Yessssshh

And now for the great news!

DAD HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED BACK TO HYDERABAD!!! 

After 3 long years! 

I am counting it... and 2009 has been so good to me! I just hope I find reasons everyday to keep hugging my life everyday :)

I am happy!! Yess!!! Who is bothered about the 22km journey to office everday... as long as the family is around you to open the door for you at anytime of the day! :) 

I am loving it! Totally!! 

JLT

Now that the marriage is just a week away, things are getting more & more hectic at home! Its become so bad, we are actually calling up a lot of friends and inviting for the marriage - there is no time to go to each one's home & invite personally!

And God's grace - people have been understanding too! :)  They are actually like - you don't even have to call us - its our own family's marriage and we will surely be there :D

And add to this, dad's still not come home from Bangalore! He's stuck with some auditing happening in his branch and he is not able to move now! Can you believe it?! Less than a week before the marriage and he says he is not sure when he will be able to get out x-( All of us are mighty angry with him now! :D

I went for my first facial on Saturday ;) And after all the time and money I spent in the salon and the new haircut and all, I am feeling fabulous! :D I looked into the mirror and I thought "Wah - I don't look so bad!!" ;) I have not stopped smiling into the mirror :D Now lets just hope I look as good on the marriage day! Because if I can't look good on that day - then all the photos will go for a toss and that means a waste of my money too!!! :(

:D

Just a week more... and am getting really excited now!! :)

And since the first two who commented here got confused - to clear things out - I am talking about my sister's marriage here :D I am still a single, free-bird :))

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Just an innocent question.... am I bombarding this place with too many posts suddenly? :D

:)

You know - God sure is there! All around you!

And He sends all His wishes and help through people in the most unexpected of ways. And its all those small, fine things in life - like getting a lift unexpectedly, like having the right kind of people beside you in a situation, like having a friend with you just when you run out of that extra Rs.50/- you needed suddenly... its times like these that you feel really thankful to God for His fairies!

I may not be thinking of you constantly, Oh Friend! But please accept this as a humble thanks to You for all that You do for me and humble prayer that You always stay by my side like always! :)

And then...

Because half the team was in US for the last 2 weeks, we were asked to work from 9PM to 6AM to match their timings and trainings! And its driven me crazy totally!

I sleep for no less than 8 hours everyday, but with these timings.... even that seems less. Making that one hour journey and going to office.... you enter the office already feeling sleepy. I feel like a lazy bum who does nothing but sleep!

And I am soooo happy that this is finally coming to an end! I get back to my older shift of 6PM to 3AM, which is so much more comfortable!! 

And yeh, Dad's got a promotion now! :) He's a Scale V officer now in Andhra Bank and that means he will be an AGM, I guess. 2009 has been going great and I can only hope it remains the same! He's expecting a transfer. SO if he comes back to Hyderabad, then every body's happy since we can all stay together. But if its anywhere outside Hyderabad, with sister also moving to Madras after marriage, the rest of the family may have to join him at his new place and I may have to move nearer to my work place.

I am looking forward to that in a way - to see how different life is when you have to be on your own! And then, I will not have to travel 22x2 kms everyday between work and home. But I am also scared since I will be losing all that home atmosphere! Lets see how it turns out!

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And Swat - you finally noticed it eh? That mood has been up for more than a week now ;) 

Yess!

I did it.

I waited for three long years to get the card. 

I exercised my right for the first time in my 23 years of my life. 

And now, I feel like I have done my bit. 

So now when the counting happens.... I know I made a difference too, so what if it's just a one count! :)

The latest craze!

Have you guys tried playing the UNO Card game on Facebook?

It rocks! And everytime I login to Facebook - that's the only thing I seem to be doing.

Me thinks - UNO is the best time pass game ever! And I also think that the UNO Card pack was one of the best investments I ever made :D 

:'((

We got some training schedule for the OJT guys from one of my seniors. It had some schedule put up even for April 10 - which is today.

But we thought - it was probably a mistake - since April 10 being a Good Friday - US should probably not be working. And then, the schedule had been a copy-paste of what the three days prior to it had - which gave us more reason to think it was scheduled without checking for Good Friday on calender. 

And the team in India made our own plans of enjoying our Friday off! A colleague & myself were planning to catch a movie too!

And yesterday - on a late night call - my boss tells us that Friday is a working day - since the client is working! And he wondered how we could think Friday was on off inspite of getting that schedule! 

Can you imagine what it feels like to have your hopes, plans & fun dashed a day before things were going to happen?! If yes - thats what my situation is like, right now! How can we be held responsible for taking it granted that Good Friday being an international holiday - US would have it too? :(

Mummeeeeeee :'(( I am working on a day that should have been the start of my long weekend! :(

Of sayings & false stories & getting hitched! :P

There is a saying in Telugu - not sure if its there in Tamil too.

"Rameshwaram ki vellina, Saneshwarudu vadhala ledu" Translated - it means... even if I went all the way to Rameshwaram, some Saniyan[Shani, Sani] like guy is still not leaving me or something like that! :D

Similarly - I change a job - its been two months - I have a completely new set of colleagues - one of whom seems to be a great great guy ;) [who also happens to be ultra brilliant :D]!! And I am still having to field questions about my non-existent affair with my previous boss and if I am intending to continue that in the new office!!!! 

Heights - all you jobless people :D And if that was not enough - I get blackmailed too! :D

Please read this post - whoever missed it! He is the culprit behind all the baseless stories about my ex-boss. :P

The sweet, innocent, angelic girl that I am - you guys are all sinning to be talking about me like this! :D

Hopefully - very soon, like Vrij Bhai has written - I will find someone - who deserves me & whom I deserve -  and then I will bombard this place with posts about him!! :D 

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On a different note - an interesting post that I found today.. read this, if you are interested in ghosts and all that.

The meet!

This is coming quite a time after it happened - so sorry people - but my net was disconnected! Thats why the delay! :)

Had been to Madras over the last weekend for a temple visit program. Was a short, packed one - but made it a point to meet a couple of bloggers there - since we had been discussing that for like a LONG time now! I was already being made fun of that I just keep saying I intend to come soon but never really make it! :D

So it happened. I was in Madras last Saturday morning and couple of calls later - Naut, Ranga, Prad & me decided to meet up. We went to this nice tea place called Cup & Saucer [or was it Cups & Saucers?] in Adyar. The place selection was courtesy Naut - who had to pick me up from a station and then take me there. And a few minutes later - came Prad & Ranga.

Funniest thing was - atleast for me - it did not feel like I was meeting people for the first time! There was no formality or anybody trying to be very polite and all. I thought it was more like a group of friends meeting up after a long time - probably because we all have been speaking so much on chat & on calls, over the last 3 years :). No need for introductions or anything - just say a hello - how are you and then get talking on things that friends do, when they meet up! 

I totally loved it - people! Thanks to you three :)

Ranga initially seemed a little silent - but was quick to get back in form when the topic suddenly diverted to traveling the distance to office and how one colleague affected it all :))). The colorful language just flowed out :D :D. 

I wish I could have met Aarti and Bharu - but Aarti was flying to Mumbai just that morning and Bharu couldn't make it too. And then there was Sunrays too, that I spoke to - but he couldn't make it either! Next time, I should probably have a plan in advance and decide about meeting people early on - so the plans can be made! And yea - the next time - Bharu & Aarti - we will surely meet - ok?

And after the eating program was over - Ranga & Prad left. I found an Odyssey store right next to the place we went and I dragged Naut along to it. 

And then - Naut, who was supposed to originally leave me at Pallavaram [I was staying in Pammal], went on to drop me in Pammal! It was no near place and I realized that only on my way back :D :D :D. Naut - sorry still about having made you drive all that way - but huge thanks too :) 

And thanks again people - for making it to meet that day! I loved it! :) I wish I took some good pictures I could put up here!