ahmazing

its amazing how one can get used to not voicing what he feels inside.That happens to one as vociferous as me only when I am not sure of what and how i feel inside.

Its been two full months since the time I last wrote. So you can either assume I was too busy and preoccupied with other things in life or you can assume that I didnt want to communicate.

Communication has a way of backfiring at me.I communicate and usually it has dire consequences.

Like today.I wish i had kept my trap shut.

So anyways, people who have been to midwest should know what I am talking about what I mention the Lambeau field.Its the single most impressive places in the city of green bay.Its the home turf of the Packers and in one singular visit I learnt more about american football than i could ever have by looking at the net and at the game itself. i wish we indians, apparently a cricket obsessed nation could have such a place in our homeland- a true dedication to the game and the players who made it famous and passionate.

If wishes were horses.

I am now a convert, Go Pack go!

i wish we could see a game played on the beautiful green field once...

My sister's (A)Effect

Last night I am cooking a quick meal. Rajma chawal is the leftover from y'day. Hubby is asleep.I decide to spruce up things a bit- i meant menu wise. I keep these delicious looking fries in the oven for baking.

"Lets eat maggi meanwhile.i can keep an eye on the oven.."

Maggi gets cooked. Maggi is consumed standing up on the kitchen shelf with one eye on the oven.

There is this awesoe documentary about chinese clothes shops...do they make GAP there too? Lemme watch this.

Hubby is still asleep..

Programme is good...they say that in the time we watched the documentary 20 children in china made 35 pair of jeans and got paid 95 cents for them. Moral Dilemma- to buy or not to buy Made in China ? Grey cells go off...

Hubby wakes up to strange smells...

"is all well? This place looks as if there is smoke in it...

Hey nothing, you are just sleepy..go off...do you need any food ? No? Good, sleep off.."

So if I buy those jeans, I am supporting the greedy factory manager and giving all profits to him ...if i dont buy..I wonder where will the Chinese girl get her next meal from?...

This place is kind of smoky...something is burning...is it..oh..can it be those fries......

FRIES...my beautiful lovely perfectly shaped fries are now pieces of black charcoal.

I think she has passed on her jinx to me.

May Cold Winds, Ironman et al

I sometimes wonder if I have repeated the titles.So I write about what I am going to write about in the title.I also observed that I types as fast as I speak and since I don't know typing it really creates a lot of typos when i type fast - and If i dont, I lose track of what I was thinking...See that typo came, slowed me down and now i forgot where I was...

The title helps...

Can you imagine being cold in May- May the month of heat, starting of summer holidays, ACs back home...we are in May and the heating is on...it was raining for hours yday and today when Mr Sun finally found the time to show its face, it came along with Mr Wind going on at 20 mph..dont ask me what it did to me...

Freidns ask how is it here- are you liking it or not- i wish i could sometimes just listen and walk away- like they do when they visit my blog- read and walk away..come on people- feedback is always welcome- bad or good..at least i would know people read the crap i write...

Watched Ironman today..not bad..paltrow did a good job..who is the ugly hero anyways..but if he is an MIT grad, I am certainly not putting him down on the must watch list...which makes me think - are all genuises made of the same DNA- he reminds me of some of the intellectuals I have met in Life...is DNA(by which i mean behaviou, motivations, mannerisms) of all these guys eventually == Flirts, highly egoistics (dont blame them for it though), Driven , Geeky, Weird, Bad at any sorts of Filial Relationships...??

And you thought i would say it was an awesum fun movie ? what with eating a four dollar hot dog?!

More later...too late at nite...

Ciao.

@Public Library

After much ado ....and for the sheer curiosity of it- I finally reached the Minneapolis Public Library. I think what compelled me to do this was the fact that "working from home" really doesn't help if you are holed up inside a 1 BHK and specially not when its supremely messy...

Do not ask me why did I not think of this earlier, but as someone said- Adversity is the harbinger of change- so after hearing one too many digs about how working from home means housework and people giving a small grin when I told them i actually work, to hubby laughing at my measely paycheck..i decided to take my future in my own hands...

Which means....I am now joining the thinking, working, doing population of the United States of America for which you need to step out, get dressed and sit with a laptop amidst people with similar goals.

About if this move helps me get my grey cells working faster than sitting on a sofa with a laptop curled up on my lap struggling to read and type..is still a matter of debate.

I shall keep you posted dear readers.

Till then,
syonara

Success at last!

Inspired by my sister, I finally succeeded in migrating some of my older posts from a previous blog to this one...if only blogspot had a functionality that could enable that transition with ease...it would have been quite an achievement..i spent a good hour migrating just about 1% of my total blog history!

But people, I have arrived finally, sans the guilt of putting the URL of a private, undercover, group website...

Yo!

Forgetting

Ok I know I already got my share of webspace for today.. what if we all eventually get alzheimer's disease one day...we all forget what we experieced, thought or who we were....?? would a blog help us in remebering it all... If it does..then I must write everything.....everything i will want to remember...quite a task....

Sightseeing

Well, the result of being in US for a short time, you want to see everything, fill up your senses with what is the "feel" of this country and more importantlt be able to go back with a sense of satisfaction of having truly sensed the soul of this big huge nation... To give my fellow bloggers a feel of what I did in the past few weeks to make up for this:


1. Stillwater (St. Croix lake): You can find some nice pics in this website http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Minnesota/Minneapolis-813712/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Minneapolis-STILLWATER-BR-1.html http://www.city-data.com/city/Stillwater-Minnesota.html

Essentially a small quaint town with proximity to the river..the old sad part is we visited it in peak winters when all you see is the frozen river...but yes..we DID visit it!

021 would be happy to note that there are just too many vineyards and wine tasting places along the valley of St. Croix

2. Stockholm: No, its not the European capital city (well it is) but the one i am mentioning here is in Minnesota, no Wisconsin..actually its on the border of both the states...its an absoulte stunning place and has these amazing shops in which you can buy antiques, gifts, books, tea local to the tastes.

We had never seen more harley davidsons in one place before this...I would recommend this for any visitor to the state/city

3.Mystic Lake Casino: The low point of the site seeing: All is has is slot machines, gambler, hopeful (greedy?) people..sitting and wasting themselves and their money...the route is also not too exciting and i am happy i never have to visit it again

4. St. Paul: This is the capital of Minnesota State and has lovely roads, parks and places to visit. I just went there to see Marcie and Peppermint Patty's statues...I will go there once more to see Snoppy and woodstock!

This town is the birthplace of one of my fav cartoonists- Charles Schulz the creator or Peanuts...and the statues in the town have been dedicated to him...Capitol, Cathedral of St. Paul and the cobble stoned Rice Street show add to the grandeur of this city.

5. The Science Muesem at St. Paul. Dinosaurs, Activity Centre, Animation Centre, A real Mummy..3D movie about the Alps...what else do you need on a sleepy Sunday Afternoon...

6. Lake Calhoun and Calhoun Square: Yes I seem to have visited more than one lake but yes- this one takes the cake for its proximity to Minneapolis uptown...and the nice jogging path it has alongside it..the lake is still frozen but am sure the area would be breathtaking once summers come (when?)!

7. Lake of Isles and the Parkaway: OMIGOD...this IS the place where the Rich and Famous..and yes..they live in palatial houses to show for it..the road is terrible at the moment..but hopefully should be repaired soon...what a drive THAT would be! I shall return soon with Part 2 of this continuous journey in minneapolis... Stay warm!

Talking of composite houses

Think the whole of amru land is made up of just that...

Pieces, pieces and more pieces. I think by the time I leave I would have my brains full of assembly instructions for all arbit things- table, rack, more tables, more racks, sofas, utensils, bed, matress, pillow, covers, toilet seats, tissue papers...i guess you got the general idea.

I recently got a Huge lego set as a Gift (no I just teeny weeny Forced my hubby)..which has 2400 peices for assembling.Now I regret the decision- after having bought a TV stand which has equal number of pieces with elaborate assembly instructions.

Now you would ask me why am I sitting here blogging when I have a sexy new, newest (latest in the stores we were told) HDTV 37"? Why? Silly, the table hasn't been assembled yet...

..becasue unlike Lego pieces these ones weight about 20 kgs each.... I love India- I love Indian carpenters.I am gonna cook food for them everytime they come and do assembly work at home. (Thinking about that, how great it would be if we could outsource carpentry to India!hmmmm...)

Now comes a better one- the reason why TV prices have been going down I have been told is because the manufacturers are cutting down on labour intensive activities like "calibrating the TV set" which for "only$250 more we could do for you:---Are you out of your mind? Thats ow much a TV in India costs me...so well interestingly this is all that calibrating a TV does for me as a customer and for everyone bothered about the enviornment -http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1765771&type=story

But yeah, we cheapos didn't get ours calibrated or castrated or whatever else nonsense they do for the purpose of cost cutting (the articles doesnt mention its a cost cutting intiative, but the Best Buy guy did). So well, we evil guys down here will watch our Blaringly bright TV without shame- that is once the TV table is assembled.

The second month in amru land

So I survived the first month...through numerous slumbers, phone calls, gtalk conversations, grocery shopping and getting used to the awful cold..

I think i will be 200 pounds by the time i leave from this country.

I just hope the above doesnt come true please deliver us from evil (aroma of cakes, ice creams, packed food, lazy winters, jumbo cokes, jumbo everything, cheap junk food).

Amen.

Animation movies

The greatest achievement in being vella is that I watched all (almost, well no one is testing for accuracy here!) the latest animation movies...the simpsons, ratataoiulle(watever, dunno dont care about the spelling, never did), futurenama, meet the robinsons, the bee, cindrella (ok dont kill me for it), happy feet (very long movie with a pathetic ending), about all the possible chip and dale cartoons uploaded on you tube......

Hello? Am i losing the audience? Well, sigh...i should make an animation feature on this one.