let the drug games begin..

the night i got my typhoid shot was interesting.. to say the least. i had three very odd dreams:

first one, i was surrounded by ipods. everywhere i turned, there sat an ipod. weird.

second one, i was walking down the street at night and then would run out to the middle of the street stopping cars with their lights off.

and the last one, which may have been a continuation of the second one.. i'm not sure, i was walking with someone and her apartment was on the route to some place (no idea where). so when we separated i started running (why? i have no clue..) and i accidentally slapped some guys hand as i was passing him. so he grabbed my arm and started dragging me.. which is when i woke up.

very odd indeed.

i need to start taking malaria tablets. the doctor asked, "have you ever suffered from depression?" no.. "good, because one of the side effects for this drug is suicide.. but that's only an issue with a history of depression" oh.. well then. and according to wikipedia, another possible side effect is nightmares. GREAAT! this should be.. an interesting trip indeed.

i just screwed myself

i was just watching bones, and at the end of the show a man opens his coat closet and is about to hang his coat when a guy jumps out at him with a butcher's knife. gah.. now i'm going to have issues falling asleep.

oh bugger.

japanese should come free with train rides

this past weekend i went home to ottawa since it was diwali & new year's (indian), plus dad was leaving for india that sunday. after regular new year's visit to the temple, mum, my brother, and i headed to the ottawa-montreal game to introduce my sister-in-law (in gujarati, i call her bhabhi) to canada's favourite pastime! excellent game, as expected. we seemed to have gotten tickets in the habs section.. especially the ones who paint themselves blue and red! bhabhi was quite amused by all the taunting going on in the stands, kind of like a soccer game. especially since the habs fans were all singing "ole, ole, ole oleeee". after the game, we headed to a diwali party where i could meet all the ottawa family friends. ah.. all i can say is things don't change :) definitely a fun night.

sunday we had a family breakfast at cora's. so yummy as always! my parents were definitely impressed and agreed that it was very much worth waiting in line for. off to the airport we went to drop dad off. we hung out a bit at the bookstore trying to find dad something to read on the plane. i still think my suggestion was the best: the undomestic goddess. :)

after the airport we headed to the train station so i could catch my train. when i boarded the train, i ran into a family friend of sorts. we started talking and didn't even realise the train was moving! this was a problem.. because i didn't have a seat. so i walked to the back of the car.. nothing. back to the front i go to try the other car. i KNEW at this point no "outlet" seat would be available. *sigh* as i walk towards the front of the next car i get a little more worried because there are still no seats available.. until i get to the front. one seat left! and it happens to be an outlet seat (four seats facing each other) - *excitement* it was totally one of those "spotlight on the seat while a choir in the background sings, 'aaaaaahhhhh'" moment. the three other people and i get talking and it turns out that the guy sitting beside me went to the same high school and used to hang out with my brother. :| very weird indeed. he's someone i don't really remember since he was apparently only there for a year. anyway, he thankfully made the train ride all the more entertaining. we compared pictures of his ex to his current girlfriend, which amused me to no end! and then ended up watching japanese shows - we were probably the LOUDEST people on the train. the lady across from us kept giving us looks.. ah well. if she seriously had a problem then she could have just asked us to be quiet.

i told mum about the two people i met on the train. she replies with, "why can't you find a nice gujarati boy on the train..?" .. *slaps forehead*

i think i found my prince charming!

*heart flutters*

i got an email today. i'm not sure what to make of it, considering from all the emails listed in the "to" and "cc" sections, none of them are mine! is this an actual email from a man who actually found a girl's profile and is interested? i doubt it, since there are four different email addresses listed. is this spam trying to get people interested in the website? perhaps, kind of fits the bill. is this someone trying to pull a prank? possibly, though somewhat unlikely. weird..

from    parag dave <daveparag@yahoo.com >
to    ReenaMistry@yahoo.com, ReenaMistry@yahoo.co.in,
cc    ReenaMistry@rediffmail.com, ReenaMistry@hotmail.com,
date    Nov 1, 2007 4:46 AM
subject    matrimony
   
   
HI there

I am Parag Dave from ahmedabad.i saw yours profile at simplymarry.com and found it very suitable.

Myself, 41, 5"5, Management Graduate, Gujarati-Brahmin,never married, belong to established family,Admin Professional.

if you find mine proposal suitbale, please revert back to me with yours detailed profile and photo.

with thanks

parag dave

now if ANY of you log on to simplymarry.com and put up my profile, i swear i will hunt you down.. *glare*