three's a crowd?! :)

Okay, so i got tagged by Alcarwen. I remember chancing upon Alcarwen. She came blog hopping once and i hopped back and thus started a nice blog-friendship. Much like a few others that happened to me over the last couple of years... It surprises me still as to how two strangers from different cultures/continents/backgrounds can connect at some level. Or perhaps they connect because they read and are read shorn of any physical facade? Or perhaps anonymity is a facade, so its easier to put your thoughts out there through the sieve? Don't know...

It has been two years of rants, anguish, fun and nonsense. I had forgotten it was another October 2 years back when i started blogging. My blog has seen me grow (?) ;-) and grown with me perhaps. The language has changed, the tone and intent has seen the seasons change as I traversed through life. The ride has been bumpy, smooth, lonesome and cold, surrounded and warm. Could it be any more interesting?! :)


Back to Alcarwen, wish her a very Happy B'day. :-)

And now the tag:

3 smells that i like:
White Musk (I usually buy this perfume... almost always)
Smell of rain (You know what i mean? When it soaks the earth...)
Dried leaves/petals tucked into books for years

3 smells that i dont like:
The smell of rot
Sewage (Yeah, me too, like everyone else)
Durian! :P

3 jobs i have had in my life:
Errmm... i have always been a designer by profession! Yeah, very boring, i know...

3 movies i could watch over and over:
Amelie
Dirty Dancing! :P (I wanted to dance like them! sigh...)
Chungking Express (Leaves me with a happy feeling :))

3 fond memories:
Hmmm... this is difficult. So many of them!

3 places i have lived:
Delhi
Hong Kong
Singapore

3 things i like to do:
Listen to music
Daydream (duh!)
Watch movies

3 of my favourite foods:
Daal-bhaat
Shorshey ilish
Anything with smoked salmon in it

3 places i would like to be right now:
Greece (yeah, me too)
Some exotic secluded island (Pristine beaches. White sand. White, blue and green :))
Home, sleeping while it pours outside.

3 websites i visit daily:
www.google.com
www.rediff.com
http://aparnabanerjee.blogspot.com :p


3 things that make me cry:
Movies (Am a total cry-baby where sappy movies are concerned)
When i am angry
When i miss people i care for


The tag gets passed onto whoever hops in here and wishes to tag along...

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Chal Chale. Woh Lamhe.
Love the simplicity of the words. Endearing :)

naa jahaan bheed ho naa jahaan bhar ke log
naa shehar mein base laakhon logon ka shor
chand lamhen tu inse mujhe durr kar
chal chale apane ghar hamsafar

;-)

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Okay, so it's been ages since i did one of these.
And guess what the result had to be.




You're... Whiskey! Whiskey is a special drink. You have to be a special person to pull off whiskey. You're smooth and warm, but you bring a big bite! You're very well balanced and people love having you around. Unfortunately, whiskey can leave you with a bad after taste and not everyone can take the heat. But those who can handle the bite, are the ones that never put the bottle down! I personally am a fan of this stuff!

Take this quiz!

:p

Few nice ones from the quiz...

I've had quite a bit to drink, and you're beginning to look pretty good. (huh!)

None of us are virgins, life has screwed us all. (correct!)

And

Men, chocolate, and coffee are all better rich. ;-)

Santana feat. Everlast.
Put your lights on.

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I should have been there in the 70s; when flower-power, colors, ideas and drifters ruled. Bell-bottoms and sunflowers, checkered pants and colorful wrap arounds. Beads and big sunglasses. Pink and orange.

I have these old photographs back home; of aunts and mom when they were not... aunts and mom. In these colourful - black and white - wrap arounds, that hugged their curves, not yet pulled and stretched by child-birth and the regular rigmarole that life becomes. And i would gawk at these pictures and think, wow, that is indeed so-and-so aunt who looks a pale shadow of this slim and svelte girl in bell-bots, beads, shirt and big sunglasses. She even had a ciggerette between her fingers, obviously just posing for one of the friends... you know one of those sessions that you have with girl-friends, when you talk silly about the latest fads, latest crushes and everything else under your sun. Girl friends rock!
Coming back to the aunts and mom, i would often wonder, why they let themselves go after a while. Like some coloured photograph drained out of its colors and what remains over the years are faint traces of pinks and oranges. And this holds true for men as well, though lesser in degree. Given that age does leave its footprints behind, do we need to hasten the process? Like my dad says, you are as young/old as you feel. I would often promise myself never to follow their footsteps. In some ways, my generation of women and men were far more pampered and empowered than the generation before us. Yet, at times, i cant help think that i am at an age that used to be synonymous with 'auntys' while i was growing up! As a teenager, i would address a 30 something woman as aunty. Gulp! :D

And then, most of the times, i do feel like a misfit. Is it possible to remain free yet attached? At times, i love the freedom that comes with detachment; not being answerable to anyone. Not be responsible for any pain to others. Free from expectations. Don't pegion-hole me, dont expect me to be a certain way. I at times surprise myself with the way i feel and think. So i find myself not fitting in any particular mould. I do not subscribe to the usual standards of status - material or social. I want to learn to live such a way that if anything i have now is taken away from me, i wouldn't experience as much pain as i have in the past. Really, nothings lost untill one is dead. But don't rob me of my freedom and i will belong, just be there when i am down and drained of inspiration/energy and so shall i, forever. Friendship and kindness are most important methinks. Because i want to experience this circus as much as i can while still keeping 'my world' intact. And i will let my close ones and my friends in, into my world. I do not need the whole circus inside my world. Yet at times the love for this freedom doesn't diminish the desire to belong. Is that ever possible? Does it make any sense? Ah, one of those questions that never get answered for some...

In other news, the painting has been started. Not super happy with it, but it's okay. I haven't painted in a long while. I wish i had a million dollar inheritance. I would live each day as a new one. Oh wait, i think, i have already begun doing that. :)

Have a lovely week ahead you all! :)

Travis. Sing.

etc... yet again...

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Bought charcoal, pastel and sketchpads. Shall start sketching soon. Paint as well. My ankles hurt when i run, not running right i guess. But i must say, it feels incredibly good after a run. And now i know why runners don't like running indoors on treadmills, i would prefer running outdoors anyday. October starts and i need to sort-out a LOT of stuff... a lot. Take life by it horns? Damn that sounds cliched! :)

On the brighter side, watched Pyaar Ke Side Effects. Please go watch... was in splits. Mallika in this avatar was refreshing and so was the humour.


Jaane kya chaahe man baanwara
Akhiyan mere saawan chala

Like this track the best!

Have a great week ahead you all :)

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Okay, so the couch potato is back. Well almost. Monday, i realised, we play doctor-doctor! Grey's Anatomy followed by Scrubs. Doctor series that are so damn different from each other. I love Grey's Anatomy. You know those quirky witticisms, or those thoughtful observations. Like in SATC days, everytime Carrie would type out her famous one-lines with pauses in between, i would go, wow! how did they cook this up? All said and done though, ER remains a fav!

Ah, theres definitely something about good looking docs on TV... :)

etc... yet again...

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Bought charcoal, pastel and sketchpads. Shall start sketching soon. Paint as well. My ankles hurt when i run, not running right i guess. But i must say, it feels incredibly good after a run. And now i know why runners don't like running indoors on treadmills, i would prefer running outdoors anyday. October starts and i need to sort-out a LOT of stuff... a lot. Take life by it horns? Damn that sounds cliched! :)

On the brighter side, watched Pyaar Ke Side Effects. Please go watch... was in splits. Mallika in this avatar was refreshing and so was the humour.


Jaane kya chaahe man baanwara
Akhiyan mere saawan chala

Like this track the best!

Have a great week ahead you all :)

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Okay, so the couch potato is back. Well almost. Monday, i realised, we play doctor-doctor! Grey's Anatomy followed by Scrubs. Doctor series that are so damn different from each other. I love Grey's Anatomy. You know those quirky witticisms, or those thoughtful observations. Like in SATC days, everytime Carrie would type out her famous one-lines with pauses in between, i would go, wow! how did they cook this up? All said and done though, ER remains a fav!

Ah, theres definitely something about good looking docs on TV... :)