New Work - Lord Ganesha

I definitely need to buy a few thin sized brushes. In the meantime I get to practice with colors , which by the way is my favorite part :)

New Work Waves of Time

The last weekend, I decided to give canvas painting a try. I headed to Landmark and got me some Acrylic colors, Brushes and 2 small canvas boards. I was a little nervous before starting this experiment, after working on the digital medium all this while. Anyways I am satisfied with the result, but can do better.
Hub is leaving for a friend's wedding on the coming Saturday and will be back only on Tuesday. This will leave me quite some time for further trials :)

Gosh!!!!!!!!!

So I have put on almost 3 kgs after coming back to India. The reason being no exercise. Back in the US I was doing all the household chores myself, cooking healthy food for us and keeping things in check. Now with the job and stuff, it s tough to find time for these things. I still have breakfast and dinner at home, but lunch is in office. And, I think I end up eating more of it. I am planning to find some aerobics classes just for weekends(like an hour on Saturday and sunday).
This really sux, I cant any longer fit into my old jeans.
I ll seriously have to become more careful about the whole thing now. I so wish that the firm that I work with had a gym. That way I could have atleast, taken out some time out of those sedentary 10 hours in office. I will try and come up with some POA on it SOON.

Schizophrenia -2

Since my brother is suffering with Schizophrenia, I have been going over some articles online. I am actually looking for support groups/ rehab centers/ hospitals that provide treatment for patients suffering from Schizophrenia. The link is for an article on the facilities that are coming up/ currently present in India. I found it quite informative and hence sharing it as a post on my blog
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?206249

Any kind of information/ links/ guidance on Schizophrenia will be highly appreciated.
You can personally contact me on my email id: surabhiahuja2003@gmail.com or leave me a comment, in case you want to get in touch with regards to Schizophrenia.

Morning Tea

My copper kettle
whistles merrily
and signals that
it is time for tea.

The fine china cups
are filled with the brew.
There's lemon and sugar
and sweet cream, too.

But, best of all
there's friendship, between you and me.
As we lovingly share
our afternoon tea.

~Marianna Arolin

Reach Out

When Angels descend - IF fLY

Created while listening to:

A busy busy weekend

Out first guests had come over for lunch on the sunny afternoon of Saturday. I was a little apprehensive because it was just me and my hubby(S) that had to manage lunch for our relatives. We did a pretty neat job, with the Mutter Paneer, Drumsticks Sambhar, Rice and Rotis. There was curd and Cucumber Salad too. All of us really enjoyed the meal. I am sure that from now on, I will be much more comfortable and confident while inviting guests to our home. I was a bit tired, but we had an exiting job to be done. We went out in the evening, shopping for a new fridge and a washing machine. We bought a brand new pretty LG fridge and a front door IFB washing machine. We took some time deciding, because of the huge number of choices we had.
The buy had made me super excited and we decided to go out in the night for some drinks and food. P3 (our closest friend) had come over and we went to a Pub called La'casa. The evening had already touched our pockets, the night too was fun and it perfectly touched our throats and bellies :D. By 1 am in the night, we were home and I was dead tired, so I slept off. S, P3 and another friend (Gops) continued partying till 4 in the morn. The next day started at 7 in the morn. I made omlettes and onion tomato uttapam for us and friends. And then for lunch we planned to wet our throats again with Beer. We had bud, kingfisher and some belgian beer, saw the movie Jumpers. We were sleepy for most of the evening. And, thats how the Saturday and Sunday just flew by.

New Momee

For some special friends turning moms or going to be moms.

2 sales - Yeaaaaaaaa

A very nice morning :)

Trust in a Relationship

While random surfing I found this small Google answer.

Trust in a relationship specifically must mean not asking for the other to prove
something. If you have the proof, you would not need the trust.
It's to not know, yet believe.

So how do people build up the initial trust?

As so often, we base  on the future by experiences of the past. There are two
very different approaches, one pessimist and doubtful, and one
optimist and hopeful. In real life, people are usually somewhere in
between the one or the other:
1. A person mistrusts another person, until eventually the other makes
it obvious over time the mistrust is unnecessary
2. A person trusts another person, until eventually the other makes it
obvious over time the trust is unjustified.

P.S. I will miss the snowfall. A few months more and it will be snowing again in USA.
:( I wont be able to see it anymore.

Feeling, Back

It is almost 15 minutes to 3 am in Bangalore. I type these words as I feel the moist wind on the 6th floor of an apartment complex where my husband and I are staying as of now. I have an office to reach at 9 tomorrow morning and there are no signs of sleep. I wonder how many more men/ women would there be like me, wondering about life at these odd hours when all that is visible is the sleepy city's high rise buildings. Yea, the buildings seem very sleepy and the few trees that exist by their side are exhausted. I do not like this wetness which stuffs up my nose and lungs and makes breathing hard for me, especially in the night. The doctors call it allergy and I will take time to get used to it, perhaps the medicines will make it easier in the coming days. I have opened my windows wide and the ceiling fan is doing its job.

I am back.

P.S. I miss USA and it is 3 am now.

Dreams

Good Night USA :) - 25th July 2009

Red Bubble announces 15% off on the sale of its T shirts for a week

http://www.redbubble.com
and in case you like something from my portfolio, I ll be as happy as a clam :)