xmas musings

(a post for all my catholic blog friends... n special wishes to fay n anna... n saby who asked me write something happy n xmassy... thanx for the blessings saby)



i dont even remember wat was my age when i first learnt my 'hail mary'... its such a lovely prayer... we used to say this one in school all the time... n when it was christmas... it was such a wonderful experience...

there was a chapel in my school... we'd go there every morning n pray... it was such a beautiful n serene place... i remember the cross right in the centre of one of the chapel walls... n the face of Christ... so beautiful... even when i knew he was suffering...

i m not a catholic by birth... but my early years of life have been influenced a lot by this religion... i had many catholic friends... i studied in a convent school... my tution teacher was a catholic... n i remember going to churches with my friends... i can never forget the byculla church (also called Gloria Church)... its such a beautiful church... built by the British... a stone edifice... with wooden pews... n candles n glasses... n a wonderful cross... i would specially go there during christmas... to see the stable n the decorations... n hear the choir... n the wonderful carols they would sing... my favourite being 'silent night'... let me sing this one for u..

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth

i also remember this place which was called 'village'... it is near my moms place (dewdy u know abt this place?)... we would go there especially during christmas as many of my catholic friends stayed there... the minute u enter this place u feel as if u've landed up in a small goan village... small bylanes... piano music emanating from many houses... a huge christams tree... which would b decorated with beautiful twinkling lights during christmas... u have to see this place to believe that it exists in mumbai... n ofcoz the stable... it was so pretty... with small cut outs of animals... n baby Christ.. n Mary n Joseph.. n the three kings... wowww.. i miss those days when i was a kid n such things would make me dream of another world...

i also remember the last day in school before christmas vacations... we'd have a party... n then there would be a play enacted on the three kings n how Christ was born... every year for my 12 years in school i have seen this same play.. but it was always so new to me... the story was the same.. most of the actors were the same all the years... but how i used to enjoy it.. i remember the minute i used to enter the hall id try to get a seat nearest to the podium... lol i was silly i guess... but is was such fun...

n the best thing about christmas that i remember were the sweets my tution miss would get me... aww naah.. not the regular fare... she used to specially make me some sweet from gauvas... i dont even know its name... but it was real yummy... id harass my mom to make them for me too.. but they never turned up right... heh... i would tell my mom "only my most fave teacher can make these sweets... its not ur cup of sweet" :p...

hmmm these r my musings of christmas' that i have spent when i was a kid... i miss those days... they were the happiest ones thats i remember.... m planning to visit mom in a day or so... n u can bet i will go n watch the decorations at the 'village'... lol

merry xmas... n a very very happy new year to all of u...

laterzzzz

learning from death....

there r some episodes in our life that we vividly remember... even if years n years pass by... its been 5 years now...

i remember this day 5 years back as if it has happened just yesterday... if i close my eyes i can even remember the expressions on the faces of my family on this day... the look in their eyes... the look of sadness... the look of losing someone close... knowing that he was dying...

id like to requote a verse i had posted long back... its a verse by gulzar... it goes like this...

who knows,
when and where it will strike?
i m more scared of life.
death is okay
it strikes only once.

i saw my papa die right in front of my eyes... he was holding my hand... he was scared... i could sense it... scared not coz he was dying... scared coz he was worried what would happen to us??... but i think he knew we would b ok... we had a wonderful family... who would see to it that we never had ny major problems in life...

my mom... i remember her those days when he was real ill... not once did she cry in front of nyone... the strength that she emanated those days was amazing... all day she'd b with him... while i would run away from all the pain.. go away to my office... just generally be away from home... i would cry in front of her... but not once did she shed tears... i have learnt so much from her... to b strong n practical in life... thanx mom i love u loads... :)

my brother... he is younger to me... i still wonder how he coped with all this... looking after dad, taking him to the docs, looking after the family business... n wat not...

my family... every single day they would visit my dad... 4 months to be precise... for hours they would talk to him.. laugh with him.. cry for him when he wasnt looking... i m so thankful to them... without them i dont know what we would have done... one important thing that i have learnt is how important a family is...

my uncle... he never went home for days together... would stay with papa... all day he would sleep n night he would stay awake with dad... dad could not sleep... he was suffering from cancer... his legs would ache... all nite my uncle would stay with him... help him in his pain... i can never forget what he has done for us... he doesnt have a daughter... when i got married i asked him to b my dad (for the ceremony of kanyadaan).. he cried when i said that... hes my papa now :)...

my friends... tas, darsh, manish, preeti, nirav, my boss and all my office colleagues who saw me cry all day... n supported me... thank you all for being so lovely to me... i remember that day when every single one of you came to see me n help me with my pain.. i remember all your hugs n words of support...

thank you all once again... i have learnt a lot from all of you... all of you have made my life richer n better... i will never forget what you guys have done for me...

n for my papa... i can never forget him... coz i m what i m today because of him...

love u papa where ever u r... :))

laterzzzz all

the power of hurt....

it is said that people who r close to u hurt u the most... or rather they have that power... even if they dont mean to do so... n infinite number of pathetic comments from anonymous has never effected me... but one unmeant for action of those close to me has hurt me a lot... thats wat happened to me some days back...

let me narrate the whole story... my idea of quitting blogging isnt real new... i have been thinking about it since a long time now... not because i dont have nything more to say... its more because i dont have much time... to write or visit blogs n comment... i had spoken to invincible about this too... but he asked me to go on for a while...

but then something happened on tuesday which actually got me to write the last post about me quitting... there r some of my blogger friends who met up on saturday... n it was a real fast decision... they generally stay in the same vicinity so they met up... i read about this on invincibles post n i was hurt... i know i was being real mean n silly... but it really hurt me... n naah not because i wasnt even asked.. thats ok.. people forget... but what hurt me was that even after meeting up no one told me about it... i guess i was expecting a lot... i dont know... but i guess its just a human trait...

so this is wat led me to actually write up the post... the one saying goodbye... but little did i know what was going to happen after this...

the love n affection i have been showered by all of u has left me speechless... i dont know what to do... all day i have been contemplating... n i think this is the time i m going to pray to God n thank Him for giving me such lovely n beautiful friends... n those of u who i have never interacted with too...

so heres a message to all of u...

*st00nie... awww gal i m bak dont u cry now... n thanx for loving me... :)

*L... yeah mann i m bak..

*poison... u got ur reason here... but m bak..

*invincible... i m really sorry for blasting that day... n i m saying this again... its not ur fault... things happen... we have to live with them... thanx for the beautiful apology u have written... i really appreciate that... n remember i will never forget u... please dont go...

*puneet... no thats not the reason y i called it quits... but that led to me calling quits faster than expected... awww but i m bak... cant see everyone crying...

*mich... aww baby m bak...

*tanvi... lol sweety m bak... when r u coming back??

*anonymous... aww forget it!! :p

*sittingnut... u r right... i m not giving up such wonderful friends... thanx for visiting even whn i do not know u...

*johnny... i never even knew u abused me... lol so forget it... n thanx for visiting... i m bakk... aww by the way.. next meet u r surely invited :p

*rohit... thanx rohit.. i aint quitting nymore... how can nyone deny so much love???

*saby... thanx for the offer... lol but i hope u dont expect me to accept u as a teddy... i got mine already :p... oh n i like the song u wrote on keshis blog.. thanx again...

*bnb... awww this isnt ur last comment now... u better visit again... thanx sweetheart..

*uttara.... aww girl hugsss.... i know u must b feeling so guilty... i m sorry too... i m back now everything will b fine.. i promise...

*thanu, my unveilings, icyblue, varkey, still figuring out, vanathi, autumn storm, vivek, nikita, pradster, dinesh, de vile, manish, niki, phoenix, random thoughts, nanyaar, kerry... i dont know ny of u personally but it is really to know u all care so much... thanx all

*am00nie... awww girl i m bak... n the wounds all healed... lets rock blogsville with my 00nies :p...

*gangadhar... yeah i m bak.. thanx for remembering me...

*dewdrop... i know i was being childish then.. thats y this post... i m bak... thanx for being so wise... i think blogging helps us to learn a lot of things... n this is something i have learnt...

*kr00pz... hi m bak... thanx for the love...

*ashanthi... aww thanx girl.. but please i have had enough of personal posts... lol.. i'll visit for sure... n yeah m bakk..

*optimist... lol thanx... yeah i m bak... ohhh n ur vote did matter.. thanx again..

*divya... awww i dont have ur number girl... dont worry... i read ur offliners on my YM... n pls pls dont cry... i m bakk...

*kiran... i dont know u girl... but i think i owe u all an apology... i m really sorry for all this.. i never knew all this will take such a turn... thanx for understanding...

*cheesy... i m bak girl... :)



*z00nie... awww i m missing u... i know ur busy but i m still missing u...

*k00kie... i have left u last on purpose... i just dont know how to show how much i love u... all i got for u is thanx... i yeah i m bakkkk... yippieeeeee....


ps: i spoke to puneet, uttara, vinci and strawy last night... n i m really thankful for all of them to show n shower so much love on me... guyssss please lets forget all this.... n i have a request to all of u... please stop all this pin pointing... i personally believe that all this is not nyones fault... its just a little misunderstanding.... lets all forget this...

we have to learn from such episodes... i have learnt how much u all mean to me... n how much i mean to all of u... n now one more thing we all have to learn is to stop this blaming game... please please lets all get back together... hugzzzz.... one special hug to strawy n puneet... who went to all the trouble to get my phone number n calling me... thanx guys i was really surprised n elated...

laterzzzzz

bye

m through with my blogging... m00nies off...

thanx for all ur support.... will never forget u guys and all the love that u have showered on me... will keep on visiting ur blogs if i can...

laterzzz all bye

bachelors in 'phekology'

'phekology'... a total mumbaiya terminology... i dont think people who aren't mumbaites even know that this word exists... n others who know this word must definitely be hindi bollywood movie fanatics :p...

so whats 'phekology'?

in simple words it means to go on bluffing... on and on you go and dont even realise that people are calling you a 'pheku'... n ofcoz if u habe ever noticed theres a very animated version of showing that someone is a pheku... all u have to do is spread out your palm and shake it in front of the bluffer saying 'lapettt'... people will realise the guy is a pheku all the way... lol

i have met some such people too....

(1) mr shyam : we were in college when there was this new guy who joins college... shyam... a cute little guy who was always talking and laughing... so one day we asked him 'hey shyam where did u study earlier?'... n he very proudly says 'cal'... now ofcoz when one hears this word some of the first things that strike us are sun, sea, chicks, hunks n hollywood... wowwww... california... that was pretty impressive... some months later one of our other friends happened to talk to his mom on phone... this guy had his dads business going in california... so he casually asked... 'aunty where did shyam live in california?'... his mothers like 'california??? shyam has never been to california... all these years he was in calcutta'... awww calcutta!!!... cal!!!!.... duhhh

(2) my uncle : awww ok hes my favourite uncle... n he can bluff like an expert... if u ask me bluffing around without the other person knowing what u r upto shows how talented a 'bluffer' u r... i remember we were kids... n we had all gone to pune for some trip... all as in my whole family... so we were approximately 15 people... n we were at some river front... it was some sort of a tourist place... so there were many people around... n my uncle was in a funky mood... he gathered all of us kiddos n asked us to follow him... n ofcoz we were given strict instructions to keep our faces straight n not show that we knew him.... then he stood under a tree n started a speech... he went on n on about the place n its history n y was it so important... as if he was an expert historian... in 2 mins time all the tourists had gathered around listening to his bluff... n asking him all sort of questions... n ofcoz when uncles so good how can my brothers b left aside... they asked him real smart questions n he answered them back as if he was their teacher... lol i m sure this would have gone on n on... but my father interrupted this 'lecture' n shooed us all away... lol hats off to my uncle...

(3) mr sarosh : wowww... there is this kind of bluffer too... one who spins such tales that they r impossible to digest... ud just puke away this guys tales believe me.... 5 years of his tales in college n i had had enough :p.... one day we were all just sitting in class with nothing to do... we were in our last year of college... this guy enters n say 'whew!!! i m real tired'... so we asked him if he was ok... hes like 'dont ask me that... i had to go for n interview to calcutta'... (lol whats with calcutta n bluffing i dont know)... but ofcoz we were confused... he was seen all over college the earlier day... so how could he have gone to calcutta n be bak in say 30 hours????... so we asked him how did he go... 'oh dont ask... i got a call from asian paints... they have an office in calcutta.... i said i have to attend college tomorrow i cant come for an interview to calcutta... but they were so adamant on interviewing me that they called me back in half an hour saying... pack your bags n get to the airport as soon as possible... we got a chartered flight waiting for u there... call us from the airport we'll tell u the details then'.... mannnnnnnnnn chartered flight my foot!!!!... lol... do i even have to say we puked out this whole tale :p... heh

so have u met ny such 'phekus'?.... aww come on u must have... lets start with the first one who reads this... we can all laugh on the cute phekus n puke on the crazy one... so what r u waiting for... ur time starts now...

laterzzzz all..

ps : m sorry for not being regular with my posts n not blog hopping too... m real busy these days n this is going to go on for a while now... so my 000nies pls excuse me... bye

impressive...

i was impressed... thoroughly impressed... this was the first time i had attended a page 3 kind of a wedding reception... n to tell u the truth till i reached there i didnt even know it was such a high flying thing...

everything was awesome... like a fairytale... with candles everywhere and first class service... great food and superb hosts... beautiful clothes... awesome cars... the saris... the clothes... the most wonderful jewellery.... n best of all the elegance... (i have attended n number of rich peoples weddings but most of them r a gaudy show of money n status)... this one was different... but this wasn't what actually impressed me... this was nothing compared to the 2 people i saw there... let me tell u about them.. ofcoz most of u know them... no no... not most of you... i guess all of you...

let me start with mr azim premji... the chairperson of wipro... if i hadn't looked closely id have missed him... a thorough gentleman i must say... he was talking to someone there... but the radiance he emitted was awesome... not a hint of pride this man has got... he had a wonderful aura about him... and the thing that impressed me the most was that he would smile at nyone who would pass by him... for a person who is on the forbes list and is among the richest men in the world he showed an unusual kind of modesty... very impressive...

the next one was even more impressive... mr anil ambani... do i even have to introduce him??... when i saw him there i was totally zapped... there he was in a normal chudidar kurta when 90% of the men were in suits... he was talking to all guests as if this was his own family wedding (my relative is a director of his company)... there werent any visible bodyguards around... again for someone who practically runs the economy n stock markets of this country this is really shocking... i was looking all around for his bodyguards... looking for subtle clues to know who they could be... but i didnt make out ny... n i am sure if i had the guts to go n talk to him he'd surely have said a hi... :)))... one thing i like about him is his discipline... the amount of weight he has lost is astounding... he didnt eat nything i guess... (for a gujju person who once loved to eat n eat this is surely commendable)... i had once read his interview... n he said that he woke up at 5 am everyday n started his day with a brisk walk and exercise... again knowing how tight his schedule must b n how many late nights he must b having this is simply admirable... the man is truly a winner all the way... thumbs up to u mr ambani... it was nice meeting u...

i m glad i made it for this reception... i didnt really want to go coz i didnt know nyone there... n if i remember clearly i almost didn't go!!!

laterzzzz all...

prejudiced!!!!

i do this all the time... in fact all of us do this... we dont even think if we r right or wrong... n i think its a clear case of being prejudiced...

"Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks"

isnt this quote true?? how many times do we fall for this??? isnt it a kind of trap??? we fall into such a trap so easily... n its rarely that we can get out of it...

i have been through this many times... there is this neighbour of mine... a very beautiful lady... whenever i would meet her for a while she'd always talk about her kids n home n how her mother-in-law harassed her... n hit her... n abused her... n fought with her... id feel so sad for her... infact everyone around knew of her problems... and everyone would empathise... whenever i met her mother-in-law (after knowing this) i would never talk to her... if she spoke to me i would answer her in a syllable or a sentence n move away.... i would always wonder what sort of a person she was... i had heard awful stories about fights n abuses... n i was sure this lady would one day do something rash...

so now if we look at my thoughts here we'd definitely say i was prejudiced... thats simply because i never spoke to this mother-in-law... how do i know what kind of a person she is?... i know only the one sided story... couldn't it be the other way round where this 'beautiful' lady was fighting with her mother-in-law?? or abusing her???... how do we know whats going on in her house?? its simply a matter of being biased towards what i have heard... n also because she is 'beautiful'... well looks do matter somewhere i guess... i have met people around who say "shes so pretty how could she do nything wrong!!!"

but its been sometime since i know her... she speaks rotten about nyone and everyone... her next door neighbours dont speak to her... she fights with everyone around... n so now i know that somewhere she could also be wrong... i am not saying that shes the only one whos wrong... or her mother-in-law is always right... its just that we sometime think only from one perspective... n we should learn not to do that.. learn to think from all angles.. n last of all try not to come to conclusions without hearing the whole story out...

laterzzz all

the reader (chocoholic???) in me

the minute i stepped into the bookstore i was enthralled... i didnt know where to look... should i move towards my left?? or right?? or shall i go diagonally opposite???... oh everywhere there was something new... something different...

it reminded me of the chocolate house i used to dream of when i was a kid... reminded me of hansel n gretel... n their chocolate house... i used to dream of a house like that... chocolates everywhere... dairy milk... 5 star.. kit kat (at that time they werent available in india.. so had to rely on my aunt who'd get them for me from dubai).. double decker.. toffees.. cakes.. pastries.. n of coz i couldnt have forgotten gems...

what a fantasy!!!... books as well as chocolates... ones got twists n the others got taste...

take for example some of my favourite books...

1) if tomorrow comes by sidney sheldon : a very very cleverly written one here... lots of unexpected twists n turns... reminds me of these assorted chocolates.. u never know whats inside them.. :p

(2) harry potter - j. k . rowling (didnt like the 5th one though) : hmmm this one reminds me of five star... its a book for kids n i have loved this chocolate since i was a kid...

(3) kane n abel - jeffery archer : a very nice tale of friends turning foes... reminds me of munch and perk... well their advertisements in india are always vying to cut down each other

(4) vanity fair - william makepeace thackeray : a tale of deceit... its about how a girl tries to deceive her best friend for the sake of material things in life... a bitter experience makes for a bitter chocolate...

(5) chicken soup series : such cute n lovely stories in these books... many of them get me sobbing... but i never get enough of them... so id love to call them gems... gems of wisdom n love...

(6) pride and prejudice - jane austen : a classic... such a wonderful story... makes me want to go for horse riding n take long walks in the woods... so how about a dairy milk??.... this choco makes me feel nice n fresh after eating.... so id link this book with dairy milk

(7) the monk who sold his ferrari - robin sharma (still reading it) : hmmm i dont know where this story is going to lead... but reminds me of mountains n himalayas... so swiss chocos it is... yummy :)

(8) love story - erich segal : oooooooo loves in the air with my most favourite ferrero rocher.. do i even have to say more about this one???

(9) cinderalla : i have loves this story since i was a kid... every young girls fantasy... glass slippers n chariots n gowns n the prince... total royal treatment... belgian chocos it is... royalty demands a royal taste right??

(10) lord of the rings - j. r. r. tolkien : well well... this book is one hell of a read (no pun intended).. lol it took me six months to complete... well i was a little busy then but this book is awesome... fantasy fights n what not!!!... reminds me of the dark chocolates... when i eat them i dont know if i like them or not... :p


so what do u think about these books??? have u read them?? tell me about the books that u have read... can u compare them with nything else???... how do u feel when u goto a bookstore??... so tell me about the reader in u...

laterzzzz

ooooooooo la la

10 things that make my dil go ooooooo la la

(1) when i see someone with very very sexy eyes... (chk abhishek bachhans eyes........ totally ooo la la)

(2) i love good hands... urghhh naah not those muscled arms but nice hands specially wrists

(3) dimples... n i can bet my hubbys got the best i ever seen :p.. he gets one only in his right cheek.. (move over shah rukh khan).. lol

(4) guys who wear this thin chain in their neck with 2-3 shirt button open... oooo darn sexy

(5) straight hair with a little flopping over their forehead.. looks so cuteeeee

(6) smile.... awww not the toothy one ofcoz.. but a lil smile which says loads... total turn on :p

(7) ny guy who can drive a car with confidence... duhhh i have seen so many guys who drive as if they r either scared of killing someone on the spot or they r giving their driving exam... so urghhh

(8) someone who can z0000m a bike superfast... heh with me sitting at the back ofcoz... ud not believe me but i had hardly ever sat on a bike before i got engaged... lol n now i m addicted to a fast bike ride... totally awesome... i love the feel of breeze zipping across my face n whipping up my hair... whoaaaa

(9) nyone who can flirt without being obvious or gross... an art i must say... not for everyone...

(10) n last but not the least... someone who smooches well... some of the smooching scenes in our movies r so awful id rather they learnt how to smooch from their hollywood counterparts... or mayb from me... heh just kidding :p

lets play tag:

all my 00nies... come on wat makes ur dil go oooo la la... out with it :p


n thanx for the response to my last post... will get in touch with those who have shown interest...

wishing all of u a very happy new year n eid mubarak... laterzzzzzzz

wanted : an aspiring writer / author / novelist

hmmm m sure ur all wondering if m00nies gone bonkers... ufff but naah... m really looking for someone who can write...

m looking out for someone who can write a novel... a world best seller kinda thriller... if ny of u can or know someone please contact me on mystic_muse_2000@yahoo.co.in ... oh n all my 000nies try getting someone for me... ask around if u can...

requirements :

(1) someone whos unconventional
(2) someone whos crazy
(3) someone who can put ideas into words
(4) someone who is a dreamer
(5) someone who has a flair for doing things differently
(6) someone who is willing to work online
(7) and most importantly someone who has the time and passion to write

thank you all... have a happy diwali n a blasting time all of u...

laterzzzzz

away

hellooooooo... i know its been long... but m real busy with diwali cleaning n preparations... n i m going out of town for a while... will b bak on thursday... so till then laterzzzzzzzz n hugzzz n miss me ok.. :p

selfless love

i knew her since i was a kid.... i remember the day she married my neighbour n came to my building with hopes of living happy ever after.... i guess this is what every new bride dreams of... a loving husband... wonderful kids... happy family... and believe me when i say this she had everything of this...

a very wonderful husband... he was my papas friend... oh we'd have lots of fun... he'd take us all to nariman point... only kids haan... n blast the music... n we'd all party out on ice cream... soft drinks... corn... chana masala... n wat not... his kids... gayatri and sagar... awww they were so cute then... we'd take them along too...

all in all we had loads of fun with him...

and one day it all ended...

it was mid-night... we were asleep at home when we heard the door bell... his mom was at the door crying... saying he had dies of heart attack...

dead!!!!!... we were all shocked... all night there were people around us... we children of the building kept his kids company... awww u should have seen their faces... they were so confused... asking whats wrong with their papa... n we didnt know wat to say... the girl atleast understood... she tried to explain to her bro... but all in all i just can't forget their faces...

n his wife... she was heart broken... such a lovely lady... i was a kid then myself... id ask God y He did this to her... she was crying all night... she didnt even have senses to see if her kids were ok... we had to call in a doctor to help her... again a very sad experience of my life...

years passed... her kids were growing... money wasn't a problem for her... quite a well off family... she started looking after their family business... looked after her kids... made them into wonderful people... well they r still kids as of now... but their maturity level is fantastic... i'd say growing up without their dad made them very mature... and understanding...

the girl is in college now... boy is still in school... and they r beautiful kids...

and now what about their mom???... what about her life???... id always wonder about that... didn't she have the right to be happy?? didn't she have the right to smile??... whenever id see her i could see the sadness in her eyes...

then life changed for her too...

some days back when i went to meet my mom i got the best news about her... she's remarrying... i was so happy for her...

she had gone to US some months back with her daugher... there her mother-in-laws nephew proposed to her... his wife had expired some years back... n he asked her if she'd marry him... ofcoz she couldn't answer then.. she had to consider her kids too... her daughter didn't mind... she called up her son... now considering he's still in school i was surprised by what he asked her... these r the precise words he told her... 'mom i don't mind if u want to remarry. but i hope no ones forcing u to marry him. i just want u to b happy.'... n i think this shows how selfless their love is for their mom...

sadly her in-laws r still against the match... they have refused... but her kids forced her to go ahead with the marriage plans... she flew off to US 3 days back... but as of now she has to keep her kids in india... school and college had to be considered... next year the boy will go off to US... i don't know what the girl has in mind.. i spoke to her yesterday about her mom... n the happiness i saw on her face and in her eyes made my cry... lol ofcoz they were tears of happiness...

i hope her mom gets her share of happiness that was denied to her all these years... i am sure she'd never forget her former husband... but as the saying goes... life has to move on... and i hope all the people who r against the match will realise this one day... n open up their orthodox minds to this world...

cheers to her n her kids... :))))... the only thing i m sad about is i couldnt meet their mom before she left... id miss her for sure...

lol i m still so overwhelmed... id just say laterzzzzz

(mis) adventures

hey hi all... oops sorrie for the late post... have been real busy... i know u guys missed me loads.... aww i missed all of u too... loadssssssssss.... but as u know i was away... so heres my post on my trip to the queen of hill stations in maharashtra... mahableshwar...

whenever anyone speaks of mahableshwar the first things that come to my mind are strawberries and mulberries... yummy.... the best u get in india i guess... its a lovely hill station nestled in the sahayadri mountains... quiet and serene and beautiful... known as the honeymoon spot around mumbai... theres a pretty lake called lake venna where u can do some boating... its also known for horse riding ... n ofcourse... the best is the sweet corn here.... yummyyyyyyyyy... but enough about the place... let me tell u what i was upto there...

day 1 saturday : morning 5.30 we left for the place... its about 6.5 hrs drive if u take ur car... but as we left a little early we reached in say 5 hrs :D... psst 120 kms/hr drive on the mumbai - pune expressway helped a lot... hehehe... awesome drive.... we had booked a hotel from mumbai so we didnt have ny tension of searching for a place there... (urghhhhhhhhhh biggest mistake).... damn when we reached the place we found that the hotel was 12 kms away from ny sort of civilization... duh n i should mention here that there were 2 cemeteries on the way too.... awww k00kie i remembered ur post on spirits... heheh... so i asked ra to change the hotel... but unluckily it was saturday n every place was full... so that night we had to spend at this creepy place... duh!!!!!!.... lol n u know what??? i woke up in the middle of the nite n the place was pitch dark... i was like "raaaa wake uppppppppp i think i have gone blind... i cant see nything".... hehehe he asked me to shut up n goto sleep... awww me hugged him tight n went to sleep :p... urghhh forgot to mention wat we did all day... we went to venna lake... (i wasnt keen on boating so skipped that)... got onto a horse n rode for a while... whoaaaaaaaaa i love riding.... went to some other well known places n then bak to the hotel early... didnt want to risk meeting some spirits on the way rite??? ;)

day 2 sunday : woke up early.. packed everything and left the creepy place... sigh!!!... checked into a better hotel... nice rooms... nice place... went shopping that day... went for a drive again n then back to venna lake... we sat there watching the fog swirling about... was nice n cool then... very beautiful n serene.... oooooo n very romantic... back to hotel... watched tv... uh ohhh it started rainging... he wasnt well too... had a bad bad cold... duh!!!....grrrr my secret plans were gonna go down the drain... hmm yeah yeah i know u must b wondering wat plans... awww come on it was a secret rite... so m not telling as of now... read on...

day 3 monday : again up early... sigh!! it had stopped raining... got to get the plan into action... morning went to panchgani... thats again a hill station some kms away... quieter than mahableshwar... had lunch there... got bak to the hotel... rested a while... when i knew he was sleeping i went out to the market for some shopping... got bak... stowed everything i had got in the car... woke him up n asked him to take me out... so we went to this awesome place called lodwic point... its high up n u can see only valleys around... very beautiful... n then it was action time...

aww ok lemme tell u wat i did... had a champagne picnic arranged for him :))))... hmmm both of us r non drinkers... but luckily i got some non alcoholic champagne in one of the shops there... grape n peach flavor... so y not?? :D.... got out the glasses... champagne... n toased... "cheersssssssssss"... lol we drank like crazy people... finished the whole bottle between the two of us... n since it was a monday no one was around... so blasted the music... danced... sang.... got some pics clicked... n thn got out the pastries n chocolates... lol yeah even the fererros... heh my parties n picnics r incomplete without fererros... :D.... yummy...... n then i gave some cards, a gift too n ofcoz flowers.... n he was like "wowwwwwwwww".. heh... surprise surprise... uh oh then it got real foggy... so we had to wait while till the fog cleared... 10 mins... n then we drove back... picnic over :((... had a pathetic headache... lol ok not coz of champagne... my head was throbbing since morning... went to the hotel n slept at 8 30... heh n i slept all nite... crappy headache... urghhhhhhh...

day 3 tuesday : hmm was up early again... quite fresh... had to leave so got the packing done... checked out of the hotel... n got ready for the long drive home... urghhhhhh the roads were bad... we took the other shorter route to mumbai... lol n it took us 6.5 hrs to get home... duh!!! shorter???.... n was i tired.... but then had to go out for the evening... navratri (festival of dance in india) had started.... so got home slept for a while.... n then out again for dancing :D... oooo la la :))))

hmmm so mayb my next post would b on navratri.... lets see...

so heres all i did... adventures as well as misadventures... but it was fun... n we had a great time... 23rd to 26th we r going out again... awww not alone... this time family trip.... lol guys miss me ok... heh...

oh by the way... pearlie... wat happened to ur arm??... duh i know u love n00nie but u dont have to break ur arm coz he broke his sometime bak... urghhh... silly gal... hows ya??... take care sweetie... oh n u want passes for 1st road juhu dandiya just send me an email... i got extra ones at home...

n wat abt mah other 00nies???... uh oh i know havent really got around to visit ur blogs... but gimme some days n will get bak with a bang...

duh z00nie m still waiting for ur call... kya hua???...

until then bye... muahh n hugssss.... laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

eloped

MISSING POSTER:

m000nie a beautiful young lady is missing for few days. She is our family member and we cant live without her. Her greatest features are extremely pretty eyes and a very beautiful soul. If u find have her in ur posession please return her safe and sound. Contact k000kie on:

1800-Lost-And-Found-000nie-hunnies

or else this 000nie will die in few days.. :( sob sob sob!

k000kie-in-near-death

this is to inform all my 000nies that i m bak... awwww k00kie no need to die... :((((

psst... i had eloped to mahableshwar with my love... but i missed all of u so much that i got bak... bak to all my 00nies...

heheh... a long post on my (mis) adventures will b up in a day or so...

k00kie, v00nie, z00nie, cheesy, puneet and fay... thanx for mishing me so much... m bak just for all of u :)))))

laterzzzzzzzzzzz

happiness

No one should ever ask themselves:

why am I unhappy?

The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.

this is an excerpt from a book i have read... n i think it is true...

why should we think we are unhappy???... i think all of us should try to b happy in whatever we have... this fast paced life has made us forget what it is to be happy... we want more n more... crave for things that r unwanted... this leads to us feeling unsatisfied... we feel we dont have so many things... but do we ever realise that our wants r all materialistic???.. do we ever realise that we could do without these things we crave???

y not try to live with what we have n what comes our way rather than want more n more??.. y not b satisfied???... i know its very difficult to b satisfied these days...

take for example shopping... we just go to buy a dress n what all do we look for??... we check the shoes... we check purses... we check jewellery... n buy so much thats not really wanted... if we cant afford it we crib n crave... n again get unhappy about it... n if we can afford it we buy it wear if for a while n forget about it.... is this what we r looking out for???... is this the sort of happiness we want??

i think we should crave for happiness on a more spiritual level... happiness should b such that it brings us peace... makes us glow... makes us smile... makes us want to see others happy...

awww life can get tough sometimes... we might feel unhappy... might think this is all crap... but then i guess after a while we should bounce back... try to b happy... try to make others happy...

so lets make a pledge today... lets make a decision today...

i will always try to remain happy... will always try to forget my sadness... will always smile... and last of all will make others smile too...

laterzzzz :)

love

hey i m in love :)))... missed him so much when he was away... hes back n i m very happy... so guys loves in the air for me... wat about u all??? ny luck??? come on out with it :))))

v-0-0-m tastic

awww ok this is for all those 00nies who werent present for v00m.... guysssss u missed the best time we had.... the most fantastic n fabulous... awwww i wanted to post this thing since morning... but damn my net connection... urghhhhhhhhhhhh...

those who werent around for v00m beware... coz all this talk is gonna make u real real jealous... n those of my sweethearts who were there for v00m... lol say 'cheeseeeeeeeee' n see them go green with envy :)))

7 am ... i woke up n got to yahoo n reminded people who were around abt v00m (lol i hadnt even brushed... yukkkk)

*m00nie sees k00kies lips going eweeeeeeee here*

9 am ... no one around... i m like wat the hell.... m i gonna b the only one???... lol thn am00nie is online... m relieved...

10 am ... lol only am00nie n me... we r soooooooo sad... awwwww... n thn we see strawy babez... shes like dii i slept at 3 am n i m here for v00m at 6... urghhhhhhhh n no guys around... lol we were giggling... we decided that the first male to b around would b treated royally by 3 00nie beauties :D

tik tik tik... time moves... one after another people start pouring in... first guy around... awww n its my sweetheart wordyyyyyyyyyyy.... n i thought he wouldnt make it... after that we had sebia and li00nie... li00nie had to rush though.. but hey li00nie thanx for making it... it was real fun after u left though....

nyway... thn the crowd entered... so now there were am00, st00nie, sebz, wordy, zillie (lol he thought we were meeting on itimes), v00nie (hectic schedule... but made it... awww hugssssssss to mah v00nie), puneet, divya n ofcoz me :))))

so then everyone was introducing each other... then we sang... psst guys next time u have a voice chat with sebia ask her to sing... lovely voice... am00 sang the tamil version of 'yeh hassen vaadiyan'... awww awesome song n lovely voice.... i sang something too... hmm wat was it???... hehe i sang so many songs that i have forgotten... thn sebia n me had a duet session with 'lakdi ki kaathi'... lol here i wanna give a hug n muah to am00... hehe she couldnt understand nything n still was trying to listen up...

then puneet.. :D... lol me sang a duet with him too... 'ai kya bolti tu'... the 'aati kya khandala' song... was funnnnnn... n v00nie was like awww messy meet me at khandala i m at pune already :D...

awww then we had more funnn... wat else can we have??... zillie was flirting left right n centre... calling am00 'honey'... n thn whn we started teasing him he was like... aww thats her yahoo nik :DDD

then zilli n me got in the groove... aww we danced to some punju song :D.. hehe hes a good dancer... but he didnt tell me if he had worn that tee which said 'can u feel me'... lol yeah the one that hes wearing on his blog pic...

we sang n sang... grrrr i had a lunch date with a friend n i didnt wanna go... but couldnt cancel it... so got it postponed by an hour...

then zilli was like hey guys lets play a game... n then we decided on 'truth and dare' :P...

n guess whose turn was first?? duh!!! me who else... n then there was rhyming, loads of questioning for strawy, v00nie proposing m00nie, zillie dating divya, divya refusing to date zillie, puneet backing out of truth or dare, sebz refusing to take hugs n kisses... hehe i aint saying more... u can read this on zillies blog... coz hes saved the whole conversation for u guys :D...

awww but u know wat?? we missed all of u who couldnt make it.... m sure u had ur reasons for not attending... but mayb next time... i had to leave coz of my lunch date... lol n the party was still rocking... n it was 1.30!!!!... 3.5 hrs!!!!... i never expected this... darn had i known id never have fixed my lunch... uffff but i had to leave... so me was off.... all sadddddd... lol but happy too... it was so much fun... not only coz we were fooling around... more so coz we got to know each other... n feel the friendship flowing between all 00nies...

n u know wat??... so many people on itimes have asked me about our club... lol they r like wat!!! u got a bloggers club???... n i m like 'yeahhhhhhhhh' only for special ones...

so all my special 00nies... here was v00m... it happened n it was fun... nother will happen soon... lets hope the others can make it... n on that note all id like to say is thanx to all those who made this possible.....

laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :)))))))

here n there

just some chit chat since its long since i have written nything...

v00ms scheduled on sunday 10 am ist.... 2.30 pm aus time and 12 am saturday ny time (hehe i hope so the times right) ... aww people from other countries please chk the time....

grrrrrrrr loads of people jumping off v00m has made me angry.... me fuming n u guys better try to make it.... or else me not gonna visit ur blog for precisely 1.5 days... punishment!!!!

new members

L = li00nie
zillie = zil00nie :))) awww so so very very cuteeeeeeee
puneet = awww think of a name soon i dunno wat u like
cliche = again no name suggested... wat do u want???... clich00nie??
ahaan = lol get a name for urself...

nyway m gonna b around on sunday... mics not required coz many people have a problem... if u have well n good or else its ok...

again for those who missed my yahoo id... mystic_muse_2000@yahoo.co.in

n now i want to specially thank wordy for the best ever poem nyones ever written for me... u mite have read it in my comments section... but id still like to post it here coz i m in love with it... aww i cant make up my mind which is the best line... read it n tell me which one u liked... oh n he wrote this in 5 mins!!!!... too much... here it goes....

shimmering reflections of a lost moment;
trying to catch the sunshine;
who owns these eyes?

lost in the fragrance of the look you last gave me;
i walk on in my own desert;
with parched throat and weak conscious,
aware that thee is a tomorrow;
that i shall reach an oasis,
that the albatross doesnt rove the desert...........

brown sand of a missed sensuality;
your eyes--teach me to dream;
when passing through the narrow hell of solitude;
of a brilliant heaven,
scripsy fallacies of some ancient philosophy;
they rain life......

lol now u know y i said i cant decide which is my fave line??... aww come on help me out....

wordyyyyyyy thanx... this is such a wonderful gesture... u sure r a sweetheart.... :)... hugsssss...

thanx to all n see u on v00m... laterzzzzzzzzz bye...

eyes eyes baby ;)

thats me... lol hope u find the eyes mesmerising... :))))... again a formal pic... lol with bindi n make up... awww dont have ny casual ones scanned... so sorrie... gimme ur view

can u decipher this???

a research team proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified. one member of the team precipitously descended, sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical structure; subsequently the second member of the team performed a self rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first team member.

read this somewhere n thought it'll b fun to try to solve this... come on try this... the first person to crack this will b awarded a prize :)))))

micchami dukkadam

Kshamapana Sutra with Meaning

KHAAMEMI SAVVE JEEVA (I grant forgiveness to all
living beings)
SAVVE JEEVA KHAMANTU ME (May all living beings grant me
forgiveness)
METTI ME SAVVE BHUYESU (My friendship is with all living
beings)
VAIRAM MAJHAM NA KENAI (My enemy is totally non-existent)

micchami dukkadam (grant me forgiveness) to all of u.... n hows everyone??? awww i know u missed me loads.... i missed all of u so much... :)... but m bak now....

news news news....

so wats up with my 00nies???... the best news i have to share with u.... first 00nie wedding was celebrated on 5th sept. when h00gie (hagrid) got married to gayatri (non blogger)...

congratulations to h00gie

awwwwwwww i missed his wedding..... darn it was so near to my place.....

but h00gie i'm so sorrie.... first i did not check my mail for the last 7 days... n even if i had i dont think i could have attended ur wedding with our religious festival going on... so m very very sorrie... n hows gayatri???... congratulate her on my behalf n tell her it was a pleasure to meet her :))))...(for those who dont know this... gayatri was also present for z00nies b'day party)

n wats going on with my other 00nies??? hows my k00kie, z00nie, n00nie, strawy, pari, fay, icy, d00die, am00nie, wand00nie, av00nie, goonie, gr00nie, sebia, t00nie, peter, misty, v00nie, cheesy, pearlie, wordy, vinu, tdm n zillie???? (hope no ones left behind :P)

m very angry with kr00pie.... darn she never gave me her b'day... how was i supposed to know?????? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... but here r her wishes too :D

happy birthday to kr00pie and am00nie

amoonies already got my wishes on her b'day.... so kr00pie here u r... hope u enjoyed ur b'day... darn n i missed ur show on astha too.... urghhhhhhhh... how was it????...show some pics on ur blog.... m waiting... :)))

hmmmmmmmmmm cant think of much now..... v00ms on... tell me whos planning to attend.... pls pls pls try to make it..... n pearlie babessssss... dahling u better try to attend so that n00nie wont ditch me.... hes promised me that he'll try to attend if ur around.... so now i have to patao u sweety...

i think m thru with todays post... m very tired... had a long long day.... so adios.... n laterzzzzzzzzzz

laterzzzzz

hey all.... thanx for all the support that u have given me all through these months.... it feels so nice to know u have people who care for u... people who want to know wat u r up to... life has been up n down all this time... sometimes happy sometimes sad...

be it z00nie n his bizarreness or k00kie and that train accident... be it strawy with her question 'why' or pari with her 'miss my bro'... d00die with her 'cancer' post or pearlie with her 'death shatters'... n00nie with his 'pearly missing' or fay with her 'linking park'... icey with her 'doctor dreams' or am00nie with her 'malaysia trips'...

be it v00nie with his 'no names please' or cheesy with her 'london bombings'... be it misty with her 'truth and fib' or kr00pie with her camping pics.... peter with his colourful blog or wordy with his awesome poems... gr00nie with his cricket fever or g00nie with his google fever... wand00nie with his slap his teacher or vinu with his gift for sister... t00nie with her 'tears n goodbye' and sebia with her 'im bak wheres my sword?'

i m gonna miss u all.... (bonk me if i forgot nyone... tdm i left on purpose... darn he never visits my blog...grrrrr)

yeah m going on a 8 days long leave.... from the 1st of september to the 8th of september....

n naah its not that i m taking a break from all this or something.... more so for religious reasons....

we have an 8 day long religious festival called 'paryushan'... we fast and pray n generally i wont get the time to chat or nything.... so here is an opportunity to tell u guys about my religion...

i m a 'jain'... i dont think many of you would b knowing much about my religion.... so let me give u an idea about it...

* we r pure vegetarians to the extent that we r 'not supposed' to even eat underground plants...

* we believe in total non violence 'ahimsa'

* we believe that the moment u give up 'moh' n 'maya' u can achieve 'nirvana'

* our God is called 'Lord Mahavira'

* we believe that 'karma' is the main cause of watever u get in your life... good karma will get u good things in life and vice versa.... but the most important part here of our philosophy is the way u use these good things that u attain in life.... for example because of your 'good karma' u have attained a lot of wealth... now its upto u how ur going to spend this wealth... u can use it for good purposes like charity or make bad use of it like drinking and gambling... this in turn will decide on ur next karmic achievements... (my fave philosophy which i truly believe is right)

* when we pray we believe that we should pray for our soul rather than ask for materialistic things in life....

* our fasting is rather tough... no food at all for 8 days straight in a row... only boiled water that too during the day time... (people fast like this for 30 days in a row too!!!)

* we r not forced to fast... it depends on the will of a person if he/she wants to fast or not

* we have two sutras which we have to learn... one is called 'samaik' and the other is called 'pratikaman'

* 'samaik' is a general 48 min praying session where u can pray and read anything from our scriptures

* 'pratikaman' is a prayer that we have to do twice a day... n its asking for forgiveness for all the sins that you have committed all through the day... takes around an hour....

* when our 'paryushan' is over we have a major forgiveness asking ceremony where we ask for forgiveness from all the living beings... forgiveness if we have hurt them or if we have committed any sins...

i'd like to recite one part of our 'samaik' stotra here (with meaning) for u to understand the depth of our feelings for non violence for all living creatures... be it plants, animals or human beings...

abhihaya - if we have come across them and by mistake killed them
vattiya - we have covered them with mud
leshiya - killed them by stepping on them
sanghahiya - clashed them
sanghatiya - touched them causing pain
pariyaviya - caused pain or wounds on them
kilamiya - stupefied them
udaviya - scared them
thana o thanan sankamiya - picked them up n kept them at some other place
jiviyao vavaroviya - killed them totally (knowingly or unknowingly)
tassa michami dukkadam - then i ask for ur forgiveness (note that forgiveness is not asked to God its asked to the living organisms)

theres more ofcoz but not for now....

m here till tomorrow.... v00ms still scheduled... pls inform sebia and t00nie abt the time n date of v00m... am00nie babezzzz a very happy bday to u... aww m gonna miss u loads... sorrie for not being here on ur bday... 'l' i want ur 99 facts asap... ur blog needs some new posts....

n guys pls dont forget me :)))... will b bak in no time at all ...bak with a bang :D

laterzzzzzzzzz all bye... will miss u all.... muahhhhhhhhhhhh to my 00nies :)

random musings....

hi and hello.... books and movies... monk who sold his ferrari... dus and abhishek bacchan... o la la... pradushan and parushan.... hatred with a passion... virus n shhhhhhh.... no talking n blabbering... virtual name n real name... pictures and shocks.... expectations..... flirtations.... sweet n namkeen.... salman n katrina... barista and cafe coffee day.... bandra and nariman point.... happiness and sadness... sharing and laughing.... :) and :(.... 1 year and 21 years.... running away from me..... loving me and hating me..... God and life... heaven and hell... angel and devil... cat and her mewings.... upwaas and giving up.... college and studies... mba and bcom.... husband and children.... daughter and your dream.... pari.... tears of happiness and tears of hurt.... matheran and goa... mountains and beaches... car and driving.... bike and risks of life.... closed eyes and open eyes.... God???? or God!!!!!...... noises in the head.... screams in the ears.... silence all around... sleepless nights and tearful nights.... pao bhaji and pizzas.... chocolate or icecream.... mulberry and sancha... merwans and pastries.... ufffffffffff and urghhhhhhhhh.... grrrrrrrrrrr and whoaaaaaaa... melodrama and giggles... lol's and duh's.... buddhism and jainism.... songs and music.... fire and saving.... dying and living... eagles and bryan adams.... yooo hooooooo n eweeeeeee.... blogging and chatting... shopping and spending.... stocks and gold.... bse n nse.... buying and selling.... earning and losing.... cooking and body building... yoga and aerobics... one word and many words.... papa and mum.... cancer and jaundice... praying and helping... temples and faith... childhood and adulthood... best friends and best of friends.... some harsh words and whooooooooooosh... disappearance....

(will i ever see you again?)................................

laterzzz all

lets get personal guys.....

so how much do u know me??? am i the mystic muse or not??? i give you a chance to know me a little... (as if my 99 facts and the fib werent enough)...

psst... idea shamelessly stolen from d00die ;).. sweety hope u dont mind

so here u are...

ask me one personal question and i'll try to answer it... so shoot on...

*m00nies wondering if she should tag anyone???*

hmmmm ok nyone who wants to be tagged... i aint naming anyone... go on guys... be a little bold :)

v000m

uh oh!!! now wats v000m???... lol this is a word coined by v00nie... n i m sure most of you who know were waiting for this post...

v000m = virtual 000nie meet

yeah yeah... i m planning a meet on the lines of vbm... so guys hold on to ur seat belts till 18th sept when the partys gonna begin :)))

ok here are the details... (as of now approximate coz i have to speak to some other members too)

date : 18th september 2005 india and australia and 17th september 2005 US

day : sunday / saturday

time : 10.00 am ist (that would be 2.30 pm aus time and saturday nite US time)

place : how i wish we were meeting in person... mayb one day... but until then we have 2 choices... indiatimes and yahoo messenger... id prefer yahoo messenger since they have yahoo voice... n also because we have other non itimes members who'd wanna join in... n guys i m sure all of u will agree that itimes server sucks big time...

requirements : yahoo voice (this is different than the older beta version... ur yahoo screen should have an icon of a phone right below 'conversation') and a mic and headphones (if u dont have them beg, borrow or steal)... :)))

invitations to : all my 00nies... n also some special guests who will be mentioned at a later date

hosts : m00nie n z00nie

organiser : v00nie... aww hes good believe me... darn chk his post on vbm... boy!!! he can remember so many things... it sounded like a news article on BBC.. hehe

guests of honour : n00nie and pearlie ( i still dont know if shes decided on her 00nie name)... n if u wanna know y this honour... its coz they r the only 00nie couple as of now... i can feel some other couples in the making but until then we have only these two... (psst... n00nie u better get well soon... i dont want ny plasters on ya on that day)

topic of discussion : apart from muahsssssssss n hugsssss... anything under the sun... :)

acceptance of invitation : all those who want to participate, have ny problems regarding the time or have any suggestions do get back to me on my yahoo messenger... my id is... mystic_muse_2000@yahoo.co.in (sigh now i m saved from k00kies gun)... k00kie i want ur pic as soon as u read this post... lol...oh n ofcoz all u other people... i m sure u wouldnt mind sending me ur pics... :)

other details at a later date.... hope all of you are game for this event... :))

bye all of ya... laterzzzzzz

knock knock look whos here :)

m00nie... being tagged by k00kie :)

enough of my pic thanx all :)

give me your prayers...

i was planning to write a post since saturday... i know its been late... but something happened n i just didn't feel like writing anything... i chatted all day on ym... was on itimes too on sunday for say 5 hrs... but the moment i tried writing my blog i felt lost...

i m sure u must have passed through a phase when a few words said by someone hits u hard... this is what happened to me on saturday....

i was chatting with v00nie on ym when one of my frnd met me online... the moment he said hi i sensed something was wrong... n after enquiring he told me his dad was hospitalized... jaundice... n he had a tough night... ok now i was worried but wat hit me hard were his next words... "oh muse i was shit scared"...

i know what he meant by shit scared.... i have passed thru this phase myself... seeing someone u love very ill makes u shit scared... but then i asked myself y did it effect me so much???... i have never met his dad... i dont even know him... then y am i so worried???... i have not met my friend online since that day... i dont know how his dad is... n i am still worried....

i m praying hard all day... hope nothings wrong... n i want ur prayers too... because i believe in the power of prayers... i hope my 00nies will help me out in this...

reasone 2 for prayers is a small baby called alisha... if u know zilli... alisha is his niece... i met zilli on ym yesterday n he showed me a pic of alisha... oh shes such a sweet baby... n shes suffering from tumor... she had to go through chemos to help her survive... i m sure shes a strong baby to go through all this... i can't imagine me being so strong... when we r hale n hearty we never realise how much suffering is there in this world...

therefore do pray for her n her family so that they can pass through this testing phase of life... it'll help a lot guys...

thanx for ur support... laterzzz

the fib

urghhhh... how much do u guys know me??... hehe itne aadmi aur sahi jawab sirf ek???... bahut nainsaafi hai... lol... ok heres my fib...

i have been to lakshadweep on a cruise when i was in my 10th grade...

i love abhishek bacchan.. of coz u know this... very easy for those who r regular here...

oh come on guys i aint scared of heights... have paraglided n rafted... wanna bungee jump sometime

oooooooo i love riding... have been to matheran practically 20 times... so riding is quiet natural...

ok so i love abhi n aint very fond of salman... no more comments :)

i m quiet religious... u'll know in one of my later posts... wait a week :)

urghhhhhhhh me a self respecting gujju wifey guys... me can cook quiet well n so i can definitely make circular rotis... i could make them even before my marriage... so no luck there...

uffff d00die was right here.... i can get ready in 5 mins flat... ny one to bet???... i'll win all the way... hehe

now 2 left... so which is the fib???

lol ok i got nother blog... so the fib is i cant swim : (

hmm n abt this other blog... lol i know k00kies gonna jump on me for this... but nothin gr8 there... if u guys know footys got a site called blogslinger.com... i got a blog there... all except one post is a copy paste of this blog... so chill...

so the only one who knows me well here is invincible... v00nie u win all the way... hehe...

nyway gtg now... got to catch a movie in half an hour... n u know the mumbai traffic... so laterzzzz all..

true lies :)

ok zombie tagged me... so here r the facts... 1 lie rest all true... results in 2 days time :)

(1) i have another blog
(2) i make circular rotis ;)
(3) i can get ready in 5 mins time
(4) i have been to lakshadweep islands on a cruise
(5) i m religious
(6) i have seen abhishek bacchan
(7) i can swim
(8) i love paragliding n rafting
(9) i can ride a horse
(10) i m not too fond of salman khan

go on guys keep guessing... will b bak with the answer in 2 days time :)

mission k00kie

awww it was one hell of a weekend... damn m so very very tired... i know u guys missed me... (lol i hope so)... actually there was this was a very very secret mission that z00n n myself had planned... but since this mission was successful i thought i'd share it with u guys... :)

i m sure u all r wondering what crap is this madam talking about... but believe me this is all for the best interests of our 00nie club...

this refers to rule 'c' of our foundation deed stating that "Thou shall write facts about themselves. at least one post on member’s blog should tell more about themselves (guys read aim ‘c’ above. we got to know u better). z000nie, t000nie and m000nie have tried to do this by adding 99 facts about themselves; you can start with 50 facts. if you already have such posts then do send me the link so that i can pass it on to all the 000nies. already have such posts then do send me the link so that i can pass it on to all the 000nies."

now for those who visit k00kies blog know she has been trying to avoid this rule n inspite of many reminders n threats she still hasnt got around writing her facts... so this is what we did to get some facts out of her... ;)

12th Aug : z00nie n m00nie caught a flight to sydney...

13th Aug : reached sydney airport n called n00nie (nv for those who dont know) whos based in melbourne... we had to call him to get to know about miss mysterious k00kie... so we got some details n called k00kie from the airport...

now our conversation goes like this...

k00kie : hello..whos here?

z00nie : awwww k00kie my e-sis this is z00nie hugssssssssssss. m00nie n myself r in sydney come n pik us up we are at the airport...

k00kie : z00nie wats u doing in sydney? n however did u get my number...

(now i pull the phone from z00n n talk to her)

m00nie : awwww k00kie muahhhhhhhhh we just came to see u. come n pik us up...

k00kie agrees after some explanation...

half n hour later we r at the cafe at the airport n we see someone...

z00nie : hey m00nie look there.. isnt she salma hayek???? o la la...

m00nie : urghhhhhhhhhhh z00n shes k00kie... remember she told u she looks a little like salma???

so here was k00kie...

k00kie : hey guys hugsssssssss to both of u this is a surprise

n then she was in for a bigger surprise... i open my bag n remove something which shocks her...

k00kie : urghhhhhhhhh wats this???

m00nie : what do u think this is??? damn its sebiaz sword. we r here to bonk u with this sword coz u never gave us ur facts...

lol n then we run after k00kie all over the airport trying to bonk her... thud!!!!... urghhh i fall down... ouch that hurt... (psst i was just acting)... k00kie seeing me fall runs to help me n that was the time i catch her... hehehe... she didnt know me yet...

so then we take her to this pizza place... (z00nies idea)... n ask her to get us some facts about her... some known some unknown... z00nie sits right opposite her trying to figure out who looks better... salma hayek or k00kie... n i stand right behind k00kie to see that she dare not run away again....

k00kie : grrrrrrrr u guys r too much... ok ok here r my facts...

(1) i love to flirt with some of the guys on itimes.... i dont visit there much now... but when i used to go there i flirted a lot... my muahhhhhh n hugssssssss were awaited by all the guys around.. hehe

(2) then i started blogging... 1st october 2004... n i was addicted... infact i still m... :)

(3) on itimes i would gang up with all my girl friends n rag the guys who would try to venture in our chat room

(4) "Hack it away if you still haven't come out of your dungeon...after all, it's just another blog mate!" this is what i had to say when someone hacked my blog

(5) i love rum n raisin n strawberry ice cream... yummy

(6) i was a butterfly at my kindy concert :) i remember running around carrying large yellow wings and the flowers were seated on the floor - LOL! it was cute and i loved being a butterfly, so carefree and happy. at the time i took it so serious that days before the concert, i used to keep the beautifully structured wings under my bed to protect them and not get stolen or lost. every morning i used to check under the bed to see if they were there...i loved my wings. but after the concert i had to give them back to my kindy teacher :( as i grew up, i realised that wings can be clipped, some butterflies fall, some fly high, some wings are colorful and some are plain...some have all the freedom, some don't. And the most beautiful butterflies get hurt...

(7) i used to make different kinds of food for my dad...i was only about 6 then! i used to put my apron on, mix flour and water in a bowl, add sugar and butter and make some sticky stuff, then bake them in wiggly shapes :) then i used to place them carefully on a serving tray and give it to my dad with the biggest smile ever. he always ate them with happy expressions on his face - hehehe...no matter how hard it was to bite or how yukky it must have tasted :) looking back i realise that people who love you will accept you for who you are...no matter what you are like or what you do. people who expect too much from you are trying to make you someone else...someone that you are not...

(8) i love anchovies and pepperoni as my pizza topping :)

(9) i participated in a beauty pageant in year 4 but i lost it :(

z00nie : damn i should have been the judge then... u sure look better than salma :D

m00nie : awww z00n shut up let her talk for once...

(10) i drive a toyota echo... i love her too...

(11) i love to...

z00nie : awww k00kie thats enough we got to go... we got a flight to catch... we are through with our mission... we got some facts about u...:)

k00kie : hey... i got something for u z00nie... here gimme ur hand...

heheh n then z00n was in for a wonderful surprise... k00kie had got a rakhi for him... lol z00n now has a sister who looks better than salma hayek too... :)

k00kie : oh by the way guys... y did u hassle yourselves with getting to sydney just for my facts??? i already got them on my blog... here's the link :)

z00nie : urghhhhhhhh m00nie u got me all the way here for nothing at all??? damn i could have played with m00nie II if i hadnt got here...

n then he took that sword n ran after me....

awwww m i tired... very very tired... will sleep now laterzzzzzzzzzzz... ( i hope i dont get a call from k00kie saying shes at the mumbai airport to see me now.... hehe )

friends

some months back i was writing my diary (i wasn't introduced to blogging then) and i thought why not mention some fond memories of my friends.... so i made two sections there.... one for my guy friends and one for my girl friends... and if u have read my 99 facts you would know what i m about to say :)

and i was and am totally ashamed... ashamed of the fact that i have only 2 girl friends (i aint talking about my virtual life yet)... and the list of my guy friends is hugeeeeee... hehe this is m00nie guys... i have been living with guys all my life... no sisters n all... so m so very very comfortable with guys around me... ok i know you wouldnt believe me but i was in an all girls convent school but then too i dont have many girl friends... its just that i don't gel very well with them... ok ok later about my likes n dislikes about girls...

this post is more of a dedication to my friends around the world... it might get a little long but then i have so many friends u see... :)

i have been tagged by ice princess who wrote a beautiful post on her friends... and i request all my 00nies to do the same if they want to...

so here we go...

(1) well the earliest remembrance i have is of my friend tasneem... we were partners in our 4th grade n we were best friends from day one!!!... whenever we went for a school trip we were together... we have been to kashmir, delhi, agra, nepal, darjeeling, calcutta etc... together... when i was in 6th grade we had a school trip to singapore and my granddad refused to send me cause i was very young... her dad did not allow her to go too... we are still friends... same college... same classes... same group of friends... n we talk to each other every second day... i would go with her family on long trips too... lol i'll share one funny experience with u guys...

we were in college then... n as u know we were fast friends and were always together... now there was this amazing hunk in our college who would keep on staring at our gang... especially when both of us were around... lol since we were always together till date we dont know who he liked... :)

urghhhhhh kya karen... negative effect of always being together... lol

(2) next is preeti... we are again school friends... she is elder to me.. but her dad n my dad were friends so by default we were friends too... lol remember that guy who kept on proposing to me (for those who dont know read 99 facts)... that was her cousin and her wedding i was talking about... ok now shes a bigger chatterbox than me too... n whenever she calls she talks to rakesh (hubby darling) more than she talks to me... lol

hehe girl friends over... sigh!!!!

now the longer list... brace urselves... (ok now since i dont want to bore you all i m just giving u an edited version... i got loads of guy friends than the number u read here)

(1) i met him when i was working... became fast friends on day one... darshik... hes in australia today... but he calls me every weekend and talks to me till i yell at him about his phone bills... lol... he knows i m cellophobic... (really guys i dont own a cell n when anyone asks me why i tell them i prefer living in stone age)... hehe.. so smart chap hes sending me a cell phone from there!!!... ufffff... i aint gonna accept if... dare he send me one!!!

(2) manish... i know him since 10 years now... i met him when we had gone for a picnic through our rotaract club... one hell of an amazing guy... if u guys achieve even 10% of what hes acheived in the last 10 years since i have known him then i'd call u a winner all the way... he didnt know to speak english when he entered college... n today if u meet him u'd never know... when we met some months ago he told me hes planning to buy a merc in a years time.... yoooooo hoooooooo... so now i get a ride in one... hehe... i love the cars he drives... wowwie... hes got 2 of the cutest kids i have ever seen... oh they r a bunch of brats but what the hell... :)

(3) he was my colleague... nirav... a sweetheart... a fun loving guy... fantastic person... he hates talking on phone n hates chatting on msn or ym... did i forget to mention hes into IT??? ... uffff n he says he hates computers... hehe... oh dont be fooled by his quiet demeanor... hes a devil... lol... and hes a bachelor... so ny one??? ... oh n hes cute n loves to dance... when we were working together we would fool all our colleagues telling them we were going around... hehe n they believed us... u wouldnt believe the stories we made... nyone wants a writer for balaji telefilms?.... we r available :)

(4) raj... oh boy! was he a duffer in college.... hehe we still call him that... n today hes done his LLM and got a solicitors degree... n now hes going to appear for some exams in london... ufff too much... none of us even dreamt hes gonna reach this stage... see what happens when u have your goals set... whoaaaaa... ok raj if ur reading this our party at taj is still pending.. damn it when r we going????

(i have loads of other friends but i'd stop here coz i want to mention some amazing net friends i have met)

so heres my virtual list... :)

(1) ofcoz u'd know whos the first... my muse... lol i think i mention him in every second post that i write... i know him since 10 months now.... oh we can go on chatting for hours... we have never met n will meet only 21 years from now... hes the most amazing person i have met online... and he knows all of u... he hardly ever comments on my posts but he reads them religiously... lol sometimes i scream at him if he hasnt read them... (i can b a tyrant sometimes)... earlier he was the first person who would read my posts... but these days he busy busy busy... grrrrrrrr... i miss himmmmmmmmm...

(2) z00nie... oh all u guys know him... ok none of u other than hagrid know him personally... so let me describe him... k00kie remember u asked me??? ... lol tall dark handsome... n hes got the best sense of humour.... (since u know him n read his posts i wont mention much here)

(3) uttam... hes currently in the US... met him on itimes... n hes the first guy i know who wants to become a politician.... he knows more about indian politics staying in US than i know even though i stay in india... he says he wanted to be my friend coz he was impressed by my itimes id... (for those who dont know its mesmerising.eyes)... we have a deal... i have to chat with him everyday for atleast 5 mins... ufff it gets difficult bcoz of the time difference... hey uttam if ur reading this happy friendship day...

(4) v00nie... a mad hatter... u know him ofcoz... mr invincible... lol hes got a fantastic sense of humour... now i got something for u guys... get me his real name and i treat you... what say??? ...

(5) when i first met him on itimes his id was 30minutes... smart chap... did not chat to me in the start... but the moment i mentioned books he rattled so many names i was impressed... hehe... now hes a very good friend of mine... n is trying to woo me knowing quiet well i m married...hehe... just kidding...

oh i can go on n on n on... but i think i will stop here... if u realise i havent mentioned t00nie, k00kie, dewdy, icy, fay, peter, kroopa, nv, pearlie, zombie, cheesy, wordy, strawy,pari, hagrid n the others... but guys please forgive me... 2 reasons

(1) this post has got long enough...

(2) other than t00nie, dewdy and strawy i have never spoken to ny of the others on a one on one level (itimes doesnt count here)

now i think i m getting too boring... so me signing off...

laterzzzz..... muahhhhhhhhhh to all of u.... lets see who gets to read this first.... n ur time starts nowwwwwwwwwwwww....

update on the 000nie club

hey all 000niessssssssss... muahhhhhhhhhhhhh to u... i know all of u have been waiting for this since long... ufff but couldnt help it guys... first the showers in mumbai (again i dont think 'shower' is the appropriate word) and then some of my 000nies (pearly, pari and icy) couldn't decide on names for themselves... so all i want to say to this is ufffffffffffff... n if sebia was around she'd say grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... oh damn wheres she???......... m missing her n her sword... psst... t00nie n m00nie (thats me ofcoz) have got special rights to use sebiaz sword whenever she isnt around... so guyssssss beware (by guys i specially mean TDM).... hey n if nyone of u meet him tell him i got a blog for him... n he better visit it or else he knows that we r after him with the sword ;)

now on the updates of our prestigious club....

(1) one of our foundation member celebrated his birthday on 3rd august... z00nie as u all know is in mumbai... so he invited h00gie (thats hagrid) n me for a b'day bashhhhhhhhh.... we went to this amazing outlet called bombay blues at phoenix mills compound.... h00gie was late coz he had to pick a friend n get there... so z00nie n me were waiting n waiting till it was 3 pm... ufffffffff.... thn we decided to order for ourselves........ so we had pizzas n pasta n nachos.... n by the time h00gie n his frnd got in we had hogged n hogged... hehe... we offered some leftovers to h00gie.... (punishment guys).... n then (hold ur breath)........ we had a lemon cake for z00nieeeeeeeee... yeah from all of us 00nies......... 'happy bday to u.... happy bday to dear z00nie'.... lol we sang this n he was all blushing... (and all the other patrons of the place were wondering wat was this z00nie thing we kept on singing).... hehe how i loved the look on his face.... n there was a card from all of us.... (i know k00kie is sobbing coz she missed this amazing party)... oh guys! we missed all of u... n specially k00kie n t00nie our foundation members....

oh n i forgot i got some amazing fererros from z00nie n i didnt share them wth nyone :).... mean aint i???.. oh how i love being mean sometimes....

(2) if m00nie II (for those who r new here m00nie II isnt me but z00nies turtle) doesnt behave himself/herself i m going to disown him... damn he ate z00nies angel fish... oh boy!!!! i m so sorrie z00nie

(3) k00kie if i dont get ur 99 facts in the next three days i promise the day i set foot in sydney i m gonna run after u with sebiaz sword!!!

(4) invincible (v00nie) has just put up his facts n they r the funniest i have read.... lol (he keeps on counting the number of times i keep on lolling whn i chat wth him.. so add one more mister)

(5) 'p00nie' is the most sought after name in our club.... pearly, ice princess and peter r vying for the name 'p00nie'... ice princess is the official one whos named p00nie but pearly thinks it rhymes nicely with nv's 'n00nie' so guys decide soon... oh n peter my request to u... pls get a new name.... i know ur a sweetheart.... how abt sw00nie??? sounds rhyming to sweetheart na?? lol if u dont like this name get a new one for urself....

(6) now before we have the baptism ceremony i would like to request something... the moment ur commenting on this post do write the official 00nie name u would like, the place where u r residing as of now and ur b'days... we will have a bash for all our 00nies... wat say???

(7) strawy has a nice idea for our club but i m not sure if it really is feasable... she asks us to collect money n help people who r in need... but as this is an international :) club i m not sure whether we can do this... if u guys have ny ideas pls pls do get back to me... we'll try our best strawy... thanx for the idea...


(8) last but not the least... hugzzz to all my 00nies who got me 99 (50 sometimes) facts abt themselves... its so nice to know all of u.... its a pleasure to have such lovely people around.... muahhhhhhhhh again....

n t00nie we r all missing u loads... hope ur enjoying ur self in delhi.... have fun babezzzz

laterzzzzzzzzzz all.........

m00nie on the m00n ;)