Will I ever find the words to tell you what happened today and express the way I feel ? Never….. words are just not enough when God’s plans simply blow your mind away and He makes a day so beautiful. Becky and I got engaged today and it was more than just a ceremony.Yes, there was the traditional plate-and-gift carrying, the Sari change, the ring-garland-bible exchange. But it was also more than that as every moment Becky and I felt so special because God had chosen us to be together. I’ll never ever find the words to express the way we felt tonight.You can see a few pics here – http://cmc94.fotopic.net/c1189659.htmlBut even those photos which are worth a thousand words…

We went off to the airport at 6.30 Am to pick up S who was supposed to be travelling alone. She’d clubbed a business trip to Delhi and Dubai with the trip to Chennai so she didnt have to take time off work and didnt have to spend a lot. It was supposedly the first time that She and J would be apart for so many days and she’d been cribbing about it the past week.So there we were – Appa, Amma, Titus uncle, Becky and I… waiting for S to come out. After a patient wait, finally we saw her!! She came to the baggage area and managed to wave to us, diappeared for some time…. and reappeared….. WITH…

My Altec Lansing speakers had conked out a few weeks ago and I had to lug it with me to Chennai to get it to the service center. Appa and I located the center and gave in the speakers for repair and we also managed to locate a DTP center to type out one of the tamil songs we were gonna use for the Engagement. A cuppa coffee later my speakers were repaired and as good as new (hopefully!!)I spoke to Becky about the quickest route to get there and my dad then dropped me off at Mount Road and went home. I had a pretty loooong wait for the bus and was pretty impatient. Finally I got one and…

I entered the New Year on duty at the hospital and a little busy. The best thing was being able to talk to Becky after she came back from church. Just past midnight Sandeep dropped in and offered to drop me off at the station at 6 AM to catch my train to Chennai. Cool!I slept a little on the noisy train and managed to speak a little to Becky. I was planning to go home, have lunch and then go off to Beckys place.My dad said he’d pick me up at the station. The train was about 20 minutes late and there was my dad waiting to pick me up. I started walking with him to the entrance and…

Just as I was about to finish OPD at 5 PM and goto the Kailashapuram peripheral clinic, I had this patient with breathing difficulty and I realised after examining him that he had fluid around his lungs – probably pus(empyema). I explained that I would take 3 hours to come back and started the treatment and left for the peripheral clinic. I came back at 9 PM and saw the results which confirmed the presence of pus. However the kid also had a low platelet count and deranged bleeding parameters. In my opinion it would be very risky to insert the chest tube here as he could bleed to death. Although the relatives were a little annoyed, they realised it…

Yup…. I know the title of this post sounds depressing and dismal, but thats how my Christmas was supposed to be! Alone on call, rounds, lazing in the quarters etc etc…..?Actually it turned out much better than that!!First of all I spoke to Becky…. that made the day so much better even before it started! Then, there were not too many patients – so I actually managed to go to church for the first time this month in Trichy! And after rounds Sandeep invited Prakash and me for lunch and soon we were having a great lunch and lovely time with his parents and sister.I also managed to rest a little in the afternoon and after a couple of loooong…

I’ve been waiting for my results for quite some time ago and tonite when I rechecked the university website The update showed that the results had come in.I checked in and got a rude shock. It said “Result withheld (in view of thesis)”.There was a flood of thoughts racing through my mind and threw it into turmoil. Did I have to repeat my exams again? Was my thesis rejected? Did this mean quitting my job and getting back to Vellore to sort out things? How disappointed would my parents be? What would Becky think?Somehow the doubts settled and I realised that it would take patience, a few phonecalls and a trip to Vellore to sort out stuff. There were several…

Its kinda funny, but today was the day Becky and I shouldve got engaged as per our original plans! We had to postpone it as it seemed too close and settled for the 6th of January.As I think of today, I’m so thankful we didnt have the engagement today.It was too early and Becky had just had exams last week. I also found out a couple of days ago that I would not be able to be in Chennai and would hev to be in Trichy today as Dr. Winston was on leave!!! Now that would have been disastrous!!S and A could not make it from the US and that would have been a big disappointment.Lotsa other little inconveniences like…

It was a daze today.All I remember is packing up and then going to the station holding Becky’s hand while she just looked down.Opened the door, pulled out my bag, gave Becky a little hug and then…… I watched her leave….I turned to enter the station and then it hit me hard… I wouldn’t be seeing her for 3 more weeks …..So there I was at the crowded station and the only thing on my mind was Becky. I kept replaying the events of the last couple of days over and over in my mind sitting amidst a thousand people….. Is this how love feels??!! Sadness when you say goodbye to her and yet joy that eternity is togetherness. I…

Beckys parents came to Chennai from Kodaikanal and we started shopping for the rings.After a few disappointing shops we finally went into GRT Jewellers and soon stumbled onto a beautiful ring for Becky that was awesome. We also decided to order my ring there itself and had alittle fun trying to get the right size : I’ve got this funny finger shape where the joint is big and the finger is slim!! But anyway the jeweller promised me a good fit… and we’ll trust him.Lunch was great at the Abirami Food Mall and it felt good as we were all excited about the engagement. We then dropped off Athai (That’s what I call Beckys mom) at the bus stop and…