Tour & Travel

I like traveling and visiting new places. From my childhood, dad made sure that we get to see new places and know that there is a lot beyond our own city. Infact, I got this inspiration of writing the places I have already visited or I wish to visit from a friend's blog. Below are such visits irrespective of whether I was there because of work or vacation or studies. :)

Places already visited(India):

• Chennai
• Ooty
• Mysore
• Bangalore
• Hyderabad
• Pondicherry
  
• Mumbai
• Kolkata
• Ahmedabad
• Surat
• Udaipur
• Chittorgarh
• Jaipur
• Mount Abu
• Shimla
• Dalhousie
• Chandigarh
• Patnitop
• Nainital
• Jim Corbett
• Agra
• Kasauni
• Ranikhet
• Almora
• Alwar Sariska
• Mathura Vrindavan
  
• Jammu
• Haridwar
• Mussourie
• Dehradun

Places visited(outside India)

• Abu Dhabi
• Dubai
• Sri Lanka
• Kuala Lampur
• Singapore
• Hong Kong

Places I wish to visit(India)

• Kerela
• Goa
• Darjeeling
• Leh
• Rishikesh
• Manali
  

Places I wish to visit(Outside India)

• London
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Egypt
• Greece
• France
• Italy
• Switzerland
  

Dreams

A dream is the experience of envisioned images, sounds, or other sensations during sleep. I get a lot of dreams and they are like watching a movie at night. Some of them make sense, some don't. People say that I get so many dreams because I think a lot. Is it so? Does that make me see dreams? A friend says we get dreams because they carry some message. Again the question, is it so? Do we start to believe that if I see something in my dream, I should try to interpret the message? Well, in that case I will go mad. I will be Lost in Interpreting. :D

But I do believe that dreaming while sleeping and remembering them means that the mind is still working. Its not at peace. There are people who believe that seeing some particular thing in dream means something. Eg. - seeing water means you are going to die soon. Is that true? I also experience Deja Vou often. I have special powers. ;)

For more - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream

Days of Significance

From now on, I will also write blogs about the days in a year which are of significance to me. Which have reasons to be remembered by me. Post titled '16th May' is one of them. :)

16th May

16th May is the date I landed in Chennai for the first time to start my professional career. Oh what a day it was!! New city, new place, new culture, new people, new job. I too felt fresh and enthusiastic to take up the challenge. I met 30 new people in the guest house that the company had arranged for all the new joinees on that day. I didn't know that these would be the people who would later become my buddies to hang out with for the rest of my time in Chennai. The memories are rushing back in making me feel nostalgic. The best part is that all of us moved for reasons in last 2 yrs but we all are still in touch with each other. And our group is called Nakshatras. Hail Nakshatras. :)

On a Jet Plane....Again!!!!

Yeah...I am traveling again tonight. This time to Abu Dhabi. Did the packing again(Gosh, I am so sick and tired of packing unpacking). Hopefully the blogsite is accessible from there, so will keep posting. Oh between, I am going to be there for a month. Since, I don't have much to do there either, so bought some books yesterday.

1. Die Trying
2. In an Antique Land
3. The Twentieth Wife
4. The Righteous Men

Pretty much will be able to spend time. So, my next post will be from Abu Dhabi. Until then tata. :)

Isn't this a beautiful painting? Found it while surfing the net.

Insignificance

Have you ever felt that moment
When all around you is rolling on
And you are rolling with it
And nobody cares?

That moment when you realise
That all around you, people are being born
And people are starving to death
And you have no control at all?

But when you think about it hard
You realise you are insignificant
To the world, and no one cares
What happens to your life.

But then have you ever felt that moment
When you meet someone who really loves you
And to them, the world is rolling around
But you aren't rolling with it?

You are stopped in time
With them alongside
While the world rolls along
And nobody cares?

A poetry by Jo Woodnutt

Silence

I was reading an article in today's newspaper supplement and it was about SILENCE. What different people think of it as. Some said that it is better to be silent at times as it improves strained relations or silence is much more powerful in communicating what you would not be able to do otherwise. And some thought that keeping silent could be misunderstood. Well, both the sides are correct in a way. Silence could speak thousand words. I would like to give some common examples.

• A tiff between two people. One decides to take the route of keeping mum. The other one would eventually cool down. Problem solved. OR. A tiff between two people. One decides to take the route of keeping mum. This may aggravate the anger of other person. Problem increased.
• Guy/Girl proposes. The other just smiles without saying anything. Its a Yes...Yaaaayy. OR. No expression. Just walks off. Its a No. :(

Could you think of any more examples??

It was a good article. :)

I always knew I have poor English. Below is the acknowledgment of the same.

me:this is my blogsite

go through it whenever u have time

:)

SP: sure... wat do u write abt??
me: give it a quick glance

u ll find out whats its abt

:)

SP: nice blogs

me:

straight from the heart

with i think awful eng at times

SP: yup... looks like it ;)

Any one else who thinks the same? :D

U Me Aur Hum

Went to watch this movie today. It started like a typical romantic movie with the guy trying to woo the girl(just that this time an old man was trying to woo an old lady and they were none other than Ajay Devgan & Kajol). Till the interval, it went on like a normal Bollywood movie but there was a twist in the story at that point which continued after the interval. Now for people who have seen the two Hollywood movies 'Note Book' and 'First fifty Dates' can easily guess where the movie is heading and what the end is. I am not disclosing that. You can go watch it. My reviews - the movie is a bit slow with hardly any good songs. Kajol is looking gorgeous and she and Ajay Devgan make a nice couple. There are some more characters in the movie supporting the lead actors and I found them good in their own way. I think a one time watchable movie. :)

Saw these lines in a book I was reading. Liked them a lot.

"I wanted a number one, Michelle. The way I saw it was, like, I don't deserve anything less than Firas. But my number one was satisfied to be with some one less than me, and so now I am forced to be satisfied with something less than him."

"I don't agree with you there, Sadeem. For me, my number one is gone, but some one who's even better will come along! I will never sell myself short and I can never be satisfied with the crumbs."

Lines from the Book - Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

First Love

Why does the first love refuse to let go?
It comes back right away and awakens us to the past.
It grows as we do, yet returns us to the old days.
With insistent reminders, we're thrown to its flames.
With its fire, it burns us, it burns to the core.
Why does the first love refuse to let go?

Lines by Julia Boutros

Today he's back
as if nothing happened
and with an artless child's eyes
he's come back to tell me
I'm his life companion,
his one and only love.
He came bearing flowers, how can I say no,
my youth sketched on his lips
I remember still, flames through my blood,
taking refuge in his arms
I hid my head within his chest
like a child returned to his parents...

Lines by Nizar Qabbani

Well, I think for whosoever the poet has written the lines, must be a real lucky girl that the love of her life came back. It rarely happens. I know I would have some friends to support me because they went through the same thing of losing their love and not being lucky enough to have it back. But I do know some lucky girls myself though and I am happy for them.

Krazzy 4

The movie actually drove me crazy to death. Was the audience suppose to laugh? I didn't find any humor in the movie and whatever little humor it SUPPOSEDLY had was stale. I wonder what went wrong with Rakesh Roshan that he came up with such a movie. For the record, The movie is about 4 mental patients(Raj[al Yadav, Irfan Khan, Arshad Warsi, 1 more guy - I dont know the name) who are smart enough to rescue their doctor(Juhi Chawla) from the kidnappers. Again, the story line is old where the mental patients succeed in the plans they make to help her. Typical Bollywood movie. No good songs. The title song is picturized on both Shah Rukh and Hrithik. Hrithik has his typical way of dancing but Shah Rukh was better. All in all, a crap movie. DON"T WATCH IT. UTTER WASTE OF TIME.

Mithya

Ok..I don't know the meaning of Mithya. For the information, its a movie I watched 2 days back. Since, I don't know the meaning, I don't know what the director was trying to show. The storyline was old and repetitive. But I can comment on the actors in the movie. Ranvir Shourey, as usual, acted superbly. I like the way he puts charm in a character. Vinay Pathak hardly had a role to play. He could have been better utilized. Neha Dhupia was absolutely not required in the movie. Naseerudin Shah's talent has been wasted. Harsh Chhaya had a minor role as a member of a gang in Mumbai but I find him better in cute, good, sweet hubby roles ;). It had some more small screen actors. Looked like a low budget movie with no songs, glamour, exotic locations. I was like some one in the dark who was trying to grapple as to what's happening in the movie.

Suggestion: You want to watch it, go ahead. Don't blame me later. :D

The Last Day

Returned from Bangalore today morning. Went there to meet my friend Archu who has been special to me. Don't know when I would be seeing her again.

And today is my last day in Chennai. The end of 2 yrs. They had been fun and a lot of learning. The feelings are mixed at the moment. I am happy because I am going to be home after 4 long years and I am sad because I have to leave all my friends, the house that we so lovingly live in. But I guess, life moves on.

I have been doing packing since morning and it seems that I have more stuff here than I have back at home. The suitcase and bags are looking like monsters after being all filled up. And there is still one more bag to be packed.

Will try to catch up with Chennai friends over dinner tonight.

My last blog from Chennai. Bye Bye Chennai, Hello Delhi.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

This time the blog is not about my friends. Its about the famous sitcom FRIENDS. I had been watching all the seasons for past 4-5 months. Finally, finished watching the last season today. And I am a little sad that its over. I fell in love with all the characters, the house, the 'everything'. I could relate myself so much with all the characters. I find some or the other characteristics in myself like I am dumb and stupid like Joey ;), cleanliness freak like Monica, crack PJs like Chandler, Etc. Its so much related to what happens in our lives. Everyone goes his/her own way. I felt bad looking at the vacant house of Chandler and Monica and all the six keys and the closed door. I know I am over reacting but may be I am that much emotional. I loved them. :)

Oru Maalai - Song Lyrics

Another Tamil song that I like and sung by my favourite Karthik. Do listen to the song if you could lay your hands on it. You won't follow the song - true, but listen to it. Its from the movie Ghajini, a remake of which is expected to come some time this year in Hindi starring Amir Khan.

Oru maalai elaveyil neram
azhagana elai uthir kaalam.

oru maalai elaveyil neram
azhagana elai uthir kaalam.

satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane
satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane….

aval alli vidda poikal
nadu naduve konjam meikal
ithaloram sirippodu keddukonde nintren
aval nitru pesum tharunam. en valvil sakkarai nimidam
eerkum visaiyai avalidam kandene…. kandene… kandene….

oru maalai elaveyil neram
azhagana elai uthir kaalam

satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane
satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane……

paarthu pazhakiya
naanku thinangkalil nadai udai paavanai maatri viddal
saalai munaikalil.. thuritha unavukal
vaangki unnum vaadikkai kaaddi viddal

kuchcham kondda thentrala..
ival aayul neenda minnala.
unaketra anaka ennai matri kondebe

oru maalai elaveyil neram
azhagana elai uthir kaalam

satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane
satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane….

pesum azhakinai
keddu rasithidda.. pakal neram pakthamay kidapene..
thungum alakinai
paarthu rasithida.. irevellam kanvizhiththu kidapene..

paniyil sentraal un mugam..
en mele neerai erankum..
oh thalai saaythu parthaale.. thadumari ponene.

satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane
satru tholaivile avalmukam parthen ange tholainthan nane….

aval alli vidda poikal
nadu naduve konjam meikal
ithaloram sirippodu keddukonde nintren

aval nitru pesum tharunam. en valvil sakkarai nimidam
eerkum visaiyai avalidam kandene….

Time to move on.......

The time has come for me to move on in life, for better or for bad, I still don't know. But I know that I am not going to be in Chennai for long now. 2 years.....sounds like a long time. So much happened - made new friends, visited new places, close friends got married, had crushes ;), had a taste of alcohol, dad went abroad, learnt a bit of Tamil, learnt to be completely independent, learnt cooking almost eveything ;), did some crazy things :). In total, I changed a bit, if not much. This time will always be in my heart to cherish through out life. More in my next blog......

Some Do's and Don'ts of life (purely based on personal experiences):

• Don't give too much importance to friends. They are the ones who hurt the most at ANY given point of time(knowingly unknowingly I don't know).
• Keep your expectations under control. Don't have too many of them. ;)
• Don't take too much tension. Whatever has to happen will happen. Nothing can stop it.
  
• Respect parents. No one can substitute them.
• Love yourself. Only then you can expect others to love you (well hasn't happened till now but still trying) ;)
• Do not let your self to be an option for some one. Try to be the one and only one. :)
• Have a control on your speech. You never know who can use what you said to harm you later.
• Do not tell everyone everything about your life. (Remember my blog on 'Learn it the hard way?')
• Be true to yourself. That helps a lot. You will come to your own rescue some time. :)

....will continue if I can think of anything to add to the list