General Ramblings!!

while I am waiting here in Ann Arbor, MI for lunch which my friend is preparing i thought i might as well use this time constructively to write a blog. My friend is making chappathi and Channa for me and refused to let me help her...and i have to admit i didnt insist. Its been a good weekend soo far..I relaxed and got lotsa sleep thrusday night. Friday morning (technically afternoon)I went and opened a bank account. After a quick lunch followed by Tira Misu for dessert i head out to Ann Arbor from Fort Wayne. I stopped on the way and bought myself a Tshirt and then continued driving. The traffic on I94 was horrible...i finally reached here at 9pm and me and my friend head out for dinner. Since my friend S has absolutely no sense of direction whatsoever we had to navigate around with my map and we finally reached this Thai place 10 minutes after it closed. So from there we drove around town in search of this Italian restraunt called Macaroni Grill. Fortunately I have a decent sense of direction else we would have never found the place. After a hearty dinner which i have to admit was delicious we got back home and were talking for a while.

I got up at 12.30pm today..my friend had to go for some swimming classes in the morning so she didnt mind me sleeping. After a quick breakfast of eggs and toast which my friend made for me we head out state street Starbucks to grab a coffee and then to Meijers to do grocery shopping for my friend. Now i know that sounds really boring and it was but then i unfortunately didnt have an option and was told i wouldnt get any lunch if i didnt drive her there. Shopping with S is not fun!! when it comes to shopping S is a typical girl! So after a couple of hours of grocery shopping we got back home.

Ok i think lunch is ready and it smells good and I better not let her see this if i want any lunch

later...

Pround to be a ME

I am proud to say i can pretty much fix most common electrical, automotive and to an extent plumbing problems too. So while i was working on my car today i was thinking what really made me the way I am today?

I guess my parents had a lot to do with this. everytime something used to break in my house my dad always encouraged me to open it up and see what was wrong. I know he always did unless it was something very complicated. I remember all the time i used to get chided by my dad for not fixing thins at home which should have gotten fixed. Sure i do remember half a dozen electric shocks and also all the time i opened something up and didnt know how to put it back but hey..i did manage to fix things most of the time.

My college and my Mechanical Engineering degree certainly had a lot to do with things. I am confident about opening any kind of machinery or circuitry up because I pretty much know how they work atleast the basic principle. I guess its kinda similar to how a good cook can taste something and say what ingriedients were used to make the dish. Yup...the more i think abt it the more convinced I am that getting a ME degree was the best thing that could have happened to me..its kinda where a man belongs. The working around big machines, red hot metals....hmmmm satisfying!!

And above everything it just the way I am. fixing things and see them work well after i service them gives me satisfaction..makes me feel like an engineer. it is pretty cool..and I am proud abt all the things i can do..
OK i figured I have bragged enough..time to get back to my haynes car manual and see whats wrong with the EVAP system in my car!
Adios!

The Angel every guy is looking for!!

I have been out of the blogging world for a while now..but Im here blogging at 2.40am on a monday morning not because Im not sleepy (I am very sleepy!!) not because Im Jobless (I need to get to work at 8.30am tommorow morning and I just got back from work at 2am) but because I just saw something which moved me so much i couldnt refrain myself from writing abt it..even this late in the night.

Yes..I am talking about Ashley Smith the woman Brian Nichols took hostage of before turning himself into the police. I just saw her interview on cnn and i have to agree i have never been as moved by a TV interview of a person i dont know as i was today. The way Ms. Smith handled the situation i think is not just uncommon but is also beyond humanity..she surely is "an angel sent by god" as Brian Nichols put it. I think its just mind blowing how she did not run away when she had 3 or 4 chances to because she thought Brian Nichols might hurt somebody else, how she didnt kill him when she had a chance to esp. considering what she has gone through in life. (Her husband was stabbed to death and died in her arms) I think for somebody to talk a person, who killed about 4 ppl, into turning himself to the cops and even offering to do something for her in her house, in a matter of 24 hours is AWESOME..Its soo Unreal and kinda makes me beleive in God and fate.

Ashley Smith, I bow down to you. Women like you make guys like me realize how wonderful women really are. Strong but sweet, Independent but not Inconsiderate, Cool yet caring, Bold but Vulnerable you sure are one hell of a woman! In my eyes, in America's eyes and I am sure in anyone who sees your interview's eyes you are a true Hero. I just hope that someday I will be lucky enough to find a wonderful woman like you and be the best husband to a terrific woman like you!!

I rest my case!!!

Myths and facts about Desi folks in America

1)Myth:
All men in the United States are great cooks and cook everyday/ regularly.
Fact:
Cant be far from the truth. I am a very ordinary cook, havent cooked in 3 weeks now and ever since i moved into an apartment and started living by myself I have probably cooked 3 times.no slef respecting bachelor would!! In the United States with a freezer and a microwave you can eat almost any cuisine from any part of the world you want to!!
however when it comes to women its an altogeather diffrent story...the time i spend watching tbs, cnn....a bunch of girls i know spend it cooking..no complaints though..after all i hope i am lucky enough to marry one such girl who can cook good food for me!!

2) Myth
Indian women in the United states are a mixture of Aishwarya Rai, Kalpana Chawla, shilpa shetty etc. but at the same time are also as sweet as the women in the Soaps...you know a desi Ally McBeal!!
Truth!!
Nooooo wayy!! Indian women here in the United States for the most part are at the best ordinary looking. Some of them shower just once in a while (Kay and I.V you know whom I am talking abt!!)to keep the aroma which reminds everybody of their presence around a mile radius. I'd have to agree though that most of them are sweet atleast to an extent and as long as you are smart enough...not only to say the right things but more importantly refrain from saying the wrong things. SOme of them are really smart, Independent and there are others who claim they are!!
However the kind who piss me off the most are the kind who cant stand one touch of vulgarity, who would look at you like you just did the most disgusting thing in the world when you tell them something naughty. In a world where it an accepted fact that even the queen has 2 legs it women like these who i think spoil the reputation of Indians in the world and esp here in the United States. ok since i think i have deviated quite a bit from the topic i started writing about i think ill stop here..but before i finish just one more type..the type who think the only reason a guy talks to a girl is because he wants to have sex with her..I dont know how they manage to convince themselves of that esp. after looking at themselves in the mirror for as long as they do!!!

If you folks can think of anything else...do add your comments.

Women..dont take it personally...Happy Woman's Day..I probably would'nt be here if they were no women in the world!!
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So what atleast the other men in the world would have lived happily..;)

No offence gals...just kidding...you know I Love you all!!