Ho Hum...

I find myself longing to move back to US now a days.. I have no clue why. There has been this dormant lingering for about an year now which has become increasingly stronger now. My brain resists and tells me to come to my senses as I should not be even considering that for the next one year with a baby on the way and all the adventure that will follow soon afterwards..

But there is still a part of my heart that swings in the opp. direction. Maybe its the swirling hormones, dunno or the fact that I find myself looking at old pictures more often now a days and long for those lose times.. At the risk of digressing, I have to add that its been more than an year since we even took any pictures.. We used to do that so often before and thankx to that, i have a few lovely collages put up on my walls. But i notice that almost all of them were taken at least 2 yrs ago and none of them in India.. Is it the lack of time or inclination ? am clueless..

In the end I think, my brain will win out the debate and refrain from insane decisions.. But maybe soon.. who knows.. Till then, I am just gonna make myself happy by reminiscing about things that I miss abt life out there :) :

1. A good strong cup of black coffee (altho' it wud never stop at one cup... hmm...)
2. Driving that wud not piss off my better half.. (i find him more and more irritable on the roads now, even the smallest of things tick him off !)
3. Pitstop at Einstein Bros Bagels every time we wud set off on a drive over long weekends... Sun dried tomato bagel with jalapeno salsa shmear just rocks and there is no substitute for it !
4. The bliss of spending almost an entire day window shopping at the malls (of course u need good malls for that, I have had the fortune to live in cities where there were awesome malls)
5. Aveda !
6. Krispy Kremes !
7. The complete lack of any social obligations whatsoever.. Believe it or not, there are just too many of them in India..
8. Good working hours.. Altho my working hours are not that bad really, but in retrospect, I have had better :)
9. The options of activities that are available for anybody to do ! Let me rephrase that, the ease at which hobbies or interests can actually be followed.. I used to actually go for French and dancing classes in CA, but here even a small yoga session seems like such an overhead with traffic situations, unpredictable work timings etc..
10. Awesome wines !

ok.. I have realized this list can go on and on.. an i have a meeting coming up ! damn..

Revelation an a heartbreak

I can actually fit into my first pair of maternity jeans !

ps: O god, in abt 6 months either gimme the metabolism of a horse or enuf money for lipo ! either will do !!

Blip

A good man makes all the difference in the world.. It maybe the husband or the boss or both :)

ps: i am resigned to leaving twittery msgs on the blog but fret not, have told myself that i am gonna get back to writing somethin substantial soon enuf :P

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Love Aaj Kal

Very bollywood but a nice album nonetheless. Pritham does deliver with some really nice compositions.. Yeh doorian and Ajj Din chadaya.. Both the songs are something that you can loop thru in your music player and leave it for the day :)

Mohit Chauhan brings back the magic of "Tum se hi", and "Doorian" is strangely reminiscent of the former. It seems like a song picturized on the love lorn protagonist but while Tum se hi was more positive, this one seems rather muse-ish.. The lyrics are nice tho' I must say.

Rahat Fateh Ali khan as always brings a certain something to all the sings he sings. There is something powerful and earthy in all of his songs (i unlike many others do not wish for him to sing very many songs. I am more than happy with him singing 2 songs per year if each one of them is so memorable.. Keep at it.. !)
The rest of the album is more commercial, albeit nice.. I am sure Chor Bazari and Twist will stay on the charts for a while, but will also fizzle soon like Mauja hi Mauja..

Songs in my loop for today - Aaj din and Doorian.

:)

Blip

The last 2 months have gone by in a haze... delight, fright, frustration all rolled into one..
Yippee for exciting times ahead !