Adieu 2009.. Bonjour 2010 !

It’s once in a blue moon that we have a function organized in my building and perfectly true to the word we welcomed the New Year with the “blue moon”. In 20 years for the first time we had a get together for New Year’s at my building.

This New Year and New Year’s Eve was quite different for lot of reasons. First of all it was a “once in a blue moon” New Year and in addition we also had a lunar eclipse. As for all mallus – it was “Thiruvathira” on 31^st December, 2009. Basically it’s the mallu version of “Karva Chauth”; but with some difference. All girls can (preferable should) take a fast – no matter you are married, engaged, likely to be engaged, committed or plain and simple ‘single’.

In spite of all this we had a lovely party organized in my building. True to nature of ‘IT professionals’, I made sure that I delegated all the work to everyone and made sure the project “Celebration 2010” as going on fine. Thanks to Mayuri and rest of the group things were pretty good. Before you people can think I didn’t do anything; let me clarify – I pitched in big time to meet the deadline J. We had loads of “last minute” work and most importantly at the end of the day everyone had a lot of fun.

We rung in the New Year in style with - cake, snow spray and loads of blessing and wishes from family and friends.

These are the times that we miss the important people closed to our hearts. More often than never, we realize it’s not possible to be with everyone we would love to spend times like these. It’s all about being practical; but yeah blessing and best wishes are always there J

So here are my wishes for a Happy, Prosperous and Blessed New year to all my family, loved ones and dearest friends. May God fulfill all your dreams and give only the best for each one of you.

Love,

Lakshmi

PS – Its nice

I finished reading P.S I Love you a few days back. Yes it’s the one on which the movie P.S I Love you is based.

Nisha and Paru are not much of fans of the book but to my surprise many people at work loved the book. I had actually people coming over to my desk and talking to me about the story.

I could relate some parts of the book to “Eat, Pray, Love”. The book is about how a lady learns to live life to the fullest all over again – slowly and steadily after her husband’s death. It’s an emotional book, but very beautifully written.

If you’re ready to deal with a lot of emotions, then you should read this book. The movie and book are a little different; so if you have seen the movie and have liked it then do read the book. You will love it.

Well that’s – P.S. I Love You..

Priya –Anil Wedding

Last week was Priya’s wedding. God bless the lovely couple. They make a cute couple. Btw Priya was looking stunning; absolutely beautiful. As usual true to ourselves we were pulling Priya’s leg even on the stage.. She wanted to just kicks off the stage. J

After the wedding Soumya was heading to Pune to start her new job! Thank God she has finally moved to Pune. We are all relived and happy for her. I am going to miss you sweetheart.

It’s nice that all of us are slowing moving on to the next phase of our respective lives; but I also miss the wonderful times we have had. The meetings at Inorbit - just to unwind and crib about anything and everything. I am sure that the next time we meet; the venue might change but the cribbing will still remain!

At the wedding I also happen to meet my school teacher. That was refreshing change. It so amazing to see our teachers and the joy they have to see that their students have turned out pretty good.

Anyway I wish the couple the best in life….. I hope to meet Priya and Soumya soooooooooooooon.

Trying times ahead!

Well its not so good time for me now…my ear piercing seems to be giving me a problem. For the past two days it doesn’t look good.. The doctor has given me some medicines and I hope it turns out ok.. Meanwhile my loved ones are all upset about it (as expected) and want me to remove the earring.

However for all those who know me I don’t give up that easily. Still hoping that it heals soon! At least I won’t regret that I didn’t try my best. Well if not now there is always a next time but I am not going to give up on this one.. No compromises here!

For now I just need to wait and watch…..

Lost in Symbols!

I just finished reading “The Lost Symbol” – Dan Brown… my verdict – ‘definitely worth a read’. I have always enjoyed reading Dan Browns books and this is no exception to that. You will find it hard to put down once you start reading.

The suspense is amazing - you get hooked on to the book all throughout. However, if you’re looking for some serious mysterious code or rather a surprising revelation like the ‘Da Vinci Code’ you wont find that much in this book. Of course in true Dan Brown style there is a lot of code cracking; but the suspense after all the code cracking was not that socking or 'different'.

The impressive part is the amount of research that goes in writing his books. After reading each book I have thought at least once – ‘is it possible that all that is written in the book is true??’

In fact whoever has read his books generally have the same option – it makes you think is this fact or fiction.

Personally, I enjoyed the book and do think that its worth a read!

Back home

Aaah a long overdue for my blog – first things first.. I am back at home in Mumbai and after a really long struggle I have left L&T Infotech. Last Wednesday was my last working day. As in the offer letter; they made sure I served the entire 90 days period!

Anyway that’s all over finally. I am definitely missing all the fun part in Chennai and working with Extreme Network was a good experience; but I guess all good things come to an end at some point in time..so just need to move on.

Now I am all set to start something new and I am all excited about it. Hoping for the best and well that all for now!

Random thoughts…

Yesterday was a busy but, feel good kind of day. All morning we did some cleaning and got rid of a lot of old stuff. Thinking about it now; for me it was a mixed feeling – I have started packing my bags to go back to Bombay. I am not sure on the exact date on when I will head back, but yeah it looks like I will be back by the end of this month or 1st week of Nov. I came to Chennai on 19th July; except for the uncertainty and the sultry climate; it was one of the best and the most enjoyable three months.

When I was packing yesterday, my 3 year old nephew Krishna came up to me and asked me what I was doing.. I said I have to go back to Bombay and I packing for that and he said “But I don’t want you to goooooo”. He then sat inside my suitcase and say “You pack me in then”. That moment was certainly worth living up to the inhumane climate of Chennai. I have already started wondering how horrible it’s going to be away from these two darling kids. I am used to be woken up by Amu or Krishna every morningJ, now their routine is very much a part of me too.

I will miss Paru’s same playlist every evening - she makes it a point to put it on cause all those songs which she plays are “rap”, “hip-hop” type of song..something that’s just not my choice. Basically the songs get onto my nerves. Well there is no need to say that it’s going to be difficult without Nischechi and Vinchettan. They make sure that Paru and I have everything we need..we don’t need to worry about anything actually.

I wouldn’t deny that I am looking forward to go back to Bombay. There are a lot of things that I am looking forward to do there.. lot of change that I have been waiting for. For one I have decided that I want to join French classes once I get back (hope that actually works). Apart for all that, my friends are waiting for me to get back. I too am waiting to meet them. Everyday Soumya, Priya, Sri…….. and almost all my friends just want to know when I am getting back to Bombay. It’s a lot to look forward to.

Even though I have all this; still somewhere at the back of my mind it doesn’t feel too good to leave…cause after all I am going away from one “home” to another…..