My first sketch

My first ever sketch! I tried to draw Priety Zinta ..unsuccesful attempt obviously but I may become good if I try. Once I become good at sketches, then I will try paints. But as of now, this was the first time. I am not too happy but then I am not too disappointed either.

No pain, no compliments

Seriously! The pain girls go through to keep themselves prim and proper!! We get our eyebrows threaded and our body hair removed from the roots! We sit for hours with those sticky (and sometimes smelly) masks on. Although the end result is extremely and obviously worth it, but the process is nothing less than a torture. Especially for me, getting my eyebrows done is not less than a punishment. Now, the fact is that there is some nerve which connects our eyebrows and nose. So when the eyebrows get tweezed, I have this irritation in my nose and I sneeze. I am very popular in the parlour I go to because of this embarrassing habit of mine and the lady gives me a tissue even before she makes me sit! Infact, the day when I thankfully dont sneeze much, they are like "arey , aaj cheekein nahin aayee??" Then if you go for those tan removing facials, there are again those irritating face masks, which make you feel that there are thousand little needles being prickled on your face. Getting waxed again is an activity I hope I could give a miss to. I mean although it is not as painful as getting ur eyebrows done, but when that hot wax is applied on your skin, you sincerely wish that you lived in a society where body hair was acceptable!
Yes, I know that all these whatever parlour thingies make you look more elegant, lady like and beautiful, sometimes they become a task ...a task which has to be completed in any which way.
But i guess I should not be complaining. I mean if I have to take the pain , then I also get to take the compliments :)

O Captain! My Captain!

My Favourite poem!! :

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman wrote the poem after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Repeated metaphorical reference is made to this issue throughout the verse. The "ship" spoken of is intended to represent the United States of America, while its "fearful trip" recalls the troubles of the American Civil War. The titular "Captain" is Lincoln himself.

Socha na tha

Watching love stories with happy ending always make me want to believe in fairy tales. Socha na tha is one such kind of a movie. An imperfectly perfect love story of Viren and Aditi. A rather unnoticed movie, I really really like the concept and story of SNT. I dont know if its just with me or do everyone imagine themselves in the position of the protagonists. There is no fun if there you get everything on a platter in your life. Achieving something after a little bit of trouble gives that extra enjoyment. Aditi and Viren were getting each other on a platter. But they rejected each other for their own reason. Since they did not have anything against each other, they end up becoming friends and soon realizing that actually they are in love with each other. I love the last bit where it says, "sab chahte the ye shadi kar le magar fir bhi , bhaag gaye :)" .I am a little disappointed with Abhay deol since he has shown inclination towards the darker cult genre of cinema. I wish he did some more sweet movies like SNT.
I hope Aisha is a nice movie.