A day in my life

Life in Boston :

7 am : Wake up alarm

7:20 am : Out of bed

                  Shower

7:45 am : Get Dressed

                  A cup of coffee {somewhere between getting my hair done and the itsy bitsy make up-                     American way of life :)} 

8:00 am : Warm the car

                   Wait for my passenger

8:25 am:  Drop of my passenger at school

8:30 am : On Tobin Bridge overlooking Chelsea on Route 1 A

8:33 am : Exit to Lynn/Revere

8:34am: Route 16E

8:40 am : Wonderland station

8:43 am: The most picturesque lap of my drive by the water, the train beyond the creek and the                  chimneys of GE factory smoking away.Picture Perfect.

8:54 am: Park in the lot

8:59 am : Punch in at work

9:00 am : Break room, Coffe, Good mornings around the office

9:30 am : Work

1:00 pm : Lunch

1:30pm: Work

4:00pm: Wrapping up

5:00pm:Punch out

6:15 pm: Pick my passenger at school

6:40 pm : Home

6:41: World News by Charlie Gibson

        : Inside Edition

8:00 pm : Make dinner

9:00pm Eat dinner

9:50pm: Dim lights, music, books,movies,you tube

11:00pm: Most Probably the day has finally ended.

A day in Mumbai (on vacation):

7:00 am: Sleeping.....

8:00 am : Sleeping...

9:00 am : Still zzzzzzz.......

10:00 am : zzzzz........

10:30am: Aroma of coffee and breakfast in the room!!!

10:31 am: Lata (our house help) already drawing the curtains....and dusting my room 

10:32am: Feel guilty about being a lazzzzyyyy bum

10:45 am : Out of bed

10:50 am: In front of TV trying to make sense of the BS

11:00 am:Discussing the day's Menu from Mom's kitchen

11:10 am: Trying to avoid phone calls 

11:15 am: Read the newspaper, Surf the internet

12:15 pm : Shower

1:00 pm : Fabulous Lunch on the table, courtesy: Mom

2:00 pm: Draw back the curtains....Read a book in bed

2:30pm: zzzzzz..........

4:30 pm: Aroma of Nescafe and snacks....MOM ROCKS

6:00 pm : Go Shopping

9:00pm: Get back

9:01 pm: Dad - daughter time to watch movies,discuss economy, world politics,discuss movies

10:00 pm: Dinner

11:00 pm : Movies on DVD-Family time

1:00 am:Random BS TV

1:15 am : Read some book in bed

1:45am: Some BS TV in my room

2:00am: Some snack in the kitchen, sneaking....tiptoe-ing around ...having no idea              where things are.

2:15 am :Dad comes to help find me a snack.

              Both sneaking around the kitchen.

              Mom's asleep.

2:40am: Snack over.

2:45 am : Maybe we both should sleep.....Retire back to our rooms.....zzzzzzzzz

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7:00 am : zzzzzzzzzzzz

:)Life is Beautiful,

Be Brave,

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Ain't I super?

Have you ever tried to find on google the distance between your heart and brain?Calculating realistically , one might say between 25 - 30 cms. Try holding a ruler in front of your face, in a standing position and it'll give you an idea, roughly. You don't have to be a doctor to measure something like that because if you are one like me, you'll end up with a different number.For me, the distance between my heart and brain is 7,626 miles or 12,273 kms equivalent to 6,627 nautical miles.
And if you are still wondering how, the answer is simple. I googled :)

As you can see ,because the distance is so long, the communication between my heart and brain takes some time. On most occasions,the communication either ends up in getting a busy tone or ends up in a voice mail. Many a times it's also unreachable and sometimes gets back on track with a recharge of a few dollars (how cheap).Many a times the brain wants to let the heart know something very important but the heart sleeps while the brain works.Absolutely out of sync but I still live.Supreme of all beings as I am I achieve this scientific feat everyday.Other organisms need blood vessels to survive but I need electric and networking lines to be alive . Ain't I super!

You might be wondering what kind of a being am I who doesn't have it's heart and brain at the same place.Which organism scientifically known can exist like that. Trust me , you wouldn't find that on google :) But I know the answer and I bet you can guess too as one needn't be Charles Darvin to explain evolution.

Beings like us evolved long time back and as every evolution began with the survival of the fittest so did my species.I am supreme of the super being. I can survive with a dissociated heart and brain and even minimal communication is enough for me to live.I eat, drink, sleep and feel like the others of my kind. The only difference is I am displaced from my original place of dwelling to a different one and during the long distance transfer by Lufthansa, my heart and brain dissociated.They weren't shipped in the same package and since then they have always been apart. Don't you worry though! I am still alive, thanks to the engineers who keep my heart beating and brain all wired up albeit some short - circuits here and there.As long as those wires work, I work.And as long as my brain and heart long to be together,I'll live.Ain't I super!

Now even after reading this jibberish if you are wondering which species I belong to....you dont have to google!

The answer is here - I am the ever complicated and evolved 'whuman' (woman +human) who has learned to live rather co exist with the environment around her.

:) Life is always beautiful,It's you who should learn to appreciate it ;)

Be Brave,
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Aptly said

Henry David Thoreau:

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Quote of the day

Ambrose Bierce:

Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.

Alfred Tennyson:

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Albert Einstein:

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

........As time goes by

Anyone who has seen Casablanca would recognize this song sung by Frank Sinatra. Ingrid Bergman's face on that black and white screen  on a close up shot  makes me marvel at her beauty. Humphrey Bogart with 'Here's looking at you kid' is an all time classic character with a  memorable performance indeed.

Quotes: 'Play it Sam. Play... As Time Goes By'

You  must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss....a sigh is just a sigh...the fundamental things apply..la la la.....

Click on the title of this blog to take you to a snapshot on you tube.

Be Brave , Never say die....

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Cheers to old friends!

God!

It's one of those days again.....where I miss being in Mumbai and just even the mention of that place makes my heart skip a beat. Today I  had a chat with Ashwin  (who's in New York now)  and talked to Desma yesterday and all those memories of Mumbai came rushing in. Its great to talk to an old friend who's seen you in your true self and remembers you exactly as you were. Few minutes of talk and both my conversations were vivid images of us being together  in our hospital canteen where we had the conversations of a lifetime around the shaky plastic table over cups of coffee as the clock ticked away. Those were the times when real ambitions and aspirations shaped up and I am glad to know we all are trying our best to implement what we once aspired to be.

Life is beautiful and these friends make me appreciate it everyday. I am proud to have brave and courageous friends who none the less are 'Doctors' with great character and resilience. I am happy to see the way we have grown and progressed from being medical school students to not just doctors but individuals with a 'Never say Die ' attitude.

I dedicate this blog to all my co - medicos who in their own  little and big ways have contributed to shaping up my understanding of Life and Medicine.

Wishing all my dear friends all the very best for their exams.

Be Brave,

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Some Random Movie Ratings

Before the Rains: Rahul Bose, Nandita Das : 6/10 {Romance}

The Other Boleyn Girl: Scarlett Johanson,Natalie Portman, Eric Bana : 8.5/10{Drama,History}

The day the earth stood still: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly: 6/10 {Sci-fi}

Twilight:8.5/10 {Romance}

The Fast and Furious:Vin Diesel :8.5/10 {Action, Adventure}

The Duchess:6/10 {Drama,History}

Caramel : 7.5/10 {Drama,Lebanese movie revolving around the lives of five women and their lives.Available on Netflix Instant watch}