tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85455576854192747102024-02-02T14:53:42.100-08:00Cerebral babbleReshmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640435257765195374noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545557685419274710.post-20589241594887228122016-03-15T15:28:00.001-07:002016-03-16T11:18:18.655-07:00Rippling through my heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Waves of hope peeping out in part,</div>
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Time tries hard to thwart</div>
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Gushes of pain ink life's chart</div>
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To revel in the ride and steer the cart;</div>
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<br><br>P.S - This poem is my first attempt at Villanelle. A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: <b>aba aba aba aba aba abaa</b>. The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).<div style="text-align: center;">
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Reshmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640435257765195374noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545557685419274710.post-20998583994413571052016-02-29T22:14:00.000-08:002016-02-29T22:14:55.973-08:00Back to babble part 2 :) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Back to babble with a time leap on leap day!!<br />
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"While babble has always been intermittent, this time the pause has stretched on for quite a few months. During the pause, S and me moved to a bigger apartment. Then there were a bunch of business travel related to S's job. In the midst of all this, we managed to sneak in a rainy Thanksgiving camping trip to redwood forests of California. I still need to upload camera clicks from the rainy adventure. The year end holidays saw get-togethers with friends and all the hustle bustle finally got to me. Being under the weather for a while only seemed to add to my laziness quotient. I became too lethargic to even check out the lovely posts on other blogs let alone post something of my own. And now as winter recedes, as cold is ready to be wrapped up and tucked away, as the flower beds are aching to burst out in blooms, as the birds are out early and chirping joyously as day breaks, I too return to babble (hopefully as a regular)."<br />
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These were my thoughts last February and they were promptly relegated to the draft post. Why? Because there was another thought that was engulfing my mind overpowering all of my other thoughts, the thought of getting to hear my baby babble back to me. S and me were blessed with a little cherub just in time for our birthdays making September my most favorite month of the year :)<br />
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Since then little R has made me look at life from a whole new perspective. So almost six months into motherhood, I now restart my own babble even as my dear little princess delights me with her's. Hopefully I will resume posting on a fairly regular basis.<br />
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Reshmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640435257765195374noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545557685419274710.post-3017237389938035612014-09-16T17:19:00.000-07:002014-09-16T17:19:43.311-07:00Thank you!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As I had indicated in my earlier post, August meant travel time for me and S. It was time to feel patriotic in part because of the Indian Independence day on 15th August and in part because S and me were back in India after two years. Ah the blissful feeling of walking on the soil of your Motherland is unparalleled, even if this bliss lasted for a very short while. The bliss was powerful enough to override the much detested jet-lag. The mere sight of family after 2 long years was like an elixir. S and me escaped the American summer and savored the Indian monsoon. It was a very memorable albeit short trip and it was time to hop on the jet again. A few days with family and a few more for VISA related work sprinkled with visits to a couple of temples and festive celebrations summed up an awesome August. For the time that we were in India, I felt 24 hours in a day were too less. There was so much that I wanted to do but so little time.<br />
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While heading back to US, our flight was delayed and so we were fighting against sleep as we waited for our flight in Mumbai. We caught a glimpse of the King Khan of Bollywood aka Shah Rukh Khan as he was being escorted on an airport buggy. He looked like a regular traveller but the crowd of luggage tugging fans that followed the buggy as it chugged along gave away his cult status. I must add that the multiple security checks in Mumbai were by far the most that I have come across. Luckily, the delay was cushioned by our long layover in Europe and we managed to catch our second change flight to reach Portland safe and sound. Strangely enough while the visit to India was exciting and fun-filled, a feeling of relief and joy was what I felt as we unlocked the door we had locked a few weeks ago. There is no land like homeland and no place like home.<br />
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September has also meant many celebrations, both S and me turned a year older and wiser. Cerebral babble too celebrated a silent blogoversary a couple of days ago :) Following in the tradition of a blogoversary, I would like to thank all the fellow bloggers who continue to encourage me with their comments and opinions. I have learnt a lot from all of you, listing my learnings would call for a lengthy post and I do not wish to bore you with my babbling. So I'll keep it short and simple, THANK YOU!! </div>
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Reshmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640435257765195374noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545557685419274710.post-27866441060446748572014-08-18T23:29:00.002-07:002014-08-18T23:29:26.231-07:00August absence.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Reshmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640435257765195374noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545557685419274710.post-15262844443393673682014-07-23T18:56:00.003-07:002014-07-23T18:56:52.227-07:00Content.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Reshmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640435257765195374noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545557685419274710.post-71723171374448374222014-07-23T17:26:00.008-07:002014-07-23T18:57:09.974-07:00Yellowstone trip- Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Camping trip is exciting enough by itself and if the location happens to be the first National park not just in USA but in the world, then excitement just multiplies. S and me had planned to drive to Yellowstone National Park for our camping trip for the fourth of July Weekend. Our campground reservation in the Grant Village area of Yellowstone meant we had to drive a little under 900 miles to get there. S had taken a day off from work so that we could get two full days at the park apart from the two plus days of travel. So we set off on wednesday afternoon, having loaded our car with tent, sleeping bags and other camping gear, not to mention food supplies and water. </div>
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It was time for us to follow suit with camera and binoculars. It was like a tea-party on the riverbank for a bison herd, a couple of them grazing, a couple rolling around in the sand. The brown ones are the calves. A few clicks and closer look later, we were ready to head towards our campground.</div>
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After a quick stop at the old faithful geyser just in time to see it erupt, we drove to the campground to register ourselves. Grant Village Campground is nestled in a partly wooded area near the southwest shore of Yellowstone Lake. It has over 400 sites on offer including tent, RV and group campsites. Stepping out of the car at the Grant Village Campground, we were greeted by a bunch of over-friendly mosquitoes :P. We picked up firewood and kindle at the registration desk before driving to our campsite. Our campsite had a fire-grate and picnic table while a public restroom was a short walk away. S and me then set up our tent, before settling down to a hearty dinner of a desi style taco, puri in place of the tortillas. The wolves howling in the far-off distance as we snuggled into the sleeping bags was the perfect sign-off for Day-1 at Yellowstone.<br />
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It is summer here in the US of A. And that has meant a wide range of activities to indulge in. In fact, this has been the story since spring but a lazy bug that I'm, I have been putting off posting about them. Since early spring, S and me had been planning for a trip to the Yellowstone National Park. We decided to make it a road trip and that meant it would be a 4-5 day trip with a minimum of 2 days on the road. S felt that we could have a camping trip this time around, and accordingly 4th of July weekend seemed to fit well in our calendars. S had already savored quite a few camping trips while this would be a first camping for me.<br />
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The excitement of living in a tent put me on overdrive, what all food could we munch on while we camped? We could finally sit around an actual camp-fire on our camping chairs, roast buns in the campfire and chatter idly under the starlit sky surrounded by trees. Oh I was planning and dreaming on and off about it. Internet searches about things to do in and around Yellowstone became my favorite afternoon activity. With night temperatures in Yellowstone expected to fall below 40F even though it was summer, we decided to purchase heavy duty sleeping bags. We even bought a good pair of binoculars on a friend's advice and it was worth every dollar, we got to observe wildlife from a safe distance. </div>
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Gazing at the clear blue sky dreamily,</div>
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peeping out of the green strands shyly,</div>
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eager to greet summer breeze, </div>
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ready to swing and sway,</div>
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delightful dandelions!!</div>
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Refreshing summer breeze wafts along,</div>
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leaves rustle as if chorusing a song,</div>
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humming alongside bumble bees,</div>
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delightful dandelions!!</div>
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Lilting to gusts of refreshing air,</div>
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tiny white flowers twirl around with flair;</div>
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dipped in sweet syrup of love-<br />
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tidings of beloved drift in,</div>
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Yonder lies delight,</div>
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just past depths of dejection.</div>
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Yonder lies light,</div>
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Yonder lies the answer,</div>
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Yonder lies peace,</div>
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just beyond the chasm of clamor.</div>
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Yonder lies hope,</div>
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just past the abyss of doubts.</div>
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Yonder lies life,</div>
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just beyond point of existence.</div>
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Yonder lies a place like never before</div>
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a place to satiate our need for more,</div>
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a place where your dreams come true,</div>
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a place you can be just you,</div>
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Yonder lies....</div>
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X is an another of the alphabets that leave you flummoxed in A-Z challenges. After thinking about X for Xerox, and the usual wordplay of masking the 'e' that occurs in most words to get an 'X' word, I just decided to go for the symbol XOXO.<br />
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Does this image bring back familiar memories? Yes, it is the good old game of tic tac toe on paper. Many of my college notebooks had this scribbled on their last pages, the outcome of sitting through some very boring classes. I was a regular student, writing down notes diligently, bunking occasional classes and struggling to look alert in some of the not so interesting classes. And this game along with doodling was something that did its best to make us look like model students :P<br />
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Of course, there is another XOXO that comes to mind, the one we use to sign off our personal mails to mean hugs and kisses.<br />
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Winterhawks is what the junior ice hockey team based out of Portland are known as. Just a few weeks after we moved to Portland, S got a couple of free tickets to watch an ice-hockey game as a part of employee benefits at his workplace.We had zero idea about the game of ice hockey, but when you get free tickets, you indulge yourself. So googling about it informed us that Portland Winterhawks are one of the most successful teams that play in the Western Hockey league(Canadian-american cross country league). They are the only Oregonian team out of 5 US teams that play in that league and all the other 4 teams are from the neighboring state of Washington. Wikipedia also told us that a typical ice-hockey game lasts for about two hours and has six players including a goal keeper from each team on the rink where they aim to put the puck into the goal as many times as possible. On game day, we drove with a couple of friends to MODA center or Rose Quarter which is a multipurpose arena for indoor sports, concerts and the like in downtown Portland. It was a lazy weekend evening with crowds strolling leisurely outside the arena, but once we entered the actual arena, we could smell the sporty spirit in the air. Fans dressed in team jerseys, holding horns and flags were excitedly clicking pictures with Tom-a-hawk, the team mascot.<br />
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As we settled into our seats, we were greeted by a giant ice-rink being cleaned and readied for the game. The crowd cheered as the team skated onto the ice to line up for the US national anthem. The opponents were from neighboring state of Washington and when the puck was dropped by the referee, the game began. For three sessions of 20 minutes each, the two teams battled it out on ice. Ice hockey is a very fast-paced sport and players were flying on ice it seemed as they maneuvered the puck, passing it, shooting it a the goalpost aiming to score a goal. There were a few skirmishes on the rink which the referees handles deftly, handing out penalties appropriately. Whenever the Winterhawks scored a goal, entire stadium was up on its feet, with fans pumping up their fists to the shouts of "T.N.T". Apparently the song "T.N.T Dynamite" by a hard rock band AC/DC is a sort of team anthem. Similarly power-play periods had the crowds chanting "Let's go Hawks" to drumbeats. There was the usual cheering squad that performed during the 20 minute breaks between each session. Fun games and raffle contest added to the fun quotient. With cotton-candy, popcorn and other munching goodies available, it was an indoor picnic of sorts. At the end of nearly 2 hours, when the final whistle blew and our team won(we are Portlanders after-all), it was time to cheer the victorious home-team as they took a victory-lap around the rink. All in all, it was a wonderful experience to watch a game of ice-hockey, in stadium for free :) We were lucky to get to watch two more games later in the season and needless to say the Winterhawks flag flew high victorious on both occasions. "Let's go Hawks!!"<br />
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rest weary mind, aching limbs,<br />
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