Aachoo....! And may god bless me!

I have a cold. I’ve been having a cold since so many days that I don’t even remember how it is to be un-coldy (If that can be allowed as a word). I have been sniffing and sneezing and coughing for close to a week. And that is after I’ve almost been finishing one tablet strip a day. It actually started out as a fever to which my husband said that its probably the flu. The moment he mentioned the word 'flu' i went like "Whaaaa.. OMG! I have the swine flu. And they havent even found the vaccine for that yet. I am gonna die....!!". Okay, once i got over the initial hysteria in my mind I recognised the age old symptoms. Fever, bodyaches and that nagging lil itch in that inaccesible corner of my throat. I had the common cold. It so much a better word than 'flu'. 'Flu' makes it sound like some disease or something.

So I do need to ask you something which I have been wondering about since quite some time. Do cold tablets actually work? Is there anyone out there in the whole world who has been cured of a cold by taking medicines off the chemist’s shelf? I remember my mom used to say “A cold takes a week to cure without medicines and 7 days to cure with them”. I say that is the greatest truth of my life. But even then, every time I start sniffing, I buy cold tablets. Or anti-cold tables should I say. In the hope that maybe instead of 7 days it may take 4?? So far…. No such luck.

Last week my hubby had a holiday midweek. I think there is something so great about having a holiday midweek. It just lifts the spirit for the whole week knowing that you have an extra day off. So anyways we went out to the city and generally had a great time. We also went to the aquarium. I actually thought that some place only kids go. So after a lot of persuasion from Ravi we finally went there. And it was not all that bad. And I saw a shark for the first time other than on TV. I was so instantly reminded of that Jaws music. Haha.

I made momos today with chilli sauce. I'm telling you I am a natural at cooking. I mean the moment I put a piece in my mouth I was instantly transferred to Dilli Haat in front of the Sikkim stall! I know I know, all the stalls there make momos but I have this thing for Sikkim Momos. The only thing missing here was the fruit beer.

Anyone who has not tried is seriously missing something BIG in their lives. You absolutely have to go and try them out.

This weekends agenda is Harry Potter. Yayy! I am dragging Ravi along to see it. But since I went along with him to Terminator and Transformers, I am guessing its payback time. :)

C Ya.

Of Makeovers and Facelifts....

I'm still job hunting.. That's the update on my life.
Its been about 4 months since I'd resigned from my job back in India. I've now had it up to HERE sitting at home and getting bored. What is it with these HR people. I am extremely dedicated, smart, friendly, team worker & target driven. I AM the best resource they can get. Serious. Anyways... I'm sure its not gonna be long before they come to their senses and hire me.

Besides that I've been having a pretty good time. Went to Melbourne again along with hubby. Its a pretty nice city actually. So is Sydney. Sydney actually, is a beautiful city. Especially the CBD (central business district). I know its got the harbour right besides it and the Opera House which definitely gives it an edge. With all the skyline lit up with major-time brands it is a breathtaking sight esp at night.



And I was wondering... If you had to select a CBD for Delhi I'm sure it has to be Connaught Place. I mean that is the heart of Delhi... THE business center. And especially after Metro was built and the central park was cleaned up (I remember a time when it was a dump of rubbish!!) it looks pretty good.



I think the only difference besides the harbour between Sydney CBD and CP is that well.... the buildings in CP (anyone who's a delhite will know what I'm talking about here). I mean they are soooo DILAPIDATED. I used to work there for some time. All the while I never, ever ever used the lift. You just cannot use the lifts in those buildings. Not if you value your life. I remember once I used the lift in one of the buildings while going to meet a client. There was only me and another colleague of mine in it. Would you believe the lift went up and down the whole building 3 times before it finally opened the doors. Back at the Ground floor!!! We were just so happy to get out of it. Went up the stairs again for the meeting.
I guess you really cant pull down all the buildings and build new ones. But surely there should be something that can be done?? A face lift... makeover.. something.

Talking of a makeover, I really need one. I'm like so bored of my look. Need a change. A trip to the parlour is definitely on agenda next week.

India lost out in the quarterfinals. I was devastated to hear that. I could not follow it on TV coz there's some problem with the cable connection. But I was totally into it on the net. I mean we are the world champs. We were invincible. How could we lose :( I'm still not over my depression yet.

Anyways... that's it for now. Gotta go make dinner. I saw Terminator Salvation some time back. I dint like it. The previous ones were much better. The movie is nothing but action from the word go. I know that's what the terminator series is all about. But I just thought the earlier ones had a much better storyline than the latest one.

c ya.

The week gone by....

I know its been a week since my last post... it would seem that I have already lost the interest. But hey, I've been busy last week. Even a housewife CAN be busy so don't snigger...

So here's wht I've been doing the past week...

• Last weekend... i mean the weekend before the one that's just gone by. Me and Ravi cleaned the house. I mean like really cleaned like going into the forgotten corners of the kitchen and the bedroom and pulling out the dirt... yucks. but anyways after 3 hours of nonstop back breaking work the effort was worth it. We had a sparkling kitchen, bedroom, living room and bathroom. Thts all there is to my house OK!
• We had his friends over for dinner. I put all my cooking skills into use. Made a delicious dinner and my audience was licking their fingers all the way to home... :D m so happy.
• I saw Lord of the rings - trilogy. Ok, i had never seen the movie before. I don't know why but somehow could never gather the interest nor the time to watch it. Now i regret it coz its such an amazing story I wish I'd seen it on the screen. And New Zealand is my new favourite place. We're definitely going to plan a vacation there and soon.
• I completed my application for spouse VISA. I should be submitting it this week.
• I started jogging again. I mean I started it a couple of weeks back. But then the shoes that I had bought were a size too small for me and I have the hugest feet in the world. So then I went back and exchanged them. Now they are just right. So now I have started jogging again and I hope to lose some serious fat!
• We got membership of this DVD rental place so now I can see all the movies i ever wanted too to pass my time.
• Saw the worst movie of my life till date. "Hills have eyes". Never.. ever.. never never ever see it
• I got a call finally in reply to my application for a job. However that guy and me have been missing each other over phone since 3 days. When I call him he's busy and when he calls me I miss the call. Shit. Anyways.. fingers are still crossed.
  

So that was pretty much what my week looked like.
More update later!

I Miss my Spark :(

Yesterday we got our marriage registered. What a contrast it was. I mean i remember 3 months back when we got married it was a whole two day affair with as many customs and traditions that can be thrown into one marriage. Shit. By the end of it you realise why most people in India get married only once. You just cant go through that torture again :P
But yesterday we got our marriage registered in Sydney. And we took our wows typical filmy ishhtyle... "do u take this man to be your husband" and so on. The whole thing took just 10 minutes. Thts it!!!!
When u think of it our traditional marriage was much much more fun and holy and sacred if u know wht i mean. Anyways...

We're having awesome weather here... is overcast and breezy and a totally romantic weather... its just the start of winter in Sydney. I am a winter person. Always have been and always will be. I mean when you grow up in Delhi heat of 40 - 45 degrees temp I don't understand how anyone can be a summer person.

So I was just looking out of my window n thinkin how much i wanted to go out for a drive. I'd bought a car about 2 years back in Delhi. A cute lil red chevvy Spark. It was love at first sight. Like we understood each other perfectly and were made for each other. My spark was my world. I used to be in a marketing role back then and so used to drive around the city quite a bit. Also my office was bout 25 kms from my house so me n my car used to spend a lot of time together. I used to wait to get into it and drive back from office at the end of the day. Like tht used to be MY time. Loud music.. something to munch on.. and ur ready to go. It never mattered that your stuck for 15 minutes at the South Ex flyover... or that Moolchand was almost always crawling at a speed of 20 kmph... or that the air is so thick with smoke that your lungs would instantly be coated with an inch thick layer of carbon if you rolled down your window. Tht 90 odd minutes it took to drive back home was my unwind time where I could forget about my work and my pain in the **s boss. And I used to love that time.

Now I drive a Honda Civic on the streets of Sydney. Nice car actually, all leather interiors and looks pretty sleek and sexy. Sydney has neat empty roads, hardly ever a traffic jam, the air is so clean you actually want to roll down your windows and let the breeze run through your hair. And everyone follows the rules. Everyone means everyone, no exceptions. It really a treat to drive.
You'd think I'm crazy, but I really miss my Spark somedays like this. I mean I wanna feel the thrill of breaking a red light once more and criss-crossing between lanes and traffic. You know the sense of achievement you have when u miss the pothole on the road coz you knew exactly where it was, coz its been there since ages. Poor guy in the fancy Toyota car dint know tht :P
I could drive my car with one finger on the wheel, apple in one hand and texting from my mobile with the other hand. And I could still overtake that 1980's Maruti in front of me from the wrong side.
Here you stick to your lanes, stick like glue. And turn your indicator on for everything. You wanna change lanes? on an empty road? Indicate. You wanna take a U turn? indicate. You don't wanna turn? Indicate. You wanna turn right on a road that automatically turns right? Indicate.
#$%&@* is what goes through your mind.
So right now I really wish I could drive my Spark in the middle of Ring road.

Hey i saw Phenomenon yesterday. Again. But i really love that movie. And John Travolta looks sexy. See it if you haven't already.
And i really hope Delhi wins today. My husband is rooting for Deccan though.

What's in a name? Like they say.... everything

I am getting married tomorrow.
Okie before you raise your eyebrows, this is just a Visa formality.. The marriage needs to be registered in Australia according to the visa conditions and so, I am getting married tomorrow...
Of course the groom remains the same :P

Now i have this great big decision to make okie... whether to change my name or not?
I mean should i stay put with my maiden name, or should i adopt my husbands last name, or do i keep both?? confoozment...

Okie I am not one of those females who needs to prove a point or something by hanging on to my maiden name. I mean if you are a Barkha Dutt or an Asha Bhosle it is understandable... but i am obviously not them :P But seriously does one really need fight about it? Is your last name the only thing which defines your identity? Anyways.. I'm not gonna get into that right now.

So you'd say why am i in confusion in the first place. it's like this - I love my maiden name. Its something I've been hearing since i was born okie. It has a very attractive sound to it (who doesn't like their name). So i love it and I am attached to it.
But at the same time i like the thot of adopting my husbands last name. It gives me a very married and very belong to each other kind of feeling (i know.. too much mush)
Also I have another problem. I cannot keep both mine and my husbands last name. See the first alphabet of all the three is S... so my initials kind of become triple SSS. Worse the first three letters for all three are all "sur". Its really funny when u look at it. So its either gonna be mine or his last name.
So here I am stuck for a choice... what do i do??

My husband has totally left it up to me. So keeping in mind all the legal formalities for name change (passport, DL, bank accounts etc) the choice is a lil bit easier & I am presently still keeping my maiden name - for the time being.

For lack of anything original this is titled - My First Post

I was just thinking as I started to create my blog... how does one start blogging?
I mean what exactly prompts them to decide okie, today im gonna start blogging?
I dont know the answer really... maybe people need a platform to put-forth their world changing ideas.. maybe start a movement for a cause.. maybe not.
Maybe they just dont have enough friends who listen to them and so they need to pour the ramblings of their mind on the cyberspace.. maybe they just have an urge to write.. about anything and everything... maybe its a form of a personal diary.. only not so personal.. maybe people just want to confess something with the anonymity that Internet provides what they cannot confess to anyone else... and then maybe... just maybe there are people out there just like me who start blogging.... coz' they are bored.... Bored with a CAPITAL and bold B...

I am in my late twenties, got married about 3 months ago and shifted from Delhi to Sydney, long jump that was.
Well I have stayed in Delhi for a real long part of my life and I love it. I did my MBA there and had a flashy job in the insurance industry.
Anyways now I'm in Sydney, looking for a job.. and with the recession and everything its tough :(
So I laze around at home, shop for groceries (I've never done that in my life before), cook, surf the net and basically while away my time while I'm waiting for the phone to ring and someone to call me with a job offer.
Meanwhile I got a bright idea.. why not blog. Ok, the idea came from my cousin who started blogging last year, but the inspiration (aha!) came from the need to utilise my time in a somewhat better manner....
So here I am... writing my first blog.
Oh b.t.w the title of my blog... basically refers to thoughts from random corners of my idle brain... and that's what I'm gonna write about.
c ya later