Pretty Chocolate

Love me and the world is mine.
-David Reed

After the last Saturday's dinner with all my relatives, I have been thinking how much at times it can cost to be with the people we want to be and those we love. And as long as it only costs money it is still attainable. Though money can keep us busy and maybe even make us forget who we are, someday we all have to miss somebody and there is nothing we can do about it. Crying is not doing something; it is only crying even if it helps. Time wipes away the tears but these lunches and dinners remain forever.

When I told my father today that I tasted crab he made a face showing disgusted reactions. He even asked if I tried frog. I wanted to tell him that they don't serve frogs at Barbecue Nation but before I could tell him that my mind was busy recollecting the time I had spent today with my friends in that restaurant. We ate as much as we could and we laughed. Only that now I wish I never had to have bitter things within me for the person sitting on the left side of me when I was there. I don't regret but he continues to hurt me.

Things have now come down to what Allah wants me to get when I go to the US consulate. Of course that day doesn't decide my life, but it surely will make a lot of difference. It can bring a major set-back to my living or just simply put me into the next gear of life. Allah knows best what's good for me. He decided that I should get admissions to University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and I received admission letters from both these university within days after my application. InshAllah I will receive my I 20 in the next few days.

UTD is one of the very good universities in the United States. Though it is not a part of the Ivy League, it is respected a lot for the research work that is carried out there and the industry interface it has to offer. It is probably better than all the IITs of India. UTA is good too but not as good as UTD. Alhamdulillah things have been going very easy for me. InshAllah they will continue to be so and even better. I pray to Allah that I don't do anything which He has dislikes for.

I spent a lot of time at a book store today with my friends. Whenever I am at such places I get an urge to buy all the books there and take them home. It remains a different thing how much I read or how little I read, but I have always had this love for books and a wish to have read them all. There are apparently some good books I have read, but they don't constitute even a fraction of all the good that are there. There was a book in the shop about chocolates and love. I don't know why but I can't stop thinking about it and what that book might have to tell. But I don't wish to read it. There are better books and people around!