M! Tagged with me the comment, Iris – I love reading her answers and just so that I can see a new post up on her blog. Awwww… now when someone tags you with such sweet comments, you cannot sit back and continue to be a louse. So, here...
Tag Rules 1) Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves. 2) People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules. 3) At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and 4) If you fail to do this within eight hours, you will have to acknowledge Quicksilver as the Queen of the Universe (*I already did, and now it's your turn guys*)
**************************************************************************************************************************** 1) Black - That’s my colour. You will mostly find me dressed in black tees. If I wear anything drastically different, I feel like an alien walking around. White and red come next. My wardrobe is mostly limited to these three colours. 2) You will never see my nails painted. They can’t breathe with paint on!
3) I get obsessed with things (Thank God! Not people :-), especially with things to eat and do. I indulge like crazy. Once, I’ve had enough, I don’t look back.
4) I like to keep my arms covered. You will spot me in full sleeves, always. I feel more feminine. (Dunno, if that works as an excuse:p)
5) I like symmetry. Distorted shapes/designs/colours disturb me. I can’t sleep on a bed that has either dark-coloured bed sheets or cluttered patterns on them.
6) I have a bit of night-blindness (or so I think:D). So sit in my car in the nights at your own risk:D.
7) Whenever I go shopping, I always have a problem deciding between two things. I just get stuck and make everyone go mad… till I am made to buy both:D
8) I don’t really believe in 'A'soul-mate. But there are some people I meet just once, and I know I like them immensely. I speak to these people with all my heart and I know they understnad me.
Okay now, @tom, Ish, sai, Gopal, Alex, Lemon, DJ and Shalu... you guys need to sit down right away and chalk down this list. You may feel nice after you are done, just like I am right now:-)))))))))) Thanks M!
Okay, so I agree! High time we had some kind of awards for WE, the poor bloggers who spend endless hours raving and ranting about the never-ending miseries that strike our otherwise frikkin torturous lives.
Yes WE, the bloggers spend unbelievable hours to glorify all our deeds and bring about a holier than thou image when we are only monsters in the making.
And yes, it is also WE, the same set who is blessed with prodigies (and not to forget the ones in the making) who can express their inner beauty with an ease that is as natural as the flow of a river. These are the ones who reflect their revolutionary ideas with electricity that jolts the dormant cells in your brain, who express honest concerns in the nudest of their forms that shames you for ignorance, and who share their child-like innocent thoughts with a beauty that wrenches your heart and pleases your soul.
So, ladies and gentlemen, all this effort and talk is not in vain. DJ tagged me with the Thinking Blogger Award. He sure is Kind! And I know you agree:-)
And hell, I am pleased and I feel honored but I am also wondering… Do Iever think? ummm… at all? I’ll be honest. Oh! I like being honest, you know.
Nothing, absolutely nothing hits my head. It’s blank! Thoughts don’t come easy and yes, I need the jolts that would pain me enough to wipe off the fungus and let me grow.
As luck would have it, I do get blessed occasionally with people who sprinkle their magic and charm on me and I feel renewed. And I want to thank these magicians who touch souls with their gestures, their thoughts and their being.
M! (You top the list and I hope you know that already.And yep, you are the best Queen of the Universe:D:-)
Yep, these and many other wonderful people I READ... in this space, do manage to make me THINK (Yep, a big task this one:-) in their own unique ways.
Thanks! I read you and I grow:-)
*********************************************************************************************************** The Thinking Blogger Award rules: This award was started here. You have to award five others whose blog you think deserve this award. Please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging. The participation rules:
If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.
Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.
Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.
Please, remember to tag blogs with real merits, i.e. relative content, and above all — blogs that really get you thinking!
I've been tagged by Alex and Gopal to publish the 5th paragraph of page 123 of the book I am currently reading. Thank you people and I am sooo sorry for taking ages to post it. Hope I will be forgiven by you!!! :-)
The rules of this Tag: 1. Name the person (of course with the link) who tagged you. 2. Describe what you are asked to do, in this case publish 5th paragraph of page 123 of the book you are currently reading. (if the page does not have 5th paragraph, take the last paragraph. And if the book doesn’t have page no. 123, take the last page.) 3. Tag five people.
Well, I am not reading anything right now, but I am posting a paragraph each from two books that are currently lying with me right here right now.
This excerpt below is from a book that has been lying on my desk for long now, and is about a man I quite admire... 'Riders on the Storm –John Densmore' 2nd Para, Page 122
This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end, it hurts to set you free, But you’ll never follow me, The end, of laughter and soft lies, The end of nights we tried to die.
Can you picture what will be, so limitless and free, desperately in need, of some stranger's hand, In a desperate landMorrison at his best, or is that him at his worst???? Dunno...
This other one is an excerpt from a book that I picked up from my hotel room in Jaipur last month, 'The Essential Dalai Lama – His important teachings’.
“Of course, if you believe we have only this present life, then at death everything comes to an end. But if you accept the possibility of future lives, then death is just like changing your clothes. The continuity of the mind goes on. However, as we have no idea what the future holds, it is necessary to engage now in practices that will help us then.”
Thank you, M!for tagging me:-))))))))))) I read this tag on your blog and so wanted to take it myself. And here, I oblige:-) happily :-)))))))))))))))
3 things that scare me 1) Ghost movies * If at all I’m forced for one, all I do is look sheepishly at the screen … cover my eyes each time I know something disastrous is going to appear… and if required, scream aloud:ppppp* 2) LIZARDS *the very thought, even in my dreams … they scare the hell out of me.* 3) Death
3 people who make me laugh/smile *Ummm… nobody makes me laugh! Most funny people are just that! A few people who do manage to make me smile with their great humour…* 1) Sarah Macdonald in Holy Cow 2) M! in most movie-reviews posted on her blog 3) My dad
3 things I love 1) My ‘wild’ hair :-))))))))))) 2) My Nirvana!!! 3) My self
3 things/kinds I hate *Hate is too strong an emotion for me, just like love. I don’t indulge in either of them often* But then, there are some things that even God cannot defy…* 1) Insensitive people 2) Inflated egos 3) Pseudo spiritualists
3 things I don't understand 1) Lies 2) Lies 3) Lies *For everything else, there can be a reason:-)))))))*
3 things on my desk 1) A clay bowl I made and then glazed in my pottery class 2) New year cards given to me by kids at Sshristhi 3) A miniature Taj Mahal *There’s more, but I’d spare you the knowledge:DDD*
3 things I’m doing right now 1) Running my hands through my hair 2) Pursing my lips 3) Thinking hard
3 things I want to do before I die 1) Renounce all the worldly pleasures and move away to the Himalayas and live the life of an ascetic 2) Indulge in all the worldly pleasures super soon :ppppp 3) Make a few short films... someday
Damn, there’s so much I want to do. I want to learn to paint, visit all the historical places the world over, teach kids, run my own flower boutique, visit Brazil, write the story of my life… there’s so much! But, then there are times, I crave for nothing!
3 things I can do 1) Be content with myself 2) Get very strong vibes from people 3) Colour my drawings
3 things you should listen to 1) Dance of Kali by Prem Joshua 2) You’re Beautiful *It still stands as one of my favs* 3) Indian Ocean live in a concert
3 things you should never listen to… 1) People who try to make you say a Yes, when you want to say a NO 2) Your evil side 3) Hard Rock
3 things i'd like to learn 1) Conceptualise my thoughts to be put on a canvas 2) Sway to the toughest of beats 3) The truth about life
3 favorite foods 1) Chinese 2) Breakfast at American Diner’s 3) Aaloo Poori
3 beverages I drink regularly 1) Water, all the time 2) Cold Coffee at home 3) Cappuccino at CCD
3 childhood TV shows 1) Chitrahaar 2) Mahabharat and Ramayan *an essential in my house then* 3) Spider man
3 childhood books 1) Amar Chitra Katha for all the mythologies 2) Noddy and Naughty Amelia Jane by Enid Blyton 3) Nancy Drew *my fav, as a child* and The Three Musketeers
My blog buddies, you are all tagged! It’s a fun thing, these tags. I often go down in a slumber and every time I take one of these, I wake up somewhat to life:-)))) Here’s your chance… go for it:-)
Delhi feels nice. It has been raining! And I am in love with those tiny droplets falling straight form the heavens and spreading ripples of love and joy. It’s beautiful! The pitter-patter and the sweet chill that makes you want to snuggle up to someone in your quilt and gaze out at the rain from your window.
The other day at Dilli Haat, I wanted to hold an umbrella and move around in the rain and enjoy the fresh downpour. I wanted to jump into puddles and send water splashing at my friends. I wanted to run around in the fresh breeze and be chased by them for dirtying their clothes. But I was made to stand under a shed like a louse and sip that hot coffee so that I don’t fall sick. How very boring! :(((
I know winters are still on, but what the heck! I love it when it pours:-)))))