Entries from October 2007

October 31, 2007

Halloween

I know what a pumpkin must feel like. Bloated and puffed up. My new meds started this week and they make me feel like a Thanksgiving turkey. They are supposed to help me but I can’t wait for the day I can stop taking them. It feels so unnatural to pop pills when I am [...]

October 30, 2007

Why we need 3-day weekends

Do you wake up on Mondays thinking - can’t believe the weekend’s gone already? I do. Every single Monday. It’s not as if I do a whole lot every weekend. Some weekends are purely lazy, yet when it comes time to head to work on Monday, I can’t help wishing for one extra day of [...]

October 22, 2007

Movie review - Laagaa Chunari Mein Daag

I had a bad feeling about this movie when the first scene opened with a song; especially one with overly perky women prancing around town, spouting lines about their innocent upbringing in Banaras (hum to aise hain bhaiyya!). It was a bit surreal to watch the otherwise fine actress Konkana Sen playing the role of [...]

October 12, 2007

Are you kidding me??!!

Is he really the BEST person they could find to award a Nobel Peace Prize? Seriously?! I don’t know about you, but for me, the Nobel Prize is sacred. It signifies the most significant achievement in a given field. It is purely merit based (or at least, that’s what I like to believe) and it [...]