I.N.K.E.D. for L.I.F.E.

How did I forget to blog about this?? Man! The perils of getting older!

I got I.N.K.E.D for L.I.F.E ….

A birthday present from me to myself... Quite an overdue one at that! :P

I got a permanent tattoo done last month… Actually on April 30^th ;-) [Yes! I keep track of important dates like these too ;-)]. It’s something that I have wanted to get done for a long time now, read since 11^th standard or so.

You know what works? Telling all and sundry that you are going to get a tattoo done, and when and which part of your body you are going to get it done. I did that for a long time, except I did not tell anyone what I wanted and when I was going to get it done or even where I was going to get it inked. And then, they all got sick of me just saying it and not doing it. So I set a time and date and told everyone that… a slight variation! I agree! But the sheer pressure works! I lost count of how many people I told and then how many excuses I would have to give incase I chickened out. The lesser evil was to just get it done! And here it is!  :-) :-)

I.N.K.E.D for L.I.F.E. and Thrilled to bits about it…

The symbol below the dancer is that of TAURUS, my zodiac! And as for the dancer, people who know me will understand why I chose it! :-) 

An Urge to blog and coming up with a rambling!

Sometimes I get this undeniable urge to blog. Something like an itch that won’t go until you scratch it away. Only trouble is when I sit in front of the laptop and try to type something that sounds even remotely interesting, I draw a blank. Like RIGHT NOW!! But that urge is far from gone. So guaranteed that this is going to be a boring read!!

I know I am not a bad writer. But I suffer from a major complex when I end up reading other blogs, like this one – Tysonice. Or this one here – Shetalkslikejune. Makes me wonder why I can’t write like them! Funny, carefree and cares two hoots about who reads it. Some day! Maybe someday!

What are the odds that the minute I decide to start blogging regularly and hope that my Indirank shoots up, the good folks at Indiblogger decide that they want to upgrade the rank widget? So for the past 2 months, ever since I started posting regularly (Okie.. not regularly enuf, but still it is an improvement!!) there has been no change in my rank. Now I can only hope that it will shoot up like a rocket once the widget has been upgraded. Indiblogger, you listening??

Speaking of months, I had the best month in May. I wish all months were like May. :P it was my birthday month (sigh! A year older), my anniversary month (2 years now since I became Mrs.), a trip to Batam, some good appreciation at work, and a role change to Junior Project Manager.!! :-)

So yes! May was GREAT. I only hope the rest of the months take a hint from May and be as awesome as they can be. Oh! And I also saw ‘Maya Ravan’- the musical dance drama by Shobhana and her crew. I even spoke to her and got an autographed dvd of some of her other performances. Ok so it was only for like 40 seconds but I still spoke to her. And I am thrilled about it! And I got the Maya Ravan dvd also… which was out of stock almost everywhere I looked. But a dear friend got it from me… and now I am glad that I don’t have to watch it on youtube anymore… :-) And also, how good does it feel to have that title manager at the end of your role. :P I love it! Makes me feel all good and important and all. I am not concentrating too much on the junior part now ;)

Anyways, that’s about it!

I have rambled on enough!

Will try and post something more interesting next time! Hopefully! 

Guilty as charged!!

This one is HILARIOUS!! :-)

I am sure most of us if not all are guilty of something or the other in this list… In my case, guilty on a few counts ;-).

Read on and enjoy!! :-)

Written at --  http://localparty.tumblr.com/post/5357007761 

I am reproducing the post here…

Stop making fool of yourself

Can’t you sit simply and keep your hands and legs idle? What is your objective in life? To make others jealous? Then why you are simply keep on changing your profile picture? What is the reason? Come on tell me. I want to know the answer.

Agreed boss, you have gone abroad. Your 26th relative uncle is also proud of you. We are also happy only. That is why we even came to airport to say bye and all. But why you are killing us with your pictures?

Ok, I agree ki I have seen that place only in map and you have seen in real life. That’s all no? Every alternate day you are putting one new picture. What you want? You want all of us to press the ‘like’ and say “Wooowwwwww”, is it? Secretly you are monitoring the comments every minute, but like one lord, you will reply only after 4 days saying “Thanks guys!”.

See, that is also acceptable. You have spent so much money and gone there and so you want everybody to appreciate you. Understood. But why you are putting plants and trees and CATS (?!?!) as profile pictures? You have any common sense? Crazy man!

There is one more category. You will put the picture of your baby instead of your picture. I don’t even want to talk about those people.

Best is the ladies. If you convert your picture to black and white means, you suddenly will become good looking is it? People will look at you and think “Wow. Nice!” and send you friend request and all. I only know how you look.

As it is you were doing nothing here. You got married and you went there and again doing nothing only. What is there to be proud of? Every day, evvreee day you are updating on what you are cooking. “Today I made curd rice for my darrrlinggg hubby”.

Really? And that idiot husband will ‘like’ it and publicly kiss you. “Thank you wifey, mmuuaaahh”.

You are from India only no? Don’t you know such things are indecent and doing this in public place is not allowed? If you go out of India means immediately you are forgetting everything.

And then you are putting the pictures of your food. “Yummy!” you will put as title. Who knows how it tasted? Heights is, when some other idiot in some other country asks you for the recipe. Arey goose, you are using internet. Just Google and find out.

Now you tell me, when you were in India, have you cooked like this for ONE day? Your brother is also a gentleman only. Have you cooked like this for him? Hello husband, I am asking you also. When you were here, have you said “Mmmuahh” to your mother because you liked her food?

Of all the monkey pranks that you are playing from “abroad”, worst is when both you and your spouse act like you are always happy 24 hours and 365 days. “Had the best dinner ever at King Cole’s Oriental Palace at the 35th and 16th. Awesome Thai food!”

Just some Thai food only no? Why you need so much scene for that? India is closer to Thailand only.

Boss, in case you didn’t know already, here is the truth. Nobody is happy. How much ever money you earn, you will not be happy. You will only sit on the WC tapping your fingers and think, “Why I came here?”

If I say this truth, immediately you will flash your i-Products at me. For your kind information, iPad2 is also available here, that you know? So shut up and listen to me. Stop making fool of yourself.

Now you are thinking ki I am jealous and so only I am talking like this, no? See, till I also go somewhere and do all such things, I will talk like this only. What you can do?

Hilarious is an understatement! :-) :-). Here's one more in the same vein..!! :-) Brilliant humor, I say!

Written at -- http://www.chutneycase.com/2011/04/angst.html. 

Enjoy!! :)

A Rant and A Rave!

Sometimes you just have to let it go! And sometimes you just have to blow your top!! And sometimes you gotta stop thinking what people might think of you and just say what is on your mind!  Some people deserve it! 

Things just might be a lot simpler I tell you! This year, I have been trying consciously to control my temper a bit.. Yes! Only a bit!! And knowing me, I gotta tell you that it takes a lot of strength of mind – also called PATIENCE. No more a virtue folks.. Now it’s a talent!!

 If I keep biting my tongue to stop myself from telling people what I really think of them, I might soon need a new tongue. And that’s saying something!!

Also, I just realized that it’s been a while since this blog has seen a rant post. Well, it’s been a long time since this blog has seen a post of any kind :P (but let’s not go there!!). This is a valid excuse to blog!

Let’s get started with my rant!!

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Dear hypocrites,

What’s with the holier-than-thou attitude, some of you? What makes you think that you are treading “The Right Path” and the rest of us here are sitting twiddling our thumbs thinking about what next vice to adopt? And what do you have that you think sets you apart from the rest of us? You got something that the rest of us don’t? Do you perhaps crap from another place maybe? Or do you have some kind of Midas touch? Do you really think that somehow you are superior to the rest of us just because you don’t do things that the rest of us do? Or that you have been there, done that and now you are looking towards teaching us the rights and wrongs in life?  Seriously what’s the deal!! When I look at you, I get the urge to grab something and throw it at you! And then telling you to stop being a hypocrite!! But the nearest things that I have within my reach are almost always expensive and really not worth breaking them over someone as silly as you! And this gets the most irritating when I just can’t do anything but keep swearing under my breath.

Breathe in! Think of all swear words! Breathe out! Mutter all previously thought of swear words!! It helps! But only sometimes!!

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Dear people who use big words in everyday usage –

Do you know there’s a term for people like you!! No!! Really!!

I asked Google – “What do you call a person that uses big words?” It told me they call them “sesquipedalian”.

Did you know that? Does that sound like some sort of a royal title to you? It sounds like the scientific name of some kind of species of reptile to me!! I would not want to be called that! Oh yeah! Just because you know you a lot of big words do not mean that the rest of us don’t know any! All it means is that we are smart enough not to use them in inappropriate situations.

Are you showing off? Or do you really have some weird reason that only you can fathom for talking like a dictionary! I mean who uses words and phrases like “when push comes to shove!”  Or “acrimonious” Or even “obnoxious”! And that too in everyday usage! Once in a while, when the situation is appropriate I can understand. Especially with company that understands these words. Why inflict them on us??

The first thing that goes through my head when I hear someone use words like these is “Ooohh that’s a BIG WORD!” and then I get around to thinking what it means! And then I think if that is the correct meaning or not!! Why can’t you just say “there’s a lot of pressure” or “harsh” or “horrible”!

There! Was that not simple and effective? Easier for the rest of us too… think about it! I respect the fact that you know a lot of big words and that you are knowledgeable, but seriously, stop over doing it!  

Your OSTENTATIOUS attitude is EXASPERATING sometimes!!

See I know big words too! :D

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Gosh! I had forgotten how amazing this feeling is!! :-)

It sure does feel good to rant and rave and fume and rage!! I should do this more often. :P :P 

And the CUP is HOME... We won! We won! We won!! :) :) Yay!! :) :)

The MEN IN BLUE finally did it!

They have brought the CUP back home…

The CUP that has eluded us for 28 years….

The CUP that really counts!!!

They have given the greatest batsman, India and the World has ever seen the best gift that they could ever have!! A fitting tribute to the Little Master! :-)

And we were part of the generation that witnessed it!

Some of us – for the first time ever! And what a feeling it is! It’s euphoric! It’s a high that nothing else can match up to…

We are the WORLD CHAMPIONS…. :-) And this is just the beginning…

Dhoni – R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - A million times over! For delivering a Captain’s innings and taking us all the way to the CUP, for coming through when it really mattered, and for shutting all of us up with that awesome knock!!! And also for being candid enough to say that on camera… ;-) :-P

Gen Next of the Indian Team … from here on it’s all going to be win-win!! You stepped up magnificently to the challenge and you won it for us!! :-) Kudos! Hats off! And you guys R.O.C.K.

On a side-note, do Raina and Kohli remind anyone else of Ganguly and Dravid respectively?? :P Or is it just me?? .. The passion that these two show on the field to win the game is just incredible. It’s a pleasure to watch them on the field!!

But best of all… this CUP is for the Sachin Tendulkar!! The MAN who is the face of INDIAN CRICKET and for whom this is the biggest honor the team can give!! Virat Kohli summed it up perfectly - "Sachin Tendulkar has carried Indian cricket on his shoulders for 21 years. So it was fitting that we carried him on our shoulders after this win!!”

TEAM INDIA - You did us PROUD!! You guys played fiercely and how many times over and again we say it, it still won’t be enough!! You have given this country what they were dreaming of for the past so many years… You will always be remembered for this!! For bringing the CUP home! And this is where it belongs! :-)

No more of the 1983 pictures of us lifting the CUP …

No more of us saying – “Remember back in 1983 when we won the CUP??”…

No more of us debating the decisions the team took during the tournament …

From now on 2011 is the new benchmark … !!!

And we have YOU GUYS to be thankful to for it!! :-)

Way to go Team INDIA... Proud of you!

Proud to be an INDIAN… :-) :-)

(PS: pics courtesy - www.indiatimes.com, squidoo.com)

Thank You :-) :-)

And it's the "10000" mark!! Yay!!

Thank you so much all of you!!

Thanks a ton!! :)

Muchas Gracias!! :) :)

Yes! I can't stop smiling!! :P :P

The story of why I have a bandage on my cheek!!

Ever since 2011 started off on a low-key note, I have been besieged with health troubles. And no! Nothing of the major sort!! Uh-huh! It’s all those minor ailments that have been irritating me! If it’s not a cold, it’s my back! If it’s not that, then some nit-picking thing that can be quite a pain in the wrong place! Even the two kilos that I managed to gain after a lot of trouble and binging vanished into thin air… :-/

No! I am not gloating here how easy it is for me to lose weight… On the contrary!! If you have any tips for gaining the ‘ever-elusive’ weight please do let me know!! I will be grateful to you as long as it works!! :-)

Well, recently, I visited the doctor again! Yes! I am a regular with the doctors around this area... Why do you ask?! But this time it was not one of the ‘regular’ doctors. This time I went to the National Skin Centre! Yes! It’s a big step ahead from the local doctors that I visit! :P

You ask me why I went there!! Well… I had this huge pimple on my face or ‘something-that-resembles-a-pimple’ that was causing quite a bit of mental pain more than the physical one! And by huge I mean HUGE! So after a few times it got compared to an organism growing on my face, and some other things I don’t want to say here; I decided to go to the doc to get it checked out! Actually the crowning point was when I went for this gathering, and a little kid came up to me and asked who bit my face! That was it!

National Skin Centre – here I come!

So there I was, at the doctors waiting to get the organism on my face checked out!  After a lot of prodding and some poking, the doc-lady decided she wanted to incise it!! Right! I am not getting into the gross details of what it was and how gory it was – for me that is! I was a very brave girl!! Ask the nurse! Actually don’t! I will tell you why!

When I saw the needle that she was going to use, I did shiver a little!! And then she said the words I had been dreading – “this will only pain a little”…  All those serial killers and murderers from the countless books I had read flashed through my mind! My fear must have shown on my face and the way I was cringing away from her, she asked me if I could relax a little! Yeah right! When a needle that size is coming at your cheek, the last thing you feel like doing is relaxing! Phew! Anyways, in a bid to be brave, I asked the doctor if there was something I can hold on to! Like a rod or something! And there was none! So I looked at the nurse, a petite young thing, standing beside to help the doctor and asked her if I could hold her hand! Yes! I was being VERY BRAVE!!! :P The nurse not knowing what she was getting into, said of course I could hold her hand!!

Well to cut a long story short.. Remember that episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S where Ross gets a shot and he squeezes Monica’s hand so hard that it cracks a tiny bit!! Okie.. No!! I did not crack her bone or anything; but she did tell the doc to get it done with FAST! I am sure my bony hand did hurt a lot!

Hmm… suffice to say that the nurse did not wish me a speedy recovery! Or anything! However she did give me a glare! Ah well! :D

Now, I have a bandage on my cheek and I have people asking me, if I got into a fight or I someone punched me!!

Better a fight than the organism growing on my face I guess!! ;-) :P

PS: My life does have a lot of F.R.I.E.N.D.S moments before you wonder!! :P :P