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300 .. 300 ... 300 .... 300 ..... 300 ...... 300 .......!!! :) :) :)

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Burst the crackers!! :-) :-) Pop the champagne!! :-) :-) :-) Ladies & Gentlemen ...  Its been a super duper journey so far!! :) :)  Here's to 300 more posts and some more after that!! :) :) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D  Yeah! I can't stop grinning... :) :) :)  But then, why should  I ?? ;-) ;-)  (pic courtesy:  http://www.anniemayhem.com/blog%20pics/300TH.jpg)

Here's to feeling SPECIAL!! ;-)

I feel special today. No specific reason at all.   Today is most definitely not a special day. It’s a normal dreary Monday, like how all Mondays are. In fact more so.   But I feel special.   And I don’t know why exactly. I can’t quite put my finger onto it.   Last weekend I joined for Salsa classes. It is something that I have been meaning to do for a long time. There have been long drawn out dinners and drinks over which I have taken umpteen resolutions umpteen times only to have broken or forgotten them a few hours into steadfastly taking them. Learning salsa was one of them. I have lost count of the number of times I have decided that I will join for classes only to back out at the last minute, citing silly reasons or for the most part – laziness.   Well, like I said in earlier posts here… I have a whole lot of things planned for 2013. It’s a special year. And well, I have crossed off one now. Good thing too, beca...

We are like this only!! - Interview with HuM theatre.

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I have never been much of a science person. My inclination has always been towards the arts … performing arts mainly… specifically dance. Even though I can’t sing or act at all, I have always been very impressed with people who can do that. These things never come to me. Singing is something that I can never even attempt with the kind of voice I have. And acting is something that I believe has to be inherent in you. You can’t have someone teach you how to act. You can only have someone polish what you already have in you. I really admire people who can act and sing uninhibitedly. It requires a special kind of guts and spontaneity sometimes. Especially acting! If not done properly, it can look quite artificial.  But why am I giving you a lecture on acting when I can’t even do it?? That’s because I got the opportunity to interview HuM theatre group, based in Singapore. They are a forum theatre that does shows on national integration. Singapore being a country with diverse ...