Summer

It’s hard for you to comprehend
But I just don’t want the summer to end
It reminds me of the good times
Of glorious days gone by
Of mangoes and badminton
The afternoons that would just fly
It reminds me of lovely evenings
I could do whatever I want
The imagery is more than pleasant
No treacherous homework to haunt
The summer continued to embody
All the good things in life
The end to all things boring
The end to all the strife
To this day the sun cheers me up
The yellow reflects in my mood
Cheer and joy envelope me
And reflect everything good
But it’s time for me to say good bye
I hate that it’s the end
Another year I’ll wait for you
Will miss you my seasonal friend

5 fashion trends i never understood

1) coloured contact lenses (if you think they make you look firang, they dont! they just make you look like you belong to the family of the cat downstairs)
2) Very short hair for girls (im old fashioned that way. An indian girl should have long black tresses)
3) Bubble skirts ( look at me, im a girl AND a flower)
4) flipflops with heels! ( i mean, come on!!! they are called flipflops for a reason. they are supposed to make the sound. they are supposed to be comfortable, casual and worn to the beach, heels just make them pseudo)
5) And last but not the least, too much make up! (the foundation gets so cakey, you can substitute for dessert on your friends birthday...i wouldnt want that if i were you)

yes yes, who made me fashion expert of the year?
Its my blog, what you going to do?

21

I saw the movie today! I liked it...a lot I think. Not only because off course it’s got good acting, and an awesome story line, but because it’s a movie with a message. I mean look at the guy, he spent his life trying too hard to spend the rest of it a certain way. He does this till he’s driven to a point of no return. Yes, he will go to any extent to earn money for Harvard med school. I know it’s unlikely that you or I go to Vegas and start gambling to achieve a ‘means to an end’. But we could also get sucked into doing something we never wanted to do. And at the cost of what? A normal life!
I’d urge all of you youngsters out there, to push yourself while you can, but enjoy the ride because it won’t come back. You don’t want to miss out in life, do you? So if life throws lemons at you, really now...couldn’t we all do with some nimbu paani? Besides, being 21 is a blessing, one that will never return. So your allowed to be messed up, your life will sort itself out. Like I always say...if you’re 21 and you’re sorted, either you’re lying to me...or to yourself!
While you freak out and start making mental calculations of the year you should marry by and the year you should do your MBA, the year you should have kids and the year you should finish studying, I’d urge you to ‘always account for variable change’.

Girls Vs Boys

A few odd conversations with people here and there, and I really got to thinking…are boys and girls really that different, or is it just what we choose to believe. Are all boys genetically engineered to act chivalrous/polite? Are all girls made to lap up all the attention? These are questions I realized I don’t have the answers to…
So what I am basically going to do is come up with a list assessing it all

1) A boy would never come up with such a list because he would rather spend his time doing something lesser productive than this. And if you’re thinking, what could be lesser productive than this…oh well, they’ll find a way!

2) Boys gossip and never admit it. Sure they would never go into every intricate detail like girls would, but if there’s something spicy happening, hell they’d want to know!

3) Girls want guys with a good personality, polite, kind; sensitive, etc. looks don’t matter as much. Guys just want girls. Period.

4) Guys have inflated egos, more inflated than their muscles at times! Girls may also have ego issues, but they never underestimate the power of a good cry!

5) Guys are random beings, if they don’t feel like asking about you…they won’t. But girls tend to follow protocol. It’s natural for them to behave the way they do everyday.

6) If a girl fancies a committed boy, she’s most likely to keep her feelings to herself. If a guy fancies a committed girl, he will continue to fancy her! Nothing deters him.

7) Boys will be boys…girls adapt.

8) Girls fall for flattery! Clichés are clichés because they work! And every guy exploits this fact at least some point in his life!

9) All human beings enjoy attention! You’re lying to yourself if you disagree!

10) Both sexes want to believe that they can do without the other. You know very well how this sentence ends.


10 random points and lots of thinking later, I realize why books have been written on this stuff and why its best left for the experts to analyze. I will always be partial to the girls, but hey…can’t do without my boys. Having said that, my own thoughts have no basis whatsoever apart from my own meandering experiences :)

To my junior college friends,

I feel sappy, happy and giggly again
Each time I walk down memory lane

Those college stories, they make me smile
I must be old, it’s been a while

Those lectures I bunked cause it was cool
A wish I had since primary school

Those teachers I liked, and the ones I hated
The dreaded black lists and what they stated

Those festivals that meant the world to me then
We gave it our all, like military men

Those gorgeous, wasted sunny afternoons
Fresh in my mind, after so many moons

Those friends who knew me when a loser I was
Through my brawls and fights for no exact cause

Those crushes and worse, that love so called
We laugh today but then we bawled

Time moves on, the memories fade
What stays around, are the friends we made

Resplendent still stands that college gate
Hordes of kids still flock in late

Through them, I see the window to our past
Let’s just thank God that friendships last

25 Random Things About Me!

I have finally been tagged on this note! yayyy!!! *realises that sounds loserish. doesnt care. moves on*

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1) I love all these random things!!! Ok..Let me rephrase I love all things random!

2) Sometimes i think facebook is my best friend! That Zuckerberg fellow really did us all a favour!

3) My favourite character in this whole wide world is SIMPOO, the sardar maths professor on Channel V! I can watch simpoo videos for hours! I may know all the dialogues and someday hope to write for the character! if you have no clue what I’m talking about...ASK THE PANKAZZZ!!! *khe khe*

4) My obsession for sardars and all things punjabi fascinates a lot of people including my family! I think I may know better punjabi than some of my punjabi friends! i guess i have a knack for it. Me thinks it’s a past life connection!

5) Speaking of past life connections, i think i was Rajasthani in another janm! I mean I’ve only been there once...but I fell in love with the place. The sands called out to me as the romanticised backdrop made for a travellers paradise!

6) I’m a wannabe traveller! I say that because I’m not the most well travelled person you will come across, nor have I learnt the art of travelling light! The only place abroad I’ve been is Hong Kong and my favourite place in the world is Goa!

7) Having said that, i know that my friends and i can have fun wherever we are! The place doesn’t matter!

8) I think Old Monk should be declared as an official member of our group!

9) On a more senti note, I think I’ve been blessed with great friends! There’s no joy in life like having support and unconditional love or the option of crying my lungs out in the middle of the night!

10) My school is not the most famous one in the world, and barely anyone has heard of it. But i couldn’t be more proud of hailing from Auxilium Convent, the quaint lil Malory towersesque place hidden in a nook of scenic pali hill! It’s my foundation and my pride. It’s the 'essence' of my life.

11) Jai Hind College happened to me by chance. And what a chance it was! It’s my alma mater and it taught me everything I know! I cannot think of a better place to belong to. Someday I want to teach there!

12) I believe in karma. What goes around does come around!

13) Must have done some real great stuff to be blessed with my family. my two sets of parents: the cool ones and the more conservative ones. That’s mom dad and sdondi Bil in that order! haha...just kidding!
Thank you for bearing up with me and my lazy erratic ways! Love you guys

14) I don’t know how to cook but someday I will learn n call you all for dinner! :P *conditions apply*

15) I hope to learn driving someday! for right now, my license serves the purpose of decorating my wallet! *whattt? it does look kinda cool in there!!!*

16) Me thinks im a fairly secretive person! Now see, you may think you know everything about me! but that may not be true :D

17) I love that i have soooo many nicknames. (chinky, chicks, chinks, chinka, mri, mary, notes, notu, smally, etc)
I view them all as terms of endearment and do my bit to give back to society! (sdondi, deju, geechu, BIL, etc) hehehe

18) A friend read my handwriting once and said that I am different things to different people. each person may know a different side to me. This is freakishly true! Though it’s not on purpose. i just think that there are many sides to me and each person/group has the ability to bring out a unique side!

19) I am not an animal person! I’m scared of all animals. And might walk into a tree one day trying to save myself from a stray dog or something!

20) Food has never been so important to me in my whole life as it is now! I am officially a foodie! I salivate at the thought of nachos and cheese, yokos sizzlers, white cheesy pasta, momos, dilli ke chole and above all moms food! thanks to you mom, i will never lose weight!

21) I tend to dislike thin people. Point no 20 validates that!

22) I wish I had sdondis brains, bils cool quotient, dezus attitude, meczus looks, karus nature, tanishas madness, tulus willpower....

23) I am a complete Bombay girl! Cannot imagine living anywhere else in the world! Love everything about it and want to do so much for it! I really believe it’s the city of dreams and if i ever become i writer, it will always be my biggest inspiration!

24) I’m completely pressurized now, its point 24 and I have so much to sayyy!
Ok here goes nothing
a) I love to swim, it’s probably the only sport i know
b) I can sing to save my life and was training in hindustani classical music at one point!
c) I love watching the sunset at carters, bandstand, etc
d) I am a complete coffee person! Barista and CCD should thank me. i am their unpaid ambassador!


25) I am a complete scorpion! every trait described to be innately scorpion will be found in me...loyal, passionate, jealous, energetic, wild, fun, committed, moody, volatile, social, intuitive etc! If you didn’t know this about me...we probably haven’t spent enough time together!

Never read a forward i could connect with more!

So what is a quarter life crisis?
It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now .You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones.
What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you .You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you .Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't.
One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure .You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life .You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward .You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you .Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better .Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you're doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person.
One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender !What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it .We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out. Send this to your twenty-something friends... maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state of confusion...

I...

I learn
I grow
I fall
I know
I procrastinate
I elevate
I negate
I state
I live
I feel
I cry
I reel
I show
I hide
I react
I chide
I communicate
I integrate
I write
I fight
I laugh
I swim
I laze
I chase
I wonder
I stretch
I tease
I letch
I celebrate
I instigate
I mourn
I hone
I move
I travel
I live
I unravel
I stay
I lay
I want
I propose
I beg
I chose
I fall
I know
I learn
I grow

To my grandfather,

80 years of excellence
Of joy, happiness and love
80 years of blessings from the heavens above
As life takes its own course
80 years of no remorse
Showing the way and being a guide
80 years of innocence, nothing to hide
Undiluted kindness, unabashed zest for life
80 years of greatness without a trace of strife
A father, a teacher, a friend and more
80 years of travels, of tales galore
Yet no friend could buy, no foe could harm
80 years of simple charm
Setting examples along the way
80 years of lessons we remember everyday
We feel more than privileged we know you
80 years still seem so few
We wish you love, luck and the best of fate
As 80 years today we all joyously celebrate!



We love you dada!
Happy birthday!!!

I love Delhi because...

1) Khan chacha's rolls *salivates*
2) Ambience mall, Gurgaon (Shoppers and foodies paradise)
3) All I do in Delhi is eat, sleep and chill
4) 'Waves' restaurant which has amazing kali daal and live ghazal singers ( it makes me feel cultured)
5) Excessive pampering and indulging
6) Lodhi garden...this ones new on the list. I mean come on! It's a park AND a heritage structure with gumbhads and all. So you are running and then you see this tomb there, not to leave out the birds(teetris) and the flowers
7) Janpath!!!
8) The winter probably because i was wearing 500 layers and enjoying the change
9) All the people who make it so much fun
10) The chole bathure, chaat, momos

...and finally because it just miraculously, every time, makes me love and appreciate Bombay even more! :)