Good Days..Great Days....

Today was a good day...Let me rephrase....Today was a great day...My Dad came home!!! Now I know what that sounds like, And my dad did not leave us (not willingly at least)...and I’ve been seeing him once every two months for the past 8 yrs....But in the 8 yrs he spent away from de family his every visit to Chennai was timed..We knew he'd be going back. Not this time.Hez back for good. And my joy is doubled by the smiles I see on my grandparents faces and the Happiness on my mothers.8 yrs went by fast and while in that 8 yrs Hyderabad became a second home to me( I will miss that friendly city:( )Having dad back means I have my whole family under one roof again. Today our family prayer actually felt complete.

Optimistic as I am I have a morbid turn of mind. I kept thinking that something would happen to the plane mom and dad were on. And that fear was getting worse by the minute. So imagine my relief when the car pulled up outside my house and Dad got out safe and sound. I almost screamed Yippee!!!

Fathers are very important figure in one’s life...They are the role models u learn from, The pillars of strength u lean on and if u are a pampered only daughter (which I am!)-Ur unending supply of anything u ask for (My personal Santa!!)...My father is a Gem. Something anyone who has met him will vouch for. The Guy with a Heart of Gold and a love face (that means everyone who meets him, loves him).I do not know what I did to deserve a father like him...But he is my life's most prized treasure. And now that hez home, My cup runneth over!!!

T'was Great to be Single.....

Almost a Whole month has passed since my last post...And a whole lot of things have happened in the past month!!

I went from being Gloriously Single......To being Blissfully Committed.....and I'm not complaining....My Prince Charming has arrived!! And I'm still kind of pinching myself....Every time my mother said she'd be the one to find my husband I always used to picture this person in my head.....So imagine my sadness when I realized that reality was very different.All the boys I was shown were nothing like the picture in my mind and I felt that The boy of my dreams did not exist And then, in walked Mr. Right!!!
My close friends know that I always liked the intellectual, Quiet and Intense types...And that’s exactly what I got!! Hari remember that list I made when I was 17?? And you said it would be impossible to find a guy who fulfilled even half the qualities??? I think I just found him!!! Hez all that I ever wanted and what’s more, He likes me for me.... There is no Drama.....No pretenses..... I can be me with him....Idiosyncrasies and all!! People say that real life is not a Rom-Com....There will not always be a happy ending...And Prince charming s do not exist...But guess what?? I was an Exception.....

Flying High....

I had a really interesting day today....I walked for close to 2 kms in the rain, wearing a white salwar Doing a balancing act on top of the median in the middle of the road, ..All the while thinking my mother screams when I stand on top of the bed (she thinks I'll hit my head on the fan - and I repeatedly remind her "I'm not that tall!!" ) wonder what she'd say if she saw me now??

Normally this could be considered a rotten start to the day...Having to get out of the auto as the road is blocked(which meant walking was my only option),Being told by ur TL(Team Lead to the non IT readers) tat u have to show up for work today(So I could not even bunk),Walking in the slush and grime wearing heels(trust me - Not an easy task),and having to sit an entire day in an air conditioned office in wet clothes(My teeth were actually chattering at one point)But it really was not.....Why am I so upbeat?? Probably coz my official situation has gone from “horrid” to “WOW!!” in a month...The politics is down, I’m no longer a target and I get to spend my weekends at home.... So I'm flying high and a little bit of rain is not gonna bring me down :)

New Twists in Life.....

Ever had a time in life when u seemed to be getting what u asked for...but the packaging was totally different?? Like u asked for ice cream and u got vanilla while the flavor u love is chocolate...What do u do?? Be thankful for the ice cream?? Or Throw a tantrum for chocolate??Would demanding chocolate make me ungrateful?? Or settling for vanilla make me a coward?? Or am I supposed to accept my flavor with all the good grace in the world and not look a gift horse in the mouth??

My life has been like this lately...All those who know me think I'm very lucky(i prefer to think of it as blessed)...My Team mates say "you are lucky" all the time coz according to them I've got a perpetual smile on my face....and only the truly happy people can do that..And only those with perfect lives are truly happy...But the fact of the matter is...Happiness is a matter of choice...Twists and turns are confusing...But look at them with the correct perspective and even vanilla seem like chocolate...And maybe chocolate is over rated...I may love vanilla best after all!!

Of Sleepovers and Girl-Friends.....

I had a sleepover in my place recently...with a group of close friends from office...My sleepovers till date generally involved studying for difficult exams thru the night or going on a college trip early in the morning...So this was my first official sleepover where the only object was fun....and boy, did we have fun!! I often tell a close friend of mine that some how no matter how close guy friends are, Gal-pals are a total necessity. They understand the way u tick and know just what to say when u r feeling blue in a way guy friends never can. This sleepover just kinda proved a point .We did some totally girlie stuff (watching chick flicks and yapping), watched a horror movie and screamed our heads off at even the non scary parts, ate buckets of junk food, clicked a million pictures and had a ball....and like that was not enough we topped it off with a visit to the zoo the next day.....It may sound totally juvenile to say we went to the zoo. But it was a lot of fun...my last trip to the zoo was probably in primary school so I had forgotten that Childhood may not have had a salary account but it certainly had its perks. Cycling around in the zoo made me revisit my carefree schooldays...And though life is no longer so carefree...for those two days it definitely seemed to be.....

Twilight Craze....

I saw a movie last week.... I've known a movie called Twilight existed for quite some time now. Known Rob Pattinson was the hero...Just never felt interested in seeing it. Last week I had nothing more to download...And I was feeling bored... So I downloaded this movie just for the heck of it....and guess what? I fell in love with it...So I started out on the books... Stephanie Meyer…u may have replaced Jane Austen and Jeffery Archer on my favorite author listing...I have never been this hooked to a book series before...That includes my J.K Rowling, Ayn Rand, Dan brown, C.S Lewis and Erich Segal obsessions put together...I sat for hours on my PC continuously reading all 5 books(I'm including the rough draft of Midnight sun) and anyone who knows me will know I never read e-books no matter how much I love the author(unless I'm dead bored).I was so obsessed I was pretty much living in the twilight world for the last week. And every friend I met ended up hearing about twilight...

I'm still trying to decide whether I loved the book or movie more. And that has never happened to me before - not even with 'A Walk to Remember' and 'Pride and Prejudice'.....Now I’m waiting for the release of the movie- New Moon and for the completion of Midnight Sun...Am also planning to buy the paperbacks soon.....

Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate and Chilli - Pepper....

Friends come in all types of flavors....I have my vanilla friends...They are always the same - dependable, sensible and always ready to give me some much needed advice.... I have my Strawberry friends....they are fun, interesting and keep my life from becoming one monotonous routine. Then there are my chocolate friends....Exotic tastes like mine...Completely on my wavelength...As mad as me....and totally addictive.... and then we come to the Chilli - Pepper friends. They drive me insane. I want to scream, yell and tell them to go to hell....And I never ever do it. Wonder why?? Coz I need of them in my life... But the fact of the matter is...All my friends...all these flavors are what make my life as interesting and colorful as it is....In the Worst of times....and the Best of times....