On a diet?

…FAQs about Diets answered-

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a lamb eat? Leaves
and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a kabab is nothing more
than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system.

Need grain?
Eat chicken.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine,
that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of
the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Its only the
misconception, that narrow minded people have.

Q: Aren’t fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU’RE NOT LISTENING!!! Foods are fried these days in vegetable
oil.How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO …… Cocoa beans … another vegetable ! It’s
the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! ‘Round’ is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had
about food and diets.

My Goa trip

I’m back! And this past week has been loads of fun. Goa was absolutely amazing.. though I missed my family and friends too much.
Sunday, we had a really long train journey. There was some trouble with the men in the seats close to us. They were singing and passing comments.. the usual.. It was a little frightening…
We got to Madgaon Station (in Goa) at 1 am. (the train was an hour late) and our pick-up didnt show up. So we stood there waiting, wondering, murmuring while those sick men were staring at us. We finally decided to take cabs to the place where we were staying. The cab driver was either crazy or drunk. (I think ill go with the second option). He was really fast and he kept swerving like crazy!!! SCARY! So, anyway we got to the Don Bosco Youth Animation Centre, Benaulim in one piece (surprisingly) and the place was all dark and the gate seemed to be locked. We didnt want to make any noise coz we didnt want to disturb the priests. So we stood there witing.. Finally, this guy comes walking slowly towards us and then he realises the gate’s locked and so he goes running back. We keep waiting. In the meanwhile, My teacher- Ashwini, finds out that the gate wasnt locked at all. *3 cheers for her* But we didnt want to walk in and so we waited for the guy to come back. He got back and showed us our room. It was awesome! A really big, clean room with bedding on the floor and extremely clean bathrooms!!!!! So we were our usual excited selves inspite of being dead tired (Ashwini ma’am tried to get us to quieten down a bit…. then gave up) and we kept talking til about 4:30 am And we managed to wake up at about 7.
We had amazing breakfast. I usually never have breakfast but this was just too yummy!
Day 1- We took the local transport to Colva beach. We had to walk a bit.. no wait.. a lot to the beach. It was really sunny and the one thing I forgot to carry was a cap. Had to buy that there. Sheesh!
The beach was really nice! Nice sunny weather, clear blue skies, really clean beach. We walked for a really loooooooong time. Found a good place to eat. The food was good and not expensive.. *Thank God!!* After Lunch, we walked around for a bit and then we got into the water.. That was soooo much fun. The water was so nice and cool and… salty?! Lol. Sampada and Vrinda didnt get into the water and so they built a strange kind of sand castle.
We walked back to the Don Bosco Youth Animation Centre.. extremely tired but refreshed in a way. Dinner.. late night talking… Day 1 over.

The next day, we were up early. We booked a van to take us to North Goa and all the important you-dont-wanna-miss sights there. First stop was Big Foot. Its this exhibition of some sort. They have an entire goan village and they showed us everything from making Fenny from cashewnuts to the how the local shoe makers worked all with the help of life-sized clay models. Really cool!! The story behind the name ‘Big Foot’.. A long time ago there was this man who helped people and there was another man in the same village who always cheated people. One day, the bad guy cheated the nice guy out of his money and forced him out of his house. He was completely penniless.. his wife died.. He lost everything. He turned to God. He was praying when God suddenly asked him- what do you want me to do about the man who cheated you? and the nice man said- Forgive him. Then God took the nice guy away to heaven but he left a big foot print there and thats why the place is called big foot! Inspite of the strange name the place was really cool. They had really nice jewellery and other cool stuff for sale. Almost all of us bought something from there. I bought a bag for my mom, earrings and an anklet..
Next stop was Old Goa- St. Francis D’assisi Church. Nice place. But I couldnt enjoy the beauty of the place for long coz i managed to do something to my camera. The display screen was completely black. I didnt know what happened. Lumena *God bless her* tried to figure out what was wrong with it and after getting out of the church we found out that I had somehow manged to switch off the display. I was soooo relieved. I was starting to think of where I would get the money to repair the camera.
We didnt go to the big museum outside the church. I wanted to coz I had never been to a museum before but no one else wanted to..
Moved on to Dona Paula beach. Dona was a rich man’s daughter and Paula was a fisherman. They fall in love. Father gets upset. She jumps into the sea and he jumps in after her.. Oh well..
Beautiful view with a lovely breeze once you get to the top.
Lunch time. Went to the capital of Goa- Panaji, for Lunch. Thats when we found out a certain Goan tradition. Every store was closed!! They, usually, open at 10 or 11 am and then they close for lunch at 12 or 1. They have a nice long lunch and a nap and come back at 4 and close for the day at 6!!!! We spent so long trying to find one place that was open. We finally did. (The owners were definitely not Goan!)
During Lunch, I was being my usual annoying self and so the rest of them challenged me to keep quiet and I did. For 45 mins!!! That was long!! I spoke in sign language! lol
Next, Fort Aguada. A huge Fort with a moat all around it which was used to keep the invaders out.. (something like that) They still use the place today as a top security prison. Took some amazing pics there.
Finally, we went to Calangute. We didnt go to the beach. We shopped instead. We cant help it. Its in our blood. I got my first lesson in bargaining. Important note to anyone coming to Goa, especially non-indians (sorry for the crude term) remember that whatever price they quote bring it down to less than half. For example, Skirts are not worth 300 or 400. Its worth less than 100!! Pleae keep this in mind. These people are out to fleece you.
Its a good thing we didnt go to Calangute beach coz turns out its really crowded and noisy.. not very different from beaches in Mumbai.
Got back by 8 30 or so. Really tired. Had dinner, talked some more (we forced Ashwini ma’am to sit with us) and then finally went to sleep around 11 or 12. Day two over!

Day Three- We went to Anjuna Beach coz we heard that they have a flea market there. We couldnt find it for a really long time. lol. We finally found it and it was crazy!!! This huge place.. swarming with people and stalls. There were just too many people. It was hot and noisy and we had only like an hour or so to shop. We spread out and we found stuff but the prices they quoted were just too high. Its a good thing Im indian. They wont try to cheat us that much but I feel really sorry for all the foreigners there. Stuff that they were ready to sell to me for less than 50, they were trying to sell it to them for almost 300 bucks!!!!! We did buy stuff. I love what i got from there!! hehehe
Some of them got lost in the flea market.. lol. We got everyone together and then got back to Margao for lunch. Lunch wasnt really lunch. It was more like snacks.cakes and chicken rolls an stuff. They had nothing in there for Vegetarians. (Im not one.. I was just concerned for the others..)
Got back to Benaulim and then got dressed to go to the beach one last time. We had so much fun playing in the water. It got a little late when we left and we were trying to run coz all local buses stop at 7:30 and this weird guy who’s *trying* to pass a comment says something like you’re running .. like dolphins. What is that?!!! That is the weirdest comment I ever got!!! After more comments about the way we run..we got to the bus stop and took the first bus home.
We were so happy with the service that we received at Don Bosco that we wanted to do something nice for the people there. Ashwni ma’am made a card. It was a really cute one! We packed and then went to sleep. Day Three over!

I woke up.. sad that we were leaving but glad that we had this time. We gave the card to Fr. Dominic. He was so happy!! A bus took us to Margao station. I bought 2 Agatha Christie novels there. Dont ask me why. I just felt like I should. The train journey was long and tiring and Sir was kind enough to take lectures the next day. Please note- i’m being sarcastic.

Some memorable moments from the trip-
1. Shruti!!!!
2. tee-too (lol)
3. Chaddi aur banian
4. Ashwini Ma’am is a young girl with a nice heart
5. Deepak Sir is “different”
6. Shruti’s toe-ring! an absolute steal at 120 bucks!!
7. a certain someone’s nasheela badan…. lol. this was absolutely hilarious!!
8. Songs in the shower
9. Shruti sleeping in the bus!

This is all that I can remember. I spent more than 2 hours on this post!! Plz remind me of anything that i might have forgotten..
In conclusion, I had an awesome time at Goa and I want to go again after my final exams. Praying about it!

Thankyou God, for the chance to see Goa.
Such a beautiful place.
Thankyou for the great time that I had.
Thankyou for all my friends and all the crazy stuff we did!

Some of the pics are up on Flickr! You can check them out.

My Goa trip

I’m back! And this past week has been loads of fun. Goa was absolutely amazing.. though I missed my family and friends too much.
Sunday, we had a really long train journey. There was some trouble with the men in the seats close to us. They were singing and passing comments.. the usual.. It was a little frightening…
We got to Madgaon Station (in Goa) at 1 am. (the train was an hour late) and our pick-up didnt show up. So we stood there waiting, wondering, murmuring while those sick men were staring at us. We finally decided to take cabs to the place where we were staying. The cab driver was either crazy or drunk. (I think ill go with the second option). He was really fast and he kept swerving like crazy!!! SCARY! So, anyway we got to the Don Bosco Youth Animation Centre, Benaulim in one piece (surprisingly) and the place was all dark and the gate seemed to be locked. We didnt want to make any noise coz we didnt want to disturb the priests. So we stood there witing.. Finally, this guy comes walking slowly towards us and then he realises the gate’s locked and so he goes running back. We keep waiting. In the meanwhile, My teacher- Ashwini, finds out that the gate wasnt locked at all. *3 cheers for her* But we didnt want to walk in and so we waited for the guy to come back. He got back and showed us our room. It was awesome! A really big, clean room with bedding on the floor and extremely clean bathrooms!!!!! So we were our usual excited selves inspite of being dead tired (Ashwini ma’am tried to get us to quieten down a bit…. then gave up) and we kept talking til about 4:30 am And we managed to wake up at about 7.
We had amazing breakfast. I usually never have breakfast but this was just too yummy!
Day 1- We took the local transport to Colva beach. We had to walk a bit.. no wait.. a lot to the beach. It was really sunny and the one thing I forgot to carry was a cap. Had to buy that there. Sheesh!
The beach was really nice! Nice sunny weather, clear blue skies, really clean beach. We walked for a really loooooooong time. Found a good place to eat. The food was good and not expensive.. *Thank God!!* After Lunch, we walked around for a bit and then we got into the water.. That was soooo much fun. The water was so nice and cool and… salty?! Lol. Sampada and Vrinda didnt get into the water and so they built a strange kind of sand castle.
We walked back to the Don Bosco Youth Animation Centre.. extremely tired but refreshed in a way. Dinner.. late night talking… Day 1 over.

The next day, we were up early. We booked a van to take us to North Goa and all the important you-dont-wanna-miss sights there. First stop was Big Foot. Its this exhibition of some sort. They have an entire goan village and they showed us everything from making Fenny from cashewnuts to the how the local shoe makers worked all with the help of life-sized clay models. Really cool!! The story behind the name ‘Big Foot’.. A long time ago there was this man who helped people and there was another man in the same village who always cheated people. One day, the bad guy cheated the nice guy out of his money and forced him out of his house. He was completely penniless.. his wife died.. He lost everything. He turned to God. He was praying when God suddenly asked him- what do you want me to do about the man who cheated you? and the nice man said- Forgive him. Then God took the nice guy away to heaven but he left a big foot print there and thats why the place is called big foot! Inspite of the strange name the place was really cool. They had really nice jewellery and other cool stuff for sale. Almost all of us bought something from there. I bought a bag for my mom, earrings and an anklet..
Next stop was Old Goa- St. Francis D’assisi Church. Nice place. But I couldnt enjoy the beauty of the place for long coz i managed to do something to my camera. The display screen was completely black. I didnt know what happened. Lumena *God bless her* tried to figure out what was wrong with it and after getting out of the church we found out that I had somehow manged to switch off the display. I was soooo relieved. I was starting to think of where I would get the money to repair the camera.
We didnt go to the big museum outside the church. I wanted to coz I had never been to a museum before but no one else wanted to..
Moved on to Dona Paula beach. Dona was a rich man’s daughter and Paula was a fisherman. They fall in love. Father gets upset. She jumps into the sea and he jumps in after her.. Oh well..
Beautiful view with a lovely breeze once you get to the top.
Lunch time. Went to the capital of Goa- Panaji, for Lunch. Thats when we found out a certain Goan tradition. Every store was closed!! They, usually, open at 10 or 11 am and then they close for lunch at 12 or 1. They have a nice long lunch and a nap and come back at 4 and close for the day at 6!!!! We spent so long trying to find one place that was open. We finally did. (The owners were definitely not Goan!)
During Lunch, I was being my usual annoying self and so the rest of them challenged me to keep quiet and I did. For 45 mins!!! That was long!! I spoke in sign language! lol
Next, Fort Aguada. A huge Fort with a moat all around it which was used to keep the invaders out.. (something like that) They still use the place today as a top security prison. Took some amazing pics there.
Finally, we went to Calangute. We didnt go to the beach. We shopped instead. We cant help it. Its in our blood. I got my first lesson in bargaining. Important note to anyone coming to Goa, especially non-indians (sorry for the crude term) remember that whatever price they quote bring it down to less than half. For example, Skirts are not worth 300 or 400. Its worth less than 100!! Pleae keep this in mind. These people are out to fleece you.
Its a good thing we didnt go to Calangute beach coz turns out its really crowded and noisy.. not very different from beaches in Mumbai.
Got back by 8 30 or so. Really tired. Had dinner, talked some more (we forced Ashwini ma’am to sit with us) and then finally went to sleep around 11 or 12. Day two over!

Day Three- We went to Anjuna Beach coz we heard that they have a flea market there. We couldnt find it for a really long time. lol. We finally found it and it was crazy!!! This huge place.. swarming with people and stalls. There were just too many people. It was hot and noisy and we had only like an hour or so to shop. We spread out and we found stuff but the prices they quoted were just too high. Its a good thing Im indian. They wont try to cheat us that much but I feel really sorry for all the foreigners there. Stuff that they were ready to sell to me for less than 50, they were trying to sell it to them for almost 300 bucks!!!!! We did buy stuff. I love what i got from there!! hehehe
Some of them got lost in the flea market.. lol. We got everyone together and then got back to Margao for lunch. Lunch wasnt really lunch. It was more like snacks.cakes and chicken rolls an stuff. They had nothing in there for Vegetarians. (Im not one.. I was just concerned for the others..)
Got back to Benaulim and then got dressed to go to the beach one last time. We had so much fun playing in the water. It got a little late when we left and we were trying to run coz all local buses stop at 7:30 and this weird guy who’s *trying* to pass a comment says something like you’re running .. like dolphins. What is that?!!! That is the weirdest comment I ever got!!! After more comments about the way we run..we got to the bus stop and took the first bus home.
We were so happy with the service that we received at Don Bosco that we wanted to do something nice for the people there. Ashwni ma’am made a card. It was a really cute one! We packed and then went to sleep. Day Three over!

I woke up.. sad that we were leaving but glad that we had this time. We gave the card to Fr. Dominic. He was so happy!! A bus took us to Margao station. I bought 2 Agatha Christie novels there. Dont ask me why. I just felt like I should. The train journey was long and tiring and Sir was kind enough to take lectures the next day. Please note- i’m being sarcastic.

Some memorable moments from the trip-
1. Shruti!!!!
2. tee-too (lol)
3. Chaddi aur banian
4. Ashwini Ma’am is a young girl with a nice heart
5. Deepak Sir is “different”
6. Shruti’s toe-ring! an absolute steal at 120 bucks!!
7. a certain someone’s nasheela badan…. lol. this was absolutely hilarious!!
8. Songs in the shower
9. Shruti sleeping in the bus!

This is all that I can remember. I spent more than 2 hours on this post!! Plz remind me of anything that i might have forgotten..
In conclusion, I had an awesome time at Goa and I want to go again after my final exams. Praying about it!

Thankyou God, for the chance to see Goa.
Such a beautiful place.
Thankyou for the great time that I had.
Thankyou for all my friends and all the crazy stuff we did!

My Goa trip

I’m back! And this past week has been loads of fun. Goa was absolutely amazing.. though I missed my family and friends too much.
Sunday, we had a really long train journey. There was some trouble with the men in the seats close to us. They were singing and passing comments.. the usual.. It was a little frightening…
We got to Madgaon Station (in Goa) at 1 am. (the train was an hour late) and our pick-up didnt show up. So we stood there waiting, wondering, murmuring while those sick men were staring at us. We finally decided to take cabs to the place where we were staying. The cab driver was either crazy or drunk. (I think ill go with the second option). He was really fast and he kept swerving like crazy!!! SCARY! So, anyway we got to the Don Bosco Youth Animation Centre, Benaulim in one piece (surprisingly) and the place was all dark and the gate seemed to be locked. We didnt want to make any noise coz we didnt want to disturb the priests. So we stood there witing.. Finally, this guy comes walking slowly towards us and then he realises the gate’s locked and so he goes running back. We keep waiting. In the meanwhile, My teacher- Ashwini, finds out that the gate wasnt locked at all. *3 cheers for her* But we didnt want to walk in and so we waited for the guy to come back. He got back and showed us our room. It was awesome! A really big, clean room with bedding on the floor and extremely clean bathrooms!!!!! So we were our usual excited selves inspite of being dead tired (Ashwini ma’am tried to get us to quieten down a bit…. then gave up) and we kept talking til about 4:30 am And we managed to wake up at about 7.
We had amazing breakfast. I usually never have breakfast but this was just too yummy!
Day 1- We took the local transport to Colva beach. We had to walk a bit.. no wait.. a lot to the beach. It was really sunny and the one thing I forgot to carry was a cap. Had to buy that there. Sheesh!
The beach was really nice! Nice sunny weather, clear blue skies, really clean beach. We walked for a really loooooooong time. Found a good place to eat. The food was good and not expensive.. *Thank God!!* After Lunch, we walked around for a bit and then we got into the water.. That was soooo much fun. The water was so nice and cool and… salty?! Lol. Sampada and Vrinda didnt get into the water and so they built a strange kind of sand castle.
We walked back to the Don Bosco Youth Animation Centre.. extremely tired but refreshed in a way. Dinner.. late night talking… Day 1 over.

The next day, we were up early. We booked a van to take us to North Goa and all the important you-dont-wanna-miss sights there. First stop was Big Foot. Its this exhibition of some sort. They have an entire goan village and they showed us everything from making Fenny from cashewnuts to the how the local shoe makers worked all with the help of life-sized clay models. Really cool!! The story behind the name ‘Big Foot’.. A long time ago there was this man who helped people and there was another man in the same village who always cheated people. One day, the bad guy cheated the nice guy out of his money and forced him out of his house. He was completely penniless.. his wife died.. He lost everything. He turned to God. He was praying when God suddenly asked him- what do you want me to do about the man who cheated you? and the nice man said- Forgive him. Then God took the nice guy away to heaven but he left a big foot print there and thats why the place is called big foot! Inspite of the strange name the place was really cool. They had really nice jewellery and other cool stuff for sale. Almost all of us bought something from there. I bought a bag for my mom, earrings and an anklet..
Next stop was Old Goa- St. Francis D’assisi Church. Nice place. But I couldnt enjoy the beauty of the place for long coz i managed to do something to my camera. The display screen was completely black. I didnt know what happened. Lumena *God bless her* tried to figure out what was wrong with it and after getting out of the church we found out that I had somehow manged to switch off the display. I was soooo relieved. I was starting to think of where I would get the money to repair the camera.
We didnt go to the big museum outside the church. I wanted to coz I had never been to a museum before but no one else wanted to..
Moved on to Dona Paula beach. Dona was a rich man’s daughter and Paula was a fisherman. They fall in love. Father gets upset. She jumps into the sea and he jumps in after her.. Oh well..
Beautiful view with a lovely breeze once you get to the top.
Lunch time. Went to the capital of Goa- Panaji, for Lunch. Thats when we found out a certain Goan tradition. Every store was closed!! They, usually, open at 10 or 11 am and then they close for lunch at 12 or 1. They have a nice long lunch and a nap and come back at 4 and close for the day at 6!!!! We spent so long trying to find one place that was open. We finally did. (The owners were definitely not Goan!)
During Lunch, I was being my usual annoying self and so the rest of them challenged me to keep quiet and I did. For 45 mins!!! That was long!! I spoke in sign language! lol
Next, Fort Aguada. A huge Fort with a moat all around it which was used to keep the invaders out.. (something like that) They still use the place today as a top security prison. Took some amazing pics there.
Finally, we went to Calangute. We didnt go to the beach. We shopped instead. We cant help it. Its in our blood. I got my first lesson in bargaining. Important note to anyone coming to Goa, especially non-indians (sorry for the crude term) remember that whatever price they quote bring it down to less than half. For example, Skirts are not worth 300 or 400. Its worth less than 100!! Pleae keep this in mind. These people are out to fleece you.
Its a good thing we didnt go to Calangute beach coz turns out its really crowded and noisy.. not very different from beaches in Mumbai.
Got back by 8 30 or so. Really tired. Had dinner, talked some more (we forced Ashwini ma’am to sit with us) and then finally went to sleep around 11 or 12. Day two over!

Day Three- We went to Anjuna Beach coz we heard that they have a flea market there. We couldnt find it for a really long time. lol. We finally found it and it was crazy!!! This huge place.. swarming with people and stalls. There were just too many people. It was hot and noisy and we had only like an hour or so to shop. We spread out and we found stuff but the prices they quoted were just too high. Its a good thing Im indian. They wont try to cheat us that much but I feel really sorry for all the foreigners there. Stuff that they were ready to sell to me for less than 50, they were trying to sell it to them for almost 300 bucks!!!!! We did buy stuff. I love what i got from there!! hehehe
Some of them got lost in the flea market.. lol. We got everyone together and then got back to Margao for lunch. Lunch wasnt really lunch. It was more like snacks.cakes and chicken rolls an stuff. They had nothing in there for Vegetarians. (Im not one.. I was just concerned for the others..)
Got back to Benaulim and then got dressed to go to the beach one last time. We had so much fun playing in the water. It got a little late when we left and we were trying to run coz all local buses stop at 7:30 and this weird guy who’s *trying* to pass a comment says something like you’re running .. like dolphins. What is that?!!! That is the weirdest comment I ever got!!! After more comments about the way we run..we got to the bus stop and took the first bus home.
We were so happy with the service that we received at Don Bosco that we wanted to do something nice for the people there. Ashwni ma’am made a card. It was a really cute one! We packed and then went to sleep. Day Three over!

I woke up.. sad that we were leaving but glad that we had this time. We gave the card to Fr. Dominic. He was so happy!! A bus took us to Margao station. I bought 2 Agatha Christie novels there. Dont ask me why. I just felt like I should. The train journey was long and tiring and Sir was kind enough to take lectures the next day. Please note- i’m being sarcastic.

Some memorable moments from the trip-
1. Shruti!!!!
2. tee-too (lol)
3. Chaddi aur banian
4. Ashwini Ma’am is a young girl with a nice heart
5. Deepak Sir is “different”
6. Shruti’s toe-ring! an absolute steal at 120 bucks!!
7. a certain someone’s nasheela badan…. lol. this was absolutely hilarious!!
8. Songs in the shower
9. Shruti sleeping in the bus!

This is all that I can remember. I spent more than 2 hours on this post!! Plz remind me of anything that i might have forgotten..
In conclusion, I had an awesome time at Goa and I want to go again after my final exams. Praying about it!

Thankyou God, for the chance to see Goa.
Such a beautiful place.
Thankyou for the great time that I had.
Thankyou for all my friends and all the crazy stuff we did!

Off to Goa!!

I’m leaving for Goa in a couple of hours. My train’s at 2.05 p.m.We should reach Goa by midnight.
This is the first time I’m going out of Maharashtra by train. My first experience. I’ll let you know how it went.
I’m so excited.. the next four days will just be me, my friends and my two professors.        
No Lectures, No practicals, No discussions, No submissions. Only Sun,Sand, Sea and Seafood. I can’t wait. I’m soooo terribly excited. 
I’m also hoping for a refreshing time with God. What better way to talk to the one you love… on the beach on a beautiful starry night.
God’s been so faithful to me this past one week. This week was a little tough for me. I was so upset that I was considering not going to Goa. But God gave me the strength to go on. I thought everything was over but He said- No, Its Just begun..

My dad’s leaving for Saudi tonight. I’m so glad he was here. I’ll miss him a lot. He’s coming back in December though.. YAY!
Friday morning will be back to college. Starting Friday evening we have a three day meeting with Bro. S.R. Manohar. I’m believing for lives to be changed. God’s like that.. He loves to bless and change people’s lives. Look what He did to me!

So, I wont be blogging for awhile. ill probably take a break til next Sunday.

Still excited,
Christine

Off to Goa!

I’m leaving for Goa in a couple of hours. My train’s at 2.05 p.m.We should reach Goa by midnight.
This is the first time I’m going out of Maharashtra by train. My first experience. I’ll let you know how it went.
I’m so excited.. the next four days will just be me, my friends and my two professors.
No Lectures, No practicals, No discussions, No submissions. Only Sun,Sand, Sea and Seafood. I can’t wait. I’m soooo terribly excited.
I’m also hoping for a refreshing time with God. What better way to talk to the one you love… on the beach on a beautiful starry night.
God’s been so faithful to me this past one week. This week was a little tough for me. I was so upset that I was considering not going to Goa. But God gave me the strength to go on. I thought everything was over but He said- No, Its Just begun..

My dad’s leaving for Saudi tonight. I’m so glad he was here. I’ll miss him a lot. He’s coming back in December though.. YAY!
Friday morning will be back to college. Starting Friday evening we have a three day meeting with Bro. S.R. Manohar. I’m believing for lives to be changed. God’s like that.. He loves to bless and change people’s lives. Look what He did to me!

So, I wont be blogging for awhile. ill probably take a break til next Sunday.

Still excited,
Christine

..more than..

More than the warmth of a mother
More than the smile of a child
Your love,Oh Lord, is so tender
It completely baffles my mind.

A thought..

Be joyful always. Pray continually.
Give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Kids…

(Written by kids)

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like
sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the
chips and dip coming.
– Alan, age 10

No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to
marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who
you’re stuck with.
– Kristen, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by
then.
– Camille, age 10

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at
the same kids.
– Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don’t want any more kids.
– Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know
each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
– Lynnette, age 8 (isn’t she a treasure)

On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that Usually gets
them interested enough to go for a second date.
– Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
I’d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the
newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
– Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they’re rich.
– Pam, age 7 (smart girl)

The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with
that.
- – Curt, age 7

The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry
them and have kids with them. It’s the right thing to do.
– Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone
to clean up after them.
– Anita, age 9 (bless you child)

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN’T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn’t there?
– Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favorite is……..
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
– Ricky, age 10

Through it all

 i wrote this sometime earlier this year. I feel like this even today…

Through my fears
Through my tears
Through my defeat
My unbelief
My victories
My hopes and dreams
My ups and downs
Unfaithfulness
Ungratefulness
Through my pride
False humility
Through my sorrow
And all my joy

You have never let go of me