One for the book! Amitabh Bachchan and SRK

Thanks to the two D's in my life...I had the best day today.
D#1 got me the tickets to this talk with the stars...I always wanted to see Amitabh...he was wearing a black/grey coat and Jeans with runners...and I think he was wearing a wig...I could be wrong here...and he had red highlights in his hair. He was very charming and has an excellent sense of humor...more on that tomarrow!

SRK was wearking a black shirt showing a lot of skin, black jacket white shoes. Surprisingly he was very charming. He was really cool...and so down to earth and had some very funny moments...more on that tomarrow!

Karan johar who was sitting right in front of me (ok 5 rows away LOL) was a khakhi jacket and jeans...

I got a bit carried away...because I seemed to initiate all AB related claps ;) so when they left he did wave a good bye towards me!!!!

Tomarrow I will post on the whole thing...and pics too! For now I am starving!

Oh and D#2...hmmm....more on him later ;)

Food or the lack of it

Last week I had things which are sorry excuses for lunch...
Tuesday - coffee and kitkat,
Wednesday - crackers and grapes
Thursday - salt and vineger chips with fruit punch
Friday - roasted almonds with peach and apple with chat masala
No I am not on some weird diet just that the last time I went to the sub place...the person that was making it sneezed and didn't even wash her hads...suffice to say I tossed that sub in the trash can on my way back to my office...
There are other places but I just can't seem to bring myself to eating from outside any more...and I just don't have the time or inclination to make or pack lunch...

Can't wait to go home this time (Jan 2007)and gorge on food...shoot there goes my "lose 15 pounds" resolution :(

Am I?

Today someone said: "Bahut shararati ho...lagti nahi ho...lekin ho"

No one has ever said that to me. I mean most of the time I really have to make an effort to chill! (xyz use to give me that assignment...chill with me!)

But I guess some people bring out a different side of you. For example there are people who bring out your protective, possesive side... or even same person can bring out different feelings at different time...
There are other people who bring out the funny side of you because they laugh at your lousiest jokes and that encourages you to better yourself for their sake.

Coming back to the first q...do i look shararti to you??

D'uh!!!!!!

2-in-one-blog!
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Two blunders in less then four minutes!
I called oz's radio blog last night...It was around 12.15 my time. I had just finished doing my janamastami pooja...and was kind of groggy.

First called oz by his real name!
And then the a bigger blunder :P giving my name not "vi" but real name!!!

Forgot to greet the co-host...Hi Sumeet! (late but still :P)

Listened to the recording now and my voice sounds so weak...lol thats because hadn't had anything to eat the whole day!

Sorry ozzie...first time calling into a talk show...I guess its one of those "Live and Learn" experiences!

Oh btw, I really don't have an opinion on Ms. Basu.

But it was nice talking to Oz!
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It occured to me that the people with the most "achievers" certificates are single people in their mid 30s to mid 40s. Kind of scary...I mean they hardly take sick days, work late hours, and I doubt if they are any better paid then the rest of us...

Mukesh..can sing romantic numbers too...

I don't know why I always end up with Rafi admirers (I am one of them) but when they start undermining Mukhes...I have to do something!

1. dheere dheere bol koi sun na le
2. ek mazil rahi do phir pyar na kaise ho
3. hum tu tere aashiq hain sadiyon purane
4. Chaal Sanyasi Mandir mein
5. jo hum tu chori se bandhe ik doori se
6. jo tumko ho pasand vahi baat
7. tere hoton ke do phool pyaare pyare
8. mehboob mere mehboob mere tu hai tu
9. mera pyar bhi tu hai ye bahar bhi tu hai
10. saath ho tum aur raat jawan
11. tauba ye matwali chhal
12. jis gali mene tera ghar na ho sajna
13. Ek baar agar tum kahdo
14. Mene Tere liye hi saat raang
15. nain tumhare majadaar
16. naina hai jaado bhare oh gouri
17. ni baliye rooth a bahar ki
18. bali umar bhajan karon kaise
19. vo chand khila vo tare hanse
20. har dil jo pyar karega vo gana gaye ga
21. Meri tammanaon ki taqdeer tum savar do (My absolute Fav)
    

What people say....when in love...

And what unromantics say :)
"The sound of your voice is music to my ears"...I hope you will remember that a few years from now when I shout at our kids, or yell at you for forgetting to get the specific brand of Shampoo I wanted!

"I will love you till eternity"...40 or so years will do hon
"I will love you and only you"...what about my family? your family, our family?
"Do you love me"...you mean since the last minute when you asked me?
"Mere raaton ki neend udadi tumne"...how come your eyes are twinkling michevously?
"I can't live without you"...I am not o2/h2o/food you know!

Wardrobe malfunction ;)

A few weeks back I bought this really cute top.

I tried it on in the store it was loose but I was sold on the color and texture...it complemented my skin tone, and it felt good on the skin...so I shelled out $75 + Tax for it.

A few friends from my previous work place decided to meet for coffee/and or drinks after work...I thought of wearing my new top. I took it to work after work re-did my make-up and put on my new top. I was so excited that I even wore dangling earings...a rare-ity for me!

At the meet I got quite a few looks...I thought they were looks of admiration** But something wasn't quite right...it was mostly the women looking...made me kind of uneasy...finally mustered the courage to ask K if everything was ok? K was nice enough to tell me I was wearing one of those maternity cloths you can't imagine my embarrasment. Of course I didn't stay long after that...I don't think I will be meeting those people ever again.

It was on the regular shelves...how was I to know??

*and expensive by my standards at least
**Hello...the brown top...looks good on light brown skin

Tagged by Priya

I'm thinking about...

• The wonderful people in my life
• Others
• The people I love and what I can do to make them happy
• The useless-ness of violence

I said
Feelings/love cannot be rationalized.

I want

• To be a stronger person...emotionally.
• To be about 15 pounds lighter
• To be able to forgive and forget

I wish
For peace on earth (Honest to god!)

I hear/Listen to

• My conscience
• Oldies...
• Ghazals

I wonder

• If I had never come to Canada...my life would be so different now.
• If certain things had not happened in life...I would be a very different person today

I regret

• Wasting so many years of my life chasing illusions
• Some decisions I made in life

I am

• funny sometimes!
• Caring, considerate, affectionate
• aloof sometimes

I dance...in my dreams!

I sing...again in my dreams!

I cry

• rarely...
• never ever in front of people
• when i feel helpless

I am not

• Always fun to be with
• Patient
• As naive as I use to be
• Optimistic

I make with my hands...decent food and paper plains

I write

• when I am happy
• when I am sad
• when I have too much on my mind
• when I have too much time on my hands...
• Because it is cathartic

I confuse....

• -sweet talk with love
• -desire with need

I need

• To find my purpose in life
• My family and friends

And finally
Tag Punds, Oz and Jeenu

Birthday Game

PS: Okee I shamelessly admit...Lifted from one of the groups posts on Orkut...

Bday game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>Pick the number of the month you where born
>
> 1----I fell in love with
>2----I ate
>3----I smacked
>4----I sang to
>5----I gave my number to
>6----I murdered
>7----I shot
>8----I danced with
>9----I choked on
>10---I went out with
>11---I kissed
>12---I hugged
>
>
>
>Pick the day (number) you were born on:
>
>
>1-------A homeless guy
>2-------your mom
>3-------a banana
>4-------a fork
>5-------a mexican
>6-------a gangster
>7-------a ninja
>8-------an ipod
>9-------my best friend
>10-------a goat
>11-------my dog
>12-------my dad
>13-------the computer
>14-------a football player
>15-------my neighbor
>16-------myself
>17-------a soda
>18-------a llama
>19-------a pickle
>20-------a stuffed animal
>21-------a weirdo
>22-------a sock
> 23-------a tissue
>24-------my pshyciatrist
>25-------a policeman
>26-------my brother
>27-------my sister
>28-------a baseball bat
>29-------a dvd player
>30-------my best friends brother
>31-------my cell phone
>
>Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
>
>White------Because I was high.
>Black-------Because I was drunk.
>Brown-------Because your mom told me to.
> Pink--------Because I'm retarded.
>Red---------Because the voices told me to.
>Blue--------Because Im hott and I do what I want.
>Green------Because I hate myself.
>Purple------Because I'm stupid.
>Gray--------Because that's how I roll.
>Yellow------Because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars.
>Orange----Because I love my family.
>Other-------Because that's what I do.

Now post the sentence which u made...hahaha

Vacations!

So I went for a 5 day vacation to Alberta...It is the most beautiful place I have ever seen....the rockies are just breath taking...the gondola and boat rides were fun!

T was my host-guide-gourmet chef-councellor-(ok the list is huge!) rolled in one!
Thanks T, you are the best!!!




Feel free to browse the pics

A few months...can make all the difference...

A few months can make so much of a difference....from barren, lifeless and cold...to vibrant with life, luscious green...not just the environment but life too :D
From Khiza

To Fiza

Tagged! Six weird things

Aria tagged me...

1. If I ever see a snake in real life...I am sure I will have a heart-attack
2. I am self aware (and self critical) to the limit of being aware of every action from at 3 different angles...if i am not emotionally charged that is (then my brain just goes to the dogs)
3. If I love someone (except family) and they make me cry...thats the end of my love/relationship for/with them (tried and tested...btw...and you can't make me cry that easily)
4. If I take a sankalp...no force on earth can make me change it...3 victims so far...and 4 if you include my health...and quite a few accomplishments...
   
5. I have had so many deja vo experiences that I sometimes feel I have lived this life before
6. My spiritual journey began on the streets of a city in europe when I was around 7...from the hare krisha people... it has been a fasinating one so far

Gi this is your birthday gift the tag passes to you...:P

Mamma Mia...here we?? go again!!

My mom is funny...she really is. Growing up she was so strict about certain things...family honor, modesty in a girl, and all that jazz was what she spoon fed me right from the begining. Boy-friends were a big no-no. I remember I was like really small and don't know from where I picked up this song from Razia Sultan...hai jalta hai badan...I didn't even know what was what but I was singing it and my mom gave me one tight slap across the face...
If I mentioned the name of any guy more then once I got to witness those big eyes...
She was always proud of her "sushil" daughters and believe me I was one. Never had a boy friend all throughout school not even a crush (ok salman khan but thats it).
Then I came to this country...

Anyway coming back to my mom, she has changed since the last few years...when she visited last time she was all ears when any of my men friends (colleauges and classmates) called and in fact encouraged me to be outgoing...now whenever I talk to her she pressurizes me to chase guys (ok..."Settle down" is how she puts it).

Funny how things change...

dreams

Nandu-ji the promised blog

Dreams are intuitive...there are three dreams that I know when I see them they indicate that I am very stressed and I need to de-stress

1. math exam dream --I left math in 12th grade
2. no job dream --i have always managed to find a job before letting go of one (thank you shiva)
3. no visa dream - my visa always came even if it came on the last day (that problem is not there anymore)

Haven't had those dreams in a while...meaning I am doing well...or it could also mean no sleep...this whole week I got up at 5...this has never happened before I am not a morning person...if no one woke me up I could sleep through out the day...but for almost a month now, I get up early...and lie on my bed...thinking...I should get up and go for a walk...the summer is beautiful here...

On a side note...nandu ji acchcha hamri ankhe subbu ki akhhon jaise hain...you!!!

Next thing you know flower is comparing me to don and punds to sheru :))...I doubt gi or jeenu has a pet...have a nice weekend folks.

June- Mid year!

Its already June!!! This year has been the most "eventful" year so far-mighty highs(Jan4th,Ap,May28th) and abyssal lows(Feb/early march). Things are happening faster then I can keep a track of them. In 5 months 2 jobs and already offer/and thinking of 3rd one* (Na, don't think I will take it!)...and people too...I don't know whats going on but people all of a sudden are realizing my exisitence**. I have never had people pay that kind of attention to me....and no I am not talking just about men but friends, family, co-workers...and I am the same old me...nothing has changed...or has it? And like all good things this might not last for too long...so trying to capture as much of it as I can :)

*My qualifications are nothing great and no I am not being modest here
**No, I have not become flashy or outgoing all of a sudden

Baby steps

Its been 6 years since I have been to the airport...the place just gives me the creeps...its of of my "crazy-vi" things -snakes and airports just give me a weird feeling...even in pictures they manage to unsettle me!
In six years didn't go to recieve or see of mom, dad, didi and friends...at the airport...thats how bad it is getting...so when I booked my tickets today I was feeling strange...someone offered to accompany me to the airport and I said no I will be fine...vi is a big girl (not literally!) now...she can manage.
Even planing to make a trip to India...by end of this year...I always plan but this year its like calculated vacation time + added times in liue, checked the air fares, even decided what to get whom...dekhte hain...

Sabotager!!!

So this "friend" asked me out...it was a long weekend and i thought i should take a break from the weekend routine of cooking cleaning and socialize a bit, so I said yes.
I was running late so called him up to let him know I would be around 20 min late. I get there on the revised time...I extend my hand he goes for the hug...awkward!!!
We worked together...last job...so naturally we talk about that place...and you know me...I talk a lot about xyz...so this guy is bored, irritated. We managed to talk about other things but I know I have already sabotaged the situation. 2.5 hours later...he walked me back to my place...we shook hands :))

Got it!

I was feeling a bit mush mush...and zeroed it down to the songs on my ipod! Here is the export list

1. Aaja piya tohe pyar doon
2. Aaja Re Aa Zara
3. Aaj kal paaon zameen par nahi padte mere
4. Aayee Zanzeer ki Jhankar
5. Are Jane Kaise Kab Kahan
6. Baahoon Mein Chale Aao
7. Badal Yun Garajta Hai
8. Bade Armanon Se Rakha Hai
9. Bagon Mein Bahar Hai
10. Baharon Phool Barsao
11. Baith mere paas tujhe dekhti rahoon
12. Chalke Jaam
13. Dheere Dheere chal chand gagan mein
14. Dheere Dheere Machal eh dil-e-bekaraar
15. Dil Jo Na Keh Saka
16. Gaaye Ja Geet Milan ke
17. Gulabi Ankhen Jo Teere Dekhi
18. Is Jahan Ki Nahin tumhari Ankhen
19. Ja Re Ja O Harjaee
20. Jaane Kya Baat hai
21. Jaiye Aap kahan jayeengey
    
22. Jalta Hai Badan
23. Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar Laga teer e nazaar
24. Kaun Ayaa Ki Nigahon Mein
25. Khat Likh De
26. Koi Aaya Dhadkan kehti hai
27. Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe
28. Man kyun behka re behka aadhi raat
    
29. Sar Se Sarke sarke Chunariya
30. Sharm Aati Hai Magar
31. Tumhe Ho Na Ho Mujhko To
32. Ye Jo Chilman
    
33. Yeh Reshmi Zulfen
34. Yeh Sama Sama Hai

Nothing...Particular...

Fear of the unknown!
No not aliens! or X-Files kind of stuff but unknown as in fate, destiny, kismat...kya hoga, kya nahi hoga...
And to top it all this song is playing in my head for the last 24 hours!

Jaane Kya Baat Hai, Jaane Kya Baat Hai
Neend Nahin Aati Badi Lambi Raat Hai

Saari Saari Raat Mujhe Isne Jagaya
Jaise Koi Sapna Jaise Koi Saaya
Koi Nahin Lagta Hai, Koi Mere Saath Hai
Neend Nahin Aati Badi Lambi Raat Hai...

Dhakdhak Kabhi Se Jiya Dol Raha Hai
Ghungat Abhise Mera Khol Raha Hai
Door Abhi To Piya Ki Mulaqat Hai
Neend Nahin Aati Badi Lambi Raat Hai...

Jab Jab Dekhoon Maein Yeh Chand Sitare
Aaisa Lagta Hai Mujhe Laaj Ke Mare
Jaise Koi Doli Koi Baraat Hai
Neend Nahin Aati Badi Lambi Raat Hai...

You've got mail?

*Its been a while since I blogged (by my standards:) ...so here is a space filler-see acknowledgemnts before accusing me of plagarism*

Remember watching this movie ages ago...didn't relate to it then...its a different story now. And working in an FI -Bhole understands but he doesn't read my blogs anymore :( you can't access mail like hotmail, gmail, yahoo mail...so first thing I do when I get home is check my mail...ok drifting here...so if vi were to write a skit on those lines it would be something like this:
Lets think of names...hmm...hmmm....void! and null
so null emailed void, void replied -eager/enthu a bit too much...made null think...then null realised that she had made that mistake once (and she had to kick herself for it)...shrugs it as "nerves"...null decides to wait and watch.
chat session 1
void has web cam on...and he looks cool (or is it hot?) (darn, null is shallow after all)...null wonders why void is interested, after all void is the personification of TDH and null...well the exact opposite.
Null treds the path cautiously...void says call me I am waiting....null thinks and thinks and a few hours later null calls...null is nervous...void is nervous or tongue tied...in other words call last 3 minutes. void emails null...liked the voice ...schedules another chat session.
Null is into poetry...void asks for sample...null sends the most seductive one in her armour...void likes it...had to...writes a long lovey dovey email...null replies but can't seem to write lovey dovey stuff (self preservation??).
next chat session...void and null talk about things...45 min into the session null's city has power failure...so chat session ends...null can't call void coz number is in the computer...void thinks...what the hell...emails...null later sends an email but one already there...null explains power failure (Hell its Delhi what can you do about the power!) so...blah blah...void not completely convinced...says ok chat tomarrow same time...null's building still does not have power. next day...null gets voids number somehow and calls void and tells him chat cancelled. void says can he call...null says other commitments...void thinks "tactics"...null says anytime after tuesday is good...its thursday...void hasn't called...null thinks...has he given up? is he bored? is he busy? is he plain kanjoos (hehehe)....null is still thinking when void calls....

• Moral of the story...null and void! Meaning nothing
• Inspiration from names came from java and FI (checks)!
• Story idea plagarism at its best: Nandu's ek phone call blog, my own (as in mita wala) story, and you've got mail....I think if acknowledged...plagarism is not plagarism!

OK not as funny as nandu-ji's but hey I tried!