My Chicken Soup

My first Christmas away from home.. I was feeling blue ever since my friends went home for the hols.. I donno y I love Christmas so much.. We dont celebrate it at all.. except for the star we hang in our car porch back at home.. That star shud be as old as me, I guess.. .. but its still as beautiful as ever.. a simple red star.. When lighted, it paints a brilliant mural on the ceiling of the porch.. I used to admire it for hours..

When I was in school, my friends and I used to play a game.. On the day the school closes for Christmas hols, we used to count the number of stars on the way home.. sounds simple, eh .. but it was quite the challenge when we passed shops that sold stars.. we used to have loads of fun ..

So as I was telling except for the star and maybe one or two times when we had a Christmas tree at home, my family never celebrated Christmas.. We used to send cards to our relatives and friends.. and get cakes and wine from family friends ..Last year, we bot an awesome strawberry cake for my bro-in-law’s parents, from Ambrosia .. just melted in my mouth.. oh,god.. it was heaven..

So besides the yummy cakes , what I love most about Christmas are the Christmas movies.. movies about Santa and Christmas miracles.. When I was a kid, I used to watch Cartoon Network all day long.. Every Cartoon was a Christmas special.. it used to have snow and Santa.. I remember even the Jetsons had their hi-tech Christmas

Well, this year I had no clue what to do.. I was stuck in Hyd.. faraway from home.. At office, we have these cute Christmas trees.. with all the deco, the fake-snow cotton and lights.. I wanted to do something different to get over my depression of being away from home.. I so wanted to go to KFC .. My best friend had gone to Kerala and my roomie had to rush to office for some urgent work.. So I was thinking of treating myself to yummy soya mutter rice and chilli chicken (made by urs truly ) .. Then my roomie said she cud go to office after lunch ( I had my Christmas miracle !! ).. So there, I had a wonderful lunch today.. It was an awesome Zinger burger, brownie sundae and a hot ‘n crispy chicken strip that melted in my mouth this Christmas ..

Now Im just gonna watch Twilight and relax .. Its a perfect Christmas after all.. sigh, well it wont be perfect, since I miss my family terribly..

Wish you all a Merry Christmas .. eat well, be good !!!

Doesnt my blog look AWESOME now.. or maybe, its just, like Barney Stinson wud put it, LEGEN… wait for it… pause.. DARY !!

Yikesss .. I just realised that my blog is all pink  .  I lost touch with blogging.. cant remember the last time i blogged..

The year just zoomed past.. and 2009 is just around the corner.. Ohh.. and I have spent 1 year and 6 months in Hyd and wow ! I have 1.5 years of work experience now B-)..

Life was miserable in April.. that was the thorny phase.. I lost my precious phone.. boohoo .. my first purchase with my first salary.. lost loads of money to #$%$^$@$# swindlers.. (just had a recent encounter with ICICI credit card dept .. they strike when you least expect !! Beware of their resplendent offers and discounts .. )

Work was hectic from April.. and I took a necessary break from it.. and paid a short visit to Kerala in June for my parents’ 30th wedding anniversary ( I took them out to lunch at Leela Palace, Kovalam )..and my cousin’s wedding.. and found a marriage proposal awaiting me at home.. I met Mr. RB in July… got promoted in personal (my wedding got fixed and I became the future Mrs Boston.. thats wht my teammates call me .. well Im not too proud of becoming of an NRI,  and guys around me are now convinced that all girls prefer NRIs .. groan!! ) and professional life  in August.. …

Celebrated another Onam at home with my family.. met my sis and bro-in-law after a whole year.. even tho it never struck me till I met them at the airport ..  Long live Gtalk !!

I started preparing for GRE and TOEFL.. since I hoped to pursue my MS next fall.. Then started the few wretched weeks of bootcamp ..  wake up at 5, study, go to work, come home at 6pm, study, sleep… I was shut in my room on weekends.. no movies, no trips to the city.. and even then I cud hardly find time to study, since I had to cook .. in the end, I gave up cleaning my room, to find some time to study.. .. (a lil word of advice to those who wish to study, while working and living alone.. either get a maid to cook for u, clean ur room and wash your clothes.. else make ur roommates do it.. ) In those days, I just wanted to get those tests over with.. and finally once I gave them .. everyone said that I cud have performed much better with a lil more prep, however a huge part of me was just glad that they were over..

The applications.. oh god.. SOP, recos.. and the string of “if only”s ..  if only I had studied better, I wud have had a queue of teachers just waitin to give me recos.. if only I had concentrated on my studies in college .. I had no option but to stop the incessant complaints one day since there was no one I cud pester … my best friend got irritated ..and I dint wanna worry my family ) hmm, then I just looked back at my life.. I have been so unlucky all my life, yet in an uncanny way, things always work out for me..  Im  so happy where I am now.. there is a God after all..

Hmm.. so back to applications, well .. thanks to the laudable efforts put in by my sis, bro-in-law and bro-in-laws bro , I managed to get most of it done..

I got engaged on Nov 30th..  sigh, it was so perfect !! .. in pink .. which brings me back to my blog, god I have to change the theme ..

You know, Im actually looking forward to 2009.. my new life in the US.. im thrilled, and a bit nervous ( I have freaked out majorly once or twice, but well isnt that natural ..) .. and I just cant wait to take the bend on the road ahead..