b'day blues

I was speaking to sang this evening….she said she got worried in the morning ‘cos she dreamt it was already 28th and she did not wish me yet…..then she said it will be the first time that I would be without her and the rest of the family for my birthday…..i thought I did not care for my b’day…but after speaking to sang I had a sinking feeling…I do not really care for celebration or partying for b’day…but being away made me realize what I do care for and what I will miss this year….I care to be with family and close friends and I will be without them for the first time this year on my b’day.

Ode to St. Urho

Loa, Amar, Megh, Nico, and I boycotted the St. Patrick's day party, at the neighbors. There plan was to be drink all day. We hold nothing against St. Patrick only we do not need cultural excuses to get drunk. Then Jodi told us about the Finish St. Urho who is an invention of a Finnish-American who apparently casted grasshoppers out of Finland by the power of his loud voice. Jodi says St. Urho's feast is supposed to be celebrated by wearing the color Royal Purple. "Grasshopper, grasshopper, go from hence to Hell!".


Nico, Amar Loa and I made ghost and star shaped sugar cookies saw a movie and ate pizzas (in between peeped out to see how the neighbors are getting drunk). Unfortunately, I have no pics of the cookie making but do have some of the time earlier in the morning when I was playing in the snow. By the way, there was a huge storm the day before with 12 inches of snow and freezing rain. can you believe 12 inches of snow two day after we had touched 50 F after months?!! I spend some time listening ‘piya basanti re kahe sataye aaja’.









That's my neighbor's car.....someone really used super brain power to shovel the snow!

Animal Farm

I had reluctantly agreed to go to the farm…but I am glad I did go…its was fun to pet animals and see this dog as silly as ross.
Checking out handicrafts

Before leaving

Eating Pancakes with maple syrup

Mom and kid

Stupid doggie is guarding chicken feed to be able to catch the chicken...managed a mouthful of feathers after trying for an hour. Reminds me of rossie following the cat

yaaden reh jaati hai

Sang: tu kya karri?

Anita: kuch nahin, padi hoon….woke up late and wasted all day went to a brazilian restaurant for dinner. Sarah’s gone home so I am alone.

Sang: apni life kitni alag ho gayee na, I am surrounded by people always and have to wake up early and do routine things whether I like it or not

Anita: haan its good ki I do what I like but its depressing sometimes to even wake up ‘cos there is no one around and no reason to wake up. Apan log 11 no. par hi ache the na? we had people around still we were free

Sang: haan we appreciate it only now because we are past it.

Holi Hai!

These are pics from Holi at Clark. We had organized a party at Sheela’s house, invited all IDCE students. 60-70 peole turned up. We had Gulaal, Bhaang, Food, Liquor and Mithai. Danced non-stop for 4-5 hours mostly on bollywood songs. Was so fun!