So I have been having rather busy weekends and I am loving the busy-ness of it. One of the activities which I do not like to miss out on is going to my kids(@ Ashwini Charitable Trust). I have been taking classes or learning and fun activity for a group of 5-6 year olds from Ulsoor slum..and we were concentrating on the alphabets and weaving stories around them as we went through the whole A, B, C..

The premise was to take up an Alphabet and find a Name with it, an Animal and also a Thing..and make the most funny sentence with it. I stress on funny and imaginative because it makes me happy ;) and also helps kids to think beyond the set ways. Adding to the storymaking we would then get some kids to volunteer to draw the 'name' 'animal' and 'thing' and then potray the story.

Now the really cute and serious part ( I like calling it both) For the alphabet 'J' we chose 'Jackie' 'Jackal ' and 'Jam' I bossed my way to drawing the jar of Jam :-D. Now some of the kids told me that thats not how jam is..its like hmm...wild hand expressions..trying hard to understand..confused..trying hard to explain..and I understood!! (for I am a sucker for ads). He meant the sachet size, which obviously is the smallest pack available and he even wanted me to write Rs 2 for it. Good to know he is observant to have noted such detail. I was put into thinking that these kids from slums would only know jam sachets and not the 60-70 buck bottles which we pick up at all times. So much of the circumstances in which we are brought up leads to our impressions about common things..and its interesting to be able to view things from their perspective too.

Anyways. we had a whole lot of fun and still have some more alphabets to go through..and maybe I can put up some pictures of our crazy drawings and stories to add laughter and smiles too...btw we chose 'lifebuoy soap' for things too and gave a Lion a good bath.. harr harr :P

Dear all, I have been intending to put down my life..not for others sake but my very own..so that some day I could come back and see all that went through my mind..the specific events that had happened..important for today but which loses significance if not preserved in the long run...

It is a pleasure to revisit old acquaintances..like this blog..It has after all brought to me a lot of dear people I had been able to relate to..and quite wonderfully some of them have been able to relate to me too..let me not digress...getting in touch with someone from past does not just mean getting to know a person and their current life..but to revamp all the memories cluttered somewhere..and remember the tiffin shared, the warmth of love and friendship..remember those somethings that they put in your slam book..which you had read with such eagerness and now it lies somewhere forgotten and its all just so many good times that you wonder how could have been so forgetful!

Believe me when I say..never let go of some contacts and keep them close..those whom you had shared your best days..for me it was my school days..the fun and running around in classes..and breaking your heads on the same numerical and to love to have friends sit next to you in the crowded school bus ,and finishing mills and boons in three hours flat (in school time itself) with three people reading it at the same time..and if someone was a fast reader she could very well have the seat on the right and lift up the page vertically..ha haa ha..lovely days.

And to remember the taste of baingan ka bharta and paneer ki subzi..and those morsels of food from my friend's lunch boxes..and look at the scan copy of the photo when we wore saree for the first time..for our farewell..and our thin frames..which has now filled up..a saree would never appear the same and we would never ever look as uncomfortable or think so great about wearing a saree as that special day ! I must thank so many people whom I have been able to connect to in recent times ..Thank you all; Chandni, Richa, Prachi, Neha, Rachna, Guneet, Darshana, Shaili, Swati, Azra, Manisha, Shalini...and Ginni..I have been able to connect to my past and you guys got it alive for me.

And it is worth all the pain it takes to track down a dear friend and talking to them after almost a decade..It is a lovely rush of words and sharing of information and just to hear the same familiar voice..and then feel your heart warming up as they recall somethings you had told at the last day in school. And the way it was said to me.. I never regret having gone through the trouble to trace you..just that I wish I had found you a little earlier and wish we could meet again in leisure..and regale at those school memories and ask about the years that went by!

I smile a smile for my friends in those sepia photos have come alive!

I have been thinking of putting up a post on the 4th of Jan, I started writing this blog on that day...I think...anyways.....as I say and believe its never too late and wishes are never too many, so here's wishing my bloggie a good one year of existence. :)



I have been neglecting this blog a lot ...but again....life has been teaching me lots too....sometimes familiar things and the best of distractions take a back seat when one is on the proverbial roller coaster ride of life.....from being a complete velli who could sleep for 13 hours if she wanted to working for 13 hours even if I don't want....take away 1/2 an hour maybe....that is the time I take to get out of the 'Office' mode.. :P :))



Its a New year......and this new year I could recall the last new years so easily...as if was not 365 days but 365 hours.....life has changed so drastically....sped up with such haste that at times the breathtaking speed has left me completely unemotional.



I had read it somewhere, infact I recall where....'Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Caroll....where the Red Queen tells Alice that one has to keep running hard just to be in the same place....and if she wants to move forward she has to run with all her might.......Alice finds it all too tough..



I am Alice.



Wondering in the wonderland.......surprised with what it holds, facinated but again missing the familiar and the easy life......I must add though.....just as Alice wants to become a queen herself....so does aspirations in this heart too.....but realising it and not with a stoic heart...



This blog has been a companion for long......and from starting with just a few blog friends I have moved on to having a regular group of visitors to getting too busy to update but still reading, to too busy and not even reading......



I must say though I still read Ricky and Preeti and Shama and Prasad and Reema and all others....whenever they update....I missed commenting on your first post Ricky on the new blog.....and I was sad I did not...I still read it.....and was inspired to read the story by Anks too :)



So many of us have become irregular....but to those who have managed to still be regular....I am most thankful...they provide me an opportunity to think....even if I do not pen ll my thoughts...



I found someone I love so dearly....someone who completes my thoughts with his words....who understands my pauses...who is patient to the max possible when I made stupid mistakes...listens to all my fancy ideas of dedicating rooms to my soft toys family....lets me decide the breed and name of our pup (still to be adopted) and and if I write more I shall just be proving how much a silly gurl I can be :)) and how much I love him :)



It has indeed been a long year and more so an eventful year......



Wishes to all those who visit.......all those whom I have met during this year and to them too who have shaared their thoughts and emotions on their blogs........THEY indeed are a wonderful thing...



HAPPY BLOGGING :D






PS : Something I found over the net.....credit to the creator only :)

Just when one thinks that life would be moving on smoothly, one realises that all is not as thought of...that some essential ingredients are missing from this 'hotch potch' of life.....even if its hotch potch, it needs to taste good !!

Just when one is pulling though times when one comes to know that there is perhaps better ways and a better life.......

Just when one is struggling to put things in perspective one realises that 'change' is not the easiest thing in life !! Time and again......this lesson is never too old or learnt enough...

Just when one is about to wallow in low feelings one realises that there is so much more that she has recieved in this lifetime.......that she tends to forget...

Just as she realises all this she understands that times never remain the same and that she will be able to get what she wants......be the change she is looking for...and she can do things on her own too......

Just like that she felt like writing out my thoughts.... :P and I am happy I did :D

What does one do when all of a sudden she is relieved of the 12-13 hours @ job to becoming a puffy, sneezing and sniffling babie with an overose of medicine...

Hmm...well to some extent I really do not have to worry because the medicines keep me groggy and sleepy...and then the rest of the time I am wondering whether I should be happy about having sometime for myself (in ANY circumstance I mean) or be sad for all the delayed flights in my life...

Just as I was about to give up on trying to keep my eyes open...someone schemed for a loadshedding...with no other option for me but to head for the terrace. And it was nice...with a pack of unfinished Kurkure and my cellphone and one of the books I love so dearly,'Three men in a boat' I was all set for my day out :P

Its nice to soak up the sun...and its even better when one is a self-confessed sunshine gurl who has been withering for want of the sunny boy ;) The time I spent on the terace was just 40 minutes, I would have spent some more but....As I finished one of the random chapters, that is whats so nice about this book...just flip to any chapter and rest and enjoy the subtle philosophy and humour...It was nice to see the white fluffy clouds against the blue sky..I could feel a lump in my throat..reminded me of my childhood..of days spent with my family..of mom and my sis...and all the fun we had in our family home....its been ages since I was so wella to have the time to spend just looking at clouds flying...munching kurkure and with a book in hand....

Therapeautic..that is what it felt like...to be in the company of the familiar...and to be in the reverie of fond memories....

And then I saw something which I had never seen before....white changing to black...and noo it does not stop here...as I was watching the clouds dissolving into black and grey...my eyes tried to make out some kind of 'dust storm' except that I did not feel any dust over me...somewhere in the horizon there was something which I ws unable to recollect or understand....and then it few right above me.....Clouds...huge clouds of dragonflys...just went on and on...never seen anything like this before...was completely amazed....it seemed as if they were trying to beat the approaching rain...racing to reach somewhere before the clouds of raindrops....

So preoccupied was I that I was almost taken by surprise by the huge raindrops that started pitter-pattering in no time :)

Here I am in a much better mood, blogging away my life and loving the feel of the cool air on my face....

This 'Sunshine gurl' loves Rain too :D

UPDATE !!

Life seems better with two fluffy pillows to lie on...internet working flawlessly...a bowl of hot maggie with green chillies as the only garnish, a little soupy too and with a lovely blog to read...

I love reading her : I chatter a lot !!

Chanced upon her blog sometime back and have continued going back to it often. She reminds me of my own experiences and love the way she writes. Enjoy ppl !!!

We Chatter Bugs