New Job,new place

Yes, after six months of being a house wife/job seeker/H4 visa holder, I found a job and got my work visa done. Only down side, I will be moving away from home :-(

I am excited/worried/happy and sad. I am not sure how to describe this feeling. I used to feel the same way each time I left for hostel from home when I was in college. I have found a new roommate there, who sounded very nice and fun. So, that is a kind of relief . Now, life is getting hectic all of a sudden. Planning for the things to be packed,documents to be carried and lots of shopping done. I am not even half way done:( Still, I am here reading blogs and wanted to write because I will not be able to do so for a while.

I hope everything goes smoothly and I adjust well to the new place. Once I am settled there, I plan to write a very long post on H4 to H1b process which I hope will help all the housewives on H4 who are also looking for H1b

Its only words...

I know it is hard for you
I know it is painful to accept
But honey, do you believe me when I say
I love you with all my heart?

I know I don't deserve you
I know I have strayed
But honey, do you believe me when I say
I have changed from my past?

I know this is not easy
I know this will leave a scar
But honey, do you believe me when I say
I will give it my all?

I know you wanted it different
I know you are trying to cope
But honey, do you believe me when I say
I am yours for life?

I know we will be together
I know we will make it through
But honey, do you believe me when I say
I can be trusted with you by my side?

Steve jobs's speech which still Inspires me

I am not much in to Gadgets/technology, but I have a soft corner for Apple items. Their innovation /design and maintaining the standard of products always inspires me . I guess it gets these values from the founder Steve Jobs.

Whenever I feel low, I listen to this inspiring speech given by Steve Jobs at Stanford university. He sums up his entire life in 3 stories , each one giving us so much food for thought. I have encountered very few people who love doing what they do for living. In life , we compromise ,because following our heart has many hurdles on its way. As Steve job says ,"Only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do'. For us, work means a pay check at the end of the month. I guess that is why people are frustrated with what they do because they are not in love with it.

If you ask me, I am still not sure what is it that I love doing . I am still searching for that one thing for which I would be ready to risk every comfort of life just the way Steve Jobs did when he dropped out of college. " You've got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers." Now that I found my love in personal life, time to find my love at work.

My Birthday

Something is different this year, I am not excited about my coming birthday the way I usually used to be.

From the day I remember, birthday was always a special day for me. My shopping would start at least 2 weeks in advance and I would have a list of things to do on that day. Most of the times, things would not go according to the plan but still I have not missed the preparation part of it. Beauty parlor appointments/planning treats to friends/guessing what surprises my roommates are planning/Sweets to take to office/waiting for mid night calls , list goes on and on.

This year, I haven't decided on what will I be wearing / where and how will we celebrate it. I guess I am getting older and no more looking forward to celebrating it. But, I do miss that excitement and hope to get it back by Thursday

Will miss Harry Potter

House-elfs,Dementors, Peeves,Snape, Mrs Norris, Dumbeldore ,Ron, Harry I will miss you all . Above all, I will miss Hermione who has been my favorite in Harry Potter series.

I started recently with Harry Potter after resisting it for years . My impression of it being Kids book changed after reading first few pages of Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone . From that moment, I was hooked to it .Thanks to my hubby and Rashmi my friend who always wanted me to start reading it.

After 7 novels and 5 dvds, marathon of harry potter ends. I loved the feeling of being in magical world where just pointing the wand and saying "lumos" will light the room or saying Accio and object name will get the object flying to your hand (Considering how forgetful I am about where I keep my things, wish this charm really worked:()

Me and Sudhir had started talking in Harry Potter language. We are still working on inventing parseltongue without much success. How I wish there was unending supply of harry Potter books.

Now my wait starts for the next and the last movie "Deathly hallows" to be released in November. I am eagerly waiting to see the end of Voldemort on big screen. It is fun to watch the movies to see the visual representation of novels but movies lack the detailing and the ability to take you to magical world the way novel does.

I guess it is better to stop talking about Harry Potter else I will also end up writing 7 volumes:) So here is me casting silencing charm.. SILENCIO

Lovely weekend

This weekend was perfect definition for 'doing nothing'. Temperature has dropped to chilly 50 degrees and cold breeze from window is a welcome change to cool air from AC.

Saturday started with video chatting with my parents and in laws. I saw my parents after a very long time. I was so happy to see them that I could not stop myself from crying when they had to leave. My parents are never comfortable with modern day gadgets. So, getting them to agree for video chat took all my effort. I hope I would be able to see them more often now.

Rest of my day went in cooking,watching movies, and reading novel while Sudhir helped with chores and read his news paper/magazines. I always feel nice when we are next to each other but he does things which he likes and I am doing my stuff. These days I am with "harry potter"and he with "Times of India":)

Sunday was again very much the same but we went for a long walk near the lake in the evening. It was a romantic experience.I am not sure if it was the breeze or the moon light, deserted lake side looked so breath taking. I wished I could take pictures to do justice to its description. However, considering my camera skill, I am sure I would not have succeed. So, all I did was to enjoy seeing it in Sudhir's arms and capturing the moment in my memory. I knew I belonged here , very happy and content with my life.

Day ended with dinner and a cup of coffee before going to sleep. Though there was nothing special this weekend, I just loved it because I felt so grateful to have everything I always expected out of my life.

Love to blog

My new indulgence is to spend at least an hour a day reading others blogs and then try coming up with something of my own if I feel like it.

All this started few months back when I saw blogs of people whom I know were good at it. It was fun reading their experience and views. I loved the idea of marveling on things at later stage of your life by reading your blogs. So I started scribbling too.

However, I soon realized that some people might think that I am snooping on them though I had no such intentions. I just loved reading and stupid enough not to know which blogs to read. That's right! Being a novice to blogs,I was not aware that I could even read blogs of people I dint know(Yes! that was stupid of me).

One fine day I hit on "Next" button in my blog and whew! I was opened to new world! So many people and blogs. I loved reading them and time started flying by. However, I made sure they are fine with people visiting their blog.

I have many favorite writers now and enjoy being a part of blogging world. I hope I have the same enthusiasm for writing /reading in coming days. I was never a good writer and I am sure I am too lazy to improve on it. But, I am here to put down my thoughts and to read it when I am 60 or so. So, surely my writing skills will not be a big deal then . will it?:)