Last few months

Crazy! Crazy and super Crazy !!!

I get into too many things and my day has only 24 hrs !! ( I know, I shouldn't complain, even Einstein had just 24 hrs !). Work was hectic. Trying to finish up Mercenaries 2. It is finally done and out on the shelves. My parents were visiting. Then my young cousins visited. And then I had also started doing henna professionally. Amrit even has a website up and ready for me.

Currently along with my work and a zillion other activities that I get into, I am seriously thinking about MBA. The thought first crossed my mind in March. Amidst the game madness, I would wonder why do we fail to deliver quality product on time when we have such skilled people. At GDC, I met other teams, equally crazy.... I started reading on strategies and management. I came across some courses in Operations and Technology Management: Systems, Strategies and Policies. Unfortunately one has to be a student to attend these courses and this started my MBA journey. The more I read, the more involved I got.

Vacations.

ok !! we are a lazy bunch. Amrit and myself. We hesitate to go on holidays as we feel they are more tiring than just chilling at home. Finally both of us want to spend time together, so why at an unknown place. It is difficult to digest how 1 week can be more relaxing at some tourist spot than at home.
Our month long vacations are super hectic. Preparation before the trip, then unwinding after the trip :P. After we got married we did not even want to go on a honeymoon. Our parents tried their best to convince us. But we just wanted to be with them for more time and that was more enjoyable.
But.. now my sister visited us, she is a different species all together. Complains about hectic schedules, but she and her hubby love to go on vacations. So we went vacationing with them. I will not deny that I enjoyed a lot. It was very good time spent with her small family.
But still vacations are not my cup of tea. I rather move to a place for one year, than visit it for a week.

House hunting...

Amrit and I have been thinking of buying a house for quite some time. Sometimes I think that we are want-to-be-buyers than actual home-buyers. We are in Los Angeles, with jobs we both like and enjoy. Money is not the only issue. The whole thing of buying a house seems illogical. It makes no sense financially, any idiot can tell us this. The same money invested in a diversified portfolio can bring far more returns than house appreciation.
But I guess it is the nesting gene.. of having ones own place. :)
Maybe we will buy, maybe we won't. The day we buy we will be one of the illogical ones :)

losing it ?

learn, learn, learn.. this is something that we have to do throughout our journey. Things used to amaze me, but now there is some reasoning behind it all. Maybe it alls philosophical, but there is. It makes me feel good that I see it. I still remember when I was around 12-13 years of age and first got to know the periodic table. I was like wow!! everything in this world is made of only these finite elements. All living and non-living. Just the sheer joy of understanding this simple thing and by myself was great.
Have I lost that somewhere ? have I started to take what I learn for granted... Nothing seems like an accomplishment. It cannot be good as it inhibits curiosity.

Tax Accountant

So, since I was so interested in reading all those publications at the irs website. I went ahead and took the tax course and am now certified to file taxes for others.
I don't know if thats a good thing or bad :). Apart from the usual helping friends, the only way I think I will put them to use is by helping my aunt ( she is a CPA ).
hopefully it will be fun.

Food Blog...

I have been hogging, so decided to start a food blog ( yes adding to the millions already :) ).

Stupidity

This is an interesting article a friend showed me. Knowing how selfish I am, I can now say for sure that I am NOT stupid.

P.S -> donno if there are copyright issues associated with posting this link. If so, let me know and I will request permission from the author.

Openmindedness

Is there even such a word or quality. A person too liberal causes problems too, as he never enforces anything. He is smart to realise that he may be wrong, and ends up giving the benefit of doubt.
But I would rather be this and the other, If I am not this, I am enforcing stuff on others, which I don't. Live and let live.. in their own way.
It is very rare that I meet ppl who are openminded. My parents are "pretty much" open minded, my in-laws are selectively open-minded. Amrit is very liberal (and believe me, it is a concern ).
Its not easy to be open-minded. Its not easy to respect others who don't see eye to eye with us. I am trying to cross a thin line, which is going to affect my whole life. Might add lots of frustration and may even cause regret.

I started this months ago, and now I do not even remember what thin line I was talking about. :)

Confused !!!

I am totally confused !!
I want contradicatory things, actually thats not the right word.
I really want things that don't complement each other, that cannot co-exist ( may-be they can for Bill Gates ). And to top it, I lack the intiative approach as lately I am tending to be more security sensitive. Hopefully is just a phase and I will grow out of it.

Immigration Voice

IV has done a good job lobbying for the cause of many legal immigrants. While most of us just sit and complain, they took action.
Even though it was initiated by Indian Professionals, it is now an international group. I would definitely suggest checking it out.