Today, I searched for a rainbow

Today, I searched for a rainbow
Against the light blue background
Sprinkled with fluffy white

Today, I searched for colours
In the midst of mixing white and grey
Amongst light and dark

Today I looked around me
With little drops on my eyelids
And warmth on my ears

Today I stopped to gaze
At bright wet green hilltops
Dotted by darker hues of greens

Today, I searched for a rainbow
And I smiled to myself
Bathed in sunlight and rain.

200 questions...are you kidding me!!!???

200. My Middle Name Is:Don’t have one.

199. I was born in:Mumbai

197. My cell phone company is:NOKIA

196. My eye color is:Black

195. My shoe size is:6

194. My ringtone is:Vibrating…

193. My height is:5 Ft. 3.5”

192. I am allergic to:Artificial people

190. I live in:Pune

189. The last book I read:Catcher in the rye

188. My bed is:Wide

187. Are you happy with your life? I'm loving it!

186. Last person to send you a text message:Aush

184. AIM or MSN or Yahoo! or gtalk:Gtalk

183. Do you email:That’s what I get paid for.
I get email…I exist.

182. How is the weather today:Overcast and breezy

181. Do you have your wisdom teeth:No

180. Ever been to Disney World:No

179. My favorite holiday is:Exploring a new place, meeting lots of new people

178. The perfect kiss is:Sudden and gentle..i think...

177. The last three cds I bought:Don’t buy CDs

176. Last song that made you cry:None really…

170. What did you do yesterday?Woke up came to work…worked… went home ate….listened to a friend playing the guitar on the phone…read harry potter…slept

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

142. Love at first sight?No

141. Luck?Yes

140. Fate?No

139. God?Antagonistic

138. Aliens?Just myself

137. Heaven?Been there done that

136. Hell?Been there done that too

135. Ghosts?No

134. Horoscopes?No

133. Soul mates?I would like to

WHICH IS BETTER:

129. Hugs or Kisses?Both

127. Phone or Online?Phone

126. Redheads or Black Hair?Black Hair

125. Blondes or Brunettes?Brunettes

124. Hot or Cold?The combination I think…a hot mug of coffee on a cold day, a cool drink on a hot day

123. Summer or winter?Winter

122. Sun or Rain?Rain definitely

121. Chocolate or Vanilla?Neither

120. Night or Morning?Night

119. Oranges or Apples?Oranges

120. Straight or Curly hair?Straight

LAST TIME I:

101. Saw someone I hadn't seen in a while?Last weekend

100. Cried in front of someone:2005

90. Who is the ditziest person you know:Mua

89. Who makes you laugh the most:Mostly myself…and… Baba, Abhi, Mals, Aush

87. The last movie you saw:Die Hard 4.0

82. The thing I don't understand:People

80. The most unsatisfactory answer I've ever received:Hmmmm…

79. The things I plan on doing this season is:Playing the flute more, blogging more frequently, traveling

74. The thing I'm looking forward to most:The next 5 years…

73. The thing I'm not looking forward to doing:Staying still…

72. Today:I grew up just a little…

71. This summer:Got lost in work.

70. This week:I graduated to the classical flute…

62. The person who knows the most about me: Aush & Mals

61. The person who can read me the best is: Aush

60. The most difficult thing to do is:Let go…

54. First time you had a crush:6th Standard (11 years of age), Tennis Club

52. Last time someone said what you were thinking:Last Tuesday…about how when 2 people know each other, you can spend a long time not saying anything…and its totally comfortable…

50. What is your dream job:I have a dream…I just don’t know which one it is…

49. First job:Business Function Consultant in an IT company

46. I hope:…therefore I am

45. The worst sound in the world is:The silence when someone is angry or upset

44. The person that makes me cry the most:No one

35. Florida or Hawaii:Neither

33. My favorite piece of clothing:Jeans and a T-shirt

30. My friends are:…the ones around whom I pretend the least

29. My computer:Is my window to explore….me and the rest of the world

28. The school I go to:Went to…Loreto Convent School, Engg Graduate from Mumbai, MBA from Goa…which one do you mean?

22. The all-time best movie is:Too many

21. The all-time best thing in the world is:An arm around your shoulders

20. Last thing you ate:Sandwich

19. The most annoying thing ever is:…this list just doesn’t end…

18. The most annoying person you know is:…I might get disowned on this one…

17. I lose all respect for people that/who:Who pretend to be artificially “cute”

16. The movies I have cried at are:Movies with silent tender moments…with some beautiful song playing in the background…(this is so ruining my image!!!)

15. Last phone call:I spoke to someone in my sleep….

14. TV shows you watch:Many but a special mention to F.R.I.E.N.D.S….We used to be fanatic fans right from when it started…. I think of the first 7 seasons, I have watched each episode about 8-9 times at least.

13. Last friend you hung out with?H & G…at waterfall rappelling

12. I want to be:Just Me

11. The worst pain I ever felt:Nothing Major yet

9. My room is:Books and book marks on the bed….

8. My favorite celebrity is:No one…

6. My favorite colors:Maroon, Blue

5. My weakness is:Food & Books

3. Who broke your heart:No comments!

2. One thing that makes you feel great is:Definitely no comments!

1. Love and the potential of being hurt OR never loved but never hurt?
Love and the potential of being hurt

I just noticed..loads of numbers missing in the list above.... oh man..imagine if thr were 200...

To cut a long story short...

Baby no more.
"Delete all delivery reports?"
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Tried to call you.
"The person you are trying to call is unavailable."
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Papyrus Trolls

Hi,
A couple of friends and I have started a new page where we write our experiences with the books we read.

Papyrus Trolls
We read...therefore we are

Welcome to our journal of books.We will be writing about our experiences with the books we loved. And those we didn't.The books we possess. And the books that possessed us.The books that became part of our lives.We hope you enjoy this page.

Contributors
Nandita Mundle
Gautam Begde
GT

Check it out. We are going to try to update this as frequently as possible.
Do write in your reviews/ comments/ curses, etc.
Enjoi.

Inventory of Memories-III (Home)

So we shifted house yesterday. It was a crazy nerve racking day. Loads of arguments and nerve stepping. But in the end, the house looks great. So it was all worth it.
Spent Saturday, packing up the whole old house. Another very "fun-filled" day.
But as we picked up the last paper pins and packed away the last showpieces, a funny thing happened. I found myself asking, what now is "home".

Is home the place where you can roam around in the dark without bumping into a single thing. Where you remember stubbing your toe and banging your knee on the corner on every bed. Where you can find shapes in patterns of the Mosaic tiles. The place where you remember which year exactly the crack in the plaster appeared. Where you find forgotten birthday cards made for dad on chart paper with wax crayons.

Is home where you know exactly how much push every door needs to be given, with your hip,to close it. Where closing the kitchen drawers with your knee or foot and the fridge door with you butt, is second nature.
Where you know the arrangement of all the bottles in the bathroom cabinet and all the linen in the linen cupboard. Where every time you go home for the weekend, you know instinctively at what point in the hall, you can drop your bag and take that flying leap onto the sofa, and you'd land perfectly.

Or is home the place where aai and baba are a shout away. Where you can hear your parents murmuring suspiciously in the other room, discussing your life, in what they think are secretive ways. Where aai will still insist on telling people how many marks you scored in your engineering. Where you share tea on Sunday evenings and groan about going back to work on Monday - invariably, unfailingly every Sunday! :-) Where you sit and talk about aaji-dada and your aunts and uncles and cousins come calling. Where you laugh and cry, and scream and fight. Is that what home is?

I found the answer too. As I sat with baba in the new house, sharing a packet of chips and Mirinda Shorbet, and laughing about the "Ambrosia" bakery being right around the corner, discussing packing and unpacking, I realized with a twinge of something resembling relief, that home is where your family is, no matter what colour the bathroom tiles or the number of electrical switch points.

Memories are not stored in walls and windows, they are stored in the hearts and minds of the people who inhabit them.

I miss you

I turn on my side, as I go to sleep, and I see that empty space beside me. I place my hand on the mattress where you used to be. I feel your absent touch on my skin. I finger the bedsheet and think of you lying there. Like a safety blanket. As I fall asleep. With a tip of one finger touching you. Re-assuring myself that you were there. But no more.

When I get up in the morning, I look over expecting to see you. In my sleep with my eyes closed, I reach out to you. And then in a flash I remember. You are gone.

I remember how you looked. How you were there in the light and in the dark. In good times and bad. Now when I walk, I feel like a part of me is missing. My hand searches the air for your touch.

I miss your sound. Your voice.
I miss your touch on my cheek. In my hair. On my skin.

Dearest Cellphone, I miss you.

Person at the Window (1925) - Salvador Dali

Person at the Window (1925) - Salvador Dali

The Fox (1913) - Franz Marc

The Fox (1913) - Franz Marc

I just bought an Alpenliebe Strawberry Lollipop. Am damn excited about it. Not everybody stocks them. So its a rare find. Too bad I can't have it in office. You think I'll be the blacklisted in office if I have the lollipop right here at my desk while working. It would be fun to see the reactions.

I dunno why people think its childish to enjoy a lollipop. So fine, its associated with children. So are chocolates and bike rides. But that didnt stop the oldies from doing it did it. So I say, there aint anything wrong with enjoying a classy lick of a lollipop. Especially one with pink and one stripes. I think its very becoming.

Inventory of Memories- II

I went and cleared out my room this weekend. And found loads of stuff to list in my inventory of memories. So heres my list of the memories on my shelves:

1. Lucky Stone: This was given to me by a dear friend of mine from engineering college (TK). She said she always considered that stone very lucky for her. And she wanted me to have it...for luck. It a perfectly spherical stone with engravings on it. And i was given to me nestled in cotton in a intricately painted wooden box. It went with me to Goa for 2 years and back. And I still have it. It's treasured and very very special. Thank you TK.



2. Wind Chimes: I got a set of wind chimes from a very dear friend of mine, AK. They are really beautiful. They are red and silver and when they tinkle, its like sheer music. And they a great reminder of a wonderful friend.



3. Blessings: An envelope from my grandparents. With my grand-dad's characteristic handwriting. Conveying blessings. For me. It brought back visions of my aaji's very typical way of giving an aashirwad. "Balwant ho, gunwant ho, sukhwant ho...." (Be strong, be talented, be happy...) and it had this musical lilt to it. And she'd always end up giggling after she gave her aashirwaad, setting everyone laughing.



4. Cards: Birthday cards from school friends with invariable reference to whichever gawky teenage chappie they were teasing me with then, friendship day cards, cheer up cards and a perfect card from TK that said: " How did you get so good...at making people happy"...It still made me smile. Also I found these chocolate/ rose/ eclair day cards with little messages from engineering college friends. And a lovely card from one my closest friends which said..." The only thing more beautiful that your smile, is our friendship". I think this was in one of his mellower moods :-D Thanks AG.



5. Swimming pool membership card: Now, this I had always kept carefully in my cupboard. This was a membership card to a swimming pool...when i was 6 years old. It has me at 6 in a very serious passport size snap. But still what kills me everytime is the line: Age - 6 years. For some reason i find this adorably cute.

So thats my current list. I'll add more if I think of something that should be here. A lifetime in cupboards and shelves. :-)