If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
Crazy late night phone calls to far away lands. Crazy late night phone calls to Vashi. Disco rickshaws with snowglobes. Allowing myself to just be a girl sometimes. Brainstorming meetings with clear outcomes and goals. Dress shopping, aka retail therapy. Long lazy breakfasts. Sushi twice in one week. Smiling and knowing the reason. Life, just life.
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Eating solid food. Rooftop rendevous. Making Diwali plans that include the beach. Sleeping before 12. Knowing that the next 4 months is full of visitors from others lives and other lands. Knowing what I want. Not getting it but knowing I'm ok anyway. Ladies who brunch and the men who join them. Behaving like a local. Having "good girl" hair. Behaving like a tourist.
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Sunday afternoons that are crazier than Saturday nights. iTunes and the fall line up. Call backs. Making more calls in IST than EST. No more nail biting. Email strings full of jealousy ;). No co-pays. Registering to vote via mail for the October 14 election. Standing up to Cancer. Finding old pics in a secret folder in my documents. Blackberry messenger (add me!). Saying "do you have change for 1000" and thinking its normal. Disco rickshaws (still). Knowing I'm missed, really really missed. Knowing people are coming to visit (finally). Living.
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Feeling the love. Finally having my name show up in a google news search (try it). The best tasting birthday cake ever. My new no pants rule. Being reminded of Vancouver everytime it rains. Disco rickshaws. Vonage. Late night gossip sessions with Amy. Electronic voicemails from my mom. Did I mentioned disco rickshaws ;). Daydreaming. The sound of contracts arriving. Knowing that the confusion will pass. Sleeping properly. Over the counter prescription medications. Not converting into dollars anymore. Real friends that are new. Real friends that are not so new.
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Giving a shortcut route to the driver. 30 degrees everyday! Sitting at Flora Fountain on the phone with Amy and it feeling completely normal. Knowing that THIS is where I'm meant to be. iTunes TV show library. Skype (with video). Having two favorite flats to choose from. Realizing that Bombay boys are pretty cute. Making a plan. Finally sleeping through the night. Magnet Hypermarket. Notes from friends from home. Refering to NY as home.
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Packing for November trips to visit familar places full of familar faces - London, India, Vancouver. My new Harlem address. Asking for what I want, and getting it. The generation-X-ials, the subject of the book that I might actually finish writing this time. Waking up happy and falling asleep tired. Getting my priorities straight. The injection of Geena, Rikhil and others from my "old" life into my New York one. Great and not so great pics for the book club. Reading old email strings from the depths of my gmail account. Online debates about the value of FB. Tough love at work. The return of closed toed shoes and the happy toes that come with it. Being jealous of her for all the right reasons. Realizing that she's actually jealous of me too ;)
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One weekend, two days, two barbeques. Three completed receptions in one game. Lazy Monday evenings with no plans. Book club meetings. Going to see the Nets playoffs and actually caring about the outcome. Feeling like I'm good at my job for the first time in my life. Reconnecting with visitors. The constant ringing of "Ooo bob-erator, Oooooo bob-erator" in my head. Sunday evenings with Ella. Nirish in town most of the time. Planning for India.
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Spending the weekend at at Harvard visiting my dear friend Avni. The Chinatown bus that got me there for 15$. Bollywood poses around streetlights outside of Baker Library. Sushi dinners and getting a second helping of salmon sashimi because its both of our favorites. Sitting by the fire "studying" in Spangler. Not needing to catch up. Sharing photos of our very different trips to India. Talking about taking the next step. Dorm rooms. Shopping in Harvard Square. Intelligent conversations at fancy brunches with her section ;). Chocolate fountains and crepe stations. Drinking Bubble Tea together. Thank you.
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Future trips to Toronto. Running into friends on airplanes and then getting rides home. The fact that home = Manhattan. A borrowed iPod to keep out the "noise" of an open space office. Smiling as I leave the gym. Having someone to complain about. Happy Mondays. Healthy roommate relationships. Liking movies again. My tutee's special reading book and only her and I can open. Wedding outfits. Not being jealous at other's happiness. Closing my first deal.
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Masala chai in the morning. Firefighters asking me for my number. Trying to imagine what a cow looks like eating a Domino's box. Girls nights. Clean laundry. Finishing the Tipping Point (a year later). Good hair days. My voip phone. Texts stating that this will be a good year. Being frightened that the cops are going to take away our stash of wine and cups. The return of the crazy PATH ride home. Ironing my 'work clothes'. Law and Order marathons. Having a microwave. Snow (not enough, but I'll take it).
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Picnics on the river front. Surprise deliveries of stroopwafels. Two completed passes (including an extra point) Following the red brick road in Boston. Making it through my first mid year review in one piece. Staying away from the inside of airports for one month. Realizing that I have enough shoes (for now). Booking tickets home (almost). Laughing at silly tan lines, afternoon tequila "gifts" from strangers and having cell reception in the middle of the ocean. Being completely engrossed in "Kite Runner", the novel on my bedstand. Breadcrumbs ;). Not having a Plan B.
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The e-ticket to see the Chilli Peppers on Saturday that is waiting in my inbox to be printed. Lola...I like Lola alot. Running into familiar people on the streets of Hoboken. Getting mail that is not bills. Having my own dishes to wash. Flashing ice cubes. The perfect french manicure. Rainy days with Roma. Birthday flowers. Only a three hour time difference to Amy. Being happy to be 26. Law and Order re-runs. The end of the heat wave. My new computer at work. Sleeping through the night. Surprise calls from old roommates (or bosses/friends/etc). Feeling genuinely excited about the engagements of others. My happy toes.
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My sexy new 'blond' highlights ;). Work. Finding parking on my block all this week. Dorota's return to my world. Visitors from home (with presents). Planning for the weekend of Aug 26th. Knowing that even though it hurts right now, she will be okay. Hockey strike, what hockey strike? Beer at noon. Having a favorite restaurant. Knowing that I'll get to hang out with Amy again soon. Not having baggage. Getting a Macleans every week. Being healthy.
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Jumping into a new role at work (30% of my time) and loving it. Friends who act like friends. Looking elegant in the office (a direct quote). Learning how use the amazing editing software that came with my computer and then getting compliments from the boss on the results. Feeling like a wisdom teeth superstar (minimal chipmunkness and only three vicodins total baby!). Eating solid food today and the return of chewing gum. Finally picking up my shisha from Gautam's house (thanks again Paul). My three new skirts. Discovering DSW. Calling home more often. Booking tickets to Vegas. Realizing that compiling this list wasn't as difficult as I anticipated. Gaining perspective.
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Tan lines. Photos on my fridge held up by cool magnets. Wearing my 'day of the week' underwear on the wrong day. Out of town guests. My DVR. Gifting miles (at least trying to). Nicknames. Harems...gone worldwide. The brown girl hug on msn (}). Bookcases full of real books. Football in the rain. My new lite brite (battery powered). Tables, lots of tables in my house. Waking up to the phone ringing. My complete tupperware set. The appropriate use of baskets. Real Mexican Tequila. My new rug.
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Seeing who wins the O-Sydney versus O-NYC debate. Just the thought of going to Brazil. Dancing to my own beat EVERYTIME I enter an elevator and then freezing when I realize there are cameras everywhere. Receiving "local" calls on my cell. Not being the new person at work anymore. Bangs. Easter chocolate at work. Wine with meals. Carpool gossip. Snow, lots of snow. Psycho girls and high school drama. Reconnecting with long lost friends. Amazement at the smallness of this great big world. Reminders of how big the world actually is. Frequent flyer miles. Personal emails.
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Drunk 'n dialing. Listening to hardcore hip hop at the office (through headphones) and watching the straightlaced people around me appear to be dancing to it. Unpacking my last box, no more living out of suitcase. Wearing a skirt and heels in below freezing temps. Putting my new bed together all by myself. Making friends alot more easily than I had anticipated. Mug's MSN nick: "Asha is Cool". Random discussions with my boyz, Hetal and Jay. My pink and green throw pillows. The fact that heat and electricity is included in my rent.
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Thoughts of having very own my own space (no roommates, no anything) for the first time in my life. Finding an apartment in Hoboken at less than I expected to pay. Going home for christmas. Imagining the look on Amar's face when he opens his Christmas present. Meeting new friends and having them reach out to me first. Making my first entry in a new paper journal. O-Sydney updates. Studying for my NJ drivers test. My weak, but well intentioned, attempts at being financial responsible.
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