Dollar dreams

I am just like any other Desi who dreams of dollars. I have learnt from people that, money gives a lot of independence.. lets you live the way you want to.. for people coming from families like mine..no lottery can help..its only hard work and education and good degrees stacked together make a difference..

Now a bit of my school life..School life was not that great for me.. I did not really have good friends.. I used to be in my own bubble not knowing what to think. So I spent almost all my time thinking, what I should think. I used to take my bag to school and come back home and never even opened it once to see if my books were intact. The only thing that I loved then was movies and hanging out. I used to be a terror at home.

My parents gave me a lot of freedom and independence. Just like any other Iyer family, they did have their do's and dont's but I used to go ahead and convince my parents and tell them what according to me was logical.

I attended Junior college and loved the fast paced life. I made a lot of good friends and just enjoyed being at school. Studies still took the back seat while fun was on the wheel... Suddenly i realize that I need to choose a career for myself and earn for my bread and butter. It was as if, someone pushed me into a well. I still did not know if I wanted to study medicine or engineering or law. Law was definitely ruled out. Medicine was ruled out by me since it was too hard to study and engineering was the only option.. I studied textiles and IT together.. at a vry prestigious institution and I loved life at Chennai eventually.. compared to the fast paced life in Mumbai.. it was too slow but was ok..

I made some good friends. I like them.. I did not like a bunch of people again there. But my friends are still in touch with me from Anna University for the last 5 years. I discontinued IT and chose to continue with textiles. Skipped placements for IT and skipped IT itself. All of them told me not to quit IT but i didnt really heed to all that pressure. I wanted to do what I chose..!

Sometimes I do somethings that I am not supposed to really..really insane ! but i just do it..dont know why! its fun though.. :)

First blog

My name is kukki and I am a 22 year old girl. For a long time I had my own apprehensions about blogging as to why someone else should know what's happening in my life. After contemplating I now have finally come to this blogging website.

I am in love my with life. Not that my life has been a bed of roses. I have had my own set of struggles just like everybody does but for most part, I invited trouble on my own.

My recent trip to WI has changed my life so much. I am one person who is always motivated by great, enthusiastic talks and I get into the groove. Bad things never bother me...! exceptions included.

My brother and his wife, R&SR were great people to talk to this time. SR has always been a great guide. I always liked his principles.. My other brother has his principles set so well you cannot think of. 

Anger runs in the family's blood but there is immense amount of confidence, morale and values too which has always been there. Thanks to my grand fathers, grand mothers and my lovely parents who have always tried hard to bring us up well. I am not set in life. I am still a student but what I have learnt from August 2007 is a big learning experience. I would rather say, the Summer 2008 has been a wonderful one for me.. with great hurdles and good things that I have come across..

My family of course has always been a big source of support. I want to add  a couple of friends' names who have always been a good source of inspiration for me. Jatin has been a very good mentor all through my tough times and he has been a motivator all the time. Just like God gives difficult times, he sends disguised angels and people to help you out all the time. Jatin has always helped me in all the way that he can.

Shivaprakash is one other friend of mine who I have known for 5 years now since UG at AU. He's sometimes a pain in the ass with his hunt for good looking girls but the best side of him is his hard work and confidence galore that he has.. he's blessed with it.

My graduate school has been an ok place. Actually, no place is good/bad or ok but the people living there make the place worth living.. I have not really met more than 3/4 people in my graduate school who I look up at for inspiration.

I used to do sketching very well and with a lot of interest.. I have lost touch but I would love to resume it again anytime for all my life.. I like watching old movies in tamil and hindi. I like listening to tamil and hindi music of the olden times.. 

One other person I met this Summer who I met this Summer. She's a very nice woman who has established herself as a good mother, a good office worker, a good wife and a good person. She's an American but sometimes when she and I talk, I feel so much like her and so does she.. I would always love to keep in touch with her.

Today has been one of the lazy days that I started up so late.. almost at 12:30 PM today which is a Saturday. Weekends are the times that I sometimes like and sometimes hate...

I have been trying to watch this Tennis match and I am trying to catch up with sports. I like forensic science very much and I always watch serials, reports on the television to know more. I have had a penchant for forensic science since I was 10.