Here it is. Surina Khan Blog. Took me long enough. It’s 2010 after all, and everyone and their great grandmother already has a blog. But, the year is off to a good start, and I’ve got plenty to blahg blahg blahg about.

I have a multi-issue concept, thanks to my name.

Surina Khan Cook. Surina Khan Travel. Surina Khan Entertain. Surina Khan Party. Surina Khan Design. Surina Khan Garden (sort of). Surina Khan Do A Lot of Things. Surina Khan Blog. You get the picture.

The idea started when my sister Puchi called me several years ago after her second wedding. “I’m thinking about changing my name,” she said. She had recently married Colonel Terry Cook. Puchi is her nickname. Her “real” name is Chanel. My mother gave her this name because she is the fifth child in our family. Chanel No. 5. Seriously, I’m not making this up.

Puchi is the glamorous one in the family. Which means she looks good, she’s smart even. But not really the domestic type.

So when she told me she was thinking of changing her name, I said, “to what?”

“Chanel Khan Cook.”

To which I replied, “But Chanel caaan’t cook.” She really cannot even boil an egg without burning the pan. And so was born this idea. Chanel Khant Cook, but I can, I mean I Khan. Surina Khan Cook, and travel, and lots of other things that I hope to post on this blog. And eventually, maybe I’ll send people the link so they can read it. Surina Khan Blog. Here goes.