Vacation.

Who knew vacation was such a great time for watching so much TV that I feel my brain coming out of my ears? Literally, that is all I have been doing. I went to the library to get a bunch of books, but all  I have done is watch a bunch of Christmas movies and half a season of Gossip Girl. I don't even like that show. It is just so addicting.

Anywhooo besides my TV watching habits, my family has a New Year's Eve party every year. This year, it's going to be a little bit bigger because my sister Tanvi just graduated from University of Maryland (Wooo!!) (and she already got a job!), and so she decided to make the party into somewhat of a graduation party as well.

[Ok, before I continue, I have to sidetrack. My sister had the most AMAZING week last week. It was her birthday, she graduated, and got a job. I hope I at some point have a week as great as that!]

Anyways, let me continue. So I do have a lot to do so that I can help my mom with prepping for the party. I am meant to make an eggplant dish. I am not sure what I am going to do. I guess I'll just make it up as I go along. Don't tell my mom though haha (she thinks I know exactly what I am doing). I think I started talking about the New Year's Eve party because I had a funny story....but this is not funny. Sorry.

So I have been looking at eggplant dishes, and I found a few that look good. I think I am going to combine a few recipes. I am pretty sure there are some procedures to cooking eggplant so that it is not bitter that I don't know.....

For my cool thing, I will share a recipe (of eggplant) that I thought sounded delicious from the foodnetwork website:

It's called Eggplant Rollatini.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/eggplant-rollatini-recipe2/index.html

I usually am not a huge fan of Giada (She over pronounces EVERYTHING. We get it. You're Italian. Goodness Gracious), but this looks reallllyyy good.

I would have to make some modifications thought since I am making it for a party. I am probably going to skip the cheese mixture, cut up to eggplant into little pieces and roast them and then put the tomato sauce and reduce it a bit and then melt some cheese on top. Ok. That is a completely different recipe. haha oh well. Good starting point. But I think I will make this at some point.

Winter.

Helllooo Everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well!!

So, FYI, I think I have a problem. I was soooo stressed out during finals week because I had so much to do, yet now, I am BORED. It has only been a day and a half where I have had nothing to do and I am bored out of my mind. I don't want to sleep anymore, I don't want to watch T.V. anymore, I don't want to be in my pajamas anymore. Thank goodness I start work tomorrow.

Alright, you can add one more person to list of people who hate on all the people who are deliriously happy during the holiday season. Okay, let me just lay it out. I get it. Being happy is fun. I love being happy. But why do all these people feel the need to be that happy for 2 weeks out of the year and then be grumps the rest of the year. And really, does being that "nice" make up for everything that goes down at the stores?? I have seen those people. They are MEAN. They are CRAZY. So many lines, people butting in lines, FOR WHAT?! Really, this is the ONLY time you can get a present for the people you love? Plus, have you ever heard of online shopping?? Personally, I prefer to get gifts for my friends and family when I see something in the stores that makes me think of them. Isn't that much more meaningful than trying to find a gift for a specific reason? But, I guess the sentiment of gift giving does stem from something nice, so I guess I can't hate everyone completely. Plus, who doesn't love holiday cartoons? I love Jack Frost the most!

Ok, my cool thing for today: Peppermint Bark!


So, I haven't actually tried this stuff, by my best friend Azzah has been really wanting some, and we went on MULTIPLE (unsuccessful) "missions" to find some. We tried, Giant and Whole Foods. Harris Teeter is next on the list. It seems sort of like a peanut brittle, but with peppermint instead? Regardless, it seems very festive haha

Let me know if you have had some! And what you thought :)

Facebook.

So. Facebook groups are my new favorite thing. Actually. I spent the greater part of my day today on Facebook because I had the best idea to create a group for my extended family (i.e. cousins). We spent the whole day Facebook chatting, posting videos and pictures, and writing random stuff. It was so fun!

I think all of you should go and make a Facebook group for you and the people you are close with. Think of it as you are all meeting up and talking to each other, but not at the same time, and in secret. You can tell everyone what you are thinking of, and you can easily alert everyone in the group of something at one time. You can share pictures with only each other and post videos to only each other. IT'S AWESOME.

Just be wary, you may be spending more time on Facebook than you already do. It was kind of a hazard for me haha

So I guess my whole post was my cool thing for today haha

Finals.

Finals week is the same every semester. Studying until you seriously consider weighing yourself to see if your head has gained any weight from all of the knowledge your brain has taken in. Night and day blending into one. Drinking coffee in hopes that it will increase your productivity. Feeling mocked by your own bed because you know you can sleep in it a mere week from now. The multitude Facebook and Twitter statuses telling us that there has been at least one person that has DEFINITELY been in the library much longer than you among the status updates of procrastination and funny comics (which are a great distraction, by the way). Worst of all, (for me at least) having a messy room because you can't deal with cleaning up when you finally get back from the library. All of this is happening when all you want to do is curl up under the covers with a cupppa tea, some chocolate, and Christmas cartoons.

Here is to finals week! Let the fun commence. (for me it will be precisely at 2:00pm tomorrow afternoon) #killmenowstatistcs (that was my somewhat poor, yet probably accurate example of the Twitter updates I alluded to before haha)

To all of those that have finals looming in the near future: good luck to you. And to those that are already done (is there anyone?): I don't give you permission to gloat.

Before you leave, as I was thinking about what I should put up as my "cool thing" today, and I thought of talking about myself (because I am the coolest thing ever) ha. I was trying to make a joke. It didn't work. Story of my life. Oh well. Cool thing:

So this is a song that has gone VIRAL in India (and here in the states). This is not the original, but this little kid (child of a famous Indian singer) is soooooo cute. YOU.ARE.WELCOME.

With this, I bid thee farewell :)

My house.

Hellooo!!!!

Ok, so I promised occasional pictures of my dream house/pictures of real estate- today is the day that this finally happens! So, I am a nerd, and when I am bored, I look at Yahoo real estate and MSN real estate and MSN home makeovers and go through houses after houses looking for picture of houses and rooms that I like. My favorite are kitchens. This is so random, but my favorite kitchen that I have ever seen was in the movie Baby Mama with Tina Fey, the kitchen of her boyfriend was amazing.....hahaha
Confession time: I have a whole folder on my hard drive where I save pictures of houses that I like :/ I will now upload one.

.....or three

My ultimate kitchen would be kind of a combination of these three. All white with the layout of the first one, but with a huge island where the table is and the table perpendicular to it, with the back-splash from the second one. I don't really like the third one that much, but I wanted to illustrate the big white island :) LOVE IT!

Also, My cool thing for today:

My debate coach showed us the cool website called realclearworld.com. This website is AMAZING. If you like keeping up with the news, even if you don't like keeping up with the news, it chooses really witty, great, easy to read articles and organizes them for you! READ IT!

Anyways, peace and love :)

Thanks.

Hellloo Everyone!

Today, in honor of Thanksgiving, I am going to list some of the things I am thankful for.

• Life
• Friends and Family
• The clothes on my back
• FOOD
• All my senses

My cool thing for today:

Lorraine's Famous Vegetable Pie. 

One word. AMAZING.

Ok this recipe is soooooo easy.

Ingredients:

• Mixed Vegetables (Frozen or Fresh): Chopped
• Shredded Cheese (Cheddar/Whatever you like)
• Butter
• Onions
• Garlic
• Store bought pie crust 
• Vegetable Stock (Or Chicken if you are not vegetarian)

Directions:

1. In a big pot, sautee onions and garlic in some butter until onions are translucent
2. Add mixed vegetables and cook 1/2-3/4 of the way
3. Add about a 1/2 cup of the vegetable stock
4. Add a couple tablespoons of butter and mix
5. ***At this point, if it seems too liquidy, you can add a couple tablespoons of flour. Do keep in mind, however, that the cheese will thicken it a bit.
6. Add LOTS of shredded cheese!!! (And mix until it is a melty and gooey mixture! Stirring in figure eights helps....I don't know why but it does! Rachael Ray will tell you the same!)
7. Put into pie pans with crust on top (and butter glaze crust)
8. Bake according to crust directions

Another way to make is sort of like a Shepard's pie. Instead of pie crust, put mashed potatoes on top and add kidney beans into the veggie/cheese mix.

YUMMY!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving :D Take some time to spend it with the people you love and relax.

Debate.

I Had my first debate tournament this weekend, and I unfortunately got paired with an interesting character from another school.
Some gems from my partner:

"Everyone. We should all do drugs because humans are like water. We do not want to be stagnant water. Moving water moves mountains"

"Rome was not built on drugs. This is the situation"

"We all need to learn from the field of grass known as knowledge"

"Love is beautiful. Why should we stop the glowing fire that is love?"

"The human body is beautiful. Humans are like water. Water moves mountains. Self expression helps us move mountains."

"I don't know what I am saying. I am just going to BS this"

After getting to the podium for 30 seconds "Where am I? What am I doing? What am I talking about? What is going on?"

I think you have the idea.

Clothes.

Hellloooo everyone!!

Every week, I want to post more than once, but I just can never seem to get around to writing before Sunday. For this, I apologize. All week, all I want to do is post something, but as usual, school work takes precedence. womp.

Anyways, I realized that people care waaayyyyy too much about clothes. Way, way too much. Not just about clothes, but their appearance, and for some reason, the clothes that people wear somehow equate to their appearance. People find it so necessary to look their best and wear proper clothes. People stress so much about what is appropriate. Myself included! Seriously though, who cares?! what does it matter what we wear, shouldn't we all just wear what we like to? Sometimes, it irks me how much people care about appearances at the hotel school, but yet, I still feed into it. What do they say? If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Regardless of all this philosophical-ness, I still LOVE clothes. I don't quite know why, but it is so fun to find new pieces and make new outfits. I like it. What can I say? Secret: one of my favorite pastimes is online window shopping....though I only actually buy something once in a blue moon. Additionally, anyone that knows me knows that I only buy cheap things. I mean REALLY cheap things. I own a number of shirts and sweaters that $5 or less. For some reason, a piece of clothing is so much more attractive when I know it's cheap. hahaha

Current Dress I am eyeing:

It's from forever21 and it is only $24.80. I might actually get this one........

My cool thing:

I REALLY WANT TO READ THIS BOOK. Another secret. I love Clinton and Stacy from What Not To Wear. I know. embarrassing. But I think they are hilarious, and I really want to read this! Tell me what you think of it if you have!

Social Expectations.

Hellloooooo everyone!

I hope everyone had a splendid week and is ready for the one ahead of us.

What was/is everyone for Halloween? I went to a "7 Deadly Sins" party, and so I dressed up as wrath. I wore a red dress, painted my nails red, wore red lipstick, wore black eye-shadow, wore a harsh ponytail, and wore big black earrings. Thankfully everyone at the party quickly guessed what I was, but I had to explain to everyone I saw before I got to the party what I was supposed to be. I got a lot of "What are you?! Red dress girl?? A flower?" hahaha Comment below and tell me your Halloween stories!

On a different note, I was just wondering: Have you ever wondered about when it is appropriate to friend someone on Facebook? Should you friend them right after you meet them, after you know them for a while, when they show up your news feed? Whenever I friend someone whom I don't know very well, I am always thinking....should I have friended them? Do they think I am weird/a stalker for finding them? Its often the case, however, that they show up on one of my friend's wall or my news feed and so I just send a request. I am always nervous until they accept. Is that weird? Should I have waited until I was actually very good friends with them?!?

I do have one thing to note: I have found that often, I become better friends with the person in real life as a result of our Facebook "friendship".....Who knows.
(If it was not obvious, I just friended someone on Facebook whom I don't know that well because I wanted to get to know them better haha)

Ok my cool thing for today:

This piece was composed by a guy named Shankar Tucker who is AMAZING. He has been learning the clarinet from a very accomplished Indian flute player (Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, who I saw live!) for years, has played in symphonies over here in the states, and recently has been making these videos on Youtube which I can't stop listening to. This one is one of my favorites (and the guy playing the mridangam (drums) is my friend!)

Enjoy!

Don't forget to subscribe! :)

Party like a nerd.

Helloooo Everyone!!

I apologize, it has been MUCH too long since I have posted (a not-sucky post). HOPEFULLY this will put an end to that :)

SO before I start talking about things that actually interest you (and not just myself), I will talk about things that interest just myself. haha. First: I got through that crazy week I was telling you about (relatively unscathed). YAY :D Second: It is forecasted to snow in Ithaca on Thursday >-<. I HATE THE COLD.

Okay, so this past weekend, after all of my exams, I had a dance performance! All of the Indian people at Cornell get together every fall to put on a show for Diwali (Hindu New Year), and basically everyone who wants to gets to participate. I was part of the sophomore dance--it was fun! Anyways, so of course afterwards, everyone partied. Real original. I know. So there was this HUGE party with TONS of brown people, and I took two of my (not-Indian) friends. They. Loved. It. They could not stop raving about the party and how great it was. It really struck me when one of my friends said was that it was refreshing to be at a party where the majority of people knew and liked each other as opposed to a "party" which consists of a bunch of random, sweaty, drunk people stuffed in a room. I agree. Really, what is so great about being squished and smelly? Also, grinding does not equal dancing. Sorry to all of the crazy people couples on the dance floor. Also, I wish that people still liked parties where people were NOT just randomly drunk and stuffed in a room. I think parties which consist of people who are actually friends are fun! Parties where there are games, food, discussions. I even like dance parties and parties where (legal) people drink. I just don't get how that is the only type of party and that is the ONLY way people can have fun! Also, believe it or not, dance parties can be fun without the alcohol. Crazy, I know. People rollllll their eyes at board-games. I, on the other hand, love scrabble. Hmph. What can you do?

Sooooo my cool thing for today:

On (kind-of) the same note, here is yet another article from the Cornell Daily Sun that really spoke to me.

http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2011/10/24/emptiness-being-invulnerable

It is intriguing that everything this author is saying is true. We, as a society, try SO hard (whether we like it or not) to put out an image of ourselves. What is the point in tailoring ourselves to be the people we think others want us to be? If we truly think there is a problem with the way we are, we should change it, not hide it!

Just a thought :)

It will be Diwali in approximately 35 minutes, so Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak to everyone :)

On a last note, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! I'll love you even more if you do!!

Peace and Love <3

Overwhelmed.

Ok, I don’t want this to become a whining blog, but I am going to whine anyways haha. let me tell you. I have SO much to do! Today, I am in meetings straight until 9:30 at night (this lunch is my only break all day), after which I will continue to work on a group project until it is finished. Oh, and from 7-9 I somehow have to be at two places at once. I have a 25 page group paper due tomorrow (the one I mentioned before), 3 exams this week, and a dance performance on Saturday (which has multiple rehearsals before then). To top it all off, there is something stuck underneath my “D” key on my laptop, and so the key doesn't always work. Soooo, I will let you know if I am still alive after this week.

Ok whining done!

Haha funny story: today my friend posted this to my facebook wall:

“True story: I just watched a kid sitting by himself and all of the sudden he just started laughing for no reason. I immediately thought of you and was like oh he probably just cracked a joke to himself hahaha”

The funny part is that she is completely on mark to think of me. Hahahahaha

Ok cool thing for today!!

I have a really great cause that I would like to share with you—The Cause is called Krochet Kids, and they teach people in developing countries how to Crochet different things which they then help sell. It is a really great way to start moving these communities towards being self-sufficient, and I think it is GREAT what they are doing. The thing that is really cool about this non-profit is that the founders are just normal people who have a passion for helping people out. They were a bunch of guys who liked winter sports and taught themselves how to crochet. They thought it would be a good idea to teach others how to as well. Their story gives you that warm, fuzzy, reassuring feeling that anyone can do something small to help people out.

Here is the link to their website:

http://www.krochetkids.org/

Home Sweet Home.

Hellooooo Everyone!

I am so incredibly sorry that I have not been in touch for quite some while! I was home for fall break this past weekend, and needless to say it was crazy, hectic, and loads of fun. I hope everyone had as much of a wonderful weekend as I did. Now, however, it is time to get back to the grind.

You know what’s funny? The things that you realize you miss when you get home. There is the obvious: my bed, my room, my desk. Oh. And my family I guess. But you know what I miss as well? Right now, I am sitting in my own living room, in front of my own TV, on my own couch, under my own blanket, next to one of my own best friends while my own parents are in the next room. Somehow, this is the best part of my weekend. Not the food (surprisingly enough haha), not the time I spent talking with everyone, and not even the Garba we went to (see post before this one).

Yes. You do have permission to make fun of that extremely sappy paragraph. 

Sooooo, I figure, that since I love to cook, I would try to post some recipes every now and then when I think of one. I have not cooked in a while, and I usually do not follow a recipe (I do a lot of putting whatever is in the fridge together to make something edible haha).

So my “cool thing” for today is a recipe! (Warning: it is nothing special or exciting: my favorite dishes are super casual and easy).

Today, I have a sandwich for you.

Ingredients:

-Bread (I prefer pita), or you could do two slices of your fave

-A couple slices of your favorite cheese: I think gruyere is delicious in this sandwich, or provolone works splendidly

-Tomato slices

-Cucumbers

-Olives

-Hot peppers (if you please, I like banana)

-Hummus

-Onions

-Anything else that sounds yummy to you. I am vegetarian, so I don't eat meat, but I feel like turkey could work here.

-Salt and pepper (I also like some ground rosemary….or rosemary bread!!!)

-Here’s the kicker: PESTO

Pesto is super easy, all you need is some leaves, oil, salt and pepper, cheese, and some nuts. I like spinach and almonds. Basil and walnuts is also great. ANYTHING GOES!! Just stick it all in the food processor and drizzle in olive oil while it’s on. Some balsamic vinegar could also taste really good.

I hope you all know how to put together a sandwich, but a tip I have is to put the olives on top of the hummus to that they don't roll around!

I know. Revolutionary. I warned you it would be earth shattering.

At the very least, I hope I  made you hungry!!! 

And yes, you have permission to make fun of the recipe as well haha

Good day to you all! May you have a better week than I am going to.

(Non) Regrets.

Hello everyone!

I hope this past week and weekend treated you well-I for one had a wonderful week (despite the piles of schoolwork that I had). Additionally, I am so very excited to be going back home next weekend: I can’t want to see all my family and (of course) one of my best friends Sonya.

These past few days have been part of a Hindu festival called ‘Navratri’ which is a festival that worships the Hindu goddess Durga. During these 9 days, people from the state of Gujarat: Gujaratis (such as myself) attend dances called Garba where everyone dances and has fun. You may recognize the dances which use ‘Dandiyas’--the sticks in this picture:

Two things about Garba:

1. I am SO excited to go home and go to the Garbas there because they were/are such a big part of my life: I have gone every year since I was an itty bitty kid.
2. There was a Garba here. At college. IT WAS SO FUN. I danced from 8:30 to 11:30 straight!

If any of you have a chance to go to a Garba, GO!

The reason for the name of this post is that I don't regret not doing all of the work I didn't do because this weekend was amazing :) In addition to going to Garba, I went to Ithaca's amazing apple fest (http://www.downtownithaca.com/events/view/27th-annual-downtown-ithaca-apple-harvest-festival.html)!!
I was also going to go to a Janelle Monae (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmORiHNtN4&ob=av2e) concert tonight, but I think I should be a litttttleee bit responsible tonight and get some work done.

Since we are on the whole ‘Indian’ Theme, my interesting thing for today is the Bollywood movie Fashion. I have been watching it today (probably for the 4^th time) while doing homework (shhhhh!), and I highly recommend it. It is not a typical Bollywood movie, but it is great! I love the soundtrack, and there is a really great HD version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WMDI9m9Ck0) on youtube!

Insomnia.

Note: Sleepytime tea does not work.

Tomorrow I have a big exam. I studied for it all day today, and I was very exhausted. So at 9pm, I decided to take a shower and get to bed. I was in bed at 10:30. I still have not fallen asleep. :(

So, I got up, ate a snack, watched an episode of Melissa & Joey, and here I am. Hopefully I will be focused enough tomorrow now that my sleep time has become much less. Good thing I don't have to wake up early tomorrow.

My interesting thing:

Melissa and Joey is the BEST show. I have recently become obsessed with it. Melissa Joan Hart. Joey Lawrence (who still is SO good looking) acting as a nanny. Absolute hilarity. Please watch it.

Just a clip for your pleasure: http://www.hulu.com/watch/171016/melissa-and-joey-im-making-waffles

You can thank me once you have watched all the episodes on Hulu in one sitting.

The look of being brain-dead after a day of statistics.

Hellooooo Everyone!


Firstly, I would like to say that I am super excited at the traffic this blog is getting. I have 36 views! (Hey you gotta start somewhere :P )


I am so very happy to be posting again. I wanted to post EVERY single day this week, but alas, my schoolwork took precedence :(


On the same note, as I am sure you would all like to know, the month of October is going to be slightly hellish for me in terms of school-work, and this is a wonderful escape (where I feel like I am still doing something productive). So, THANK YOU! By the way, Statistics is a lot of work.


Okay, I have a funny story to tell you!! So I am taking this class called Information Systems (which is unfortunately required....though they did reduce it to only half a semester). Anyways, it is the most boring of boring classes. Literally, everyone DREADS going to that class. The professor hands out candy at the beginning of class (secretly, I think it's so that people actually come). But the class actually drips with stupidness. During the first exam, I actually laughed a couple of times at the grammatical incorrectness of some of the questions. I. Kid. You. Not. Anyways, so we have to post an article on the class discussion board for the class. So I (2 weeks before the deadline!) found an interesting, relevant article, summarized it, and asked a question as requested by the teacher. So of course I was a little upset when I found out that I received a 70% on the assignment (which was quite an easy one). So I make an appointment with the teacher....which he missed. During the second appointment, I asked him why I received the grade that I did. And he basically said a bunch of nonsense that was not in the instructions, and so I used logic and told him that what he is saying doesn't make sense. To make a long story short, he increased my grade because he could not back up what he was saying. And so that I would stop making him realize it. HA.


Sooooo, my cool thing for today is the fact that it is the END of September, I am in western New York, AND it was sunny and 80 degrees today :) I hope everyone spent LOADS of time outside!

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jennae/cornellpics/Cornell_pg1.html
My BEAUTIFUL Campus

Why I am here.

The time has come for me to write to you all again.  I’m not going to lie, I was eagerly awaiting today so that I could finally post again (because apparently it’s good to keep a schedule when posting **I hope you can see me rolling my eyes here**).

So today, I am going to (try to) answer the question, “What am I doing here?” I am going to talk about my purpose for this blog and what you might be expecting every week.

When I was thinking for a topic for my blog, I started brainstorming, and I came up with some, what I think, are really cool ideas, and so I discussed them with my friends (Sonya and Azzah, if you recall from before). I thought of, for example, a blog called “Somebody Has to Say It” where I would talk about silly things I have seen people do or wear, but I decided that would potentially be really mean (although Sonya thought it would be hilarious). I thought of blogging about my dream house since I am always looking at pictures and thinking of ideas for a dream house (it’s my nerdy hobby). In fact, it is so much so my nerdy hobby that you will probably see some things about my dream house now and again anyways. I also thought about a blog called “Stuff my Mother Says” because let’s face it, she says a lot.

Anyways, in the end, I decided to just have a blog about nothing in particular. Sonya and I decided that it may be more prudent to see if it takes its own direction. So I am going to write about my life (because you are all so interested in it, I know), anything that takes my interest/fancy, and whatever I feel like. BUT one thing I did decide (about 3 seconds ago) is that I will post one interesting/funny/silly thing that caught my attention that day. Whether it be a picture, something someone said, an article online, or just a thought that I have.

SO **Drumroll Please** My interesting thing for today:

I am going to share with you all an article that my friend wrote, which I think is quite hilarious. Just for some background information, Cornell was named, by some magazine, the douchiest school in America. Now personally, I think this is hilarious. Please read the article and laugh at the hotelies (which I am one of). 

http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2011/09/16/real-douchiest-college-america (Please read the article before my anecdote below.)


I am just going to add a note about our culinary course. During the first few months of college last year, I was in the computer lab quietly doing my business computing homework (which by the way is actually a difficult course), and these two girls rushed into the lab, calling a LOT of attention to themselves. They were in a HUGE frenzy: one of them was saying “this says that you have to whip until there are soft white peaks. WHAT ARE SOFT WHITE PEAKS??!?!”. Apparently they had a test that day. I remember thinking first “duh. Soft white peaks are what form when you whip egg whites” and second “only in the hotel school would student be freaking about something as silly as that”.  But, I do have to say, some of my friends are taking culinary now, and apparently it is indeed difficult….. Needless to say, I unfortunately agree with my friend: hotelies are the douchiest in the university.

***On a side note, if it was not obvious, not all hotelies are douchy, just some of them (namely not me haha).

Blog Post Number 1.

Hello Everyone. 

It took me a lot of drafts before I posted this blog post: I pressed the backspace button on my keyboard more times than I would like to admit (though it is funny that I am admitting it…). To be honest, I have not done much writing outside of English class, so this is very new to me, but I hope you enjoy!

I am going to use this first blog post to introduce myself. To start off, my name is Tejal. It is pronounced Tay (like TAble) Jal (the –al pronounced the same way as conviviAL). I promise it is not as hard as it looks! Plus, I will not hate you if you can’t say it correctly. I actually have a funny story about a teacher trying to say my name. In 7^th grade World History, Ms. McKinney exclaimed that Tejal is like Table after I told her how to pronounce it. Confused by her odd connection, I just nodded my head. A few minutes later, she called on me to answer a question; she said “Yes, Table, go ahead”. Needless to say, I never lived it down: to this day the people in that class still call me Table. This, however, does not give you permission to address me this way.

I am from outside D.C. I have two sisters. The older one’s name is Tanvi, and the younger one’s name is Meghna, and Contrary to popular belief, we do like each other. Sometimes. I am a sophomore at Cornell University, yet I hate the cold (lord help me!) I have the two best friends in the world: their names are Sonya and Azzah (it would behoove you to learn their names-I talk about them a lot). In addition to both my sisters, I live with my parents and my Grandma. My mom, you will learn, is hilarious, and my dad is just like most dads. We are a slightly dysfunctional family, but I would be worried if we were not.

Now that I have gotten through the necessary, slightly superficial, introductions, I feel like I should tell you some things that may actually be of importance to this blog. I am not particularly funny or witty: I have a feeling when people laugh, they are laughing AT me, not WITH me (haha), so I apologize in advance. I am EXTREMELY klutzy, so you may be hearing a lot of stories of me falling. On a side note, I am oddly proud of all my scars (much like a 9 year old boy showing off his scabs). I have the attention span of a goldfish, so you may see a lot of spaciness, though thankfully I can edit these blog posts before I post them (now if only I could learn to edit what I say before I open my mouth…). I am a very excited person, so I am going to try to tone down all the capitalization and exclamation points. I say “I have a funny story” a lot. Finally, I talk a lot about the people in my life: soon you will hopefully know all my friends and family as if they were your own.

THANKS to everyone who just read this, I am flattered that you took the time to read my rambling. Hopefully I will hear from you soon!