Paratha Party!!!!

      This weekend was something special with a “Paratha Party” happening at the TLTE headquarter, b’lore. Venue : Mipple’s house. As per our plans all the TLTEians in b’lore were supposed to gather at mipple’s house and then prepare parathas for lunch. But as it would have been, finally there were only six TLTEians – Adi, Kosha, Mipple, Prankul, Samyak and Myself. The others who didn’t turn up, u missed a hell lot of masti, food and music :PPP

      The party began 1 hr after the scheduled time all coz of some late-latifs and late-latifs only :DDDD Finally all of the members and the raw materials for the paratha party were ready by 12:40 sharp :DDD Now mipple was assigned the task of making the dough for paratha, Kosha was taking care of the potatoes required for paratha. Mind it kosha is very particular abt cleanliness :PP She ended up washing the potatoes ample amount of times before they bcame a part of our delicious parathas :DD

      Prankul was pretty happy chopping the chillies (bahot achche se kaattha hai, achcha cook banegaa :PP). Adi helped in chopping the tomatoes and all the more in devouring a lot of them. I guess if he would have chopped sincerely and ate less we would have had 2 plates of tomatoes :Oooooooo:D Myself was pretty busy chopping gingers whch took hell lot of time :DDD But u knw wht my ginger cutting art imbibed curiousity in pranks, adi and Samyak :PPP. Pranks was so mesmerized he all the way went home to get his handy cam to shoot my ginger chopping art!! :DDD

      Oops someone is missing, yup our very own spammy aka Samyak. Surprised where he vanished – he was pretty much busy time passing taking photos and shooting videos :DDD Samyak ne kaafi madad ki hamaari -- khana khatam karne main :DDD And haan he tried cutting my finger also (Megs make a spl note, next isi ko tapkana hai :DDD)

      Finally Kosha tai did the baking part of the paratha. Mind it the major credit goes to our very own chef of TLTE mipple who did all the paratha making. Even I tried hands at baking and got loads of scolding. Finally I ended up the cooking ceremony by making salads  I had always believed the phrase “Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth” But it turned out to be totally wrong. This time so many cooks made the paratha party a huge success.

      Meanwhile during all these paratha making tantrum we were having a gala time -- pulling each others legs (the usual stuff), dancing, playing mischiefs and listening to some fabulous and mesmerizing songs – spl thnks to adi and his ipod :PPP waise forgot to mention mipple was the most luckiest coz he could listen to his favorite song -- Ek baar Aaja Aaja (from aksar). Every time tht song used to come mipple and myself used to dance like nythng and in the end found all of them dancing to the song :DDD In btwn pranks, adi and myself tried killing spammy but alas lagta nahi spammy itni jaldi marrne waalon main se hai :DDD. And haan thnx to pranks for capturing all those moments live!!! :))

      Once everything was ready we helped ourselves with the delicious parathas, curd, achchar, salad, sauce and juice :)) Wow wht a delicious lunch  It wasn’t only coz of the parathas but coz of the effort we had put in and the time we spent making the lunch tht made it all the more delicious. An awesome lunch far better than any 7-star or 5-star hotel :))

      Once the party was over pranks left all the more coz he had some work. And to be frank pranks missed the best part of “Paratha Party”—we had the party concluded by bumps for Samyak. Mind it here kosha and myself didn’t leave a single moment to kick Samyak.. aahh wht a time it was.. Samyak xpecting more such moments!!! :PPPPP Finally everyone bid adeau and thus ended the best moment in TLTE meet I had ever had!! :))

Conclusion : Sahi main agar meet karna ho toh aise jahan everyone knws each other. The memories of this TLTE party was awesome, xpecting more such parties. A gr8 time to remember throughout our lifetime. Thnx everybody for making the day this time (first time) without any nakharas :DD!! :))

Alarm Effect!!!

“Beep Beep”

After fifteen minutes….

“Beep Beep”

     Ohh no!!! Not again the alarm has gone. Yet another day has begun to end my sleep booh hooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! But wait was it the first alarm tht went off or the second or the third :Ooooooooooo Surprised !!! No its not surprising, this is the scenario of my room since I shifted base frm baroda to b’bay and now pretty much in b’lore :DDDDD

     Bak in baroda never ever required any alarm. It wasn’t tht I used to get up early on my own, but the scenario then was tht my alarm requests and timings were fulfilled by my sweetest father. If I wanted to get up at 5:00 am in the morning (too early nowadays), he would call me up by 6:00 coz he very well knew tht I would definitely get up 1 hr after the alarm instructed timings :DDDD But do respect him a lot for being so patient to tolerate and fulfill my varying timing requests. By the time I reached college, I was almost a nocturnal creature so getting up very early wasn’t required.. so my father was slowly relieved of tht burden.

     Once in b’bay thngs took a totally different turn. In b’bay, I was particularly lucky tht I got a roommate like Reshmi. We both used to have sleeping competitions and ultimately I used to be the winner :DD. It was like everynight oops every morning by 2:30 or 3:00 we used to go to bed and were forced to get up by 8:30 in the morning. One of the reasons for this early wakeup was tht IIT mess main brkfast used to b only uptil 9:30 and second was reshmi’s punctual boyfriend (now husband) :DDD.

     After having dosed off in the wee hrs of morning getting up in the morning is a real pain :DDD And Reshmi being committed, had an additional headache tht her boyfriend (now husband) would be in front of H11 (girls hostel) by 9:30 am sharp (not a single minute here or there). Reshmi used to hate punctuality thn for this very reason:DDD

     Before getting cozy in our respective beds we used to keep 2 alarms -- One on mobile and the other on our respective alarm clocks. :DDD So in all 4 alarms to wake us up the nxt morning ufff wht a job man :DDD!! The morning scenario would be something like this :

At 7:00 am – my mobile alarm
At 7:30 am – rehsmi’s mobile alarm
At 7:45 am – reshmi’ alarm clock
At 8:15 am – my alarm clock.

     Even after all these alarm attacks the two gr8 ladies wouldn’t have bothered to even remove the quilt on their face :DDD Finally somehow as ppl say the natural alarm works and finally we both get out lazily by 8:30 am. Once I left b’bay I used to wonder y we ppl used to keep so many alarms and y the hell we wasted so many cells uselessly for alarms :D, coz in the end, everytime it used to be our natural alarms waking us up.

     Once in b’lore scenario was worst. B’lore being a cool place, I never ever felt the eagerness to get up early in the morning. Here also I was lucky to have got sleepy head roomies like kosha tai and Kaajal. Kaajal was the person who could brk records in sleeping. But here I progressed well and could get up at a single alarm beep, set on my mobile :DDD

     Waise now the scenario has changed again (I thnk this is wht ppl say it takes time to adjust out with a place :DD). Now acquainted with b’lore completely and all the more having shifted to 2-sharing room with tazneem (my current roomie) my sleeping traits have started showing off once again :DD. Both of us being fully nocturnal go to bed not b4 1:00 or 1:30 and get up araam se lazily by 8:15. This happenes only after 2 alarms go off 1 hr b4 this scheduled time of 8:15 :DD.

     Sometimes I wonder if alarms wouldn’t have been invented, life would have been so peaceful and we could sleep for long hrs. Sometimes it feels as if I had just slept for 2 mins and the alarm went off and used to wonder sheepishly how come an entire night vanished in just tht small time gap. But then again a small re-thought would prove all this wrong. The important thing to be realized is tht sleep is one of tht important thngs required to lead a healthy life but not the only thng required. I thnk alarms are a good invention to awaken the young generation, majority being nocturnals :DDD Would like to wind up this post with this beautiful quote :

"Live your life to the full,
take every opportunity that arises because you'll have plenty of time to sleep when you are dead"

So once again thnx to alarms :)))))

A Silent FriendShip!!!!

     The first day in college, nysa(name changed) met so many new faces… some scared her coz they were monsters in the form of seniors, some frndly those of her batchmates and some of those who were to bcome her long life frnds!!

     The first few months she sat with different ppl and had chgned n no. of seats to sit with the right person who was compatible with her views, her bunking classes, her mischiefs and above all who fully agreed with any damn trait of hers. Finally she found a frnd in nidhs (name changed)… She was there to take up every blame of mischief played by nysa!! It was as if nysa wouldn’t have dreamt of nythng else in life if nidhs was there with her. She didn’t require a bf to entertain or sooth her. They used to spend huge amounts of time together at any time of day sharing all sorts of knowledge ranging frm engg, movies, songs, higher studies etc.

     Nysa witnessed a lot of groupism in college as was usual. But being with nidhs never made her feel left alone or aloof. They were enuf to tackle a group of 10 even. They spend the whole of 1st yr through the mid of second together deepening their frndship bond every min of the day!! “A wonderful relation to cherish” -- Nysa used to feel. But all of a sudden one day came whn the very trust of both nysa and nidhs came to a shattering end whn the first seed of misunderstanding started sprouting. It started growing everyday and one fine day the frndship uptil fate was broken and they parted their ways with heavy hearts!!!

     Now nysa found herself totally left aloof frm the rest of the college crowd with nidhs not there to support her nymore!! Then to her gr8 relief, nysa found shelter in a group of 5, the sixth one being nysa herself. But she was there with them superficially everytime thnking of the moments she had spent with Nidhs. She used to thnk many a times to go and get her back. But tht time came only after 3 yrs. Whn they both had left college and were pretty much settled in jobs. Now they r once again back with their frndship.

     Once being a group of 6 she also started inflicting herself with grpism traits. Now there was this particular group with whom she limited her interaction uptil a hollow “Hi”. But one person amongst this group, with a beautiful and mesmerizing smile always attracted her!! Being a silent chap and being herself an introvert by nature she could never ever approach him for a talk. Nor did he have the guts to cross the limit of those smiles exchanged btwn them!! Was it the groupism causing an hindrance or something else … they never knw the reason for sure, even whn they have bcome close frnds now!!!

     Days passed in college with both of them exchanging just smiles. Nysa got involved in her grp and D got ngaged in his. In btwn they started talking but all related to studies and finally it was the 7th sem of the college. By this time both of them talked but to b specific just 5-6 in the ntire 31/2 yrs of engg. Now their final yr training forced thm to bid adeau to each other, this time too with a smile. Nysa’s training forced her to be away from her parents itself and D also!! By now both of them had taken it for granted tht we both can never b frnds and can b knwn only as batchmates!!

     During final yr exams also they never met and finally Nysa went away frm D as per the requirement of her job, thus leaving it to fate tht they were not destined to meet or be frnds. Then one fine day to Nysa’s utter surprise, D called up to inform her, tht he had got a job in the very place as she was! Now her happiness knew no bounds coz she had got a call frm a person whom she hardly ever talked and feared giving a smile even!! Then with the passing time they started chatting on YM and phone and became very fast frnds. They started seeing each other on weekends (if possible). And donno how such a sweet frndship took shape btwn both of them, in just 4 months time, which they could never even dare to initiate in 4 yrs time!!

     Now both of them are miles apart from each other but even now when either of them feels down and thinks of talking to someone – it has to be D/Nysa after their parents!!! These are the moments when Nysa believes in fate. If it wouldn’t have been for fate they would have never ever have had been frnds, coz college never allowed them to even talk but once out, their urge to become friends got them together and 2day they share a relation they both will cherish till fate!!!

Even I wonder sometimes this is how true frndship sprouts, matures and grows fully.....

Gone Are The Days!!!!

     Life shows you so many colors can’t predict whch one to choose -- As it goes whn choices are more the confusion is ultimate!!!! I guess I m also passing through such a passive face of life wherein I wanna b my old self once again with my old frnds!!

School Days :

     There was a time whn I was fully drenched in innocence and now is the time whn I m totally devoid of the same!! Back in school, life was awesome. A gang of 8 we were more than enuf to give ny other person in this world a severe headache in flat 1 mins time!!! Those were the days whn my mischiefs were optimum and age wasn’t a bar at all.. Have got punished n number of times for having played mischief on teachers, but never ever got punished for the same!! Was it the innocence I had on my face or my academic performance or was it the gang with me who were proving lucky for me everytime.. Whtever it was I was and always have been on the safer side while playing mischiefs!!

College Days :

     Once out of school, there was life waiting to welcome me with a bright future.. in engg. line. As per my wish having got the favorite engg. discipline there wouldn’t have been a person more happier than me on this earth. but as I joined the tech. institute, I realized life is not so easy as the one I had been through back in school.

     Being in a girls school I wasn’t very much used to the tactics of dealing with boys. Frankly speaking I couldn’t establish a very good rapport with my seniors especially male seniors during my engg. days (But now they are the ones I interact the most with). Convent gals (the one and only fultoos girls school in baroda) were the favorites of seniors during ragging time.. Being from convent we used to be favorite pieces for ragging :DDD Having gone through all those traumatic moments finally the most awaited day came whn I bcame the senior.

     Whn I used to get ragged, my usual revolutionary dialogues used to be “Ragging should be banned”, “I won’t rag nyone”, “Poor Soul see How much they get scared”. But once being the senior, I too got attracted to ragging stuff and ragged many of them!!! At many a places the ragging mastermind used to b mine!! Hope they haven’t cursed me for having made them do all those thngs!!! I donno how 4 yrs was gone as if it was only a life of 4 mins!!! The day of our farewell and the last day of my college were the worst days whch never ever would I like to remember!!! But one thng I m contended at this moment is my college frnds are still arnd. The most I miss are my school frnds and the school days!!

     Apart frm college and school life the most interesting parts used to b festive occasions especially holis, makarsankranti and the hot favorite navaratris!! Navaratri’s used to be so fun uptil final yr of engg, whch ultimately happens to be the last time, I danced to garba tunes on the soils of the cultural capital of Gujarat – my very own baroda. Now those beautiful memories reminds me of one thng, i.e to get something u have to sacrifice something.. but sometimes whn I look at myself today I regret of having lost so many golden moments, memories and above all my so very close frnds for this busy professional life(((((((…. Hope to have all those moments back sometime in the long run!!!!!

Professional Life :

     After engg began my actuall professional struggle. After lots of opposition and very much against my will I came down to b’bay for a professional life!! Initially no frnds no frnd circle made my life horrible even in a happening city like b’bay! But now whn I look bak I thnk I can never ever find a better life than tht ever again… May be that life is one of the reasons, why b’lore never bcome my cup of life!!! Life in b’bay was rocking every moment. Met some very good ppl and not to mention my most intimate frnd mango (Amit Tyagi) !! 

     But alas now being in b’lore I m totally away frm all of them. At this very moment it seems as if I m in the midst of a barren desert with no one to be seen for miles together!! It has always been adjustment for me once I started my life in b’lore. Even having made some very good frnds online , some out of my colleagues and PG mates, every time it seems as if I m missing the good old frnds and all those best moments of my life i spent with them!!! Hope to get united with all of them soon by this yr end atleast!!! But still regret remains tht those days r gone wherein at one shout I could have everyone arnd.. and 2day is the time whn after many phone calls also, no can come including me, reason being busy professional life!!!

Will I be ever able to get all those moments back????? Life is posing this big question mark to me with myself running short of answer!!!

New Year Trip To Mekedatu!!!!

     A wonderful New Year alongwith friends far away from B’lore’s madding crowd - tht’s wht I had thought of and as it would have been got one too!! This is the new year trip we had to Maikedata..(here we includes Kosha, Pavithra, Mipple, Deep and very much myself) :D:D:D

     After the New Year party at night I was in no mood to get up early, not even by 12:00. But then again the enthusiasm for the trip and being away from b’lore was such I got up by 9:30 :D:D. Then as per Pavi’s and my plan the previous day, we made a move from our PG by 10:20 am. Mind it pavi who is used to a cup of morning tea didn’t get one, as we both got up arnd the same time and had to reach the meeting point by 11:00 am. So she wasn’t in the best of her moods since morning. As per our plan every participant of the trip was supposed to gather at mipple’s house by 11:00 sharp. And to be frank the new year resolution was good … everyone was all set to start the trip by 11:15 am…

     Now whn we were just 10-15 kms aways frm b’lore pavi started feeling uneasy all the more coz we were not stuffed with brkfast and pavi specifically was without her morning tea. Somehow we managed with some gharelu nuskhe and she felt fine :))… Now during the onward trip it was like leg pulling happening btwn all of us and pata nahi kya fundae pila rahe the :D:D We ended up chit chatting abt ppl’s trippings, history of kumfu karate and such other stuffs… Finally by 2:30 we reached our destination.. to be specific 4 kms from the actual destination, coz any private vehicle can’t go beyond the point where our qualis dropped us. There the first thng we did was get a cup of tea for pavi :D:D. Mind it pavi had 2 cups :D.

     I guess this place is meant for non-veggies. Kosha and pavi being veggies couldn’t get nythng to eat it seemed… Mipple, deep and myself survived on bread omlette. Then after filling our stomach we started out towards our actual destination. Here we had to cross a small river sort of and reach a point wherein we got a bus to our final destination… The bus trip was the best. The bus was totally overloaded with passengers and it appeared as if they were hung from different parts of the bus :P:P Truly thts wht we say proudly “Indians can adjust out nywhere” :))))

     Talking about the place I don’t have words to describe the beauty.. Such an awesome place. The speciality being water flowing amongst big rocks … for a moment I felt as if I was in some wonderland with rocks all arnd and water flowing so elegantly with all its beauty in the arms of these huge rocks :)))).. I even compared the location to “Raat Ka Nasha” song location of ashoka!! A wonderful place!!!

     As it would have been, being adventurous creatures we decided to go further down to have a closer look of the water-flow, whch involved some rock climbing….. Everytime mipple and deep were helping the gals climb down the rock or up the rock :)))… and the usual and the only stuff coming out of the gals mouth was oops, ouch!! :D:D Finally with loads of effort and co-operation, we finally reached a point wherein the view was marvelous…. At tht point I felt as I was feeling the water within me :)) In btwn I did something adventurous. Having got inspired by a person jumping from a rock in front of me I too did the same blunder and ended up with a small sprain in my leg. The best part was the pain was gone with 15 mins of massaging but I made others wait on the rock for 15 mins (the rock was quiet hot it was as if standing on a heater :P:P) :D:D

     Then finally after lots of water fresh memories by 5:45 we decided to return and had to wait for the only bus in tht route. Here Deeps suggested to walk down 4 kms. Initially we girls opposed the very idea of walking back, the reason being we were dog tired. But finally seeing the bus fully stuffed with ppl, we too agreed for the same :)) While walking down we discovered a spot which wasn’t crowded by ppl, better to say we were the only 5 creatures there at tht time. Here we found loads of rocks and the entire place to five of us. We decided to spend some peaceful time there. To be frank this was the best part of mekedatu we had discovered :)))….. nyways there we spent a lot of time, with pavi all the more getting frustrated about getting bak to b’lore and having a proper nap before attending the first shift of the new year :D:D

     Finally after lots of time pass once again pavi started feeling hungry and we decided to walk bak the rest of the distance of abt 2 kms. Somehow we made bak to our qualis and finally deep and myself once again had some bread and omlette and got back for our return trip. By this time pavi’s battery was totally down, I guess she was cursing for having spent the new year with so many bitter and good memories, the former being in majority :D:D

     On the way bak we took our dinner at a Punjabi dhaba.. the food was good all the more coz we were dying of hunger !!! Finally after all the filling stuff we made our way bak to b’lore with all bitter and good memories to cherish. Today whn I m writing this blog I m fully afflicted with pains in everypart of my body especially my leg whch witnessed an adventure jump of mine :D:D.

Conclusion : Overall a very good experience and a sweet experience. Explored such beautiful place that too on a new year. Thnx to mipple, deeps, kosha and pavi for making my new year so wonderful and sorry if I ever spoilt nyone’s mood in btwn the trips :))))). Hope to njoy many more such new yrs together :)))

Another Bad Day!!!!

     The end of new year turning out to be horrible is sometimes least expected…. But sometimes u can’t avoid thngs happening arnd u and specifically with u 

     This incident is of 31st December 2005…. The worst day of 2005 I guess… Day was as usual and normal… got up in the morning at the usual weekend time of 9:45 am :D:D Then after having a cup of coffee did some tp with pg-mates watching tv and majority of the time chit-chatting… Then pavi and myself decided to have lunch outside coz none of us were in any mood to cook and all the more we wanted to get some food and beverage items also.

     So finally once ready we were out for lunch at arnd 2:30 pm…Now thts wht is called a very late lunch :D:D While on our way Mipple called up for lunch and since I was supposed to have it with pavi I asked him to join us. He was supposed to join us after 1 hrs time so we decided to complete with our shopping stuff. Now just whn I had finished with shopping another tlteian called up (not mentioning his/her name in here will be addressed henceforth as person X).. Now since the person was free and getting bored we (mipple and myself) decided to meet him at forum at 5:30 pm. Once at the restaurant, pavi and myself ordered for a soup and started our waiting for our third partner mipple. After about 15-20 mins mipple joined us. Now we started with lunch, consumed approx 2 hrs of our time .. thnx 2 the Indian restaurant’s ordering and serving time delay :D:D..

     Nyways finally having stuffed ourselves it was decided tht mipple will reach my PG and pavi and myself will reach our PG in a rick. Finally after loads of search we managed to get one rick who was ready to drop us at our destination at proper charge… Mind it pavi and myself had got some foods and beverages from MK Retails and was already overburdened…. Now we would have just covered 2 kms whn we encountered a red traffic signal and as it would have been, our rickshaw driver to our utter dismay, broke the signal and went straight through. Now the nxt thng was the worst to happen the traffic policeman was quick enough to stop our rickshaw and wht nxt we the poor passengers were left in a place arnd 3 kms frm our actual destination.. and in b’lore it being difficult to get a rick 4 such a short distance, the only option left with us was to go by bus No. 11 (i.e. walk down the same)  But being overburdened we found it difficult to walk, but somehow managed to walk down.. Meanwhile mipple was already at my PG and very much waiting.

     When we didn’t turn up at the decided time mipple called us up and we narrated this insane incident.. and thn he came down on his bike and met us at a spot abt 1 kms frm my PG and to our gr8 satisfaction reduced our burden by some few kgs ..and by the time I reached my PG it was already 5:00 and 5:30 we had to meet the so called person X. In btwn we had decided tht since we were planning a trip to makedaata we had to book a cab for the trip. So immediately after dumping my goods at my room mipple and myself made a move to his place. Once at his place we were busy going through all the yellow pages calling up all travels agents… but everywhere the answer turned out 2 b a big “No” as expected. Finally, we decided the good old “Akkad Bakkad” funda and dialed an arbitary no. and to our utter surprise got lucky enuf to get a cab booked… Now this happiness was short lived coz whn I had a look at my watch it was already 6:15 pm and the person X had already been waiting since 5:30pm.. Now we tried but couldn’t contact him for some reason and finally decided to drive faster.. But thn again the biggest hindrance “b’lore’s horrible traffic”, we could only make it to forum by 6:50 pm. Finally, whn I met person X.. it was as if the person was totally frustrated having been made wait for so long.. To be true never ever in my life have I made someone wait for more than 20 mins in the extreme case I guess.. But this was something I felt very bad and I couldn’t control myself from being guilty and to be frank couldn’t tell this person X nythng abt wht went wrong within the same day  Nyways the person X left within 10 mins time .. and I fully expect it to be the frustration and anger on me the person X had

P.S : This person X called me up on New Year also.. I feel so embarrassed and guilty tht inspite of doing so much the person was grateful enuf to forget to some extent. But I knw the person X won’t forget it totally 

     This day I can never ever forget coz this has given me an addition to my resolution list – Not to take everyone for granted. I took it for granted tht even if I make someone wait I’ll be forgiven everytime. Frankly speaking if I would have been in person X’s place I would have exploded in tht very place no matter kaun saamne hai ((( Person X : Thnx for the gr8 new year resolution and sorry once again!!