Someone who judges you even without knowing you is not worth it..right?

Kitne ajeeb rishtey hain yahan pe..
Do pal milte hain saath saath chalte hain

Jab mod aaye toh bach ke nikalte hai
Kitne ajeeb rishtey hai yaha pe

Yaha sabhi apni hi dhun main deewane hain
Kare wahi jo apna dil sahi mane hai
Kaun kisko pooche kaun kisko bole
Kaun kisko pooche kaun kisko bole
Sabke labon par apne tarane hai

Le jaye nasib kisko kahanpe
Kitne ajeeb rishtey hain yahan pe


Khwaabon ki yeh duniya hain khwaaboh main hi rehna hain
Raahen le jaye jahan sang sang chalna hain
Waqt ne hamesha yahan naye khel khele
Waqt ne hamesha yaha naye khel khele
Kuch bhi ho jaye yaha bas khush rehna hai

Manzil lage kareeb sabko yahan pe
Kitne ajeeb rishtey hain yahan pe
Do pal milte hain saath saath chalte hai

Jab mod aaye toh bach ke nikalte hai
Kitne ajeeb rishtey hai yaha pe
Kitne ajeeb rishtey hai yaha pe

These lyrics really hit you don't they? The last year has been full of ups and downs for me. Getting to know new people and whole new different perspective on life. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I don't know if I'd rather be how I am now knowing so much more but not happy about all these realizations, or how I was a few years earlier, happier but unaware.

Food cravings have been a part of my life ever since I remember. I don't eat much as such, but sometimes I feel like having some chocolate,or rice and aavakkai(Andhra mango pickle) with some ghee and pani puri. Sheesh. I'm very picky about the aavakai I like and prefer the homemade variety made with mustard oil. This drives Amma nuts since we dont have the summer aavakai making ritual at home. :) I've always loved to cook and used to hang around when my dad took over the kitchen. He makes the world's best biryani. (I'm having intense biryani cravings right now). I just don't have the motivation to cook lately. The kitchen at our student apartment is pretty small. I'm just waiting to get my own place with a nice large kitchen and big room and light scented candles all over the place. sigh. I guess first I need a real job. Waiting to get done with grad student life as much as I love school.

So we're more than half way through this semester and I have loads of work piling up. It feels like forever since I've been home even though its just a couple of months.

A good friend uploaded a whole bunch of old pictures from our undergrad days on facebook. Brought back a lot of memories. Some good, some not so good. But kinda makes those days seem a lot simpler in retrospect. Also, I seemed to have put on some weight.To think I was that thin at one point. :-(

I've been hooked on to a few silly sites lately. But they are so much fun I just can't seem to help myself! highheelconfidential, failblog,fmylife,engrishfunny and graphjam. No judgements please!

And I'm feeling super guilty for drinking chocolate milkshake before class.

There are some people you come across in life whom you really hit it off with. I'm not talking about the opposite sex m/f chemistry thing. I'm talking about just being friends with people irrespective of age and sex. There are a few people I've come to know recently after moving here.Friends of friends and some others whom I haven't spent too much time with, but really enjoy talking to them. Maybe under different circumstances and maybe if we were all at school together we would have become really good friends. Thank god for google talk :) They're on my messenger list and it feels good to connect with some people who kind of think like me.

The other day I used a zinc based cream on my face which turned my silver nose ring a bronze-ish color.Any ideas on how to turn it silver again? I'm going to try rub some lime on it and see what happens

And so I made peas pulav for dinner today.Hope it turns out well. :)

Also, any ideas on what to get a 17 year old boy for his birthday?

I'm a year older. :-O

I know, I know! Please forgive me, ardent followers of my blog, I haven't posted anything in a while. The last month has been quite eventful. I went home for the holidays and came back feeling rejuvenated and energized and happy. I think the trip home did good things to me. And when I thought I wouldn't TA again, I should have known. Its computer science this semester. sigh. Give me strength.

Now, With the Ram sena acting all self righteous and threatening to marry off couples who are dating? Don't you think that couples can actually use that to their advantage? Especially those who are from conservative families who do not approve of their respective boy/girlfriends? Just blame it on the sene! "Oh,well we were FORCED into it" and "um, now that we're married, you might as well approve". Wouldn't that be an easy way out? haww. It's not THAT bad a thing after all. And if you have any of those pink chaddis, post them right now. haha.

In the other news, I read some very nice books lately. Escape by Carolyn Jessop is amazing, a must read. You can Vikram chandra's Sacred Games a miss. I haven't even finished it. Gossip girl and shopaholic was nice light reading. Also The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wells was very touching. I finally read the Kite Runner, and I cried three times during the course of the entire book. Currently I'm reading The great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor. I must say its written very well, but equally intense. I have a feeling I'm going to take a while to finish it.

So that was what was happening in my life until.. well.. today!