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 ;)

the affair

we never knew he loved her so much. no one knew till some days back. i dont think she knew this herself. he would visit her every year and show her he loved her in subtle ways. he would shower her with gifts every second day but she never realised. she never really realised. she liked him. the year he didnt have time for her she would miss him. miss him loads.

but there was a problem. his love for her reached a point of desperation this year. and he wanted her to know this. so he made up his mind to make her realise this. come what may!!!

so this year he came to mumbai with a plan in mind. he was going to make her his. he would not allow her family and friends to trample upon his feelings. the day he reached mumbai he saw she was very happy to see him. yeah she liked him for sure. but did she love him??? he didnt know. so he thought he'd play a game with her to find out.

so for days together he hid himself away from her. she would pine for him but he wouldn't go near her. she would call for him. ask the people around her to look for him but to no avail. this is the time she realised she loved him too. could not live without him for long. she had to be with him for sometime every year because she could not accompany him wherever he went.

(now we know what happens when two lovers meet. what happens after 'judaai'. we have seen enough of recent bollywood films to know that :))

so the day they met it rained. there was passion all around. lips met lips. bodies entwined in one. lust spiralled. they didnt bother about the people around them. the people on their part could not believe what they were seeing. was this some mirage or was this really happening? their love making in the start was wonderful... but as it went on and on the people were scared. this shouldn't be happening like this. they turned their back to the lovers. the lovers did not even realise this. their love for each other was so deep that they did not bother about the feelings of others. their love threatened to destroy all. everything and everyone!!!

this went on for such a long time that we gave up hope of things ever getting normal around her. she was in love. she felt the passion the lust the want. and to tell you the truth she could not do anything about this herself. but what about the people around her??? all scared to hell that they would lose her. they did not want to lose her. they loved her so much. she was their life. but they could not do anything about it. they only hoped he would notice. he would go away leaving her alone. stop this endless madness.

so her friends and family prayed. prayed to the RAINGOD.

"Oh! God please leave our beloved MUMBAI alone for this year. we have had enough of you. don't YOU see the destruction YOUR love for her has caused??? we love YOU too but please let us live. we have lost enough. come back next year and we will love YOU more. oh and please could you just leave this sort of passion and lust for YOUR other love Cherapunji? :) "

(for those who dont know Cherapunji is the wettest place in the world and all of us here who have seen this love affair between the Rain God n mumbai wish HE keeps on loving his first love more than he has started loving mumbai)

ps: all the 00nies... muah... next post for all of u... wait n watch :)

the 000nie club

the idea of forming an '000nie club' (pronounced “oonie”) originated on arz000n’s blog. after a non-disclosed confidential conversation between musings, tanvi and arz000n, 000nie club was born in mid-2005. later threats from fellow aussie blogger keshi, found herself a position as one of the key foundation members of this auspicious club.

aim of da club

(a) to bring all like minded people who love to blog together
(b) to make new friends (read virtual family)
(c) to know and understand all the members of this club as humans and not someone who’s a virtual nobody


rules of da club

(a) Thou shall add 000nie ID’s next to display name. members are requested to add their 000nie ID’s next to their display name (uffff with so many 000nies around i don’t wanna take the pain of remembering all your 000nie names)

(b) Thou shall never use gross words in comments section. members are requested not to use gross language while commenting on others posts (we got to keep up to the mark guys)

(c) 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.

(d) Thou shall keep foundation members updated. members are requested to keep themselves updated on the movements of this club through any of the foundation members.

(e) Thou shall not break any of the above rules. members are requested not to break any of the above rules. if anyone does so they will be punished. we have received the full rights to run after you with sebiaz sword.

(f) Thou shall use 3 zeros in ur chosen name. members are requested to use 3 zeroes (or mayb 2) instead of o's in their chosen id. ( n since i got n ultimatum from k000kie we will allow the 'n' to b replaced by any other alphabet... we can't call k000kie 'k000nie' right...hehe)

if there are any suggestions please feel free to get back to us. Members can invite their friends to the club (just see that u guys inform us so that we keep track of the number of members around)

foundation members:

arz000n= z000nie
tanvi = t000nie
keshi = k000kie
musings = m000nie

(please note “0” above is numeric zero)

aspiring 000nie’s:

word_smith = w000nie
fay = p000nie
cheesy termite = l000nie (lol cheesy I think u got the best name around..hehe)


members in the making ( read ‘invitations sent to’)

invincible
dewdy (d000die???)
kroopa
peter
sebia
pearl
cheeku
bhaaluu
tdm
hagrid
and whoever’s interested




last but not the least, let me introduce all of you aspiring 000nie’s to our latest member in da club (the only exception is that he/she can never be a blogger)

m000nie II = z000nie’s baby turtle (pics will b posted on his blog pretty soon)

muahhhhhhhhhhh m000nie II welcome to blogworld…hehehe

psst… since most of you know my style of writing you would be surprised to see my post with ‘da’ instead of ‘the’ and loads of humour added to it. This super cool addition is by z00nie the bizarre guy ;)

laterzzzzz all

unexpected smiles :)

sometimes it so happens that people surprise us with their wonderful gestures... these r some of my best surprising moments... do share yours too...

(1) it was 2 months after my papa expired. we were all going through a rough emotional phase. my mom knew i was missing papa a lot. so she planned a surprise trip for me to dubai. my neighbor was going there for some days and mom thought i should join her and get a breather. i never knew she was planning all this. but unfortunately all her plans went haywire cause i got engaged and planned a wedding soon after :(... but it sure was a surpirse when i knew she had planned all this for me.

(2) one of my friends cousin liked me a lot. he used to call me every 15 days n propose marriage to me. but i wasn't sure i liked him that way so i would always decline. this happened some years back when he asked me out for my birthday. i would have declined but he insisted on meeting me. i didn't have the heart to decline after that so i agreed. we met at a coffee shop and he gifted me the most wonderful silver anklets i had ever seen. i didn't want to accept them. but one look at his face and i couldn't say a no to him. this is the best gift i have ever received from a friend. whenever i wear them people always ask me from where did i get them. lol what do i say????

(3) i was at my moms place some months back. whenever i go there i try to meet up most of my friends. so i called manish and asked him if we could meet up. he said he was just leaving for his office at thane for some urgent work and asked me to go along with him. i was a little skeptical because i know hes one hell of a busy guy. but he insisted and i accepted. so he picked me up and we headed for thane. we reached his office and he finished his work in half an hour. then he took me to a hill near thane called the yeour hill. (he knows i love hills n mountains). now his company maintains a 'gaushala' (cowshed) there. so we went to see that place. it was such a lovely place with all greenery around and so many cows so well kept. i sure was surprised because i didn't expect to be taken to such a lovely place. what happens when u meet an old friend?? at the most you meet them for lunch at a restaurant or for coffee or for dinner or a drink. but this was so very different for me. it was a wonderful experience and i won't ever forget it.

(4) it was mar 2001. now there was this fantastic movie 'dhadkan' that had released some months back. i had missed it and wanted to watch it. but the movie wasn't showing in any theatres around. the cd's of the movie were released but not readily available. i went in search for them at so many places but couldn't get them. i was newly engaged then. i had just mentioned to rakesh (my hubby now) that i wanted to watch this film. the next day when i got home from work i was surprised to see this cd lying on my desk and when mom told me who had sent it i was truly elated. i still don't know how he managed to get them but i really liked the effort he went through to get me one. look at me i m still smiling :) hehe

(5) i know this sounds weird but i m thankful to whoever it was who invented blogging and chatting ;) hehe... i can't imagine my regular routine day without keshis wonderful notes, tans sweet messages on my shoutmix, z00ns bizarreness, sebias sword, dewdys amazing posts and my muses 'hi good morning angel'...

love story

oh how i wish i would die like this!!!!

this is a story of mr and mrs kapasi. he was 75 and she was 71. so much in love that they never stayed away from each other. they had been married for some 51 years but never tired of each other. whereever they would go they'd be together.

this happened some 5 years back. he wasn't keeping well. nothing serious, just old age. his wife was absolutely well and used to take care of him. day and night she would look after him. never leaving his side. at nights she would stay awake just to see if he was all right. she never allowed her children to stay awake late for him. she said she was capable of looking after him and as long as she could she would help him herself. so the days passed by.

then one day he fell very ill. he had to be hospitalised. 15 days he was in the hospital. she knew it was useless now. he wasn't going to get back home. since she was so old her children did not allow her to stay in the hospital at nights. at home she would stay awake all night worrying about him.

on the 15th day she was sent home as usual. her eldest son was staying in the hospital. she was so tired and exhausted and depressed that she didn't know when she fell asleep.

she never woke up!!!

she had given up hope and had died in her sleep. her husband was never told about this because her children knew that he too would lose hope if he knew. amazingly he got well in 2 days time and he was sent home. he had to be kept in bed but he was better. now he kept asking for his wife and his children had to make n number of reasons to pacify him. no one was allowed to wear white and go in front of him. everyone had to hide their tears so that he didn't know.

some 14 days passed this way. as it is in the hindu culture after 14 days of death everyone is called home for lunch. so all relatives were invited. he was kept in a separate room so that he didn't know.

but how long could he be kept in the dark? he heard voices in the house and knew something fishy was going on. he demanded to know what it was and he had to be told. he was devastated.

from that day on he never spoke to anyone in the house. he missed her so much that he would keep on looking at her picture and cry. he did not even eat well and lost all happiness in life.

exactly one month after his wife's death he too left this world!!! maybe to be with her, maybe not.

he was my nanaji and she was my nani

oh how i wish i would die like this!!!

mesmerising-eyes

what would you do????????

yesterday i came across an article about a new movie being made on karisma kapoors break-up with sanjay kapur... it just got me wondering what emotions she must be going through right now...

but i really dont want to talk about her failed marriage... everyone must have read loads of that... some true facts some false ones...

lets talk about abhishek and karisma... they were a couple for a long time... then they got engaged... and then one fine day we read that their engagement has been cancelled... so what really happened then??? ... the kapoors called off the engagement and babita was blamed for the whole episode... its made to believe that since abhisheks career wasn't taking him anywhere babita wasn't happy with the idea of karisma getting married to him...

now i got a few questions for u....

we have a much in love couple and for reasons known to all of us they dont get married... the girl gets married to another friend 'on rebound'.... a year later she gives birth to a baby girl and also gets a divorce.... now the important question... what would you do if you were in karismas place and met abhishek at some party????... n vice versa???... would you ignore him or atleast be nice and say something???.... how would you take the relationship further???... would you be able to keep yourself away from the person you love so much??? ... or would you atleast try to be friends???

i want to know this because there are a lot of other karismas and abhisheks in this world... so much in love but not together... what if karisma was still married??? .... should she atleast keep in touch with abhishek???... could they have been friends???... let me know what u think about this...

hriday

thats my nephew.. isnt he cute???

99 facts about mesmerising eyes

ok let me admit that i stole this idea from z00n... ufff i had to steal his chocos but since hes in delhi i cant do it as of now... so i thought id try stealing something else first ;)))


1. i hate starting my posts... half the time dont know what i want to say

2. right now i am reading 'the zahir' by paulo coelho (seems good as of now)

3. m called neha, nehz, nehu

4. my friends also call me namkeen

5. thats because i hate sweets

6. i was an above average student in school n college

7. scored 82% in my 10th standard

8. was in HR college n majored in economics

9. someone once told me u look like a bengali :)

10. i hate my teeth

11. i love my eyes (a friend in college used to call me hazel eyes)

12. i love chatting... have been chatting since a year now... first on yahoo now on indiatimes

13. on indiatimes i lie a lot ;)... but once someone has my yahoo id i tell them the truth about myself...

14. before i was addicted to the net i used to read a lot

15. i love reading fiction

16. it took me 6 months to read 'the lord of the rings' .... couldnt understand the language...

17. i love 'if tomorrow comes' by sydney sheldon

18. if i go on writing about the books i like i'll have to change this title to 199 facts about mesmerising-eyes

19. i m not too fond of mangoes n i love watermelon

20. i m not too fond of make-up ... can get ready in 10 mins (surprise surprise!)

21. i loved the eye make up of kajol in the song 'sooraj hua maddham' from k3g

22. 'kabhie kabhie' is my favourite hindi song and 'lets make a nite to remember' by bryan adams my fave english number

23. i have seen 'baiju bawra' atleast 10 times n 'pakeeza' 5 times

24. i celebrated my last birthday by watching 'mughal - e - azam' in colour

25. i loveeeeeeeee abhishek bachchan .... i go to watch his movies just to drool ;)

26. i flipped when i saw abhishek bachchan and amitabh bachchan passing in their car once

27. the last movie i saw was 'parineeta'... its a nice movie

28. from all these facts u must have guessed that i m a pucca bollywood fanatic ;)

29. i miss my dad a lot... he died of cancer

30. i think my mom is the strongest person i have known in all my life... coz she never ever shed a tear in front of us when my dad was critically ill

31. i saw my dad die right in front of my eyes... this still haunts me a lot

32. i got a brother n hes got a son called hriday... oh hes such a sweetheart....

33. have lived all my life in mumbai

34. i love the road that leads from samrat hotel (churchgate) to nariman point (its called the CCI road)... its got almond trees all lined up...

35. i love to travel

36. my first trip alone without my parents was to kashmir when i was in my 5th standard... it was a school trip

37. i missed a chance to visit singapore bcause my grandpa thought i was too young to travel to a foreign place alone.... (i was in 6th standard then)

38. have been to kerela, lakshadweep (heaven on earth), manali, nainital, goa, darjeeling, delhi, agra.... etc...

39. my only out of india trip has been to nepal

40. i prefer mountains to beaches

41. i want to visit sydney and dubai

42. my best friend is tasneem...we r friends since 4th std.... n were in college together

43. i never wanted to goto HR.. my dream college was Jai Hind... but tasneem forced me to goto HR... n i dont regret the decision now

44. my best male friend is darshik... hes studying in australia

45. i have willed my personal diary to him ;)

46. he calls me every week and i yell at him coz its expensive

47. i miss him loads

48. i hardly have any other female friends... m so used to male company coz i dont have ny sisters

49. all my brothers (cousins inclusive) try to bully me

50. my family makes it a point to go out of town together atleast once a year (we r around 16 of us)

51. i dont drink tea n m not too fond of coffee

52. i m a pure veg. n that too jain (no onions n potatoes n garlic too)

53. i love mulberry ice cream

54. i m an aquarian born on 25th jan

55. i have a blast on my b'day coz the next day is a national holiday

56. my first job was with the yash birla group of companies

57. i quit the job coz i wanted to study for my CS examz... but gave up coz i didnt like all the laws i had to study

58. my next job was with an advertising firm... n i quit coz my boss was a chain smoker n i m allergic to smoke

59. i lied to her when she asked me the reason for quitting the job... n the day i left she hugged me n wished me the best in life

60. i have never tried hard to get a job... it always drops in my lap... (lucky me)

61. no one ever proposed to me till i left college

62. one of my friends brother called me one day n proposed marriage over phone... (i was shocked coz i didnt know he liked me)

63. till date 7 guys have proposed to me ;) (should i say only 7 or should i say 7!!!!)

64. after reading sebiaz blog i was addicted to blogging

65. i love commenting on z00ns blog ;) and i like keshis blog coz she writes from her heart

66. the best blog writer that i have come across is kraz... (i got him linked)... i love his stories

67. i want z00n to get out of his depression!!! (i just promised not to steal his chocos if he did that)

68. i dont believe in love-at-first sight

69. i got a net friend whos a karting champion

70. i miss my muse a lot... hes a net pal

71. i have never spoken with my muse over phone nor have i ever met him (even though he lives in mumbai)

72. we plan to meet up after 21 yrs

73. until 2 months back i didnt even know his name!!!

74. hes taught me a lot about life even though hes younger to me

75. we talk lots of philosophical stuff

76. i believe in reincarnation

77. i believe in jain philosophies...especially non violence to any living thing

78. i love to teach school kids

79. i want to donate my eyes when i die

80. i was a member of the rotaract club when i was in college

81. i met manish (whos n amazing guy) through rotaract (will write about him in one of my posts)

82. we still go out for dinner whenever hes in mumbai

83. i love to shop

84. when i was in college we would go shopping every second day... n the guys in our group would get bored to death...lol

85. we were 5 gals n 2 guys in our group

86. one of the guy is settled in dubai n the other one - raj- is in mumbai

87. raj was the dumbest of us all n today he is a solicitor!!!!

88. i still remember teaching him accounts on the day of our exams

89. i m very proud of his achievements

90. he says he hates me coz i never studied ahead ;)

91. 2 days before my examz i made it a point to read a novel... helped to destress... n the librarian in my college would look at me n think i had gone mad...hehe

92. we had a stereo system installed in our college library n would listen to all the latest numbers while studying (our principals idea!!)

93. our college library had subscriptions of femina, filmfare, cosmopolitan, elle... etc...

94. its been some years since i left college but i miss those days

95. we once went for a 10.30 morning movie show at streling n realised it was a 10 30 pm show ;)

96. i love staying in a joint family

97. i would want to have kids some day

98. i love being married

99. its been 4 years since i m married ;))))

thats it for now guys... thanx for reading things about me....latezzzzzzz...bye

anger... part seven of the seven deadly sins....

i get angry when....

i go out with some of my friends and they smoke in front of me knowing i m allergic to smoke!!!!

i see a parent hitting his/her kid... (i saw this happen once at a bus stop n i was so angry i fought with this parent)

i see people spitting after eating paan

people want me to do things i have refused to do.. its damn irritating

someone ditches his/her girlfriend/boyfriend without communicating the reasons...ok guys people might want to move on but if u had a relationship atleast have the courtesy to say bye...

unpunctual people (gets on my nerves)

people take me for granted

small kids begging on the roads

people using their clout to move ahead in a queue at a temple

people who say women cant drive...(lol i cant but i know loads who can... so chill guys)

nri's saying they hate india

delhiites saying they r better off than mumbaites ;)

oh n last but not the least.... anonymouse harassing sebia n keshi...

ps... m through with the seven deadly sins.... next in the pipe line is get to know mesmerising eyes ;)

gluttony... part six of the seven deadly sins....

to talk about gluttony i dont have to think or go very far... i m sure everyone knows how much we gujjus love to eat... and if the food is a dessert or a sweet then don't even think we'd share it with anyone...

this happened when a relative threw a party at some restaurant... my whole family was invited... now before i go into the details of the party let me give you a run down on my lovely family...

i m the only daughter in my family... got a bro... n four other cousins (all guys)... all tall..really tall... ( i m 5'4 n i look like a dwarf in front of them).... n ofcoz well built... n handsome.... they r a gang and try to bully everyone around... including me... my bhabhis r the ones who r always harassed by them... n the leader of the gang is my uncle... damn hes the one whos spoilt all of them...

so getting back to the party, my uncle had just suffered a bout of jaundice (or was it malaria?) some days back... but since he was well we asked him to come along... and then it was time to eat!!!....

the menu was great but the best were the rasgollas that were kept in a bowl right at the end of the table... so the whole gang instead of starting from the start of the table landed right at the back... they picked up the bowl n sat on a nearby table.... someone suggested a rasgolla eating competition and everyone agreed...

so all my 5 brothers were given their plates n we were going to time them... (since my uncle wasn't well we didnt allow him to participate)... 3 minutes was the time given n there were 25 rasgollas in each of their plates...

"n your time starts now"....1,2,3.... start!...... n then the chaos that followed could just be imagined!!!... one after another all the rasgollas started disappearing... clothes were wet with the sweet water from the rasgollas... faces got yucky... more and more people started crowding to see what the fuss was all about.... kids started yelling... elders started screaming... 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1...STOP!!!!.....

OVER.....

time for final count.....

my bro n one of my cousins had given up at 12 rasgollas.... the others were in the count of around 15-18.... n mitesh my fave cousin... well he had 24!!!!!!.... 24 rasgollas in 3 mins... lol i cant even eat 2 at a time....

n what do u think my uncle says when he came to know the count???....

"if i were in your place i could atleast eat 30 and then go and eat my dinner!"....ufff too much....

by the way cheers to gluttony!!!!!

hey muse just for u....

goodbye


ok guys this wish is for my best friend who is going away... (he claims hes going away to make billions)... hes fleeced billions from me n a mercedes too... ufff the day i get rich i have to pay him all this... so guys wish him good luck... (n me too so that i can get rich soon)... if u have read some of my early posts u'll know that hes the same guy i call my 'muse'...(i've never met him but hes changed my outlook about life)... n he calls me his angel...(i still dont know y)... so this is just for him :)

muse dear... i wish you all the luck in this world... may u be happy wherever you go... n u better be here 21 years from now... 25th jan 2036... taj lands end coffee shop... 4 pm... will wait for u then...till then bye... do keep in touch...

ur angel ;)

sloth...part five of the seven deadly sins....

this is one topic which i really didnt want to write about... i mean how many of you guys really really know anyone who is lazy???... atleast i dont... not in this fast paced world where the standard response is 'who has the time???'... those who are poor are trying to make ends meet... those who are rich are trying to get richer... no time for friends and no time for family... so i thought i would deviate a little off course...

take a family for example... parents are working all day... children goto school or college... attend n number of classes and tutions... no time to play coz they have to attend an extracurricular class every evening... husband has no time for wife... and vice versa... they are so tired by the end of the day that i doubt they even have time to catch up on each other... no time for vacations... no time for their parents... ask them to take a vacation and probably it will be a business cum pleasure trip...now wheres the time for 'laziness'???

lives are so stressed today that people have to take help to destress themselves... have to take psychiatric help... divorce rates going up every day.... think of the way we communicate with our friends... sms, webcam, telephone and at the most half an hour at a cafe or a pub.... is that enough???...

therefore according to me the antithesis of sloth is one of the seven deadly sins of today...

the key to get over this is to take it easy... chill... i quote one of my favourite poems by william henry blake... its called

"leisure"

what is this life if, full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare.

no time to stand beneath the boughs
and stare as long as sheep or cows.

no time to see, when woods we pass,
where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

no time to see, in broad daylight,
streams full of stars, like skies at night.

no time to turn at Beauty's glance,
and watch her feet, how they can dance.

no time to wait till her mouth can
enrich that smile her eyes began.

a poor life this if, full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare.

isnt this true???...we have no time to stand and stare!!!!!.....

magical


the magic of agarbatti

avarice... part four of the seven deadly sins....

when i read about this in the papers i wondered 'what sort of a greed is this?' 'who are such insane people who can go to such limits?'

killing... unwanted killing... a greed to kill animals... animals who cant even fight back... is there any need for this?...

mansoor ali khan pataudi... lovingly called tiger was recently caught with seven others in Haryana with carcass of a black buck n hares... his son saif ali khan was also arrested a few years back for poaching... salman khan too was caught red handed for the same...

what is it with these super rich and famous people???.... why is there an inane need in them to kill?

i sometimes wonder what if they didnt have the guns on them?... what if they went hunting unarmed??... do they have the guts to do that??? ..... or is it just that they want to stroke their stupid super egos?... a need to show the world that they are all powerful?...

in her autobiography, princess, vijayraje scindia writes about how hunting was an 'exercise in vanity' for the royals. "it was vanity of the times that the man who shot the biggest tiger attained eminence that could not be matched by the recipient of a nobel prize... when my father-in-law madhavrao was studying, masterji set up a new school in the shooting preserve of sussera, so that from the windows of his classroom, madhavrao could select the black buck which he would shoot for dinner."

how much more despicable can man get??? ... but then this was long back... when hunting was considered a sport... now we are more educated (or are we?) ... we know how endangering it is to kill these animals... then why dont we understand???... it seems the more the world is progressing the more indifferent it is becoming...

noted german philosopher kant once said, "the enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty." ... how very apt....

pride ... part three of the seven deadly sins.....

King Amargupt and Queen Sunanda had a very beautiful daughter called Sanskriti. She was not only beautiful but also very intelligent and passionate. Her beauty was known far and wide She was as beautiful as the morning mist in the valleys of Chambal. She had lovely long hair with a little curls at the end. She was blessed with the prettiest doe like eyes, which were the color of hazel nut - soft brown with a tinge of gold. Her skin was as soft as morning dew and she had a stunning smile.

Every morning the first thing that she would do was go to the mirror and admire herself. The mirror was her best friend. It would always show her the most beautiful face she had ever seen. No one was as stunning as her. No one was as alluring as her. And as the days flew by her pride rose. The only thing on her mind was her beauty. Every prince who saw her wanted to marry her. Wherever she went she dazzled everyone.

One day Prince Rishi came to visit their palace. He wasn’t really handsome but was well known for his intelligence. The moment he set his eyes on Sanskriti he fell in love with her. He asked King Amargupt for her hand in marriage and the King happily agreed. Sanskriti wasn’t really happy with this match but she didn’t have a say in the matter.

After marriage Prince Rishi took good care of her but she never bothered about him. Never gave him a second glance. She would only keep on looking at the mirror all day, admiring herself. Slowly as years passed by she too fell in love with him. But she was too proud to accept that. How could she love him? She was too beautiful for him.

Then one day there was news of war. The Prince went away without even informing her. He was too tired of her vanity. He had given up on her. This hit her pride. She realized that she loved him. For months she kept waiting for him. She forgot her pride. Forgot her mirror.

‘Where’s my Prince? God get him back to me! That’s all I want now.’ These were the thoughts that went through her mind all day.

Then there was news that the Prince had died fighting. She was shocked. She didn’t know what to do? Should she cry? Was there any use? What was all the pride for?

The day they cremated him she gave up everything that she had lived for. Not her life but everything else. She renounced everything. Cut off her long tresses. Wore white and gave up all the pleasures of life. There was nothing in this life for her. The only way she could give up her pride was to take Sanyas! She offered herself to God. There was nothing left in this world for her. Nothing but GOD.

Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas said of Pride "inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin (1,77) ... the root of pride is found to consist in man not being, in some way, subject to God and His rule."

lust ... part two of the seven deadly sins.....

i could read it in your eyes
the roses that you got me
told me everything you craved
the moment your hand held me
i felt the fire burning
the moment your lips kissed me
i felt myself drowning
there was lust all around us
your eyes asking, my eyes wanting
your hands in my hair
and then on my nape
your lips on my eyes
and then on my lips
the lust still spiraling
the passion still seeking
a want, a desire
better left untold

and then u were gone
away far away
a hole in my soul
lusting evermore


did you know that APHRODITE PORNE is the goddess lust??? ... Greek Mythology... now u know the origin of the word 'pornography' ;))

envy...part one of the seven deadly sins.....

envy.... this word reminds me of that onida advertisement that used to be telecast when i was young...neighbours envy owners pride...

now the first question that comes to my mind is....why envy our neighbours???...or rather why envy anyone????

last week i was discussing this with a friend... and i thought why not ask all of you???... who do you envy ????

the first person that would come to our minds will be someone who we feel is better than us....but if you give this a thought you'll realise that the person concerned is also not perfect... if you ask him he'll give you a name of another person who he envies....

now the next question i put forth is why envy such a person... why envy anyone who isnt the best???....thats why i say if you want to envy someone.... be envious of GOD....

thats because He is the best.... nothing compares to Him... He is perfect... compare yourself to Him not mere mortals who we think are superior to us... i really wouldnt want to compare myself with someone who is imperfect... someone who isnt the best....

now one more question for you...do you know whats the opposite of envy???... ever heard of an english reference to it??... well i got this information from a friend... its called MUDITA...

MUDITA is a pali word which means 'happiness at anothers success in life'...theres no english word for this... but its meaning is so beautiful... its got a little to do with pride... but then its not actually pride.... its more like being happy at another persons success... as such its an antidote to envy...

"Envy is a propensity to view the well-being of others with distress, even though it does not detract from one's own. [It is] a reluctance to see our own well-being overshadowed by another's because the standard we use to see how well off we are is not the intrinsic worth of our own well-being but how it compares with that of others. [Envy] aims, at least in terms of one's wishes, at destroying others' good fortune." (Kant, The Metaphysics of Morals 6:459)