hazaron khwahishen aisee...

had dinner, watched F.R.I.E.N.D.S....Sandy and Pooja have already slept, they are the "good gals" of the house!! Sheenu and Neha haven't come yet...and i am sitting in front of my laptop...thinking, missing, enjoying...and yes...writing...

there has been something or the other happening here that reminds me of people...

I was watching the Laughter Challenge on my laptop and rolled with laughter when "pehchaun kaun" act by Navin Prabhakar came!! and I missed Avi....

I was flipping the pages of my notebook when the printout of one of the emails that Vamsi had sent me dropped down...I read...I re-read...and I missed Vamsi...

I was inside this store to buy some stuff when this girl behind me happened to say "WAAAWWWW" for something...and I missed Tai...

I missed JD on 23rd...its' been 2 years we met...that was the only time I guess I was SO wrong in judging someone!! I had thot of him as a sensible serious chap and he turned out to be the maximum possible opposite sorts...!! a complete nautanki!! :))

I eat strawberries almost everyday and I miss Vipula...she loves strawberries...

I hardly make tea here...infact I haven't prepared tea since I came here...whoever drinks tea makes it for themselves...and everyday I miss Sanu...miss the moments of my cribbing to prepare tea for her...miss Sanu's expressions that became "oh-so-sweet" so that I made tea for her...although there are just too many reasons to mention why I miss Sanu...

watched OSCARS yesterday and remembered the rick drives of Sanu, me, Shruti and Vij in Mumbai at late hours after watching all the OSCAR nominated movies in Mumbai...

talked to aai about the Filmfare awards and missed watching some real "desi channels" on the TV...watching Abhishek Bachchan....:((

saw the snaps of my offshore team going on picnic...missed being with them...missed having fun with the gang there....(n' yes that inclused my tall-dark-handsome PL at offshore!!!) ;))

as for aai, baba and bhai...I don't need a reason...an instance to miss them....

but then I enjoy being here...meeting new people...doing a job which is challenging...exploring new places...eating out...hanging out...enjoying the snowfall...the drive...the place...the system...the culture...

and now I wonder on a situation where I am enjoying all this stuff with the people I love...my aai, baba, bhai...friends...

we get so greedy at times...we want everything all together...why don't desires come to an end...why aren't dreams over....

but then we need desires...a desire to live...a desire to fulfill the desires...dreams would never be over, 'coz each time we will goto sleep...we'll dream of something and get up with a desire to fulfill that dream...

hazaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dum nikle...
bhaut nikle mere armaan lekin fir bhi kam nikle...

can't come up with a title...

I sit and I wonder...
I am moving ahead...but I wanna stop for a while...
I look back and I smile...
so many years have just passed by...
fail to stop them however hard I try...
school and college getting over in a flick...
and time was just playing its' trick...
and before I realized...
Here I am in a new country...
all mesimerized...
still pinch myself to find everything around me is for real...
miss my home...but got one over here...
miss mum, dad, family n' friends...
but getting to know things that are new and trying to comprehend...
feeling amused as life unfolds...
experiencing the new and cherishing the old...
and waiting for the next day with some new stories to be told...

another weekend's over...:(

so many things happening...so many things to be done...so many destinations to be reached...so many journeys to travel...so many things to be explored...

crux of the story is...I've got so much to write but falling short of chance n' time...
just the highlights right now...details later...

Friday...
went out to Chipotle for lunch and had a sllllurrpingly tasty Mexican lunch! those Burritos were awsumm!!
the good day ended soon with issues popping up at 9 p.m. and I ended up with a night out in front of that laptop till 10 in the morning...:((

Saturday...
did laundry...;)) whatta thing to mention!! heheheheee
watched My Best Friend's Wedding and Jerry Maguire...
went to Michaels...its one of the biggest store for arts n' crafts!! details later...
had one of the best chocolate icecreams at Ben n' Jerry's!
had a gappa party at home... with some tasty tortillas n' salsa...c'mon guys I am a foodie...can't help that !!! ;)
played cards after a long time...

Sunday...
went to Gurudwara and had lunch at langar... awsumm food again!!
went to see the frozen River Fox...
watched Guru...
enjoyed the snowfall!! feeling the cotton-like-snow on your face is amazing...

thats it right now...gotto go to sleep...kal fir Monday!! AAAAAH i hate those mondays!!!

its' chillllllinnnnnnnggggg.....!!!

I had written this post yesterday but forgot to put it on the blog…better late than never…so here it is…

The temperature’s –30 degree F and its’ chillllllling!!! I just saw outside the window and all’s covered in a white sheet of snow…looks beautiful but only for a while…for a moment I remembered the Mumbai rains…only that the water was replaced by snow!!! I dunno how am I going to drive back home with all the snow around…its’ a usual day in the office…all work no play…gotto finish up things…dreaming of going home, getting inside the blanket and enjoying a cuppa coffee reading a book…but as of now I can only “dream” about it…

I decide to do something practical…so take a break…write my blog and go back to work…

Ah, before I end…Tim bought cookies for all of us!! He baked those and they are amazingly awesome!!! He’s one of the most affectionate people around…and getting affection when you are far far away from home…means a lot….here I take the last bite of cookie and get back to work…these cookies are yummmmmmyyy!!!

weekend's over...:(

its' 23:45...the weekend's over...:(( another week with loads of work on my head...but then another weekend to wait for....:))

I am all ready to fall asleep but thot of scribbling down something on this blog which has become one permanent and loyal part of life....(waiting for a better "permanent and loyal part-ner) !!! In all the cases this blog's gonna be with me always...

The weekend was a relaxed one...weather forecast had predictions of the temp. dropping to -4 degree F...so had no other choice but to be at home....its' CHILLING out here!! neways, sheenu, neha n' I did went for a drive yesterday evening (we were so tired sitting at home!!). We thot of eating some rich desserts and coming back...but then we ended up going for Salam-e-ishq...and yeah...that was a bad decision...except for Sallu!! GOSH he's SO handsome....and he seems to be become handsome-er and handsome-er with his age!!! Believe me...Sallu was the only good thing happened in Salam-e-ishq!! But then again this was my first-hindi-movie-in-Chicago!!

Sunday went completely at home....yes "completely"...Ujju went back to India today...3 months back, when she was leaving for Schaumburg, I had packed her bags and bid her goodbye in Mumbai...without any idea that I'll be here in Schaumburg again to pack her bags and bid her bbye to India!! Life's so unpredictable!! When I reached Chicago, I pinched myself just to realize that it was all real...I actually felt like a moron of thinking so much in the past...you never know what's in store for you, and your "thinking" is not going to make an ounce of a difference...things just happen when are supposed to...

Experinces till now are amusing!! neways, I haven't seen many places till now...All Thanks to this Winter here!! but whatever I have seen, experienced is amusing...Ujju had treated us before leaving in India Gardens (one of the decent Indian restaurants here)...its' funny to see someone take an order for Da'l Ta'dka' and Paneerrr Ja'lfreeyezee with an absolute-american-accent!!! Similar experience when I went to "Milan Chat" and had samosas there...only to realize that one samosa costed 350/-....I gotto stop this converting-dollars-to-rupees!!!

I was making parathas the other day when suddenly some irritating sound started...it took me sometime to believe that my paratha-making had made the fire alarm to work!!! Thankfully the alarm stopped after 5-10 mins...(it took us a good effort to make it stop!!) The very next day I heard a more irritating and loud alarm...it ended up being the fire alarm for the whole building!! within 10 mins all the people were seen downstairs in their nightsuits!! the next thing was "Arrival of the FIRE BRIGADE"!! After another 15 mins we were told that someone had burnt the curry in one of the apartments and everything was safe...:)) had the alarm from my parathas went a bit longer, a similar scene would have happened!! :))) mind you...but I have become so cautious while cooking!!!

YAAAAWWWWWWWWWWNNNNN.......I am sleepy....gotto get up early tomorrow...:(( I hate Mondays!!

but my hatred for Mondays won't make any difference...So thats it for now...