Thanksgiving weekend

Since we have decided to be sincere about our blogging this time around, here we are. The only way to keep me motivated at this is to appreciate me. So any/all feedback is not only welcome, it’s absolutely critical to the survival of this blog. Get the point? Good.

Anyway, so yours truly took her first vacation day off this year and decided to spend Thanksgiving in Boston. I wanted to catch up with all my friends before I leave. We dined, laughed, clicked random pics, walked around in the windy weather, and basically much fun was had. I had forgotten how cold Boston can get. I officially hate the winter weather. I had quite enjoyed the first winter, excitement about seeing snow for the firs time surpassed the pains of cold weather. I don't like it anymore. I hate wearing the thick jackets, gloves and hates. Anyway, enough cribbing. So back to the happy stuff. Black Friday Shopping! I actually woke up at 4:30 AM and was in the mall at 6:30. Madness. But it's the my last Black Friday sale, so why not go all out huh?! And it paid off, I got some good deals. So I'm happy. Oh, here's a picture from the trip:

And to continue the Thanksgiving theme:

Dear God,

Thank you so much for giving me such a good life. I am surrounded by people who love me so much, and who I love so much. I have a place I call home, people I can call, people who call me, people to visit, people who visit me, people who give me a ride and let me stay in their homes, people who care so much about me. I don't have to worry about where my next meal will come from. I don't have to think too much before buying the next gadget that I like. Thank you for keeping me healthy and happy and thank you for the most wonderful family & friends!

Love
M

P.S. What are you thankful for?

A heartfelt Thank You note

Dear N,

Thank you for being such a good friend. You were there with me when I was lonely. You entertained me with something new every time. What would I have done this year without you? You were promptly at my doorstep when I needed you. Never missed any dates, never disappointed me. You even managed to bring some flavor of home. I am so grateful to you. And I must thank P for introducing me to you. Even though I am moving to India now, I will always think of you fondly. If you ever decide to come to India, rest assured, I will introduce you to all my friends. Thank you, Netflix.

Love,
M

Yet another comeback

So there's no point in me making a big hullabaloo about my comeback. Yes/No? If you said yes, then sorry, that's the wrong answer. If Hollywood, Bollywood, Tollywood, & not to forget - Kollywood (Am I forgetting any other wood?) celebrities are allowed multiple comebacks, then why not me I ask. Fair enough you say. Okay let's cut the crap. This is my yet-another-lame-attempt at keeping my blog alive. Lets see how long this one lasts. Hopefully longer than the last one. And obviously, a comeback has to be accompanied with a totally new look (you know how celebrities say " I have reinvented myself with this movie"), so I obviously had to reinvent myself with this blog and hence the new look. Hope you like it. 'Cos I do. It has one of my favorite things. Books! Lots of them. In all honesty, we haven't done much reading in the past year. Except for Eat Pray Love. Which we totally loved. If you haven't read it yet and if you are of the female race, do yourself a favor and read it. No, watching the movie is not good enough. And yes, we did watch a lot of movies this year. So much so that we can call this year - the year of the movies. And talking of Eat Pray Love - The movie. Not only did we watch it, we watched it in true eat pray love style: by promptly eating some spaghetti and gelato as soon as it got over - Totally Julia Roberts style. She looks kinda old in the movie. But we love her. Still. Bali looks heavenly. (Note to self - Gotta visit Bali.) Talking of Bali, S is in Jakarta for a couple of days. The currency there is really funny. 100 USD = 8,00,000 Rupiah (approx). So S has pocketful of 50,000 Rupiah notes. And he had dinner worth 75,000 Rupiah. It amuses the hell outta S. I really shouldn't be blogging now. I could have gone to the gym. But I chose to blog. Because I am passionate about blogging...oh well, or lazy about sweating it out at the gym(**Guilty**). Enough rambling for today. More to come. Soon.

I am back!

You could say I went into hibernation from fall through winter. But now that spring is knocking on the door (yay!), I find myself inspired to get back to blogging. I don't promise to post something everyday, but I will try to keep you all updated with the latest. So what have I been doing all these months?

1. I graduated! So now I have B.Tech, M.E.M after my name. Cool huh?
2. Survived the rigors of a job search during recession. Phew!
3. Visited India for a month :)
4. Survived the rigors of apartment hunting in NY.
5. Completed one month on the new job.

Now aren't you glad that I wasn't blogging all this while? Cos If I did, all you would have found here are rants and complaints about my struggle, except for a month of complete bliss when I was at home.(I do make it sound more dramatic than it was!). So what have I been doing lately? Well, I have watched more movies than ever in my life (I signed up for Netflix). I will soon add a movies list here so that you know what I have been watching. Next on the list is to enroll at the public library so that I can get back to voracious reading. I miss doing that. Then maybe we will add a reading list here as well. So that's the plan. Ready, Get Set, Go!

Craving for good food!

Random musings:

-Lately, I have been craving for good indian food and maggi. Somehow, this term I have not been cooking as much as I did in the other terms. I wonder why. Maybe because I don't feel like spending so much time in the kitchen just cooking for myself. Or sometimes I feel its such a waste of time. Anyway, so yeah I am craving for good food.

-I am looking forward to meeting P next month...a much-awaited and much-needed reunion after 3 years! I am so excited and I am sure P feels the same way too.

-Oh by the way, I am almost done with my Masters. Precisely, I will be done with my exams on December 7th. Yay! Last 2 assignments and last 2 exams. I don't think I want to go back to school ever again. Or atleast, so far, no such plans!

Anyways, I better get back to work now. It's a nice rainy day and all I want to do is curl up in my bed with a book, and a bowl of popcorn, or maybe watch a movie...sigh...I am back to dreaming about food. Somebody please send me some maggi!!!

A Simple Life

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing - Jerome K. Jerome

The above quote precisely states what I want in my life right now. Except that I am not too keen on getting a cat or a pipe. A drink - Orange juice will do :)

I am back!

I am done with 390...yay! High five!!

So those of you who don't know what 390 is, it is the course code for the M.E.M project. Basically you need to do a project at a company and then present it later at school in front of a review board. And as soon as you land here for this program, you start looking for a 390 project. This year, getting an internship turned out to be a bit more tough than last year, thanks to the economic downturn! But all's well that ends well - all of us did end up getting one.

So once you find the internship, you have to obviously work at the company and finish your project. Typically, everybody does this over the summer term. And then we present it to the review board at school in the Fall term. So this whole cycle takes almost a year and now you know why I am so glad to be done with it. Everybody say yay! :)

Anyhoo, after my presentation, I finally made my first trip to the grocery store this term and got lots of veggies and fruits. All healthy food, but ended up burning a hole in my pocket too...*guilty face*

After that I ate, I cooked ... and that's pretty much it! Hopefully, I will continue to regularly update my blog. I will try my best, but I don't promise!

Please visit the blog regularly for more updates.