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Friends Forever Originally uploaded by prabhaJha Total 29 days to go before I am a suburban housewife again, this time also mother of two boys. I spoke to my boss today and he looked quite excited with the idea of getting a replacement. I am also very thrilled because my best friend had a baby girl; being mother of a boy I know how much it means to her. It means a lot to me too, can not wait to see her tonight. That was on Wednesday 7/29 and the day I can not forget easily. I was planning to be home at time to go see the newborn. It was raining since morning with thunderstorm, though I started early enough I was surprised as I walked in to the World Trade Center Path station. It was very crowded and I had to elbow in to reach the platform. I could see cops and it seemed like some kind of emergency situation. I called my husband who was also to take the same route to home 2 hrs later. I boarded the train with others as they allowed. The train moved and we all too a sigh of relief. Afte...

Girl on road Originally uploaded by one-fat shot! It is just another day when I do not have much to do. I was reading some blogs, some news and then looking at pictures. Until then, when I felt was like a sudden spark in my brain cells, and I audibly said to myself “Why not”. The seeds were sown since I assisted in travel arrangements for Executives to Vienna and Hong Kong. I was locating the Citi offices in all the faraway countries. Once I also traveled over Netherlands map and talked to the consulate for visas. Thanks to Google maps I could get the street views and reading their names. I could see bridges across rivers and on top like pile of ants, I could see cars. I felt the butterflies in my stomach, and wished I could smell those airs right now. I knew the names and the geography but looking at a street or a building and a landmark was different. Finally here I arrived with an idea in my mind to travel world. Yes I want to do that, at some point in my life; I want go travel aro...

Howrah Station - Early morning Originally uploaded by grantaustralia हर रोज़ जिंदगी इतनी हँसी कहाँ होती है हर रोज कहाँ दिखती है इतनी सुंदरता कब ढलता सूरज बस आहट ना होकर आँधिया रे की लगता है रंग बिखेरता पिचकारी की हर रोज कहाँ आती है हँसी इन होत्ठो पर सोचकर कोई पुरानी बात या करके उसको याद कभी कभी ही बस दिल करता है जी भर जी लेने को आज वही दिन है तो जीने दो जीभर के

Earth Rising on Moon Originally uploaded by rbhao Just another weekend or not This weekend was the third last weekend of my parents 6 month long visit. We were busy with 2 dinners, 1 lunch and 1 picnic. This was Citi Risk Picnic , and turned out to be a lot more fun than I expected. The following 2 weekends also seem quite busy. I was actually looking to find an online calendar where I can put up my schedule and share the same with friends, who might be trying to get some time with us. I ended up with Google calendar (recently, It seems Google has answer for all my prayers), it looked promising but I realized I do not have the access from work after signing in. So that was the end of it. Right now, we are busy scheduling things around their stay; I wonder how it will turn out once they are gone. I was mesmerized by these Moon Pictures, there are so many unanswered questions, and still this was a giant leap for mankind. Sunita Williams commented, “When you are in space, what hits you i...

Eternal love, Eternal Life Originally uploaded by moemoechi It was couple month back that I read and article about global warming in National Geography. It was not just any other article, but it was a story of a family who decided to go on a “Green diet” or restrict their energy consumption. It was an eye opener. It calculates all the emissions or trash an average American family generates. It was mind boggling that how accustomed we are with excess in everything. Take energy for an instance and all the home appliances and equipments that all always plugged in or never turned off. While we crib about the gas prices, we still avoid walking few blocks and using manual (even electric) lawn mower .The article, describes an interesting instance about the family when they decide to buy a manual lawn mower. After that, I went on to find the exact article I was talking about but I started reading other related articles and unable to find what I was looking for. May be its lost forever and is ...

day 128 - comment (explosion) Originally uploaded by gunsvl I have access to the blog sites from my work though I can not post new blog ( except, via flickr - Thank you Alta) and I can not comment on the either. Here are few of those, that I visited recently and some I visit every day. http://pandorastwocents.blogspot.com/ By Sweta Vikram, a writer and Capricorn ( please ignore, Its for my reference) residing in NY. http://raipur1.blogspot.com/ From my dear Dolly didi. http://binny55.blogspot.com/ From Vidya di. http://jhajaya.blogspot.com/ I landed on the blog, randomly and it has not been updated since long. http://jayajha.wordpress.com/ http://texification.blogspot.com/ Alta's Blog http://aficionad-o.blogspot.com/ My 10 year old nephew, from Seattle WA http://www.kalebstravels.com/ Another accident... Guess thats all.

toyland-9291 Originally uploaded by Alta Marie Today is Friday and there are invitations lined up for the weekend. Irony is, I am not looking forward to them. Tonight I go to visit a friend for dinner, after work. Oh wait…after work, I go for the “Drinks with Alta”. As today is her last day, sob...Sob...Who knew…? That’s the first and worst of all, followed by the fact that I went to the gym for only 2 days this week, terrible… And an episode of heartbreak from a very close friend, at least I thought so. My parents have another 2 weekends here and may be … I am at loss of words here, Alta! I am going to miss you.

Thinking, Drinking, Sinking, Feeling. (Explored!) Originally uploaded by PsstMinnie Has this happened with you? You went to a new restaurant just because there was no other option and gave it ashot. The food tasted heavenly and then later you bring you friends to dine and it is just not as good as it was supposed to be. You went to a show or place and were dumbstruck with the charm, which is lost when you revisit. The reason: I gave it a deep thought and all I could come up with that, it is just another trick of mind. At our first encounter we set to standard or expectation and are ready for anything served to us. Physically our mind, taste buds and other senses are also ready to accept anything that comes. The senses are delighted with little pleasure and the surprise factor even enhances it. But it is not the case next time, when we have created hype about it. And so we are physically and mentally ready to expect something beyond the pleasure, which is sure to be defeated because th...