....When
- 6 am looks and feels like 7 am.
- You automatically wake up at 6 am and don't feel even the slightest urge to curl up under the covers and go back to sleep for "just five more minutes".
- You cringe to even touch blankets and sweaters, even if it is to pack them away.
- The hot water knob is turned way down during your bath, and the cold water knob is turned all the way through.
- You tilt the coconut oil container and the hitherto solid coconut oil flows down in rivulets and soils half the room.
- Even the mere mention of hot soup, or tea or coffee is enough to make you grimace
- The fan stops being just a ceiling adornment.
- You stop complaining about high a/c at office.
- Peaceful afternoons are now interrupted with screaming children enjoying their summer holidays.
- Summer afternoons make you drowsy and you fall asleep even if you don't want to, and then you wake up with a bad taste in the mouth, and you feel unimaginably grouchy.
- You automatically reach for thin, cotton, sleeveless clothes when you open the cupboard.
- You find that water disappears mysteriously from your waterbottles and jugs.
- .. and yet, you nearly forget what your toilet looks like.
- The slightest fragrance of jasmine transports you twenty years back in time to summer holidays in Mysore.
- Household chores involving the use of water don't really seem that bad any longer.
- Any time is ice cream time.
- You are always feeling irritated and tempers are running high everywhere.
I could write more but I am feeling too hot to type. Maybe you can help me. The comments section is waiting!
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A long, long tag.
A very self-indulgent tag, courtesy I Love Lucy.
Read at your own risk.
Ten things you wish you could say to people right now (don't list names):
1. Please stay put for just half an hour longer.
2. Call me!
3. I miss you :(
4. Keep in touch, dude!
5. &%$& (&$@# %$#!@#!!!!!
6. Stop wasting time, silly! Just go ahead and do it!
7. I appreciate your concern but I am doing what I think is right.
8. We really should meet more often.
9. I should have made it easier for you.
10. I love you!
Nine Things About Yourself:
I've written a lot about myself in many previous tags - I can't think of anything new to hold your interest - so I pass this :D If you want to know about me, I direct you to the Tags page.
Eight Ways To Win Your Heart:
1. Smile a genuine smile.
2. Talk a bit, and let me talk a bit.
3. Be frank, not rude.
4. Respect my feelings.
5. Listen to me.
6. Offer a shoulder whenever I need it.
7. Make me laugh.
8. Give me my privacy.
Seven Things That Cross Your Mind A Lot:
1. What shall I feed Puttachi next?
2. Where shall we go today?
3. What will x/y/z be doing now?
4. When will Puttachi go to sleep?
5. When will I see x/y/z again?
6. When will I be able to do what I want to do?
7. What if...?
Six Things You Wish You Never Did:
1. Try to be someone I am not.
2. Enter the software industry.
3. Try to please people.
4. Let people's comments affect me.
5. Read novels too much, instead of going out more.
6. Be rude or indifferent to my loved ones.
Five Turn-Offs:
1. Foul language
2. Body odour and bad breath.
3. Crowding me (both physically and emotionally)
4. Roving eyes.
5. Chauvinism.
Four Turn-Ons
1. An honest smile.
2. Sparkling eyes.
3. Warmth
4. Approachability.
Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die
1. Travel a lot.
2. Run a marathon.
3. Write a book.
Two Smileys that Describe You
1. ;)
2. :D
One Confession
I am disorganized.
There, I have bared my heart like I have never done before :D
Read at your own risk.
Ten things you wish you could say to people right now (don't list names):
1. Please stay put for just half an hour longer.
2. Call me!
3. I miss you :(
4. Keep in touch, dude!
5. &%$& (&$@# %$#!@#!!!!!
6. Stop wasting time, silly! Just go ahead and do it!
7. I appreciate your concern but I am doing what I think is right.
8. We really should meet more often.
9. I should have made it easier for you.
10. I love you!
Nine Things About Yourself:
I've written a lot about myself in many previous tags - I can't think of anything new to hold your interest - so I pass this :D If you want to know about me, I direct you to the Tags page.
Eight Ways To Win Your Heart:
1. Smile a genuine smile.
2. Talk a bit, and let me talk a bit.
3. Be frank, not rude.
4. Respect my feelings.
5. Listen to me.
6. Offer a shoulder whenever I need it.
7. Make me laugh.
8. Give me my privacy.
Seven Things That Cross Your Mind A Lot:
1. What shall I feed Puttachi next?
2. Where shall we go today?
3. What will x/y/z be doing now?
4. When will Puttachi go to sleep?
5. When will I see x/y/z again?
6. When will I be able to do what I want to do?
7. What if...?
Six Things You Wish You Never Did:
1. Try to be someone I am not.
2. Enter the software industry.
3. Try to please people.
4. Let people's comments affect me.
5. Read novels too much, instead of going out more.
6. Be rude or indifferent to my loved ones.
Five Turn-Offs:
1. Foul language
2. Body odour and bad breath.
3. Crowding me (both physically and emotionally)
4. Roving eyes.
5. Chauvinism.
Four Turn-Ons
1. An honest smile.
2. Sparkling eyes.
3. Warmth
4. Approachability.
Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die
1. Travel a lot.
2. Run a marathon.
3. Write a book.
Two Smileys that Describe You
1. ;)
2. :D
One Confession
I am disorganized.
There, I have bared my heart like I have never done before :D
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
A book tag.
Shyamala Ramanathan-Edwards, who goes by the misleading name "Shyam", :) has tagged me with a very interesting tag, and here it is:
1. What is the total number of books you've owned?
If you include Tinkles and Amar Chitra Kathas, probably around a million.
Excluding them, probably around 500 - 1000? That reminds me, I should do an inventory sometime soon.
2. What is the last book you bought?
Folktales from India - by A.K. Ramanujam
3. What is the last book you've read?
My grandfather's autobiography in Kannada - Nenapina Alegalu (Waves of Memories) by Prof J.R.Lakshmana Rao.
4. What are you currently reading?
RK Narayan's Gods, Demons and Others. It is his rendering of the Ramayana, Mahabharatha, and other mythical stories, all in one book. A delightful read, and will make a wonderful gift, especially for youngsters.
5. What are the 5 books that have meant a lot to you or that you particularly enjoyed?
This one is difficult. If I choose five, I will be doing an injustice to the others. Also, these books might not count among my favourite ones. But they have made a difference to me, or have been a turning point in my life :)
The Source - James A Michener. One of the best books ever. Michener chooses a plot of land in Israel, and traces the developments on that piece of land, across centuries. It is a thrilling story and a historical piece of work all rolled into one. Most of his books - Hawaii, Poland, The Covenant(about S. Africa) are written in a similar vein. It took me places, and opened up my mind. Out of the world. Alex Haley's Roots is also a similar piece of work. I would have wanted to add it separately, but I need the space for the other books :)
Gone with the wind - Changed my world. Changed my ideas of life, romance, my ideas of a novel, and how it should be written. The characters were my friends. The story was happening around me. I was immersed in the book so thoroughly, that I had to keep reminding myself that I was not in Southern USA before the civil war.
The Great Indian Novel - by Shashi Tharoor. - Enjoyed it just for the idea and the wonderful play with words. Opened up a new genre of writing for me. New ideas and new avenues. Difficult to explain.
The Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (abridged version) - for the simple reason that this is the first book that made me cry. I was 11 years old when I read it, I finished reading it, closed the book, and burst into tears. I remember that my mother was so worried.:) I do not remember the story very well, nor have I read the original, but I just remember it as the first book that made me cry.
Nenapina Alegalu - by Prof. J.R.Lakshmana Rao - An autobiography of my grandfather. Written in his typical style - can almost hear him speak. This book is special for many reasons. One is that it is a story of my own grandfather, a popular science writer in Kannada, a winner of many Sahitya Akademi awards, and a national award winner for popularization of science. This is his only non-scientific book. The second reason is that his story is of interest to everybody, coz for one, it speaks evocatively of life in those days. He talks about people, with such characters, that it is difficult to imagine that such people existed. It is so surprising that people could be so good, so kind, so helping and so honest, and so generous and unselfish. The third reason is that during his life and work, he came across many nationally and internationally renowned figures, and was fortunate enough to be close to them and know them well. This brings to light their other, lesser-known characteristics, and is thus a very interesting read.
Review of this book in The Hindu
6. What book(s) would you wish to buy next?
I want to buy a book which has the complete history of the world, condensed and made easy-to-read. I am looking for such a book, but have not found one which meets my criteria :)
7. What book(s) caught your attention but you never had a chance to read?
Nope, if something catches my attention, the next moment, I will have my paws on it. :) So this question will be bypassed :)
8. What book(s) have you owned for long but never read?
Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and War & Peace. I bought them coz I wanted to own them :) But haven't got a chance to read them.
9. Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why
No, no, I am not passing the baton to anybody! But believe me, if you like books, this is a very very interesting tag to do. So please consider yourself tagged :)
1. What is the total number of books you've owned?
If you include Tinkles and Amar Chitra Kathas, probably around a million.
Excluding them, probably around 500 - 1000? That reminds me, I should do an inventory sometime soon.
2. What is the last book you bought?
Folktales from India - by A.K. Ramanujam
3. What is the last book you've read?
My grandfather's autobiography in Kannada - Nenapina Alegalu (Waves of Memories) by Prof J.R.Lakshmana Rao.
4. What are you currently reading?
RK Narayan's Gods, Demons and Others. It is his rendering of the Ramayana, Mahabharatha, and other mythical stories, all in one book. A delightful read, and will make a wonderful gift, especially for youngsters.
5. What are the 5 books that have meant a lot to you or that you particularly enjoyed?
This one is difficult. If I choose five, I will be doing an injustice to the others. Also, these books might not count among my favourite ones. But they have made a difference to me, or have been a turning point in my life :)
The Source - James A Michener. One of the best books ever. Michener chooses a plot of land in Israel, and traces the developments on that piece of land, across centuries. It is a thrilling story and a historical piece of work all rolled into one. Most of his books - Hawaii, Poland, The Covenant(about S. Africa) are written in a similar vein. It took me places, and opened up my mind. Out of the world. Alex Haley's Roots is also a similar piece of work. I would have wanted to add it separately, but I need the space for the other books :)
Gone with the wind - Changed my world. Changed my ideas of life, romance, my ideas of a novel, and how it should be written. The characters were my friends. The story was happening around me. I was immersed in the book so thoroughly, that I had to keep reminding myself that I was not in Southern USA before the civil war.
The Great Indian Novel - by Shashi Tharoor. - Enjoyed it just for the idea and the wonderful play with words. Opened up a new genre of writing for me. New ideas and new avenues. Difficult to explain.
The Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (abridged version) - for the simple reason that this is the first book that made me cry. I was 11 years old when I read it, I finished reading it, closed the book, and burst into tears. I remember that my mother was so worried.:) I do not remember the story very well, nor have I read the original, but I just remember it as the first book that made me cry.
Nenapina Alegalu - by Prof. J.R.Lakshmana Rao - An autobiography of my grandfather. Written in his typical style - can almost hear him speak. This book is special for many reasons. One is that it is a story of my own grandfather, a popular science writer in Kannada, a winner of many Sahitya Akademi awards, and a national award winner for popularization of science. This is his only non-scientific book. The second reason is that his story is of interest to everybody, coz for one, it speaks evocatively of life in those days. He talks about people, with such characters, that it is difficult to imagine that such people existed. It is so surprising that people could be so good, so kind, so helping and so honest, and so generous and unselfish. The third reason is that during his life and work, he came across many nationally and internationally renowned figures, and was fortunate enough to be close to them and know them well. This brings to light their other, lesser-known characteristics, and is thus a very interesting read.
Review of this book in The Hindu
6. What book(s) would you wish to buy next?
I want to buy a book which has the complete history of the world, condensed and made easy-to-read. I am looking for such a book, but have not found one which meets my criteria :)
7. What book(s) caught your attention but you never had a chance to read?
Nope, if something catches my attention, the next moment, I will have my paws on it. :) So this question will be bypassed :)
8. What book(s) have you owned for long but never read?
Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and War & Peace. I bought them coz I wanted to own them :) But haven't got a chance to read them.
9. Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why
No, no, I am not passing the baton to anybody! But believe me, if you like books, this is a very very interesting tag to do. So please consider yourself tagged :)
Seven
The "Seven" Tag was passed on to me by Anitha the ThoughtRaker, who has a blog with some exquisite writing. I am in love with her poem on tearing up a rainbow!
Though I told her that my list would look almost like hers, I am making my own anyway.
7 things I wish to do before I die
1. Write a best-selling, award-winning book :)
2. Get fit enough to effortlessly run a marathon.
3. Travel around the world
4. Learn at least one song each in all major languages of the world.
5. Bring out an album.
6. Give a speech at a UN Conference.
7. Adopt a village, make it self-sufficient and raise it above the poverty line.
7 things I do not enjoy
1. Impoliteness
2. Pollution
3. Papayas
4. Hypocrisy
5. Bureaucracy
6. Corruption
7. Dirty toilets
7 things that attracted me to Blogging
1. The fact that everybody had a blog. :)
2. The fact that I felt I could write better than some of the bloggers I came across.
3. The fact that I love to write, and I thought a blog would be the right test-pad.
Yup, that's it! :)
7 things I say most often
1) Oh mannnn....
2) Wow!
3) What a life!
4) Yen gottha.. (Kannada for "Know what?")
5) Relax!
6) Just forget it.
7) Whatever!
7 Books I like
1. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
2. The Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor
3. India Unbound and The Elephant Paradigm - Gurcharan Das
4. All books by James Herriott
5. Books by James Michener - especially The Source and Hawaii
6. Enid Blyton's mystery series - Probably got hooked on to books thanks to "Dear Old Enid"
7. Ruskin Bond, RK Narayan
and Arthur Hailey, Robin Cook, Jeffrey Archer, Roald Dahl, P.G.Wodehouse and lots more!
7 Movies I want to watch
Mmmm.. many of them.. cannot think of any right now, except Rang De Basanti. :)
7 pieces of Music I enjoy
This is going to be very difficult.
1. Raag Bhairav - by Pt.Dinkar Kaikini
2. Balaji Pancharatnamala by M.S.Subbulakshmi
3. Flute by Hariprasad Chaurasia
4. Careless Whispers, Nothing's gonna change my love for you, and thousands of other soft pop..
5. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, etc. etc.
6. Old Hindi Melodies, and a few new ones.
7. Folk songs.
No, I cannot stop, nor can I continue...... Aaaaaaaarghhh Help!!!
7 people I am tagging
Nopes, not tagging anybody :) I hereby declare that I am breaking the chain!
Thank you, Anitha, I enjoyed doing this :)
Though I told her that my list would look almost like hers, I am making my own anyway.
7 things I wish to do before I die
1. Write a best-selling, award-winning book :)
2. Get fit enough to effortlessly run a marathon.
3. Travel around the world
4. Learn at least one song each in all major languages of the world.
5. Bring out an album.
6. Give a speech at a UN Conference.
7. Adopt a village, make it self-sufficient and raise it above the poverty line.
7 things I do not enjoy
1. Impoliteness
2. Pollution
3. Papayas
4. Hypocrisy
5. Bureaucracy
6. Corruption
7. Dirty toilets
7 things that attracted me to Blogging
1. The fact that everybody had a blog. :)
2. The fact that I felt I could write better than some of the bloggers I came across.
3. The fact that I love to write, and I thought a blog would be the right test-pad.
Yup, that's it! :)
7 things I say most often
1) Oh mannnn....
2) Wow!
3) What a life!
4) Yen gottha.. (Kannada for "Know what?")
5) Relax!
6) Just forget it.
7) Whatever!
7 Books I like
1. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
2. The Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor
3. India Unbound and The Elephant Paradigm - Gurcharan Das
4. All books by James Herriott
5. Books by James Michener - especially The Source and Hawaii
6. Enid Blyton's mystery series - Probably got hooked on to books thanks to "Dear Old Enid"
7. Ruskin Bond, RK Narayan
and Arthur Hailey, Robin Cook, Jeffrey Archer, Roald Dahl, P.G.Wodehouse and lots more!
7 Movies I want to watch
Mmmm.. many of them.. cannot think of any right now, except Rang De Basanti. :)
7 pieces of Music I enjoy
This is going to be very difficult.
1. Raag Bhairav - by Pt.Dinkar Kaikini
2. Balaji Pancharatnamala by M.S.Subbulakshmi
3. Flute by Hariprasad Chaurasia
4. Careless Whispers, Nothing's gonna change my love for you, and thousands of other soft pop..
5. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, etc. etc.
6. Old Hindi Melodies, and a few new ones.
7. Folk songs.
No, I cannot stop, nor can I continue...... Aaaaaaaarghhh Help!!!
7 people I am tagging
Nopes, not tagging anybody :) I hereby declare that I am breaking the chain!
Thank you, Anitha, I enjoyed doing this :)
The perfect guy!
It is tag-time!!
Three bloggers tagged me during the last two months, and I have not been able to work on them at all! So here I go, one by one.
Anil tagged me to write down 8 qualities of my dream lover. Now, when I started listing it in my head, I realized that I was being very biased and listing down the characteristics of my .. umm.. hubby :D. So I gave up on it. But Anil requested me again to write it anyway, in his own words, "from an experienced person's perspective". ;)
So here I list down 8 qualities which a guy must possess in order for a girl like me to have a happy married life with him. For a moment, I will forget that I am married :)
1) Loving, caring, sensitive. Cliched, but still, top of the chart. Without this, even if all the other 7 qualities exist, it is of no use. Empathetic - He must understand my needs, desires, dreams, ideas(however silly they may be). He need not agree with them, but he needs to understand why I feel that way, so that it can lead to further discussion. In short, I must not hesitate to tell him my innermost thoughts, for fear of being ridiculed.
2) He must be pleasant-looking, well-mannered, neat and organized, cultured and polite.
3) He must have similar attitudes towards life, and similar interests as mine. If he does not, he must be supportive, and must be enthusiastic to learn and participate in activities that I love.
4) He must love and respect his own family - only then can I expect him to love and accept my family, and consequently, that's the only way I can expect him to be a caring and committed father to our children.
5) Must be intelligent, well-informed, enthusiastic to learn, curious.
6) Must be passionate about what he does, must be positive and confident, must have a good sense of humour, and must know how to enjoy himself.
7) Someone once told me, "I love him. He makes me laugh". I told her, "It is not important if the guy makes you laugh. What is important is whether he can make you smile." See the difference? I had said this before I got married, but after marriage, I found that I was right! :)
8) He must not snore. :)
I understand this is a lot more than eight qualities, and I have very "cleverly" categorized them into eight points. :)
Hope this serves as a guideline for all you unmarried people out there. :)
Three bloggers tagged me during the last two months, and I have not been able to work on them at all! So here I go, one by one.
Anil tagged me to write down 8 qualities of my dream lover. Now, when I started listing it in my head, I realized that I was being very biased and listing down the characteristics of my .. umm.. hubby :D. So I gave up on it. But Anil requested me again to write it anyway, in his own words, "from an experienced person's perspective". ;)
So here I list down 8 qualities which a guy must possess in order for a girl like me to have a happy married life with him. For a moment, I will forget that I am married :)
1) Loving, caring, sensitive. Cliched, but still, top of the chart. Without this, even if all the other 7 qualities exist, it is of no use. Empathetic - He must understand my needs, desires, dreams, ideas(however silly they may be). He need not agree with them, but he needs to understand why I feel that way, so that it can lead to further discussion. In short, I must not hesitate to tell him my innermost thoughts, for fear of being ridiculed.
2) He must be pleasant-looking, well-mannered, neat and organized, cultured and polite.
3) He must have similar attitudes towards life, and similar interests as mine. If he does not, he must be supportive, and must be enthusiastic to learn and participate in activities that I love.
4) He must love and respect his own family - only then can I expect him to love and accept my family, and consequently, that's the only way I can expect him to be a caring and committed father to our children.
5) Must be intelligent, well-informed, enthusiastic to learn, curious.
6) Must be passionate about what he does, must be positive and confident, must have a good sense of humour, and must know how to enjoy himself.
7) Someone once told me, "I love him. He makes me laugh". I told her, "It is not important if the guy makes you laugh. What is important is whether he can make you smile." See the difference? I had said this before I got married, but after marriage, I found that I was right! :)
8) He must not snore. :)
I understand this is a lot more than eight qualities, and I have very "cleverly" categorized them into eight points. :)
Hope this serves as a guideline for all you unmarried people out there. :)
Friday, January 27, 2006
Things that make me go "Mmmmm...."
.... In no particular order.. (written to compensate for this rant!).
1) Desserts
2) Fresh and shiny fruits and vegetables lined up in a bright shop.
3) Food
4) A baby's toothless smile.
5) A baby's fist tightened over my finger.
6) Babies.
7) A beautiful, affordable piece of dress/accessory.
8) Polite people.
9) Energetic, enthusiastic people.
10) People with real smiles.
11) Hugs
12) Thoughtful gestures.
13) Stationery displayed in shops.
14) Linen displayed in shops.
15) Crockery displayed in shops.
16) Good music.
17) A clean, firm bed with fresh, crisp bed-linen.
18) Clean, dry, pleasant-smelling toilets, with tissue in the right places.
19) Different types of cosmetics and body-care products on display in shops ( I never buy them, I just love looking at them).
20) Well-displayed jewellery. (same as above ;))
21) Flowers.
22) A clean bench in a green "tree-y" park
23) The beach.
24) The ocean.
25) Hills and mountains.
26) Cloud-swathed hills.
27) Snow-covered mountains.
28) Rain.
29) Rain on the beach.
30) Rain in the mountains.
32) Sharing an umbrella with a special person in the rain.
33) A well-stacked, non-dusty library, with a window seat and lots of time.
34) Drinking tea and chatting with loved ones.
35) A leisurely hair and/or body massage.
36) A long bath on a holiday.
37) Old friends.
38) Old pajamas.
39) A good book.
40) A hot cup of beverage on a cold day.
50) A cool drink on a hot day.
51) A warm blanket on a cold day.
52) A cool breeze on a hot day.
53) Dry leaves rustling beneath my feet.
54) Flowers descending on me from a tree during a drizzle or a slight breeze.
55) The sound of the breeze in the trees.
56) Baby animals.
57) Fish in an aquarium.
58) Potted plants in an apartment.
59) A good piece of writing.
60) Chatting all night with my sister.
61) Talking about myself non-stop to parents (They are the only ones who will truly listen) :)
62) Watching mom cook.
63) Eating mom's cooking.
64) Discussing any topic under the sun with dad.
64) Having my hair ruffled.
65) Walk with hubby
66) Praise.
67) Compliments.
68) Attention.
69) A piece of code that works the first time.
70) A call from a long-forgotten friend.
71) A thoughtful and heartfelt gift.
72) Laughing until I choke.
73) Acting silly.
74) Dancing.
75) Singing at the top of my voice.
76) Massaging somebody's hair.
77) Getting teased mercilessly.
78) A green signal on a busy road.
79) Little kids playing together.
I just realized that I have reached 78 and there is no end in sight. I could just go on and on! Besides, there are lots more things which I just cannot write about! So to save myself and you the agony, I will just stop here :)
1) Desserts
2) Fresh and shiny fruits and vegetables lined up in a bright shop.
3) Food
4) A baby's toothless smile.
5) A baby's fist tightened over my finger.
6) Babies.
7) A beautiful, affordable piece of dress/accessory.
8) Polite people.
9) Energetic, enthusiastic people.
10) People with real smiles.
11) Hugs
12) Thoughtful gestures.
13) Stationery displayed in shops.
14) Linen displayed in shops.
15) Crockery displayed in shops.
16) Good music.
17) A clean, firm bed with fresh, crisp bed-linen.
18) Clean, dry, pleasant-smelling toilets, with tissue in the right places.
19) Different types of cosmetics and body-care products on display in shops ( I never buy them, I just love looking at them).
20) Well-displayed jewellery. (same as above ;))
21) Flowers.
22) A clean bench in a green "tree-y" park
23) The beach.
24) The ocean.
25) Hills and mountains.
26) Cloud-swathed hills.
27) Snow-covered mountains.
28) Rain.
29) Rain on the beach.
30) Rain in the mountains.
32) Sharing an umbrella with a special person in the rain.
33) A well-stacked, non-dusty library, with a window seat and lots of time.
34) Drinking tea and chatting with loved ones.
35) A leisurely hair and/or body massage.
36) A long bath on a holiday.
37) Old friends.
38) Old pajamas.
39) A good book.
40) A hot cup of beverage on a cold day.
50) A cool drink on a hot day.
51) A warm blanket on a cold day.
52) A cool breeze on a hot day.
53) Dry leaves rustling beneath my feet.
54) Flowers descending on me from a tree during a drizzle or a slight breeze.
55) The sound of the breeze in the trees.
56) Baby animals.
57) Fish in an aquarium.
58) Potted plants in an apartment.
59) A good piece of writing.
60) Chatting all night with my sister.
61) Talking about myself non-stop to parents (They are the only ones who will truly listen) :)
62) Watching mom cook.
63) Eating mom's cooking.
64) Discussing any topic under the sun with dad.
64) Having my hair ruffled.
65) Walk with hubby
66) Praise.
67) Compliments.
68) Attention.
69) A piece of code that works the first time.
70) A call from a long-forgotten friend.
71) A thoughtful and heartfelt gift.
72) Laughing until I choke.
73) Acting silly.
74) Dancing.
75) Singing at the top of my voice.
76) Massaging somebody's hair.
77) Getting teased mercilessly.
78) A green signal on a busy road.
79) Little kids playing together.
I just realized that I have reached 78 and there is no end in sight. I could just go on and on! Besides, there are lots more things which I just cannot write about! So to save myself and you the agony, I will just stop here :)
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Things that make me go "Grrrrr"
...In no particular order of irritation
1) People who sing off-key, but think they sing very well. They screech along loudly to a beautiful song right into my ear. It makes my knees shake, my stomach lurch, I hear a strange sort of ringing deep in my ears, and tears prick my eyes. I love music and cannot bear anybody murdering a good song.
2) Dirty toilets, that look like somebody just had a bath in there. On top of it, when I go in, take utmost care to avoid all the mess, make sure that I don't add to it, and come out, the next person to go in darts a dirty look at me, as if I made the mess.
3) People with stale jokes about cooking. If I say I made laddoos, they go, "How many hammers did you need to break them?". If I say "I cooked last night's dinner", they say, "Are your family members alive today?". They might be funny at first, but they get very irritating with time!
4) Insensitive and childish people. When I say "Oh no, it is already time for the first bus, and I just have to finish testing this! I will have to take the second bus home!", they say "Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya.. I am going ho-oo-ooome!" I think it is terribly childish.
5) People who assume that since you are a girl, you cannot lift heavy things, and should love gossipping, and should buy lots of clothes and should know how to draw rangolis.
6) People who assume that I am a sissy who cannot live without her husband just because I'd rather spend a quiet, quality day with the hubby, rather than go to some silly movie with sillier people.
7) People who love to probe and ask me "Any good news?? *wink wink*" (for the uninitiated, that just means whether I am going to have a baby) just because I happen to be married.
8) People who look at me with the utmost sympathy when I tell them that hubby did not gift me anything for my birthday. I have an exclusive post on this
9) a) People in huge cars who spit out of the window or throw garbage out.
b) People who do not litter the streets when they go abroad but think nothing about doing the same thing here.
10) People who say "I hate books" without having read even a single one.
11) People who say "I hate that kind of music" without having listened to it, or having tried to understand it.
12) People who say "I hate it" to anything, without having tried it.
13) People who listen to a song, read a book, or taste a dish, and say "It is horrible! How can you like it?" Say, "I don't like it". Period.
14) Fanatics.
15) Narrow-minded people.
16) People who indulge in the indiscriminate bashing of the city that houses, clothes and feeds them.
17) People who indulge in the indiscriminate bashing of the people and language of the city that houses, clothes and feeds them.
18) Girls who think that marrying and becoming a baby-producing machine is the only thing worth living for.
19) Girls who think that you don't need to dress up and look after your body once you are married (read "snared a guy").
20) Girls who attain the holier-than-thou look immediately after they attain the Mangalsutra.
21) Saas-bahu serials.
22) Vamps in saas-bahu serials.
23) The goody-goody goddess-like ladies speaking about "sanskaar" (culture) in honey tones in saas-bahu serials.
24) People who don't look at you when speaking to you.
25) People who have zero general knowledge.
26) People who have zero sense of humour.
27) People who do not know how to have fun and enjoy themselves.
28) People who ask me with (fake) concern why I have lost so much weight, making sure to add "after you got married". What is with the theory that women put on weight after marriage? In my case, I was a sleeping and eating lazybum, and the hubby, being a fitness freak, is making me run around, and hence I have lost some of the extra fat, and am proud to look slimmer and trimmer. And here are people sympathizing with me. Any amount of explanations fall on deaf ears. So I have just started saying, "Oh, what can I do? My hubby beats me and starves me". That shuts them up for a while.
Aaaaah! That was therapeutic! (Now I sound like Oprah)
To compensate for this rant, I need to come up with a list of Things that make me go "Mmmm"! :) Very soon, very soon!
1) People who sing off-key, but think they sing very well. They screech along loudly to a beautiful song right into my ear. It makes my knees shake, my stomach lurch, I hear a strange sort of ringing deep in my ears, and tears prick my eyes. I love music and cannot bear anybody murdering a good song.
2) Dirty toilets, that look like somebody just had a bath in there. On top of it, when I go in, take utmost care to avoid all the mess, make sure that I don't add to it, and come out, the next person to go in darts a dirty look at me, as if I made the mess.
3) People with stale jokes about cooking. If I say I made laddoos, they go, "How many hammers did you need to break them?". If I say "I cooked last night's dinner", they say, "Are your family members alive today?". They might be funny at first, but they get very irritating with time!
4) Insensitive and childish people. When I say "Oh no, it is already time for the first bus, and I just have to finish testing this! I will have to take the second bus home!", they say "Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya.. I am going ho-oo-ooome!" I think it is terribly childish.
5) People who assume that since you are a girl, you cannot lift heavy things, and should love gossipping, and should buy lots of clothes and should know how to draw rangolis.
6) People who assume that I am a sissy who cannot live without her husband just because I'd rather spend a quiet, quality day with the hubby, rather than go to some silly movie with sillier people.
7) People who love to probe and ask me "Any good news?? *wink wink*" (for the uninitiated, that just means whether I am going to have a baby) just because I happen to be married.
8) People who look at me with the utmost sympathy when I tell them that hubby did not gift me anything for my birthday. I have an exclusive post on this
9) a) People in huge cars who spit out of the window or throw garbage out.
b) People who do not litter the streets when they go abroad but think nothing about doing the same thing here.
10) People who say "I hate books" without having read even a single one.
11) People who say "I hate that kind of music" without having listened to it, or having tried to understand it.
12) People who say "I hate it" to anything, without having tried it.
13) People who listen to a song, read a book, or taste a dish, and say "It is horrible! How can you like it?" Say, "I don't like it". Period.
14) Fanatics.
15) Narrow-minded people.
16) People who indulge in the indiscriminate bashing of the city that houses, clothes and feeds them.
17) People who indulge in the indiscriminate bashing of the people and language of the city that houses, clothes and feeds them.
18) Girls who think that marrying and becoming a baby-producing machine is the only thing worth living for.
19) Girls who think that you don't need to dress up and look after your body once you are married (read "snared a guy").
20) Girls who attain the holier-than-thou look immediately after they attain the Mangalsutra.
21) Saas-bahu serials.
22) Vamps in saas-bahu serials.
23) The goody-goody goddess-like ladies speaking about "sanskaar" (culture) in honey tones in saas-bahu serials.
24) People who don't look at you when speaking to you.
25) People who have zero general knowledge.
26) People who have zero sense of humour.
27) People who do not know how to have fun and enjoy themselves.
28) People who ask me with (fake) concern why I have lost so much weight, making sure to add "after you got married". What is with the theory that women put on weight after marriage? In my case, I was a sleeping and eating lazybum, and the hubby, being a fitness freak, is making me run around, and hence I have lost some of the extra fat, and am proud to look slimmer and trimmer. And here are people sympathizing with me. Any amount of explanations fall on deaf ears. So I have just started saying, "Oh, what can I do? My hubby beats me and starves me". That shuts them up for a while.
Aaaaah! That was therapeutic! (Now I sound like Oprah)
To compensate for this rant, I need to come up with a list of Things that make me go "Mmmm"! :) Very soon, very soon!
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