My way on the highway

The bright spot in my life now is the weekend. I mean it was like that before too but now that S is here there is some force to push you out of the house. Last weekend I went to cloud lan canyon to celebrate S's birthday. It was so very different, a nice 8 mile hike and we reached a scenic spot. The canyon expanded into a vast expanse which was Tennessee. At the very spot S cut the cake I baked. It was quite nice. Quite a different birthday. The fall colors added to the beauty. We watched Michael clayton in the evening and then went over to another cake cutting ceremony. Of course sunday came and I slept. My body was too tired to do more. Atlanta has a new Saravanabhavan. The crowd to get in was a mile long. I was losing my patience but except for the wait, the dosais were great. Of course SB is only good for the dosais. Other things aren't that good. The bisibela was a disappointment. Well that gets me thinking, woodlands is probably the best place for bisibela. Anyway talkin

I remember this line being repeated by one of our teachers back in school in madras. It's been with me all these years and I think of it every time my life changes so dramatically. I'm probably one of those few who had to deal with change earlier than most of my school friends. Cbe was a dramatic change from madras, bombay a huge change from CBE and SSN and Pittsburgh, huge changes from what I've ever seen. Now I'm married. I'm actually a Mrs! Of course I have not changed my last name. I have not moved to a new town or found a new job but I have an entire new person in my life whom I meet during weekends. It's tough to suddenly do all this traveling and all the expenses. It's a little overwhelming. Before the wedding we were meeting twice in a month and now it's twice for each person to travel each month. I also feel guilty as I have no time to catch up with any of my friends in the US. They probably all think I'm a mean, self-centered pig. If any

It's been ages since I wrote on this blog and it seems almost strange to start typing after so long. Since su and others have been bitching, I decided lets just try. So the big thing that is happening in my life is that I'll be Mrs P in less than a month. I cannot believe it. It does not feel very different because my life is not going to change post September. I'll be in Houston still and S in Atlanta. Of course the commuting is going to be crazy. Getting married seems to be like a disease. Everyone is getting hitched. There are just two people from my undergrad group who are left to tie the knot. A lot of people from my school too have got married. Last month was A. Before that S. R will be getting married next year and I heard the other R too. Gosh it's crazy! I guess in India the chances of finding a lonely person is quite remote. If anyone is lonely they are most probably hooked to another person by family or friends. This is what happens. However in America th

It was a dream come true for me. I had an opportunity to go to england last week and knowing me, I jumped at it. I spent four days at gatwick for the visualization conference and spent two days seeing the sight and sounds of london and england. It's a very beautiful country. You have the ultra hip modern city london which has all the buzz around it and then the sleepy towns like portsmouth. London feels like being in any big city in any part of the world. The subway system reminded me of new york. Bond street was like fifth avenue. The singers in the subway reminded me of the singers in bombay's local trains. The only difference being the singers in london seem suede:) The love of my life pointed that out when I was gloating about that. I walked along hyde park and thames and was grinning like a jackass. All the books I had read were coming alive. As we drove along the rolling meadows there were familiar scenes from james herriot. Clapham junction as S pointed out was in sh