Siddhu

From being a paunchy chubby little boy who hid from his mom and ate chocolates and cheese in the stairwell to being a confident , go getter 21 year old young man...Siddhu its been a pleasure knowing you.

I watched you become more aware of your family and as a responsible young man to be relied on in the time of a crisis. I watched your love, your caring and helping nature as a brother, a son, a grandson, a nephew, a friend.

I have seen you come into your own as a person. I have admired your sense of discipline, your self motivation, your intelligence, your sense of hard work, and at the same time your sense of fun and enjoyment.

I am proud of all your achievements at academics, in sports and in relationships. Your every award has been well deserved.

I have seen you figuring out your individual set of morals. As you will experience more of the world and more shades of people, I feel confident that you will grow into your individuality with ease.

As you head out to pursue new horizons, all I will say is:

CALIFORNIA BABY!!!

The day that was

June 25th

• The day TK was born. Happy Birthday gurl! May you receive alll the happiness in the world and may you reach every one of the goals you set yourself. I'm proud of you.

• The day I met A for the first time. My best friend. My love. My hubby. Aeeeyyyy! Where you came from??

Status Messages:

A status message I read:

Be the kind of woman that, when ur feet hit the floor each morning, the Devil says, "Oh Crap, She's up!"

The secret, the monk and I

My book is on a bestseller list! My book is on a bestseller list!
Ok. So its one story in a compilation. Still. Its on the rediff bestseller list.
And look at the company I keep! http://books.rediff.com

The convocation that was...

I was reading a post this morning that spoke about convocations and commencements and what you take away from there. In my convocation 3 years ago...

• I remember the girl who gave the convocation address in my bschool but not much of what she said. I do remember the look in her eyes.
• I remember the award I received, but more clearly I remember my father standing and applauding madly when I received the award.
• I remember the boy who I walked with in the convocation march and sat next to during the convocation. My friend. Who was there at my wedding to see that I don't fall off when I was carried in to the wedding and who smiled proudly at me and A after the wedding. Who stood by to see I didn't fall off. During the wedding, or years earlier in school. Thanks N.

I remember the people who were there and still are.

This year so far...

I haven't written about any of the great things that have happened this year. But here are a couple of the major milestones:

• My short story got published in a compilations of Short Stories - Inner Voices
• I got married to my best friend, who as I live with him, I grow to respect and love more each day (You mean much more than I could write in one bullet point or one blog post)

Heres to a great year ahead as well!

Big Hair Bands!

You gotta love the 80's music!

...if not the fashion!

It's time to rhyme...again!

Palin, Palin

White House calling

V.P. or Prez

"He's 85!", she sez

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They got a small car

"It's our land" was the cry

Mamta protested, Jyoti begged

In the end, TATA bye-bye

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Lehman, Morgan on a street named Wall

AIG, Wachovia had a big fall

All the 700 Billion bailouts and all of Bush's men 

Can they put Wall Street back together again?

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9 nights of dance

Skin, clothes and some romance

Beauty treatments rise, I-pill sales daze, 

A shiny back is the latest craze! 

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Go. Watch. Think.

www.ted.com

Today I met the boy I'm gonna marry...

Date: 25th June 2004

Venue: VT/ CST Station, Mumbai

Train: Konkan Kanya Express To Goa

Expected Time of Departure: 23:05

N introduced us that night on that platform.

I guess we barely gave each other a 2nd look.

Who knew then that we'd become such good friends.

Who knew then, that we'd be getting married 5 years later.

That meeting at VT station may not have been the most memorable.

From being "Just friends" to falling in love, fromVT Station to Karmali to the subarban platforms of Vashi, Nerul and Chembur...Here's to a memorable journey.

And to many more to come.