A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
" Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman"
Above Average by Amitabha Bagchi
"Loneliness is a disease whose symptoms grow worse at night"
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
"It is a universally acknowledged truth that a single man in possesion of a large fortune must be in want of a wife"
Tera Chehra by Jagjit Singh
"Aag ka kya hai, pal do pal mein lagti hain
Bhujte bhujte ek zamaana lagta hai
Sach toh yeh hai, Phool ka dil bhi chhalni hai
Hasta chehra ek bahana lagta hai"
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Lonawala 14-15th June 2008
Hey mauja continues....
My old office people make loads of plans.Many say that hardly any plan materialises.But finally 1 did.Despite many problems, 1 successful plan did happen.
Saturday afternoon.Its pouring cats and dogs.Flooded roads.Mom dad saying, too much rain, chuck the plan, too many accidents happen.But moi, the great said, too much rain, even more fun.We just have to get drenched.
We were supposed to meet at Andheri station at 12.15.IST(Indian Standard Time) of course.By the time every1 gathered and we left, it was 2 pm.In case anybody wondering y so late, that's coz few people had half day office on sat.
Hanste, Khelte, Gaate, Gungunate, Khate, Peete, Photo Kheechte, Chidate, Chhedte hue we left mumbai.11 of us, with a ratio of 7:4.Mini bus tha, suhana mausam aur hamari cricket team thi.
Once we reached, we went to a tata power dam.Nobody knew what the name was. It wasnt Bushi of course.That every1 knew.....Dam wasnt that great.But it was raining.We got drenched.Had Makka(Corn). Mazaak Masti chaalu tha.
1 friend ke uncle ka bungalow tha.We thought bags rakh ke ghumne chalte hain.Thats when,mauja had begun.There were loads of bungalows.We didnt know which was the right 1.Watchman ko puch ke we finally went to it.My friend had loads of keys.We kept trying all keys.None worked.Uncle ko phone kiya.He said caretaker must have gone out, u'll break the lock.We tried and tried.But couldnt.Chori-Chakari ka kisiko experience nahi tha.Hard luck.We had to wait for the caretaker.Waited, waited, waited.Even thought of going to market and booking hotel rooms.But entire maharashtra crowd had descended(or ascended) in lonawala that weekend.It was impossible to get rooms at the last minute.So we had to wait.Some two hours later,God knows how it happened........
Someone found out, we were trying the wrong bungalow.Right 1 was 2 bungs away.....
In hindsight, good the lock didnt give away, else 11 CA ko jail ka room zaroor mil jaata.
Raat ho gayi.We went to kumar resort ka disco.I have never been to 1.As in office parties bahut hue hain.But they book the entire disc.So no outsiders allowed.But this was different.We went and saw the place.There were hardly 5-6 people besides us.So we thought chalo thik hai.That too 100 bucks per head was very cheap.Plus met another couple from our office there.Danced our hearts out.13 mein se hum 4 to itna nache ki the others had to pull us out of the disc coz the watchman would close the gates of the bungalows at 1 am.It has never happened to me before.Being pulled out by 2 people.....
1 special mention,guys did not touch drinks.I dont know whether they normally do or dont, but we had warned them against it.And they obeyed.
Ghar aake dumbsharas,cards khela,baatein ki and slept off at 3 am.Guess what...... 6.30 ko we got up.(Ask me to try that when i m at home)Got ready, photo sessions hue,nashta hua.
Off we went to Karla caves.These are caves on a hill.Caves were ok.But the climb and photo sessions were fun.
Then we planned to go to Bushi dam.But the traffic in lonawala is worse than in mumbai.It just doesnt move.Thats also because, half of mumbai is in lonawala for the weekends.Anyway no time left. Duur se dam dekha.Besides there wasnt water overflowing over the dam, which is the fun part. So we skipped that.
Next destination was tiger point.Awesome waterfall.We were under the falls for about 2-3 hours.It felt as if ice cubes were being pelted at us with strong force.Cant describe it though.You have to be there to know it.Too much fun in water.No photos unfortunately.We changed in the bus and left for the bungalow.Got stuck real bad in traffic.Had barely enough time to buy chikki, fudge and pack few sandwiches.Off to Mumbai.Nashte ke baad sidha dinner at home.Wid 1 corn in between and sandwich in the bus.
But the break was welcome.Great fun.Being with friends always rejuvenates u.1 thing which i learnt from the entire trip was........
"Boys take more time to get ready than girls do" Koi shak.....
My old office people make loads of plans.Many say that hardly any plan materialises.But finally 1 did.Despite many problems, 1 successful plan did happen.
Saturday afternoon.Its pouring cats and dogs.Flooded roads.Mom dad saying, too much rain, chuck the plan, too many accidents happen.But moi, the great said, too much rain, even more fun.We just have to get drenched.
We were supposed to meet at Andheri station at 12.15.IST(Indian Standard Time) of course.By the time every1 gathered and we left, it was 2 pm.In case anybody wondering y so late, that's coz few people had half day office on sat.
Hanste, Khelte, Gaate, Gungunate, Khate, Peete, Photo Kheechte, Chidate, Chhedte hue we left mumbai.11 of us, with a ratio of 7:4.Mini bus tha, suhana mausam aur hamari cricket team thi.
Once we reached, we went to a tata power dam.Nobody knew what the name was. It wasnt Bushi of course.That every1 knew.....Dam wasnt that great.But it was raining.We got drenched.Had Makka(Corn). Mazaak Masti chaalu tha.
1 friend ke uncle ka bungalow tha.We thought bags rakh ke ghumne chalte hain.Thats when,mauja had begun.There were loads of bungalows.We didnt know which was the right 1.Watchman ko puch ke we finally went to it.My friend had loads of keys.We kept trying all keys.None worked.Uncle ko phone kiya.He said caretaker must have gone out, u'll break the lock.We tried and tried.But couldnt.Chori-Chakari ka kisiko experience nahi tha.Hard luck.We had to wait for the caretaker.Waited, waited, waited.Even thought of going to market and booking hotel rooms.But entire maharashtra crowd had descended(or ascended) in lonawala that weekend.It was impossible to get rooms at the last minute.So we had to wait.Some two hours later,God knows how it happened........
Someone found out, we were trying the wrong bungalow.Right 1 was 2 bungs away.....
In hindsight, good the lock didnt give away, else 11 CA ko jail ka room zaroor mil jaata.
Raat ho gayi.We went to kumar resort ka disco.I have never been to 1.As in office parties bahut hue hain.But they book the entire disc.So no outsiders allowed.But this was different.We went and saw the place.There were hardly 5-6 people besides us.So we thought chalo thik hai.That too 100 bucks per head was very cheap.Plus met another couple from our office there.Danced our hearts out.13 mein se hum 4 to itna nache ki the others had to pull us out of the disc coz the watchman would close the gates of the bungalows at 1 am.It has never happened to me before.Being pulled out by 2 people.....
1 special mention,guys did not touch drinks.I dont know whether they normally do or dont, but we had warned them against it.And they obeyed.
Ghar aake dumbsharas,cards khela,baatein ki and slept off at 3 am.Guess what...... 6.30 ko we got up.(Ask me to try that when i m at home)Got ready, photo sessions hue,nashta hua.
Off we went to Karla caves.These are caves on a hill.Caves were ok.But the climb and photo sessions were fun.
Then we planned to go to Bushi dam.But the traffic in lonawala is worse than in mumbai.It just doesnt move.Thats also because, half of mumbai is in lonawala for the weekends.Anyway no time left. Duur se dam dekha.Besides there wasnt water overflowing over the dam, which is the fun part. So we skipped that.
Next destination was tiger point.Awesome waterfall.We were under the falls for about 2-3 hours.It felt as if ice cubes were being pelted at us with strong force.Cant describe it though.You have to be there to know it.Too much fun in water.No photos unfortunately.We changed in the bus and left for the bungalow.Got stuck real bad in traffic.Had barely enough time to buy chikki, fudge and pack few sandwiches.Off to Mumbai.Nashte ke baad sidha dinner at home.Wid 1 corn in between and sandwich in the bus.
But the break was welcome.Great fun.Being with friends always rejuvenates u.1 thing which i learnt from the entire trip was........
"Boys take more time to get ready than girls do" Koi shak.....
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Episode continued.........
If anybody wondering what the title means, kindly read the earlier post before reading this one.Me just trying to have some fun while writing.....
Most must have guessed what i meant to say in my earlier post.....
Yeah Rite, the hot topic of the season is 'SHAADI'.....
I really cant believe in the past few months, wherever i go, people have only 1 topic on their mind.....
Some friend is getting married, some colleague engaged, some aunt-uncle looking out for rishta for my cousin/friend.If no stories about all this, i'll be asked when i am getting married.As if civilisation will end if i dont oblige them or all guys on earth will either get booked or shift to other 8-9 planets.....
I feel like screaming and saying 'Chill people, Moi only 23'......
Not that i have anything against getting married. In fact i want to.The only issue is 'the migration from girl to woman is too quick'. One day i am studying, next day i am happy that exams are over and the third day, people talk of me going away.Ok i am exaggerating on the days part.But let me find myself. Do things i wana do. Shaadi is a huge responsibilty.Taking on an entire new person and new family as your own.Agreed , all do it and love between both makes it easier.But mind and heart should be tuned to the new phase.....
Another aspect of this entire episode, love or arranged.Since moi has not yet met Mr. Right, yeh taklif bhi matashri- pitashri ko uthani padegi.The first time my mom talked about marriage et all, i had a pit in my stomach.Or cold feet is it called.Didnt know what to say and how to react.Arranged setups, being really typical.The first question was "How do u decide whom u want to spend your life with, talking for an hour or two".
Dil to pagal hai jaise koi bulb jalega kya OR Main hoon na jaise violins bajenge.
One of my colleagues going the arranged way had said to me "God knows if i'll get what i love/like or will have to love/like what i get".
The only positive of starting early (which they convinced me)is that you need not compromise on what you want in your match.You can afford to wait for Mr. Right and not settle down on Mr. Ok-Ok.
As for my story, i love my stars and literally.When i said 'wait for sometime" nobody listened to me.But now my stars say so.Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh.My mom consulted a jyotish on this and he said 'No chance for the next two years'. Moi did a zulu dance on hearing that.Lucky me.Do saal ke liye bach gayi. Till then i'll mentally prepare myself for the life changing episode and then live happily ever after.......
What say people......
Most must have guessed what i meant to say in my earlier post.....
Yeah Rite, the hot topic of the season is 'SHAADI'.....
I really cant believe in the past few months, wherever i go, people have only 1 topic on their mind.....
Some friend is getting married, some colleague engaged, some aunt-uncle looking out for rishta for my cousin/friend.If no stories about all this, i'll be asked when i am getting married.As if civilisation will end if i dont oblige them or all guys on earth will either get booked or shift to other 8-9 planets.....
I feel like screaming and saying 'Chill people, Moi only 23'......
Not that i have anything against getting married. In fact i want to.The only issue is 'the migration from girl to woman is too quick'. One day i am studying, next day i am happy that exams are over and the third day, people talk of me going away.Ok i am exaggerating on the days part.But let me find myself. Do things i wana do. Shaadi is a huge responsibilty.Taking on an entire new person and new family as your own.Agreed , all do it and love between both makes it easier.But mind and heart should be tuned to the new phase.....
Another aspect of this entire episode, love or arranged.Since moi has not yet met Mr. Right, yeh taklif bhi matashri- pitashri ko uthani padegi.The first time my mom talked about marriage et all, i had a pit in my stomach.Or cold feet is it called.Didnt know what to say and how to react.Arranged setups, being really typical.The first question was "How do u decide whom u want to spend your life with, talking for an hour or two".
Dil to pagal hai jaise koi bulb jalega kya OR Main hoon na jaise violins bajenge.
One of my colleagues going the arranged way had said to me "God knows if i'll get what i love/like or will have to love/like what i get".
The only positive of starting early (which they convinced me)is that you need not compromise on what you want in your match.You can afford to wait for Mr. Right and not settle down on Mr. Ok-Ok.
As for my story, i love my stars and literally.When i said 'wait for sometime" nobody listened to me.But now my stars say so.Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh.My mom consulted a jyotish on this and he said 'No chance for the next two years'. Moi did a zulu dance on hearing that.Lucky me.Do saal ke liye bach gayi. Till then i'll mentally prepare myself for the life changing episode and then live happily ever after.......
What say people......
Monday, June 9, 2008
Shocking !!!!!!!!!!!
Heard the most shocking thing of my entire life a few days back.....
My mom dad were actually talking abt throwing me out of the house.As in literally.I thought they are joking at first.Past few days my mom was really giving me a hard time.Always kept saying that i didnt know how to do any work on my own.How will i survive when i have to live away from her.......
And yesterday i actually heard them saying "we have to take a decision. This cant go on for too long.Yeh ab nahi kiya toh bahut der ho jaayegi".......
I have heard children throwing parents out of the house (especially on getting married and all) but this might be a 1 of case.Parents throwing kid out of the house......
My mom said she'll wait for the right moment and talk to me about leaving the place i have stayed for the past 23 years.She says 23 years bahut ho gaye.Bahut Zhel Liya Mujhe.Now u better go and eat somebody else's head for a change.....
Continued in agla episode......
My mom dad were actually talking abt throwing me out of the house.As in literally.I thought they are joking at first.Past few days my mom was really giving me a hard time.Always kept saying that i didnt know how to do any work on my own.How will i survive when i have to live away from her.......
And yesterday i actually heard them saying "we have to take a decision. This cant go on for too long.Yeh ab nahi kiya toh bahut der ho jaayegi".......
I have heard children throwing parents out of the house (especially on getting married and all) but this might be a 1 of case.Parents throwing kid out of the house......
My mom said she'll wait for the right moment and talk to me about leaving the place i have stayed for the past 23 years.She says 23 years bahut ho gaye.Bahut Zhel Liya Mujhe.Now u better go and eat somebody else's head for a change.....
Continued in agla episode......
IPL fever caught and gone
The first time i heard about IPL, i dismissed it as another money making business idea by BCCI.....
Hearing about the huge figures of $$$$$ millions etc, i even more lost interest.....
Later when the matches started, i felt kisko support karu.....
A]Dhoni from Chennai, Ganguly from Kolkata, Tendulkar from Mumbai.....
B]Gilchrist from Hyderabad,Shoaib from Kolkata, Shane Warne from Rajasthan.....
I was used to cheering for A] come what may. Even if they lost real bad.
I was also used to hating and cursing B] for playing well against us (as in India).
For me cricket was not about a game, it was about passion for country (as in patriotism).Probably my way of being patriotic......
Didnt watch the beginning 10-15 matches......
But then the epidemic of IPL fever spread like wild fire and me caught it after all....
People in office started talking about it....
Bongs supported Kolkata, Northies supporting Delhi, Southies supporting Chennai.
Mere bechaare mumbai ko sab bhul gaye.All staying here, but supporting their native places.As my colleague said, supporting matrubhoomi but not supporting karmabhoomi....
Anyway so me had to stand up for mumbai.On second thoughts probably they were right too, coz wherever in the world i stay in future, my heart will remain in mumbai.....
Anyway coming back to pavilion.....
Not like taking credit, but as soon as i started seeing IPL, mumbai won 6 in a row.That got my spirits up.....
In fact my spirit was so up, that i landed up at wankhede, spending 500 bucks.Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab.Stayed up at night and made a poster "Rajasthan Delhi Kolkata toh haari, Punjab ab teri baari".......
Watching a match at wankhede was a treat in itself.What awesome crowd.Too much fun. The waves of cheer they create, the slogans they scream, the drums, the dance, the jumps of ecstacy on sachin's six.
And then as luck would have it, mumbai lost by a run.My northie colleagues couldnt stop jeering at me.And more bad luck followed.Mumbai lost more matches and got thrown out of the tournament.....
Now what.....
Fever thoda thik hone laga par gaya nahi, coz i thought now i should cheer for once underdog and now awesome team, rajasthan royals.....
Come June 1, Chennai Vs Rajasthan,Dhoni Vs Warne......
Ab kya karu, i like Dhoni, but i like all players of RR. So went for RR and they won too.....
Now the epidemic has gone and i am already missing it. Stopped watching TV.Has IPL fever gone.................
Hearing about the huge figures of $$$$$ millions etc, i even more lost interest.....
Later when the matches started, i felt kisko support karu.....
A]Dhoni from Chennai, Ganguly from Kolkata, Tendulkar from Mumbai.....
B]Gilchrist from Hyderabad,Shoaib from Kolkata, Shane Warne from Rajasthan.....
I was used to cheering for A] come what may. Even if they lost real bad.
I was also used to hating and cursing B] for playing well against us (as in India).
For me cricket was not about a game, it was about passion for country (as in patriotism).Probably my way of being patriotic......
Didnt watch the beginning 10-15 matches......
But then the epidemic of IPL fever spread like wild fire and me caught it after all....
People in office started talking about it....
Bongs supported Kolkata, Northies supporting Delhi, Southies supporting Chennai.
Mere bechaare mumbai ko sab bhul gaye.All staying here, but supporting their native places.As my colleague said, supporting matrubhoomi but not supporting karmabhoomi....
Anyway so me had to stand up for mumbai.On second thoughts probably they were right too, coz wherever in the world i stay in future, my heart will remain in mumbai.....
Anyway coming back to pavilion.....
Not like taking credit, but as soon as i started seeing IPL, mumbai won 6 in a row.That got my spirits up.....
In fact my spirit was so up, that i landed up at wankhede, spending 500 bucks.Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab.Stayed up at night and made a poster "Rajasthan Delhi Kolkata toh haari, Punjab ab teri baari".......
Watching a match at wankhede was a treat in itself.What awesome crowd.Too much fun. The waves of cheer they create, the slogans they scream, the drums, the dance, the jumps of ecstacy on sachin's six.
And then as luck would have it, mumbai lost by a run.My northie colleagues couldnt stop jeering at me.And more bad luck followed.Mumbai lost more matches and got thrown out of the tournament.....
Now what.....
Fever thoda thik hone laga par gaya nahi, coz i thought now i should cheer for once underdog and now awesome team, rajasthan royals.....
Come June 1, Chennai Vs Rajasthan,Dhoni Vs Warne......
Ab kya karu, i like Dhoni, but i like all players of RR. So went for RR and they won too.....
Now the epidemic has gone and i am already missing it. Stopped watching TV.Has IPL fever gone.................
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Mauja hi mauja
Me back after a long time.
Nowadays me back to mauja hi mauja.Had been caught up with something for the past few months.Now that i am free, lots of things to be done. Lots of stuff which actually will get me back from where i took myself.
Weekdays mein only office and ghar is possible, sprinkled with tv, phone chatting.
Weekends are the ones for mauja hi mauja.
1 weekend went off to alibag to my cousins place.Had fun.Had experiences which i had never had before.Especially the return journey.Had food which was heavenly.
1 weekend went on a tirth yatra in mumbai. Mumbai darshan at its best. Though started off thoda late in the afternoon.Had famous, mouth watering cheese pav bhaji at mumbai central, went to mahalaxmi temple, walked all the way to haji ali, then to mount mary church in bandra by bus, then to kandivli by train for another work.Missed out on a gurudwara and siddhi vinayak.Next time sahi.
1 weekend had 2 school friends come to my place for their night-out and my night-in. Slept at 7 in the morning.Another friend asked did u watch a movie kya.I said no, just chatted chatted and chatted, Laughed as never before.Never had had such an experience.It was too much fun.Mom asked in the morning, itna kya baat kiya? I said, dunno. Not on any topic. Just girl talk.Awesome pajama party.
Meeting friends at malls etc is not even counted.
Now if planning goes alright,
1 weekend old office friends ke saath mahabaleswar.
1 weekend college friends ke saath, night out at another friend's place.
1 weekend current office friends ke saath lonawala.
All this and more coming up.
Lots of other plans in the pipeline. Hope all fall in place.
Also me reading voraciously. Novel par novel.
Ek aur man ki ichha puri karni hai.Working towards it.Jaise hi materialise ho jaye, blog will be the first thing to know it.
MAUJA HI MAUJA.
Nowadays me back to mauja hi mauja.Had been caught up with something for the past few months.Now that i am free, lots of things to be done. Lots of stuff which actually will get me back from where i took myself.
Weekdays mein only office and ghar is possible, sprinkled with tv, phone chatting.
Weekends are the ones for mauja hi mauja.
1 weekend went off to alibag to my cousins place.Had fun.Had experiences which i had never had before.Especially the return journey.Had food which was heavenly.
1 weekend went on a tirth yatra in mumbai. Mumbai darshan at its best. Though started off thoda late in the afternoon.Had famous, mouth watering cheese pav bhaji at mumbai central, went to mahalaxmi temple, walked all the way to haji ali, then to mount mary church in bandra by bus, then to kandivli by train for another work.Missed out on a gurudwara and siddhi vinayak.Next time sahi.
1 weekend had 2 school friends come to my place for their night-out and my night-in. Slept at 7 in the morning.Another friend asked did u watch a movie kya.I said no, just chatted chatted and chatted, Laughed as never before.Never had had such an experience.It was too much fun.Mom asked in the morning, itna kya baat kiya? I said, dunno. Not on any topic. Just girl talk.Awesome pajama party.
Meeting friends at malls etc is not even counted.
Now if planning goes alright,
1 weekend old office friends ke saath mahabaleswar.
1 weekend college friends ke saath, night out at another friend's place.
1 weekend current office friends ke saath lonawala.
All this and more coming up.
Lots of other plans in the pipeline. Hope all fall in place.
Also me reading voraciously. Novel par novel.
Ek aur man ki ichha puri karni hai.Working towards it.Jaise hi materialise ho jaye, blog will be the first thing to know it.
MAUJA HI MAUJA.
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