Chai Time Masti...

I was feeling very fresh today after too very sleepy days. Worked a lot, bugged other people a lot and was in good mood. After such a day, when I stepped out of office, I got an instant smile on my face. It was all dark outside with black dark clouds hovering above. The first thought that came to my mind was..."chai-pakoda mausam...wow...". In the cab, my room-mate asked if we have besan at home. That implied that even she was thinking of having pakodas today. Then and there we decided our menu- Tea, Onion and potato pakodas and paranthas... Another bachelor friend of ours had to interrupt us coz he had already started feeling jealous...

And went upto the shop under my umbrella to get the ingrediants and back home, we didn't rest for even a minute. She started her Pakoda (onion, potato and 1 bread pakoda) project and I started with my Parantha (plain and potato pranatha) project. With our super sonic speed (which can be seen very rarely), we were all ready with our final products within 30-40 minutes.

And yes, at that very moment (thank God) power went off. But nothing to worry. My torch and tea-pakodas-paranthas-butter-sauce (I know too much ho gaya tha). Started munching on them and relishing the moment and our efforts. After 10 minutes, 11th February 2010 (D-Day) date knocked my mind and I decided to stop myself from over-eating. Wow... Thats the beauty of Indian snacks...

One more Monday Survived...!!!

During my MBA days, in one of the most esteemed Corporate VS B-school Quiz competition organized by our college every year, Quiz Master Derek O' Brian asked a question:

"On which Day of the week are the maximum number of deaths due to Heart-attacks registered around the world?". Without even joining the corporate world, I knew the answer: MONDAY. And yes, it indeed was the right answer and now that I am in this corporate world, I know the reason.

Check out the link mentioned.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/health-fitness/health/Monday-is-the-most-popular-sick-day/articleshow/5214924.cms

Every Monday I just wish whole heartedly to God that State Government should declare a holiday (for whatever reason he wishes) or let my boss call me and tell to stay at and work from home since he is not coming to office and there is not much work for which to come to office or our office declare new timings (instead of 7:45 am, may be to 9 am) or whatever. But please let me sleep for long on Monday. Holiday is always welcome :)

Farmville...

My life was so simple without Internet. Then decided to make an account or create a mail ID. Started with Yahoo, then Hotmail, then Rediffmail, then Indiatimes, then Gmail (mind it, created two each on Yahoo and Rediff). Got addicted to chatting on yahoo messenger. Somehow got rid of this but was caught by gtalk. Then my friend forced me to join Orkut. The addiction began rising. Without checking the "scraps" in every 2 hours, I started finding it difficult to concentrate on anything and I am not exxagerating it. Realized that Orkut has its own security threats. The photographs can be accessed by any and everyone and anyone can send a scrap, how-so-ever obscene they might be. But then, security measures were tightened up. Next addiction was that of online games and free downloadable games. Used to be hooked on to them for hours and hours.

After Orkut, I started receiving Friend Request from God knows how many such "social networking" sites. Ignored all. But then joined one "professional networking" site- LinkedIn.

On fine day, I realized that people are no more interested in Orkut but in Facebook (of FB). Tried to ignore it for long but then bhabhi and her brother told me that it is far better than Orkut and has got so many small small games and other options, apart from the already existing ones from Orkut.

And there begins next level of addiction. So many small games, posting of your thoughts, putting on comments to your friends' status message, getting instant notifications of any development on your friends' wall, movie trivia and challenging your friends, UNO... But still, I was ignoring one feature of FB- FARMVILLE. Thought to try it once, but found it so boring. But then, every other person had started talking about it, so thought, try it again... And there I finally own a farm of my own. I plough the land, I grow fruits, vegetables and trees; I own my cattle; I harvest them and make sure that I harvest them on time. I receive points, money, gifts. I even send them to my friends. Its like a small community now. Although, not yet completely addicted but its surely taking control over me.

Internet has made our world and space so small- to the size of our laptops. I own a land and the cattle fleet. Amazing...!!!!!!

Ajab Prem...Gazab Kahani...

7th November, 11:45 p.m. Thats when I entered my flat after a tiring official trip and was so happy to be back because next day was Sunday and that meant sleeping till 10-11 in the morning. But my roomie casually asked me, if I had received the SMS for tomorrow's movie show. Equally casually, I announced "No, what time is the show?". 10 a.m., for which we should get up by a maximum of 8 a.m. WHAT???????? All my late sleeping plans went down crashing and felt like cursing my friends. How can a tired engaged girl, whose fiancee is in the same city, go out for a movie in the early morning with her friends, rather than with HIM...!!! But then, the program had already been fixed.

And believe me, the movie turned out to be an awesome laugh riot. Ranveer Kapoor is cool and the movie has a fresh feel. The movie is directed by Mr. Rajkumar Santoshi, who had earlier directed Andaz Apna Apna, and that movie is one of my all time favorite comedy movie. Don't expect any story in the movie but just comedy sequences. After such a long time, watched a movie in which the entire hall was laughing at the same time. Songs are cool to listen (was not expecting this from Pritam). Towards the end of the movie, I could notice some similarities with AAA (the earlier movie), specially the fight sequence which was full of confusion and the villain-cum-comedian.

So, finally, I had forgiven my friends :)

A VERY HAPPY DIWALI....

In the last post, I wished all of you a very happy diwali. Hope, all of you had a great time on Diwali. I had a blast and I mean a literal BLAST in my life. Never thought that life can take twists and turns at such fast pace. Went home with the status of "Single" and came back (all within 4 days) as "Committed". The biggest problem with such a twist in life, specially with me, was that many of my friends were not believing me when I told them, thanks to my prankster image.

It was 18th October. I, with my family, went to His home at Delhi and I swear I was not able to eat anything many days before this day. Although I was assuring myself and was being assured by my family and closest friends that there is nothing wrong in meeting the family and take the step forward in life, but something was bothering me. I was not able to understand what was this "something".

Is this boy right for me and my family, the families are very different, His family is very open, will I be able to adjust there, will He like me, our compatibility, most importantly, am I ready to take up such a huge responsibility now... phew !!! These questions formed just the iota of hundreds of questions in my mind.

All of us got up very early in the morning after sleeping late, for Diwali puja, and headed for Delhi. I was trying to relax myself by taking the trip as a family picnic but the moment, we entered into Gurgaon, I confessed to bhabhi that I can't take it anymore. I am nervous. Got ready at my aunty's place. When we were about to reach the place, my mother announced, wake up now and look active, we are about to reach. We entered their apartment and I could see around 6-7 people staring towards our car. I tried to give my best smile ever, but I am sure, I failed badly. All of them were so warm and greeted us well. The moment I entered into the flat, I was literally shocked and shaky, coz, there were roughly around 20 people, all staring at me at the same time. Talked to almost everyone and I was amused at the very thought that this is the first time in my life that so many people wants to talk to me. But I was not able to gather the courage to look up and see around. We talked. They talked. Everyone was talking.

After sometime, to spare me from the tension, His bhabhi took me into another room where the Young brigade of the family was sitting. All of them introduced themselves to me. It was relaxing then. Then came my mother and asked me..."Shall we go ahead". I felt like crying at that time. I always wanted an arranged marriage but now that it was about to take place, the only question in my mind was, "how can I say yes to go ahead with a person whom I barely know". But then we decided to go ahead and then everyone was chearful and I was lost. Small ceremony, Roka, took place. Tilak, sweets, congratulations, gifts and ashirwaads and photographs. Time for lunch, which I anyway was not able to take in and how everyone was taking care of me and my plate.

Got to know so many things about the family in such short span of time. My mom-in-law is known for her jokes and her being "sweet 16" still, lovely nana and naniji, his uncles and aunties and the cousins. The two words which can send shivers down the spine of any girl - "saas" and "jethani" but was so relieved to know how cool they are.

Its a mixed feeling now. I know how boring that line seems, but its true. Nervous, excited, confused, sad (to leave my coocooned life at home), happy, anxious... I just thank God to give me two lovely families in my life and pray that everything goes off well and I could come upto the expectations...