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Picture Time!!
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
11:56 p.m.
Well after not having written for a week, and then writing huge long entries in the past 2 days, it's time for pictures!!!!!

These are of Ricky and me from Valentine's Day this year! We went out that night to the upper west side of manhattan and ate at this restaurant called Llasa! It was so beautiful and the food so delicious! The night was SO cold though! These pictures were taken in my suite's living room and in front of my room door.

*WARNING* THESE PICTURES ARE HUGE!! I cropped them down so you could just see our faces in the thumbnails but actual pictures are LARGE and are of us and entire suite. All photos can be found at my photo gallery.

Diplomacy and International Affairs
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
06:54 p.m. EST
Well my dad was actually calmed down and easy to talk to but you know what he wanted? I received a bit of money as graduation gifts from all the guests and I deposited it into my own bank account I had made last fall and which my dad only learned about 2 weeks ago. Well, my dad wanted my bank account number and to be able to keep record of things - I was like NO WAY. His reason? 1) he wanted to be able to control things 2) he didn't think I was capable of taking care of things. I told him that at 25 I was very capable and that this kind of limiting, restrictive parenting is why I'm not independent at 25 and that if it continued, I'd never be able to stand on my own 2 feet. I told him I'd take care of my affairs and loans and everything. Sheesh. I can't believe my dad is so controlling and has such little faith in my ability. I told him to sit back and watch me and then only will he believe. If only he knew how much I HAVE done and how responsible I HAVE been but had to keep it all secret because of his controlling, must-know behavior. *sigh*

Anyway, more and more I am leaning towards diplomacy and domestic and international affairs. I don't know how to get into it though. There's a lawyer in Manhattan my dad knows who wants my resume and wants to hire fresh new law grads. he knows I graduated from law school and am taking the Bar Exam in July. It'd be cool to work for him in Manhattan but I'm worried it might be one of those 8am to 10pm lawyer corporate jobs where work is my life....that's not what I want. Being a lawyer for me is just a way to make money and a stepping stone into international affairs and diplomacy. However if the pay is good, I might do it for 2 years or so to help pay off my loans and help me get the real kind of job I want. What I wouldn't give to work with the FBI or CIA or United Nations....

Ya know that movie Rick and I saw - Blackhawk Down? It was about the UN's and America's intervention in Somalia and their interferance and involvement in something they had no business being a part of. Check out this amazing news article about Bert Sacks being sued by the US government for taking medicine to Iraq to save children which is illegal under the US sanctions against Iraq. This man is amazing. he's been trying to save the dying children in Iraq with medicine and for this he is facing 12 years in jail and a 10,000dollar fine; he is 60 years old! I really DO believe the sanctions against Iraq are unhelpful and cruel and it needs to be handled better. If you read the article, you learn how the Persian Gulf War and sanctions have really wiped Iraq's citizens out and it isn't doing anything to bring Saddam down.

The U.S. is also being blamed for the bad things that happened in Somalia.....to learn more about what happened in Somalia and why what the U.S. and UN (and other countries) did was wrong, read a news article printed in The Economist - July 3, 1997 print issue called: Somalia: Good Intentions Turned to Shame. This article really floored me. I've copied and pasted it here:

AFTERSHOCKS from the UN’s catastrophic 1993 operation in Somalia linger on. Grisly tales of murder and torture by Canadian, Belgian and Italian troops on “peacekeeping” duty cause dismay. The men had been sent to Somalia on a mercy mission to get food and medicine to starving people cut off by civil war and banditry. How did things go so terribly wrong?

The row has been most painful in Canada, a generous contributor to peacekeeping operations since the UN began. A government-appointed commission investigating the death of a young Somali in March 1993 concluded this week that he had been murdered by Canadian troops (two soldiers have already been jailed for this particular murder). In a damning report, the commission slammed the army’s top leadership. The Somali operation, it said, had been ill-prepared and rudderless. And senior officers had lied in an attempt to cover up the horror.

In Belgium, photographs splashed across the newspapers—one showing two soldiers holding a Somali boy over a fire—led to the prosecution of three paratroopers for violence and calls for their unit to be disbanded. But, in this case, the judge at a military tribunal last week acquitted the men, saying there was no evidence that they had meant to harm the child.

In Italy, photographs published in a magazine showed members of the elite Folgore (lightning) paratroop regiment apparently torturing a naked Somali with electrodes and sexually abusing a Somali woman. The revelations prompted horror, though this subsided a little as politicians and the media swung behind the army. No fewer than three inquiries are being held. Two generals who had commanded the Italian force in Somalia have resigned from their present jobs.

In all three countries, the apparent atrocities came to light through the press, not official inquiries. Public anger has been fuelled by accusations of racism and, in Canada and Belgium, of neo-Nazism. The military establishments have defended the troops by saying that these were isolated incidents (or harmless pranks) and that the perpetrators were just a few “bad apples”. That is far from the whole story.

Operation Restore Hope, as it was called, was launched by George Bush in December 1992. He was responding to American television viewers who saw starving Somali children and Somali gunmen stealing food before it could reach them. Fresh from beating Saddam Hussein, the Americans thought they knew how to deal with bullies.

But the men who the Americans thought were a bunch of bandits were in fact committed fighters involved in complex clan wars. Many Somalis saw the UN as an invader, and some believed that there was a plot to recolonise Somalia. The quick-tempered pride of Somalis is strongly flavoured with xenophobia; their ferocity in fighting invaders—and each other—is well known in the region. Before long the foreigners found themselves shouted at and stoned, and later shot at by Somali snipers. What began as a peace mission turned into an army of occupation. UN compounds were shelled at night and patrolling troops ambushed: 151 UN soldiers and four civilians were killed.

Some UN troops retaliated brutally. But there were deeper failings that are only now being officially questioned. The inadequate assessment of Somali politics, for a start. Worse, the troops were given contradictory rules of engagement. Most countries sent their men on the understanding that they would remain neutral in Somalia’s civil war. But when the Americans, who led the operation, turned it into a mission against one of the warlords, Muhammad Farah Aideed, the others were obliged, without consultation, to go along.

The Americans launched several abortive raids to capture Aideed, killing dozens of Somali civilians in the process. Worst of all was a night in October 1993 when American special forces took it upon themselves to try to catch Aideed at the Olympic Hotel. The unit itself got caught and two helicopters were shot down: 18 American soldiers were killed, the corpse of one of them dragged through the streets. That is what the world saw and remembers. What is less well known is that more gunships were sent in that night and circled the area firing into houses, apparently at random, with cannons and machineguns. The official Somali death toll was 200, but medical staff put it at nearer 1,000, accusing the Americans of taking revenge. Whether they were or not, the operation rattles with skeletons.

over a week's worth of adventures
Monday, June 17, 2002
7:07 p.m. EST
Hi everyone! I have over a week's worth of adventures and stories to tell you about! I have so many great memories now and I had so much fun!! I'll begin with my grad party.

Friday, June 7th, 2002 - My Law School Graduation Party
Ricky had me convinced that he probably wouldn't be able to come to the grad party that night. I was pretty sad about it and was preparing myself for the let down. However, he had told me to go downstairs and check for a delivery around 8am. Little did I know the delivery was him! :) He looked so cute standing there :) His surprise visits are the best :) We got all dressed up after my bar review and my mom and sisters came to pick me up. Mummy had to put gold on me - the necklace and bracelets were gorgeous. I was wearing this long black and white strappy dress. The party was AMAZING! I received many gifts but the best was having my dear friends and Ricky there. Sashi and Neil and Winie and Sandra and Nitz and Michael and my dearest Carrie and Troy all showed up! :) My sister Nithi was the "emcee" and she did a great job! Mekha and Mili DANCED to this gorgeous hindi song - their moves were amazing and they looked unbelievable! My sisters are so talented! Sashi wouldn't stop talking about how gorgeous my family was and how my mom, even at 50, still looked like she was 35! :)

The most embarrassing moment of the night though was the SLIDE SHOW! My folks found video tape footage and tons of pictures from me as a 6month old to present day. There were REALLLLLLLYYYY embarassing things in there - in one I was singing Tuje Dekha Thoye Jana Sanam from Dilwale Dilhuniya Le Jayenge and GAWDDDDDDDD was it embarassing! I won't go into it! I was rolling my eyes and sticking out my tongue and making an ass of myself! HAHAHAH it was funny :D I gave a short speech thanking everyone who came and all who performed (we had a lot of songs and dances) and thanked my folks and sisters. Then the camera guys swooped down on me and took so many pictures I couldn't smile anymore by the end of the night.

Ricky came home with us that weekend and my parents were so cool about it. They like him :) My mom made him pancakes and so much other good stuff ;) That weekend my sisters and I showed Ricky around Carmel and we went to the mall, and we watched this cool hindi movie Rick brought called Na Tum Jaano Na Hum starring my fave Hrithik Roshan - was such a sweet movie and funny too. We had a barbeque Sunday and we made tons of food and brownies too! Afterwards, Rick and I went hiking through the woods behind my house and found this gorgeous LAKE and old, abandoned girl scouts property sheds. It was kind of spooky but the wilderness was beautiful!

The whole of last week from Mon 6/10 to Sunday 6/16
I can't remember what Rick and I did Monday and Tuesday - not a whole lot - we rented "Inventing the Abbots" - GOOD movie! What else did we do Mon and Tues? Agh mind's a blank! But THURSDAY DAY NIGHT WE SAW RENT!!!! I love Broadway musicals! Rent was FANTASTIC!! The music was great, the actors amazing - everything was BRAVO!! The next one I want to take Ricky to is Phantom of the Opera. We saw Les Miserables last August and loved it. On Wednesday, we wound up going to this place called the Garage which was this restuarant/bar with live jazz music. Was SO beautiful! It was on Bleeker street - very pretty and lively! After RENT on Thursday we ate at Chevy's - my new fave drink is their margarita called "The Sunburn" :) it's yummy! I got buzzed after only 1 margarita and was a giggling nut ;) hahaha! Was that the night Ricky bought me a ride in the rickshaw? There are these rickshaws that men bicycle with and Rick and I got into it and our guy carted us all around times sq for $10! :) That was fun!

Friday, I took ricky to the Metropolitan Museum where we saw the Egyptian Exhibit and after that took him to Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History where we saw the SPACE SHOW!!! I bought an overpriced globe of all the constellations in the sky so I can learn to identify all of them. Was SOOOO much fun! NYC is so freaking fun! Then that night we went and saw Sum of All Fears at the movie theatre in Times Square - that is SUCH a great movie! I wanna do things like that - be involved in diplomacy and real world things like that. I love it!! On Saturday night I had organized this get together at Paisley's off of Park avenue and on East 21st Street. It's this cool indian cafe/bar with a dance floor and live music and dj! Sat night was BHANGRA NIGHT so rick and I met up with my cousin Mat - who's this kick-ass litigation attorney working in Manhattan and we met all his friends and danced and drank and just had fun :) Was a great night. On Sunday, Rick and I tried to go to the Cloisters (a medieval museum) that's part of the Met but turned out it was like an hour+ journey on bus and we would only arrive after it closed, so we scratched that and went to CENTRAL PARK and saw Shakespeare in the Park - the production was 12th Night and was fantastic! :) When we got back, we rented BLACKHAWK DOWN <-- also good movie :)

I'm so happy ricky came. We had such a great time and to think he was fooling me the whole time about not being able to get tickets and not being able to come up ;) His surprise visit was great! I miss him a lot now....we left for JFK this morning at 5:30 and when I got back to my Bar Review classes I was practically - no literally!! - falling asleep! I just got back from running errands and mailing out packages. Spoke to my friends Carol and Sashi and am making plans to meet up with them on Friday night and Saturday. Sashi and I want to find a cafe/coffee place with poetry reading :) We both love Barnes and Noble and wanna go there :) Carol and I might go see a movie Friday.

whew....that was so long.....am so tired! I have to call my dad though - he called saturday about room damages bill that came from the campus housing ppl. I hadn't called him back satuday because of Paisleys, so while at Central Park waiting for the show, I called Papa on rick's cell and geez was papa mad - talking about how I'm going everywhere and how he doesn't appreciare it, GEEZ - it totally pissed me off and we got into a fight. I have to call him tonight now and I'm dreading it cause I know we'll prolly get into another fight over me living my life and him wanting me to just stay home and safe and cocooned *sigh* I love my dad but his mindset is of a completely different generation and he's so restrictive of me that I can't DO anything without him getting upset about it and having his word put in and I have to obey it. That's how he is with all of my sisters and me. ANYWAYZ - better call him now and get it overwith. I have a lot of studying to do tonight. Night everyone :)

- Nishi

P.S. 2 cool quiz results! It's getting harder and harder to find really cool quizzes. I want to make new ones after I switch hosts.

Friday, June 7, 2002
02:02 a.m.
Up late studying for bar review class tomorrow, also wrote a small speech to say at my graduation party tomorrow. :) Super tired....took some quizzes tonight....I'm off to bed. Night!

Which glamour goddess are you?

Thursday, June 6, 2002
08:27 p.m.
I took a survey that Rebecca had on her blog (see link above under my friends) and the quiz was long and some of the questions were stupid, so I deleted a bunch and put up the stuff I liked to answer :)

[[ Name ]] - Nishi
[[ Nicknames, including from family ]] - SelenityNoMegami, SelenityHime, Nishi-sama, Nishi-san, Nishi-chan, Miss Nishi, Riannon and I don't want to include the ones from family cause they're private
[[ Birthday ]] - Feb 6, 1977
[[ Age ]] - 25
[[ Astrological sign? ]] - Aquarius
[[ Chinese zodiac sign? ]] - Dragon
[[ Location ]] - NY!
[[ Current Hair color ]] - beautiful black
[[ Eye color... W/ & W/O contacts ]] - Brown - no contacts I have 20/30 vision
[[ Parents still together? ]] - Yes
[[ Siblings? ]] - 3 younger sisters, the last 2 are twins
[[ Pets? ]] - none but I want a puppy!
[[ In school/graduated? ]] - Graduated from St. John's University of Law in June 2002! (this month)
[[ What do you drive? ]] - Mercedes Benz C280
[[ Black and White/Color ]] - Color
[[ Black/White ]] - white
[[ Red/Blue ]] - blue
[[ Dogs/Cats ]] - dogs
[[ Roses/Daisies ]] - roses
[[ Beer/Liquor ]] - Mixed drinks - margaritas
[[ Underwear/Thongs ]] - both
[[ Hair: Short/Long ]] - long
[[ Boots/Shoes ]] - sandals (clogs and platforms) and boots (long and short and high heeled)
[[ Food: Mexican/Italian ]] - both
[[ Dark/Light ]] - light
[[ Day/Night ]] - both
[[ Sheets: Solid/Animal Prints ]] - solid and/or floral and I only like leopard print
[[ Sub(missive)/Dom(inant) ]] - dominant


Favorites
[[ Color ]] - red and blue and ALL colors
[[ Animal ]] - lions, tigers and puppies/dogs
[[ Vehicle ]] - Convertibles!!!!
[[ Flower ]] - red rose
[[ Beer ]] - Heineken or Corona
[[ Liquor ]] - agh whatever tastes good
[[ Soda ]] - pepsi or coke
[[ Food ]] - indian and japanese
[[ Book ]] - Phantom of the Opera, The Dark is Rising series, The Crystal Cave + so many more - I read a LOT of books and love a LOT of them
[[ Author ]] - Beverly Cleary
[[ Band ]] - SO MANY!! Garbage, Fuel, Guns n Roses, I can't name them all!! I love music like crazy and listen to everything!
[[ CD ]] - Loreena McKennit or Sarah Mclachlan
[[ Song ]] - Just the Way You Look Tonight
[[ Movie ]] - Emma, Ever After, Contact - too MANY - I love watching movies
[[ Director ]] - Steven Spielberg
[[ Extracurricular Activity ]] - hahaha you want me to list them ALL????
[[ Color your hair? ]] - I dunno - I think black is beautiful - but maybe auburn highlights one day
[[ Have tattoos? ]] - no but I'd CONSIDER getting a red rose on my ankle
[[ Piercings? ]] - ears but I want one day to MAYBE get a belly button ring or belly button ring/necklace - MAYBE :)

DO YOU BELIEVE IN...
[[ God/Devil? ]] yes and I believe in demons/fallen angels
[[ Yourself? ]] yes
[[ Your friends? ]] my TRUE friends, yes
[[ Aliens? ]] I believe they're demons making people believe they're aliens
[[ Miracles? ]] Definitely
[[ Love? ]] YES
[[ The Closet Monster? ]] No...I'm scared of my barbie dolls sometimes at night when I'm spooked....their faces can be so scary and evil......

Nishi

Thursday, June 6, 2002
6:02 p.m. EST
wow! the wind is blowing like crazy out there! I'm on the 5th floor here in the halls and all I see out the window is gorgeous trees and the sky and cars on the road and a dog and houses :) I think it's going to thunderstorm! :D That dog barks too much though! I just found out I'll have NO INTERNET CONNECTION ALL WEEKEND! What the heck am I gonna do without my T1 connection? *sob* Stupid computer ppl messing with our connections grrrrr!

yesterday I had such a nice manicure/pedicure! My suitemate Ilka had on this gorgeous pretty natural beige polish that she let me take to the nail spa place - they did my eyebrows all nice and my hands and feet - complete massage and everything (for only $15!!) I found another color I love - Dante brand nail polish #77 which is called "White Russian" - gorgeous clear color which is a very pale see-through lavendar. It's stunning! I'm going to get that next time maybe :)

I worked out again today - jogged 54 minutes for 4 miles again but no weights today. Went home and had a relaxing shower and then suitemates and I ordered food - I had yummy spaghetti with meat sauce and chocolate cake! :D I LOVE CHOCOLATE! I think I ate too much but ah well, at least I exercised :D Wow it's really fierce outside! I hope it thunders! Anyway - I am going to work on my speech for my graduation party tomorrow night and do some crim law bar review studying (woo hoo) - talk to yall later :)

- Nishi

P.S. Below are some auctions I won for cheap on ebay and yahoo! am very excited about winning these for so little!

Wednesday, June 5, 2002
04:30 p.m.
had bar review from 9-1 again, after which I came home and changed and hit the gym! Jogged for 54 minutes at 4.5mph and finished 4 miles :) Then I hit the weights and did my quadriceps, hamstrings, inner and outer thighs, hips, and arms - lots of arms. There was this girl who had really nicely developed arms and I asked her advice on which exercises to do to tone up my triceps and she showed me some really cool tips and exercises! If I keep doing this 2-3 times a week I'll be 10 pounds lighter in 2 months and reach my goal of 95 pounds. Although I'm trying to get anywhere b/t 85-95. (Keep in mind I'm short!) :)

I'm home now and showered and chatted with my suitemates :) Going to get a manicure and pedicure now so I'm ready for the party on Friday. There's a chef's salad in the fridge calling my name - time to eat! I got calls from Nitz and Carrie! I'm so glad they're both doing well! Nitz started her summer job at court and is having a blast :) Carrie and Troy bought a HOUSE!!! They're moving to Peekskill (where the Facts of Life girls were from!) and I'm going to go see their house soon :)

kk, off to eat and treat myself to a good ol' spa night :) And then come back and get lots of work done. Hope you're all having a great day!

- Nishi

Tuesday, June 4, 2002
03:34 p.m.
mmmmmm 3:30....I wanted to go work out but I'm so tired and sleepy...only got 5 hours or less of sleep last night....maybe I should take a nap instead.......ok I convinced myself - nap it is! I walked everywhere for errands from 12:30-1:30 anyway so it's ok! I'll work out real good tomorrow and thursday to make up for it :) *jumps happily into my bed* there's nothing like snuggling up all nice and letting your head sink into that pillow when it's so weary! "night!" :)

- Nishi

Tuesday, June 4, 2002
01:58 p.m.
Caroline, because that was 3 hours before the graduation. Once it was finally happening and I was walking, the hat was a disaster and loose on my head! :D hahaha! I wish it had stayed on as good as it had in the pics below! :) Hemal, thanks for all your well-wishes! :) Now just the Bar Exam and I'll be really done!!

My graduation party is this Friday. I'm excited but nervous. I need to write up some words...some kind of small speech........I met all (or all that're here) my suitemates last night :) One of them, Jenny, is Malayalee Indian like me and it turns out I knew her brother Cijoy from Chicago!! We use to irc on #kerala all the time! It's such a small world! :) Jenny's really cool and she and I got along great! Everyone else is cool too so this looks like it'll be a really nice summer :)

I'm having some lunch now and then gonna clean up and then go work out. So much stuff to do! I'm sooo behind on my bar review studying and I've got to somehow finish at least 1/2 of it tonight....*sigh*....I hope the ppl I love most will be able to come to my friday party......it won't be special if they're not there...but then again I do understand.....still sucks though.

I'm thinking of working for the Peace Corp part time or on the side...want to try helping out with pro bono work as well as urban planning....we shall see.....I need to catch up on the news again....so much going on! Ok...lunch! Bye for now everyone :)

- Nishi

4 more days till my graduation party!!
Monday, June 3, 2002
02:11 p.m.
Graduation was beautiful!! My family got me a dozen gorgeous magenta roses which matched my graduation gown! :) We took a ton of pictures and my cousin, Mat, was also able to come for it! I haven't really seen and spoke to him ion years but when we did finally chat and catch up it was like no time had passed at all! The ceremony was long but it was significant for me - everything I wanted to work towards was set before me. The only bad part was all the trouble I had with my darn cap. It looked hideous! My mom, of course, told me that when I went on stage after they called my name, my hat looked horrible and wasn't upright and all this other stuff. AGHHHHHW Why is it something ALWAYS goes wrong for me? ;) HAHAHA I just know on my wedding day things won't be perfect then either - my hair will be a mess and my face all sweaty and oily ;) I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best anyway! :)

I took pictures before hand! And here they are below. Afterwards, my sisters and M&P and Mat all went to an indian restaraunt for dinner. I had Sag Paneer with Nan and DELICIOUS MANGO SHAKE! Then it was back to my hall where I had to move out and move into my new hall. Everything is still sitting here in my room unpacked. I'm starved! Am ordering chinese food with my new summer suitemates. They all seem really nice :D

Sunday, June 2, 2002
10:13 a.m.
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woo hoooooooo! Today I am officially done with law school! YAAAAAAAAHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
- Nishi

Things I wanna study
Saturday, June 1, 2002
8:04 p.m. EST
taking those quizzes pointed out subjects I want to be very knowledgable and well-versed in...especially if I ever wanna branch out from being a lawyer into politics or world affairs....the entry was too long so I deleted it and put up a page! :) Click the screencap below to go to a new page on my site.

Political philosphies
Saturday, June 1, 2002
12:54 p.m.
I took a whole bunch of political quizzes to find out where I stand on issues...under the following, it turns out I am:

Party Matchmaking Quiz
1) Natural Law Party 72%
2) Green Party 72%
3) Democratic Party 67%
4) Republican Party 56%
5) Reform Party 44%
6) Constitution Party 28%
7) Libertarian Party 22%

The Political Quiz Show
I scored a 12 - falling between Hillary and Bill Clinton, although my favorite would be Colin Powell <-- I loved him and Bill Clinton best as the most recent political figures.

Political Compass: Left-Liberal

Political Philosphy 1: Centrist

Political Philosphy 2: Liberal Socialist

Political Belief: Socialist

Political Party: Green Party or Democrat

Kinda funny...I always thought I was more conservative but I guess I'm more of a centrist/socialist and more liberal than I knew.....these quizzes pointed out so many things I wanted to learn more about in order to have a better understanding and form concrete opinions on....I know that I support early abortion but NOT any abortion after the first trimester. I also know that I support nationalized health care and education.

- Nishi

Saturday, June 1, 2002
11:46 a.m.
crap. now U&M is running so slow since my host server kicked in some auto-thing. crap. on a much crappier note, I have to pack up my whole room and suite today! oh goodie goodie gumdrops. I'm gonna take a shower and try to find those dang blasted carts and hurl my stuff in. Man this is gonna take a while.....

On a better note, I found two cool quizzes! The Lion one was kinda wrong cause I don't think Lions are egotistical. I love lions and tigers best. The jaguar is SOOOO cute! And the gryphon one is cute event hough I like unicorns best but this guys interpretation of unicorns sucked. Lucky I got gryphon as #1.

What fantasy creature are you? Find out Here

Friday, May 31, 2002
10:25 p.m.
god I can't believe how out of the news I've been! I finally caught up on CNN and watched crossfire <-- good show that tells u everything u need to know = gives you both liberal and conservative viewpoints. (I also love reading http://www.commondreams.org) I'm worried that India and Pakistan will go to war....I have precious cousins and uncles and aunts in India and I don't want anything to happen to them. Damn stupid war. I don't choose any side and I may be Indian but that means nothing when it comes to war to me - I hate all kinds of it and don't support either of the countries in this stupid non-stop fighting and now perhaps nuclear war.

Watching Andrea Koppel report from the state dept made me wish that I could be like her - in the thick of things - caught up in world affairs and completely in the know. I love current affairs and especially international world affairs.....I wish I could somehow get involved in it......Neil told me that the UN gives internships to recent law grads......that sounds so COOL but it prolly won't pay and if it does, very little. BAH! Feels like need for money and other obligations tie us all down from doing the things we'd LOVE to do. If money wasn't an object I'd go all out to pursue journalism and international affairs - not just international law - law's just a stepping stone to help me find the job I'm passionate about - I hope it's eventually something in the government and involved in foreign affairs. I'd love to be a correspondent or a foreign aid or an abassador! Unfortunately, I speak malayalm like a 4 to 8 yr old and spanish like a 6 yr old ;) hahaha :)

woe is me! I didn't do any studying tonight. It's so HOT! It thunderstormed for a while - GOD I LOVE THUNDERSTORMS!! I love summer :) Wish my A/C would blast enough cold air though! I better go study now or get SOMETHING DONE!!! Adieu!

Nishi

Friday, May 31, 2002
04:48 p.m.
yikes!!! My quizzes became so popular that my bandwidth on usagiandmamoru.com shot up to 61GB!!! I'm only allowed 10-15GB of transfer a month which was the norm before May. So I deleted all the images so no one could direct link to them and altered all the quizzes so that people would have to save the images onto their own webspace. I hope this helps. I never thought The Royalty Quiz or Woman of Beauty quiz would be such a hit. Thank you to everyone who took it! :) Now please please place the images on your own sites? :D

I got my cap and gown!!! I graduate from law school Sunday 3:30pm!! And afterwards, I hopefully move into my new housing for the summer. Next Friday is my graduation party. I hope my ricky can come. So far Carrie and Troy, and Sashi and her friend, and Neil, and Larry and his wife, and Seth and Stephanie and Pete and maybe Nitz and Michael are all coming. If I can get in touch with Winie and Brian and Esther, they might come too! LYDIA ARE YOU COMING???

So much packing and moving to do. I can't find any of those big yellow carts or bins the undergrads used...I need to somehow find them tomorrow and pack all my stuff up. Tonight is bar exam studying night. I put new auctions up - check my auctions link above. Selling some manga Ribon and Nakayoshi furoku items as well as Ribon manga and Sailor Moon cards and Ayashi no Ceres stationary!

Take care everyone :)

- Nishi

Thursday, May 30, 2002
07:40 p.m.
mmmmmm I jogged just 3 miles today to give my body a small break from yesterday's workout. I worked my arms and abs out though on the weights. Not giving up on them! I relaxed with a good shower and I'm wearing my favorite silk robe from Victoria's secret and settling in for a night of bar exam studying. Yippee! What IS it with sellers who won't accept my campus address on paypal just cause it's not confirmed? Makes me so frustrated and mad. My room is such a mess....maybe I should clean it up before studying...yeah I'll do that :D Hope you all have a great night!

Nishi

Thursday, May 30, 2002
02:45 p.m. EST
Gorgeous sunny day out. We had thunderstorms though past few mornings and I loved it! If I ever moved out to LA, thunderstorms are what I would miss most. I'm so sore from my workout yesterday - feels good!! I'm home now to grab lunch and then head back out. I have to pick up my cap and gown for graduation Sunday! Second Bar Bri Review class was good. So much to study and learn though. I have almost 30 pages of notes in 2 days! I'm heading back out now to work out again. Hope my knees don't give out ;) I move out to the new hall on Sunday evening after graduation! That's good cause I'll have the weekend to pack up.

note to myself: call carrie!!

I need to get an exact head count of who's coming to my grad party next friday and need to get them all directions. What a headache. Ok bye folks. Sarah Beth, I want to hear the story about the trojans! :)

What Never Ending Story character are you?Yeah, Ceni did this.

- Nishi

woo hooo
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
07:42 p.m. EST
I had an AMAZING workout! I jogged for 53 minutes at 4.5mph and blasted 400+ calories and ran in total 4+ miles! I walked the rest to make 60whole minutes! Then I hit the weights and I benchpressed, works on my thighs - inner, outer, and front, worked on my arms, biceps, triceps, and shoulders, and then did 100 crunches and 60 lower ab crunches, and then did waist pulls! I was at the gym for almost 2 hours but it was WORTH IT!

I had my first Bar Review class and the prof was Charles Whitebead from USC - Ricky's university - GO TROJANS! :) The prof was funny and he had graduated from Yale - amazing guy. I ran so many errands - I'm tuckered out! I have to move Friday but the school's "closed" and to move into my new hall from this hall requires a bulding admin to be paged! *sigh* this is so crazy.

Hemal - thanks for your email but I think u have the wrong idea about my parents. They took care of my everything and they've worked long and hard - I WANT to be able to send money home - it was just a shocker to hear my dad say that 25% (I think he was exaggertaing a bit) had to come home. It's reasonable for my parents to feel that after 25+ years of working that at age 50+ they should be able to take it easier now with kids who are earning. They deserve that and I want to give that to them.

I need to do a whole bunch of criminal law review work tonight and I need to shower after that amazing workout. Had yummy beef curry to eat for dinner :) Still want something sweet though......

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Wednesday, May 29, 2002
02:42 p.m.
racked by fangs of jealousy
blood pours out my insecurities
leaving me a wasted carcass
shrunken, pitiful, vulture's feast
shred and rip so nothing's left
I don't want to see myself again

- Nishi

Wednesday, May 29, 2002
02:02 p.m.
twisted deceit and wretchedness
hypocrisy vomits forth
spreading its bile across my face
buried by deficiencies
I'll sleep in my grave tonight

- Nishi

Tuesday, May 28, 2002
10:18 p.m.
so you know me - when I don't feel too good what do I do? I web-design (or write). My new shrines are going to focus on Padme Naberrie (Queen Amidala) of Stars Wars Episodes I and II. Carol of descrying.pitas.com, thank you for visiting and I LOVED your journal. It's definitely one I will visit back frequently! Lynne/Blinger, I got your email and thank you so much. *HUG* I'm fine now. I know you'll always be there if I need to talk - thank you for that. All I needed was a little time to sort myself out and I'm back to myself again. I feel better :)

Below are 2 of the screencaps of layouts I've made. The Queen Amidala site will be called "Timeless" and the Anakin and Padme love shrine will be called "Timeless Love" - hope you like :)

- Nishi

Tuesday, May 28, 2002
12:21 a.m.
my wish for myself at 25...

independence from my parents. financially. able to live on my own and live my life as I please.

respect of my parents, my sisters, and ricky.

how to earn that respect: stop behaving like a child when it comes to responsibility and serious matters

do things right - to the best of your ability - and if you can't do something right, admit it and don't let another think you can do it and disappoint them when you can't.

take the iniative on things you hate to do

Have the ability to enjoy like a child - to live with such relish and exictement. Don't get caught up in being so mature that you become a bore who can't have fun like a child anymore. Never lose your innocence and passion but temper it with a good idea of reality and a good grip upon it.

form strong convictions and stand by them. and if you have to change them and break them, back that up with good reasoning.

make myself a better person physically - eating well and exercising

make myself better spiritually - by going back to praying to God and reading the Bible, taking time to write and produce new works and new songs.

make myself better emotionally - by standing up for myself and what I need/want, not taking crap....making time for my friends and keeping up with them instead of losing myself in my own world and losing them....

make myself better mentally - by studying hard, learning many things, growing wise....

start consciously having the discipline and motivation needed to accomplish all of this....

I'm really tired of my flaws and vices (see entry below)....it's cost me the utmost respect of the ones I love most.....I don't want to live the rest of my life still like this......25 is just an age, just a number...but it's suffocating at times when I realize I'm not the woman I wished to be by that age and that the years will just keep on piling on...I'm not 21 anymore with years ahead of me to realize my dreams...I have to do this for myself - not for everyone else, but for myself.....I have to do something about it....or I'll be stuck this way forever....I may never be all that my parents or my sisters or my love wants me to be...but I can definitely be what *I* want to be.....

- Nishi

Monday, May 27, 2002
10:17 p.m. EST
lessee....life still sucks. Won't go into exactly why but trust me, it sucks. Hate feeling like because of me or something to do with me, someone I care about is limited....makes me think I should just extricate myself out and then maybe that would make things ok for them....*sigh*....wish I could do something but I can't....thinks I don't stick to my promises so doesn't even have faith in me....no way to even help the situation....god I feel like such a waste...like such a screw up....seems like I've messed up so many chances I've been given....

I'm graduating from law school in a week, grad party in another week...so what? I don't feel proud about anything....I don't stick to my contracts/resolutions and I just let myself and others down in not being the kind of person I always wanted to be. What a joke...I'm the furthest thing from the ideal I ever hoped to come close to.....there's nothing to be proud about...still get yelled at like a child, still get criticized and picked apart....and there's truth in so much of it.

1. I'm still not a mature adult. It has nothing to do with liking anime or being lucky enough to have things provided for by my family. Instead, it has to do with making it on my own and ruling my life without depending on others. It has to do with standing on my own 2 feet - with a bail out if necessary - but standing so I don't need it at all.

2. Undisciplined and often unmotivated. How many times have I said I would lose weight, or keep things organized, or learn this or do that....I usually start out with a great effort and keep it up for a while, but almost always lapse back and fall out of it....

3. Shaky foundation. What happened to all my strong convictions and feelings on things? I've become such a push over and take a lot of crap I shouldn't. A lot of it has to do with learning new things and re-evaluating my stand on it....but other stuff deals with me just not knowing enough to have a strong conviction on it. There's so much I'm not wise about....so much still to learn. I'm 25 and so what? I might as well be an 18 yr old still starting out.....nothing's black and white anymore...I can't even take a strong stand on something cause the situation's not even clear....

I wish I could just take a couple days and get away and think about everything I need to and piece it all right in my head....make it clear....to be proud of myself again...of who I am and what I believe in and stand for....

I'll write....

Nishi

Sunday, May 26, 2002
10:12 p.m.
I feel like shit now. Does that make 2 nights in a row? Just got a horrible yelling at by my dad....about bills and credit card charges....he was cool with the 140 but not everything else. What's worse is the other stuff he said...sometimes life can feel so f---ed up.

Nishi

Sunday, May 26, 2002
07:10 p.m.
So my dad told me that once I start working 25% of my salary has to come home.....25%....on top of that I have $55,000 in loans to repay and my own insurance to worry about.......my parents are going to cut down on work and mummy's gonna stop working completely once Nithi gets out of college and starts working as a teacher. All my sisters and I knew we'd be chipping in to take care of the family once we started working....the house will be paid off in a few years, we have 3 Mercedes Benzes and 1 2002 Honda Civic. The C280 will be mine though once I get a job cause it's paid off and all I'll need to pay is insurance. I'm glad I'll have a car upon graduation. Life is changing so fast.....they want to sell our house in the coming years and build a new house....I don't want to see our home sold :(

Meanwhile, I've decided to go for Environmental Law. Lots of people are thinking about law school these days but like I told Caroline, the law environment sucks! it depends on if u find something u love to do in law but majorty of it is cases, cases, cases! It's representing clients and advocating on their behalf to other lawyers, other ppl, and ultimately in court if need be; it's writing briefs and memorandum; it's not glamorous - it's a pain in the butt and u have to really love what u do. Most people wind up slaving away at a law firm and making anywhere from 35K to 60K. Only if you work at a huge corporate firm as their slave do you make anywhere from 70K-125K and it's only once you start your own firm and become successful that u make 100K - 200K or more. And it's really hard. You have to love the law and you have to love clients and representing them.

I'm using law to step into policy making and government. I want to make changes in our gov'ts policies with other countries. We're such assholes here in U.S. - living in luxury and totally oblivious to how bad it is elsewhere - getting involved in disputes and in areas we don't belong. Manipulating oil in the middle east and supporting regimes that work to our advantage at the time but which eventually turn on us. Everyone hates us and I completely understand. We in the U.S. suck and we're one of the worst countries in the world for the crap we've pulled. I wanna change it for the better. I want to be an ambassador one day or some kind of consulate or foreign policy representative. That's what I'm using law for.

What's Your Sexual MO? Find out @ She's Crafty You love to be pampered and romanced by your men and things like cuddling by a fire, having an intimate meal, or having a long, deep conversation can always put you in the mood. Sex to you is usually more about the man your with than the act itself. Not a one-night stand kind of girl, newness and disconnectedness just don't do it for you. The mature, stable men you prefer to date appreciate your loyalty and big heart, but they especially love the way you inspire their more aggressive, protective masculine side.

Nishi

Sunday, May 26, 2002
2:04 a.m.
everything gets messed up and changes so easily - so quickly - you can't even understand it. you could be thinking and believing one thing all along and then have all of it taken away from you. twice.

boys have always been one of the 3 roots of my troubles. From Shaheed Ranga in 5th grade - my very first real crush that cost me a lot....to my 2nd named Phil (who cost me even more) to 3 others....every time I fell for a guy, it brought trouble....stuff I couldn't even foresee or understand....

shaheed I saw by the 5th grade lockers in middle school one day after school. I was wearing my pink denim skirt and my red and white striped shirt (never knowing in 5th grade that it mis-matched but boy was I told later!) I passed by him and a friend and he was wearing this long, cute yellow turtleneck shirt...and I just remember thinking "wow he's CUTE" - he looked indian but I bet he was guyanese. Unfortunately for me, my crush was ill-fated because another girl - she was so pretty and so popular - liked him and when my crush on shaheed became known - well, u know how cliques go ;) it became a virtual takes-sides semi-war!!

it's all school-kid stuff now, but I just remember so clearly how falling for my 1st crush brought me more pain than I was prepared for. And it's been like that continuously - every single time. I've had many little crushes nothing ever came of but this one and 2 others were the most prominent....and I've fallen in love - true love - twice. I think some of the greatest and most meaningful things happen when we fall in love. They could be the best and worst times of our lives. The happiest and the most painful. What you never prepare for though, is the worst. Sure you be realistic and be strong....and in the back of ur mind, u have worst case scenarios...but u never truly believe those will come true - ur always optimistic and hope for the best.

Maybe that's why it hurts so bad when that optimism shatters and ur shown how the real hand is dealt.

I grew up really normal....watching Saved By the Bell, I wanted lives like theirs - like Kelly Zapowski.....in reality the world is full of ugliness, messed up lives and families, rape and death and disease, cruelty.....the world is also a beautiful place with love and happiness, so much laughter and normalcy like I've known....if I did what my parents wanted me to - my life would be easy - my dad and mom always say - if I do what they tell me to - I'll be better off for it - I'll have an easier and happier life...they know what's best and better for me....sometimes, I'm so tempted to believe them and listen to them...and then other times, I want to follow my own road because there's is so cut and molded I'm not sure it's really what is meant for me or just a mold I'm supposed to follow....ideally, I'd want to be able to go out and do what I want - live my journey and adventure but always be able to "return home" - to come home to a symbolic stability where I can restore myself before I go back out again.....as long as I had some sort of a normalcy to return to from time to time - I'd be happy. I loved coming home from college...."back to my roots" - it brought me back to my center....re-rooted me to who I always have been and sent me back to college a little stronger and surer....and that's how I progressed - with a strong foundation to return to when I was worn out but still going out on my own....

what's all this got to do with crushes and love....5th grade and 8th grade and 16 years old....20 and 21 and 24 and 25....some of the biggest things in life happen in one day...one day can change everything.....and it always has to do with the people you love the most in the world......I dunno....I just had to get this all out....I dunno what's in store for me...or what the hell I want in life...or what I'm supposed to do, be, have....think.....sometimes, everything's just a confused mess.....

We all call ourselves adults but we're not. We're still kids inside who haven't figured things out yet. Life forces us to grow up and mature and u think u'll have it all figured out when you get older - but u won't. Life is still confusing and uncertain at 25 and 35 as it was at 15 and 20. The only way you're NOT figuring things out is if you went into a SET PATH where everything is figured out already for you. Marriage, babies, job, house - what's there to figure out about that? It's all done for you. But when you don't want all that - what then? Do people call you directionless? Clueless? Berate you for not having it all "figured out"? They don't understand cause they took the easy way out.

- Nishi

Saturday, May 25, 2002
10:18 p.m. EST
I didn't wake up till 12:30 today! Felt wonderful to sleep in late! We had a barbeque this afternoon - yummy burgers and turkey-dogs and corn :) we live surrounded by woods and I love the foliage - we always see deer and snapping turtles and wild ducks and geese :) so my mom, sisters and I were all swinging on our sofa-swing-chair on the deck and just enjoying the sun and breeze....felt so nice and peaceful. Afterwards, we watched "Riding in Cars With Boys" - was a good movie but it could've been better. It didn't give me the satisfaction with the movie I wanted....agh - whatever :)

In the evening, 2 of my sisters and I went to go shoot pool and we went to this crazy place that was full of ONLY men and all were mexicans....we walked in and every single guy looked at us. We had 2nd thoughts but decided we were there and would play. As we walked to our table, we endured cat calls and many more whistles. *roll eyes* The guys just kept staring....it didn't feel good being the only 3 girls there - one of them licked their lips in my direction! UGH! We played 2 rounds and then high-tailed it on outta there! I felt so scared that we were going to be followed out by any of the guys there - all were so skeevy and making weird eyes at us....my sisters walked but I ran back to the car and I drove us back home :D hahahaha :)

Anywayz :) I have church tomorrow and maybe I can talk my sisters into going bowling tomorrow night. They want to go shopping but I wanna catch the memorial day sale on Monday....agh we'll see I guess. Night everyone!

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- Nishi

Saturday, May 25, 2002
1:10 a.m.
I don't believe it but my parents were ok about the 140 I spent on clothes!! Ok because I don't spend much on clothing ever and this was for graduation so they were actually ok with it! YAAY :) I was really worried there and am totally relieved now! Whoever wrote the message about "14 days till my party" (ricky? ;)) you're right - June 7th is my graduation party and we're holding it at an indian restaurant! I already saw that my parents pulled out all my baby pics and all sorts of other crazy pictures that I bet are somehow going to wind up on a slide show or something. EEEK!!!

But anywayz :) It was a gorgeous sunny 77 degree day and Papa picked me up around 2pm and dropped me off at mummy's hospital and then mummy and I went home together and once home, I spent a lil while showing off the new clothes and then my sisters and I went to go see a movie but opted out and bought movies at Blockbuster and went to eat at a local diner! :) We came back and watched "Not Another Teen Movie" - it's such a stupid movie - we also rented "Riding in Cars With Boys" and that ought to be good! :) I brought home my Kodocha fansubs and my Cinderella II tape so we're guaranteed lots of good movie time!

Tomorrow we're going to have a barbeque and my sister and I are going shopping again cause I need jeans and capris pants and shoes for the dresses. YEE GADS - it sounds like I'm doing a lot of shopping but seriously it's a rarity! I'm hoping to go suit shopping later so I can be ready to go to work with nice suits....

which Episode II character are you? Queen of Naboo. You could have a split personality - simply to hide who you really are. You are extremely polite and gentle. However, if needs be, you will take action and can be a very good leader. You have the power to make people believe in you - use this power. The one you love could also end up being the one you hate.

I'm so exhausted....only got 5 or almost 6 hours of sleep last night - not enough - and it's now past 1am here on the east coast...hope I can sleep in tomorrow morning. Night everyone.

- Nishi

Thursday, May 23, 2002
9:32 p.m. EST
my dad is gonna kill me when he gets this month's credit card bill! I just spent 140 on 2 dresses and 3 shirts from this little boutique called Alice's Fashions at One New York Plaza across from the Staten Island Ferry and Battery Park! And I had to leave behind 2 other gorgeous dresses and 1 other shirt or it woulda come out to over 250! *sob* below are thumbnail pics of the shirts and the 4th (last one) is of one of the dresses (just the top). The pics are all at my photo gallery.

When I can afford it, I want to go back and buy the other 2 dresses and the last shirt. And then go buy capris and jeans. Dammmit I need a job soon. I had so much fun shopping with Nitz! And I love that whole area - so pretty. Wonder why I never saw Battery Park before this....anywayz, I just finished dinner and now need to clean and pack to go home for the weekend. My Bar Review classes start next Wednesday I think. So much for my short vacation! But hey! I got most of my grades back and I got a B+ in Legal Medicine!!!! :D It's not the A I hoped for but hell I'm happy to graduate with that! Now only my Jewish Law Paper grade to wait for and I can breathe easy to graduation :)

- Nishi

Thursday, May 23, 2002
11:47 a.m.
wheeeeeeeee!! I'm going to the city! And I'm meeting Nitz at the Staten Island Ferry this afternoon to go clothes shopping!! I'm so excited that she got a summer job here in NY!! Now I can see her!!! She's staying over at her boyfriend's which is far away but still - at least it's NY!! She told me about a great store to buy summer dresses and clothes! Can't wait! I hope I find some great stuff cause I swear my wardrobe SUCKS! I need to go to the mail room and pick up my packages and checks and then head to Citibank and then run to catch the bus and subway. And I'm so hungryyy - need to grab breakfast on the way too. Ok must finish getting ready! Rick if you see this, *MWAH* I love you.

Nishi

Wednesday, May 22, 2002
11:02 p.m. EST
I'm back :) and so tired! flight was long but I slept most of it. Just got off the phone with rick. I miss him already so much. One thing he got me for our anniversary was this adorable USC teddy bear that I was pining away for! I named it T-Bear for "Trojan" their mascot :D On my last night in LA, he and I went and saw Monsoon Wedding in Westwood (I love Westwood!). It was such a good movie! It was a hindi film but it was realistic - like what a real modern indian family is like! I saw so much stuff in there that I could identify with! I'm so proud to be Indian :) My folks want to marry me off within a year - I'm not ready for marriage yet and would rather wait - ideally, I always wanted to get married between 27-28. Agh! I can definitely wait to be ready to be a bride!

But anywayz, I've gotta unpack and clean up and them tomorrow I head to the city to go to Kinokuniya and pick up my new Ribon! I wanna get this month's Zen-In before it's too late! Then I go home this weekend to see my folks and sisters! Can't wait for some good home-cooked food!

On another note, I am more determined than ever to turn my life around and complete everything I ever wished for myself now that I'm 25 - and that means who I am as a person - physically, mentally, emotionally, as well as all aspects of my life such as career and love. It was always my vision that by the time I'm 25, I'll have become what I always pictured I would be by that age, and I feel like I haven't reached that yet but am close to it. I'm not gonna give up. One of my main mottos has always been that I'll make my dreams and wishes come true. And I will.

Nishi

Tuesday, May 21, 2002
10:28 a.m.
mmmmm I don't wanna go back :( rick's and my anniversary was nice...I made pork curry and cooked beans and we watched Lagaan - very nice hindi movie and I think Amir Khan is such a cutie - course no one beats Brad Pitt! It's so cold here! Wonder if it's as cold back in NY...I really don't wanna go back...no one's gonna be there...all my suitemates will have left...it'll be so lonely :( I'm so happy here with ricky...*sigh*....let's see if I can start using my new emoticons....

my current mood: sad . . .

- Nishi

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to my Ricky
Monday, May 20, 2002
09:58 a.m.
Today is Rick's and my 1 year anniversary! I'm so happy :) and stunned and glad we've made it this far. Rick I love you so much *MWAH* - always and no matter what!

I went rollerblading yesterday!!! We went to Santa Monica and bladed on the beach's sidewalks - it was a blast! I think we might go back again Tuesday afternoon if it doesn't rain. Afterwards, we went and saw EPISODE II of Star Wars on 3rd Street Promenade! I LOVE Santa Monica - if I ever do move out to LA, this is where I'd live. There's so much life on that street - all the music and shops and food :) Blading wasn't as hard as I thought it'd be and I only fell 5 times ;) hahaha but anywayz - I made pancakes yesterday morning and am starving and need to eat.

I got permission from these 2 wonderful sailor moon adoption sites to use their usagi and mamoru adoption sprites on my journal as emoticons. Everyone on livejournal has these cool emoticons but pitas doesn't give us any, and these 2 webmasters were really cool to let me. When I get back home this Wed/Thurs I'll set it up - cute usagi failing and sleeping and even mamoru sleeping - will really brighten up this journal :)

Hello to AshesofFlames - I'll visit your deadjournal after this entry :) Kagome, thank you so much! *HUGS* Mingen, yadayadayada is a special private list that a small group of my friends and I are on - it's just a fun list for us to talk and rant and rave through :)

Ok I'm off to eat! (and trying to plan something special for our 1 year anniversary :D)

- Nishi

P.S. These are a few of my latest auction winnings! A Gorgeous Kare Kano Clear File Folder and since rick's computer only has PAINT I couldn't crop the image or re-size it so I made a collage of the folder along with a ZAGATO plush I won from Magic Knights Rayeath (to complete my plush ufo catcher with Princess Emeraude), and DELICIOUS NAkayoshi furoku!! It came with tons of other furoku stickers from card captor sakura too! There were a lot but I'll snap pics when I get home. Lastly, a GORGEOUS Neo Queen Selenity furoku tissue holder!! Manga style - isn't it beauiful? Will take a better pic once I get home :)

Saturday, May 18, 2002
02:15 p.m.
very beautiful saturday afternoon here :) I'm cooking spaghetti with meat sauce for rick - it's a special meat sauce my mom taught me how to make. I got a few of my grades back from 3 of my exams/papers and I did great!! :) Am very happy about that! I saw Episode I last night and LOVE little Anakin Skywalker. Can't wait to see Episode II but only after I see eps 4, 5, and 6. We're gonna watch Ocean's Eleven today. So anywayz, we couldn't go blading yesterday but plan to today or tomorrow, and now rick's tickling me as I write this which means the sauce is ready. I'll write more later :) I miss Sawah and Nitz and my friends :(

- Nishi

Friday, May 17, 2002
12:30 p.m.
We went to Burbank yesterday and shopped there, ate these yummy fudge brownies :D Ricky bought me these sunglasses - super gorgeous dark black ones! We're driving to the beach and going blading there this afternoon. We went and rented Lagaan - a hindi movie - and got Ocean's Eleven too :) That with Episode I and Star Wars original makes a lot of movies to watch! Wish I didn't have to leave next Wednesday...

One of my friends emailed me this get to know you thingamajig - I found some of the questions cool so decided to answer it and post it here:

Name: Nishi
Age: 25
Ethnicity: Indian
Work: not working right now but will probably go into envirnmental law once I finish the bar this July :)
Favorite Season: Summer
Ice Cream? Chocolate
Flower? Roses
Number? 7 (and 2, 3 and 6)
Admire? Madeline Albright, Margaret Thatcher, my parents ;)
Celebrity? Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow
Show? I love tv - too many to name
Favorite Character from TV or Book: wow....Neo Queen Serenity, Sailor Cosmos, Princess Serenity, Eternal Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Moon - in that order. Then of course Queen Guinevere.
Favorite outdoor activity: tennis, rollerblading/skating, jogging, swimming
Favorite indoor activity: reading, web designing, watching japanese anime and tv shows, cooking, painting, singing, writing new songs or stories
Have you known love? Yes
How many times? Twice
Are you with the one you love now? Yes
Pepsi or Coke? mmm...pepsi but sometimes coke tastes better with meat or chips but then pepsi tastes good with everything else so both dammit
Fave color? geez louise - all blues, all reds cept bright red, soft yellow, white, emerald green, soft purple/lavendar, soft pink, heck every color in the rainbow almost
You one wish: to be happy with the one I love, with my life, with myself, and for God to be happy with me.

- Nishi

Wednesday, May 15, 2002
10:42 a.m.
I finally got to see Spiderman last night! Was a good movie :) I can definitely see a sequel coming up. Rick and I are going to go see Episode II of Star Wars this Friday and tonight and tomorrow we're watching all the Stars Wars movies because I never saw Star Wars - ever. I KNOW!!! :D I was very deprived growing up ;) Anywayz, it's so gorgeous here. We went shoe shopping last night at Glendale Galleria and I found the cutest clogs! Going back for more shopping today. I'm mailing out invitations for my law school grad party. So far 20+ friends to email and God knows how many ppl my folks are inviting. I gotta call my friend Carrie back - she called last Wednesday but I was pulling allnighters and packing for this trip to LA and now that I'm in LA barely had time to call anyone. I hope she's not hurt. She gets hurt so easily. Hope everyone's having a great week!

- Nishi

Monday, May 13, 2002
10:36 a.m.
Hi everyone! LA is GORGEOUS! Flight was great too except a 65 year old woman on the plane had something akin to a cardiac arrest! It was really scary and when we landed, the paramedics came on board and all was fine. Ricky picked me up and we had such a great time! He took me to USC and I got to see the wway the place had looked for its graduation ceremony the day before. We then met up with his friend, Ab and Ab's gf Ami for dinner at Cheesecake Factory. We ate outside under these heat lanterns and had so much FUN :) I feel SO GREAT after finishing finals.

We then travelled around westwood and went to Bel Air to see the houses. Then we went to this cookie place called Mr. Diddy's or something like that for cookies :) A cookie ice cream sandwhich is YUMMY! :) Rick and I made plans with Ab and Ami to go to Las Vegas this weekend - can't wait!! :) We spent Sunday packing and cleaning up rick's old apt to move into his new summer room. Now it's a beautiful Monday and we're in his new place and getting set to go out for the day. I feel like my vacation's begun :)

Thank you everyone who left me such great messages on the comment box! Hemal, nice to see you again and yes I'm full! :) Meryem thank you! Do you have a blog too? Crystal and Mingen thank you both for your messages :) I'd love to see your sites and journals too! Aisha!!! that's ok!! I hope your comp gets fixed soon! I been keeping up with your journal though - I LOVE the pics you put up!! You and Zal look SO cute together :) *HUGS*

Write more later...big *hugs* to everyone.

- Nishi