of home, work and the grind..

Well, its been a long time since I actually started and finished a blog.
What's happened since then, you ask? I took time off for a long overdue visit to home. sweet. home. Ohh, the sights, smell and sounds of my motherland were just uniquely wonderful...the sound of the early morning kovil mani and suprabadhan playing in the background, the strong smell of filter காப்பி and watching the paal kara amma going from door to door to deliver fresh milk. That's right, the sounds that used to annoy me in the morning now seemed unique and something to treasure. Ahh..how your perspective changes!

Ma and I took a trip to visit Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. We went through Paniker travels and they did a really good job in arranging everything for us. I suppose it wasn't really a popular time to travel as there weren't a lot of people for the trip. Just another mother-daughter pair like us from b'lore who soon became fast friends and a family from chennai. Check out pictures from our trip here.
Apart from this, for the rest of my trip, I attended one of my best friend's wedding, did a lot of shopping for some cool indian clothes, gorged up of amma's awesome food , spent some time relaxing at home, going down memory lane, feeling more close to my dad as I haven't felt in years and met with relatives that I hadn't seen for more that three years. All in all, a frustratingly short but good break.
Now I am back in the US, its the same old grind with work and commute. Nothing's really changed in that front...sigh. But I did do some stuff that is blog-worthy. I'll definitely blog about that but I think I'll hit the publish button on this one first least it gets lost as one little bleep on google's servers and never sees the light of the day.

Peace.