grand essentials of happiness

this little status message, of my dear friend Nishant, reminded me to pen in some stuff again :)

it says :

The Grand Essentials of happiness are :

something to do,
something to love,
and something to hope for ..

it seems too true..

as u know what , its those three things mentioned that keeps me going these days..
i have loads to do .. good things to do.. and loads to learn from there.. good and bad both actually.. it seems i am learning and finding myself each day.. sometimes it is pleasant and shocking at others.. bt nice it is only :)

something to love.. hmmm.. thats true too.. i have loads of things to love these days..its a nice feeling too :)

and something to hope for.. isnt this a result of the two things quoted above!? when you would have things to do and things to love, there would definitely be things to hope for too.. and that is what keeps you going and anticipating for more good things to come.. !

so u see my friend, i fulfill the essentials to happiness.. :P

do u ?!

of expectations and more..

Today I got reminded of one of the WY-WI sessions that i used to have back there at MICA... that of having expectations in a relationship... any and all kinds for that matter..

its like , you have friends, and u expect things from them. and what happens when these expectatios come falling down ? ok , i may be anngry right now or damn pissed .. but that is not as important as what i think right now ..

what do u do , when things dont happen as u wanted them to ?
do you need to be blatant about things that you want in a relationship?
or do u expect that person to simply 'understand' ?

i get angry
sometimes i try to understand
and at times at shout.. sometimes that shouting happens on not the one i am angry with, but on someone else.. someone whom i expect to 'understand'

ranji says that my posts are very random..
maybe this one is another one of them..

to appu !

this is what appu taught me at MICA.. so apt for today :

it is a lovely weather
we will have fun together

aa come
aa come
aa come to me my love

there is no moon today
there is no sun today
it is a lovely weather
we will have fun together

:)

well.. the correct way to say it is not just to read it .. u need to be in a good mood, happy and feel like dancing.. then , my friend, u will do a good job out of it :P

formal letters

funny little thing happened to me aaj..

i went to the bank to get the renewal of my fixed deposit (yes, i am THAT jobless)

the old auntie who looked damn irritated with her boring desk job, handed me a paper and asked me to write an application for it..

now now.. when was the last time i ACTUALLY wrote an official letter ????

dude! i couldn recollect the format only !

dear ma'am ke baad subject ? which side do u put the address ? and what about the date ??

yeah, yeah. . i wrote it and gave it in.. the lady gt the message (its the message communicated that matters right !) and i shall get the work done

as if that wasnt enough, my tauji came in the evening only to ask me to write 'letter to the pension office' . This was easy. Just had to copy what was written. The only confusion : what to use - yours truly/ yours faithfully . I remembered what was taught in english classes when i was a kid. Truly it was :P

Funny what things we learn in school only to forget.

The weirdest thing ??

My friend called.. She got a job today.

Guess what profession : middle school teacher

:)

a loong fun weekend :)

i visited calcutta this weekend .. and couldn help but notice what a quaint little town it is ! i mean, comin frm delhi and been at mumbai , it seems this city sleeps, wakes up to refuse getting up from the bed again !!

patli patli roads..

small yellow taxis..

slow slow trams..

and little lakes making you want to stop on the road!

i loved the place .. 'calcutta darshan' i couldn do in the true sense of the term, but of what little i DID get my hands on, it ws wonnderful!!

the reason i was there : my best friend's wedding :P i mean, i cant imagine.. my roommate is a married woman ! but good fun it was.. the best thing was tht all of us were there together.. so all my 'yearnings' of meeting friends and getting those 'magical hugs' finally found me :)

but u know what the bestest thing about the four days was ??

mandaarmani

its a beach.. a different from the ones i have seen in goa, diu and mumbai .. u can drive on it !! and the way it stares at you at night : the mighty white waves.. and the beautiful sound it makes . . . and the WIND .. blows away your mind man !! if I had a wish, i would have sat on tht log of wood forever, just staring at the sea.. or dancing with friends on the beach while it was raining .. yes i know wht will make me happy in my life .. a house by the beach :)

sometime, i shall have one in GOA..

what life that would be :)

of friends..

there is one question that i am trying to find an answer to , or probably i do have one..

As time goes by, you meet so many people.. you make friends, friends for life.. best friends , buddies you share memories with .. some good , some bad.. but things that bring a smile on your face..

As time goes by, life moves on .. and u tend to forget those you meet in the way..

And there are times when u haven't forgotten them, but just forgot to say a hello or give a call on a lazy sunday afternoon with a 'wasssup!' Sometimes you DO make that call and live up the good old days.. sometimes, you dont have much to say.. sometimes you wonder 'why am i making the effort! ... all the time!'

:)

why the smile ? coz at time i wonder, is it really important to be told by your friends that you are right there, that you are being missed , that you need a hug rightnow ? to call talk nonsense , or just say a hello.. to meet fr lunch and keep laughing.. and what for the times when you really cant meet? and the smile more so coz it remindes me of my sweet lil friend and the conversation with her..

and i dont know how should i be ending this post..

maybe by saying that i many times when i do call my friends , i may not say i really miss them , but i do.. i might bug them by innumerable sms.. but i like to start my day like that .. i might feel like giving up on them when i dont hear back in three days, but i somehow cant..

donno how many of them would read this random thing.. but yes, if u are .. mmmuah .. miss you :)

the sine curve

this is how life seems these days .. no .. am no sadist or a lover of physics.. but my observation on how my mood and life seems to be moving along the time axis depicts something very close to it :P

after a wonnnderful time at the hard rock cafe (u should go there !) and then the dinner at fujia (i guess thts how u spell it .. my sister insists its the best in Chinese food but i think otherwise) i thought life was fun .. yeah, there was a minor dip in the middle, but my life was still back on a high !

and then the rain !!

and the lovely lovely monday morning
(ironic i know... lovely monday!)

reminded me of all the wonderful rain experiences :

@mumbai : rain.. football.. guys.. and a very happy spectator :P

@MICA : the most BEAUTIFUL Ones ever.... parijat ke bahar the puddle of water.. or simply sitting next to my purple door looking at the rain outside.. and then running for the pakodas by kishore bhai.. the umbrellas that were always stolen and the raincoats which could anyways not do much .. some time tht was .. ws looking for some pictures.. this is ths first one that came to my mind.. courtesy dubey

this is outside parijat.. the first rains we saw at MICA.. and first rains that saw us gettin mad !


@dilli: while going frm ITO to CP, there is this little stretch of road.. shaded with trees... drive there when it rains.. pure blissss :)

so tht .. was the high..

wondering what the next low was ??

u guessed it right .. am at office abi :(

hate it hate it hate it hate it

am glad my boss aint net savvy :P

P.S. : according to my sine theory , the upswing should soon be here .. :)

the transition i wasnt ready for . . .

i finally sit down and blog .. and idea i was completely averse to some years ago ..

as in .. how could someone bare all thts in someone's mind for eyes of others so totally unknown..

but .. i gave in .. finally ..

and lets not get into the reasons to it :P


so whats this first post going to be about.! perhaps something that is 'top of my mind' right now !
gettin to work after two years at the heaven of a place MICA.. being a part of the big bad world after 2 years of a secluded and cushioned life of ideals, whims and fancies !

so many things seem to be changing around me ..
i hv to be 'quiet!' .. my actions are answerable and accountable.. there r expectations .. from the boss at work and the boss at home :P .. office games.. mind games.. good games and bad games.. there r times when i want to run away to the 'good-old-times' ..

yes.. i seem to be changing.. selfish at times.. pleasing at others..
i am expected to grow up .. and fast !


but some things are still the same..
there r gtalk wars..
'rain drops keep fallin on my head' bringing a smile on the face..
'saale .. kameene' for the dear lil friend..
i still want to be the little kid somewhere deep inside.. and somewhere i shall always be :)