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I found my old blogs!!!

ITS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

Hurarrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Happy n Chilling........

I recently got my new outfit from India that I am going to wear at mine and his engagement. The jewelry and the bengals are superb. Only thing left are shoes.........Sandals.
Recently I find myself shopping at Nordstroms...and FCUK...and HugoBoss...Armani Exchange....Sax 5th...Neiman Marcus....Guess.....its his influence....But I m loving it. Its such a great quality.
I got such a lovely Versace Bright Crystal perfume, FCUK cardigan, beautiful red roses and a card on Valentine's Day. And ofcourse, He got Armani Code which is mindblowing.

Happy Holidays Everyone.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas this year. I didn't feel like it was Christmas at my house. His family was over on the 23rd for dinner. We were so busy preparing for that. It was sort of like a Christmas party but NOT. We don't celebrate Christmas but usually we end up giving gifts. We never had a real or a fake Christmas tree in our house.
Besides that, Exams are over and only one unhappy "B" disappoints me. Rotations start on January 2 and I will be back to school mode again. Our engagement date is fixed on July 7, 2007. We already booked the place, of course, Indian: ) I have ordered my dress from India with matching jewelry. It shall be superb and I cannot wait to see it. I have even joined a gym to lose weight by July7th so I can be looking at my best and not regret it 25 years later....
I am going for after-Christmas shopping for sure. Everything will be on a great discounted price. We gotta get so many gifts for the engagement might as well start now.
I watched Umrao Jaan and Dhoom 2. Both aight!!!! Although songs from Umrao Jaan were very touching.
Once again, Merry Chirstmas to all. Have fun eating and shopping.

Trouble Trouble Trouble

I am so unhappy right now. Down from yesterday's thing about my cousin. Then my sis called me this afternoon while I was studying for my test. It was regarding when I went to Canada--when my sister had a baby girl. I had some problems when i was there. It always is a highly disciplined environment and anything I do, I have to think twice. I was spending a lot of time outside with him since he was also in Canada. Apparently, I was not helping her out enough. I had no idea that this would affect her. I remember telling her "your house is a mess". She remembers that. But its really complicated sister-stuff. I don't know what to do sometimes. Do this and do that, don't do that and on and on. There are rules and regulations. I am going to treat her like a professionally because she think i am immature.
This ruined my concentration for the test tomorrow. I have to study now. I wanted to get it off of my chest. I promise i will be a good sister and also a good fiance and wife to HIM.

Been Exactly a Month...

Wow, its has been a month since i blogged here. I missed writing my thoughts. One reason was that I got so busy after the pre-enggagement and then now its final-exams week. I have had an exam this morning which was super hard. I was cursing the heck out of my teacher as I was taking it. The whole purpose of the exam was to screw us up.
I really have done something towards losing my weight. I joined Gold's Gym: ) It was a good decision and a decision influenced by him. I totally agreed that I need to be more active and not pig out. I have noticed I don't get tired that fast and my level of running is going up. I get so motivated as soon as I walk in the GYM. I got another HUGE purpose for joining. I wanna be able to fit into a nice skinny outfit for my engagement: ) We are picking out a place for engagement which will be in July. Wohooo, Cannot wait. We need to be united soon.
There is this one guy who found my e-mail address from someone and kept on e-mailing me. He was so stubborn and wouldn't take NO for an answer. I cleared it to him that I am with someone and not to interfere with my life. It turned out that it was affecting me. I needed to end this "so-called-friendship" a long time ago. I had my cousin involved too. It was a mess. I feel so bad for putting her though this mess. He managed to get her ID and stuff of her from me. I wasn't thinking for her!!!! I was trying to help him but hurt her at the same time. I shall not do this ever again. God please forgive me. Finally today, I realized, I just don't want to talk to him. It is just better if I never speak to this person again. I was just upset at myself for talking to this person for so long.
I will end it on a nice note: Have a great night: )

Pre-Engagement

Guess what? Me and him are getting Pre-engaged. It is traditional to have that in your culture. It is next week. So many things to do. Decide what to wear, shoes, and jewelry.....My parents are going to meet his relatives for the first time. It will be a good experience, I am sure.

Today was such a beautiful day. The weather was too good to be true for November 11. almost 80C. Me and him played some tennis. We have lost our touch. It has been a long time since we both played. Of course I feel so out of shape. I have to hit the GYM soon. No more ifs and buts for my health. I am so guilty of eating fattening foods over the past 2 weeks. Studying for exams was not easy so I would eat almost anything to get me going. I am coming back to my normal eating habits.

-Roka Ceremony (Pre-Engagement)
Roka ceremony is basically carried out to secure the commitment of both the parties. It is a small function involving the family members and close relatives of both the prospective bride and groom. The families involved exchange gifts, sweets, fruits and dry fruits.

-Let me give you guys a heads up on the engagement ceremony in my culture:
Marriage is regarded as the most important social event in Indian culture. The concept of marriage can be traced back to Vedic times. Mostly Hindu marriage ceremonies are elaborate one and they lasts for days or even weeks. Although the main wedding ceremony is a one-day affair but there are different ceremonies that are held on separate days preceding the main wedding ceremony. According to Hindu religion out of sixteen ceremonies in a person's lifetime marriage is considered to be the thirteenth one. In our Indian society we mostly have arranged marriages where the parents of both the girl and boy decides about the wedding. They only decide whom to marry. Once they choose the girl and boy they were allowed to meet and see other.NOT IN MY CASE!!! It is all about LOVING someone. Once they like each other the date of the engagement and marriage is decided. There are various pre wedding functions and rituals out of which engagement ceremony is the most important since it marks the beginning of the wedding ceremony. Months before the wedding an engagement ceremony is conducted. It is known by different names in different regions of the country. Like it is known as Misri, ring ceremony, aashirwad, and mangni.On the day of the engagement the family members, friends and relatives of both the groom and bride's meets. They meet to bless the couple and wish them a happily married life. The would-be bride and groom are given gifts of jewelry and clothes by their new family. The engagement or the ring ceremony is held to exchange the gold wedding rings(not necessarily gold). The couple after exchanging their ring they offer sweets welcome each other with garlands. Than sweets and good wishes are exchanged between the two families. Than all the guests gathers for the dinner party where the family and friends have dinner and enjoy. Trays of gifts are offered to both the families. In Gujarati (mine) customs the bride's family gifts the groom's family 'matli', which consists of snacks and Indian sweets. Engagement is an important wedding celebration and it holds a lot of significance in the Indian wedding traditions.

Hope it was interesting.........Have a great weekend.