Friday, August 24, 2012
Blue sapphire
on that lazy Sunday morning,
that smile.. that wave..
spoke a thousand words
hidden behind the shades
wish we caught up
but you ran away, and so did I..
I miss you dearly, still..
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
London 2012
- loved loved the opening ceremony. mr. bean and the flying queen was epic. brits so witty!
- fantastic concept on the flame/cauldron, just wow. but what were they thinking when they stuck it inside an arena where no one can really take a picture in front of it without a ticket.
- brought back memories of watching olympics at home, and how much I used to enjoy the ceremonies, the events and all the color. I miss swimming...
- our own Niluka in the first 16?
- Phelps at 22 medals!! what a great olympian, and what a proud mama. :)
- Rockstar Swagger.. really Lochte?
- shame on you, those disgraceful badminton players who were throwing the games.
- First double amputee to participate in Olympics. Historic.
- How does Bolt make it look so easy, like a walk in the Hyde Park?
- Misty May and Kerry Walsh, did it again, for the 3rd time!
- Way to go Dream team, it wouldn't have been complete had you not won the gold.
- What a tribute to Lennon. Imagine, gave me goosies.
- Amazing closing ceremony with the emphasis on British music celebration; Georgy, super models, fatboy slim, Jessie J, Tiao Cruz, Spice Girls!!!!!, former Oasis, bhangra dancers, Queen, One Direction, among many others..
- what an event, what great athletes.. memories, and emotions. GB you did good..
'til next time...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Drunk and Disorderly
The other day as I was pulling in to the drive way around 8pm, mind you it's broad day light at this time of the year, a taxi was sort of in the way dropping off a girl. She looked attractive, wearing a pretty summer dress, sunglasses, and ugly clogs. She was stumbling towards the main gate, and as I was pulling in, she turned back and started walking back. Trying to hold on to a rail or a car or even a tomato vine. At this point I realized that she was pissed drunk and could barely walk. As she's walking back towards the taxi cab, a couple of pre-teen boys were coming out of the complex in their bikes, ready to go for a ride on this nice summer day. They must have been probably 10 or 12.
All the while I'm stopped right in front of the gate watching this, and.. then.. the drunken girl does the unthinkable. She barely makes it to couple of parked cars, walks behind them and lowers herself down in between the parked car and the fence. She wants to pee!! then gets up again remembering she'd have to take her undies off, then drops her undies to her feet in broad day light, and tries to do her business, i.e. public urination. The two boys who now saw this, stops whatever they were planning to do on their bikes this evening, and keeps staring at the drunken mess trying to pee in public. and they were scarred for life!
I rolled down my window and asked/yelled at the drunken girl to move away.. :S. I'm not sure if she heard but anyway.. Another girl finally gets out of the taxi cab, and tries to help the intoxicated mess. I had to move the car before the other vehicles behind me start honking at me wanting to get to the parking lot.. as I was driving towards the gate I saw from the rear view mirror, the two little boys shocked out of their minds, or just enjoying the whole thing.
I don't know if driving away was the best thing I did at that point, may be I should have done something. Not sure what, but something..
I drove away, embarrassed. embarrassed for the woman kind.
All the while I'm stopped right in front of the gate watching this, and.. then.. the drunken girl does the unthinkable. She barely makes it to couple of parked cars, walks behind them and lowers herself down in between the parked car and the fence. She wants to pee!! then gets up again remembering she'd have to take her undies off, then drops her undies to her feet in broad day light, and tries to do her business, i.e. public urination. The two boys who now saw this, stops whatever they were planning to do on their bikes this evening, and keeps staring at the drunken mess trying to pee in public. and they were scarred for life!
I rolled down my window and asked/yelled at the drunken girl to move away.. :S. I'm not sure if she heard but anyway.. Another girl finally gets out of the taxi cab, and tries to help the intoxicated mess. I had to move the car before the other vehicles behind me start honking at me wanting to get to the parking lot.. as I was driving towards the gate I saw from the rear view mirror, the two little boys shocked out of their minds, or just enjoying the whole thing.
I don't know if driving away was the best thing I did at that point, may be I should have done something. Not sure what, but something..
I drove away, embarrassed. embarrassed for the woman kind.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
An Indian Affair
This Summer is full of weddings and I attended a Punjabi Indian wedding of a very good friend. Well I've been to one temple function few years ago, but it wasn't of a close friend so I didn't have all the insight to the wedding, and what was going on etc.. so this was the first official Indian wedding, if one would wanna call it that.
It's true when they say the Indians party for almost seven days leading up to a wedding. So first I went to two temple prayer sessions hosted by bride's and the groom's families, to pray for the new couple for a successful marriage. Then few weeks after that I attended their engagement party/ring ceremony which had very cool traditions that I've not seen before. After giving the engagement ring to the bride to be, and showering both of them with gold and other gifts, everyone danced 'til the wee hours. This party had about 300 guests, which is less than half the number of guests invited for the wedding.
The next was a party thrown by the groom's family for the groom. and since my friend is the groom I was invited for this groom's party (not a bachelor party or a stag) Mayyaan Sangeet, which is an evening of singing and dancing. No joke this reminded me of a hindi movie, where the cousins or sisters dance and sing for the groom and rub turmeric paste all over him. and I dressed in my first punjabi suit borrowed from a wonderful friend who was lovely enough to lend me one out of the thousand she owns. The suits everyone wore was just amazing and so beautiful. and this is not even the wedding yet!
Couple of days after that was the actual marriage at the temple. Few weeks prior to this I had done some serious shopping in the Indian shopping district and purchased my first indian shalwar suit, and was so excited to wear this. I have been to an Indian temple wedding before so I knew most of what to expect while squirming around sitting on the temple floor. It included lots of prayers and then bride and groom walking around the holy book attached with a red piece of cloth. After a yummy vege meal at the temple, the wedding portion came to an end for most of the guests, and then it was time to party. The close family of the bride and groom would have then gone to bride's house where her family bids farewell to her, and the groom then brings her to his house.
Most couples usually have their reception the same night of the temple wedding, but because of the farewell and bringing the bride home rituals the day become exhausting and quite rushed, and they would have shown up at the reception hall so late when guests are ready to leave. However, it wasn't the case here, they decided to have the reception the day after the wedding ceremonies. The reception was very similar to a sri lankan wedding or home coming reception. The hall was gorgeous, candle lit, with dimmed lights, the ambiance was romantic. Few performances and speeches were followed by the usual dancing the night away type thing. We all had an awesome time, took some pictures in the photo booth, and had a late night hot dog before calling it a night!
Congrats to the happy couple :) xoxo
It's true when they say the Indians party for almost seven days leading up to a wedding. So first I went to two temple prayer sessions hosted by bride's and the groom's families, to pray for the new couple for a successful marriage. Then few weeks after that I attended their engagement party/ring ceremony which had very cool traditions that I've not seen before. After giving the engagement ring to the bride to be, and showering both of them with gold and other gifts, everyone danced 'til the wee hours. This party had about 300 guests, which is less than half the number of guests invited for the wedding.
The next was a party thrown by the groom's family for the groom. and since my friend is the groom I was invited for this groom's party (not a bachelor party or a stag) Mayyaan Sangeet, which is an evening of singing and dancing. No joke this reminded me of a hindi movie, where the cousins or sisters dance and sing for the groom and rub turmeric paste all over him. and I dressed in my first punjabi suit borrowed from a wonderful friend who was lovely enough to lend me one out of the thousand she owns. The suits everyone wore was just amazing and so beautiful. and this is not even the wedding yet!
Couple of days after that was the actual marriage at the temple. Few weeks prior to this I had done some serious shopping in the Indian shopping district and purchased my first indian shalwar suit, and was so excited to wear this. I have been to an Indian temple wedding before so I knew most of what to expect while squirming around sitting on the temple floor. It included lots of prayers and then bride and groom walking around the holy book attached with a red piece of cloth. After a yummy vege meal at the temple, the wedding portion came to an end for most of the guests, and then it was time to party. The close family of the bride and groom would have then gone to bride's house where her family bids farewell to her, and the groom then brings her to his house.
Most couples usually have their reception the same night of the temple wedding, but because of the farewell and bringing the bride home rituals the day become exhausting and quite rushed, and they would have shown up at the reception hall so late when guests are ready to leave. However, it wasn't the case here, they decided to have the reception the day after the wedding ceremonies. The reception was very similar to a sri lankan wedding or home coming reception. The hall was gorgeous, candle lit, with dimmed lights, the ambiance was romantic. Few performances and speeches were followed by the usual dancing the night away type thing. We all had an awesome time, took some pictures in the photo booth, and had a late night hot dog before calling it a night!
Congrats to the happy couple :) xoxo
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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