A Story of Lights....

Happy Deepavali to all...

This is the first time me n the boy are celebrating deepavali at our house.. Boy's leave plan was a bit screwed up, so we couldn celebrate it with our families :( ... Still we are trying to make it a beautiful one....

A lighted up balcony...















String of homemade paper lights...



















diyas for the house.....



















And that is how the story of light goes.....

Now tell me about yours....

International Day of Love

So how did your valentine day go guys???


All u singles out there.. did you flirt the day away??
anyone's got any special moments to share??


Let me tell you mine...


Day started out pretty normal.. with the boy driving my uncle to bus-stop early in the morning... i opted to stay back at home for two reasons..
1) maid would come by 7:30..
2) had big plans of baking a home-made-valentine-chocolate-cake for the boy..


I just had half n hour to make the cake.. cos the boy would be back by then.. wanted the cake to be a surprise for the boy.. But for my great horror.. turned out only one glass of milk was left and the recipe needed minimum 2 glasses.. i decided on trying it out with just 1 glass.. with the cake batter ready .. all that was needed was to place it in the cooker. and with this done. i just had to wait for the boy to be surprised ....

Boy came back in no time with a bunch of roses n carnations(oh yeah i love carnations :) .. especially red ones)... cake was still in the cooker ..n by then the whole house had started to smell of the baking cake.. my boy has got one hell of a inquisitive nose.. n i din take him long to land in the kitchen with an raised eyebrow..as always any plans to surprise him in food section gets busted easily.. so i was caught red handed with the baking cake..

when the cake was ready to removed out from the cooker.. i realized that the dish in which i poured the batter inside the cooker had gotten tilted and water in the cooker had flowed into the vessel.. so cake wasn as i expected it.. but the boy munched on it anyways...

Boy took me valentine shopping in the noon and i ended up picking two jeans and one capris ( aha sale season... i just love this month for too many reasons ;).. )..
One of boy's friends got this complimentary passes for place called i-bar for the evening... so we ended up over there .. nothing like a good music and a round of drinks n dinner with friends on a valentine evening. It was perfect double date.. clicked too many crazy snaps..

The most embarrassing part of the evening was...me n boy's friend sheetal, wanted to teach these guys how to give a salsa dip pose for the photo.. she tried to dip me and was unable to take my weight **FYI- I weigh only 50 kgs.. please dont think otherwise**.. which resulted in a near fall and boy saving us both on time from the big crash... all the while i was laughing my heart out.(can say results of a two very strong cocktails... ) Reached home by 12 and it felt like the entire day had just passed on in a fast-forward flow..

Anyways tell me guys how did your international-day-of-love go????


PS: Woke up at 7:30 with a heavy heart.. n now at office.. as usual with a fresh set of Monday blues....
I HATE MONDAY MORNINGS :( ....

When it comes to all about hor(r)o(r)scopes!!!!

So how many of u believe in astrology and horoscopes, read the daily and weekly predictions... depend on it for every single step in your life... follow the lucky colors and stone.....

Do you believe that compatibility between a girl and boy depends on their horoscopes???

Well to tell you the truth... i do believe sometimes..

Let me tell you a story...

Last year when i had just got engaged to the boy.. i was sorta curious to know how well we match ( Our parents had matched the horoscopes before itself n i did it personally just for fun).. i found that we match quite well according to the sun signs..

Another colleague of mine had gotten engaged around the same time and he was also getting married just a few days before me.. this guy believes in horoscopes completely.. and he forwarded me a link to check out my compatibility with the boy according to the moon signs... the website predicted we do match.. but not too well.. we can easily get irritated with each other and may not be very happy.. well i was not sure what to make of it...

Later that day my colleague told me.. he believes in this website a lot... website predicted he and his fiance were very well compatible and would bring each other happiness.. and he would not have gone further with the proposal if the horoscopes said otherwise.. i forgot about this entire compatibility predictions within few days..

Last month i heard that this colleague of mine had met with an accident and fractured his hand badly recently...and just after two months of his wedding had been absconding too from home for a week( in my opinion he was just 24 years old .. so too young to be getting married and taking the responsibility of the family).. last week when i was in my old office... the housekeeping female told me again that his facture was sorta a very serious and he has been advised to take rest for a few months... n then when she told me he was so happy before the wedding but now he was facing so many problems... thats when it struck me how wrong the horoscopes predictions can actually be...

According to that prediction.. i guess me and the boy by now should have started hitting each other and run away in opposite directions... but all i run away from is when he comes behind with a glass of milk in his hand... arrghhh....


Once an astrologer told me.. if you dont match the horoscopes and get married without any prediction... you will be happy... bcos you really don know what it might have predicted.
but if you see and come to know that it really does not match .. inspite of this you go ahead and get married.. then you will end up blaming all the silly problems in your life over that marriage... so either dont see or you see and follow it accordingly...


i say what he said was correct :) ... you match the compatibility yourself without any external aid called horoscopes... just go with what your instincts predict rather then horoscopes...

I dream...

dream about the place...

place this world was...

when cities looked much greener...

when innocence prevailed our eyes...

when love meant uncomplicated feelings...

when life read more peace..

I dream of the childhood days gone by....

We live in a virtual world now....

So we( me n the boy) have taken up farming as our main interest... we now own piece of land and have been cultivating it regularly. You can also say.. these are the side effects of recession...

No, the boy has not quit his job, he still goes for work.. but his heart n mind are all always on his farm. Even during his regular days at work, he has sometimes rushed back home to cultivate his obsessive farm.

The boy who finds it difficult to wake up early in the morning to do his regular exercise, has gone to the extent of keeping an alram to wake up ealy and harvest his farm. I say he is totally obsessed with his farm.
Oh did i not tell you this... we even own cattle - cows, pigs, chickens, rabbits, horses, goats, sheep and also brown cows... we have got it all ...

Even when away from our farm... all we think about is our virtual world farm. As i blog this, i realize that, we have turned into one of those couples, who dedicate all their time into virtual farming. Boy we got to do something about this ... hmmmmm...

So tell me guys, are anyone else also being hooked onto virtual farming on FaceBook????

Knotted up!

Goodness seems like ages since i last dropped in here ....I swear i have a very valid reason for not showing up here... listen me out guys... well the reason for the absence is that i got myself engaged :D.... ya ya.. to a boy only :) ... a very adorable guy too :) ... hope am excused now :) ....
wondering why i mentioned "ya ya.. to a boy only :)" ....

Well here's the reason...

I call up my friend Fio to tell her i am getting engaged and this how she reacts...

Me: hey fio.. guess what?? am getting engaged :) !!!
Fio: What ??!!?? To Whom ??!!?? To a Boy ???!!???

*Well i never gave any expressions or hints saying i like girls :) .. wonder what crossed her mind :) *

So here's to say am engaged now :) ...

I warn you.. getting engaged is not an easy task....

People here are some tips and tricks for all the those who are planing for an engagement sometime in their future ...

* Have a heavy breakfast in the morning.. cos you have absolutely no idea when you are gonna get lunch and if the lunch will be left by the time you get to it.

* Practice to smile in front of the mirror a week before.. cos you might end looking all grumpy and fake smiled in the photos and video later..

* Also practice the "foot touch" or the "paay lago"... you end up touching at least some thirty feet by the end of the day...

* Never say no to people who offer you a cool drink or juice when you are on the podium.. cos after 5 minutes you may end up realizing that your upper jaw has just gone very dry and can barely smile or talk anymore....

* Please do not frown when all your Mother's friends end up on the podium (especially the boys).... you mite end up with a huge frown in the video....

* Stay away from photographers as much as possible... they can track you down and make you pose funnily for all your single snaps....

* If someone wishes you happy married life at the engagement... Please don reply back saying 'this is only my engagement.. am not married yet'.. can leave the person wondering if there will be a wedding too or not ....

* Do not keep staring at kids eating ice-cream from the podium... its your engagement day and there are more people looking at you then assumed...

* Once you get the chance to eat after the engagement, dont just grab onto your food and never look above the plate.. you might end up looking like a glutton in the videos and photos...


Recommended for the girls eyes only...

* Dont ever let the boy ask you "will you marry me?" with the engagement ring in his hand before the engagement.. Thats cheating.. since he depriving you of a very romantic proposal....

* Also beware of the relatives with too many opnions regarding the saree and makeup..if you let them take over, You might just end up with a lot of jasmine flowers on your head...

* Also for girls who are not used to wearing and managing sarees.. please be careful since you may end up having a wardrobe malfunction on the podium, if your saree is not pinned down properly.( nay now dont sit and think that i had a wardrobe malfunction.. just a warning :) ).



Well if anyone married/unmarried/engaged/to-be-engaged/very-much-single has any tips or tricks to be added, are very much encouraged to leave in a comment :) ....

By default.....

We Live.... We See.... We Feel.... We Want.... We Crave.... We Pray.... We Get.... We Ignore.... We Lose.... We Regret.... We Repent....


But we never really learn!


Is this a common human defect?

Expectation Fever

When do you think its the right time to stop expecting more from others in your life?

A very wise friend of mine once told me that Expectation leads to Frustration!

Yup they are relative...

Expectation --> Not fulfilled --> Frustration

We are born greedy, i guess! We always expect for more from others than ourselves!

We give our exams, we expect for some miraculous extra marks then deserved!
As teenagers, we expected our parents to understand the fact that we had grown up and stop treating us as kids!
We will always find our salary to be less then our expectations, no matter how much it may increase!
We watch a movie, we say that the movie could have been a better entertainer for the ticket amount paid.
At times people go out to the extent of arguing with the cobblers b'cos they feel he is charging more. They expect him to always charge less then 5 bucks!
As parents in future, we may always expect our kids to study and score more their the child's ability!
Buy the discounted goods and we come home and complain that the quality is really bad!
Some of us taste the food in the restaurant and always complain that it could have tasted better unless we are dead hungry(thats the only time we eat without any complaints).
We are in a relationship, we expect more from our partners, a little more understanding, a little more care and a little more love.
Its always easy to complain and sulk if dont get more from others rather then thinking what we can do.

Then there are times when we expect others to understand our fears, worries, and our pains without us saying a word!

This post is from the philosophical part in me!
My advice Guys...

Stop expecting from others and start expecting a little more from yourself! (Give it a try people)

HaPpY nEw YeAr PeOpLe!!!!

Happy New Year Guys!!!

Finally its 2009.. If I was Back in school days, i would take atleast a week of January to get used to writing -/-/09 instead of -/-/08...Thank God i dont have to write down the dates on paper anymore!

Hope you all had a blast yesterday night guys!!

Well I celebrated my new years at home... I would say there are quite a few advantages of spending the new years eve at home...
- You dont have to wake up on the first day of the year in the noon with a hangover!
- You get to count your own countdown to the new years.
- You can listen to your favorite music and not complain about the music the DJ plays at the party!
- You are surrounded by people whom you actually know and not a bunch of strangers.

And you can go for a 10'o clock show and then crash at the pub on the very first day of the year :) !!!!

Yup i went for a 10'o clock show of Madagascar-Escape 2 Africa today!It feels good to spend your entire morning just laughing your heart outs!! Anyone out there interested in watching this movie..Please do go for it.. its good!
Right after the movie, after lot of heavy discussion me, path and geoff (my two other dharlingis who spent their new years too at home sweet home) ended up at a local pub(which has been like our second home)... We were the first customers for the day.. oh! the year too...and we guys made some dumb resolutions too(which we very well know wont be followed) ..


Here I am now on the very first post under my 2009 blog archive!
All you guys reading this post have a fabulous year ahead of you!

This post is dedicated to my dharlingis who spent their new years night at home.. raqs, path, geoff, moi!!!

Declaration & Announcements!!

I will try to .......



# Take life as it comes and not worry about every other silly things!

# Wake up early by 7 every morning and go for my driving classes.

# Be more of a optimistic person!

# Iron my hibernating cotton clothes and start wearing them to office.

# Learn to cook stuff other then Maggi and eggs!

# Be less cranky during my PMS days!

# Reach office everyday at least by 9:05. (hmmm a bit difficult... but surely shall give a try)

# Give a random visit to Beauty salon at least once a month.

# Not to run around the house in a haste, trying to get my morning chores done in a hurry.

# Charge my cell everyday and not wait until the battery dies its own sweet death.

# Not to tempt myself into buying news clothes!

# Move my ass around and not just laze every evening after getting back from work!

# Not to throw my clothes around and try to fold them neatly and stack them up.

# Pay my mobile bill on time every month!

# Remember things, people, & numbers and not turn myself into a 80 yr old grany!

# Call up my old friends and gossip a bit and catch up with them!

# Not to shop at every store that has discounts and sales!

# Start believing that milk and fruit juices are actually good for health!

# Watch all the movies being stored from past 6-8 months on my laptop.

# Call up my tailor and blast at him if he hasn finished stitching my clothes as yet! ( He's always late guys! Need to call him at least 5 times before i actually get the clothes)

# Return my library books, have been lying with me from past a month or more! Gosh cant remember when was the last time i was in the library!

# Post and update my resumes in all the Job sites.

# Change my sitting posture in office! (I sit in a very twisted manner guys! N most of the times either one of leg will be up on the chair)

# Act and think like a daughter and not like a parent around my folks!

Ok after scribbling at all this... I guess i need a new ME!

A conversation with a bugged soul

Day: Friday
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: At their respective offices
Presenting.....
Me: As myself, the Charmed One!
BG: A Bugged soul!

me: mister
BG: miss
me: hows the day treating you?
BG: Very busy

After a while .......

BG: I am frustrated now
me: mind not working huh?
BG: bugged
me: whats happening with your work?
BG: already written 800 lines of code...
Now I cant see things..
me: take a break mister
BG: I am blinded!!
:(
me: brain is working real hard here..
i tell u...
BG: hehe
me: close your eyes for a moment. put your thumb on your eyes .. n sit silently n think of a nice dish to eat :)
BG: :P
me: no no.. you aren going to think of booze here :)
BG: haha
me: huh? finally a devils laugh... thats a relief :)
BG: i am going for coffee...
ttyl
:)
me: ok.. n hope not for fag :P

So where's the catch???

The pamphlet on our table read "Get a gift voucher of 500 bucks for every v Dot cocktail"!

Now all of us were excited looking at that!! Sales and discounts anywhere and everywhere gets me all excited and on my toes!! At times i think i live only for sales and offers!! I know this time it was nothing for us gals and you can use this voucher at the Van Heusen showroom only. My friend Geoff has gotten back from Jakarta and since this lazy bum hasn done any shopping for clothes over there... finally made us order around 5 cocktails and collected 2500 worth coupons for his next day shopping. I was still wondering... its not a yearly clearance time nor has the festive sales started, so where was the catch for this gift voucher!!

Well yesterday i learnt that the catch was that, you can use only one 500 bucks ka coupon for every purchase made above 2500.. Now that we have 5 coupons..let me do my maths here... we would have to shop for clothes worth 12500... hmmm nay not that worth...unless you are doing some major wedding shopping or your once a yearly shopping!!!

Anyways we crashed at the Van Heusen showroom yesterday evening and spent like around an hour looking out for something good.. There wasn anything that great..gift voucher holders can be choosers too right and even if we did find some two good shirts and trousers, we couldn find the perfect fit and size...( thats something you gotta do about Geoff - you get what am saying na :P )!! Finally got out of that place and we did end up buying clothes from some other shop without any discount or offer :)!!

So the gift voucher still lives .....

Life Will Never be the Same Again....

58 hours and finally its all over!!
But then has it really gotten over for people who went through this trauma!! Will they ever be able to go out again and live their life without any fear in their hearts. We the common people out here are going to forget this entire episode within a week or so... But then how will the family of people who died due to all this actually feel. How can the people who have lost their loved ones, ever go back to the place of tragedy and not feel a thing!! How can Taj or Oberio be the same again.. No Nothing will be the same again for people who have lost their loved ones to this...

Many Brave hearts have lost their life fighting this terror bravely. Without them i dont think this terror would have seen its end so soon.

I dedicate this post to all those brave hearts who have fought against this 26/11 Mumbai terror!!!

Nobody is safe anymore !!!

Damn these terrorists, bloody fucking guys.. the only mission in their life is to kill maximum number of people and create destruction, before they meet their own death. How can any person be so cruel that they can go on shooting. Aren people's life valued anymore.. Have we all just turned into a toy that can be shot or blown off any time. Any of us can be under the terror situation. From now on, i dont think any of us are that safe from these bloody terrorists. I have no clue what we all are supposed to do in such a terrorized situation.

N the most depressing thing is the stupid speeches these dumb politicians make.. like thats gonna make everything alright now. These stupid guys will just carry on playing their petty politics tomorrow blaming each other, like nothing has ever happened.

I know its very easy for us to sit over here and comment, but actual terror one goes through cant even be explained in any words i guess.
Hats off to all the police officials, Army guys, ATS guys, NSG(black commandos), Marine guys, Fire fighters, who have showed great courage at this horrible period of time. "I SALUTE THEM ALL" ..N just pray for a lot of courage and luck for all the people who are still stuck inside, to come through this whole horror safely.

May these terrorists see their own bitter end soon... Burn in hell all you bastards !!!

Moments that bring on the warm smile ...

Guys i scribbled down a few moments in life which brings on the warm mushy mushy smile on to our faces....

* Hearing a phone ring or message beep when you are totally bored to death.

* The very first rain of every monsoon season after a scorching hot summer.

* Curling up in bed and knowing that you don't have wake up till ten or so on weekends.

* The smell of food being bought to you in a restaurant, when your stomach can no longer take the hungry growls.

* The sight of your entire house lite up with candles during diwali.

* The smile on your folks face when they are tasting a new recipe of your's.

* Waking up to bright sunny morning after days of gloominess due to monsoons.

* Thought of the weekend ahead after a tiring Friday.

* Watching the lightening with friends at midnight.

* Old friends with whom you have literally lost contact calling you up on birthday and giving the ultimate surprise.

* Reading the cheeky mushy messages we all get at times.

* Looking at the huge colorful rockets that burst and lite up the sky right above your heads.

* Watching the huge chunks of clouds and the rains come in, from the balcony.

* Licking on ice candies during rainy season.

* The double chilled watermelon juice or sugarcane juice you drink after a heavy summer shopping.

* Finding the very accessory or a dress you had been searching for ages.

* And then again the satisfied smile on your face after paying for it, that it is finally yours.

* Looking out at the rains and drinking soup.

* Sitting at a beach and looking out at the sunset.

* The smile on the babies face when you are carrying them around.

* Listening to your mom breathe, when you have made her to sleep next to you after watching some crazy horror movie.

* The Kiss at the end of every romantic flick.

* The very thought that there are people around you who really really care for you.

* Finding old hidden money in your bag or jeans when you are desperately searching for coins in the bus and the conductor is yelling at you.

* The very first sight of your parents when you came back home after staying out for a very long time.

* Times when old grannies or aunties say "Hope you get what you want in life".

* The surprise birthday cakes made for you or the surprise gifts you get when you least expect it.

* Reading this blog when am all brain drained out at work.

* Napping on grany's lap out on the veranda and admiring the starry sky.

* Blowing out bubbles from soap water along with the kidoo cousins.


Wish could freeze all these moments forever!!!!

PS:

* And more recently i get this smile when i see that there has been a comment written for my scribblings on this blog :) !!!!!

Times when we feel really helpless!!

This just happened today noon. Me and my friend moi were walking on the road and suddenly we heard a fall and a scream. The very next thing i noticed is that a girl around the age between 8-10 years had been knocked off by a rick in the middle of the road. My very first thought was that the girl had jumped off the moving rick ( Now i know how our minds can form dumb baseless conclusions at the time of panic).

Well the driver must have banged on her from the back and she fell down on her face on the road and started screaming.It would have been fine if the rick driver had stopped the vehicle the very moment he had hit her. But then he was in full speed and just wouldn stop. I still get goosebumps thinking of it. I could only look the helpless girl until the back tires started running over her leg. Then all i could do is shut my eyes and hide behind my friend and scream at her too to shut her eyes.

Moi's instant reaction was to run towards the girl to help her out, but i was scared to my guts and was just trembling and pulling her back. Well am not very proud to say this, but am not that brave that i would go and help the girl out. I was trembling and feeling pretty helpless myself.
I have heard of so many incidents where people get run over by tyre and all i could was able to think at that moment was that the girl also may get run over by the tyre completely. Moi who saw the entire scene told me that the rick dragged the gal for a few meters and when people helped her to get back on her feet,she had twisted her leg.

Usually I walk carefree on the roads, as though my dad owns it, but today was extra cautious. This entire incident is still giving me creeps and all i did on my way back to the office was look at the tyres of running buses, cars and other vehicles.

After all I guess for a reason, I am not a doctor by profession

HapPy BirThDaY tO Me !

Yup guys you can finally call me 24 yr old now. You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. Hmmm its just soaking in that i just turned 24!!! Awwwwwww!!!!!

Here goes out a small dedication from me to myself on this great day ....

Another turning point;
a fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.

It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf
In good health and good time.
Tattoos of memories
and dead skin on trial.

For what it's worth,
it was worth all the while.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.


An Interview with the birthday gal (0ops sorry mean the woman!)

---> So how old did you turn today?
For the starters, never ask a girl (sorry again or a woman) her age. Anyways for the records I turned 24 today!

---> ohhh(eyebrows raised at the irritated me) !! So how does is feel to be 24?
Old.. Pretty Old !!! Am little confused about calling myself a girl or a woman right now!

---> Whats the good thing about being 24?
* That you are not 25, 26, 0r 27.
* hmmmmmm....
* hmmmmmm....
* hmmmmmm....

---> What are your future plans so?
Well lets see... planing on treating myself to a chocolate ghatoe today evening and then i also have some shopping plans for next weekend and then ........... hmmmm... thats all that has been planed for future. Sorry cant think of anything else (one cheesy apologetic smile).

---> What are your greatest achievements until now?
* Helped mom and dad in planing how to spend their cash on me.
* Grown into a 5'4 tall girl or women (whatever! this confusion is really bugging me).
* Have managed to irritate quite few number to people around me.
* Reaching 24 without any skip of ages in between.

---> Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
wtf! Why the hell ask such a stupid question on my birthday? ( all frowning and fuming). Damn! I'll be 34 then and really really ole'. And that creeps me enough!

---> If you were given a birthday wish?
To be able to create a time capsule that will take me back to year 2004 - 2005 and freeze time. That way i can remain a 20-21 year old gal (all smiles and blushes).

---> Any advise for the 23 year old people out there?
Yeah! Don worry you guys! Your happiness is short lived. B'cos soon you all are gonna be a bunch of 24 year old people.

---> Any message for your fans?
Yes! Please just don't give me a call to rub it in that " I am a 24 Yr Old Gal (oh sorry for the last time ) or woman ".


Well here's again wishing myself a very happy birthday.... And like many women my age am just a 24 year old!

Humilating moments at their Best - part 1

Guys! I have scrambled down a few of the humiliating moments from my life.....

* The Saree Strip *

Back then I hated schools!
I preferred playing at home, sleeping till noon ( this preference has never lost its charm even today ) and going to toilets which wouldn stink. Every morning getting me ready for school was like a mini-war at home. Mom came to drop me off to KG school this one day, when my tantrum had reached its peak. All I remember now is standing in front of the school gate besides my mom and the next moment I was crying hard and hanging onto her Saree and tugging it down hard.
well the result - Saree came out completely out of the skirt in the front and was hanging around loosely.
People please don't ask me the consequences after this tantrum.


* Drama Queens *

It was this really hot Sunday afternoon i guess back in 92. A friend of mine from the lane behind my house had come home to play. After lunch we decided to go back to her place. The roads were pretty deserted that day, i guess all were taking their sunny day noon naps! We both were just walking down my lane and then the moment we entered her lane,we realized that there was this shabby guy following us( I mean he was walking at a pretty fast pace as though trying to catch up with us). Well u know how we kids have been trained from our 4 yrs of age about the kidnappers..
1) Never talk to strangers.
2) Do not accept any chocolates from them.
3) And never believe them when they say "your parents have sent me to get you back from school"!
The very next thing we both do is scream our lungs out and run for our life. We din stop until we reached her place. I still remember the worried look on her folks face looking at us both. We just cried our hearts out and somehow got consoled at the end. Believe me back then we were the best drama queens!


* The Drama Queen Prevails *

My very first watch was this ZAP watch ( I think it had a image of Dennis the menace on the dial).
I really cherished it back then. Would wear it even to bed and remove it only when i had to have a bath or go to loo. After a week or so, our family had to visit a family friend of ours. So we would be staying there at night. I wore my new watch proudly to their house and guess did a little show off too !!! I really dint want to depart from my watch the night we stayed there.
But between all the chaos of meeting my ole friends again and get back together after a pretty long time, i totally forgot where i had kept my watch. Only the next day i remembered that my watch was missing..
Wail!!! Again being the drama queen I was, I cried a lot and made all the members of their family start a search for my watch! hmmmm well they never found my watch. It just remains as a lost watch in my memory.. blahhhh


* Bribing a Kidooo *

When i was in second standard, a cousin brother of mine was staying at our place for a few days. I really loved it when he came to stay with us. He would get these amul and nestle chocolates everyday. He used to also pick me from my school at times. One evening, he picked me up from school and took me directly to the bakery. He bought me these chocolates and honey cake again and bought himself a fag. Well he told me that the chocolates he bought were to ensure that i wouldn tell anything about his smoking habit at home. lolz. I happily finished all the choclates and cake and he too was kinda content after his fag. I reach back home and the very first thing i tell mom when she opened the door is " mom he smokes". The expression on my brother's face was priceless!



* Tantrums *

As a kid i loved staying at other's house more then my own house. During holidays coming back home was only to sleep. All the rest of the daily chores right from breakfast to dinner would be held at any one of my neighbors house. Mom too was fed up trying to tie me down back at home.
One of my neighbor finally got fed up of this habit of mine and ordered me to go back home and take a noon nap. I was kinda devastated, no one ever had asked me leave their house and go back home. I am not very proud to tell this ( the only consolation is that i was a kid back then ) .. I got so angry at her for telling me to go back home that i ended up throwing my sandals at her!
I still get teased by that girl even now for putting up such a tantrum!



More humiliations on their way guys... stay tuned...

Wedding Blues!!

I always loved attending weddings when i was a younger! Weddings meant running around the house with all your other cousins, new shining clothes, arranging all the accessories matching the dress, applying mehandi, and even applying heavy makeup from aunt's or mom's cosmetic kit(meant red flashing lipstick and those rosy cheeks- gosh just cant believe how tawdry they used to be!) which wasn allowed on normal days.
I would be the most excited kid around, cos that was the only time where i gottta meet all cousins and it was almost like a get-together!

Ask me now to attend a relative's wedding and il go all awwwwww!!! oh no! not another wedding! Now wedding has become like a fete' where you sell out all your best breed horses. Most of the aunties are looking out for a girl, so they can get their son married asap before he finds someone for himself ( maybe some of the poor guys may even have no idea of all this being cooked up behind them. So Guys just in case your mother is attending a wedding - Be careul). They just keep observing the girls out there like some secret talent show! And you know you have won it when your folks get a call the next day or within a week asking if the girl is ready to get married!
If am attending a arranged marriage, i usually sit there and wonder whether the couple on the stage are actually happy or just putting up smiley faces! And how much do they even know each other for that matter. They might have gone out a few times, spoken on the phone for a while or exchanged e-mails!
Attending a friend's wedding always gives me these jitters, if am ever gonna get married ( i mean to some sensible guy:P ) ...

Edited and rambled on......

Recently one my friend got married. Unfortunately, we gals couldn make it for the wedding. going there would finally make us realize we are growing ole... i mean seriously "OLD"!! Wish there was a way to be stuck to any age between 18 - 24. It's unbelievable to even imagine that one among us gals is getting married and settling down. I just feel we are still a lot young. Gosh i still remember us gals in the hostel, living the very carefree life. Not at all bothered about what's tomorrow gonna bring for us.

I had to attend a wedding few weeks back. It was like a who's who of my community. All around were people whom I have known since a kid. People weren much bothered about the groom and bride, all were just busy talking among themselves, commenting on peoples clothes or just gossiping. Then there were these people whom i havn meet in a very long time(i mean literally like 6-10 yrs). You go and speak to them, they all go with an expression of 'now whose daughter are you'. Then they play the guessing game and if they nail it out right they go 'oh my gosh. look at you. you have grown so big. just cant recognize you now at all' and all you can do is give them your best cheesy smile! At times even I gotta play the guessing game, people come upto me and say 'remember me :) ' and i have to brush through my memory lane to see if i remember them. If i cant then again the same 'sorry cheesy smile' lites up on my face and my folks will have to refresh my memory of meeting them.

The best part of the weddings are you are all dressed up well, looking out for good looking guys in the crowd, and if you happen to notice one then feeling good that the wedding was worth attending after all :)!!!

Single Again !

Three phases of the Single Again Syndrome...

* The First Phase *

This phase starts right after the very next moment of the breakup! The very crucial period and you are in a hopelessly sober state.

Symptoms: Individuals with blood shot eyes - results of extensively pouring your heart out, People who appear to be living in their very own lost world, The one's with ability to burst into tears anywhere and everywhere, Also people who think that drinking is the best way to bury one's grief!

Prescription for Syndrome: Avoid happy couples, Stay at least 100 mts away from the location - where you had been with your X-factor, Please stack up all the Souvenir and cards and photos you have got till now in a gunny bag and hide them somewhere - where you cant reach easily, And try not to check your cell every five minutes!

OK jokes apart guys!!!

Real pain of the soul going through this tunnel of breakup, can only be actually experienced by the ones who have been there. Nothing seems to be alright during this phase. You have absolutely no mood to work, your mind keeps wandering back to some soothing flashbacks, no appetite for food, and a good night's sleep seems to be just a very ancient dream. Basically you have just removed the words happy, cheerful, bright, satisfied from your dictionary. Hangouts like mall's, cinema hall's, pubs, where you see all these couples walking hand in hand, arms around each others waist, and couples beaming at each other, start creeping the hell out of you. You keep checking your mobile for calls, messages or even a single missed call and keep hoping the name of your X-factor glows out, whenever the mobile gets back to life. Worst case scenario is when you spot someone who resembles the X-factor and all the mushy feeling stored inside you, just flows out like the broken dam. The only thing you do in this phase is think about your X-factor infinity times in a single day.


* The Second Phase *

This phase starts after a week or a month or a year ( for some exceptional cases, it can start right after a day, a two or even three hours)
This is when you start socializing again, and you are not as freaked as you were before, gawking at the happy couples. You are now finally back in the flirting game and can now have a decent discussion about your X-factor without having to burst into tears.


* The Third Phase *

This is the most exceptional and worst phase, from which we all try to escape given a chance. It happens only when you have completely moved on from your X-factor and from whom you haven heard in ages. Suddenly out of no-where the X-factor appears in front of you and bloody all those lost feeling just happen to fall out , back into its old adobe out of nowhere...

And all you can say is " God! why me!! pleaaaaseeee no way! Not again! "