"Upon This Rock, We'll build our Church!"

Once again, my life has been busy and i haven't had a chance to write in a while.. A lot has happened and some i don't even remember. I do remember last weekend because i had four days off and we went away to Pennsylvania for a Malankara Catholic Youth Conference. And just when we were leaving on Friday evening, I was notified by phone that i got the job at Columbia Presbyterian. I've been anxiously waiting to hear back from them. So the weekend definitely started off great :) And ended great as well. But in between, there was enough drama.... You see, i was Chaperoning Saji's little cousin for the conference. Unfortunately, he didn't get to enjoy the conference. While he was playing basketball (for a few hrs), he ended up with muscle spasms and needed to be taken to a local ER because it was sooo bad. And he ended up becoming admitted for observation. It was a very loooooooong night. I'm never agreeing to chaperone anyone again... just kidding!! Anyway, Thank God everything worked out okay. We just missed the beginning of the conference. But the rest of the weekend was great. I learned a lot about my malankara faith and i was amazed to see such unity among the youth from around the US. It's great to see such pride in our culture and faith.. The theme of the conference was, Upon this Rock, we'll build our Church.." My favorite part of the conference was the Adoration, it was the most spiritual experience i ever had... so emotionally moving.
What else happened? I had the last few days off and i was able to do some cooking and spending time with my parents and Saji. And i hand in my resignation at my current job the other day. I felt so bad to resign so quickly (i've only been working at this job for 4 months). And the manager is so wonderful but unfortunately i can't work night shift anymore and it's not as challenging as i want.. I wasn't expecting them to offer me a day position when i hand in the resignation, which made me feel even worse. But unfortunately i can't turn down Columbia, it'll be a great opportunity for me to grow and learn while working day shift.. So hopefully everything will work out for the best..
Oh i also watched the Indian movie, Veer-Zaara during my days off. It's such an amazingly romantic movie. I love Shah Rukh Khan and Yash Chopra is the best.... It was so touching that i was in tears and saji woke up from his sleep to find me crying my eyes off... What can i say? I'm a sentimental fool.... :)
Well this weekend has been all about work for 3 days in a row, SUCKS!!! The best part is i'll have a looooooooooooong 4th of july weekend. I'm looking forward to that.
That's all for now, Take care .............

Birthdays & Celebrations.......

Well, i've been back in the work routine. But i had this weekend off to spend time with family and friends. It was a weekend of birthday celebrations: My SIL (sister in law), my cousin, saji's cousin Ginny and saji's buddy Sunil's Dad, all celebrated their special day this past week. Although i missed the family gathering at my in laws on friday night due to work, i was able to hang out with all of our friends and cousins at Dave & Busters for Gigi and Ginny's birthday party on Saturday. It was a fun filled and expensive night. Maybe next time we'll have it at our house, i mean $13 for shots?? Ridiculous!
And sunday after church, we headed over to Sunil's house for his dad's 60th birhday party. In Indian culture, turning 60 is a significant event. In the past, life expectancy in India was only 60 especially for males and now it's 70 or higher. Because of this, 60 is a significant age. Anyway, the party was outside, it was tented and catered. I got so teary-eyed when Sunil and his sister gave their speeches. It saddened me especially because i never did anything for my dad last year when he turned 60. I never did anything for my parents 25th anniversary.. i'm such a bad daughter. I did give them gifts and i always help out my parents as much as i can but i never surprised them with a party for those significant events. And those moments won't come again so i feel sad now... One of the reasons i never did anything is the fact that my parents are so old-fashioned. They don't really celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, compared to other parents i know. So even if i did something nice for them, they'll just yell at me for wasting money.. Anyway I'll make it up to them some other way....
I just want to send my good wishes to all of you who celebrated your bithdays. I hope this year will be a year filled with Love, happiness and good health for all of you. May God bless you abundantly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!