"You've got a dimple" Catherine said. I couldn't believe my ears, me?have a dimple? oh! WOW! only I know that it's one of few(ok ok..inumerable)"how nice it would be if"s. maybe just maybe God had heard enough of this and has decided to put a dimple on me chubby cheeks overnight.(God is known to perform miracles you know). while my mind was racing ahead of me thinking this, I ran to the restroom. standing in front of the mirror I was smiling at various levels..smiling grinning - even an ear to ear( NO! not literally, 'coz my mouth is not so big <--in physical terms) even turning my head to all possible sides it would turn to, trying soo hard to find one. Did I find a Dimple? if you call a reeeeally elongated dent on the surface of my cheek running along the side of my mouth (only) when I smile..then YES! I found a dimple.

Dissapponted I got back to my seat and asked Catherine why she would lie to me. she said "it's not really a dimple dimple...but it's there..slightly!" huh!what!?
then KT goes "she must be talking o your invisible dimple" Haa haa! verrry funny (NOT).

What's this wet stuff they call rain?
by: Josh Massoud in the Daily Telegraph

RAIN:n. Water in drops falling from the sky to the Earth, being condensed from the aqueous vapour in the atmosphere.

Lifted from the Macquarie Dictionary's `disused words' version, the above passage has Sydneysiders apprehensively eyeing the heaven. Previously thought to be an extinct phenomena in NSW, rain is predicted in Sydney tomorrow. The State's Bureau of Meteorology's forecast last night sent historians scrambling thru' dust-encrusted annals to inform unprepared citizens how to react if and when the rain arrives around midday.

Bureau forecaster Satya Kishore warned the rain would be preceded by an equally unfamiliar weather feature known as clouds. According to Mr.Kishore, the clouds will gather above Sydney early tomorrow morning before issuing rain drops for several drops near the coast. Those in affected areas are asked not to contact Police to report missing shadows as these are assured to return when the clouds clear on Friday. Similarly, homeowners should not believe garden plants are ill if they turn a shade greener because of the rain. But exposed persons and infrastructure might get wet.

Motorists have been requested to familiarize themselves with their cars' rain-prevention system. Dubbed by some as the vehicular appendix most automobiles are still equipped with windshield wipers. Measuring approximately half a metre in length, these twin blades serve to remove droplets from the windscreen, thus enabling the driver a clear view of the road. Found on the bonnet-and in the rear in more expensive models-the wipers can be operated by flicking a perpendicular lever located on the bottom left-hand side of most steering wheel shafts.

Didn't go to Melbourne =O(
the person whom we were to see, came here. well, there is going to be a 50th b'day party ,so hopefully I will be going then.

I am sooooooo badly craving to go home..because my bro is there with his two kids and they are about to leave for Jaffna to go see our aunts and cousins. I wanna go too! I was talking to them yesterday and the house was N-O-I-S-Y!!!wow! here in the unit it's quiet and the non-existant mouse is not stirring.

work is cool.then there was the clean-up day at the temple. which was a lot of fun.
no time for self appriciation!

Going to Melbourne ! Going to Melbourne...YAY! YAY!YAY!!!

Where does time go when one starts working? called a friend for her b'day, and since I have been complaining that she does not mail me, maybe she thought she'd "get" me by asking if I had mailed to her since I started working or have replied to hers. I asked her if she mailed me, so I could reply...she changed the subject =O(

I have been trying to add the haloscan comments thingie on my blog, but since that did not come out properly I have brought the doodle on-board.the first comment is thanx to Siren who was online at the time of my experiment.

I am toying with the idea of going to Uni next year. $ won't be 2 much of a problem I hope.I am yet to decide on what course to do. KT says that information systems and computer science are a big NONO! I have 3 other choices.hopefully the unis I have in mind will be running them( hopefully not for the first-time)

WOW! writing after nearly a month!and What a (nearly a)month it has been! =O)

Work is soooo good. I am bludging half the time( Not that I mind it the least bit!),I get to go places and meet new and already known people. Maybe it's KT's method or it's just me(I can see some heads nodding) , I don't feel like I am learning anything. but the same feeling was present when I was doing my diploma , but to my surprise I have learnt quite a bit there. Talking abt diplomas, we had the graduation thingie last friday. yours truly got an academic award!(thankyou..thankyou!). Paree couldn't make it. Compared to the last time, we were noticeably quiet...except for the comments coming from GoKhan (who incidentally worked for "stimulous solutions" tee hee...LOL!!. saw my teacher.

One day when I was at work I recieved a call from a place to which I had applied previously & was unsuccessful. but the branch office was looking for person to fill the managerial role(OMG! they think I qualify???)see.. offers only come when you are already employed.I forwarded it to a friend of mine.wonder what happened, haven't heard from him so far!

my friend is having exams, so haven't seen or heard from her for abt 3 weeks now. having exams..wishing her the best of luck.

Then there was a wedding, my friend's sister's. beautiful. they even had an ice sculpture of Pillayar(lord Ganesh). But all the small ones were conducting touching experiments to see if he was melting.

Hubby and I tied the knot on this day, in 2001. so Happy Anniversary to us!

This is to clarify some thing I said in yesterday's blog. When I said Unwillingly waking up to go to work, I did not imply that I hated going to work, what I meant was the difficulty in getting out of bed when that quilt is oh!so warm ;O)

and as for my question from yesterday, I have been told that it is just me. :O|

Hmm.. I am not sure I like the new look of Blogger ( not that they are going to change it just for me!! LOL), guess it will take time to sink in/ getting used to..just like I was apprehensive abt XP. well...life so far has been : (Unwillingly) waking up and getting ready to work --> work --> home-->cooking--> dinner and hit the bed. it's a vicious cycle!! I can hear someone (who has read the prev. posts) going, " what r u complaining abt? u have a job as u wanted!!" . True...and I guess this must be true too " be careful what u wish for, for it just might come true!!"

Oh! has anyone thought of/told a story which you thought you were making up (really didn't know why u wre doing that!?) only to be told by someone that it actually DID HAPPEN!??? anyone? or is it just me as usual?

I am having a great time at work. My Boss (hereafter known as "KT") takes me to the client sites. I am hardly in the office, meeting new people, getting free lunches and of course learning the ropes - could one ask for more? (Salary wouldn't be too bad an option!!). My teacher had called and left a message, but just as he was saying " my partner interviewed two other people and.." the answering machine cut him off. Even the machine knows how I feel! abt 2/3 days ago Hubby Boy and I were wondering how a couple both working full time manage to raise kids? And apparently a kid costs from birth till it's 18...{brace urself} $600,000 (0.6million)!!!!! OMG! OMG!! Can u imagine what u can do with that kind of money?????? Why spend $100,000 of it on diapers??? and it's not like u get paid to go through all that agony of childbirth and maid work!!

Went shopping for "clothes to wear to work". Found one and it cost $110.00; turned back, and on our way bought some Rambutan. Been so long since I've tasted that fruit. Reminded me of home.

A friend of mine who was preggy is having a miscarriage. :O( She wanted to have a kid sooo badly, and I was so happy that she got her wish, but it was not to be. what does one say moments like these? and even if u say something appropriate does it really make a difference?

My teacher called me for an interview last friday/thursday. the conversations that took place...out of my comprehension. anyhoo I have tried to give a summary of the convo with him.

Him: "These will be ur tasks, everything is software based..blah ..blah"
Me: "That's good". (listening to his ~speech~)
Him:(10mins after the "these will be ur tasks") "IF we employ you..."
Me: (thinking to my self .."Uh oh!is it something I said?") but politely continued nodding my head.
Him: "Even tho' these tasks will be easy for u , we will provide training"
Me: (phew...he's thinking of employing me then...)
Him: I'm just telling u all this, but I have to discuss with the partner about employing you.."

All I want to know is WHAT THE HELL WAS HE ON?????
His partner was another story..my FULL convo with him went like this:

me: hi..I'm ---------- (extending hand)
Partner : (shakes hand) "hmm". 10 sec later.."ok, i am waiting for a call..i'll be in my office if u need me" . (walks out!!!)

so much for my interviews... but not to depair , cos I AM EMPLOYED....YAY! No, not by my teacher. But by a company to whom I wrote "asking" to be placed as a trainee. I am not being paid, but I am not complaining.I want to learn the innerworks (evil smile)

Festival is over. must wait another 12 months to see the co-ordinator running around with his blood pressure and stress rising through the roof!! It was funny how some of the girls were surprised when they realized that I was married..haha! But it was all good, I enjoyed myself.

There's nothing much going on otherwise. I have started exercising regularly now, it's been a week since I started. Yet to see any improvement in the shape of things! I remain hopeful!

The festival at the temple is going on really well. The Kacheri that follows the procession is awesome. We were preparing the rolls for the foodstall and helped with the palakaram(sweets as well. It is so nice to meet and spend time with all these people.

The thing that irritates me is that when the pooja is going on, people talk...idle talk. I mean, yeah it is a social place but, couldn't u talk outside? Oh No! They will talk inside the temple, when the pooja is going on and these people always seem to be standing next to you! WHY????? Don't they realize that they just might be disturbing others? My policy that that I don't talk when inside the temple, espcially when the pooja is happening or I am praying. Yesterday my friend who didn't know that, walked up to me and started talking, I was answering in nods and shakes and 'hmms', that she asked me if I was on a mouna viradham (not speaking for the day). I just smiled and said no and left it at that . and then came home and explained it away in a mail since I did not see her after we met in the temple. she totally understood..unlike some people who seem to think I am arrogant! Ha!

I am still unemployed...
It makes me feel inferior; I am developing a very intense inferiority complex when I am comparing myself to the others in my circle and realising that all of them are employed and in high places (I don't mean in towering buildings, even tho' that's probably where half the offices are). I mean, here I am XX years of age (er...that is NOT to be read as "Excess" years of age!!!) unemployed, sitting at home, not contributing towards the running of the household...it sux!

At my insistance, Hubby decided (!?) that the carpet indeed needed cleaning. Now the things to keep in mind are that the carpet is abt 12 (or more) years old(and has seen various tenants) and it has not been cleaned for over a year. Mind you, I said cleaned...that is NOT to be confused with vacuuming..which I dutifully attended to every week.

Now then, Hubby went off and got the cleaning machine and was even offering to clean up a friend's carpet as well. All was well until they started cleaning. firstly there were multiple comments on my ability to vaccum the dwelling and then there was the issue of how many capfuls of the defoamer, the stain remover and the rest of the cleaning agents were to be used. Both these guys having done this before in their own ways now were fighting( literally) to prove their method was the best. OK..somehow figured that out and settled it. started up the machine and pressed the nozzle, only to find it blocked. tried all sorts of unblocking methods, but to no avail. Off they went to exchange the machine. Returned about 2 hours later with a machine from another store. Even tho' this machine too looked as if it had the the hose blocked, thankfully started working properly. Boys were hard at work.What was I doing u ask? I was out on the balcony where my dear dear plants are, baby sitting a widgety 20 month old!!! ( who happened to be the son of this friend who was helping with the carpet cleaning)

Anyhoo, with shouts and raised voices(mostly of hubby's) and complaints abt the friend having drenched the carpet or not cleaning properly the job was done. And much to my amazement the area in front of the kitchen and the bathroom corridor regained half of of their original colour! we let it dry and, later that night hubby decided the afore mentioned areas need some more sprucing-up, and cleaned them again. And he cleaned them up again on sunday before we went to give a hand to the friend's carpet cleaning. Now it looks like the dining area carpet where it's not too "new" looking and not too weathered either!

Of course the " I practically broke my back cleaning the carpet(as u asked), now apply some sports cream, and be my waitress bringing all the drinks and the food I ask for" followed the cleaning.... but then I must say the effort was worth it.

As for my plants...I can safely say that they have seen better days!!

I thought I was not bothered by trivial things. But I was proved wrong. I have always considered myself to be "above" some traits people have or little things some people might hold important. When I was denied one of those it bothered me for 2 days, and I know it is going to crop up again on Saturday when I see the related people. GEEZ! Shreya..You thought u were better than most!

Getting ready for the Annual festival at the temple. goes on for 10 days. It's interesting to meet lots of different people. such a variety in characters. Had a friend's home coming party on Saturday. I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to acquire a new outfit. off we went to the shop, and I almost fainted when I heard the price. Returned home empty handed... =o(. So at the party I enquired abt the shops where a girl could afford to buy stuff, rather than end up on the floor. so now must visit these so called "affordable" shops. Wonder what's in store there...more fainting or a big bright smile...

My job hunting is still going on. These agents are a lot of talk only. Nothing positive so far. Hope for the best ...soon.

On the subject of hope..there's absolutely none for some guys who ask for dowry when getting married. Got to know of a person who is employed quite well, but asked for a house back home and some 30,00,000 Rupees (AUD 43000) and what's more he wanted a pretty girl who is a medical professional. He got his wishes. Now what I don't understand is how and why the parents of this girl agreed to pay so much of money so that their daughter can get married to this guy, I mean what's the gurantee that he's going to be staying with her if he happens to meet another girl who satisfies his requirements and has more money? Here's a girl, educated, well presented...yet she has to PAY someone to get married to her?where's her brain?doesn't she think? and it's not like he's the handsomest guy in the world...he wouldn't even get a 50 out of a possible 100!!

Guys are sooo dense. D-E-N-S-E. Why? I have been pretty annoyed with someone and showed it every possible way I could think of (besides breaking things on that person's head), but to no avail. How come? Makes me even more agitated. I am mad about a topic which I don't want to share with anyone else…but most people seem to be in on it (in on the topic, not on me being mad...what's worse they think that I am so...understanding, patient etc....LOL). So every time we are at a social gathering everyone pokes their big nose as if it was their business, aggravating me. No I am talking about having/not having kids. It’s totally a different matter.

I have tried talking, explaining, shouting for the entire street to hear and even written a letter explaining things and the consequences...actions that solve the "situation"...NONE! Whilst I understand the reason behind the actions, I am getting more and more angrier because there doesn't seem to be a limit. I think I am on the verge of exploding. However much talking/explaining/arguments isn't helping. Maybe I shouldn't have been so lenient in the first place!!!

I am wondering if it is possible to interact with someone without forming any opinions of that person? Why is it so...that we DO form opinions...because these opinions do not let us SEE the person as they are. we are looking at them through a filter.

OK...so you have already an opinion of this particular person. Is it possible/ or feasible to look at them objectivly, without the opinion you have of that person interfering or altering the view? Are there any people of whom we donot have any opinions??? I thought of some people whom I thought I didn't have any opinions of, but after some contemplation I found that I DID have an opinion of them. Does that throw the question in green out the window? somehow...I don't think so. because I think the human mind is something that can be taught or trained. so, if you tried hard enough maybe ..just maybe you might be able look at and interact with people, without forming any opinions!

It's been raining since Monday night. Even though I am welcoming this cool break from the scorching heat, I am not very happy about it. The reason is that my outings are restricted; that is because I do not want to venture outside and be carrying an umbrella. so..basically that's not the fault of the rain, it's just my laziness..or something.