It's Diwali today... As I see a few of my friends who are also out of India get notalgic about the Diwalis they celebrated back home, I "attempted" a few moments to see if I did miss anything about the festival. well, as a matter of fact, No! All I used to do if I were at home were to watch TV, go to temple, curse all the "bombers" for screwing my ear as well as burning away money that could be made better use of, tie a kerchief around my lower visage to escape the cracker fumes, eat well, laze around with family, make a few phone calls...
Watching TV isn't as enticing as it used to be, especially given the crap channels out here. Temple, yeah I shall be going here tomorrow. There's a nice place here, and the atmosphere is well maintained with the chants. No crackers [:D]. I never was a fan of the sound-making ones, though I don't complain against the visual-ones. Food, that isn't a problem with so many cooks around here ;-) ISD phone calls to family and friends... that's what can be done about the last two... Also I get to watch Diwali release movies much earlier than in India :D... Heard ATM sucked. I am hitting Vel before ATM though...
One unique thing about this Diwali is that for a few of my acquaintances this is either the "thalai diwali" or first diwali with their offsprings or shall be the last "single-Diwali". Should be more special for them :) Hope they have a memorable day.
And funny, I chose today for my written driver's test and scored a 100% :-) Hope I clear the road test and get a license... Phew! Had to do quite a bit of reading the manual of about 100 pages.
On an unrelated note, food items experimented so far and which I can handle safe: Thakkali saadham, capsicum saadham, carrot saadham, all poriyals and fries, dhal fry, rasam, making dosa and chapathi . Sambhar alone pending... Should do that sometime and may be biryani...
Happiness shouldn't be limited to occasions. I want my life to be an expression of happiness as someone said. I wish it becomes a living reality.
Every moment, bursting with life, oozing with happiness and making the whole journey of life as one full blast of celebration !!!
Life, a vacation that has been offered, to celebrate, life.
