I Miss...

Ok so I am in I-Miss-the-Good-Old-Times- Land today....I normally tend to take a trip to this land when I'm having a lot of not so good days in a row.....so here's a list of the things I miss:

Emails from Sanaya and Vidhu (Sun and Star!) WRITE TO ME GUYSSSSSSS!!!

Being able to sleep till the sun rises: My day today started at 5 in the morning and thanks to late sunrises in winters when I was in the rickshaw at 6:30, the sun had not yet risen!\

Being able to spend time with my best friends....we are in the same college and well.....we haven't seen each other in I can't remember how long..unless our paths cross co-incidentally!

People with common sense....shall say no further on this or I will take a diversion to Rant-ville...and probably not come back!

Coming home before sunset...or actually just 8 pm for that matter..

Dinner with the family with hot food....

and of course....10 hours of non-stop sleep!!!!

Sigh.....hopefully soon soon....all this will happen soon....

A New Attempt

Dear All,

I am writing a book! And yes to keep myself on track: I am making it a weekly blog too!!!!

To all those who are interested: Girl Un-interrupted

Please note it is an unapologetic chick lit  where secrets will be out and men will be bashed!! To be read only if you can digest it!!

Hope you enjoy the World of Aisha!!

Happy Birthday Kirti!

खुबसूरत यादों की एक पोटली
खोल बैठे हैं आज
आओ कहानी सुनाये आपको
एक खुबसूरत दोस्त की

थोड़ी सी पगली
थोड़ी सी दीवानी
थोड़ी जिद्दी
करें अपनी मनमानी
चुपचाप थोड़ी बाहर से
लगे सख्त
पर मोम का दिल
दोस्तों के लिए
जान भी दे

एक खुबसूरत दोस्त
मेरा परिवार
मेरी "जी"!
मेरी जान!

Happy Birthday Jaan!

Oh and just some memories:

My Second Blog

Our Sitcom Situations!

Home coming

Friends for Life

On Our Second Anniversary

Love you baby!!

Disha

Ek khwaab

हवा के झोके के साथ आऊँगा
तुम्हारी रूह को छू जाऊँगा
और जब आँख खुलेगी
सिर्फ़ एक ख़्वाब
बन कर रह जाऊँगा
तुम्हारी आँखों में....

Not Being Able to Be There

One of my best friends CD just put up this post: No one. As a friend it hurts to read it when this is about loneliness and not solitude.

All I would like to say to her is let me be there for you because I want to....I always want to. Open your heart and you will see me and Sun always there for you! Open your ears and the voices you hear in your head are me and Sun arguing! Remember, CD, remember when you said in your emails (and this was you of the the three of us: know what I mean?) that its always the three of us and everything is seen through "our" eyes! 

We are never alone! Never baby! You both have got me through some really difficult times and now trust us to be there for you!!!

Love you and that never changes!

Life and Times of a Pcom Member

Its surprising that its been over a year about me as a Pcom member and I haven't written about my experiences. Being a Pcom member sure teaches you some really valuable lessons:

1. You will never leave college before other students. The golden rule of a Pcommer's life is that you are always the last ones to leave.... to the extent that you might just end up locking up some rooms because the peons have left!

2. You don't have much of a personal life.....don't even ask!

3. You are at your batch's services, whatever time of the day or night it is.....so the batch believes!

4. Companies giving 5 lakh packages expect to be treated as if they are giving 10 lakhs and placing more than half your batch....and you still go with it....sigh! That's life.

5. All levels of college admin staff are to kept happy to ensure that they actually do the work of supporting you (wait..........isn't that supposed to be their job??!!!)

6. You also have all their numbers on your phone....and also of HRs who call you at odd hours for things to be done.....and when they call you run out of classes as if there is a fire somewhere! Which brings me to the point no. 2 where I pointed out we don't have a personal life as per most stakeholders' perceptions....the stories we could tell you!

7. Students will always end up wanting to go for something 15 minutes before their turn at interviews/ GDs/ process and though they say they will be back in 2-3-5 mins it invariably turns out to be 10 mins and you are asking whoever is available and even remotely knows them to find them!

8. You will have great learning experiences all the time....

9. You will have a wonderful team that will always support you. Whatever the rest try to do!!

What Do Parents Want??

They keep saying its becoming increasingly difficult for parents to understand their children. Umm.. I have a question for those who say this, "What is it that parents want?"

So today my mom threw a screaming tantrum on me again. You see she made some food for me which I did not like because she forgot that I can't stand ginger or chillies in my food and she put lots of both to give it some "taste". Please do not ask of the results to my poor tongue! Anyways since I refused to eat it as I couldn't after 3 4 bites, though I tried to eat to please her (Mistake no. 1), she screamed and screamed about why did I ask her about what she was going to cook since I wasn't going to eat what she had made and then one comment led to another and things got nasty as usual.

So here's my part of the story: I had not asked her to cook! I had just asked her if she was going to else I would have figured out my lunch as I usually do. I am pretty independent as far as food is concerned (Supposed Mistake no. 2: only not when convenient to mom)!

Ok so what is it that parents want? Our whole life, they train us to be independent, to figure out things for ourself, to be able to meet our needs ourselves etc. And when we finally do, they start becoming bitter that we don't ask them for anything, we don;t need them anymore, that we've become too independent and that this isn't how "good" children behave.

So here is my question to parents: What do you want?  Us depending on you or not? Us doing things for ourselves or not? Us thinking for ourselves or not? Do you trust your own upbringing or not?

Take a step back and see what beautiful people you've raised and be proud of it instead of trying to control again.

Love as Kids Know it

This is one of those email forwards I received from my friend: Carpe Diem! It is one of those rare emails that get a hold of you! So a group of kids from the ages of 4 years to 8 years were asked "What is love?" and here are some of the awesomest answers received:



--"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday" (Tina - age 7) 

--"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." (Clare - Age 5) 

--"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth."                   (Billy - age 4) 

--"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." (Rebecca - age 8) 


--"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French
fries without making them give you any of theirs.." (Chrissy - age 6) 


--"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." (Terri - age 4) 


--"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip
before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." (Danny - age 7) 

--"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still
friends even after they know each other so well." (Tommy - age 6) 

--"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore. That's love" (Cindy -age 8) 


--"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken." (Elaine - age 5) 


--"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." (Mary Ann - age 4) 

Childhood Evenings

Bags dropped

"Wash your hands!"

Warm milk...

Out of uniform and colourful clothes

Freedom from school work...

In pin safety pin..in pin out!

You are it! You have to look for us!

Hiding in the trees

Lagor

Gully cricket..lost balls

Grudgingly completed Homework

School uniforms to be ironed

Bags packed...

Mom cooked dinner

Prayers before eating

Grannies' stories

TV time for half hour

Please please mom...we'll sleep in some time....

School next day

Deep sleep!

To those beautiful childhood evenings....where everything was simple and warm....even in winters! :-)

Organised Chaos

My mom asked me to clean my cupboards (books and clothes separately) again! Diwali is soon to be here and the best warning alarm for me is my mom storming to my cupboards...all clothes and books flying out of it and her screaming, "Straighten this mess! Straighten it! How do you ever find your clothes? Your books? That's why she'll keep wearing the same things again and again.....!"  Of course all I hear is...........ummmm............. static maybe!

But seriously when will mom learn? I am most comfortable when my cupboard is an organised chaos.....books never at right angles, always at odd angles, clothes in piles not by category: jeans, t-shirts, skirts, formals..etc etc but by pair-able combinations....because then I can easily just close my eyes extend my hand and take out the exact book or pair of clothes that I need because well..as I titled this blog: it's organised chaos!!

Stranger in the Moonlight

Stranger in the moonlight

Are you the one for me?

My eyes always search for you

When I enter a room

I see you and my heart

Quickens

I hear all that you haven’t said

In that one look that passes between us

So I wait for you

To take my hands

Hesitatingly

Into yours

For my eyes to find yours

And you to kiss my forehead

For in that moment I’ll know

You are the one

The one and only

For me.............

Working on the Bucket List!

Yessssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My CD! My Vidhu! My Vidhudi is back!!! And we are on the bucket list I had posted a few weeks back and we had added on to as and when we missed something!!

So here's to the first few things we've already started ticking off our list:

Hug! (check!) her first hug on Indian soil! I had gone to the airport to pick her up and I was standing the whole two hours that we were waiting for her to come out of that stupid customs!! And to be able to hug her after almost unreal! It was wow!! This is a picture of us at the airport....

Both of us look soooo happy because we are! My life was officially 66% perfect when this picture was clicked.......just missing the last 33%!!

Marine Drive together (check!): Will put up pictures as soon as I get them...but what an evening! Me, Vidhi, the sea and silence that I really appreciate (of course you need to have the innate capacity to shut out the sound from the main road!)...P.S. The picture will be put up as soon as I receive it!


Going to Sanaya's place (check!): God we miss that bawi!!


Go home to Xavier's (check!): It is so rightly said........you can take a person out of Xavier's but you can't take Xavier's out of the person!!! It felt so wonderful to go back to the familiar places and people!! I am just going to let these pictures speak!

Some Interesting Moments in Life

Finding an old book like an old text book and wanting to read it though you hated it when you actually had to read it.

Coming across a text message in your inbox that you don't want to delete.

Thinking really hard to come up with reasons to call a person to just hear his/ her voice and then actually being able to call them "just like that"!

Restarting a song when you miss your most favourite line!

Craving to eat something...opening the refrigerator...and voila there it is!

Checking the phone again and again for battery/ signal when waiting for a much awaited message...

Going to your old hangout places.... and finding them strange yet familiar...

Counting the number of pages before starting any new chapter.

Shouting "sirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr/ ma'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam" ten minutes before the break!

A Few Thoughts in Hindi

इस जहाँ के पार आसमान और भी हैं

इस मंज़िल के पार  राहें और भी हैं

ढुंढतें चलें हम उन्हें

ढुंढतें चलें हम

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चिरागों की रौशनी का हम क्या करें?
हम तो क्षम्मा के परवानें हैं
औरों को करते हैं यह रोशन
हम तो इनके प्यार में जल ही जाने हैं

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Mumbai At Night

Mumbai breathes life at night. If you really want to enjoy Mumbai with slow sips and not the usual rush, see it at night.....

The entire day the city is a beautiful potpourri of rushing people with their sounds, smells, happiness and fears...and it can be overwhelming as a city. But after 12 midnight, it calms down......gets emptier and it breathes life.  That is when those who love to enjoy their lives at leisure should come out and enjoy the city.....

I recently had a night  out with some of my friends, and it was a great experience to enjoy the city as a giant quieted down for the night. And trust me, I enjoy the city at both the paces: the fast and the slow!

My Bucket List

I completed a few things on my bucket list last night...actually 3 of them and I was like wow!!! I did it!!! And it felt great!!! So here's my bucket list:

1. Adopt a child. 
2. Learn how to play the guitar.
3. Travel and see the whole of India.
4. See the Taj Mahal from morning to night in all lights.
5. Sit on a bike and just take an impromptu road trip.
6. Have a night out painting the town red. (check!)
7. Get sloshed once...without worrying about the consequences! (check!)
8. Have a great book collection. (always under construction!)
9. Write a book (check!)
10. Marine Drive at night on a bike. (check!) 
11. Visit New Zealand (or basically wherever my friends are).
12. Adventure sports of any kind!
13. Do something that really scares me! (check!)

Thanks to all my friends who helped me achieve a lot of checks last night!! 

The Interesting Subject-Boring Teacher Continuum

Ah!! Another irony that life laughs at after it throws this phenomenon into our face. Commonly observed fact: the more interest you or students in general may have in a subject, the more the probability that the teacher teaching it will be boring.

True story!

The Student's Act of 2010

We studied the Factories Act today. Yes we were in a lecture on Sunday, and this gave us the idea of drafting a Students' Act of 2010 to better the learning conditions. Some of the provisions we want included in the Act are:

Objective of the Act:

To ensure the betterment of learning conditions for students as per their wishes.

Preliminary:

- Students here are defined as "any person(s) devoting at least 30% of their time to the pursuit of education as provided by institutes termed as educational by the Government.

- It is hereby to be recognised by the Act that the students, as defined above, are the major stakeholders of the educational process.

- In light of the above statement, the educational process is to be modified so as to suit the students' wishes.

- In case of any dispute regarding the conditions of education, the Court of Law shall rule in favour of the student and the decision of the Court will be final and binding on all the parties.

Provisions of the Act:

Provisions for Lecture Hours:

- The weekly lecture hours (including all breaks) should not extend 30 hours. For every planned increase in the same, the students' permission should be sought. If and only if 50% of the class agrees to the increase in the shall the lecture timings be extended.

- Not more than 5 hours of boring lectures should be scheduled in a week. Of these not more than two hours of the aforesaid boring lectures should be scheduled in a day. For deciding boring lectures, the vote of the students should be taken.

- If all the lectures are decided as being boring by the class, then the lecture hours should not extend beyond the stipulated 5 hours a week.

- At least half an hour of rest interval should be provided after every hour of a lecture. This is to ensure the students can get refreshed and "focus" on the next lecture.

- No classes are to be scheduled before 10 am and after 5 pm.

Provisions for Quizzes, Assignments etc:

- Not more than three quizzes, assignments, PPTs or any form of evaluation can be scheduled in a week.

- For every increase in the number of evaluation assignments, the students automatically get 10% of the marks allocated to that assignment.

- There should be at least a two day warning given before a surprise quiz or test or evaluation assignment.

- If the above condition is unfulfilled the aforesaid quiz, test or assignment stands moot.

Provisions for Health and Safety:

- Every institute is to maintain a stock of soft pillows in each class. If a student is found to be sleeping or nodding off in a class, the professor/ teacher/ lecturer is to hand out the same to the student and ensure his/ her comfort.

- A student is allowed at least three bathroom breaks in a class. These are to be of an unlimited period.

- Music stimulates learning and hence students are allowed walkmans, i-pods, their personal music players in any form in the class at a reasonable volume.

- Any ammendments to the above provisions can be made by the student at per his/ her wish at a short notice period of half an hour.

Marriage Market

Ok so now that I am doing an MBA...everything I see takes on a new flavour..so does whats happening to me right now! Arranged marriages!! No I am not getting married..not for another 3 years at least......but the whole process..is really like what we hear about M&As (Mergers & Acquisitions) in our Strategy classes.

Step 1: Choosing the Strategy:

Well this begins when the elders "ye wise ones" decide its time for the young ones to get married. The reasons for this could anything from the chronological age of the young one to completing "enough" education according to them to well believing ki "bachcha bigadane laga hai".

Step 2: Transaction Evaluation:

Here everything is matched...from the financial stability, to the cultural match to the community and gotra and even astrological matches....it a two month hullabaloo before the guy and girl are even given each other's pictures! And then the process is put into motion.

Of course there are various sources of information for the evaluation....nosy neighbours and relatives, newspapers, community matchmakers, outside matchmakers, and of course, matrimonial sites in today's "advanced" days!

Step 3: Execution:

This is the engagement stage..after the girl and boy have interacted for "enough time" as decided by the elders.

Step 4: The Deal:

Yeah this is the actual marriage! Its length and extravaganza depends on the financial capabilities of the two parties and their willingness to spend also.......some times....just some times.....the wishes of the two parties actually involved the girl and the boy are taken into consideration....

Step 5: Post Merger Evaluation:

How soon they have children and the number of children they have..... well since it is assumed that this is the only true measure of "marital bliss"!!

Ah well............

Moods Rule All

The other day me and a team-mate/ friend were discussing something about how to get permission from our D for some changes we need to get done in some of our SOPs.....and the last sentence we made was.."well, it all depends on his mood ultimately"....so how many important things do actually depend on important people's mood.....

You write a good paper or bad, you still pray the examiner's mood is good enough to get you decent marks.

A creative person won't be able to produce unless he/she is in the mood.

You'll have a bad lecture if the professor is in a bad mood.

If you need permission to do something important, well..it depends on the person's mood from whom you want to take the permission.

However, there can be a flip-side to this argument. In social psychology we learn Kelly's theory of Attribution wherein, if the behaviour of a person is uncharacteristic of him and is distinctive and inconsistent, it is attributed to temporary causes such as the person's mood. And that could be the reason for everything being linked to a person's moods.

So do moods come first or do behaviours come first?

The List Freak!!!

Moment of epiphany: I am list freak!

Rewind: I am chatting with my friend, and he suggests I should watch a certain movie and I mention its on my to-see list....flash of realisation: I'm a list freak!!! On the good side, I love planning and must be good at it.....else how would I have such detailed lists buzzing around in my head!

So here's (ironically) a list of the lists I follow: some are mental, some are on paper....and I am trying to manage all of them:

- My Bucket List

- Daily list of things to do

- List of books to read

- List of movies to watch

- List of SOPs for the Placement Committee operations

- List of scenes I want to incorporate in my book

- List of places I want to see

- List of things to eat (okay yes I can get obsessed sometimes)

Well....... the last one which I just created: a list of lists I have.......

Shopping (Cringe!)

Damnnnnn need to shop again! If I had my way, all clothes, shoes etc etc would be permanently durable (ok if that makes sense, my grammar isn't too bad then)...there would be no wear and tear! On second thoughts: if I am really having my way, might as well wish for clothes and shoes to appear out of thin air as and when you wish for them! I mean wouldn't that be the ult???

I hate shopping! I do! I do! I do! Crowded shops and malls, giggly and squealy women, squiggly children, bored to death men (at least some of them are sensible enough to be bored to death!). What a strange place for all the samples of humanity to gather. Then the hours spent on choosing one thing and then freakking not finding it in your size, and if you do...it doesn't fit you budget!!!! Really!

Then there is window shopping! I mean come on! Half the malls and shops are filled with people who are just 'peh-rusing dah-ling'! What are these people thinking? I mean get a life! Do something productive....

I shop once a year (or twice) when is becomes absolutely unavoidable. I am a shopper on a mission when I do so. I get in, do my thing and I'm out in 15-20 minutes max! This year I've already shopped thrice and now my sister's wedding is coming around! God help me! Cringe! Cringe!

I Love You, Bro!

My brother turned 19 today...so I am going to dedicate this post to him, and all great memories with him.

The first memory I have of him is when I was 3 and he was just born. I had been given the rubber sheet which is spread on the mattresses to save them from the baby's excretions. So I come home and I am all "big sisterly" and spread out the sheet on the floor and ask mom to let him sleep on the floor. Mom gently laughed and explained to me how babies sleep on bed, and thats when I understood what it really means to be an elder sister.

Over the last nineteen years there have been countless arguments and bloody fights where we have beaten each other blue; but for every fight, there has been a patch up. For every time we've hated each other, we've loved each other twice more. For every time we've blabbered secrets, we've kept thrice more!

My brother is a very good friend of mine with whom I can share anything and everything. He takes good care of me, saves me from mom's verbal arrows. We form a great team. The path to it hasn't been easy, but the end result is great!

He is growing into a wonderful man who is up for all lessons life will throw at him!

Love you bro! happy birthday!!! Blessed be!

Food I Really Miss

The canteen food at SIMSR, though decent isn't all that satisfying. Here is some food I am missing like hell because I haven't had a chance to have to go and gorge on it for quite some time!

Kirti ke ghar ka khana!! Always on the top of the list!!

Double cappuccino (machine made) at St. Xavier's canteen. And the cold coffee there. The Nescafe house in the Somaiya campus I believe adds too much sugar to the premix. It actually tastes like liquid horribly sweet melody!

Cannon pav bhaji and the masala chhas after it.

Teriyaki noodles at Five Spice, Fort.

Anna's (the mess in charge @ Xavier's) breakfast meals and dal chawal.

Canteen food at St. Xavier's.

Sizzlers at Raj Mahal....they're awesome.

Caramel custard from Metro cafe. It's out of this world!

Theobroma brownies, cakes, and all kinds of desserts. Really food for the Gods.

Leopold's chilly fried potatoes (we still don't know what they are actually called!)

Mad Over Donuts: great donuts. The flavours are quite imaginative and make your mouth sigh with pleasure!

"Bollywood" Survival 101

I survived Dabanng today. For the uninitiated, Dabanng is one of those movies that the common crowd in India associates Bollywood with.

Some other movies in this genre include; Wanted, Dum, and a plethora of Rajnikant and Govinda movies.

No person in their right mind would opt to go for such a movie. I went because otherwise my dad would have to go alone.

So here are some tips for the people who might find themselves in the same predicament as me:

1. Leave your brains at home.

2. You might as well leave your common sense with it while you are leaving your brains behind.

3. Forget whatever you’ve learnt in physics especially about gravity.

4. Do not even think of drawing comparisons with intelligent film makers: you’ll end up depressing yourself.

5. Learn how to whistle or carry one if you want to be a part of the crowd.

6. Remember, if you pray to God, God will be kind enough to make sure you don’t have nightmares about the movie.

Last but not the least, if you see yourself getting stuck in such a situation again, RUN as fast as you can in the opposite direction!!!

Celebrating Two Years of a Great Bond

Two years ago, on this day when people bring Ganeshji, the God of all great beginnings home, I had a few great beginnings myself. One of them was my friendship with Kirti. On this day two years back, I first went to her home and we spoke to each other and we were understood at a level which was great, despite hardly having known each other for a couple of months. I clearly remember what a day it was. And that was the beginning of a great friendship.

We've spent a lot of time together, over the phone, at each other's place, over meals in one plate, and have realised that there are some friends who truly feel like family. And that's why I am the only one apart from her family who calls her jiji.

And there is only one story I can think of to illustrate our friendship. About three weeks ago, a common friends of ours, dropped her cellphone on the ledge outside the third floor of our college. I, being me, immediately decided to go out and get it for her. It was a little (okay okay, a LOT risky) proposition. So as I was on the edge of the window, I realised my feet were just about a little short to reach the edge and it would be a little too risky to jump, as the ledge was thin and wet. And this girl, who btw was holding onto me so tightly, that my arm went dead, and who is shorter than me, offered to go out there instead of me, because it was so important to me to get it back as I had given my word that I would do it.

Eventually I got the phone back, but honestly how many friends would offer such a thing and mean it?

To Kirti and the friendship we've created. I love you jaan.

Critical Thinking

We had a PPT in class yesterday based on a case study, and based on the first three sentences of the group, I could make out which of the alternatives they would go for, because their first three sentences were biased and indicative.

This is when I realised that true education is being able to argue both sides of the coin well.

If you set your mind on one of the alternatives, before exploring other options, you could miss out on critical issues and details, and sometimes end up bending facts to your advantage, without realising where you've gone wrong, as the group did when presenting. As we've studied in psychology, one of the most important aspects of Critical thinking is how many times can you question your own assumptions and have satisfying answers for them.

Some of the people whose thinking skills I really respect are those who can play perfect Devil's advocates and argue both sides of an issue, whatever they may actually believe.

So see if you can keep an open mind and try seeing both sides of the issue, and have a stand for both.

Real People Different Lessons

Working with the underprivileged puts a lot of things in perspective. Every time I feel my life is not going too well, there is one story I think of, and everything is all right with the world.

I was in the 10th standard, when as a part of our Scouts and Guides Volunteering work, we visited Aashadaan, a home for the underprivileged. There we met Usha, a mentally retarded 10 year old girl. She was a severe case of mental retardation and had trouble with speech. And she did not have long to live either.

But her spirit...just shone. She was so happy to see us come visit. She was the first person we met, and just her open armed acceptance help us lose some of our nervousness of how to interact with them. She was so happy to see me and my friends, that she could but laugh. And when I just said hello, she took my arm and pulled me towards the swings, and we played on them. She insisted on songs because she loved music and when we sang she danced. Oh what a spirit!

I thought if only people who have everything could have even half her happiness and spirit, the world would be such a better place.

Usha passed away last year. I didn't cry because I know she wouldn't want me to. But she is always in my memory as someone I think of when I feel life isn't what I want it to be. I still remember I had a Tshirt that read "This is not the life I ordered" which Ithrew away when I heard of Usha's death and remembered all the wonderful things I had learnt from her.

I Am Thankful For

- Having to wake up in the mornings because it means I am alive and healthy.

- Being tired at the end of the day, because it means I have been productive, and I will have a great sleep.

- The mess in my house because it means that there are normal loving people living around me.

- My cellphone that buzzes the whole day because those I love think of me.

- The preparations before and the cleaning up after a party because it means I have friends surrounding me.

- Having to drop off all work to be there for a friend, because I know they will be there for me just as same when I need them.

I am thankful for all the things that irritate me because when I look at them differently, they show that I am a normal person having a wonderful life.

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