Drivin' Along...

Teen Times

2012-01-30T00:54:00.000-06:00

So young so damaged!

That's my first thought on seeing today's generation. Oh yes! I just got 24 :D But no the teens really are living a messed up life. They don't have the privileges that we had. Good or bad, I don't know but I certainly feel we were glad.
Remember how we played the real games. And oh! By the way my generation had the much talked internet and computers at home but we lived; we lived with the real games, the real friends and real time with the parents.
Little did we know of war, the terrorism and the politics. And let's not start on how we did not understand what sex, depression or rape meant.
Oh did we ever have something like cyber bullying? Nope! We had real people to fight with: mostly same aged. We could compete. The only danger was that on losing, we would be considered worth-laughing-on.
We could and we did trust blindly. We didn't knew what cynicism was and we believed in the power of innocence. Remember how puppy eyes got us everything. Oh by the way, I tried last week. They still worked ;)
I loved it then how I didn't have a phone. I loved giving my parents the worries of "Where the hell is my little girl?". yes as you can by now read ~~I was~~ oh wait! I am a brat.
I am glad we had all the chocolates that we could. I am thankful that little did we care about those calories and also, that we did not know of the 'zero figure'. Oh and cheers to the mani-pedis, the waxing or the hair coloring that I did not know till I was 20.
I loved it how we could test the set boundaries, question authorities and give our parents and other elders the time of their life :) I know even today the kids can, but wasn't it all just different? I like it how we get to be selfish now, while our teenage was not even close to what one can call as mean. We were good to people; and little did we know of what the bad world was.
And not to talk about how easy life was to us. Scoring 90 meant everything and today even 95 is less! For us the adolescent years were filled with emotions, changes and some responsibilities. Today it is more of stress, peer pressure and success. So kids today, I do not blame you for increased suicide rates or the crime. We shall understand that what we sow, we will reap.
My fav. part is of not having to 'earn my way through'. I never needed pocket money because this brat had an unlimited supply of 'controlled' money. Also, I cherish the fact that teenagers today are doing a lot for the society. I wish we did as much and so did a generation before. The world definitely would have been a better place for these teenagers. As they say,

"Feel the fear and do it anyway!"

Seattle Diaries

2012-01-24T08:49:00.000-06:00

I am no travel expert but yes I am the opportune traveller. And this post talks about my weekend trip to Seattle, WA, USA. (Phew!) So I would call an ideal journey as reaching Seattle on a Friday noon. Seattle's airport - Tacoma International is well connected unless you choose to drive. From the airport, there are transit buses to downtown. I liked the city's downtown worth staying. It is not as crowded as Chicago, LA or NYC but is equally beautiful. There are some good places to put up. I stayed at The Westin. My first suggestion would be after you reach your hotel, to relax yourself and have a good dinner at the Waterfront. There are some good options, my choice was Elliott's Oyster House. Caution: It is a bit on the expensive side and almost a NO option place for vegetarians like me but then it is those perfect fine dining, great ambience places that you want to go to. Another thing to do on waterfront is walk; it's fun! Or you can always come back and blame my sun-sign, the water sign, Cancer for this. To me, the best way to start your Saturday is with a coffee at the original Starbucks right next to the Pike Place Market followed by buying fresh flowers from the locals. There is nothing like self-pampering and Seattle offers that well. From fresh produce of fruits and vegetables (trust me the strawberries, cherries and apples are must try) to bakeries (oh! the cakes) to sea-food vendors to the most remarkable artists - all on one street at Pike Place Market. Yes, I am a coffee person. So like me if you need to have another coffee after all this shopping, check out this place called Local Color. To be honest, I was attracted by the line 'Art, Coffee & more..' - well I needed to find out what more was. It was nice - good music, nice decor and wonderful hospitality. I liked the sandwich as well as the coffee. Oh! And they had free Wi-Fi! That's bingo for me. Following this, one could either go back and relax or take a ride on one of those ferries. As one of the local pointed out, no trip goes complete without them! There are a good number of museums like Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Flight. Also, the Aquarium and the Public Library are much talked about places but I am really not into all this so I skipped my knowledge gathering part. The evening to night transition would be incomplete without a trip to Space Needle and then a feast dinner. Sunday mornings can be left for the choosy option - while I choose to laze around, one can go to numerous parks that Seattle has to offer or hey! a stress buster could be to shop around. They have good stores too. Amidst all, don't forget to take your flight back home.. because I almost did! =)

There is a lot more about you..

2012-01-05T23:38:00.001-06:00

There were times when I told you how I feel there is something heart-pumping about you. Tonight, I want to let you know there is a lot more about you.

There's a lot more about you,
that makes me laugh more and more.
Something about your smile,
that nothing can ever defile!

There's a lot more in that 'I care''s,
and how we stand together to take all the dares.
Something in the comments and texts
In the way you treat me above the rest!

There's a lot more to how you act tough,
that makes me believe more and more in us.
You walk past me, my way.
That's how you make my day!

There's a lot more fun in those jokes,
funny or sarcastic - without you they're the words that choke.
I enjoy when I use words to attack,
It is sad if you won't smile back.

There's a lot more about you,
that makes me dream more and more.
Something about us,
that is meant to grow! ;-)

New Year thought

2012-01-02T14:38:00.002-06:00

Some things just end up becoming a must! Like a bed-time coffee is always romantic; getting drunk on New Years' eve is the forever tradition; hoping India win in an away series is so wanted and not reading about Kolaveri or about Team Anna is so impossible :-)

Time to change 2011 to 2012

2011-12-29T10:47:00.000-06:00

It's NEW YEARS time! And I am so excited. This year is just so special - in each and every way. I always think about things that I should have or should NOT have done and a list of things I could and could NOT do. I call it success when the later is longer than the 'should' list. Yes! 2011 was a success. And before 2012 embarks, I want to wish the whole world a very very Happy New Year. May the world unite in 2012, and we all be happy and merry and get to see the coming years ;)
Btw.. what are your resolutions? I am still looking for something! As suggested by a friend, I think I'll just use 2011's resolution to 2012's.

Oh and the video: Cheer up peepalzzz....

Umeed wali dhoop, Sunshine wali aasha.. Rone ki wajah kamm hai, Hasne k bahane jyada !!
Zidd hai muskurayenge, Khush rehne ka hai waada.. Umeed wali dhoop, Sunshine wali aasha !!
Tum dil se agar poochoge, woh Khush rehna hi chahe.. Jab sachhe mann se maango to khul jaati hai rahein !!
To khul k khushi lutao ye kya hai aadha aadha... Umeed wali dhoop, Sunshine wali aasha.. Umeed wali dhoop, Sunshine wali aasha.. :-))

Thought

2011-12-07T14:00:00.000-06:00

The story of Rapunzel teaches one thing about LOVE:

"Climbing the highest tower is less difficult when someone at the end gives you something to hold on." :-)

Falling reasons...

2011-11-27T13:53:00.000-06:00

Okay people! I have been quiet inquisitive to what makes everyone fall in love. I totally believe that for different people there are different reasons. I simply wish to know yours!

Were it the looks that he/she adorn?
Or the smile that added to the persona?
Was it the depth in those eyes?
Or the feeling of holding you in that voice?
Was it the dressing sense?
Or the scent that he/she was wrapped in?
Was it the best body?
Or the overall sex appeal?
Did the care or the love hit your heart?
Or the sweet and supportive nature?
Did sense of humor, outlook towards life or that passion to succeed made a difference?
Were you inspired of how he/she is serious about career or the way he/she worked hard?
Was there some love at first sight or you were just the casual acquaintances?
What made you think that yes! here's someone with whom I want to grow old or the one who can always cheer me up?
Is it because you found the perfect company of laughing at the most insane stuff?
Or because it was with him/her only that you could think of taking the shower together?
Did saying "I love you!" countless times made you feel so deep?
Or was it something more?
Did that feeling of you're-wanted made you drool?
Or that respect that he/she gave you?
Or was it the never dying friendship between you two?

Come on! I think I should be answered. Shouldn't I?
So tell me, "What made you fall in love?"
In case you want to say that you never fell in love or it is all crap, then also you must have had some good feelings for someone? If the answer to even this is "NO!" and you're already an adult, then I wish to say just one good thing, "Get a life!"

Love is the most beautiful feeling!

And hey! if you wish to tell me but not share it with others then leave a comment and delete that. I'll be more than grateful!

~Adios~

There is a lot about you...

2011-11-06T00:08:00.001-05:00

There's a lot about you.
Whenever I hold your hand, I feel a sense of security that I have not felt for years. When I sit beside you, I find myself smiling for reasons that I can never explain. It's you who understands what I mean when I say, "I'm okay!". You know that my days are gloomy when I try to say that it's all sunny in here! Its you who comforts my silence and clears my confusions. I love it when I frown just because someone said, "I can't." and you stand by me knowing and saying, "You're the best!". At times when I fear saying things, it's good how you comfort me. Each time you're kind, gentle, encouraging, I understand that you really care. There is something in you that I adore, an aura, a charm or may be that tough roar! There is something in you that keeps me wondering if this is it, because they say if it is too good to be true, it definitely is! There is something in you that makes every day spent with you, like a dream come true!
With you by my side, I do not need a mask to hide my own self. I can be ME!
It's not love...there's a lot more to it! There's a lot more about you...

Quote

2011-11-03T01:15:00.000-05:00

Oct 21 - Before I met you, I'd never fallen in love though I'd stepped in it a few times.

To a friend..

2011-10-20T01:46:00.001-05:00

..you're just 'me' short of being amazing! ;)

When I miss you...

2011-08-09T23:34:00.000-05:00

There are days where everything I do remind me of you and every song I heard somehow relate to you. I hate days like today, because they remind me of the one person I dont have.

Human..

2011-07-22T09:33:00.000-05:00

"We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls."

Mixed Emotions

2011-07-16T11:09:00.000-05:00

There comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who won’t anymore, and who always will. So don’t worry about people from your past, there’s a reason they didn’t make it to your future!
It’s inevitable, though but you don’t want to go. You want to be done with last moments; last smile, last laughs, last hugs, last kisses but not the last good-byes. That's when you realize that a good bye never had anything good in it. But somewhere inside you, you tell yourself that I have to move on, even though you do not want to. You don’t care what people say - good or bad. You don’t know what it’s going to be like, and you fear the unknown, so you’d rather just stay where you are and with whom you are. You call up everyone but no one makes you feel that sweet pain. The pain you feel of being hanged upon by calling just one person. At this point you feel like you’ve got it all figured out and it's not that being a change. Even if you don’t move on, everyone else will. And you hate it. You don’t want to meet new people because you’ve met all the people you want to: they know you, you don’t have to prove to them that you are cool, because they know you’re not and they love you anyway. What would make these people like you? They don’t understand you, haven’t been around you for so many years, and even if they get to liking you it will take more time than you’re willing to wait for. So maybe you sit in your room for a while. Every once in a while you feel obligated to go out and meet people but it never quite turns out the way you want it to and is pocked by intermittent awkward pauses. You aren’t social or fun like all your neighbors who are going out to party. You let things go. You have to. No one can keep it up for forever. And that’s when you discover that people really will like you for your boring, run-of-the-mill self. You realize that there are a lot of places to go, people to meet, food to eat, walls to cover in posters and fliers and ticket stubs. You stop sleeping, stop studying. You are having too much fun. You remember what it was like for things to not be so dramatic, and you are at the same time unprepared and itching to go back to where everything seems just a little bigger. And suddenly, some day the word LOVE hits you. *mixed emotions* That's exactly how you feel when you realize that you've just not moved on, no matter what you say...You look at the people in your past and realize that you wouldn’t trade them for anything, that when you were with them you thought you’d never be close to anyone again, and now you have people who you would do anything for, who maybe you even love but then the past one's are THE ONE'S YOU STILL LOVE! ;-)

Fact

2011-07-13T02:39:00.001-05:00

No matter where I am, what, how it is.. I miss you bro. Memories may fade but the relations, the emotions shall always stay. :)

Wish you were here...

2011-07-05T09:10:00.000-05:00

To so many people,

wish you were here! :-)

"Never look back...
Never regret...
Never remember
the people you've met.
Never begin...
And never end...
Never say never
when it comes to your friends!"

I have moved to places, I have bid goodbyes and said hellos. It has been painful to say goodbye but it is equally good to meet new people, find friends in them and trust me it is never impossible to have tons of friends. All this is a journey; the journey of life. And at every milestone you meet people - good or bad; you learn, you experience:) It's all different. But but everything you get is not a replacement of old. You don't get that same friend you have had for ages ever in any thousand miles, you don't get that family, that home, that love on any milestone... but you get equally special friends, family, love, care...
The worst is stage between leaving a milestone and reaching the next. I feel I am on way. I know I am not lost; I am locationally challenged. But I want to stay. Stay for long...
I have been away for more than 2 years or 2.5 precisely. Though I can't still call my adobe my home, but I gradually like it here. It's a lonely world especially when being alone is my biggest fear. Sometimes I feel I am missing that one thing in life.. that one purpose, the one answer to what I am doing here? Or why I am here? No matter where you go, you see people with a meaningless smile. Plastic for sure, it often says to me I am equally 'out-of-my-mind' just like you are. I remember misisng all this ever since I came to US. Well things haven't improved or probably I havn't moved. I still miss having that dil-ka-connection. And for this I won't say I met wrong people. People are not wrong! It's the striking of chords amongst two souls that makes things hard. No matter how bad you may find someone , there would always be someone to love that one and no matter how good you are, a certain set, a certain amount of souls hate you.. for something may or may not been done by you! So true, “People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.”
But I just wat to be lucky enough to find the one's who would care enough to break the walls down. :) It's a different world. And all I could say is Wish you were here..

Rains

2011-07-04T04:28:00.000-05:00

"I love walking in the rains 'cause no one can then see my crying..."
Yes, I love this quote just because I love rains! So what's with it. Well I had been missing a lot many things here and was always cribbing but these rains washed away most of them. :)
Walking in the rain, dripping wet,
Unbeaten by the wind, so tough,
I am recalling moments, in good spirits,
Smiling softly, questioning myself.

Asking and answering, all by myself,
Understanding things, for moments to be.
Unable to find the right alley,
I try to be sanguine but I can’t.
I question, Is everyone I care for not forgetting me?
Is everyone I want thinking of me?
In the shadows of dark clouds I ponder,
How am I doing, do they really wonder?
And then I feel, they remember me,
For they snuffle when I talk about scorching days,
They worry when I walk through hot noon.
As of now, the rain washes away grumbles.
Dashing in big drops on the narrow pane,
And making mournful music for the mind,
While plays His interlude the wizard wind,
I hear the singing of the frequent rain.

Emptiness

2011-06-25T21:34:00.000-05:00

There would have been a day when you're sad, lonely, lost and just wondering why you? You catch up with old friends, abuse life, listen to all the break-up songs, read old emails, call that one person you thought you won't ever call to end up feeling miserable. You question yourself and you realize nothing is wrong. You're better than the ordinary crowd. You have a job you are much happy with. You have a family that supports you. Your friends love you, pamper you. But then why so lonely? Well I call this uneasy, discontent feeling emptiness. There is a VOID. It is probably there has been days you did not get time for yourself. You may not be socially alienated but somewhere you have the time where you don't do enough to cope up with boredom. It might be because you love your work enough and weekends seem meaningless to you. Oh the illness of being separated from work does exist! :) So if you ever feel bad even though you know you're AWESOME, go pamper yourself! Cook yourself an awesome breakfast, give yourself a SPA time and go visit some crowded place. Well tat's why we live in cities. Just live. It's a beautiful life :-)

Now and Then..

2011-06-24T00:56:00.003-05:00

I am standing at the shore with waves of present hitting me and watching the sea of 'what I can do' and the sky of 'what I wanna do' meet at the horizon of future.
All I hope is,by the time I get to that point they both are still there. :)

To be Anon or not

2011-06-17T10:11:00.000-05:00

So it's all about me thinking to be Anonymous or not on the blog!

I love blogging with my name. Kinda.. 'Mera blog hi meri pehchaan hai..' :) But the problem with that is people tend to relate everything you write with you. You talk of politics, half of your readers feel offended. You talk of society, relatives get upset. Talk about love, half of your friends have advice to offer. And best, if you write bold, you may have tonnes of stalkers. But who cares? It is my blog. I started blogging because a real close friend wanted me to share my poetry on a beautiful page. But back then I just wrote for people so made a private blog. Moved it to an open blog - made tonnes of blogger friends. I still remember doing the everyday chorus of reading blogs.. commenting.. and blogrolling! and template hunting too... Hail orkut for all this. This blog had my unique first+last name and so many people could add me on social networking sites and stalkers could hunt me too. But then with a few stalkers came some real amazing friends. And I mean it! Friends forever. Yes I made a friend whose identity was fake. But then all others are precious and I am glad I met them. On the other hand, I have really loved few blogs without knowing the people behind it. Anon blogs are a bit like fictitious story - you don't know what happened and did it really happen? But I wonder how hard it is to not shout your identity. For me it is! To begin finding a pseudo-name is super tough. Or wait! I think I am obsessive about my name. :) Then secondly, after reading about how certain blogger was traced when he/she was missing led me to wonder how to post anonymously. It is a real pain to hide your IP and use proxy sites every now and then. And of course, no personal means of blogging. Well for someone like me who loves everything from her own device - ain't possible. And even after this you got to worry every night what if your identity is revealed. Hell NO! Let's just tell the world - who are we. And that reminds me of an incidence when I started with my day 1 of work in India and in a week a random person came to me and said, "Hey are you Sachi?" I am like yes. And then he told me his blog which I loved reading. Trust me, I knew how crappy my blog was but still I felt on cloud No. 9 :)
So you see I believe in being open to the people - I feel a bit uneasy on how people judge you especially when I am so anti-judging. I believe in standing to what I feel or say even if I have to stand alone. But then there are days when you feel like blogging a event that happened with someone and not you - and that's when people think it is you. Isn't it the case with Love too? We all talk about it as if we have life long experience - some talk philosophy some talk history, well most of us talk poetry! So it doesn't mean we all are love struck. But actually it is us only. Most of the times we talk about our personal lives and that's how the notion gets attached. I feel it would be great if people just read you like a fictional character or probably it won't be. So by the end of the post, I am confused. And of course, following: to each his own!

To be anonymous or not.. just blog :)

A day with you..

2011-06-12T18:13:00.000-05:00

Today I realize, how a day with you ,
Can make me happy without any clue.
The joy I see in your eyes,
When you say all that matters is me and you.
For there is no joy like to be with you,
and forget about anything that is ever blue.
Because a day with you..
..is making a dream come true! :-)

P.S. I got to write poems soon. So want to get back to the love dove world. :)

Reposting: Happy Mother's Day Maa

2011-05-08T01:40:00.000-05:00

Mom, I miss the hands that have been holding me ever since I took my first breath.
I miss the fingers that have not let me fall from the time I took my first step.
I wonder what life would have been without the touch that was there to heal the wounds that didn’t always teach.
I doubt if I could ever hold the stars in place without you encouraging me to reach.
I miss the arms that shield me when the tears start to fall.
I miss the world that has always stood by me to say it would take care of it all.
Just want you to know, you are more beautiful than anything can be.

And, you are the reason I am Me!
Thanks for being the FRIEND you're...And yes! Happy Mother's Day :)

"Haathon ki lakerien badal jayengi.. Gum ki yeh zanjeerein pighal jayengi,,
Ho Khuda pe bhi asarr, Tu Duaon ka hai ghar.."

Mothers Day songs

2011-05-08T00:34:00.001-05:00

All the time I have stayed far from home and have missed my mommy dearest, I have listened to the following songs.
` Tujhe Sab hai pata.. Meri Maa! (TZP)
` Mumma... (Dasvidaniya)
` Maye ni maye (HAHK)
` Maa Tujhe Salaam! (Rahman)
` Tu kitni achhi hai.. tu kitni bholi hai.. Pyaari pyaari O Maa !! (Raja aur Rank)

Punjabi -
` Ammi (Satinder Sartaj)
` Maa (Malkit Singh)
` Pekke hunde Maawan naal (Surjit Bindrakhia)
` Maawan Maawan Mawaan.. Maa jannat da parchawan (Harbhajan Mann)
` Maawan.. (Babbal Rai)
` Mera Maa nu na daseyo ki mera ki haal hai (Amrinder Gill)

:)

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's... May God bless each of you for every kid needs just you...

Still learning.. Phase I

2011-05-06T13:39:00.000-05:00

I wish to compile some of my fav. (harsh or not) moments:

`Motivate yourself - everyday.
`Often, take a break. Live lite :)

`You're one of my fav. person. (I know you know!) ;-)
`Go shop! Pamper yourself.. Gift the one's you love <3

`Get back to people who hold a past worth mentioning in your present!

`Travel - as much as you can. Let 'Explore' be the mantra for life. :)

`If you desire, believe in it. Just go ahead, do it. Live is too short to regret...
`If ever things don't go the way you want, have faith! Believe... 'coz you'll soon see miracle!

`It may be difficult but as much as you can, forgive and forget! Its analogous to live and let live..
`If life is a roller coaster, love is actually the inversion point 'coz no matter what you go through, you love it at the end and have every memory just there.

P.S. More to come...

Wishes..

2011-04-15T00:41:00.001-05:00

...sometimes all we wish for in life is life itself! :)

Anna and people of India

2011-04-08T12:23:00.000-05:00

Kya mera neta chor hai? Kya aaj aam aadmi ka zor hai?

Can a fast-unto-death lead to a step towards abolishing corruption in government offices by the power of the same government? I believe it can! Do you?
Being a believer that both the ways of himsa and non-violence brought us freedom, I feel that India is struggling for another moment of freedom!

We have seen India growing. Be it the showing unity and patience in Jessica Lal's case or the current total Gandhi powered Anna ji. If it works I can still believe in the power of non violence for I know violence in we youth never worked.
In his letter he says, "I have started my indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar. I had invited you also to fast and pray for a corruption free India on 5th April. Though I did not receive any reply from you, I am hopeful that you must have done that."
In my humble opinion, an instigation is needed only to light fire.. but right now seeing the current india - it is burning! Let this be a revolution from youth too... Let us teach the world - we care for the nation we call Maa! It is not about "enacting on law" for lok janpal bill, it is about establishment of a bill where the common man would be empowered to seek actions against anybody guilty of corruption. The fact is that no more can people of India believe blindly in a process in which some of the most corrupt people of the country would draft an anti-corruption law! And well to the "officials" who still want to say: "I have no information.", this bill is not impossible. The model has been adopted in several countries including Sweden (where the term originated), United Kingdom, Denmark, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Canada and New Zealand. So why can't we?
"I appeal to Anna Hazare to end the fast." - Pranab M.
"I appeal to Indian Government to end Corruption." - Anna Hazare

Jai Hind!

P.S. We the people have succeeded. But I don't trust that easily so waiting for actions.

Sugarry Friend

2011-03-31T10:35:00.000-05:00

This post goes out to my my kiddo friend (my childhood buddy). A friend as old as my bad thoughts. A friend since past 16 SUPERB years. Our friendship has been the strangest relationship in this world. We can anytime fail Rob Reine, the director of “When Harry Met Sally” by proving that yes! “A girl ‘nd a guy can be friends. In fact, best friends!” But this sensitive and totally argumentative topic shall be dealt some other time. For know, let’s talk about my friend :P Our friendship as I said was strange. We never exchanged gifts or cards on occasions. But I still remember the four wishes, in chronological order, every year were:

Him: “Happy Valentines! Bhagwan jaldi tujhe koi de de taaki mujhe chutkara mil jaaye”
Me: “Haan please! I don’t want to be wished by you either. Wo bhi sabse pehle?No way!".

Me: “Happy B’day! Bhagwan teri umar bhi mujhe de de. Oops! Teri meri ki galti ho gayi. Adjust kar li yaar.”
Him: “Tujhe kya karna itna jee k agar main hi na raha”Me: "Tu jab nahi hoga tab hi to jee paongi. Abhi to pakk rahi hun wo be tere bud-day waale din."

Him: “Badhai ho! Aaj aapne dharti pe ek aur saal nikal hi liya. Succesful lakdi! Waise Dharti Maa ko bhi badhai ho. Aakhir ab ek aur saal kam reh gaya na tera bojh uthane ka.”
Me: “Hunh! Jab main nahi hongi na tab tujhe pata chalega main kitni achhi hun” (Yeah Yeah !! I was a big time senti actor since my childhood days)

Me: “It’s Friendship’s Day tomorrow!”
Him: “Tujhe kya achaar daalna hai?”
Me: “Abe teez nahi hai jo achaar daalun. Kal doston ko thank you bolte hai. I’ll wish you early morning before I go to school. Don’t you dare go before meeting me warna achha nahi hoga”
Him: “Hunh! Isn’t it cool?”
Me: “Yeah! The idea na?”
Him: “No! Everyday, throughout the year, you just wish to come over to my house at night and kill me. And on this very day, you feel like thanking me.”
Me: “Whatever!”
Him: “Furrrrrrrrrr”

So we grew up, fighting fighting and finally parting. We have always tried to remain in touch. But know we realize that then, we had ourselves cropped the differences. Firstly, the physical difference. Distance did come between us. A difference between an engineering student and a commerce student’s thought. Then the difference of life styles of an all times hostler to a non-hostler. Moreover, destiny had something more. Difference between two people, difference between two souls - a change in emotions, in proirties. Meeting him again, say months, made me realize that now a days it has started hurting when I stress my facial muscles and jaw bones to smile. But then I had fun in the sun. (Its damn hot here) I loved it when he noticed that ‘his’ smile girl has become a ‘cry baby’. He pampered me with those good words! (I Love being pampered :D) We even fought :D I realized it’s all my fault that I maintained a distance.
But then not all days are bad...
So now I think of that scene from "When Harry Met Sally" where Harry Burns tells Sally Albright,
"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

I just wanna make sure you get that Buckingham Palace of yours. :)

We had joy we had fun...
...We had seasons in the sun!

Over-hyped or not?

2011-03-29T16:21:00.000-05:00

If people are to be believed:
A Rs. 250/- ticket being sold at Rs. 12,000/-;
Rs. 17,00,000/- for a 10-sec advertisement;
One way ticket Mum-Chd: Wed Morning Rs 15,000;
India's richest people struggling to make it through;
Match territory declared no-fly zone;
Thunderstorm warning makes people scare more than Tsunami;
Offices have changed timings;
Citizens feel curfewed in iron-clad security;
Productivity might reduce by 70%;
(P.S. It's the final day of financial year)
PMs of two deadliest neighbors expected to be together;

Oh no! It's NOT just a cricket match.
As ToI quotes, "this is bigger than a match of cricket, it's of mammoth proportions". There is no thin line between victory and Defeat - there lies separation has Kashmir, three ruthless wars and tons of unspoken words...

P.P.S.: As per Business Standard, "Chandigarh's Industrial and Tourism Corporation has a special menu of mocktails named Dazzling Yorker, LBW, Captain’s Cooler, Googly and Cover Drive. The snacks include Chicken Short Leg, Fish Third Umpire and Prawns Short Leg. There is also a Chicken Caught and Bowled. People are hoping that chicken does not get replaced by names of cricketers when the match finally begins tomorrow."

P.P.P.S.: Biggest worry is Punjabi's everywhere - I mean, both the teams. :D

30 Skills Every Woman Should Have Before Turning 30

2011-03-29T10:05:00.000-05:00

Lol! Okay I know I have too many years to do most of this but I loved the list :) I saw it on Tanvii's and I have a similar reason to blog. I love the list + I need something to write. I haven't lost the zeal to write but I have lost the zeal to write. All the bloggers who once inspired me are no longer my readers. Actually they would read if they could but the thing is all of us - yes the huge blogspot group I had on my previous blog is almost dead. *I miss you guys!" And plus a huge thanks to Facebook notes - many have shifted to there and so have I :)
Anyways, back to my 30 list: (originally taken from here)

1. Hard-boil an egg - I do! :)
2. Diplomatically tell Mom to butt out - I choose not to. :)
3. Ace a job interview - Been there, done that.
4. Ask a man out - I wish I never have to else it would be #FAIL. :(
5. Send a thoughtful thank-you note - Done! After all gratitude is key to happiness.
6. Listen to a friend in need - Done!
7. Ask for help - umm not done! :( *HELP* !
8. Effectively end an unhealthy relationship (romantic or platonic in nature) - *pseudo* Done!
9. Beautifully wrap a gift - Done!
10. Say “no” gracefully - aaarrgghhh! I hate to say "yet to do".
11. Whip up a great dinner with the five items in her fridge - Done! (A thousand times...)
12. Forget pleasing him, by 30 a woman should be able to tell her man exactly how to please her- Way to go for this...
13. Sew a button - Yet to do.
14. Mix a kick-ass cocktail - Yet to do. Man! Am I far behind in life?
15. Take off her bra without removing her shirt - :P
16. Apply lip gloss in the dark - Done!
17. Balance her checkbook - I have to!
18. Create a budget - I have to!
19. Find the best deal - Done! Yayyy....
20. Negotiate a salary and/or pay raise - oops No.
21. Read a map - done done done !!
22. Hail a cab - :D
23. Say something in French just for the hell of it - yes!
24. Apologize when she’s wrong - Done! No harms in that.
25. Dress for her body type - yes.
26. Change a flat (or know whom to call to come change it) - Done!
27. Spot a fake (handbag, diamond, potential friend …) - Done! Handbag, diamond, *shoes*, friend (kinda..).. Good going Sach!
28. Feign interest - you bet?
29. Know what to tip on a $25 dinner bill - I do!
30. Hold a baby (Hey, someone you know is bound to have one sooner or later.) - Done!

Mar 23, 1931 to Mar 23, 2011

2011-03-22T23:17:00.001-05:00

Well this post goes out to all the stereotypical Indians (that can include me too) who post high status of their personal decision of who wins in a war of "Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar" or better I would say "Violence" or "Himsa" v/s "Mahatama Gandhi" or "Father of Nation" or "Non-Violence" or "Ahimsa". Everyone, had a common slogan: "Freedom for India"! Just that opinions and executions didn't match - isn't that Human? Has ever in history the concept of ruling party having same opinions like the opposing party happened? Did not both the *parties* wanted a free, educated India?

In last 80 years, are we able to achieve the freedom either party wanted? We support one, abuse other: well let's be rational. By either ways could we do a bit to what we support of? Could we manage to do justice to the sacrifices of these fighters and attain a position where we could say, "My India!". So many fighters came and went, do we even recall a bit of them. Just the date made people change their facebook profile pic and update status - but why? Why compare the freedom fighters? How many even know what date Mar. 23 brings? But yes, people talk of their views. How many of us faced it? Hardly any.
For minutes, let us forget the pre-independence era and talk about our times. How many of us, *the potential youth of India* remember the Kargil War? Oh no! If we think seeing that image of few lucky soldiers on top of mountain with a flag is all about how India won the WAR against Pakistan. Well, think again. Because once we know what it is; we might revisit history. And yes we might choose to not compare anybody's sacrifice or abuse any of the great souls! Instead we *might* learn what is the meaning of freedom.

Moving on to the pre-Independence days, as per Wikipedia, "Father of the Nation" is an honorific title given to a man considered the driving force behind the establishment of their country, state or nation. The term founding fathers may be used if more than one person is considered key. This name "Father of the Nation" was first used by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in 1944 so isn't it obvious that even the himsa wadi (or followers of non-violence) believed in him. I am sure he wasn't being sarcastic over the radio from Singapore.

Anyways, we belong to anation that has freedom of speech* so no reason to argue. But I personally feel every one had their way and everyone represent a world of ideas and theories on their own. It is just that some choose the "Ahimsa" way and some the "Himsa" way. And since I have never lived that era, I don't have the slightest idea of what it took to live in a chained nation; all I can understand is that I like the "himsa" way but then I do NOT disagree to what the father of nation did. I for sure know the world remarks Gandhi's contribution. Be it peace organizations like U.N. or Google's web world or a famous street in Chicago - it is Gandhi. So let's be proud of him, even though we're may be more proud of other freedom fighters or if you're more proud of Gandhi ji then be proud of those who made a difference to the politics of British govt. because no country succeeds without a difference of opinion. And also, if you are ambassadors of "what India actually is", be honest! Be proud :)

"The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life." — from Bhagat Singh's prison diary.

So, no matter who was right or wrong; let's not forget anyone's contribution. Let us carry the spirit of FREEDOM - be thankful for sacrifices of the fighters, carry the spirit of patriotism, maintain the integrity of which India is known of and be courageous. Let us not fight on what any Indian state is and is not.. let us be one and together. Because the goal was to activate youth for freedom struggle, inculcate a rational scientific attitude, fight communalism and end the practice of untouchability. So no matter whom we support: let us work for a better India. Don't just appreciate or crib, ACT! And yes, tell me how to act too..

Shaheedon ki chitaon par lagenge har baras mele,

Watan par mitne waalon ka yehi baaki nishan hoga...

Kabhi yeh b din aayega jab apna raaj dekhenge,

Jab apni hi zameen hogi aur apna aasmaan hoga...

P.S.: I just got reminded of an old discussion where I so wanted to hang Kasab and now I am confused. :) So be light hearted because thoughts change with people, with days...

US

2011-03-19T23:34:00.000-05:00

HE: Sometimes, you're too strange to be understood.

SHE: Don't try to understand me, just Love Me! :-)

Things that mothers teach their daughters

2011-03-15T13:24:00.000-05:00

Mom and me are best friends - in honest opinion more than just best friends. The golden rule to keep the friendship stay best forever was taught by Mom and it is: "You might forget to tell somethings to your best friend, but never forget that you need to be honest." So following that I have seen life, and everytime I take a wise decision, I say to myself - well! Momma said so :)
This post is NOT an inspiration post after watching Forest Gump. It is a collection to be passed on to every daughter :-)
Feminism \m/

My root teaching was:
` Before you do anything, think! Think that you're not just responsible to yourself, but to your family, to a nation where a billion people live.
Yes, a billion people can hold me responsible for anything I do. It might not seem tough for me, but it could be worse to many. I might miss the point so think, think responsibily. Another talisman that I have always loved is:
` Love when you're ready and not when you're lonely.
So totally true! It is so hard to not fall for just anyone when you"re lonely _ specially after a breakup> :) All of us know that! The best I feel is to hold on to people you know would understand you no matter what:
` Parents have the hearts to love you when you're at your worst and arms to hold you when you're at your weakest.
Everyone knows this but still you should remember it and never ever say that:
` Women are Crazy Men Are Stupid
I so agree and shall always remember:
` Ever notice that people who spend money on beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets are always complaining about being broke and not feeling well?
Also,
` Don’t do drugs ’cause you can find the same effect just by standing up really fast.
:) :) :) Goes out to all those who hand their life to things that they should own and not otherwise.
I am sure someday I will use your:
` No man is perfect — you just have to find one whose quirks you can live with.
Ever thought that what you say could be golden:
` If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
And and, I remember when I would be sad thinking Life is just a struggle, you would tell me:
` You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
I have strggled to realize that life is not just hard days, it's about conquering such days to find happiness. I remember you telling me how when one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
` Because in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years that will matter.
Yes, so the most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
You made me see positives in life. In my sad days, you were my unspoken untalked of strength. You taught me how not to run in circles ort shout, when in doubt.
` Fall over seven times, but get up eight.
Last but not surely not the least, I wish to share some thing I think has made me a better person:
` This too shall pass.

And something I have learnt on my own and shall be passed on ;) is:
` Don't look for a boyfriend who would be best, look for a boy who would be your best friend.

Mom, I look back on my childhood and thank the stars above. For everything you gave me, but mostly for your love. :-) Your words have been a source of strength and hope to me whenever life became a roller coaster. Clearly, you're the bank where I deposited all my pains and you converted them and gave a return of happiness. It is just because of you that,

Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I’ve had Life!

P.S. I would love to add more to the list, let it be universal Mother Daughter teachings!

On banks of Yamuna...

2011-03-02T16:15:00.000-06:00

“The Ganges front is the supreme showplace of Benares.
Its tall bluffs are solidly caked from water to summit, along a stretch of three miles, with a splendid jumble of massive and picturesque masonry, a bewildering and beautiful confusion of stone platforms, temples, stair flights, rich and stately palaces....soaring stairways, sculptured temples, majestic palaces, softening away into the distances; and there is movement, motion, human life everywhere, and brilliantly costumed - streaming in rainbows up and down the lofty stairways, and massed in metaphorical gardens on the mile of great platforms at the river's edge.”
(Mark Twain, American Writer - 1835-1910)
P.S. - It's Vrindavan, banks of Yamuna.

My fav. gift

2010-11-29T16:26:00.002-06:00

Memoirs::

I got the best gift of my life years back when I was blessed with a brother! Things have changed, life has moved but still every morning the first thought that bothers me is our memories. For years, I have stayed out of home and every time before going home I felt a definite excitement. But at home, I missed you more often. I have just broken apart. I so want to fulfill all your ambitions but I fear what if I am not able to 'coz I know tears break me down. I think of you often and I miss you. I wish I had never let you go. I wish I could have changed things. I wish I could turn back time...
I sit alone, With only my thoughts, And memories of times past. I sit here sad, Wanting to recapture, Times we’ve had. I sit here crying, Longing to feel your embrace, Your hands, your face. But all of these, I can not have, we're far away.
Right now, I really miss my friend in you..so much that nothing could be compared to! I have tried not to think of you but failed miserably. I always told you that I am not strong enough to hold on. But even then I am being tested.

Memories still lingers me with questions.
Would it have been justified if I would have not been discourteous about not-showing you my cell phone and could it ‘really’ save you from going away? Was it possible for me to have you right here talking to me, listening to my teen stories!? Can it be done that I would teach you and in the end, learn from you? Could we still plan to run in rain, dance in monsoon games, fight the storms and plan with you. Couldn’t you stay till the end of time? No-on yes no one would ever replace even a single bit that you did…

I fall asleep with tears burning in my eyes, mistake truths for lies.I smile and frown on seeing the photos, wonder what happened to our MOTTO. This winter makes me miss you a little more, for I know there'll be no new years off the shore..My longing is nothing new. And everyday I'm haunted by the fact that I miss you...I miss your smiling face...I miss your warm embrace!I miss being with you...I miss Moms smile when we said 'we love you'! I miss Dad's anxiety on what we would be doing when he came from work. I miss waiting for you...I miss you saying he's not the one for you!I miss the way we used to fight...I miss your look that gave me fright!I miss you every ways...I miss you changing my gray gloomy days!I miss the happiness at home brought by you...I just don't need anything but you...

Why can’t I see you smiling? Why do I have to think? What if my memory gets erased? Would you leave me in that world too?

"I have lost. I have found. I have cried. I have laughed. I have frowned. I have smiled. I have loved. I have lived."

I just don't wanna drive without you, Mowgli. >:D<

Have faith.

2010-10-09T01:16:00.000-05:00

I have been thinking about writing this entry for some time now. But the words do not come easily unless felt. So here they are:

Of the tiny number of years I have lived, I have gathered FAITH. Faith in Love and faith in mankind, faith in people and faith in the life is what I have survived on. I believe in goodness. I know to face the world with an open heart and mind takes courage. And I do not need any kind of self-protection. And if I fail, I know I fail on the emotional grounds. I have learnt the more open you are to the world; the more you are able to give and receive love for there is not enough love shown in the world. It is difficult, but worth even though disappointments and hurts will happen, but amongst this I shall not fail. My heart shall be courageous and shall arise the next morning and try again. After all, hearts heal! Yes, I believe life is a suffering; a beautiful and precious one. I believe that it does not matter what you believe in, as long as you believe in something greater than yourself. Be it love, be it kindness, be it the earth or nature, God or a mate: just Believe! Believing in the words of others, for we were not born with just a mouth to speak ears to listen too. Do not fight! Don’t let words divide you, instead unite and conquer. Conquer hearts! For there are solutions, no matter what the problem is but that needs open hearts and minds and love. Work together! For you understand and learn to respect. Teach someone only if he wants! For you cannot make others receive lessons. Wisdom is precious to only those who know it’s worth – to an ignorant, an ‘A’ is just 3 sticks. Everything is transitory. Don’t hate differences. After all, our differences make us beautiful, and stronger as a whole.

So all I believe is that we need to start right where we are, with ourselves. It is never too late to adapt tp life. Everything is impermanent, change is our constant. So don’t be afraid, embrace the impermanence. I believe in myself, and I believe in you. I believe that we are all lost, and that we can all be found.

I believe in love. Yes, most of all, I believe in love. And I believe I am not alone.

P.S. I do not have all the answers. I do not believe I am better than anyone else but yes, I am not a hypocrite ;-)

Parents

2010-10-05T02:34:00.000-05:00

Mom and Dad,
You were there for me to take me to school
for tying my hair and matching my dress with the shoes..
for my first cycle ride and even handling my woes.
For that and much more, for always being there...
for making me feel strong and showing you care.
For being my protector and setting the rules...
for the rides, the money and the help with school.
For all the times I was stopped in doing things,
I know understand it was for my own good.
I may not have been happy, but I always understood..
that I am lucky to be one of the few.
to have a Dad that pampers me and a Mom that loves me,
to have a Dad that sponsers me and a Mom that is friends with me,
as much as you do. I love you, I really do. :-)

California

2010-08-29T21:45:00.000-05:00

Top *few* reasons to love the place:

` Sun: Oh who doesn't love a day with just the right amount of sun smiling at you. With you favorite sunscreen on, the summer dress you love to flaunt and the drink you have to drink; California is the one state. O yes I do love snow too but not too much. I can live without whites but not yellows. ;-) I wish it was way more greener like the Himalayas.
` Beaches: Oh I so loved the beaches where you could just jump in. Pacific is so peaceful and charming. The breeze just makes the warm and dry air a wannabe. The palm trees besides make the tropicals look much more joyful.
` Light rails: Simply sweet :)
` People: I loved the friendliness there. For a multi-cultured, multi-nationality state it is hard to achieve that but they surly have bunches of good and happy people.
` Architecture: Spanish and Tuscan architecture has something to it. That old and traditional feeling is beauty to eyes and joy to soul.
` Food: I am a total foodaholic. I missed eating Indian and Chinese but my taste buds had best of Thai, Mexican and Italian. There were Japanese places too but I didn't try them.
` Safety: Nothing makes a city ugly as long as it is secure. California is surely safe and secure.

Adios! Hop you get Californied soon. \m/ Enjoyinh Californication :D

my India my pride..

2010-08-13T16:27:00.000-05:00

She lives to be an Indian,
Sees her nation being born, rise and lead…
The tricolor flutters amongst approving winds,
Reminds of the struggle, tears, pain and grief...
Vows new words, a new promise is taken,
Let the people decide and nothing bond her nation…
With new hopes, she wants the new INDIA,
To be certainly better than what it is at it’s best…
‘coz she says, "When the clock would strike the right time,
People would salute this land I call mine!"

If you judge, investigate.

2010-07-19T16:47:00.000-05:00

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes."

I hate judging around or being judged!
Because, if you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Because, when you judge someone, you allow others to judge you back.
Because, judgments always prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

We can never judge the lives of others until we have lived it. Every individual has his own motive to every action he does and this motive could be entirely different than mine. Paulo Coelho was absolutely right when he said that we can never judge the life of others, because each person knows only their pain and renunciation. Truly, it's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
Before every judgement, think, think and again think. There might have been numerous times when you would have failed to judge the content of the "book" by it's cover. It was only 'flipping through the pages' that made difference. What might have looked a deep tunnel could have turned to be an entry to a wonderland.
If you care for someone and justify it as your attitude remember the words, "Care hard and judge soft". I think one should first take care of their own lives. As the bible says, "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Even Jesus condemns hypocritical, self-righteous judgments.
Everything that irritates us about others shall lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Do your best, outshine and do not worry about people around. Let them fall stand and walk on their own! Let peace prevail. This world is full of judges, we don’t need any more. But then what do we need? Hearts oozing with love, hands willing to help; mouths praying and eyes caring. Let us be open hearted, warm people who won't (hypocritically) find mistakes in what others do and feel as though everyone else is wrong. Let us not judge someone else for a crime when you yourself are committing a crime that is even worse. Let us be souls with unconditional love without judgement and criticism. Let's have kind hearts, open hands and soft words. Let's dare not look down on anybody, unless we are going to help them up! ;-)

Be your ownself

2010-07-11T13:28:00.000-05:00

Oscar Wilde says, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” So apt! Of late, I have been just trying to be myself. And I am failing. At some or the other point, I am unable to be myself. And for me, it's hard. For I believe, the best and easiest way to live is to be yourself. Isn't it true, that faking someone else would need lot of research and time but being yourself comes from within so easy and efficient ;) (s/w ppl talking!)

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: that I am nobody but myself.
~Ralph Ellison, "Battle Royal"

Seriously why allow someone else to define you. Why not give your own definition. If we were to be someone else, we would have been that. So now what? Last evening, I was struggling to find "why not me be me" and I realized I am drifting away for I am thinking too much. And that's when I realized I am being myself. Just that I am:

"...Trying to keep myself filtered by the filters of truth among the surroundings of lies..."

"...Trying to establish myself as of something on the platform of everything..."

"...Trying to live the life by heart in the competitive worlds of mind..."

"...Trying to accomplish my dreams with best effort as I can and I know will for sure..."

;-)

Remember,

Kuch khaas hai hum sabhi me....
Kuch baat hai hum sabhi me....
Kya swaad hai zindagi mein :-)

Ordinarily Random

2010-06-13T19:38:00.000-05:00

I've been so up and down this week. From being happy and hopeful, to messy and miserable, I don't even know what I'm feeling anymore. All this week I have been thinking how the most ordinary things also have so much to them, so much that you cannot even imagine. Yes, "As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination."
I wonder how we are always influenced. Like I say, being conventional is always wrong. Not only by people around but the angel-devil in ourselves too. I wish I could somehow stop everyone from telling me, "You cannot do it", even myself! Would it not be good to have a fear free, apprehension less life. Is it wrong to create your very own selfish world where you can add-subtract people, food, schools, jobs..well actually everything? But then I feel, it might utterly wrap me in my own egotist world. In this struggle, I as well as all of you tend to look for different paths in life. But, as they say, no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. We meet people, we learn from them - good or bad? Well that's up to them and us too :) And that is how we achieve. I know that my achievements (an extra stress to the S signifying plural) are quite ordinary. I am not the only woman to have found the fortunes I am proud of but then I am at least one of those who achieved something if not everything. Isn't it more than enough that I have the courage to believe in the existence of answer to every question that arises in my thought territory? And moreover, I could question! But still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known and each bed in which I have slept.

Things happen for a reason

2010-06-06T16:35:00.000-05:00

In life, there were times when you got exactly what you wanted but weren't the times when you were denied of wishes much better? Think! Well those were the times when you got things much better than you desired.
Yes! I love the way He smiles at me!
Undoubtedly, Everything happens for a reason and every time the reason is good. Yep! "Whether we comprehend it or not, everything happens for a reason. Sometimes it’s for a larger purpose than just your mind to understand." We may term the reason: luck, wish, hope, fate, destiny, illness, co-incidence, accident, partiality and what not but in the end we know there was a good reason. Even if something was unfair, it gave us courage, strength and willpower. It taught us lessons that otherwise, our soul, body and spirit wouldn't have even faced. The "I" in you is created with every failure, betrayal and downfall. Thus appreciate every moment. Let every breath has a story enclosed in it. Let us all realize that for every moment, good or bad, that has been part of your life, it was meant to be there, in that very order and to serve a purpose of teaching you the lesson and making you what you are. May be that was what you always wanted to be, or may be you deserved to be more than what you desired to be.

Some of the learning bruise came from the road I didn't want to travel.
Some of the best people I have known are the ones I didn't want to meet.

Some of the most magnificent doors I passed were where there was no way.

Some of the wealth I've ever received came from a trifle I wanted to withhold.

Some of the hope has saved everything when I wanted most to give up in despair.

Some of the most painful tears because of the vision to look beyond turned to happiness.

Some of the wonderful wisdom I gained came from people who looked poor, old and messed.

Some of the dearest moments I could spend are with people I never told how important they are.

Some of the right-on-targets were achieved because they started just when the time of deadline arrived.

And, some of the prove-me-wrong posts came just when I thought it's not my cup of tea, it's time I shall quit!

Of Kasab

2010-05-06T05:03:00.000-05:00

With the court verdict on Kasab's death penalty follows long discussion. Fair or not, I feel:

` India just saved itself of another hijack and kidnap case. Remember IC-814 Kandahar? Or Kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed?
` Mr. Tahilyani, thank you for covering the loop hole.
` Is death immoral? Question this if you are not talking of someone who 'by-mistake' kills 166 people.
` "He’s just 21. He was taught the wrong lesson". We don’t need no education and do your wrong-experiments in your country. We have better things to research upon.
` "Are we blindly saying what media wants us to say?" Well, we’re adults who take responsibility of our actions unlike Kasab. We are allowed to drink, drive, elect and marry - some of the most responsible deeds in the most populous democracy.
` It's sad we are not considering his mother but what about the families who suffered and want him hanged. Sources.
` Yes! I agree we are doing what people like Lakhvi and Saeed always wanted. But when they train the young minds, they tell them the consequence is death and these "young-innocent" (pure sarcasm involved) get prepared for they know their "jehad" would make them a God, a martyr. We're not doing any injustice, just making his way to glory soon. Hope it becomes real soon.
` "Is it the religion?" A terrorist follows the religion of terrorism and belongs to not-just-one country. It is because of such potholes, every Indian lives with the fear of being a suspect for no fault of theirs.
` What could be worse than thinking twice before going to the best hotel-chain of the country or may be, every breaking news makes you feel, is it another terror attack. Isn't it terrifying that you think twice before boarding a plane of the most friendliest airlines fearing hijacks or that you do not prefer trains anymore. And not to forget, Parliament is no longer considered secure.

And thank you, for keeping proof of nationality with you so world doesn't feel we created you for fun.

Things that make me happy

2010-04-29T02:36:00.000-05:00

Things that make me :-)
(no order, no preference)

`Hugs
`Kids'
`Gifts
`Smiling
`Shopping
`Good food
`Old photographs
`Nature at its best
`Recalling old days
`That one phone call
`Cooking for someone
`Talking of childhood
`Rains (any day any season)
`Those tiny li'l cute fights
`Being with people I care for
`Finding money in old clothes
`Those three words (purely magical)
`Being at home in my fav. set of clothes
`Waking up to find that you still have time to sleep
`Waiting for that one call or time one meeting moment
`Listening that one song which has like tons of memories to it
`Seeing that one tee that doesn't fir you any more and then realizing it does after tryin it
~~AND~~
`Being the girl I am!

Human

2010-04-26T17:06:00.000-05:00

Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional..
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional..

It's you

2010-04-25T01:38:00.000-05:00

Through the last steps of journey of miles,
I would see you with me, following..
Never leaving me alone,
Even when I would want to be!
It's not my dark shadow, its my bright image,
The twin of my soul, I know it's you.!!.

World of her own

2010-04-22T04:31:00.000-05:00

She survives in a world of her own, so small yet content. All she knows of is that her day begins with hopes to see him and all her happy days end with glimpse of him. She feels elated whenever he leaves at same time she does and they go out together, board the same bus, sit beside each other and converse. Those little pieces of words that come out of his mouth feed her ears all the symphonies. Seeing him smiling at her makes her eyes foretaste heaven. Her heart takes an extra beat whenever he passes by. But her mind wanders, questions and mystifies her.
She waits for the day when he can gaze along with her at that ecstasy, can hear that melody and say what she want him to feel…

Signs that you're not over your X

2010-04-21T04:16:00.010-05:00

We all have been here! You-meet, text, re-connect, friends, best-friends, hook-up, fall-in-love, dream, break-up, revenge, live-planning-plotting, still-continuing…. Well yes! You’re yet not over your ex. And the 5 vital signs are:

Sign 1: You check his Orkut/Facebook every time you log on: You cannot delete him of the list because of the same reason.

Sign 2: You re-read your conversations: Every text/mail/wallpost/scrap is right there to be re-read and make you feel worse. You simply forget the ‘delete’ option.

Sign 3: You link up just to let him know: You try to jealous him by putting fancy status updates, cute duo-pics and converse with all his “worst” friends! That’s revenge by now, not love J

Sign 4: Every incident is what you have lived with him before: Be it the song or a too-lurvy-durvy story, you got to associate it with him, after all he is He.

Sign 5: You still sleep in that tee: yea! Of course ‘cause you could never find a more comfortable tee than those.

IG - Chicago

2010-04-16T05:16:00.000-05:00

Sometimes the place is beautiful...
but mostly, people are...

Menu of Lyf

2010-04-14T04:44:00.000-05:00

Hel-lo!
This is definitely ~~NOT~~ the life I ordered.

On way

2010-04-12T11:23:00.000-05:00

I always know where I'm going, why I'm going and how. I know what I will be doing, what the other person would be thinking. That's how I like it and that's how it should be.

I wish I knew about you too. I don't wish to draw the blank I am drawing.

Belonging to yourself

2010-04-11T03:16:00.008-05:00

Certain people are like that, I guess.

They’re together no matter where they are.

They solely belong to themselves.

About the blog

2010-04-11T00:28:00.002-05:00

I have been blogging from the time I was immature enough to think ‘I could fly if I find a cliff high enough..” I really appreciate the way some of you guys read no-matter-what-crap I wrote, commented and encouraged me. *wonder* what did people wanted? People came, left – but I met some of the most b’ful bloggers. Made friends, sibling..got a family, met few – loved some :P
Looking back, makes me happy that there were handful who could read what happens in my day-to-day life and still stay interested. Well, or at least, hang in there until the end of the entry.
This time, I am putting up some things I click with words because I've learnt that pictures give you better memory. I always was a writer.

I'm someone who lives a pretty normal life where writing is means to attain sanity. I enjoy rambling and blabbering about nothing in particular, and I love that I can just fill in this space with whatever stuffs I'd like to talk about. I click very badly so in that case I will be using my fav. photostream.

Well, I guess that's all. Hope you all have a nice Sunday. Adios! :)