3x10=30, your face is dirty :-D

Not too dignified of me, I know :). I'm 30! 30! 30! 30! Somebody stop me :-D.




Heyy, I'm not that old! Not yet anyway :).

Seriously speaking (says she who's been acting like a spoilt child for quite a while now :-D), as I mentioned earlier, I am very happy to be where I am today. One of the things I always wished and wish to do is to live my life without any regrets. Yes, there are a couple of regrets about a few lost friendships, but other than those, I have no regrets whatsoever. Which is pretty good for a 30-year lifetime, hehehe :).

Another thing I always wanted to do, is to try and see most of what there is to see and to do most of what there is to do. And as you have seen on my blog, I think I'm doing a pretty good job in this, to be very modest :-D. Its been a great journey so far and man, there is lots lots more to do! There are so many things in this world that one mere lifetime is not enough to see and do everything. I hope I get a chance to do a little more, see a little more, day-by-day and thats it.

So what do you get for a person who wants everything? :-D.




Mmmmm everything? Hehehehe :). By the way, my over-smart hubby has conveniently claimed the DSLR to be his special gift in advance :-p (I actually had thought of it as my special gift to myself, but oh well, who cares as long as I have got the camera :-D). I can't ask for anything more now, can I? He just knows how to shut me up ;-) :-D. But that doesn't really stop me from hankering for a cake :-D.




One thing I have to mention is what Sri said the other day - he is 33 this time, I am 30 and Snugli will be "03" in December, so our ages are all combinations of '3' and '0' :-D. If not anything, it saves us from buying more number-shaped candles, hehehe :-D.

And so as I stand on the 30 year peak of my life, looking forward to more helpings of what I have already and trying not to be too greedy about it ;-) :-D, I realize that I am very fortunate to be here, for there are many many people who are not and every day I thank God for having it so good. Before I get too emotional, I just have another thing to say on this day:

Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happpppppppppppy birthththththththdayyyyyyyyyyy to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Happy birthday toooooooooooooo meeeeeee :-D

(BTW this is Snugli's favourite song and I'm looking forward to hearing it on a continuous loop today, hehehee).

Tomorrow never dies..

Well, certainly today it doesn't. Yup, tomorrow is the big that I turn thirrrrrrrr, thirrrrrrrrrrr, thirty, there I said it :-p. Sri, have you ordered my cake yet? :-D.




A cake doesn't seem to be very dignified, does it? :-p. Maybe I should celebrate it in a more subdued manner ;-).




Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Get the cake, pronto!

3...2....1...Boom!

Yet another countdown post ;-). I know I know even I'm getting tired of these. But only one more I promise and one actual birthday post. Its actually one too many, but a "30" year tag deserves atleast so much :-p.

So whats the plan after 30? Oh man, where do I start?




Lots of things to do, LOTS! But you'll see them here as they happen, don't want to spoil the surprises :-D.

Cannot believe the D-day is only 3 days to go :-p.




My feelings are all mish-mashed these days. One part of me is happy that I'm truly becoming an "adult" now (20s are still childish according to me whereas 30s are more dignified :-D), while another thinks what the heck is the difference anyways (because I'm suddenly not going to morph into a dignified adult, hehehee :-D), while yet another is feeling kinda despondent that the years are rolling away like this (and I'm still nowhere close to being a dignified adult, hehehehe :-D).

This countdown is sure accomplishing atleast 2 things -

1) Boring the few remaining readers off my blog ;-) :-D.
2) Keeping an account of my feelings as the actual birthday is nearing :).

See ya soon with more :) (if you are still here, that is :-D).

Just a number, right?

Right? 30 is just a number. I don't know why there's hugggge hullabaloo about it :-p.




Alright, alright :-p. Maybe crossing over from the twenties has become equivalent to losing your youth. I firmly believe that we are as young as we feel, so I'm 25, thank you very much :-D.




But to be honest, there are no alarms on my side. I'm glad to be where I am, whatever age I am because this is precisely where I want to be. And I've never understood why people are afraid of growing old - for me its all about the experience and so far it has been a wonderful enjoyable experience :-D.

Well, I might still panic on the D-day, so somebody please hold my hand ;-) :-D.

P.S. Folks, My birthday isn't here yet, still part of the countdown :-D.

Come august :).

Well, the month is finally here. This month I reach another pivotal point in my life :-p.




Err, kindly imagine the calendar in the comic to be August :-D.

Since I'll be crossing over from the twenties to the thirties this month, I have decided to celebrate this extremely happy (:-p :-D) occasion, by having a sort of countdown to the D-day :-D. All the more to bother you with silly posts, my dearies hehehee :)).

Meanwhile today is also the first Sunday of August which means its FRIENDSHIP day!! And friendship is certainly more important than me becoming 30 years old :-p.

Happy friendship day to all :)

The clueless :-D

The baby blues guys are brilliant. This is something that happens at my house ALL the time :-p. Click to get the bigger picture ;-) :-D.

The day is back ;-).

Hurray its finally the day!! The day I'm off my diet :-D.




Oh wait, I did not mean to say that ;-). What I meant to say is that today is the day I turn 29!! Yup, I'm 29 :))).

You may think that I am too old for compliments (;-) :-D),




or for cake, or in general for surprises :-D,




But you are WRONG!! :-D :))).




Love them as much as I used to :-D. I'm growing old, not forgetful ;-).

By the way, one thing I am sad about this year. Its one of these weird things I noticed when I turned 20. Since 2000 till now, the first and last digits of the year have matched my age (In 2001, I turned 21, in 2005 I turned 25 and so on). And this is the last year when that happens. Next year when I turn 30, it'll be 2010. So there goes my secret enjoyment :(.

Wait a min. Next year I turn 30. 30?? Now that I'm not so crazy about :-p.




Oh well, looking forward to the big three-oh :-D.

Reflecting Reality :)

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Don't want to waste much more time/space than that :-D. But had been to Seattle last week for 5 days and have a huge post coming up on that. While I plan/write/edit that out, I just wanted to put this up. I was introduced to this particular comic strip about a month back and am constantly amazed on how much it resembles some of the situations I'm in these days :-D. Well, this particular one was the first strip I read (I think :-D), please click to enlarge:




And at about the same time, Snugli was in the mode of destroying every bit of paper she found :)).




The above one is a constant reflection of our daily sleeping habits while the below one is the proof that Sri has bathed Snugli only twice till now :-D.




I'm not in the phase of the next one yet, but I guess its just a matter of time ;-)..




More at Baby Blues :).

Growing up, nah growing old..

God!! I have so much to write, but somehow am not able to actually sit and type stuff. I don't know what I'm doing with the time, but it just goes away without me realizing where it all went. I still have to write about highlights of the India trip and the travels we have done since we are here. And I just don't have the time. Pathetic, isn't it? I wish I had a device that'd read my mind, sort the words and publish them on my blog :(. Google bhailog, are you listening?? (If by any chance you are listening, the copyright belongs to me!! ;-) :-D).

Today is my birthday. No applause, no anything. Nothing about today seems special anymore. Somehow it feels like its just another day thats going to come and go. Maybe I'm tired. Maybe its all become too monotonous. Maybe I'm not really into birthdays anymore. Looks like I have grown old, haven't I?




Didn't really feel like cutting cake even though I got one. Maybe I just haven't the strength..




In fact, I had almost forgotten its my birthday..




I feel bone weary as if I have walked a long way and there's still a long way to walk ahead..




It felt like last year went so fast. I mean it feels like it was my last birthday just yesterday.. Where the heck are the days going?




And I'm just not into surprises anymore..




Oh who the heck am I kidding!! I love being 28 :))).




Yes, I AM TWENTY EIGHT and loving it!!

But seriously, was it only last year that me and Sri were talking about how we'll be 3 people this year? This year has gone oh-so-fast man! I guess you can see that by the way my post numbers have been going downhill :-p. Anyways..

Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Happy birthday to me :-D :-D :-D

Have the cake and eat it too :)

Today on your birthday, I thought I'd get you cake, but..




Then I thought I'd atleast get some candles, but they all ran away!




Well, I'd have given you flowers, but I guessed you'd misunderstand..




I did think about a surprise gift, but I didn't know whether you'd like it..




So I got you this :-D.




Hehehee :)). Happy Birthday Sriram, my love :).

And then there were three..

Today's post is special. Two reasons. One, this is the 200th post :). Two, today is our 3rd wedding anniversary :).

First the blog (not that its more important, just to get that out of the way ;-) :-D). 200 seems unbelievable. I know I don't write that frequently. I am certainly not one of those who update their blog daily. But I have made it a point to put up a post atleast once every 4-5 days. These days, even that is getting difficult. One reason is that the ideas all are scattered and I don't really get the time to group them together. And then even if I somehow manage that, I never have the time to type a big post. And to think, big posts used to be my specialities :-D. But nevertheless, I'm glad I have this space to vent out whatever I am feeling at that particular moment. I'm glad that my parents read it and I get ample (actually more than ample :-D) feedback. I'm glad that I have written for so long and hope to continue for as long as possible :).

Coming to the anniversary, I know I have always said that I didn't know how it'd be after I got married. But this time its different. Three years ago if you had asked me, what I expected after 3 years of marriage, this is exactly what I'd have predicted :). We wanted to have a baby after 2 years and at the third year be proud parents. And we have Snigdha :). She's simply a joy to be around. She is now about 1.5 months old and smiles/laughs unexpectedly now and then..




She gets startled at sounds and stares intently at faces..




She watches anything that moves (includes people moving from here to there) and its like Sri and I are reliving a part of our childhood that we ourselves don't remember ;-) :-D.




Many a time, I have wondered what goes on in that tiny head of hers. Is it just "wet" or "hungry" or is it a whole lot of things that she is not able to express? Its plain amazing to watch her grow. Whats more amazing is the fact that her stomach is only as big as my hand and still can cause so much havoc :-D. She has started to flail her arms and kick her legs vigorously. I'm sure in no time, she'll be turning over and then crawling all over the place! Sri and I are really happy to have her. Everything feels exactly right - right place and right time :).

And then there is Sri. The man never ceases to amaze me! In two years I have seen him grow as a husband. I have seen him adjust to my idiosyncrasies and learn to deal with my tantrums :-D. I have simply seen him being the gem he is all the time :). Now I'm seeing a whole new facet of the man - the father.




He's oh-so-patient with Snuggles (well, I can always argue that he's not the one feeding her :-D) and its indescribable to see him with her. I sometimes even get jealous of the attention he bestows upon her :-D :)). He holds her/rocks her cradle for hours and seemingly simply cannot get enough of her :). And it makes me all teary-eyed ;-). 3 years ago, I never imagined I'd still be feeling this way about him - all mushy and gooey inside whenever I see him :-D. I guess the love is still growing and going strong :).

As for me, you know me. I'm the same old me - mostly happy, getting frustrated now and then, but basically living in the moment, enjoying what life has given me so far and very very much in love with my family. Always and forever are big words, but I hope to be this way as long as I live..

To reduce some of the sappiness in the post and also to keep up with my trend of putting comics, here's a Calvin and Hobbes strip on marriage ;-) :-D (click for a larger version).



And here's another one, go Suzy!!

Dcube is 3cube!

3cube = 27
Dcube = Dare Devil Deepthi!
=> Dcube = 3cube today..

Hmmm 27 eh? I hadn't really gotten over being 26 yet :-\.




Seems like 1 year went off pretty fast!




Hmm maybe I could have accomplished a lot more than what I've done so far...




Though I am 27, I love birthdays. I like it that people remember and so many wish me on that day. Makes me feel special, though I haven't done any ghanakaarya :-p.




But hey people! I'm 27...




... not DEAF!! :-p.




Hmm maybe I'll try this trick. How about I republish all the old posts in reverse? ;-) :-D. Maybe it'll feel like going back in time ;-).

Thinking of being back in time, here's D-mix in chronological order :-D.

Two to tango :)

The equation goes like this:

This post = 2 x last year's post (An year of a lifetime... ).

We met almost 2.5 years ago and talked about our interests..





After finding out the things we had in common (and the things we didn't :-D), we got engaged...





Then got married 2 years ago on this very day :).




There has been a lot of understanding and helping each other..




There also have been quite a few disagreements ;-).




There have been some confusions and adjustments too..




But mainly there has been LOVE :).




And the love is what will last :). Happy 2nd Wedding Anniversary Sriram !

* Most of the images are taken from Cartoonist Group and one from Off the mark.

Listening to: Luther Vandross - "I'd rather"

I'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else
I'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself
I'd rather have hard times together, than to have it easy apart
I'd rather have the one who holds my heart...