wow, the week goes here!

HELLLO !

So much to do in a week, so much is done and the week just zooms past you! But you look back at it sitting in calm on a saturday evening and you still remember you had that sea breeze in your hair and sun on your face!

I feel better and less rushed this week :-)

And...

I FOUND A HOUSE! YAY!

Its a bedroom and bathroom of my own in a house of 2 bedroom, 2 bath sharing with an aero engineering dude who works in a big fighter jet place. Kind of strange, but I am sure we have like 2 or 3 degrees of separation of knowing each other - its a crazy world.

I move in on Monday.
I found out on Thursday - Elke (sweet girl in my office!) and I celebrated on Friday with a lunch out on the open food court on fashionable 3rd street pomerade... v. fancy! The house is not too far (15 blocks away in a straight line from where I work... so is good)

Most of the week, I have been working on finding details about water - such a simple thing you may think, but remember, life itself is here because of water! it is indeed a subject so close to heart to everyone! So, its been interesting - I have to apply what I remember from India, into context of what we used to do and all! I like it, but I really really miss India and Dad every single minute I am looking into the work.

I want go back, and change the place. How can I do it? But for that matter, how can anyone do it? thats what this is teaching me. I am working with Mr Burns (I think of him as a friend and a mentor - he went to my space school some moons before me) and its great to get into all the philosophical conversations with him. Michael, my direct boss is fun to work with too - however, I think he has been pulling his hair for the best part of last week (hoping I didn't have anything to do with that!)...lol

Today, I met up with Rocky (great fella from last summer's SSP, my parents remember him as the guy who wore the tinest mini skirt they have ever seen!... and I think, they have seen some of mine!... hee hee)... funny dude anyway. So, he invited me to this production - like the Asian cultural night we used to do at Bath. BRILLIANT WORK! I was so impressed.

My favourites from the show would include the Hindi film songs - great singing (much better than the Indian idol stuff- hate reality tv), great song selection too - some of it had me in tears: a lot of tunes that symbolize great times and childhood you know?

One thing that was pretty new and unique was the Acepella - they fused a human beatbox, operatic songs in 9 languages, hip hop, mono jazz and classical singing all in one. Wicked stuff!

I was also impressed with how many people they got to dance on stage. The main problem at Bath was that people (esp guys) would not open up to the offer of dancing on stage - and there was this one guy in the production (this one is specially for Kez) - he made Seb look dull: better dancing (I believe he was in like 8 events), played 4 instruments, danced, acted and had awesome hair (Kez- you need to track this man!) Seriously!

so, yeh. Great fun! UCLA is pretty nice campus too. I shall start posting pictures soon - once I have unpacked all cables and adapters and all that.
This is a long weekend in the US and weather is great - I hope you are all smiling and its sunny where you are! :-) xxx