Geography Genius!!!

Boy and me are watching MTV Rodies... And most of you already know that Rodies team is presently in Africa....
So here goes a very cleaver normal conversation...

Me: Gosh none of these places look like South Africa..
Boy: Yeah they are in Kenya now... Not yet in South Africa..
Me: *silence*

After some 30 seconds of silence

Boy: Wait!!! You thought entire continent is called South Africa... ( knowing how good his wife is at Geography )
Me: Of course not.. i know SA is a country.. *an i know it obviously look*
Boy: Ok, then name me five countries in Africa *raising his eyebrows*
Me: Hmmm South Africa.. (one finger)
Boy: Ok
Me: Kenya.. (two fingers)
Boy: As expected :) ... *with a wicked laugh*
Me: Egypt (three fingers)

Then i start thinking of school map times.. *yeah there was some country with N ..somewhere in the center of Africa... what was that.. ahhh.. Nam something..*

Me: Nambia...
Boy: what Nambiar..
Me: No Nambia....
Boy: Its Namibia (four fingers )

Actually was thinking more of Nigeria all the while in some tiny corner of my brain ;).. but never got it.. ok then am totally lost in Africa...

Me: Hmmm.. hmm..


Boy tries to help me..

Boy: Think of pirates... which country..
Me: Caribbean.. *immediately...without a second thought*

Boy: NO not the movie.. pirates of Caribbean.. actual pirates..
Me: Oh Somalia.. (five fingers - aha -there you go!!!)

Boy: Yes!!!

Me: Ok done with 5..
Boy: No i told you Namibia.. you guessed Nambiar.. thats not a country name..
Me: Ok fine.. (back to four fingers)
Boy: Think of famous island ..
Immediately....
Me: Hawaii
*boy shaking his head - no chance of any improvements here*
Boy: Think of famous island with movie name starting with M..
Me: Miami!!! *wonder where that came from now*

Boy: What.. Noooo.. have you forgotten Madagascar..
Me: Ohhh yaa ...totally forgot *sounding intelligent*
Boy: Ok that's not counted... Now think of a cricket team.. (yeah like am very big fan of cricket)

Me: Hmm west indies(thinking of a dark cricket team)..
Boy: Ahhh.. what the.. why west indies..
Me: Cos they have more of black players..

Boy: So everywhere there are black people, they belong should to Africa huh.. then most of America should belong to Africa.. you sure you have done your engineering right..
Me: Helloo i have done engineering.. not a geologist.. so i can suck at geography..

Boy: Ok now tell me a country..
Me: Ok fine... hmmm ..after few long seconds...Zimbabwe.. (five fingers)
Boy: ahhh thank god...

All correct five fingers :) ....

See not bad.. i did tell 5 countries after all :D..

Ok my readers(who have already judged my geography aptitude), Just cos i took pretty long time , doesn mean am dumb :) ...I am sure all of you sucked at one or other subjects in your school days... as you can see from the above ..

Mine was geography..

What was yours??? Come on all you shy ones.. get your secrets out ;) .....

Month that reads love....

Caution: Mushy post ahead.. not advisable for boys!!!!

So begins the week of love.. whats on your mind this time???

I somewhere once read... there doesn have to a special month or week or a day for love.. yup thats very true.. but i wonder how many of us committed or rather married people among us do something extraordinary for our loved ones daily, unless it happens to be their birthdays or its an anniversary..

and with us married people out there.. cupid seems to have flown away..

Last year me and the boy were both looking forward for Feb 14th... love was totally in the air for us both...spent the entire day together.. there would be lot of surprises for the day.. we crossed our usual get-back-home-time deadlines put at us from both the houses and stayed out till almost 12.. but this year it looked like the enthusiasm had reduced..

So i have decided to hunt the cupid and get his ass arrows down on us.... well me n boy both have started spreading love with help of farming in FB.. boy has started drawing love signs for me and i have been drawing hearts in my farm..
lols i know that's very wacky of us.. but at times it feels good to be called a fool in love...

I have also decided to leave lovey-dovey messages for the boy this entire week... so here's one ...


There is something about u that makes me and my world go round n round n round...
makes me wake up each morning with a smile.....
and makes my each day amazing!!!

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....

Just an ordinary morning conversation!

The boy is busy getting ready for work..

Me: Hon you have been gaining weight since the wedding. hasn anyone told you this at office?

The Boy: Don ask.. I have become a constant mockery at office since the wedding?

Me: Really... what have been people telling you?

The Boy: They have started calling me a married man!! (with a sad pouty face)


A heavy silence for 10 seconds.. then a busrt of laughter

Ahhha nows thats called sheer tragedy.. my poor boy .. *evil laughs*

From single to being married!

So has anyone been visiting this lonely blog, while i was away ???!!!??

Guess a there may have been quite lot of dramatic changes in people's life around while i was away.. Phewww i gottta lot of catching up to do....

Well let me summarize my update here...
A dramatic change in relationship status from single to married in my FB!


More about the wedding!
Wedding was on may 17th.. I still have no idea how the entire day went by.. but was damn tired by the end of the day.. so i hardly gotta enjoy it properly.. I have told the boy i want a re-wedding with him.. this time in goa.. and without any of those heavy gold stuff!!! Les see hows that goes now! The worst post-wedding trauma was that we were made to drink milk at each relatives house we visited!

Now am enjoying my days doing nothing but experimenting my recipes on the boy. Lets just put it this way -- Its a new adventure everyday in my kitchen!

GUys, for all those who are scared of getting married (who think bunjee jumping is any day better then a wedding), please go ahead n try it.. It may look a lot scarier from outside.. but once inside, you'll love it .. I owe it all to my boy...
So telll me guys.. wats new???

25's

This one is a very old pending tag and the most difficult one too.. writing 25 things about yourself is a huge pain indeed ....

I been cracking my brains for 25's past three days..finally i gave up and asked the boy and my friends to help me out with this... So here goes the 25's..

Things from my memory....

1) I hated going to school until my 7th grade... In 7th grade i had a crush on a cute boy in my class. And thats what inspired me to attend classes.

2) As a kid I always wanted to be a teacher. I would drape bath towels around as a saree and would teach the walls and floor with a book and stick in my hand.

3) I sucked my forefinger + middle finger together until i was 5 years old and i ended up getting bunny teeth later. Thanks to the people called dentists, it doesn exist anymore.

4) I was very mischievous as a kid. I got my hand fractured jumping down the compound wall and was operated thrice on the same fracture.

5) I have once entered a shop, tried on a dress.. fell in love with the dress.. got it billed without any second thoughts.. and walked out of the store wearing the same.

6) Three to two shooters down, and i can win any laughter contest.

7) Laziness is my middle name. My laziness has no absolute boundaries. At times I feel lazy even to eat something. (yeah chewing can be tiresome you see)

8) A total bookworm.. I love reading (anything other then academic books)... I can sit up the entire night just to finish a good book.

9) I love corn.. baby corn, boiled corn, sweet corn, (*)corn.. you name it and i will eat it....


Thats it guys... I cant brag anything more about myself :) ..

So now i leave the space for the boy and my friends to brag ...

My dharlinge friends say that...

10) She is always up to some or the other mischief and will never spare anyone when it comes to pranks.

11) She likes her name being used in each sentence.

12) She is very photogenic..

13) Her love for peach schnapps and martini never dies..

Well the boy and my friends both agree that...

14) Girl is crazy about puppies.

15) Girl is sweet and caring. She is the best of the friends one can have.


And the Boy (who stayed back at office.. just to write this) says ...

16) Girl likes to be very independent.

17) Girl doesn’t get irritated too easily. Has a high level of patience.

18) Girl is very carefree. Lives for the moment and doesn’t think too much about the past or future.

19) Girl keeps her friends waiting 9 times out 10 if they plan going out. (It’s worth waiting though )

20) Girl loves anything dipped in mayonnaise.

21) Girl is a shopping freak. Can spend the entire day in her favorite shops given a chance. (Suits me very well )

22) Girl is highly conscious about the social and political scenario happening around. (She can be a good politician!! )

23) Girl is very forgetful when it comes to remembering dates.

24) Girl is naturally beautiful and gorgeous. Doesn’t put on too much of a make up. She doesn't take care of herself though.

25) Girl gets these weird dreams which can be related to anything under the sun. Highly imaginative. (I get embarrassed sometimes once she starts imagining things :) !!)


Well the boy and my friends have said it all ... thank you guys.. you are the best .... mmuuaahh :) ....


Anyone reading this can take up the tag.. all the best finding 25 things guys :) ...

News Hour!

Headlines for the day!
-> Chramed One's blog got it's very second award for friendship from Moi.
-> Chramed One! has also been interviewed by Ghazala Khan from The Pakistani Spectator.

Entertainment news!
-> Happy Holi to all you guys!


News in Brief!

Yeah you heard it right! My interview by Ghazala Khan from The Pakistani Spectator has been published! Yipee! (Again doing the happy dance on my chair).. You can check it out here! (Guys warn you! it’s a pretty long one. Please try not to doze off). And also congratulations to all the bloggers whose interview has been published!

Moving on…Here comes my second award from sweet Moi for friendship. Thank you girl. I have known Moi for almost 6 years now. She is a very caring friend. She is great at advices for issues under any category too. But to know her caring side you gotta be in her list of good friends first. We both make a very deadly team when it comes to gossiping and commentary judgment. I mean to say we display all the characteristics of being girls!


Moi has already awarded this to LAncelot, Suresh, Mayz, Chriz, Hope, Akansha and Keshi. I wanna acknowledge them too. You guys are truly great.


Now i pass on this award to 8 Bloggers...


*Amith*
A friend who has always been there with great advices and stupid PJ's( as i always say - Priceless Jokes). Now he has started one hell of a newsense blog too! Yeah his words too make great new sense now!

*Geoffrey*
My father figure! (Hope you have not forgotten your family back in India) Lols Geoff please dont kill me for that now. Another crazy, great friend! Irregular at blogging (shaking my finger at you). But writes good stuff!

*Joylan*
This guy will do anything for his friends. True definition of Friends for life! He writes amazing poems! But has gone missing for a long time ! Hope he returns soon.

*Lena*
She is truly goddesses of emotions. She writes what we usually feel and find difficult to express. A great writer and a lovely person too.

*Raaji*
Her posts leave you speechless. She is great at combining emotions with words. And after reading 25 things about her, I would say she is a wonderful person too.

*Chantel*
I just love the way she writes about very simple things. Her posts always leave you with a smile on the face. I have not known her for long. But her blog describes her perfectly and she seems to be great person.

*Tinkerbell's Neverland*
She writes about simple stuff which we hardly ponder on. But after reading her posts, You will be shifted to the thinking mode. A very different yet powerful blog!

*Pisku*
A random writer.. Yet a very powerful writer.. He is good at his words and comes up with beautiful posts!

Guys you all are great! Applauds!


Now for some Entertainment news!

HAppy Holi People!
I guess all are busy celebrating Holi today at their offices and colleges. Enjoy guys and get colorful!
Today I remember my college days, where we used play holi like crazy cows.. run out of colors and then start pouring buckets of water on each other! Awww I miss those days!

On a more serious note..
Holi means the triumph of good over evil and conquest of sensual values by spiritual values (No doubt! Copied from Google search).. Nay i cant elaborate on that now..So I would only say.. be good guys and celebrate the day!

Adios for now my lovlies!

Sweet Heart... Please come back!!!

I missed you last night... i missed you more then i ever could have imagined possible... You were there right before me and i still was not able to do anything..i was feeling a lot helpless too for the very first time in many days.. life can be so unfair at times... it can separate you from your love in many cruel ways...

I know that i have hurt you at times.. also i have gotten you really frustrated with my silly ways of loving you..i know you will say i am very selfish, i always take from you more and more..but darling, you are my life..its because of you i breathe everyday.. its because of you I look forward to each new day.....

You know love, last night i did try to come close to you.. but it was really impossible however hard i tried.. i am sure it was your dad's idea to separate us like this.. i know he does not approve of me.. he has never even tried to like me.. i always get that negative vibe when he is around ... Last night I stood out there looking at you sleeping peacefully inside that darn mosquito net, telling myself that from now on i guess this is how its gonna be...never together again in this life time, sigh!

i miss u ..

please come back to me...

Buzzingly yours!
Mosquito no-420

PS: hoping that atleast one mosquito would have missed me last night :D !!

Me, My Tens and a Cute Award!

Well I was having my usual Monday blues running around for various reasons until i saw that Seher has honored my blog with an Award for Cuteness.. Thats when 60% of my blues disappeared ... She has presented me with this award in the criteria 'Cute is Innocence'...

Wohoo! Thats my very first blog award (all smiles, blushes and am humming in my mind)
Thanks a lot Seher ....You truly made my day... *smiles and hugs*

I was introduced to blogging by Moi ... thanks a lot sweetheart ...If it wasn for you i wouldn be blogging... and then there was eM's blog to inspire me ..thank you eM for all the motivation..

And again a huge thanks and hugs to Seher for this cute award :) !!!

I am supposed to write 10 things about myself for receiving this award ... now i cant find any cute things about me.. so here it goes the tens...

1) I can survive for a week without any human connection. i just need a lot of books..a constant supply of junk food and sofa or bed ....But after a week of isolation.. the next person to come in front of me will undergo a serious torture of non stop ramblings..


2) At times i feel i have a sixth sense regarding people's characters.. Especially when it comes to morons and freaks, i recognize them immediately....Now please don't say only one freak can recognize another :) ...


3) I can be hopelessly romantic .. i love carnations, moonlit beaches and candle light dinners (yup, thats a very visible hint for the boy now :) ) ...and at times i can also turn into a complete practical female too ...


4) Rules were never made with me in mind...I hate rules(except traffic).. can never follow them ....I love my freedom.. a good thing that i was born after independence ...


5) I have a very high tolerance power... But once someone crosses my highest marked tolerance line in red (it would take a real hard work to reach that red line for any given human being), I can go to the extent of forever ignoring that particular human being (yeah i know thats quite mean, but cant help it people)...


6) If ever my life was to mirror a movie character, i would love it to be like Melanie Smooter(Reese Witherspoon) from Sweet Home Alabama ( see the signs of hopeless romance here :) )...


7) I sometimes wonder what would it be, if there was no earth or universe... that we are here because of some sheer luck.. so i tell myself to let out all the worries and just learn to live the 'one chance life' ..


8) At times am scared of getting attached to people closely.. i fear that they start expecting a lot from you and you end up disappointing them..


9) I am 5'4 and can be described a fragile piece on earth (basically underweight)... but the boy thinks am perfect :) .. i hope he thinks the same, a few years down the line :P ..


10) I always wanted to be an architect or an interior designer... I am still wondering how the hell i crash landed in the software jungle ...


I honor this Cute Blogger Award to 10+ cute bloggers,

Moi , Hope (For their cute posts on the boys in their life)
Suresh ( For all the lovely cute posts on Prem aur Simran ka prem katha )
Lancelot ( Now for the cute blog and cute boy he is ..i mean the Indian Brad Pitt :) )
mayz ( He is getting a more and more romantic each day, after this anon blogger girl he has fallen in love with )
chriz (For all the cute posts about Renu and also for the cute posts on his nephew and neice )
Akansha & Mith (For the very cute blog they have )
ApocalypsE & hitch writer (For some very cute posts )
Nemesis (For a very cute inspiration )


Go on.. flaunt this cute award... Cheers Guys !

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 :) ....

Humilating moments at their Best - part 2

Few posts back, i had scrambled down few of my humiliating moments from my life..

That post can be found here ......

Now i have again scrambled some more such moments....

Go ahead guys and enjoy the humilations .....



*Peek-A-Boo*

In class 7th, a boy from my class was staying pretty close to my house.. Most of the evenings, he would come home to discuss homework or exchange notes.. You know that age, any guy who talks to you or the guy you speak to, gets shamelessly teased.. so usually i would be the one targeted to undergo this royal tease from the girls in my neighborhood ... for this reason, i had not given him my home number and i guess he too was a little shy to ask me for it..
On one of his such random visits, i had called him inside the house and we were siting on the sofa and busy discussing some homework... after some time he asked me for a glass of water..
Well by the time i got back from the kitchen with the water, the boy had gotten up from the sofa and was standing next to the small table, busy looking down at our phone on that table ( Does anyone remember that the phone numbers used to be written over the telephones in those old models) ...
The moment he saw me, he blurted out saying "There was a cockroach here, so i was chasing it" ... the poor fella looked a little embarrassed peeping down at the phone... so all i said was "Yeah ..there are too many cockroaches in the house nowadays"...



*Shop-D-Greed-Away*

When you are a kid, birthdays mean only gifts and cakes .... I would wait for my birthday just for the sake of good gifts. Around my eighth year birthday, an aunt of mine had come home to stay with us... and since my birthday was close by, this aunt took me shopping ... she got me a dress and some board games ... i was totally a happppyy kid that day..
Then uncle decides to buy shoes and we ended up at a shoe shop.... Out of blue i remember that my dad too was discussing something about shoe shopping for himself with mom ....
Since aunt had already bought me so many things that day, i assumed she wouldn mind buying few more... And there we already were in a shoe shop too... so were sweetly i asked my aunt "Daddy's birthday is over, but can you buy shoes for him too"

Goodness that did leave her quite speechless ....

And So much for my mom's value education classes about not asking or accepting things from others...



*War-Of-The-Brooms*

Back in high school, we had these gardening classes, where the guys were made to dig a hole and plant tress outside and girls were made to clean the classrooms with brooms weekly... We were given only one hosepipe and so had take turns and share it with the boys.... During one such classes, we both needed the hosepipe at the same time.. so a huge debate took place between us regarding who needs it the most... then this is what happened there...
Representing myself 5'4 as the girls representative i stepped forward...
A boy of 5'2 as the boys representative stepped forward...
-First it all started as an argument between us.
-Soon it lead to loud voices and finger pointing.
-Before i knew, i had a broom in my hand and he had just a single stick of that same broom in his.
And then we both were busy sword fighting ...
Somewhere in the middle of this historical fight, he managed to snatch the broom from me and i ended up with two broom sticks ... We were so engrossed in our battle that we never realized our Hindi teacher had suddenly become the spectator of this great war too..
We realized it only when we heard a voice saying "Aap ladkiyon ke sath yudh karthe hain, aapko sharam nahi attha" (you are waging a war against girls, aren you ashamed) ..
The poor boy got all the yelling ... All i got was "Aap Bhi" (Even you!)...




*Forgery*

I used to hate those gardening classes for many more reasons too. Those classes were totally jinxed where i was concerned ... It was the only class in which i would be held responsible for lot of mischievous acts.. again after few months or so in the same period, myself and three more of my other friends were sitting in the class and gossiping ... Our gossip topics ranged from Tv serials to actors to cute boys in the class and finally to our teachers signatures.. We got so interested with this topic that we even started signing each of their signatures neatly on our desk with a chalk and discussed who's was the easiest of all..
Out of no where we saw our principal walk towards us ( who the hell knew, she would choose that time of the day to take her grand walk around the school )... By the time we recovered from the initial shock of her visit, it was too late to rub all those signatures off the desk...
The end result was that we got a very good lecture about forgery and were made to call our parents too ...

Can anyone blame her.. after all her signature too was there on that desk .....


Yeah guys i know.. i was really a very impossible character back then :) .....

You can tell me your humiliating stories too .. no biggie :) ... ( I solemnly promise to keep it a secret :) )

Who's the stalker! - The Finale

Gosh feels like a long time since i blogged.. and since am blogging the next episode of my last post, it seems like its become a weekly drama series :) !!!

Well lets now continue with the actual post....

Cast for the post
Raqs, Reemz, -> Friends of the Charmed One!
Dar -> A friend of Raqs.. But the Charmed One! doesn know him all that well as yet...
VJ -> A so-so friend of Co, whom she doesn know all that well as yet...
US -> unknown soul/stalker/stranger/.. whatever
Co -> The Charmed One! as herself


Previously on Who's the stalker! ...
CO and her friends were hanging out at a restaurant and Co accidentally seems to have found a stalker for herself...
Co's been receiving messages from a Unknown number claiming he knows her very well....

Day2
The Sunday

Co keeps receiving random messages and missed calls from the unknown number..
The US asks her if he could meet her and Co tries to ignore the messages and gives up her search for real identity of the US.



Day3
The Monday

Co is back in college now and still is receiving random missed calls and messages.

Around 4:00 PM

Co's mobile beeps...
US mobile says: Hey am near your college.. can you meet me?
Co ignores the message...receives non-stop missed calls... CO is completly frustrated by now..

US mobile says: Please meet me.. i will wait outside for you ...

And then again a series of random missed calls..

Then Raqs mobile beeps..
The message is from a random friend VJ, which says 'Hey i am at (insert shop name)stores outside college..there is guy asking for Co here'

Raqs(with smiles): Hey girl..the guy is near (insert shop name)stores..
CO(frowning): can anyone be more irritating??
Raqs(in a more serious note): Meet him and finish it off..

CO is reluctant at first and then as result from the public poll by her friends she decides to go and deal with the US.

Its been raining cats and dogs since noon, so CO and Reemz borrow a umbrella from Raqs and head towards (insert shop name)stores....


As Co reaches (insert shop name)stores, she can see the back of a guy wearing a hooded jacket sitting over on a empty cylinder.. A friend of CO, VJ is standing in front of the hooded guy and talking to him.. As CO and Reemz reach the place..VJ does the eye pointing (meaning this your US) glance towards the hooded guy... Now Co is almost there near the empty cylinder....


Everything played in slow motion now...

CO unfolds her umbrella and looks out at the hooded guy...
The hooded guy is still sitting...
CO is staring at the hooded guy's back...
CO looks at VJ, and sees a stupid smile on his face...
CO now reaches the hooded guy..
The hooded guy stands up..
CO's mind is running at a very high speed with too many toughts...
The hooded guy turns around...
CO has a very shocked and surprised look on her face..
Hooded guy removes the hood and screams 'bakhriiii'...
CO has got now all anger written on her face..
Co now lifts the umbrella and starts whacking the hooded guy...
2-3 umbrella sticks are broken in the process...
Any guesses who the hooded guy was...
Well it was our very own dar!!!


Behind the scenes...
When Co tells Raqs ..not to give the unknown guy the number, Raqs and dar team up and decide to have some fun of their own.. Dar starts messaging CO and irritating her, all the while enjoying it..

AfterWord...
CO in time took her own sweet revenge on Mr. Dar&co...

Revenge No1: Co&Gang applied Vaseline on Dar's bench, knowing that dar always comes late to class and just hops into his place. Even though dar managed to escape from this tragedy by some lady luck, a poor friend of dar, joy got vaselined on his back and had to leave the class immediately to change himself..

Revenge No2: Dar's bike tyre went under a heavy air loss.

Revenge No3: Dar got Pepsodant pasted all over his head and started blaming the poor Co&Gang for his hair loss.

Geee Guys hope your not disappointed with this friendly stalker :P !!!

Who's the stalker! - Episode 1

Year: 2004
Location: Somewhere in South India
Time: Around 2:00 PM
Cast for the day:
Raqs, Reemz, Mittu -> Friends of the Charmed One!
Dar -> A so-so friend of Raqs.. But the Charmed One! doesn know him all that well...
Co -> The Charmed One! as herself

Day1

Previously on Who's the stalker!...

Co, Raqs, Reemz and Mittu decide to hit a local restaurant for lunch on a saturday afternoon after the brain draining classes at college..
They finish placing their orders and while they are busy gossiping, Raq's mobile beeps..

Raqs looks into the mobile and flashes her best cheesy smile..
Then she looks up and announces...

Raqs: Hey girls.. i just received a message from Dar which says 'who's the thin girl at the restauarnt in our coll uniform?' (yup i know its very sad to make a 20 year ole gal wear uniforms...especially in a engineering college.. hmp!)

Well.. there are only two lean girls present there(now lean is a better word to describe oneself) .. Thats Co and Mittu....but only the Co is in uniform... So its decided who is the girl in question...

Reemz: Why does he want to know about a girl...
Raqs: Some friend of his from some blank(insert college name) college saw us here just now and wants to know the name of the girl and also is asking if he can get her number!

All of them look at Co waiting for a reaction from her..
She gives a are you kidding me, eyebrows raised look ..

Co: no ways... You guys are not giving my number to some weird stranger!
Raqs: You sure babes? (smiles)
Co: Yup! (grins)
Raqs: ok sweetie... if you say so... i wont give..(broader smiles)

The girls are done hogging and leave from there..
On the way back home.. Raqs gets a little curious to know more about this guy...

Raqs: Hey you really dont want to know about the guy huh? Sure you dont want me to give your number?

Well Co is a little curious to know too.. But doesnt want to run into mess of meeting a total freak..

Co: No girl.. even if i am curious.. il get over the curiosity ( cheesy grins) ..
Raqs: Ok girl! ( curiosity always doesn kill a cat look)

Co reaches home and takes a nap....Suddenly out of no where she hears her cell beeping..Cursing the person whoever is making her wake up from the sleep, she checks her cell.

The message reads 'Hey i saw you at restaurant today.. you look very pretty.. can i know you better'.

The girl goes Wtf and calls Raqs..

Co: Hey girl.. that unknown guy has got my number. did anyone among you give him?
Raqs: No sweetie.. no one gave him... i have told Dar too not to give him..
Co: Hmmmm.. wonder from where he got the number...
Raqs: Why dont you ask him only gal..
Co: Ok.. chal bye

Co messages the US (unknown soul/stalker/stranger/.. whatever )

Co mobile says(a little curious): Where did you get the number from? Who are you?
US mobile says: Now Now .. i cant tell you from i got the number.. i told the person that il keep it a secret.. Btw i am Sujay...
Co mobile says: Was it a girl or a guy who gave you the no..Where were you sitting at the restaurant?
US mobile says: I was just leaving when you guys came in...i know where exactly you sit in the class too.. You sit in the last but one bench na..
Co mobile says(all curious): Who has been giving you all that info now...
US mobile says: I have contacts :)... so can we be friends?
Co mobile says: i dont know you at all to make you my friend..
US mobile says: Well you can get to know me better...
Co mobile says: Lets see about that.. am busy now.. bye
US mobile says: ok take care.. i will message you later..

Around ten'oclock at night, Co mobile beeps again..

US mobile says: Good night pretty one... hope to know you better tomorrow.. sleep well...

Shall be continued :)...

Goodness Gracious Me!

Fair Warning: This post is entirely a feminine one and shall not interest any boys around my blog. Now even after the warning, you ignore the above line and still read on..then the girl shall not be responsible for the very common saying from the boys that goes "All girls are the same.. they are never satisfied with the amount of clothes they own!"

Well the girl has to attend a wedding Saturday night(i.e; tonight) and as usual she feels her lack of wardrobe whenever there is a special occasion.
Now if it was a Hindu wedding, she would have happily settled down on a saree or a traditional wear without much fuss. But since it is a catholic wedding, the girl has too many choices( which she personally hates.. since it confuses her crazily.. the lesser number of choices you have.. the better).

(1) a dress or a gown  (2) a formal wear
(3) a salwar                 (4) a saree

So.. she is damn confused...

After a lot of calculations and brain works, the girl decides to go with option(2).. which also meant she has to go shopping in the evening, right after her work( which she again hates... nay not the shopping part.. but the shop hopping around the city part, after a tiring day at office)

The girl enters ShopNo1.. does not find anything good.. leaves immediately... because, the more you stay... the more you look around... the more you know you cant find anything... the more you realize 'WTF! I have no decent clothes for the wedding'... the more energy you loose cursing...

Exit ShopNo1, Enter ShopNo2

Still no luck at finding the 'appropriate occasion blending dress'... She imagines herself in most of the dresses around her.. because she is loosing a great amount of energy and time, trying out all the clothes possible..


Exit ShopNo2, Enter ShopNo3

Now after fifteen minutes of exploring the shopNo3.. the girl has finally found a maroon dress... quickly she bills it, before she can get any second thoughts over it... and gets out of the shop quite contented...

Now the girl is back at home.. has been trying out the new member in her wardrobe family... and Guess what... She doesn like what she bought.. she feels she doesn look elegent in it :( ..(Now where did that thing come from!)


So back to square one guys.. I don't have anything good to wear for the wedding now... the wedding is tonight.. Awwwww...

Told you boys to stay out of this post...not your area of interest (evil grins!)..

Sweets attract flies & I attract freaks

This is something you guys never knew about me.. I am a living freak magnet!

Meet Freak No1

It was a Christmas morning and the year was 2005. As it happens every year now, I was invited to my friends place for Christmas lunch. I just stopped on the way to buy a cake for them and as i walked back to the bus stop, a decent looking guy around 24 or something walked upto me. He asked me for the directions to reach the bus stop and where exactly he could get the bus and all. Well remembering my good manners, i showed him the way and gave him the directions and started to walk away! I might have taken like 5-6 steps, the guy walks back to me and asks me 'hi are you free tonight? can i take you out for dinner'.. for a second my mind refused to think anything and then when it got back in action, i just blurted out saying 'no thanks' and rushed out from there...All i was thinking at that moment was 'am gonna shoot the next guy who asks me for directions!'


Meet Freak No2

Last year i was waiting for the bus after my work and doing my random mulling over business. A girl between the age bar 19-22 came and stood next to me. By instinct, I just glanced at her for a second between my dreaming sessions and go back to my own dream land immediately. After a minute, purely by some weird human instincts, i could feel the female next to me moving a little more towards me and looking at me. After another minute she finally started the conversation:


Girl: Excuse me... your dupatta is really pretty.. where did you get it from.

Me: I got it from Bangalore (giving her a decent smile of mine)

Girl: Oh so u stay in Bangalore huh?

Me: No.. i just got it when i went over there.( still holding onto the decent smile)

Girl: Ok.. so you are staying here itself then.

Me: yeah (and a smile)

The female was looking a little dazed according to me.. like someone living in a zombie world.. her eyes were looking lost.. i was wondering whether she was drunk or doped or something.. but she dint look like a female who would do any such thing.. seemed like a pretty decent chit from here dressing sense.. then she moved a little more closer to me and now again my instincts were all screaming at me that she's staring at you... then again i just glanced her way to prove my instincts wrong.. and there she was.. indeed staring at me in a weird way and that freaked me all out.. then again she goes about to ask..

Girl: Do know what time is it now?

Me: Sorry i dont have a watch you see.. so i dont know ( showing her my wrists and silently cursing at the bus for taking so long)

Girl: Actually, i seem to have lost the time.. i cant figure out the time at all..

Then i saw my bus coming...

Me: I think the girl over there has a watch.. you can probably ask her...(pointing out my finger at a random girl with a small smile and a thanking prayer to the driver in my mind ran towards the bus)

I still wonder what was with that girl there.. cos she looked totally lost and confused to me... i kinda feel bad for her too.. she was looking like a lost dove in a very freaky way...


Meet Freak No3

This guy came for interview at my office and since that day there wasn anyone appropriate to take his interview.. my colleague suggested me to do it... Well the fellow finally came for the interview and it felt like he was the one taking our interview instead of us. These are random freakish questions he asks:

Me: So could you please explain me about the projects listed in your resume.

Fella: (explains the project and then) You see i should not be telling you this.. but i was betrayed before by the people in my old office.. they cheated on me...

Me: Oh ok ( why the hell are you even telling me this if you should not be telling this!)

Fella: So what is your qualification?

A little taken back and confused with this new sort of interview, i reply him back remebering my good manners her again..

Fella: So how much are these people paying you presently?

Me: Huh? (whats happening here)

Then my mobile rings and i cut the call...

Fella: Which connection are you using... Airtel or Vodofone? How many free messages do you have in a day?

I had reached my frustration peak by then..

We guys give him some small program to be done and the fella goes out to complain that the computer's hardware is not properly installed and will have to be re-installed again... (maybe he needs his internal system to be re-installed again)... well we tell him its ok.. he can leave now.. we will give him a call later and let him know.. he refuses and says that he doesn have any work for the entire day and will not leave until the program works( God save me phulease!)..

Finally we give up and i call my other colleague whose suggested that i take his interview and crib to him about this guy... He tells me to hand over the phone to the fella and talks to the him for a while. Finally the fella hands me my phone back after talking and shuts the computer down and walks out.

All of us in the office take a deep breath and the fella walks back into the office again (gosh what is he.. the betal from vikram aur betal huh?) . He comes to me and goes about to ask me.. 'so what feedback did you give him back about me' (he's refering to the colleague whom i spoke to on the phone.. who will be hiring him)... I give back a blank stare and he goes on saying 'did you tell him i was good at my work?' (Spare me the torture pleeasseee)

He really had a great knowledge but then the worst kind of communicating skills!!!


Phufff!!! I guess i have it all written over my forehead in a invisible ink.."I will and shall survive to attract freaks anywhere and everywhere"

Feminine Famine!

I feel the need to revolutionize my feminine side b'cos of the following reasons:

* I carry a blank expression on my face when people talk about exotic perfumes!

* I wear pointed sandals or high heels only when there is an absolute need for it.. else i am very happy to wear flats.

* I still hav'nt learnt the art of applying eyeshadow!

* I feel a little lost when i enter any lingerie store.

* Never carried a hand kerchief with me (maybe only at extreme nose flow conditions).

* My beauty salon visits are meant only for eyebrows and haircuts.

* People can never associate me with any particular fragrance. Just use random deodorants!

* I dont carry any umbrella during summers. (forget the summer... I carry an umbrella during the rainy season with a heavy heart)

* I feel sorry for men after reading Shobha De's book.

* My knowledge on face creams and lotions suck!

* I wear a chain around my neck only when my grany comes for a visit!

* I dont mind getting out of the house without any accessory.

* I cannot pitch into any conversation about the cosmetic products.

* I dont posses any bindi packets!

* Its been ages since I have shopped for any lipsticks or nail colors.

Basically a anti femme fatale!

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!

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 .....

Moral of the day!!!

Question: What happens when you have just woken up from your evening nap and your folks are not at home and there you happen to see that you have unexpected guests at your door ????

Answer:
First things first -- > The UG's(Unexpected Guests) where my dad's second cousin's kids and haven't met them in a pretty long time and by now have even forgotten their names ( don't judge me guys!! They stay really far an have just met them like 5-6 times in my entire life).
Ok now am pretty good at carrying a decent conversation even if i dont know the other person that well( Now now am not bragging at all, just making a general statement)

Anyways, now being a good hostess I have to offer them something to drink. Well they settled for something cold and i started preparing tang! I know its not a big deal to prepare tang for two people. But I have no idea where mom has kept the sugar jar, apparently she has moved it to a new location.
I search the entire kitchen for the sugar jar( all the while thinking in my mind that GOD is punishing me for not being an active member in the kitchen) Finally I give up, ( tell silently that "God I have learnt my lesson for the day") and call mom and ask her for the directions to get to the sugar jar.

Moral of the post....
At least try not to forget your second cousin's names and always keep a fresh account of all the changes occurring in your Mom's kitchen!

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!