Great looking morning

Sunday, Jun-13-2010
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Wake up late around 9am and check mails and blog.
Clean up house a bit and need to do come shopping.

Machine the hair of my head and now look like a monk again. Great for summer time.

shower and mediate after for a bit. Mind seems to be running about wildly. Need to control the temptations and impulses.

Thinking of aunt and hoping that things will get better for her soon.

Went shopping at Costco. had lobster for the first time. melts in the mouth.

Got Icecream cones for the first time. reading a lot of Icecream , now its my turn to have icecream in summer. :) Also got one item free, chicken popcorns. :) about time.

Was driving towards the Patel grocery when it suddnely started raining like crazy, zero visibility , with lightening and thunder. Pulled over into one of the parking lots, many people followed me in and just sat there in the parking lot waiting for the sudden rains to stop. It was scary for a moment rather for about 30 mins. looked like it would flood soon.

But the rain slowed down after 30mins and felt relieved. It was like suddenly the dam walls of heavens flood gates just opened up and just let all the water from the skies drop down.

Got some frozen masala dosa (udipi style), some medhu vada and just vada. should be great food for emergency and delicious. Enjoying the different regional foods of India away from India. :) what more can I ask for.

Life is kind to me, thank you very much for all the kindness and all the great stuff I have in my life. Thank you for my fortunate and wonderful life. Please also be kind to my aunt in her time of dire need. She is one of the most wonderful persons in the world. She should be a saint. Also please help guide E in her time of confusion and protect her from creeps and sleezy characters who just will take advantage of her foolish innocent novice thinking.

3:30 get back home and watch FIFA football on laptop, thru streaming internet.

heat up 2 of the masalsa dosas and found it to be really good treat. :)

Still bothered by aunt shailaja's cancer and the way it spread. Life is so filled with uncertainties.
So many things could happen and change ones life.
One small mistake,
one small uncontrolled event,
one illness.
Just one something and a whole new twist to life.
Sometimes affecting the lifes of all those close to us.
Sometimes affecting the rest of our life.
Maybe Physically,
Maybe Emotionally,

Like a scar, caused by fire.
We could have listened to others experience,
Or we could put our hand in the fire and burn our hand,
Great first hand experience,
Then we would be scared for life.
The choice there is something we make.

We can try and should try to prevent the preventable
And then we would not latter regret, that we did not try

Sometimes things happen beyond our control.
That we cannot see and cannot control.
Let that be like a passing storm.
It will pass and we will emerge strong.


Talked with Sara for a long time. She just finished her running.
Told me about her life story and relationship, struggles with trying to work and study at the same time and keeping up with her hobby of running.

Feel so sad for her and people like her, they have to struggle so much just to make it thru college. No help from parents or anyone to pay off the college fees. And she had to go thru so much just the past 7 months. But now she seems to be reaching some stability in life.

Maybe one of these days she will be able to make it to Philly and we can go out hiking and salsa dancing. Right now she has her sisters wedding to make arrangements for and is finding it tough to manage the finances. poor gal.

So flattering and heart warming that she thinks I am the best salsa dance partner she ever had. :) Atleast she thinks I am worthy of something. Thank you so much.