Change is Inevitable

Not feeling too well, down with flu since Saturday evening...have got to pack so much! Dunno how and when will it happen. Feeling rather strange that i am sitting at home on a Monday morning. From today onwards i'll not suffer from the syndrome called "Monday Morning Blues" at least for some time to come. My colleagues must be busy at work...will anyone miss me? I hope so, if not then too its fine. 

I have been there too often to realise that, ppl get busy with their own lives and nobody bothers to think abt the one who has left. The sooner one realises that the lesser it hurts. Anyways, few more days before i embark on a journey which will take me to a new country where i will experience everything for the very first time. I hope everything goes well (it will, it will). I have been saying this to myself time n again!

I celebrated the last festival (Holi) here yesterday, dint really play with colors as such but had gone down for the potluck lunch where everybody had got their own food from home. It was fun and this was my first event in our bldg since i got married. Everybody was busy scanning me from top to bottom, and should i say that they were pleased with what they saw. ;) Got a lot of compliments for the liquid sindoor on my forehead, made me look married in a very cute way (that's what ppl said). 

Signing off for now, more later...cya and hope u have a gr8 week ahead!

Reason to Believe

1. Has anyone asked you to believe in something that called for a huge leap of faith on your part?

A. Yes my guy had asked me to believe in him some 9 and a half yrs ago, which was a huge leap of faith for me coz i dint know if we would last in a long distance realtionship or not. But here we are waiting to get married on the 9th of Feb. *smiles*

 

2. When is the last time you moved? Why did you move?

A. The last time i moved was from Bhubaneswar to Mumbai in 2000. It was because my dad got transferred.

 
3. Malls or Internet? Are you doing more online shopping this year? The polls say we are, but I'm curious about what the real people are doing.

A. I have started shopping on the internet more than i used to before but given a choice i would still prefer to shop on my own in a mall, coz i don't like the waiting period & the incessant delays when we shop online.

 

4. Do you remember the first meme you participated in and if so, what was it?

I don't quite remember, but i know it was something to do with me and it was in way back in the year 2008. :)

 

5. If you could invent something, what would it be?

I would like to invent/create an invisible cloak aka Harry Potter coz it would be very useful for me in daily life. :P

 

6. Is your life turning out the way you thought it would when you were a kid? If not, is it better or worse?

A. My life has definitely not turned out as i had expected it to be, it's way different from what i had thought it to be. But i am certainly not complaining and i feel i have done pretty well for myself. :) No regrets whatsoever.

 

7. Tell us about something you'll miss about 2010.

A. I will miss Mumbai, the people i met here and my job which i will be quitting soon.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Whenever i think about friends this is the only song that comes to my mind. This goes out to all my dear friends:

So no one told you life was going to be this way.

Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,

Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.

I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.

I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.

You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.

Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,

But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.

That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.

I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.

I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.

Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.

Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,

Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,

Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.

I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.

I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

Sands of Time

To receive a call from someone who makes u smile....

Falling in love....

Walking on the beach....

Having butterflies in the stomach every time u c that special someone....

To have somebody to tell you "I Love U"

To hear the sound of rain falling outside the window

To find money in the pocket of your pants which u haven't worn in a while....

To wake up in the morning & realize that u can sleep for some more time....

To listen to your favorite song on the radio....

To watch the sunset from a hill top....

Turn Back Time....

I Want To Go Back To The Time�

When GETTING HIGH Meant On a SWING, Not PROMOTIONS.

When DRINKING meant RASNA ORANGE, Not BEERS Or WHISKEY.

When DAD Was The Only HERO, Not DEPP Or TOM.

When LOVE Was MOM�S HUG, Not The GIRL / BOY-FRIENDS.

When DAD�S SHOULDER Was The HIGHEST PLACE On The Earth, Not Your DESIGNATION.

When Your WORST ENEMIES Were Your SIBLINGS, Not Your MANAGER.

When The Only Thing That Could HURT were BLEEDING KNEES, Not The TEARS Falling Down Your Cheeks.

When The Only Things BROKEN were TOYS, Not The DYING HEARTS.

And When GOOD-BYES meant TILL TOMORROW, Not For YEARS & YEARS.

250 ? Not Out

I am really happy to say that this is my 250th post. And what makes me happy is the fact that i could last for so long in blogville.....people came and people left but i remained! Well, i am sure it wasn't easy for the people who left this space coz some of them were really close and special to me. I still miss them, and i know that they know this too!

But here i am, and i can say for once that i am here to stay, and that's all that matters right now. I love to express myself and since i am such an extrovert there couldn't have been a better way to express myself than this blog. This blog is and will always remain close to my heart....coz i know if there's anything i need to talk about, anything that's bothering me, this is the place to be.

Ok, now i don't want this to sound like an award winning speech but i would like to make a special mention of all the wonderful people who i met through this blog and some of them went on to become good friends of mine. I owe it to all of you, i love you and thanks a ton for being there!! You mean a lot to me.

Well, it's a lazy Monday morning...and no i am not cribbing about it as yet! ;) So hoping that the day goes well i am ending this post of mine with some meaningful ads:

Let's Do Our Bit

The debate has started all over again! Are we safe? Is what the govt doing enuff? What has the govt done in this one yr? Why is Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive still living? Is there ever gonna b an end to terrorism? Questions, questions and more questions! But no answers. Where does this end!? I dunno....but all i can think of right now is the pain that we had undergone last yr on this very day (famously termed as the "black day 26/11"). My sincere respect to the people who lost their lives and and may god give courage to all those families who lost their loved ones.

Can we have all stand up and pray to god for some peace out here! Coz thats all we want, don't we!?

Yearning for You

A breeze caressed me

as I watched the fireflies

dance beneath the moon's glow,

shadows fluttering softly

about them and bouncing off

the silver ribbons sent from heaven.

Warm memories flooded my heart,

leading to beautiful dreams

that spun a path to you.

And though the night

surrounded me,

I could see your smile

and hear your voice...

and, like always,

I yearned for your touch,

yearned for you!

May Be....

Maybe... we were supposed to meet the
wrong people before meeting the right
one so that, when we finally meet the
right person, we will know how to be
grateful for that gift.

Maybe... it is true that we don't
know what we have until we lose it,
but it is also true that we don't know
what we have been missing until it
arrives.

Maybe... the brightest future will
always be based on a forgotten past;
after all, you can't go on
successfully in life until you let go
of your past mistakes, failures and
heartaches.

Maybe... you should hope for enough
happiness to make you sweet, enough
trials to make you strong, enough
sorrow to keep you human, and enough
hope to make you happy.

Maybe... the happiest of people
don't necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.

Maybe... happiness waits for all
those who cry, all those who hurt, all
those who have searched, and all those
who have tried, for only they can
appreciate the importance of all the
people who have touched their lives.

Maybe... there are moments in life
when you miss someone -- a parent, a
spouse, a friend, a child -- so much
that you just want to pick them from
your dreams and hug them for real, so
that once they are around you
appreciate them more.

Maybe... you should dream what you
want to dream; go where you want to
go, be what you want to be, because
you have only one life and one chance
to do all the things you dream of, and
want to do.


"Life is only traveled ONCE; Today�s MOMENT becomes Tomorrow�s MEMORY.
Enjoy every moment, good or bad, because the GIFT of LIFE is LIFE itself..."

Bittersweet Symphony

"Somewhere along the road on which we used to walk,
Someone had planted a memory.
The memory lay concealed in a tiny cardboard box,
Until the rain came and washed away the memory"

There are so many memories tucked away in some corner of our heart....which we do not want to remember, or which we would conveniently like to forget. Some good, some bad, some bitter, some sweet.....but is it really possible to forget them!?

I was thinking about this yesterday and realised that there's not a thing that i have forgotten....i remember them all....the good, the bad, the bitter, the sweet.....all of them! It's just that i need to search deep within my heart and look for that particular record which i want to play. Somewhat like viewing the memory in a pensieve (people who have seen Harry Potter will know this).

I wonder how many of us actually do that.....i do it when i am all alone, sitting and reflecting at the times passed by......remembering the people, the places and instances which i felt i had forgotten long long ago.


I remember Hyderabad, the place where i started walking, the place where i first went to school, the place which gave me the innumerable sweet memories....memories which i shall never forget because those were the best days of my life....a life that was free from complications, politics, back biting, deceit and all of that, which are a part of my life today.

I remember the time when we got transferred to Calcutta, i remember the tears that had come streaming down my face.....i remember the feeling of being alienated, the feeling of being an out caste....not able to understand why the kids there treated my this way....i remember coming back home from school and never wanting to go back again!


I remember the feeling of happiness when we went from Calcutta to Bhubaneswar. The pain that i went through when i realised that the friends who i loved the most were not meant to be forever!! I remember the rushes of first love....love which was here to stay....the first heart break which made me hate myself for trusting the wrong person. The emptiness which i felt when i lost my grandpa....never to see him again!

The pangs of loneliness which i went through due to the vagaries of a long distance relationship.....i can see them coming back again......am i happy? am i sad? i don't know about that, but these memories i know will stay forever because these memories make me....i am what i am because of them. So tell me, what is it that you thought you had forgotten but you still remember? What does this post remind you of?