My thoughts....

Your Brain is Green

Of all the brain types, yours has the most balance.You are able to see all sides to most problems and are a good problem solver.You need time to work out your thoughts, but you don't get stuck in bad thinking patterns. You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about the future, philosophy, and relationships (both personal and intellectual).

What Color Is Your Brain?

Needed something random to post...and I was getting very lazy...so why not this??

If only Fairies really existed..!!!l

I really really wish a fairy would come, run her magic wand and get Dhriti to stop being so stubborn....
Every time there is a certain phase with this girl...a phase that is traumatic when she was sick most of the times...down with fever and I was in the constant peril not knowing what to do and getting very panicky....the phase where we went to the hospital and got her admitted for almost 3 times in 6 months...the phase when she was fairly good with her health...the phase she started conversing and becoming more mature over-night.....the phase where she started growing-up....
some of them looked "impossible"...but after a couple of days that tension would just go "puffffff..." and she would become her good old self....that adorable...loving...highly energetic and great-to-have kid that she really is......

I just hope that whatever phase it is now...would also vanish into thin air and never...ever re-surface again....

I wish there was a fairy...a god-mother who could help me with this unpredictable, highly demanding kid...
Since that sounds too far-fetched and impossible...
I just wish I could stop yelling and screaming at her and be more patient....
I know like everything else this will also fade-away someday....but still can some fairy intervene and help me pleasssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Caught somewhere...inbetween

....thats how I would visualise my generation...
was blog hopping and found this interesting note about being proud of the generation we are from...couldn't agree better...

Yes, we (as in the current 25-35 year olds) are somewhere in between...we are not as othrodox or "playing it safe" generation that is a decade older...and neither are we irresponsible and immature generation that is a decade younger...

So many good and changing attitudes to our credit...maybe this is taking it a bit too far...but some things I've observed in common with most of my friends in this age group are...

We tend to enjoy our lives...yeah we (atleast most of them) also look at investing money,savings etc but it is not very uncommon to go on vacations, take a break, travel and have a good outing..

We tend to earn more and again most of us either donate or have an urge to donate....

Most of us tend to come from middle-class to higher middle class families (that are not affluently rich) and hence appreciate the value of money (and spending it right) and have values (whatever they are!)

And those who have kids (again most of them) ensure that they spend lavishly on their kids, see that they dont lack anything but still think twice about enrolling them in "International Schools"
Its the scare of kids having a totally different mind-set and values...

We don't cringe to eat at Dhabas, road-side pani puris, we still love them and have the "enthu" still within us to stop a car beside a road-side shop and enjoy a bite

How much ever we might be busy and all that, we still believe in "movies" being the number one source of entertainment!

And somehow we are more open with our life partner and show that. That equality is surely here to stay, we share the work load at home...but then when parents or in-laws are visiting, we get very "insecure" about the whole "equality theory" :)

Most importantly, I think we will always be young at heart, no longer old and aunt-types if you are 30+

I guess everyone has something to brag about!!

But somewhere some things have to change, we need to become more friendly, more open, have more time for friends. We are almost there......!!

And Thanks a bunch Vidhya, for that "rocking girl blogger", felt like having won an "essay writing/oration" competition like in the good old school days!!

And then the world changed....

Yes, Dhriti started going to school...play school nevertheless, but a sea-change in our lifes...
It's been more than a week since she started going to the school...and no I am not the kind who tries to remember milestones, keeps track of dates etc...aren't we keeping track of those in our work-lifes anyways???!!!!

So....it was not as we predicted....we thought she would enjoy going to school....enjoy the atmosphere there....never want to come back and all that...but no...she was like any other kid...who cried when I left her in the school...
I stayed with her in the class for about 2 days..and then left her on own for another 2 days...that was when she cried...

I had a very very very tough time convincing her that it was okay to leave her in school and mummies are not allowed to be with the children in the school...
And finally as if by miracle, the next day..she went to the school...and waved goodbye and said, "Wait for me outside"...!!!!

And no, I am not celebrating yet, I've just had the toughest day getting her ready to school and no I am not celebrating..

But one thing I've decided..confirmed is "Yes, my daughter is very very VERY unpredictable" and no I don't love challenges anymore :(

Deathly Hallows-Terrific Read

I've managed to read Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, not once but twice. I ashamed to admit this, but could not resist the temptation to read from a pdf copy that got forwarded to me..(how the hell am I supposed to resist that!!) and then I lured one of my friends to "gift" me the book and re-read that during my flight journey...non-stop even in the queues :)

So, did I like it...Yes...and big YES...It had that typical bollywood masala feel to it...sentiments, action, drama, nail biting tensions and ofcourse romance and a typical "bollywood-ish" ending...
What more can I ask for...?

The book itself aside, walking with that book in my hands, made me strike conversations with a whole bunch of people, all around the world while travelling...
There was this lady in Detroit who was reading the book and asked me what portion of the story I am at, how did I like it and all that...
And I had the airhostess in the Amsterdam-Hyd flight, asking me if the book was good enough...should she wait for her sister to finish and give it to her or should she go ahead and buy the book...! (Ofcourse I asked her to buy)
And kids in the plane were very fascinated seeing the book in my hands and started conversing with me...referring to me as "akka..." :)

Couldn't think of any other apt example for "truly global", "small world", "one family" and all those cliched terms...

Missed You...!!

Yes...I've probably used that word more in the last couple of weeks when compared to the last 27 years of my existence...But that's how badly I've missed you!
I would never want to do that again...those 3 weeks in US away from you, were very very tough...!
I might not be the "ever-present" parent...hovering around you, but I always want to come back to you in the night...come back and spend some time with you, get angry with you, wake up in the middle of the night (how much ever I hate it) whenever you cry...

I want to be there for you, always...and not having to see you all these days, literally broke my heart...

Doesn't everything really come in a full circle??

Yeah...it seems so very true...here I am back in Detroit airport....
Yeah I would have surely appreciated if this was earlier...maybe a week earlier as originally planned...
but come to think of it...I am not complaining...
I mean...I would have missed that chance to catch-up with Aps and Putchu...I would have missed that chance of feeling excited about gifting...giving friends surprises....and so much more...
The weekends that I spent at Birmingham & Chicago were definetely the highlights of the trip....
It was a pleasure to realise that there was no silences...and space fillers....and we were able to actually start off where we left about 7 years ago...

It really feels great...almost like a sin to have such good friends....
Thanks everybody....for the great trip...for all your phone calls....for all your support...for all your tips abt cooking in an oven (really appreciate this!!!!)

And I hope and wish and pray I don't miss any more flights and reach "home sweet home" safely and sooooooooon...

Okay......here I comeeeeeeeeee............