Dedication

Ennodu vaa, veedu varaikkum...
En veetai paar, ennai pidikkum!

This line caught my attention for a long time now...Though I was hearing to this song for 2 or more months now, I finally got to c the video today and it was so romantic...I always thought SRK cld do magic with his eyes, but today I got convinced even Surya could to the same.. I thought I would put up this song in my blog today and yes I haven't thought or said this before, but if some1 would ever want to dedicate a song to me..I would love that song to be this...a perfect dedication to me..

Now isn't it my turn to dedicate a song to people I love..so here u go..one of my favs: I'll Always Love you...



Would like to end with few nice lines from the tamil song I put up above...

Kaathal yenae kekkavillai
Kekkathathu kaathil illai!
En jeevan jeevan neethanae
Ennathonrum neram idhu thaanae
Nee illai illai endraalae…
En nenjam nenjam thaanghathae…

P.S

Couple of minutes back..came across a quote which is sooo true..thought would share it here as well: Don't run when I push you away. That's when I need you most and want you to stay. When you remember how hard it is to change yourself, you begin to understand what little chance we have of changing others. Who do you turn to when the only person in the world that can stop you from crying, is exactly the one making you cry?

Live it Up!!!

" Live life every day to it’s fullest, and keep breathing to see what arrives tomorrow on your doorstep "
-This is the message I got after watching my all time fav movie CAST AWAY. What I thought was a boring Friday evening with no plans din't afterall turn out to be so much boring..I made my dinner and sat down to watch some movie and to my luck, they were playing Cast Away today and there u go, my evening was fixed : a quiet dinner followed by a movie, a bit of blogging and an amazing night hearing to soft music along with a bit of reading and last but not least, a sound sleep.

Since Chuck(Tom Hanks's character in the movie) is one of the characters that I admire a lot, I thought I would dedicate today's blog for Chuck and Wilson. Now, for those who are wondering who Wilson is, I would get back to him in a minute. Let me tell what I like about Chuck. The character of Chuck can be divided into 3 parts: Chuck, in his normal life as FedEx employee, Chuck on the island, and Chuck returning home safe and sound. The first and the third are so common to everyone of us. But the second one, which is to survive in a deserted island for four or more years is something we don't get to see everyday or get to do frequently. I think this is the best part of the movie. Long story cut short, Chuck is a manager in FEDEX who delivers packages and is in charge of the company. On one such mail delivery made by plane, a storm hits and makes the plane crash, killing the pilots, and Chuck's friends, leaving him as the only survivor. He is somehow able to escape the crash into the ocean and swims to an island that is uninhabited. He is left all alone in the world on this island, with no electric devices no communication with the outside world, and nobody to talk to. The heart of the movie centers around this one man's plight aboard this deserted island and how he is able to survive for many years there. He is able to keep track of time through a system of markings and uses parts of the plane that have been washed up onto the island to survive. He buries the body of his fallen friend and pilot that has been washed up onto the island and mourns his death.

Interestingly there are three things I have experienced that Chuck has showcased in the movie. Firstly, being intense at work. Secondly, tenacity when presented with an unanticipated situation where I’m required to make the toughest decision. Last but not least, being self-reliant. I have always been proud to have the ability to grab my own life’s wheel and steer through it if not like Chuck during his 4 years away from humanity.

The other important character in this movie is Wilson, a volleyball named after its manufacturer. Chuck finds this in a package washed away from the crash. It serves as his only companion during the four years. When Chuck tries to make a fire, he cuts his hand and angrily palms the volleyball and throws it. This leaves a hand-shaped blood mark on the ball. He then bandages his hands and wipes away some of the blood, making the volleyball's "face". Though initially Chucks sees it as a ball, in due course he begins to see Wilson as an actual being, and not an inanimate object. He gets so close to Wilson that there is one scene in the movie, which anyone would get moved watching. It is the scene where Chuck loses Wilson after the volleyball washes off his raft and drifts too far out to sea for Chuck to be able to retrieve it. Chuck cries a lot after failing to save Wilson and throws away his oars, seemingly losing the will to live after losing his friend. A wonderful scene indeed!!!

Every day is so precious to live and enjoy. I have learnt it through experiences plus my dear friends remind me this every time I ever forgot..To end I can just think of a quote SRK made in one of his movie..Enjoy ur life! U never know if there is a tomorrow.

Aaj...

Aaj Ek Hasi Aur Bant Lo..
Aaj Ek Dua Aur Mang Lo..
Aaj Ek Aansoon Aur Pee Lo..
Aaj Ek Zindigi Aur Jee Lo..
Aaj Ek Sapna Aur Dekh Lo...

Aaj....

Kya Pata...

KAL HO NAA HO !!!!!


Another one...

Har pal yahan jeebhar jiyo
Live life to it's fullest every moment
Jo hai sama kal ho naa ho
The time you have now, may or may not be there tomorrow

Zoommmmmm

16.92 mph average, 7.5 miles, 26.35 mins; Yessssss! This was my record today..WOW..I cannot believe tht I rode so fast!!! Now its true that part of the credit goes to my friend Brian, who rides really really fast in his road bike. I had to convey something to him and so started speeding with a hope tht I cld catch up with him at some time. I knew it was very difficult to do this, but then I told myself not to give up and it happened. I finally caught him halfway the trail and told him wat I was supposed too..but may be coz I was speeding all thro , even after I had done talking to him, I cld not stop going fast. I continued till my destination maintaining the speed in and around 17..It felt great when I reached my car..I made it in 26 and odd minutes..thats a great deal for me..Donno if I can beat my own record in the next few days but I would surely keep this in mind and the day i beat this record I would blog again about it. Today was also the day I saw a snake in the middle of the trail while I was riding at noon. Since it is fall, there were leaves all over the trail and I just happened to c the snake when I was so close to it and put a sudden brake to not ride over it :- O

Interestingly, this speed made me go high that I came home and got an interest to prepare a complete south-indian dinner. Now since I decided to make one I thought I could call my buddies abhi and sandy and eat with them. So I went to walmart, got the veggies I needed. I made 2 side course : Okra fry and Beans fry along with sambar(lentil soup) and rice. I had also got samosas (appetizer) from the nearby indian store. I already had the desserts: gulab jamun and carrot halwa. So there u go, isn't it the complete meal anyone wld wanna eat..Could not believe I was motivated to do this all...All credits goes to the energy I got from riding so fast. End of day, I was happy and the guys were happy eating good food. What else can I ask for ? It was a perfect day indeed!!!






P.S Today I also got a couple of snaps of my cute little niece NIYATI...We take portrait pics of her every 3 months..so this is her 18th month pics, along with my whole family. She is sooo adorable tht I wanna put her snaps up my blog..Luv u sweetheart!

Must Love Dogs

Dog - Man's best friend :- One feeling which I am waiting to experience for a long time now. The thing that I love in dogs are that they are loyal and they are so unconditional. Can u get a love better than an unconditional love? No ways! I always wanted a dog all through my life. But my parents were reluctant to buy one and furthermore throughout my life I have lived in a flat were dogs aren't allowed..Its considered nuisance to neighbors to have a dog in the 4th floor where we stayed. Mom said she was tired looking after us tht she dint wanna new entry at home and she doesn't like dogs shedding hair..Thats when I decided I would have a dog, when I buy a house or when I get married. I even decided what breed I want..either a golden lab or a golden retriever. Both these dogs are really active..so alike me and I am not interested in lazy dogs lying around in some corner...but something which is as active as I am and shows enthusiasm whenever it sees me. I have had lots of friends having dogs..they all say one thing..how much they luv cing their dog running to them as soon as it sees him/her reaching home from work. Infact, I was so close in buying one..as I am staying alone for past 6 months and felt it wld be nice to have some1 at home waiting for me and jumping over me as soon as it sees me back home..But then I stay in a 1 bedroom apt..which gives him/her less space to roam around and I am away for 9 hrs..which wld make me leave her/him alone all day..so i dropped the plan and thought wld buy 1 when I have a bigger house preferable 1 with a yard. Interestngly, the feeling of want of attention is not only there in gals but supposedly even in dogs. I am fine with it, coz I am also a person who gets sad when I am not getting enuf attention..so y not a dog. Since I have never had dogs, I get a lil scared cing one and wld take atleast 5 mins to get along with one..But I believe tht once I get along..I wld become so close to them..Like for example I had gone to a friends house for Dilwali and they introduced me to Luna( a black lab). Luna was all over me..but I was not getting along so well..I was scared a bit..but she kept on coming over me..tht made me think she likes me and wants to make friends with me..so i went forward..called her and she came jumping over me, licking me all over..I really mean..all over..she dint leave a place vacant..she smelled me and licked me and finally decided i am okee to be her friend (:-P). After tht she was just lying over my lap and we both watched a movie together. She was so adorable and was luving to sleep over my lap..When it was time for me to leave, like a kid demands another kid to stay..she was literally demanding me to stay over..not allowing me to go, standing right across the door, not even obeying my friends orders..was so cute to c tht..

I made my decision more firm..tht I wld have a dog in future and the my guy must love dogs along with me..I want to experience tht loyalty, tht unconditional love, that companionship that I have always heard about..I am putting up a pic of luna and me..It was luv at first sight..she was indeed a dog tht ne1 wld luv..

Lunch at Mi Ranchito

Left to right starting with me: Lizee, Madhavi, Dilusha, Radhika and Susan

Its been a long time since our lunch gang went out and ate. So we decided we would go sometime this week and planned that to be on Thursday. After a 5 min discussion with ladies as to what they wanted to eat, I filtered out all the cuisines and decided on a Mexican one [ I feel so proud when I take up some responsibility and seriously plan on it]. I chose Mi Ranchito. Now, Mi Ranchito is a place that I've been before twice and knew had good food. So yeah, I drove the ladies to the place and ordered my usual Chile Releno a la carte and in about45 mins everyone were done with their lunch and most importantly none were complaining about the food, which made me feel good tht they dint have problem with the place. It was a good change to go out and eat with the ladies, knowing how I always get to spend time only with guys and have usual guys talk. But there is one thing that would never change no matter I spend time with guys or gals, I am always teh center of attraction. I talk a lot and I make sure I talk with everyone in the gang, not leaving ne1 feel they are alone. Intrestingly, while I am there there is good laughs in the group coz of my pj's[the so called sense of humor] as well as my instant reactions in getting teased. But everyone including me knows that I luv getting teased :-P

A fun day !!!

A delicious chocolate cake, tiring whirlyball, killings at laser tag, crash-testing at go-karting and gutter-ball at bowling. Wow..what a memorable day was yesterday! Yes, it was the day of my team event at Powerplay. After finishing some work for the day I was all ready for the team lunch as well as the team event yesterday afternoon at 11:30. Brian, Jared, Sheng and Matt opted for driving their own cars and leave from Powerplay. So Tim volunteered to drive Barton, Devon, Evan and me in his car. So we all finally left around 11:45 I guess and since Tim did not know the way I told him tht I could use the BB I carried to help him navigate. But the fun part was when we reached the destination, it turned out to be a house :-P. They had constructed a house there and the map data was not updated..Powerplay was behind the fence of that house ;-). So after a funny start we finally reached Powerplay and the first thing we did was to go towards buffet. I am sure including me all were starving as it was way past our lunch times.

From Left : Matt, Jared, Evan, Devon, Barton [team lead], Tim, Sheng, myself and Brian

Lunch : Though I had a choice of cheese pizza, hard-shell taco, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese and salad [ wonder y I am a vegetarian sometimes when I miss other delicious choices in front of me :-( ], I went for salad and potatoes with some chips and salsa. For past few days I have been a bit calorie conscious and think twice before I eat anything. I am not worried if I would put on weight, but still wanted to monitor myself for a month or so. I then had a delicious chocolate cake topped with fudge and almonds. That was the best part of the lunch I had..something delicious finally!

WhirlyBall : For those who donno wats whirlyball..lemme tell u about it first..It combines lacrosse, hockey and basketball with bumper cars. You’ll use hand-held scoops to propel whiffle balls at your scoring target. In a team of five, and with the help of a professional referee, you’ll have a bang-up time trying to outscore the competition. I was in the yellow team initially with my number being 9. Brian was our team captain. Now he was a good captain and scored twice. But still we did not win. It was a game of 30 mins with 2 points per shoot. We ended up being 6-12. Jared from the red team scored four times. He was playing really good. The second half, I was in the red team and we again lost.. bid deal..it was really fun and I can tell now..along with fun it gave us all body aches.

Laser-Tag : Now, this is one game everyone would have heard. I have played it 4 or 5 times before and just love the part I could run a lot, sweat a lot and most of all kill a lot! I was in blue team with the name Jester (Would have luved it to be Fiona..guess I dint have a choice) and scored around 1600 with 35 hits. I was pretty good killing every member of the red team other than Jared..I think he was one fella who killed me most number of times..Overall was really fun except tht I was wearing a full sleeve sweater and burning inside. Took a wrong decision to dress up without realizing how much I would sweat..

Go-Kart : Ahem..Ahem...Now this is something I wont forget coz it gave me bruises over my body. I was in car number 15..n the car was in my favorite color blueeeee. Once on the track..we drove really fast. It was my first time and I did not realize how much fun it is and at the same time how much one has a chance for injury. I wad pretty okee at the start..but then around the finish..I took a bad turn at a curve and crashed the wall with my team lead crashing in from behind first time and then at the next curve Brian crashed in from behind. Now me crashing the wall was bad ..but after these 2 crashed me..my left wrist started aching badly..I never show my pain outside so pretty much said okee to all the guys..dint wanna worry them. I slowly realized my whole left arm was paining as if its sprained. even some portions of waist n thighs starting paining..thought wld be a small thing n ignored it at tht moment where all I could think of is to have fun.

Bowling : Last but not least..we played bowling. Brian n I wanted to bowl and asked Evan n Tim to join us. We were 2 teams: Evan and Team ; Brian n I( happened tht we teams were actually real roomies at work ). I started off pretty decently with 9 n 8 in first 2 shots, but then I had 4 consecutive gutter-balls..bad day I guess..It was my 3rd time playing bowling..and supposedly I was better than this earlier..with just one or two gutter-balls. It so happened it goes straight in the middle for 3/4th distance and then spins and goes to gutter right near the pins. Watever its is I played badly yesterday..My last two shots were fine..with a 9,7 and 7 ( made me feel better I dint end with gutter-balls). but to compensate my bad play, Brian had 4 strikes and a spare..He had 2 gutter-balls on his 1st two shot..so we pretty much balanced each other. Thanks to him our team scored something..I was 40 and he was 103. Meanwhile Evan and Tim were playing so well..Evan had lots of strikes and Tim had lots of spares. Evan topped with 119. Overall was good fun.

It was almost 3:30 and so we decided to leave coz its way past the time we were supposed to be there. Everyone other than Barton, Tim and I came to office to continue to work for a while. Whoa! A really memorable day and I had a greatttttt time!

P. S What I thought was a small pain wasn't small afterall. Went home and found I had 5 bruises..kinda red blood clots.

Work Love Dance

I saw this quote today and thought would write down what it got me to think. The later two are something I knew, I could be really good at. LOVE...its something I can assure or rather carve anywhere and say tht I can do it to fullest. Love is not just the usual cliche ppl think it is..luving some1..that special one...THE GUY...many forget that its also the love u show to people day to day..luv towards friends, family..the nicest feeling anyone can share with anyone...I try my best not to be mean and be luving to every1 everyday n will continue to do so..but there are times I cross the limit and has been mean..wont deny that but atleast I realize my mistake and feel sorry for it...But the point is...yes I like the way its said, love as if ur heart was never broken. Its simple to conquer love for example we could do things like remembering not to judge others, showing empathy and compassion towards others and much more..But can you just love everyone is the question..Thinking about it, its hard sometimes ... I mean can you just love someone no matter what they did or do something to antagonize you or if they are just plain annoying? It depends ...like in my case I have been always weak in such matters..If some1 did annoy me and if I did feel bad, I might stop luving them at tht moment but if the same person comes to me for some help, I would help them readily without thinking twice..so I guess this quote about luv some1 as if ur heart wasn't broken fits for me..

When it comes to dancing...three words from me... I LUV DANCING...I try to dance for myself every now and then..coz dance makes me feel happy...its like me running 100m relay..its like me eating my fav mango sorbet or brownie fudge sundae,..its like me biking really fast...its like me scrapbooking...its like me talking talking n talking and some1 watching keenly n surprisingly as to how I get sooooo involved in talking and lose track of time. I am not trained to dance...but I can do a decent job when taught to dance...but I dont care...I luv freestyle dance and like to play loud music at home and dance to it..I just hope I continue to do it..no matter how old I get and how many kids I have :-D

Now coming to the first part of the quote. Its been a week or 10 days since i replied people back in Orkut..It is and was supposed to be my best place to hang out every day...but what happened to me..I am working all the time...that I do not get time to reply back my good old friends..I have my friends pinging me everyday but these days I don't get time to even reply them back..I know I cant make everyone happy by replying everyone..but I just questioned myself, " Am I really busy or was I taking too much on me for the past few days? "..may be I was just pushing myself hard but atleast I decided that I would make sure to try balancing work and friends like before...but yeah lately I have been concentrating more on work and started luving it more coz its getting more challenging n coz of it, it interests me more to solve it...So sorry ppl for not replying lately...i am not all tht busy bee..just a small phase which I would get out from pretty soon :-D

So yeah there u go..yet another post for my blog. Thanx to the quotes I come across daily..I get to post something once in a while..

I scream, U scream, We all scream for ICE CREAM!

It started yesterday when my officemate started talking about his dinner theater plans and the exclusive dessert menu they are gonna serve them. That's it, I was in office but yet was getting too hungry listening to the different desserts he was mentioning... I decided then n there I am going to have some amazing icecream that day. I thought now this would be more fun if I called over my friends and we went to Coldstone and have it. So yes, I did make a plan as usual...I do a good job planning nething ( but it flops miserably sometimes). Yes, this plan did flop BIG TIME! 1 person backed out last minute but yet I convinced the guys to make it and they did..just to find out Coldstone changed their timing recently to 1 hour earlier which left us on the road. Now I have the patience to go n find out another place open and somehow eat icecream but I dint want the guys to run along with me..so I quickly made a movie plan at my place. but the craving for ice cream was still inside me...i realized it was just me craving for it.

Then, it suddenly strikes in me tht i had a whole tub of my favorite Häagen-Dazs Mango Sorbet at home which I got as back up few days back..now yes I dint get to eat my vanilla topped with chocolate fudge, whipped cream, nuts and cherry over a brownie, but atleast I got to eat another all time fav of mine...so yes I went home...and started eating n watching the movie at the same time. In few minutes I realized I almost finished the whole icecream all by myself with the guys laughing over me since I was eating the icecream like a pregnant lady craving for icecream and finally gets it. But watever it is, craving for icecream can make ppl go nuts..atleast it made me go 1... that at one sitting I finshed the whole icecream...I wrote this blog so I could read it one day n laugh on this..

P.S

I did bike 20 miles the next day so I hope atleast half the calories tht went inside were burnt :-P

Secret of success

Like every day, I started working and and had set up my playlist for the day- my only companion while working so that I don't disturb ne1 by talking, talking and talking! Just like that while I was thinking on y a problem wasnt getting solved, Secret of Success from Boys started playing. According to the first para of the song, Secret of success is the bundle of luck, loss, labor, faith in god,hope and talent. This made me to think a bit and anyways i wanted to take a break and while i was thinking i thought y not just write wat i think..even though most of the times watever i think is just crap..but i guess i luv myself so much tht i am ready to accept the crap i think. So here I am analyzing the song..The best part of the song is when they ask us never to give up until we get wat we want..like reaching a goal..its so very true. Today, if you feel like you are at the end of the road and your situation has left you in a position with no place to turn and you have lost hope then its time for you to try again. If you fail again, then keep trying until you have reached the goal. everything takes determination. May be it takes time to achieve it but if you have determination then surely one of your tries would be a success. I feel self belief and self confidence are really important for making life easier. You just have to grasp opportunities and raise in life and achieve more. The songs say that mistakes are the secret of success. I donno how true it is, but atleast i can say that small and big failures does teach us something at the end of it..Past 3 years I did learn that I should never fear to make mistakes and be scared to take a step thinking I would make a mistake. I have been criticized a lot for this but I feel if i do the something, i will be doing coz i want to do it and not coz some1 wants me to do and if at all i do a mistake I would gracefully accept it coz I was the one who decided to go ahead with some decision. According to me its not a shame to make a mistake (yes i do feel bad for tht instinct y i made one but i do understand it these days better) but a shame not to learn from it. I dont want to be a perfect one all coz some1 told me to follow a set of things so that i never do the mistakes they did. I was always given the easy ways to live the life by my family so tht i dont learn nethign by myself . But i turned out to be one who wanted to learn stuff by trying it out. I like taking challenges and I feel my life wont be worthful if there arent ne challenges and everything is made easier by some1 who cares for me. I luv to be cared, but at the same time luv to be let be myself. May be thats y I turned out to be a rebel or brat. Its three years since I am in US of A and I have gone thro small as well as big challenges and I have got out of them may be not being the best but yet I was out of it in a satisfying manner and learnt a lot out of it.

Till day I do get negative inner voices if I have done the right thing. Many a times, I have called my friends for assurance and all they say is " Ramya if u think its right thing to do...go ahead and once u have taken watever decision it is stick to it. If it turns out good..then nice but if it fails never regret on tht, but try to accept it." Very true. I keep saying this to myself most of the times. Perseverance is something which has been there with me always..i am lucky and feel happy about it...There are 2 characters I always admire n looking at them motivates me..1 is fictional of Tom Hanks in Cast Away..he knew how to live in any circumstances..and came out of it beyond difficulties and survived through the movie..his character is always inspirational for me..The second character is real life one and is Shahrukh khan..now i do like him for his romantic movies..and am crazy abt him..but truth is i like the way he came up in his life...a guy who lost his parents in his early youth came to Bombay with 10 grand and started acting in small soaps and grew up to be the king of bollywood without a support from anyone but just hard work..now this is wat i call never give up attitude..

Now i donno wat crap i wrote in this blog till now, but it does make me feel good to write about something i keep doing always..NEVER GIVE UP on anything.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission

Three days back I was deeply hurt by a friend's words...I started feeling so bad that I cried over it and even shouted ( may be a bit swearing too..ofcourse inside my car..i dont have courage to say nethign directly to ne1) on what and how he said it...I had to go on a drive to make myself get over that. When I came back from the drive, I came across this quote" Nobody can hurt me without my permission" by Mahatma Gandhi. I have this habit of reading a quote a day and putting it on my desk and interestingly I got this on that day. So very apt and made me think about it for 3 days now and I thought y not write a blog about it.

First when I read this sentence, I just thought it was a plain sentence telling us that no one has the right to make me fee like thrash or shit. But when I put more thought to it..I kinda figured out what Gandhi was trying to say. Ofcourse the main meaning that no one other than us can make us feel low. Just think how many times people just criticize without realizing what and how they are saying it to us. These are just individuals whom we meet in our daily life but they can say something which could make us feel shitty and its worse if it is a bad comment that can ruin our day or may be a week. But why does it affect us so badly? They are just words right...and individuals opinion are worth wat u pay for them...supposedly no1 could make me feel low about me besides myself...

I also saw something else Gandhi is trying to say...I shall split the quote for explaining.." Nobody can hurt me" + "except me". This shows that I have all ability to make me feel lower and cause harm to myself. By harm, I mean I could waste a day at work or a wonderful evening I could have had by having fun if not thinking about this crap.(Yes, it has happened to me a lot...I am trying hard not take it personally..but I guess I am way too much sensitive and should work to get rid of this character of mine which I am not at all proud of). anyways..went offtrack. So what happens when u r criticized or u hear something u don't want hear...u start being defensive, self- abusive and talk negativly to one self..

So what could be done about this...To start thinking about urself and appreciate about urself, ur good qualities..ur abilities and disabilities and understand urself better and start luving urself for what u r and care a damn about what others say. I am a person who believes in god, so I can say that God loves me for what I am and been giving me nearly everything I have ever wished for so y do I even care, bother, feel bad and get upset at myself on what people tell to me.

If some1 is critical may be I should start thinking if that statement was true indeed and if so..I should take it as a constructive statement..and think about working on it.. but if it was said in a blunt and rude way and not criticizing..then ask them to get lost...u know urself better than ne1

So basically when I analyzed this quote I just understood it meant " I am in control of my life and no 1 else". I have all right to decide all thoughts and reaction in my life and even if its a mundane stuff or a major , we are the only one who could decide and act to everything and importantly to everybody. I hope to work on this hereafters and see how much it helps me. I do need to improvise myself in several aspects and since something like this happ few days back I feel this is something important I should give priority to.

" Nobody can hurt me without my permission "

~ Take care
Ramya

Zodiac, predictions and me

For the past 2 weeks, I have been observing my sun sign horoscope prediction every day. I of all who doesn't believe in horoscope have been having a eery feeling for the past few days observing what they r predicting for me. Almost 3 or 4 times its been so true. It was as if someone was following me and knew what exactly might happen to me that day. Though I think it might be a mere coincidence coz most of time the prediction dint make any sense, I thought lemme browse more and c what sun signs tell for me. So I found this 2 posters for Aries ( March 21st - April 20th) - the good and the bad one. This means they give you the good and the bad characteristics for Ariens. Yeah, though I don't believe in horoscope I was always proud I was an Arien. Don't ask me why, but I am. So here I am analyzing the two posters and finding what are the characteristics that match me.

Good Characteristics:
Energetic - Oh yeah, I am totally on for it. Any time, any place I am called for, I am there all bubbling with energy. Something I am really proud of and touch wood, be there for me forever.

Enthusiatic - So when I said I have enuf energy, I think enthusiasm goes along with it. So yep, I am enthusiastic.

Inspiring - Hmm, I donno what exactly means here. If it means that I am inspiring to people around me, then I am the wrong person to say if its right. Though I did have couple of them tell me that I have inspired them to do stuff, I exactly donno if I am inspiring. But I do know for a fact that I get inspired by people a lot and there have been lots of inspiration from people in my life.

Curious - Oh yes, I am always eager to learn more and I keep asking so many questions. So yeah let it be knowledge or let it be crap I am always curious to learn new things.

Spontaneous - I think I am one coz most of time I do things without thinking twice. I think I do stuff out of some impulse and without any thought. May be I am spontaneous.

Good-Leader - Hmm, interesting. Other than being a sport secretary at school and a cultural secretary in college, I haven't really been a leader. But I think I did justice to my post while being one in both these cases. Life ahead would tell me if I am a good-leader indeed.

Direct - Now this can mean many things. But what matches to me is that I am frank and straightforward. So if they mean this, then yes I am one.

Selfless - True, most of the time. I do think for others first and then about myself. But I think human nature is that at some point of time in life we tend to be a bit selfish.

Helpful - Others should say this, but I try my best to be one.

Risk-taker - Hmm, may not be so much true. Yeah I do take lots of challenges and strive to get them happen, but I am not one who seek risks. I just take the risks which I think is necessary for my life and which when taken will give me fulfillment.

Frank - Like I said earlier, I am frank and straightforward.

Strong-willed - Determined Mind set. May be or may be not.

Optimistic - I cannot vouch more on this. I mean I am sometimes but I don't think I am optimistic in everything in life. I get scared a bit sometimes whether stuff would happen until someone optimistic comes to me and says I can do it.

Courageous - Naaah, I need someone giving me an initial push for most courageous things. But after the initial push, I can tell u for sure, I can finish the task.

Stimulating - May be or may be not.

Confidant - Until I make a decision I donno whether I am so much confidant on it. But once I have taken one, I can say I am confidant about that and never regret about it.

Perseverance - This is totally me. Given a job or a task or whatsoever, I do not give up until I get what I want satisfying me.

Independent - I try to be one lately after coming to US and like it.

Extraordinarily Exciting - Yeah that can be said seeing me all the time energetic and enthusiastic to do something.


So yeah I have covered the good parts...so far so good..everything kinda matched i guess. Let me now concentrate on my bad traits.
Bad Characteristics:

Brash - Oh yeah I think sometimes I can be hasty and unthinking.

Restless - Yep I'm so impatient to wait for nething. If I come to know about anything, I am restless till I know it or do it.

Lustful - No comments for now ;-)

Foolhardy - Donno if i am so rash, but cld be hasty sometimes.

Head-strong - Naah, I am not one.

Jealous - Oh yeh, I can become jealous very easily. But unlike many, if I do become I tell it out immediately than let it be in my heart.

Quirky - I donno whether I could be tricky..hmm..to be thought about!

Self-centered - This is something I cant understand. In my good traits they call me selfless and now here self-centered..hmm..bad bad bad

Hot-headed - Oh yeah, I can get angry very easily without even thinking. But something good about this is, even if I get angry, it would not and cannot last for long :- )

Bossy - I can be one. I donno if I really mean to be one, but without my knowledge I become one I guess. Like for example, when I went to eat lunch with Brian, I did not even realize I was ordering stuff and taking charge without even asking him what he was interested in..but again as and when I was done I remembered what I was doing and felt bad about it. May be something I should work on.

Blunt - Nopes, I can't be one.

Argumentative - Guess I can do this for hours.

Impulsive, Impetuous - I do act on an impulse rather than thought, true..something to work on I guess.

Brazen - Try not to be, but I can be sometimes.

Impatient - To core. I cannot wait for anything anytime. I get so impatient all the time. I guess my guy should have lots of patience to handle me :-D


So yeah I did realize I have quite a bit of bad traits I should work on and many more I guess which they have not mentioned. But on the other hand feels good to know about my good traits too. Now the moral, did i start believing in horoscopes..no not yet...i still cannot believe in it..may be some day i will like the rest of my family. Lets wait and c.

Pineapple Express

Yep, this is a name of a movie I just came from. Totally hilarious. The movie was for 111 minutes, but trust me, you would not realize how long the movie was. Everytime a weekend comes, I wonder what the heck I was going to do, but then today after having an relaxing morning and afternoon, I wasn't feeling like staying at home. Enuf is enuf, I need to get up and go somewhere and forget that I am alone. I wanted to do something fun. Okee fine, I know I wont do nethign fun alone, so I thought okee atleats lets go for a movie. Now the last movie I saw was WALLE. I just adored tht movie. I luv Pixar movies. I think they do a great job. Anyways, I had a looooooooooong queue of movies to watch and I could not decide which I to go for. Then I thought okee.. I want fun and I dint wanna go to a serious or a chick flick so what else was remaining, a comedy movie I suppose and yep I immediately choose Pineapple express. I liked Seth Rogen in Knocked up. He was so natural. Ofcourse I have always luved James Franco's smile. It's so cute. I mean the best was the spidey 3 where he gets memory loss and he gives this innocent cute smile all the time. Yeh, he was cute. Anyways, so I thought lemme go and watch this movie and I was sure it was gonna be some fun. Trust me it was sooper fun.

The movie had several laugh out loud moments. Many a times, I did realize I was laughing out so loud, but who cares...there were lots of ladies next to me giving me company in laughing out loud. James Franco just steals the show. He was really good in his acting. Yeah it seemed to me I was watching a typical goofy indian movie where even if the hero is shot thrice he stays alive till the end. But again, we go for the movie for entertainment and as long as it makes us laugh I dont care if its silly. So yeh watching James being hilarious in every scene hes acted is worth the penny for me. The basic plot for the movie is that a stoner(Seth) and his drug dealer(James) are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder. Seth runs for his life and he chooses his drug dealer for rescue and the whole movie is how they two escape from the murderers. Seth is very good and entertaining. Overall I had good fun and so goes the Saturday evening. Atleast I did not sleep the whole day.

Office Office!

Sorry I wans't able to update my blog for few days now. With a release coming up, I feel I am working more than I have ever worked in my whole life. I mean 8 hrs continuously (of course I dint work every minute I do take breaks and bug ppl. Can i change that quality of mine???). Its a different but great feeling. Earlier at school I never used to work more than 3 or 4 hrs. It was a great deal for me to sit at one place and work. But now, its got a habit for me. I have started enjoying coming to office and start working. There are days when you work on something the whole day and you cannot figure out whats wrong in the code and there has been amazing days that the code just gets fixed with some magic I did. I mean just think about it. I am actually coding something which is gonna be used by people very soon. My god I always wanted to do such jobs, but I am already doing it. While I was doing my thesis project in my Masters, I was always so proud and happy that I was doing something which has a practical value. I was working on a s/w for visually impaired. Some day or the other its gonna be used for real. Right now my best friend is working on it and finishing it, but either ways I was and am happy that there was some part in it. But now, its another great feeling. I am making a whole new feature from scratch. I have seen such a feature in a nuvi before, but never ever thought how easy or difficult was to code that. It was a black box then, I provide destination and it gives me results. But now, I am actually doing that page, it feels great. I donno what kind of bugs would turn up tomorrow. Let me be optimistic about it, may be there would be really minor ones. Common, I have to accept that humans tends to do mistakes and I am no less. But I am been testing my s/w for few days now and it turned out to be really useful. May be I am biased coz i created it. Very much possible. But then I dont care, its useful for anyone whoz new to the city and wanna see the whole list of turn they are gonna make instead of looking at the map one turn at a time.

Yep I know I am just writing too much about myself. But, I just could not control my happiness. I knew I would work for a company one day, but actually working for one is exciting. I love my job. Its new, good learning experience and more than anything I have awesome team mates. Everyone at Garmin (as far as I've met) are so kind to me. I got areally good friend : Sangita. These 2 ppl just adore me and are so nice to me. Thank you guys! I have got an excellent lunch gang : Sangi, Lizee, Kandy, Radhika, Sarah and Dilusha. It is always so much fun at lunch to make different conversations. I like the way Kandy and Radhika tease me every day. One day they dont turn up, I feel so bad there is no 1 to tease me. Thats how close we all have become. With all this plus amazing work, why would I not be happier any more. Okee guys, this is a short yet sweet description of my life at Garmin which I just love! Would update some more soon!

Life - A Mystery

It was an eventful day yesterday! Finally for the first time in my life I had a girl's day out. It was exactly like how I imagined it alwayz to be. Sangita (intern in Garmin) was leaving back to Florida as her intern was getting over and so I decided to spend a day with her. We watched a movie and then went to the mall and got some dresses for me. Felt really good since the dresses were perfect fit for me. After that we met two more gals and we had a pool party where I gave the other three gals some tips on swimming as I was the only one who knew swimming. It was a fun night. During the whole day I spent with them I had lots of calls from my friends and seeing this Sangita popped up a single question which I dint know at that time would make me think so much for the rest of the night and today.

Seeing me being friends with so many guys, she asked me what would I do after wedding? I asked her what does she mean and she said with so many guys as friends whether I would be friends with them after wedding? At that time I casually replied her, thats a problem I should be facing after wedding and why should I think about it now. But later during the night and today I kept thinking about and thought what could happen. Do I really have to leave my friends behind for a new person in my life. Is that new person going to take so much priority in my life that I would forget all my friends? Will I accept to do anything for that guy? Is it fair enough? I really like my friends and will I have to leave them behind? All these were the questions which came as a flash in front of my eyes.

I thought a lot about it. I even discussed about it with my friends and got few views from them. One of them said that, when the time comes that I am married I would start giving higher priority to him. It kinda made sense, I would spend a lot of time with him that maybe I won't spend much time with my friends. But again what if he restricts me to talk. I then thought, I am capable enuf to either make him understand that I could manage both him as well as my friends at the same time and maybe he would agree to it. But again what if he gives me a choice and I had to choose. Even for this question, I thought even if I choose him, my dearest of my dearest friends would understand the reason as to why I am not being in touch with them. While thinking about this, I was wondering what would happen to me if before me one of my friend gets committed and what if I would have to restrict my friendship with him. Yes very well could happen in reality. But this is life right. It just keep changing. New people continue to enter our lives every now and then and we would need to change few stuff for them.

Thinking about this, it reminded me that while I left college 3 years back I felt really bad I was leaving my friends behind and coming to a new land where I did not have any friends, but slowly I made new friends here and life moved on. So I assume that life would move on similarly even after wedding. But really the thought scared me for a while, but thinking practically everyone does adapt themselves to situations. So I am sure I should be adapting myself to that new life when I really have to. After all, I have managed it pretty well all these days and won't I be able to continue to adapt it. But truly, thinking about it life is really a mystery and I don't know how it would turn out for me.

When Harry met Sally

"Can men and women ever just be friends?" is what the film questions. When Harry met Sally is a 1989 romantic comedy movie. Harry thinks " Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way " and Sally disagrees, claiming that men and women can be strictly friends without sex. This argument becomes an underlying theme to the movie. So the whole movie, though both of them like each other really well, they don't tell that to each other coz their ego comes between and they didn't wanna negate each other. But in the end they do make love to each other and realize tht they love each other.

Now, why did I take this topic. Very simple, I could not agree with Harry. I don't know about the culture here or how it was in 1989 period, but I have been having only guys as friends right from my childhood and I was always comfortable having them as a friend. The movie says at some point if the girl is attractive, then the guy would wanna have sex with the gal and there goes the friendship. Yes true, if the guy think like that. But I don't agree all guys to think like that. I have had really great friendships and still have those. I really really doubt not 1 among them would have thought this even in their dreams. With the part, loving your friend and making love to her, could be agreed if she was the only girl you think you found for your life, then I think there is nothing wrong in loving your friend. I totally believe that only a good friend knows u better than anyone and could adjust with you and live happily with you. So if both the friends have the same feelings for each other, there is nothing wrong is marrying each other. But this would work only if both the gal and guy have same thoughts and thinkings and doesn't care what the society feels. If atleast one of them thinks about it, then it wont happen.

Last but now least, the movie was good with wonderful dialogs between them but again I felt I should write a blog on the theme as 80% of my friends are guys and how I contradict from the movie.

Love is in the air

For the past few days I have been watching quite a bit of romantic movies. I always loved to watch those and own lots of movies of that genre. The list keeps growing day by day. If I ever start explaining people why I like it and say out exactly how it feels, I can surely bet half the people I tell this will c me with kinda frowning reaction in their face. Sometime I feel whats so bad or disgusting abt how I feel. I like the way the two actors act out the love for each other. Not all romantic movies take my attention, but some really do and those are which I own. The best part is whenever I am really low, these are movies which can cheer me back. I just need entertainment, something that makes me happy at the end of the show. Oh common! isn't it why they make movies, to make someone enjoy the time they are watching it.

I keep feeling the same and will always. So in this blog, I would like to mention few movies which are all time favorite and some which I own or wanting to own soon. This is a blog which I would keep updating as and when I watch a movie and just love it.

P.S I have posted 3 of my Favorite Love songs.


Hindi

DDLJ
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Kal ho Na ho
Pardes
Mohobatein
Jaane Tu ye Jaane Na
Jab we met
Dil Chahta Hai
Hum Tum
Veer Zaara
more..

English

Titanic
Before Sunrise
The Notebook
Knocked up
Holiday
Sleepless in Seattle
Forrest Gump
P.S.I Love you
Sweet Home Alabama
Love Actually
more..

English Translation of my recent fav song

Just felt like translating Kabhi Kabhi Aditi in English:

Kabhi kabhi Aditi zindagi mein yunhi koi apna lagta hai
Sometimes in life, Aditi, just like that someone seems like your own
Kabhi kabhi woh bichhad jaaye to ek sapna lagta hai
Sometimes Aditi, when they are separated, it seems like a dream
Aise mein koi kaise apne aansuon ko behne se roke?
In such, how can anyone stop their tears from flowing
Aur kaise koi soch le everything’s gonna be okay?
And how can someone think everything’s going to be okay

Kabhi kabhi to lage zindagi mein rahi na khushi aur na mazaa
Sometimes it seems there is no happiness nor fun left in life
Kabhi kabhi to lage har din mushkil aur har pal ek sazaa
Sometimes it seems every day is difficult, every moment is a punishment
Aise mein koi kaise muskuraaye kaise hans de khush hoke?
In such, how can someone smile, or be happy and laugh
Aur kaise koi soch le everything’s gonna be okay?
And how can they think everything’s going to be okay

Soch zara jaan-e-jaan tujhko humein kitna chahte hain
Think dear, how much I/we care for you (He could mean I or We)
Rote hain hum bhi agar teri aankhon mein aansoo aate hain
If there are tears in your eyes, I/we cry too
Gaana to aata nahin hai magar phir bhi hum gaate hain
I/We don’t know how to sing, but yet I/we sing
Hey, Aditi.. Maan kabhi kabhi saare jahaan mein andhera hota hai
Hey Aditi, believe for a minute that there is darkness in the entire world
Lekin raat ke baad hi to savera hota hai
But it’s only after night that day comes

Kabhi kabhi Aditi zindagi mein yunhi koi apna lagta hai
Kabhi kabhi woh bichhad jaaye to ek sapna lagta hai

Hey, Aditi.. hans de, hans de, hans de, hans de, hans de.. Hans de tu zara
Hey Aditi, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh a little
Nahin to bas thoda, thoda, thoda, thoda, thoda.. Thoda muskura
Or else just give a little, little, little, little smile

Tu khush hai to lage ke jahan mein chhayee hai khushi
If you are happy, it seems the world is filled with happiness
Sooraj nikle baadalon se aur baante zindagi
The sun emerges from the clouds and spreads life
Sun to zara madhosh hawa tujhse kehne lagi
Listen, what the intoxicating wind is telling you
Ke Aditi woh jo bichhadte hain ek na ek din phir mil jaate hain
That Aditi, those who are separated, one day do meet again
Aditi jaane tu ya jaane naa phool phir khil jaate hain
Aditi, whether you know it or not, flowers do bloom again

Kabhi kabhi Aditi zindagi mein yunhi koi apna lagta hai
Kabhi kabhi woh bichhad jaaye to ek sapna lagta hai

Hey, Aditi.. hans de, hans de, hans de, hans de, hans de.. Hans Hans de tu zara..
Nahin to bas thoda, thoda, thoda, thoda, thoda.. Thoda muskura..

Happy moment

Today, July 24th, was a wonderful day. I had my own car. I dint have to depend on anyone for a drive. I could get up on my time and leave the time I want to without waiting on the road for a drive. It was a excellent feeling, I had decided when to leave, where to park for a month now and it was finally happening. As I planned I left at 7:45 am to office and I played wonderful music in my own car! Wow how it felt to own something and have a drive in it. It took my 20 mins to reach office to find out I should have been ther 5 mins early to have got a covered parking. So with the plan of coming back in lunch break and shifting my car into the covered parking, I left to my cabin. First thing I did was mail everyone in my team and lunch group abt the good news of me buying a car. I even thanked every1 for helping me out all these days especially Becky to have given me ride everyday. Within few minutes, I started getting replies from people congratulating me and asking me to show them my new four-legged dependent. I promised them, I would show them in the lunch break while I am shifting the car into the parking terrace. It was lunch break and I gave all my lunch break a small dessert treat to share my happiness, though people insisted in getting a bigger treat. So I promised them with an ice cream party sometime next week. With that happiness I took them to the parking terrace and showed them my sexy companion. They were all really happy for me and I could c the true happiness in each one of their eyes. They tease me a lot always but I always knew they liked me. In fact, all my friends are like that. Maybe its because of my character that no matter where I go I get teased a lot, but truth is I luv ppl liking me and teasing me coz I can take it sportively. So with this happiness, I went back to work and in no time it was already 5:15 pm and it was time for me to leave. Whoa! a day is already over. I then went to the parking terrace and drove my car back home. Reaching home, I kept the beauty in my garage. I will never forget this day in my life!

Hasde Tu Zara

Kabhi kabhi to lage zindagi mein rahi naa khushi aur naa mazaa.Kabhi kabhi to lage har din mushkil aur har pal ek sazaa.Aise mein koi kaise mushkuraye, kaise hasde khush hoke?Aur kaise koi soch de everything gonna be ok?- JTYJN






I have been listening to this song for 2 months now..I used to humm and listen and try to catch some lyrics by hearing but never got the perfect lines..and today finally I got time to look at its lyrics. Really wonderful lyrics..I finally got in the right words and now can sing without mistakes..just loved this particular stanza of the song..was very true and has happened many time in my life and I am sure in everyones life too..I have always loved the video since it was too cute for me..From now i am the fan of the lyrics too..With music I have no words, ARR rocks.I have always been his fan and continue to be ! The song is beautiful right from the moment the guitar strings mark the song's beginning. Rashid's voice is so perfect for Imraan! Genelia has always been an actress with cuteness. Over-all I like this song a lot and it's my recent favorite.

Ramya in Wonderland

Finally a hardworking week was over and I was going to go to LA with zero anticipation about how good Disneyland was coz' I never had time to even think about the weekend during my week. My mind was just overflowing with work I need to finish plus get the car deals done. with both of them getting done only couple of hours before I was leaving to airport, I really did not get time to browse about Disneyland. I assumed it was going to be so kiddish and was a place only for kids. But for me the whole motive for the trip was to meet my mama and family plus my my cuzins. For instance, it was 5 years since I met vinnu and 4 years since I met vivek. though it was only 2.5 years since I met mama and family I still wanted to see surya and lachu as I very well knew they would have grown drastically. With just this anticipation of meeting my relatives I left at 4pm to airport and it too 2.5 hrs for the flight to take off. With my friends ali and vivek being great photographers, I was so very inspired in photography. From the time ali got his D-SLR, he has taught so many photographic terms to me. Not stopping there he also put atleast 50% of his enthusiasm in photography inside me. With that, the frequent chats with vivek about photography and the way he takes pics and edits them..made me really serious in it. If not amazing in taking pics like them, i was atleast started and I think passed kinder garden level. Lot more to compete and complete but I am working on it. So all the while in flight I was just reading through my camera manual and got to know each and every feature of my camera...with my tiredness would have slept a bit but ali's RTFM sounded back to my ears..so I took my cam out and tried every feature they explained me by taking pics of my co- passengers..Oh yeh I forgot about the trip..sorry I have an habit of easily deviating from the topic..So yeh 3.5hrs completed pretty soon since I was totally occupied in flight and finally landed in LAx..and hey to my surprise vinnu's flight landed same time and his gate was pretty close to mine. I collected my baggage and since Vivek's was delayed by an hour [ had my BB 8820 with my GM software on it..helped me a lot in flight status..], we headed towards the rental bus stand and boarded enterprise rental bus and went to the rental agency..wow was so nice meeting vinnu after so many years..he was changed a lot. The enterprise guy later gave a mini van with 8 passenger capacity, buy vinnu and I found a better SUV which looked more muscular and nice..so we paid more and went for it. It was a 2008 Chrysler Aspen. Again my BB was put into use and we headed to LAX to get vivek and mama's family whom reached his terminal by then. Finally finding the terminal I just got down from my car and ran to mami and hugged her it was a long time...Lachu came running to me..she is 10 years younger to me but her thoughts were way matured than me..oh my god she was taller than me..i have known her since I was 10..she was like my very own sister..actually 1 person I could say who followed everything I did right from her childhood..to my surprise she still is like that. Suryaaaaaaaaaa my god he is over 6 " and very much well built..did not expect to c that..but it was funny when he often came and stood next to me just to irritate me saying how shorter I was when whole family was taller around me..We then left teh airport to our hotel. I shall continue the rest as a separate blog!