Nishi is an Indian American who works as a lawyer in New York City practicing personal injury and insurance defense litigation. She is also a writer and singer/songwriter who writes and performs her own music. Her greatest dream is to bring her songs to the world and move people with her music. Check out her music & videos at NishiMusic.com.
Nishi is passionate about foreign policy, international affairs and human rights and is the Chair of the Lawyers' Committee of ECPAT-USA, helping to end the trafficking and exploitation of children.
When she's not busy working, writing, pursuing music and humanitarian efforts, you can find Nishi gazing up at the stars or attending archaeological lectures (she's an astronomy and archaeology buff) and when all else fails, she relaxes with Japanese anime and manga. An avid shoujo animanga fan and web designer, she's designed many websites to her favorite series.
She also writes fantasy fiction & children's stories. This blog is part of Nishi's personal web domain: A Dream I Dream . com.
In Oct. 2007, Nishi was engaged to her love of 7 years & they plan to marry May 24, 2008. You are welcome to view engagement photos and visit
the wedding site.
Name: Nishi
Where: New York
Faith: Christian
Sign: Aquarius
CH-S: Fire Dragon
AIM: SelenityHime
ICQ: 21380169
MySpace: Nishi's MySpace
FaceBook: Nishi's Facebook
Email: be83398
The Story Thus Far . . .
In addition to working on her 2nd album, Nishi is also writing and working to publish several illustrated children's series as well as several other fiction and non-fiction projects. Join Nishi @ YahooGroups to be updated on these projects.
Why Hillary: She is a strong, compassionate, and brilliant woman who will make us proud as president. I believe very strongly that she is the most qualified democratic candidate to be president due to her breadth of experience with world leaders, policy, administration and not to mention her years of experience and intelligence as an attorney who knows the legal principles upon which our nation was founded. She is, by far, the best democratic choice to lead our tremendous nation.
Jogging, Martial Arts Kickboxing, Dance - currently middle eastern dance & bellydance, Tennis, Singing (of course ;) and working on my songs, Reading & writing about all the things I am interested and passionate about, watching tv and movies, painting, drawing, astronomy, rollerblading (and trying to get better at it and ice skating!), obsessive anime and manga fan and professional web designing, ancient studies / ancient civilizations, history and archaeology, world mythology, politics and world affairs, international law, human rights, studying many languages (have studied and continue to study spanish, mandarin chinese, japanese and hindi).
Books / Stories
King Arthur and all things Arthurian, Merlin, light and dark; The Crystal Cave, The Dark is Rising series, most anything to do with magic, vampires, werewolves; anything fantasy and romance-like: EMMA, Jane Eyre, Phantom of the Opera, Count of Monte Cristo, The Cask of Amontillado; almost anything Shakespeare wrote; The Harry Potter series; my childhood stories - Sweet Valley High, Twins, Kids, Babysitters Club, Boxcar Children, Bobbsey Twins, RAMONA QUIMBY series; SHERLOCK HOLMES, NANCY DREW; all books dealing with things I love from art, mystery, religion, magic, mythical creatures such as "DA VINCI CODE" and "Interview with the Vampire"
Movies
Emma, Contact, Ever After, Farenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, Legally Blonde 2, Princess Diaries, Sweet Home Alabama, Matrix: Reloaded, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Staw Wars: Episode II, TOMBRAIDER I & II
All-time TV Shows
Three's Company, The Nanny, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, FRIENDS, Relic Hunter, Buffy, Xena, Clarissa Explains it All, OUT OF THIS WORLD, Wings, Mad About You, Simpsons, Married with Children, Carol Burnette Show, Anamorphs, Punky Brewster, Smurfs, Rainbow Brite, and the list could go on forever ;)
Musicals
Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, WICKED
Favorite Drinks
In the summer: starbucks' iced caramel macchaito - decaf and nonfat; lychee, boba/bubble tea/pearl milk tea; thai iced tea; lipton lemon and raspberry iced tea
In the winter: hot chocolate and starbucks' white chocolate mocha non-fat
Fave Alcoholic Drinks
Margaritas, amaretto sours, singapore slings, rum & coke and white wine - pinot
Music to relax to:
The slow version of the sailormoon theme song, the theme for Phantom of the Opera, the theme by Mono from Great Expectations and theme from Romeo and Juliet....so many more.....I can't live w/o music.....
A Fan Of:
I'm more a Democrat so I'm a fan of Bill & Hillary Clinton, Madeline Albright, Margaret Thatcher, Lee Iaccoca
Movie Actresses
Drew Barrymore
Kirsten Dunst
Kate Hudson
Nicole Kidman
Demi Moore
Gwyneth Paltrow
Julia Roberts
Reese Witherspoon
Renee Zellweger
Movie Actors
George Clooney
Johnny Depp
Matthew Goode
Tom Hanks
Ashton Kutcher
Brad Pitt
Keanu Reeves
Adam Sandler
Robin Williams
Magazines etc.:
Vogue
Cosmopolitan
Shape
Glamour
Bazaar
Fitness
Allure
Elle
Marie Claire
Archaeology
Mysteries
Foreign Affairs Journals
The Economist
Discover
Astronomy
Sky & Telescope
National Geographic
New York Times
Commondreams.org
In Style
US Weekly
PEOPLE
Reminders:
Salons in NY to try:
Buff Spa at Bergdorf Goodman: 754 5th Ave $$$
Tiffany Nails: 903 Madison $$
Soho Sanctuary: 119 Mercer $$
Maximus Spa - Massage: 15 Mercer $$
Just Calm Down: 32 W. 22nd $$ - get grape gatsby with Essie Bordeaux polish
Ajune Spa: 1294 Third Ave $$
Frederic Fekkai: 15 E. 57th - Mandarin Supreme Pedicure $$
Love, relationships & marriage are never easy - you may fool yourself into thinking it is easy, and you may even believe it for years, but trust me, sooner or later, you will learn, it isn't. They are hard work. Until things start happening that rock the boat, then only will you know. If your love is truly strong, it will weather the storm.
However, sometimes, the boat cannot be saved and it isn't because your love wasn't strong enough - but because love simply wasn't enough to save it. Love is only one factor, the rest resides in yourselves & with life. Sometimes, 2 people are no longer compatible in what they want in life, what they need. They may love each other, but cannot help that that things have changed. That is life. Love can conquer this & work past it, but *only* if *both* people are *willing* to *let* it.
The way you know you truly love someone, is when you love them enough to let them go, to want what is best for them, even if it means causing yourself pain and losing them. That is called unconditional love.
I learned last night that I truly, unconditionally, love Ricky and that my love for him is eternal even if he is not by my side. Meaning I will love him, and be there for him for the rest of my life, whenever he needs me, even if he and I are not together. That, having been his best friend & love for so many years, I would always be there now, forever and ever, even if we were with other people. Eternal & unconditional.
Ricky and I weathered giant storms, ones that I thought our love could not save. And it was only through the power of unconditional and eternal love that we are side by side & getting married in 2 weeks.
It took both people, willing, and a true & deep love in both of us.
When you love - love for the right reasons: because that person makes you happy & you make him/her happy, because you both want to continue to make each other happy & will work to do that, because you want to be together through thick & thin and know & understand each other deeply & wholly, because you accept each other in every way, good & bad - all your dark parts.
And when you love someone - do all things in the spirit of love for them, even if it means letting them go. If you really love someone, you want what is best for them - no matter what. And when you truly love someone - it is eternal. You may move on, lead different lives & forge new love with someone else, but love - *true love* - never dies - it remains.
I am getting married in 2 weeks and it all by the power of unconditional and eternal love.
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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Listen to my song - Hope For Us
Friday, May 9, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Song: Hope For Us
By: Nishi Rajan
Album: Nishi - Demo CD 2005
Copyright NISHI RAJAN 2005-2008; all rights reserved.
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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Please Support Me in the AIDS WALK NEW YORK
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
10:54 p.m.
I have registered to walk in the New York City AIDS WALK next Sunday, May 18th and am very excited about the event. I'll be lacing up my sneakers to walk 6.2 miles through Central Park to help raise money for AIDS organizations here in NYC. So far, through donations of friends/family, I've raised $175. My initial goal was $200 but I've upped it to 1,000 to try and help raise as much as I can.
This is a very important issue to me and I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the lives of men, women, and children affected by HIV and AIDS. Even though there has been a lot of publicity about drug treatments which are prolonging some people's lives, they don't work for everyone and there is still no cure in sight. And despite the publicity, young people are still getting infected at alarmingly high rates.
AIDS Walk New York is the world's largest AIDS fundraising event and money raised through the walk supports over 40 local AIDS organizations here in NY.
Anyone reading this, I want your help. Will you please sponsor me for the AIDS Walk? Please visit http://aidswalknewyork2008.kintera.org/nishi
to enter my personalized web page and charge your donation. Thank you to anyone, in advance, for supporting this important cause and for showing that you join me in wanting to end this epidemic.
If you want to join me in walking, simply drop me an email or leave a note.
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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an amazing night of writing
Thursday, May 1, 2008
11:59 p.m.
After work today I had plans to go see Marina Of The Zabbaleen at the Tribeca Film Festival but as things go, plans changed and I decided to spend my evening writing. I headed over to Kinokuniya where I sat by the large windows overlooking Bryant Park and wrote for hours, sipping Bombay Chai tea and munching on a small bag of nuts from the local street vendor at the corner block before....around 7 pm, just when I decided to indulge myself with a soy cafe mocha, a cop walked in - one of the guys who patrols Bryant Park - I heard him making small talk with the cashiers/waitresses before coming straight to my seat by the windows - proceeded to have the most interesting convo with him - he patrolled the park now for 14 years and saw everything from the fashion shows to the Good Morning American concert series - he gave me awesome tips on how to get into the fashion shows and how to get U.S. Open tickets! :) Such a cool guy! I'll be sure to say hi to him now on my walks through the park now.
Afterwards, I went to a local bar near Grand Central called Annie Moore's where I met up with a guy I am interviewing for a biography of his life - he is a man I will call William who has led the most tragic and horrendous life imaginable - he's been to jail, killed his twin brother in an auto accident when they were 15/16, is a former Marine Corp who told me harrowing tales of his ordeals and the tragic things that happened while a marine in Thailand, and how while in Somalia he was the one who helped rescue Michael Darant - the pilot of BLACK HAWK DOWN. His tale only gets more phenomenal and more worse at various stages of his life - he even killed someone inadvertently while trying to protect his father and went to prison, was in love once with a girl he was in love with since they were in pre-school, however, knocked her up when they were in high school and she had an abortion, our interview ended before I could find out what happened to her. He went through severe times after his twin brother's death, using drugs like cocaine before going clean and joining the Marines.
His story is one I am going to tell because he himself cannot and does not want to - he doesn't care about royalties, in fact, he first told me about his life thinking he could win me over that way - not happening I told him. ;) Despite his harrowing life, he is a good soul - deep within with a heart that is good but brutalized by pain and tragedy. He talked to me about how he had been religious once, but felt God had abandoned him, how could there be a God, he asked me, if He could let him lie in dirt with a river running behind his head, half dead? What kind of a God allows what happened to him in his life? His answer was 'there is no God.'
I did not argue with him. I let him talk and I listened, writing everything I could down. He is difficult to meet up with to interview but worth the time to talk to.
I am working now on matching one of my songs up with one of the tracks the producer from L.A. sent me for my dance/pop album and I found the perfect one - 'Our Dream Is Over.' :) It first almost perfectly and I just need to tweak it a little to get it to fit better.
The nights, these nights, are mine to create with. During the day I work, I do what I must to live and get by, but the nights - I live for the hours after 5 to live my dreams. God, I believe in you - even though many times I, too, have felt you have forsaken me. I know there is some higher purpose for it all - something that "William" cannot see, nor I; but I know, one day, it will all be clear. Please, I humbly beg of you, hear my prayers, my fervent thoughts to You, and answer me - make these dreams of mine, these wishes, come true at last. Amen.
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dance dance dance
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
11:28 p.m.
oh my god, this amazing producer from L.A. sent me 3 freakin AWESOME dance tracks to use for my album - the dance music is making me HIGH. Music - my natural drug :D I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!! This is what I want to do with my life.
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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Tribeca Film Festival - Movie: Under Our Skin
Saturday, April 26, 2008
11:37 p.m.
Took my mom down to the city this evening to see a special movie premiering tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival called Under Our Skin - a documentary on the fight to get people treated who have Lyme Disease. My mom got bit by a tick sometime in 1997/1998 and went undiagnosed/untreated for years until 2003 and then only began receiving lyme-related treatment in 2005 which she couldn't tolerate because her body had become so sensitive to chemicals.
The film was phenomenal. It documented the plights of several men and women who had been told by so many physicians that their illness was psychological and how, many left untreated or poorly treated, suffered horribly but that with a few precious doctors willing to treat it aggressively, the patients became better! It also highlighted how people in the medical field were limiting treatment of lyme, how insurance companies were filing complaints against doctors who treated Lyme and how good doctors were being sued out of practice for treating this disease.
My mom and I waited after the film was over to speak with Mandy Hughes one of the featured Lyme patients in the film whose amazing story moved me - she's this gorgeous woman who was highly active when she came down with the disease and we watched her undergo treatment which, after speaking with her, we learned hospitalized her (once for 12 days!) - she gave my mom wonderful advice about foods and chemicals - she was a joy to speak with and her husband too - such an amazing man to be strong enough to support his wife through the ordeals I am sure they went through.
Afterwards, mum and I went back to Grand Central where we ate at Cipriani's - dined on a delicious sandwich and cheese tower for 2 consisting of a delicious assortment of sandwiches (from avocado & asparugus to egg and something else to other heavenly delights) to an assortment of cheeses mixed with apples and topped with sweet red grapes.
Was really nice to spend an evening with mum like that in the city. She suffers a lot from the Lyme Disease and each night I pray she gets cured miraculously. I think (like the patients in the film) it will only get better with very aggressive treatment because of the late stage she is in :( It scares her and scares me just as much :( The aggressive treatment can be quite horrible in its affect on the body :(
Off to bed now - meeting a friend for breakfast early tomorrow morning in the city before heading to Brooklyn to work on production of my wedding CD. *HUGS* to all!
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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my wonderful bridal shower & night out at Nirvana Magazine Party
Sunday, April 20, 2008
03:33 a.m.
just got back home from a night out with my sisters at Slate Plus Lounge in the city for the Nirvana Style Magazine party done by this wonderful woman who may be my publicist soon - the place was awesome and the music terrific - we danced outside and went back into a closed room to enjoy performances by NIVLA and Ajaax (some fantastic South Asian Indian artists).
So tired and my voice is hoarse after speaking too loudly to people - have to go to the studio in Brooklyn tomorrow to work on production of 3 of the tracks and it's 3:30 a.m. and I still need to sleep ;) but I have to share the following.
My 3 sisters threw me my bridal shower today and it literally brought tears to my eyes. They invited family and friends to come to my home, decorated the house so gorgeously and prepared all my favorite foods (sushi, dumplings, naan, chicken tikka masala, & mummy made my favorite beans), ordered a huge cake, they went ALL OUT and I was *floored* - after everyone left I gathered papa, mummy and my sistersaround the kitchen table and cried and told them how much I loved them and how much this meant to me and what a beautiful memory I now had :)
I love my family more than anything in this world.
Spent the rest of the evening relaxing with the girls before we got all dressed up and headed out for the party. Spent the night before out in Long Island with Mili at her apartment - we went to this awesome middle-eastern/mediterranean restaurant where we feasted on octopus appetizers (yes, seriously, and it was alright - tasted seafoody) and entrees of salmon and lamb in eggplants and dessert of yogurt with honey and bananas....we ordered Turkish coffee and dude - was just like Ricky told me Moroccan coffee was like - thick - I loved it.
Mili had invited me over as part of the ruse so I wouldn't know they were planning my bridal shower. Mek and Nith arrived back home Friday night and decorated all night - the shower began this morning at 11 a.m. although we didn't arrive until almost 2 p.m. because of family arriving late after 1 (bad traffic) - it all worked out though :)
I knew though. I had picked up hints they were planning something - Mili inviting me over to Long Island while she's studying for her CPA is, like, unheard of :D LOL! She's been like crazy studying and then the other 2 both emailed talking about immense laundry and coming home and doing brunch - needless to say, I knew...and then Mili changing into a skirt this morning when normally we all go in casual clothes home - dead giveaway :)
I'll post up pics from the shower and from tonight's party in the next few days. Hope you are all well! *HUGS* to all!
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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new song: Do Not Deny It & Prosanto Roy's painting & CoLapse
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
10:17 p.m.
Last night, headed down to the East Village with my friend Erdal from work to see Sam Ghosh and Arjun Gupta in CoLapse - an evening of readings of one-act plays by the Desipina CoLab Writers. It was held at Jimmy's No. 43 downstairs and, dude, I had SUCH a terrific time! The show was HYSTERICALLY funny because those 2 guys are phenomenal comedic actors who play off each other really well. I haven't laughed that hard since I can't remember when! Sam Ghosh is beyond talented - his portrayal of the God Krishna as a modern day Bollywood actor is side-splitting! His voice was coated with a thick Indian accent, his mannerisms perfected for a play-boy like Hindu God who also behaves like a very Indo-centric male, and the way he interacts with the audience and engages them - there isn't enough I can say. His timing is perfect. His friend Arjun Gupta was just as terrific in a play entitled 'Reflections' which highlighted his ability to portray vulnerability and tenderness playing the Hindu God Brahma when confronted by a love interest in the form of a "French-ish" Chelsea gallery artist. If you readers out there ever want to see a really good Indian comedic actors, go see those two in just about anything! Absolutely wonderful live stage show!
Spent tonight writing a new dance song called 'Do Not Deny It' about the importance of not lying to, or hiding something from, someone who loves you. I can't stop singing it - the melody is thumping in my head :) I hope I can record it on Sunday when I next go to the studio. The melody came to me one night 3 weeks ago while in the shower (I swear I get my best songs during long hot showers).
In other news, Sotheby's of London is auctioning off paintings by one of my most favorite Indian artists: Prosanto Roy. Below is the work I wish I could just buy a copy of but can't find one - look at the detail. The original painting is being auctioned for 4,000-6000 British pounds (the equivalent in U.S dollars of $8,000 to $12,000). Oh to have money to burn ;)
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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pictures from my photo shoot
Thursday, April 10, 2008
11:51 p.m.
these are some of the 122+ shots taken over easter weekend at the photo shoot for my album's cover and insert pages. Image 880 (the first image shown below) will be the cover of my album :)
Came back at 9:30 with my parents from an amazing dinner at Castle on the Hudson - an actual castle that sits atop a hill overlooking the Hudson River. It was where I initially wanted to hold my wedding this May but it caps its guest capacity at 150 guests, and my wedding will have at least 250. I would've LOVED to get married there - they even have horse-drawn carriages to pull the bride and groom up!! Soooo right up my alley! :)
Seated at our dinner table was this wonderful family from over in Ardsley of whom the mom and dad were former lawyers who no longer practiced law but pursued other things - they went to Binghamton University just like I did in upstate New York AND they both got married May 24th as well!! Their daughter is this amazing girl who goes to Dartmouth and will be doing an internship at NASA this summer - her goal is to be an astronaut! The dinner itself was one of the best meals I ever ate with delicious breads, to a starter of this salad that only whetted your appetite for more, to a main course of tilapia with curry carrot couscous & braised carrots (mum and pop had the chicken entree which looked equally delicious) and a dessert of this amazing chocolate confection I wish I remembered the name of. Decaf tea for me afterwards - I was so stuffed but it was worth every morsel!
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
10:52 p.m.
Feasted tonight on a huge dinner of fried tilapia, dhosha with dal curry, sauteed carrots and mushrooms, and a beans/corn/peas vegetable mix my mom made, followed by dessert of organic strawberries and 2 heavenly pieces of green-tea dessert cakes filled with sweet red bean paste - I think this one gigantic meal totally undid all the jogging I did tonight ;) agh - the way I see it, looking good and being healthy are important but there's no point in living if you can't enjoy sinfully delicious foods!
Just painted my nails clear and finished giving myself a green clay mask and my skin feels great! This week is a lot better than last week - less stressful and less anxiety-ridden. My parents are back after a week in Florida and I'm happy to have 'em back! Home cooked food and the comforting sounds of their laughter and arguments and conversations :)
Lots to share and write and I plan to sit down this weekend and write everything I've been saving up. For now, hope you're all well. Lisa if you see this I have been meaning to call you back! Friday night? I need to call Sarah Beth too! :)
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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Monday, April 7, 2008
11:41 p.m.
it's late and I want to write so much on here - there's so much I've been storing up waiting for the time to just write it all down here...and I'm too sleepy to write now. it's all been scribbled in my notebooks over the past 8 days. I'll copy it onto here (well, what's shareable ;)) eventually. I'm alive and well. *HUGS* to my dear friends :) oh and Sarah Beth I'm soooooooo happy you and Pat are coming! You have to stay for brunch on Sunday and that Monday I'm want to give a NYC tour - wanna come? We can have lunch in chinatown and eat a scrumptious outdoor dinner in the village :D
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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knowledge is power
Friday, April 4, 2008
09:19 p.m.
Something I had forgotten the truth of. Knowledge is power.
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
01:43 p.m.
Listening to my Asoka and Devdas cds - 2 songs off Asoka will be played at my wedding: the "Asoka theme" and a song my sisters performed a dance to at my law school graduation party, "At Tayar Hoja" (one of my most fave songs from the CD); from Devdas I think definitely "Dola Re Dola" - it puts me in the dancing mood. :)
Spent the morning cleaning the entire house and am listening to Hindi music now while I work on my finances and pay bills...it's a beautiful day out, bright and sunny though only 41 degrees out. The weather forecasters promise Spring weather this week, with temperatures in the 50's and reaching as high as 62 on Tuesday or Wednesday :) The ducks are back on the lake; they and the geese are everywhere now. I shooed the geese out of the road yesterday afternoon as I jogged 6 miles. Cars were coming and the geese were just standing there and I was terrified they'd be struck. Silly geese. :)
Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka is playing now....I sang this song once at an Indian function long ago...I'm surprised I still remember most of the words :) I'd love to put out a Hindi CD but I can't write in Hindi (yet), maybe one day :)
Read the volunteer field logs of my fiance, Ricky, as he spends 3 months volunteering to assist poor communities in India:
RickyInIndia.Blogspot.com
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Since 1998, I have been designing websites. The following are almost every main site I have ever made.
A Dream I Dream
My personal page with pictures of me and everything I love!
TooyaandAya.com
Devoted to Touya/Tooya and Aya of Ayashi no Ceres!
UsagiandMamoru.com My favorite and best couple ever! Sailor Moon's Usagi and Mamoru (Serena and Darien)
MiakaandTamahome.com My tribute to Fushigi Yuugi's main couple who always have my heart, Miaka and Tamahome!
Kare Kano Love
A Miyazwa and Arima ML - discuss everything Kare Kano here!
Favorite Manga and Anime most everything in Ribon and Nakayoshi!
Alice 19th
Anatolia Story a.k.a. Red River
Ayashi no Ceres/Ceres Celestial Legend
Basara
B.B. Explosion
Call Me Princess
Catcher in the Horoscope or ZODIAC P.I.
Crescent Moon
Cyber Idol MINK
Delicious! (Yui Ayumi)
Dream Saga
Fruits Basket
Fushigi Yuugi
Gals / Super Gals!
Hana Kimi
Hot Gimmick
IMADOKI
Instant Teen (Otona Ni Nuts or Just Add Nuts)
Juvenile Orion
Kaikan Phrase or SENSUAL PHRASE
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
Kanata Kara a.k.a. From Far Away
Kare Kano
Kodomo no Omocha
Magic Knights Rayearth
Maria (Naoko Takeuchi)
Marmalade Boy
Max Lovely
Mint No Bokura
Miracle Girls
MODEL
More Starlight to Your Heart
Mouryou Kiden
Neck and Neck
One
Ororon
Othello
Otona Ni Nuts 0r INSTANT TEEN - JUST ADD NUTS
(the) Queen's Knight
Psychic Academy
Random Walk
SailorMoon
Saint Tail / St. Tail
Saiyuki
Sweet & Sensitive
Tokyo Mew Mew
Ultra Maniac
Vampire Game
Wild Act
Words I live by:
Man is never so tall as when he kneels before God - never so great as when he humbles himself before God. And the man who kneels to God can stand up to anything. -Louis H. Evans
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt
"All human wisdom is contained in these two words: wait and hope." - The Count of Monte Cristo
"The winds of God are always blowing but it is up to you to set the sails." - UNKNOWN
"The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead. [Which means:] To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget." - Arundhati Roy
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jogging, Martial Arts Kickboxing, Dance - currently middle eastern dance & bellydance, Tennis, Singing (of course ;) and working on my songs, Reading & writing about all the things I am interested and passionate about, watching tv and movies, painting, drawing, astronomy, rollerblading (and trying to get better at it and ice skating!), obsessive anime and manga fan and professional web designing, ancient studies / ancient civilizations, history and archaeology, world mythology, politics and world affairs, international law, human rights, studying many languages (have studied and continue to study spanish, mandarin chinese, japanese and hindi).
