crazyy

My days go by in waves.

Life has been odd lately. Up and down, in and out, it's crazy. Things taking in a complete different mode… completely unexpected… and completely unfair. I wish there were something to say about it…. Something is really … suffocating to the mind.

Friday afternoon, I am at school trying to recuperate my last piece of brains to do some Finance. I just finished my Operational Management class. This week has been tough, and so will the next week and the week after next. With the semester almost coming to an end and all the presentation, Finals and case write up lined up, it is absolutely chaotic.

Plan for this weekend… Studying… Absolutely studying.Corporate Finanace, Operational Management, Law and the case write is all waiting for me next week.

Last weekend, even though I was in School until 2:00 in the afternoon on Saturday, the evening was quite pleasant. Sahilendra dai, Pras and I, we went to “Tanjore” for dinner and then later at night, enjoyed the long waited movie, “The Namesake.” I was very satisfied with the movie. Unlike other movies, (Da Vinci code, The Scarlet Letter, The house of Spirits) where the movie is completely distrorted from the book, the namesake had lots of resemblance to the main plot of the book. It was very nicely done. Apparrently, the author Jhumpa Lahiri herlself is in the movie, I only realised it after the movie ended. Pras really like it as well.

Yesterday, I had the chance to attend the talk titled “US-Pakistani Relations” by Mahmud Ali Durrani, the current Pakistani Ambasaddor to the U.S and yes, I did shake his hand and had a brief talk with him after the event.

“What is your perspective on the coup regime by General Musharef” was my question to him?” which unfortunately was answered in a very ambiguious way?

Why was the coup d’etat successful in Pakistan and why it failed in Nepal? I am still confused?

I just don't get it.

Saw the video " Night in Bhopal" in our law class. Such a hearbreaking video. I am glad I am going to partake in Amnesty's demonstration this year as well.. Those culprits needs to get jailed.......

There are many things on my mind lately .

Why is it so difficult to get something that you really want?? Why?

Royal Ghost

I finished the “Royal Ghost.” I have always enjoyed reading books by Samrat Upadhyay. This is also one of my favorite books.. and how can I forget our very own Guru of Love? This is his third book I have read so far and I have to be blatantly honest that the more, the more I become fan of his writing styles. So vivid and so descriptive.

Amongst all the books I have read, if I were to rank, I would pick Herman Hesse, Samrat Upadhyaya and Kiran Desai as powerful writers. If anyone was to examine my choice, upon a quick glance, they would realize that they are all foreign authors. I sometimes ponder if I have been biased on making this judgment. Humbly speaking, I enjoy reading books by foreign authors as oppose to the American ones. This does not mean that I do enjoy reading them---I guess, I am more inclined to the foreign authors.

I do have couple of favorite ones like “To kill a mocking bird, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, A room with a view, Native Son…”—to name a few .However, I have to confess that lately I have been more attracted to the foreign authors. Maybe cause I can relate more to them. For instance in Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, I could relate a lot to myself and my family when I first moved to Japan... the new culture, the new school, the new place... In addition to empathizing with the characters, the readers also get to comphrehend a new global perspective from the authors. In Kite Runner, I learned a lot about the Taliban Regime and the Phustuns tribe which I could relate to when I was watching the movie “Kabul Express..”which might not have been possible had I not read the bool. This movie by the way is an excellent one.

Royal Ghost is an amalgamation of short stories. It talks a lot about the Maobadi situation so I am guessing Samrat has used recent time for the Setting. Chintamani’s woman is one of my favorite stories out of that collection. The coincidence I must add is that Chintamani is the name of my granddad as well. However, to my surprise, the story here in about a 23 year old boy. The story bears the stamp of Samrat’s lucid, illustrative and discriptive prose. Characters are familiar, so are the milieu– Kathmandu and its vicinity. Reading the book is like wandering in the streets of Kathmandu.Another Story that really hit me hard was " The Refugee."

Refugee is a story about Pitamber, a good father figure who volunteers his house as a refuge for a poor woman from the country and her daughter, who had lost most of their family to Maoist violence. They are traumatized. Pitamber has to manage his unruly teenage son and also fend off gossip that perhaps he’s taken a “second wife.” Sadly, this is how our society is like .... filled with gossip.

In other news….. the World cup Cricket. I am not a follower at all, however, this morning’s NPR news caught my attention. What happened to the Coach Bob Woolmer? How did he die and what happened to the Pakistani team? The coach has been strangled says the New York Post. What a tragedy during the World cup.

The sky is patterned in the sky, and the moon’s sickle floating in the blue like a boat. I would like to wonder the world like a child, wide awake and open to my surrounding and free from mistrust.

(By the way, I wrote this blog on Friday afternoon.. was bit lazy to post it right then therefore, here I am uploading it, after 2 days. :) Weekend was fun. I need a new post for that.)

Back to School

Spring break is over.

I'm not sure if it’s a sign of me getting older, or how busy life gets at school, but time is zooming by a ludicrous speed.

We did manage to New York to visit the newly wedded sister and brother-in law. They got back from Nepal about 3 weeks ago.. . I was really excited ... excited that the snow had finally stopped. It really was a going to be a very short visit but I was very much looking forward to it ...... Surprisingly, because of the snow, the road was completely deserted which made the drive a hassle free one. Imagine getting stuck in the Traffic on Saturday afternoon.. Ugghh.. After picking my cousin, we headed to the Nepali restaurant called “Yak” in Jackson Height. The place reminded me so much like restaurant back home.. They even had a singer who sang beautiful Hindi and Nepali songs and on top of that, the momo was simply de-licioous..!!

We also got to meet and had a wonderful lunch with Pushkar dai and his wife. Pras gets really excited meeting with his old friends. I still am very amazed by the connection and the friendship he has with his old friends.The Budhanilkantha connection I suppose. :)

In sum, the LongIsland trip was really nice. I really got to cherish my old Ktm memories back which definetly is a priceless moment.

Now back to school…

I grew apprehensive as I entered by Finance class yesterday. The Grueling ordeal was finally about to end. My heart almost skipped a beat…. I got my paper back. Not good at all. But I passed… Man... after all that studying.. Got to study more…

This week:

I have a case write up in Marketing, which I need to work extra hard. Then I have the law exam… and then the finance one the following weekend. And all the looming presentation… Boy oh boy!! I gotta really work hard.

In class today, we did the PriceWaterHouseCoopers’s Knowledge Curve case study. I was up until 12 doing the write up and getting up this morning was hard. On the other hand, the case was really interesting. The whole topic of “Portal Integration,”“ Knowledge Curve.” I had no idea until yesterday that IBM had actually bought the PriceWaterHouse Consulting after the spin off..…. very very interesting!

I better get back to my work. I would at least try to finish the “British Airways” case for my IT class and my stomach in GROWLING…...

Oh did I mention that I am one of the e-board members for the Women in Business club at Suffolk :)

gaze the no'reaster :)

The last day of my Spring break today ends with FOUR letter word? SNOW! ARGH!

Just as I was thinking about the beautiful weather this week which has put me in the best moods of late, this happens!! After a day this week where we were in the 70s, we have a snow.....and that too on the weekend. My only hope is that the past few days were warm enough that it won't stick for long.

And the timing isn't very good.

We are planning to drive down to NY tomorrow to meet our newly married cousin and her husband. I really hope we can go.. I am really excited to meet her. Snow Snow go away.....

The annoying Noreaster!!! Arghhh..

Happenings-wise:

Even though it's the holidays—aka spring break, I'm trying to stay on top of my work. I had my internship interview yesterday… the second interview which went quite smoothly. It is still quite early for the fall internship, but I am trying to make a bit of a head start.

After the interview, I decided to go to MFA. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

When I got to the museum, surprisingly enough there were fire brigade lined outside the building and everyone was out in the garden. I humbly asked one of the staff members, “Fire in the roof” was her quick reply.

Her calmness made me conclude that it was not anything serious. Upon waiting for 20 minutes, we were allowed inside the museum. Thank god!! After making a detail inquiry, I found out that it was a small fire in the new building they were expanding. I was extremely happy that they had let us all in

I love Museums…… simply cannot put more emphasis on the word LOVE!! I cannot spend whole day, but I can spend good amount of time, if I really enjoy the piece. Strolling down the isle, looking at Manet, Monet, Renoir and all the mixture of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist art with a additional flavour of Egyptian Art was a thrill for me. The main purpose of the visit was to look the “Paris Fashion collection.” It was really nice. They had the little collection by Chanel, Dior, Valentino, and Yoji Yamamoto to name a few. It truly was a depiction of the “"the democratization of fashion."

The incomprehensive clothing exquisitely crafted indeed was very breathtaking... very much like the actual "Runway" you see on Fashion channels. (Since I have never been to the real one, I am making the basis of the judgment on my knowledge of Fashion TV.) Without my realization, I had actually spent almost an hour and half studying the beautiful dresses on the mannequins, which I so hoped were real models. In sum, yesterday was a great museum day for me.

Saw the movie Departed. Great movie. to me, the most exciting part was when Matt Damon says he wants to go to Suffolk ( my school) to get a one year law degree.

Just a while ago I eased back the curtains and saw the continuous snowfall… moving furiously, west to east. I went in my room, put on my shoes, and found my camera. Click click…..I manage to take couple of quick shots!.. including this one of our bikes... which sadly is completely covered in white snow.

Pras is back from work early.

Right now, I have the blinds open. Sipping the hot soup while enjoying the mixture of white snow and the smooth jazz is simply AMAZING!

Quickly reflecting on my dream-- I had a nice dream about my granddad and my great grand mum.

Oh—Happy Saint Patty’s day tomorrow!!

Reading wise, I have started “the Royal Ghost.”

Work

I have been busy working for my professor's research all morning. The perfect Spring break for me would have been lying in front of the TV or reading books all day. However, I am stuck with work.

I am getting nutts. That is for sure. It's almost 2:30 in the afternoon and I have been in this position since early morning. Such are the vageries of life.. :)

Lot needs to be done before Friday.

I still have to study my Finance and law class... Biggg presentation on the way.

In the meatime, here are few of my favourite songs by Prasanna. I occasionaly do get the liberty of enjoying his melodious voice :)

1. Song 1 (Sanjha ko Jun sangai )
2. Song 2 (Timrai Ash Ma)
3. Song 3 ( Timrai Aagman ko )

Enjoy!!

spring break

I am reasonably happy today.

Reason = Spring break… very simple equation :)

I am reminiscing my college old days…..Those college days. I had made my FIRST trip to Boston during my sophomore year Spring break in 2001, and I had fallen in Love with place then. Little did I know that I was going to be in Boston in Future, but then, I really had hoped of getting a job after my graduation in Boston. And Voila, here I am..

Weekend was a relaxed one.

On Saturday, after a good brunch at Sahilendra dai’s and Sanjay’s place, we managed to go for a quick drive. Pras also managed to see his role model, Vinod Khosla’s speech at the Energy seminar in MIT. Since last few weekends had been overloaded with homework’s, I completely wanted to relax this weekend. We rented “Babul,” which was an Ok movie. I still have to finish the last bit.

Sunday was nice, mainly because of the weather. Sagar dai and Jasmeen had come to our place. It was nice seeing them after such a long time. I really have been out of loop because of school. Weekend is always occupied with homework and projects.

Since, days are gulped down in the vortex of time, in no time; it will be a “back to school” time. I am really dreading it because once the school starts, I have all my papers and presentation due.

The whole day light saving phenomena is still not engraved in my mind. Waking up this morning was hard. I am glad; I did not have school today. That gave me more time to voyage with my wildest Dream. DREAM!!

My thoughts regarding my dream are too complicated and disorganized to sum up here.

It takes me far from everything familiar, it throws me wingless into the void of the world, it tosses me beyond the gravitational pull of familiar stars

There---My life is the steam that rises from the translucent stillness, this fragile nothing that curls and wavers in the wind.

phenomenal women

PHENOMENAL WOMAN

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care.
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Maya Angelou's poem Phenomenal Woman is very lyrical, as are many of her other poems. I had first read this poem in my 9th grade English class and was in love with Maya Angelou. I remember printing this out and sticking in my reading desk at home. To me, this was a very powerful and influential poem.. and it still is. Happy Women's day!

We are all PHENOMENAL WOMAN and yes!! we can RISEEE :)

Women's day

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!!!!!

Today is International Women's Day. It is a time set aside for people to celebrate the achievements of women around the world, and to inspire women to achieve their full potential and make a difference.

Today is the day meant to highlight women around the world and focus on their continuing struggles.

The United Nation's theme for International Women's day in 2007 is : " Ending Impunity for Violence agianst Women and Girls: " Happy Women's day!"

Let's stop the Femicide in Guatemala!!!

I did not get back my Finance paper.. I was so happy... My spring break starts from next week.. Had I gotten the paper back.. I would have been depressed throughout the break. :)

With my test and my case write up done, I am little bit relieved but still lots need to be done. This spring break is THE only long break I have until August.

I am at the library. I just got done with my Operational Management class. I have to attend a talk by Meridith Heckmann, the director of Market Research at Welch's. I literally cannot wait till Friday!!

Happy Holi

Finance test : It was my first thought, this morning, aside from the alarm clock, which is less a thought than a reaction, the test was so very terrible yesterday and I have still not overcome that ordeal.

My law test was bad and now this…. Why am I dealing with the déjà vu?

I really had studied quite a lot but in retrospect, I guess that was not enough.

I am sitting in library Again!! and trying to wrap up my case-write up for Ice-wine, my consumer behaviour class.

I pop my knuckles in the silence and think of friend who hates it but, I do not stop.

I should be doing work of sorts or being productive, although I define this as productive; more so than mindless sporadic reading/pondering process.

Cette après-midi.

In an hour, I will get back my test.. I am dreading it!!!!

I am hungry..

It is cold today….. – 15 I think. With the wind chill... it is really bad...

Warming up to the idea that it will be getting high by the end of this month, I see it as more of an inevitability. Seeing things beautiful sometimes anyway but sounds like an experience to assemble words about. Some other part of life regardless, I suppose.

This morning, walking, in the cold, I kept a sharp eye. It’s something I do these days, to prevent running into those I don't want to.

Weekend was all about studying for Finance.. which I still do not believe that I completely screwed up!

Friday night—watched the movie, “ Kabul Express.” We both liked it so much. I could relate so much to the book, Kite Runner… the terms Hazara, Phustuns..…

It was a good movie.

Saturday, for a change, I wrote my case write up at a Starbucks café, which was pleasantly soothing expereince with white choclate mocha. I usually get distracted, however, this time, I got lot done--- listening to music recorded.

We went to Tamarind Bay at Cambridge for dinner that night. ‘t was ok.

On the side note, it was HOLI on Saturday. The picture above was taken 2 years ago back home.... My first holi with Pras.... Lots of memories that day!

March madness

I am sorry. Both for myself and my absence for the extended period of time since my last post---the busy class schedule and tests and write ups is the culprit here.

I got my law test back yesterday. It was Terrible. Its early and late. I did not think it was going to be that bad. I really need to do lot of studying in that class.I’m in that odd state, a mix of shock and disillusion.

Yesterday was a big day for us. Hope everything will work out just fine.

Today is soooo blah and slow and rainy and all that I just want to lie down and sleep. This weekend I have to do lots of studying. Corporate Finance and the Consumer Behaviour case write up.

I have been studying for Finance all day today. Now, I have to get ready for the “networking” event in Boston. I would have been excited to go had it not been this crazy weather. The pouring rain does not motivate me at all. I feel like lying in a couch and watching a movie.

The most remarkable thing happened to me yesterday—I am trying to be very optimistic.

I was on the way to my school.. riding in the T. The train stopped at Central Square. Two Nepali got in the train. One Boy and a girl. The girl sat next to me and the boy stood right in front of her. I was in my usual reading self. I was reading the last intense paragraph of “Gods of Small thing,” looking very serious. I was wearing my black coat had my black scarf wrapped around the neck. There was no-way… no way in the whole wide world that I looked like a “ Detective.”

However, to that teenage boy, I did. He signaled his friend in Nepali saying “ Look at that girl sitting next to you. She looks like a Detective. With that black coat and the scarf, she really looks like a serious detective...” He was about to saying something about my nose stud.. and I abruptly interrupted him by saying.. “ I am a Nepali as well… so you really think I look like a detective??..…”

This last statement completely took him by awe. He had no idea what to say next.

This was a funny incident.

When I shared with Pras that evening, he simply laughed and I laughed with him…

Pras had a flue yesterday. It is a flue season again. He is slowly recovering.

I started "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse.... the writing style is enriched with the beautiful literary terms that I simply mesmerized by. Oh! how I wish, I could write like that.

Familiarity bores me. I hate it that I see things happening, understand the nuances of what goes on, and just accept them.

usual ramble..

What kind of goals are there to have?

I thought of this while thinking of the other stuff but I forgot to write it down.

What is progressive?

What is change?

What kind of goal can you possibly look to accomplish?

Hmmmm..

It was snowing this morning.

The school did not get closed.

I sat in the library looking out at the snowy y morning. The glowing remaining leaves, the icicles on the trees. i knew it was frigid but it didn't look cold… looked forty five-ish and lovely.

I talked with mum. She is back from Nepal. I also got to talk with my grand mum in Malaysia last night. It was nice talking with her. She is enjoying the sun. I also called home this morning from school.

Weekend was study time.

Finance and Case write ups. My law midterm is over. It went ok I suppose… the words.. jurisdiction, sovereign immunity, forum non convenience, extraterritoriality….. they are all still lingering inside my brain.

Saw the movie Eklayba…. We both really liked it. The protagonist was amazing.

Too much going on right now.. My brain is completely Frail..

I need lots and lots and lots of luck for next couple of days.. very very important time for me.
The book is finished. What a twisted ending.. it really took me by surprise. Now, I can finally start Siddhartha....

long weekend

The long weekend is over… ‘t was too short.

We had made a short trip to visit our sister and brother in law in Delaware. Oh! How I wished we had more time.

After studying all day on Friday and Saturday (the law test is this week), we hopped into a car after Pras’s Raag class on Sunday morning for a longweekend gateaway. The drive was not bad at all. We made it to Newark, Delaware at around 6:30 is. Both of us were extremely excited to see our cousins,our biani jwais :) Simona and Sajju. It had already been a year since we had seen them. After enjoying the lovely dinner (the food was simple delicious. Seriously, to prevent myself from salivating, I cannot think about the food right now. ) The kebab and the fish curry was the quintessential of Delicious food. It was our short, yet a fulfilled and memorial trip. It would have been nice if they were in Boston or maybe even to Connecticut. But things always does not happen our way does it.

We got back to Boston at 1:30 am. Yes, we did manage to go to Pras’s old town in New Jersey and had dinner at an Indian Place. The food was delicious, but not as delicious as the food we had in Delaware. :)

Getting up this morning was hard. I had a 9:00 class. Luckily, I had done all my home works on Saturday, so I was a guilt free student.

As I was writing this, I dozed off for about 15 minutes.

And I had a Dream.

I had a dream about writing. I dreamt about the people I love

I can't decide whether this week should feel long or short….

More studying, more focus, more work

- The book is getting exciting. Rachel and Estha finally gets to meet long awaited Sophie Mol.

The "JetBlue" fiasco is crazy... Good Strategy of the CEO to apologize the customers in public. With all the competitiors I wonder how much of this is going to be effective.

V day

This life is so static. I just feel like laying back against one of the big plushy brown coffee house chairs with my head on the tall cushion and listen to the music…. a nice mellow jazz and forget all the home works and tests.

What a snow fall yesterday. I was ecstatic by the fact my school was cancelled and on top of that it was the V- day. Even though Pras worked all day, he gave me a beautiful surprise. (Yes! I got a beautiful rose and a card. very very happyy!!! :)) I want to get through this week but I don't want to move on to next week. I have the law test. TESTTTT. It's not an ideal situation. There is a solution, though, albeit a radical one. Scrap tests altogether. I wish we had case write ups like we do in other courses. I seriously would not mind writing 10 page case write ups.. Tests.. freaks me out!!!

I want this weekend but I don't want the days following.

I’m frustrated with a lot of things and happy with a lot of things. It’s usually the case with me, naturally. It is Thursday. I still have the lingering feeling of it being earlier in the week, Monday or Tuesday.

it’s cold

The television is muted and the shadows play across the walls. The sounds of my fingers on the keys blend in to the most wonderful thing I can imagine hearing. Even the refrigerator quits whining for a while.

I borrowed two books from the library.

I have yet to finish “the gods of small thing.”

However, I could not resist.

I got Michaels Dell’s --Direct from Dell

And Siddhartha --by Herman Hesse

awful

It has been a decently awful day, so I'm letting myself recuperate from it by working on the blog.. Finance homework does not stop coming! It took me 10 hours to do homework for this week. All day Friday and Sunday--- What a crazy day it was.

Got back home from school and then I had to do case write ups. It has been an exhausting day. I am about to head off to bed. I have a early class tomorrow--- then the research for professor.

Weekend was nice. Saturday was bit relaxing. Pras came back from California. He is a busy man as well. Travel Travel and work!! Pras and I, we went out for nice dinner Saturday night… and Sunday all day was “book” day for me.

Talked with all my uncle and aunts yesterday. We have a wedding at our place. My cousin got married. It is a wedding season in Nepal. Two Weddings that we missed this month…

The weather has been unseasonably warm this winter…. Well not per se….. last few days was quite awful. It was quite mild today. Apparently, there is supposed to be a snow storm this week. But right now the full moon is so bright; it looks as if the parking lot is blanketed in white.

Good night!!

On a side note, there is a newly elected WOMEN president at the Harvard university from today!!!!! :)

here and there

Ah, I don't know what to write today. The whole day today has been busy because of the networking events. Early in the morning at 9:30, I attended the career fair at Northeastern University. Realizing the fact that I had to attend the entrepreneurship seminar back at the University, I frantically had to run to the T and wait for almost 20 min in the cold. ( I still hate the GREEN line.. I always have!! they are the worst in terms of being on time)

After the seminar, bunch of us headed to the "Global Economic challenges" conference in downtown Boston which ended at 8:00. Attended the wine/cheese networking session.. and met some interesting people from the US chamber of commerce.

Amongst the organization present, there was " Oxford Analytica," a Global Strategic Analysis group out of UK which had predicted the risk analysis of all the countries in Atlas. I looked at Nepal and it had the label of being a "high risk" country.

Why I asked?

" The Maoist" situation was his humble reply.

and I am finally at home.. cold and hungry..... It was 11 today with the wind chill factor of -13.

back to Boston

Weekend was good. We had gone to Louisiana for our cousins's rice feeding ceremony. We flew from Boston to Houston and rented a car. Along with other family members from D.C, we then made a 4 hours drive to Leeville, Louisiana. We left the house at 4 am in the morning, and reached at 8:30 pm. Quite a long trip indeed. Since we had gone there just for the weekend, the trip was little too short and awfully hectic.However, on the other side we got to meet with everyone from the family :) This was sort of like a quick re-union. Meeting the two new members of the family was a pleasure. Both kushal and Sara have become more cuter.

Now back to hectic schedule again. It is really cold outside. Pras is off to California for couple of days. I am overwhelmed with all my homeworks and case studies and the research work.Since I had skipped my school on Friday, I am quite behind actually.

Feb 1st marked the second year of our anniversary. Time has really flown by so quickly. It is still hard to believe that I have been Mrs. Dhungel for 2 years now.Yesterday, I got a very pleasant surprise. I had gone to check my mail and saw a huge box..... and to my biggest surprise, that box was for me!!! It was from my brother and sister in law from Delaware. I loved the gift :) This week has been nice. Lots of surprises. First a lovely one from Pras and then yesterday the another one....

Today, I started "Gods of small thing" by Ms. Arundathi roy!

Night melodies

I had the wonderful opportunity to hear a BEAUTIFUL song by my husband.

• Prasanna's song- “Biteka Kura ”

It was indeed a great way to start a BRAND new day at 12:00 am :)

My day

The alarm clock buzzed at 6: 45 in the morning. After snoozing for about 4 times, I finally decide to drag myself out from the bed. " I have a meeting in the morning-" - Prasanna had warned me before going to bed last night. This meant getting ready by 8:15...Reluctantly; I forced myself out from the bed. We went to bed at 1:00 in the morning. I had the case-writeup due this morning. I wished I had more time to sleep. I also had a meeting with one of my professors at 9:30. As I head to take the shower,Prasanna rolls out from the bed and heads to the coffee machine.. Perfect aroma in the apartment. We quickly got dressed and head out for the brand new day. :)

The train is awfully crowded. I have my book with me and I care less. Crammed in the crowd, I start to enter the Desai world. The book is getting more interesting and soon comes the " Park Street" station. Time for me to get off. I have a morning class today. We are discussing about the “Providian Trust" case. Intersting case about Reenginnering and Transforming the organizational structure. I got my first case back. I am happy:) My grade took me by complete surprise:)

After the class, I quickly grab a bowl of soup and three power bars and head to the library to do my Corporate Finance homework. The books that I have bought at the ebay has not arrived yet. I am sitting in the library's reference room trying to get hold of the Corporate Finance book.. apparently someone has checked it out and it is not due back for another hour. I want to get over with my Finance homework by Friday. I see two of my friends doing the same homework. I join them... the problems looks relatively easy. I think I can get the work done in a hour or so... I did it!! I did all the problems except the last one. I still need to check it but I think, the major part is done.. oh! what a relief! Now the case write up. We have a make up class on Friday for the Martin Luther king holiday, which I am going to miss. We are off the Louisiana on Friday morning...early morning :)

The weather is quite chilly. Boston weather, which sometimes leaves me wondering if my ears are going to fall off in the cold! Because we were both in a rush this morning, I forgot to get my scarf and the gloves.. The view of Charles is beautiful in the early morning. It is covered with a blanket of ice and a slight tint of sun rays bouncing on it makes it even more beautiful.

Weekend was hectic. I attended the " Dynamic Women's Conference" at Harvard Business school from 8 - 5 pm. Quite a busy day. It was great opportunity for us to hear some encouraging insights from some of the powerful women in the business world. Attending Panel discussions at Harvard Business School's class along with the business student was quite an experience. I attended three panels. 1. Entrepreneurship 2. Consulting 3. Marketing. In addition, I also got to meet with and listen to the creator of the TV series "Amazing Race”- which I really love to watch!!

Talked with everyone back home. It is sad that we missed the wedding.Prasanna really wanted to go but could not leave because of his work. He works too much… Sometimes, I wish he had more time :) Time is what we lack the most..

Without further dwelling much into detail, I would like to conclude the journal for today! I am tired today.. Soon I will drift off to dreamland. Adios.

quick run down

Despite the bitter cold, I still make an effort to take the longer route to go to my class.Why ?-- To get some exercise. I am ridiculously out of shape -—the brisk wind on my face and icy air in my lungs is no fun. There is a small hill in front the Beacon Hill that exactly takes me to the business building. Walking in the cold wind makes your brain quite alert but in Boston,this might not always be a good idea.Yesterday was awfully cold so I opted not to go.

I feel quite fresh today! Sleep is a prized commodity. I got a good night sleep last night compare to the one before. I had a case due so I was up until 1:00 and then again, got up at 6 to do it. This is what you get for buying the case package at the last minute. It was a complete Havoc.

School has been going on just fine. The bad thing this semester is that all my presentations are at the end of the semester. Let’s see-- total of 4 presentations with four different groups. That is going to be fun.

I had my law class yesterday. My mind is still buzzing from all the new terms I read. On top of that, reading the case was a torturous ordeal. The two cases were “Schooner Vs McFadden and the Asahi Metal case.” Usually, the business cases takes me about 45 min of concrete attention; however, the law case yesterday took more almost 2 hours. Some of the words were purely brutal….. I have read almost all the novels by John Grisham, yet, reading these cases was horrendous. I can already tell this class is going to be a fun one :) I probably need to allocate a good chunk of time just for this one, and then I have Corporate Finance and Operational Management. This semester, Corporate Finance is also going to be a killer one. Working in a group to do our assignments is a BIG “NO.” The professor clearly stated deducting points if he catches the same mistake in our homework’s. That means more time for me as I am quite dubious of the whole Finance subject.

I am kind of multi-tasking. I am doing my homework and chatting with one of my good friends, Swasti from school. She is giving me a quick summary of a wedding of my brother-in-law back home which both Prasanna and I missed. This ifriend of mine is a mutual friend of my new sister-in-law as well. Therefore, I get the chance to hear the scoop from the girl’s side. Wedding is one of the best times in Nepal. My cousin is also getting married in second week of February. Mum will be off to Nepal next week. All we can do is sit here and hear the exciting and fun stuff back home.

I am hungry now. More than often have I been reprimanded for my eating behavior, and yet, I shamefully admit, I am not disciplined. Especially with the school and group meeting, one way or the other, I always seem to miss my lunch.

Jan 23^rd one of the important dates for me came and went by...nothing especial. Fragmentary as it is, this is all I can summarise of this week.

Win and Loose

Tom Brady’s picture loomed over the Boston Globe and the metro yesterday morning. 3 out of 5 had the newspaper in front of them with their sad faces (Or happy for the Colts fan). It could have been a SWEET victory for the New Englanders, however, to the shock of the civilized world, Brady threw a pick that ended the game and sent the Colts to the Big Game. Even Manning thought Brady was going to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat…and look how the game ended… the victory was so close, yet so far!!

Now, I guess all the pressure is off Peyton, because his arch-nemesis, his Kryptonite, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are out of the leagues.

Now that the Pats are out, I am fully supporting Colts….mainly because of Peyton Manning, brother of Eli Manning..…. I guess supporting MS. As ironic as it sounds, I went to same school or I should say college as Eli Manning did-- My alma-mater "University of Mississippi" aka Olemiss. Both Eli and I were in the same class--Micro-Economics and Business Law both at 8:00 in the morning.

I still regret the fact that I never got his Autograph.—Just imagine how much it would have worth now…...In retrospect, I can STILL say that I went to same school as Eli did and have seen both Peyton and Archie Manning during our home game.

Sunday night was a good night. Sanjay, Pras and I went to Motu dai’s and Ishwar dai’s residence to watch the game. There we had the great company of Neevs and Anil dai. The only thing that was missing was of course, the victory at the end. The Game was was exciting. Better than the one with Saints and Bears. I have NOT really been a "football" fan..... but the last game was simply amazing !!

I am at the library today. Yesterday, for a change, I went to the Law library and it is so much better than the Business school one. Law students seem even smarter than usJ I was not trying to eaves drop, but I could not help over hearing how the students were talking about getting only 5 hours of sleep. Boy! Law school must be hard. I went to their cafeteria and the table was filled with students studying with their laptop. If the cafeteria was like this, then imagine how the law library was. I have now decided to study in the Law library. Maybe looking at them will give me more reasons to study.. Just an assumption here…. Nothing proved as of yet…..

Talking about library--- I am still at the library--the Business school one. It snowed a little bit in the morning. I have been trying to study but it has been hard to focus.

I am book hopping right now. Since I had already renewed the book twice, before re-newing the third time ( which I do not think is allowed) I have decided to read Kiran Desai’s Hulaballo in the guava tree and I am half way done. With the rate I am going, I should be done by Friday!