And he Left...

VA left for Edinburgh.. or shud i say reached Edinburgh....

as he says he didn't have time to meet me or inform the time he was leaving... he scrapped once he reached Edin... felt very sad abt this whole issue..

VA was someone i liked so much... my first online friend who later on became a real close friend.. now he is no more by my side and a little birdie says he is gone forever.. not able to abolish this stupid tot...

Shucks... why shud be farewells so tearful...

VA : all the best in your life, where-ever u go, and wat-ever u do...

bliss.. euphoria... felicity....

no body will wake u up with a kick... you can opt for lemon honey tea early in the morning without anyone chastising you... you can wear anything u like and not worry abt it.... you get to choose your own lunch and are not subjected to the stereotypical Thayir Sadam and Urugaai... you can opt either to come home early or stay back at office.. you dont have curfews to return home at nights... you can check out any number of restros and pubs...

you need not worry abt hanging out with different set of ppl every time... you can follow your passions without any regret... you can learn anything u wish too... you can stay up until late into the night or early in the morning... you are not expected to attend all those weddings and parties of your relatives... you can put off the "nagging suitable" boys with i am busy...

you are not frowned upon wen u arrive at parties in a denim and tee with sports shoes... you can wear that single denim with different permutation combination of kurtas and shirts, and yet be called as Cool.... you can ride a bicycle and be appreciated for "Going green" and earn brownie points for being environmentally concerned...you are showered with praises for being the best hostess, when u cook(rarely) on weekends and invite ppl over...

Ah... the eternal Life of a Single Working Woman.... I am enjoying it... Bliss... Bliss

I am a pig and nothing less....

yeah.... given my look ppl dont believe i eat so much... but yday i surprised myself....

first it was Mutter-paneer patties, mushroom patties and black forest pastry @ Fantasy with S da... then it was uradh dal vada with chutney and Dosa with chutney with K and L @ home...then it was fruits, roti, Kadak roti, bhindi, rice, dal, Bhutte ki bhajiye with mint chutney, some mava ki sweet @ L's Place(a colleague).... and all this in a span of 2 hrs.... 7 - 9 pm...

now say... dont i hog like a pig...

Plaything...

cut off the electricity... gimme a burning candle... then this is wat yours truly does.... Click courtesy L - K's bf....

 

 

Head banging into Kutti-Chuvar*....

this happened a few days back....

Scene # 1:

Ppl: D Rat n Kopal, a kid at dance class..

Kopal: How was your class did??
D Rat: Wat Class, Green girl...
Kopal: Daily class... you are in class 9 rite?? me in class 7...
D Rat: @#$%^&

Scene # 2:

Me down me a tummy bug and was at d clinic... My regular Doc was away and his nurse was d only option left...

Nurse: (after complete check up) Are u sure you are not pregnant??
D Rat: WHAT D F@#$???

Now wat do this ppl take me for.... Lord please shed some light and enlighten these ppl....

* - Kutti-Chuvar means small wall in many cases in ruins...

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

 

  

 

woes of a bicycle rider...

Never, i repeat, never ride a bicycle when you are wearing a pencil skirt and pencil heels... it is seriously very very dangerous....

u dont believe huh??? come check out my lacerations and my brown skirt, which was incidentally milky white...
Hell.........................

Stupid common man...

Take Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, put them as lead protagonists and wat results is two hours of mind numbing bliss...
Impeccable  performance and even more incredible plot.. this is the type of movie which resurrects your hope on the failing media industry... this is the type of movie which you want to watch n number of times and never regret it...


There is the stony faced Jimmy Shergill who perfectly potrays his staunch Policeman and says "Bolke tho maar diya ho tha" (Atleast say before shooting) instead of screaming when hit by a bullet... Rogues and Explosive trafickkers shiver and pee just looking at him... wat more he hits his own constables wen they go wrong.. wat if no body else likes u Jimmy?? i Love you dear darling...

There is this Aamir Bashir as Jai.. married and with a kid... each expressions played on his face tells d story.... muah....

And then the wanna be reporter Nayna (now who is this chick???)... hilarious touch... otherwise normal voice changes into a funny kinky one wen she faces d cam... U rock babe...

The head constable, the hacker kid and all those supporting characters who try to save Naseerudin Shah at the end.. beautiful beatiful...

Anupham as the Police Commissioner... Fantabulous choice.. the moment when he meets Naseeruddin... man epic re-defined scene... kudos to both of them...

Mr.Shah... the stupid common man.. he cruises thru the whole movie as smoothly as a swan... Are u taken Mr. Shah??

impeccable planning and update with all d technologies.. even though i cud i identify and relate to call jumping and routing stuff was stunned Hindi film industry knows it too... definitely we have graduated long from running around trees and two straws in the same drink stuff...

And yes.... this was the first movie Vicky didnt complain abt... So there we go Hip Hip Hurrah... wait may be he didnt complain due to the hot chick seated in front of him.. Hell who cares i loved the movie...

PS # We Watched A Wednesday on a wednesday... how is that??

Thanks Viswakarma...

Woke up damn late yday, 11 00 am... Lolzzz.. but given that it was a weekday it qualifies as  "damn late"... actually woke up to Vicky's msg " Mam good morning... Wats your plan for today"...

after finishing all those things to be done in the morning i shot back wat was his plan... we decided to meet at 12 30 at his flat to decide wr to go out...

was prompt as usual and landed at Shree.. was greeted with a sleeping Vicky and a hot cuppa chai by Rusty... Rusty true to his name was wearing a rust colored corduroys and macchin shirt.. new one mind it, even the label and writings were intact... :P

Going again to TI was vetoed out and we end up at Mangal City mall... was wallowing around only to blow up a couple of thousands purchasing Shirts and knick knacks.. fortunately i just got to select the shirt not pay up... :P

then voted btw A Wednesday and The last Lear.. needless to say AW won.. we had 2.5 hrs in hand...

Time Killers: 

At Food Court:
Rat: Sit rite opposite to the handsome and smart Counter guy.. and stare at him ludicrously... go thru the self serving counters a thousand times and order the same good ol' Chilly Cheese Sandwich... Make Vicky eat all the chilli's and hog upon the remaining cheese... Walk upto the counter guy and when he is flusterred enuf ask if i can get a cup of Water... Take a ten min break... Walk again to the counter guy,now visibly blushing and say can i pick up this free copy of  The Plot magazine... Finish the Water... Walk again to the counter, who eagerly awaits.. Now just pay up and leave.... He He He...
Vicky and Rusty: Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Dont notice wat you are eating Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls.. oh ya mam is sitting in front of us Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls Eye the girls

Time Killed : 1 Hour.

At Salasar:
Rat: Check out the Fur toys. Check out the Stationary. Check out the Accessories. Check out the Shirts and skirts. Check out the Candle holders and stuff.. End up buying a Winnie-the- Pooh Scrap book..
Vicky and Rusty: Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Check out the T Shirts Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Oh Ma'am how is this gir cough cough.. T Shirt... Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Eye the sales girl Ma'am Chalo Lets Go...

Time Killed : !/2 Hour

At Vishal Mega Mart:
Rat: Walk around.. Do nothing..
Vicky and Rusty: Get Lost so Ma'am wont know wat we are doing... Emerge out after 1/2 hour with wide grins... Lord knows wat they did...

Time killed: !/2 Hour

At Archies;
Rat: Check out the Lighters.. Call up S and ask if the selected model is ok...
Vicky and Rusty:Help Ma'am check the Lighters.. Promise to buy a awesome tabletop..
 
Time killed: 15 min

Rushed back to adlabs.... Threatned Vicky to buy me an icecream.. Sweetheart is now well aware of my tastes... awesome.. he got me my fav...

A Wednesday - Review next post....

Movie ended by 7 and i had to rush home.. Class at 8... it was fun... Tarun maintained his good mood all thru and not once threatened to throw me out of the class... Got to know this guy from my batch MK... Went out for a juice after classes...
 
hmmm... all in all great day away from office... had so much fun that both my legs were paining like hell today morning...

Thanks Viswa karma, whoever u are.. Wat u did so that your birthday is being declared as a State Holiday will remain a mistery to me... googling didnt provide much information abt you.. but heartfelt thanks for a leave in the middle of week...

Me on the road...

Some lines i said yday....

To a lady walking merrily almost in the middle of road.. "Mathashri.. Tumhe bachathe bachathe mein mar jaaongi..road se hat jaayiye" (Madam, i ll die in the process of saving you from being hit.. please step on the pedestrian walk)

To an idiot who was criss-crossing the road unable to make up his mind which way to go and eventually stoping in the middle of no-where, stalling the traffic and making me bump into him.. "Can i get your bike a free check-up.. seems your indicators are not working.. same with your brain"

Broke a couple of traffice rules too... jumped a traffic siganl and rode on the wrong side of the road.. promise not to break again.. hey wait didnt i say that two days back.. oh never bother....

Meme meme O.. meme meme O...

Tagged by Gayathri.... tricky questions.. just hoping that the Mr.Right person doesn't end up reading this..

 1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?
Leave him for good... He deserves me not...

2. If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be?
Inherit a billion dollars..

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?
Lechers and Perverts...

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
Charity mein Donate Karoongi... Lolzzz, me not an actress... Will resign first thing.. get a S class car.. Travel to Galapagos Island and lot other Fav places... A Pent House, well provided wardrobe... Enuf Dreaming... may be will just invest them for more returns.. Practical yaar..

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
will ask Wookie and let you know..

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
Will be blessed if got both... wats love without it being reciprocated...

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?
i have been waiting for 5.5 years now... who knows how much longer..

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
Move on... Get life... if not Peter then get a Paul...

9. If you like to act with someone, who will it be? your gf/bf or an actress/actor?
Definitely an actor... i dunno acting yaar... if i end up with my friend whose a stone face too, who will watch d movie...

10. What takes you down the fastest?
Fraandships

11. How would you see yourself in ten years time?
Merry Author of 3 books, Mother of 2 and Wife of one... 

12. What’s your fear?
Getting caught sleeping in a meeting, seminar or conference

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
Happy go lucky Types... Heck G confirm this...

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
Single and rich.. anytime

15. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Contemplate btw bunking and getting ready for office..

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
Obviously, YES

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
Dump both and get a third one... Falling in love with two??? one after the other possible but parallely??? think i havent been there yet..

18. Would you forgive and forget, no matter how horrible a thing someone has done?
Never Never NEVER... i may not avenge them but i never forget...

19.Do you prefer being single or having a relationship?
In a Relationship... feels lonely wen the whole world is paired up and u have no one spl to spend time with..

20. List 6 people to tag
Manorath,
Aki,
Anki,
the Doc,
DV,
& Mani...

why do all my posts need a title...

• Have joined dance classes at last... at Taron Barot's Dance institute 8... western dancing and its a pity that i am all left legged... the class is at 8 and by the time i return, i am tired to the T...Can anyone teach me to swivel without losing my balance, without falling down and without making a clown of myself..

• My new bike is really a sweet heart... Camilla as i have christened her, is so smooth and helpful.. Love u Camilla.. You are my saviour

• Plan for the weekend is on the rocks.. Seems Wookie can’t make it.... sighs...Can anyone please make Wookie understand its high time we met... Yeah... we are the thickest friends but havent met yet...

• Was at the ATM the other day… wen i came out a kid and a lady with a baby started saying something... I ignored them only to be subjected to pulling of my sleeves and dress... i still ignored and swiveled Camilla... now the highlight... i was cursed that i ll meet with an accident riding this bicycle... will never get married and won’t get a baby at all.. SHIVERS... how far can these fake beggars go up to… now that marriage part sounds good

• Left my mobile at class yday nite.. was pretty freaked out till Rohan, a fellow dancer, came over to give it to me... Shivers again... i would die if anyone peeks into my inbox.. all those mushy (cough cough) intellectual texts and forwards...

• Great.. i am so worked out after classes that even my grocery shop-keeper started giving questioned looks... he pushed a Fruit juice tetra pack yday nite insisting i need all d energy.. was constantly asking if i need something to eat... Sighs.... Is that so obvious...

• Onam went fine with a packet of Banana chips, Chakka (jack fruit) chips and Kappa Chips.... Didnt miss Pasayam/Pradaman much... Had Kheer instead

• Longing to go home... but have cancelled the Diwali trip... Might go trekking somewr with Wookie and Stickman...

i guess i'll stop here..


Edied to add : Learnt to Swivel.. Thanks MK, fellow dancer

New found love....

          if u are one of my close friends, you may be aware that i am diet consious... if u are one of my college mates, u may be well aware that i simply loved my bicycle...i was devasted wen one of my friends borrowed my Diana and lost it in one of those drunken frenzies....

After i had used a borrowed bicycle for a couple of time and stopped after that..  its completely two long years since my Diana went missing and, so i got Camilla....

He he ha ha... got a Pink colored BSA Ladybird bicycle...One of those pink ones from Splash series launched in 2k7...

 

Its real steal... not my first love.. but certainly it was a love at first sight.. ermm may be second sight, given i liked one another version better but it was local made... The Pink color, the sexy look, the grip...you should have seen d awestruck look on my face wen i looked at it..DKV says it was because of the prize quoted & certainly not th looks of bicycle...I digress and maintain it was a love at first sight..

yday was showing it off to my friends, at DK's bday party.. Was stunned to see that most of the guys wanted to try it and were not worried about the PINK color... hmmm, thats something

Awwww... i am in love with this pink beauty...

in btw # did i mention that my new bicycle is of the color pink.. now u know...

Sweetness Overloaded....

Last week RC came to my cabin for gossiping...I was in no mood for idle chit-chat and he was restless.... he started picking out random stuff from my cabin and made a list, while was typing away in my PC....

This is wat i recieved as a mail from him...

Found in your cabin....
Small Teddy bear - 1
Ornamental Glass Paper Weight - 1
Ornamental Table Top - 3
Dwarf Flower vase - 1
Pen that glows - 1
Greeting cards - 4
Bubble Blower - 1
Dark Chocolates - 5

Who are you trying to convince, Rat??? Wat ever u do we wont believe that you are a female specimen....

Very funny.... Hmph...

EVe-aaaaaa......

NP and me decided to check out the new Pixar movie Wall-E yday suddenly... Later MY joined us...

I reached PVR a little early and was checking out the Archies, when the two ladies called up saying they reached... we went to the plex only to be said by the ticket -vendor "Can u wait for 2 mins?? i'll check if they are running the show.. only you three have shown of for the movie..."

dunno why but they decided to run it.. we were both exuberant and sceptical given that we will be the only soul... damn, to top it was a late nite show... or to quote MY "Sighs there wont be any guys to check out" Damnation....

anyways as we entered, a group of kids joined us... that lifted our spirits....

Spoiler Alert # U can continue as i am sure lot many guys and girls out there rarely watch a animated movie...

The initial ten minutes were awesome with "Presto, the magician and his Rabbit"... It was hilarious with Presto trying to perform his stunt and the Rabbit deffering him (as he was not fed a carrot)... Many unfortunate incidents after the Rabbit rescues Presto and the show ends... Then the Movie started...

The main character is Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) with a pet cockroach... the solar powered robot's main job is to compact trash and to deposit them in piles for easy removal... being the last of its kind and being alone for 700+ years it has acquired some sense and emotions... its forlorn presence is changed when EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), is deposited on the Earth by Axiom, a space ship... its a love at first sight for Wall-E.. he tries hard to impress EVE only to be blasted by her retractable plasma cannon...

EVE's directive is to bring any plantation available on earth... and our poor hero presents her with a plant without knowing this.. this is followed by Eve getting deactivated, going back to Axiom, Wall-E following it and incidents involving plots, trust,love, betrayal and eventual happy ending.... Go here to read the full story ...

Moments that made me LOL...
$ Eve asks Wall-E wats his directive.. he shows his compacting method which actually comes at as a slush.. wen Wall-E questions back Eve says "Directive...(haughtily) Classified"
$ Wall-E trying to impress Eve, dances around... Eve joins in, only to produce an effect equivalent to Earthquake...
$ The Way Wall-E calls Eve... "Eveee-aaaaaaaah.... Eveee-aah?"
$ The behavior of HAN-S during the a fight sequence involving the Security Squad and the malfunctioning robots
$ The Human Kids being taught A for Axiom, B for B n L and so on...
$ Mary to john, "Get ready to have some babies" (on catching the falling babies)
$ The Pet cockroach walking to and fro like an anxious father outside the operation theatre while Eve fixes Wall-E
$ When Captain exclaims "We can cultivate anything.. Vegetable Plants, Pizza Plants..."

 .... and so many more...

Things made me smile...
* The emotions were easily understandable, given the protogonists are robots and practically no dialogues...
* Wall-E inprets holding of hands as a sign of love...
* The Electric Kiss btw Wall-E and Eve, and d dance that follows

...and so many more...

A must watch movie...

Pondering on...

"How for you would go to bring back your loved one??"

Then Again...

"If you love someone let them go,
If they come back to you they are yours,
If they don`t, they never were."

Hum jo mile pehli baar...maine jaanaa kya hai pyaar...

Hold On!!!!  Atlast got to watch the much hyped movie... wanted to watch since d first positive review came out.. but wat to do, given the bottlenecked work schedule and stupid show timings, i gave it a miss so far....
 
Saturday came and i got some time to breath finally.... off we went to PVR cinemas (we== Vikky and me).....
 
Time 7 10 pm.... And lo behold..... ROCK ON!!!
 
I like Arjun Rampal rite from his "Ek Ajnabee" time so was looking forward for the manly, Handsome, smart... cough cough.... Farhan was ok types.... Loved Purab Kohli as Killer Drummer... he is the lively soul of the movie.... Luke Kenny, man wat a performance.....
 
Spoiler Alert # All, who havent seen this yet stop here... by all means are u requested to go watch the movie....
 
Prachi Desai as Sakshi Shroff played her Insecure house-wife smoothly... Let it be saying " I wanted you to know about my pregenancy when you are happy.. but now i dont know even if u are happy hearing this" to her harried Husband or be it glowing with pride and happiness when he starts jamming with his friends again... Prachi SHINEs... Ya Ya Roshan, her smile Dazzles....
 
Shahana Goswami as Debbie Mascarenhas reminded me more of my SIL who constantly nags my bro... stylist turned into business women (fish monger??) turned into stylist... *Phew*... did wonderful henpecking on Arjun @ Joe....Roshan i liked her smile too....
 
Arjun Rampal as Joseph 'Joe' Mascarenhas... atlast he gets a role to remember... the demure Joe has less dialogues and more screen presence... liked the final 10 minutes when shakes off Debbie's hand and moves towards his dream... Ermmm actually loved the scene when he strums his guitar on stage, eyes closed, with wind blowing on his face.... It YELLED passionate music.... me went butter knees..... Sighsssss....
 
Farhan Akhtar as Aditya Shroff.... already much written on him in blogsville.... nothing more to add..
 
Purab Kohli as Kedar Zaveri aka Killer Drummer aka K.D is the back bone of the movie... Positive attitude, constant smile (no, he is not the Joker) and being there to pep u up kind of guy... pity he wasnt a success with girls.... ;-P Loved the drumming sequence when MAgik performs for the last time...
 
Luke Kenny as Rob Nancy.... dunno why.. but thought he was a gay for most of the movie... saw the anguish in his face wen Debbie encourages Joe before their first on stage performance.. dunno if it was yearning for love or something else.. i will never know... :-(
 
Moments that made me love the movie:
 
* The correct blend of flashbacks with current times without spoiling the flow....
 
* When Sakshi presents a guitar to Aditya...
 
* Debbie's complain that the fish smell never leaves her hands...

* The smile and pride on Andy's (Joe's son) face when he watches his father jamming with his friends...

* Anguish of Tanya when aditya leaves her and understanding he wont be back...

All in all.. a great movie after a long time to sit back the be nostalgic about your college days....

That evening i called wookie to say i finally watched the movie... The ensued conversation

Wookie: Ek baath boloon... gussa tho nahi karegi na... (Shall i say something?? hope u wont get angry...)
Barbie/Rat : Haan Bol.. (yeah, spit it out)
Wookie: I didnt Like Farhan Aktaar
Barbie: So... Wats in this...
Wookie: Oh i tot u wud have liked him...
Barbie: ????@#$%^&

Dumbass...Dumbass...  Rest assured Wookie... for a change i didnt like this debut actor....

Weekend Wallowing...

11 00 am: Wake up calll
11 00-12 30 abulations,bath and bfast
1 00 Reliance fresh
1 30 - 2 30 cooked lunch
3 00 3 30 Lunch with K & L
4 00 Vikky, fight with S da
5 00 TI with Vikky
Max
Chole Tikki @ Chaat Bazar
Chicken Tikka sandwich @ CCD
"Rock On" (atlast *phew*)
10 00 pm Dinner
12 00 Goodnite! Sleep Tight!!

Weekend Haul # Accessories at MAx

d most hilarious video ever!!!!