viva las vegas..

Spent last weekend at vegas. Had been planning to do that since a really long time. Wanted to infact do a quick re-wedding thingie as well, but hubby was not very conducive to the idea :p

Well who knows, maybe one of these days!

It was a really nice weekend and enjoyed vegas completely.. I believe that once you are done with all the sight seeing is when you can really enjoy the place.. There is no pressure of having to see all there is to see, do all there is to do.. Its plain and simple chilling out! t'was like that this time, didn't wanna spend all the time in and out of casinos and shops (Oh, they have fab shopping at vegas!!) Instead spent time getting the feel of the place, enjoying what each theme had to offer and just relaxing completely..

Had a wonerful time at this club we went to, more a lounge bar rather than a club which I think is nice coz then you can just sit back, drink and talk..
Went to this pastry shop at Bellagio, it is to die for!!! Absolutely amazing pastries and ice creams ! Its definitely a must go place in vegas as far as I am concerned..
Had a really good time at this place called napoleon in Paris which had a piano duet thingie going on. It was sooo amazing.. There is definitely something about live music.. No matter how good or bad it is, it is live and sooo soo enjoyable.. Not saying it wasn't nice or anything, both the singers were amazing in fact.. Had a nice evening there over drinks and got a few of our requests played as well :))

And of course, shopping, when have i ever gone anywhere and not shopped :p vegas is really very very tempting that way.. I mean, its a place which has all the avenues in the world to drain all that money you may have !! Pick anything and there will be a way they will get money outta you, how much ever! They don't care, thats how they thrive.. I mean, what else do they have in terms of say an economy, its just money making avenues... No industries, no so called financial sectors churning money..its plain an simple money makin via lot of avenues! ;)

But anyways, it was a great trip in all ! Wait, did I mention it was a surprise trip for hubbs ? ;))

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T'is has been a busy busy time.. Hurrying to wrap up work. Excitement to get out of here. Its so funny come to think about it, I am always always so happy to go back. Just the thought of it keeps me going for weeks. Then why do I keep comin back you may wonder.. hmm I wonder too..
Thought that next 2 weeks will be great fun with all that vacation thrown in, but queer twist of fate and I end up working thru my so called break! I don't know how I do this, manage to screw up things just right. I had planned for this weeks even months ahead. A nice 2 weeks of break in Phoenix with hubby before heading back to a sabbatical back home.
All I am left with are 2 weekend trips we had planned way ahead (and thank god for that, otherwise would have ended up screwing up that too!) and thats it!
Drat!

Anyways, the good news is that I have realized the new series 'Related' is worth pursuing :) (remember I had been a proponent of that a few weeks ago :p) T'is has its moments..
Vot to do, I am a total sucker for these chick shows! :p
Also, I today declare openly that I am hooked to 'Gilmore Girls' ! Yes people, I admit, i was a closet watcher, but now i decide to come out in the open! Its really such a sharp and witty series I do not have words to describe it!

An ad thats been ticking me off on TV now a days is the e or online match making site, something called eHarmony or something.. It really irks me to see how hypocritical this country can be! One one hand you declare that you don't understand why or how an arranged marriage works and on the other hand, you actually go and enroll on these sites which has software to match profiles based on your likes/dislikes and opinions??!!
I mean, give me a break, at least in arranged marriages, its the elders or the parents who are doing the match making for you and beleive me I have a lot of faith in that whole mechanism! Here you have strangers and even softwares making that match for you and you are supposed to find a lifetime of bliss that way !
Arrggghh.. ticks me off to no extent..And going by how many of these have sprung and are popular let me add, goes to show the increasing number of singles desperate for some form of companionship. I am not saying it in a wrong way mind you, but why be two faced about it.

For whatever its worth, at least our ways have a base in some fundamentals and have worked for like zillions of years.. Hmmppfff..

I am sooo sooo badly waiting for the new Karan Johar movie.. Yes, people I like that trash.. I really do.. I am a total sucker for these feel good movies.. Will take that anyday over an oscar contender or all those so called thought provoking, intelligent movie nonsense... I like to have pure unadulterated bollywood masaala for 3 hours with good looking people (read shah rukh khan, abhishekh bachhan here), good costumes (read flowing sarees, ghagras an what not here), good songs, elaborate sets and locales and of course karan johar/yash chopra :))
Needless to say, as you could have guessed I belong to the minority who liked K3G, I completely enjoyed it.. :)

Ok, before this blog flows into further unchartered territories, lemme full shtop it.. so here .

frustrations

dime a dozen.. can't wait to offload at least half them.. some day sometime...

Emotional baggage

We all have some to varying degrees.. How do you deal with somebody who has a lot of it? You were forewarned mind you. But the point still exists that the person has a lot of emotional baggage and it transcends to the current relationship. Do you tell yourself to be sensitive about it? Or do you debate about how unfair it is to you that you have to put up with additional complications..
Life's complicated and relationships are even more so but add some emotional baggage to that and you have got quite a handful to things to deal with. How much of a baggage is really acceptable also?
Is there like a permissible limit before you are declared to be too messed up in your head to be dealth with ? Thats a tough call to make. How do you really guage how much a person is bringing to the table in case of a new relationship. They may not even be apparent for all you know.. But its there somewhere at the back.. touching everything a person does or thinks ever so lightly..
It will be evident as days go by, little things that will be touchy, a little cynicism even. Topics that will be avoided like plague, people not spoken to, things not done, not acceptable, thought not seemingly making sense.. the list is endless.
There is really a simple and straightforward reasoning behind it (or is it even that straightforward?), emotional baggage, too much of it at that.

Is this the same person you thought was so perfect for you? What made you think that ? Did you really think you could deal with all thats going on in that small head? Did you even know what was going inside that small head ??