This weekend i caught up with some movies which i have been wanting to watch for long.Finally,i got some time and both i must say was not dissapointing. Saturday i watched Hard Candy. I read somewhere that this was a nice movie and wanted to watch it .The movie is about a 14 year old and a pedophile. Ellen page as the 14 year old has done an awesome job. The movie has two main characters and the entire movie except for a few scenes happens in the house of the pedophile. If you like psychological thrillers,this one is good.

The next movie i watched is Dear John.I heart Nicholas Sparks books ,i havent read all but few and he never fails to dissapointn the readers. When i started this movie all i expected was an average film since i have not seen any good novel adapted movies.This one i must say did justice to the book.Well i wouldnt say this is one of the best romantic movies but its definitely one of the best adapted movie.The guy who plays John ,Channing Tatum looks so damn good,and he plays his role of a soldier so well .Amanda Seyfried as Savannah has did her job well too. There were few scenes which made me tear up a little especially the last scene between dad and son.

I would say this was very productive weekend. 2 movies .. a picnic at the park, and some fun times at the Beach. : ) Just wish every weekend could be this awesome...

I HAD A DREAM..

I was waiting patiently for my turn and when i was assigned my case I was nervous,i was thinking '' Will I be able to do it?'' It's been a long three years. I asked them whether they can give me a Grade 2 or Grade 3 mobility case ,so that would be easier for me. I was happy when i was given an anterior grade 3 mobile tooth. This was so easy ,i knew i had very less to do,the tooth with a lil nudge will come out easily. I was so happy. The next case was a molar tooth ,now the nervousness set back,i need to give an Inferior Alveolar Nerve block and its been long and you have to be very careful.I have done it so many times but will i now after three years??I was trying to palpate the muco-buccal fold and with the shot in my hand,i was ready to inject and then .. Dang!!!! I woke up... Its been very long since i had dreams like this one involving work. Life has become very busy and profession has taken a back seat. I'm not sure whether i would practise again but i have been yearning to learn and work again. Weird as it may sound,i miss the smell of latex gloves and the constant drilling noise. Dreams often reflect your sub-conscious thinking and thats what happened to me i guess.

CONVERSATION WITH A TODDLER

Today,as we were walking to the garage to get in the car ,i tripped and was about to fall and Jenna comes over and says '' Uh Oh!! ,You have to be careful mommy!!!!! I was actually dumbstruck because she usually talks in broken sentences. Her most constantly used sentences are I Want this Whats that? What are u doing,Mommy? I want to go to Chuck-E-Cheese!!! ( The most frequently used one) She is learning new things everyday and comes home from school with all these stories about her friends. Q pushed S today.. or I Played with B today!! I'm glad i put her in pre -school ,she is learning new things and moreoever she gets tired and naps well and gives me some much needed rest : )

LOVE

It was love at first sight. I have been spotting him a lot now in and around the place where i live. He is so small and cute and comes in various colors,though red and black are my favourites.First it was a crush but now its an obsession. Now meet him Mini Cooper : )

I dont have a car of my own,we have a family car. He seems to be very expensive so right now i can't think about owning him.. But the day will come when i will get to own him.. My very own'' FIRST CAR''.

DEEP THOUGHTS

I have been wanting to post about this for a long time but this being a sensitive issue,i just needed my time to think and put it into words.

This country which is called the Land of opportunities and which has large number of immigrants and whose President is an African-American still discriminates people according to the race.I'm not a citizen of this country but my daughter is and i fear for her,will she be racially attacked due to her color,her race? And i'm not talking this just out of the blue.I have a reason,you would have seen in my previous post about my school friend who was on a business trip to the states and she was treated badly by the hotel employees and this was not any small motel,it is one of the famous hotels and the receptionist spoke with his manager on the speaker phone of how these''indians '' behave? I have a doubt ,my friend was near this guy and she could hear the whole conversation.What was that guy thinking? Did he think that she does not understand English? Well,just because we do not have an american accent does not mean we dont understand English.This was my friend's last day in the states and she felt very bad and when i asked her to complain to the higher authorities.She just said" I just want to get back home''If it was me,i would have definitely dealt it with it differently.

On another instance,this happened to another friend.. He was told straight on his face '' Go back to your country'' and he was too shocked to say anything but an American friend of his came to his rescue and gave a piece of her mind.But sadly not everyone steps up when something like this happens.

I have made this country my home and i will not accept any kind of racism happening to me or anyone for that matter. I do not dicriminate people according to their color,sex or religion.
Just like my friend said '' I sometimes feel i'm not home and that aptly describes our status in this country '' Resident Alien''.

I know this is a sensitive topic but i would love to hear your thoughts on this. What would you do if one of your friends is racially attacked? Will you step in? What's your take?

OM SHANTHI !!!!!!!!

If you are wondering what that means ,it is a prayer for peace and thats what i have been telling a lot lately.I have joined a Yoga Class and thats what we say when we start Yoga.The first day of Yoga class,i was kind of lost ,i didnt know what to do.The other students were doing advanced yoga poses and i was falling over here.I was so discouraged looking at all these women who were much older than me ,having fab bodies and were doing many complicated poses as if it were nothing . The next day i was sore all over and had to take tylenol ,it was that bad... The only thing that encouraged me to continue with the class was the fabulous Jennifer Aniston body you get out of it..Do u know Jennifer Aniston's swears by Yoga for her long lean legs and fantastic abs?????.I'm not sure i will become as fit as her but one thing i know im going to die trying : )

I'm still not great at yoga, i still have like 11 classes and i hope by the end of it i will be able to achieve half of that fabulous body i want........ ok i know that wont happen but i promise to continue to do Yoga everyday ; )

Happy Weekend Guys!!!!!! Om Shanthi!!!

JENNA GOES TO SCHOOL

Yes! Its been two days... Jenna started pre-school from Monday.I have been waiting to put her in pre-school for months since lately she has been watching too much tv,not much activity except for the My Gym classes every week.My neighbour told me about this montessori school near our place and it seemed the best fit for her. She got this adorable Kai-Lan bag for school and was very excited on the first day.But the moment we reached school and she knew that i would be leaving,all hell broke loose... She started crying and i felt so bad and i teared up a little too.I couldnt bear to leave her and when i got back home and the house was empty i regretted my decision for sending her to school,to rub it in my mom said that Jenna was not ready yet and im just rushing her .Today is the second day and the teacher said she just cried for 5 mins and she was playing today.Thats an improvement for sure....


This picture makes my heart break,can't believe she is going to school now,it seemed like yesterday i held her im my arms for the first time.. makes me all weepy : (

MAKE -UP WOES

Ok! Here i go,i dont know to put on make-up.Period.When I see all these lovely women who look so pretty and even teenagers who wear beautiful make-up,i feel so embarassed.My idea of make-up till now is my Revlon eyeliner(kajal) and Maybelline lipgloss : (

Till last week i didnt even own a lipstick.So this year i have decided i'm going to learn to put on make-up.Its been on my bucket list.I have been looking around for people who give basic make-up class and i think i'm going to join that. They charge 35$ for a class .

I dont own a make-up kit,but i'm excited that i'm going to shop around for some basic make-up essentials.I will definitely update my progress on the blog.If you are a make-up pro ,let me know the ''must have'' in every make-up kit.So that i can buy them.. : )

My idea of make-up is nothing over the top,something very natural and subtle like her Aishwarya Rai .

This is a picture of her during Oscars 2011 ,she looks so damn pretty..No wonder she is called the most beautiful person on earth ......

WEEKEND RAMBLINGS

This weekeend it was kind of bleh.. I spent the entire weekend coughing,sneezing and wiping the yuck out of my nose.Jenna ended up with an ear infection and is on antibiotics ,poor baby! But she is so much better after the meds.. The virus did not leave poor hubby too,he ended up with the cold .. So the entire family is sick..

But we enjoyed our stay indoors.We watched the movie Dial M for Murder,some George Carlin Videos.We ended up staying late night watching the cricket match between India and England. It was a nail biting match.Loved it..

Jenna had her share of fun too,she watched Barney and Dora, was playing quietly by herself which does not happen often in this house.

Sunday,we watched the Oscars.I love watching the red carpet,thats my favourite.I havent watched much of the Oscar nominated movies except for 127 hours.I need to catch up on the following Oscar Nominated movies: Black Swan,The king's Speech and Winters Bone.

SICK!!!

Dealing with a sick toddler is not easy and the last few days were quite difficult for all of us. Jenna is down with fever and cold.She was crying throughout the day and the watery eyes and runny nose were not making it easy for her. I did not know what to do to make it better for her. I called the doctor office and the nurse says the same old,give her a warm bath,give her lot of fluids.She is feeling much better today and is almost back to normal. It really breaks my heart when i see Jenna not her normal self and sick.She doesnt fall sick easily but if she does it really knocks her out.

PHOTO FRIDAY-AKA NOTHING INTERESTING TO BLOG

Since there is nothing happening interesting enough to blog about ,i'm posting a picture of me and Jenna on Valentine's day.Happy Friday Guys!!!!

VALENTINE'S DAY

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's day and i dont know why.. but of course we celebrate any occasion so why not Valentine's day.This time Jenna wished daddy Happy Valentine's day and together we made a card and she colored it or i should rather say she scribbled with color pencils .Daddy was ofcourse touched by this. In turn Hubby gave each of us a heart shaped chocolate cake with our names written and both of us went all awwwwww over it and ate it almost immediately and wow,it tasted damn good.In the evening, we went for dinner to an Italian Restaurant at Old town Pasadena.The food was good and we had an awesome time.But i was super full at the end that if i had seen another plate of ravioli or pasta i would have puked.And hubby asks do you want to have cheesecake for dessert??The idea of eating anything for that matter didnt go well with me so we returned home after dinner.The day was spent well with the two persons who i love and will continue to love throughout my life...I know that sounds so mushy but well thats a fact : )

POTTY TALK

No Mommy blogs go without potty talk and it's my time now..If you have been reading my blog for sometime now ,you would know about my failures in training Jenna to use the potty but finally i have succedeed.YAY!!!

Last year after several failed attempts i lost hope and i had this vision that Jenna would be wearing diapers for a very long time and this year i decided that i have to train her .Jenna was ready from the time she was 18 months but will not sit in the potty,i would say she was just stubborn .On Feb 2 nd i started with utmost confidence that i will definitely or should i rather say together we will succeed in this mission.The advantage i had was Jenna never pees on the floor,she wants the diaper to do her business.So well i just hid all the diapers and said we have no more diapers . When it was time to go, she begged ,pleaded and cried with me for the diaper and when i was about to give up,i just thought Ok !let me try one last time and made her sit on the potty and she peed.I know she could not hold in anymore..Thank you Orange Juice and Water!!!I gave her stickers and m&m's for her success and she finally got it.In the last five days,she had had only 1 accident and thats because i was late to take her in.Initially she didnt want to poop in the potty,only pee pee and from day 3 she did both.I'm amazed at how fast she got trained ,i'm so proud of her and she says she is Big Girl.Night time she is still wearing pull-up and i think it will take some more time to master that.Right now,day time she is completely trained and i'm so relieved : )

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY- JENNA'S FAV POSE

WE ARE BACK!!!

We are back from San Francisco.This is one of the places we frequently visit because a) it is closer to los angeles b) we have lot of friends here c) We have many indian restaurants out there,(there are lot of restaurants in L.A too but this is the authentic indian food and tastes much more better than the ones around here ) and this time i had one of my school friend visiting sfo on a business trip from India .We showed her around the place,we visited the Golden Gate Bridge (for the eighth time)Fisherman's Wharf and the Union Square..We ate lot of biryanis,dosa and spicy chutneys too.. yumm!!! Jenna was at her best and enjoyed the trip as much as we did,food not that much..she is not a fan of Indian food right now!I hope thats a phase and she will start enjoying homemade indian food soon.She enjoyed the french fries and chicken nuggets.

I had lot of fun chatting with my friend ,just gossiping and talking about stories from school days... School days are the best.She will be visiting us before she leaves back to India.Maybe next time we should do some girly stuffs,maybe go shopping and do some mani/pedi. Altogether it was a fun trip : )

MINI VACATION

We are taking a mini vacation this weekend and will be back on Monday.

More on our travel,next week...Stay tuned!!

Happy Weekend! Have fun!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY-SMILES

MY NEW FASCINATION

This was my hubby's gift for our anniversary and i have just started using my nook color and i'm just hooked.Initially i did'nt read any books was just getting to know how to use it but this weekend i started reading. I was not a big fan of Nook,Kindle or any of the ebook readers cause i just love the feel of paper, the smell of old books and just the feel of curling in the couch with a book so these ebook readers was a big no-no for me but hubby surprised me with this since he knows i love reading books. But now i'm sold..

• its super light some of the library books are hard bound and so damn heavyyou can read in the night without disturbance
• you can hear songs while reading,
• you have wifi
• you can lend books with other nook members
• The books are much cheaper than original books since it reduces the cost of printing so you see we are saving some trees and being eco-friendly here ; )

Anyway,the bonus is i get a 14 day trial for any of the magazines and you could subscribe it monthly for a low cost .. Thats a pretty good deal and so far i have subscribed only for Parenting Magazine.Let's see how it goes,so far i'm loving it.. Thanks to the hubby.. : )

CONVERSATION WITH A TODDLER

The other day when Jenna just got up from her nap and was just lying on the couch,i thought it would be fun to scare her by making a scary face { i didnt try too hard : ) } and some weird noises( Yup! i'm crazy like that... ) And she just looks at me and says ''Stop it Mummy,Enough!'' Ha!Ha! She sure cracks me up.

On our day to the beach,she sees the water,the people around and says'' izz beautiful,Everybody sooo happy. "

And one day while i'm cooking lunch,she says Can i watch Barney? I said "No Jenna ,not now,Maybe later" She immediately makes this sad puppy face and says '' Pleaseeeeeeee Mummy'' And yes that trick works... and i let her watch. This girl sure knows how to get things done.

She communicates well in small sentences,sometimes she baby talks. She is learning new words everyday and she surprises us sometimes with well formed sentences like What are you doin ? How are you? I'm good. I'm hungry.I wanna have cookie.And she is just 27 months old and my mom says i started speaking only when i was 5.She so doesnt take after me in this. She is definitely a fast learner.

BEACH BABY

The weather has been beautiful for the last few days,temperatures in the high 70's.This made us go the beach.Jenna was so excited to wear her Dora Swim suit.We packed our lunches and set to the beach.Jenna had so much fun collecting sea shells,building sand castles with daddy and just playing in the water.When it was time to go home she didnt want to leave and we had to bribe her with ice cream to get her back to the car.Good times : )

BUDDING FASHIONISTA

I had no idea a 2 year old kid is very choosy when it comes to clothes.She picks her own clothes.She loves denims and if we are planning to go anywhere she brings in the jeans and says she wants to wear them.Oh! And she absolutely hates capris and keeps pulling the pants down.It is either shorts or pants.. no capris for this girl..!!1

And there is this red indian dress which my inlaw gifted and she absolutely loves the dress.She brings that out everyday and says she wants to wear that .

She likes accesories hairbands,bracelet,chains,.. Her favourite game nowadays is ''dress up''.She wears hairbands and her pretty pink minnie mouse shoes and my hand bag and says ''Bye mommy! I going Office..'' Looks like my girl is growing too fast..

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

Sometimes i think i take life too seriously,if things dont happen my way i get upset,i keep thinking about it all the time.There are days like this where i'm feeling worthless .I don't know why i feel like this and this does not happen always,someone or somebody just tick me off.I keep thinking i have not done anything productive in life.

Damn!!Even this horoscope says i'm thinking too much and i need to loosen a bit.I'm sick too maybe thats why i'm feeling down or i think its that cough syrup,i feel drowsy all the time.

Anyway,i think i 'm just going to relax and not think too much.Maybe i should watch a light hearted movie and just go to sleep.When i have days like these i sleep,sleep just numbs all my worries .I'm sorry for such an awful post but thats how i feel. Happy Weekend Guys!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We had a quiet New Year's eve.We went out for an early dinner and had some grocery shopping to do since we had friends coming over the next day.Jenna slept in the car on our way home and when we reached home she was so fresh and did'nt want to go back to sleep, and she decided to stay up until 12..
I know thats way too late to stay awake for a 2 year old but she refused to go back to sleep .So ,when the clock struck 12 we hugged each other ,wished each other and went to bed.But the the best part was when Jenna called and hugged me and said ''happy nuuuuu ear''... i feel there is no better way to start a new year..Cheers!Happy New Year to all!!!