when will we go for long needed break..i want an anti-social break! i need to sit around with friends but not have to talk. i need to be around people, but not have to interact.

i hate being pushed into a corner. i hate having to accept the inevitable. when i feel pressured into doing something that i dont want... but i know that this something i have to do... i will do it.... but it creates no end of inner turmoil in me.

pulled and pushed in different directions, convincing myself that the direction im being pushed into is for the best, i feel like im losing my hold onto what i really want.

i am discovering how liberal i really am. scary. i dont know how to strike a balance anymore.

the only way to cope is to become indifferent. but the situation calls for extreme involvement. phases of trying to be involved and not letting it get to me..... oscillation between extremes. driving me insane

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

who is putting this pressure on me?

i feel the need to yell STOP. just pause in what im doing... flip a page, find a rift in reality and walk out of this situation.

ufff the dramatics.

You know ur getting older...

When...
1) Quite weekends at home mean potluck lunches with close friends...
2) Your concept of "late night" means you'v slept at 12pm..
3) 90% of the parties you attend are thrown by Friends for their spouses or mothers and warrant the need to buy a gift...
4) You can easily put most of your friends into categories.. "Housewives"
5) Shopping for weekend groceries is categorised as "spending time together"....
6) You start shopping for clothes that "hide it" rather than "flaunt it"....
7) "Child friendly" is the criteria for selection of restaurants
8) The key topics of telephone conversations is recipe discussions or cribbing about spouses hectic work
9) 75% of the photographs posted on facebook are about your kids and 95% of your status messages are about your family....
10) Your parents are more excited to see your kids than to see you....

have u ever had one of those days when u are in the most rotten mood in the world for no good reason and every little thing seems to piss u off even more..
its like one of those days where nothing seems to go right and the more u try to fix things there more things seem to go wrong...

Assad is very busy with his new projects, travelling everyday from Dubai to Abudhabi..infact itz been only 1 week the project has started and it will go on for more 9 months. we have hardly spend not more than few hours in this week...and we are just wondering how will we make up with this hectic schedule. Now how you define this issue of time is very important.. there is a difference between being in the same space with your partner and actually spending time . In this hectic schedule more and more of us are not making the time to nurture our relationships with one another. We tell ourselves and sometimes each other that we will spend time together once we get done with this project or when we reach a certain financial level or pretty soon, or (fill in the blank). Pretty soon we find we are just existing together and as more and more issues pile up in our relationship .. Now this doesn't have to be anything elaborate or even involve a lot of planning but it does have to be intentional\...Assad and I have recently discovered the new freedom that comes when he comes home..He makes it a point to spend atleast an hour with me and Celmira before sleeping... talk together, check in, and enjoy time together. I can't tell you the impact this has had on our relationship. We actually miss the times when there was so much time after his work hours..but for now this routine is working for us..Thanks Assad..I know you are so tired and sleepy after ahectic day but you do realize the importance of spending quality time as a family... We basically talk about what is happening in our lives, how Celmira is doing, what we need to accomplish for the week,... I learn so much from what Assad is learning in his time .. I also ask him to help me with issues in my life that I need to work on and he does the same with me... What are some of the ways you spend time together as a couple? Leave a comment on this post to collect some ideas to share with one another....

We dream to be at home in a foreign land, But we know we are outsiders! I miss the simple wada pav which is available in any road side stall back home, We get the same wada, but not what i would get in Mumbai.
We get shawarma( Arabic bread filled chicken or mutton fillets and onion,etc).... Now I Have one shawarma atleast a week to forget about the wada pav.... But the memory still lingers, I see to it that whenever I am in Mumbai I have atleast couple of wada pavs When I will feel as insider in Dubai??????

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IFly Dubai

Last week Assad took me out for surprise date...IFly Dubai in Mirdiff city center...skydiving experience..It's a great experience you basically go into a vertical wind tunnel and the instructor holds on to you and then may let you go for a bit - then the second time around he holds on to you and takes you high into the chamber above. There are upto 5-6 people so you rotate and go into the tunnel for a few minutes and you will have 2 rides.. It is honestly long enough to be in the chamber as the wind is very strong and I suppose it feels like sky diving (haven't done this myself though) without any falling sensation in your stomach.... Before you do it, they give you a quick briefing and you watch a small film and they tell you the position to adopt and the hand signals the instructor will use. Then you get dressed up in the flight suit, helmet, shoes, goggles, etc. before you go in...hmmm...Next time Assad will try it...