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Bill Clinton rescues Journalists from the Axis of Evil

(Photo From CBSNEWS)

When I found out Bill Clinton was going to North Korea to save the Journalists, I was in the living room with my Mom explaining the entire story to her...

I don't remember much about the Clinton years. But in the end I remember he was a good man. As a kid I thought a good president was one who got reelected. Exemplified by what didn't happen to Georgie HW Bush.

It makes sense that he went but had Al Gore not been involved, I probably would have disliked that they (The Government) sent him....the husband of the Secretary of State. I understand that she can't go because we don't negotiate with terrorists, but we should fix that problem first. I understand this can't happen now but its just something that bothers me.

I guess what is bothering me now, after knowing all the facts and that I know he is a "Private Citizen", is that the Obama administration will be tapping him for information about Kim Jong Il's health status and nuclear intentions. Who knows what else Bill discussed with North Korea.

As the main story is the return of these Americans, I hope in the days to come we learn more about the meeting and lead to a better situation with North Korea.

For today, lets celebrate a homecoming.

(Photos From CBSNEWS)

Politicians, Athletes, Foodies & Doctors

The first time I voted I was 8 years old...

I...Love...politics and politicians. Only after I came back from England did I start watching Cable news shows...and probably too much of it. I guess before I was in medical school I was too immature and then I missed what was going on in the US.

But who cares about that, don't you want to know who I voted for when I was 8 years old...true story:

My mom let me into the voting booth. I knew who she was going to vote for(Dukakis) but for some reason the names weren't clearly next to the party names and pictures...I swear! All I saw was a picture of Lincoln next to the Republican party. As she went to press the Democratic button, I stopped her and said: "Lincoln is the good guy, you want the candidate that is like him." She gave me a confused look but somehow believed me. We then pulled the lever together...Yes, the booth was that old.

My mom has never held a grudge with me...She didn't talk to me for 2 days. Thinking about it now, I can imagine that as an immigrant with US citizenship, it was really important. Technically she probably only voted for a president 3 times before that day.

So as I'm trying to define my labels, politics and the Government are important to me. I never wanted to be the President as a child, but definitely in my adult years I thought I could be one. Even as I search for a job now, I really want to work for the government as I'm in DC, the center of all the action.

I sort of played sports in high school but I was nowhere near getting any playing time. My mom still hates that she put me through so many years of Soccer because I just stood around. But being put in swimming lessons and sports teams was their way of "Americanizing" us. But on any Saturday Morning you'll find me cheering for the University of Michigan Wolverines and probably the next day you'll read a post....hopefully in the win column.

TV and Food....self-explanatory. But as a Health Degree holder, nutrition is a big part of recommending a proper healthy lifestyle. So this will be why I'll post a lot about food.

Books, Movies, Music...Oh My!

I was probably tapping my foot as a baby when I heard my first song...

In Hinduism, there is a ceremony when we are little babies where you put certain items on a plate and whichever item (money, pen, book, gold, etc.) the baby touched or picked up, that would define them. Its a shame no one put a DVD or CD on that plate. For the record, I don't remember what I picked up.

I can't imagine a person who hasn't experienced all three of them. For me, Movies and Music played a big role for me. I never really got into reading because I was too busy reading for school. But now that I am out, I need to read more. And since I always have something to say, I have to say something about Media. For the time being, enjoy my first favorites:

First Favorite Book: "I'm going to run away" by Joan Hanson I think. no luck on google. Simple book about a fat chubby kid who wants to run away and packs up all his stuff including his family, pets, friends and house....yup, eventually decided it wasn't worth it. I think I was 6. I never had thoughts of running away so I must have only connected to him because he was chubby.

First Favorite Movies: Back to the Future, no explanation needed.

First Favorite Music: Michael Jackson. But first CD that I bought on my own was Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle. I actually bought it twice because the first case broke. Even before CD's I went through a few walkman's and would always record on Tape Cassettes the top 8 at 8. Wow, i'm getting memories of 96.3 and WJLB Detroit radio stations.

I'm half human half robot

When I was 8 I took a watch for Show and tell...

So i'm a HUGE technowhore. I check tech websites very frequently and enjoy discussing them. Part of my presence on Google that I discovered involved tech forums that I post on. I am currently in the process of increasing the # of sites that I read. Although usually I'm an 'Early Adopter', I was a late bloomer in the RSS world. So far i'm limited to Engadget and Cnet as my source for tech news...so please suggest any sites I should visit. As the Palm Pre is my current cell phone and my cherished 'baby', I will post about this a lot i'm sure. But smartphones in general are so cool and will take over what we have in our pockets. A fan of any 'future movie', I believe the smartphone is the 'All-in-one' item we have wanted. I had an HTC Mogul before so i'm familiar with Windows Mobile. And as this may offend many, I really really..really really don't like Apple. I guess because they advertise like crazy and in a brutal way (I'm a mac/pc ads)...but I definitely respect them and keep tabs on them.

People Intrigue me

When I met the first person I met, I was kicking and screaming at Macomb Hospital in Michigan on January 15th, 1980...

Although a cliche (I don't like cliches), I'm the kind of person that likes to meet new people. So naturally discussing people is important. From all walks of life. I'm sure these categories are self-explanatory and will be filled with the most posts because people are what make headlines.

I really believe you can like/dislike AND respect/disrespect a person at the same time. You really have to bring together your emotional feelings for someone with your intellectual feelings.

Lets see who we meet.

And so Lost Luggage begins

When I came up with the title for my blog I was reading a twitter from Kim Kardashian ...

As I have no clue what direction this blog will take or possibly too many, it'll change a lot and i'll definitely take suggestions. So for the working title, Lost Luggage, my inspiration came from Kim Kardashian. I was in deep thought about my blog and she had twittered that she had lost her luggage. I was sad for her until I sarcastically replied that someone was going to get rich on eBay now.

Somehow Lost Luggage just rolled off my tongue. I guess lost luggage should be called misplaced luggage. I'm sure we'll find it and it will be delivered to your doorstep. In the 80's when we took trips to India...then we really worried about losing our luggage. To this day we still tag our luggage with handkerchiefs, ribbons and colored tape so we recognize it.

In the journey of this blog, I don't want to 'lose' how I felt or thought as the world happened. I want it to be recorded for endless time...out there somewhere for someone to read on the WWW.

Lets begin my Infinite & Indefinite work in progress...

When I decided to make this blog I was in many different places at many different times...

I never really understood what a blog was until recent. Obviously I’ve heard of them but just blew them off and didn’t want to fall into the cliché. But for the past few weeks I’ve thought about it and figured I wouldn’t stop thinking about it until I did it.

I had a LiveJournal once but that was when I was really young and even I got bored of posting about my life. I jumped from loving Friendster to hating it because I loved Facebook more. Then I joined Twitter and I'm currently trying not to love it more than Facebook. But I read a blog post by a friend once about how in this age we are leaving a trail of our life for our ‘future family’ to read and keep as they build their ancestry. In a curiosity to see what happens when I ‘Google’ myself I realized that my presence was there and at the top of the search list…this shocked me. In an age where you may be applying for something, it can make or break you. Most times it’s about how the person reading perceives it and decides to treat it. I ended up changing my twitter and other searchable accounts and realize I am a person of the WWW. I was able to be more open when I felt like I was more anonymous.

So on Twitter I realized I have a lot to say and I wanted people to listen. I met some people that I could discuss events with but I feel like Twitter is too vast a network to build your own following. Most people are busy coming up with their own 140 character ‘catch lines’ to read your own. My interests include politics, technology, health and medicine to name a few. The introvert side of me tends to think at 100 miles per hour and slowing down is not an option because I want to be up to date on what’s happening in life. But to be a part of society we have to contribute. If that means writing it down so people will read it…then let’s begin.

My biodata in 298 words or less:

I'm currently 29 years old. Born and raised in Michigan by two loving 1^st generation immigrant parents from India. So yes, being Indian-American is important for me. But I do not let it define me nor do I fit the typical stereotype…most of the time. I moved around a lot in Michigan up until the age of 11 when Ann Arbor Michigan became a permanent fixture for us. Ann Arbor is and always will be my origin in life. High school was interesting and if I could do it over I would only do it over if I knew what I knew now. Being a nerd that wanted to be cool was hard. Somehow I changed my senior year when I stopped caring about what people thought of me, but I'm still figuring out what that ‘somehow’ was and why. I’d say that’s when my extrovert nature started. College was amazing! I only applied to the University of Michigan and loved every second of it. I majored in Biopsychology and Cognitive Sciences while pursuing pre-med life but that’ll be another story for another blog entry. I then stayed in Ann Arbor after I graduated in 2002 and took some graduate level courses. I finally started medical school in the fall of 2004 and it was a dream come true. I graduated medical school in 2009 and am currently planning a year off and my residency which is my current personal dilemma in life. Nonetheless, I love medicine and helping people. In a nutshell this is the path I’ve taken with many details left out so not to bore you. But I was taught in life to help people and treat them as you would like to be treated. I thank my parents for those kinds of life lessons.

So I don’t want to create a blog all about me and my personal life. Diaries are meant to be private. But there is a bigger world out there and the news media decides what are the big topics and their point of view. But perhaps the Blog nation developed because that isn’t good enough. I'm sure my point of view will be just like others or perhaps I'm alone and paranoid as sometimes my ideas are too farfetched. I just hope my humor and sarcasm can be taken as a fun read. Yes, I love sarcasm so please read carefully and don’t take what I say too serious. In the end I hope I can meet some like minded and not so like minded thinkers that will communicate back and forth with me.