At the Crossroads

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. --Joan Baez When men and women agree,it is only in their conclusions;their reasons are always different

Friday, November 30, 2007

Care to listen??

This post is a grievance report. Does America have something like, Grievance Redressal Mechanism. They certainly do, but not for the kind of problems i have. This place has the best of restaurants (visually appealing) that serve over-priced and insipid food. The food is not just bland and tasteless but also fattening and time-consuming (munch munch..aah, am tired munching!!). Besides, i dont seem to understand how one variety of sandwich differs from the other - Mozzarella and BBQ, all taste the same - sad and bland . Also they serve all kinda meat and chicken is not meat . And chicken burger contains bacon, bacon sauce and eveyrthing thats bacon and very little Chicken. Drives me crazy!! All i want is a chicken sandwhich that has chicken, cheese and bread. Mom is gonna freak out if she ever reads this. I crave for idlees and dosas and sambhar and chettinad chicken and gulab jamun and filter coffee and.. I absolutely envy the married men here. They all have their wives to cook them home food. I am plannin to have lunch at an Indian restauarant tomorrow. I dont wanna have big hopes, its in America after all :(

I feel so unconnected. No newspapers, no magazines, no tv. High time i subscribe to the local newspaper. Despite all this, i love the fact that i am on my own. I am living life the way i want to.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Am i evil?

Facebook says :
You're pretty much evil. You do whatever you can to take revenge on the world, and do whatever ISN'T right. But on the bright side, every now and then you feel guilty and donate some money to the Red Cross.

Indian IT industry is crumbling as Rupee is appreciating. It got me a little worried today. The IT phenomena gave the Indian economy what it needed the most. With IT not doing so well, and about a million IT engineers graduating every year with dreams of making a foray in the most sought after industry to develop softwares and make big bucks, my concern is ,who will accomodate them all. Do we have to start looking for a job in the manufacturing or anyother sector already? Making big is definitely an achievement, but sustenance is the key to success. Crazy thoughts hit me when i least expect them.


Last weekend was fun. I have always loved travelling and exploring new places. Did not have the opportunity though. Now that i have both , opportunity and money. i plan to make most of it. RiverWalk is one of most beautiful places to visit. A spectacular sight. I was speechless.The beauty of the place was elevated by lighting, some awesome mellifluos music played by the local band and the ferry ride. I got to see the entire city as we were lost on our way back home ;)

And yeah, the view of the sky is exactly the same as it was back in India. Quite an observation huh!! So why all the discrimination, hatred, war..?? I dont have an answer...

I am not so evil after all ;)

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Of Days and Hours

My legs felt numb,fragile. It was a short walk though. It struck me,winter is round the corner. I am sure its going to be a crazy winter of weather. My stay has been decent so far. Recieved my first paycheck, am i excited?? mighty excited :)
Well, if am not cleaning ,cooking or washing, I am hooked to the phone catching up with frens and family. Also I am doing lotta reading. I have made some awesome friends who , unlike what i thought of them, are simply brilliant. I have had the best of conversations about a whole lot of things with them. Though I love solitude, how long can one keep shut in the company of smart people huh? I visited Chicago last weekend.Was good fun. I am gonna carry home loads of fond memories. My recent addiction is Coffee, i cannot do without three cups of hot caffein fix a day.

Its indeed a great nation that controls not just countries but also nature. They go against nature and change time according to their convenience :) One of my friend nicely put it, 'they want to change everything but themselves'
Need of the hour is we work toward 'making the world a better place to live', which i think is a long forgotton concept. So lets just live and let live..;)

Have a wonderful weekend