India, after a long time

Finally, the day has come.
After one long year, we are going to India. We are leaving to India on 25, ie tomorrow. We dint tell our folks there, as we want to give everyone a surprise visit. My mom and dad, atai and mama, sis, brother and sis-in-law are going to be excited when they see us there before one week. Ha ha ha. It would be fun to see their face. In case, if you happened to meet any of them, don't leak out..

We will be in India for 5 weeks. Out of 5 weeks, MM has taken 1 week holiday(during my sis-in-law's marriage) and 4 weeks "work at home" so that we may not loose any salary. During weekends we have planned to visit our people. We dream to get such "work at home" all the time, so that we can be with our loved ones forever. But MM's company needs our presence here in this country. May be for a while, we can enjoy such comforts.

mm was 5 months, when we came here. Now he is 17 months old. My parents and in-laws are eagerly waiting to see all the changes undergone by their only grandson.. I still could remember my mom and atai shedding tears for mm when we started. What to do, "we have to give up something, in order to get something"..

Catch u all from India and bye bye for now..

Everything happens for a reason..

It was a sunny day and I was walking with mm in his stroller, the place was near library(US). I saw a church. Suddenly i felt like geting in. So i went inside. I was praying there and the church father came near me. He should be an Indian. He started to talk with me in Tamil. He was asking, what I am doing at home all the day and asked me to come to Church daily. I was telling him that i have a kid and i don't find time. He said, that there are lots of churches nearby and started suggesting me that i can find time during AFTERNOON and asked me to visit churches. I said, Ok. i asked him to take a picture of us in the church and he helped us out. When i came out, i was in a beautiful beach with lots of trees and plants with blooms. I felt heavenly.

Hmm..,AFTERNOON naps leads to such kind of dreams ;-)

Oldies are Goldies

I feel like going back to my singles life. How blissful my life was. Like a free bird, i used to roam around, playing, reading, laughing. No one to control me, independent and i was flying like a carefree butterfly without any responsibility. Wow wonderful days those are...

I used to get up by 8 am. have food, catch the bus, college, minimal studies and lots of aratai, snacks at road side shops, group study at friend's house, late to home, eating, T.V, sleeping, again the routine.... ha ha ha, fantastic moments of my life.. If my in-laws had known this, they wont have chosen me..

I love both MM and mm, they both are my life and my everything.. I am fully taken care, supported by MM and enjoying innocent and pure love by mm. What else do i want? Most of the time, i enjoy being like this. but a few times, i miss my old days(very old days)...

14 lb

Hurray, I did it..
I lost 14 lb(6 kg) in 4 months.. People told me that i can loose 1 lb per week. But when i started to do dieting and exercise, i was very tired and frustrated. But if i don't control my weight now, then the next baby will add another 20 lb to me, ending me into a nice fat old aunt.. Not only that, a slim/moderate figure gives a healthy life and lots of confidence and boldness.

Whenever i do some tasty dish, i felt miserable and used to think, "Is this diet really necessary?", "Who is going to appoint me as a model", silly me. But, when i see my hard earned outcome, i am too glad now.. The things which i did for the past 4 months to control my weight were
1. Yoga, early in the morning.
2. Water therapy, early in the morning.
3. Walking with mm, in the evening.
4. Black chai, at any time, preferably while mm is sleeping.
5. 1200 Calorie diet.
6. Gym, Jogging in treadmill.

One thing i could not change, my shoulders became broad and also my hips. Do any other mother have this same effect on your body? or am i still fat ? ;-)

To do list

After coming back from India, i have a list of things to do. They are

1. To learn about Stock Markets.
One of our relative told that he used to invest in stocks. I was little curious about that and tried to know about it, but i could not. So should try it again after coming from India. If anyone reading this blog know something about it, I would welcome any kind of information from you.

2. To learn driving.
i learned to drive in India, but here i don't know most of the rule and i am scared too. So i feel like learning it again.

3. To potty train mm.
This isn't easy as i thought. Will post about this later.

4. To join some dance class.
I always like to dance. When i was small, i used to ask my mom to allow me to join some dance class. I was never entertained. Now MM, merrily waved a green flag to my interest. So a great dancer is on her way to rock you all ;-)

5. To learn and play squash.
I don't know even A,B,C s of this game, somehow, i like it and i want to learn it too.

6. To continue with swimming.
During winter, as it was very cold, i dint feel like going to pool. As it is warm now, i should start my swimming again.

7. To roam around US.
I have lots of places to see here. It is spring now, when i come back from India, it would be summer here. What is summer here for ;-) jus to roam around.

The list is long enough to keep me busy for a year. Isn't it?

Wagh bakri - Addicted to its taste

I really wanted to do a post on this tea.
I got this pack from an Indian store here in US. I like tea with milk so, i first tried it with milk and sugar. It was great. My neighbor suggested me to try it as a black tea. when i tried it with hot water, honey and lemon, i got addicted to its taste .. Really refreshing and has a strong flavor with nice aroma. After tasting this tea, i don't find any other tea which is as good as this. This chai tastes deliciously different.

When MM tried this tea(for the first time), i made it and gave it to him at once. I dint let the tea bag to fully infuse. He dint like it. I asked him to give another try but he refused. What to do, he is missing an excellent drink in life.

I actually shifted to tea, when i wanted to reduce my weight(otherwise i am always a coffee fan). Apart from reducing weight, tea has lot of other benefits too, which one should know.
Check them out here - http://www.waghbakritea.com/tea_health.html

The first five things

So Tagging started!!!

I am tagged by Shakti, to write about the first five things i do, when i enter home. I am at home mom and the places i go are library, YMCA Gym and Shopping or friend's place.. Whenever i come back from these places, mm would have been slept. So here goes my first five things to do.

1. I will put mm in bed and will remove his shoes.
2. Remove my shoes and change my dress.
3. Make a cup of black tea(My favorite. will post about this later) while booting my laptop.
5. Do my Thyanam.
6. Now time to enjoy- will read/write my mails, blogging and browsing along with tea(Heavenly).

If MM is with me, he will occupy the laptop before me.. So at those time, i will pick some book and will start to read..

Busy...

I am really busy now-a-days..
mm is little ill and he needs me always with him. While sleeping too he is holding me or lying on me. I think, he should be getting nightmares(like his mom). So could not find time to post.
And also, as we are going to India, we are organizing things and buying gifts for our folks back home. So couldn't find quality time.


In the back of my mind, i have this:
I should not be saying this. ("BUSY?") Being at home, no work other than taking care of my calf.. I really don't like to say that word to my friends(of course, they won't mind), Everyone of them are working, taking care of their kids and also managing their household works. I am finding reason for my laziness. Shame on me. What to do? A few(lot) are really talented..

Who said thinking is good >:-(

It was during my college days. I was just married to MM. We were in a small house in ECR. I had to go to college and do all household works. Being a gal, who never helped my mom, i found that very difficult. I was working all day without rest. The travel time(to my college) alone was 3 hrs. Besides, i had to wash, cook, clean, sweep, mop, shop and the list continued.... I used to curse my mom for anything and everything. Whenever i meet her(it happens once in a week) i used to say, u ruined my life, studies, career and everything.. She often laughs at me. I organized things, Like at this time, i will do washing, and during this hr, i will clean home, and during this time, i can study something like that. After coming from college, i feel like sleeping, but will have a load of cloth to wash and vessels to clean. My eyelids beg for a shut down..But i cant give up.. I had to do them. I needed the very important and precious thing, "TIME". I always was short of time. Those are my toughest time.One day i was washing the cloths(cleaning vessel, writing assignments and cooking were the list of work after that) and the house owner's son knocked the door(No not now, Please god, no relatives now!!). As he was knocking the door continuously, i opened the door(Aiyoda, neeya... don't come in), he smiled and came in. (Don't ask me anything) He asked for a glass of water. ("don't you have water at your home").. i gave him the water and he drank. (Go soon, i have lot of work to do) He sat down slowly and idling. (Dont waste my time, I don't even have time to breath") I was little irritated & asked him, what are you doing??? He told me, "Enna pannalamnu yosichitu eruken akka"....P.S1:- That buddhu was 18 yrs old when this happened...

P.S2:- MM is a person, who will always help me in every way. But those days, he was forced to work in his company from morning 7.30 to night 11.30.. So i never felt like sharing work with a person who is fully squeezed already by a MNC..

Voodal ;-)

Hm, No reply from MM till now.

What to say? (You shut up)
Why did i msg him?? (As you are so stupid)
Was that really necessary? (Necessary for your fate)
Who will entertain a silly msg in between work especially between meetings? (You may, if u ever get a job)
Have I seen him free any time? (Yeah, most of the time, while he is sleeping)
Will you ever talk with your spouse, when he/she react impatiently? (Yeah, Obviously will talk with the ceiling)

People, who know me feels that "She don't deserve him". People, who know MM feels that "She should be lucky to get him". People, who are seeing us for the first time, feel we are made for each other. Obviously, we are made for each other. I have seen lot of couple, who think alike in every way. Their love or marriage will obviously succeed. Considering Me and MM, we two belong to two different poles. Our thoughts never meet at all. As told he is made up of "snips and snails and puppy dog's tail", while i am made up of "sugar and spice and everything nice"(Ethuku onnum korachal ella). But we share one thing in common, nothing but love...

Fed up

I was sweeping the kitchen, when i heard continuous blow of horn. I peeked via the window and saw a fedex van making that horn. I was thinking that there should be some problem with the horn and as i was about to turn, a man from the van came running towards our window. I was little shocked. And he asked me, "Are you appartment no A9??" and I told "Yes". He was little irritated and told, " I am ringing your bell for the past 5 mins".

I came to the laptop and wrote this to MM(to his messenger)...
your ipod nano is delivered and also the gift for V mama and atai's needle.
The fedex guy was blowing his horn to call me. When i went down, he told me to do something to fix the calling bell. This is the third time with him. Do not order anything till u fix the calling bell or at least let me know, when they will deliver, so that i can wait by the window.

No reply from MM till now..

Memories and Dreams...

I have lots of memories. I do not want them to fade away with me. Nothing very important, exciting or knowledgeable. I feel they are funny and interesting.
And I get lots of dreams. I like to pen them too. I even get full movie dream, nightmares, comedies, etc. Sometimes i feel like giving those stories to someone to make movies out of them. Silly me ;-) These dreams will be in my memories only for a few days. When i was doing my schooling, i feel like writing them. Those days, i was shy, so i dint do that. Now being a grown up and a blogger, i got a way to remember my dreams.
Lets see how it goes...