My Favorite Things...I Wanna Hold Forever :o)

As I enter a new phase of life I feel nervous at every step I take..I don't know where this road is gonna lead me, but i want to endup being Happy and Glee..A place from where I can look back at my life and see that I made the best of everything and nothing would have been more perfect that what I had or made of it :o)

This feeling reminds me of one of my favorite song -

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things.

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver-white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.

A Perfect Ending

I absolutely love to watch all those romantic comedies..

The list is never ending but on my top favorites are
When Harry Met Sally
You've Got Mail
My Best Friends Wedding
French Kiss
Andaz Apna Apna
Chupke Chupke (Old one)
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I can watch these movies over and over and over and over again...Nono I aint exagerating but m a hopeless fan of romantic comedies

Today I saw 'My best friends wedding'....it was a treat
The director has handled the subject so perfectly.....
Julia admits that shes trying to breakup a marriage and actually does kiss the man of her dreams gudbye, coz she makes a sincere effort to come to terms with him not loving her back. And when shes sitting at the table, drumming her fingers on the table covered with a laced tablecloth, her new best friends calls her and makes her feel gud about the good deed she did for the day....
The movie ends with a positive note, where bygones are bygones and people walkout of the theatre with a smile and a feeling of content.

Infact I learnt a lot from the movie...live life kingsize, dont wallow in self pity unto eternity, rather getout and chase ur dream and if for some reason could cause hurt stop chasing it..soon you will find another dream....and one day you will be living in a perfect world, where the world is moulding itself according to your dream

Life would be more than perfect if you have a best friend (at perfect sync) and a life partner ( as your alter ego)....
This is yet another dream...and m sure chasing it......
Ah!!! M such a dreamer......I hope I never have to wake up to any sort of brutal reality ;o)

When I am close to my end, I want to go away with a smile...and also wish my near and dear ones bid me farewell with a smile too.......

Gods Biggest Screw-Up - MEN

I wonder what God was thinking when he made a MAN ??????
He must b drunk and completely out of his mind.....Phew !!!!! Or maybe too groggy but needed to complete the task before dozing off...

He must have created a MAN in a rush...and that explains their qualities like
Absolutely no Patience..
Anxious...
In a Hurry...
All up to wind things away and ignoring the fact of doing it properly....
etc etc

He must have definitely tipsy topsy...that would explain qualities like
Dumbness..
Weird......
No control over words and action after taking in alcohol
No sense atall of what to do when...and how to do it right

But I am sure he must have been on a high and in his happy world...which would facilitate qualities like
Charming and Sweet when impressing a girl
Mummas Boy with their Mommy
Hunybuns of their Wife
Ruff and Tuff yet Handsome as a dreamboy

The package of MAN is not bad, when looked as a single entity they are such darling....
But the minute they start with the Ego Trip or Chauvinism.....MAN is a wrek....He is bound to go down......

Afterall being every successful Male there is a Female.....
She not only is standing there to help him through his thick and thin, but to support him so he doesn’t fall flat on his face ( most probable tendency of Men )

I am not a male hater...I love Men...
Just that I wonder...what god was thinking , when he made Men...... ?????

My mind is wandeing in each-which direction....

In the past few minutes I have thought of the most Beautiful, Ugliest, Notorious, Fun, Sad, Hurtful, Groovy things in my life....The life that is revolving around me ME :o)

I want to be smitten in love and be in the Neverland where all there is to have is Laughter....
Then I feel I will soon lose importance of the Smile as there will be no Tear...No moment of sadness to realise the importance of Joy Forever...

I want to see the ugliest thing so that when I see the most Beautiful thing ever...I can recognise it right away.....

I want to know alls not perfect......and I am no God, or someone who knows it all...
I want to wakeup every morning so I can live my happy dreams....so I can go out in the world and learn frm my own experiences, not just from preaching of elders...

I want to be hurt so I can find true relaxing and quiet moments....and then I will savor those happy moments as if my life depended on it....

I want to cryout loud...so I can get rid of all pain and hurting within
I want to Laff out loud so I can spread the joy
I want to fall off a bicycle so I can get bruises all over my leg and so show off in front of my friends that I am a strong a sturdy person
I want to not do a makeup and show the world my natural look...even if I am ugly
I want to dream of death so I can wake up and realise I still have air in my lungs and am alive
I want to be dumb and stupid at time to get my way
I want to be pampered and spoilt so I know I am cared about
I want to be loved by every person who knows me

I want the whole world in my hands......Its a Small Small World
A World of Lafter and World of tears
A World of Hope and a World of Fears

I am glad I was born a human in this life....Maybe I am a cockroach in my next life and will get squashed when I am about 20 days old....Hmmm
I wonder.......
Even then...my heart will ponder of the happy moment I have spent in this life.....

Khosla ka Ghosla - Comedy ??????

On recommendation of a few not so reliable friends I watched 'Khosla ka Ghosla'.....And now I am speechless....I am not sure was it the popcorn I enjoyed more or the good cooling effect of the AC in the hall...It was definitely NOT the MOVIE...

I wonder what the writer was thinking while writing the movie...He definitely didn't have me in his mind as a suitable audience.
The director made an awesome khichdi of every emotion exhibited by a middle class man....And at some places he over did what he intended to do...so I feel.

No doubt the actors acted well...three cheers to them definitely.....but the movie was made for the sake of making, I don't think they made it for attracting audience

The plot was different -
A middle class man finally bags a good plat in a good locality, an yr before his retirement. He wants to see his children live his dream of building a Khosla mansion there...where certain expectations of his are met, while few are brutally shattered. A twist, as he is harassed by a bully Khurana. In time of need the family sticks together. With a few more friends and acquaintances help all matters are sorted and everyone lives happily ever after :o)
Short...Sweet...and Simple....Good plot....But not handled well
From every angle that I tried to see it from...I couldn’t find the Comedy essence in it...it was missing big-time :o(

I must have laffed out loud more while watching DOR than this Comedy - Khosla ka Ghosla..

Dor, on the other hand, is a wonderful movie....
For all who haven’t watched it still.....go on and watch it....its worth a one time watch. Some might find it slow, but it will leave a good impression if u watch it from Start till the End.....
I wont give out the plot of it.....u will come to know within minutes after movie takes off :o)

Work like you dont work for the Money,
Love like you have never been Hurt,
Dance like noone is watching you....

The Male and Thee Female !!!!

I can bet half the people dont know the true meaning of double standards.....

As dictionary defines it - "any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, esp. an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. "

The esp. part in the above definition has ruined this world.
God made this world with humans and animals.....
Among humans god made 2 categories - Men and Women.....
An for all the wrong reasons.....Us humans created a category called the 'weaker sex - women' and the 'macho stuff - men'

Till very recent times, women never were given the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with Men...they weren’t given equal opportunities either....they were to understand and live the true meaning of sacrifice, while the men did all they wanted as they wanted (guess that was the origin of MCP)

Oh!! I so strongly feel about the whole Male and Female distinction concept...am so against it.

Why is it that a woman cannot be given a responsibility, just coz she is a women...does it make her any less a human????
Why can't males treat women with equality...given them as much respect as they give to a peer male???
Why are women termed as the WEAKER SEX????
Why is there a concept of Sati still prevailing in this society???
Why do males just came back from office and expect that dinner will be laid in front of them on the table...y cant they volunteer to cook for a change???
Will helping a female make them any less a man????

Ah, I could go on endlessly with firing questions about it.....
But there is no definite answers to it still, sadly....yet its the harsh truth that MCPs are still going strong...women will be made to feel and be treated like the weaklings....Men will still be treated like God Almighty's.....

Where did the justice of equality and human dignity go...and why have we created these distinctions in our heart and head, about Men and Women???

Will this war ever end???
Will there be only Humans walking on the face of the earth...where they are not differentiated coz of their gender???

Well this distinction has given birth to Double Standards.....
Things that a male rightly does...is condemned when done by a female...
Words that males can get away with.....Female are supposed to be undignified when they were to use those very same words...
Places which males can explore...Females are forbidden from those places
Dreams which males can aspire to...Females are made to set their priorities, and leave the dreams as secondary.....

Y cant males understand Females are humans too.....They arnt birds who should be caged
Over the centuries females are not only physically caged but mentally too they r imposed with endless restrictions......

ANGER...A worthwhile emotion to have ??

Anger destroys everything in a split second....

At times, if used at the right moment..in the rite quantity...it could create wonders too... :o)

The former statement is applicable to most situations that 'Anger' is used in. Anger makes people lose their cool and say the most hurting things ever. It not only makes u a fowl mouth, but hurts the other persons feelings too. No reason is justified to make one person get angry at another to an uncontrollable extent. Even if anger strikes a situation, people should know when to shutup and not say anything out of place.
With the temeperatures soaring high, peoples minds also get heated and anger grows inside. Most angry people cause hurt and get hurt.....I wish there was no more ANGER in this world...

God must have taken out extra time to build this emotion "ANGER"...i wonder what he was thinking. Maybe it was supposed to be so our forehead could do some excercise (the frown ), the teeth need testing if they are still going strong, or need a dental checkup ( grinding teeth ), check if vocal chords are working ( screaming and shouting ), clearing the dirt filled in eyes (tears)...

Thats definitly the positive side of Anger...hehehehehe !!!!!!!

But from the original God's creation (of my conception above) we humans have made anger a Bane....A feeling to be scared of...A feeling causing much more hurt than it is originally intends for...

The only weapon against immense anger is a sweet lil simple SMILE....
I say it 'coz I have used it to cool down people who are wasting their good energies in creating bad karma by displaying Anger....
It not only cools them down, it makes them come to terms with life and help them see that life is not such a bad place to be in..the situation they are fighting is not as bad as they are anticipating...the people they are shouting at are the ones who they dearly love and respect.

One day all people will evolve and learn to co-exist in peaceful harmony and sync.

Then my friends, anger will be a long lost emotion....Peace and Love will finally conquer and rule this world.
I hope for a better tomorrow.....

Orkut...The World of Orkut

"An online community" is the most common thing you hear about Orkut...

"I have found all my long lost friends there...even my schoool friends"
"Well I use it for dating...picking nice friends...U see I am marriagable age now, need to find my life partner"
"A good timepass...get to meet a lot of new people....made real coool friends lately on orkut"

These are just a few things that people fondly say about orkut.

I personally like that site...its fun. I did meet my old school friends on it, soon my cousins are becoming regular on it too. It sure is convinient. I nomore have to open my mailbox, find an email Id and then drop a mail. Its also helped me bring down my telephone bills ;o)....

Life's become tooooo fast. I barely have time to sleep, and my friends expect me to keep in touch with thm regularly. They often complain that I never call them and dont take their calls either. Lately Orkut has come as my savior...no more nagging from friends that I dont have time for them... :o)

OffLate Orkut is my one stop link to message & scrap my friend/relative.

But on the other side I feel its an addiction. Once you become socially active on Orkut, you come back to it to check who all visited your profile in the day; who scrapped you; who replied to the communities message; who is in your fan club; who worte the most amazing testimonial; who has the most fun piks ploaded....etc etc...the list is endless.
Am glad, I still havnt hit the addiction stage....I hope I never....

Arrzz Kiya Hai...

"Kyun Rakhoon Main Ab Apni Kalam Mein Syahi,
Jab Koi Armaan Dil Mein Machalta Hi Nahin..

Na Jane Kyun Sabhi Shaq Karte Hain Mujhpar,
Jab Koi Sukha Phool Meri Kitab Mein Milta Hi Nahin..

Kashish To Bahut Thi Mere Pyar Mein,
Magar Kya Karoon, Koi Patthar-Dil Pigalta Hi Nahin..

Agar Khuda Mile To Us Se Apna Pyar Mangoon,
Par Suna Hai, Woh Marne Se Pehle Kisise Milta Hi Nahin.."

Latest talk on the block....

buzzzzzzzzzz !!!!!!

New talk on the block -

"Child labour Illegal"
When was it ever legal... I wonder

"World Condemns Korea for Nuclear Warhead testing"
But all the raw couldn't possibly have been made there itself...M sure the US.....Pakistan...etc had a role to play in supplying the supplies for the nucledar bomb creation. How come they are pointing fingers now.....Y are they even producing such material which can one day b used as an ingredient of a Nuclear bomb.....

BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!

My Sweet Li'l World !!!!

No road Unwalked-on..
No destination Unexplored..
No moment Uninterrupted..
No heart Untouched..

What more could we ask for...from the world we live in....
Its a small world....a familiar small home...

Lifes a Roller Coaster ride :o)

Wth ups and downs....life takes u places
Places u have aspired to b at...
Places u have dreamt to reach...
Places u have despised ...
Places u had never imagined ever existed....

With every little day....
New experiences come our way....
Make us cross a differnt way, day after day
Yet leaves fond memories of times Happy and Gay

I have smiled endlessly while living a happy moment
I have shed tears when from inside i was sad and hurt
I have laffed my heart out at a joke and at a PJ
I have shouted out loud when I couldn't have my way

I have evolved myself
From every sad and happy moment i have lived
I have loved yet hated myself
Been tired for I had to keep walking from pillar to post

Ah!! This sweet sweat....
The blister causing hurt to my ego
The moments of eternal love...of immense hatred..
They make me ME....

Am glad I have lived every moment of my life
With a tear and a smile
I never want to give up
For I still have miles to go before I sleep

Am I a good girl ... I WONDER ... !!!!!!

Well as far as my impression about myself goes ...I sure am..

Some people say I am.....Some people say I am the best....
All of those people are my favorite.

Some people say I am cool...Some people say I am sweet and nice
All those people I am glad I have around. They sure are a booost to my ego.

Some people say I am SoSo....Some people say I am good company...acquaintance
All of those people I would consider as my background.

Some people say I am not such a good girl..Some people say I aint upto the mark and dont know how to do things
All those people I would like to keep around in my surrounding. They will remind me everyday I am a human, and m not perfect.

Some people say OHHO for me. Some people say I am a crazy person and have no sense.
All those people are my so-calles friends. Friends who have known me for a while and have at some stage had a rift with me :o)

Some people say I am pure EVIL. Some people say I am rily rily bad in every which way.
All those people are the ones I love ( at some deep down level), but pretend to hate deeply. They are a reminder to me that I can aspire to be the DEVIL (i know Delvil is a She) sooner than later

This world is made up of GOOD and BAD...the BAD are always more successful
This world is made up of RIGHT and WRONG.....the wrong always gets u to your destination faster
The world is made up of LOVE and HATE...Hate is alive in every heart that beats...while love is sooon fading away...

To Survive.....I MUST become the DEVIL...

We all just want to b heard.....

It was just yesterday that amid our busy work schedule and project timelines, our team took some time off to get into a very insightful discussion....

It started with - "Is money (salary) more important or Job Satisfaction..."
Everyone jumped into the discussion in a split second saying JOB SATISFACTION....and one person stood there alone saying..."I work for my family...providing them more than enough money to live a satisfying life". We all knew that he also would choose Job Satisfaction over Money...but for the sake of getting a time off from work, we made it our prime motive to make him admit that Job Satisfaction is anyday more important than Money.

View, Opinion, Statements, Examples of exceptional cases, own life experiences filled the 1.5 hr long open air discussions...The small office cubical, with a seating capacity of 6, was now packed with all the colleagues that made up our office. Each had a strong passion to put his/her point forward and be heard...
Everytime an exceptional case was talked about, there were a few who would say - "Exceptions are always there, leave them aside...” but there were others who related to their own life experience or a similar thing they had seen / heard somewhere. But each branch of discussion ended with a sigh and a moment of silence where each took a moment off to sink the thought in or so to say Recharge themselves to go on and on another branch.
Voices rose (to get the point heard), opinions became statement & personal standings, examples became personal feeling....the discussion heated in no time....
As expected some people walked away since noone was seeing their point but retraced their steps back when they realised it was too late to turn away from it and not b a part of it anymore...the whole discussion had grown over them already....

And like always we had some exceptional people, who among all the noise, kept themselves glued to their desks and work on their projects. There was also some who kept walking into the discussion arena...hear thought...go for a stroll anc come back again. These people were mere spectators and didn’t participate.

The whole discussion ended with a big laff...but the heat didn’t die fast....
This was a friendly discussion which everyone welcomed with open arms and mind
Everything that was said wasn’t taken as a personal affront....colleagues still remained a team a united team :o)

For some people the discussion didn’t end there...especially for those who shared the cab to go back home. They continued talking on similar lines even on the way back. The 1 hr long journey didn’t seem that long yesterday.
I had a very funny experience of my own...In my cab we started talking of some technical doubt a colleague of mine had. We started with clearing it, explaining him concept and trying to resolve his doubt so he had a better understanding of the topic...Soon that technical discussion took a jump to attitude of famous / renowned people and before you knew the open forum topic of Money...Job Satisfaction...was back into discussion. I didn’t participate much in the discussion earlier so I started pouring out my thoughts and views about that topic. Before I knew I had added some of my personal life experiences to the discussion and talked endlessly until I had told it all out to my cab mates. hehehehe.
Best part was.....from our afternoon topic I had diversified it to Indian Government...How each one of us can contribute to it...and how I want to b a part of the ppl who want to contribute in development of my country. I am very passionate about being and INDIAN. And I had such a strong urge to tell all my thought to all that even after the cab stopped at my stop....I didnt open the door until I was finished telling everything.

It was nice to think of a million things other than work.....I really had thought that I was incapable of thinking of anything else other than my work related technical topics.
My thought, my knowledge has not become stagnant afterall :o)

And I am still a talker......Who just wants to be heard :o)

Life is Beauty...

Life and its experiences are quite in insightful in themselves...
If we ever sat back and thought of all that is happening around us and all that we have done/ said.....we can sure learn from it….Else life just goes on and passes us by.

Impulsive...Arrogant....these two adjectives get added to us when we loose control of the situation and stop thinking...I read a forward sometime back and it made sense...It taught me how to not get attached to these two adjectives…which can ruin ones day...and sometimes a whole life....

I am sharing with that forward ...rather the principle to stay in control of ur life and all that's happening in it :o)

The 90/10 Principle
Author: Stephen Covey (Management Guru)

Have you read this before? Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations).
What is this principle?
10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%. How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.

Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just what happened. What happens when the next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a15-minute delay and throwing Rs. 200/- traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why?
Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a badday?
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?
The answer is "D". You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.

Here is what could have and should have happened.
Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say,"It's ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.

Why?
Because of how you REACTED. You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other90% was determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.
If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day.
A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc. How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off) Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive? Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it. You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job. The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.

Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.

The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle. It CAN change your life!!!

Hey....

Its been forever that i have written my thots out in the blog.
"Ur blog has gone stale..." as a friend told me a couple of days back. Yeah I admit I didnt take time out to work on it but life was getting hectic by the day....

well me back now...so see u all more often.
Enjoy your reads hereon :o)

dealing with IT

Like when you've split up with someone, and you try to communicate the way you feel, because you need to say the words, need to feel that somebody understands just how pissed off and frightened you feel. The problem is, they never do. 'Plenty morefish in the sea,' they'll say, or 'You're better off without them,'or 'Do you want some of these potato chips?' They never really understand, because they haven't been there, every day, every hour. They don't know the way things have been, the way that it's made you, the way it has structured your world. They'll never realise that someone who makes you feel bad may be the person you need most in the world. They don't understand the history,the background, don't know the pillars of memory that hold you up. Ultimately, they don't know you well enough, and they never can. Everyone's alone in their world, because everybody's life is different. You can send people letters, and show them photos,but they can never come to visit where you live.

Unless you love them. And then they can burn it down.

Page 177 Michael Marshall Smith

Year 2006 just arrived :o)

Wish you all a verrrrry HAPPPPPPPPPPiEEeeee New YEAaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 2006

New Years eve calls for a celebrations...A lot of dancing, mingling with friends and family.....The aura is that of FUN time...and Party

Most of us youngsters hit the dance floor :o) and danced our hearts out till late night.

When i had to return home late night from the party ..... my mom dad gave me thee LOOOK....But when i got in....i gave them a tite hug and wish them new years :o)....got them a small pastry...we had our lil new years party at home too :o)

My mom and dad sure love to dance....even when they were half asleep...they danced so beautifully....We together danced our way in...into the New Year 2006 :o)

Enjoy all through this new year with friends and family :o)
may you have a very joyous and prosperous new year
Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeers ;o)