This is my 100th post!!! So firstly congratulations to me!!! :) :)
And now to my thoughts ....
However confused I may be over the topic of marriage, I am certain about one thing. There is an excitement of starting a new life from the scratch. Lots of my friends have been married of-late and somehow, I always seem to share their excitement of searching a new house, settling down, buying the basics, new curtains, beds, bedsheets ... somehow its very refreshing. Tiring indeed ... but it fills you with a feeling of hope and happiness.
Its the fun of decorating a new house, calling it home, making your own comfort zone and sharing your life with somebody you really want to. But thats where the real complication starts. This setting up a new house can be fun only when two people come together because they wanted to and not because their parents and "society" wanted them to .
Actually more than the marriage thing, its more of decorating the house, shopping for new, stylish interiors which makes it so tempting. I remember wanting my own room in Bangalore just so that I could decorate it all according to my choice( had thought of giving it a blue theme) That unfortunately could not happen, but well, I'll still wait for the time when I get to convert a house into home, decorate it with beautiful paintings and props. That ...then would be my home :)
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Why does this not happen to me?
1) I see a girl on TV use a shampoo and come out with beautiful shining, smooth, straight hair and I ask myself .. why does this not happen with me! Heck .. I have to use the costliest shampoo to keep my hair 1% of the lustrous hair they have!
2) Someone uses a face wash and becomes all glowing and beautiful and the world starts noticing her. I am not noticed even if I get a facial done!!!
3) A handsome guy walks past me and the wind blows and both of us look at each other and there is music in the background or everything slows down (like in DDLJ when Raj and Simran cross paths). Why does this not happen to me??
4) Using Lux/Vivel makes my skin glow big time and I am walking down in evening gowns with people staring agog! *sone se bhi sona lage!!!*
5) I use a deodorant and become a star at a presentation (Come on!!! Advertising ppl have to be a little more practical)
6) Oh yes! I am laughing all girly-silly in public and there is someone watching me and falling in love with me ... again with a background sound please *ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga*
7) My friends plan to go for a euro trip and i am invited and i find all the time and money in the world to roam around and shop! (DDLJ again ... What did Simran and Raj do again??? Oh yes ...one was son of an uneducated billionaire dad and the other was a homely daughter doing nothing other than writing romantic musings! Ofcourse they had all the time and money in the world! )
8) I say something motivational in background (which is muted in background music ofcourse!!) and everone is clapping and nodding their head in affirmation saying ...she is the bestest!! ;)
9) and finally why dont have the answers to all the questions and solution to all problems!!!!
2) Someone uses a face wash and becomes all glowing and beautiful and the world starts noticing her. I am not noticed even if I get a facial done!!!
3) A handsome guy walks past me and the wind blows and both of us look at each other and there is music in the background or everything slows down (like in DDLJ when Raj and Simran cross paths). Why does this not happen to me??
4) Using Lux/Vivel makes my skin glow big time and I am walking down in evening gowns with people staring agog! *sone se bhi sona lage!!!*
5) I use a deodorant and become a star at a presentation (Come on!!! Advertising ppl have to be a little more practical)
6) Oh yes! I am laughing all girly-silly in public and there is someone watching me and falling in love with me ... again with a background sound please *ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga*
7) My friends plan to go for a euro trip and i am invited and i find all the time and money in the world to roam around and shop! (DDLJ again ... What did Simran and Raj do again??? Oh yes ...one was son of an uneducated billionaire dad and the other was a homely daughter doing nothing other than writing romantic musings! Ofcourse they had all the time and money in the world! )
8) I say something motivational in background (which is muted in background music ofcourse!!) and everone is clapping and nodding their head in affirmation saying ...she is the bestest!! ;)
9) and finally why dont have the answers to all the questions and solution to all problems!!!!
Friday, April 22, 2011
For the guys ....
This is not original but I loved it and I had to post it here ...
-When she stares at your mouth kiss her
-When she ignores you give her your attention
-When she pulls away pull her back
-When you see her at her worst tell her she's beautiful
-When you see her start crying just hold her and don't say a word
-When you see her walking sneak up and hug her waist from behind
-When she's scared protect her
-When she steals your favorite hoodie Let her keep it and sleep with it
-When she teases you Tease her back and make her laugh
-When she doesn't answer for a long time Reassure her that everything is okay
-When she looks at you with doubt Back yourself up
-When she says that she loves you She really does, more than you can understand
-When she grabs at your hands Hold her's and play with her fingers
-When she bumps into you Bump into her back and make her laugh
-When she tells you a secret Keep it safe and untold
-When she looks at you in your eyes Dont look away until she does
-When she tells you she truely loves you tell her you love her more!!
-When she reposts this bulletin She wants you to read it
- Stay on the phone with her even if she's not saying anything
- When she's mad hug her tight and don't let go
- When she says she's ok don't believe it, talk with her because 10 yrs later she'll remember you.
- Call her at 12:00am on her birthday to tell her you love her
-Treat her like she's all that matters to you
- Stay up all night with her when she's sick
- Watch her favorite movie with her or her favorite show even if you think it's stupid.
- Give her the world.
- Let her wear your clothes
-When she's bored and sad, hang out with her
-Let her know she's important.
- Don't talk about other girls around her
- Kiss her in the pouring rain
- When she runs up to you crying, the first thing you say is:
"Whose ass am I kicking babe"
-When she stares at your mouth kiss her
-When she ignores you give her your attention
-When she pulls away pull her back
-When you see her at her worst tell her she's beautiful
-When you see her start crying just hold her and don't say a word
-When you see her walking sneak up and hug her waist from behind
-When she's scared protect her
-When she steals your favorite hoodie Let her keep it and sleep with it
-When she teases you Tease her back and make her laugh
-When she doesn't answer for a long time Reassure her that everything is okay
-When she looks at you with doubt Back yourself up
-When she says that she loves you She really does, more than you can understand
-When she grabs at your hands Hold her's and play with her fingers
-When she bumps into you Bump into her back and make her laugh
-When she tells you a secret Keep it safe and untold
-When she looks at you in your eyes Dont look away until she does
-When she tells you she truely loves you tell her you love her more!!
-When she reposts this bulletin She wants you to read it
- Stay on the phone with her even if she's not saying anything
- When she's mad hug her tight and don't let go
- When she says she's ok don't believe it, talk with her because 10 yrs later she'll remember you.
- Call her at 12:00am on her birthday to tell her you love her
-Treat her like she's all that matters to you
- Stay up all night with her when she's sick
- Watch her favorite movie with her or her favorite show even if you think it's stupid.
- Give her the world.
- Let her wear your clothes
-When she's bored and sad, hang out with her
-Let her know she's important.
- Don't talk about other girls around her
- Kiss her in the pouring rain
- When she runs up to you crying, the first thing you say is:
"Whose ass am I kicking babe"
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Invictus by William Earnest Henley -- Beautiful Words
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Friendship beyond geographies ...
You don't have to be in the same city to be friends. You dont have to be living together to be friends. Its not about how close you are geographically.
Its about how closely you are connected through your hearts. You will not have to "take" time out to call up your friends. you will just know that you have to talk to him /her. They are your chosen family. You may not talk to them daily .. but you know that they are there and just the realization is enough to bring a smile on your face. I love my friends and I am blessed to have them. Genuine friends who really wish well and I cannot thank God enough.
Its so strange that when you meet a total stranger ... you don't even know what is that person like. Suddenly the same person becomes such an important part of your lives. Their opinion matters. You are truly happy when they are happy and vice versa. You start knowing what would be their reactions to something, their likes, dislikes, tastes even how they sleep!! Just the way you know your family.
I can start and keep writing about all my extended family members ... but then it will be such a long post and then I am scared I will miss out some one. So here is to all of you who have made my life beautiful by being my friends ... I am so fortunate to have you in my life. Thank you for all the non stop fun, laughter, gossips, advices, fights, shopping, lunches, dinners, coffees and mostly for showing me how beautiful life is when all of you are there. No matter how far or how close.
Let there be lots of love in this world!!
Its about how closely you are connected through your hearts. You will not have to "take" time out to call up your friends. you will just know that you have to talk to him /her. They are your chosen family. You may not talk to them daily .. but you know that they are there and just the realization is enough to bring a smile on your face. I love my friends and I am blessed to have them. Genuine friends who really wish well and I cannot thank God enough.
Its so strange that when you meet a total stranger ... you don't even know what is that person like. Suddenly the same person becomes such an important part of your lives. Their opinion matters. You are truly happy when they are happy and vice versa. You start knowing what would be their reactions to something, their likes, dislikes, tastes even how they sleep!! Just the way you know your family.
I can start and keep writing about all my extended family members ... but then it will be such a long post and then I am scared I will miss out some one. So here is to all of you who have made my life beautiful by being my friends ... I am so fortunate to have you in my life. Thank you for all the non stop fun, laughter, gossips, advices, fights, shopping, lunches, dinners, coffees and mostly for showing me how beautiful life is when all of you are there. No matter how far or how close.
Let there be lots of love in this world!!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Weird thoughts ...
First day in Target Banglore -- I am all dressed up and raring to go. Formal dress was important and hence different from my IBM experince of jeans and flotters/canvas. I had worn normal chappal style flat foot wears with my suit. They were looking good and nobody in their wildest dreams could have imagined that such b'ful and innocent looking shoes can do even a slight harm to my feet. But they did. They bit me ...so badly and in BOTH feet that i can never forget the torment. I hated those shoes. I hated the day when I bought them. I hated myself to have bought them. And i was in trouble. I was supposed to wear formals daily. I could not even give myself the permission to think of myself wearing flotters with suits and trousers. That was the moment when I had to take a decision. And a decision I did take. I will carry my pair of flotters in my bag and will wear them whenever I would feel that i would have to walk too much. I know it sounds silly ... People laugh when I tell them the idea. But I know that this is one of the best decisions i have ever taken. Like today ... when the journey to total mall seemed never ending ... my feet were battered by another rather innocent looking chappals .. I came back to offc and changed to my sweet flotters. Nobody is noticing it today because I am wearing patialas. They almost cover your feet. So I am wearing my flotters and walking easily and i am happy!! :) :)
Friday, March 11, 2011
Changing equations
Life is weird. No cliches. I mean it. It really is weird. Relationships change. For good or for bad .. but they change.
The person you cannot imagine your life without , may become hardly an acquaintance. Decent hello and hi or probably not even that. A stranger can become dearer than life. Friends become family and sometimes family becomes less frequent. A person who is introduced as your lead becomes an elder brother figure. The first person you meet in college and hit off really well may turn out to be "just a someone i know" over the years. A room mate becomes closer than a sister!
These changing equations make me wonder. Who is there for life? I fear that the people whom i love so much today, will they stay with me forever? But nobody stays forever. They depart. But then isn't every person unique? Everyone has a different story to narrate and different story to offer. Yes Equations change. People change. But memories don't.
How really strange is the world and stranger are the ways!
The person you cannot imagine your life without , may become hardly an acquaintance. Decent hello and hi or probably not even that. A stranger can become dearer than life. Friends become family and sometimes family becomes less frequent. A person who is introduced as your lead becomes an elder brother figure. The first person you meet in college and hit off really well may turn out to be "just a someone i know" over the years. A room mate becomes closer than a sister!
These changing equations make me wonder. Who is there for life? I fear that the people whom i love so much today, will they stay with me forever? But nobody stays forever. They depart. But then isn't every person unique? Everyone has a different story to narrate and different story to offer. Yes Equations change. People change. But memories don't.
How really strange is the world and stranger are the ways!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)