Complexities Vs Simplicities ... of the mind!

There again I was busy getting bored outta my head when I didn't absolutely have to study for my exams, watching movies, reading silly romance novels back to back, maybe coz atleast there I'm guaranteed a happy ending... all this while I really should have been getting back to the place I love... here !! Okay obviously all of u have noticed the url change and the fact that you weren't informed immediately... well lets just say that I couldn't afford to be discovered that easily anymore. I've got loads of stuff to say, about whats been happenin in my life but its just a lil too overwhelming to spill that much information so I'm gonna go slow... The MOVE referred to in "Dos" didn't happen on 20th Oct, it got postponed to Wednesday, 22nd and thats when I realised that exactly nothing goes according to plan when you have every reason to believe it will. Murphy's law at its best in live demonstration! Something I penned on 18th, the same day the in...

Un I wasn't sure if I was even gonna be able to make time to go but I did... and went to the NSIT fest with my friends today. And guess what? I flew...:) One of the events that was happening at this fest was Para sailing except that I didn't get to fly over a water body, 'twas a soccer field instead. I was very indecisive before doin this, ummm no I wasn't scared but a tad bit nervous... I just wanted to do it right and not have like a terrible fall, or fail to lift off the ground and embarrass myself in front of my friends. Thankfully none of that happened and I managed just fine... infact I even was told later by the instructor, the guy driving the jeep that I did pretty well :)... {Oh I have to tell you about him, he was wearing a pale pink tee, had some kinda moisturiser lotion applied liberally on his face... prolly to protect his 'delicate' and 'sensitive' skin from the wrath of the afternoon sun, had this oh-so-urban accent and threw his hands ar...

This'll sound funny to most people but Monday night was the first time that I stayed the night at a friend's place in my entire adult/semi adult life!!! Yup you got that right, I've been blessed with overprotective parents and siblings, just one of those things when you're the youngest and the most pampered in the family. It so happened that Mum didn't protest too much on Monday and thats how Bubbles and I ended up staying up talking, exchanging movies and stuff till almost 5am. Wow now thats exactly not a 'sleepover' :D I woke up pretty late (11:40am) by common code of conduct in a house that is not your own but no one seems to have minded. Aunty (Tanuj's Mum) is actually really sweet. :) Monday was like the most fun I've ever had (though I missed Bonnie a lot) Bubbles and I talked a lot, watched TV together, ate lunch and discussed Harry Potter over dinner, troubled Tanuj :P, listened to songs on my laptop, looked at pictures and she clicked loads...

Hehe you'll figure out the last part of the title by the end of the post... With the overwhelming response I got for my last post, I couldn't just update the addendums...here's what everyone had to say :) Sameera said... When... ...Every time you meet you feel the same excitement you felt when you both first met ...Each stolen kiss,each sweet nothing,each embrace feels like it's the first ...You are just maddeningly happy for no reason when you are with that person ...You break out into wide uncontrollable smiles just anywhere when you think of him/her ...Nothing in the world matters other than you both when you are with that special one ...Every small gesture made by him/her seems like divine art which you treasure ...Each time you quarrel and make up you only seem to love him/her more ...You know that no one in the world can ever love you more than that person ...You are away from him/her but still you only love them more each day ...In your eyes, he/she is the...

Yaar pata hai zindagi mein ek baar toh hona hi chahiye ... pyar!, you get to appreciate such beautiful songs so much more :) Something that I had said while listenin to another love song on the radio... I guess every song becomes a love song when uve known love... That brought me to a question I've had the pleasure of answering quite a few times, "How do you know when you're in love?" I'm gonna be giving my answer and I want each one of you to try and add to the list, which I'll compile and add to the post in an update. So here goes: When you feel proud of that person's achievements knowin that you had nuthin to do with them. When all you really want is to make them incredibly happy. When you don't even realize that you subconsciously care so much, it comes naturally. God forbid if something were to happen to the other person you go ballistic. When that's the face you wanna see first thing in the mornin, last thing before you go to bed. When you do...

Anything original will definitely have to wait till my exams get over on Saturday but till then I hope u have fun readin this article I read in the Sunday Brunch. Vir Das talks about being single in Mumbai city, needless to mention his witty sense of humor promises a good read. Toodles, more later! Reference Credits : Hindustan Times ePaper Click to enlarge the article

Ummm as I was sifting through all the pics on my comp so i could decide my entry for Cuckoo 's Le Titre this month, I went thru and relived so many sweet and silly moments that I decided I needed to put all contenders up :) The entry will be mentioned explicitly. Here goes (in chronological order): 1. 28th Jan 07 This was when bhaiya was goin back last year, clicked with my phone cam just before we turned towards the departure terminal. I remember being stuffed in the backseat with his luggage. 2. 2nd May 07 One fine day from my balcony. 3. 5th July 07 From the car again, these were right after we'd left the house to go somewhere. 4. 10th Aug 07 Realization Day 2...on the way back home from college. This one is my official entry to Le Titre , mostly for what it said to me that day! 5. 27th Sept 07 We'd stopped to eat singapore chowmein at one of the food carts... God I so wanna eat that again. This one came a close second in my head. 6. 12th Mar 08 This had to have...

I live in a beautiful house walls colored in magenta, aqua, yellow, blue and ebony candles on the mantle with flames of hope flicker in the wind pictures of my dreams adorn those painted walls I've loved being indoors bein in my comfortable palace then one day... I heard a tap on my window one that I couldn't ignore Looked out for the first time to see an eagle swoop down on shards of broken glass Not a pleasant sight but I couldn't look away I realize the eagle's meaning only a lil too late I've been here long enough looking out won't do I need to open the door the door to reality The eagle is waiting I need to step out and walk on the wreckage I know it will hurt my delicate feet and i'm frozen at the thought But I will carry myself through I maybe numbed by the pain but the agony is about to begin! PS: Appended to Penwork, 1:10am

I haven't got much to say and thats simply coz my life these days is very uninteresting and uneventful...the only thing keepin it from being totally bland is last minute shopping and packing with color coded lists et all {I'm offically the packin person in the family and no prizes for guessin I make lists for everything possible, just color coded em so that Mum knows wheres what ;) } ...all this for Mum who's flyin to the US thursday mornin for a month long vacation with two of my maasis :D They stop at Heathrow while goin and Charles De Gaulle while coming back, I'm sure its gonna be a great experience for all three of em :) Dad and I are gonna be fine but I sure will miss waking up in the afternoon {my new morning :P} and goin Mum coffeee ... black! Not just that, I'll miss mum for more than that, for irritatin me so much, for sneakin me money for stuff that we wanna buy but don't wanna tell Dad abt :P, for always dealing with my fuss over food... Oh and high...

This one is courtesy Pri . Very simple rules, I'm supposed to reveal all thats in my handbag right at this moment, so here goes... My wallet, uske contents list out karne ke liye ek alag post chahiye :P My shades in a pink case My mauve colored comb Two black clutchers (one very small) Black banana clip Fruity Vanilla lip butter from Fabindia (love it, a gift from Tanuj) Small bottle green colored hairbrush with a mirror at the back A pack of Fresh Ones My small diary in which i note all my money calculations Vaseline lip care My cellphone earphones Spare house key A pair of silver tic tacs a white hair pin kinda clip and a dark brown barettee Extra rubberbands one black pen, two blue pens and one mech pencil an eraser i bought last thursday, haven't yet transferred it to my pencil pouch Three lipglosses from TEN beauty (chic, fab and glam) two liquid shine lipglosses from maybelline (rhinestone pink and clear cut diamond) - I hardly use any other than the lip butter but I stil...

Aah this post was supposed to have made it here by Sunday night but alas my internet... Anyways I wasn't home for Rakhi and had stayed over at my cousin's. Sunday is when Mum and I were coming back home in an auto coz the driver wasn't accessible and my cousin had to rush back home so he couldn't drop us all the way. It had started to rain real hard when found an auto... and boy the journey home was anything but eventful... my entire right side was totally drenched what with the cold water constantly bein sprayed at me via the auto's open side and I had goosebumps all over with the rain almost lashing at my skin. It was just exhilarating to say the least, kinda like standing at the edge of a rock in the middle of the sea with tides crashing below... Ooh and Delhi's waterloggin in some places was like OMG... I even saw some kids tryin to swim in the water which had collected at the end of a flyover !! I'll let the pics do most of the talkin ... :) This road i...

Last day today to be sending entries for Le-Titre, the monthly photo contest at Cuckoo's , so here I'm hopin I can make this happen with my currently sad state of the net connection. Treasure for me... Love for and from my dear ones Memories of happy times with friends and family Music that radiates joy and hope Smiles I've shared and smiles I've passed on Words that I say and hear, words that I remember and cherish

Addition to Penwork 3:45am 12th August 08 I know there would come a time when I would hate my existence. There would come a time when I would despise my foolishness. There would come a time when I would crave for a companion. And even though I'm terrified of such a time, I know... that I will not regret havin lived in the beauty of love. PS: Why does God decide to fulfill our wishes just when we've realized that we were wishing for the wrong thing?? Default Image Credits : deviantART

Thats today ... Eight O Eight ie 8th August. Some of you might remember what day it is today, for those of you who don't read history here :) Happy Yellow Flower Anniversary ppl !!! :D Okay there is not much that I will do today for celebration except wearing yellow and wishing ppl. I just wished him and all of you. But I thought this is the best occasion to take up a long pending tag... the 8 things tag . There are 8 flowers each with 8 petals in the picture, you get the connection don't u? ;) I was tagged (honestly I don't remember when) by Pri , Solitaire , Sam and Ashu so without much ado here I go : Eight things I am passionate about Staying Happy The people I love so dearly Music My ongoing romance with life Doin things that make ppl around me happy, I love making them smile The work that interests me Readin and writing (basically expressing myself) My Blog Eight things I want to do before I die Constantly try and finish up my small and big TDLs, more simply ge...

As I promised Veens today and I hate breaking my promises, I'm here with my 100th post! *waits for the applause to die down and bows in appreciation* I really wanna thank everyone here now and everyone whos been here long for your acknowledgment, encouragement and valuable response...love u all :) Nah nah farewell speech nahi hai abhi toh post shuru bhi nahi hui :P Well for quite a few days now I was thinking of something "good" to write for my century post but I guess all that thought got mixed up and all that remains is mindless babble in my 'thought bubble' which looks more like a cloud Some of the thoughts in there are pertaining to my ever increasing TDL, some to the so many questions I keep pondering over every night and therefore manage to get sleep very late. I dunno I tend to discuss the whys, whats, whens and hows of life with myself almost everyday!! There are a few things I'm looking forward to this year and one of them is having my sister here in ...

Well for all those who read my comment to Cuckoo on my post Random Update & Artwork know that I was in process of making something else... Actually it was Bubbles' belated birthday gift...heres what it looked like Song of the moment : Khamaj by Fuzon Mora saiyaan mose bole na Main lakh jatan kar haar gayi...

Question: Are clean cuts the only way out? Question: How does the other way work? Umm lemmme explain by means of simple scenarios... You, A are a very likeable person and get asked out by one of your cute looking classmates B. You say yes and therefore A and B now become girlfriend and boyfriend. Ah so you romance, go out together, spend time , care about each other, get to know each other better, really love being around each other, and really 'like' each other. But you don't know whether you 'love' B, the I-can't-spend-my-life-without-you; I-wanna-grow-old-with-you kinda love. Same for B. What do you do? Wait for 'love' to eventually happen? Quit thinking about it even if you know that a break up in the future would really hurt? Or decide to call it quits after you realize that it isn't moving further and has remote potential? Now by clean cuts I mean the eternal debate about 'Can you be friends with your ex?' and 'How do you grow out o...

I'll make this as direct as can be... Confession: I've had my laptop repaired and home since Wednesday evening i.e. 2nd July but I haven't attempted readin or writing in blogsville till now. :( Apology: I know I promised myself to be back asap but I'm guilty of procrastinating and busyin myself with work and books {read mills and boons my very first few ;)} Notes: My laptop has no sound since it was repaired ... apparently the motherboard change didn't have a functional sound card :-/ My Reader is fluctuating in the 220s...partly the reason for delay in my return {the whoppin number scares me :|} PS: Sneha if and when u read this, plz email me I needed to ask you something. Thanks

Hey there dearies, I know I've been promising to be back in full form asap but theres this speed bump in the way so I thought I'd post an update. Actually post the trojan fiasco {which btw got sorted}, my comp decided it needed to rest and it had put up with my timings enough so on the 14th of this month when i woke up in the afternoon {'twas a Saturday, I'm entitled to wake up late :P} I heard my Dad complain that the comp wasn't bootin. I was too sleepy to look into the matter just then but I realised that it had nothing to do with the magic of the master's touch and my comp won't even boot when I tried... :( Anyways repairs of any kind were put off for Monday and thats when I turned my lappie in. A week later, yesterday {yup a week :O, I have no idea how I survived} the comp guy tells me that there so huge hardware issue and he cannot find the IC (integrated circuit chip) they need to even try fixing my comp. If that doesn't work I would need to get ...

Random Thoughts in my Head Theres this stupid trojan in my computer which i think made its way in via my pendrive which has been around the world and accumulated all sorts of viruses over time :( I've been tryin to get rid of the bugger for like 3 days now, infact even right now {12:29am 13th June 2008} I'm scannin my comp in 'safe mode' and hence im typin coz the internet doesnt work in this mode! My maasi {mother's sister} is goin to be operated upon tomorrow and I really hope that she gets well soon... she obviously won't be able to travel with mum and my other maasi to the US and that really is sad, coz she wanted to go so badly and was very excited about it too. :| Bonnie is not here and that just makes me feel a strange void sometimes... maybe thats coz I'm so used to her... its almost addiction. I've been procrastinating reading people and generally being updated with everything around here in blogsville but I dunno why I'm not feeling up for...

Hmmm so my exams ended and I was supposed to be free these past two weeks but i really wasn't. My sis in law was here and we were rarely at home, she had to meet so many relatives before goin back to the US. Anyways now that she's gone and a post has been due for longgg I'd better not delay it any further. I don't have anything super exciting to write about except that I'm gonna be starting my project training (first tryst with 'work') this Monday and I'm hopin I'll enjoy myself and feel productive at the same time. Besides that I've been listenin to pretty much the same songs since the beginning of the month... now with my playlist being extended to include loads of old Rafi songs and quite a few by Paolo Nutini {Bubbles' recommendation :)} And this month had birthdays of some really special ppl and some new frnds, Bubbles and Zahid on 12th, Pratham on 15th, Ankur on 17th and Supriya (my school frnd) who has her birthday tomorrow on the ...

As the title suggests this is one of my dreams which I see with my eyes wide open… I was tagged by Maverick long long ago and I thought this could be used as an answer to his “ Reveal your dream ” tag. Even though I dream a lot, I managed to say this out loud only days ago pretty much to my surprise as well :) We were talking about one of his friends getting married and that’s how I ended up talking so much. Well just so you know, I wouldn't mind marrying an undergraduate… Wouldn't mind stayin in Mumbai… Would even learn to talk in Marathi, thodi bahut kaam chalau types till I learn the entire language… Wouldn't mind cooking for you… Wouldn't mind wearing a saree a lot more often than I had planned on... just coz you like it :) … And honey you won’t have to worry about your backache…I'll be there to rub iodex on it. Will iron and give you your clothes every morning… Roz chai banaungi...main chai acchi banati hoon :), haan aur kabhi kabhi coffee bhi banaungi… Will r...

Just something i asked myself today...so I thought I could ask u guys as well... Are you somebody's/anybody's number one??

Thanks you so much Veens for tagging me with such a sweet tag... Love u too :) I'm really happy spreading the Love Chain in blogsville :) The love-link tag. The Love-link Tag is another of those Linky Love game where you only have to tag 10 person in one post but still there is no actual limit (you can tag more if you want!). Once tagged, you have to copy paste the link in this post, and make them grow! Do not delete any of the links and be honest to yourself! Copy paste the link in this post, and make them grow! BennyLiew , RamblingMoo , Mum & Kids In Wonderland , Judelittle , Our mini blogsphere , Rooms in My Heart , http://janiceng.blogspot.com/ , ChinNee , Jo-N , LadyJava's Lounge , Strange but True , Mariuca's Perfume Gallery , Meet Uncle J-Uncle J , Farah , aNgRiAniWoRLd , How’s Life Bout , The Three Heroes , Ceedy , Veena , Vandita and now to spread the word...I tag: Bubbles Tanuj Bonnie Garu Cheri Sam Cm-Chap Akila Wacko Cuckoo Zahid Busy-Writer and everyone el...

First and foremost, a *sigh of relief* that my internet finally worked properly today, hope it doesn't conk off tomorrow. This post is just the reason behind I get incredibly happy for an instant whenever I see a black Avenger anywhere nowadays. {other colors of the same bike have the same effects but a notch less :P} (the 7th random point in my recent tag post) Well Prateek's been really anxious to know :P so I thought I'd put it up here. It's no biggie, just that the guy that I really like owns a black Avenger, only hes kinda far away and I've never actually seen his bike {forget sitting on it :(} so I gratify myself by thinking of him everytime I see one on the road. Of course I get excited and grin like a child coz that's just me. ;) PS: I'm hoping that my internet continues to work, so in that case I'm gonna catch with the whopping number of posts and comments I have pending after my last external practical exam tomorrow. Toodles :)

This is just something i scribbled on my notes at 3:03am this morning... I can handle the distance when you're far away But I can't handle the distance when you're right here! And I notice that I confused quite a few people with my last post and not many of them are clear with my current housing situation and plans for the near future so here's exactly how it is... I live with my parents in a two bedroom flat in Delhi; this house has been screaming for renovation for years now since its a very old construction and we own a lotta clutter...{old stuff belonging to my dad, bro and sis} that we haven't gotten rid of. The past year and a half our new house was getting built, say about an hour and a half {maybe two} from here. It was finally done up and ready to move into in January My bro got married last year in October and my sis in law is coming to India in April end for her exams. We needed to have moved to our new place before she came here, for obvious reasons... a...