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Thursday, February 25, 2010

True to the title, random updates!


1. The most important update is that I have recently taken up a job and its a really interesting one at that. I have a strong feeling that I am going to get a lot of exposure as well as learn a lot! Of course, I am also very glad that its part-time coz I can continue to do the things I like to do and travel too!

2. I have begun to actually like my exercising routine. I try to make it interesting coz I alternate between yoga, body specifics, Jane Fonda's aerobics, Pilates and Bollywood fitness dancing ( yes, you read it right!)...I like the fact that I can just jump around without feeling conscious at home, with abandon! Its liberating! :-) I have different DVDs of all these and I work out at home everyday except weekends. Of course, the biggest motivation are the results - I can fit into clothes I hoped I could fit into someday!

3. I was watching Rajiv Gandhi's interview with Simi Garewal on Youtube and it made me really sad. Tears sprung in my eyes. I deeply and fervently wish he was alive and more than anything else, his family had got the opportunity to spend more time with him. What a charismatic, handsome and strong personality! He is THE man for me, who was a proud Indian!

4. I have begun to maintain a calender and schedule like my English friends here and I have to admit, if not for anything else, it makes me feel really important and it also made me realize that we have slowly begun to have a social life outside of just 'us'. :-)

5. I am loving the 'calm' within me and the happy thoughts I have! I am proud of myself coz I don't brood about the past anymore or think of anything that makes me feel low. Little things remind me that there is hope and light at the end of the tunnel; like the plants I had given up on have suddenly started sprouting up now or even the 'daily horoscope' seem to match with the current updates in life. It may be a co-incidence too; but I take it as a sign!

6. I have started to learn to knit and its really exciting to create something all by yourself!

7. I am also learning Photoshop on the web and am contemplating starting a photo-blog ( what do you think?). I love photography and am a self-proclaimed photo-maniac. I love looking at photos; even of people I don't even know - they are such a great way to remember good times, smiles, friends, travels, happiness, beauty, nostalgia,memories.....enough said!

14 comments:

Suman said...

Hey PW ..Congrats on your job ..I can so relate it to # 8 ..I keep dong that ..my hubby thinkd I am crazy looking at random ppls photos..and i click so many photos ..i am planning on learning Photoshop and getting one of those SLR cameras .anyways I think u shld actually try scrapbooking ..its fun ..mainly since u are a photo person

Pretty Woman said...

Suman,

thank you soo much :)....wow! SLR huh? you must be rich... ;-)...what is scrapbooking? pls enlighten the ignorant, pretty please?

Vidya said...

Gosh, this is really random and I will comment randomly, oh well, in bullet points.

1. I like your exercise routine. I have to find one now and stick with it!
2. Hmmm..Rajiv Gandhi.He was a shrewd politician. I will try to look up the interview on internet and see that!
3. Please transfer a little bit of calm to me. These days, I feel like I am tossed around in a ship caught in a storm!
4.Girl, I maintain a calendar of everything. Sometimes it is overwhelming to see how busy one's life is! :D
5. Photo blog seems so cool. Another friend of mine does that too, quite inadvertently! And he derives a lot of pleasure out of it!
6. End of bullet point

SR said...

Hey PW..
Congrats on your new job.. have fun..
I love the fact that its a part time one and you still have time to do other things.. which is fab..!
Have fun.. SR

ARUNA said...

I liked your blog name, its very pretty....guess u r pretty too :))

Pretty Woman said...

Vidya,

I am starting to like your bullets everywhere!! :)

If you have to be a politician, you need to be shrewd, else you can't really survive, can you?

Take a deep breath.....slowly....

seriously thinking of the photo blog now! :)

Pretty Woman said...

SR,

I know!!! thanks a ton...am very happy about your milestone too!!! :)

Pretty Woman said...

Aruna,

thank you...I am not-so-pretty! Just a facade to reel people in! ;-)

Vidya said...

hey I just read another blog post of yours because it had Sai's photo on it. I too am a Sai devotee and I loved that post! I went to a Sai temple in Mylapore when I visited India last time and it was such a pleasurable experience!

Vidya

Pretty Woman said...

Vidya,

:-) I must admit I am not an ardent devotee...but I love the peace and calm in the temples and I have also been to Shirdi a couple of times when we lived in Pune...God does find different ways to bless us...it takes time for us to identify it.

Suman said...

Hi there PW...Scrapbooking actually means creating albums / paper that contain your photos ..some memorabilia ..tickets ...arranged together in a decorated manner..

Pretty Woman said...

Suman,

thank you for the explanation...I do know the normal scrapbook...I thought there was some online application like that!! :D

Suman said...

there is a digital scrapbooking site too.u can check out daisytrail.com ..i have one of their software which is pretty good

Pretty Woman said...

Awesome! I will check it out...:)