Shopping spree...

Yet another shopping trip. Being a girl, I believe its my birthright to shop at any chance that I get :) and I never miss that. The outcome would be buying loads of unnecessary things which are actually not required at all but who cares! Like all good things this also comes with its disadvantages and specially for a lazy bones person like me - man why the hell do we have so huge malls !! Till date I have never visited all the stores in a mall, just don't have that much energy and another bad thing of US malls is you don't get our regular indian snacks while shopping - the chaat and the masala corn... i miss these a lot.

But I had two different experiences this time which I would like to share. There was a crowded store with me standing in a long billing queue behind a beautiful lady. Now here comes another old lady running with a hell broke down look on her face. She frowns and is all tensed up with an SMS that she has received just now. With all the drama going on right in front me, now my ears were all curious to know the matter. As per my understanding their concern was - the youngest daughter of the family just now got married and has sent a message - Just Married !!. After 5 mins or less of discussion they became normal. Oops this can definitely happen in US only, had it been in India there would have been a hell lot of melodrama with everyone around sympathizing and the family will remain in shock for their entire lifetime. The gossip talks will go on and on, with each person adding their own seasoning to it.

Another sweet incident that happened was while I was searching for my size (its always difficult task to do this) in a store. I saw a very old couple standing besides me. The lady was blind, holding a stick in one hand and the man's hand in other. She asked if she could touch what he is taking for her. He gave her the shirt, she starting feeling the fabric and asked "what color is it? ". The man replied - "there's blue , black and red, but dear we'll buy whatever you like." Prompt came a soft reply "I prefer blue" and a there came a beautiful content smile on her face which was contagious to me too...

Another Long weekend....

Here comes another longggg weekend- this time its the "Columbus Day". Its been almost two years since I am living in states and for me long weekends have always been very exhaustive , either I am running around catching flights and then sight seeing else be at home planing parties and cooking the whole day for everyone. But this time I just want to sit at home and relax.. enjoy the beautiful fall weather, read a novel (will be starting the kite runner tonite) with a warm ginger tea cup and maybe a movie after that. Yes this remains my ideal holiday plan as usual. And moreover imagine getting up daily in the morning at my leisure and no office..yippee. But this time I did made a long to do list...which is so big that I dont want to look at it now :)

Its real easy to make this comfortable plan but the people around you won't let you reach there like a cake walk. Everyone has to ask about each others plans and showoff . As if, its a competition my destination is better than yours !! During lunch today, it seemed everyone had a single question on their faces - what plans for the weekend?? not going anywhere? so sad..poor u, join us, we are going to the mountains, booked a cabin and then you have to listen to their excellent planning and all the fun which they think they might have. Its not that I dont like visting new places or if i am a loner but I admit I am lazy bones and just cant go anywhere just for the sake of going. I enjoy with my kind of people and once in a while do like to break the routine. People will sympathize as if hell broke down on me and with a fake smile I need to respond and give some excuses while the other notorious half of me has switched to thinking which movie shall I watch or i'll order pizza for dinner ;)

Sometimes i do give in to these people, but this time I am going to stick to my current plan, come what may !! , though I have to bear the consequences as the same story will be repeated once they all are back on Monday :(

Begining...

So finally I start blogging today. This is the start of a new journey, through which I intend to put down my great experiences, excitements & confusions :) that I come across in this eventful journey called life.