tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27042172412966173292024-03-14T09:27:57.273+05:30The ThinkeressSometimes,the over-Thinkeress...I have a gift.Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-65475286947670857112013-12-31T15:00:00.001+05:302019-10-29T12:50:32.580+05:30What 2013 Taught Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So I've been AWOL for a while. And while haven't been doing any actual blogging, I have definitely been talking about it...'tis one of the only impressive-sounding things in a thoroughly-average, lazy bookworm's life. Makes people think you're into web-design and things when in fact, your Diploma in Engineering is worth exactly puddlenuts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway, 2013 has been a fun ride and this is what I've learnt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trying to learn integration and differentiation in one night is bad idea. Might as well not bother studying at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A blog is probably one of the only things you can boast about, that won't embarrass you. Until someone actually reads it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Don't begin watching The Big Bang Theory unless you intend to finish the series. And the bloopers, and the filming episodes and the Comic-Con panels. That said, everyone should watch it. Give up your Christmas break. You won't be sorry. <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/raruschel/18-stages-of-getting-addicted-to-a-new-tv-show-fnqc">This.</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yep.Arms and all.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you live in India and speak English you should join Teach India. People who actually want your advice about their English, free food during training at a fancy hotel, and a British Council certificate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What more does a pernickety convent-school grammar-granny want?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using ghee when one runs out of butter to make chocolate is a bad idea. Unless you don't mind chocolate-flavoured <i>mysore pak</i>. Blech. And I still ate it.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That's what I felt like. Till I remembered that I made it myself.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Don't ever step out of the house with friends thinking it's only till the shop downstairs to say bye. It never is. Always dress like people are watching you. That's how one ends up at the railway station in a brown nightdress and fishbone-flipflops with a deranged grin on one's face.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Also, Don't wear (unintentionally) torn-jeans thinking no one will notice. They do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Google Keep is a bad idea. So is Google+. The first because you will probably end up losing all those hard-to-come-by smart-aleck replies you think of after arguments and the second because all your imaginary stalkers need only type in your name in Google to see your grinning face. That said, all hail Mother Google.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Seriously, do not use Google Keep. Not unless you want to end up like this:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thus proved. Cats are always cute. Unlike human beings like yours truly.</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Buzzfeed India</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Posting on a schedule is going to get difficult(*snort snort*)so I'm thinking of joining <b>Twitter</b>, The Twitteress anyone?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">140-character prospects! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've decided a twice-a-month schedule and thinking of joining IndiBlogger...I could use some peer-pressure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And maybe a blog-makeover. The possibilities are endless!</span><br />
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now, I might as well tell you why it is easier to excuse oneself from one's
writer-ly obligations and read sappy romance novels occasionally stopping to
make more lassi because IT IS TOO HOT for anything else…and because learning
Spanish from <i>Spanish for Dummies</i>, as
I found out, is only for those dummies who have also read <i>Memorizing for Dummies</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And learning to play <i>Happy Birthday</i> with a studio-grade
piano with options enough to take one to Mars ain't so much fun either. And
now, according to the government I have no fingerprints.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Based on a true story.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Aadhar Card. Supposedly the <i>One card to rule them all. </i>Which doesn't exactly translate well for
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway, being the law-abiding,government-respecting(cough
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 1.Fill in form with personal details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 2.Scan fingerprints.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 3.Retina scanning(and boy, do eyes look ugly when all
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 4. Check whether
the clerk got all your details right and that you haven’t gone from being Lalit
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">See? Easy as pie…only, not for me. Nope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because yours truly fails the one step no normal human being would
ever fail. The fingerprints.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No matter how hard I’d push down on that fingerprint
scanner, all I’d see was ‘Data not enough’.You’d think a 95-kilo dad holding
your hand down would be enough to pop the fingerprints out of a rock but no
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then the clerk girl asks us to come back after 25 days
when my fingerprints grow back and to Vaseline-ise myself till then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Really
woman?? You think what hasn't grown in 18 years is going to pop up in 25 days
for fear of not getting an Aadhar card?? And yeah, Vaseline is my middle name(dry
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But in all fairness blaming everything on the machine and
the girl isn't very…fair. Not their fault…maybe the I'm-an-alien-princess
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Bow all ye scum to Princess Zelda of Planet Xanadu in the 13<sup>th</sup> Galaxy!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Heck yeah. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But come on government, you could at least TRY to help us
poor aliens attempting to adapt ourselves to your world...take some lessons
from those <i>Men in Black</i> movies…a little alien embassy so we get more of our
kind and a coupla hot agents to chase us. Watcha gonna lose??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yours truly,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Disappointed alien princess…<i>Still</i> waiting for her Aadhar
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And as you can see the summer hasn't been doing much for my
sanity but it is good to be back and blogging and stalking all you good people of
the Internet, barring the wicked pervies who spam my blog… I'm watching you.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">Although I don’</span><span lang="en-US">t see any cute, naked, Greek babies floating anywhere in my vicinity and no part of my cerebrum has turned to gooey mush or anything, this year I do have something to be especially happy about and say I love you too.</span></div>
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I just got Liebstered!</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">The lovely </span><a href="http://momina17.blogspot.in/"><span lang="en-US">Momina </span></a><span lang="en-GB">and </span><a href="http://weareallabigpartofit.blogspot.in/"><span lang="en-US">The Unicorn Lady</span></a><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">have both tagged me for my very first shiny badge....of bloggy honour and pride and shtuff.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">Blog awards are nice and all but just passing them on kinda makes them like some mass forward SMS...If you</span><span lang="en-US">’re in the right circles you get one and if you’re not, I'm sorry...*sad no*...which doesn't seem very fair.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">It's raining for the very first time this year as I type this!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">I palm-sweat. A lot.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">I read in the shower. Sometimes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">Barf-fact: I saw a dead rat with its innards lying on the road today.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">If I could pick a celebrity to turn into it'd be Jennifer Lopez(when I'm on an I'm-FAAAT streak only).</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-GB" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">I can</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">’t remember what I look like at times.</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-GB" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">I think I</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">’ll make a terrible wife. Or employee.Or anyone who can be called a responsible adult really.</span></li>
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1. Who is the last person you usually think about before going to sleep?</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">*Narcissistic</span><span lang="en-US"> smirk* That'd be myself. Saying sorry to God for all the dumb things I did that day. Or sometimes it's about whom I've been reading.</span></div>
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2. Something you do alone, but wouldn't do in front of others.</div>
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3. Do you have any strange phobias?</div>
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Not especially. I hate touching garbage bins. No, not even to change the bag.</div>
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The hard one! It keeps changing.</div>
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Currently, I'm all Gillian Flynn. And Jenny Lawson. Because they're brilliant.</div>
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Oh yes, C.S. Lewis...all time favourite. And Roald Dahl too.</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">Nope. I collect them! All in pretty,different-coloured</span><span lang="en-US"> bunches.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">I'm </span><span lang="en-US">in a contented-bubble right now, so I’d say where I am now. Otherwise it would be Bhutan. Or Africa. Or France.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">NEVER.</span><span lang="en-US"> I'm terrified of heights. I'm even scared of going on a kid-sized slide.</span></div>
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Depends on whether I wanted to be a pirate or a Na'vi at that moment! But otherwise I like names that begin with a K or an A and have an L somewhere...stupid answer. Something like Keyla...or something. Naah.</div>
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Keeps changing. I like old stuff. Indian Ocean, Bombay Vikings, Blue are some I'm remembering now.</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">Lucky.</span><span lang="en-US"> Though I don’t believe in luck being what gets people anywhere.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">I really like this quote from the Three</span><span lang="en-US"> Musketeers:</span><br />
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<span lang="en-GB">Who am I kidding. I'm a Princess...I want Prince Charming. With a Mallu</span><span lang="en-US"> sense of humour.</span><br />
<span lang="en-US">On a second note, maybe I don't. Not a Prince Charming.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">12.</span><span lang="en-US"> What are you made for?</span></div>
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To edify. Though I wish I adhered to it more.</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">I've tried to do this</span><span lang="en-US"> nicely and it was difficult. Really difficult. I'd have liked to pick everyone in my reading list and I've tried picking those people who don't seem to have a Liebster as yet and whose blogs I immensely love!</span></div>
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</span> <span lang="en-US"><span lang="en-GB"><a href="http://browngirlbloggin.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">BrownGirlBloggin</a><span style="font-size: small;"> - ROFL ROFL crazy. Where being brown isn't a bad thing!</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB"><a href="http://spill-beans.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Ghadeer</a> - Original.Crazy.Writer.Love!</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://quirks-and-irks.blogspot.com/">Ginger</a> </span><span lang="en-GB">- Journalistic.Tongue-in-cheek funny. She reminds me why I love the Irish so!</span><br />
<span lang="en-GB"><a href="http://renaissancehippy.blogspot.in/" target="_blank"><b>icyHighs </b></a>- A vast vocabulary if well-used(with a shot of that sly humour) can lead to absolute infatuation with his blog! That's what I learnt. And he just released a book. About time I'd say.</span></div>
<span lang="en-GB"><a href="http://impossibly-tiger.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold;">Laila N Mysis</a><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"> - She's got the </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">fun-nest</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"> family I've seen on a blog. And I love how she thinks. And writes!</span></span><br />
<span lang="en-GB" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://stuteenag.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stutee</a> </span><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">- Repeat from before. Bold. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Badass</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">. <i>Bindass!</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://tangledtofu.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tangled Tofu</a> </span><span lang="en-GB">- I'm going to see her on my bookshelf one day. I know.:)</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB"><a href="http://lovehaterelationshipwithworld.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">TayTay</a> - Sensational.And she lives in South Africa. What more do ya need?!</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB"><a href="http://www.diaryofthenarcissist.com/" style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold;">The Narcissist</a><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"><b> </b>- </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Narcissism</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"> is definitely good when it's this funny!</span></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://zebra-talk.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Zeba</a> </b>- How could I not?! Her writing is something I'd back-up if there were an Internet apocalypse.</div>
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<span lang="en-GB">3.</span><span lang="en-US"> The phone's ringing, someone just rang the doorbell, the baby is crying and the tap is overflowing. In which order would you tackle these?</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">4.</span><span lang="en-US"> Something you absolutely cannot bear and something you love in a person.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">5.</span><span lang="en-US"> Coolest job ever according to you?</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">6.</span><span lang="en-US"> One thing on your bucket list.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">7.</span><span lang="en-US"> Pirates or ninjas? Why?</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">9.</span><span lang="en-US"> How many kids(if any) do you want to have?</span></div>
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<span lang="en-GB">10. Is Pluto a</span><span lang="en-US"> planet according to you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">Yeah and before I forget, Happy Valentine's Day to all of you celebrating it and if you're not…</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">P.S. I just realised I haven't done anything about the badge that all of you I tagged are to get.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I don't plan to hang my award anywhere on my blog but for those of you who are, go select one from <a href="https://www.google.co.in/search?q=liebster+blog+award&hl=en&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=wRweUZyyKsLprQe8jIBI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=643">here</a>. Have fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Note: <b>This post might have nothing to do with the title.</b>So if you're here looking for arguments to use against software pirates<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> or something,you're at the wrong place mate!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And this post has a lot of </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">unnecessary</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> rambling which I was too proud of to edit but you’re free to
skip paragraphs </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">any time</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> you feel like it’s getting boring and you won’t be
missing anything. But I'll love you if you do manage to read the whole
thing...*insert cute smile* or at least my best impression of cute...which ain’t
very cute actually!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">On with it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I've</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> run out of ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The problem is nothing,
I repeat, nothing I come up with is original, and every single thing is <s>copied</s>
inspired by something or someone else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> tired of
constantly waking up and rooting through thoughts, words, actions, newspapers, books, movies, YouTube videos and everything under the sun for something I can
talk about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I surprise myself at
times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I have these weird
slow motion visions in my head a lot these days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’ll be doing
something, and all of a sudden, everything slows down and becomes ultra minute
and clear and I’ll have writery phrases pop into my head to describe those...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">For example:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Walking home after
college:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Looking at a girl with
a pretty looking tan on her face...<i>sun
kissed</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Which makes me...<i>sun f**ked</i>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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beautiful people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’ll sometimes see
this pretty person on a road or bus or train and I want to go up to them, tap
their shoulder and tell them, “You know you’re gorgeous right?!” and in my head
write a post describing them using Victorian phrases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">While making an omelette:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Eggs are the most forgiving things on earth</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> because however badly you splatter them while pouring; they’ll
always heal while cooking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Didn't</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> someone say
there’s a lesson to be learnt in everything?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Heck even when </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> reading something for crying out loud:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I begin reading. Each word on the screen clamouring for my
attention. Begin from the beginning. Milking each sentence for all it is worth.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>I've</i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> never read this carefully before...sifting every sentence for
layers or hidden meanings. Funny because </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> never been a carefully-read kinda
person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You know </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">you've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> hit
rock bottom when you contemplate writing a blog-post on why you love the word ‘f**k’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">No kidding. This is
how far I got:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Four letters. One
syllable. This word has captured the imagination of everyone...and I love it.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i>I love the relief that
comes with just yelling f**k...unparalleled. Except by maybe a few other cuss
words. But I prefer this one. It’s pretty clear and unambiguous. And mostly everyone
understands it.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This can be
irritating. Since every single time I have to quickly run and grab something to
record this on or I lose the train of thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Or it could possibly
be what is called 'Getting an Idea'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Yeah, I know. Certified
crazy I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Back to why I
can’t think of anything to write.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Keeping with the ‘</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> a </span></span><s style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">copycat</s><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> pirate’ title here’s an extract from Gone Girl by Gillian
Flynn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">She is the kind of
author who would capture your imagination and keep it in a tin box next
to her bed and you’d only be glad for that... </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> stretch that too far did I?</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">She shakes up a lot. I
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For several years, I had been bored. Not a whining, restless
child’s boredom (although I was not above that) but a dense, blanketing
malaise. It seemed to me that there was nothing new to be discovered ever again.
Our society was utterly, ruinously derivative (although the word <i>derivative
</i>as a criticism is itself derivative). We were the first human beings who
would never see anything for the first time. We stare at the wonders of the
world, dull-eyed, underwhelmed. Mona Lisa, the Pyramids, the Empire State
Building. Jungle animals on attack, ancient icebergs collapsing, volcanoes
erupting. I can’t recall a single amazing thing I have seen first-hand that I didn't immediately reference to a movie or TV show. A fucking commercial. You
know the awful singsong of the blasé: <i>Seeeen it</i>. I've literally seen it
all, and the worst thing, the thing that makes me want to blow my brains out,
is: The second-hand experience is always better. The image is crisper, the view
is keener, the camera angle and the soundtrack manipulate my emotions in a way
reality can’t any more I don’t know that we are actually human at this point,
those of us who are like most of us, who grew up with TV and movies and now the
Internet. If we are betrayed, we know the words to say; when a loved one dies,
we know the words to say. If we want to play the stud or the smart-ass or the
fool, we know the words to say. We are all working from the same dog-eared
script.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real,
actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an
endless automat of characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a
soul mate, because we don’t have genuine souls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters,
because I'm not a real person and neither is anyone else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I would have done anything to feel real again.</span><span style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">If you’re YouTube
maniacs like I am, you might be familiar with the viral video called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8" target="_blank">Numa Numa</a>,
this is the live version by O Zone(Yeah,they're a boy-band.What better way to get into the One Direction spirit of things!). And the language is Romanian, you’ll want
to know after watching it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">P.S. And I know what
you’re thinking right now...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">That, dear reader, is
what happens when my brain goes into overdrive...I start thinking too much and
too little all at once.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And why did I subject you
to that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Well...I have no
answer. Other than the oft-quoted Writer’s block...but hopefully you’ll be back
next time for more craziness and not file a lawsuit against me...</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">trust me to exaggerate.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Oh well!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Have a fantastic
February! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Also today’s the two
month birthday of my blog!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Let's Partayy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">**And the title's pirated too.From <a href="http://idiva.com/news-entertainment/reema-kagti-i-was-obsessed-with-mr-bachchan/17660">here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">See,I'm the </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">piratingest</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> pirate that ever lived...as long
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">And I did get the results from those exams
I mentioned somewhere before and let me just say the marks make me want to start a
protest march against the board's correction system!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-83889973164351244722013-01-26T09:25:00.000+05:302013-01-26T23:21:10.922+05:30One Republic To Go (NO BANANA PLEASE)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">*clears throat*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Today,Ladies and Gentlemen,is the 64th Republic Day of India...the day when the constitution of India came into force.And yes,we celebrate that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And in honour of this wonderful day...blah,who am I kidding?!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">*back to gangsta*</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Yo peepulz,I have this awesome guest-post by Stutee Nag of <a href="http://stuteenag.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Stu(art)</a> who wrote me this <i>phatang</i>(roughly means bombshell) post.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Okay,Introduction time,This chick ain't taking no mess from anyone.She's honest.And bold.And crazy....and my long-lost twin(seriously,you wouldn't believe the number of times I've sat gaping at her blog with what appear to be my thoughts written on it!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And one of my earliest bloggy friends.And you need to go check her...ahem,her blog, out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So without further ado,Presenting...</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">‘</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">India is my beloved
country and All Indians are my brothers and sisters</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">’</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I used to pledge in
school and then promptly add <u>‘</u></span><u style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">except for one</span></u><u style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span></u><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> under my breath, only to laugh later for a
good ten seconds at the funniest joke known to me at that time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It was real fun - Pledging that way!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But hey, hold your horses. Before you get all
judgemental about me, let me clear the air. That was then, I have grown up now
and I kid you not, I love India. I might not pledge it every day but hell </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yeah, </span></i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I am one proud Indian. And just like you, I associate myself
with everything that India feels great about or </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ahem (gulp- gulp) </span></i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">vice versa (Gang rapes, never ending corruption, Honour Killings
etc etc<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to name a few.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2012 ended in a sombre unison. Finally India reflected
on its ways and learnt a lesson or two, the hard way of course. They said the
world was going to end in 2012 and I was like, yeah right- because God is just
that kind. But we did hit a virtual end<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">didn't we? The
lowest of lows were reached and that too</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>khullam khulla.</i></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Okay- enough- I know a lot has been said, written
and heard in that regard and since </span><b><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">no cribbing </span></u></i></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">happens to be my resolution for the year 2013, so let me just
skip past to something happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s think happy- Ummmmm....ummmm.....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rahul Gandhi<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tada!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Because what</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s happier than the
happy ending of the tale of the dynastic prince of the world</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s largest democracy ;-) Ironically, this may be the saddest
thing I have heard since the unfortunate gang rape episode. Oh no, don</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">t get me wrong - I am not criticizing Rahul Gandhi. Poor chap, he has already earned more flak than Poonam Pandey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(It is the idea of him that I am criticizing. The
idea of someone being crowned the virtual king of the ruling party- even though
all he had in the name of credentials<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">was the GANDHI DNA)
He may be a wonderful person (no denying- charming, that he is) - all I am
against is this eyewash that us Indians are subjected to in the name of big
words like democracy, republic,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>aam aadmi</i> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">etc etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My point is, call India the princely state of Rahul
Gandhi and we are good to go- why the Constitution? Why the Rule of law? Why
the whole Dog and Pony show? Those of us studying law will pass the course
just like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is how our judiciary exam</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s question paper should look like:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ans.1<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Rahul Gandhi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bam! 100/100<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">there</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s your degree, young man. Go serve the nation now. (Read:
Kingdom) Long live the king. Hail Rahul!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">s a good Idea. Innit? I mean, why slug our asses for
all those years<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">learning the
constitution of India (which is by the way the lengthiest in the world)- when a
one word answer can get all our problems solved<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When, no matter
what, everything boils down to the shitty ground reality</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The truth of the Modern day</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>Raj.</i></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So what? Let them turn the Gandhis into the present day Royalty
of India<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">hell, if they want
they can build Maharaja Rahul his own Taj Mahal<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I couldn't care
less. Let the elections come and I will not vote for the mamma's boy and then
the joke will be on them,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I console myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will vote for Narinder Modi instead.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Oh Dear Lord<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is this what it
feels like to be caught between a rock and a hard place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Should I get back to Rahul only?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Shit, am I cribbing again?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hey, wait a second.... I think, I am losing it<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I may be going crazy
here- there is darkness all around me- i am seeing black dots- is this a
condition or a symptom? Black dots every where.. BIG BLACK DOTS- and I am getting
claustrophobic too.. No, no, wait- where are you going- don</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">t leave me alone...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">BACK TO HAPPY<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">BACK TO HAPPY<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We the people, India shining, sovereign, socialist,
secular, democratic, republic, Incredible India, Om Prakash Chautala! Khap
panchayat! Dented and Painted women! Damad ji! Didi ji! Behen ji! Mayawati!
Italian girlfriend! MULAYAM SINGH YADAV! Suresh Kalmadi! Aye Raja! Terrorism!
Corruption! Rapes! Gang Rapes ! Imam Sidqqui! Nitin Gadkari! That self
proclaimed God man! Cwg! Cvc! Adarsh society! Coalgate!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Woof- woof! Grrr.... growl.... errr..............
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Oh fuck it! Who am I kidding? I have lost it
already.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-60899087847497204282013-01-10T23:53:00.003+05:302013-01-17T22:38:17.541+05:30It's a Blog's Life!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I've</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> been thinking of writing this post for some
time and I finally cranked it out in a not very inspired mood. But let us go
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">There was this question in my Computer Security paper
last semester:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Describe
the life cycle of a virus<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Never mind that I probably am going to score a zero on
that answer (I faintly remember writing something about virus babies) but I decided
to write that answer in relation to something I love (as opposed to an evil
virus)...my blog!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">That coupled with another new fascination. GIFs. These
tiny little moving pictures manage to say what authors attempt to express in
several paragraphs(sometimes several pages!) and they might be bad for writing
but I lurve them!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>The Life-Cycle of a Blog</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Phase 1:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>INCEPTION</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Where you first fall in love (and envy) with someone
else's blog!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Elder brother, sister, <i>chacha, mama</i>, favourite author, anyone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The freedom, the creativity, the virtual popularity it
presents...unmatched!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A lot of blogs are born out of the oh-that’s-so-cute-I-want-that-too
thought when we first see a blog. All of us have that inspiration story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">It starts for some (like me) as a spot to collect all
the writery drivel we write and hopefully not have people ridicule the stuff, for
some a popularity game to flaunt on Facebook(I’ve heard it helps if you have a
sexy mugshot as your profile picture!),for some to use as a journal(but FB ruined
all that!) or whatever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Me, when I first saw eM’s blog.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Phase 2:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>DEFLATION</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This is the place where all the elation from Phase One
plummets (busted balloon style...with the high pitched wailing) when your little
baby isn't considered all that great in big cruel outside world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Secretly whispering 'I just got my own blog' to friends
(no family because...'course not!) doesn't elicit more than a 'Really?' from
close friends and a 'Yep it’s cool. You did this yourself?' after they have a
look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="from Love Sonnet LXVI" height="300" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mav0yaKyGj1rhw7hco1_500.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">No wonder cats are cool!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Phase 3.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>PROPAGATION</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Where you pull yourself out of the I-just-made-a-blog-and-no-one-gives-a-s**t-about-it
haze and chalk out an active plan to get that stat-graph and GoogleFriendConnect
box filling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">So you go on a blog-finding spree and end up finding
some awesome writing in the process. You contemplate obliterating the pathetic
excuse of a blog you've created after your self-esteem takes a serious beating
after reading all the gorgeous goods which much more talented people have
online.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">And you read and read and keep reading and comment and
stalk and one day, you get comments of your own too...you join this little
virtual world of crazy misfits, non-popular geniuses and generally awesome
people you always wished you’d meet one day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Me,when I get a comment...or a compliment.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From here the story can go two ways,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>ONE.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Stuff goes exactly the way you wanted it to.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Your blog grows, and grows and grows and reaches
dizzying heights of blog-success and popularity, till you reach that point in time
when you talk to *awesomekitty* from Timbuktu and pat-the-lad from Tennessee
more than you talk to your real-life boyfriend/girlfriend and you sometimes get
these wide-eyed stares when you describe that crazy-ass long comment thread on
sparklysam that went on forever over dinner with your family...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Then they decide to pack you off to a far flung
college with no outside connect except a phone in the principal’s office so
that you stop all this <i>blog-shog</i>
nonsense and begin passing in some subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">OR less dramatically, you get busy with life. With
studies. Or a job. Or a new girlfriend/boyfriend(this is a little unlikely
because I've seen that getting yourself a partner only sharpens the need to spill
your guts to the public...not generalising of course).Or you get married. Or basically
life happens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Or you die.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">End of blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Something like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>TWO.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Stuff doesn't go the way you planned.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You tank. You go bust. You’re defeated by the evil
blog-monsters. Your self-esteem goes to the dogs. You spill tears over the
blog-audience you never had. You decide to go back to more quaint methods of
expressing yourself...the good ole diary, or more probably #Facebook, #Instagram
or #Twitter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What??You're telling me I
can’t make hashtags on my blog?!</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You never come back.And you feel something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Phase 4.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>DECLINE</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The fate of all blogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I wish it weren't.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Just like the two cases above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">But the world calls with jobs and spouses and more
lucrative and Boring but Necessary Things to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">And the loser is the blog...the place that got you
through many a hard day with all the happiness, goodness and encouragement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">When I stop being so jumpy, when I go from crazy teen
to mommy-ish...do I graduate to a group of mom-and-babe blogs or techie blogs
or something?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I need answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">But then there's always...THE COMEBACK!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">All my plans to produce better writing simply aren't working. Call it writer’s block. Or the balderdash of an untalented uninspired
writer...I simply don’t write stuff I’d be proud to call my own. Like what </span><a href="http://zebra-talk.blogspot.in/" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Zeba</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> writes. This girl is the cause of many a bout if self-writing-loathing and
swooning over how beautiful words can be. You’re missing something big if you haven’t
read her. Go fall in love!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">And my signing-out song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">May
It Be</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> by Enya. You've heard it in</span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Lord of the Rings</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">. And if you've been wondering who sang it, like me, I
bring it to you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">P.S. I meant this post to be a funnier and more LOL-worthy
post than the drivel you had to read through but after this sudden spate of
comments on my blog and the virtual popularity(and the non-virtual bloated
head), the truth is my noggin plain ain't working.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">But as a present for you who laboured through that
post, here’s something that’s REALLY funny. Ladies and Gentlemen, Presenting,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Achmed the Dead Terrorist!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-38680092207811688002012-12-31T12:24:00.001+05:302013-01-13T19:21:36.902+05:30An Everythingly-Incorrect Tata to 2012!<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I really </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">didn't</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> start
out wanting to make a list-post of what </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I've</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> been doing this year but this is
how it turned out and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> way too good(read: lazy)to take away from you this
work of s****y literature, this Specimen
of nonsense gone wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Aaand Here it is!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">STUFF </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'VE</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> DONE THIS
YEAR:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Got myself an internet connection (the beginning of it
all!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Found myself a place on the Internet (This blog is my
very first adventure in cyberspace; I have no other social-networking
experience. I mean it! Explanation <a href="http://thethinkeress.blogspot.in/2012/11/how-i-tried-to-increase-my-blog.html">here</a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Met this wonderful crowd of people who actually (and
shockingly) find my scribbling worth reading! Love you guys!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Said a lot many things I wish I could take back and did
a few things I wish I could obliterate from my past (nothing too drastic. All
you people with your heads stuck in a <i>saas-bahu</i>
saga like gutter, get it out... ‘Control my tongue’ new New-Year resolution)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Got a mature take on a lot of 'adult' matters...Politics, Sex* and the like. The Internet is really no place for the faint hearted, and
for kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Learnt a lot many English cuss-words and detrimentals
and finally understood a few Hindi ones (</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9gfPGBsSck"><i>chutiya</i> means stupid</a>...Can you </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">BELIEVE</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> that??! And to think I wasted a year lecturing
college guys about it...shows that they are clueless too!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Understood </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">that it’s OK to be me. That it’s OK not to be
able to come up with a snappy reply to all the ribbing I have to suffer. That
not being a size-zero, fair-and-lovelied Miss India does not make me ugly (because
for guys it </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-indent: -0.25in;">doesn't</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> matter how you look because they’re just after ONE THING...sex.
S**t. I do sound drunk...only on New-Yearly cheer guys. No worries. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-indent: -0.25in;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> clean.*hiccup*)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This un-politically (or
morally I suppose) correct post makes my blog officially out of bounds for my
parents...actually it’s nothing very incriminating but somehow I can’t bear the
idea of my parents knowing that their daughter actually does think about guys
and sex and even has views on them. Like a parent-child relationship is
asexual...that makes me sound like a victim of bad parenting or something. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I dunno...it’s a little
confused. All the things I </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> (or don’t) say in real life, I say on my
blog. In that way, you guys who read me have more power (and knowledge) over me
because you know what </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> REALLY thinking...scary thought. Or maybe not. I
actually like it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">So the key to knowing someone
is to get their blog URL (Tip for arranged-marriages...trick the guy's blog URL
out of him and then decide!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">But then in writing
even a horrid person can be made to look good (e.g. Her coal black eyes, her
nut-brown skin, her ebony hair...when in effing reality it'll be plain old me...see
no wonder matrimonial ads are misleading!) And not only physically, but mentally as
well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">*Another major
realisation:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sex is so NOT the
great thing it’s cut up to be you know, granted all my knowledge comes from books(yep,
All of it is from novels(or education books).</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> still porn-clean..yay for good
girls!), but there is some truth to them. It’s just a physical expression of
love...it’s NOT the moony, sparkly thing it’s made out to be in teen-girl fantasies,
NOR is it the hush-hush, too-hot-to-be-handled-by-girls stuff which stoned guys
our age(and adults) make it to be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> swimming in dangerous waters now...time to
stop. Yeah, I am feeling a leetle bit antagonistic now. Maybe I should shut up
and just learn something I can do for my hubby to make up for my obvious flaws.
Beating myself up again. Stop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This post was
definitely NOT what I had in mind when I started writing a bye-bye post for
2012.But </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> still going to publish it anyway and hope that none of my sudden
and </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">new-found</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> readership runs away. And a heartfelt Thank you for all the
comments. You guys have no idea how goofy the grin on my face is every time I
see my comment number go one up(yep </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> disgustingly blog-stat greedy!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">But on a serious note,
thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And I somehow wanted
to show off this new template layout and button gadgets and things to prove </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> not been a lazy, do-nothing all this time...didja like it??<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I wanted to tell you
about Blackmore’s Night. They’re a musical duo with lovely music (and lovelier
singer, guys!) and some Yanni favourites but this post would start looking like
a YouTube Magazine if I linked all of them here, hence the music player at the
bottom. It’s not on auto-play since I realised a lot many people find that
irritating but go click the play button!*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And a noteworthy band I </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> bear you not to listen to: RGM.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Their cover of Rihanna’s </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Diamonds</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> more specifically (courtesy <a href="http://browngirlbloggin.blogspot.in/">BrownGirlBloggin</a>...she’ll have you ROFLing in a snap!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Here’s to a
scrumdiddlyumptious New Year and for those of you who are reading this in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 2013, Hap Hap Happy New Year to yooou!</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">*I'm sorry but I got rid of the SCM player I mentioned after I realised it takes people ages to load my blog page.And I don't want people to leave in despair do I??! </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">But you'll find the YouTube link to Blackmore's Night <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOS_WsT1tw&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AIidGfyyiw_KlcSQK_s_tP" target="_blank">here</a>.All their top tracks together and I specially recommend the first three.Have fun! </span></div>
Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-66601022377565395452012-12-12T11:31:00.001+05:302013-01-26T14:02:32.794+05:30I Hate Love-Stories <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">(Warning: Contains Spoilers...heck,it's the whole story.Don't tell me I didn't tell you!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I just saw this movie, Thattathin Marayathu(or Behind the Veil)...Roy gave it to me saying he loved it
and I didn't want to hurt him with my cynical singleton views on love(ha!)
stories so I watched it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For those of you who </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> know, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> South Indian and the movie is in Malayalam (yeah with the loopy writing.
Which you’re not going to understand).So here’s the story:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hindu boy
sees Muslim girl. They’re 10 years old. Or some other ridiculously small age to
decide who you’re going to marry and talk like you’re an 18 year-old guy. Still,
young Vinod decides little Aisha is the girl he’s going to marry. And tells God
too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Repeat
after 10 years when he sees Aisha in a hospital after knocking her down some
stairs when running during a Muslim friend's wedding. Enter young girl with
stencil and secret message writing technique. Sorry Aisha. Aisha smiles. Vinod
rapturous. Falling in love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Manages to
get a letter to her. She says nothing. Hero gets warned to leave the girl
alone...still, he goes jumping over walls to meet her in the night. She still doesn't say
anything. More falling in love. Song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Enter
rival in love. Our hero calls Aisha up to bitch(or whatever you call what guys say about each
other) about Mr Rival.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Gets a
telling off from a friend and he wants to meet her for the last time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There she takes his hand, tells him that she doesn't want
to be like the countless women she knows who hide their dreams behind a veil
forever and hands him a letter. She loves him. He reacts with general
Sreesanth-goes-to-Lords behaviour (Indian cricket. Ignore if not understood)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He gets
beaten up by the girl’s family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Interval.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Scene: Police
station.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Present
time (because all that was a flash back when our hero was languishing in prison)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The police
like his story and are kind-hearted (and have nothing else to do).They are
going to help him in his quest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Vinod
walks out of his home due to family-pressure. Starts a helmet-business to earn
money to woo Aisha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Super successful (obvious in India where hundreds die on roads).They enlist the help of her tutor
(typical) to smuggle letters and the romance blooms. And Vinod opens (or
begins) a purdah shop where he kisses her on the forehead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Best-friend:
3 months and you only got till the forehead??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Girl’s uncle caught in factory-workers strike due to a mining-accident or something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lover boy fends
off party-workers attacking the uncle. Father angry and decides to send her off
somewhere else to a new life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Crying on
both sides. Vinod arranges a last meeting with the help of elder sister Mehru. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Loved this
dialogue: Aisha the girl will never forget you but Aisha the Muslim has to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Crying in
car. And pleas to stay and run away(on Vinod’s part).Aisha runs off into the
rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thoughtful
uncle says this is wrong. Because it wasn't what Aisha’s late mother wanted for
Aisha. What happened to Mehru (terrible failed arranged marriage) wouldn't happen to Aisha. Permission granted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Beautifully
happy Aisha tries his cell phone. Expectedly switched-off. Last-minute tension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Has he
killed himself??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Till they
trace his phone to a port/bridge. They meet (Cue: confetti throwing!!):Kiss...as
seen from behind the girl's head. Like in a fake kiss in a cheesy Hindi movie.
But this is(supposed to be) real all right. Pretty considerate toward a parent-including
audience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Smart-aleck
best-friend: Bugger finally got beyond the forehead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sweet as
sugar smiles on everyone’s face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Lights on!</span><span style="font-family: Informal Roman; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Maybe my synopsis </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">hasn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> been kind to the movie so for the interests of fairness,it was a sweet lovey-dovey
romance of the innocent lambs type but not of the silly<i> chunariya-udti</i> Bollywood
kind...depicted like only serious cinema can and Bollywood can’t. And the songs
were pretty good too. The only problem: I </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> watch it. However cynical
and scoffy I sound here, every time the hero (what we call the male lead in India)went
ultra lover soppy eyes at the lady or a very romantic song began I’d feel uncomfortable
and skipped it. This is acceptable if you’re watching the stuff with anyone
else but I </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Funny that I can’t
handle two people making puppy eyes at one another when I don’t mind some hard
core making-out between Jean Grey and Wolverine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> been
wondering why.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It’s just like
singletons can’t bear to be around two people who are really in love. All the
closeness. The privateness. It’s like your'e invading a person’s home when they’re
singing in the shower (or having sex.Trust me to dramatise drama).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And this was a damn
movie. They WANTED to be invaded. Still I </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Maybe </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> a jealous
single 18 year old. Funny, because I really don’t want to date.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Or maybe the
protagonists were REALLY in love and those love beams were seeping out from the
movie. But no news of a scandal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Or maybe it’s some
spell or potion my parents have secretly fed me to keep me single (and out of
the influences of romantic tosh) till they can marry me off. Highly unlikely. Though
daddy’s Keep-the-family-name-high speeches do have a similar effect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Or maybe </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> just not
a romantic person. No. Because I do have crushes and things like that (yay, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> normal. Take that, shrinks!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Or maybe I should
stick to cartoons. And X-men (anybody else think James Mc Avoy is geek-fantasy
material? no one?), which is a pretty good lookout, so, oh yeah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I rediscovered Cheb Khaled after another crazy 90’s music session with the family. And boy do I love the songs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">And I have a job with A Lot of Pages...well, not a job. But it is a commitment so I reviewed Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. Boy was I crazy punch drunk after that book. You’ll find the review <a href="http://alotofpages.blogspot.in/2012/12/lets-pretend-this-never-happened-jenny.html">here</a>!</span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-72908091511688594212012-12-03T09:57:00.002+05:302012-12-03T16:09:47.186+05:30The Winter Welcome Wagon!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">December...the month of cold winds and warm
blankets. And sneakers and socks. And boots and baking. And winter-blues and warm baths!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been busy with my final exams and
even wrote a poem about it(which I’ll post soon),hence the lack of
posts...but I'm back with(out) a bang!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ooh and something
I didn't mention in the previous list: Christmas and cooking!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking of which, here’s a story I dug out
from an old children’s storybook. It’s a story I've always loved and
is perfect to go with all the cooking going on everywhere
(which I'm sorely missing but anyway!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The story is about Petal, an
Elf who has newly moved to Elftown and is from ‘The Elegant Elf’ of the Little
Library series by Parragon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">Everyone
in Elftown agreed that Petal’s restaurant was a great success, and one of the reasons
was her extra special blueberry cake. Any elf who was feeling a little tired in
the middle of the morning or around teatime simply hurried into the restaurant
for a slice of cake. In two minutes he felt better...and ready for another
slice!</span><span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">Many
elves asked Petal for the recipe of her special cake, but she would just smile
mysteriously and shake her head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“I was
given this recipe by a very wise woman,” she said. “I promised her that I would
not tell it to anyone else, unless they knew the secret already!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">That </span><span style="font-size: 27px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> seem to make sense at all. Why would anyone need to ask if they already knew
the recipe?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">Of all
the elves who longed to know what Petal put in her blueberry cake, Old Mother
Sedge was the most curious.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“I can
taste honey,” she would say, munching a large slice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">“Yes,”
said Petal. “It is honey from your own bees, Mother Sedge. </span><span style="font-size: 27px;">Isn't</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> it delicious?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“And
there are blueberries in here”“cried Mother Sedge triumphantly, taking another
bite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">“Well,
there would be, </span><span style="font-size: 27px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> there, in a blueberry cake?” smiled Petal. “Another slice?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">By the
end of the week, and several more slices of blueberry cake, Old Mother Sedge
had guessed all the ingredients except one. Yes, there was flour and butter and
eggs. There were lots of blueberries and at least five dripping spoonfuls of honey.
But what was the last ingredient?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“Nuts?”
asked the old lady.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“What
kind of nuts?” asked Petal in return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“Hazelnuts?
Brazil nuts? Peanuts? Pecans? Walnuts? Almonds? Cashews?” Mother Sedge was
thinking so hard her face was as wrinkled as a walnut herself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“No,”
said Petal. There are no nuts in the cake at all.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“Fruit?”
asked Mother Sedge. “Apart from the blueberries?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“What
kind of fruit?”Asked Petal with a mysterious smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“Er...apples?
Plums? Peaches? Blackberries? Raspberries? Pears? Strawberries? Apricots? Mangoes?
Bananas? Nectarines? Pineapples? Prunes? Grapefruit? Oranges? Lemons? Blackcurrants?
Redcurrants? White currants? Gooseberries?” Old Mother Sedge stopped to catch
her breath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“No,” laughed
Petal. “I can tell you that blueberries are the only kind of fruit in my
special cake.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">Poor Mother
Sedge! The more she asked the less she knew.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">hen,
one morning, the old lady happened to visit Acorn when he was making an apple
pudding for his supper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“At
least I know what goes into one of those,” she sighed, and she repeated all the
ingredients one by one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">“That’s
right,” said Acorn, “but for a really fine apple pudding, </span><span style="font-size: 27px;">you've</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> missed one
out, or at least, that’s what my dear old mother used to say, bless her soul.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">“Not
you too!” cried Old Mother Sedge. “There are more secret ingredients in Elftown
than </span><span style="font-size: 27px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> had hot dinners!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">“Not
at all, my dear,” said Acorn. “The secret ingredient is the same in all my cooking
and I must say it makes a difference. </span><span style="font-size: 27px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> quite sure that you know it as well
as I do, but if you like, I’ll whisper it in your ear.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">So Acorn
bent down and whispered the secret ingredient, and Old Mother Sedge went quite
pink for a moment, before she smiled at her old friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">“You’re
quite right, of course” she said. “My mother used to say the same, and </span><span style="font-size: 27px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> never tasted anything to beat her raspberry tarts...except perhaps Petal’s
blueberry cake.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">Next
time Old Mother Sedge sat down to a slice of Petal’s special creation, she
smiled at the younger elf but asked no questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">“I can
see that you have guessed the secret,” laughed Petal. “The wise woman who told
it to me was my mother. She said, ‘everything you make will taste better if you
put in a little spoonful of love.’ That’s the secret ingredient in all my
cooking.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 20pt;">She
was quite right, you know. You should try it sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> back after that
long (for me!) hiatus.I did write a lot these days but then all were the same old melancholy things which just </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> seem right...So!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Daddy took me on an
official agent-receiving trip to the airport yesterday. Corporate Business and
all...so I wore my most professional-looking normal-outfit (nothing
great...black inner and sleeveless sweater for the fashionistas) and waited.
And waited. And observed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Since most
international planes arrive at night, the journey to the airport is usually
fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Orange </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">street-lights</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> shine bright, road reflectors look sleek, hoardings seem twice as natural,
Mumbai seems more urban than ever, crowded and if you sit next to the driver,
it's real life NFS, only scarier since the possibility of death is very
real...zip zap zoom!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Driving at night is
really awfully stressing...road rage is common, and </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">gaalis</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> abound...</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> I've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> learnt a lot many cuss words through these
enlightening journeys!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Going to the airport was a festival some years before...I remember wearing my best dress, trying
to smooth out all the wrinkles and, not to be beaten at poshness, wearing my
free Bournvita-sunglasses, putting on posh airs and my best <i>angrezi </i>accent...never mind that I was
thin, chicken –muscled and probably worm-ridden at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Also, the costly food
and water...grabbing the chance to eat out at the posh airport hotel when an NRI
aunt came, keeping all the tiny bottles and paper bags as souvenirs and showing
them off at school!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Ogling at the pretty
airhostesses...Jet Airways with the super elegant look,and Singapore airlines
for the prettiest uniform...almost worth going to <i>Singaapur</i> (I really believed this was a place in India before!) to
stare at the PYTs I think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I saw Om Puri this
time around (I've seen Ila Arun and Macmohan before!). Why is it that only old
and retired actors (no </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">offence</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> to them of course) are seen at airports? Where do
all the hot young things disappear??(Muscled hunks and PYTs, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> looking at you!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The airport is one of
the best places to just sit and stare...there’s so much happening!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I feel like Professor
X connected to Cerebro (non-geeks who don’t know...it allows Professor X to
search for mutants for a large distance. Don’t know who Prof. X is?? Go watch
X-Men. You need it.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All the stories
enfolding around you, there was this Punjabi </span></span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">ammi</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> next to me in the waiting line(more like zoo-queue. I’ll tell you
why) who kept yelling into her phone for her </span></span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Amrika</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">-returned </span></span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">puttarin</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
whose India-number </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> working but her </span></span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Amrika</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">-number
was...30-minute baggage delay. </span></span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Uff ye
planes!</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Poor thing was so
excited she did not realize she had sat on chewing gum. Yech!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Moreover, she was wearing
a bright pink jacket (<i>arre</i> you know
the ones </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">recently in-style here)and spent some
time pulling it off with the <i>khandan</i>
helping of course and yours truly staring!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The people coming out
of the gates are fun to see too! Expectation writ large on their faces. They
all first have this stoic expression on their faces when they come out (</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">jet-lag</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">?
snobbishness? whatever) which turns to this grin if they spot their receivers
and chagrin if they don’t. You can actually see their features twisting!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> And all the receivers standing there watching
them like zoo animals coming on display... must be scary to see all those faces
staring at you. And every time someone walks out the gate all the heads go up,
which are otherwise busy, bent over digital darlings!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I feel pity for the
foreign nationals who come for the first time and don’t know where to go...it’s
a comically</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">pitiful</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> thing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And I think I saw some
Varun-something actor... some girl </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">next to me </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">kept squealing .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The melding of
nationalities (these phrases just pop into my head suddenly, is it irritating?).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The India returnees
with the huge electronics. Panasonic most popular return company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The western
backpackers with the cool sneakers and accents…all fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">If I have to be a
fairy, I choose to be an airport fairy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It’s like a world on
its own...the airport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">There are bookies (namely
the <i>taxiwalas</i>, and porters and
officials. And most everybody has a suit on or at least a blazer (I just lurve
the blazer turtleneck combo...some random hunk had it on there!))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Wearing psychedelic colours
on yourself and your luggage helps a lot...it’s easier to find you and your
bags (and is a kind of safeguard against them being stolen). Though some of the
fluorescent yellow and pink eyesores were a little too much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Outfit:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Black pants.
Preferably something stretchy but looking sturdy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Any pretty top.
Something long-sleeved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sneakers and
socks...the F1 racing-shoes look so pretty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Guys wear a blazer if
its official or maybe something layered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Talking about
outfits...I wish I could tell the women (it’s mostly westerners…not being
racist or any –ist mind.) who arrive without wearing a bra...shocking. Maybe </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> wrong... But I remember seeing this woman in a pink top and nothing
underneath when I was smaller and the picture has stayed. Everyone... at least
the men kept ogling. And the twin things kept bouncing with the tip-of-iceberg
showing. It was horrifying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I spotted another
yesterday. But maybe she had worn something... because she was a little too bouncy,
no other problem. Don’t think me perverted, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> a girl myself for crying
aloud... but some amount of decency is expected... just saying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is 40 bucks a litre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Attitude:</b> be good. Elegant.
Nose-in-the-air is not nice practically contrary to whatever I said. Also, be
considerate about other people...no spitting, yelling, and general <i>junglee</i> behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Go stand in the front
if you want your guests to see you. Use the usual <i>train-me-jagah-pakdo</i> technique (I.e. stand (and stare!?) behind the
seat you want until it’s vacated.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">We met the foreign
agent after a lot of waiting. Swiss. Talked and all in my best English accent. It’s
funny understanding accents and thrilling using an accent yourself! I probably
passive-smoked more than I have done in my entire lifetime in those 15 minutes
of waiting for the car. Gawsh, the tortures my dad has to go through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">But I did learn a bit
about Zurich (all snow and ski. And -1 degree temperature) and also got into the
Leela to drop them (Obsequious </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">gate-men. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Rajasthan-outfitted bellhop...could have
gone for dinner but realized that later)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The food was fun too.
Though I have Bal Thackeray to blame for the stupid <i>bandh</i>, which meant no good places to eat and we had to eat at a <i>dhabba</i> sort of hotel...all the <i>truckwalas</i> stare, but the food is good. Hot
and yummy...I enjoyed being Miss Priss and saying thank you and please to the
bemused waiter-boys. Also I salute them for staying open when all the other
cowards stayed closed...really, why would a dead old man ever want wretched travellers
to go hungry...we almost dropped by the time we found the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Top this off with a
Cornetto ice cream and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pXrMPtCVcE">Never Alone</a> to sing along…awesome!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I wrote this last evening.Everyone in the house seemingly irritated with me.I,the gloomy maiden then </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">proceeded</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> to weep and think profound thoughts(all rubbish!Don't tell me I didn't tell you.).And </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">this</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> is what was produced at the end of that session...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I'm sitting by the window, watching life go on outside...the old <i>bai</i> off
to work at yet another rich house, the <i>pani-puri wala</i> opposite my building setting up his shop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Trying to think thoughts worthy of my blog's name...no such luck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sifting through the solemn and sordid stuff floating in my mind trying to
find the best to make it to my page. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> too melancholy, nothing will do...I
stare at the road again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Triple seater scooters and hulky-bulky bikes with equally bulky riders
all zooming away...far off in the distance I can see the crowded junction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Pale wisps of cloud floating in sky...how it would feel to float away on
one I wonder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“EDI! IVIDE VA!” I hear someone in the house call me, derailing my train
of thought, jerking me away from my daydreams, again and again and again
incessantly like a baby whose diaper is full...and when I reach the source I
hear the same disappointed tone of speech, the same you-know-I-don’t-believe-you
stare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">My Siblings. To love and hate at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">My Parents. Not very different,''You need to learn to knuckle down a bit
young lady''. More orders...my name again...loud and harsh...repeatedly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">No wonder most people hate the sound of their own name by the time </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">they've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> grown....it’s the one thing that belongs to me that other people use more...enraged
parents. Powerful principals. Foolish friends. Silly siblings. Brutish bosses.
Bad-tempered teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">How will I like my name when people use it so harshly, to lash out at me?
To make me feel ashamed. And when there is something good to say they use pet
names. Sugar. Honey. Darling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">What’s in a name - the most popular of all the name quotes...everything is
in a name. The dust of the earth.The stars in the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">God calls everything by name. Dust. Stars. birds. You and me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">God. The one from whom I’ll hear my name, spoken with love and care and
tenderness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In dulcet tones, I don’t know what that is supposed to mean in a
dictionary...I just like the sound of the word. Dulcet. Like velvet...wrapping
itself around every syllable. Loving...like a mother’s cuddle or a silk sheet on a mattress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Talitha</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...my name(you didn't think I'd tell you the real one did you?!).
Spoken with love by the one who created love.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> They have a really bad effect on my pageviews...Ciao!</span></span><br />
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-62813669510202505922012-11-09T13:42:00.001+05:302012-11-24T14:51:24.235+05:30Three Things I'm loving!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> watching </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">Peter Pan</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> (the
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He’s, like,
the ultimate childhood love, oh that roguish cheeky smile, those long eyelashes.I
love love love him (</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> recently started this repeating thrice habit, it’s
totally chick-lit-pink-girly style but it does give things a 'She really does
mean it from the bottom of her superficial frivolous pink girly heart' kind of
feel...whatever that means!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Olivia Williams is so very beautiful playing Mrs Darling...the perfect
fairytale queen!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Heck, I even love Captain Hook played
by Jason Isaacs who is Lucius Malfoy in <i>Harry Potter</i>! He’s Mr Darling too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Wit is very fashionable at the moment! <o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Better death than gossip!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Where do they get</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">dialogues</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">like these?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">You people really
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Another thing </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> going mad
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I first found out about this
combination from a Mac Donald freebie book, they had this banana-chocolate-lollipop
recipe:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You melt chocolate in a double boiler
(a vessel in another vessel of boiling water) and coat the bananas with the
chocolate...heavenly combo!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is what comes written on
the packet of dark fantasy and I solemnly identify with every last word!</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Brody; font-size: 14.5pt;">Alluring, dark and sinfully tempting, allow
yourself to indulge in forbidden desires as you bite into the irresistible dark
fantasy biscuits.Experience the dark savoury crust and slowly unfurl the
pleasure of the soft dark chocolate cram made from the finest 'theobroma
cacao-food of the gods.Enjoy the lingering pleasure and let the time stand
still. Savour the irresistible.</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I found one word to top the above:
orgasmic!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I love love love this as well...it’s
cheap (22 Indian bucks) and so totally yummy...creamy </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">malai</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> coloured ice cream (it </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">isn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> the normal butterscotch you
normally get, don’t know why they call it butterscotch...yummy anyway!) and a lovely
thick block of chocolate at the end of the cone...so you can go easy on the
pocket and pig out too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This has long replaced the family-pack-ice
cream tradition we had...which means we have ice cream almost thrice every week
and I have a rapidly growing tummy but oh the pleasure of tearing the paper off
and licking it...yum yum yum!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Feeling dejected now...I can</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">t go for Teach India this year (the first time I applied) because my
final exams will be going on and I</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">ll have to miss two days of training. Vacation plans spoilt. No
certificate, no teaching, just more wasted time. I do have my blog though, my
only consolation...my shining beacon of hope in an otherwise bleak day. The
first thing I do on my computer is check my statistics.Sigh... how easily
satisfied I am these days. All it takes is a little statistic and my day is
done. A large part of my happiness these days comes from my page views
graph...the higher the graph, the wider my smile. Trivial, childish me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I just noticed,</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I've</span><span lang="en-US"> kinda </span><span lang="en-GB">developed
a double chin...a stupid bit of fat hanging behind my otherwise sharp chin...I
hate it.</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I've</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">declared a fast to thinness until it
disappears. Exercising is so bloody painful. It works, yes. Fifty crunches and I have an almost flat tummy (until I eat again at least).</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I'm</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">scared of eating and then puking...I</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">d like to do that but</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I've</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">read
enough about Anorexia and Bulimia not to try extreme stuff.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then
the computer...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Obnoxious little brother won</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">t get up...he</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">s
developed a penchant for bribing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Want me to get up? Put my favourite music on” (which means I have
to listen to Akon's sexual exploits until I'm ready to kill the guy)
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Want me to get up? You lose your time”, bloody brothers, I hate him
at times like these, sister dear is easier to handle...put on a movie and she’s
happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bro
makes me grovel and beg...which hurts my ego like anything and not only that,
he'll squeeze every last drop of begging out of you till you're ready to go bury
yourself and then get up with a lot of grumbling and groaning while extracting
promises from you to get up soon. Horridly exasperating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I've</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">almost
killed him one or two times in the past for doing that (with equally horrid
repercussions).</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I'm</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">better at controlling my temper
now...losing my temper has many downsides compared to controlling it.
Controlling it makes the beast inside me cringe painfully for some minutes
after I let go, making me cry sometimes, telling me</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I'm</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">a sissy
without a spine but losing it is worse, the physical pain, emotions running so
high, broken furniture and bones and a dressing down from daddy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Whereas after controlling my temper I can pat my back, reward myself
and tell me what a good God's child</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I've</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">become.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">So,</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I'm</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">not a very happy girl now. And reading</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Green-A-Novel/dp/1400063795"><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">Black Swan Green</span></a><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">isn't</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">making me feel any better...for lack of stuff to
say here</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">s a review of what</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I've</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">read until now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I learnt about this book from Flavorwire</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">s</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><a href="http://www.flavorwire.com/343444/10-novels-to-replace-catcher-in-the-rye-as-the-perfect-teenage-book"><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">Books To Replace Catcher in the Rye as the
Perfect Teen Book</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">,</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">as</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">Catcher</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">has now become the cool book for cool high school teachers, not cool
teenagers!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Anyway, the book is the story of Jason Taylor...stammerer (not
stutterer, both are as different as diarrhoea and constipation!), teen (didn't</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">catch how old, but old enough), poet
and mid-range in school status hierarchy. There are many characters coming in
throughout, Dean 'Moron' Moran - best friend, lowest level in school status
hierarchy, Dawn Madden </span><span lang="en-US">–</span><span lang="en-GB">
boyish, inscrutable crush and a host of others, plus a four-member family: pa,
ma, irritable elder sister and Jason.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">It’</span><span lang="en-US">s raw, honest and a reference dictionary
for substitutes to f*** (which I think everyone really needs). The f-word is so
overused...show some creativity people!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I felt it similar to</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">The Casual Vacancy</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">(Rowling</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">s latest
(adult) novel) but not as boring (not at all.</span><span lang="en-US"> Whereas </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">Vacancy</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">should be read only if you really really want to know what are
Rowling</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">s capabilities in adult
fiction and you have two days to waste if you can finish it that fast).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">So it’</span><span lang="en-US">s a good read.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Ma has just put the radio on.</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">Bheege hont tere</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">is on, somebody please kill me...did someone hijack and obliterate
Radio Mirchi's song database that the RJ</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">didn't</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">have
anything else? Gawsh,</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">I'm</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">tuning out. Cya when I feel better.
Bye.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">P.S. My
thoughts after re-reading this later: I sound like a total brother-hater. Do
not misunderstand. I love the little angel (Though I would like to say
varmint!)...It's just that he gets on my nerves sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">And that sounded totally Hollywood. Why did I publish it then??Two
words...Bone Lazy and incessantly proud of anything I write, even if its crap
(a. k. a. Writer</span><span lang="en-US">’</span><span lang="en-GB">s Disorder!)</span></span></div>
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know the ones that start from 5 pm and go on until 6.30 or 7 pm. The time when
most people have their music blaring, and you wake up to Akon's </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">We Don</span><span lang="en-GB" style="font-style: italic;">’</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">t Care</span><span lang="en-US"> or </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">Beautiful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I run out of words to say (oh oh) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'Cause you're that type of girl to make me stay (oh oh)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You're so beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So damn beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Said you're so beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So damn beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">People are watching</span><span lang="en-US">, but
we don't care,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the way I am touching your body</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US"> ‘</span><span lang="en-GB">Cause we don't
care, see you droppin' and poppin</span><span lang="en-US">’</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(You
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">But I decided to let it go (For the time being as the poor guy
doesn'</span><span lang="en-US">t know what he</span><span lang="en-GB">’</span><span lang="en-US">s singing.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As for me, miss sleeping-beauty in my sweaty loose tee(it</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">’s really hot here), I just stretched
myself all luxuriously and acted my part, </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.25pt;">i.e.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">,
play-acted being the skinny blonde the guy is dying for!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Un)S**y
leg cross-uncross---check, saucy (more like ketchup-y!) eyebrow
cocking---check, all-of-you-are-worms-expression---check...but it was fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">It</span><span lang="en-US">’s a bit disorienting actually; waking
up...you’re not sure whether you ought to go back to sleep or wake up so early!</span></span></div>
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the sunset here is so pretty at this time...I go to my terrace to watch it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My
terrace - My window to Heaven!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Wait here</span><span lang="en-US">’s a picture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My place
of solitude, of introspection or just somewhere I get away from it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Away
from the stuffy heat inside the house,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Away from boxed-in homes that don</span><span lang="en-US">’t let in
light, love, and openness and hold in all the darkness, sorrow, grudges and
pettiness of the people inside and foster maliciousness and evil.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I come to this place to clear my head, walk around, stretch myself,
do some wacky dance(which would probably make me die in embarrassment if
anybody saw),listen to music and daydream and yes, to put the clothes
out(marriage training </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">ghar
ka kaam</span><span lang="en-US">...I like doing it so no matter)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You see
so many things when you are apart from other people (i.e. with nobody to keep
chattering to.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Babies
crawling around...my neighbour baby girl and the baby boy from below are good
friends. I remember this time when they both were at the crawling stage....baby
girl found a bit of confetti and baby boy wanted it too, so he bit her butt to
try and get it...to no avail!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">They'</span><span lang="en-US">ve both grown now but</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">she</span><span lang="en-GB">’</span><span lang="en-US">s still pretty stubborn...one good thing about growing up or I
shudder to think about what some people would do!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Committee meetings - My society is really big about these so
we have an old men </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.25pt;">committee,</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> old women </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.25pt;">committee,</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> gossipy-mothers committee and a teenage committee(all
flirting and crushing hard amid the innocent sounding conversations!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Then I can see the main road too...passing cars, buses and
bikes all going to their various destinations, cool-boy and girl gangs hanging
out and </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">eating </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic;">chaat</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">,roadside romances: exchanging numbers
and painfully farewell-ing each other, the hipsters with the loose dhoti jeans
and </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.25pt;">humongous</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> headphones, little kids excited about
the Rs. 10 they have!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Observing
sometimes laughing along them....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Another thing is the smells....you sometimes have chicken </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">biriyani</span><span lang="en-GB" style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span lang="en-US">or</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">korma</span><span lang="en-US">, sometimes
fish, sometimes floral perfume when the girl downstairs is going out and
sometimes cologne(Question: Why do guys prefer squirting the stuff when they’re
at college?? At least the behaviourally retarded set at my college...they’ll
squirt some really heavily scented stuff right in front of the girl’s row and
parade by as though we’re all going to wrap ourselves around
them...puh-lease...Axe ads do not work in reality (all this excluding the
gentlemen who might know me from college and are reading this of course!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">And otherwise you have the not so enticing (not at all actually)
smells of toilets...you see we have the smell chimneys (don</span><span lang="en-US">’t know what they're called) coming out from every toilet to the
terrace. But so long as you’re not sniffing around in their vicinity or poking
your nose in them (I know, I know...I'm gross), its fine!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That
apart,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The society is planning to put asbestos sheets atop the terrace (in
essence blocking sunrays to reduce the heat) but I'</span><span lang="en-US">ve
been praying for that not to happen...my only place of solace and comfort gone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I get some of my best ideas when I'</span><span lang="en-US">m
here...My hidey-hole.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It can
be scary if you look down but being the daredevil (LOL) I am, I got on the dish
roof one day to get wet in the rain...another lovely experience. I wore a
windcheater and had earphones on...music blaring, getting soaked and feeling
like you're queen of everything...exhilarating stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But for
now, about waking up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Another beautiful wakeup call I had was to the theme of </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">The Chronicles of Narnia</span><span lang="en-US">. That was something more poignant(love this word!)...more
heartbreaking...I felt like I was a princess going away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Couldn'</span><span lang="en-US">t post this yesterday and in a
different mood...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I'</span><span lang="en-US">m</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIyYMjI-xFg"><span lang="en-US">Chasing the
Sun</span></a><span lang="en-US"> now!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Today is the three-day
birthday of my blog...and </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> finally on Google search!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Which means my blog
turns up in the very first page (not necessarily on top) if you google ‘the
thinkeress blogger’!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> so happy that one
of the things I set out to do has been accomplished! (I know. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> crazy)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And as a gift,
everybody gets these awesome links to go to!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/how-to-publish-your-book.jpg" target="_blank">All you writer people will love this!</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/virginmobilelive/20-students-that-totally-nailed-it-5l87?b=1" target="_blank">ROFL LOL ROFL LOL</a>...(play in loop)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://m15m.livejournal.com/2237.html" target="_blank">Harry Potter parody!</a>(You guys have got to read this!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(The last is from an ancient eM blog)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I love the people </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">who've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> been reading my blogs anonymously...even though the commenting rate is
pitifully low, I do have quite a few page views which must count for something(</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> hoping it does after a lot of convincing myself that the people are not casual
blog hoppers who don’t read) so thank you dears whoever you are!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">However hard I try to
delude myself into thinking that </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> a wonderful writer whose work will automatically
be recognized (don’t we all) and appreciated, it’s finally 'Welcome to the real
world baby’. So:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">These are some of the things </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> been doing to
increase my blog readership:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Changing my location, interests, favourite books and music</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">...to no avail but I ended up finding some cool bloggers in the process.
Check them out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://stuteenag.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Stu(Art)<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://sulkytofugirl.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Sulky Tofu Girl<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tried altering my HTML code</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> to include a title
and tried adding a Meta tag...something I was suggested to do by Google Webmaster.
Results: Nothing. Zilch. Nada. (Do not attempt to do that (read: mess with Meta
stuff...you could be ignored by Google altogether which is a very BAD thing.)) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tried to change my blog's look</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.
I read that the way your site looks is important too(First impression=Best
impression after all).So started another browsing session for Blogger templates...found
something I like(<a href="http://www.bloggerthemes.net/2010/11/red-blog.html" target="_blank">this one</a>)and had another long research session on how to put it
on(what’s the geek term for it again?...forgot.),and when I did, it turned out
be completely <i>pakav</i> (you need code to
change anything in it, no easy-peasy menus).So stick to your Google templates
and try altering it little by little. <a href="http://www.shabbyblogs.com/">Shabby blogs</a> is good for that stuff (credit
to <a href="http://papercupplastic.blogspot.in/">Bumtrinket </a>for the discovery).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Note</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: Blog-designing, HTML-writing smarties might beg to
differ on this point and you might be right. I absolutely detest writing code, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">at least</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> when </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> writing for relaxation and there’s enough coding done at/in college. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bombarding Google Search with my blog name</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">...at first, you’d get my blog only if you typed in the URL, which
was totally depressing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">That over, I now have to find some way to overcome the
stupid copper company’s website that made a Thinkeress statue(and it is nude). Really now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Other things </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> doing which will probably work but
require a lot of patience:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Blog surfing, reading other blogs and commenting</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> hoping someone will notice me. To all you dearies who have come
here after reading a comment: You </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">needn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> feel cheated. I read your blogs and
comment because I really and truly love them and would have read you even if </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> have a Blogger account (but then I </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> have discovered you!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Saying 'Please comment’ after posts</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I tried that but on a regular basis? Nah. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> excessively
egoistic about my only talent and saying ‘Please comment’ will only make me
sound grovelly and somewhat degrades the quality of one’s writing, don’t you
think?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And saying please to make someone read my writing only
seems to make my writing sound like it’s torturous and that I only want comments
because they’re some sort of marking system of social acceptance and there’s
plenty of that at college and was there at school (and at Facebook which has
spawned conversations like these:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> “How many
friends do you have?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“Nah, only a few...around a 1000.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Unbelievable. And no, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> not on a single social networking
site myself. Honest. And </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> still alive.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Things </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> contemplating doing:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Add a couple more buttons for easy </span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>follow-ship</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and things (dynamic views is a big pain in the behind when adding
stuff to your page.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join Google Friendconnect</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. Since that’s what I
found common among all the popular blogs out there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">But I do have an FB like box for my posts...and a Google+
button too.So </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> counting that to be enough. For now. Until the you’re-an-unnoticed-loser-and-going-to-remain-that-way
thoughts start again(self esteem issues).I have to brace myself against those or
else I’ll end up joining Twitter just to have a Twitter Feed box on my
blog(which is not a good thing in itself and would cause a ruckus at home which
is a long story. To summarize: Social-networking-is-s**t believing parents and
paranoid papa. And college seminars on how it reduces your job chances. And
awful college crowd, (the </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">'are c****a
yaha a re</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">' kind.and I so </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> want all that on my wall.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Somehow, this innocent
blog party entry has turned into a why-</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">-against social networking blog...time
to tune out!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I'm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> curious about
what you </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">would've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> done about the </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">pathetically</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> low-readership-</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">situation</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> too (not saying my current readers </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">aren't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> great of course...sigh...how
diplomatically kiss-ass </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> become)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">So, (To the tune of <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDDU9D_4iI" target="_blank">Cheri Cheri Lady</a></i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">What you’d do in my place<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Listen to emotion<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Or listen to your pa!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(Who is btw telling me
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Scene: Today’s bible
class and Roy's Dad has just picked a new song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Situation: I, not
knowing the song, mumble along but hear Ma singing. She sounds old now with her
voice cracking a little...Ammachi<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(grandmother
in Malayalam)....ha-ha...not funny actually, I’d hate to see my ma so old. I
want her to remain the way she is now, forever(well, maybe excluding the jelly
belly and stray grey hair and wrinkles. For her own good).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Mom and dad listening
to Usha Uthup now...that woman is something else!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Confidence and
happiness and magnanimity just leak from her...and somehow she reminds me of
Sister Ann!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scene: Jo on a visit
and walks into the meeting with that gangly grin of his.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Situation: Gets me
thinking about times past...SSC exams...all those laughs...my innocence. Not
understanding all dose undercurrents and double meanings behind people’s words
(yep...me a late bloomer!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scene: Rachel and
Elizabeth playing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love the innocence
of these children(they're three and seven years old respectively). They’re just
so...pure. So perfect. So pristine...in their hearts (and bodily as well. they
have the best potential to developing the perfect model-bodies ever. Fair
skinned. Toned. Clear, without a mark. I envy them), the way everything is
written and can be seen on their faces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The crystal clearness
of things to them...either Black or White. Good or Bad. No Grey areas. No
subtle layers and hints to their words. No trying to guess what the other
person is thinking. No keeping grudges. No sleeping unhappy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think the world
would only be a better place if adults had the nature of babes (that’s babies,
NOT girls!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That’s why Innocence
is so sought after. No donkey-like Dumbness, I mean Innocence...the state of
mind where you look into a pile of filth and only see the goodness shining
through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stuff I miss about my
childhood:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">1. <b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Innocence</b>:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The bliss of
ignorance...of not knowing the things I know today...the negativity and all the
evil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">2. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Daddy’s Girl:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was fun! I was
dada’s favourite girl, I combed my hair like dada, took bath like dada, liked
what dada liked and rebelled against anything that dada didn't like (sometimes
that meant mama). Now that place is for my brother. Before it was so hard
relinquishing that title...I hated it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Slowly, it has fallen
into place...the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>‘Eldest
Daughter’<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>instead of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>‘Successor’. I still do miss it at
times but I think I have been compensated for it by
the new-found relationship with mummy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">3. <b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>That feeling of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>‘My parents, The Best’:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don’t know if ma and
dad feel it too, but my parents (especially dad) were my heroes before
(sometimes still are). Always right, Never wrong. For most people, this
knowledge erodes over time like mountains, one chip at a time. First, you feel
they’re wrong at little things and then that they know nothing but then again
think they know something and finally (when you have kids of your own, you
salute them for what they did!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">4. <b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Lack of Self-Consciousness:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I miss this. A lot.
I'm one of those girls who hate the little fixations that come with being a
girl: Learning to be modest, keeping my legs crossed, adjusting a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>dupatta, staying sweat-free and
toned...all that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But before, I just
wasn't aware of all this but then, at the magical age of 12,my ma had this
sudden idea that I should behave like a girl...wash my own underwear, check all
the sweat stains, it was difficult. I'm shameless maybe, saying all this,
But until then, I had never given a thought to these things and so had a hard
time adjusting; Learning to preen, pout and pirouette (not really, the words
just sounded so good together and the first two things, I haven’t learnt yet and
don’t think I ever will!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before, it was just<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>bindass</i>...look at those small girls
happily drawing away on the floor with their drawers showing! Do they care? Not
a bit! (Maybe the zealous mother does!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">5. <b> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Lack of Greed:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can’t remember any time
before the age of 12 that I asked my parents for clothes or gadgets or
pianos...anything I ask for now...the highest amount I hoped to get
was Rs. 20...you got a packet of Lays™<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for
that...Heaven!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There never were any
arguments about money then...sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What I craved for most
was books, to be read, to be written in, anything and stationery...ahh. I was a
total hog freak...it has stayed but now its digital stuff (books, movies,
music!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">6. <b> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Clearness and Honesty:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I miss the clarity of
relationships outside my family too, the friends. The foes. The guys. The girls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We, in the society
wouldn't have to be worried about the groups of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>‘-ists’<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>movements prevalent today, all born
out of feelings of inadequacy and misunderstanding in people’s hearts, if we
all had children’s hearts. Children just don’t feel that way...when looking at
a boy, children don’t see a potential bf, groom, or whatever, and so avoiding
all the flirting, and hinting and pouting and falseness...I miss that. Terribly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, I'm afraid to
open my mouth for fear of saying something wrong (still doesn't stop me) and
the fear not being accepted....trying to change myself so that I can fit into
the brackets made for me by society; I do my hair, painfully exercise (that’s
for my own good as well, I know), try to look pretty, put on stupid airs, not
talk to someone because someone didn't talk to me...do all the stupid things I
have to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Comparatively, the
souls in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Host-Novel-Stephenie-Meyer/dp/0316068047">The Host</a>(</i>Stephenie Meyer's<i> </i>other-than-<i>Twilight </i>novel<i>)</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>had this super policy: Live and let
Live (that they did this by being parasites and stealing human bodies is
another matter), but still, I can’t help being fascinated by the goodness of it
all...no fights, just trust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lobbying for a Utopian
world isn't going to change anything I know, but just shouting it out feels
good!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">P.S. You might have
noticed that my entries these days are of a more personal nature. You
might not like it and I apologize if you don’t but if you do, thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but is a nice topic for a bit of chitchat and writing stuff down red-hot is the
best way to preserve them so here goes...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">I've just been reading </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>The
Host</i> </span><span class="CharAttribute28">and I'</span><span class="CharAttribute28">m
loving it!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">After a long spell of self-imposed
adult-novel reading, a heart pumping YA novel is just the thing to lift your
spirits!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">The problem with the novels I call
adult novels is not that don</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">t
have content...they do. </span><span class="CharAttribute27" style="font-style: italic;">Life of Pi</span><span class="CharAttribute28">
and </span><span class="CharAttribute27" style="font-style: italic;">Lolita</span><span class="CharAttribute28">
all had good, real, genuine stories to tell.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Not that they didn't have romance and
passion, far from it, they had all that and more...and being 'adult' books
gives them the freedom of including s** scenes, all the more </span><span class="CharAttribute27">masaledaar
</span><span class="CharAttribute28">for being an</span><span class="CharAttribute27">
</span><span class="CharAttribute28">adult novel!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Not that the characters aren'</span><span class="CharAttribute28">t
relatable to...they are...I liked Pi Patel, Saleem(<i>Midnight's Children</i>) </span><span class="CharAttribute34">and
the rest of them...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Then what is?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">I'll try explaining...the thing about
YA stories is the delicious immediacy...you don</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">t
have to wait forever for the hero and heroine to fall in love and kiss, for the
villain to die, for the climax to come and so, for the happily-ever-after
ending to come(sometimes not-so- happily-ever-after).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Hey and that doesn't mean I like my
books short, no siree, even if I don</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">t
reach the climax soon, I at least have something or the other happening in the
story(I think that</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">s
what makes short stories popular. Less to read and more happening)unlike a
typical piece of so-called </span><span class="CharAttribute34">‘</span><span class="CharAttribute34">Great
Literary Fiction</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">
that tends to dwell for immensely long periods of time on something normally
insignificant like a falling leaf...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">I'</span><span class="CharAttribute34">m
not saying that books ought to be the type of Tony-is-a-boy-Tony-goes-to-school
type of fare meant for toddlers either, all I'</span><span class="CharAttribute34">m
saying is that spending inconsiderate amounts of time on trivial things doesn'</span><span class="CharAttribute34">t
mean a book should classified great...that would make Literature the joke that
Art had/has become, where a few squiggles made by a toddler is considered great
painting.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">It simply doesn't work that way...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">All I'</span><span class="CharAttribute34">m
saying is the greatness of a work of Writing (or Literature), shouldn'</span><span class="CharAttribute34">t
be judged on its grandiose words or length or so called 'intellectual' content
(which is just psychological tosh and a posh way of saying </span><span class="CharAttribute34">‘</span><span class="CharAttribute34">boring</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">!),
but on its content and ability of drawing you into the story and making you
empathize with its characters.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">That, for me, is the mark of a great
book.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Time for a list!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute12"><b>How I Know When A Book Is A Good Book</b>:</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">1. When I cry, out of sadness, joy,
frustration, empathy, whatever...it has to be good to make me cry...tears are
precious after all!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">2. When I laugh...crying is fine (even </span><span class="CharAttribute35"><i>All
the Best</i> </span><span class="CharAttribute34">(pathetic excuse of a Bollywood movie if
you didn't know!) made me cry) but only a truly great book can make you laugh.
Laugh at the characters</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">
predicaments, thoughts, words, actions, anything!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Think: Roald Dahl...gawsh, he was one
terrific author.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">3. When I think and sometimes act on
what I read. Anne Frank was one such writer. I don</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">t
call her my writing-defining author for nothing; her diary was/is one of the
most relatable books I</span><span class="CharAttribute34">’</span><span class="CharAttribute34">ve
ever read.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">4. When I empathise, sometimes wish I
were the character in question. Ok, confession: I'm guilty of having wished I
could be Bella and try to undo some of the dumb situations she got herself into
(Sorry dear </span><span class="CharAttribute35"><i>Twilight</i></span><span class="CharAttribute34">
haters!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">5. When I learn stuff and try doing
them for real. This happens with most books whose writers have a better
vocabulary than I have but whenever I learn a new word, phrase, or tone of
speech or mannerism I like, I usually end up liking that book.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Phrase watch: </span><span class="CharAttribute26"><i><b>Laissez
faire</b></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Sentence use:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">The new presidential nominee should
lobby for a<i><b> </b></i></span><span class="CharAttribute26"><i><b>laissez faire</b></i></span><span class="CharAttribute34">
system of government, but that would be like trying to enforce a utopian world!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Note: I </span><span class="CharAttribute36">do
not</span><span class="CharAttribute34"> know if that sentence is correct!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute34">Till then, Adieu!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-49046336877275714772012-10-21T09:49:00.000+05:302012-11-09T07:58:05.255+05:30Trivials<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">The title might sound like the name of
a box of mini sized chocolates (Mars</span><span class="CharAttribute28">™</span><span class="CharAttribute28">,
Bounty</span><span class="CharAttribute28">™</span><span class="CharAttribute28">, Milky Way</span><span class="CharAttribute28">™</span><span class="CharAttribute28">)
which our NRI relatives get us, but this is a compilation of little things you
notice about a person when you have lived with them for long (like when you</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">re
married!).So for lack of a better subject idea, Welcome to my world:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Trivials are the things that you notice
people thinking about, or doing or saying or anything-ing if you'</span><span class="CharAttribute28">ve
been running a surveillance on them for a year or so(</span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>The
Case Of The Missing Servant</i></span><span class="CharAttribute28">) and they</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">re
generally classified quirks(the more noticeable ones).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute23">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Like Shrek in </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Shrek
Forever After</i></span><span class="CharAttribute28"> to Fiona: "You sleep by
candlelight; you scrunch your nose up when wishing..."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute23">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">I can</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">t
list everything now, so I</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">ll
keep adding to this list as I remember the other ones!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute23">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 38pt; text-indent: -20pt;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -20pt;">1. </span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Cold water</b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">
is something I absolutely love, especially when you get home tired and sweaty
from the great outdoors. It</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">s
a lifesaver...truly the verse about giving a cup of cold water is very true!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">2. </span><span class="CharAttribute12"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Clean
feet and hands</b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">: For a person who is
otherwise piggish, I have an allergy to dirty soles and palms. Maybe it</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">s the constant
cream-ing(If you didn'</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">t
know, I have extremely dry skin so I always have to moisturise myself(that</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">s 24/7). Vaseline</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">™</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US"> should hire me as
their brand ambassador!)...I'</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">m
curiously cat-like in this matter.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span class="CharAttribute28"><span lang="EN-US">3. </span></span></span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Superficial hubby
qualities</b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">: I'</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">ve wanted to write
this down for a long time and a blog named </span></span><span class="CharAttribute27" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Trivials</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">
was not what I had in mind but this might seem trivial to most people so here
goes...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-indent: -20pt;"> I wanted my husband to be taller, a
little darker or my shade in skin colour and more toned and muscled than me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"> Also, I want him to be educated...not
in the customary sense of the world though even that</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">s
important, I mean knowledgeable and I want him to have plenty of bravery and
common sense too,(My knight in shining armour!)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"> Small list don</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">t
you</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">think?!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-indent: -26.66666603088379px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -27pt;">4. </span><b><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Flattering</span></span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">but not ground-worshipping works on me</span></span></b><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">: One good way to get
me is praise! I love a well meant compliment but the imitation style of
flattery only irritates me.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-indent: -26.66666603088379px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">5</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -27pt;">. </span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Succulent is kind of
s**y</b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">: I do have a thing
about words yet I don</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">t
know why, but this word is somewhat seductive (Eww, I totally hated saying
that).</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"> Don</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">t
know why but I seem to find Anoop Menon of </span><span class="CharAttribute27" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><i>Beautiful</i>
</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">attractive</span><span class="CharAttribute27" style="text-indent: -20pt;">,
</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">it</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">s
a good movie as well. (Yep...this girl has gone officially crazy and writing
this down is only re-enforcing this! Maybe I ought to stop?)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -20pt;">6. </span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>I like mixed colours,
gypsy-style</b> and black, white and grey combination patterns</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">,
but if I'</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">m
asked about favourite colours, I answer white and gold. (Take note everybody
who is going to get me clothes!)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -20pt;">7. </span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Pull-Push glass doors
confuse me</b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">: This is what I
could actually call a triviality in this whole entry. Every time I see a glass
door without (sometimes even with) a tag, I have to stand there a few seconds
and consider whether to pull or push it to get in!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -27pt;">8. </span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Fancy dinners make me
self-conscious</b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">: Throughout these
pages, I'</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US">ve
always claimed to be an Anglophile, yet...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"> I think it would be the fear of unseen
but educated, should-be-impressed and all-noticing persons seeing me make a
faux pas in formal table manners so taking me out to dinner isn'</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">t
really a very good way to </span><span class="CharAttribute27" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><i>patao</i></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><i>-fy</i>
me unless you don</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">t
mind me being uncomfortable on the inside throughout the meal (some boorish
males wouldn'</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">t I suppose...Please
Note: I didn'</span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;">t take any names!)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -20pt;">9. </span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Love making Musical</b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>
</b>:Not very appropriate for me to say but it is a wish of mine to make love with
music in the background(preferably Yanni)and none of those porky sounding
grunts and groans,(as depicted in Bhatt movies and gal pal</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">s descriptions, no
porn for me.),glorious!(and painful according to eM.)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -20pt;">10.</span><span class="CharAttribute12" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Pen-pencils </b></span></span><span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US">(That's
what they are called here!): These pen-pencils were a rage when I was smaller
and I love them! The way you can just push the old led under and see a
brand-new sharpened led poke out...Sweet!</span></span></span><br />
<span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">11.<b>I don't eat oranges the normal way</b>,instead I first delicately separate the segments and then open them up to get to the juice-filled bubbles inside.</span></span><br />
<span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Citrus crazy!</span></span><br />
<span class="CharAttribute28" style="text-indent: -20pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Phrase watch:</span><span class="CharAttribute12">
<i><b>Method to madness</b></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute23">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">In a sentence: (Another Yanni
tribute...the last one I promise!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute23">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">People didn't notice it until it was
too late, but there was always</span><span class="CharAttribute26"> <b><i>method to the
musical virtuoso's madness</i></b></span><span class="CharAttribute28">. (In this case,
non-conformist music, hair, and white clothes...though all these have mostly
disappeared now...</span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>sudhar gaya</i>!</span><span class="CharAttribute28">)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute23">
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-2778374500629276382012-10-20T09:48:00.000+05:302012-11-09T07:58:21.015+05:30The Metamorphosis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">This essay was written in the wake of a
sudden flash of inspiration while on the pot (I mean it!); As for calling it </span><span class="CharAttribute28">‘</span><span class="CharAttribute28">essay</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">,
I don</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">t think this can exactly be called a
blog entry and I could think of nothing better than the title of Franz Kafka</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
book,(Thank you sir!).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">These are some other titles that I
thought of:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">You</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">re
Small, Keep Quiet: A Kid</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
Point of View.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Being Politically Correct in an </span><span class="CharAttribute27">Adult</span><span class="CharAttribute28">
World. (Sounds like Nathaniel</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
book in </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Enchanted</i>,</span><span class="CharAttribute28">
right?)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">On with it...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">I turned 18 recently, thus joining the
society of </span><span class="CharAttribute28">‘</span><span class="CharAttribute28">adults</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">.
And now, life is very different from the off-handed approach I took to people,
friends, activities and life in general when I was a kid, when good things did
not come with strings attached, when you could speak your mind without being
afraid it would make you look like a crazy loon in the other persons</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">
eyes. (I empathize with Maurice in </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Beauty and the Beast</i>.</span><span class="CharAttribute28">)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Now, everything has become more
serious, more important, having an effect on my future (though if it</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
anything like now then it</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
a seriously bleak and boring prospect).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Everything I do has a motive, a
purpose...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Why are you studying? To get a job.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Why get a job? To earn.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Why earn? To have all the material
comforts I need and get a well-paid husband.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">How will you get him? By being physically,
financially, morally (in the eyes of society) and everything-ly perfect.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Now, I have people looking up to me,
namely: Kids calling me </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>chechi </i>(elder sister)</span><span class="CharAttribute28"> not by name, shopkeepers calling me madam not</span><span class="CharAttribute27">
baby</span><span class="CharAttribute28"> (that</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
lass in Mumbai and is pronounced like </span><span class="CharAttribute27">be-bi</span><span class="CharAttribute28">!)
and a feeling that the society goddess (the one who keeps everyone</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
societal track record and his/her image before other men (and women because I'</span><span class="CharAttribute28">m
feminist, well, sort of)) is always keeping an eye on me, seeing what I'</span><span class="CharAttribute28">m
doing, waiting for me to make a social blunder thus tarnishing my image.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Now, I have to keep up with everyone</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
expectations of me. Trade imagination for practicality...I guess that</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
why true virtuosos in most arts always shun society, (no excuse to lock
yourself away in a darkened room and play maniacal mournful tunes on the
piano...note to self!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">It</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
because they're unfettered souls, straining against the invisible but strong
spider web society has spun to keep in check the minds of people...that does
sound lyrical!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Time for a poem...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">What I want to do, I cannot do,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">Because of what mummy says to me,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">Be a good girl now, you've grown up you
see.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">Now you must learn to cook and preen
and knead and dress,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">Pick up your stuff and even clean
others</span><span class="CharAttribute27">’</span><span class="CharAttribute27"> mess,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">Because you've grown up you see.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">One day, my dear, you'll have to pick
your Prince Charming-like husband,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">Who'll take you away to his house and
give you new in-laws who, you might think treat you like a servant,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">There are other things too (which a too R-rated to mention here!).</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">And you'll have to grin and bear them
all....</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">But through all these experiences
remember your God's child and my little baby doll!</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">But watch me; I'</span><span class="CharAttribute27">m
a free bird,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">I'll do what I want to do, go where I
want, see what I want to,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">And learn things for myself instead of
learning them all from aunties who say, </span><span class="CharAttribute27">‘</span><span class="CharAttribute27">Never
do!'</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27">I'll be successful one day, I pray,</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>And be myself all through the way!</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">Afterthought: </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">This sounds like the kind of song you</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">d
see in a Disney movie with Julie Andrews as the mother and the typical doe-eyed
English beauty playing the daughter. Hee hee. I'</span><span class="CharAttribute28">m
a scriptwriter now!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">I miss the clear-cut direct
straightforwardness from before (Read: childhood). Now, you never know how a
simple act or word of yours will be interpreted. Everything has two (possibly
more) meanings.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">After the LGBT wave, two girls holding
hands is seen, not as a sweet symbol of friendship, but as a sign that those
girls might be lesbian. How successfully society has managed to fool us. By
deluding man into thinking he's developing (when he is in fact only narrowing
his already boxed-in mind), she, (Goddess, remember?), has played us for fools
and now instead of getting better as he grows older, man is getting more and
more narrow minded and this will go on till the day when he has nowhere to
move, a societal straightjacket....</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">I only hope more people realize this
before all goes to ruin.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">I've definitely become one of those
the-world-is-ending people now!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">But I mean what I say. Shouldn'</span><span class="CharAttribute28">t
humanity be progressing as the years go by instead of worsening day after day
and coming to an end as described in The Bible?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute28">It</span><span class="CharAttribute28">’</span><span class="CharAttribute28">s
something to think about...</span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-52752812570051343432012-10-19T09:44:00.000+05:302012-11-09T07:58:34.696+05:30Mirror, Mirror On the Wall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v3bM6B4QLXM/UJCl5_xCzMI/AAAAAAAAADI/uLeMtUtHmZk/s1600/mir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v3bM6B4QLXM/UJCl5_xCzMI/AAAAAAAAADI/uLeMtUtHmZk/s320/mir.jpg" width="242" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24"><br /></span>
<span class="CharAttribute24">I remember this comic strip in </span><span class="CharAttribute10"><i>Archie</i></span><span class="CharAttribute24">
where Archie is shown through the eyes of his family and friends: he</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
a baby for his mom, a Casanova in his dad</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
eyes, knight-in-shining-armour for Betty, melted puddle to Veronica, himself
(with a Jughead-ish nose) to Jughead and most importantly, after all this, he
says only he himself sees himself as he is....a beefy hunk!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Har har.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Jok (ey) ing apart (hee hee), I
actually feel empathy for Archie after the bathroom incident and Bub's comment
('Look I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">ve got sweat stains just like you'.
Wounded. Pride.).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">When I look into a mirror (and I feel
s**y), I see this buxom lass with a nut-brown face and creamy body...all
smooth. The tummy, thighs, and upper arms (all the problem areas) could do with
a little shaping. Otherwise, I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
physically fine to myself.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">But if I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
in the throes of self-hatred, then God help. All my ranting about why I hate
myself begin...my fat tummy, thighs and things, my excess melanin, pimples,
moles, hair, sweatiness...never ending(that</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
when I envy these actresses).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I just love this phrase:<b><i> </i></b></span><span class="CharAttribute12"><b><i>Arms
akimbo</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Use in sentence: </span><span class="CharAttribute10">Mako
stood under the coconut tree </span><span class="CharAttribute26"><b><i>arms akimbo</i></b></span><span class="CharAttribute10">
to catch the ripe coconut that was going to fall any minute on his landlord</span><span class="CharAttribute10">’</span><span class="CharAttribute10">s
head to try to get off from paying that month's lease for saving his landlord</span><span class="CharAttribute10">’</span><span class="CharAttribute10">s
life. This continued until his landlord noticed him standing in a 'saviour of
the world' pose and caught him!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">(I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
a literature major now! </span><span class="CharAttribute10"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Weird-Kate-Atkinson/dp/0312203241/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0">Emotionally Weird</a></i></span><span class="CharAttribute24">
has been helpful in this matter showing me the dark underbelly of the world of
literature and philosophy majors as opposed to the normal perceptions of their
colleges being liberal and easy going. As for the book, it</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
good, detailed and occasionally funny too and somewhat comic throughout. My
only gripe is that it</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
too stretched</span><span class="CharAttribute10"> </span><span class="CharAttribute24">out</span><span class="CharAttribute27">;</span><span class="CharAttribute24">
I wouldn'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t have been able to read the whole book
a few years ago (even now I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
taking it in small doses).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">But this is not what I wanted to say, I
wanted to tell you about the strange case of the girl who play-acts before the
bathroom mirror!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Does that sound funny enough? Or should
I modify it??</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Forget it. Yes, so Yanni</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
</span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Aria</i></span><span class="CharAttribute24">
was on that day when I was in the bathroom and it</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
the best possible music to pretend you</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">re
a Roman princess to, I tell you!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">You should have seen me...eyebrow
stylishly (and saucily) cocked, entreating my cruel father king Herod to
release the foreign prisoners. My grief when he disagreed, my indignation at
being refused and my pity for the imprisoned...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Then I boldly disguising myself to
fight the king...and the hot foreign prisoner catching me escaping and then we
spar with words and flirty expressions...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I got there and had to stop to have
bath.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Think that funny? There are so many
more....I once had Edward of </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Twilight</i></span><span class="CharAttribute24">
fall in love with me...I mean Robert Pattinson(the guy looks good though I
refuse to recognize the caricature they ,made of him(and everybody else) in
that terrible excuse of a movie called </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Twilight</i></span><span class="CharAttribute24">)...the
person not the vampire...even that play-act had a lot of I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m-flirting-with-you
expressions and wordplay (mostly on the guy's part...in my stories, I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
the hot and elegant ice-princess with the cheeky replies and nose in the air
whom guys still want to date (Yep...what I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
so not in real life!!Stories ARE the antithesis of real life!))</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">But isn't it a scary and comforting
thought at the same time that, whom we see in the mirror isn'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
how we actually look on the outside but who we want to be on the inside?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">So all the times I've been happy about
how I look were just delusions and all the times I was sad about it was just
more illusion...anybody else feel cheated?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I've been spending these exam days
exercising, Yanni-ing (glorious!) and having epiphanies (don</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
you just love that word!).All nice, but not very productive...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Funny, I found a makeshift mirror on
the terrace today...had a good long look at me. Didn'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
like what I saw, I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">ve
lost any hint of s**y hips I had, and my butt is LOW.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I am an unsatisfied girl.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Got to go!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Review: I sound totally self-obsessed
and superficial here...have to set another tone for future blogs.</span><span class="CharAttribute24"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24"> And if anybody thought the less of me for
endorsing </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Twilight</i></span><span class="CharAttribute24">(I'm
talking about my adult,</span><span class="CharAttribute27"> Twilight</span><span class="CharAttribute24">-is-trash
readers here. If there are any </span><span class="CharAttribute27"><i>Twilight</i></span><span class="CharAttribute24">
lovers reading this, I mean no offence to you whatsoever because I was one
among you too!) , rest your thudding hearts darlings, I'm so out of that phase
and into the brand-new grown stage of adult-novel reading but I might have
minor relapses when I want my stories to go faster and generally have a bit of
good old fashioned laughter!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">That rhymed</span><span class="CharAttribute24">…</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="CharAttribute24" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">But it</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s a nice topic for a blog!</span></span><br />
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-32869115627748062892012-10-17T09:43:00.000+05:302012-11-09T07:58:51.974+05:30Regrets & Ravings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Things I regret:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">1.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Not having learnt
music when I was younger.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">2.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Not having used
sunscreen and picking scabs (that have now become horrible stains which won</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">t go way...Keep this
in mind all you girls reading this!) in my childhood.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">3.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Having become too
close with Roy (that was once upon a time but still). It wouldn</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">t be wrong if you
thought that I regret this because I lost my ice-princess fame because of Roy
or else I</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">d
still have been the great, different, separated, on-a-different-plane girl I
was then!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">4.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Getting that ATKT in
my second year</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">5.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">All the times I
didn't behave well, did wrong just for the heck of it, and made way for the
devil to blacken my already horrible heavenly track record.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">6.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">All my sins.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">7.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Not having been more
athletic when I was younger.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I really wish I had gone for ballet or
horse riding or something, dammit...I feel now that I have wasted a whole 18
years of a life learning nothing except how to understand story plots.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I didn't even write seriously,
something I have potential in.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">It seems like I spent the most impressionable
of my life doing nothing but see and hear...and read...what a waste.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I seem to spend a lot of time wishing I
had done things these days.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Maybe I have a chronic jealousy disease
or something, but whenever I fall in love with somebody's talent (sometimes
even them in the bargain!) I start envying them and cursing me and badmouthing
them in the end (case of sour grapes).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Yanni-Words/dp/1401351948">Yanni's biography</a> can make
anybody jealous though, he had everything I wish I had...A Beautiful
talent(which he took pains to develop),a hunky physique and one of the most
emulation-worthy set of parents I</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">ve
known, and one of the world</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
most beautiful places to call home, Greece.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">If that won</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
make you jealous, what will?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">But then, in the end, even he</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
a person, a single soul among a billion others, and doesn</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
believe in God so he</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
pushed away the one support system he could have had...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">But he says he</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
got an intimate relation with God, more personal than anything else so he is
suspicious of anyone telling him about saving his soul(which is exactly what we
preach...a personal relationship with God, but I guess people might have made
it sound ritualistic to him. Don</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
laugh, it</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s possible).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Whatever the situation might be, he</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
one person I want to see in heaven (not only because of his music (though it</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
glorious), because I like the person he is).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Gosh, I definitely am mad, talking
about a world-renowned artist who is old now, (and hot! Yep, even I dint know I
could fall for old men!), as though he</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
the person next-door!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Anyway, you really should read the
book, it</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s wonderful...the life story of a
wonderful musician and a good book as well.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">So I guess I'll wind this up here with
this perfectly fitting quote I found in </span><span class="CharAttribute10"><i>One
Day at a Time </i>by William MacDonald:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute12">Of all the words of tongue or pen, the
saddest are, </span><span class="CharAttribute12">‘</span><span class="CharAttribute12">It might have been'.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute10">- Bret Hart</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Isn't it nice?!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">It might seem like an antithesis to my
blog, calling it sad.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">But then, only when you take stock of
your past and understand what you would like to change, will you be able to build
a wonderful future!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Ciao then!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Your loving,</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute2">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Lost in grandiose musical dreams
Blogger!</span><span class="CharAttribute24"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-71959376499776680202012-10-15T09:31:00.000+05:302012-11-09T08:05:32.264+05:30Things I Can't Do (Now!)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Ok, I've been wanting to right this for
sometime but whenever this idea popped into my head, it would diverge into other self-deprecatory thought-streams, but I managed to hold on this time and here we are!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">(The list is kind of short now, I'll
add things as I go on in life!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">1.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Tie a plait or a
braid or a pigtail.(All mean the same thing!)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">2.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Cook(Not even make
tea. I mean I know how to theoretically but not practically so basically, I
can't cook!).</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">3.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Drive a scooty, or
car or any motorized vehicle actually. I get scared about the vehicle running
away. And it's not that I've not tried. I did. Didn't work. Story in my diary.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">4.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Stay on a diet and
exercise regime. I have terrible willpower.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">5.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Whistle</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">…</span></span><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Gosh, foo foo is all
that comes out.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">6.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Enjoy in a water
park(or any park. or party. or anywhere where humans tend to congregate and
dance and let their hair down. Inherent Indian Introvert-ness (I coined
that!)). I have a drowning phobia though I still manage pretty well by bobbing
up and down throughout the length of the pool but throwing myself down a water
slide(or any slide for that matter),NO WAY.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">7.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Dance. I have two
left feet and left hands too probably. I have like a jangly giraffe when I have
to dance, feeling ungraceful and envious of other gracefully dancing humans on
the floor eats me up inside and freeze my already frozen feet.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">8.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Sing, in tune at
least. I would have been good, were it not for my self-esteem(and financial)
issues which stopped me at a young age.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">9.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute24"><span lang="EN-US">Study sincerely...at
least in my studies during term time. During exams, my posterior (The antonym
is anterior!) heats up enough to worry me and I study!(There, you have the
secret of my success!)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">P.S. Diphthong is the</span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/here-it-is-the-best-word-ever/262348/"><span class="CharAttribute17">
best word in the English language currently</span></a><span class="CharAttribute24">!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-43539730529929152532012-10-04T09:28:00.000+05:302012-12-18T15:46:05.635+05:30Emotional Atyachar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21"><br /></span>
<span class="CharAttribute21">The title was borrowed off a
colloquial(Nice word!) phrase which was turned into a song in <i>Dev D</i>, Not very
meaningful but if the cap fits why take it off?!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">This idea had occurred to me before so
it was just a matter of making hay while the sun shined, so from the throes of
a saddened heart (You</span><span class="CharAttribute21">’</span><span class="CharAttribute21">ll
see why) comes the following:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><b> </b></span><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Pure Elation</b>:</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">I</span><span class="CharAttribute22">’</span><span class="CharAttribute22">m
not in throes of Extreme Happiness now but this is just a note. This emotion is
expected tomorrow but not very excited about (I should be, it is my
birthday!).Anyway, this emotion is totally one of the most elusive and sought
after (Through clothes, Facebook, hoarding, thievery, whatever) like Felix
Felicis (The potion in</span><span class="CharAttribute10"> <i>Harry Potter</i></span><span class="CharAttribute22">!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">But there is nothing like it once you
have it. You feel lighter and younger and your tummy and heart give excited
little squeezes in between.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute4">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">If it is of the stronger variety, you
feel you</span><span class="CharAttribute22">’</span><span class="CharAttribute22">re walking on air...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute4">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">Yes, people in love experience all
these symptoms and the effects continue as long as the subject is in the
company of the object of love. It is known to fade in most cases after a
certain length of time called the 'honeymoon period' but in extremely rare
cases it remains as long as the couple is together. Recommended to be
experienced at least once in a lifetime.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute4">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">This emotion is experienced in various
other situations too but for a shorter duration and with less dramatic symptoms
but the joy remains the same nevertheless!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">2. <b>
</b></span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Medium Happiness</b>:</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">Could sometimes be called Fake
Happiness(The symptoms can be replicated easily hence comes in handy when you
want to fake it like when you're jealous!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">This emotion causes one to smile (Ranging
from a 32-tooth display (If you</span><span class="CharAttribute22">’</span><span class="CharAttribute22">re
a clown) or polite little lip-curving in between), sometimes jump around a bit
and its effects last for short periods of around a minute to a day (That is, for
yourself. If you are happy for another person or thing, the period every time
you meet that person or see that object).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute22">So, this happiness can be sometimes
called a Residual Shared Happiness because it usually is when you</span><span class="CharAttribute22">’</span><span class="CharAttribute22">re
sharing or being a part of someone else's pure elation (Sometimes sharing it
can make you super happy too).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">3.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute22"><b> </b></span><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Ashamed Happiness</b>:</span></span><span class="CharAttribute23"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Is seen especially when you have to
share in someone</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
extreme grief out of duty when you're happy (More on sharing grief below).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Or you</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">re
happy at someone</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
misfortune (Which is a very bad thing to do, but might happen unavoidably; like
when you and your friend both wanted the first rank in class).The proper
reaction would be to comfort the other person and never rub your own happiness
in their faces (Happens a lot, I know...make them read this!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Symptoms would be a smile threatening
to plaster itself over your face and you controlling your urge, turning it into
a grimace (Ideally you should use your handkerchief) or this constant
fluttering in your tummy while you shake your head sorrowfully or comfort the
other person.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Experience: Hasn't happened much
something I remember at the moment would be when I scored the highest at
school, people would be jostling me jovially and I</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">d
be explaining lessons to someone who failed so it would be uncomfortable (Not)
to react, I</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">d be happy inside and
quickly suppressing my success not to sadden the unfortunate girl (Needless to
say my besties always caught me!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">4.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US"><b> Extreme Sadness</b>: </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Your heart starts throbbing painfully
and feels so sad that you feel you</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">ll
just shrivel up and die and sometimes wish you could. Meanwhile your eyes start
streaming and get all puffy...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Reason: For trying to be funny and
laugh at daddy</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s posh
English...needless to say, it backfired. And here I am a sorry soggy faced
lumpy girl on the eve of her eighteenth birthday.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">P.S. In Retrospect: I needn't have
over-reacted.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">5.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Selfish Teary
Sadness</b>: </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">You know you've received more than you
deserve and hoped for and your parents can afford yet this sick germ of self
pity in you makes you so sad for yourself and you cry, you don</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
want to but you do and this germ makes you so teary that people end up seeing
you all weepy and then you tell them in this crying voice why. Gosh...nothing's
worse and embarrassing....I mean who wants to admit they</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">re
crying because they didn't get baby pink shoes instead of bright pink ones?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Reason: I got two pairs of jeans today.
More than I hoped for, but they</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">re
not branded...so silly me started crying about how cheap poor me has become...no good dresses when everyone has nice things and all.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">I mean, I know daddy cannot afford
it...my fees aren</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
paid yet...still...stupid me.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">P.S. This type of reaction is not
expected from those rich-daddies</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">
precious daughters(No offense meant whatsoever)who have the full right to shed
precious saline H20 over their eagerly awaited Gucci</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
turning out to be cream instead of ecru!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">6.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Medium Sadness</b>: </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Similar to Medium Happiness, seen when
you share in someone else's grief...effects range in the same limits as before:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Short or up to a day or every time you
meet that person or see that object reminding you of it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Medium Sadness should never be twisted
and turned to resemble extreme grief because the person's actions will reek of
falseness and is tasteless...Show what you actually feel in cases where this kind
of grief is seen in public and help the person in pain(Physical or Mental).They
need it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Reason : I have undergone this
type of emotion often but a memorable event would have been Len's mom'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
funeral...I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m not sure if even
saying this is in very good taste, Anyway, I was very saddened about aunty
going away definitely but another person</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
true grief doesn'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
spread to you much though the aura of grief does. I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
not saying aunty going away didn'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
make a difference to me and I don</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
care but I couldn'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
cry and beat my chest, there simply wasn'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
enough sadness for that(And we don</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
have to display all that grief in public unlike some other communities anyway)
so I tried my best to help Len come out of it and on that day tried to share in
the family</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s sorrow and help as
much as I could.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">7.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Little Sadness and
Little Joy</b>: </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Interchangeable, because, in my case, I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
incapable of these unless I'</span><span class="CharAttribute24">m
in a bored, listless and melancholic mood(which is often enough).Happens when
you have a very small ,possibly negligible happiness (Any good happening to you
should not be taken for granted of course however small it is, Count your
blessings!) or sadness. You don</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
take it very much to heart or anything, just acknowledge them, sometimes say a
word of thanks for it and you</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">re
out of the emotional cycle.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">In case of small sadness, They could be
triggered by very small happenings common to everybody like not getting the
paper on time, This emotion is not very great on its own but leaves a bad aura
in the mind like a sudden smell of shit in an otherwise normal train journey
(Think Dharavi!) which can prove to be a trigger for more obsessing over
sadness and lead to something bigger....</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute4">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Ok...since all the biggest parts are
out of the way...it is time for a little question.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute10">If all these emotions happen only on
certain triggers, which emotion do we experience most of the time normally?</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Answer: I would say that these triggers
are happening constantly causing small injections of either a positive or
negative emotion, which builds up toward a final state of mind, which leads to
a certain output, or reaction, which ascertain the individual</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
emotional state for a longer period.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute4">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Not all the above might seem to make
sense but it has not been copied out of some large, dusty psychology tome I
assure you. It is all straight from my heart (and brain!).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute4">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute24">Another issue with the article might be
that the range of emotions mentioned is tiny compared with what you might get
if you Googled 'list-of-emotions</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">.
What I have discussed here is the extreme positive (Happiness) and the extreme
negative (Sadness).Every emotion connects to one of these; Yes even anger,
which, if you think about it, is a manifestation of sadness, no person is going
to get angry if he</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s
happy...so be careful you don</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">t
ruffle anybody</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">s feathers or
emotions and you</span><span class="CharAttribute24">’</span><span class="CharAttribute24">re
guaranteed a beautifully happy life!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-77263385163144189742012-10-03T09:23:00.000+05:302012-11-09T08:03:00.079+05:30The Bad & the Beautiful<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">The following are some of the
wonderful, beautiful & surprising things to happen to a person, in no
particular order (All experienced. Mostly! ).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">1.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To wake up to the sound of the music in your
dreams or even birds chirping!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">2.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To witness a sunrise or sunset...it</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">s glorious I tell
you...& the smell of mint leaves, turmeric, arriving rain, wet earth,
flowers and petrol!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">3.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To listen to
beautiful music</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">…</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">Yanni,
Don Moen</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">…</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">God's
way of showing us what Heaven will be like! ( Yeah, I'm in a bubble right now!)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">4.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To find everything perfect in the bathroom
when you go...lukewarm water, clean basin, new soap and things.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">5.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To have a loved one hug you and tell you they
love you.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">6.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To get a surprise gift.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">7.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To help someone in genuine need or make
someone else happy</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">8.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To feel blessed and
to realise how great God is...</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">9.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To fall in love, all
the manifestations are included here & to love and be loved!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">10. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To
finally get something you've been yearning for (A wish fulfilled or even
finishing the last paper!)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">11. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To laugh long and loud.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">12. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To fell s**y and have people stare! Or even
appreciate you.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">13. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To
drink cold water when you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">re
parched and to eat when you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">re
hungry or even have anything specially yummy (Which could be anything at a
specific moment) but specially chocolate and toast sandwiches.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute12">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">P.S. Science Fact: You become happy
because of the enzyme/chemical called dopamine.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute12">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute10">Some irritating things:</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">14. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To
have chewed chewing gum stick to you (Yuck...you feel like strangling the
person who left it there!).</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">15. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To be blocked or pushed away when you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">re bubbling with
happiness and want to say something.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">16. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US"> To be shaken awake when you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">re in the middle of a
beautiful dream or are really sleepy.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">17. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To
Not get something you really really want.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">18. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To
put poked, put down, insulted before people you know or want to know(like at a
party and you end up seeing that college bully who made your life hell then,
and now is going to ruin your chances of ever impressing the attractive girl or
guy you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">ve
been wanting to go out with forever but were planning to ask today!).</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">19. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">To
regret (It</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">s
bad, sometimes awful because you can</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute21"><span lang="EN-US">t
change anything).</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">I got this idea when I recollected
having read about </span><a href="http://www.1000awesomethings.com/"><span class="CharAttribute17">THIS</span></a><span class="CharAttribute21">
website.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute12">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">Created by Neil Pasricha, it features
1000 awesome things about life and two books followed the website.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">The critics called the books "a
collection of small joys", (which I think puts the book cleanly into a
nutshell..I love(and envy) critics for being able to do that).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">Awesome!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">Yes, so that</span><span class="CharAttribute21">’</span><span class="CharAttribute21">s
for my </span><span class="CharAttribute21">‘</span><span class="CharAttribute21">Bad and Beautiful</span><span class="CharAttribute21">’</span><span class="CharAttribute21">
blog. Not very inspired writing but you need to be in the element to write
these things with passion and fervour...so I</span><span class="CharAttribute21">’</span><span class="CharAttribute21">ll
try to edit this when I</span><span class="CharAttribute21">’</span><span class="CharAttribute21">m
in a blacker or more buoyant mood!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">Until then...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute21">Blog Question: Isn't love selfish too?
At least from the human side, I mean. We</span><span class="CharAttribute21">’</span><span class="CharAttribute21">re
interested, i.e., love the other person only because he/she shows more interest
in us than we take in ourselves...so isn</span><span class="CharAttribute21">’</span><span class="CharAttribute21">t
it a kind of reciprocation?</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Talithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775247570828582336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704217241296617329.post-64741761879564186152012-09-30T09:14:00.000+05:302012-11-09T08:02:36.787+05:30Railway Child Reloaded<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3WiV9okUoZs/UJCgPICQA2I/AAAAAAAAACw/woVCLM0RH3Y/s1600/train.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3WiV9okUoZs/UJCgPICQA2I/AAAAAAAAACw/woVCLM0RH3Y/s320/train.png" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3"><br /></span>
<span class="CharAttribute3">This blog is the fruit of a request
made by my brother (which is a surprisingly weird occurrence in itself!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">So this entry is dedicated to him...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">First off, this entry has nothing in
common with the book from which the title is derived other than the fact that
there are three children in here(Me, my brother and sister) and they too have a
lot of fun & thanks to E. Nesbitt for the title of course.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">I wanted to write about a typical
Bombay train journey but the title makes me think about the longer Kerala trips
(which are fun as well)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">So I</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">m
going to write a mish-mash of both. (Pray it turns out well since I</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">m
running low on inspiration.)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">O.k., so here goes...</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">{Train whistle}</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute12">Bombay</span><span class="CharAttribute3">
(Yes, I don</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">t use the name Mumbai
since I am totally against the vernacularization (Not sure it</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">s
a word!) of perfectly good English names)</span><span class="CharAttribute12">
trains:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">The first time I travelled alone would
be sometime in the first year of my Diploma to Borivali...Manu</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">s
whim and I</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">d have done anything for that trip. To
make this blog interesting, I</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">ll
make a list!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute10">The Biggest fears when you</span><span class="CharAttribute10">’</span><span class="CharAttribute10">re
on a local:</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">1.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">It will be crowded
and you'll get pushed off it or flipside: That you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">ll
get pushed in so bad, you can</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
come out!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">2.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">It will be filled
with fisherwomen sitting on the footboards, who yell curses at you when you
lean over them to get a grip somewhere, then abuse your height, and (If they</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">re
badly pissed off,) your family.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">3.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">You'll doze off and
miss your station.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">4.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> If you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">re
running late, it'll get jammed somewhere in the unknown forever.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">5.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">Your pocket will get
picked or you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">ll
drop your belongings or even your baby (I</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">m
cruelly paranoid I know!) when you're jammed in the throng of bodies.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ParaAttribute4">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute10">Some Ewwy and irritating things to
happen on a local:</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">6.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">To be stuck beside a
sweating (It</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">s
natural yes, even I sweat but there is something called deodorant) and
irritating fat Guajarati lady who keeps pushing her cleavage on you and makes
you wet and stinky.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">7.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">To have people yell </span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">“</span></span><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US">age
jao, age jao</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">”</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">
at you when you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">re
stuck with no scope of limbic movement at all and your station is fast
approaching.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">8.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">To have people tug at
your bag's strap, hair, arms or anywhere else to move you or just get your
attention(Come on, just standing there is painful enough, why make it worse??)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">9.
</span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> For a kid: It</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">s
awful when adults push you down when it</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">s
already hard to see you and then you have to crawl your way between peoples
legs like a little bug which makes them look at you like you definitely are a
bug!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">10. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">And
if you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">re
a peace loving person like me...you</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">ll
hate the shouting (I</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">ll
say men are better in this matter) and also eunuchs, (Known colloquially as </span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">‘c</span></span><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US">hukkas</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">)
saying </span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">“</span></span><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US">Baba,
paisa do</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">”</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">
and blessing you (Thankfully, being a girl assures you that they don</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
pay much attention to you) and the fact that you tower above everybody else in
the coach doesn'</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
help.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">11. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">Travelling
during the rains is a horrific experience with all the squelchy mud, wet
clothes, vermin and mosquitoes.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute12">Kerala trains:</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">I have around 4-5 trips worth of
experience for these...so here goes!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute10">Biggest fears on a long-distance
chuk-chuk gaadi:</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">12. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> The TC will come around before the station we
have the ticket from arrives.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">13. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">We'll
fall from the top berths while sleeping(I had a phobia of some guy touching me
when I</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">m
sleeping on the top berth where my parents can</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
see me(& btw I have no abused past if you started thinking it.)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">14. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> Some person (Even a sibling) who actually has
the window seat will claim the seat in the morning before you get to it.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">Or a drunkard will be sprawled over
your berth when you board the train & you</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">ll
have to stand around while people try to get him off and leaves finally but not
before retching on the seat.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">15. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> The toilets won</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
have a mug or will be this perpetually stinky bog and there will be scary
abuse(Or a pimp's phone number) written on the doors and there will be</span></span><span class="CharAttribute10"><span lang="EN-US">
paan</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">-stains, sanitary napkin papers and
even body fluids in the toilet when you have to go.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">16. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">That
ticketless waifs (I was one on a trip but got a seat due to strangers</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">
kindness) will come and sleep between or even under your berths and scare you
out of your wits when you step on them by mistake & then you take pity on
them and share your seat and food and your mother goes all charity and begins
giving them</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">100</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">buck
notes which they spend on drinking and loot you when you get all familiar
(Paranoid I know, but it has happened).</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute10">Things you look forward to or hope for
on a long-distance:</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">17. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> The coach will have rubber handles, and
magazine holders and charger plugs and no table, rusty handles or torn seats or
yucky fixations and good toilets.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">18. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US"> Good people in the adjacent seats and at least
one person of interest to stare at throughout the trip. (Girls fine but Boys
better because you can spin stories by just observing them!)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">19. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">Awake
parents with plenty of money to spend on books, CDs and snacks...and a
wonderful aunt to get you yummy stuff at Panvel!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">20. </span><!--[endif]--><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">This
is something I wish for real bad but hasn</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
happened yet: A friend on the journey with me....some of my college besties or
Roy or any guy (Can</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
think of any other guy I</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">d
want to go with right now, Roy should be honoured, but He</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">d
probably say no and I</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">d
spend the time fuming and secretly enjoying it....because he won</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">’</span></span><span class="CharAttribute3"><span lang="EN-US">t
have anywhere to escape my hard-hitting questions!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">Diverging...beep beep)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">I apologize for that.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3">Yes, so that</span><span class="CharAttribute3">’</span><span class="CharAttribute3">s
my train monologue. Hope you liked it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="CharAttribute3"> </span><span class="CharAttribute10">Train
Song</span><span class="CharAttribute21"> by Vashti Bunyan is, I think, the
perfect accompaniment to this entry!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="CharAttribute21" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.indiemuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/1-03%20Train%20Song.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Train Song - Vashti Bunyan</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/train-song-lyrics-vashti-bunyan.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Train Song - Lyrics</span></a><br />
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