Divya's Blog

rehearsal’s started and i’m back to doing what i do best….

plays…writing a new screen play, rehearsing every day! so basically living the dream ( or my dream atleast)

twitter- started getting on twitter but it’s just alot of conversations to monitor….! somehow facebook seems easier and more personal….. i don’t know- maybe i’m being old school about this….i guess i’m still learning!

let’s talk about love – is a play about love and love stories….! i love love stories- the one’s that work, that don’t work, that almost do….i love them all…what’s the point of living without love…u live once–u gotta love it!

suicides- another scary thing. 30 suicides or thereabouts in 1/2 the number of days. hey, remember life’s not a video game…u can’t just restart when u find the level ur on tough! hang on…remember u get to marry a princess and get a pot of gold when u complete the journey…but most importantly remember it’s a journey! take life easier but NEVER take life for granted!

i think we’ve all contemplated suicide when we’ve felt down…but that’s the most insensitive action u can take…it’s the cowards way out…..you hurt so many people and it’s just not fair… guess what that grade doesn’t count at the end, how much u earn doesn’t count, who u are-THAT COUNTS, how much u care-THAT COUNTS, how much u love and how many love u-THAT COUNTS!

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so yesterday was becoming a fun, fabulous day and going with my new motto of living, smiling and loving it! great interview in the morning, followed by a lunch with fascinating, interesting conversations and i planned to see penn masala in the evening.

i had been lucky to hear several accapella bands at stanford including penn masala but since aditya hadn’t heard them we thought we’d make a night of it!

malini had invited us and put us on the vip guest list so i was excited at the prospect of hearing a song or two and having aditya share the experience with me!

arriving at 10 p.m. at hard rock was the best we could do, because aditya had a late work day yesterday.as we entered we were greeted with ‘ the list isn’t here- you should have come early.’ not wanting to make a fuss, we asked whether we could buy any passes.’ no, sold out’ we were once again rudely told! a third person then stepped in and said ‘ you have to wait for the list since ur on it so move …’

now i’m not asking to be treated differently at all- but politeness should not be difficult for those working in a service industry. the staff outside were rude.

this brought back the many reasons we stopped going to hard rock in the first place. now those who know aditya and me know that we eat out 4-5 times a week. always trying the new place in town and still maintaining to visit our favorites at least once every week , we love our nights out and usually are out with several friends through the course of the week!

the last 3 times we’ve been at hard rock , the staff outside have been obnoxious. the staff inside have their fingers in your food (i have seen it) alot of the times and make serving u a drink/ snacks a laboursome chore! it’s like they are doing u a favour by having you come to hard rock! we’ve traveled alot and going to a hard rock the world over is a fun, lively, friendly experience.

in mumbai the hard rock experience is best categorized as rude and frustrating. top that up with supremely oily food mixed which has been touched with dirty fingers and watered down drinks- this is definitely an experience you WILL NOT FORGET!

we did get in and see penn masala but with such a bitter aftertaste, all the singing in the world couldn’t make me forgive or forget!

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i don’t know about you but i go through this every year…..at the end of each year (especially the amazing ones i feel lost.

the night before the first monday i feel unprepared, scared and stressed!

so many plans for the new year….so many things to do this year…..so little time before next year and i feel lost and completely unsure of where to start….

so this year i figure i’m gonna try and make a list….something like what we did in a class that i taught called ‘i’- not an unrealistic list but a list that’s very real, do-able and will also make the year seem less stressful!

i’m feeling better now and will start writing soon…will share it with you…but till then share urs with me! let’s celebrate each item you can tick off ur list together!

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