Love and hate my GPS

I have this Garmin GPS navigation system in my car. Loved it when I first got it. Took me exactly where I wanted to. Can really be dumb while driving and just follow the voice. But on our last trip to NJ, it took us at roads we have never been to. It took us 5 and 1/2 hours to reach, when according to Mapquest, its just a 3 and 1/2 hour drive. I was so mad. It was so frustrating. Lesson learnt: Never trust the GPS when you are going long.

Two good weekend trips

Trip #1: Fayetteville, NC to attend a baby shower. The only cousins I have in this country is this big family in NC. The baby shower was huge. Around 250 people which is the largest crowd for me in US in any particular family event. Had fun. Just had a teary adieu when I left.

 

Trip #2: Edison, NJ to attend a bday party. My friend Riddhi's daughter Dia turned 3. She is one cutiepie. The amount of bakbak she does. This was a decent small party, around 20 people, like the ones I am used to ;). That went well too. Its always so good to meet up with friends.

 

See, this is the reason I want to stick around in the East coast. Atleast I have friends/family that I can drive down to. Kansas was so depressing. Let me not even start with that.Post Options

Sick start of 2007

2007 didn't start on a good note for us. All three of us are sick. I am better now but I had the most severe cold this new year eve. I was barely audible.  Jignesh caught a ear infection and is still not completely out of it. And my poor little baby is coughing the first time in her life and that too so bad. We adults still manage to cope up; how do these little babies handle sickness? Well, they cling, and cling and cling and cling.

 

Anyways, of lately, I have developed a thing for pretzels. Each time I go to the mall, I want myself an Aunt Annie's pretzel with hot salsa cheese dip. Actually, the first time I ever had a pretzel was at a New York subway station and it was so hard; I never touched it after that. And now, when I had these ones, i can't resist it. They are ever so soft. That reminds me of doughnuts. Nothing can beat the Krispy Kreme's.

 

Leaving this here.....must hurry.

Does time really fly?

2006 is ready to bid adieu. 2007, just around the corner. Perfect time to say "oh, the year flew by so quickly!!" But did it really?

 

I think magical moments, happy moments, blissful moments always come with wings. They go by so quickly...that's bcoz they are short-lived. But a normal routine day drudges along. Time has its own pace, doesn't it? Then unless you are super busy, super occupied, you can't say Gosh, time flew. Or can you? Or am I saying this bcoz I am not working and choose to be a fulltime stay-at-home mom for a while.  

 

I am watching my girl as she grows up. She'll be almost 18 months. When she was a baby, I was so impatient to see her start responding to me. Respond to smiles, respond to laughter. Then I wanted her to crawl, and then walk, and then talk. She is doing everything, except for the talking (still babbling, she is taking her own sweet time) but I remember waiting for everything. None of it was an overnite miracle. I can say the same thing about the time when I was pregnant. Or when it was the exam time of the year when you had to just study study and study.

 

Yes, when you retrospect, when things are over, when the year is over, you do feel like it was a breeze; but the present, the now, has the same pace as time....and its definitely not as quick as we say it is. Things happen, people grow, attitudes change, but all of it happens gradually. And as you walk, run, skip or hop thru your life, you keep filling your chest of memories to be cherished forever.  

Bhagambhaag

The true picture of Mumbai. One look at Churchgate Station or VT/CST.....and there you have, movement. Not one still moment. Everyone just running toward their destinations. Anyways, this was not wat i wanted to talk abt.

 

I actually wanted to refer to the title song in the movie "Bhaagambhag." I am hooked to it. Fast-paced, excellent beats, makes me dance each time I listen to it. I love such songs when driving. Exudes some kinda mysterious power in me. I feel I am the queen. In charge of the wheel and swaying to my tunes. The more subtler songs, romantic melodies, etc I prefer to listen at home, at night time, or when its raining. Rain gives a whole different atmosphere to truly enjoy these songs. I loved the Mumbai rains. I lived on the 9th floor, had an amazing view, could even see the water of the sea and just loved sitting on my balcony seat all the time, especially during rain. Infact, all my friends loved it. They would all be perched up the balcony seat whenever they are home.

 

I listened to this song like 30 times today. Just couldn't stop. That's wat i normally do. If I like a song, I listen to it like a million times, till my ears are sore. In the car, at home, while cooking, all the time.

Tit for tat

Isn't it 'this for that' without the 'h?' Alrite, is this too obvious or am I plain silly? I just wonder who in the world did concoct phrases like this? Anyways, my point here is, is it always justified to give tit for tat? Does it help?

 

I would think that in most of the cases, it is justified....especially if the action in question affects you, hurts you in watever proportion. You need to give them (the second party) the taste of their own medicine. Make them realize what they did is wrong, isn't it? But does it work? Sometimes I think, if they realized themselves what they did was wrong, wouldn't they just come and apologize? And when you do the "tit for tat" routine, in most cases, it fans the fire and leads to more clashes. More vengeance, more hatred, and more spite. Then, how exactly are you supposed to let them know wat they did was wrong? Is there a more peaceful way to handle this?

Mom you rock!

While I am still in my "missing my mom" phase, incidentally, its my mommy's birthday today.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!!!

 

Though I have never really seen her going too gaga over her birthday; infact sometimes she mite not even remember it.

 

Anyways, I am so proud of her. She has come a longggg way. The way she has managed all the relationships within our family, the way all my cousins respect her speak kudos to what she really is. Amazing. I wish I could be even half of wat she is.

 

And technically, wowwwww, after I got married and came here, she went and joined a computer class. Learnt how to get on the Internet, write mails, send cards, chat, voicechat, everything. And this was almost 5 years ago. Now, she checks all the bank accounts online, trades online (obviously Papa sitting right behind her), does online booking, everything. Am I proud of her or wat? I remember trying to teach her a bit when I was there, she could hardly move the mouse. YOU ROCK MOM!!!