The Wishlist..

Remember slambooks ???
Yes.. I'm talking about the ones you had to give to your friends n they'd fill it up with information about themselves.. which invariably ended with their msg for u...

Filling them up for each other had become a craze for me n my friends in 12th..
It was the last year of school afterall.. n everyone wanted to make the most of it by finding novel ways of cherishing the memories we had with each other..

Obviously I also filled my share of them..
The funny thing about my slam enries was that it was always cramped up !!!
My handwriting is passably good.. (in fact in my opinion its pretty awesome).. so that wasn't the problem..
I just always found the space provided too short for writing everything I had in mind...
As a result.. my entries looked as "keede makode" in front of the preceding and following ones.. ;)

I may come off as a girl of few words while talking.. (at least initially though .. hehe..)
But while writing.. it isn't the same.. The concept of word limit becomes alien to me when I write..
To add to my  woes.. I had a list of answers for each question asked..

fav actor ? (quite a list)
fav movie ? (really long list)
fav book ? (this one happenened to be the longest)
and it went on as such..

Of course i didn't mention them all.. but i always ended up writing as many as i could manage to cram in the space provided..

Am intelligent person once said to me..
" the first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that u're not going to stay where you are"
a quote from Sir J.P Morgan as I came to know later..
 For me the initial step happens to be knowing what u want!!!

I've mentioned having a thing for lists earlier.. n that hasn't changed !!!
Here's a compilation of my bucket list..
things i wish to do..
..
..
someday.. ;)

My Bucket List ...

• go on a world tour with my sister ( can't imagine a better possible company)
• write a book - fiction
• get it published!
• learn to play something other than "twinkle twinkle" on the guitar!
• resume writing in my diary and stick to it regularly this time. ;)
• participate in a karaoke
• try giving up my nocturnal lifestyle and wake up early!
• visit burj al arab (I find it a fascinating monument)
• experiment with my hair (never manage to muster the courage to do that)
• watch David Guetta perform live!
• learn to play squash (or as i call it - tennis for the lonely ;) )
• use an ATM machine (yes, I've never done that!)
• spend an entire day at crosswords browsing through books!
• learn to dive (been swimming since I was five and yet can't pull off a decent dive!)
• fall in love!
• learn how to use torrent to download stuff off the web (yes, i can't do that!)
• volunteer at an animal welfare organization
• go for a trekking camp and actually live in tents!
• drive a convertible 
• get drunk once
• go for night safari in singapore (its amazing!)
• see a ghost (don't know how that's gonna be possible though) ;)
• learn to ride a motorcycle!
• sponser the education of a child
• see the interiors of an igloo (I've always wondered how they look from the inside)
• drive a truck.. and an auto-rickshaw too for that matter!
• convince at least one person to turn vegetarian!
• visit disneyland!
• gate crash a party ;)
• play xbox ( have tried my hand at ps ant wii.. but xbox arena remains unexplored!)
• learn a language other than the ones i already know!
• go on a road trip with friends! (too much znmd?? :P)
• skateboard!
• adventure sports (won't mention all.. that would be a list in itself!)
• go for a romantic weekend at a beach (after the fall in love part has occured) ;)
• climb up on an escalator going down (silly I know!)
• own a pair of high heels (though i'll end up towering above everyone else)
• learn to use chopsticks!
• have a tarot reading taken.(want to know how accurate that stuff is)
• live on a shikara (fascinated with that since reading a chapter in my hindi book!)
• use a lawn mower (Its always looked like fun!)

okay.. that was plain stupid!

should give it a halt before i start pouring out even more bizarre ideas.. ;)

p.s. - this is all I could think while writing this post
p.p.s - the list is subject to amendments and additions from time to time ! ;)

Growing up...

"Di..LINER !!!"
came the shout from my room.. n i rushed in...
It had been that way since almost an hour..
It varied from.
"Di.. NAILPAINT !!!"
to
"Di.. I dont know wat to do with my hair.. should I tie it up ??? should I pin it up ??? should i let it loose ???"
that despite the fact that i'd spent two hours in a saloon getting her an hair cut and set.. (making it the longest tym  I had ever spent there !!!)

But all this was to be expected... it was her big day after all... the "farewell".. :)

n the prepartions had been going on for almost a month...
every detail well thought out.. from the saree to the kind of high heels she wanted (and eventually got).. and the kind of jewellery that would go with it.. everything was planned..

Its is nostalgic to think my little kid sister has grown up so fast...!!!

There was a time wen I had to pester her to let me apply make up on her face.. (funny activities u get involved with as kids!!! )
an event which invariably occured when our parents went out of the house..
N it would be experimentation time with my mum's make up kit !!!
The results.. needless to say were quite comical.. and ended up with my sister's face becoming multicolored...
it really was one of my childhood artistic achievements.. ;)

N today.. paying a tribute to that talent of mine.. I was made the official "make-up incharge"...

Having just an age gap of three years.. we are pretty close..
we fought a lot of course.. n still do..

wen we wer children the fighting was mainly physical.. and included use of slaps, scratches, kicks n head butts..
over the years our technique evolved.. n following the footsteps of gandhiji.. employed non violence..
(that was partly smartness on my part.. my sis being active in sports made it a torture for me if i happened to be on the receiving end of the blows.. ;) so i decided ahimsa was the way to go.. ) hehe..
now wen we fight we just stop talking wid each other.. till d one who has erred doesn't apologize..
(though sometimes we simply forget we wer fighting n start talking normally.. its only later that one of us remembers n we continue wid our "no talking" phase...

we share similar likes, dislikes n interests !!!
she resembles me so much that people often confuse us as twins .. despite the 3 yrs age gap...!!!
over the years i've become accustomed to random people coming n saying "hi" to me !!!
some even start chatting with me before realizing that i'm not my sister !!! ;)
If unfortunately i had to go to some function with mom n dad.. without my sister..
I had to be mentally prepared to be greeted by "badi wali ko nahi laye ???" ;)
Then had to get down to explaining that I am the "badi wali".. :D

Its difficult to come to terms with the fact that the choti wali has indeed become "badi"..
seeing her at her graduation ceremony last night was all d proof I required !!!

dressed up in graduation robes with a graduation cap on her head.. (we didn't have all this when i graduated from high school).. there is only one word i can use to describe the way she looked.. "mature"..!!!


She's off to her farewell ceremony now.. looking pretty as a doll..
She also assigned me the duty of her "official chauffer"  for the evening.. something i consider an honour !!! ;)
Have dropped her to the ceremony...
And I can't be anymore proud than I am right now.... :) :D

The "woof" factor

" There can be only one of us in d house..
   its either me or a dog !!! "

funny comparison no doubt.. but this statement from my mom was extremely effective in squashing my dreams of having a pet !!!
slowly over the years.. it became the patent dialogue of my mother..
( I was persistent u see.. didn't give up that easily..) ;)

I had dreamed of having pets since what seems like forever...
Kept bringing stray puppies at home.. much to the horror of my mom...!!!
She gave me a variety of reasons of course..

"Its unethical.. how would u feel if somebody took u away from me ??"

"Its not practically possible for us to keep a dog beta, its a huge responsibility"

"Its against jainism beta, we can't curb the free will of any jeev"

..

n d list went on like this..
i would be like "seriously" ??!!! :o
i gave various counter arguments..
spent hours trying to convince mom..
and it became a recurring topic at dining table discussions..


 finally my mom gave in..


No.. she didn't get me a pet..
but she agreed I'd get one eventually..
wen we shift to sumplace where I wont have to worry about 3 flight of stairs every tym i want to take the dog for a walk..
( I made her write this on paper.. along with her signature.. didn't want to leave behind any loopholes in case she changed her mind) ;)

Let me clarify something here.. it wasn't like she hated dogs.. or was afraid of them..
In fact d reason behind her not letting me have pets still remains a mystery... ;)

That was our plan.. but destiny had other plans for us..
On my 20th b'day my friends brought angel home.. As my b'day gift..

minuscule thing she was.. fit perfectly in the palm of my hands.. so tiny..

I'd always envisioned myself with a german shephard or a lab.. or most recently a golden retriever..
athletic breeds with whom i'd go on long walks with..
instead a baby pom came into my life..
who preffered to jump into my lap to take her nap..
who went into various nooks n corners of the house.. (thus earning her the title of "khopcha queen" )

who fell asleep on my books..

its truly a sight that'll melt the hardest of hearts..

And i can't be happier !!!

what was my mom's reaction u ask..???
when she came home.. she didn't even see her sitting on the chair.. half dozing actually..
it helped that my friends stood in front of the chair partially hiding her from view..
u see.. they too were terrified of  mum's reaction !!!

I went like.. "mom.. there is somebody i'd like u to meet !!!"
The expressions on her face .. hahaha..
they turned form curiosity.. to surprise.. and to shock in a matter of seconds !!!

It was my dad who was the first to verbalize this opinions.. n his first words were..
"kitne dino k liye ??"
he thought it was just for the matter of a few days.. a week at most !!!  lol !!! :D

Its funny how such a small thing managed to create such a large space for herself in all our hearts in such a short span of time !!!

As of today.. the's the 'jaan' of my parents..
on coming home she gives an exuberant welcome.. she's actually a small package bursting with energy..
wagging her tail to n fro so fast that it makes ur head dizzy watching !!!
my mom goes " ha mera baccha !!! " .. showering her affection over her...
while i wait patiently..
its only after a solid five minutes that she notices me standing in d background n says "hi beta" .. ;)

me ?? I cant be any happier.. :)
I got my lifelong wish fulfilled afterall... :)
and I recommend this to everyone.. Its a feeling which truly can't be described in words... :)

A new beginning

The idea of blogging has been twirling in my mind since quite some time now... bt have nvr gotten around to doing it...

Its not that I've been extremely busy or anything like that..
Lazy maybe.. ;)
 But the basic question in my mind was..
what do i write..
n most importantly..
 who will read ??? ;)

I life a regular happy life.. hang out with friends.. have my own set of ups n downs..
No action packed drama.. basic everyday stuff it is..

So wat changed now,,??

..

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Nothing...

I just realized that my bucket list was getting too long..
[  i have a thing for lists.. and they are invariably long each tym.. ;) ]

N it was high tym I started doing at least some of the stuff i always "wanted" to do..
And.. the question kept running in d back of my mind.. "why not ??"

So here goes.. 

my very first post !!!

this does call for a toast !!!

cheers to that !!! :D