Hello out there

Well, well, well, I guess I decided to join the blogsphere to see what's out there. As a self-proclaimed lurker of blogs, I thought on this lazy Thursday morning at work (yes, I'm here even though it's a holiday week) why not start this out. Not too sure if anyone would read this, but hey, at least it'll give me a space to record my thoughts and maybe even develop my skills as a writer.

A lil about me. I'm in SF and trying my best to love this city. Why do you ask? It seems as though no matter how hard I try, I cannot escape the Bay Area. I grew up around here, so that made me stuck here until 18. Went to a local UC (more closer to Sacramento but still within close driving distance). After I graduated, I joined Teach for America as an opportunity to get outta CA, and they put me right back into the Bay (lived in Oakland, which I must say is CA's biggest secret-more later about that). Went to graduate school in NYC, fell in love with a boy who became my world so much so that when we broke up, I realized that I didn't know a soul in the big apple and came back here. Don't get me wrong, SF has it's charms (no snow, cool summers, great food), but there are some not so great things (bad public transportation, being stuck around the same people, etc.) I guess one of the biggest perks is that I have a job at a lil nonprofit working with kids that I adore. Yeah, I said I was bored at work, but hey, don't we have some down time. Also, I'm blessed to have a great family and friends but won't bore you with that yet.

I guess another reason why I thought, why not record my thoughts in cyberspace is that, like I mentioned earlier, I'm a total lurker. Actually, the only blogs I tend to lurk are the South Asian ones. As you might have guessed, I'm Indian and in spite of growing up in this multicultural mecca, I have no South Asian friends. I have friends from all different backgrounds, ages, etc, but can't seem to manage to get SA friends that I trust. Maybe it comes from years of being tokenized, or maybe because I'm not a doctor or a lawyer, or maybe because that SA's are so similar to me that I need to differentiate myself. Who knows? I guess their blogs about being South Asian give me some insights into some of my own cultural dealings I'm going through (I should mention that I'm a trained therapist although I am not working as one now). I guess it helps me cope with the "bicultural strain" (like that word-it's actually a clinical term) that I'm feeling. I'm not expecting that the blogs I lurk to read this, but hey, who knows.

So begins this journey. Let's see where this ride takes me...