the best way to end a year...

and welcome a new one, is this.....

A Romance :

          Megha sneezed as the shoe-box slipped out of her hand.. she was in the store room sorting out stuff for new year celebrations... she leafed thru the several photos that spilled out.. taken during her college days each had its own memory attached... one of those showed her fooling around with Chetan.. Her first love at college... a jester, understanding guy whom she trusted like hell...they wud sit around for hours and talk nonsense..they flirted around without guilt and talked about future plans...they planned for a life time together...
          But then she joined a MNC after college.. thats where she met Ashwin, who swept her off her feet... a hunk he was, knew the rite words to say and always had a mischievous smile playing on his face... a heart throb for many girls, he was d most eligible bachelor...

 "MEGHA!!" the voice called from the hall, "are u still there alive or shud i inform your parents???" 

she started laughing as she came out and hugged her husband.. she always knew she did the right thing by choosing Chetan.... "Happy New Year"

A Free Verse :
there goes one...
making away for another..
no guilt, no regrets...
no strings attached..
or any thoughts scratched...
just another new one..
to completely relish and enjoy...

Welcome 2009, we are gonna rock together...

A Text:
Every year is a complete package in itself to me...  2003 taught me to cry.. 2004 made me strong.. 2006 caused me laugh a lot... 2007 made me realize i can hate someone with all my heart... 2008 was an eye opener by itself... i learnt, i sustained, i gathered and i lost...   Now i wait for 2009... lets see wat this Pandora has in her Box....

A Card:

Hmm now wat?? may be

A Click:

click cluck shluck...

See u on d flip side folks.... Party on...

d stupid rat, rams and goes splat...

In a haze..
u walk in a daze..
jacket to be dry-cleaned...
to get it preened...
the door wide open...
it stands like a wanton...

little did i know that it was Saint Gobain....

Ratzzzz..... now i am a hanuman sans d tail... mafia sans d gun... :-(

last 2 months has proven to be ill-luck for me.. first the knee injury, followed by an operation on kidney and now a swollen face, even if its just d left side... yuckkk.... my boss wishes me a eventless new year... fingers crossed i hope for the same... :-|

wen exactly do u realise...

that this is exactly wat is called d "extreme pain"?????

that "Enuf is enuf"??

that u have to move on????

A year that was....

                  i tot of doing a year end round-up... but that sounded too cheerful to post... :-P somewr in d middle of the year i stopped being pathetic and started being more cheerful.. thanks to blogging, dance classes, 12 hrs working schedule and some really cool friends, i was way too busy and happy about that..Yr 2007 end saw me cribbing about being alone and lonely.. not any more.. coz i dont care anymore...

                 two stays at hospital showed me who really cared and who didnt... i dint eliminate or stayed away those who didnt.. but i learnt whom to worry abt and whom not to...

                 @ d work end, i have come of age.. learnt how to handle lot many specimens and lot many situations.. but eventually transformed my empty glass cabin into a lively one mainly thru my smiles and unpretentious laughter..

                 this year saw me laugh mirthlessly,  cry hysterically, jump abt in joy, feel sad and lower than Mariana trench.... this year in short was a complete package... no regrets no looking back... rather i enjoyed this year more than any other past years...

Now all i do is look forward towards yr 2009... let it bring more happiness, more peace, more love into every one's life...

I wish....

... i wouldn't work on Holidays..  Its Christmas and i am still stuck in office... i just wanna run home and indulge myself in some awesome Christmas Cakes... Oh my luck....

in btw something i wrote yday on Stick man's request.. honestly speaking, i didnt like it.. but dunno y, stick man loved it...

A reason to smile...
A reason to celebrate...
A season for love...
A season to be loved,

Cakes and puddings..
Pines and Jewels...
gifts to be opened..
feast to be served...

Happiness and Optimism...
Everything connected to Christmas..

:-) ending with a wish from Mr. & Mrs. Claus... MERRY ChriSTmaS everyone...

Ten things u can expect from ur best Friend...

10. Listen to u patiently even wen u are bickering crap and he doesnt understand a single word of wat u are talking...

9. Write sweet little texts in your mother tongue and stun u at d middle of night...even wen he doesnt know more than saying hi and hello in your language..

8. Say i can't meet u but end up being with u more than his guy friends and family during home town visits...

7. Send u your favourite stuff from ur native even before u ask...

6. Know all ur schedules and activities and remind u, eventually leave u wondering "How did he know that??"...

5. Call u up @ 11 30 on ur bday nite and talk for half an hour just because he doesn't want anyone else wish u @ 12...

4. Understand something is wrong if he doesn't get a text for some 2 hrs and text u something stupidly sweet , making u smile...

3. Talk u out of your pain when u are seriously suffering..

2. Read ur mind and snatch words from ur mouth even wen u r hundreds of miles away and hardly meet...

1. Just be there for u, no matter wat time, wat place, wat situation and who is present...

This is for u, Wookie... ur Christmas gift... Thanks buddy.. as i said u before "wat ll i do without u??"... u made me believe in Friendship... u proved friendship doesn't means meeting each other and being there physically...   U proved relations are made without seeing each other..

Jab tak tu hai mere saath, everything will be alright...

Hearts, Love, Strawberry, Gerbra...

wat comes to ur mind wen u hear the word REd??

well.. i got this random tot as i was typing away a document today ... i updated that as my Gtalk and orkut status msg, immediately... i texted it to quite a few... well twittered it too...

the result... drum rolls please...

in First position came: Blood...

actually i expected this... some said the reason of recent Mumbai terror and with some it was quite obvious given he is a doctor... another person reasoned it was because of my post below..

came close behind in second position: Rose...

he he he... i wont say no to a red rose anytime....

other answers wr:
3. Santa, Christmas... this reminds me that i dont have an off for Christmas day... ... move over, i even have a major presentation on Christmas day.. great just great..

4. Anger... hmmm.. ya, my friend gets red in face wen he is angry... scarlet red is d exact shade...

5. Color.... well i ll be doomed.. i never knew Red was a color... i tot it was some Utopian chemical waiting to take over the world and turn it into Krypton... Great...

6. Random early detection.... AAAAAaaahhhhh !!!

7. Joker's Nose.... well now this is wat i say out of box thinking.. but one gets to think of common things wen asked a question suddenly...aint i rite???

P.S. # well... this question also made me do a change thats so obvious now... aint it???

choking on a dream… listening loudly to a silent Scream....

Massacare.. blood... chaos... crowd... trepidation... panic... Death... loneliness...

she woke up with a start... she had broken into a cold sweat..the air conditioner was working fine... may be she shud decrease the temperature..  she couldnt explain her anxiety... she suddenly felt frightened and lonely... may be she shud drink some water... that meant she had to cross the dark corridors to reach the kitchen...she chastized herself for not bringing a glass of water to the bed,before she slept...

she turned to her left.. he was sleeping peacefully... may be he was tired... he had no idea that she was terrified at this dearth of nite... may be he had a hard day at work and may face another big day tomm.. he was deep into sleep.. may be he took his sleeping pill again to ward of his back ache... may be she should wake him up...may be not... he slept like a baby...

her eyes fell on the thick gold chain around his neck... she often felt stifled when ever she saw that chain... he had started wearing that chain from their marriage day.. may be even before that.. may be when they had started their courtship... may be may be... he always stopped her from touching it...it was a forbidden object to her... he never took it off... he got fidgety whenevr she tried it take it off from him playfully..

tonight the curiosity got better of her... maybe it was given to him by someone special... she jogged her memory to remember if that was a wedding gift.. may be one of his friend's gifted him... she couldn't remember... she fingered the chain...it felt cold against her finger... she held it btw her fingers... it was thick, no doubt... it weighed heavy..

she let her fingers move on the length of the chain.. may be he will wake up.. may be he will catch her intruding on this space... may be not... her fingers came to rest on a heart shaped locket... she noticed it for the first time.. she hadnt noticed it before.. not in their frenzied moments of making out.. not in their lazy moments of lying side by side all limbs entangled up... may be she chose not to notice...

may be this was his secret...may be this contained the photo of his childhood sweet heart.. may be the girl he liked in his college days... may be someone from his office... may be not..ma be a picture of his fav god.. my be his parents..may be not... may be.. may be not...

she thought of opening it.. then she decided against it.. after all it was his secret... but then she was terrified tonight... she wanted something to take her mind off from that terrible dream... she weighed the locket against her palm.. it was feather light..sure it would open to reveal his darkest secrets... she ran her nail along the rim of the locket... the catch nudged her skin... she lightly opened it... may be she shouldnt..may be he will find out.. may be they will break into first of the many fights to follow... may she shud....

she opened the locket gingerly... the left side revealed a smiling him... she had captured him in that glorious smile..they had been laughing over their morning coffee.. she smiled to herself... she felt apprehensive to look on the right side.. may be shudnt..may be she shud stop peering and close the locket.. she couldnt bring herself to look further... she didnt want her dreams to shatter... but tonight she wanted to be sure...

she felt antsy..may she shud go get that glass of water... she nervously looked over... she broke into a sigh of relief... she wont need that glass of water any more tonight..may be tomm she will remember to get that glass before she retired to bed.. but tonight she ll sleep re-assured... she snuggled beside him and slept off instantly..

cause she know it was she who smiled back from that right side... she in her naughty moods goofing around wearing only his shirt... Tonight she feels warm...

revelations in last 24 hours...

• u know the recession is here to stay, when u see ur dear friend and his car separated :        SA-splutter-taking common office transport-choke on ur carrots... Damn...
• chewing gum relieves ur throbbing head : but not for long.. u spit it out and ur migraine resumes...
• attending a Parent's day function can transfer u back to ur school days : of course its a different issue when the staff categorize u as a school kid and u are too dumbfound to explain...
• cooking in dark can result in a burnt hand and a boiled back : oil and water don't go well with each other.. for the nth time, rmbr it ..
• when u just abandon the idea of eating out, ur maid spoils d food : excess salt in bhajiye, excess salt in dal and excess salt in vegetables is tolerable, but only in separate incidents.. not all at the same time...
• some ppl are so dumb that they expect u to inform them wen u are drugged and muddled up : even if i had full consciousness i would care less to inform these  dimwits.. 
• u discover a feature on ur camera only when a 5 yr old kid naively asks wat it is: ahem and this feature was the one i had been buggering my photographer friend saying its missing in my cam, Nemesis
• when u are tired u can sleep anywr anytime : never mind the hurting bum and swollen forehead..
• when someone smiles at u, just smile back : ur inability to recollect the face doesn't mean that u haven't met before.. just juggle ur mind for those faces completely hidden by face pack and cucumber slices the last time u visited a salon...
  
• d words revelation and relevation are little sticky : that u end up installing dictionary on ur sidebar..                    
  

i can see... i can see ur bright future...

well as a rule i don't believe in horoscopes, Tarot Cards and such stuff...dunno y but i classify them as time wasters... but i always take pleasure in reading my prediction of the day, at the end of the day... More often than not, this makes me laugh out loud wen the prediction and reality coincide...
Well its amazing...
Dec 6th: Party time.. open ur door for flowers and gifts... well everyone knows thats wat exactly happened...
Dec 10th: Take care of our health.. excruating pain to be expected.. Dingbats!! i was taken ill on the same day...
Dec 12th: Expect all your close friends to pay u a visit... you ll remain drowsy and tired.. Sheesh!! this happened for sure..

Wat had me in splits was today's column...
Dec 17th: Extreme Dietary restrictions will make u go on an Eating Spree... he he he...Please someone assure me peas pulao, egg curry, Pineapple juice, a Full bar of Temptation and tablets doesnt mean an eating spree... :P  

Well i think i am gonna sue these ppl for spying on me... he he he he 

its good to be back....

Well... wat to say..
here i am... alive and Kicking... Err.. don't know about the latter part but yeah i am back...

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missed my mail and blog in equal measures.. can't say the same about social network sites.. all my dear friends were near me and at the end of the day its all wat matters... Love came pouring in from unexpected territory and like always the expectations didn't match...

WTF am i writing??? this is supposed to be a fun post... but it doesn't bite to thank a bit u know.... Thank u folks... Esp to SA, Rich & PS...

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and to Rosh... Doctor, u are a GEM... now don't ask me to expand that..

now u got a doctor... then u got a friend.. wat happ wen both coincide.. well.. u laugh thru all ur woes even though ur friendly doctor knows wat u are going thru...

A trailer;
d Rat: Doc.. u can call me an angel now.. i feel like one..
Rosh : Ha HA.. i guess u got one of those fun white gowns..
d Rat: More of a Karate Dress.. whoopee i am a Samurai...
Rosh: Umm..  A white ninja who moves with the stealth of a gazelle.. until u poke her left tummy..Then she turns into a howling Hyena..
d Rat: How about shrieking Banshee??

Well that's that.. his humor and my own Doctors, Jha's and Karnawat's goodwill kept me going thru it...

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 Some more fun with Doctors..

@ IVP testing,
Doc: i am gonna feel ur stomach now... relax and take deep breathes..  Rat, ur stomach is on the softer side..
d Rat: Ummm , Doctor... u are moving upwards.. that's not my stomach..
Doc: #$%^&, ermm sorry  (Loved that shade of red, Ha ha ha ha)..

@ X-ray which involved pillows being tied to my stomach,
d Drugged Rat: in reality first u get preggie, then the delivery pain then u reach heaven, if u are unlucky.., its reverse here.. first i get the pain, then they make me wear white dresses and book me into sterilized heaven/hell and lastly they load my stomach... wow i am an angel and pregnant at the same time...

(retold word-by-word by a friend.. i have no recollection wat so ever)

after getting my diet chart,
d Rat: Why don't u simply say that i shouldn't eat, whatever a normal human being shud eat...

seriously ppl... the list includes fruit juices, vegetable juices, more fruit juices, bitter gourd(belch) and did i mention juice?... it excludes everything else.. :'( 
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trust PS to remember ur fav flower at such times... remember this??  sigh gud things and good guys are always taken...

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it gave me an ample time to read thru the Tin-tin collection MJ gifted me this b'day, the Golden Peanuts collection i got myself and watch Atlantis and Moulin Rouge again.... but eventually i got bored.. it was very unlikely of d Rat to sit at one place or lie down all day long..

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So how was ur week.. missed me anyone???

temporary shut -down of Tantrumzz..

dum da dee dum....

Hospitalized....

out of office.. out of internet.. out of everything for next one week...

my morning surprise...

 

A bloom and a bud... left overnight abandoned... wilting in the dark...smelting in the heat... sucking in the water... waiting for some water... next day dawns.. one dies and one is born....

Thats called "the Circle of Life"

turning 23 in style.....

no post day....

coz..... i have to rush of to a meeting in another 15 min and i am still busy with other work...
coz.... my mind is bogged down with apprehension and i know not wat...
coz.... i have this fleeting felling nibbling me that something is not right...
coz.... i am hearing this soul depressing music since morning and i am not switching it off even if i want to...
coz... coz... coz.....

coz......   its my Buhday tomm... yaay...

 but before i leave.... a one liner i uttered an hour back "For u too be important someone has to be impotent"    now don't ask me why i said this :-P

GRinZzz

this sure doesn't need a title.. or does it????

i have been writing in Hindi for some posters.. ok ok don't shout that i cant to write in Hindi.. but my calligraphy is good and all i have to do is look at the slogans n print them on bigger boards.. only thing is i am not able to get wat d heck i am writing...

DAmnation....

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two days back Y's mom gave me a glass of elaichi Milk (belch) wen we were leaving... now how to explain her that i don't drink milk.. so as a good girl (cough cough cough) i drank up the milk( belch)... it was funny as it had no taste and i tot milk used to be sweet... i sort of felt that i have to stir before drinking yet bottoms uped the whole glass, only to find the whole sugar sedimented at the bottom... Yuck..

More horrors... Adhir rite on cue forwarded this Text to me.. do much for telepathy..

U take a sip of coffee to find it bitter.. too lazy to get to the kitchen to add sugar u just drink up the coffe only to find sugar at the bottom...

 DAang...

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and at the rate i am reading books i may soon end bankrupt...  a book a day is the trend even as i complain i don't get much time.... btw i got myself a grand collection of Peanuts.. and yeah downloaded the complete collection of Calvin and Hobbes... but that wont stop me from buying Calvin and Hobbes-Grand collection the next time i visit Chennai...

also got the Countdown and The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh. Yaay... i am in love with AG...

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was bragging to MJ on the way to lunch today abt some purchase... all i get to hear was...

"You buy everything yourself... then why u want gifts?? leave something to others..."

GRinZzz... any answers..??

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ok chalo i am off to temple now... 

wr u know how d Rat is feeling...

d Rat is ....

• happy coz a friend of hers is selected in preliminary audition for a dance competition
• elated coz another friend gained confidence due to the same audition
• out of d sky coz her advice on relationships worked right to the T for yet another friend who also participated in that audition
• awkward coz she is having a Bad hair day.. thanks to winter energy saving policy of electric board...
• irritated coz she has not yet decided on weekend plan....
• ecstatic coz she got nice shots with her Nemesis yday...
• thrilled coz she found that her city actually feels like a hill station during winter(that is now)...
• idiotic coz she is wearing odd clothes... multi-colored neon stole, black kurta and enzyme washed jeans... thanks again to electric board... Grrrrrrr....
• contented coz she has started cycling again... thanks Doc for the green signal... now all u folks pray that i shudnt hurt my knee AGAIN...
  
• tickled coz she got her new dress yday from d designer and both have come out  nice...
• mirthful coz she is getting new shoes today... (how girlish of d Rat...)
• dejected coz she has no other blog fodder...he he he

:-) GRinZzzz... 

Wr non-stop chatter was wat everybody expected...

i reached the place 20 min before the scheduled time 'coz i tot d place wud be crowded and ppl wont be able to recognize me.... but the food court was empty with only a lovey dopey couple... with time to kill, i borrowed a pen and started scribbling innocuously...

Two guys walked over hesitatingly and asked if i was d Rat... unfortunately i am one... :-P they turned to be Sherkhan and his blog partner Maitili... They informed that a couple of bloggers from Ratlam had left saying it was getting late.. come on it was not even 7 pm, the time fixed and agreed upon... Then i noticed Hussain walk along looking lost... i waved him in.. his excuse "i had never been here"... Tried calling Ashwin and Gunjan.. Gunjan was already on the escalator...

Soon Vaibhav joined us.. Ravi and his non-blogger friend Abhiruchi joined us an hour later...

if i had expected initial hesitation among the guys, there was none.. oh yeah except for Maitili.. but even he started talking animatedly once questioned about his school.... the youngest of us all Maitili is just 19 and writes great stuff in Hindi...


Sherkhan got serious when asked to explain about his choice of subject, Anarchism... it was real heated up discussions but happily enough there was general acceptance of his views..

Gunjan had the spotlight all thru the 2 & 1/2 hour meet.. that was natural coz his recent promotion of being a father and also his interest on Photography...

Hussain's Interest on Graphic Novels & Books had every one speaking up... arey he turned out to be the Son of a famous book stores owner here... hmmm... but wat embarrassed me was, i had met him couple of times at d store but i hadn't recognized him even though we are online buddies for quite sometime now... :-/ sheesh...


Vaibhav chose to be the silent listener talking only needed and emphasizing the widespread acknowledgment one gets if we write really good...


Ravi who was late talked a bit about IIM I.. this got Maitili interested and the had a conspiring talk for the rest of the meet... :-D

The discussions ranged btw Books, Sitcoms, Movies, Operation Cyclone, Politics and Indore, in general... Munching on the Cheese sandwiches, Burgers and btw sips of Coffee nobody noticed the time slipping away... the plan for an hour long meeting extended well beyond 2 hrs... some pics for u...

Some myths associated...

• atleast two believed that i was a guy until the meeting...
• atleast one was skeptical of me given my not so old look....

Some lines that stuck in my mind...

"No booze is not wat boys meets finally spirals down to... its wat the meeting starts with "

"All Booker prize winners are crap. Period"

"If someone from Indore causes terror will u end up destroying the whole Indore ??"

 :-D all in all it was a great meeting.. thank u guyzzz... we rock...

P.S # 1: Thanks to Gunjan for the Refreshments.. boy wr we all starving....
P.S # 2: Thanks to the Food court guy who lent me d pen and went mysteriously absconding...
P.S # 3: i 'll end with a pic of Relative of me who came visiting yday nite, who i finally drove out.,.. Sheesh "how unfriendly this Rat is, ain't I?"

P.S # 4: The official countdown begins... yaay....
P.S # 5: No more Post scripts.. ha ha ha ha

Dr. Wonderbutt and d Rat....

d Rat a fresher at Blogger High School...

     she had been a part of The New Wordpress Convent till know... but even there she had been much of a loner keeping to herself... Ppl rarely identified her in all the crowd... then she thought change is necessary and transferred to Blogger High School (BHS)... 
    
       the initial days were a flurry with d Rat trying to be anonymous... she used to observe other students from a distance and marvel at them.. after sometime she tried to start conversations with them but left hurriedly thinking she may sound naive... but there was an exception.. this senior student replied to her every question.. he motivated her to keep talking to ppl and mingle with them... one day he came finding for her in the vast Orkut cafe... he left without talking yet she noticed... this time again she made an effort.. thus started a friendship in BHS... He was none other than Dr. Wonderbutt.... 

OKAY...... that sounded lame.. but i tried a bit to develop a story, in vain... :-P thats in short me and Dr. Wonderbutt oops sorry Dr. Roshan R met over Blogsville.... our dear doc writes at Godyears., which is incidentally celebrating its 3rd birthday today...

started on Nov 30, 2005, Godyears is a spot which is sure to pull those uptight corners of your tight-straight lips Upwards.... Rosh is nothing less...goes no end to make u laugh and even his texts are fun filled that u look forward talking to him.... i just can't still believe that he is a doctor by profession...  like hello, when did doctors turn funny... my Personal doctor's jokes always contain a medicine, a broken bone or a teeth extracting method which often sends me in search of a crocin or vasograin..

Rosh aka Wonder butt aka ur friendly neighbour hood Peacock man aka Pythorosh.... i can just go on listing his nicknames(and earn a kick on my butt :-P) if i permitted i may quote most his oneliners which we have shared over emails and texts.... but i ll hold that a treasure.. so a complete no no, u don't get to know the funny bone of this doc....

a true connoisseur of food, lover of 'electric' blue color, d only doctor with an extra large funny bone... Here we go Roshan...

First we have Mr. Abercrombie waiting with flowers for you...

 

Then Blues Clues tot "how can Godyears celebrate its bday without me wishing"...so it came trotting... and shouted " Happy birthday Godyears"








Various Celebrities including Ms.Melony Musa, Mr. Crafty Glue, Mrs. Beachy Turf, Ms. Electric Blue and Ms. Mushy Flora send in their wishes...

and in d Rat style.."RoSh , Go forward & let d victory be urs" .. For as your mom said sometime back " The name you make from now on..Let that be yours"

And Drum Rolls pleaseeeeee......  An award for the King, who stands out everytime..

God Bless Godyears and Dr.Wonderbutt oops... Roshan Radhakrishnan....

P.S : Rosh... i worked my butt off the whole day for this post... mind you.. let it not go unnoticed...

my conversationzzz since 26th evening...

Thru Texting..

Wookie : Hold on!! Bomb Blast at Mumbai...
d Rat : Wat?? wat happ??
Wookie : Synchronized Bombing and firing at Taj and Trident...
d Rat : Shit...

Calls up Vasu...

Vasu: (picks up saying) i am safe at college, Rat..
d Rat : Thank Goodness... stay put
Vasu : I 'll.. Blasts in South Mumbai.. Two Hotels, 2 Hospitals and a Theater.. and yeah Nariman House included...
d Rat: Shit...

Desperately tries to Call Big Boss, who has left to Mumbai and stays at our Guest house opposite to Nariman House.. Leaves him a Text enquring his safety...

Big Boss : Do Not Worry Rat..I am safe and off to Italy...

Heaves a Sigh and desperately calls up every friend at Mumbai regd their safety... was up for most of the nite following every one thru texts and calls.. slept off some time during the nite... wake up to the texts saying the attacks were still fresh, well in the afternoon on 27th... was smarting with pain when d news came in that a colleague's Husband was a victim at Taj Hotel firing the previous nite...

Texts kept on coming in:

Wookie : Rat... Got to see the video of the terrorists... we can well pass him off as some college student..
Rosh : These guys will do anything in the name of getting a ticket to Heaven...
SV : Lots of Friends have been shot down, Rat.. its all hunky-dory... the terrorist guys are so young.. wat made them do this stuff...

         Most of the texts were regular updates on wat has going on.. for the first time in life, regretted the absence of  an idiot box at home and not being glued to it... every time such Terror attack happens i go thru a gut wrenching moment.. it feels so crappy.. ppl are scanned/denied entry for wearing sandals and carrying outside food, when entering a Hotel... Damn!! can't u guys sniff out RDX and its relatives in the same vein... all this synchronized shooting and blasts... how long and how much do they dedicate for these stuff...

         It came as a shock to me when the movie A Wednesday showed a smart-looking-tech-savvy guy as a terrorist.. but when i see the images of the terrorists invovled in this operation i find no major diff... this is wat we have come to... young children being trained and brought up as terrorists by LTTE in Srilanka and so so many Jihad troupes of Islamic Nations... Caste and religion has no demarcation here... Damn Damn...

       i am smarting with Pain and anguish and not able to concentrate on anything... above this Nisha at Chennai... 37 dead so far... offices, colleges and schools have been declared holiday.. even the Rain or Shine, ever working Chennai branch of my company is enjoying a much sought after holiday...

       Words are failing me and i refuse to see any fresh updates on both cities.. but Wookie keeps on calling me to let me know of the situation.. i wont stop him, coz thats his way to vent out anger...

My silent prayer to these Terrorists " Please Let us in some peace... Please please please...Pretty please with sugar, cherries and cream on top."... but will they hear me out?.. am i sure that they wont give me bullets and bombs in return...? any answers anyone... Damn.....

Edited to Add: This is a Text i just got now...

 Please forward Raj Thackeray's phone number, if u find it..dont know wr he is wen u need him, want him to go and save amchi m,umbai along with his mn sainiks... "THE" sons of the soil. Army, NSG commandoes are not Marathi Manoos...

any comments ppl??

I will be okay coz I feel fine....

thanks for d calls, comments and mails, amigos... but seriously i am fine...

was overwhelmed with the support.. Wookie and Shesha insisted that i continue my dance classes, when i was all for bunking it till i felt better... M called up and insisted that i leave for home immediately ( he sent home the point by mailing the same in next half hour)... R and MJ for trouping into my cabin, giving me a warm hug and sitting there silently while i ranted out everything... YA for numerous gtalk pings.. JD for calling up even though he was busy with his wedding preparations, which is tomm... PK for dragging me into her shopping spree and make me buy a couple of Khadi Handloom stuff...  Rosh, Anki, Saim and Ash for their prayers... Ravi for shaking a finger at me and warning no more cry posts..

Pop is lot better now and is back to work... he has been scheduled with further treatment on my birthday.... Great, just great... but thats ok.. the treatment is lot more important..Shesha has promised to travel down to be with my parents... i am going down home btw Christmas holidays, coz thats the earliest i can avail my leave...

Mom is worried about me now.. getting constant calls and texts.. think, i shudnt have cried over phone.. they are stunned to hear me cry after 6 yrs...last time i cried, i think, was when i was stupidly involved in an accident during my 12th class and ended up in hospital for months... :-) he he he..its funny to think abt it now...

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in all this juncture K and L haven't yet bothered to ask wats wrong... not that i care anymore...the drift btw me n K is getting wider day after day.... dunno how we are still sharing the same roof over our heads... its always  iPod over my ears and L by her side... we don't even discuss stuff related to house now...

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i have put hold on all plans for the party... i may go on a simple get-together-over-coffee rather than a full lunch bash i had planned for... Wookie and his friends are having a party @ Chennai on the D-Day... but Wookie will take care of that.. so no frills there.... R went bang-bin-bang wen i said, i had canceled the party... i may end up beaten.. save me ppl... :-P

Wishes for B'day have started coming.. but i really don't have the idea why this early.. is there a hidden agenda???? Beats me... 

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 Quality months come to an end this 30th.. i have to judge a couple of Essays, Slogans and Posters, all on quality... the Quiz competition went fine.. but not as good as it used to be in college... my Compering skills didnt help either coz the response was very poor from Colleagues... only a handful turned up... Daang...

The winners are getting ludicrously beautiful gifts that i wish i had been a participant instead of playing the host.. but thinking again, i was the one who chose the gifts rite?... he he he

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Missed d company Vehicle yday morning.. actually over slept.. tot will come in private bus... heck i forgot its Election season and inter-district transport is not allowed... Daang.. i, anyhow waited for an hour and got one... a mini van posing as Bus... my dear sweet poor knees.. throbbed with pain all day.. doc warned not to stress it, as d ligaments are still weak and i have stopped my steroids... :-( and above this a fellow commuter and the driver tried to act fresh with me.. i played dumb and kept quite.. it was me against a whole van of guys.. Scary.. i am not repeating this again... Daang...

And yeah.. its d election day tomm...  ppl have warned me not to be out my room... it will be real Show tomm with all the party agents and stuff... Daang again....

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 i have two deadlines and a week long training program in the offing.. don't ask me, then wat i am doing online.. i am taking hours to complete this post.. the power of multi-tasking... this will be the third training i ll be organizing.. that too on my fav subject, Business Models.. i am all excited..

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i have been asked to be off Chocolates by my Doc... Choc is my migraine trigger and as winter has started, Doc has advised to go slow and strict on my diet... i have two boxes of dark chocolates and a box each of Nestle Milk chocolates and Dairymilks.. is anyone ready to take it off my hands.. its really tempting and the stock is not exhausting even after giving away most of them to random colleagues... they are suspicious that how can a Choc addict like me can willingly give away chocs... Daang.... like i am willing to do it.. i am being Pushed ppl....

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i am not writing for NANOWRIMO even though i started... why?? coz i killed away my Heroine and made d romantic story into a murder thriller.. and i don't like wat i have written even a bit... Daang Daang Daang...

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and yeah.... i got my Bday dress... purchased it from Fabindia.. the collection was named  as Teen India... as PK pointed out i am no more a teen, passed that period years ago.. yet i like to thrive in d teen feeling, so got it... He he he... and the other two are the handloom material i got at a local Handicrafts exhibition...

 Talking about dresses, i got a silk bandhini material as Diwali gift from a cousin... had got it stitched into a suit... now i am working with some brocade, glitters and beads on it.. was reminded of the days wen i designed whole Saris with thread, bead and embroidery work while in college... hope my creativity hasn't died out yet... will upload a pic wen i am done... _________________________________________________________________________________

 Will end here i think.. this bar of Milk chocolate near my key board is tempting me at large...blas·phe·mous...

Ouch that was a very long post..... :-P

and yeah, Wookie threatened that if i mention him anymore he will take over my blog.. so i expect some hacking in next few hours... :-P   and of course... have u given a thought about this....

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no title here...

if u r here so that this Rat can cheer u up or pep up ur mood, u can give this post a skip.. its a cry post and i want it to get out my system, hence the post.... now sodd off, u lurkers...

Pop got his first Stroke attack wen i was doing my class 12th... it started as acute migraine attack and i was packed away as i had several exams to be given.. when i was back, i came to know about the gory details and found my dad ridden to bed... it really broke me down, d behavior of my family.. hiding everything from me just because they didn't want to interrupt my education... Fine with me... Pop's health improved but by that time i had moved out of house... i went home during vacations but that was sparing...

its 6 yrs since i am out of home... i rarely go home.. i don't want to justify myself for not going.. coz thats me.. doing everything on whim.. popping a surprise visit then not going home for months... but i call home almost daily.. almost i say coz some times i might have slept off soon...

All fine... why this now suddenly... Pop got a stroke attack again.. it seeems the attack came a week back and damn they didnt l\let me know, AGAIN.. i had talking to mom daily but not a word she uttered.. she was all composed that i cudnt even recognize anything amiss... i had this something is not right feeling all week but i blamed that upon my own silly brain... how i came to know.. my stupid stupid bro texted me...

i am crying sitting in office for d past half an hour... for a change i am not bothered wat my colleagues wud think abt a weak Rat...  i am just not able to stop my tears.. i want to stop everything and be there wtih my parents.. want to kick my bro and sis for hiding everything from me since a week... kick my bro for his inability to handle the situation and for texting to ask my help... kick myself for being so away from my family for so many yrs...

JUst Just Just....

Sorry DS, DKV, PS, YA n S. .. i had just got the news and was crying.. cudnt respond to u guys...
Sorry guys.. if english,my incoherence and my grammar sucks in this post.. i just don't have d himmat to go thru it again..

random post...

coz my stupid brain is scattered enuf..... u want to know why... why that my head is throbbing with pain.. why i am sick in stomach... and why my teeny-weeny brain is unable to think straight...

Drum Roll....... And the reason is...

excessive partying...  @#$%^&

Monday Nite : Me, P and Y after class freak out..
Tuesday : P and Me.. freak out @ CP
Wednesday  : Arti Di's Marriage Party...
Thursday : P an me... again but this time @ both TI and CP...
Friday : R bhaiya's n S bhabi's Wedding anniversary party...
Saturday : Me, Zuhhu and Rusty Dinner freak out...

Damn... @#$$%^^&&* and i have two meetings and a lecture to conduct... lemme not sleep giving the presentation...

P.S # 1 on a happier note, i am going thru my-wat-to-name-this-feeling phase... wish me luck ppl... ouch, are my cheeks red??? :-) GRiN.....
P.S # 2 Yeah Yeah i dressed up for both the wedding parties... First in gold and next in White... but i dont have a face-off pic for u :-(
P.S. # 3 We did Merengue on Friday nite @ Dance Class.. my partner JD was absent so had to partner with a girl... N was a good partner.. JD joined in later, he was great... :- GRiN....

I am a book.. open one.. write all over me, will ya???

but thinking again, Please stop after giving me a TITLE.... :-P

Yday evening  JD of my dance class sent me this Text msg...

"Suppose i am a book.. Its still  Untitled.. U R given a chance 2 give it a a title... What it should be..??"

Funny question but liked it a lot.. wanted to know wat really ppl think abt me.. so, the Rat promptly forwarded it to a select close circle of friends... the response was mind numbing... some ppl yet have to explain.. and i know i ll make them cough up the reason :-)

The Titles, i am entitled to... :-P

1. Sugar and Salt - JD
   
2. Pagal Bandariya (Mad Monkey) - MJ
   
3. Taoji aur unki Jaadooi Chadi (Big Dad and his Magic Stick) - DB
4. Shaan (Pride) - MK
5. My Amma (My Mother) - SR
6. Rat, the lovable- SK
   
7. Kannavu kanni Rat (Dream Girl Rat) - SH
8. How to become CEO in 30 days - SD
9. Versatile - NP
   
10. Are u a game for it? - Big B
11. The Unexpected - AR
12. Popular Express -YA
13. Miss Popular-PK
14. The Personality -  AS
15. Work in Progress - SA
    
16. Pandora Box - PK
17. Usually Unusual - RR
    
18. SODIUM : highly reactive - PS

Whoa.. that's quite a list... ain't it...
go on... if i pose the same question to u, wat will u name me??? Answers.....

Wat is this...

wat is happening to me...
wat is this feeling..
why am i feeling so apprehensive...
why am i not able to put a finger on one single thing...
why is indecision...
why am i so uncomfortable...
why this uncertainty...
wat is this congestion..
why am i feeling like hard kick landed on my stomach..
why this pitstop feeling....


why this need for Pudinhara....DAmn..

Thinking back i shouldn't have had those Panipuris from the road-side vendor yday...But again this Rat craves for such earthly pleasures  :-P

gimme a pencil, paper and sum time.. this is wat u get... Part - 3...

Find my previous works here and here... continuing...

DaMn.........

Just when u are going thru a stupid phase and have lots n lots to discuss, both ur best friend's mobiles go plonk...

DaMn... DamN... DAmn......

a couple of rants.... random at that...

• i had accidentally subscribed to Hello tune last month.. unsubscribed it this month as i find this whole hello-tune/caller tune/welcome tune business a complete crap... i got this msg from the airtel CCC 

"Your HT subscription has been stopped & your callers will now listen to tring tring"

           Tring tring??? now seriously... what? why?

• the other day was walking back from shopping... a black cat crossed the path and all the traffic came to a freeze... it was like who will cross the path first... i was plainly irritated seeing the freezed group not only had oldies but a good measure of youngistan too.. i just crossed the same cat-crossed-path and i assure nothing untoward has happened to me still.... Gawd.. wen will these ppl learn... black cat..bah.. its plain superstition... slap slap slap.. grow up ppl...
  

Maa da ladla bigad gaya....

i laughed on so much that i had tears streaming out of my eyes.. and for a change i didnt glance at Vicky if he was enjoying it or not, seriously i wasnt bothered... i was having a huge ball of time after so long time...

right from John walking as a ..ahem ahem.. Amul Macho Model to the end... it was a complete laugh riot...  fell in love with Abhi all over again... the perfect timing and his humor sense carries the movie forward.. J does all but look dumb for most of the movie... Piggy chops looks bootylicious... Khiron Kher is really sweet.. being herself, advising PC to be strong and then accepting Abhi's choices.... LOL factor...

the Venice "story", immigration officer and lot many...Loved this comedy of errors...

and for heavens sake.. guys learn from Abhi and John (aka Sam n Kunal)... a lesson or two from them will teach u how to woo/impress a girl... i personally vote for Sam's way... so touching... sighs....

Go just watch it with couple of your friends... and drop that ugly brain of urs for dry washing if u are one of those critics...

another one...

Wow... Some tag i say.. really... now i can know all u folks better.. ;-P

 Ok... comments section is all urs..  kindly answer and as Saim says from the heart, in an unadulterated way...


 Here we go...

#1. Who are you?
#2. Are we friends?
#3. Something I have and you want.
#4. Give me a nickname and xplain y u picked it.
#5. Describe me in a word.
#6. What was your 1st impression of me?
#7. Do you still think that way about me now?
#8. What reminds you of me?
#9. If you could give me anything what would it be?
#10. How well do you know me?
#11. How do you see me in the future?
#12. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
#13. Are you going to post this in your blog and see what I say about you?

:-P  

So.. wats d big deal...

YUP.... i am just overcoming a ligament Tear.... and i am down with flu since d last 5 days... yday got an allergy attack and am on steroids now.... So wats d big deal....

PA @ class exclaimed "how do u keep going, di?"... i was like wats d big deal..

If u think a little virus and a tear is going to keep me tied down, U r terribly wrong.. Yeah i stopped cycling for the time being but i have not stopped anything else.. i still keep dancing, eventhough i look like a two-legged-froggy doing a hip-hop session... i still am freaking out till 1 o clock @ nite thanks to all my dance class friends... i still come to office,almost daily..almost daily coz i took off yday... But i havent stopped anything.... i say wats d big deal...

but obviously, i should thank a few... YA and PK do their level best to help me out... both of them have taken up to pick up and drop me every evening... PK makes it a point to dine with me every nite... YA keeps reminding me to go slow while dancing esp which involves jumps... i get numerous calls, texts and Gtalk pings from these two enquiring about my health, that i almost feel they keep an hourly check on me... I am so happy and thankful to you two ladies... u two make my day and i never feel alone now-a-days... to all others who are least bothered about me, esp my roommate K and her bf L, i say wats d big deal???

on a lighter note.. something my doc said yday nite... "jump around Rats... i know, that being confined makes the bubbly girl in you sick..." Aye Aye doctor...


So...wats d big deal...

Mega wishlist....

Re-collecting this list....  

i still want the Wooden Puppets, Kathakali Mask, Blue teddy bear and the resin thing.... Adding to the List,

i Want, i want and want :

•  a pair of fish... guppies will do... but please let your imaginations venture unknown territories in this area... :-P
• collection of Disney movies... have been trying to get this but in vain... Pixar collection will also do.. but Disney will be highly appreciated... :-D
  
• Collection of Tin tin Comics...my comic strip fav includes Beetle Bailey, Garfield, Blondie, His and lois, Archies and much more.. but Tin Tin is always my hero... ;-)
  
• Aromatic Candles... Anytime.. give it to me baby... :-P
  
• Turquoise Jewelery.. actually i am ready to get these myself.. but Mom says that turquoise being my birth stone it should be gifted to me... she and her superstitions... but who am i to question Supreme courts verdicts....  ;-D

 But i will be more happy if u cud help by donating at CRY or sponsoring a Girl childs education...
Donate here... 

And for Heaven's Sake avoid these :
- Ceramic Figurines... these are so old school.. puhleasee....
- Flower vases.. grow up buddy...think out of the box..
- Crockery.... last year i got so so much that i didnt even bother to open them.. so please enuf of this...
- Pen Holders.. seriously, this is the last thing, that the cluttered Rat will need... no no no...

 

So now u know what to give me(& what not to) come Dec...  mail me to get my address... he he he.... 

and yeah i almost forgot... if u are at Indore on Dec 6th by any stroke of luck @ 8 pm, do drop me a note... i invite u for the party, i will be hosting.. oh run Rat run.. so many this to be arranged... :-P

Ofcourse.... Flowers, chocolates are welcome anytime.... sheesh how desperate one becomes...

ahem ahem ahem...

Last week was on a call with mom.. as i was about to hang up,
Mom: so wat have u planned this year?
d Rat: Huh?
Mom: Arey for the Big day ma...
d Rat(still clueless): how much big day?
Mom: RAT!!! since u joined that demmed job u r forgetting everything.. its acceptable if u forget others bday but ur own bday.. that's ridiculous!!!
d Rat: (100 watts bulb moment) he he he.. (trying to save some dignity) actually i was thinking something else
 Mom: #@$%^ (Ouch! never knew Mom cud swear like that)

Later, i was busy trying to crack some complicated looking minitab files, S anna calls up
S anna: What u want this year?
d Rat: (engrossed in the file) Minitab de-coder...
S anna: WAT?? r u sure...
d Rat: yup... that's d sheer need of the moment.. Wait a moment.. why are u asking?
S anna: For your bday wacko..... don't say u forgot...
This time actually i didn't, was just messed up with work...

But a couple of days back... Shesha called up... after discussing Teddies, Ferraro Rochers, Shoes and  Knights & Walker, he was about to hang up. Suddenly,
d Rat: Hey Shesha, know wat? my bday is coming up...
Shesha: (patiently) then why d hell do u think i was discussing all ur fav things???
d Rat: __________


So to avoid further Foot-in-mouth moments and to remind myself constantly, i am gonna put up a wish list... then ctrl+c:ctrl+v the link n article to all my non-blogger friends as well...
 And even better, will get that excel file MJ created to remind himself about his wedding date... @#$%^ Like anyone will forget their own wedding... Talk about IT geeks...

 

P S: How does it feel to find that your dear friend had captured you in your own camera.. that too in a natural way when u were pretty oblivious to d situation... that too wen u were in your fav dress and regreting later that u forgot to click yourself in that attire.... YAAY...i certainly felt everything as in d collage...

I love you...

I love you. It's not a rope to tie u down. I love you. It's not a compromise i make. I love you. It's not a gift to be returned back. I love you. It's not because of your gorgeous looks. I love you. It's not a criteria to be met. I love you. It's not my life's base. I love you. It's not a fuss i create. I love you. It's not a spilt milk i cry upon. I love you. It's not a appeal i beg for. I love you. It's not a committment to be made. I love you. It's not so complicated. I love you. It's not for wat i want you to be. I love you. It's for wat you are. I love you. It's for wat u mean to me. I love you. It's for just being there. I love you.


P.S: Inspired by a random anon quote that iGoogle spit on me.

Lunchtime conversations...

d Rat: Talli hua talli hua... yaaron dekhon talli hua... (i got drunk i got drunk.. see friends, i got drunk) (random Hindi song)
M : D was only there for 15 min with u and i can see d effects...
D : Why are u pulling me into Rat's madness...
d Rat: (looking at D) Bewda tumi ho...(you are the drunkard)  (another random Hindi song with my own lyrics)


Everyone burst out laughing.... :-P  yeah yeah Rat is trying to sharpen her funny bone.... Failing miserably most of the times...

now thats wat i call Engrossing...

Saw this movie Italian job yday...  the title song got me floored first.. then the initial Gold pilfering scene got me out of my lounging-in-the-beanie-with-a-bored-look pose to a-sit-upright-with-eyes-unblinking pose... the ensuing actions kept me hooked on.. the one-liners left me yearning for more...

Awesome..Fantastical...  a movie i can watch any no of times...

Fav One-liners:

• I trust in everyone.. its d devil inside the people that i dont trust..
• There are those who steal to enrich their lives and those who steal to define their lives.
• The word ‘fine’ actually stands for: freaked out, insecure,nervous and emotional

Hmmm....

gimme a pencil, paper and sum time.. this is wat u get... Part - 2...

Part 1 is here...

A warm fuzzy feeling...

was blog hopping again today... Came across this girl... Girl! love your name.. know don't ask me why.... as i always say "Heart has its reasons known best to itself"  and coming back to the point loved ur post here... so i tagged myself.. here is my list...

Happiness to me is....

• 5 more minutes of sleep, esp on a wintry morning...
• being complimented u look nice, even when i make no extra efforts...
• a hot cup of Lemon-honey concoction, a book, my Bean bag chair and Jazz music...
• a walk in the park, with children running askew, old couples holding hands and smiling coyly..
• a ride on my bicycle,Camilla, in an empty road...
• clicking away with my cam, Nemesis...
• call from Wookie/ Shesha/ Home as per mood...
• a pencil, a  soft eraser, sketch pad and lots of time...
• a double scoop of Choco-Almond Fudge...
• sleeping in some-one special's lap...

And the biggest.....

• not having  a BaD HaiR DaY...

 he he he he... d last one was is not a true one.... so wat is happiness to u... lemme know...

Pearls from Wookie...

"Lightening, thunder, storm, heavy rain... all emotions of cloud are out..."

"Morning emotions..fights for water between neighbors... when they manage to get their share, supply is off... kids fighting and making faces not wanting to go to school, fathers pushing..."

"i had 250 gms of black grapes.. it has converted into wine.. n now i am drunk.."

 "How different are two ppl, one starving due to lack of food, the other due to lack of love?" (a post i did on this here)

and this dude claims he cant write, wat ever i say.... Wake up baby... u can write far better than u think...

Robbed in Broad daylight...

if any one wud kindly remember, November is celebrated as Quality month... i had charted a clear plan for the whole month with events ranging from drab Lectures to exciting Quizzes, Competitions and even an Industrial Visit...

A colleague from HR came in & took a look as the plan was just lying around on my table.. not even half an hour and a similar plan was shooted around by d HR dept... Talk about IP theft... i am fuming now...


Psst: I am in the mood of De-lurking.. so all u bloggers out there, if at all u get a comment from D Rat, Fear not... its just the harmless me...

Bend in the road...

Not because it was in-evitable... not because its constant....

But because i wanted...

Change from this

 
to

I think i need some flare, flame and more life...

Still, call me wat-ever u like...

This is me.... but something odd happened on Friday...

I crossed my fingers,involuntarily as i saw a mail van... but i uncrossed it immediately thinking "Wat are u gonna wish for, Rat??"

Its not like i have everything and i wish for nothing.. but i didn't feel like asking for anything.. till a couple of years ago, i always wished for the well being of a dear friend inspite of our many many fights... then after moving to Indore, i saw less of these vans, as my 6.30 am - 7 .00 pm schedule guaranteed that my life is confined to the 4 walls of my glass cabin(okss one wall is of brick)...So i was pretty happy to see this Shiny Red Mail Van... but shocked myself by uncrossing the fingers...

Deep Breath.... going thru this again, i still feel happy wen i see a pair of black birds... But my star gazing days are gone... i instead hit my bed praying for the sleep to descend on me quickly... i still make a wish before blowing out the candle but visiting a temple and 5 am dreams have become a rarity.. its 7 weeks since i paid Mr.Dutta a visit and practically i don't remember the dreams if at all i get any... And i don't give a damn about a broken mirror....

Sighsss.. how much u change in so much short period... i think i should spend more time to stand and stare...

Skin show -unlimited...

yup Madhu Bhandarkar's reality movie Fashion... My take on it..

Piggy Chops aka Priyanka chopra : Now how old is she yaar.. looks chic in every shot... The change of Attitude to arrogance.. the fab expressions.. the confidence, d insecurity... this girl just got herself a new fan...

Kangna Raunat : had loved her always.. n d role suited her fine... felt bad for during the ward-robe malfunction scene but couldnt bring myself to believe that actually crying follows it in reality...

Fashion World : Well i believed that something similar happens there, so no surprises...

Other Lukka-chukkas and yada yada's : Well this was entirely a Piggy Chops movie so Line up at the back everyone... Yeah i am talking to u Arbaaz khan," i liked ur Tattoo, yup.. but u are just another male chauvinist"
and hey u Arjan Bajwa, "if u can't understand ur partner who are u gonna understand??" and haan, don't think i am gonna leave u out Ashwin Mushran,"actually i liked u.. sweet helping poor MM till d end" and yeha Janet "You wr gorgeous too.. so was ur husband"...

Gayness : Spare Me d horror... :-P either the guys are freaking gays or Fornicators using the gals and guys equally... yucks... 

:-) watchable...

emotions unlimited,,,,,

Well.... it was mixed.....

it was my first Diwali @ North India... Since last year i made it a point to travel back home during diwali.. Last  year was a riot with me planning to go home at the last moment and taking a train, bus, taxi, a Lorry and finally a auto to reach home, wr this happened to me :(... I was sort of looking forward this year... First surprise was on Dantheras, 2 days before Diwali.. R took me to d class Pooja... Tarun obviously didnt expect me and it was a surprise to him.. we did aarthi and had huge fun as none of us knew how to do a pooja... rite from me drawing the Swasthik the wrong way to R playing Hanuman chalisa during Laxmi pooja, we did all sorts of goof ups... 
Mom called up and i felt very nostalgic...Missed home :'(  VB called up and we made a spontaneous plan of hitting the road... Both in our pjs were driving around the city when VB took himself as my self appointed guide and have me a quickie about Indore city.. it was midnight and we hit the local Food Bazar aka Chowpati, SARAFA... several gulab jamuns, aloo tikkis, Dahi vadas, Garadus & Rose-milk Milk shakes later, we found it fit to return home....


So obviously Diwali morning found me still sleeping... This happ and then R took me to class... Pooja was already over, but i got to meet Tarun's family... it was a riot with Tarun's mom urging us to show her how to dance(she is an awesome Kathak Dancer, in btw).. we danced a bit and patakas were cracked :-P  But d ultimatum was i COULDN'T Sleep a wink.. all my neighbors found it fit to fire crackers late it into nite... i Like it NOT... one another wacko actually tot a brilliant idea of pooling all his crackers into a big box and fire it.. it continued bursting for an hour, and my migraine peeked into Mt.Everests and Mt.Etnas.. i actually ran out and shouted at my dear neighbor for giving me this third degree treatment... Heck... i finally went to sleep by 3 or 4 am... @#$%&^

Padwa went fine with me curling up with Swati Kaushal's "A Girl Like Me"... Mr.Beans it was in the evening .. Hot chocolate, Grand Latte and conversations on a wooden sofa under a neem tree with light breeze and twilight bulbs... Heaven.... ;-)

Wake up with a call from Wookie's Mom on Bhaiyya-Dhuj.. Went over for lunch... the Heavy meal made me sleep.. went for Fashion, d movie at around 10 pm... it was irritating back home at 1 am, with my stomach rumbling and me not able to find a single morsel of anything edible even after through-n-through  rummage of my stuff.. had a troubled sleep :-( .. me gonna stock up on junk food today evening.. ouch thinking again i will be busy today evening.. Wookie is leaving tomm u c... he he he he he

a collage of my mixed diwali... hope it captures all..and no there's no wookie picture of in there... ha ha ha

My Suppandi...

My dear Darling Nimmy aka Nirmala, doesnt understand much English and i can't make out her local Malwi language.. so its a laugh riot to hear us communicate to each other... Diwali morning (afternoon to be precise) i was lazing in my bed, and Nimmy was pampering me with stuff (food! Glorius Food!!)

Suddenly i looked up from the book i was reading and said "Nimmy darling I Love YOuuuuu!!!"... Pat came the reply "I love u too"... I was obviously floored :-P

Its another story that she went to K,quietly and asked wat does "i Love u" mean...seems she heard this phrase in some hindi movie... so much for innocence and ignorance... hmph....

 PS # Nimmy is my cooking maid...

funny ends...

Was talking something when NP interrupted... my Pearl "Assess the clarity of the situation,the speed and the acceleration.. and kick him hard in the head...." @##%$&

amused walk....

• While walking in a crowd, it has always been my habit to tilt at an angle to avoid ppl intruding my private space... To my amusement, a guy did the same thing when walking past me yday evening... :-P

• AT( a colleague) had me over for dinner yday evening... i wore a white pencil skirt and milky white high neck dress... Smiled to myself when some stranger called out to me as "Marshmallow"... another comment i received was " Smart and Savvy" again from a stranger...  Funny 

PS # Met Wookie just 5 mins back... i am still grinning.. don't ask why... :-D