A trip to Kerala

Happy New Year deeeer readers :) , here's wishing all your dreams ,hopes, aspirations come true! What did you guys do on 1st night? Me?Well, errm I slept.No, not 12.At 10.There's only so much of Ronit Roy dancing that you can take, no? A lot has been happening that I haven't updated you on.One of them being a trip to Kerala.Needless to say , it was beautiful.Munnar has no specific place that you need to stop and take pictures of.Every bit of Munnar is breathtakingly beautiful.Now I know why all the mallus I know call themselves Keralites with pride.Day 1:Munnar.We had made reservations at the Royal Retreat.The hotel is situated atop the Kannan Devan Hills.The hotel itself is very quaint ,picturesque and extremely clean.There is no specific...

Its that day of the year ..!

A hurried visit to the tailor , lying about the date , hurrying back with a newly stitched unironed Kurta = lots of effort+300 RsTwo wooden block prints bought at Dastkar Mela , Chitrakala Parishat+ Fevicryl Fabric Paint +Wooden bangles bought at Fab India= Rs 500A perfect ensemble all ready for the birthday = PricelessHappyy Birthday to me !! ...

guess what happened

TGIF..Terribly over loaded this week :DSometime last week we had a late night call , and I had booked a cab at 9:30 PM.The call got over sometime around 9 and I was walking towards the pantry for a cup of coffee.Our floor is the first .I was walking all weary eyed towards the window with my cup , when I suddenly saw a pair of bright headlights zooming towards me at breakneck speed.I stood rooted to the spot.I was on the first floor , how does that explain headlights at my level??9/11? Was it a plane? Was I gonna die??Then I realised ...That we have a building with multi-level parking in front.:DOn a more serious note , I am disgusted and sad at the same time , with whats happening with the world.There must be some form of retribution for...

A tag and then some

Alto has tagged me , or rather I forced her to .So here goes,My oldest memory:Is of putting my hands between the elevator doors while on a visit to our relatives place in Bombay.Amma said ' DONT put your hands between the doors' and at that moment I did do exactly that.....Tch Tch , Amma never ever learnt , did she ?Ten years ago: I was younger , a lot more naive , a lot more innocent and a great deal more irresponsible.Ahem. Yes.I would like to think I conquered all that.My first thought this morning:Do you think the alarm is going to ring now? or now? .. now?If you built a time capsule, what would it contain:Hmm ..mt family my wardrobe , my trinket cases , my mobile .. you know what , it would have my house in it .. and the garden .. and...

Of walks and bungalows

Yesterday was the kind of rainy day that reminded you of a rather annoying relative.The one that would crib in your ear constantly while you watched the proceedings of your cousin's wedding.Anyway , the point being yesterday morning was irritatingly rainy.Although the rest of the day made up for it.SRC and I set off on our post-lunch walk at 1:30.We scoffed at everybody who was piling into the office when they could've set off on a lovely walk like we were.SRC said something to the effect of age and marriage doing that to people.In my hurry to catch the cab(owing to the irritating morning) , I had forgotten to wear a belt.So I hurried behind SRC while holding on to my jeans.The walk was strangely peaceful.Without random voices talking about...

Dostana

Vi gets married tomorrow morning and strangely, I feel calm. Maybe a little hollow as well. All this while, I figured it would happen to us someday. But even nowI feel its not the right time, I do not want to let go. Just yet. (Hey Vi! I know I know my exact words were “Shut Up and get married” but it was the right thing to do and all that blah). I cant believe I’m spouting all this gyan when ahem my exact words 5 years back were :-18/12/2003 12:18To:cc :Subject : me jitteryHello Vi!,I still have lots to do.But am gonna chuck most.I have to accept I CANT do it.There is just so much that I can mug:(.Im getting nauseous.I have this familiar sense of having to mug,reminds me of coll.U silly thing,why the hell are u in 2loos(errr … she went onsite...

Sunday funday

Yesterday , Appa had gone out of town to visit his cousin.That meant Amma and I were going to have an MTR breakfast -probably the only time Amma doesn't drag herself on a walk , she zips across Lalbagh to reach MTR at lightning speed before the rava idlies and dosas get sold out.I , on the other hand achieved a new milestone.I took the car to the gym.At 8:30 AM.Then , I circled the area around the gym 351 times before I found what I thought would be the ideal place for me to park.In front of a temple.It was already 9:13 AM.I walked 2 Kms to reach the gym. I had just started jogging on the treadmill when I wondered if1) I had locked the car2) If I had left the window open and/or locked the car3) If some random pervert had scratched my car/broken...

The Matrimony Chronicles -II

Well , hello .Can you tell me who is the point of contact God who is in charge of matrimony? Well that some one has a SERIOUS problem with me.So as of now,in my kitty I have 4 prospective grooms , the imperative word being prospective.We are not all that nonchalant about it as we make it out to be.Sometimes , we get interested in the said grooms.Like the other day , a conversation with PPP went as follows.Seren: "Amma , some TamSoundingName has mailed regarding his son , says he has already talked to you"PPP:*Looking up from her crossword* "Really ? Who is he?"Seren:"You dont know?"PPP:"Ohh .. yes ... is the great grandad from Gopichetti?"Seren:"Do you think Yahoo could trace back his mail to that place? His mail doesn't really go "I am tamsounding...

Phat

:) We never tire of this topic , no? Hug Hug! .. oh by the way i aveabadgold... pliss to move farther.So what happened now on the matri front? So , PPP went and got 3 horoscopes matched and came.And she was referring to her little diary called Alliances for Seren to call them up.Strictly in descending order of the horo match.PPP: "Hello ... is this Mrs.TamilSoundingName"TSN: "Yes , indeed" (Post British Raj upbringing)PPP: "How do you" (Not to be outdone)TSN: "I am doing very well , how about you"PPP: "Me too"*Stony Silence*PPP: "The horoscopes of Seren and your son have matched"TSN: " Oh thats great , there's a minor clarification, though"I looked on amusedly while "Potential post feed" flashed in my head.TSN: " Errm .. Seren doesn't really...

And we just trotted right into Seren's heart...

We just lost our heart to this lil blushing red guy .. :).YES! We bought a car! A hyundai i10 Magna ... which we can't drive too well .. but oh hell , we be soo appy!Don't worry little car of mine , I shall protect you as much as I can , and I shall try to be as painless as possible.I feel like I'm your Ma for some odd reason ..Oh goodness , having your own child is gonna be a million times worse eh?? 3rd August will be earmarked as we...

See what I got ..

First and foremost .. all the bangaloreans safe? Did you all reach home safely ?... I'm hoping I heard a loud YES.. :)I finished embroidering this top FINALLY .. took some 3 odd months and very many spurts of enthusiasm ...

Of grooming and circuitry

Today was fun.In a 'oh its so much fun to be a girl' kinda way.I was slumbering away in the living room(The maternal Paati has come down to visit us).It was 5 something unearthly hour when my Dad decided to yank arrange chairs in the living room , a habit that he gives into whenever he has nothing better to do. In my dream parallelly , my CA at work was moving around my Form 16’s which were making similar sounds whilst saying there was no way I’d get my money refunded from the Government , what with Shahid Kapoor heading it and all.It was a dream , no? Seems to me it should’nt make sense , no?.Anyway , I shall cut the crap.So , I resigned myself to my Father’s music and dragged myself to the washstand. Half hour later , I rushed to the gym.Saturdays...

ramble ramble

Ok , random post alert ...<-- This was the only saving grace at 'Unwind Island' which my team mate described as a 'getaway' from the usual grind on a cloudy Friday afternoon.Coming to think of it , I wasn't in the need of a getaway especially since I'd bunked my Friday morning workout at the gym and I had sworn 2 sooka chapathis was all I'd eat for lunch.But then , Seren proposes and good reproposes and all that crap. Come 12:30 and the 20 of the team mates spill all over UN oohing and aahing at its wooden swings , bay-watch like beachball courts , 'island gazebo' , ' summer benches' .. yetcetera.. Seren(the sensible team senior and all that jazz) approaches scantilly clad waiter(SCW)Seren :" Hi "SCW: Blahhety BlahettySeren: *Switches off...

Deep down ..

SnS has tagged me and has also called me 'funny' , so thats one more thing in life and blogdom to live up to.Here we go... round the mulberry bush mulberry bush ... ahaha ..*Ok**Shuts up*My ten dark secrets1.I was the one who threw chalk at the Uncle downstairs when my Mom took me to visit an old play school friend.:(.I know! I was terrible as a child!2.I was also the one who conspired with Sapatraman to empty the petrol tank from my Sanskrit teacher's Luna.:(.I was also incorrigible.This is a terrible tag...3.I dislike fish in any form4.I have a thing for princesses.And royalty.Really , who doesn't?I love watching shows , especially the ones that air on NDTV Good times which show the myriad halls in the somefabsounding restaurant 'Oberoi Rajvilas'...

All for a piece of cloth

Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.Author: Francis Beaumont and John FletcherIf I had to go by the above quote, my soul would have to be a combination of the following:- Straight cut , no flair , high collar (I turned into a nun overnight)Ps: No offence meant to nuns or anybody who’s a wannabe nun Weird frock like ensemble , indecent looking pot neck (more like cauldron neck) Ensemble that refuses to budge down below neck area Something that I could perhaps wear after I shed about 50 Kgs Something that I could perhaps wear after I gained 50 Kgs Something that I could never wear Suffice to say, I have tailor problems.My first tailor was about a Km and half away and school friend P introduced...

To my first best friend

To-The girl who taught me how to balance on a new BSA SLR-The girl who could barely suppress her laughter when she saw me hiding under the cot when her Music Teacher went Sa-Pa-Sa-The girl whom I met every single day for 10 long years-The girl who felt the same anguish and hurt as I did when we got invited to a party and the host forgot to give us dinner-The girl who shared Van Number 2 with me for 10 long years-The girl with whom I conspired, confided and trusted my deepest darkest deeds with-The girl with whom I jumped into a overhead water tank with-The girl whom I helped re-unite with the "love of her life" (and many more to come)-The girl who once told me very simply "There is something about you that feels right" before pouring her heart...

Friday

I love fridays , ever since I've joined mera company strongesht.My manager has been working from his hometown for the past month and nothing could be more blissful than a cloudy Friday morning although I was actually getting to work.So there I was chugging and humming along and what do I see? The turning that leads to my campus is being blocked by the police.Poleeceman: 'Munde Hogu' --Sail forthSeren:'My company is on this road , what do you mean munde hogu'P: 'Kannada balaralwa? Goings goings goooooings'So I goed.I goed a little more and the story repeated.And the next.And the next.Oh goodie , I'm allowed to make a turn now ... ok ..no U turn? ....only right turn ?Now I'm inside the HAL airport? Err? EH?We're made to stop inside the...

The Matrimony Chronicles - I

Oh yes , we are back at it. Our favorite topic.Lets call him S.S with an Irish accent.Oh No.That was the other one.This one had a an Australian accent.Well Duh not because he lived in Australia , but because that breeze used to brush past him and ruffle his hair oh so gently whenever Australian ships docked at Frankfurt.Anyway , after sending me a cryptic mail that read"Wll cll at 19:56 tm nte, b prpd. Js kddin!" , I applied the Cryptology logic that Ramakrishna Sir taught me in my first job(Don't ask me why someone was teaching that in an IT company , it calls for more dignity than to be explained between curly braces).I deduced that S would call at 7:56 Pm , hopefully IST.19:56:01:The Ming starts squealing ... Disembodied Voice(DV):*Static*...

To Amma , with love!

Dhoop Mein Chaaya Jaise,Pyaas Mein Dariya Jaise,Tan Mein Jeevan Jaise,Man Mein Darpan Jaise,Haath Duaaon Waale Roshan Kare Ujaale,Phool Pe Jaise Shabnam, Saans Mein Jaise Sargam,Prem Ki Moorat Daya Ki Surat ,Aise Aur Kahaan Hai ,Jaisi Meri Maa Hai...Jab Bhi Andhera Cha JayeWoh Deepak Ban Jaaye ,Jab Ik Akeli Raat Sataye,Woh Sapna Ban Jaaye,Andar Neer Bahaye ,Baahar Se Muskaye,Kaaya Woh Paavan Si,Mathura-Vrindavan Jaisi,Jiske Darshan Mein Ho Bhagwan ,Aisi Aur Kahaan Hai,Jaisi Meri Maa Hai.... -- SaagarikaTo my worst criticAnd my Best Friend :)Happy Mother's Day!Amma , you are irreplaceable and I don't think God could've given me a better you ...

Its her day!

She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes She only reveals what she wants you to see She can lead you to love She can take you or leave you She can wait if she wants- She's ahead of her timeShe's also one hell of a sis,And I'm glad she's mine !Happy Birthday , Ems ! Here's wishing you all the good things in the world !...

These are a few of my favorite things!

Usha has tagged me to do this tag (terrible sentence eh?) , here goes!Last Movie You Saw In A Theater:Err ... Chak De (I KNOW that it was eons ago and Shah received awards of all sorts , one even from the makers of Vicco Vajradanti)What Book Are You Reading:Finished Palace of Illusions by CBD.Draupadi sounds so terribly cool that I'd probably lunch with her if she were my colleague.We'd be discussing one husband a day.And she'd go "Kunti is such a slave driver that I had to pluck the fruits , wash the veggies and light the hearth before I got here..""Arjuna got another promotion , he now the patent for Pashupata astra.."Favorite Board Game:The MAD game.The idea was to lose all you had!Favourite Magazine: Hmm , don't like anyFavorite Smells:Rain...