Reality Television

It's no secret. Reality television has been pushed as far as it could possible have been and now they're going overboard!

Ever watched the series called 'Cheapskates' ? It's about people who cut as many corners as possible to save a few pennies. I do understand that some people have it hard sometimes and may need to make some cuts, but these people really can surprise you! I watched a few episodes. From the lady who is a 'millionaire' but goes dumpster diving for food and dessert and roams a small 'forest' for leaves and berries that she can cook for her family's sunday lunch (and at the end, she gifts her boyfriend a vaccum cleaner that she picked out of the garbage). To another lady that washes clothes in her bath water and the guy who flushes only one day in a week buys clothes and saves the tag so he can return them later on. Gross.

Then there's the series that i just saw called 'Couples Therapy' where a few couples (celebrities) are trying to fix their marriages (or relationships). I managed to watch about 10 minutes.. I really don't get it. The guy decides to (or has to) plan a little romantic date for him and his wife and he choses to take her for a horse ride in the afternoon and she's annoyed because he didn't tell her that they'd be in the sun and didn't tell her to get sun tan or a hat and they call the date off and they're frustrated and she's emotional.. And another couple, all the woman wants the man to do is to give up alcohol and he refuses. If alcohol was not doing your marriage any good, would you not give it up to save your marriage? Seriously! Immaturity.

I've only been married for 2 years and 9 months (been with my man for a little over 7 years so far)... and i'm not saying i know everything, but i've seen some dysfunctional relationships and what i've learnt from that is, theres no other way than to be mature and to be an adult. Easier said that done, i know. But I live a simple life and i love it. No drama here.

Apparantly 'Honey Boo Boo Child' is out with a show now. Doesn't the family understand that people are laughing at them. I feel bad for them. Sure they're richer now, but they're being humiliated. And don't even get me started on 'The Real Housewives' series.

It's amazing what people would do for money!

Though, there are some reality shows that i do find interesting. Like 'Wife Swap', 'Mystery Diagnosis'... And of course, shows like 'Extreme Makeover : Home Edition' where  a deserving family get million dollar home and the builders go all out!

There are also these series that follow a family through their everyday lives - 'Jon and Kate plus 8' and '19 kids and counting'.

It's kinda weird.. I'd started following a channel on youtube called 'It's Judy's Life' basically because i followed her beauty channel and noticed she was pregnant.. So to follow her pregnancy and see the baby when she was finally born, i followed her for a month. And now i'm noticing the amount of vloggers on youtube that post clips from their everyday life and the amount of views they get which means people (including me) take time out of their lives to listen to what time they woke up, what they ate, what they did through the afternoon and what they're doing for dinner (with loads of boring conversation in between). Seriously, how bored are we!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving and i've never thought about putting into words what i'm thankful for, but here i go!

(It's 3 am but off the top of my head..)

What i'm most thankful for is my amazing man. We are two very normal people with an amazing connection. He is my rock, and has been ever since we met - the 20th of August 2005. He's given me the most amazing memories i'll ever have (and we still have SO much more of life to go through).
He's the talker and i'm the listener. One thing most people don't know about him is he has an amazing country voice, makes me melt. He tells me he loves me everyday and i get a million bear hugs and kisses everyday... I might have to ask for them sometimes, but i never go a day without them! (I'm a big hug person). He's given me the biggest gift in life!

Ofcourse, My Family.... My sister, an amazing person and generally my best friend. Wasn't this way when we were kids (man we fought). But she's always stuck up for all her younger siblings and if someone ever picked on us, she'd "Give 'em HELL!". My little brothers, who don't call/mail as often as they should, but i forgive them, because i love them little monkeys. And my parents for bringing me into this world.

Our life in Chennai. Lived there for 2 years and I loved most of it. Met some amazing people, had a great job (got to work along side some awesome people). But life goes on.. New opportunities open up. We moved on to the next step.

The year off (technically - i work from home now). We moved to Canada recently and it's been amazing so far. I'm as far away from stress as possible and totally loving it.

The amazing people i've met along the way and gotten to know, i'm thankful for them all!

And, Life.. in general. It's not perfect, but it's beautiful!!

Hello!

Blogging has crossed my mind a few times now (and i did try to blog before) but i never followed through with it. I'm by no means a writer and don't have much to say most of the time, mostly because I have a strong filter in my head and I might have something i want to post about, i'll write out a draft and then just delete everything thinking to myself, 'who'd want to read this anyway'. But this one's for me :)

And if you're reading this, you're welcome to tag along and follow my 'Journey To The Other Side'.