little things that matter

arranged or otherwise?

so i get on the bus yesterday to come to guelph for my meetings and a friend's thesis defence, and it smells totally disgusting and damp. but i get used to it in about 20 minutes...even though at the beginning i thought i'd have to hold my breath for the entire hour and fifteen. good thing i fell asleep, but like everything else in life, one gets used to things. i don't know how good that is when you're 'used to' a relationship...that's when you're taking someone for granted and that's never nice. have to leave that discussion for some other time. Ms. CS's defence went quite smoothly even though some of the questions that the profs asked were tricky. she handled it rather well, even though sometimes with very risque humour...which she later regretted and she thought it made her seem like she didn't take the defence seriously. what's funnier even is that i was dead tired after her defence, and i hadn't done anything at all during the day except travel to guelph! it was sympathy tiredness i call it, as she was exhausted after it was all done and she'd passed. my cousins are coming from london today and i'm waaaaay excited to see them. especially cuz an almost-two-year old is in the mix who i haven't met yet. and he's a little dream of a boy :o) what else? work's taken an unbelievable backseat, but i'm going to bangladesh regardless, now that i'm paying for my ticket upfront, to be reimbursed. but i really need to get the questionnaire and stuff re-done. reading a book from CS called 'for matrimonial purposes' - all about arranged marriages and about how a 34-year-old indian woman is bringing 'disgrace' upon her family because she's not getting any suitable proposals. CS, mind you, is a very white, very german girl, and it's a surprise that she even owns this book. but she says she bought it because of me talking about arranged marriages all the time, and how my parents are poised this time round to show me 'suitable boys'. i'm afraid i might end up like the Anju character in the book....unmarried at 34, and probably past that! another one of those perpetual worries. ten years is a long time, though...god only know what'll happen within those years! time for me to say buhbye right now, but will be back soon!

posted by pebblesia @ 1:26 PM