Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Gave me a chuckle reading your quote, sachinky (ok what is your other name; sachin is for Sachin Tendulkar I know and I feel uneasy every time I call you sachin ) My husband was the same, he just couldn't grasp the whole process, I was so bummed when we got the NOA-2, I was shouting my lungs out and he was like-- "so what just happened??" Is it weird that I did my monkey dance and I was more excited when I got the news of NOA-2 rather than the actual interview approval. I remember when the CO said I am being approved I was like -- ok, whatever, let me just get the hell out of this consulate for now . QUOTE I'm the non-USC wife in the picture. Hubby is still trying to understand the process. I lost him while trying to explain the NVC stage.	trinket	Female	India	12/28/2009 12:52
Asia: South	How was your day today?	No big plans, on NYE will go to a German restaurant "Gerst Haus" which is only a couple of blocks away from our apartment, will get drunk, listen to other folks sing and all. And on NYD, will try to cook something nice. I don't want to bake pumpkin pie, just want to buy it from the store but Joe insist he wishes for home made, will see what I will do depending upon how good he behaves these next days	trinket	Female	India	12/28/2009 12:14
Asia: South	How was your day today?	So the 4 day weekend is over and all I did was a lot of online shopping, slept through out, worked out a little bit and youtubing. I didn't have to cook this weekend because on Wednesday Joe's boss did an awesome bbq and we munched on the left over for 4 days. Sachinky, I love biryani but I can't stand biryani's from Calcutta because of their generous use of kevda water.	trinket	Female	India	12/28/2009 11:19
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (Twisted K @ Dec 22 2009, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> oh yeah, trinket, my husband was very excited when i told him you were from his hometown tsk tsk, I am not really from his hometown, but yes I have been there numerous times as I have many relatives living there	trinket	Female	India	12/22/2009 13:35
Asia: South	How was your day today?	pati & patni fingers crossed, sachinky. hope he will get the job. congratulations sara. My day has been alright so far, we are trying to buy one of the cheap foreclosed homes. out here you can buy a decent home for $20k or there are some which go for $5k. we did put an offer to one home for $13k, but now me and hubby are having second thoughts about that home, it needs a lot of repair, roof, insulation, electric lines. We are going to go with an inspector this evening to see how much the estimated cost would be. Joe has his heart set on this property because of its location and how big it is (2800 sq feet) plus its in a nice neighborhood. I just hope estimated repair cost would be bearable enough, don't want to get into a money pit . Edited by trinket, 22 December 2009 - 01:25 PM.	trinket	Female	India	12/22/2009 13:24
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Mr. Guard	trinket	Female	India	12/21/2009 14:42
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Good luck to your sister and her husband Sara twisted-- apko bhee christmas mubarak ho I need to go out and run some errands, but I don't want to go out in this cold. Since I don't drive I have to walk to these places.	trinket	Female	India	12/21/2009 14:23
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (Twisted K @ Dec 18 2009, 03:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> trinket, did u ever get your bike fixed? Yes I did and then fall again and this time bruised myself bad, so my darling husband sold it to some kid for $20. No more biking for me	trinket	Female	India	12/18/2009 16:30
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (Aya&John @ Dec 18 2009, 02:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> YAY for India and Egypt!!! Shukriya everyone for the sweet words about Egypt! Sachinky, you guys have great wedding pics!! I had a long day of work today and have a long day of work ahead of me tomorrow, no weekend for me this week since I had days off for my interview last Sunday... I can't wait for the next weekend! I've been listening to Latika's theme of Slumdog Millionaire last night... It's so beautiful!!! Anyone has an idea who composed it? What the name Latika means? I think A.R Rehman composed it along with all the other songs of the movie. Latika means a plant or a vine to be specific.	trinket	Female	India	12/18/2009 16:06
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Had a busy but good day so far. A friend came by and gave me a batch of Christmas cookies. Tomorrow is Joe's birthday, he kept repeating that he doesn't want anything for his birthday, but well me being the good wife and all I went ahead and got an ipod for him, he might freak out, but I don't care . Also got some nice wine, hope to have a wonderful day tomorrow.	trinket	Female	India	12/18/2009 16:02
Asia: South	How was your day today?	I incorporate both Indian and American cooking. My white husband loves his meat and potato, one should see his face if I give him just vegetarian food for one day, he will have his puppy eyes ready asking-- what no meat? He loves Indian food but he won't be able to eat it every day. These days I am trying to cook a lot of Mediterranean food. I do hate that I make 2 sets of meal everyday. Joe and me just don't eat the same thing, I don't enjoy red meat except lamb, and he hates lamb and loves other red meat; he won't eat fish, I love fish. He isn't a big fan of rotis or parathas. He loves masala dosa though, and I incorporate Indian veggies in his meals. He is a big fan of sweets; kalakand, soan papdi(store bought), kheer........those are usually gone within hours of making. About Hindi, he loves all the Lata Mangeshkar songs and he knows a couple of words here and there. It's funny now he knows a lot of Sanskrit mantras/shlokas by heart but won't learn Hindi. I think I should push him more into learning Hindi Hey Moksha, answered your question about money transferring.	trinket	Female	India	12/18/2009 10:20
Asia: South	How was your day today?	tired.. alone tellering today...	marklovetina	Female	Philippines	2/12/2010 5:53
Asia: South	How was your day today?	how's my day?... uhmmm fine... just missing hon... tomorrow will call him....	marklovetina	Female	Philippines	1/26/2010 7:55
Asia: South	How was your day today?	well how was my day today..? uhmmm been backed to work again after for a long holiday vacation, been sooo bz today, lots of transactions at the bank, tired but happy to be home... now just relaxing here at home and checking here at vj	marklovetina	Female	Philippines	1/4/2010 8:37
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Congrats!	ELW	Female	India	2/16/2010 23:33
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Hubby and I both had the day off yesterday so we spent it together inside relaxing and didn't go anywhere (our favorite thing to do). Today he worked so I had a quiet day alone. He brought me home ice cream and I made a special dinner, that's it.	ELW	Female	India	2/14/2010 21:58
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Ahhhh sweet!	ELW	Female	India	2/13/2010 16:10
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Good luck sachinky for a fast interview & visa! CONGRATS Twisted K for visa in hand! Beautiful pics of your baby, Daniel Parul! Glad no more infections and hope baby stays that way! Hubby got his old job back here in CA, as a gas station clerk. He's researching now how to take classes here to get an equivalent to his accounting degree from India. I'll enjoy a nice, relaxing three days off now!	ELW	Female	India	2/13/2010 15:37
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Get well soon! It has been going around... all you can do is rest and wait it out. I just got over a bad cold too. When sick, sometimes I will put a little tumeric in milk with sugar. Or, boil some tulasi, pepper corns and honey tea. For cough, we would chew whole pepper corns wrapped in tulasi leaves. Best is just the traditional plenty of liquids and rest. I find closing my eyes and thinking of something happy or saying mantra reduces stress. I try to convince myself that if I can't do anything (like when I'm sick at home and work is waiting in the office), no help in worrying about it. I know, easier said than done!	ELW	Female	India	1/30/2010 1:04
Asia: South	How was your day today?	have you guys thought about moving to another state? Yah CA is really hard now. However, I have a good govt job (local govt) and I am eligible to get pension for life (early retirement) after 7 more years of work, so we are thinking of returning to India then, it will be enough to live there forever! So I definitely don't want to give up the guaranteed income.	ELW	Female	India	1/26/2010 22:02
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Congrats sachinky!! My husband got laid off from his job in October, the only work he could get was in Tampa, Florida - 3,000 miles away from me! He's been there since November. However, the business there just got sold to another owner (who is letting all the current employees go) so he's returning on Tuesday back to California. We are so happy we will be together again but he will be jobless so... hard. Hope he finds work soon.	ELW	Female	India	1/26/2010 8:58
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Get well soon, sachinky! I got a bad cold too, after I visited my family for Christmas in snowy Mt Shasta, CA. First time I was so sick in over 10 years! But now it's better. Warmer weather will help!	ELW	Female	India	1/17/2010 12:27
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Hubby and I practically ONLY eat Indian food, mostly cooked at home (eaten with the hands, of course!). I'm going to my mom's for XMas and on her list of things for me to do, she includes me cooking Indian meals for the family every day. That along with all the sweets my sister will make, and I am guaranteed to put on several pounds! Who isn't fascinated with Egypt? I remember getting a King Tut book for a birthday when I was little, showing all the golden items in his tomb. I was SO enthralled! My dad visited Egypt in 1961, before he got married to my mom. [attachment=11961:1961_WRW.jpg]	ELW	Female	India	12/18/2009 9:30
Asia: South	How was your day today?	All the days that it could have snowed here, it didn't. Just the day I had to go to the University to give the last few documents and now its f-ing snowing	DanielParul	Not Telling	0	2/23/2010 13:18
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Congrats Sachinky My day started with a trip to the pediatric urologist for Adi's checkup. He was diagnosed with grade 1 reflux at 2 months, which can give him UTIs. Thankfully all organs and kidneys are normal so its just a matter of time till he outgrows the condition. Poor baby will go for a VCUG (catheter up his weewee) in march to see if he has or not. For now the Dr was happy that he has not had any infection again after the 1 time last year which means good news.	DanielParul	Not Telling	0	2/11/2010 13:26
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Haven't posted here in a while. Hope everyone is doing well!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	2/22/2010 16:58
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Third, Congratulations on your marriage! I wish you a long happy married life ELW and Sachinky, hope you're feeling better now! 10 more days of work and I'm free No visa issued yet though	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	1/21/2010 10:01
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Moi is very happy today, looks like my lil bro's job is sending him to amreeka; he just finished his 2nd Mate officer training and got a job offer from a shipping company in India (they are going to sponsor his work visa for US), so hopefully once his training period is over he will be coming to amreeka, I can meet up with him more often this way Great news!! We say Amreeka too for America in Arabic! LOL I call John my Amreeky sometimes Edited by Aya&John, 04 January 2010 - 04:02 PM.	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	1/4/2010 16:01
Asia: South	How was your day today?	thanks aya it is like i am finally able to breathe. I know the feeling!!! Just experienced it 3 weeks ago!!! B) Congratulations again!!! I'm so happy for you!!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	1/4/2010 13:15
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Congratulations Twisted!!!! I hope your hubby's AP is over in no time!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	1/4/2010 13:06
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Happy New Year Eve, everyone!!! The New Year is 12 minutes away in Egypt!!! Counting down now.... Twisted, good luck with your hubby's interview!!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	12/31/2009 16:49
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	12/25/2009 7:04
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (estadia @ Dec 22 2009, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yes it is good news we expected egypt to be a little harder lol but he sailed thru it and they told him send co sponsor and ur passport back and u will be issued your visa sara During my interview last week, I haven't seen anyone denied at all...everyone was going out happy! lol I expected a lot harder interview but it went very smooth! I think they are becoming a little easier which is good Congrats again to your sister and your brother-in-law!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	12/22/2009 7:03
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (estadia @ Dec 22 2009, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> to those of you that have been waiting to hear the out come of my brother in laws interview ........he passed all he needs is co-sponsor thank you for all of your prayers for him sara That's good news, Sara!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	12/22/2009 6:32
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (trinket @ Dec 19 2009, 12:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Aya&John @ Dec 18 2009, 02:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> YAY for India and Egypt!!! Shukriya everyone for the sweet words about Egypt! Sachinky, you guys have great wedding pics!! I had a long day of work today and have a long day of work ahead of me tomorrow, no weekend for me this week since I had days off for my interview last Sunday... I can't wait for the next weekend! I've been listening to Latika's theme of Slumdog Millionaire last night... It's so beautiful!!! Anyone has an idea who composed it? What the name Latika means? I think A.R Rehman composed it along with all the other songs of the movie. Latika means a plant or a vine to be specific. Thanks!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	12/18/2009 16:15
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (ELW @ Dec 18 2009, 06:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hubby and I practically ONLY eat Indian food, mostly cooked at home (eaten with the hands, of course!). I'm going to my mom's for XMas and on her list of things for me to do, she includes me cooking Indian meals for the family every day. That along with all the sweets my sister will make, and I am guaranteed to put on several pounds! Who isn't fascinated with Egypt? I remember getting a King Tut book for a birthday when I was little, showing all the golden items in his tomb. I was SO enthralled! My dad visited Egypt in 1961, before he got married to my mom. [attachment=11961:1961_WRW.jpg] YAY for India and Egypt!!! Shukriya everyone for the sweet words about Egypt! Sachinky, you guys have great wedding pics!! I had a long day of work today and have a long day of work ahead of me tomorrow, no weekend for me this week since I had days off for my interview last Sunday... I can't wait for the next weekend! I've been listening to Latika's theme of Slumdog Millionaire last night... It's so beautiful!!! Anyone has an idea who composed it? What the name Latika means?	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	12/18/2009 15:57
Asia: South	How was your day today?	QUOTE (Twisted K @ Dec 18 2009, 12:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i agree, always wanted to go to egypt. been to india 4 times. time for a change of scenery, lol. i can't get any of my family members to go to an indian restaraunt, and so i am waiting for my husband to get here so we can go together. imo, hindi is not an easy language to learn if you are not around it constantly. my husband gave me some hindi books, then makes fun of me when i attempt to pronounce it but the movies and music are always fun trinket, i was going to say maybe that is what i need, to become allergic to sweets, junk food, and all things deep fried you can always hang out in south asia, aya. there are no strangers here I tried a few Indian meals..Indian food is yummy! I was planning on buying a few cookery books before heading to the US since I can't cook without a book and I'm definitely going to pick out an Indian cook book! LOL Thanks for the warm welcome!	~ameriptian~	Not Telling	Egypt	12/17/2009 15:48
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Sara congrats to your sis and your bro in law. I am glad everything went wll.	Starlight95	Not Telling	India	12/23/2009 19:53
Asia: South	How was your day today?	Ok, now there is another delay. The kazi is not available to sign and is out of town. It seems like all the signatures will not be done until next week. On the plus side Mumbai consulate receieved my letter for extention. It was delivered to them at 11 am India time. It was signed by Mr. Guard	Starlight95	Not Telling	India	12/21/2009 14:28
Asia: South	How was your day today?	I am going to be praying for them.	Starlight95	Not Telling	India	12/21/2009 14:22