bone tired

I have been so busy lately that I simply did not have the energy to type up a post.

Diwali preparations and work simply exhausts me.

Let me take this opportunity to wish all Hindus a Happy Diwali and all Muslims a Selamat Hari Raya Puasa...

Sorry for the sporadic post. I will resume normal blogging from next week....Tataaaaa

Dopey

I have been a big dope these days. Too many things on my mind which renders me incapable of thinking or writing coherently. That explains my absence from my blog...

Anyways, I got a new phone and here is a self portrait I took in the office on the 14th Oct 2005.

Chocolate c0nd0ms

HEhehehe nopes this is not a x-rated post... It has something to do with a dream I had last night.
My dream was very very weird and very funny and I can recall the whole dream rather vividly. Just too funny not to write down for posterity.
" I was at a store...and I kept looking all around me to check if anyone was around. Then I took a box of chocolate flavoured c0nd0ms and paid for it. Out of no where a cousin of mine catches me red-handed and takes me aside. She begins questioning me what I am doing buying this and why I need so many(!!!) and that she was going to tell my mother."

Just then my alarm rang and woke me up. But this was the weirdest dream I ever had.

Spreeeee

I think I went mental today. Was feeling bored and decided to go down to Jurong Point just to window shop. BUT I ended up buying:
1. a brown skirt
2. a pair of white slippers
3. a pack of panties (hehehe it was on sale!)
4. the refill S-bags for the vacuum cleaner (technically not a personal purchase, but still it was money spent)
5. one falafel for me to munch on
6. two bottles of jam for home (strawberry and marmalade)

AAAHHHHHhhhh..... I have been bitten by the sale bug. It was hard to drag myself away from the stores.

Lost

Lost something precious today. I am upset and its past 1 am and i cant sleep. Hope I find it soon. It means a lot to me...and its irreplaceable. :(

Tummy Troubles

Having carrot + apple juice is a bad idea. My stomach started rumbling and I have been running to the loo. AAAA I feel the loo beckoning me again. bye

Wedding bells...

I had to do a quick run to the store this morning for some red lentils. I walked to the Indian grocer nearby and was looking around for the lentils and happened to overhear a conversation between another customer and the lady boss. The customer, an Indian lady who was around 50 years of age was lamenting that her husband has been telling her that he wished that she would die soon and that he will have peace only with her(the wife) dead! I was totally revolted and disgusted with this.

My blood must have reached boiling point. I dont know what the problem is between the couple but it is definitely not a pleasant thing to have your partner wishing you were dead and telling you to go and die soon. The woman must have cooked, cleaned, made love, bore his children and tended to his needs since the day she got married. And the gratitude she gets in return is simply great. What kind of a world are we living in to have not even have an ounce of compassion to a person you married and promised to cherish till the time you pass on?

Why do people get married in the first place? If it is just for sex or to have someone to clean the house and have your children etc, there are many other ways which do not involve a legal bind. Marriage should only be when one feels that their life begins each day when they wake up and see their loved one by their side, and they pray that for the rest of their lives their loved one will stand by their side to fight and conquer everything that comes their way.

On a side note, my mother is getting desperate to have me married off. When I see things like the above conversation, sometimes I wonder if I do want to get married in the first place and to bring children into a world that is getting worse each day.

I am totally confused right now and its scary.

Beautiful...

This song sung by Bombay Jaishree has been playing on my mind since I got up this morning. The lyrics are simply beautiful beyond words...The music (Raag: Behag) and the lyrics entwine as one and create a perfect listening pleasure for anyone who hears. The antics of Lord Krishna are so simply written in terms that laymen can comprehend. A must hear for every music lover.

The link for your listening pleasure...
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/4q223u_oIt.As1NMvHdW/

FINALLY

Whew I finally got my red flag today! I know it is not normal to show this much enthusiasm for the monthly thing, but I was really feeling very bloated and horrid. (NO, Big Bok, unless I conceived by immaculate conception, there is no possibility of me being pregnant although the signs were similar! :P ) The cramps are bad as usual, but at least I can look forward to feeling 'lighter' tomorrow. Sorry if this was too much information to some of you.

The weekend flew by quickly as usual. Of late, the days have been flying by so quickly that the New Year will be here before you know it.

Right now, Diwali is approaching, and it entails a lot of cleaning, preparation etc. On Diwali day itself, I will be so tired out from all the prep work that I will be beyond exhaustion and moody throughout the day. When guests come, we have to serve them meals and drinks (not alcohol!) and snacks. I dont remember actually sitting down and chatting with guests at all. For me Diwali will usually be the day we have prayers for our ancestors. It usually will be about a week before Diwali and all my immediate family will congregate at my house for the prayers. HMmmm one month countdown starts now...