Blog 7
All of us have a whole lot of favorite things that brings a bright smile to our face each time we think of them… well here are a few…no… many of my favorite things!!!!!
Do let me know if you share any of them ….
SIGHT
The rising sun spreading its wings of fire on the horizon as the hues of the vast expanse of the sky and the deep blue sea merge. …Would give anything to view this magnificent scene everyday!!!
The sight of cute little puppies playing with each other… gets you smiling even before you realize it…
Driving down the highway, with lush green fields on either side swaying gently in the breeze…. if that isn’t cool …what is!!! Better still if you are traveling parallel to a railway track and you get to see a train speeding alongside….and you tend to go faster to keep up with it…
The sight of a beautiful peacock displaying the myriad colors on its feathers in full and strutting gracefully…awesome!! I say awesome because one has to be very lucky to get a chance to view this wonderful sight!
Have you watched the shadows dancing in candle light when you light up candles during power cuts… unfortunately we are too busy cursing the EB department that we forget to notice these small beautiful things!
The beautiful flowers lined up at the florist …. Given a chance I would love to have them all at home!!
SMELL
Nothing to match the smell of sandal agarbathis [or any agarbathi for that matter…come to think of it I also loooooooove the smell of camphor..] first thing in the morning…. Makes you send a silent prayer to the BIG BOSS out there, even if you weren’t planning to …..Divine !!!!
Imagine you are walking down the road, a little tired, when the smell of freshly roasted popcorn hits your nose…. Your nose is sure to make a u-turn and blindly walk towards the source of the smell….Yummy!
The aroma of freshly brewed South Indian filter coffee first thing in the morning…. better still if someone were to hand it over to you…hehe…Bliss…sheer bliss!!!
The smell that wafts through the air as the first drizzle hits the earth on a warm summer day …mmmmmm…. Heavenly!!
The smell of Johnsons baby powder on babies after a bath.
As kids whenever new clothes were bought it was always nice to take them out and smell them from time to time…and wait for the day when you could wear them! Exciting !!!
Guess these days kids miss out on all these since they always have everything in plenty…so the charm of waiting/longing for something is lost !!
SOUND
Listening to soothing melodious strains of a flute at the break of dawn.
Listening to your favorite songs when you travel long distances by car …makes travel such a pleasure!
I love the sound of our National Anthem any time any place… makes you feel very emotional and proud…a sense of belonging!
The squeals and peals of laughter of little kids… enough to light up anyone’s face!
I just love the sound of bhangra beats and the beats of the Chendai Drums in Kerala temples… makes you want to dance wherever you are!
RANDOM THINGS THAT GIVE YOU A NICE FEELING….
Walking down the beach barefoot and feeling the grains of sand slip through your feet….
Wearing just-ironed clothes and you can still feel the warmth on your skin…
Making paper boats and letting them afloat on the water on a rainy day…
Eating roasted peanuts with a hot cup of tea on a dark cloudy evening as you wait for the downpour to hit anytime…
Surprise someone with a gift when they least expect it…
Finding a 100 rupee note in an old purse that you chance upon during one of those
cleaning expeditions…
Looking through old photographs after a long gap and going bla bla over them…
Monday, March 12, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
COFFEE DATE WITH KIDDOS !!!!
It finally happened....a visit to the favorite joint of my boys, where they hang out with their friends!!
Had heard so much about this place that i badly wanted to have a look for myself...on what was so attractive about it that it drew these kids there so often! Of course the idea was entirely theirs and they called it 'a date with mom'.
We had been planning for this rendezvous for a long time and i had been given a dress code too...[ was told that the average age of people coming there was between 17 and 30] ....because mummy dear had to look smart and not ancient... sari was a strict no no ... salwar was passable...but Jeans would be perfect !
But when it did happen it was nothing like we had planned... i landed up there in a saree...hehe...that too in a silk saree straight from a wedding!!
This place is a coffee shop kind-of-place called Mocha situated in one of the more posh localities of Chennai. It's a nice two storeyed building with great interiors. On the ground floor you have the non-smoking zone and the first floor is a compulsory smoking zone with Chinese decor all around. Smoking here refers to Hookah. Every table is set with a Hookah and you have to pay for it whether you smoke or not ....of course set with different aromas like mint,strawberry, apple ...not the tobacco ones!
In the garden outside you have several compartmentalised seating arrangements set in the midst of pebbled pathways interspersed with flowing water and fountains. One couldn even see an old hand rickshaw imaginatively set to be part of the seating arrangement...
During the first ten minutes that i was there it was fun to watch the boys trying hard make me feel good about the place...well they didn't need to ... I was impressed with the ambiance...it wasn't a shady joint but a fun place where people could meet up and enjoy a good chat...and then i was let into all the details of their outings there!
How, at times when they were short of cash [ yeah... every one got limited pocket money ! ], they would order the cheapest drink on the menu and then keep topping it up with ice just to prolong their time there; about the times, when they ran into [financial] trouble, when one of their friends, tried to be chivalrous by offering to pay up for old [girl] friends they bumped into and how he got clobbered later by these boys for trying to be an over-enthusiastic pig ....and many more interesting tales !!!
I was also told as to what was in and what was out clothes-wise/ slang- wise ....Oh my god... it was so much fun to have a peek into their world!
For any one who thinks Chennai is conservative, check out this place . It was a common sight to see many girls smoking... not Hookah, but cigarrettes! If that was one extreme, it was a pleasant sight to see one mother accompanying her teen aged daughters and having a good time with them !
And i was glad that my kids were open enough to tell me what to expect and had no hassles or embarrassment about me sitting there with them. In fact i am so tempted to take my own friends there, the next time we want to meet and chat!
I know many of my own friends are shocked at my attitude and feel that i am giving my kids a long rope under the garb of being progressive! If you consider hanging out in coffee shops as being progressive , i think its a big joke.... just as it is, if you think that they are likely to go wayward by hanging out in joints like these.
And many may not approve my saying this ....Let the kids have their share of fun. Give them the right values and guide them.But dont deny them the joy of these times spent with their friends by being over cautious or over reacting! Bad influences are there every where....Be approachable and open to them. Create comfort levels so that they feel free to approach you with their problems!
Try to be a part of their world and don't deny them something just because you did not or could not access it when you were young ! If there was a place like this when i was in college 25 years ago, am sure i would have loved to hang around and would have hated my parents if they hadn't let me !! May be its easier for me to say that because both of them are boys....but even if they had been girls am sure i would have let them have all the fun in the world!
Look at their world through their eyes ... and they would willingly see it through yours too !!!
Had heard so much about this place that i badly wanted to have a look for myself...on what was so attractive about it that it drew these kids there so often! Of course the idea was entirely theirs and they called it 'a date with mom'.
We had been planning for this rendezvous for a long time and i had been given a dress code too...[ was told that the average age of people coming there was between 17 and 30] ....because mummy dear had to look smart and not ancient... sari was a strict no no ... salwar was passable...but Jeans would be perfect !
But when it did happen it was nothing like we had planned... i landed up there in a saree...hehe...that too in a silk saree straight from a wedding!!
This place is a coffee shop kind-of-place called Mocha situated in one of the more posh localities of Chennai. It's a nice two storeyed building with great interiors. On the ground floor you have the non-smoking zone and the first floor is a compulsory smoking zone with Chinese decor all around. Smoking here refers to Hookah. Every table is set with a Hookah and you have to pay for it whether you smoke or not ....of course set with different aromas like mint,strawberry, apple ...not the tobacco ones!
In the garden outside you have several compartmentalised seating arrangements set in the midst of pebbled pathways interspersed with flowing water and fountains. One couldn even see an old hand rickshaw imaginatively set to be part of the seating arrangement...
During the first ten minutes that i was there it was fun to watch the boys trying hard make me feel good about the place...well they didn't need to ... I was impressed with the ambiance...it wasn't a shady joint but a fun place where people could meet up and enjoy a good chat...and then i was let into all the details of their outings there!
How, at times when they were short of cash [ yeah... every one got limited pocket money ! ], they would order the cheapest drink on the menu and then keep topping it up with ice just to prolong their time there; about the times, when they ran into [financial] trouble, when one of their friends, tried to be chivalrous by offering to pay up for old [girl] friends they bumped into and how he got clobbered later by these boys for trying to be an over-enthusiastic pig ....and many more interesting tales !!!
I was also told as to what was in and what was out clothes-wise/ slang- wise ....Oh my god... it was so much fun to have a peek into their world!
For any one who thinks Chennai is conservative, check out this place . It was a common sight to see many girls smoking... not Hookah, but cigarrettes! If that was one extreme, it was a pleasant sight to see one mother accompanying her teen aged daughters and having a good time with them !
And i was glad that my kids were open enough to tell me what to expect and had no hassles or embarrassment about me sitting there with them. In fact i am so tempted to take my own friends there, the next time we want to meet and chat!
I know many of my own friends are shocked at my attitude and feel that i am giving my kids a long rope under the garb of being progressive! If you consider hanging out in coffee shops as being progressive , i think its a big joke.... just as it is, if you think that they are likely to go wayward by hanging out in joints like these.
And many may not approve my saying this ....Let the kids have their share of fun. Give them the right values and guide them.But dont deny them the joy of these times spent with their friends by being over cautious or over reacting! Bad influences are there every where....Be approachable and open to them. Create comfort levels so that they feel free to approach you with their problems!
Try to be a part of their world and don't deny them something just because you did not or could not access it when you were young ! If there was a place like this when i was in college 25 years ago, am sure i would have loved to hang around and would have hated my parents if they hadn't let me !! May be its easier for me to say that because both of them are boys....but even if they had been girls am sure i would have let them have all the fun in the world!
Look at their world through their eyes ... and they would willingly see it through yours too !!!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
MY INSPIRATION!!!!
Have you felt the cool gentle breeze caress your cheeks on a warm sunny evening? Have you taken in the wonderful smell that wafts through the air when the first drizzle hits the earth? Has your heart skipped a beat when you are feeling down in the dumps and you suddenly hear your favorite song being played? Or the wonderful sight of the rising sun spreading its rays on the horizon set against the background of the deep blue sea…..well, you cant describe these feelings can you ?? Except that it stirs something wonderful in you and brings an involuntary smile to your face
Well …this is precisely the feeling Narasimhalu evokes in you the first time you meet him. That charming smile and his energetic greeting knock you flat even before you try and collect yourself from the shock of seeing his physical disability. The myriad expressions that flit across his face as he tries to convey his thoughts to you are just amazing.
I was blessed [yes … I feel any one who meets him is truly blessed..he is God’s own child ! ] with the good fortune of meeting this wonderful gentleman in the year 2002 when my husband and I had the opportunity to organize a week long exhibition of his paintings at Hotel Ambassador Pallava at Chennai, through our Rotary Club.
I will never forget the efforts of the people who helped us in making this event a great success. Ace director Mani Ratnam and Actor Revathy inaugurated the event and spent a long time viewing the paintings and bought some too! Half the paintings were sold within an hour of the inauguration and ND TV did an exclusive on Narasimhalu… Yes… we went all out to publicize this event like fame-hungry dogs and never felt ashamed about it!
Because we felt Narasimhalu deserved every bit of attention he was getting and much more too!!
Orphaned as a child and afflicted with Cerebral Palsy, Narasimhalu can only use his feet and paints with his feet and toes!!!! The canvas is his world. And that’s not all… he does amazing embroidery too!!
Just watching him at work sends you into stunned silence and you feel overcome with emotions! Despite suffering from a debilitating physical handicap his zest for life astounds you!
He loves Nature which predominantly forms the subject of his paintings and uses acrylic, watercolors and….hold your breath…the computer too! Oh yes he is adept at using the computer [Adobe Photoshop and Flash] and meddles around with electronic gadgets. He resides at the home run by the Andhra a Mahila Sabha at Adyar and is a great source of joy and inspiration to all around. You can see him zooming around on a skateboard with amazing control with a smile that never disappears!!
We take so many things for granted in life and go around cribbing and complaining…. Shame on us for doing that when there are people like Narasimhalu taking on life with grit and determination!!!
I often feel that I should visit him more frequently and spend time with him but always find myself totally depressed and angry with God after every such visit… why did he have to go through so much???? That innocent smile lingers long in your mind….very long !!
Well …this is precisely the feeling Narasimhalu evokes in you the first time you meet him. That charming smile and his energetic greeting knock you flat even before you try and collect yourself from the shock of seeing his physical disability. The myriad expressions that flit across his face as he tries to convey his thoughts to you are just amazing.
I was blessed [yes … I feel any one who meets him is truly blessed..he is God’s own child ! ] with the good fortune of meeting this wonderful gentleman in the year 2002 when my husband and I had the opportunity to organize a week long exhibition of his paintings at Hotel Ambassador Pallava at Chennai, through our Rotary Club.
I will never forget the efforts of the people who helped us in making this event a great success. Ace director Mani Ratnam and Actor Revathy inaugurated the event and spent a long time viewing the paintings and bought some too! Half the paintings were sold within an hour of the inauguration and ND TV did an exclusive on Narasimhalu… Yes… we went all out to publicize this event like fame-hungry dogs and never felt ashamed about it!
Because we felt Narasimhalu deserved every bit of attention he was getting and much more too!!
Orphaned as a child and afflicted with Cerebral Palsy, Narasimhalu can only use his feet and paints with his feet and toes!!!! The canvas is his world. And that’s not all… he does amazing embroidery too!!
Just watching him at work sends you into stunned silence and you feel overcome with emotions! Despite suffering from a debilitating physical handicap his zest for life astounds you!
He loves Nature which predominantly forms the subject of his paintings and uses acrylic, watercolors and….hold your breath…the computer too! Oh yes he is adept at using the computer [Adobe Photoshop and Flash] and meddles around with electronic gadgets. He resides at the home run by the Andhra a Mahila Sabha at Adyar and is a great source of joy and inspiration to all around. You can see him zooming around on a skateboard with amazing control with a smile that never disappears!!
We take so many things for granted in life and go around cribbing and complaining…. Shame on us for doing that when there are people like Narasimhalu taking on life with grit and determination!!!
I often feel that I should visit him more frequently and spend time with him but always find myself totally depressed and angry with God after every such visit… why did he have to go through so much???? That innocent smile lingers long in your mind….very long !!
Ever Made A Fool Of Yourself ??
Am sure this has happened to some of you ….I mean situations where you make a complete fool of your self!!! Or am I the only weird one with such experiences??
All said and done I think it’s worth sharing …at least for the humor it evokes…!
It was one of those days when it suddenly dawns on you, that you have been postponing a whole lot of petty work and suddenly they loom large, in front of you, with a narrowing deadline. Hard pressed for time and armed with a long ‘things-to-be-done list’ I set out one morning with a determined look on my face!
And was I glad to find an empty parking slot at a vantage point from where I could walk all around and finish all my work…..!!!!!! Thinking I had got off to a good start, I spent the next couple of hours ticking things off my list with a mighty pleased smile.
I realized it was noon by then and I still had some work at the bank that had to be completed before banking hours closed at half past twelve, it being a Saturday!!!
So I hurried to the car and inserted the keys to open the door and lo behold.... it refused to open!!
I rechecked if I had the right keys and yes I had! I tried again and it still wouldn’t budge…. A few more tries and I lost my temper and gave the car a good piece of my mind with the choicest of words… I aimed a nice hard kick at the tyre and eeeeks…. only to wince in pain the next minute with a broken toenail.
I quickly looked around to see if any one was a witness to my sudden tantrum and to my [bad] luck, sure enough, there was this guy standing on the pavement with a curious smile on his face.
I looked away cursing him under my breath, wishing he’d go away and tried once again to open the door faking a calmness I hardly felt …Much to my annoyance the guy came towards me and enquired, ’Having problems , maam ?’.
‘The door is not opening,’…I said.
‘Perhaps you don’t have the right keys”, he said grinning.
By then I was at my wits’ end and wanted to wipe that grin off his face….he was smartly dressed but …was he some kind of a conman ??
‘I can manage…its none of your business!’ I curtly said.
‘Oh yes it is…’, he said, now clearly laughing, ‘especially since its my car you're meddling with!’
It took a few seconds for his words to sink in!
Oh my god!!! What was I doing??? Trying to open someone else’s car with my keys!!! But it was a grey Zen…
I looked up to find my car parked right next to this one. In my hurry to get to the bank I hadn’t realized that another grey Zen had been parked next to mine and had gladly assumed that the first car I set my eyes on was mine!!
How could I ???? He saw me kicking his car and no wonder he that funny smile on his face …what an idiot I must have looked like!
What followed was a profuse flow of apologies from my side while he tried his best to make me feel at peace and reassure me. I had never felt so stupid in my life!
I just fled the scene and headed back home with a valuable lesson…never assume things and check the car number every time before you try to unlock it!!!
All said and done I think it’s worth sharing …at least for the humor it evokes…!
It was one of those days when it suddenly dawns on you, that you have been postponing a whole lot of petty work and suddenly they loom large, in front of you, with a narrowing deadline. Hard pressed for time and armed with a long ‘things-to-be-done list’ I set out one morning with a determined look on my face!
And was I glad to find an empty parking slot at a vantage point from where I could walk all around and finish all my work…..!!!!!! Thinking I had got off to a good start, I spent the next couple of hours ticking things off my list with a mighty pleased smile.
I realized it was noon by then and I still had some work at the bank that had to be completed before banking hours closed at half past twelve, it being a Saturday!!!
So I hurried to the car and inserted the keys to open the door and lo behold.... it refused to open!!
I rechecked if I had the right keys and yes I had! I tried again and it still wouldn’t budge…. A few more tries and I lost my temper and gave the car a good piece of my mind with the choicest of words… I aimed a nice hard kick at the tyre and eeeeks…. only to wince in pain the next minute with a broken toenail.
I quickly looked around to see if any one was a witness to my sudden tantrum and to my [bad] luck, sure enough, there was this guy standing on the pavement with a curious smile on his face.
I looked away cursing him under my breath, wishing he’d go away and tried once again to open the door faking a calmness I hardly felt …Much to my annoyance the guy came towards me and enquired, ’Having problems , maam ?’.
‘The door is not opening,’…I said.
‘Perhaps you don’t have the right keys”, he said grinning.
By then I was at my wits’ end and wanted to wipe that grin off his face….he was smartly dressed but …was he some kind of a conman ??
‘I can manage…its none of your business!’ I curtly said.
‘Oh yes it is…’, he said, now clearly laughing, ‘especially since its my car you're meddling with!’
It took a few seconds for his words to sink in!
Oh my god!!! What was I doing??? Trying to open someone else’s car with my keys!!! But it was a grey Zen…
I looked up to find my car parked right next to this one. In my hurry to get to the bank I hadn’t realized that another grey Zen had been parked next to mine and had gladly assumed that the first car I set my eyes on was mine!!
How could I ???? He saw me kicking his car and no wonder he that funny smile on his face …what an idiot I must have looked like!
What followed was a profuse flow of apologies from my side while he tried his best to make me feel at peace and reassure me. I had never felt so stupid in my life!
I just fled the scene and headed back home with a valuable lesson…never assume things and check the car number every time before you try to unlock it!!!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Ohhhhhhhh…..To Be A Housewife !!!!!
How I hate it when women describe themselves as just a housewife ! ! ! Often accompanied by an apologetic smile….. as if they were feeling sorry for them selves…
This is not a piece of writing aimed at broadcasting the greatness of homemakers or advocating women’s lib. This out pouring has been spurred on after reading a recent survey, which stated that, if only the unused potential of the section of population called ‘Housewives’ were to be used, India would be a Super power in no time! It’s a simple expression on why I think women – housewives in particular- often underrate their capacity to achieve greater heights in life.
Being a housewife is perhaps the toughest job in the world! Definitely akin to that of an MD or CEO of a big organization without the trimmings of board meetings, perks and accompanying extra fittings. Administration [running the house], Finance [monthly budgets], Targets [every day is a deadline] Labor problems [servants/ staff], HR [maintaining smooth relationships], PR [putting her best foot forward at all times] – you name it and she does everything and all on her own too!!
Tackling the daily menu could be the toughest part of the day, especially when you have people with taste buds that hardly match, especially on a busy Monday morning when everyone is so grouchy about starting a new week. It’s the unwritten rule that you ought to know how to cook the yummiest of dishes like the best of chefs.
By the time everyone leaves the house in the morning rush hour, the place literally looks like a tornado hit area. Clearing the after math requires all the patience in the world, especially if you have kids and certainly deserves no less than a Nobel Prize!!!
What have you…. Piles of clothes, books, CD’s, newspapers to be searched and retrieved from as far as from the toilets, innumerable pens with either the top or bottom missing, a mysterious single sock staring at you …and if you don’t watch your step you’ll have ‘Hot Wheels’ transporting you free of cost to another destination!
Where are the servants, one might ask?
Well, you have to be at your diplomatic best with them…. Pamper them, cajole them, be nice to them, scold them lovingly [??] only to find that you are better off doing most of the work your self!!! One harsh word and what have you ….loads of vessels and clothes staring back at you the next day because she has taken off !!!
….not to mention the numerous phone calls, innumerable door bells, birthdays to be remembered, sudden guests to be tackled…. A slight slip on your part to mention a call and you have the most exasperating question thrown at you “what do you do the whole day ?”
And don’t forget you need to look nice and bright to greet your little ones in the evening or very sweetly be asked, ‘why aren’t you like the mom in the noodles ad ? ‘
In the ultimate analysis it goes without saying that housewives are the finest of people tackling the toughest of jobs…only that is has been taken for granted for so long that people hardly realize their importance until a broken marriage elsewhere shakes them up!
Plus of course, modesty prevents us from bragging about it !
So all you housewives out there, sit up and feel proud of what you are doing…add that extra pep in your step because you are doing a wonderful job! If you are also managing a career then hats off to you!!!! But if family situation/constraints do not allow you to pursue one, don’t get bogged down by it. Just remember you chose to give up that option for a bigger gain….the happiness of your family !!!! How many would do it ???
So three cheers to you and go all out and have fun…….hehehe…everyone else in your house is LOST WITHOUT YOU, if even for a day !!!!
This is not a piece of writing aimed at broadcasting the greatness of homemakers or advocating women’s lib. This out pouring has been spurred on after reading a recent survey, which stated that, if only the unused potential of the section of population called ‘Housewives’ were to be used, India would be a Super power in no time! It’s a simple expression on why I think women – housewives in particular- often underrate their capacity to achieve greater heights in life.
Being a housewife is perhaps the toughest job in the world! Definitely akin to that of an MD or CEO of a big organization without the trimmings of board meetings, perks and accompanying extra fittings. Administration [running the house], Finance [monthly budgets], Targets [every day is a deadline] Labor problems [servants/ staff], HR [maintaining smooth relationships], PR [putting her best foot forward at all times] – you name it and she does everything and all on her own too!!
Tackling the daily menu could be the toughest part of the day, especially when you have people with taste buds that hardly match, especially on a busy Monday morning when everyone is so grouchy about starting a new week. It’s the unwritten rule that you ought to know how to cook the yummiest of dishes like the best of chefs.
By the time everyone leaves the house in the morning rush hour, the place literally looks like a tornado hit area. Clearing the after math requires all the patience in the world, especially if you have kids and certainly deserves no less than a Nobel Prize!!!
What have you…. Piles of clothes, books, CD’s, newspapers to be searched and retrieved from as far as from the toilets, innumerable pens with either the top or bottom missing, a mysterious single sock staring at you …and if you don’t watch your step you’ll have ‘Hot Wheels’ transporting you free of cost to another destination!
Where are the servants, one might ask?
Well, you have to be at your diplomatic best with them…. Pamper them, cajole them, be nice to them, scold them lovingly [??] only to find that you are better off doing most of the work your self!!! One harsh word and what have you ….loads of vessels and clothes staring back at you the next day because she has taken off !!!
….not to mention the numerous phone calls, innumerable door bells, birthdays to be remembered, sudden guests to be tackled…. A slight slip on your part to mention a call and you have the most exasperating question thrown at you “what do you do the whole day ?”
And don’t forget you need to look nice and bright to greet your little ones in the evening or very sweetly be asked, ‘why aren’t you like the mom in the noodles ad ? ‘
In the ultimate analysis it goes without saying that housewives are the finest of people tackling the toughest of jobs…only that is has been taken for granted for so long that people hardly realize their importance until a broken marriage elsewhere shakes them up!
Plus of course, modesty prevents us from bragging about it !
So all you housewives out there, sit up and feel proud of what you are doing…add that extra pep in your step because you are doing a wonderful job! If you are also managing a career then hats off to you!!!! But if family situation/constraints do not allow you to pursue one, don’t get bogged down by it. Just remember you chose to give up that option for a bigger gain….the happiness of your family !!!! How many would do it ???
So three cheers to you and go all out and have fun…….hehehe…everyone else in your house is LOST WITHOUT YOU, if even for a day !!!!
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
MY ORKUT BIRTHDAY ! ! ! 8 th Jan, 2007 !!!
Mindblowing would be an insufficient word to describe the feelings that I experienced on my Birthday this year! When I joined Orkut I never expected that I would befriend so many beautiful people from such amazingly varied backgrounds. …. And when all of them start to wish you well…woooooooowwww… you got to experience it man!!!!!!
I have wished so many friends in Orkut on their birthdays and have often wondered if it was necessary for them to scrap me back thanking me for my wishes… but only this year I realized that it was not a verbal exercise but something from the depth of your heart that had to be expressed...... Because all those wishes struck an emotional chord deep down, giving you a feeling of overwhelming happiness!!!
Before I start getting sentimental [ hehe… did someone tell me yesterday that I was getting older?? }and go sob sob about the public display { Orkut is public , aint it !!] of affection I was showered with, I must confess that it was great fun too!!!
It all started with messages and calls coming in on the dot of midnight … I was told that if my friends could lose sleep in the process of wishing me, then the receiver – yours truly – had no right to crib about lost sleep and better feel blessed ........
And blessed I felt till the wee hours of the morning as I sat half dazed in bed trying to figure out the alphabets on my mobile [I was told in no uncertain terms that I had to acknowledge the messages or they would keep coming!!!!] to acknowledge the messages I was getting , throwing sheepish glances at a puzzled husband – who by the way is no friend of Orkut – who by then had his suspicions confirmed that I had indeed gone bonkers ever since I entered Orkut!
....... tried to switch off my mobile only to have the landline screaming waking the entire household!! And lo behold...... before I got the marching orders to go and sit next to the telephone, I switched on my mobile for dear life and it went on and on and on.....
Morning dawned with my scrapbook loaded with birthday messages from the nocturnal beings in Orkut!!! And as I sat down to thank them along came loads of messages from other dear friends.... I soon found out that I lagged behind by a good 30 scraps in replying…...for every scrap I sent I got two new ones…my scrap rate touched an all time high of 200!!! I certainly hadn’t bargained for this kind of attention on Orkut…and it was so humbling…
It was marathon session on Orkut through out the day …hehehe…guess my typing skills improved by leaps n bounds!!! And it wasn’t just scraps that filled my day !!!!!…had a blown up computerized picture of my own sweet face [ hehehe….i have no claims to modesty ] sent to me as a gift by a good friend Kannan; then there was this really cute friend of mine, Vijay, who came speeding up to my place on his way to office just to wish me with loads of my favorite sweet ; and of course another friend – dearest PC - who insisted that I buy myself a nice gift on his behalf ; and others who were all behind me to have their share of the cake !!! And.....lol...of course some others who insisted that I parcel their share to their respective destinations!!!! Not to forget some beautiful bouquets and loads of E - cards I received !!!!
The best part of the day were the wishes I received from my little young friends..{..lol.... I do have quite a number of school kids in my friends list ! ! ! }.... who, once back home from school, stealthily sneaked into Orkut without their parents knowledge, to wish their ‘Aunty’ happy birthday!!! I was so touched .....
Gosh !!!!!!!.. I never had a birthday like this in my entire life and am I glad I got into Orkut !!!!!!!…coz where else would I have so many good souls – most of whom I haven’t even met – blessing me with the choicest of good wishes!!!!! Thanks guys, I’ll always remember you people for making my day extra special in every possible way. Hats off to all of you !!!
I have wished so many friends in Orkut on their birthdays and have often wondered if it was necessary for them to scrap me back thanking me for my wishes… but only this year I realized that it was not a verbal exercise but something from the depth of your heart that had to be expressed...... Because all those wishes struck an emotional chord deep down, giving you a feeling of overwhelming happiness!!!
Before I start getting sentimental [ hehe… did someone tell me yesterday that I was getting older?? }and go sob sob about the public display { Orkut is public , aint it !!] of affection I was showered with, I must confess that it was great fun too!!!
It all started with messages and calls coming in on the dot of midnight … I was told that if my friends could lose sleep in the process of wishing me, then the receiver – yours truly – had no right to crib about lost sleep and better feel blessed ........
And blessed I felt till the wee hours of the morning as I sat half dazed in bed trying to figure out the alphabets on my mobile [I was told in no uncertain terms that I had to acknowledge the messages or they would keep coming!!!!] to acknowledge the messages I was getting , throwing sheepish glances at a puzzled husband – who by the way is no friend of Orkut – who by then had his suspicions confirmed that I had indeed gone bonkers ever since I entered Orkut!
....... tried to switch off my mobile only to have the landline screaming waking the entire household!! And lo behold...... before I got the marching orders to go and sit next to the telephone, I switched on my mobile for dear life and it went on and on and on.....
Morning dawned with my scrapbook loaded with birthday messages from the nocturnal beings in Orkut!!! And as I sat down to thank them along came loads of messages from other dear friends.... I soon found out that I lagged behind by a good 30 scraps in replying…...for every scrap I sent I got two new ones…my scrap rate touched an all time high of 200!!! I certainly hadn’t bargained for this kind of attention on Orkut…and it was so humbling…
It was marathon session on Orkut through out the day …hehehe…guess my typing skills improved by leaps n bounds!!! And it wasn’t just scraps that filled my day !!!!!…had a blown up computerized picture of my own sweet face [ hehehe….i have no claims to modesty ] sent to me as a gift by a good friend Kannan; then there was this really cute friend of mine, Vijay, who came speeding up to my place on his way to office just to wish me with loads of my favorite sweet ; and of course another friend – dearest PC - who insisted that I buy myself a nice gift on his behalf ; and others who were all behind me to have their share of the cake !!! And.....lol...of course some others who insisted that I parcel their share to their respective destinations!!!! Not to forget some beautiful bouquets and loads of E - cards I received !!!!
The best part of the day were the wishes I received from my little young friends..{..lol.... I do have quite a number of school kids in my friends list ! ! ! }.... who, once back home from school, stealthily sneaked into Orkut without their parents knowledge, to wish their ‘Aunty’ happy birthday!!! I was so touched .....
Gosh !!!!!!!.. I never had a birthday like this in my entire life and am I glad I got into Orkut !!!!!!!…coz where else would I have so many good souls – most of whom I haven’t even met – blessing me with the choicest of good wishes!!!!! Thanks guys, I’ll always remember you people for making my day extra special in every possible way. Hats off to all of you !!!
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Hey.... I am no great writer but would love to become one and this is my first step towards that journey. If at all i got this blog started, the full credit goes to my dear friend Mamatha who had more confidence in my wr1ting skills than me !!!She was constantly behind me to have a go ...and here i am !!!
Heee...heeee... thanx for being here and hope you dont get bored reading my blogs!!! Anyway do let me know what you think ........
Heee...heeee... thanx for being here and hope you dont get bored reading my blogs!!! Anyway do let me know what you think ........
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