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seriously now, andy...

2007-07-06T23:22:56Z

dear andy roddick,

okay, wtf? you should have won that match against gasquet today. you got the first TWO sets, and almost had the third for the win... but you didn't close it out. and what ended up happening? gasquet broke your spirit by kicking up the pace and skill of his game, and before you knew it, he walked away as the winner. honestly, he deserved to win. the quality of your game was poor at the end. it was a disappointing way to see you make your exit from Wimbledon (especially when i wanted you to win it so bad this year!). :(

love,
a big big big fan of yours who is finding it hard to support you with such disappointing losses at all the major grand slams

grrrrrrrr

2007-05-01T13:58:42Z

getting your hair cut is always somewhat of a risky activity, and usually i've been pretty lucky with them. i tend to leave the hair salon feeling pretty good about the new hairdo. well... i guess i ran out of luck last night.

my hair was getting way too long, so i decided to go get it cut after work yesterday. there is a place called 'Dramatics' right next to where i live; they offer pretty cheap rates for their haircuts compared to the rest of NYC (starting at $35 for long hair). well, needless to say, i am not happy with my haircut. firstly, it's a lot shorter than i wanted it. secondly, i told her i wanted two layers (instead of the three i already had), but now it looks like... there are NO layers?! thirdly, when i pull my hair to the front i can distinctly tell that both sides are not of the same exact length because one side hangs a little lower than the other. $#@$#@!

wtf, indeed. i can't stop thinking about how much i hate the way my hair looks like right now. i miss my longer hair. i miss my beautiful layers. the ONLY thing that looks good with this new haircut is the way she cut my side-angled bangs. but i can't stop thinking about how the rest of it is such a mess. i can't even focus on work because this is bugging me so much! i have to get it fixed. there's a hair salon in our office building... maybe i'll go to it after work and just get them to put in another layer, and fix the ends so they are at the same freakin' length.

it sucks i have to spend more money now fixing the mistakes of a new haircut. also, i wanted to look good this weekend for my trip to CT, and now my hair is all messed up. boo. :(

sniffle sniffle

2007-04-19T04:40:49Z

you know, i don't think there's one 'Grey's Anatomy' episode during which i haven't teared up, atleast a LITTLE bit. in some, i've let the tears out, and in some rare ones, i've bawled. who knew a tv show could tug at my emotions like that? for some reason, i'm so attached to these characters. i finally finished Season 2. the last episode was really crazy. there were so many scenes that had me choked up, and towards the end, from the moment Denny died, i cried until the end. when did i allow tv shows to turn me into such a sappy basketcase?? i need to get a grip on myself. haha. i can't wait to start the episodes from Season 3 now. i'm so beyond hooked. it's definitely turned into one of my favorite tv shows!

speaking of tv shows, SANJAYA IS OUT! divya and i squealed our lungs out when the result was announced on 'American Idol' tonight. finally, finally, finally. good riddance to bad rubbish, is what i say.

p.s - it's my roomie's birthday! happy birthday, divya. :)

the weekends go by way too fast.

2007-03-26T14:00:49Z

YAY:
- partying it up in Philly on friday night! (from 'Bleu Martini', to 'Cuba Libre', to 'Glam'. lots of drunken fun. :))
- ATLANTIC CITY on saturday night! drove there around 8pm, walked around the Boardwalk, and then had a very yummy dinner at 'Continental' (and the boys were super nice to pay the very, oops, expensive bill at the end of it). drinks&gambling fun began soon after at the various casinos. we eventually ended up at the 'Borgata', which was definitely one of the classier casinos there. verrry nice inside! i'm not much of a gambler, so i just played around on the slot machines with divya. didn't really win much of anything, but it was fun regardless. :)
- delicious lunch at 'Cuba Libre' on sunday afternoon. the place is amazingly beautiful (you really feel like you're IN Cuba!), and the food is mmmm so good.

NAY:
- it's monday... and it's back to, ugh, work.

TGIF!

2007-03-23T15:14:33Z

i'm off to Philly tonight, and then Atlantic City for the weekend! WOOHOO. we're gonna be partying with divya's friends there. fun times ahead. :) i hope all of you have a fabulous weekend!

blah blah blah

2007-03-06T17:56:49Z

i can't believe how cold it was this morning! it was so hard to get out of bed. i reeeally didn't want to. waiting for the bus was even worse. the wind chill is the worst. not to mention how the beautiful weather over the weekend (well, mostly friday) was SUCH a tease. i wish it was full-blown spring already. i'm done with winter.

i'm getting hooked on Vitamin Water. divya made me try one when we were in CT a couple of weekends ago and i remember being indifferent about it. but now, i'm definitely into it. and... i don't know why i felt the need to share that? maybe it's because i have a bottle of it sitting on my desk right now.

this past weekend definitely burnt me out. i did too much. i didn't even have the energy or the motivation to go to the gym last night. when i got back from work, i changed into my PJs, reheated some leftovers, and just watched episodes of Grey's Anatomy (i'm still on Season 2, catching up!) until i fell asleep. so lazy, and SO good.

hmmmm. i'm bored. i want to add more LJ friends to my list... so i'm gonna ask you guys to recommend someone from your list? :)

!!!

2007-01-31T18:40:39Z

here's a quick recap before i launch into my disgusting story of the day: after divya and i moved into this apt, we had quite a few problems with pests. of course, there was the infamous mouse which i had mentioned in an entry before. (he, by the way, made a few appearances in recent days until ricardo found a hole in our living room closet - coincidentally the mouse's favorite 'hiding place' - and sealed it!) i also had some very unwelcome, unsightly visitors in my attached bathroom ever since i moved in... ROACHES. yes. they are beyond doubt the most disgusting creatures, ever. i was so beyond mortified when i saw them in my room/bathroom. *shudder* anyway, so we complained to ricardo about all of this, and he immediately brought in the exterminator. that guy came about a week and a half ago. he sprayed all these things, sealed up cracks and holes, etc, etc. the next couple of days i found quite a few dead roaches in my shower. since then i hadn't seen a roach in my bathroom or room or anywhere in the apt, so i was at ease, thinking the extermination did its job. little did i know...

so, this morning i got a nasty lil surprise. (i'm cringing as i'm writing this, because even thinking about it is making me queasy inside!) i have this pretty bright orange silky drape over my bed. as in, it is directly over my head as i am sleeping in bed. it drapes over both sides of my bed, but it doesn't cover the whole bed. the drape's width as it hangs from the ceiling over my head will only go as far as maybe the midsection of my stomach. they are not very long, so they don't even touch the floor. the way i have them pinned up, they are sort of hugging the walls on either side. ANYWAY.

i woke up at like 6 because the right side of my mouth was hurting (my wisdom tooth is pushing out on the bottom and it's not a pleasant feeling). i was rolling around in bed for a little, and then fell back asleep. my alarm went off at 7:20, and i snoozed till about 7:35. i finally decided it was time to get up. so i reached over and turned on the lamp next to my bed, then put my head back down for a second... and looked up... AND THEN FREAKED THE FUCK OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A ROACH ON MY ORANGE DRAPE! RIGHT ON TOP OF MY HEAD! oh my god, it was so fuckin disgusting! and scary! and ugly! seeing its fat dark shape contrasted on my bright orange drape was probably the most startling and heartstopping image, especially since it was clinging to it right over my head! i immediately jumped out of bed, and then had to figure out a way to get it off my drape and somehow kill it, without having it land on my bed. right. NOT an easy task as i later found out when i brought out our Swiffer broom/mop to kill it with...

but to make a long story short, i somehow killed it. it took awhile though. i even had to squish it a couple of times with my gym sneakers before it commpletely died. the damn thing was HUGE, almost 2 inches long! ew, ew, ew!

and now, all i can think about at work is how the fuck it got UP there on my drapes to begin with... i've seen roaches on the floor, but i've never seen them on WALLS! but i guess i was pretty ignorant about them, because after doing a whole bunch of research this morning, i found out a lot of things: the roaches i've been seeing in my room/bathroom are sometimes called 'water bugs' because these 'oriental roaches' are mainly found in damp areas, bathrooms, near areas where water-pipes are situated, basements (bingo!), etc; they can pretty much walk on ANY surface, even up walls (wtf?!) and upside-down on ceilings (oh my fuckin god?!), and they are known to reproduce pretty quickly.

that's it. i'm moving out.

seriously though, i've NEVER lived in an apt that had a roach problem... and i am beyond uncomfortable with these surprise visits. i will have to talk to ricardo again today and tell him to bring that damn exterminator back. i'm hoping the one i killed today was just a stray one that somehow escaped the extermination from before, but let's face it, that's just me lying to make myself feel better about this whole thing. chances are there are more of them crawling around, somewhere, and they need to get wiped out, now.

EWWWWWWWWWWWW! :(

GO ANDY!

2007-01-23T20:14:42Z

[tennis talk] andy KICKED mardy's ass at the Australian Open quarterfinals last night. woohoo! i didn't get to watch it (boo!) because our cable isn't set up yet, but the score was 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, and andy wrapped it up in an hour and half. hot damn. i like mardy and all, but i want andy to win the Open this year. he's playing pretty damn well and he could totally do it! he faces federer next - gulp! - in the semifinals, and i'm crossing my fingers and toes that he wins. federer is always a toughie and andy doesn't have the best track record with him, but he can do it. he better! hehe. GO ANDYYYY! :) aw man, i miss tennis. i hope the cable is up by tomorrow or thursday so i can catch the last leg of the Open. [/tennis talk]

the good and the bad.

2007-01-11T19:21:18Z

YAY: aparna and i went to 'Burger Joint' inside Le Parker Meridien (on 57th st, between 6th and 7th) last night, and let me tell you, my burger was DELICIOUS. apparently this casual little burger joint, ironically tucked away inside this fancy hotel, is a bigtime hotspot. their burgers have even been quoted as one of new york's best! and also one of the city's best kept secrets i guess. i would have never found this place if it hadn't been for aparna taking me there. i mean, who expects a burger joint inside Le Meridien?! the place was filled with men and women shedding their suits after work, and young people on dates, and some tourists too. my burger and fries were beyond yummy, the place had a fun vibe to it, and i got to catch up bigtime with aparna. all in all, i had a great time. :)

NAY: i had wanted to check out 'Peep' for the longest time for a number of reasons - it has thai food (and i'm SUCH a thai food junkie!), it's in trendy greenwich village, it is supposedly all pink inside, and it is full of mirrors! the whole concept of 'Peep' has to do with peeping... as in, the floors are mirrored, the ceiling is mirrored, and most of the walls. and get this - the bathroom is all mirrored, and in such a way that you can SEE everyone eating outside as you are in there peeing. (wtf?!) but they can't see you. obviously. it's one of those peekaboo mirrors all along the bathroom walls. crazy, right?! it's a weird concept, but intriguing. so anyway, swathi and i checked it out tuesday night... and boy, what a bummer. the service was good, and the place was, well, interesting. but it was a LOT smaller than i expected (they made it look a lot bigger online!) and the food was not that great. at all. i've definitely had better thai food. as for the bathroom - which i obviously used so i could 'peep' out! - well, it felt REALLY strange peeing and watching others eat right outside. i was highly uncomfortable. i finished my business as quick as possible and got the hell outta there. so, overall, not a horrible experience, but not a fantastic one either. i doubt i will go back. (and oh, it WAS very, very pink.)

it's snowing!

2007-01-10T15:01:27Z

i was over at one of my co-workers desk working on something with him and i happened to look out of the window for a second... and i see FLURRIES! oh my gosh, it's finally snowing?! excitinggg. i like the snow when it's new and clean - it's so pretty. :)

this probably won't last too long, i'm thinking. last i checked it wasn't supposed to snow today. but this is a fun little surprise!

meaningless blurbies.

2007-01-09T19:10:49Z

- i'm losing so much hair, and i don't know why. it's really starting to worry me because the hair loss is visible near my hairline. noooo! i'm trying not to straighten my hair as often. hope that helps.. do you guys know of anything i can do to enhance hair growth, or not lose as much hair?? :\

- guess who i saw last night? or rather, WHAT i saw last night! my dear lil mouse friend. yup. he's still around. i don't know how he escaped the first time, but grrrr. i'm not as scared now because i know he's basically harmless. but still, who wants that as a pet running around inside their apt?! NOT ME. ricardo has set some traps around so hopefully he'll get caught. though i don't know how i will dispose of him when he IS caught - i will just have to let ricardo take care of that too. ew.

- i really need to get cracking on the GREs. i'm taking them in less than a month and my studying has been sporadic at best. not good.

- divya will be here this saturday. (for sure this time, haha). wheeee!

- i know my userpic is so wrong for the winter but it barely feels like winter with this crazy ass weather! it did get a lot colder today, but the weekend felt like we just skipped winter and went right to spring. this is outta control. makes me nervous.

- i should stop wasting time. back to work.

nooooooo!

2007-01-05T03:13:06Z

i just found out that divya is only getting here NEXT weekend, and not this saturday as originally planned. BOO! :(

her brother, who she hasn't seen in a long time, decided to randomly come home for a visit, so she decided she should extend her stay for a few days and spend some time with him (especially since she doesn't know when she will next see him). her reasoning is valid and completely understandable, but this sucks. bigtime. i am so disappointed that i have to wait a whole extra week to see her and have her move in! my motivation to get thru this week was thinking about how i will be seeing her on saturday. and now that's not happening.

i don't care if i sound whiney, but i've been waiting to see her for MONTHS now, so i have every right to be a crybaby about this.

$#@!

2007-01-04T21:22:18Z

i had a little episode in my room last night. i was sitting on my bed with my laptop, playing The Sims (i've had an unhealthy addiction with it ever since i first discovered the game years ago), being bored and not wanting to study for the GREs or do anything else halfway productive... when, out of the corner of my eye, i thought i saw something move at the end of the room! keep in mind i am always a little edgy when inside that apt because a.) i'm all by myself for now, and b.) it's a semi-basement apt, and i keep hearing funny sounds from the rest of the building. i don't get freaked out too easily, but i'm usually just a little uneasy when being in there by myself.

so ANYWAY, i looked over at the other end of the room... and didn't see anything. there is not much all the way on the other side since i haven't really arranged most of the furniture in my room (except for my bed and dresser), so the only thing over there is a chair with some of my clothes hanging on it, and this big black speaker on the ground. this big (i must add, probably broken) speaker was in the room when i moved in for whatever reason, and i just started using it as a 'table' for my wireless router and a lamp. after staring in that direction for awhile i was convinced nothing was wrong and my eyes returned to The Sims. and then, maybe ten seconds later, i sense some movement there and so i look up... AND I SEE A MOUSE!

oh. my god. a mouse?! in my room?! i was internally freaking the fuck out, but i didn't make a sound and just shifted in my bed. the mouse skittered back to the corner of the wall, and then jumped INTO that black speaker! right into the two holes in front of the speaker! you know how those big speakers always have two 'holes' in the front?? i don't even know what they are for, but this mouse jumped in there. and then it peeked out! so i'm sitting on my bed, completely frozen, and it is sitting inside the speaker and peeking out at me, completely frozen too. i didn't know what to do! how was i supposed to get it out of my room?? how do i get rid of it? what the hell was a mouse doing in my room to begin with??

it kept moving between one hole and the other from the inside, peeking out of a different hole each time. then i decided there was obviously NO other place for it to go than OUT of the speaker and IN to my room, and i did not want that! so i decided i had to get close enough to the speaker to block the holes somehow. my legs were semi-turning into jelly, but i pulled myself together, told myself it's just a dumb little mouse, and started looking around my room for something to block the speaker with. i had no choice but to block those holes in front of the speaker with one of my finance textbooks (like, placed upright against it) but for good measure i also grabbed my tennis racquet (with its cover on, of course) and slowly walked over there... i also put my sneakers on IN CASE it ran out of there because i did NOT want it touching my feet by accident! i tiptoed over, with my tennis racquet in one hand, the textbook in another, and my heart beating so fast. my eyes did not leave those holes for a SECOND, expecting to see it poke its nose out or something. but it stayed inside, probably because it could sense i was approaching.

SOMEHOW i got close enough to jam the textbook and the tennis racquet up against the speaker, and then i quickly grabbed the chair that was next to the speaker and jammed it against the speaker too. all of this was done in seconds before i lost my nerve, because i was so close to the damn mouse and was so nervous it would jump outta there before i locked it in! it worked out, and i had it blocked inside the speaker. it wasn't going anywhere. pheeewww!

i know it's JUST a mouse, but it still freaked me out. though i have to admit... when it was peeking out at me and i was staring at it, i thought it was maybe kinda... cute?! but no, don't get the wrong idea - i did NOT lock it in so i can keep it as a pet or something crazy like that. hah! i locked it in so i could get a proper night's sleep without worrying about it running around inside the apt.

this morning everything looked the same, so i'm assuming my 'prisoner' is still inside. hopefully not dead or anything. i didn't want to KILL it. i just wanted to lock it in there until ricardo (the super of the building, and the guy who rented this apt to me) could help do something about it! i called him this morning and told him the story. he said he'll go in today and take care of it. let's see what unfolded when i get home after work in a couple hours. *gulp*

not to sound like a complete wuss, but that apt will feel a LOT more comfortable once divya gets here and i'm not the only one living in there!

is divya here yet?

2007-01-03T17:30:39Z

why are girls so obsessed with hooking up with guys when they go out? you would think the guys are usually the desperate ones, but with the number of girls i see throwing themselves onto any penis that will buy them a drink is making me think twice. and i don't know if this particularly accurate, but the women in new york city seem especially lonely and horny and therefore, slutty. every single girl friend i've made here so far is primarily concerned with hooking up with guys. they don't even go out to enjoy the drinks, or the bars/lounges/clubs, or the company of their girlfriends. instead, they USE the company of their girlfriends and the party environment to find a tongue to stick down their throat. and ANY tongue will do. they're not even picky about it! that's everything it comes down to. at the end of the night if they haven't found someone of the male species to hump as yet, they declare the night a failure. wtf?

THIS is the exact reason why i can never be good friends with these girls. we go out with completely different expectations for the night. sure, i'm not gonna lie, it would be great to meet a cute guy and have some fun, but that's not the sole purpose of me wanting to go out and party. if anything, that would be a pleasant bonus. (well, granted the guy is worth my attention, since most of the guys out there are total sleazes, who will be happy with any pair of tits and ass).

i just can't picture these girls becoming my friends. i go out with them, we explore the city together, but sadly enough, it is just not gonna progress beyond that. we don't have the same mindset, and we're definitely NOT on the same wavelength. oh well.

3.5 days until divya gets here! can you tell how desperately i'm waiting for her company?? it's gonna make everything a THOUSAND times better. :D

mr.sexy back

2006-12-07T02:44:37Z

let's admit it - i've always been a justin timberlake fan. i first fell for him waaay back when Nsync was around (and when i was a shameless teenybopper). i used to lust after him with every fiber of my teenage body. come on, he WAS pretty damn hot. maybe a little on the pretty side, but the body was always mmm-mmmm! anyway, when he came out with "Justified" i was just as hooked as before. i still love that album. i think there are only two songs i skip when i listen to it; everything else is so good! yes, in that cheesy-mainstream-pop way, but i like it. but he got quiet for a couple of years i believe and kinda just went under the radar, so i sorta forgot about him. he did pop up from time to time in the media (janet jacksoon nipple slip, dating cameron diaz, etc etc) but i didn't really care anymore. and thennnn, he came out with "Sexy Back" and at first, I HATED it. i thought it was such a dumb song, with a really annoying sound to it. my sister kept overplaying it and yes, before you know it, i started to like it, and eventually ended up liking it SO much that i got it as my ringtone. haha. but after that i didn't bother to sample any of his other songs from the new album (who names an album "FutureSex/LoveSounds"?) until i was in boston for thanksgiving and, once again, my sister opened my eyes - or rather, my ears - to the other songs in the album... and yup, i'm hooked. all over again. i mean, i only listened to maybe four other songs, but i really like them! this guy is talented, albeit in his own 'special' way. oh, justin.

what is it with black men ALWAYS staring at me when i'm on the train? i'm sure they stare at all the other females too, but i swear i've never had a black man on the train NOT stare at me. and when i look back, i just get a leering grin. one time this guy came right up to me and said "you are the prettiest black girl i've ever seen!" and i'm thinking "um, wrong on two counts - i'm not black, and i'm definitely not the prettiest." it's new york city. it's FILLED with beautiful women. it makes me wonder... if these guys will stare at me and say these things to me, then those other gorgeous women must be harassed probably 4729395 times more. don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to fish for compliments or anything. i know i'm a cute girl, and trust me, i don't lack self-confidence when it comes to that crap. but i'm also not gonna lie to myself that i'm 'all that' when these super sexy women walk around the city every single day! anyway, i digress. i guess the point i was trying to make is that these men stare in a way that makes you feel like they're undressing you with their eyes, and that just makes my skin craaaawl! ew.

okayyy, time for some reading in my bed, and eventually falling asleep... it's like a sauna in my room! hot damn. i will have to prop open my window a little because the heat is working TOO well.

:D

2006-11-22T11:34:40Z

[edit] my boss just said i could leave at 3pm instead of 4pm! this means i can catch an earlier bus and be in boston an hour earlier! wheeee! i seriously work for the nicest people. :) - 2:38pm [/edit]

i know it's eaaarly in the morning, but i've been up and about since 5am! i've been getting ready for beantown, packing, showering, etc etc. either way, i don't think i could have slept in that much longer because I'M SO FREAKIN EXCITED. i'm leaving right after work, hopping on my greyhound to BOSTON! i'm gonna be there until sunday, getting lots of tlc from my darlin' sister and my beloved ex-city. :) can't waitttttttt.

happy thanksgiving, everyone! i'm outta here.

a typical NYC commute every morning...

2006-11-15T16:44:12Z

this is for all the dumbasses who ride the trains during rush hour in new york city and have no train etiquette:

firstly, we are ALL waiting for the train on the platform. it's already incredibly uncomfortable with how packed it is, so we don't need you pushing and shoving to get RIGHT IN FRONT of everyone else. when i see people like yourself squeezing to the front, stepping on people's toes and bumping into their bags, just so you can get a little fuckin closer to the edge of the platform, i am tempted to shove your annoying self right onto the tracks! you wanted to get closer to the train, didn't you? secondly, when the doors open, DON'T WORRY, we will all get in. eventually. you don't NEED to be the first one in when the doors open for the world to spin on its axis. trust me, you can let a few people in before you; it won't kill you. and once you're inside, please fuckin MOVE inside! don't stand right by the door. if you recall (and you probably don't with that pea-sized brain of yours), there WERE other people waiting to get on after you. you blocking everyone with your fat ass right in front of the door is, um, annoying?! once the train starts moving, please try and hold onto something. it DOES NOT make you look cool when you try and balance yourself on a moving train without holding anything and then everytime it lurches, YOU launch yourself on top of us. we REALLY could use a little less intimacy here. speaking of that, ever heard of something called 'personal space'? you know you're in my bubble when i can smell the scrambled eggs you had for breakfast this morning. so please, step back. no one asked you to squeeze yourself in that desperately; you do know they have more than one train running on the same track, yes? and you do know they actually come in intervals of 10 mins max during rush hour? so if you had waited 10 mins and NOT pushed your lard ass into this train, EVERYONE would have had a much better morning and wouldn't have smelt like eggs on their way to work.

um, so... it's my stop. i need to get out. could you maybe MOVE? you standing right in front of the door like a stone statue is not helping the situation. i understand perfectly well you want to 'save your spot', but when your spot is right in front of the fuckin door, you MOVE. and trust my luck, when i get out, i will bump into another version of you, just as annoying, but on the other extreme, who is all about 'stopping and smelling the roses', even in a crowded, subway station in NYC. you are walking at such a snail's pace that even snails would be offended i used that analogy right there. maybe the subway station is fascinating to you at 8am and you want to enjoy your, uh, experience, by STROLLING thru it... but some of us have to get to work, and some of us don't want to spend more than 10 mins of our commute 'taking in the *cough* beauty' of the subway station, thankyouverymuch.

p.s - of course it doesn't help you are also the size of an obese TRUCK, so no matter where i go, left or right, i can't pass you. hell, i can't even SEE past you. so i'm stuck. GREAT. and as i'm taking my lovely stroll behind your fat ass, i'm thinking, "yet another lovely morning in new york city..."

coke with lime.

2006-11-07T18:37:38Z

i don't know what i would do at work without Livejournal. since all the popular sites are banned, there really isn't much else to do online, except go on here. i don't think i've ever spent as much time on LJ as i do now. i need it - distractions are key to surviving the work hours. seriously.

i'm going to go see two apartments today. one is in the lower east side (on rivington st) and the other is in murray hill (36th, between madison and park). everyone knows murray hill is a really nice neighborhood and one of the more expensive areas in manhattan, but it's surprising how cheap the rent for this particular apartment is. that immediately makes me think something must be HORRIBLY wrong with it, and the people renting it are trying to hide something. but who knows. let's see how my two viewings go today. i hope atleast one of them is promising. i'd like to secure an apartment for my friend and i as soon as possible, instead of leaving it until december or something. what can i say, i just like certainty.

i need to stop drinking soda. it's not like i drink lots of it, but i want to try and cut it out completely. i also need to change my diet. i don't eat enough fruits or veggies. i don't drink enough water. i don't work out. (i do miss the gym and how i used to go regularly in the summer). if this lifestyle continues, i'm gonna start looking disgusting and feeling completely unhealthy. i gotta stop, stop, stop.

alriiiiight, back to work.

hello, monday morning.

2006-11-06T14:38:36Z

and so begins another week...

i really feel like i physically CANNOT start my day without coffee. the first thing i do when i get into work is go to the pantry to make myself some coffee. unfortunately the free coffee isn't that great, so sometimes i go downstairs to the cafeteria where they make starbucks coffee. and then i get tempted to get the sugar-glazed donut too. not good.

so, i really need new sweaters. like, nice sweaters. sweaters i can wear to work. the ones i have right now are too colorful and snazzy for work. i am thinking of getting some cable-knit sweaters ... and i'm wondering where to go look for them. i don't want to spend too much on them because i need to save for my upcoming apt change (i'll explain in a little bit). maybe American Eagle? selina mentioned something about cable-knits and AE in one of her entries and it just stuck in my head. any other suggestions for stores that sell nice sweaters but not at an obscene price? (i now regret not buying some of those ralph lauren cable-knit sweaters when i was shopping with jenn at their outlet in boston back in the summer).

besides thinking about sweaters, i've also been looking on good ol' craigslist for sublets. one of my best friends is moving to the city in january and we want to live together. we need a sublet for approximately 8 months - because neither of us are really sure where we will be after august - and we want it in manhattan. we also have a budget to consider obviously, and it's not as flexible as we would like it to be. we would also like the place to be furnished because we just want to move in with our suitcases ... international-student style. hah. also, my roomie now wants to be able to place an ad for my current room by the beginning of dec so she can find someone to replace me, which means i really should have an apt confirmed for my friend and i by the end of this month. hopefully. so given these restraints, it's a little difficult finding the RIGHT place for us. i have to do the dirty work because she is in london right now, and i'm trying my best. cross your fingers something works out for us?

happy halloween?

2006-10-31T18:23:08Z

it's halloween today. i never really got into the spirit of halloween. it probably had a lot to do with the fact that it's all-american, and i've only been in this country for the last few years. where i'm from - wherever that may be, considering i was born in one country, brought up in another, studied in yet another, and now am working in yet another again - halloween was never a big deal. i did study at an american institutionalized international school (what a mouthful!) when i was in middle school and high school but it still wasn't that big of a deal. i can understand some of the excitement that goes along with candy and costumes and all that, but still, not really my thing. i must have missed the 'halloween bus' when i was growing up. heh.

either way, my friend and i are going to the Halloween Parade in the Village tonight. it starts at 7pm, from spring st and then continues up 6th ave to about 21st street i think, and it seems to be a pretty big deal. it should be fun. and then i think we're gonna get dinner somewhere around there. :)

i miss my parents. they're in india right now for a couple of days, fixing up a few things that are business-related and retarded-family-members-related. okay, that was harsh, but relatives can be such a pain in the ass sometimes.

alright, back to work...

sigh.

2006-10-30T03:31:05Z

why is it that all the wrong guys like me ... and the one guy i like is apparently 'wrong' for me? :\

i like my sundays

2006-10-29T16:19:11Z

friday night was a lotta fun. :) first a couple of my girlfriends and i met up at Taj to have a few drinks and scope out the desi men. it was slightly amusing because a lot of people had come in various costumes (you know, halloween and all). the desi potential in there was unfortunately limited, but there were a couple of cuties. my friend was especially interested in going up to one of them, but that never happened. unlike a lot of other people, i don't go to bars and lounges to find guys to hook up with. i go there because i genuinely enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy checking out different places, enjoy having a few drinks with my friends, enjoy dancing, and yes, to a certain extent, enjoy feeling pretty and checking out other pretty people too. it's not about finding a guy to take home with me for the night. anyway! i finally got a call from my other friends who were gonna meet us at 40/40 around 12 so we headed there. it's just about 6 blocks away from Taj, but it sure sucks to walk that in the pouring rain! we did eventually get in, and i think this is when i started to have more fun. i really liked 40/40! it was very different from what i expected. considering it's Jay-Z's nightclub and whatever, i expected it to be very snazzy and like ashwini said in a comment earlier, "ghetto-fab", etc. but it really wasn't. it was very casual and chill, and yet had an element of snazziness because of all the flat-screen tvs suspended in the air and the leather couches and whatever. i really liked it. we stayed there till around 3.30, drinking, dancing, chilling... good times. :)

yesterday was the complete opposite of friday night. i met up with my friend in brooklyn. him and i were gonna go to the aquarium by coney island (i have a slight obsession with aquariums...) but we both woke up late due to our friday night adventures, and so, by the time we met up we didn't have enough time to get to the aquarium and back and still have time to check it out. so instead we explored some parts of prospect park together. it was very interesting because ... firstly, i have never been to prospect park before and it was gorgeous (especially with the leaves and all their different colors), and secondly, the weather was extremely schizophrenic, one second sunny and not too cold, and the next second pouring and windy and cold as hell! the clouds kept drifting in and out, in and out. definitely a strange day to be outside. but the both of us kinda enjoyed the adventure of being out in it i think. haha. then we went back to his apartment, warmed up inside, played with his kitty (she is so cute), and then went back out to get dinner at this thai restaurant 'Lemongrass' - it was SO YUMMY! then again, you all know how much i love thai food. i could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. okay, maybe not breakfast, because that would be a little ... weird. but yeah, a fun chill saturday!

and today ... i have a lot of laundry to do. ugh. i still hate the concept of going to the laundromat to do my laundry. it's just so different from anything i've been used to. at the expense of sounding like a brat (which i'm really not, i swear), i've always had someone do my laundry before when i was home, and then in college i lived in places that had laundry IN the building. and now here, in manhattan, i have to walk outside with my laundry hamper, two blocks over to the laundromat (yeah, i guess it could be worse), and do my laundry with others IN PUBLIC. i just can't seem to get used to it.

also, i need to do some more studying for the GREs, so i might go to 'DT/UT' to do that. it's my favorite coffee place here in the upper east. it reminds me so much of 'central perk' from FRIENDS! i know, i know, it's cheesy, but i really like it there. i used to study at starbucks whenever i wanted to get out of my apt and was craving a coffee, but now i started going to 'DT/UT' and i love it there. very good coffeee and lots of yummy dessert-y things. hehe. they also offer free wireless internet! can't go wrong, right?

it's fridayyy

2006-10-27T19:11:13Z

the week has flown by! i can't believe it's friday already. i AM thankful it's the weekend though. it was a really boring week at work, as you can tell from my earlier entry. the weekend is the only thing that gives a break to the mundane routine.

so, i feel very nomadic at work. i'm still here as a temp (until they figure out the visa situation) and since i'm not an 'official' employee, i don't have my own 'official' cubicle or computer or log-in name or email address, etc. so what ends up happening is them moving me around. from cubicle to cubicle. from computer to computer. the last two and a half weeks i was actually at one cubicle and at one computer and i was starting to feel a little settled in ... but this morning one of my bosses comes up to me and tells me a new employee is coming in on monday and they need this cubicle for her. they have to set up the computer for her, the phone line, and so on. he told me to move to one of the other co-workers cubicle for now because she's not in today. and then next week, one of the guys will be out, and i will use his desk. obviously i have to do whatever they tell me to do, but it sucks to feel so ... nomadic. i can't think of another word that explains my situation better. i always have to be ready to pack up and move somewhere else. ironic how it's the story of my life no matter what context, eh? so yeah, i'm a little cranky about this.

anyway, whatever. it's the weekend! i plan to have a craaazy night out tonight with some friends. we might go to 40/40, jay-z's nightclub. and some around places around that area. all i know is, i want to have an obscene amount of ridiculous fun tonight with the alcohol and the boys, because i haven't really let loose in awhile. i've been a good girl for so long i don't ever remembering being silly and spontaneous! i need to cause some drama tonight. ;)

bored.

2006-10-26T19:08:42Z

the day is reeeeally dragging by today. i don't know what it is but i'm beyond bored. i feel like sticking a fork in my eye. i'm also drinking too much orange soda and eating too much artifically flavored candy ... injecting all this sugar inside of me! i don't know why, but i just have no motivation to do anything right now. i don't even have a whole lot of tasks today at work, which is almost worse in a way because it leaves me feeling more restless. the amount of work i have today is so little that if i put my mind to it i could finish it in less than 30 mins. which would then leave me with NOTHING to do for the next hour and a half, except twiddle my thumbs and sit in front of my computer, not even having the ability to do pretty much the only two things i do now on the internet - checking gmail and going on facebook. grrr to them for banning those websites.

[begin whining] i just wanna go home so i can watch more LOST episodes! [end whining]

dinner at 'Serendipity' last night was fun! the best part was the dessert ... my friend and i split the chocolate cake, and can i just say, that was the BEST chocolate cake i've had in a long, long time. it was absolutely delicious, just melting in our mouths. mmmm! and we also had the frozen hot chocolate drink, which was equally amazing. yes, as you can tell, we overdosed on chocolate, and yes, we gained 372819450 calories from that meal. but it was worth it.

there are a few cuties who i always see on my commute to work. two white guys and one indian guy. not a bad way to start every morning, right? ;)

is this a pimple i'm feeling on my chin? noooooooooo!

LOST!

2006-10-25T14:33:21Z

alright, forget "grey's anatomy" ... i'm getting hooked on LOST instead! i've already missed a lot of it, but everyone has been talking about it for so long, that i had to jump on the bandwagon and watch it. i remember my sister telling me about it last summer or something but i didn't pay that much attention. anyway, i got the first season DVDs from my 'new york boy'! his friend actually lent it to him and he's been watching it with his brother, but they're almost done with them, and so they're now in my hands. :) i watched 5 episodes last night, straight. haha. i'm such a nerd. i'm loving it so far! dr.jack is soooooo sexy. oh my gosh. and of course, coincidentally, a LOT of the males and females who crashed on that island happen to be very beautiful. hmmm?! i guess it's one incentive to get people to watch the show. ANYWAY! i'm exxxcited to finish watching the rest of it. it's got me hooked already - eeks!

can you tell it's been a long, long time since i've been really hooked onto a tv show? haha. (btw, don't tell me anything about the upcoming episodes - i don't want any spoilers! thanks!)

i'm going to get coffee and dessert at 'Serendipity' on 60th and 3rd later on tonight with my friend. everyone keeps raving about their frozen hot chocolate dessert, so let's see if it lives up to the rumors. i'm glad it's in my upper east neighborhood, so it will easier and quicker for me to get back to my apt, so i can watch more LOST episodes! teehee.

i just had a promising talk with my boss, which reaffirmed my beliefs that he definitely wants to keep me, despite visa issues. hopefully things work out!

i don't know why i have so much energy this morning. i overslept and had to get ready in 20 mins and then dash out to the train! luckily i got ready in such a short amount of time. and, if i should say so myself, i look pretty darn cute today, despite the rush. ;)