Yayyy...the third trimester is here!

Just 12 more weeks..well, that's what Pregnancy Weekly tells me! To be frank, all these dates are confusing. The sonography reports give different dates each time, books tell me its 9 months + 1 week from the first month, etc etc...so what month am I in now? :) I'd like to go by Pregnancy Weekly and confuse my doctor the next time I go to see her...maybe argue a bit with her (actually I can't, the lady does not communicate!!)

Now, isn't that a point of concern? Shouldn't gynaecologists be a bit more talkative? Granted that they see preggie women everyday..and each one's feelings/questions/doubts are more or less the same...but gimme a break! I'm going through this for the first time!! Sheeesh...sometimes I wish she'd show some enthusiasm. The husband and I ask point-to-point questions and hope she doesn't blow her top with some of the stupid qs we come up with...if we manage to get her to smile at our foolishness, we actually think we've had a narrow escape!! haha...boy, have I made my doc sound like the doc who created Frankenstein!! (come to think of it, I believe that doc was quite excited when Frankenstein started moving)...

So, yeah...2 trimesters down..1 more to go...its week 28 now; which would mean, that the 7th month is over with this week. Now begins the breathlessness, the swelling of the legs, etc etc. I already feel like a potato sack waddling around. It sure doesn't help that I go hunting for Mathew's tshirts to wear at home..(which, btw, I'm gonna overgrow in the next few months..hehe)...

But I gotta tell you, its miraculous how a baby can be growing inside another human being..here, me!! When baby kicks or rolls around, I'm sometimes taken by surprise (yep, even now...the denial continues..what's that alien thing inside me, I sometimes wonder)..sometimes, its like as if someone has just given me a POW! or a SOCK! (like in the comics) right in the lower stomach...hehe...and I've never been beaten up even once in my entire life, that my baby does from inside these days!! :)

Any minute thing can get me all anxious these days..the reigning one these days is my high cholesterol level. I've always been plump, but reading about its consequences during pregnancy can get anyone all jittery- hence I gotta exercise and watch my diet like crazy now. The doc says that I can't put on any more weight (like that's possible!!)...but I wouldn't mind if baby started using up my existing fat..I'd be the first mommy to loose weight by being pregnant..hehe...yeah right!

All in all, I really need your (anyone who's reading this blog) prayers for a safe delivery...lemme put up a really cute pic of how a normal baby at 28 weeks is supposed to look like now! Can you imagine? wow...God is indeed great!

5th month and counting....

Yep...after all the mallu complaints, and aunties at church asking "visheshams onnumille", people (who I barely know) stopping me on my morning walks saying, you should see doctor so and so....(boy, couples, lemme correct myself, INDIAN couples who're trying to enjoy their first few years of bliss, I know what you guys go through!! maaaaaaan...) yeah, after going through 3 years of all that, yep, we're expecting!!!

Does the lil' tiny 6-inch, 240 gm (according to babycenter.in) 19th week baby inside my tummy realise that mommy-daddy are as excited as kids in Disneyland knowing that we're blessed with a miracle? Of course not...but we can't wait to feel the first kick and see how he/she looks!!! Oh, what a blessing technology is...the first time I saw and heard my baby was a reminder of how great God is...and how amazing His works are, truly truly beyond any human's understanding.

Only time will tell how our baby would be like, and how we'd fare as parents...have to tell you, its going to be hair-raising experience! (not to mention the birthing!! OMG..hope science progresses at light-year speed and helps me out with that!) but for now, its patience...waits....ultra-sounds....doctor visits...guessing games...apprehension...and prayers. :)

I hope I'll be able to post a pic of preggie me...but until then, I kinda liked the animated pic above...
God bless you all....

Language Sheriffs!

I know some people who are obsessed with cleanliness. Obsessive compulsive disorder, you say? Yes!! While I shake my head and say "tut, tut" at such people, lemme tell you, I'm not free from its variant. Its a strange one, but I gotta say, "Hi, my name is Merley and I'm obsessed with correcting people's (even strangers') pronunciation and grammar in mid-sentence." There, I said it! Whewww...

Yeowww, you say? You know the types? aaaahhh...for me, its an occupational hazard, if its nothing else. hehehe...How can I explain the gnawing feeling within me when I hear a wrongly pronounced word? It makes me want to reach out, grab the person by his neck (haven't spared my husband, mind you! ;) and scream out.."Its not hoastel, its hostel!!! "....A bit dramatic, but you get my drift, don't ya?

But wait, seems like I'm not alone in my quest for a perfect English-speaking world. (in my case,speaking). Meet my buddies-in-arms- Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson, who've taken it upon themselves to travel the length and breadth of the US of A and correct signboards and shop names. Way to go!! I truly know the satisfaction that one gets in correcting such insignificant-to-others mistakes. Aaaaaah, the pleasure in seeing the apostrophe in its rightful place...you go, buddies!!May the force be with you! :)

To read more about Jeff's and Benjamin's experiences, visit http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-typo-guys-0521may21,0,701362.story?page=1

Of fire hydrants and regality..

I was doing my usual browsing of websites (lemme see...mails, news and the views, my daily dosage of Garfield :)) and I found this really funny pic of the Westminister Dog Show (which is a famous dog show in the United States).

The organizers actually had a room in the hotel filled with wood chips and fire hydrants (Maaan!!) for the show dogs to relieve themselves! :)))

Notice the very "regal" owner trying to maintain a "mighty and high" look while his doggie is going about his business! :)

Somewhere I belong...

....i wanna heal.. i wanna feel like i'm close to something real.

i wanna find something ive wanted all along

somewhere i belong ..!!

-Linkin' Park



Linkin Park and rock music..nothing else can give you the feeling that you can kick some ass! Somehow, all that screamin' and their music hits you right there..the very inner being..These guys know EXACTLY what you go through when you have a bad day.


Oh, hello there! Been a long time, I know. I keep opening up my very "dormant" blog and say to myself, c'mon, type something. Well, if your job requires you to keep typing and framing sentences the entire day, opening up a blog and baring your heart out does seem like work! But, today, yeah, you guessed right..was a bad day, yet again, at work!


Well, what's new, you might say. Yeah, its SSDD all over again. That's old school..I know. But, people, tell me..I keep seeing lots of people in the IT field leaving everything and taking up something so different like, opening up a restaurant, an adventure company etc. What does this field do to you? How many people are ACTUALLY happy dealing with all this pressure and corporate bullshit?


Don't we all want to "belong somewhere"?Yeah, I know, I gotta be optimistic..better things will come by...yada yada yada. That's so lame..hoping and waiting....


And so...
...I will never know myself until i do this on my own

cuz i will never feel anything else until my wounds are healed

i will never be anything til i break away from me

i will break away.

i'll find myself today...

-Linkin Park (Somewhere I belong)

Dor - Simply Dor-able!!

I had the opportunity to watch the movie "Dor" last Friday. Yet another feather to Nagesh Kukunoor's cap, I must say. The movie was simple, with no glamour whatsoever. It was a breath of fresh air compared to the usual jazzy, over hyped, glamorous movies we see these days. The actresses (Ayesha Takia and Gul Panag) were without makeup and that only brought force and intensity into their characters. Yes, their roles didn't warrant the makeup but how many directors do go down these paths which require so much of guts and passion? In addition, the scenery of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan (though completely different and beautiful in their own ways) opens our eyes as to how beautiful India really is! If you remember Shreyas Talpade,the actor in Iqbal, you can see him once again as Beroopiya in Dor. He has once again proven how versatile an actor he really is. I guarantee that his timely comical enactions will bring you to splits!!

All in all, this movie is a must-see…and it would be a shame to miss it!

For more reviews on the movie:
http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/22dor.htm