the year 2009... :-)

Two paths diverged in a wood...
and I took the one less travelled.
- Robert Frost

the above lines best describe 2009 for me... a year filled with lot of great times, great memories, great trips, great lessons and great fun ... all of this, on the path that was less travelled... !!!

Happy New Year to one and all...................... :-)

the place and the people.....

I knew I would be happy, to come here back again...
to catch up with my old friends, and to visit our favorite places again......

to see the places around and to walk on the same lanes again.....
to relive those good old days, and to miss them again..........

to look at our pictures that we had taken back then,
and to laugh & laugh and remember those silly & awful tales ....

to miss the good old times, and wish if time could just stand by,
and to promise ourselves that despite, this shall always be cherished by......

a successful tenure .....

" When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. "

I dreamt, I desired, I wished and I attained ...

Its not just me but its the blessings and wishes of my loved ones that helped me to sail through....and I feel privileged to have them with me through thick and thin :-)

Thank you mom, dad, dada,family :-) and thank you to all my super supportive friends :-)
Love you always.....

sunshine and you....

You are the sunshine,
the one that I would always like to see...
you are the apple of my eye,
and the one that you shall always be...

I wonder how you knew that I was sad,
and you came to my rescue....
Just like a guardian angel,
you always talked me through.......

And all the good and bad times that we shared,
became very special, because of you.....
and now I know that our friendship is just perfect,
because thats the best thing, that I can have from you.......... :-)

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it wished for more....

the world thought it had everthing,
but it wished for acquiring some more..
the patrons thought that it was just perfect,
but it wished for correcting some more flaws..

it went around the globe,
looking for things that it had always wished for...
the world thought it has achieved everything,
but they know not what it had lost...............

sleepless in seattle.....

Joy

Anxiety
Excitement

These three words sum up the entire trip and the experience......
Learned a lot; about the biggest brand...and about myself :-)

my first meteor shower :-)

17th november, 2009 ... 1:00am - 5:00 am.. temperature 5 degree celsius...
eight enthusiastic people and the leonid meteor shower.... !!

I had never seen a meteor before... So when I heard about the Leonid Meteor shower, I was all excited and wanted to see it.. Luckily there were some friends who joined me and then we started out for our campus to check out the meteor shower.. we walked a few miles in that cold weather and finally got to see four meteors ...... :-) it wasnt a shower but it was beautiful... :-)


i couldnt click any pic or make a wish.. however heres a pic that I found online...

pic courtesy - nasa

letting go !!!!

Wanting, is tough to get...
Loving, is tricky to regret.....
Losing, is difficult to accept.........
And letting go is the most painful yet.................... !!!!!

and i felt at home....

a small parcel made its way,
all the way from a distant land....

it had lot of goodies and couple of gifts,
that made me feel, that i am with them..... :-)

maroon them out !!!

Well football is a craze here, and I got a chance to witness it today :-)

the aggie spirit....the pride .....

yell leaders, the fighting band.......

the team ....

and 79,153 fans...Wow !!!

nothing i've ever known....

Right now I feel - just like a leaf on a breeze,
Who knows where it's blowin' Who knows where it's goin' ??
I find myself somewhere I - I never thought I'd be..
Going round in circles Thinking about you and me !!!
How do I explain it when I don't know what to say ??
What do I do now - so much has changed !!!

Nothing I have ever known - has made me feel this way,
Nothing I have ever seen - has made me want to stay ...
but here I am - ready for you I'm tornin', I'm fallin' - I hear my home callin'
Hey - I've never felt something so strong -
oh no It's like nothing I've ever known !!!

Now you're the one I'm looking for..
You're the one I need !!!
You're the one that gives me - a reason to believe ...
Following a star - has lead to where you are !!
It feels so strong now - this can't be wrong now !!!

Nothing I have ever known - has made me feel this way,
Nothing I have ever seen - has made me want to stay ...
but here I am - ready for you I'm tornin', I'm fallin' - I hear my home callin'
Hey - I've never felt something so strong -
oh no It's like nothing I've ever known !!!

It's like nothing I've ever known !!!

-- Bryan Adams...

the games we played...

On a recent shopping spree, I visited the Game Section of a mall and was totally amazed to find some real cool games for the kids which were not just fun but high-tech too ;)..

Anyway, during this visit I got reminded of all the different indoor games that we played during our school summer vacations :-) ... here are some of my favorites games..

Ludo -
This was the post dinner ritual....
Every evening we would play this game... Mom, Dad, Bro and Me... :-) I remember how eagerly we used to wait to start the game ....

Most of the times, I used to lose the game and my bro used to cheat ;) !! Mom would always support my bro and Dad was always on my side :-)... Sometimes we would play just one round and at times we were game for the second one too ...
Ludo is my most favorite game !! Not so much for the game but for the fun times that we spent together ....

The travelling marble game -
I was introduced to this game by my brother and his friends....
Though this is more of a boys' game and is a huge hit amongst them, nevertheless it was one of my favorite childhood indoor game..


Its quite strange that I dont see the school kids play it anymore .. sigh !!!

Well they surely dont know what they are missing !!

The Game of Business -
This was my first introduction to the world of Trading...I could buy things that I like..could sell things I didnt like .. I made some profits... All on my Own.. !! This just felt great... !!!
I still remember how responsible I would feel handling the card money.. Big money..1000 rupees... aha... :)

The Scotland Yard -
Playing Mr.X was a new High ..
travelling in disguise, using the transportation for free and hiding from the detectives... WOW !!!

Ofcourse the role of the Detective was quite thrilling too.. for it was nothing short of playing ' Mr.Bond' himself ;)
Love this game and we still play it at times :)

Scotland yard was the last board game that we bought.. Soon it was the age of Video games followed by the computer games .... Contra, prince, tennis were some of my favorite games in that league ....

I really wish the era of the board games returns and we get many more interesting and fun board games that the entire family can play together ...

meant to be...

some things are just meant to be,
and it has its ordained time...

call it destiny or call it a coincidence,
the fact is, you just cant ignore it....

rains...

holding an umbrella and walking down the road,
not bothered about getting drenched or reaching some place late..
a walk in the rains,as beautiful as it can be, for it is simply bliss!! :)

pic courtesy - photobucket

papa...

the supporter, the motivator and the challenger;
the parent, the guardian and the friend....

the hero, the defender and the fighter;
the teacher, the mentor and the student…..

You play quite many roles,
and you always play them so well.....

Happy Fathers' Day papa :)

and the song ended .....

My first professional phase came to an end today...
a fun packed journey... a journey which taught me things about the world, about others and most importantly about me..
It was indeed a memorable phase... and today looking at the past four years, I feel satisfied..

I am sure that though the song came to an end today, but the melody will linger on ;)

Mamma...

You mean the world to me...

happy mother's day maa :-)

its been a year....

I was very apprehensive about starting my own blog..
For one, I wasnt sure about the kind of things that I would write.. And two, if I would keep blogging... ?
Nonetheless, I decided to give it a try... and now that it has completed a year,
this just feels great..

Blogging helped me to connect to many people, to know their point of view about different things.. I made some new friends as well :-)
It provided me with many beautiful write-ups to read and at the same time gave me a platform to put my thoughts into words...
I started to enjoy it soo much that though I might not be writing but I do read many of the blogs regularly..
Today, it has definitely become a part of my routine and something that I really cherish..

Special mention to the bloggers who are listed on my blog-roll..
Guys, you are doing a wonderful job... :-)
Heres wishing all of us, Happy Blogging :)

P.S : -
those who are not blogging lately:- guys, get going :-)

the apathetic mumbaikars !

Yes we have done it again.

We proved once again that we are indeed the “Plastic" Mumbaikars… !

For us, the Mumbai spirit sets in only when we are attacked by the terrorists or maybe when we need to blame the government!

But hey when it comes to fulfilling our responsibilities, we either go on vacation, or…eh.... well we have the scotching heat as an excuse to refrain from our duty … or...maybe we just don’t bother and chill out at home and watch T20.

Business Capital of the country; maximum city but only 44% voting!!!
WOW !!!! What a Pity!!

• How can we point fingers on the government when we do not fulfill our duty ?..the duty of every citizen of this democratic country!
• Will we achieve anything by just lighting candles at the Gateway of India or having peace rallys?
• We often say that the government makes thousands of false promises post any attack or crisis.! Aren’t we practicing the same?
• How can we talk about corruption when we ourselves are so corrupt??

Hey plastic mumbaikar… wake up dude !!!

busybee..

Whoa... its May !!
I always felt that the first half of every year passes by the blink of an eye.. and this year too is no exception :-)

Well well... lots of things happened in the last four months that kept me busy..

After a hiatus of 2 months, I resumed work.. So there I was back to my normal work day which includes 3 hours of travelling, meeting my buddies from the office-group, catching up on the latest developments, having luncheons in kaydees/ozone, team parties, birthday parties and yea not to forget.. attending meetings and also logging on to the workstation ;)..
Getting back to work was fun.

Was back in the social circle....had many reunion and farewell parties, got in touch with many-many friends.. revisited our college campus, met many of the professors. Well, it was a very overwhelming experience...

We had few family outings as well.. My favouritest of them was the trip to Mahabaleshwar for my parents wedding anniversary :-) This trip,by far, was one of our most relaxing and fun filled trip and ofcourse there were strawberries too ;)... It was the famous strawberry festival that week, so we had strawberry milkshakes, strawberry icecreams, strawberry n cream, strawberry cakes, strawberry juices, jellys, chocolates..wow...all in abundance :)

Then I was back to my books... :-) I read and re-read lots of novels -alchemist (the 3rd time ;) ,, secret,brida, white tiger,the zahir,almost single, monkey business, games indian play,ultimate gift (2nd read)...and many more...

Lots of activities, lot many fun moments... and couple of important decisions and actions.... aha !! More on that, laterzzzz ;-)