tagged yet again!!for the 3rd time :D

1. Pick out a scar you have, and explain how you got it:
two dark patches on my left elbow...i got it when i had gone on a cycle ride with a friend and to avoid a mad dog on the street i turned right and my paddle got stuck with hers...she moves away and i fell on the road and hurt myself

2. What is on the walls in your room?
on the pink walls, bookshelves and windows. loads of inspirational posters...pinned up notes...

3. What does your phone look like?
a normal black nokia 6030

4. What music do you listen to?
anything soft and soothing to ears

5. What is your current desktop picture?
a picture of my niece


6. What do you want more than anything right now?
a part time job!a printer,a writer..a digi cam..some clothes,a new cell and a few books!

7. Do you believe in gay marriage?
what??hell no!!

8. What time were you born?
early in the morning,about 5.10am

9. Are your parents still together?
yes.what kind of question is that?

10. What are you listening to?
my niece screaming

12. The last person to make you cry?
samik,my guy...he always makes me cry!

13. What is your favourite perfume/cologne?
i donot use any branded perfume...my favorite is however eu de cologne or any men's deodrant..they are spicy and remind me of waves breaking on the shore


14. What kind of hair/eye colour do you like on the opposite sex?
freshly shampooed but ruffled hair..falling on the face......with the eyes sparkling with naughtiness...is my ideal look on a guy

15. Do you like pain killers?
i donot resort to them,unless in dire situations...used it once though when i fell on my back while skating...it was terrible....

16. Are you too shy to ask someone out?
yes definitely but why bother when i get asked out


17. Fave pizza topping?
extra cheese with macaroni or chicken


18. If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?
one tall glass of milk shake,with an omelette's with stuffings of potato cheese and prawns.with salad,two piece of buttered bread..and a pie to finish off...[my mom is a good cook:D]

19. Who was the last person you made mad?
erm well...since my blog is read by quite a few known people,i ll just name a few people who make me really mad..dainty china doll,snooty man and the unbearable boy...wink wink


20. Is anyone in love with you?
duh!everyone is...i am quite lovable you know....

and now for my turn to tag people..seeing the response to my other tags...i ll just leave it to people who want to take it up...rajeev,steve and sharad are my new victims...since i didnt tag them before...so please do the honors....

p.s-NO MORE TAGS PLEASE!

puzzling thoughts

i came across an article that said a couple of many years split for some issue that could have been resolved this made me think of nature of such relationships that couldn't sustain the strains that life put on us....since reading the article i have been puzzling over an hypothetical situation...and even after a lot of musings..i cant seem to take it out of my mind...so i thought id just put it up on my blog and let my blogger friends help me resolve my puzzle

a girl meets a boy...they become good friends...then they fall in love...their life is almost perfect...he and she is both compatible on every ground....months turned into years and it was time for them to take the next step...since till now almost both their families were accepting towards their relationship...there wasn't a hitch,but then problems seem to rise....the guy turned out to be an escapist of sorts...he dint aspire to live a better life,which most of his peers strove for and got...maybe he thought that for him his being in love meant more than earning well....he talks about this to his girl...she says...you are able in every way,when you can achieve more why settle for less..life doesn't thrive on love,one needs a good living too...this angered the guy...he started thinking that she was just using him..in his anger he talks about her background..which may not have been totally spotless but not undignified too...and till then it never posed a problem....but then now it seemed like an unforgivable sin...till that day the girl didnt even know that the guy felt that way about her...here begins their problems...should they break off while there is still time....or should they be together compromising their lives just for old times sake...

now a few question arises...and i hope you guys help me revolve it....

*was the girl wrong is wanting a proper life for herself?[because there was scope it wasn't as if there was no other way but to live life the contrined way...]

*would a father give his daughter away to a well educated guy but with peanuts for salary...and subject his daughter to hardships in life...

*would the girl be able to bring the guy of her choice to her father,knowing well he cannot keep her happy and that life could be full of hardship

*will love sustain all???

*what will the guy do in a case like this,when he can strive for a better life but he wont for some trivial reason?

*is the girl just really using him?

*was the guy right to hurt the girl by bringing up her background???

take a bow,the BITCH resurfaces!

trinnnnng!

uffff....who is it now?cant a girl have a moment to herself studying,..damn the caller!

"hello??", came my bored voice
"hello..i am ******* ,[the bitch] calling"...[yeah to mess my life yet again!...i thought to myself]

bitch-why have why have you commented on me to *****
ME-you and me are not even on talking terms...and what i have to say has nothing to do with you..and so just keep out of my life....

bitch-you have hurt me you know?we are not even talking then why did you have to speak about me
ME-hurt?should you be talking about that?you were instrumental in my heartbreak but thankfully that is now my past!so should you be..why do you even bother resurfacing every few months?to agonize me?those days are over dude!i am no longer the meek girl,who readily forgave people and saw only the best best in all...only to be hurt over and over again!you would save both of us the trouble by getting outta my life..you the trouble of being disappointed,because i wont just yield to your evil designs..and me the trouble of putting you to place

bitch-we used to be good friends...i think we should talk and sort out the problems...
ME-you are my past and thats where you should be...yea you guessed it right...in my past!

there i have done it...all those years when i used to cry myself to sleep,agonizing over the fact that a close friend had back stabbed me...being the reason for my heartbreak!i was helpless...i was too powerless to even admonish the friend who wrecked my life...but thanks to her i am where i am...and happy..so dear bitch thank you...unknowingly you have done me a good turn!you didn't do it intensionally but then the good deed was done!you owed it to me,for being a good friend to you...

Our Casuarina Tree

this is one of my favourite poems so i thought i would share it with everyone....

Toru Dutt (1856–77)


LIKE a huge Python, winding round and round
The rugged trunk, indented deep with scars,
Up to its very summit near the stars,
A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound
No other tree could live. But gallantly
The giant wears the scarf, and flowers are hung
In crimson clusters all the boughs among,
Whereon all day are gathered bird and bee;
And oft at nights the garden overflows
With one sweet song that seems to have no close,
Sung darkling from our tree, while men repose.

When first my casement is wide open thrown
At dawn, my eyes delighted on it rest;
Sometimes, and most in winter,—on its crest
A gray baboon sits statue-like alone
Watching the sunrise; while on lower boughs
His puny offspring leap about and play;
And far and near kokilas hail the day;
And to their pastures wend our sleepy cows;
And in the shadow, on the broad tank cast
By that hoar tree, so beautiful and vast,
The water-lilies spring, like snow enmassed.

But not because of its magnificence
Dear is the Casuarina to my soul:
Beneath it we have played; though years may roll,
O sweet companions, loved with love intense,
For your sakes, shall the tree be ever dear.
Blent with your images, it shall arise
In memory, till the hot tears blind mine eyes!
What is that dirge-like murmur that I hear
Like the sea breaking on a shingle-beach?
It is the tree’s lament, an eerie speech,
That haply to the unknown land may reach.

Unknown, yet well-known to the eye of faith!
Ah, I have heard that wail far, far away
In distant lands, by many a sheltered bay,
When slumbered in his cave the water-wraith
And the waves gently kissed the classic shore
Of France or Italy, beneath the moon,
When earth lay trancèd in a dreamless swoon:
And every time the music rose,—before
Mine inner vision rose a form sublime,
Thy form, O Tree, as in my happy prime
I saw thee, in my own loved native clime.

Therefore I fain would consecrate a lay
Unto thy honor, Tree, beloved of those
Who now in blessed sleep for aye repose,—
Dearer than life to me, alas, were they!
Mayst thou be numbered when my days are done
With deathless trees—like those in Borrowdale,
Under whose awful branches lingered pale
“Fear, trembling Hope, and Death, the skeleton,
And Time the shadow;” and though weak the verse
That would thy beauty fain, oh, fain rehearse,
May Love defend thee from Oblivion’s curse.

job hunting!

since the semester is already here...soon time will fly and however bad it may have been....but semester too will get over and the holidays will begin...since this stretch is not the Christmas time...so no scope of actually partying...what with the summer heat scorching...and nothing much to do...i am in dire need for something to occupy time....i could do tuitions but then in this holiday i rather not...what with more effort and peanuts for salary...tuitions are best during semesters...what with ongoing college..with evenings to spare..and added few hundred bucks is a welcome affluence...now what i need is a 4/6 hour shift partime job....if i do manage to get my hands on such an opportunity then i can forget about working or doing tuitions for the rest of the year...my one months salary would suffice.....wondering why i am so fanatic about being employed??well my pocket money is enough but then its no college no pay...and for those extra things that i indulge in just once in a while...going out with friends...buying a book,dress or a gift..all from my own savings...to keep me afloat i just need a part time for the summers...and hopefully i'll get one...i am on a job hunting spree now because then i can take a week off after my semester exams and then get back to going something for the summers instead of just staying home or teach some pesky kid with peanuts for salary....

nervous rambling....

damn!semester starts this Monday.....and 2.1[literatures of ancient world] being my weakness as always is like a never ending nightmare...studying seems like herculean task!few days back i was still day dreaming...personal notes has been done..all i have to do is to just read through the book and read the class notes..done...chalking out my study schedule seems so easy...but then reality came crashing down..there is so much to study...its like an ocean which doesn't seem to end...notes after notes...pages filled with scribbles and doodles...with heat turned on on full blast...oh god!isn't there any respite from all this??????

hordes of texts even more reference books...and yet more scholars point of view to memorize ....this charade is just to much to handle...its frustrating to read texts which we can hardly pronounce...then analyze it and then make a comparison....shesh!why do mean even express themselves in such a complicated and flamboyant manner....its so painful for us,scholars to read such bombastic work of literature.....here i am doing what i did before my last semester :D...yes i am blogging instead of studying....god help me!specially since my classmates are slogging to perform well..i need at to get atleast a 60% to be in the 1st division category...but at the rate i am going...that seems like a very unlikely possibility....anyways its study time again....break over...ciao!goodnight people!

5 ways to be a star!

are you ambitious?will you do just anything to be a star??have you no conscience?then here are 5 ways for you to follow and hit the red carpet....flash bulbs will go off and the nation will watch every breath you take....so sit back and scroll down to know easy ways to be a celebrity...

#1.Date/Marry a star
what can be better than marrying or dating an already well established star to be a celeb yourself...then you can just stop worrying yourself to the grave thinking of other ways to hit the headlines....why not follow the footsteps of some very well known stars of both Hollywood and Bollywood,as they had done to become a star...the richer,scandal friendly and spineless the better

Upen Patel+Amrita Arora
Randeep+Sushmita
Katie Holmes+Tom Cruiz
Ctherine z. jones+Micheal Douglas

#2."KISS" an infamous STAR
do you have a dying,a rather non existent career?why don't you just kiss a c grade wannabe..who sheds clothes at the drop of a hat but claims to be a epitome of morality...dont think twice just kiss her...let the shutter bugs some thing to chew on..and relax while your victim throws a tantrum....still bored!need more publicity??then why not compose a silly song,awful for the ear drums...and the lyrics of your song?do you even bother about that?well publicize this event...as if others want to hear it but then who cares....
Mika and Rakhi sawant


#3.Hire a good publicist and spread rumors
you are famous but then you want to be among those who are absolutely indispensable..a living legend, a must in all elite gathering...you want to be known in both Hollywood and Bollywood social circuits..as if having your wax statue in one of the most well known museum isnt enough....who cares if your foreign projects bomb at the box office?..just a hire a publicist and spread the rumor that you ll be the next babe in 007 bond flick..and then dispel it saying you just cannot accept such offers...exposing is a strict no no..... wondering who this person is??...hint hint ...why our very own miss owrld...Ashwariya


#4.Claim to be married to a BID Bollywood Star
remember Jhanvi Kapoor???the lady who claims to be married to AB baby...and she decided to pull a stunt so typically fhilmi...but slashing her wrists...of course it all is not true,what not people do just to hog a 15 sec claim to fame...yes yes...people can stoop that low...just to take a shot at publicity...to revive a non existant career....sigh!good riddance of rotten rubbish :)

#5.Star in a reality show
absolutely bored...no projects to keep you busy...join a reality show[both Indian and British version]claim to be a victim of racism...see the votes pour in...and in a day your a big celeb...money pouring in....shutter bugs trailing wherever you go...and what more...actually offers come your way with free publicity...
remember Shilpa Shetty?

happy birthday sachin!

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, born 24 April 1973) is a current Indian cricketer who was rated by Wisden (2002) as the second greatest Test batsman ever after Sir Don Bradman. He made his international debut in 1989 and holds several batting records in both Test Cricket and ODI Cricket. A perennial crowd-favorite, he is the only Indian cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour for his performance in 1997-1998. Many commentators and fellow players regard him as one of the greatest batsmen the game has seen.

Tendulkar was named after his family's favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman. His father Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi novelist. He was encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother, Ajit Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Tendulkar, the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun. Tendulkar sponsors 200 under-privileged children, every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annaben Mehta. He is reluctant to speak about this, or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite the overwhelming media interest in him.

BATTING STYLE:right handed batsman
BOWLING STYLE:right arm leg break
right arm off break
right arm slow medium

TESTS ODI'S
Matches: 135 384
Runs scored: 10,668 14,847
Batting average: 54.70 44.05
100s/50s 35/44 41/77
Top score: 248* 186*
Balls bowled: 3,330 7,709
Wickets 38 148
Bowling average 50.68 43.79
5 wickets in innings 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/10 5/32
Catches/stumpings 85/0 115/0

wishing you a very happy 34th birthday sachin...may you make a thunderous comeback!

Parent-Child Equation

parenting has undergone a sea change than what it was just a few generations back....here having kids is termed as planning kids...where couple analyze their careers,financial abilities and emotional capacity to provide kids and then they "plan babies"......

earlier within a year of marriage family and relatives would urge and pressurize couples to have kids or even at least think of having kids...then having kids was more like filling in the social need to complete the family...it had nothing to do with celebrating a new life..the first kid initiates this social process and the second becomes the playmate of the former and also completes the family....but now the scenario has undergone a drastic change....the young and ambitious fullfill their their desire to start a family only after their other interests are fulfilled....and to me i think this is the best way..despite the absurd idea to actually plan a family,as others opine...at least today's parents are devoted in all respects to kids...they are aware of the responsibility that they are taking on in life...

arguably earlier the parents gave in heritage to the kids,a good value system...but despite the materialistic world as it now is,the parents now give the emotional aid to the kids that previously parents lacked...parents are the providers of the children but the needs of the kids are not limited to just material things like money for school,college,tuition,pocket money,clothes and other necessities...parents in quest to be ideal for their kids establish themselves as staunch authority rather than bringing themselves to be friends with the kids..not being a parent myself it wrong for my part to judge parents but as a child i can say...if you cant give your all..be it financially or emotionally then dont have kids...but when you find yourself unable to do so why put your child to any inconvenience....world thrives on money agreed..just providing materials for survival is not enough the emotional bonding with kids is required too...just because we are reared a particular way,does that mean that we should subject our kids to that?there are many unfortunate who dont have kids of their own...i say its better of being that way than be bad parents or being unable to be the ultimate shelter for your kids...

i have heard my friends complaining....one of them says...my folks force me to fend for myself before graduation,[that too i took a stream they picked out for me and not from my own choice] when they can very well afford my financial responsibilty..they choose to spend life luxuriously,indulging in things that they need not..instead i do a part time to earn my keep and they want a share of my salary [however meager it is]...the other friend says....just because i didn't go into engineering and i am excelling in english honours in a reputed college...my dad is subjecting me to utter humiliation in front of the plumber,mechanic people in our complex etc...why?because i choose to study what i loved and was good at...now i have to fund everything on my own,with zero assistance from my father.....another friend confesses that she too faces something similar and yet different...her dad is the most caring dad...he provides for her...it always here to pick and drop but then on an emotional level...he is just not there....he doesnt care for them...no family outing,no vacation no family time...she gets no emotional comfort in her parents who just take on the role of provider and nothing else....even her mother who has never been a friend to her.......

these are just a few examples of some problems we the kids face..these may not be huge issues..but neither are they trivial enough to be sidelined...its a matter that every parent to be,should consider before bringing a child to life..because later it compels the kids to wonder if they were just,a part of a social process to complete a family and their importance to their family is nothing but that.let not the children wonder,if parents are unable to take on responsibility of kids why have them in the first place....many will argue that their parents are not this way...all i ll say is that those who are not among the group undergoing what most do,are infact very lucky. for in everything situation,exception is truly the rule....

TAGGED!

hey people i have been tagged yet again and this time rajeev has done the honors!bear with me here i go....

7 Things I want to do in this lifetime:

1.i want to be a writer
2.i want to tour the world
3.go on Oprah Winfrey show
4.i want to own a sea facing apartment
5.i want to have kids :D
6.learn to play the guitar
7.have an enviable library and cd collection


7 Things I can do:

1.cook[i make amazing coffee]
2.i am good with kids
3.i can fix a fuse :D
4.i can swim,row and skate
5.read books 24*7 without a break!
6.stay awake for days altogether
7.manage any kind of situation and take responsibility


7 Things I can’t do:

1.play my guitar!
2.write using ornate language
3.put on make up like a pro!
4.tolerate snobs,liars and Hippocrates
5.show emotions blatantly like others can.
6.i can't sing even if i am paid to.
7.keep my closet in order


7 Things that attract me to other person:

1.intelligence
2.ability to strike up a conversation
3.being good with kids
4.courteous and responsible
5.broad minded outlook
6.mature and sensible
7.expressive


7 Things I say Most Often:

1.uff!ar parchina![i cant take it anymore]
2.what rubbish!
3.korbO NA[i wont do it]
4.shit!
5.yea...it happens
6.take life as it comes...
7.our doubts are traitors,it often makes us loose what we could have achieved,by fearing to attempt


7 people i want to take up this tag

1.cindy
2.rohit
3.ani
4.soohini
5.priyanka di
6.lisa
7.diviani