Thursday, June 25, 2009

Ha!

Thank you, Rith! :)

1. Aspire to be Barbie - the b**** has everything.

2. If the shoe fits - buy them in every color.

3. Take life with a pinch of salt... A wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila.

4. In need of a support group? - Cocktail hour with the girls!

5. Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days).

6. When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it.

7. Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and this is just your personality.

8. I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here.

9. Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

10. Don't get your knickers in a knot; it solves nothing and makes you walk funny.

11. When life gives you lemons in 2009 - turn it into lemonade then mix it with vodka.

12. Remember where ever there is a good looking; sweet, single or married man there is some woman tired of his bulls***!

13. Keep your chin up, only the first 40 years of parenthood are the hardest.

14. If it has Tires or Testicles it's gonna give you trouble.

15. By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she's wrong.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Over The Weekend

I figured:

The paunch is proportionate. It's not a pot! And it's the only part of me that needs to be toned up:)

I have lost that glorious appetite. I don't think I live to eat anymore.

Men and women definitely have their brains wired differently. What's interesting for them is "EEEW... YUK!!" emulating for us. But I still wonder what happened to poor Isabelle.

It's a lot nicer to meet people than to say hello over the internet.

Reading brings me peace.

I can't sleep beyond 7:30 AM

I'm cured! :)

When it comes to some things, Pits is the ultimate Guru

Mingies laav. Yuman beingz smaile

May be there is a connection.

When no one talks to you at home, talking to yourself isn't a bad option.

They were all just Jack asses. Nothing more, nothing less.

Muffin is some other creature trapped in the body of a Lab.

I still dislike Gelato but eat it anyway hoping it'll taste better with time.

I like the whole nerd thing.

The book is always better than the movie!

No one makes music like Simon and Garfunkel.

An All Girls weekend works like magic :)

*Sigh*

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Of Conversations!

Lovely Saturday morning. First thing on the agenda was to take Pits to the music store. She had broken a guitar string. So off we went.

At the store

Guy in the shop: Hi Ma'am. Looking for something?

Me: Yeah, Hi. We needed guitar strings.

Guy in the shop: Sure, I have a few imported ones and a couple of the locally made strings. What would you prefer?

Me: Ummm.. show me both.

Pits (to me): I need to pick up a single string too. Got to replace the one I snapped.

After figuring out the string she needed...

Me (to guy in the shop): Hey, I need a G string too!

Guy in the shop: Urrmmmm... Ma'am?

Me: G stri.... uh.. Third string from the bottom please!

Pits went hyuk hyuk hyuk and just wouldn't stop... She had a tale to tell :)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

How I wish I could chop you into little pieces.. tiny, tiny pieces.. fry you and feed you to the dogs.

But

You aren't worth the effort. Never have been.

Besides, my dogs are vegetarian.


Looking for something light to read, it fell into my hands at the right time.

- Convinced that it was a mistake.
- I'm not confused. You'd rather have your arm chopped off than admit it :)

Monday, June 15, 2009

Finiculi Finicula

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,
And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh;
But I, I love to spend my time in singing
Some joyous song;
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong!
Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar!
Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Echoes sound afar! funiculi, funicula.

Some think it wrong to set the feet a-dancing,
But not so I;
Some think that eyes should keep from coyly glancing
Upon the sly!
But oh! to me the mazy dance is charming,
Divinely sweet,
And surely there is nought that is alarming
In nimble feet?
Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!
Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Music sounds afar! funiculi, funicula.

Ah me! 'tis strange that some should take to sighing,
And like it well;
For me, I have not thought it worth the trying,
So cannot tell!
With laugh and dance and song the day soon passes,
Full soon is gone,
For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses
To call their own!
Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!
Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Hark! the soft guitar! funiculi funicula


Of happy memories and a wonderful childhood!
Sometimes...
I wish..
you and
I
just knew
why...

To have, to need,
To want so bad...
To hurt, to laugh, to hold
Feel alright
or just
right.

To roll, to fight
To speak, to sin
Maybe just give in...

Sunday, June 14, 2009

So I find this

Genius you are! And no Dad, I'm not saying it because I want to go shopping :P

Friday, June 12, 2009

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

See Rith, you weren't giving me bad advice. Oscar Wilde said it centuries ago :)
It feels weird. What? That I'm missing LH 1, First Floor, Room no. I don't know what. I woke up this morning and said "Good Morning". For the last three weeks it's been "What's up?". I miss not eating out of a dabba, waiting for Tuesday so that I can fill my tummy with Kadi Chawal, singing in the hostel room, asking Jenny "not to think of...", listening to Junior's stories, pulling shorts down. I woke up at 10 this morning and I wasn't rushing to go anywhere. There isn't a movie being screened at 5 pm today. No Desi bar to visit, no Maggi at the tapri, no cake at Ambrosia, no late night chats with the Bong, no trips to her PG, no play to attend, no Sheryl to wait for, no cat to irritate.... *sigh* I definitely have the Bombay blues!

I loved the contact period this time. In terms of learning, the last three and a half weeks have left a solid impact on me. More than anything else, I can see how much I've grown up. I once read a story by Anton Chekhov. It was called The Bet. I remember the discussion that followed. While all my friends thought that being sentenced to death was far better than life imprisonment, I believed the latter was what I would pick. At least I would still be alive and could construct a new life at the end of my term; quite like the lawyer's. My stay on campus just proved that I knew what I was talking about back then.

When I left home for the contact period, I could hardly wait to get to Bombay. I was irritated with everything in my life. I was angry... with myself.. with the nonsense around me... every single thing. I met P in front of the gate and after all the excited jumps and hugs, we walked in. My drama wasn't allowed to enter. I didn't let it. Classes round the clock, presentations, assignments, meetings, documentaries, bonding... my mind was so occupied! I was learning new things, I was discovering how little I actually knew, I was getting to know different kinds of people.... The experience left me spellbound! The last six months I was caught up in such s*** that I had forgotten what it was like to be happy. I was stagnating and while I was dying to break free, I was too scared to let go.

Well, It wasn't an explosion. Over 24 days, it just happened! My life's been re-prioritized. I can't explain it all but I'm just kicked up about everything right now. I'm getting back to doing the things that I love! I like how I stay unaffected by the attention that comes my way, how it took one sentence like "I just don't care" for me to realise that neither do I and leave the place as a joyful person, how the course is changing the way I perceive the world, empowering me and is setting me for the big game... With all of that taken care of, I know nothing's impossible. The trivial things that had gained a lot of importance just don't matter anymore. I've rediscovered my passion to learn :)

To end this on a happy note, I have to thank my rather chivalrous nose twin for putting up with me on my last evening in that city. Your music, the overloaded salad plate, me tuning out during dessert and us laughing about that mad common friend of ours... It was Fun!

*hops, skips, jumps without a care in the world*

Monday, June 8, 2009

Life For Rent

I haven't ever really found a place that I call home
I never stick around quite long enough to make it
I apologize once again I'm not in love
But it's not as if I mind
that your heart ain't exactly breaking

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

I've always thought
that I would love to live by the sea
To travel the world alone
and live more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
Cos there's really nothing left here to stop me

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well how can I say I'm alive

If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine
Cos nothing I have is truly mine
Cos nothing I have is truly mine
Cos nothing I have is truly mine



Her voice reminds me of cotton fields. The song feels like it was written for me!

Sunday, June 7, 2009

For The First Time...

Here we go.. Niru's in the mood for a meme... Lucky number six (because it closely resembles what we think of most of the time.)

Bands

Simon and Garfunkel
The Beatles
Dire Straits
Pink Floyd
Queen
ABBA

In Order

Love
Peace
Family & Friends
Honesty
Music
Luck

Places

Warm bed in my room
The family room
DB's (The Adda)
Bangalore
Pondicherry
Bombay

Books

The Class - Erich Segal
To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Around The World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne
The Godfather - Mario Puzo

- It's very difficult to stick to just six!

Things I won't leave the house without

Wallet
Water
Perfume
Lip Balm
Leo
Blink-n-Clear

Animals

Muffin
Knutz
Lyka
Dogs - all shapes and sizes. Arf!
Tigers
Pandas

For Christmas, I want

Elvis Presley
Richard Gere
Pierce Brosnan
Cary Grant
The DVD of When Harry Met Sally
A Piano

On My To Do List

Lose weight
Fix my violin
Set the academic record straight
Prioritize!
Organise a baking day (Sigh... At this rate, the flab will never go!
Books!!!!

Places to eat

Mommy's kitchen
Mainland China
Little Italy
Millers
Fresco's
Baskin Robbins

On My Own

Playing a musical instrument
Singing
Poetry
Pottery
Walking
Travelling

Things I admire from a distance

Drama
Dance
Ventriloquism
All those deep sea diving expeditions one watches on TV
Tigers
Romance

1 - 6 On The List

"The Way You Look Tonight"
"Something"
"Wonderful Tonight
"Can't Help Falling In Love With You"
"Fly Me To The Moon"
"Pretty Woman"

Words

Random
Rubbish!
Happiness
F***
What's up?
uhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Obsession

Stationery especially paper
Strawberries
Words that sound odd (For eg: Schmuk, Gargoyle)
Love
Removing blackheads
Sneakers, laces, socks

Someday

I'll own a mad, mad art village
I'll sip hot chocolate in front of a fire and smile to myself
I'll see the seven wonders of the world in one trip
There will be a happiness campaign
I'll no longer have two left feet
I will die in peace.

I tag all those who follow my blog... Post a meme!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Because...

I believe one little something sets it all off. Because it is through love that you live on long after you're gone :)

The Family - For letting me live the way I want to. For cushioning every fall. For just always being there.

Chims - For being the ultimate superwoman. The brains, the advice, the times when you just listen without saying a word : You're AMAZING!

DB - 10 years of knowing each other, a friendship that's gonna last till eternity. I love how we just always get each other!

Pits - For being one of a kind. For handling everything with dignity. For mommifying all of us. For being the mad, bubbly, adorable brat that you are. For being the "Model" :P

Chubby - Don't even know where to begin. Pesto! :P Your ability to stay in control of things and still be such fun... it'll never cease to amaze me.

Piggy - Just stay the beautiful person that you are!

P - Because we are each others "shadow", can talk about gas and ISA in the same breath and never have a dull moment irrespective of where we are - safe in the four walls of our room or the desi bar :P

Sherry Girl - You're my angel in disguise! There cannot be any other logical explanation. I know you'll kill me for this but Sheryl, thank you for EVERYTHING!

KRD - we should count the number of "exactly"s and "I knowwwww"s in our long conversations. Ha! I don't think we ever have a short one :P Telling you, in some life, we were the same person.

Niti - In a lot of ways, you inspire me. I'm glad to have met someone as wonderful as you! :)

Agi - For the friendship by chance, for the endless yak yak...

Rohi - Because you provide refuge from many miles away and we just always connect!

Moley - I've thought for hours what I would do without you and your mad ideas. I conclude that life won't be as much of a laugh! :)

Nuts - For making this friendship work! It means a lot to me :)

Lamy - Bless you! For me, there can't be anyone more innocent and child like. You make me feel like there definitely is more good than bad in the world.

Tara - Don't think you have a bad bone in your body. And you have to be the cutest thing alive! Muah!

Paro - Drama Queen! If you're still alive and kicking, I'd like to say you're supertantastic.

Dhols - For handling me. For letting me fight with you. For never judging me. For being a part of all my silly games. For making me realise that friendship always rules over love :)

Coach - The only person who can make me laugh at all the drama. For knocking sense into my head and making it all seem okay.

Tuts - You can get away with anything! Not because you're sweet and nice. I'm large hearted :P You make me very happy! :)

Teddy - Please come back! P-L-E-A-S-E!!! Loosu's losing the loosuness!

Karan - My first official secret keeper... Thank you for being frank and practical all the time!

Drummer Boy - You're wonderful!!

Hari G Baba - We've had some great times together. We've had some funny chit chats over the phone. Our default mode of existence is spaced out! *hug*

Shreyas - You brighten up everything for me! One of those people with whom I can share my dreams, plans and ideas of life and never feel silly about anything. Wherever you go, optimism follows!

Maruti - Because with the passing of time, nothing actually seems to have changed. My fridge still stocks as much chocolate, your teeth are still out of shape and we both still laugh the same way. :)

Dinku - Like you said, I'm glad we can walk around and talk like never before... be comfortable around each other :) And the landline calls? Woah! A big part of my life :P

Viv - You're crazy, impulsive, always ideating and I can't stop smiling to myself about how dynamic you can be!

And All - Thank you! I think that says a lot :)

V - 'coz you make me laugh, seem to be one of the few people who can out talk me and are chilled out. Like I told you once, it's very easy to be friends with you!

Xubs - You little alien... No one get history, geography, rum tarts and aaj tak like you do :)

JJ, Nishuuuu, Ramuuuuu, Reddy Teddy - For all those fun times, for all the opinions and views... for being so MAD!!

First crush and Onjus - For being a very significant part of my school life. For reminding me that life after school exist too. For choosing to stay on! :)

J & M - For adding fun, perspective, madness and spice to hostel life... uh... life :)

Jatin Dear From Bathinda - You really deserve the best in life. In my list of nicest people I know, you feature somewhere in the beginning!

To my two favourite teachers - For believing in me, for empowering me, for letting me fly.... Someday, I will make you very, very proud!!

Pass on your smile. Soon you'll see the whole world laughing out loud! :)