Welcome to Nishi's Journal, part of her personal page, A Dream I Dream.
Nishi is a 26 year old Indian American who recently graduated from law school, passed the New York State Bar Exam is now an attorney in Manhattan! She wishes to eventually work for human rights and peace policy. She's an avid Japanese anime and manga fan who collects Ribon and Nakayoshi
and is a web designer as well. Her major sites include:
UsagiandMamoru.com, MiakaandTamahome.com,
and TooyaandAya.com. She also collects anime goodies, see her Treasures. Sometimes she
has items for sale or almost ALWAYS on Ebay Auctions.
This journal is a place for me to vent, to share,
and to catch up with friends. Come see the world
through my eyes.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
08:30 p.m.
Not too much time tonight (have cramps and sleepy) but I had to tell callie-chan don't worry! Ross and Rachel will be together! With Joey gettting his own spin-off and Rachel's NOT a part of it, everything points to an R&R pairing in the 10th season with probably Phoebe and Mike together, and Monica and Chandler pregnant. Hang in there Callie-chan! I'm rooting for R&R too. The joey/rachel thing is just ICKY. I wish Ross would be more like his cool and serious persona back in the earlier seasons. His character got warped wayyy geeky and took away all the coolness it had in the first few seasons.
Lady thank you!! *HUG* Can't wait to read how your easter was!!! Sarah Beth, Miyu-chan, Danielle, Rebecca, Aisha, Caroline, Rence-chan, Adrianne I hope you guys are well!! *big hugs* Sharukh thanks! 9-5 lifestyle sucks unless it's something you truly love huh? :) Alex I took 1 yoga class in college but that's it. :) Maybe one day! As for buying my book - I'm gonna hold you to that ;) *HUGS* :)
I'm watching Marmalade Boy again from the beginning :) It soothes me. :) I also got Full Moon wo Sagashite eps 26-51 in the mail and tokyo mew mew eps 13-21. I'll be anime happy every night this week ;)
Night everyone!
- Nishi
Monday, April 21, 2003
09:33 a.m.
yikes! Can't believe I didn't get time to write since Wednesday! HAPPY BELATED EASTER (if you celebrate) EVERYONE!!! :) I left work early on Thursday to attend Maundy Thursday services. I was the "easter bunny" at work in that I went and bought chocolate egg candies for the office and left some on everyone's desk :) And Ken, one of the partners, can't have chocolates cause of a heart problem he has now (even though he LOVES chocolates) so I got him twizzlers instead :) My sister Nithi picked me up from the train station and we picked up 2 pies of pizza to eat for that night after everyone came home. My parents brought my twin sisters home later that evening and after a nice night of services, we watched MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. I gotta tell my friend Pete, who's Greek, that I finally saw it (he was telling me to the other day) and it was SO funny and SO MUCH of it reminded me of my OWN culture and my own dad! hahahaah :)
On Friday, we woke up early, and mummy made a breakfast of eggs and potatoes and toast and we headed to church for the huge long 6-hour service of standing & bending down a million times. It was a good service :) We went to our new house after church in the evening and we all had fun there looking at the rooms and how much progress had been made. I can't remember what else we did Friday night but I think we were all sleepy and exhausted and slept right away. I felt like I was still in college what with taking the day off from work for religious reasons.
On Saturday, after sweeping, mopping, and washing dishes, and then doing some food prep for mummy while she was at work, I waited for Mekha and Mili to come back from grocery shopping and Mekha and I went and played Tennis for 2 hours :) My new racket is GREAT and I played so much better than when I did with Ricky! :) She still kicked my ass 6-1 but just you wait Mekh! :D Spent the rest of Friday lounging on the deck with my new May issue of VOGUE and we ate a big lunch and spent the evening just gabbing and heading to sleep early cause of church the next morning.
Sunday we woke up at the crack of dawn - LITERALLY 5am! Got ready and were out of the house at 6:15. We got to church at 7am and were there till 11:30ish. Easter service was nice :) I love the Easter holiday. This Easter though we didn't do the traditional things - we didn't observe lent, we didn't make appam and pal (this stands for bread and milk but it's not really that....) so I feel like we had an incomplete Easter. BAh! After we came home, all 3 of my sisters and I zonked out and slept for 2 hours. Finally got up when our mom came home and helped her cook and we all ate. Nithi left after dinner and it was sad saying bye to her. Mekha and Mili, after packing, then spent the night with me watching Marmalade Boy eps 37-41. I want the cels from Episode 41 at the end!!
I was SO SO SO SO sad thinking of Mek and Mil leaving this morning and coming back tonight to just mummy and papa. House will feel so empty :(
I miss Ricky too. Combination of missing family, ricky, L.A., and must be womanly hormones - all affecting me today. At least I didn't run into anyone hideous on the train today ;)
I'm at work now. Must be very productive today!!
See you guys later! I'll respond to your messages tonight or tomorrow!!!
- Nishi
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
10:18 a.m.
Morning everyone! I'm still missing Ricky and L.A. :( NYC just isn't the same anymore now that it's associated with work for me. Before it was "fun, fun, fun" and now I think at the end of the day, "can't wait to leave!" - so yesterday on the train I determined that the working life is NOT for me. I'm going to work hard to get OUT of the working life. Life feels cramped and rigid in this morning to evening work lifestyle with only the evenings to cram in your activities before getting precious sleep. Nope. I've gotta change my life for the better. I have to. I'll suffocate this way.
I began writing chapter 9 on the train today of my novel. The fantasy story is picking up and the characters are all on a boat sailing for the Gulf of Mexico and a romance is starting between 2 of the main characters whose powers are the most powerful of the 2 families. This novel (part of a 5-book series) is really rich in history and archeology and I have to do an actual load of research for it. It's fun! I get to learn a lot of cool stuff about empires and ancient lands.
I can't wait till I've finished the 1st book. God willing, I can find a publisher who will like its premise and will agree to publish and distribute it. *prays very hard* I'm going to call my friend Neil as well and ask him when we could start working on my music and that cd....he's so talented! He's an amazing on the piano and I know I can convey the music that goes with the songs in my head to him perfectly!
As soon as I'm admitted to the New York Bar (in one month), I'm joining the New York City Bar Association which has those committees on international law and human rights and the Council on Intetnational Affairs. That'll help my dream of eventually working for some international magazine as a writer.
Dreams...dreams....so many dreams...no wonder I named my personal sites and this blog "A Dream I Dream".....I can only pray and hope that I can make my dreams come true.
Miyu-chan *HUGGGGGGG* I wanna start learning Karate like you! You're my idol! :D Lady *HUG* I wish!! Ricky graduating doesn't mean he'll come to NY...he will probably stay in L.A. - job market there is better for him than NY. :( Unfortunately :( But on the bright side, it's ok cause I love visiting L.A. and taking mini-vacations there. K-la awww sweetie thank you! But don't link my blog off any of your websites unless it's off your OWN blog/journal. I don't want people I don't know finding my journal off of regular websites. Also, I don't link websites - only friends' journals. Prince thank you very much! Nice to meet you!
I need to get working now. See you guys a lil later!
- Nishi
P.S. I showed everyone at work the picture of Ricky and me that Ricky had made :) I had at first set it on my office desk next to a dozen white roses I bought (12 for just $12!) but then I decided the picture was too big for an office desk when we're just bf and gf so I took it back home. These roses look so beautiful.
Monday, April 14, 2003
11:49 p.m. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE L.A. and Ricky!!! (not just in that order ;)) The weather held up all weekend and I got to enjoy sunshine and the beach even if it was in the 60's! And I've come back to New York when we're suddenly getting 70's and 80's weather for a couple days!
Ricky picked me up on Thursday night after a really nice flight on Jet Blue where I met this Japanese girl who was studying dance here in NY and I may be going to one of her performances one day soon! Thursday night was beautiful because ricky gave me a surprise! I won't tell you all the details but part of the surprise were 23 hershey's kisses (for 23 months together) and a GORGEOUS graphics studio-manipulated picture of Ricky and me in a lovely frame! It's so pretty! I have it sitting on my dresser!
Friday we went for breakfast and after resting a bit, headed out to anime shop! I BOUGHT KODOCHA 6 and Marmalade Boy 6 and a Kare Kano artbook! :) ANNNNND I got a Miaka and Tamahome camera (from Fushigi Yuugi) - very happy with my purchases! We went out to dinner at this Japanese restaurant that night called HANEDA's and they have the BEST DAMN SUSHI! RIcky made me dip one sushi in the wasabi (I HATE WASABI! UGH!) and tears instantly came into my eyes! How people can love that stuff is BEYOND me!
We went and saw Pianist (GREAT movie) and shopped a lot at the shops on Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade and I bought a really nice denim/jean jacket and yummy Krispy Kreme donuts for ricky :)
After breakfast Saturday we hit the TENNIS COURTS where despite having played on the varsity tennis team in high school (I wasn't that good though I swear!) Ricky KICKED MY ASS! 6-0! I was so mad at myself for not having played tennis in 8 years that I've sworn to join a tennis club and get with a tennis instructor to get me back in shape.
After tennis, we went to Redondo Beach and walked around there and tried to eat at Joe's Crabshack which Ricky said was so great because he went to the one at Newport Beach - it was a young crowd and great food! But the Joe's Crabshack at Redondo Beach was anything but cool! It was full of families and old people, the music sucked, and we were waiting there for an HOUR and still not being seated (the wait was so long!) so we got outta there and went to this fish place with a better crowd on redondo beach itself. I got a little LIFEGUARD t-shirt from one of the shops there.
We had thought we'd go to Sea World or Catalina Island on Sunday but the weather was supposed to rain so we cancelled that but then next morning, it was ok! Still we decided not to cause of how long the drive would be and we just wanted to spend the day relaxing together to the utmost!
We got breakfast again at Grinder's (Belgian waffled with strawberries and whip cream mmmmmmmmmmmmmm :)) and then headed to BIG 5 SPorting Goods where I bought a $90 tennis racket cause mine from high school (while in near-mint condition) was heavy and made my forearm sore. My new one is beautiful and light and comes with a cool case :)
We'd thought to hit the courts again but instead drove to Santa Monica beach where we rented bikes and biked I think 2 miles or so! Was a GREAT workout! Then we played in the surf and in the sand and we built a whale which turned into pyramids :) We had a lot of fun :) We drove back along Pacific Coast Highway so I could see the Pacific Ocean and also saw the houses built on the hills (gorgeous) & where I kept falling more and more in love with L.A. and Santa Monica. Later that night, we went to Chevy's (mexican restaurant) and had dinner and debated how to go see THE HOURS which only showed at 9:50 which was too late - so we went home and fell asleep instantly.
Woke up at 5am this Monday morning and it was raining cats and dogs in L.A.! Drove to the Long Beach airport where I said a tearful goodbye to RIcky - even ran back after I got to the ticketing agent to say goodbye one last time and to get more hugs. Ricky's hugs are the first thing I miss. I remember a long time ago, when my first love and I were saying goodbye at the airport & how loving & emotional it was....I'm glad I found a love like that again....it's healed me.
Now I'm missing Ricky like crazy.
When I finally got back to NY (not wanting to be back at all!) Papa picked me up and we went to the new house we're building and I saw the big room that faced the back with the view of the lake. THAT IS MY ROOM! It's big and I can't wait to start moving in and decorating!! It's got a bay-window alcove and another window to put my desk for my computer on. WHEEEEEEEE! Can't WAIT to move in!
I'm paying papa monthly rent and pitching in with gas.
I got my Princess Emeraude Cel from Magic Knights Rayearth and also got the Miki cel from Marmalade Boy! :D Happy!! I also purchased the cd below from Marmalade Boy called "Winter Gift for You".
Callie-chan yaaay I'm so glad to hear that!! Hi Reena! As you can see from the above I'm pretty good! :) I hope all is well with you!! Alex :) it's so nice to meet you! hahaha yes I love all those things!! As for the quizzes, no can do until I move hosts. Lemme know of any websites you've made or if you have a blog too! Aisha!!!! hey!!! Thank you! I really had a great time! I hope ur weekend was great too!
I'm off to sleep now everyone! See you guys tomorrow or Wednesday!
- Nishi
Thursday, April 10, 2003
01:01 p.m.
I'm all set!! I just got back from picking up food and stuff from "Cafe Metro" near Grand Central Terminal and they have great stuff for cheap (considering NYC prices) - you can get 2 eggs on a roll with bacon for $2.75 and a nice fruit yogurt and granola parfait for $1.95 and mixes of salads for $2.95. I got it all :D
People on the train were SO nice! One guy helped me put my luggage on the overhead racks and I had a pleasant convo with him about his granddaughters who are in the L.A./San Diego area. He was complaining about the 90 degree weather they get there but when I checked Weather.com, it said L.A. will be in the 60's and it'll be raining from late Saturday through Sunday. UGH! Oh well - at least I get nice days on Friday and most of Saturday :)
I shoulda bought Marmalade Boy #6 off ebay or through RightStuf.com because Kinokuniya STILL doesn't have it. I hope Asahiya or the Kino's in L.A. or Nippon Books has it.
I'm sipping my favorite - Thai Iced Tea from the Red Lantern Thai restaurant - I'm gonna convince some of my co-workers to have lunch there with me next weekend if they can!
Callie-chan I hate that too! *HUGS* You have my sympathies!! Crystal thank you so much! They left for NYC? Awww well I wish them a great time here and a great flight! It's actually going to be good weather this weekend (Friday will be a soaker but after that ok!) so they should enjoy it :) By Sarah Beth!!!!!!! *HUGS*
I need to get in 2.5 more hours of work before the cab comes so lemme get bookin'! I'll see you guys from L.A.!
- Nishi
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
09:18 p.m.
2 things I hate: (1) when I get a french manicure and pedicure and the paint rubs off at certain places and (2) when on the train some one just HAS to choose to sit next to me when there are other open seats available. Sheesh!
Janeen-chan! if you see this I got your package today! I was SO SURPRISED!!!! Fruits basket music cds?? And what cool letterset sheets! *HUGGGGGGGGGG* I can't believe you thought of me! *HUG* *HUG* *HUG* and thank you! :D Janeen-chan is the best!!!!
I'm all packed (almost anyway) and set to go tomorrow! SUNNY L.A. HERE I COME!! It was raining here all day and turns out it'll rain more friday! So glad I won't be here for that!
I'm really annoyed about my pedicure! And even my touch up job sucks! Agh at least 7 out of 10 toes look good.
Deep breaths! :D
Ok. I couldn't take it and woudn up buying the DVD for Gals! / SUPER GALS!
If you guys haven't seen this anime or read the manga, it's a really fun, relax and enjoy type series. You get lost in the whirlwind that is Ran (the main character) and the high fashion world of gals! :D
And for those of you interested in Marmalade Boy - definitely buy the tapes or dvds available through tokyopop or you could buy vcds on ebay (although I shouldn't support that but it's good in case you want to see if you like it) and THEN buy the dvds or boxset after ascertaining that you like it! I'm gonna buy the MB dvds soon enough! :D
I'm off to sleep now. Night everyone!
- Nishi
Tuesday, April 8, 2003
09:53 a.m. EST New York
Updated at 8:25 p.m. BELOW
Yaaayy! I *AM* going to get that cel of Miki from the last episode of marmalade boy below! :D I'm going to Asahiya and/or Kinokuniya this afternoon during my lunch hour to pick up Marmalade Boy #6 and whatever other manga I can get! :)
It snowed so MUCH yesterday! Our whole area was covered with ice and it was worse getting out this morning. HOW could it snow in April?? As pretty as snow is and as pretty as it was to see it all yesterday, I want spring to be here already - we've had a LONG winter this year starting with snow in November and a White Christmas (which was great) but enough already! Thank goodness I'll be in L.A. this weekend!
Speaking of L.A. - Ricky and I might drive down to San Diego to go see Sea World :D It's a long 3 hour drive to and from though *sigh* I hate long, long drives. I'm looking fwd to hitting Mandarake, Anime Jungle, and the other fun anime shops and china town! GONNA GET ME SOME BOBA/BUBBLE TEA/MILK-PEARL TEA - why can't it go by just one name? ;)
I've been a busy bee at work - I wanna get everything in order for when I'm gone on Friday and Monday - but when I decided to leave yesterday at 4:40 cause of the snow and all, one of the co-workers (another fellow associate) stopped me and asked me where I was going - I was like, home. And she's like, why? I'm thinking, huh? WHY? I'm done with work, no reason to stay late, papa said to try to come home early cause of the ice making it hard for him to drive and get me from the railroad station so I explained that to her. It was weird she'd ask me such a question - wonder if she just wanted to give me a hard time. She usually seems so nice though.....agh....
Anywayz, I finished one more song....work on my novel is progressing slowly. I really spent this weekend at home enjoying it and cleaning the whole house on Saturday ;) On Sunday evening, I took my mom (was supposed to take papa too but he was at work late) to OLIVE GARDEN and I ordered their lobster spaghetti which was SOOOO good and mummy and I shared 2 strawberry daquiries :) Strawberry daquiries at Olive Garden are the best - not every place can make a good one! And you don't have to order them with alcohol - you can order them "virgin" (without alcohol) and they taste just as good! I told mummy we'd go to Applebees next time and I'd get her to try their mudslide :D
It's still a dreary, grey, yucky day outside. And cold! SO COLD. Honestly, what happened to spring....
I'm off to work now. See you guys later!
Updated at 8:25 p.m.
One of the partners gave me praise today :D He said I did a great job on a motion for summary judgment I drafted! Praise from him is valuable so I was happy! It made the rest of my work that afternoon that much enjoyable :)
I went during my lunch break to ASAHIYA to get Marmalade Boy #6 BUT ASAHIYA CLOSED!!! The one on Vanderbilt! I always went there first cause if Kinokuniya doesn;t have it, Asahiya always would! So then I went to Kinokuniya and guess what? They didn't have MB #6 yet even though today is the release date to stores. Anyone know why ASAHIYA closed? I can;t imagine Manhattan without it! Hope the one in L.A. is still open!
So anyway, at Kinokuniya I bought volumes 5,8,9, and 10 of GALS manga and looked through it on the train ride home. I LOVE GALS MANGA! Not just for the story, but the FASHION! Ran, Miyu and Aya all wear such great clothes and I get inspired by their outfits!
I bought a bunch of Marmalade Boy cds!
I loved the songs from MB!
My fingers are freezing down here in the basement! I'm gonna head upstairs soon and get ready for bed! See you guys tomorrow!
- Nishi
Sunday, April 6, 2003
11:53 a.m.
I watched all 76 episodes of Marmalade Boy, the Marmalade Boy movie and Moment from Marmalade Boy and I'm quite depressed. It was such a great series. I hate when things end. There were times I just wanted to SMACK Miki and Meiko for the stupid females they were behaving as but it worked out well in the end. I think I've purchased this cel below from the final episode 76 where Miki slips off that sofa in relief to find that she and Yuu will be ok now :)
*sigh* I wanna watch MB again....I've completely fallen in love with the series now. I want to find fan fiction stories that take place after the series ends....anybody know any good ones? My friend Ailinon had created a Yuu and Miki list a long time ago I joined but when I tried to find it again in my list and in a search it was gone! So, I created a new Marmalade Boy YUU AND MIKI Email YAHOO Discussion Group List :)Ailinon-chan what happened to the list?
To join click the link above or the image below:
Lastly, I bought one last cel from Magic Knights Rayearth - it's of Princess Emeraude.
For Suni and those who asked and who don't know, anime cels are very rare and are the actual images the animators drew in the use of the animation of the tv series. I am depserate now to find a great Yuu and Miki cel!
My interview with the Bar Committee went fine on Friday and I actually LOVE KATONAH now :) The female attorney I met with was SO nice and Katonah itself is SUCH a beautiful town! It's too bad that rotten old man was from there.
WHAT is going on with Friends?? I recorded the past 2 week's episodes but my stupid tape or vcr keeps muting the sound so I can't hear anything! What's this about Joey and Rachel kissing? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Callie-channnn tell meeeee!
Time went spring forward today....it feels like so much is changing.....why do I feel so weird and sad inside.....argghhhh. I'm gonna go find something productive to do.
Miyu-chan *HUG* how're u? I wish we could get online and chat :( I'll keep you posted on the LA trip :D K-la that's ok! HI! :) I hope all's well with you!!! That thunderstorm u had sounds awesome :)
Bye for now everyone :)
- Nishi
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 9:49a.m. updated 1:26p.m
Thank goodness my site's servers are working again! I'm definitely going to need to transfer all my websites to 1 host with lots of GB of bandwidth soon!
Anywayz :) I've been a busy bee past couple days and thank GOD it's Wednesday now! Just 2 more days till the weekend! :D It's funny how once you start working, you live for the weekends ;) I've been planning my L.A. trip all week and this is what Ricky and I are doing! We're going kayaking on Friday and then going to a Japanese restaurant and the movies maybe, and then Satuday we're going to play tennis and then hit Hollywood and then Little Tokyo for shopping, and then on Sunday we're going to go rollerblading on the beach in Santa Monica and then having dinner somewhere! And if I get my way, I won't leave until Monday morning cause I hate the idea of having to leave Sunday evening now :(
I've been watching Marmalade Boy anime and it's so addicting :) Work has been interesting - a case I was working on settled - the one with the paraplegic named Timmy and now we're on to this sexual harassment case. But still....more and more as days go by, the realization that I don't want to spend my days as a practicing attorney becomes clearer. I wrote a new song last night and began working again on that novel I started when I was 14 - it's part of a 5-part series - it's fantasy that was inspired from a dream I had when I was 14 - I swear I could see movies being made out of it. I'd already completed half of it by the time I was 21 and it's currently about 160+ pages typewritten, when I finish it should be 200-300 maybe and that's just for the 1st book. Maybe if I complete it by this summer, I can try mailing it out to publishers - hahahah right lotsa luck on that ;) How many millions of people try to get their book published - agh - at least I'll have a finished story :)
Anyway, I need to get started on work! I'll get back to everyone tonight!!! *HUGS* all around!
Updated: 1:26 p.m.
Nevermind tonight - I'll probably be too tired - I'll take time now!Rachel I'll check out your site this weekend and get back to you then ok? :) Sarah Beth *huggles sawah* I'll be sure to read that one! I hadn't read it because I thought I made it for you as a PRIVATE one to share only when you wanted? :) I miss you too babe. Dana oh you bet I've tried threading - it's how I got my eyebrows done for the first time when I was 19! I love it but not too many people can do it and do it well! Wish I could find a manicure salon that did threading for eyebrows and not too expensively either ;) Reena I went and saw How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with my sister a couple weekends ago :) It was SUCH a nice movie :) It's the reason why I'm a Kate Hudson and Mathew McCaunaghey fan (or however you spell his last name!) ;) We have the same great tastes in movies ;) K-la you love thunderstorms like I do huh? :) Don't you love it when you hear that rumble? I love watching and listening to thunderstorms....another reason why I love summer because that's when you get the best ones :) CarolineYES! I adore him! Those blue blue eyes :D MTG well sorry you visited on a bad day ;) My site's servers weren't working but all's fine now. AAAAIIIIISSSHHHAAAAAA *huggles you* GOD it's been forever!! What's up with YOU? How's the music and the boyfriend? Crystal *HUGG* thank you SO much!! I really can't wait to go :)How've you been? Must read your journal this weekend!!! Suni you finally saw Devdas! YAAAYYY! I loved Aishwarya SO MUCH in that movie! :) Dola Re does stick the head neh? :) The whole soundtrack is amazing I think :) Diamond Thank you for sticking up for my site in defense :) *HUGS* :) What's your real name and where're you from? Do you have a blog or site too? Would love to check it out :)
That's all I have time for now. I'm sipping Thai Iced Tea from that Thai restaurant here and am working on a HUGE file (the sexual harassment case)! I've been having a very pleasant day and get this - people on the train today were SO nice to me! It sucks how it just takes the actions or words of 1 mean or insensitive person to ruin your outlook of people or your day. I think I'll choose to LIKE Katonah and everyone in it - my bar admission interview is there this Friday :) Katonah of all places ;) LOL! Irony at work eh?
- Nishi
Sunday, March 30, 2003
12:48 p.m.
I found another movie I love, Sweet Home Alabama, and now Reese Witherspoon is one of my new favorite actresses! I loved her in Legally Blonde but she didn't rank as an amazing actress until I saw Sweet Home Alabama - that girl can act beautifully and OH JOSH LUCAS!!! Josh Lucas with those stunning blue eyes - is he married?? HE IS GORGEOUS! He's the guy who played Melanie (Reese's) first love, ex-husband, soulmate yada yada and mmmmm dreamy. I'm going to blockbuster and buying the movie today :)
To learn more about Josh Lucas click on his sexy image below and GO RENT SWEET HOME ALABAMA!!!!!!!
It's been raining and thunderstorming a bit since yesterday evening. It's delicious :) Speaking of delicious, I'm drinking hot cocoa and I feel so...on cloud 9 kinda after watching Sweet Home Alabama for a 2nd time. I definitely won't be in New York forever. (so many random thoughts, neh?) :)
I went to get my eyebrows done yesterday when I finally got the car and UGH - the stupid lady rubbed my eyelids so bad that now they're raw and sore and I see rub marks where the skin was rubbed so badly by the waxing and the cloth she used - red marks...skin welts.......UGH I'm NEVER going back there ever again! It still hurts so much :(
OH! I found a Thai restaurant just 1 block from where I work which makes Thai Iced Tea!!!!! And it tastes just like the one in L.A.!!! I think one of my co-workers, Patrick, wants to get California out of mine and Ricky's minds and bring Ricky over here ;) hahaha :) *sigh* I honestly don't know how long I'll stay in NY - I've lived here my whole life practically.......I don't wanna stay here after marriage....I wanna go somewhere else....and definitely not up north...I wanna be either down south or out west - where it's warm...where the people are different....where everything's different.
Seriously what is going on with the servers that have my images for this journal? It better be up soon!
Callie work on the Rachel Green site is...not going! :) I'll work on it when we move to New Rochelle in the summer and when I'll have my computer with all my tools on a fast connection and much more time! Janeen-chan *HUG* thank you :) I'm so glad you understand - we'll figure out a way right? I hope so :) D-chan and RMN you two are nuts ;) HAHAHA :) I'd love to be back in school but I like making money too much now ;) you are too much you two ;) Crystal *HUG* It's ok! Lord knows we're both so busy!! I'm still reading your journal on weekends even if I don't comment! Rebecca awwwwww!! *HUG* Thank you! I love u too!!!! DO let me know of something u find to have a bid placed on ok? *HUGS* Sharukh ur kidding! Ur neighbors with Eddy and Rachel? How cool!! Hemal hi there! I know it's been a long time :) I hope ur well too! U only write in your journal periodically - I read it a lil over a week ago! I hope life is treating u well! K-LA I finally checked out ur site and it's beautiful! It's coming along great!! *hugs*
I'm off to get some work done! See ya guys later :)
- Nishi
Saturday, March 29, 2003
04:54 p.m.
what the heck is up with the servers for my site, miakaandtamahome.com - sheesh.
Guess what? I booked a flight to LA! I'm leaving Thursday April 10th in the early evening and coming back early Monday morning April 14th :) This way I get a lil bit of Thursday, all Friday, all Saturday, and most of Sunday in LA with Ricky :) YAAAAAAAAAAAY! I can't wait to be back in sunny So. Cal! I wanna hit the beach, go shopping, and just take a much needed break from NY!
Right after I posted the entry below, work got interesting - we had political war debates in the office and one of the partners - his views I agree with 100%. And after that, I started work on this really interesting case about this guy named Timmy, a paraplegic who became that way through a car accident which was 1/2 his fault for being intoxicated and 1/2 the other drivers for the same reason. This guy Timmy is reminscent of the Timmy from SOUTH PARK if you guys have seen it. So work got interesting AND I found out that the areas of law I'm interested in - human rights and internat'l law - I can work on legal issues and such in those areas by joining the NYC Bar Association which has a COUNCIL ON INT'L AFFAIRS and Committees on Human RIghts and International Law! And I'd actually get to write and work on stuff for those journals! :D So even if the actual practice of law turns out to not interest me, law's given me a way to do what I'm passionate about!
Speaking of human rights and law - I'm working on a huge political article of America's violations of the Geneva Convention and human rights violations. And I've been reading and studying a million articles FOR the war and AGAINST the war and my stance is - against this war because we could've handled the real reason why we're going to war - mainly protection of Israel and middle east oil - much better than by invading Iraq and angering every Muslim, European, and costing so many unnecessary casualties.
I have work to do this weekend - 2 memorandums of law need to go out Monday. *sigh* so much work to do....reply to everyone later - sorry sorry!
- Nishi
Thursday, March 27, 2003
09:21 a.m.
in the morning, I hate getting up - so sleepy - probably because that daylight savings time hasn't started or ended yet....I keep waking up at 5am or so and it's destroying my sleep....though I love seeing the sun...yesterday after work when I left around 5:15 storm clouds were out - everything was so dark and stormy - you could feel the electricity in the air - love storms :)
Anywayz - my point - in the mornings, I hate getting up now because I'm not getting enough sleep....
After my morning shower, I hate it that it's work I'm getting ready for....
At the train station, hate it when I miss seeing my dad turning & leaving the parking lot - miss going back home with him
When I get off the train at Grand Central, I'm looking forward to getting back on at 5:24 and going back home
In sum, the point is, I'm not happy working the life of a lawyer - at least not in the insurance defense litigation field I'm in now - maybe it's just this particular field - I don't know..
I just know I want more.
It's nothing wrong with the office - the people are great, the job is great, the salary is great, and great location!
It's just practicing as a lawyer full-time - I don't love it.
I need more.
I want to write - everything from fiction to nonfiction and political articles
I want to sing - to complete my songs and perform them to audiences, to record them on a cd and finally have people be affected by them....I want people to really identify with the music - to heal them or make them happy as it did when I wrote and sang them.
I want to effect change - globally and politically - human rights law - now THAT I would love to be a lawyer for.
And eventually, one day in my late 30's or 40's, I want to teach law and politics, professional responsibility at a law school and international law as these are my passions about the law
Maybe I'm just in the wrong sphere of law - instead of advocacy - the motions, answers, pleadings, and litigation aspects - I should be more in an area of research and implementing changes or improvements in law.....especially international law...GOD would I love to be involved in that....
I just want to do so much and I feel like this particular practice of law is limiting me - limiting my abilities - my potential.
How in the world can I publish my writings or make a record of my songs when I'm practicing as an insurance defense attorney? Will I ever be able to make it big and perform? I guess I'll have to do all these things on the weekend as this job is important to me - I need it to live on, and it has responsibilities I have to live up to - plus the people here rely on me.
I'll work on the weekends to make the other dreams I have come true.
I just have to. And I'll find a way to do more than just law. I have to.
- Nishi
P.S. I saw everyone's messages, I'll get back to you guys later this Friday or Saturday! :)
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
08:11 p.m.
whew was today one very busy and hectic day! I didn't take a break all day from when I arrived at 9:15 to when I left at 4:45! I didn't even take a lunch break so I allowed myself to leave at 4:45. I was on the phone or drafting and printing and conferencing like CRAZY! I was very productive though and got a lot done! Am almost ready to "close" 3-4 assigments! :D
I was starting to feel under the weather come 4:30 so I decided it was time to head home but when I got out I decided to stop by Kinokuniya and I picked up KARE KANO VOL. 2 and Ceres Celestial Legend Vol. 3 AND the MARCH RIBON!!! Beautiful illustration of Full Moon wo Sagashite and Max Lovely! But the furoku sucked! I read KARE KANO on the train ride home and I had to shut my mouth tight to prevent myself from laughing out loud at so many points! I love manga that can make me laugh! :) And I love Arima and Miyazwa :)
Watched Marmalade Boy anime eps 37-39 last night and sheesh - how many people have to have a crush on Yuu and Miki? Can't wait to get the next manga volume to see if this is all in the manga originally or not. When's Kodocha coming out next? And SPEAKING of FULL MOON wo SAGASHITE - anyone know what March's installment meant? It showed Mitsuki and Takuto so emotional and a picture of Eichi-kun as an angel - what was revealed? What's going on? AGHH!! What I'd give to be able to speak and read Japanese!
Rebecca who I use to bid on yahoo auctions is a secret. I've already made the mistake of telling some people who I used and now when I want to bid on something, they tell me someone already requested a bid on it and I can be 2nd in line - which sucks! I lost a Neo Queen Serenity doll that was up that way! So unfortunately, mum's the word, HOWEVER, if you drop me a line on something you're interested in, I can request a bid to be placed for you and pass on the information? I'm sorry I can't do any better and forgive me for that.
I'm off to rest up a little as I'm still a bit under the weather from my cold. I'm going to watch more Marmalade Boy and then spend the night on the phone with my Ricky. Night everyone!
- Nishi
Monday, March 24, 2003
04:22 p.m.
The Oscars last night were so classy and appropriate! It was exactly as many of the winners said - in this troubled time, this celebration and recognition of art and the great American export of movies was nothing to be ashamed about. The manner in which it was done - so somber a mood, respectful, no really tasteless jokes, and with allusions to the war and peace prevailing, and for the good of all - it was very beautiful. I was so happy when Nicole Kidman won!!!! I can't wait to see her in The Hours. I stayed up till 11:30 watching and it was worth it :)
I love the awards shows - love to see everyone get dressed up and hearing their speeches. The funniest was the one by that Adrian Brodi guy from The Pianist - he shushed the orchestra demanding one second so he could talk more! LOL! Shushing the orchestra at the Oscars! :) Where was Gwyneth Paltrow though? I missed seeing her :(
I had a silly morning - getting on the wrong train going the wrong direction and wound up late for work but no one cared! They were more concerned that I was well after being out sick on Friday. I work at a great office :)
Maybe it's hormones and stuff, but I'm feeling so in love with Ricky right now......like I've been remiss in doting on him - been so busy with work and such the past month that I hadn't been as loving and affectionate as normal but now all of a sudden, I just wanna see him, to hug him, to love him. On his end though, now it's HIS turn to be so busy he doesn't have time for the loving-mood ;) hahahaha it's all understandable and forgiveable - like I told him on the phone, in a couple weeks he'll be all lovey dovey and I'll be too busy again ;) Such is love ;)
I finally got ALL the episodes of MARMALADE BOY and I think I'll relax by watching eps 36-40. Last where I left off, Yuu's old childhood friend had came on the scene giving Miki panic attacks. UH OH. ;) Eddy!!!! HOLY HECK! I haven't talked to u in 4ever! How's Rachel? Did you guys have a kid yet? How's Houston treating you? :) We need to catch up soon! Drop me an email? Callie yeah I know right? :) Eminem winning an oscar ;) LOL! go eminem!!!! Vinod thanks! How did you find this journal? I'm not too keen on lotsa mallus visiting this page....God knows if people from church or people I know in the mallu community already saw this page ;) SHEESH. So keep it on the down low ok? ;) And if you see anyone linking to it who's mallu lemme know? K-La thanks sweetie :) It is a pretty Serenity cel huh? :) I'm happy to get it and frame it! :D I'm at work now so I need to get back to working on an Answer to a Complaint. See you guys all later tonight!
- Nishi
Sunday, March 23, 2003
06:21 p.m.
"I love this weather!!" - is what I shouted yesterday when I finally got out of the house to do a little bit of shopping at the mall. Glorious spring warmth! It was in the mid 60's and yet felt SO WARM! I was still sick but my sore throat had finally disappeared and feeling tolerable, I threw my hair together in a messy updo, washed the dishes, watched more of the war on tv, and finally breathed in the spring.
From "Mish Mash" I bought these 2 pretty shirts - one robin's egg blue and the other a dark red - they're the *slightly* wrinkly type shirts. And from "Delia's" I got a white peasant skirt (long mid-calf length) and a white long-sleeved shirt and a sleeveless white shirt <-- this one is so soft to touch! And from "Victoria's Secret" and "Rampage" bought some underwear that were SO pretty! I never allowed myself to buy their underwear before (but loved splurging heavily on robes and slips cause I like to dress up for bed) cause I thought paying $19.50 for 5 pretty little bikini-type underwear was too much money when you can go to walmart and get 6 for like $6! But now that I'm earning, I think of it more like an "investment." ;) And also because there's no Ames or Walmart near me anymore ;)
ANYWAYZ, moving ON - next topic - I *WON* my first Neo Queen Serenity Cel!!! It was 22,900YEN or about $189. It's pictured below:
I'm so happy I won! A lil wide-eyed at how much money it cost to win but still happy because the other Neo Queen cel I had been offered I wound up declining cause $800 was just too much for me to afford at that time. I'll probably get it at a later date when I have money to burn ;) I can dream can't I? :)
Despite the cough and congestion and a general blech feeling, I still had a nice day yesterday. The best thing was this little clutch black sparkly evening bag I bought from Macy's. Undoubtedly it must have been $60-$80 or more but it didn't have a tag and the sales lady gave it to me for just $14!!!! I grabbed it! Inside, it came with this little wallet and it's so tiny that it's perfect with this little black dress I wear out!
TODAY
Anywayz, I'm excited about the OSCARS tonight! I hope Nicole Kidman wins! My fave actresses are Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek, Kate Hudson, and Julia Roberts! And as for actor.....I've loved Daniel Day Lewis since "Last of the Mohicans" and thought him IRRESISTABLE! He's still sexy older!
I FINALLY got my period last night and managed to sleep without getting cramps until the morning. I tidied up the house with my dad and rested watching the Oscar pre-shows and keeping up with the news. I hope my PMSy hormonalness/emotionalness will FINALLY go away now. Wish I wasn't prone to tears and such during PMS - would've made dealing with that guy last week better.
Right now, there're people over who may be buying the house. They're a mexican family with 2 little boys and they're SO CUTE! They're running around outside and I'm thinking how much they'll love this house! I'm so sad at the thought of leaving our great property and deck and this home which has been ours since it was built for 16+ years......but glad that it may go to a family with kids who can run around and enjoy it.......wonder if one day....I can buy it back if I want.....God knows......
Ok I'm off now! Sawah I'm proud of you too! *HUGGGG* Good night!
- Nishi
Friday, March 21, 2003
10:41 p.m.
I didn't sleep a wink last night, waking up at 1am, 3am, 4am, and again at 6am and worse still, I woke up with a sore throat, congestion, a horrible cough, and all over feeling crappy & sick! I shuffled out and, with what must have been a pitiful look, met my mom getting ready for work at 6:10am (she's a nurse) and she was so loving and nice and said if I didn't feel well, to not go to work and stay home and rest and not get any sicker. It was like back in high school when I'd come out to ask her if it was ok to not go to school :) hahaha :)
So I told papa that I wasn't going and snuggled back into bed and tried to sleep with no luck. Finally after papa told me he was leaving and felt my head for a fever which both he and mummy said I had a slight one and to take some advil and they'd take a real temp in the afternoon, left and I got up a half hour later and made myself some tea and as luck would have it, Ricky called and made me feel all the better. I was feeling hot and uncomfortable and my ear was itching which was a sign that coughing at inflammed my ear.....I called work then and told them I wasn't feeling well and had a slight fever. I always worry that if I call in sick they won't believe me but this was my first sick day and if they could see my face they'd know how sick I was.
I crawled back into bed and just talked to ricky and finally ate some breakfast and watched the news.....saw the live bombing of Iraq.......I have mixed feelings on this war......I support it in one sense in that it's good to free Iraq from Sadam's tyranny and there is NO DOUBT he is a self-serving tyrant, but I don't support the war in that........it's a showcase of U.S. might and how we're not to be screwed with and breeds a VERY DANGEROUS U.S. feeling of arrogance and right....something that other countries or individuals in the future may humble us for by a devastating attack of their own......
I'm worried that our country in 1, 2, even 5 years time may follow up this sentiment that because we believed we were doing something right and need not fear any big opposition to us since we're so powerful, that we may endeavor to do other things we have no right to....nor any good reasons to - save for our own interests....and that's not right............united nations charter and int'l law both are clear you can't wage war or invade land for regime change.........the U.S. may be ok here because the people of Iraq actually WANT to be rid of Saddam but what if in the future the U.S. decides to take matters into its own hands when it doesn't have the support of that particular nation? What then? Do we always trust the government to do what's right? It's run by fallible human beings who can get taken in by vanity, glory, blood-thirst, might and power.......
Our country is so prosperous, such a mighty world power......much like Rome, Greece, and so many other great nations of past.......I hope we do not let our might and power go to our heads......I hope our self-interest doesn't rule everything.........as good reasons as there were to free Iraq from Saddam....and his "weapons of mass destruction" - I really believe this is more than just the U.S. protecting our own interests.....we're parading our attitude "Don't f--k with us" as one general or commander or something said to his troops I heard over the radio on News 880 AM. Such an attitude could cost us dearly in the future.....
Anyway........I write such long entries nowadays. I want to show you guys a Queen Guinevere FRANKLIN MINT Porcelain Doll I bought - and it was expensive!
I bought it on ebay for $150 but you can buy it through Franklin Mint for $195 while it lasts. Hurry if you love it. I have a feeling this one may become very rare very soon.
As some of you may know, I'm a King Arthur and Queen Guinevere NUT!!! And I found the below bathroom/spa tile work for sale on ebay for $1200!!!!! Not like I'd pay to have that done in my parents home but I sure would for my OWN home!! It's of Edmond Blair Leighton's Godspeed and I think its inspired by the passage below from the Coming of Arthur by Alfred Lord Tennyson:
"And Arthur yet had done no deed of arms,
But heard the call, and came: and Guinevere
Stood by the castle walls to watch him pass;
But since he neither wore on helm or shield
The golden symbol of his kinglihood,
But rode a simple knight amoung his knights,
And many of these in richer arms than he,
She saw him not, or mark'd not, if she saw,
One amoung many, tho' his face was bare.
But Arthur, looking downward as he past,
Felt yet the light of her eyes into his life."
I want my bathroom done just like that! How stunning would that be? :) And if not the bathroom, definitely somthing like that in a hallway or living room near or above a fireplace! Fireplace!!!! :D
Rence-chan YES let's plan it! How about sometime in August or September? I've always wanted to visit Chicago! :) Janeen-chan I'm so happy you're reading MB!!! We love almost all the same manga! You have to try Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and Saint Tail ok? :)
Good night everyone :)
- Nishi
Thursday, March 20, 2003
08:40 p.m.
Well I didn't run into that man today! :) I had to take a later train in this morning because I had to go to the NY County COurt house on 60 Centre Street - gorgeous building with beautiful roman art on the ceilings! I had to pull a file there to photocopy these orders and petitions for a case I was working on with one of the partners. On my way there, this very nice security guard showed me the right building and in such a warm manner wished me a great day :) For every 1 mean ogre, there're at least 100 very nice people in the world and in NYC! I've put that man out of my head and if I SHOULD run into him again, I'm going to give him the dirtiest and meanest look I can manage!
On the train ride home today, I was imagining all the things I could've yelled at the man - I must be PMSing - being as emotional as I was yesterday - UGH! Hormones! Joanne from work had funny stories about the horrid people SHE ran into on the train - one old couple next to her once had given her a problem because she was flipping her newspaper in a way that bothered them and they couldn't read their books! She was telling me: "It's not like the train is a freaking library!" LOL! She's so funny :) She also has the prettiest eyes!
I told my dad on the car ride to the train station this morning that if I was staying home from now on that I needed freedom and he had to accept that I would be out late, maybe not home till midnight or 1 or 2am and that if out that late, I might stay over a friend's house and not come home till the next day. But that I'd call and let him know where I was going and what I'd be doing. I told him if he couldn't accept that then I had to be able to live in an apartment on my own - he was reluctant but he finally acquiesced! I'll be able to get my own way once we move to New Rochelle. In addition! He went and wired my room in our new home with both internet and phone and cable tv!!! But with a special plan, he's able to get EVERY room like this! So each room has separate phone and all shares cable, tv etc :) How cool :D
I think living at home may actually be good :) I'm still not ruling out living in NYC apartment but I'd rather do it with Sashi or another good friend and be secure in knowing I'm with people I love and trust. I guess I'm really not that kind of person anymore who can be thrust to start over again with strangers in a home situation.....I don't want to anymore...I did it in college and law school - now I just want to be comfortable and secure in a good environment that makes me happy. I'll keep the dream of NYC apartment on the back burner and should it never happen, I think I'll be ok with it because I'm only 30 minutes from the city in New Rochelle and I am working in the city already and with the money I save and with my loving family - I really am ok :) Thank you God for that and just one more thing - keep jerks like yesterday's out of my way? ok? thank u very much! :D
so anyway, I finished Emma. I was sad to finish it. I really want my own nice copy - a copy with color drawings by the artist BROCK in it. He has beautiful color drawings!
I might be selling off a large amount of my personal anime collection. Everything from some posters, to some dolls and plushes.....I need to empty out the things I no longer absolutely want because I won't have as much room to display them now.
If apartment shouldn't happen, then my dream is a beautiful place after marriage - either an apartment, condominium, townhouse, or a small home with rooms to display paintings, a library for all my books, and collections. :)
I might go to Chinatown this Saturday - I have money and freedom now to do as I please.....once I move to New Ro I can sign up to join a gym and also start Karate - I can even take classes at Westchester Community College in piano or guitar or drawing & painting! SO MUCH is available to me now by not spending $1200 in rent!
I'm giving my parents $600/mo though for the new home. They want me to give more but they don't know how much debt I already have.
Tomorrow I have to take the train in the usual time.....I shudder to think about Katonah...every time I hear that town's name now on the train I get anxious. And I worry about anyone recognizing me from yesterday on the train. Katonah - UGH! It's such a stupid name - ka-freaking-to-nah. I pity the people who live in that town with that jerk.
And now that I've made up my mind to be irrationally angry forever at Katonah I'm going to go and make amends by cleaning up my room. But before I go I want to HUG LIKE CRAZY: Janeen it did get better :) thank you my dear, dear friend! I hope you and I can catch up soon? I miss talking with you. ShaRukh my sentiments exactly! He's a creep! and hey! I didn't know you could beep ;) :) Callie *HUG* thank you sweetie! Right now I'd be content if he just gets yelled at unreasonably by someone else and gets made a fool of! K-la *huggles* thank you :) How about we tie the big oaf up and make him watch C-SPAN 24/7? Rence-chan ya know....I just MIGHT take up your invitation and visit you sometime in Chicago! Why don't we try to plan it? :) We can dress up and go out and you can go work ur magic on the men ;) LOL! :D Jamie I know. I blame it partly on pms and mainly at being distraught already. I'm surprised at myself too as I should never have let him do that to me but trust me that no one will do that to me again - ever. This was a lesson. I'll handle myself and others better next time. I don't believe in screaming right back - I think people who cause a scene do themselves and everyone injustice - but I wish I hadn't gotten as upset as I had - I wish I had civily and firmly told him off instead of giving him the satisfaction of my emotionalness. The proper thing on commuter trains is to talk quietly on the cellphone and, if you have to talk loudly (or you naturally talk loudly), to go to the vestibule. I know I was talking quietly but this man just must have wanted me to be silent 100% despite that the rest of the train was noisy. Whatever. Caroline hahahaha *HUGGGG* Right where the sun don't shine eh? ;) I adore you, u know that? :) RMN hahahaha ok that I can actually do! hahaha breathe too loudly :) *HUG* I wish people like you were on the train with me :) It would be much more enjoyable! :)
Good night you guys. *big hugs* all around.
- Nishi
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
10:17 a.m.
so I had the same misgivings again about the apartment.....about whether it was the right time for me.....wasn't I rushing? What was the necessity in leaving my parents and home - no one was pushing me - I could do well to save the money and enjoy it at home - granted I wouldn't have as much freedom but balance that with expense-free living and a loving home, especially with everyone being home end of May and usmoving to the new home and everything being so full and busy during the summer - when comparing that with living in an apartment I didn't know what to do.....so emotional as I am I had to call and talk to Mekha and found her at home and called her on the train and breaking into tears told her how I wasn't sure if it was the right thing for me to move out....how much I'd miss papa and mummy and how I may not be happy at all living in the city without any of my close friends.....
she calmed me down and made me feel better and hardened the issues in my head about whether to leave home or to wait when I was good and ready in my head.....
I had cried a lot with her on the phone and when I was done had to call Sashi back because she was my deciding factor...when I hung up with Mekha the man sitting next to me on the train said: NO MORE CALLS and I was like....I'm sorry , I'm sorry and I hung up the phone but then I was still so upset that I HAD to call Sashi and get the answer because she can only be contacted before 9am cause she starts work so I told the man sorry but I have to make this one last call and that I'd make sure to be quieter, and called sashi and made it a point to be quieter although I hdn't thought I've been loud or anything even before that.
Sashi did most of the talking and told me that if I had any doubts or didn't have much savings then best to stay home and I was agreeing with her when the man next to me got the conductor to ask me to not talk on the phone or go to the front vestibile - I said ok but didn't think I'd be with Sashi any longer on the phone and didn't want to lose my seat so decided to hang on and was probably only on for a few more minutes wrapping up the call when the man next to me goes "GET OFF THAT PHONE OR I"M GOING TO STEP ON IT" and he was SO LOUD and so mean and so obnoxious and he started saying "I"VE BEEN LISTENING SINCE KATONA TO YOUR FRIVOLOUS GOSSIP" and on and ON he said and I got so upset that he was being so loud - heard by everyone in my car of the train and Sashi on the phone was incredulous - saying WHAT? HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO NISHI - FRIVOLOUS TALK! I love her for that but I was so upset at that point that she and I hung up and I told the man he was a horrible HORRBLE person and I burst into tears and sat staring at the window sobbing the rest of the train ride to grand central.
ANd at the terminal, I finally called Sashi back and also told Mekhha what happened and I couldn't stop crying at the meanness of that man......I'm still crying here at work and Lester, one of the paralegals, just made me feel better....with comforting words since he walked in to give me a paper and saw me crying.
this is the worst f---ing morning of my life.
I hate that man from Katonah and I hate anyone who agreed with that man!
I'm almost tempted to take this apartment just so I won't have to commute and deal with a--holes like him!
In my own defense, I know I had been a quiet talker and this was my first time ever talking on the cell phone in the morning on the train and that for longer than 5 minutes - I'm always careful to not talk much on the ride home but in the morning I had though people wouldn't mind as much. And THIS train this morning was late 12 minutes so I think we picked up people who shouldn't have been on our train - maybe this horrible OGRE from katonah wasn't supposed to be on this train. JERK! I hope he has a horrible day and gets warts and pimples and MOLES or grows bald overnight. Jerk.
- Nishi
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
08:21 p.m.
I can't be on long tonight, but just enough to say that I talked to my friend Sashi this morning and will probably call her again tonight. She'll be one of the deciding factors in whether I take this apartment or not - if I have the hope of having a dear friend as a roommate it'll make the hard part of leaving my parents a tiny bit easier to bare for now.
My mom helps me in the mornings when she's off by making me a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich when I'm in such a rush getting dressed and have no time to make a lunch, and during these past cold months she'd turn the heat on in my room when I called to say what time I would be reaching the train station by....and my dad always drives me to the station in the morning and without fail always says to be careful......tonight pop brought home KFC which I don't think I like at all now.....their chicken's too greasy for my like.
My dad's last word on the apartment was to think it over carefully....think of the expenses...the discomfort...all of it....and how he could use help with the money ;) I paid good heed to him and I will give myself time even though Sapna, who is moving out asked to meet me for lunch tomorrow to give the application.....I'd rather fax the application back to the rental department......I'll talk it over with Sapna first....I do want this apartment and don't want to lose it but want just a little more time to be *ready* to deposit a nonrefundable $500 and go through the lease signing.
Must call sashi.....i really...really hope she could be my roommate as all other dearest friends near the city either live with boyfriends, have gotten married, or moved out to live elsewhere or go to school and live near or on campus, not needing a manhattan apt. Sucks huh? It feels like this is the norm once you get older...your single friends deteriorate and ur normal circle of friends just dwindles! sucks sucks sucks!
I'm almost finished with Emma - in many ways, the movie with Gwyneth Paltrow was even better than the book, and yet the book provides all the little in between things that I wished I could've known of but wouldn't have been possible in a movie. Emma's character in both movie and book is one I adore!
I'm coming down with a cough.....must be the sick people on trains and one especially who was coughing near me last friday - UGH! I left work a little early because I wasn't feeling well - something about that office makes my eyes teary and sore! And once I got outside, I saw the nail salon which only charges $19 for manicure and pedicure and decided now was as good as any time and stepped in to have an eyebrow wax and had 2 women wait on me doing my hands and feet. I just painted them clear so they would dry fast and I could catch the train.
The only thing that bothers me about going to salons where you're given mancicures by a chinese women is that they talk - usually a pair - in such a way as if it's YOU they're talking about and it makes me SO uncomfortable! One place I used to go to in Queens - the woman UNMISTAKABLY talked in chinese about my calves and legs being fat and made motions with her hands above my legs! She must not have realized - being so caught up speaking in her own language - that I would be able to discern her gestures. Thankfully, the owner of the extablishment, a wonderful motherly chinese woman did not pay attention to her and instead, in my defense, said "Nishi is going to be a lawyer" and said some nice things which in turn earned me the better treatment of the surly pedicurist! HMPH!
On the other hand, my family was once on the receiving end of this one older man who thought my dad said something not nice because papa said it in malayalam and my sisters and I laughed and what it had actually been was a well-wishing quote papa likes to say which is funny and he said to the man (the man was a carpenter who had been doing work for our house and we all really liked him) - that we felt bad for his misunderstanding was written on our faces and I don't think we ever - papa especially - ever made the mistake again of making anyone to FEEL as if we'd EVER be talking badly of them because we just WOULDN'T! So only strictly english in front of anyone who didn't speak malayalam or now my dad explains the quote or joke so there's no misunderstanding.
Anyway, must go now! *HUGS* to all! Adrianne yes we MUST!!! Friday? Sat night? Kris-chan *HUG* don't feel bad! I'm so busy I never get a chance either! Talk soon ok?
Favorite Actresses
Nicole Kidman
Gwyneth Paltrow
Reese Witherspoon
Kate Hudson
Julia Roberts
Magazines etc I read:
Vogue
Cosmopolitan
Discover
National Geographic
Time
New York Times
Commondreams.org
Things I Support
The Chibi Usagi & Mamoru emoticons used in my journal are used with specific permission of these webmasters. Do not take or use without their permission.
Favorite Manga and Anime most everything in Ribon and Nakayoshi!
Ayashi no Ceres or Ceres Celestial Legend
Delicious! (Yui Ayumi)
Fruits Basket
Full Moon wo Sagashite
Fushigi Yuugi
Gals / Super Gals!
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
Kare Kano
Kodomo no Omocha
Magic Knights Rayearth
Maria (Naoko Takeuchi)
Marmalade Boy
Max Lovely
Mint No Bokura
Random Walk
SailorMoon
Saint Tail / St. Tail
Tokyo Mew Mew
MY WISH LIST
If anyone's thinking of getting me a gift for my birthday ;)
Saint Tail Plush Keychain of St. Tail
Kodocha Tokyo Pop translated english manga vol 6 and n on
Marmalade Boy TokyoPop translated english manga vol 6+
Kare Kano Tokyo Pop Translated Manga vol 3 and on!
Delicious! manga volumes 2 + 3
Ceres Celestial Legend 4+
Nakayoshi / Nakayosi manga issues:
December 1987 and January 1998
December 1989 - May 1990
Ribon Manga issues
November 1998 - August 1999
My Adoptees
Shown are adoptees from Sailor Moon, Full Moon wo Sagashite, Star Wars Attack of the Clones, Lord of the Rings, and Emeraude from Magic Knights Rayearth, X-Files, the child-like empress from the Neverending Story, St. Tail!, The Labyrinth, Satine from Moulin Rouge, and HARRY POTTER!
My Desktops
Words I live by:
Man is never so tall as when he kneels before God - never so great as when he humbles himself before God. And the man who kneels to God can stand up to anything. -Louis H. Evans
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt
