Long Weekend!!!!!

24/12/2009
Towards the end of the year I had an amazing trip to blore. First of all I still don't believe that I made the trip. Out of the blue I decided to go to blore(this I did after finding out that my cousins are going). Basically I didn't want to miss the fun. Starting from booking the tickets everything was chaos. For two days I was making up my mind not to go to blore. But finally I decided to book the tickets in takkal for the trip. On the day of booking three ppl(includes myself too) were trying to book tickets for me. Finally the lucky charm was my bro who called me to deliver the happeist news for the day. I informed my teammates and my project lead that I will not be cuming to office on moday. Well, before this My cousin called me and asked me to cancel the ticket since we were going to make roadtrip along wid my atthimbaer(sis's husband). Awesome that I needn't worry about my return journey.

25/12/2009 & 26/12/2009
This is the first road trip in my lyf and enjoyed it. We made a short stop on our way and reached blore in 6 hrs. My othere cousins were yet to reach, meanwhile we started playing cards. Soon we were joined by my niece and we continued playing cards till midnyt. We didn't plan much for the next day. We went to Forum Mall for shopping(that does not include me though I was so interested in buying a shirt for myself). I suggested the same shirt to my niece. Then we reached home and again played cards for some time. We all went to bed early since we had a big day ahead.

27/12/2009
As planned by my cousins we started our trip to Sivanasamudram and Thalakadu(place where River Cauvery is in the form of falls). We expected to have great fun in the falls (Sivanasamudram) but was disappointed since there was not much water in the falls. From there we headed to Thalakadu. We all decided to have nice bath. Due to aquaphobia I decided not to get into water. My cousin,atthimbaer and myself boarded a parisal and went a round in the river. I stood with my cousin in the shore feraring the large body of water, but one of my cousin pulled me into the water(still that fear is not out of me). I had nice time in the water but always had the fear of drowning. Was holding my cousin's hand all the way till I reached the shore. Then we went to the nearby temple. The temple which is famous for getting buried in the sand. The environment was awesome and it was drizzling. During our journey we had fun playing anthakshari(old vs new). Eventually old won the game. We all reached home and hit the bed directly(Except 4 of us).Next day was my nephew's b'day. We started packing the gifts for him. At this point we found who are all crafty handed and were having a little fun.

28/12/2009
When I woke up I didn't feel like leaving blore. I called my colleague to confirm if I had to return to Chennai. My friend(colleague) informed me that my project lead was expecting me to be there the next. I was totally disappointed. I packed all my things half-heartedly(Guess none of cousins knew this). As planned my atthimaber and myself were returning to chennai. Around 12 in the noon we celebrated our nephew's bday and gave him the gifts. Though it was so simple way of giving gifts it is always good to see smile in the kid's face. He was so enthralled with so many gifts. During our lunch I received a msg from my friend regarding the status @ office and I was officially screwed. After our lunch we hit the road. Without break it took 6 odd hours for us to reach the city limits. I directly hit the bed since I had to go to office the next day.

I cannot forget this trip for many reasons. First I got time to be with my niece,nephew and my cousins(this doesn't happen everyday), the road trip was awesome, the weather was splendid and finally I didn't fall sick(everytym I go to blore I will fall sick and return in bad shape). I did miss one thing in this trip rather one person..exactly ryt thats my bro. I missed him because he is a fun loving person who missed this trip. Sorry Bro!!!!

Murphy's Law

In the recent past I had a good tym wid this book. I revived my life in this book. Had a hearty laugh, thought where is lyf going and many other things. A book which does not corrupt your mind or breaks ur heart, instead it fills your heart with innocence amd more than that you will feel lyt after finishing every page of the book. I got this book from one of my friend @ the correct tym in my life(when i was having crisis in my career). This book taught me a lot of things and more than that to take life lightly than to hold it tightly. Now I am searching for this book to own it(bad luck that I m not able to get it in any of the near by book shop). Any book reader should like this. This book is top in my list of favorites.

My Sister's Keeper

Few weeks ago I watched this movie and was moved to tears. I always prefer to watch quality movie and this one is one of the top in my list. Even before watching this movie I knew that I would be in tears since this is directed by the person who took Notebook(another fav of mine). A small family which is shattered into pieces when they find that their elder daughter has luekemia. With an advice from doctor the parents decide to go for the option of a test tube child, creating a child who can donate organs in future for the sister. Every thing goes normal not until the second daughter refuses to donate organs for her sister and decides to sue her parents. When the elder daughter was struggling against the luekemia parents forget to notice that their son is suffering from dyslexia. By the time they notice the child is around four and is sent to special school. When undergoing Chemo in the hospital the elder sister falls in love with a fellow guy(who is also affected by luekemia). When the guy does not turn up to see the elder daughter in the hospital she learns that he is dead. On the other side in the trail the mother(who is a lawyer) tries to win the case against her daughter. She is sure that her daughter is not in right sense to sue her and soon finds the truth and is shocked by it. The truth is that the elder daughter decides and say her younger sister that she is tired of fighting against the disease and more that that she does not want to tear their family apart. With the support for her sister and brother, the younger daughter files the case(which is the main part of the movie).

When the judge hears everything from the elder daughter she decides to go in favor of the child. The same night all the relatives come and visit the dying child in the hospital and infuse their positive thoughts. The best part is that the parents and children sit and watch everybody around since they are sure that one member from their family would be removed entirely pretty soon. The same night the dying child spends time with her mother alone. She shows her the album that she had prepared for her with all the memories. The same night the child dies peacefully. Every year the family visit the favorite place of that child. The highlight of the movie was the relationship between the daughters and the father and mother. The struggle put forth by the mother to survive her child against the disease. More than that the silence within the family when they realize that the child is not going to survive another day or two.

When I watched this movie the realization that struck me was that how blessed I m with a peaceful family. A thought provoking movie. I recommend any kind of movie goers to watch this.

The BIG Day!!!!!!!

16-12-2009, I can never forget this day in my life. All these years I have celebrated my bday but not like this one. Every year I receive call from my frns @ midnight. This time for a change I put my mobile in silent and went to deep sleep. On the big day day I did all my rituals(every day things). My first wish came from my mom followed by my dad and received blessings from them. When I rearranged my bag for my work I saw a small box gift wrapped inside my bag. I took it out and asked my dad If it was from him. But the answer was no. Then my mom remainded me that my colleagues would have slipped it in my bag for a surprise. But I was sure it wasn't from them. When I opened the box I was in a shock. For a minute I wasn't able to breath. There was a small platinum pendant with three diamond studs. I realised that this should be from my bro. All these years my bro had never gifted me a thing and this was unbelievable.

Then I always wanted to receive first wish(other than my family) from my close friend Jaisree. I went to her home around 7 in the mrng and woke her up to get my wishes (She was the first person to call me @ midnyt and I didn't pick her call).

After reaching office I received wishes from my training friends which was a surprise too. Then I got call from my friend from training(What a big surprise). Then the day @ my office ended with a celebration with my team mates. Got a cake from them with a gift. My guess was a book but they proved it wrong. They gave me formal shirt with a quote mug. I left my office early wid bday as an excuse.

When I reached home I found my bro @ home. I was surprised to see him so soon from his work. We had a small family chit chat and a family dinner. This day is quite unforgettable for one and only reason is that my bro turned to surprise after all these years. Another reason is the time I spent with my family.

Thank you to my family who have been tolerant(and has to be for the years yet to come)... my frns esp.Jaisree who lends her shoulders whenever I m in need and my colleagues for their surprise.

THANK YOU ALL!