016-07-08 20:37
Scene:Wimbledon 2016 J.W. Tsonga (FRA) vs A. Murray (GBR) on TV. S and I are cuddled up on the sofa, G cooking dinner or doing something in the kitchen.Conversation:S: Where is Tsonga… Read More
2016-06-28 13:29
What you have learnt is only a handful and what you have not is the size of the world...I love this saying and everyday I realize that I will never ever know everything but I should be happy… Read More
2016-06-17 19:11
Typically at this time of the year we are off to our Euro Sojourn. Not this year. We are staying home, doing things around town, sending B to camps all 11 weeks of her summer break. I am not… Read More
2016-06-08 13:52
Babs: So there is this girl in our camp...blah, blah, blah...Me: Oh ok...hmmm...hmmm...Babs: She is 15 and has a boyfriend.Me: Is he also at the camp?B: Nope, she was talking to him on the p… Read More
2016-05-24 15:43
I was in a car, with two other women heading to lunch. We were not similar in age or appearance. I was closer to 35 than 40 and they were above half a century. I was in a skirt and blouse an… Read More
2016-02-19 14:39
WOW! I mean seriously WOW! The photo here shows the view to the Pacific from our room. What you cannot see is the bar at the pool, a swim-up bar. It was something I have always wanted to do… Read More
2016-02-18 22:18
Sometimes you feel like a fool, well at least I did. I did something wrong, nothing wrong to feel terrible about, just a tad guilty. I thought I was doing something that I should have told e… Read More
2016-01-22 20:51
Everyone who knows me has heard of my love for anything Korean. I get all sorts of gifts from friends visiting Korea while I sit here burning in jealously. The Korean drama pool in Netflix h… Read More
2016-01-22 17:02
It always happens. I am open to accepting it but change always takes time to feel natural and real. Going back will not be difficult but caution will be exercised. Going through the change a… Read More
2016-01-22 17:00
The transition is small and subtle. There was a time when I used to smile remembering something that my husband did or said, I have even laughed out aloud just remembering snippets of my lif… Read More
2016-01-04 18:32
Wow! Where did the time go? Where did 2015 go? The year brought in a lot of mixed emotions. It was not a great year like 2014 was but not a totally bad year too. If I have to give it marks… Read More
2015-11-17 17:27
I find it very arrogant or obnoxious and sometimes both when people claim that they understand the forces of nature.Last night we had the tornado siren go off in our community at 3.55am. We… Read More
2015-11-04 18:49
I had no idea how fast time is moving. I was so busy with work, family, work, friends, work that I completely lost track of life. My life, my family life. I feel like 2015 was me running aro… Read More
2015-09-15 22:44
Yup, feels like forever since I wrote some words here. This space is my relief, my very own where I write very censored stuff. Glad that I stop myself from writing what I really feel. Imagin… Read More
2015-05-12 15:10
I have no intention to belittle anyone's belief or practices. This is simply my thought process that wonders why and how we do these things.This past weekend we were invited to pray with a f… Read More
2015-05-12 15:03
I think it is the most indescribable feeling. You cannot express what you feel inside while you are smiling on the outside so the world sees that your life is alright. It is most definitely… Read More
2015-01-22 19:38
View of I-30 after a slow start has eased upThe drive felt never ending. Of course, it would be so, I was after all doing 10mph on a 70mph road. The maximum speed I reached today the entire… Read More
2015-01-22 19:38
View of I-30 after a slow start has eased upThe drive felt never ending. Of course, it would be so, I was after all doing 10mph on a 70mph road. The maximum speed I reached today the entire… Read More
2015-01-19 19:51
I laid them in a neat row. Sometimes they were organized by color and sometimes in a pattern. I would eat them by color or by pattern depending on my mood. And when they were all done, I wou… Read More
2015-01-19 19:51
I laid them in a neat row. Sometimes they were organized by color and sometimes in a pattern. I would eat them by color or by pattern depending on my mood. And when they were all done, I wou… Read More
2015-01-14 23:16
Time flies...I cannot believe that I am standing in 2015 and பொங்கல் (Pongal) is already here. I wish I was eating sugarcane and enjoying ச… Read More
2014-12-31 19:45
2014, I could not have asked for a better year. When we started out, we were on the rocks a bit. Not really, but health wise, I carried with me a horrible cold after the flu just before 2014… Read More
2014-11-24 14:40
That is what I called ourselves and most of others who ran the 5K this past weekend with us. My main aim was to not finish last. M and I put in a lot of effort to ensure that we were not the… Read More
2014-11-21 16:12
Maturity??? Ya right. I remember being mature at 18 when I had to choose a career path, at 22 when I had to choose my university abroad, at 25 a life partner and at 29 a name for my baby. Th… Read More
2014-10-24 16:50
Every time I look at the B on browser, I want to click and start typing away, like I used a few years ago. I would think about what I wanted to write, formulate it in my head and at the firs… Read More
2014-08-27 14:08
Sunday night I furiously worked on painting a sign for my little first grader. I had to have it ready for her to strike a pose with on Monday morning while she steps onto another milestone… Read More
2014-07-22 17:33
Work 10-12 hours a dayHome 8-12 hours a dayETC - the remaining timeThis is life on a weekday.Classes 4 hours a day (drive time included)Random Party 4 hoursHome improvement 4 hoursSleep 8 ho… Read More
2014-07-07 17:50
The moment you drive up the house you were so eager to leave on a vacation a mixed feeling of excitement as well as dread sets in. In the two weeks we were gone, the grass in the lawn was no… Read More
2014-06-13 15:23
The drive to Santa Fe was fun. We had music in full blast, listening to songs from all world languages we drove on lonely roads towards New Mexico. We also stopped en route at an Indian Rese… Read More
2014-06-12 17:12
The La Reve show we saw at Wynn was something special. I have never been to any of them ever before and just the set was spectacular for starters. Later as the show began we had our mouths o… Read More
2014-06-10 17:57
I still cannot believe that a whole academic year has gone by us. Our daughter finished her first year in school. It feels like yesterday when I wrote the post on her starting school an… Read More
2014-06-10 17:47
Vegas, as always was welcoming. We loved the hotel room, the view, and the relaxing pace we woke up with. We went down to the hotel restaurant to eat breakfast, which was deliciously lip sma… Read More
2014-05-16 15:29
The following couple of days we chilled at home. All of us trying to get over whatever we were suffering. We saw a few movies at home, ate out quite a bit and the kids played and fought enou… Read More
2014-05-07 14:25
We woke up for a good breakfast in San Francisco and then took a nap. All of us. Apparently everyone in CA were also going through a bout of flu. It was a flu-filled family. Once awake and f… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Finally the Field Trip day came, maybe not soon enough for the kids. I was freaking out because I never claimed that I was awesome with kids. I can take care of mine just fine but other's ki… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
All of us in our school uniforms lined up at the pick up location for our school bus. We were going on a picnic. Which meant two things, one, you have no regular classes, two, a day with fri… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Which one of us has not committed the faux pas of asking a friend, "So, any news?"Well, I have. Only to close friends though. Sorry, and I am honestly trying not to do that often now. I unde… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
You know how vacations are? They give you a target, a stopping point, a period in your hectic life. The day my dates are booked for a vacation I start working on everything as if life stops… Read More
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