I got this beautiful necklace recently. I wanted something that representated New York...I kinda regretted that I didn't get something like this in New York...but I did get few other pieces in Little Italy from this 80 year old lady one late night.


It was so nice to come home last night...and not have to set the alarm for this morning. I reached for my cell phone to set the alarm...then I thought "WHY! I really don't need to..."

So that's what I did...slept half of the day.

WINDFALL

I have a strong hatred for the show that's going be premiering soon….WINDFALL! Haven't watched one episode yet but I just can't stand the promotion for that show. …20 friends…364 millions dollars…..the deceptions, the passion, bluh bluh bluh!! Damn show, Damn NBC, Damn Power ball!!

(Annoying dude #1) "…I am going to go buy a football team…can I pick up something for you…?". (yes…dude..you could do something for me…go to hell!!!).

(Annoying dude #2 )"…if your wildest dream came true…will I be in it?" (NO!...and "ohh yea…please go away")

(Annoying woman #1) "life isn't fair…thank god…..(something like this)… (I hate her)" Just the whole show gets on my nerve.

I am so tired.
I am putting in too many hours this summer at work.
Feel so tired (I said that already…)
I need a vacation!


I watched The Break-up a few days ago and it was good.
All I was thinking was “Jennifer Aniston better not disappoint me again” and she didn’t.
It was an enjoyable night at the movies.


What’s up with Al Gore? Every time I see that guy on CNN he looks like an actor playing the role of a politician. I don’t know!

Sunshine & rain, monkeys getting married?

Few weeks ago it was a bright, sunny day and I was sitting in my car with all the windows open and naturally enjoying the day. All of a sudden it started to rain..and the first thought that came to mind was "Monkies are getting married today." I remember when I was young that someone told me this in Sri Lanka and I never forgotten this little saying. But I honestly had no idea what it meant or where this saying came from. For a long time I thought it was a Sri Lankan saying but that doesn't seem like the case. I googled it and found this site.


[Q] From Gary Williams: “I wonder if you can shed some light on the phrase a monkey’s wedding? When I was a child growing up in South Africa, my mother would use the saying when we had rain and sunshine at the same time. My wife tells me that she knows the saying from her family, which is mainly of Irish blood.”

[A] It’s certainly a well-known South African expression. A related Afrikaans word, jakkalstrou, jackals wedding, also exists. The South African English version is the direct equivalent (what linguists call a loan translation) of the Zulu umshado wezinkawu, a wedding for monkeys.

Back in 1998, Bert Vaux, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Harvard, asked members of the LINGUIST List about expressions for this weather phenomenon (he called it a sunshower, a lovely name, which I’ve never heard but which I’m told is common in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and also in parts of Britain, though—oddly enough—it appears in few dictionaries). He was told that similar sayings or proverbs exist in a surprising number of languages. A great many of them have animal associations, often to do with marriage (or, as one respondent commented, that activity for which the word marriage may be considered a suitable euphemism).

In Arabic, it seems the term is “the rats are getting married”, while Bulgarians prefer to speak of bears doing so; Mr Vaux was told that in Hindi it becomes “the jackal’s wedding”; in Calabria, it is said that “when it rains with sun, the foxes are getting married”, for which there’s a similar phrase in Japanese; Koreans refer to tigers likewise; there’s even an English dialect term, “the foxes’ wedding”, known from the south west, it seems. However, in Polish, the saying is that “when the sun is shining and the rain is raining, the witch is making butter”.

Several languages refer to devils instead, as in Turkish: “the devils are getting married”. There’s a well-known version in the American South, at least among older people: “The devil’s behind his kitchen door beating his wife with a frying pan”, usually shortened just to “The devil’s beating his wife”.

With so many examples from different languages, it is certainly possible that there’s also an Irish version, though I haven’t come across one.

However, I am baffled as to why and how such phrases should have arisen. There’s clearly a common association that is understood by widely divergent language communities, so it seems to be something at a level below that of superficial culture. But what is it?


More questions than answers...?!?

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden


"A good education is not so much one which prepares a man to succeed in the world, as one which enables him to sustain a failure."

- Bernard Iddings Bell

When I have a house I would want it to be like this! I just absolutely love the bright, beautiful, amazing, colors!

I watched Mission Impossible III and enjoyed it a lot! There were just too many cool things about this movie that it was exciting to watch! I don’t watch too many action flicks but I am glad I did this one! I still don’t like Tom Cruise!

Uneventful Sunday:
Woke up really REALLY late, ran to get flowers for my mom, had lunch, and went to work.
What an exciting day isn’t it!? I worked in the afternoon today and I enjoyed this more than working in the mornings! I might do this more often.

I keep forgetting that it’s only the second week of May and no wonder it has been raining most days. I keep thinking its June and every time it rains…..I keep thinking “It’s June…why the hell is it raining?”

I don’t understand why it is expected for a husband to give his wife a mother’s day gift? I think it should be children giving thanks to their mothers, not the whole world needing to give gifts to all women who have children! Hello! Your husband isn’t your child!

I really like watching this season of Apprentice…more than the other seasons. Probably because I have this inner competitive mode these past few months…so I like to see how the individuals compete with each other. I also love to see the group dynamics! Then I like to make comments about what each group did wrong. I had to do this paper for my interpersonal communication class on the movie “The Old Settler” with 4 other classmates. I absolutely hated it! After we completed our paper each of us had to write a paper on our interpersonal communications on this task. I went on and on about the show apprentice and how I would have probably been fired the first show. During the week or so we had to work on the paper no one totally got my ideas!! I would say something which I thought made absolute sense but everyone else was like “hmmm..I guess so…but let’s come up with something else.” It was so frustrating! I really don’t like teamwork…I like to be assigned a task and be left alone or I like to be the leader and be in a setting where I could develop my own ideas with my group members behind me. My Ideas!


I always thought that I would love to have a group…be in a group…but I just love to be left alone! Probably I get so attached to people that soon they become attached to me…and then I want to move away from this hold…or something of this nature! I don’t conform nor do I like the feeling that I need to conform. You could be in a group and not conform but then are you really in the group?

They are too beautiful!


Yea! I am done with all my finals! That was some semester! Went too fast and I am going to miss all the people I met and all my classes! I want to workout as much as possible during my time off, enjoy the little things that I didn’t have time to when I had classes, and cook! I want to make something very different…something I have never tried before. Oh yea…and slowly start studying for the next semester…






If you keep staring at it...it gets funnier!


Isn’t this a funny picture! I remember years ago I went to get a shot…just like this one! I was 8 years old and I was so confident that I wasn’t going to cry. Well, when the nurse put me on to a chair and started folding my sleeves back…I let out this huge scream!! I cried “bloody hell!” There were few other kids around my age sitting in the waiting area…and they all started to cry too because they heard me...probably thought I was being tortured! I didn’t stop crying at all…I just continued on and on until the nurse was done!

horoscope for today..

Right on the dot....????


Gemini -
Your world is changing, dear Gemini, both internally and externally. You feel a need to broaden your horizons. You contemplate a move to a new neighborhood or a trip to a faraway land. The people in your life will change as a result of this. You are about to embark on a new phase of your life, and these new friends will act as able guides.

Random Thoughts...

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Accessorizing it’s so tough! I mean you don’t want to feel like you are wearing everything in your jewelry box yet you want to wear your favorite pieces. So I admire all those who could accessorize with much jewelry yet look like you are not over the top!


I went and had McDonalds the other day after a long time. This time I actually sat at McDonalds and had a meal, I don’t get how some people could have McDonalds every week! It was such an unsatisfactory lunch! I’ll stick with my subway.

Talking about food..........

Few days ago I was mowing the backyard and something so disgusting happened! I stepped on poop. I swear it smelled just like human poop! I was running all around the yard screaming “Oh God! It’s not dog poop it’s human poop!” “Help Me!!!” It was all on my shoes, pants, and back of my legs.
I thought I was tough when it came to disgusting things but…when you have poop on your legs and swear it’s human poop…then you’ll really know wheather you are tough or not.

I became this little girl that was running around yelling “Help Me! Someone!!”

But it’s hard to think that a human could have actually done something like that in our yard…but you never know what kind of weirdoes are out there. I am hoping it’s just a dog!

I thought I liked the rain…but two days nonstop rain…is not really fun. I couldn’t go running…I tried to for the first day…but I didn’t want to be sick especially on my final week. I was tired this weekend at work…just staring at the rain…

moments are lost....

I just checked my grade for this major paper I had to write. We had so much time to do it …but if you know me well…I waited till’ the last minute to even think about it. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! So I knew the grades were posted today and I hesitantly checked it so maybe it’ll give me some time to beg my professor for a rewrite. But guess what everyone!! I got a high B! Yea! It was a tough paper overall and I just can’t believe with how much time I dedicated to it…I got a solid B!
So its showing up…doing something…the half the glory?

My karate class finished…and I miss all my girls from that class! Having a great group to laugh throughout the semester…was so much fun!!! We helped each other out and provided encouragement…which I needed badly!! I miss them!

running....

I am so tired…………………and barely could walk…
I started running around the neighborhood for the past few nights. I got a great deal on a MP3 player few weeks ago and finally got some music on it so I have been using that as a distraction when I run. Especially when I am listening to Tamil music…I am so engrossed in what the meaning of the song is…that I completely get lost in it. I want to figure out every sentence of some of my Tamil songs..! There is really no chance of this with my Korean songs…
The first night I ran for 1 hour. That night I didn’t bring my cell phone with me so my dad called and left a message asking me which block I was on…while my mom told my sister “I am not concerned about Tharsi…since she took self-defense (ohh isn’t my mom cute…and the confidence she has in me.!!!)..So since that night I have my MP3 in my pocket and my cell phone in my hands! What a way to run! I am hooked on technology!

Yea to running!
Here is the song I been listening to the most...the movie was okay..the first half was good.

More on this Later. Great Song!

Korean Drama- Full House

*Remember that*!

Today the group that I went to New York City with got together for the last time. We all had to make some kind of artistic project that reflected a focus about our trip! It was definitely fun to get together, share jokes, and bizarre stories that happened on the trip. Few of the smaller groups have their own little inside jokes that only they could laugh at. My small group consists of 3 other people and we sure do have our own…”REMEMBER THAT..*wink*”…look.


A Friday was our last full day in NYC before we had to catch our flight on Saturday afternoon! So 4 of us knew this was our last night and needed to let loose. That Friday my friend and I took the taxi to Chinatown and one of our friends called to tells us we should go to a club later that night! I barely go to clubs in Minnesota but what’s a NYC trip without clubbing.

The four of us managed to meet at our hotel at 11:30 p.m. after we did our final shopping and whatnot. We got to the streets (city that never sleeps…so imagine the streets…I mean full of activity…as it was noon). Unfortunately we took the taxi from our hotel without thinking about what we were wearing. Of the group…my friend and I were the most dressed up…(I had heels on which became unbearable at about 4:30 A.M. )so we could get into any clubs but our two guy friends had old tennis shoes on…so there was no way to get into the “dress code” clubs.

We weren’t shy…and we stopped and asked other club goers…streets full of them…where we could go clubbing. Some laughed at us about our tennis shoes but most were really nice about letting us know where to go.

After a few taxi rides we finally got in line at this club… For some reason…some scary, big, did I say scary looking guy found out we were from Minnesota. So the entire time we were waiting in line this guy just kept making fun of Minnesotans and I kept telling my friends…let’s go somewhere else…I don’t feel like getting in any kind of trouble… with this SCARY guy.
But nope…Minnesotans don’t give up…do we now…so I hesitantly paid $25 at the door and went in.

The club was amazing, fun people, wild people, and loud people!!! There were about four floors, each had their own themes!

IT WAS THE BEST TIME I HAD! We had a mutual understanding that all four of us were going to stick together. I think we danced like we had something to prove…that people were copying what we were doing! We were jumping around in our little circle…with our hands up… for 10 minutes and before I knew it the whole room was doing what we were doing!

We knew that we needed to leave NYC in less than a day so we wanted to get everything out of that city…and in someway we were using the dance floor to let go and take it all in at the same time. We needed to go back to our everyday lives…and NYC will eventually become a dream…this moment will become a dream.

We didn’t get back to the hotel till’ 5:30 A.M. (my feet were numb from all the dancing…) and at 8:00 A.M. needed to turn the keys in for our hotel room. What a night/Morning!!!

We did a lot of “REMEMBER THAT ” looks today…and I am glad I have this memory/experience with only three others.

The best things are unplanned.










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9/11



Pictures of people who worked in the towers...family members looking for them days after 9/11...




Picture taken on top of the Empire State Building.

MNIKSS

My Name is Kim Sam Soon!

The past few weeks I been crazy about this Korean Drama...MY NAME IS KIM SAM SOON! It is just a fabulous, funny, little drama!

Synopsis

"Kim Sam Soon (SS) is a 29 years old, fat, pastry chef, who has just lost her job and her boyfriend on Christmas Eve. She has all the insecurities of a woman grazing 30. With yet another failed relationship, SS scrambles desperately to rebuild her career and her love life.

SS manages to find a job at "Bon Appetite" restaurant when she gets acquainted with the owner of the restaurant, Hyun Jin Heon (JH). JH is young, handsome but aloof and cold.

JH is the only son of a hotel chain owner. Although born with a silver spoon, fate had dealt JH with a hard hand. Three years ago, a fatal car accident, where JH was the driver, resulted in the death of his elder brother and sister-in-law; and at the very same time his girlfriend of 5 years left him for her studies in the US. JH had to endure both physical and mental pain to overcome his problems and rebuild his life. The death defying experience left JH scarred as he stops believing in love and happiness.

Due to a moment of convenience, both SS and JH ended up signing a dating contract, where SS will receive KRW 50 mio (which she needed to redeem her family house) and in turn she will pretend to be JH's girlfriend to fend off his mother's endless efforts to get him match made and married.

When JH's ex-girlfriend returns to seek reconciliation; SS realizes that she has fallen for JH, and their contractual relationship gets complicated."

Bridget Jones of South Korea

**Thank goodness for Subtitles! ***

Live, Live, Live, Create, Create, Create!

etsy!

I am getting so obsessed with this site! Etsy-Your place to buy & sell all things handmade. What creativity! Fascinating/cute little things that I just can’t believe people are making! I could be on the site for hours…which I am pretty sure my summer vacation will consist of! I signed up for my own store online. The name of the store Tharsica …well, I like my name…what can you say!

I am hoping to learn a few little things this summer when I’ll have more time and then put it up. There has to be something in this head or rather my heart/soul…that will make something beautiful!

little thoughts..for this huge world...

Isn't life just wonderful!
So it looks like I am faced with some changes...Actually a lot of changes for the rest of the year!
I always wanted changes...And I guess it has come.
But when I think about it...I wonder if I fully appreciated just my "boring, predictable, cozy, life
that thankfully I came to everyday!

Had to give a presentation in my class the other day. I was a little nervous when I got up in front that I didn't
tell all the things I wanted to about the topic I was covering. Just when I was getting comfortable
in front of the class...I realized I was on the last slide on my PowerPoint...and heard the applause from my classmates!
I wanted to restart and give the best presentation...the one that I prepared..
but I guess things don't work like that...do they?
You get your chance..sometimes just once...and you better make the best of it...
Can't restart?

waiting for the next opportunity... I guess...

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam

M.I.A

I just ordered her cd! I am can't wait to get it! I heard about this Tamil rapper/singer few years ago but then I was told about her again in NYC. So I finally found got her music on half.com

still alive...

Busy Busy with Life!
Whatever happened to those days when I had nothing to do!
I woke up in the morning and LOOKED for something to do rather then NEEDING to do!
is this what growing up holds?

Had dinner with my cousin after a long time! It was great to catch up on old times and laugh about the foolish things we used to do! Silly things: Like walking to the window at the Burger King drive thru one late night 6 or 8 years ago! Why: Because my sister got mad at us and wouldn't drive the damn car to pick up our orders!

I am excited for Thursday to come...(more on this later)

Cute little monkeys!

When I was in chinatown in NYC I got these little cute monkeys. I just thought they were adorable and the price was good. I didn't realize what these little moneys stood for until I got home and showed it to my sister.

monkey #1: ears covered
monkey #2: eyes covered
monkey #3: mouth covered

This wall hanging stood for: 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil'.


searchwarp

“See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” is a common phrase, usually used to describe someone who doesn’t want to be involved in a situation. But where did the saying originate?

Unfortunately, no one knows for sure how it evolved. Because the saying is typically associated with three monkeys one covering his eyes, one covering his ears, and the other covering his mouth it is believed that the saying may have its origin in a 17th century temple in Japan.

The Nikko Toshogo Shrine, also known as the Sacred Stable, in Japan has a carving of three wise monkeys. Many scholars believe the monkeys were carved as a visual representation of the religious principle, “If we do not hear, see, or speak evil, we ourselves shall be spared all evil.”

Others believe that the saying originated from a Japanese play on words. “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,” translated into Japanese is, “mizaru, kikazaru, iwazaru.” The Japanese word for monkey is “saru”, and sounds very similar to the verb-ending “zaru”. It is easy to see how the saying may have originated from a fun play on words. The only problem with this explanation is that the three wise monkeys aren’t originally from Japan.

In the eighth century A.D. a Buddhist monk from China introduced the three wise monkeys to Japan. They were associated with a fearsome blue-faced deity called Vadjra. It is believed that the monkeys’ gestures were a representation of a command of the deity to “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.”

Just as there is disagreement about the origin of the phrase, there are differing explanations of the meaning of “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” Some contend that it is a proverb reminding us not to be so snoopy, so nosy, and so gossipy. Others say that it is a warning to stay away from places where immoral acts are taking place. Whatever the origin and meaning of “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,” it is one of the most visual phrases in existence.

Wow, who knew there is actually a conference held for those who collect these!
Mahatma Gandhi had very few possessions. One of the few were a set of these monkeys.
Mahatma Gandhi


I love my purchase!

Ambition-Knowledge-Curiosity

Ambitious
having a strong desire for success or achievement : requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"


Lately I have been thinking how important curiosity is to knowledge.
Curiosity and knowledge go hand in hand. You won’t get one without the other. More knowledge—more curiosity.


There is so much information in the world and I am fortunate enough to be able to get whatever knowledge I want. I don’t live in a world that prevents me from exploring…everything is in front of me. So many libraries, professors, EVERYTHING.
No excuses. As Abhi would say “excuses are like assholes…everyone has them.”


I don’t want to ignore an event because I am not interested in it, too lazy to ask questions about it, or no time to wander about it. I want to get interested…and not wait for someone else to do something.

Knowledge: The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned.


When I was younger I was curious and ambitions. I would get so excited to bring books from the library, tackle a math problem, know the world. If I had a question I would need to know the answers right away…I would stay up all night to ponder a question.


I would bike to the library and do my own research to get the question answered.
But that slowly declined.


I still have these tendencies but they don’t show up a lot.
But now I want to know the tedious of information.


Curiosity a state in which you want to learn more about something something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting


Everything is tied in. By doing the best you learn more and more. By giving yourself 100% to a task in front of you…you get the best you can out of yourself. With doing the best…it’s like a drug… you want this feeling more and more. You refuse to do a half ass job when you know that by applying yourself a few minutes more you can get the best result.


This is going to be a tough challenge...but I'll try it.

NYC!

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Clothing bargains for millionaires...would I dare to walk in? NO!
Night life taken from a restaurant that my friends and I were having dinner at...I got to talking to the waiter about his life in New York City...he wants to be an actor..who doesn't in NYC?







New York City was fantastic!
There is too much to tell and too many pictures to sort.
The only time I missed Minnesota was on the plane ride back...which was only about three hours..but seemed like 20. Had SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
loved the city!
be back with more later.






Every block...I had to stop for about 10 times to take pictures..of everything. Beautiful buildings..just normal things seemed like picture worthy.

Before and After

The moment I saw my "before" pictures of my long hair...I missed it.
Even though every morning it was a struggle to managae it, took way too long to wash it, and I ran late all the time...I miss it.

ohh well...I hope it grows longer soon...so I could cut it..and then regret it. haha

Some things, you learn to expect, growing up a girl.

"You expect to confront harrassment as surely as the sun in May and the fog in a Delhi December."

Great post: Check it out

QUOTE

All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

A Delight!

Went out to have dinner at Patrick's. The food is fresh and tastes great! The cafe is so beautiful and SO relaxing. It’s a simple place yet so beautiful. When I was standing to order I wanted everything that was available...YUM!
It's so nice to have a cafe like this close to home!
Check out the site and the gallery of heaven!

I did some shopping today. It was fantastic! I haven't really done any serious shopping for months and today everything I tried on fitted so well!
I was browsing through bags...and every bag I checked out were LIZ CLAIBORNE'S.

I decided I needed a treat... so I got the bag on top, two boots that were 1/2 prized, and some tops.

I deserve it. Work too hard and no play? NO WAY!

Wanted to relax and do NOTHING tonight..so the result is:


My Birthdate: June 15

You take life as it is, and you find happiness in a variety of things.
You tend to be close to family and friends. But it's hard to get into your inner circle.
Making the little things wonderful is important to you, and you probably have an inviting home.
You seek harmony with others, but occasionally you have a very stubborn streak. (I guess so..haha)

Your strength: Your intense optimism

Your weakness: You shy away from exploring your talents ( Not really shy..okay maybe..but lately I am interested in everything...and I am pursuing what I want...)

Your power color: Jade

Your power symbol: Flower

Your power month: June

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

What Your Sleeping Position Says: Sleeping on your back

You have a passion for everything - including sleeping.
Outgoing and brash, you tend to still shock those who know you well.
You tend to be selfish. You are the most likely type to hog the covers.
You gravitate toward comfort and don't like extreme situations.

What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You?

Your Hidden Talent

You have the power to persuade and influence others. You're the type of person who can turn a whole room around. The potential for great leadership is there, as long as you don't abuse it. Always remember, you have a lot more power over people than you might think!

What's Your Hidden Talent?

thank god it was just a paper...

I sat in horror.
I couldn’t concentrate, I didn’t know how to express my feelings, I just sat in front of my computer without moving.
How could I have done this?

I just found out that I turned in my rough draft as my final copy. How could this be? How could I be this careless? I was shocked. I really loved the way the paper turned out because a terrific writer helped me correct it on a Saturday morning (you know who you are).

I just can’t believe this.
It made me just…………………………………………..sit there……….

Mistakes. Even if you don’t intend it…it happens…or is this accident?

Thank God this was just a paper and I have the option of revising it (I’ll turn in my final) but what if this was something else. I could live with this (for a moment I thought I wouldn’t) but imagine all those people who unknowingly made a mistake that they couldn’t take back.

They have to sit there staring at themselves without any way to correct it.

Sometimes you summit something into this world, thinking it’s your best work, but life plays with you. Silly mistakes, one click, one second of an action, and that’s all.

That’s all it takes. Life is unpredictable.

To step that one moment back and change.