WE ARE COMING BACK

Yes...finally we are coming back to India on May 2nd. Well its just 13 days left from today. Wow its much close and time will definitely run soon. I am desperately waiting to start with my packing and I am sure I will start it soon although there is not much to pack.

But the imagination of returning back to India to our loved ones is just too good. I am not feeling much lonely now. I feel like killing the time as much as possible so that I can pass these 13 days left and leave to India. Me and Rajesh now are feeling a bit sad to leave Melbourne.

The evening which we spent at Yarra river were the best times. We are sure to miss our Victoria market which we went almost every week. We will miss all the hot jam donuts, chocolate donuts, muffins. We really have to thank free tram which we have travelled on so many times and I think we utilised it optimum.

We will definitely miss the view from our balcony. The most beautiful view we can have in our lives I guess. Few days after coming here we made put two chairs in balcony and made it a point we enjoy sometime there happily enjoying the magnificent view with a cup of tea.

Nevertheless we are still very happy we are returning to India. We will be meeting our parents, brothers, sisters, friends, relatives, neighbours, kids - everyone. Just everyone. I think both of us enjoyed stay at Melbourne for sure and also now we are enjoying our way back to India. I am very happy.

COSTUMES OF MOVIE VARUDU

Varudu is a recent telugu movie of style star Allu Arjun. The makers of the movie have taken all care not to release any picture of heroine to the media. Well after watching the first half of the movie I understood why. I was just able to watch first half of the movie online and second half was taking too long to download so didnt watch it yet.

Well now after listening to the review that its only the first half of the movie which is good and second half is almost crap I decided not to worry much about it.

What I liked the most about the movie are the costumes of the bride and the groom. I think the costumes of the movie has been given gud significance and its paid off. Well the normal Jeans and T-shirts on Allu Arjun have always been good. Heroine Bhanusri Mehra is seen only for 20 minutes or so in the first half and mostly on the bride's dress and she looks gorgeous.

The jewellery she wore as a bride is just too good. The saree is feast to eyes and her makeup as a bride and the way her hair is made is all just too good. I think they have take meticulous care about every detail of bride. They have made beautiful telugu bride so traditional and yet unboring and modern.

About style star Arjun I think he has created a trend by the designer ethnic wear and jewellery he wore in the movie. I liked the way he wore a chain and turban. Also he wore an ornament to his hands like bajuband which enhanced the beauty of bridegroom attire. In a song mid of marriage Arjun wore a beautiful pathan suit and dhoti with three fourth shirt. Bhanu wore Lehanga in this sequence.

Everything just in very bright colors and beautifully tailored for both. I am deeply in love with those dresses. They truly deserve a look.

LIFE ALONE

It is just so boring sometimes to stay at a place where you have no one to speak to. That is what I am experiencing from past 2 months. Its extremely boring to stay at accommodation and if at all I want to go out I have to go out all alone. It feels as if I am alone in this world in a luxurious place to live. Only sounds I listen here are the bangs of doors if the so called my neighbours (whom i have never seen face of) are going out or coming in. I stay on 22nd floor here so I dont even listen to traffic sounds. Luckily I enjoy a beautiful view from my balcony. But it is so cold in balcony that I cant stay out more than a minute or two.

Morning after Rajesh leaves to office i experience an extreme monotonous life of going out a bit, if in a good mood or just staying at home and simply reading some articles on net and chatting with my friends who come almost the time Rajesh returns.

But all thanks to my hubby that as soon as he comes back home he takes good care of me. He talks all interesting things. He comes back and my life is full of light again. Both of us spend good time chatting, trying new recipes and reviewing them and sometimes on arguing on various topics. Weekend is something I am deeply in love with as he stays with me all day. But as soon as monday comes its again the same old boring day for me.

As its a temporary trip and we are staying at a placde where everyone is on temporary reasons there is hardly any way to make friends and whom do we trust as friends at Australia after listening so much about racism problems Indians are facing here. It is really sometimes very bugging to stay alone.

These days I am not feeling well. Sometimes I am feeling very restless and extremely frustated. I have a severe weakness in body which is troubling me a lot. This is urging my instincts to go back to my world of my parents and inlaws as soon as possible. Again thanks to my husband who is taking care of me so well in such situations. He really is very sweet, matured and very well understands the need of a person at the moment. Although i am far from all, I am very lucky to have Rajesh in my life as he doesnt make me miss anyone when he is around.

One thing I very well understood in my trip here is when we dont have friends or relatives and loved ones where we are staying its very tough to stay. Atleast for those like me who are used to speaking with everyone so closely its hard to stay alone.

My New Friend - ROMA

Yuppie finally I got a friend at Melbourne. Roma is colleague of Raji and he has been telling about Roma. She is from Mumbai and staying at Australia from past 10 years. I have insisted Raji to invite her for dinner. Once she did come over for dinner.

I was very glad to meet her. She liked our accommodation a lot. She was here with us for around 4 hours and we spoke so much about everything we can in that little time. I learnt many new things from her. I heard about Deepak Chopra for the first time while talking to her. She is a wonderful person and fun to be with.

One best thing is she also likes food just like me. Both of us like trying new foods and eating everything which is tasty. This taste of ours is so similar. I made my favorite ginger and cardamom tea that evening. She said that she is having it for the first time and liked it a lot. She liked it so much that next weekend she came to our home and we happily had ginger cardamom tea again.

She took me and Rajesh to a place called Port Melbourne we enjoyed that evening a lot together. We have seen a big cruise named 'Spirit of Tasmania' which came to its Port and we have seen it boarding and de - boarding the passenger and loading and unloading the luggage. We went by evening and we all stayed night till 9 or so and there we have seen 2 cruises full of lights and they were looking excellent.

Roma was telling so many things about Melbourne. She this weekend invited for dinner at her house at Epping. We went to her beatiful home yesterday. Wow! It was very beautiful. She have a good house. Her rooms were filled with such beautiful carpets and beautiful show pieces. She is very passionate about candles and so she lit an aromatic candle in her hall. Her selection is really very nice.

Now about the dinner, she is an excellent cook. She made rajma,paneer bhurji, raita and jeera rice. She cooked so well. She prepared all the dishes extremely perfect. Me and Rajesh enjoyed a lot. I like her company a lot. She has got a beautiful heart.

I am happy her as my friend.

Hill and Mountain

I watched Jab We Met movie in during my first year of MBA and I am a huge fan of it. I watched this movie many times in full or in bits and pieces. There is a scene in train in which Kareena Kapoor pesters Shahid with flow of words. In that flow of words, I noticed this "mujhe na aaj tak hill aur mountain ke beech farak nahi samajh aata". I think i remember these words because I also do not know the difference between hill and mountain. Now that I am alone and free and doing all types of timepass possible I decided to fine out the difference. Yipppeee......I found the main difference between hill and mountain. Well i read it all from wikipedia.

A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak.

Well they were definition. Moutains are steeper than hills. That is mountains have peak and hills do not have peak. But still there are arguements going on about difference between mountains and hills. I am happy that I atleast found one difference between them.

new words i learnt

flu - an acute and highly contagious viral fever causing high body temperature
trig - neat and smart in appearance
dirge - a song or hymn of mourning performed as a memorial to dead person
ridge - a long narrow elevation, a long narrow range of hills, a long elevation on ocean floor
limbo - a state of being disregarded
limo - large luxurious car usually driven by a chauffeur
gore - wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object
coagulate - change from liquid to a thickened or solid state
gorge - eat immodestly or overeat, a narrow pass
brat - a very troublesome child
abet - assist or encourage usually in some wrong doing
stow - fill by packing tightly
fete - have a celebration, bestow honors or rewards upon
tiara - a jeweled headdress worn by woman on formal occasion
teal - of bluish shade of green
venal - capable of being corrupted
motile - capable of movement, one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of actions

PENGUIN PARADE

The world famous Penguin Parade is at Phillip Island of Melbourne. The Penguin Parade is a group walk by Penguins which are just 33 cms tall. Phillip Island is the largest colony of home for Little Penguins. Little Penguins are the smallest Penguins in the world. They are almost extinct now.

We went to Penguin Parade at around 8.00 p.m. and were sitting with other audience on the steps built for viewing the beautiful natural phenomena. Here at Melbourne it is generally dark in the evenings around 8.30 p.m. So we were happy to see the sea in both evening and night time. The climate was just mesmerising. The waves were so loud that although the audience were all speaking we could listen to the clear flow of waves. The sky was blue and so was sea. There was cool breeze and curiosity raising every minute to see when the penguins are coming.

There was an announcement that the raft i.e. groups of penguins are found nearby but the penguins are waiting for the night as they are afraid to be noticed by sea eagles. We are not allowed to take pictures at Penguin Parade because if by any chance a Penguin is scared because of the flash or anything related to camera it may not come out for hunting and will starve to death. They also informed about the directions probably in which the Penguins will move.

Finally after a long wait we saw a Penguin. Ah! It was so cute. It was looking like a small, tiny soft toy. It was in black and white and was standing at the shore for other mates. Later on we saw that there were Penguins coming to shore in groups. They were all coming together. This happened all along the shore.

Every where in our vicinity there were Penguins. One or two would come to the shore first and wait for the group. If the group is a bit late they also go back into the water to check their mates. Once the group forms they start moving towards the colonies. They walk in an absolute discipline. While watching them, it reminded me of my school days when teachers were tired telling us to walk in line but we hardly did that. But then the Penguins were not like that
at all. They walked from sea to the colony slowly and steadily in groups.

I overheard someone telling that the groups are made in such a manner that young girl penguins are kept inside to be protected. The outer line of the group is all male penguins. As they neared the colony there are a few Penguins which came out of the colony and met the group of Penguins. We thought it was a may be a kind of welcome. Once they reach the colonies the group is separated and individually all the penguins started moving towards their dwellings.

We saw atleast three such groups moving. There was one large group of penguins which we could not see as it was too far and also dark. It was a wonderful experience seeing the Penguins move in such peculiar manner. Later we came to know that the peculiarity of Penguins walk is because of lack of knees. It is absolutely natural but the way they move so perfectly in groups is such that we feel its instructed. May be it is instructed by nature.