25 Random things about me. :)

Here Goes..

1.I love the word 'super rocking'. Gives one a lot of positivity.

2.I love the colour red and black.

3.I think people tend to expect way too much from me.

4.I think i'm going to make it real big in life or so i hope. :)

5.I'm reserved when required and loud when required.

6.I can be really philosophical at times. I give ppl alot of quotes.

7.Music is life for me and i love dancing too.

8.Friends make life so much more colourful and easier and i would do anything for them.

9.I hate people who show off or think way too much of themselves.

10. I have a pretty bad temper. Ask my best friends about it.

11.I like tall men. Calcutta dosn't seem to have any.

12.I love watching films. DDLJ, Dirty Dancing and Pretty Women are my all time fav.

13. I don't believe in superstitions.

14. I hate phrases like 'unspoken yet understood'

15. I always wanted to be a rockstar.

16.I love my school. La Martinere made me what i am and i owe it my all. I miss school.

17.I'l go all the way to prove someone wrong if he/she challenges me on something untrue.

18.I forgive people but never forget.

19.Love i believe happens only once.

20.I always wanted to be six feet. Damn! got stuck at 5 feet 10.

21.The friends i made in the Thailand trip are people i'l remember for life.

22.I spend way too much money. Need to cut down on that.

23.I love capturing memories ala taking photographs. But i should be in it too. ;)

24.I'm way too opinionated.

25.I'm really jobless at the moment. Precisely why i wrote this . :)

An Ode to college life.

When a student just comes out of school and goes to college, they think it will be like the ones we see in the movies.

Everyday will be a party and we can do what we want. No classes and no attendance problem. In short we think we're entering a life of bliss for the next three years. College is a far cry from this. Reality strongly begs to differ.

I vividly remember my first day in college. Everyone looked at me as if i was a creature from another planet. 'She is just too tall' was their reaction.

People were scared of me for reasons best known to them. :) I've had the brilliant experience of throwing my seniors out of their own class. :) It was in good humor.

In these three years things have changed so much. I've made some wonderful friends and i've had the privilege of being taught by some of the most brilliant teachers.

I've had juniors who had been darlings and devils. We've had quite a blast.

This note is an ode to all of you.

Making friends in college takes time. We all had our share of picking and choosing. Everyone seemed either too not our types or too nerdy to be friends with.

Ultimately we all found a perfect balance and made great friends.

My class had 25 unique individuals. The first row was the curious lot. ALWAYS asking questions.

The second row TRIED to ask questions. The third row asked NO questions and the fourth and fifth row tried their best to NOT answer any question. :)

Despite our differences we were always united. In this lay our greatest triumph.

College had drastically changed us so much. From young girls we've become young women ready to take on the world.

Its been a bumpy ride but we've braved it all. To each of my friends i'd like to tell you that no matter what i will always be there for you.

To my teachers i'd like to say that they have made the three years of my college life the best ever.

To all those waiting to join college i'd say don't be so excited. You haven't seen anything yet ! :)

Australians are racist. Aren't we too?..

Alot has been said and alot will be said about the racist attacks on Indians in Australia.

I condemn it. I strongly do.

At the same time i think its time to look within too.

We aren't really the best country either. I'm a very proud Indian and always will be, but each of us have our own bias.

Look at the hindu-muslim divide that we still have. Even after so many years of independence a majority of people still look down on them. I have so many muslim friends and i think they are just great. Amazing people.

We look at a fat man/woman on the road, we mock at them. 'Look at that fatso walking'.. Isn't this racist?..

We look at a dark man, 'oh my god! He is so dark.'

We look at poverty all around. 'Its not my problem'.

We look and we look.

We mock and we mock.

For me a racist is not someone who discriminates on the basis of color, but one who has this 'i don't care attitude', which i'm very sorry to say, each of us do.

When was the last time you did something for ur country?..

How many actually voted?.. People are so busy making money and complaining about all things that are wrong. How many of them have actually done something about it?..

We talk about the Obama age and 'yes we can'. But have we really done anything?..

The next time you mock someone, just take a deep look within. You would have found yourself been a target sometime or the other too.

Life, as I never saw it.

I’ve always been a very happy go lucky person taking each day as it comes. But one incident changed it all.

It made me realize that life is not exactly one happy picture as I imagined it to be.

1st of December 2008, was the day my grandmother or ‘nani’ as I would call her was admitted to the hospital because of a major respiratory congestion that could not be treated at home. Five days after her stay in the hospital her health deteriorated and she was shifted to the ITU or the Intensive Care Unit. She was immediately put on the ventilator. She had a rice tube for nourishment, a tube on her neck, one going through her nose and countless no of channels on her slender white hands.

I was left speechless when I saw her in this condition .She looked so pale. Days passed and we would wait for her to open her eyes or move her hand so as to show an indication of her improvement. She remained unconscious for a long time and the days she opened her eyes we were overjoyed. Not knowing how short lived it was. Nani never recovered but slowly left this world.

The last time I touched her feet before she was cremated was a very emotional time for me. I knew this was the last time I could see her. Tears were uncontrollable. I wanted to just hold on to her and keep her with me for life but I knew I couldn’t. Seeing death at such close quarters was

a first for me and I must not lie about being brave. I was scared, scared beyond words could say. We always give so much of importance to material things that we forget about the people who really care for us. Nani, wherever you are, I want you to know that you are greatly missed and I owe everything that I am to you. You made my world, you were my world.

There comes a point in Life..

There comes a point in life when one has so many unanswered questions..

A point where ones mind is actively inactive.

A point where one person matters so much that one dosn't really bother about anything else..

A point where Success means everything.

A point when friends are few and enemies rare.

A point where one feels a vacuum within.

It's then that one feels totally helpless but it is within this, where lies the answer to our questions.

An answer to grow up, an answer to appreciate whats around instead of regretting ones follies and above all to love the people who are now a part of our life instead of crying over split milk and missing people, opportunities that never really were made for us ..

Take each day as it comes..

Make your life matter..! You get one life.. Make it worthwhile.. !

Time to sail some Boats..!

As i write this blog i have gentle drops of rain hitting on my window pane.

Yes my dear friends it's that time of the year again when the Rain Gods decide to bring it on..! I mean the rain of course! :)

I personally love this time of the year.. Nothing like having  a hot cup of coffee sitting by d window n admiring the weather..!

I love going for drives on this weather. Just went to the highway the other day with a friend of mine n i just loved it..!

The music was soft, the tiny droplets of rain touched our faces and this was definitely one of the best feeling's ever!.. Do i sound a lil romantic?.. ha ha.. ;)

On the streets u see the most bizarre of lovers using their poor prop the fantastic umbrella in the most weirdest of ways ! What goes inside the umbrella is something i'm sure you all can guess..

I don't blame them, The weather is such.. It can make the most boring man ever, a romantic!.. Ask me about it!.. :)

This is the time when we smile for no reason, we relate events, people and smile some more.. :)

We all have some memory or the other associated with the rains. I remember how as i young kid (not that i'm old now! I'm still Young! ) i would sail paper boats, go to the terrace with friends and get wet and afterwards get a shouting for wetting the whole house! :)

This weather is truly intoxicating and takes one to a world of it's own..

 Just incase u havn't had this feeling.. Go out stretch your hands and welcome the rains and you'll know exactly what is this feeling i'm talking about!..

Till then.. Au Revoir! :)

Confusion Unlimited..!

There comes a point in every person's life when you feel things aren't going right..

Things don't go the way you want them to and all seems loss..

That's when confusion creeps into your mind..

As this very moment my friend.. I am exactly in that frame of mind.

I'm confused as to where i'm going, is love temporary and if i'l ever do things i've dreamed off..

But if there's one thing that's comforting it's hope..

So i hope and hope..