Life!!

Life is a second Life is a century
Life is joy Life is sorrow
Life is up Life is down
Life is gain Life is pain
Life is day Life is night
Life is fast Life is slow
Life is history Life is mystery
Life is knowledge Life is ignorance
Life is colorful Life is monotone
Life is bright Life is dull
Life is a path Life is an obstacle
Life is success Life is disappointment
Life is love Life is hatred
Life is activity Life is liesure
Life is young Life is old
Life is interesting Life is boring
Life is a change Life is constant
Life is a teacher Life is a student
Life is a journey Life is a destination
Life is positive Life is negative
Life is remembered Life is forgotten
Life is an essence, Life is a gift of God, Life is to be lived at its fullest. Life is a beginning with no end. Look at life with an unbiased outlook. Make the most of the life has to offer you. Learn from the experiences and have a meaningful life.
Life Is For Enrichment

Haircut

One look at the mirror early morning today gave me a rude shock. I looked like a mop upside down. I resembled "Mowgli" in "Jungle Book". Only I didn't have Bhaloo and Bagheera for company. Probably I should change my profession from student to rock star.

Ahh!! The travails of being a graduate student in USA. Neither do you have enough money to shell out for a regular haircut nor there is anybody to pester you for having a haircut.

These barbers here charge a fortune to get rid of useless hair and expect a hefty tip too. Back home in India it was just Rs. 20/- to get back to civilization. How I miss my regular barber.

Here you have to fix an appointment to get those scissors go snip snip snip!
Back home you just grab a magazine and wait for the barber's chair to get empty and its done in a jiffy.

One look again at the mirror all the thoughts vanished except that I needed to get haircut real soon before I fail to recognize myself. What's the phone number of the saloon...aaarghh!!

First Birthday away from home!!

Have you ever celebrated your b'day away from home, away from your parents and relatives?

I celebrated my 23rd birthday 8000 miles away from home in Philadelphia.

Infact I celebrated twcie. Once a small icecream party with just my roommates at the stroke of 12am on 31st Jan and recieving calls from family and friends in US and India. The second party was a blast with cake cutting, b'day bumps and pizza where I had invited 25 people, mostly people whom I had met in Mumbai, my roomates and some seniors. What a great party it was. though after the second round of b'day bumps I had a sore behind, a' la Saif ali khan in Dil Chahata hain :). got cake pasted all over my face and head

Though I missed my parents, my sis and other relatives, this party made up for all that. All the people of the house said "wish you a very very happy birthday"

I would always remember this birthday for years to come.