Comments | rileen: On a bit of a roll ..........

rileen

On a bit of a roll ..........

Mar 26, 2009 21:47

The weekend of March 14-15 was one to remember. It's not every weekend that one sings at 2 Holi functions (in 2 cities, too). Rarer yet would be a weekend where the real highlight is something else - great as the Holi celebrations in Heidelberg and Freiburg were, the biggest thing was that a paper got accepted after a lot of work. This now means ( Read more... )

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navina March 26 2009, 21:45:15 UTC

You don't see much evidence of the recession because everyone now owns a very magical piece of plastic ;-)

You enjoy your weekend too!

rileen March 26 2009, 21:49:01 UTC

Arre dhat! I'm sure you can see much more evidence out there. The Euro hasn't taken a hit, but the dollar and pound have.

Plastic mein itna hee magic hota tab to kisi ko koi problem hee nahi hoti na :-p

on9thheaven March 27 2009, 01:28:16 UTC

Yay on the PhD plans shaping up nicely.

I liked Ghajini too - Aamir Khan's body (err physique) is rather droolable :))

Gudhi Padvya-chya tumhala pann shubhecha :D

rileen March 27 2009, 07:54:41 UTC

Thanks :-)

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rileen March 27 2009, 07:57:32 UTC

Like I said, I thought she was lovely - that doesn't necessarily have much to do with her acting prowess :-p

But I think "uni-faceted" is a bit harsh, and hey, even Sridevi was shrill (shudders at recall of her singing in "Chandni").

ext_138900 March 27 2009, 10:04:30 UTC

i had the same thought about recession today. may be we dont feel the pinch because we are in academic settings and kinda insulated from the crisis. but i must say i have friends struggling to find work.

rileen March 27 2009, 10:07:26 UTC

Well, personally I'm actually getting more money since January (actually November, because of year end bonuses), but I was talking about what I see around me - there, it might be a combo of being in academics, and Germany rather than the U.S or U.K.

inspirethoughts March 27 2009, 15:46:31 UTC

Congrats on getting your paper submitted.

And Happy New Year to you too! It is our new year too (Ugadi for Telugu and Kannada people).

rileen March 27 2009, 15:58:06 UTC

Thanks a lot (accepted - submitted is more like the beginning of the journey) for both wishes :-)

And yes, I realized it was also Ugadi, and edited the ending of the post earlier today.

inspirethoughts March 27 2009, 18:20:56 UTC

Cool! Nice! :)