The girl has a game and the boy can shout!

If you read my last post, you may have known my mind set yesterday at work. I was ready to run out of my office screaming, "Mummy!!!!!!"

:I

So I settled for Mummy's son. :)
My bro, called him home.

"Suraj, what are you doing?"
"In the kitchen, washing some dishes."
"What are you making for dinner?"
"Arrey behen, you have to make dinner that is why I'm washing the dishes!"
"What are you making for dinner."
"I won't wash the dishes, if you don't make dinner!!"
:D
"What are you making?"
Oh! I love getting on his nerves...such a stress releiving excercise! Sachhi!!
Ignoring me completely he said, "Today is Sania's match."
"OK, whats the score?"
"Hasn't started yet."
"Let me check the schedule of play on the net." After a few seconds, "Oh! its on right now, they are starting the warmup!"
"Behen, lets go see it! Pleeeeaase! We will cheer for Sania and make her win the match."
Kids and their undying faith! I wanted the believe the same, I think.
Btw, I'm a kid too! *hehe*

Anyways, I said, "Fine, finish what you are doing, then come to the city. I finish work in half n hour, see you at the Ticket sales thingy outside Vodafone Arena. We might be able to make it."

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45mins. later.
"Come on, Saaaaniiiaaaaaa!!"
We made it, but were pretty late. Could see quite a few Indian flags in the arena. That in itself was enough. I was happy, very proud indeed.

Sania played well... we all know. We have obviously not seen the end of her. She has a game. She put up a fight...tried and well...she's 18. Has a long time!


Suraj was just awed by the fact that he was in a International Grand Slam match! :)

All I heard till the next match began was, "Awesome!" "Amazing" "Unbelievable" "This will take me 5 very long mails to explain to all my friends in India."
and "Behen, dekhna Sania will beat Serena next year, right here in the Australian Open. You wait and see!"
:)
Love the guy! Did I say that before?!

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If Sania's match went for 50mins. next one went on for 4hours!!!
Swedish No.11 seed Joachim JohanssonVs Spanish No.24 Feliciano Lopez.

There were almost 100 Swedish supporters dressed in the Swedish flags with all the pompoms and horns and drums etc. Shouting away to glory.

And Suraj like many of the remaining Indians in the arena started rooting for the underdog Lopez! If you see that match, the marathon rather, that went on to 5 sets the last one upto 13-11, and hear a guy's voice yelling "LoooopeeeeZZZ" That is Suraj.

Honest, for the whole first two sets, I was hiding my face everytime he would yell out coz everyone around would turn to see him.

But shamelessly, so enthusiastically, Suraj kept going.
"LOPEZ!"
Clap - Clap
"LOPEZ!"
Clap-Clap

By himself for a while...then as Lopez picked up his game...all around us started joining in!
:D
I did too. :P

I think the Swedish crowd got to Lopez at the end, Johansson won, 6-3 3-6 5-7 7-6 13-11. Way after 11pm our time.


Was a great game. Great evening.
Cheers again to Sania.
Cheers to my buddy-boy Suraj.

:D
He can barely 'croak' this morning!

Chemistry...??? No...!!!

What is going on?

I have no idea.

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Its Friday (okay my Thursday as I work from Tues-Sat, but anywho!), almost the end of the week and I am feeling wierd. Don't smirk..please.

There is this strange heavyness on my head, my heart, my mind basically my whole being.
An unrestlessness - like I'm forgetting something, something that I have to do, somewhere I have to be, something I have to write, something..... and I have NO idea WHAT-so-ever, what on earth that is!!!

:



I thought I just needed some fresh air so I went outside to a bright sunny day - Nothing.
I thought I just need a walk, so I walked around the block - Nothing.
I thought I need some retail therapy (that works! for us chicks at aleast), but as I'm at work, I just got myself the chocolate I have never tried - Flake Luxury and the drink that I have never tried - Fanta Spider with Choc Icecream. Some retail therapy..not even $10! Sheh!

Interesting...huh?
I thought so too... who cares.. just try it. Try I did, and (yes you know!) - Nothing.

What is the matter?
Please don't write n say its the case with girls..often! Or its just the stupid hormones or any of that biological/chemistry mumbo-jumbo. That is totally unacceptable!

Girls you know what I'm talking about... or do you?
Guys have u ever had that happen to you? (Don't smirk...I'm warning you again!)

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Mummy --- here I come! (read, call) :D



oooo! Bhagwaanji...yeh mujhe kya hua hai!!

No News is good news - Really?

Hearing of all the bad news of my home country really puts me down and I cant even begin to imagine what it is like for those right there, watching/hearing it all first-hand.

But I tell myself, all is not that bad. People are still living their lives enjoying, acheiving, working hard and then playing/partying hard. That is what we Indians know best -
To see life in the eye and overcome whatever it may bring forth!

Three days ago I hadn't heard of the name, but today I know Sania Mirza like any Indian living away from India would (i.e. by searching online). And she makes us all proud - the girl who made Indian Tennis History.
Her next round with Serena Williams will probably be her toughest so far. And probably the odds are against her but if she does it, it will be amazing! I'm happy for her. Wishing her the best.

In search to find out more 'good' news about India - the news that we hear the least, I found this site, aptly called 'Good News India'. The country's successes - although marred by illiteracy, poverty, exploitation and corruption - are reaching new heights, surely someone, somewhere is doing something right!!

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I make peace with myself.
I am happy and content.
I wont point fingers.
I will spread the good word.
I belong to the good nation called - India
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Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake!

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The case of false birthdays!

Yesterday was my birthday again!
..yaa again. And you wonder, how come? Didn't I just have one in Nov?!

OK, tell me.. how many of your have heard about false DOB in driving licenses? In gym membership cards? Photo IDs? Club Cards? Credit Cards?
..And what about at school?!

I'm one unfortunate gal whose DOB by mistake went on the school admission form as 17-1-19** instead of 17-11-19**. (achha baba..its 1982..happy?!) Back to the matter at hand. Just a mistake of 1 and 11's.
Oblivious of it all I celebrated my birthday for 12 years at school, religiously at that, on 17th Nov. And no one ever said a 'chu'! (I'm a proud scorpion! Ji haan..thankyou very much!)

Then...when I was returning from Delhi in the car looking at my passport and my school records filling my forms for OZ.
:O

"Mummy.!! Papa!!! My dob is incorrect in my marksheets!"
Silence
Then Mom ventured to explain. Apparently I was an over-bright kid at pre-school (a geek I presume). They made me skip classes. But when it came time for admission to Year 1, I was below the required age group. Minimum was 6 years. So a deliberate fraud was done! I was made 10 months older. Nov-to-Jan only so I could sit for the entrance exams.
Hmmmm....And then Papa, just went and got my passport made with my correct dob.

So I had two conflicting documents, my marksheets which I need for my university admission and my passport which I need to get to the university!!

Nice one guys!
Took us two days up and down to Lucknow Passport office to change the dob on the passport as thats easier to get changed (by saying its a clerical mistake by the clerk!) than to run to education board and get all the educational documents changed!

:(
Now I am 10 months older every where on papers! I got b'day card and lottery scratchie from work yesterday. (ofcourse I didn't win anything..my luck!) And b'day wishes from work collegues. Ab kisko kisko samjhaaun!

But on a brighter note...I got flowers from 'him'! He likes to see the brighter side of the (ehm!) fraud!! And I made muli ke parathhe for my bro and him as their treat!

Happy B'day to me!!
Bolo naaa....!!!

While I'm in the mood...

...to talk abt weddings and partnerships..
I was wondering, about the whole arranged and love marriage thing.

Friends here is Australia used to ask me, "Are you promised to some one?!!" And I would go into explaining how India has changed and thats not what happens any more!

My mom had this hour session with me and didi before we had come to Oz. She had said that we are sensible gals and that in the course of our studies we'll make lots of friends (ofcourse!) and they'll be boys and girls (yaa!). And if we end up liking sumone, then we should take the opportunity of those years of study, to know the person and at the end of the term, if, we still think, "Yeah! I like that guy", then let mom know. She will break the news to dad and he will take care of the rest.
(Man!!!! I was like :O ) Mom!!!! :O

Then she went on to explain...ofcourse he cant be Christian, or Muslim, or someone with lots of 'Aib' (bad habits e.g. drinking, smoking..preferable non-veggie!!) And beta..see so many choices are still there!
Yeah..! Right!!!! :D

Didi had a love marriage. Brahmin Hyderabadi guy. Very very sweet, very very caring n loving. Wonder if she would have found him if she had never left Kanpur. Now they live happily ever after in Kentucky with little Shriyaan. (Dekho mai maasi ban gayi socho mai massi ban gayi...ok ok..u got the drift!)

Then you hear about others like....
Jeffrey's best friend Bunty in Ludhiana called a month ago. Said, 'Mate, day after tomorrow is my wedding!!"
"You kidding right?!"
"No man...I came to know last night!!"
"You came to last night that day after tomorrow is your wedding?!! You mean they printed it on a "shaadi ka card" and gave you and said...'Come, its your wedding!' ??!!!!"

Turned out that a family came from Canada. They liked the guy and proposed for wedding with their daughter on the same week. Then they returned the day after to commence paper work for the boy's migration!! Talk abt ...hurry!!!!!

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I cant say which one is the best. As there are hundreds of examples where love marriages fail and other where arranged ones go on for years - happily!

So... I leave it upto you. What do you think? Love OR Arranged?