Baby Bloom Everywhere

Looks like its baby bloom time all around me… Suddenly so many of my friends seem to be having babies or have just had their little ones recently... And so many including me are in the waiting line too!!!

It sure is fun to read all the emails about the latest news, the latest happenings in all their lives and its sure does give me the creeps too when I wonder how I will be able to cope with all this. Anyway, it is certainly wonderful to get reassuring replies from everyone telling that we will cope fine and all :)

Humm well hope that their words come true and that we will cope well with the new changes in life. When I think about it more, it sure is freaky like hell to think about what a change it is in life and that we have to suddenly become more responsible. Well I don’t mind the responsible part, but this is just not any responsibility. You are becoming responsible for another human being for the rest of your life, you have to plan so many things in life now and now it will have to totally become a separate family thing like your child and spouse will definitely have to become first priorities. Well I hope I can work it all out… Phewww!!!

It sure was a very hot summer here but now the temperatures have started reducing and it sure is a relief to have a cool breeze in the evenings at least instead of the irritating hot blasts of air… I sure did enjoy the slow life and lesser timings at work due to the summer in Kuwait and also mainly due to the fact that so many people travel out of the country and life becomes slower and roads become less congested. To top it, we had Ramadan also recently which made life all the more slower and I sure enjoyed it because of the really short work timings which gave me amble time to reach home early, rest more etc…

The unexpected long holiday for Eid was another added blessing because my aunt and uncle had come down from US and life got so hectic last week as it was get-togethers at different places for us and it all went on from early in the evening to the wee hours of morning. Every day for those 6 days we used to reach home only after 3:00 am and luckily I was able to stay in bed till afternoon next day. It was only my poor dad who had to wake up every day at least by 6:30 am so that he could attend the phone calls and then go to work and all.

Now Eid and all are over and it’s back to the old work timings and all. I sure don’t enjoy that too much and plus the roads are back to being congested too. But ya life is like that and we all sure have to cope up with it. Winter also will slowly start creeping in and suddenly out of the blue it will be so damn cold to do anything… That’s when we will start complaining all the more about having to wake up to go to work, about not having central heating and all that nonsense. (Well the main signs of winter creeping in here now is – its winter clothes everywhere and the summer ones are all on sale and stuff and not the climate… that’s why I said out of the blue it will suddenly be so cold!)

Anyway I am looking forward to a good and pleasant climate and also waiting for some positive changes which has to happen really soon and keeping my fingers crossed so that some things will work out real fast… I just hope that the things I want will work out soon and God will certainly listen to our prayers!!!

Another Blessed year!!!

Wow I can’t believe that another year in life has passed by so soon and it’s not like I’m getting any younger or anything and I certainly do not want my school and early years back… Well I would certainly love to have my post graduation years back coz it was so much fun :)

Anyway, I know that I have to thank the good Lord for the blessings that happened in the past year/years and am especially thankful that life is going on OK and that things went good so far… This year will also add another great change in my life and ya I’m certainly going to step into another phase in life soon… ‘Motherhood’

Pheww don’t ask me how I feel coz I seriously do not know and I do not know if I am looking forward to the coming years and sleepless nights… I just hope that I will be able to handle everything well without making a wreak of myself and others. Ya life has to move on and it’s the various cycles of life that is taking place. But it all also depends on how we handle things too right and that’s the only part where I’m a little worried…

Anyway, even though yesterday was a great day in life and all, my hubby darling was not able to make it here for my birthday thanks to the Jet Airways pilots strike… What else can I say about it? Anyway I just heard that the strike is over and hopefully the services will resume today and hubby will make it here tonight…

Just hoping and praying for a few good years ahead :)

HAPPY ONAM

Wow, wow….. Onam is here :) and even though I am not in Kerala, or rather in India at all, I do feel the spirit of it this time even though I am not attending any programs and such.
My poor mom who was not feeling well made so much of an effort to make an Onam based Sadya yesterday for us and it was great indeed. The true fact is I just ate too much, then drank too much of the tasty Ada payasam she made and couldn’t move an inch. And ohh boy did I suffer for all that over eating… hehe I just couldn’t move around for another 5 hours and was feeling so sick…. But I wouldn’t mind having all those tasty stuff again. :)

So today is Thiruvonam and some of the family is gathering together at my uncle’s place to have the Onam sadhya at night and I do hope that I will be able to enjoy it as much as my mom’s cooking…

Anyway I do miss Kerala and the festival season and the hustle and bustle of the Onam so much even though I have never celebrated it much in life. It’s certainly a nostalgic season and its fun to see the whole state celebrating it keeping aside their religion and all other differences.

I guess having the Malayalam channels do help and it’s fun to see all the different Onam based programs and at least see the pookalam and sadhya and all that is going on in Kerala and feel as if I am there and seeing it all.


SO a very very HAPPY and Prosperous ONAM to all of you.



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Furious furious :P

I know that I took a break again from blogging! Not that I really wanted to do it but I just kept away because I did not want to write about all the kind of negativity that was pouring around me.

Ya I do sound nuts right… Well I have been feeling very low lately and with so many issues going on, was wondering how to cope… And I don’t think I can openly write it all here even if I do want to and would love to… (But that would be catastrophic and I literally mean it!)

I have also been having some difficulties at work and really hate it when people try to act too smart and try to belittle others a lot.… Believe me, my patience has been tried to the maximum but still I kept quiet today and I do not know why. I just do not understand why I did not burst out at that female when she came in even though I was extremely furious and boiling and a few minutes before that I was almost screaming at the walls for all the stupid things….

Ahh I know I know you must have stopped reading this by now,,, Well you can’t blame me too much coz I have been putting up with all this for so long and don’t know when there will be an end to all this. And I know I have been silent for too long and have been a kind of doormat for too long too…

Anyway I am certainly trying to maintain my cool and I know some of these issues might come up again in a couple of days and that’s when I don’t know how I will end up reacting. The only reason I haven’t taken all this to my boss is because I did not want to act like a nursery kid who takes her complaints to the class teacher.

Ok now about other things – Ramadan is starting on Friday or Saturday and I wish everyone ‘RAMADAN KAREEM’… Well life is supposed to be easier and better during this time here and I hope to God that it will be… Life will definitely be slower and quieter during the day and with shorter work timings everywhere people will be rushing to get back home and all too… Anyway after the first couple of days the evenings will be a huge rush coz of all the shopping the Arabs end up doing and believe me you will go nuts due to the traffic and all. And ya the Gabqa dinners and Iftar and all that too....

We will have a tough time trying to park the car coz most people would have ended up blocking the area and would have gone for shopping and it will be a pain to go and come. But anyway it’s a holy month and hope that much good comes out of it too.

Once again - RAMADAN KAREEM TO ALL....

Another thing - my condolences on the Jahra Wedding fire that killed so many people and injured so many too… (For those of you who are wondering what I’m talking about –please check the links:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090815/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_kuwait_wedding_fire#

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTE5NDgxNTUwMQ==
http://www.pr-inside.com/arsonist-ex-wife-burns-wedding-tent-r1445254.htm
http://www.kippreport.com/2009/08/burning-love/

Well I know that many versions of the story are out but that does not explain or set right what happened… The ex-wife set blaze the tent where the wedding party was going on due to which so many people dies and all of it were women and children and that too everything happened in just 3 short minutes.

Avenging is your personal things to do, but what did those innocent people who attended the wedding do? What about all those numerous number of victims who are in the hospital suffering from the most severe of burns? Will they ever get their life back?

Ahh the world just goes on to be a worser and worser place to live now…

Anniversary time!

Wow I just can’t believe that one year has flown by me so fast! Time indeed seems to be flying and even half of 2009 has already passed us all by.

Guess what - It’s become a year today since my beloved one and I tied the knot and everything seems to have happened so fast and before I know it, a whole year has also passed since that eventful day :)

And it sure has been an eventful year I say!

All I can say is that, I’m really happy that we were finally able to tie the knot and that hubby was also able to join me here after a couple of months after the wedding. But right now, we both are just so happy and grateful that at least we are there with each other during this anniversary time. I guess we will have the real celebrations and stuff maybe next year and hope to get more time with each other.
Well, I know that this should have been a special occasion and special celebration as it’s the first year, but since we have known each other for so long and have been committed to each other, I guess it doesn’t matter much that we are not able to do anything special.

Humm now that I think more deeply about it, I can’t say that I’m too happy about the fact that I am not able to do anything special. So I guess I do have to say I’m a little disappointed about the whole situation. At the same time I’m am grateful that we are together and that’s what makes the difference I guess.

As with all married couples we have had our good and bad times, the usual fights and love for each other and all. That’s all part of life and especially because he is the more patient and caring one, things are going smoothly.


Now, I’m just wishing my beloved one and myself too, a special happy anniversary and want God’s blessing for all the years that lie ahead of us.

So --- “HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US” :)

Hubby Dear’s Bday

Ahh its hubby dear’s birthday today. It’s the first one after our marriage and I wanted to do something special, get him something special, go out somewhere etc etc… But nothing happened. In fact I was not even able to get him a card as I didn’t get time to go anywhere after work and I haven’t gone out shopping for quite some time now because of the rest I needed and all.

I just feel so bad…Ohh how I wish we just could get some time to spend together and do something special. Well I just hope that I get to do something special at least next year. Anyway, we are both happy at least to be with each other during this time.
I guess I made more of an effort to get something special done while we were courting and most times when we were able to be with each other, I have managed to give him a small gift and so on.

Well now, I just hope that things start getting better and we will be able make some of our wishes come true and so on…

I just once again WISH him a VERY VERY HAPPY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY….and hope to make up for it soon :)

*** Had to do a little editing here -- My dad made up more the part i didnt do. :)
When i reached home, I found that Dad had got a special cake, and also bought some Indian food like biriyani and stuff for lunch so that hubby dear could have something special.... Now thats a great relief and to top it all mom made some Ada Payasam (an Indian (keralite) sweet dish)...Ohh i loved it...

Back after a short break

Looks like I do feel better after the really short break that I had. The doctor told me to take rest for at least 4 days and that’s exactly what I did. Took off from work and was resting at home the full time. The only thing I just am not able to follow is – drink a minimum of 1.5 litres of water per day so that I can reduce the medicine intake and stuff and just stop it altogether.

Well I am trying hard to drink as much water as possible but just cannot do so at times when I feel too nauseous; and it certainly is not funny running to the loo after having so much of liquid intake. On top of all this - Dad, mom and hubby are behind me telling drink water, drink water drink water!!!

Soon, I guess I will reach the stage where if I see water I will have nightmares… LOL Ahh I know it’s for my sake and health and all, but I just cannot handle the nauseous feeling which makes me act like a total B***h at times. It’s just that I get so irritated because of that feeling and want to tell everyone to try drinking water while they are in my shoes. I really mean it, when the food and water is filled till my throat and unless it goes down into my stomach, I don’t think I have the space for even a sip of water.

Ahh who said life is easy right? Humm I know tougher times and situations are coming and soon I will also have to make some tough decisions that I am not looking forward to too. Well its life and I have to face it headlong.

In the meantime, I am trying to make the best out of the situation… But to tell you truthfully, I think I did enjoy sitting at home ideally for a couple of days and the rest did do me good. Even the small break from the daily routine was refreshing. :)

Extremely Bored!!!

Ahh I’m just feeling so bored and don’t seem to want to write anything… All I do want to write about is about my miseries and about work. But I won’t do that as most friends advised me against writing anything about work and colleagues in my blog and I also do not want to pass on the misery to you all too. Another reason is that, the wrong information will go into the wrong hands, so why doom myself?

Ok, now I’m being very brave here and trying to just forget about all that and get on with other things. On days like this, I plunge headlong into the blog world and enjoy and spend my time by reading lovely posts written by many in the blogosphere. It’s a lovely other world out there and its fun reading most posts as some are so well written and brings a smile on your face…

And today seems to be a little more peaceful than other days as I didn’t have to put up with all the hitting, banging, drilling sounds from the floor downstairs which is undergoing some renovation. Well from what I hear, they are starting a Starbucks outlet there. I do hope that is true as at least I can get some good coffee or snacks when I feel like it. Not that there is any shortage for all such things as my office building already houses 2 huge restaurants and the buildings nearby also have many restaurants and most of the fast-food joins are around the corner….But I have never taken the pains to go anywhere and I used to order Arabic food from nearby places for which I need help as I cannot place my order in Arabic.

Ok looks like I am just writing a lot of nonsense here and I better stop now before I go more into it…