Sunday, November 30, 2008

and so it ends...

so finally wedding day..since it so late right now and i am so stupendously tired I'll just put up some pics..writing part I'll do tomorrow. i hope that's ok!

Mansi didi showing off her bridal finery!



me in the saree



Moni and me!



me in the reception. look at those giant hands! i need to stop living on Musketeers...

Saturday, November 29, 2008

day 8

so finally the terror siege ended today! what a day!

i do things which i am not supposed to, i have made a habit out of it! like my recent stint with sitting in a room full of people with wet mehndi, and now i had a major allergic reaction! last time i did that, i had boils on my nose, this time around its been a little less harsh with me, i just had horrendous body ache and my eyes got swollen, thats it! so i spent most of the morning sleeping, missing most part of the "mandva" ceremony. i mean i will have to wear a gas mask when they apply mehndi on my wedding!

all the assorted uncles and aunties had lost it, on top of the list was my dad. they greeted everyone who entered the house with a random obscure gujju song! EVEN ME! oh and everyone ragged Nirali bhabhi today. (there are two niralis in my family, for those who didn't know, one me and one my first cousin's wife). reached home like 4 in the afternoon and then went of to sleep on account of my eyes and body ache. it got better by late evening.

dinner part was fun! first of all played with Bhagya again. today i even fed him his dinner. Spiderman style! oh the joke of the day: someone apparently told Nita aunty that i was engaged! when she told us (me and mom) that, we both started laughing so hard, i swear my lungs were gonna fall off!

that apart, they had arranged for one guy to come to make us play games. that was SUPER fun! there was this one game where you were supposed to answer unrelated to the question asked to the person to your right. basically lie. I WON! so now i am award winning liar. my golden quote was "mari mummy char varas ni che" (my mom is 4 yrs old) and "mara ghar ma bhoot che" (my house has a ghost in it). so earned 500 bucks yay! the second game was complicated one, which Mansi didi won. yeah there was a part where Herin bhai forgot he was married! Anu bhabhi said she is going to make him write imposition stating "i am married to Anuja" a 100 times. =)

we kept reminding Mansi didi that she was getting married today, so everyone was asking her what is her last wish for the day, she said don't let me marry tomorrow in the most sarcastic way! but Dhaval bhai had other ideas, he suggested "lets get male strippers for you," i was like "yeah! goody!!", then i got a stare and a quick answer saying, "dude you are not 21 yet", i said "one year is ok yaar, what!" he says "ok then its fixed, raat ko 12.30 Krishnalaya terrace, we'll tell Moni we are going for samayak =P" this obviously didn't happen. =(

then i reached home, that is when Kunal bhai asked for the net, because he had received some biodatas he was supposed to read. so here we were going through biodatas of my prospective bhabhis. lets see how that goes.

tomorrow is the big day! then i am going to study, promise! so i am going to wear a Saree in the morning wedding part, this time its maroon and ochre, and in the reception, a full length black gown (thanks again to Nipa didi for the gorgeous thing, i LOVE your choice). i will put up pics in the blog post about tomorrow. tomorrow have to get up like at 7 (sucks) so let me sign off now, till tomorrow.

keep smiling and stay safe...
xoxox

Friday, November 28, 2008

day 7

not much to report from the terrorism point of view. all of us are pretty much stuck on TV all day long. it is horrific. i pray for all the innocent souls traumatized and lost to this display of sheer cowardliness and mindless terrorism.

on the home front, Mansi didi's sangeet was canceled keeping in mind the current safety concerns and as a form of our pleadge of alliance to Mumbai. so a low key affair was held at the house to get the "seekh" from the groom's side. then Mansi didi's mehndi was being applied. and bridal mehndi's are plain awesome, even though they give me a fit of sneezes every time. (i am allergic to nilgiri they put in mehndi). it was fun to pull her leg, and she could do nothing about it. bwhahahahaha!

my dad's best friends daughter, Chandani's sangeet however was held as per as schedule, to show that no terrorism can dampen out spirits, that life must go on. they had a theme of Saree and cocktail gowns, "Oscar night". everyone looked pretty in their gowns and dresses. my mom thought i looked "hot" even though i looked pretty much bloated up! lol...thanks to Nipa didi for the dress i was wearing. love you sweetie! oh they had question and answer round for who knew the bride and groom, one question, if you get it right you get a prize. i won a prize in that! i knew what college Chandani studied in. hehehehe!


Deepti aunty (Chandani's mom) had arranged a catwalk competition for females, males and couples. we didn't know but it seemed we were contestants, me and Moni both. yeah also my parents for the couple category. as it is world renowned that i am dead scared of stage or anything to do with people staring at me, i was petrified at the prospect of catwalking! turns out i did well. according to my dad first time i didn't look nervous on the stage. yay! turns out my practising self confidence talks in front of the mirror worked! though i didn't win, my confidence is totally on a high.

there was dance and there was food. other than pretty much normal for a sangeet night. and yeah a few cute guys here and there, the catwalk helped in locating them =P

tomorrow is Mansi didi's "mandava" ceremony, other than that pretty much a free day. cya tomorrow!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

day 6

what day this was! first of all, my heartfelt salute to all the police and army men who lost their lives in trying to flush the terrorists out in the ongoing battle in Mumbai. i hope everything gets better in hours to come.

my day started dull with all the heart wrenching stories about the blasts and firings. was alone most of the morning as my parents were out on family duty and sister out of studies. i tried studying but my mind was just not there. in the evening we had a quiet mehndi ceremony at Krishnalaya terrace. i decided against putting mehndi on my hands for 2 reasons: 1) i hate the smell and 2) it would look horrid with my evening dress. but went instead with putting mehndi on my feet! it looks awesome let me tell you that!


it went pretty smooth. had dahi puri and bhel and yes kulfi. oh and i made friends with one of the hottest boys ever - bhagya. he is Mikul bhai's friend's son. and he is such a cutie. oh yeah he made an exception of me and Moni, because he usually doesn't talk to girls. we danced together, he loves rock on! =)


later me, Moni, mom and dad were in full form! we did garba continuous for quite sometime. yes i do know i have really limited skills in the matter but still i managed, thank you very much. then all the cousins and their friends were holed up in Mikul bhai's room waiting for the clock to show 00:00. right when the comedy news channel, India TV showed 00:00 we all wished them a really happy 4th anniversary. it was fun!

tomorrow's programme is not known yet, they might cancel the sangeet keeping in mind the current scenario, lets see. i hope situation gets better for all those are affected directly by the tragedy which is now pegged as the worst terrorist attack on Indian soil. we shall stay strong. for them, for our country. i hope to donate blood, doing a little what i can for my fellow countrymen. jai hind.

till tomorrow..stay safe.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

day 5

before i go on to day 5, there was stuff that happened at late eve that i didn't put up yesterday. so around 8ish Mansi didi came home to scan her wedding card for invitation purposes. so we did that n tried uploading it on gmail. as most of you know, my net sucks. so the darn thing wouldn't get uploaded. so we loaded it on her cellphone.

she goes home to find out she doesn't have Nokia PC suit. so at 10.30 she calls me up to go to Krishnalaya to do something-anything so that they get sent asap. i go there, and inspite of 50 Nokia cellphones at home but she doesn't have a Nokia CD! so we put it on download. and then went on a chocolate search! i found this half eaten bar of crunch. i did the needful. i completed it. =)

oh then Mansi didi did her "it doesn't feel like i am going to get married in 4 days!" trust me she repeated this at least 15 times! then we did silly girl-giri. me and Mansi didi had both lost it. oh and i discovered i am lighter than her.hehehehehehe! we somehow managed e-mailing the invites despite the upload and net troubles. it was almost 11.45. so i told Mikul bhai to drop me. finally i reached home at 12! AND then the day ended.

onward with the 5th day. nothing to do. didn't even take a bath today. didn't move from my bed. lazy day but i did do a bit of studying so yay!! yeah also started a little novel kinds. i was watching this movie called "miss potter" got inspired! =)

so that's it for today...i am going back to my lazying!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

day 4

as planned, had to go to the visa application centre. so got up at 8 and around 10 went to get all the original forms and Chandrakant uncle's documents photocopied. once that was done came home, had an early lunch and off we went to Mahalaxmi to submit the forms. the timing for submission is something like 08hrs to 13 hrs and 14hrs to 15hrs. guess when i reached Mahalaxmi??!! 12.55! lol. i was the last person they took in for the morning slot, or i would have to wait one more hour! talk about making it in a nick of time.

once that was done which took about exactly 10 mins, we were off to some random place to shop for my outfit for the sangeet. i am so out of panjus! trust me when i tell you i own exactly 3 of them! well not anymore. bought 3 more. so total haul of 6..yaay!!

my outfits done, we had to go to buy dad some. so we went to some shop in Sewree, its owned by my dad's friend so we decided to try it. after the selection of 3 "jabha lehngas", one of which i made him buy forcefully because i loved it, my dad went into history mode. he took a special detour to show us the old family office which used to be somewhere in Sewree, which i didn't even know. and it turns out my dad used to sit there till i was 10! and i have visited it once. i wonder why i can't remember it.

then came home. so thats' about it for today. lets see whats in store for tomorrow. till then ciao! keep smiling..

Monday, November 24, 2008

day 3

holiday! yay finally i didn't have to go anywhere or attend anything. wanted to study. really. but i ended up seeing Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire. in hindi. =)

other than that i read 10 pages of study related stuff, went for dress fitting, and slept 6 hrs! tomorrow's plan is simple as of now. go to consulate and submit application packet, get a dress for the sangeet, and hopefully study. lets see how much i do of the following.

till next time...
xoxox

Sunday, November 23, 2008

day 2

so Sunday was quite fun. morning somehow managed to get ready right on time to reach 4th floor for the god-dhana thing. guess what my mom did! SHE MADE ME PUT ON LIPSTICK GODDAMMIT! lipstick is like the second worst thing after kitchen duties.


so anyways. i was at the house early and decided to be a good girl and helped Leena aunty with the serving of the snacks and giving welcome drinks etc to Tejal's family. oh yes, i was the official photographer as well! i was juggling three cameras at a time - mine, Herin bhai's and Chandrakant uncle's! this ceremony's food included nice idlis, jalebis (which i don't eat) and fruit juice yay!

then within an hour we rushed to Intercontinental for the Sunny bhai wedding. (oh i did try to get my car out of the parking when we were gonna leave chunnu. Octavia's gears suck. i want an automatic car. is anyone listening?) it was in the Majestic ballroom on the lower atrium. it was really good. everyone was dressed like royalty and there were people with "shenai" and that one instrument that we usually see in Marathi folk songs. the bride came in, in a doli. beautiful it was. oh yeah and they had mousse cakes in 3 flavours on the menu with blue chocomint ice cream. =)

somewhere in the middle of the whole ceremony i babysitt-ed Pinky didi's cute daughter Sia while she was sleeping. really i would give anything to be sleeping that peacefully without any care in the world. it was kinda fun because i hardly attend weddings since past 4-5 years. though me and Moni were pretty disappointed that there was no cute guy to comment on. =( . by the time it got over everyone was REALLY tired. we just wanted to go home!

somehow we did reach home by 5. god bless my dad for the car i can sleep in. i reached home and straight i was on my bed. i can't even remember at what point i went into a deep sleep. but my sleep didn't last. i had to get up at 7 to get ready for yet another function. a movie and dinner party!

so Kamlesh uncle is friends with the owner of the Versova Cinemax. he booked the whole Red lounge for us for a special screening of Yuvraaj, celebrating the upcoming wedding of Chandani. dress code was casual party. so scanned my cupboard for a something and stumbled upon this black top i haven't worn since years. so got my dress on and by 7.45 we were out of the house to reach Versova. travelling uneventful. reached there, met Chandani and her fiance Bhavin, Bhoomi, Anusha and her sister, and of course Kamlesh uncle and Dipti aunty. not to mention all my dad's friends and their kids.

oh yeah food was on the house. so was the popcorn and coke! movie by it self was not that great, Salman Khan absolute overacting, Zayed Khan i have no words, i can do better acting. really! but Anil Kapoor was good. and i loved Katrina's dresses! and by the way just warning only two songs of the movie are good, rest all are real torture.

was back at home at 2. super tired. and straight to bed. yes finally i have a day off Monday, and i really need to study. haven't touched books in a week. oh man!

keep smiling!
xoxox

Saturday, November 22, 2008

day 1

first of all stop giving me shocked expression, now that I've gotten rid of my Orkut and Facebook accounts! it was about time. really! i was too addicted to it. hey its not like I've shifted to Himalayas or something. you can still contact me on mail and instant messengers. =)

yeah so now on since this is THE wedding season i thought I'd give updates and my observations. i am going to be attending 3 weddings in this week. tomorrow Sunny bhai's wedding, and then Mansi didi wedding on 30th and Chandani's wedding, which i might miss cause its on the same day as Mansi didi's (though i am attending rest of her functions).

my wedding week started today with Mansi di's "lagan lakhwani vidhi". it was to start at 9.30 but i got up at 9.20..lol. so anyways. i did tried my best to take less than 45 mins in bath. don't look at me with those eyes. i usually take 10 mins but i had to wash my crazy hair! so me and Moni somehow reached there around 9.50 and rest as they say is the boring vidhi!

all aunties crooned to "mari benni" or something like that, (its some sort of a gujju wedding themed song) while i was gulping one glass after another of the great OJ! then food. OMG don't even remind me. it was awesome! best part about the wedding season is the food.

there was rasgula rabdi (awesome), some aloo preparation (yum), samosa (heavenly) and my fave white and yellow khaman!!!! other than food, there was an aunty convention sort of thing going on, where in all the aunties gather and comment on my sister's "annu" or the bridal trousseau. and yes my mom made me sit through the entire thing wanting to know what and which gold set i liked and why. =|

so tomorrow i have to get up even earlier.
9 o'clock: Dhaval bhai-Tejal's god dhana thingy
10 o'clock: run to Intercontinental for the Sunny bhai wedding. hectic!

I'll keep you guys posted!

Monday, November 17, 2008

my personality//

i gave a test on some random website one of my friends suggested.this is what the outcome was.let me know how much you think it is true.

"You are exceptional and unique. There's really no way to categorize someone with all of your diverse talents. You are fun, spontaneous, clever and interesting. People like to be around you because of your easygoing nature. Underneath the relaxed exterior, you are passionate and intense and always keeping an eye out for that special someone who can return your affection with anywhere near the same focused attention that you easily give.


You like to wake up each morning without a plan and see where the day takes you, hopefully on some safe but relatively exciting adventure. You are artistic and excel in composition. You know what looks good together, what sounds good together, and what smells or tastes go together. This comes from a higher than normal tuned in attention to slight variations in colour, texture, tone, and flavour. You like to see everyone living harmoniously and can get irritated by whoever is currently rocking the boat and causing problems. When faced with a problem you are most likely to solve it in the most obvious way, not implementing cumbersome standard methods or finding what is 'socially acceptable' first.


Most people you interact with do not really know you. This is partially because of your reserved nature (you don't tell them much), partially because most other types are less reserved (they spend too much time talking and not enough asking about you), and partially because you accept people the way they are (you don't feel much of a need to correct and evaluate others, so people don't realize how you think differently).


In fact, you have more interest in expressing yourself physically, through song, dance, or actions, than verbally, and you may give up too quickly when someone asks for a verbal explanation of your thoughts.

As a leader or parent you are non-directive, preferring to see what happens on its own rather than lay down strict procedures and give orders. To you it is understood that any procedures developed by necessity today disappear tomorrow unless they are still absolutely required.


If you become difficult or cranky it is usually a result of someone else trying to impose some rule or boundary upon you personally, although your discomfort is almost always short lived and relatively painless for all involved.


You are sexy and seductive. You are always either in a romantic relationship, looking for a romantic relationship, or juggling multiple romantic relationships. Romantic interactions came much more naturally to you than to others and began at an earlier age. You also became naturally comfortable with your naked body far earlier than most other people, generally before turning twenty. When you meet anyone new of the gender you're attracted to, you are instantly evaluating whether or not this person could provide you with an intense and potentially sexual experience, and your interest in getting to know that person is strongly influenced by that evaluation.


When you go to a party you look around the room for anyone who catches your attention, and if your eyes meet with someone attractive there is no doubt that the two of you will be talking before long. It is intensity in your interactions which drives you. The success or failure of an event, in your mind, depends mostly on whether you spend time with someone who focuses your attention.


No matter how reserved you are in any other aspect of your life, you really enjoy sex, you play with sex, and it comfortably and enjoyably happens early and often in your relationships. There is a sexual, flirtatious edge to most of your friendships, and the vast majority (if not all) of your friends are of the gender which you are physically attracted to.


You recognize and enjoy items of higher quality and can find a lot of joy in the items of that type which you own. You sometimes buy things that you don't really need, or too much of things that you do need. You are likely to choose a few items, like your living space, automobile or vacation travel and spend your money there while living with quite average items in the areas that don't matter as much.

You aren't motivated by money as strongly as other people are, and you are satisfied and happy with life even if you aren't rich. You realize that being passionate about something or someone is more important than having financial backing.


Your level of conformity to any group is always negotiable. You maintain your individual personality in any group and notice when people pressure you to conform. As a teenager you exhibited anti-social behaviours, and as an adult you've learned tact, but in your heart you still prefer intense time with one other person, or time completely alone, to time with any particular large social group of people.

You have a deep, philosophical side which few people really get to know. You are constantly growing and evolving, always working to become the most authentic version of yourself. You live by pure, simple values and they're evident in every action you take.


Because of your pure, honest goodness, anyone would be lucky to have you as a partner. You are rare and unique, and your final match is just as unusual. You are truly the perfect romantic partner. To you a relationship is about getting to know each other and love each other's quirks. You ace at making people feel comfortable in your presence.


While other people are out judging each other and looking for reasons to disqualify a potential mate, you're enjoying the differences you encounter and offering endless affection to whomever you're considering. It's ironic that as accepting and loving as you are, your final match is so difficult to find. Other people simply have different priorities, and you deserve someone who will put you first and love you unconditionally in the same way that you naturally do for them. People with hearts as big as yours are few and far between.


You are not inclined towards desk work, although you'll take low-stress desk work over high-stress anything if given the choice. While you can survive in a corporate environment as well as anyone, you prefer hands-on practical work like building, fixing or creating something you can see, touch, taste or hear. You prefer work which is not fixed to a procedure, but which may, at any time, take an entirely new direction if the impulse hits you. Since you're interested in everything you're more likely than other types to end up in a job which you 'fell into' because there happened to be an opening and you were available than other types who are more specialized because their interests are narrower. But when it comes to where you'd like to be, there's no doubt that you want something fun, with fun people where you don't have to stress or be bored.


You love to be entertained, and you hate to be bored. You're likely to spend more time seeking out really good entertainment than most other people, but you're more forgiving about identifying the best qualities of each movie regardless of whether it really connected with you or not. You like entertainment to be upbeat, so you're more likely to switch between the Comedy channel and the Learning channel than to catch up with the evening news."


xoxox!


Sunday, November 9, 2008

an ode to ipod nano....

yes i admit i am the most careless person on the whole wide world for losing my ipod. even though it was almost 3 yrs old i loved the old have-it-all! miss you =( i can still remember its glossy back and still covered in plastic front, and the wonderful unspoilt mirror finish. how i managed that is beyond me. but alas. good things never last. never mind.

the day i lost it, my world came crashing down like a grandest tragedy of my almost 20 yr life. i thought ok i did it. i thought now I'll have to live my life without an ipod. *does a little more melodrama, cleans a tear of nostalgia*

that was almost a month back from now. my parents told me they wont give me another one at least until next year. i was heart broken but i knew i deserved that. my family and my cousins found it hard to believe that i was living without it so long. they took a pity on my ipod-less existence and somehow convinced my dad to buy me another one, abiet a little downgraded.

i never knew when he researched it and ordered it from my cousin in the US and how he managed getting the info how much memory i required and what colour. lets give thanks to Chintan bhai for uglofy-ing the info out of me. even though i went from 30 gb to 16 gb. it doesn't matter. my music is with me again. i don't have to stare out of my window in the train any longer because i had nothing else.

he gave it to me on Diwali day. best Diwali gift ever! now my third ipod is gonna live like a king. best cover, and my best care. the thing i love about my ipod is, one: the colour. steel grey and black. two: shake to shuffle (trust me its super fun!). three: hold button. seriously its small and cute disc shaped. four: no fingerprints when i touch it. yay! lastly, the shape and size. its so thin and sleek, it gets in the pockets of my tightest pants without shoving it!

long live parents. you guys are cool! mwaah!

p.s: they actually are. i lost my ipod and then got my belly pierced both in a span of two weeks still i got a new ipod! it thought there would be a world war after my belly piercing stunt. i love them!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

effing exams!!!!!

i know i know i shouldn't be swearing so much. but i HATE exams. really! so in little less than a month I'll be giving my semester 5 exams, which is going to last little over a month *&%^#%$$@..so again as always my 31st is going to come in between my exams though this time i can celebrate it since there's like a 10 day holiday that time..lol

yeah good part is, no exam on or anywhere within 2 days before and after my birthday...yay! this time i am going to be actually having fun on my 20th! and lottttttts of holidays before both my worst subjects. i kind of like my time table but i wonder how much i am going to use the holidays to actually study!

even if you don't understand what the short forms mean of my subjects its ok. neither do i. =p

3rd Dec - EE
11th Dec - BMI
16th Dec - μP
20th Dec - PCS
27th Dec - MI
7th Jan - Maths 5

don't forget to wish me luck. =p

Monday, November 3, 2008

take a bow

i don't think most of you gave my silly test on ticker which i sent you. shame on you guys =(
so suddenly i am a Leona Lewis fan. shes this awesome brit singer with a powerful voice. past few weeks while i was Ipod-less, i had been going through my song library which by the way is now 14 gb huge! i ended up stumbling on her songs. it happens to me, there are many songs on my library i've never heard, sourced from friends and friends of friends. =)

so back to the topic. this song just caught me. lyrics ok not my style of song writting, i prefer happier themes, but music and her voice blew me! you have to listen to belive the awesomeness of her talent! for the past week or so only thing i am singing is this song called "take a bow" it doesnt have a video (that i know of) so might have missed it on the tv. her other song "bleeding love" is equally amazing.

so the lyrics...

The flowers are all faded now
Along with your letters
They will never see the light of day
Cause I'll never take them out
and there's no turning back
it's for the better
baby I deserve more than empty words and promises
I believed every thing you said and I gave you the best I had
Oh.

[Chorus:]
So take a bow.
Cause you've taken everything else
You played the part
and like a star you played it so well
Take a bow
Cause this scene is coming to an end
I gave you love.
All you gave me was pretend
so now
Take a bow

The future's about to change
Before you know it the curtain closes
Take a look around
There's no one in the crowd
I'm throwing away the pain
And you should know that your performance
it Made me stronger now

[Chorus:]
So take a bow.
Cause you've taken everything else
You played the part
and like a star you played it so well
Take a bow
Cause this scene is coming to an end
I gave you love.
All you gave me was pretend
so now
take a bow

Well it must have been sleight hand
Cause I still can't understand
how I could never see
Just what a fool believed
but the lies they start to show
tell me how it feels to know right now
that I wont be around
so baby before I put you out

[Chorus: x2]
take a bow.
Cause you've taken everything else
You played the part
and like a star you played it so well
Take a bow
Cause this scene is coming to an end
I gave you love. All you
gave me was pretend
so now
Take a bow

take a bow