Bicycle memoirs

After a long gap I’m here again today; missed something badly (on which this post is based), and really I was wishing if only I could go back to those good old days, if only I could reverse the time…but now I can only try to hold those memories and write such crazy posts based on them!!

Cutting my long story short, actually I am missing my bicycle, my cute bicycle I rode for years. Now it is not here, it was sold off to kabadi-walla bhaiyya two years back (who gave it as a rakhi gift to his sister) because I did not have time and also, neither the traffic nor my mom allowed me to ride it as freely I used to. And I have also noticed that kids are no longer titillated by a bicycle but yearn for bikes. Boys long for bikes and consider themselves next only to John Abraham and gals prefer stylish scooty. Poor old cycle is out of fashion. Also, there is no cycling space left.

The roads are already congested and rash drivers are a menace. And the cyclists are considered by default to belong to the lower middle or poor class, and are expected to make way for the roaring automobiles. Kids no longer have time and the stamina as well to cycle.

I really miss my old cycle and still remember how I much elated I was the day I got it, how fondly I used to clean it every day and etc etc.

The honest tag!

Here is the second tag, I was tagged by Rammy. as per the tag, given below are the 10 honest facts about me!

1. I am a cleanliness freak…….and I hate dirty washrooms and sinks in particular. I can get irritated even at the sight of a dirty and smelling washbasin.
2. I hate getting up early in winters L
3. I love junk food. And the Indian street food in particular (but only vegetarian).
4. I love animals esp dogs J
5. I want to spend the rest of my life in a natural area like HP.
6. I literally hate cricket and all the related stuff like cricket magazines, news etc. I can get irritated and switch my TV off if the news channels are showing only cricket related news.
7. I dislike being with people who are unprofessional, throw unnecessary attitude and have a poor sense of personal hygiene and dressing up.
8. I love vegetarian food and I am proud to say that I am a pure vegetarian.
9. I love Indian classical dances esp. Kathak.
10. I always wanted to be an entrepreneur.

Tagged again!!

Hii!

I am tagged and awarded by friend Rammy :D

Thanks dearrie for passing this fundu thing to me !! here are my answers.. I'll do the honest award tag few days later. :)

1.What is your current obsession?

My publishing company

2. What are you wearing today?
A red and brown Salwaar Suit

3. What’s for dinner?
No idea :P

4. What’s the last thing you bought? A head massager

5. What are you listening to right now?'lets work it out' by Raghav..it seems I am addicted to this song :P

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
Rammyzz! One of my dearest friends :)

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Somewhere high in Himachal Pradesh

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Nibupani (lemonade)

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
To some beautiful sea shore

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Sanskrit

11. What’s your favourite quote?
"Its a greater compliment to be trusted than to be loved!"

12. Who do you want to meet right now?
My grandpa

13. What is your favourite colour?
Brown and all the shades of it

14. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?
One white top with beautiful and exquisite embroidery done

15. What is your dream job?
A veterinary doctor

16. What’s your favourite magazine?
Currently its Femina.

17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
I’ll invest somewhere.. don’t know exactly but I’ll invest

18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
Bell-bottoms ... phew!!

19. Who according to you is the most over-rated style icon?
Maliaka Arora Khan.. I just don’t understand her clothes ???

20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
Formal

21. What are you going to do after this?
Watch TV

22. What are your favorite movies?
I am not much into movies but some of them are mughal e azam, 300, gone with the wind, herapheri, mausam (old) and a few more.

23. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can't live without?
Perfume, talcum powder and facewash

24. What inspires you?
My mom’s courage and ‘come what may’ attitude and yes one of my dearest friend Megha because of similar qualities.

25. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:
Be Yourself, be confident and take extra care of your personal hygiene.

26. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?
Randomly pick one dress!

27. Coffee or tea?
Coffee

28. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
I meditate and try to connect myself to god or speak to a friend.

30. Which other blogs do you love visiting?
I love blog surfing.. lots of them.

31. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Custard

32. Favorite Season?
Spring

33. If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me?
Maggi

34. What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
Simply Ignore them yaar, who’s got time to quarrel with those wierdos.

35. What are you afraid of the most?
Heatstroke

37: My question: What brings a smile on your face instantly?

Puppies :P

Rules for those who are tagged:Respond and rework – answer these questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own, and add one more question to the list. Then tag eight or ten other new set of people.

I would love to pass on the tag and award:

Prashant

Shakti

Hary

Abhinav

Amal

Sunil

Wake up Sid !!

Yesterday I saw the latest movie ‘Wake Up Sid’ and I loved the character ‘Aisha Banerjee’ brilliantly played by Konkona Sen Sharma. It’s an impressive character and I can easily relate to the free spirited Aisha. Her innate sense of self confidence coupled with a subtle softness is mind blowing. I love that character, because I saw myself in Aisha somewhere.

She arrives in a new city, full of ambitions but all alone, that too without a job. She then gets a job as an assistant to the editor of a magazine. However, the way she faces her interviews and then the way she subtly persuades her boss (played by Rahul Khanna) to read and comment on her own articles is nice; her perseverance never dies out. Aisha as a character has lots of positive energy and hope in her. She does the complete makeover of a dirty rat-hole flat beautifully!

But what I loved the most is her sense of independence when she roams about the entire city all by herself, on the third day of her arrival!

Wake up Sid is an amazing movie, not just because it’s made under a big banner or it has a good star cast, but it actually gives a lesson to the viewers. Why do we confine ourselves inside the self made walls? Sid, the delinquent son of a millionaire industrialist, takes up a career in photography and Aisha takes up writing i.e. both take up their hobbies as professions rather then the fields of their professional studies. That is exactly what I always advocate- we should go where our heart lies. Sid and Aisha finally get their rewards as their works are published in ‘Mumbai Beat’, the magazine they work for.

Rose

The medium is pencil colour

My first poem

My soul is lost in your shadow

I am lost in darkness

It’s very scary

Far and far all is dark

Like some silent moonless night

All My expressions are gone

My voice too is lost in your noise

My self is ashamed of itself

My heart refuses to beat

My soul is scorched like

The Sand punished in desert heat

I am washed in this darkness

Like some nasty rootless weed

And my thoughts are numb too

Like an eternal dormant seed

No one can be seen, no one can be heard

For miles and miles, all my life

I have walked alone, hoping for a ray

But life had given less than it has taken away

My hands reach for yours

Knowing you were never there

But, I am a human too

With feelings to share

I too have a heart that wants to live

Share joy with love endless to give

All our vows turned futile

All the love is gone

I am reduced to nothing

Being trapped in your exile

Scars and marks say my story

That I am lost in darkness

It’s very scary.

(PS : This is my first attempt towards writing a poem. This is about domestic abuse.)

Dee Dee :D

Hey! i found her really cute :D

Dexter :)

This is esp. for dear friend Abhinav :D

Popeye!

This is esp. for my dear sista Bindu :D

Garfield

This is esp. for Rammy :D