Bourne Identity

Well, title suggests that am going to write something about Bourne Identity(the movie) but no, its my new identity :) New Identity didnt quite sound great so chose this one ..hehe..

I got my new Indian passport yesterday as my old one's almost 10 yrs now...what a difference both picture wise and experience wise ! Picture wise I was this young kid on the block just doing engg wala studious face wala girl ! And now an experienced professional and married :)

This is one of those occasions when you tend to look back at your life were those 10 yrs worthwile..did you spend them wisely.

If you ask me, it was all about learning..some good things and some not so good things...:)) Discovering opportunities, friends, places and relationships.
After engg, the first job, the hassles in work, enjoying your first salary. Going out for movies with your family, this time you taking them out rather than they !!!

Having fun parties with your colleagues, bidding them adieu when they go abroad...as if they are going to some conquer some peak or so..and then your first trip abroad. I've been lucky that I got to see so many beautiful places in europe and US.
One day I'll write about it.

It would be fun if I carry on this blog till the next 10 years and then one day when I again renew my passport i write down about my past 10 years ..whoa !!!

Week without Bammunu ;)

Well bammunu in amchigele or better still konkani means husband :)
This whole week starting monday, my hubby went over for work to another state and I was all alone here nestled between home and work.
I must say having friends helps a long way as I had a wonderful time here even though he wasnt with me . Couple of dinners I had at friend's places. Remaining time I spent quite usefully shopping around and getting lost on the numerous freeway exits ..!!!

But all in all, it was great fun. But yes, nothing can beat your husband's company..his warm smiles, stupid remarks which make you sulk..hehe..cold looks..
And his undying love for you...this I am assuming bigtime now..whoa..becoz of which two come together...hehe..

Friday nite was his expected arrival and I had called over a couple of family friends..and it was fun to watch him get surprised and happy at the same time..!

But now back to the chagrin of daily life with him..

Onam

Long time ago, a demon named Mahabali ruled Kerala. He became very popular with his subjects. But the gods soon felt threatened as the king could soon start ruling over them with his power so they pleaded to Vishnu. Vishnu in turn disguised as a small brahmin called Vamana and came to the King for alms. Mahabali gave him 3 wishes and suddenly Vamana grew real huge. He kept his one leg to cover the skies, second step on the underworld and went on to put his third step when the King thought that he might now finish the earth hence offered his head on which Vishnu can keep his foot, as now it was obvious to him that Vamana was no ordinary person ! But before that he asked Vishnu to grant him that he be allowed to return to his soil once in a year and everyone around would celebrate that day and this day is how ONAM came into existence !

I had almost forgotten the background of this story..but lakshmi helped me revive it.
Well, in bay area we celebrated it by going to a Mallu function organised by the Bay area mallu gang ! :) Sorry to put it that way..but thats just me..

We went with couple of our closest friends anoop and lakshmi. To add to it the kerala flavour..I wore the traditional attire called as "Vesti Mundu" I hope thats what lakshmi told me..hehe.

Check it out in the snap..

KANK

Well, on this weekend we saw Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna(KANK). Hmm..I have lots of opinions to give over here. When I saw the movie I kind of squirmed under the feeling that do relationships have to go under such circumstances ?

Its shown that Shahrukh(married to Preity) and Rani(married to Abhishek) are unhappy in their individual marriages. Whatever be the reason it cannot be the reason to separate. It is a very bold movie.

I have mixed feelings about this movie honestly and till now I cannot tell whether I accept it or not. My strong Indian attitude tells me that it is wrong and if I keep an open mind I tell why not.

Honestly I feel that Preity's character is the rightmost amongst the four. She's strong, has a life of her own and yet still very much loves her husband and kid. The only thing which she missed was communicating this to her husband. This was triggered by her husband shahrukh uncompromising/non-understanding attitude and his own handicap. Abhishek is shown to be caring and loving, but again right from the beginning the basis for the relationship was wrong. Rani and Shahrukh;s characters are the most complex and they seem to have a problem with everything in life. The best would be for them to attend positive attitude classes :)

No wonder they say that one needs to rekindle romance in life every time, whether it is a 1 month old relationship, 1 year old or 10 year old or every moment for that matter !

Gosh looks like a tough job specially when one of the two in the couple is hard to handle or manage. But it is not impossible. Never say die should be the attitude in life.

All in all I liked the songs, thats all :)

I found an interesting review on the same:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449999/

Singing

It`s Friday evening and we went to the Indian Community Centre in Milpitas. Sangeetha Mai was going to sing at that place so we went to listen to hear her sing. There were plenty of singers but she was the best. Also an uncle sang very well.
Its amazing to see these people sing with such beauty. The theme today was that of sad songs so it was kind of sad listening to all those sad old songs.

Sangeetha sang the song from Abhimaan..Piya Bina..a beautiful sad song. The original song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

Something about Latadi ......
Lata Mangeshkar (Marathi/Hindi:लता मंगेशकर) (born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India with a career that has spanned more than six decades. She is one of the only two singers (and the only playback singer) to have been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian honour (the other being legendary classical vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi). Although she sang mainly for Hindi and Marathi films, Lata Mangeshkar's popularity and influence transcends barriers of region and language. She has sung 35 major Indian languages. Lata is also popularly referred to as the 'Nightingale of India' and continues to sing to date in Indian cinema.

Long Weekend

It was the long weekend with Sept 4th being a holiday and I was so looking forward to going out with my husbaand..but fever struck him and we were tied up at home from friday. Even I was caught with some fever. But saturday we decided to venture out.

Headed out to Lowe's and Orchard Supply. Got some beautiful flower plants.. pictures posted. Yep they are in my patio...aint they gorgeous ? I just love them. I hope they continue to grow beautifully. Couple of them are called Garden Primula and the others are variations of the Vinca.


Evening we were in fremont and got into a mood for a movie. Amongst the new ones released that weekend, Munnabhai Lage raho was there and we were up for it! Quickly we called couple of our friends and went for it. I found it a hilarious movie and was quite refreshing.



Later on sunday we lazed around at our friends place for dinner. This was in SFO and we enjoyed a great deal.

Monday, the final day of the weekend, when we were still braving it out with the fever and cold, we went out to stanford. Check out the pics. Am looking a bit sick ;)

Fever

Fever is one thing in life that I dread and hate to have. Well currently my darling has caught on some major throat infection and has developed fever so am like not supposed to go too close to him as I might catch it :((
The most that am trying to do is take good care of him so that he becomes fit as a fiddle. I want to give him some fitness ke liye drink but he isnt ready to have that :(( But its okay, am giving him what he likes and what is good for him so I reaaally hope he gets well soon so that we can go out and have a good time. Its a long weekend and we had no plans but were planning to go driving and have a good time.

Dekhte hai kya hota hai..:))