Am ready!................ What next??? :-)

Gettin ON!! ... And happily so!! Just a fortnite ago i was this totally jobless gurl with a schedule tat would make anyone Jealous ;) Life sure has been a sprint for me!! Atleast the year gone by!!

Betrothal-Marriage-New home- someone's Wife n a daughter in law !!! From being this fun loving college student wid the 'chalta hai yaar' attitude to a Staff (senior resident) and Staff wife n now a Post graduate student!!!! Whoa!!! Lot many changes on the personal n professional front !!! :)

My LAST one month at home was full of chaos! With the D-day approachin, i had umpteen things to do!! And for the first time tis thought crossed my mind- ' Bunk the marriage! Dont wanna leave family n bombay!!! Wish i could go back in time n change things '.......... Did make a decision to marry n settle down but then i felt it was not as easy as i had thot!!

The first month after the wedlock was Funn!! :-) With me being the center of attraction at home n everywer i went.... Found it lil wierd n funny bt enjoyed being the VIP guest!! ;-)) The couple of months tat followed at home were a mixture of responsibilites... enjoyment... boredom... missin my people... settling down... gettin to knw my neighbourhood... overall, a pleasant experience! :) It was a fast fast life in bombay and Hubli is the other side of the coin! Both hv been great so far, ofcourse wid their share of grey patches! But i believe tats needed to make the big picture balanced!! :)

3months of workin n earnin wr jus soo good!! And before i knew it i was back to being a student!! Have seen life as a hostelite n now gettin a taste of wat it is like to start early frm home ... n not have your 'own' room to tk a nap inbetween n listen to ur frnds talk of wat they did last nite in the room n at d nescafe... n then rush bc home before its dark n quiet!!! It surely is a different take!!!

At times i find it amusin wid d way things keep changing in life!! So unpredictable n sometimes soo 'never thot of ' !!! And all the modifications the mind has to go thru so tat it doesn't lose out!!! Fair or unfair i really dont know! Bt gues tats how clock works!! Jus to make us realise tat its all abt 'Movin on' !! :) With a fair share of cribbin n whining! ;)

Its a mixed baggage! Be it Sunshine or the Storm....
Its ultimately all about just Happily GETTIN ON!!! :-) :-) :-)

Let go your sadness, Give up the plight;
Get on the right gear and Take flight!!!
CHEERS!!! :-)))))

A tale of two cities!

Am a 'pucca' bombayite!!! Be it the bombay attitude.... the people.... or just watever!! i absolutely LOVE my city!!!!! No big deal.... am sure each of us love the place we are brought up in!!!

I always thought tat people frm small towns are a lot nicer than the ones frm metros. Had no personal experience in this regard but just always thought so! Ofcourse the media did hv a share in building up this notion of mine.... since they almost always project the small town girl/boy to be the nice n genuine n the loyal one!!!
But, Enter: DHARWAD-HUBLI
and the belief changed... forever!!!

I remember one of my university examiner here (BDS) asked me during my final exam frm which place i was.... the moment i replied 'mumbai', he made a very disgusting face.... as if i came frm some Red Light Area!!!! I cud hv slapped him ther bt i had an exam to clear! Now i feel i should have!!!

I am yet to come across people more sick n cheap than the ones i hv seen here!! All that they know is to pass dirty remarks...drink all day n all nite... fall in the arms of girls with wives sittin at home... Brush up their vocab everyday with the latest of abuses... and come to work the nxt day with swollen eyes n smoky hair!!! Disgusting buggers!!!! And they hv all been the so-called 'small town' chaps!!!
Such qualified men n wat pathetic mentalities!!!!
And habits tat can put anyone to shame but them!!!!

Keeping it all in mind and waiting for my day to come!!! Just 3 years away frm my safety zone!!! :)
If they like mis-using their power then.... I very well know how to use it!!!

I may be coming frm a city wer the big bad world mainly resides..........
But am glad am not frm this city wer only the 'sick' men reside!!!!

P.S- There are 'exceptions' to every rule! ;-)

Hanged by the neck until DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this the only way out??? ???

Last week saw yet another man line up for the gallows. The press, the people.. all lauded this court verdict. Infact some of the families who lost their loved ones in the Mumbai terror attacks were mum.... the death penalty to Ajmal Amir Kasab was not something they badly wanted..... rather it made not much of a difference to them! But, the country rejoiced for many felt Kasab deserves to die!! And prolly a youth tomorrow will think twice before taking such a horrendous step!

Seems fair if thought this way. But, i have something different to say! I was kind of shocked to read the quotes of people frm arnd the globe demanding Kasab's death! Do we really really have any right to kill somebody like that??? True, that Kasab's act deserves no mercy.... but is the death penalty the right verdict?? I knw very little about the rules of the law but 'Life imprisonment' would have been more appropriate! Just my personal voice! The torture in spending the rest of the life behind bars is a lot more! He is a demon to have killed a hundred people but aren't we falling into the same category by killing him???

And how does Kasab's death give relief to the families who have lost someone in the attacks??? Will the dead get back to life??? Will the sorrow of not having your mum/dad/bro/friend around reduce even one bit??? Sounds extremely strange and senseless to me!

The guilty MUST be punished but 'Blood for Blood' i feel, is a very insane and inhuman way of punishing!!!

I even read someone's response on giving kasab life imprisonment which said 'why waste the nation's money on Kasab's food and clothing and security?' In that case, why waste India's money on any prisoner..... they have all done wrong at some point!!!.... murders.. robberies... rapes... Why have prisons and keep them jailed??? Give yourself a break from this attitude!!! To stand up on that gallow and count your few last breaths can be devastating to no extent!! And, standing up 'for' such a verdict is nothing but an epitome of cruelty!!!

I know many would still disagree, and without dis-respecting anyone's opinion, I personally, strongly condemn the 'death penalty' given to Ajmal Kasab!!!! Wish i had the authority to change it! Somewer it DOES make KILLERS of us!!!

The law cannot please one and all. It has to cater to justice, no matter who is benefited!!
But, the guilty can be punished and justice can still prevail in a more human way!!

Stuck up here?????

There are times when abhijit tells me stories of his childhood in karad, a small town in maharashtra. some funny... some notorious n some as crazy as him ;-)

Few of the most treasured times for him revolve around that place n the people there he grew up with.

Today, after being in dharwad for more than 5 years, I can all but say, i had never enjoyed life as much as i did here!!! And, for the record, "dharwad is not a very great place to be in! "

With my closest of pals gettin hitched and most of them plannin to have their homes set up in the metros of India and Overseas ( wish u gals loads of good times ahead!!! :-))), it is not rare tat am asked 'why hubli of all places?? ..after havin lived in mumbai for so long?' ..'Dont u feel stuck up here???'

Am so so bored of these irritating pests!!! Grow up!!! and think wise!!!!

Gues one feels stuck up wen she/he is frustrated, unhappy, helpless n hopeless!!

And, am faar from all these!!! :-))) I was NOT forced into this marriage u know!!!!!! ;-D

5 yrs in SDM were like a dream and the dream only continues!! :)...

Glad I knew what i wanted. And did not attach too much importance to the not so important aspects! Its the people you laugh n cry with who create magical moments n the sorroundings are just a bonus!! :)

All tat we want is to be happy! And, HUBLI very well serves the purpose!!! :-)))

So, all of you who feel am stuck up here- Dont worry much abt me! ;)

Wish u many happy moments ahead!! :-)

Cheers!!! :-) :-) :-)

Break Free...................

Jump off a cliff, dive into the sea,

And scream n yell in ecstasy!!!!!!!

Come out on the roads and dance on the streets,

N hop n trip when the rain Gods are pleased! :-)

Bash up a hooligan as the crowd stands still,

And see my name flash in the gossip mills ;-)

Shoot the moron who makes life hell,

For a sober, nice chap living happily in his shell.

Get on the power seat and feel the heat,

N set the systen rite... the toughest feat!!! :(

Fly up high above the tallest peak,

With no frills attached, just watch the world in peace.:)

Run off with my love to No Man's Land,

Laugh our hearts out sitting on the sand :-)))

Meet my 1st crush n let him know,

this pretty, young damsel fell for him long long ago! ;-)))

Make a lovely wish, sow a humane act,

And watch the two change to something so apt!!!

Do things i sooo want to but they cross the 'practical' mark always,

For once, Break Free n give a damn to the world....

And just live it My Way!!! :-) :-) :-)

CHEERS!!! :)

Stop the Murky Saga!!!

Imagine yourself to be surrounded by a huge, mad crowd throwing at u some very wild, wierd, mindless and even the most personal of questions.. the paparazzi capturing your every lil emotion and your every small act.. N yet expecting you to be calm n composed through it all!! Ridiculous isn't it???

Thats briefly our Maniac Media. True that with the 'celebrity' tag comes the media glare but shouldn't there be a limit to this sick glare???

Take for instance the Sania-shoaib-ayesha story or for that matter even Tiger Woods.. how inquisitive can the media get about somebody else's life and try n knw every inch of it!!! Disgusting! For Heaven's sake, SPARE THEM!! They will come out in open with it wen they feel the need! Till thn let the Law n the people concerned handle it!! Why don't they just stick to their job of reporting only what is necessary?? Every person has had some flings, some good n some grey stories in life.... its very unethical to make it the nation's breaking news merely coz he/she is a public figure!!!

Really sad that such a dignified job of News Reporting and Editing has now come down to projecting every issue n manipulating every statement with only n only TRP's in mind!! Hope the people soon realise this rising media menace and hit back!!

STOP THIS MURKY SAGA!!!

Help Yourself :)

Have you ever done things you dislike doing and are coaxed to do..... or something you wouldn't have done otherwise???

I never really did.... Stubborn to the T!!! Though i do remember a couple of occasions when i have done things unwillingly simply cuz i didn't want to upset or hurt the person concerned.
Forcing is something i am dead against.... be it with regard to just anything!! And when i am forced to do or not do certain things, it blows my top..... i get irritated... angry... sometimes very very rude!

Yes, one good thing is ,i don't raise my voice or scream or yell or fight..... don't find anything more foolish than that! But there have been a couple of instances when i guess i was a bit too harsh in my response! :-( Didn't like it. Wanted to change.... can't always change the situation... and not always will the other person understand my view point (may be wrong- may be right!)

So there! came up with my 'self help' mantra... ;)..... Any time am so totally pissed and ready to blast anyone who shows up in front.... i just dis-connect myself for a couple of minutes... get involved in some other stuff.... preferably stay away frm others.... wonder n ponder n think n re-think...listen to a song i enjoy listenin to ;).... n wen i do get bc to wer i left, my response is a lot milder! :).... may sound silly to you but it works for me!! :-)

One lesson i learnt is... " I.. ME.. MYSELF.. MY LIFE.. MY DREAMS.. MY NOTIONS.. WHO THE HELL CARES ATTITUDE..." don't always make a happy ending!! Be it out of force or compulsion... one adjustment here n there at times and with a smile can create wonders! :))

Helping myself.... trying to correct my flaws and come up with solutions that eventually make everyone around me and 'me' reasonably happy :) Living... Learning... n Liking it! :)

CHEERS!!! :)))