And i travelled back in time

Chh, Hak, and Nel are here. Sleeping right now. But yesterday was had an awesome time.

The plan to meet up was fixed last tym we met, n that was abt a month back but the date wasnt fixed. All that was needed was an empty house and some people. As far as people were concerned, we 4 were there, but how do we get an empty house. But that was simple, it'd been a while that i'd been living alone at home. So my place was perfect for our party. So day before yesterday I sent out a message that we'll have the party this weekend. (I dont give others too much tym to think and then backout) The plan was going to be scrapped due to some undisclosable reasons. But fortunately it wasnt. :)

The D-day
I thot the most difficult part would've been to find my place. However, it was soon tombe realized that it was the easiest part (my place isn't that tuff to find, it just seems to be at an unkown place)
From the car Hak and Chh called up to ask directions, told them "blah... blah!!!"
Chh: "Im feeling very hungry, wats for dinner?"
Me: "Hmm, something u've never eaten before."
Chh: "Wow! sounds cool."
Me: "Well, if u dont like it, then we'll make something u've never eaten before. So, in any case u'll be eating something u've never eaten before."


Nel was already here by that tym, n we were walkin outside, n talkin. Catching up with our life. Discussing all the gossip she had. It was just like college days, wen me n nel used to walk in the campus talkin abt anything and everything under the sun. Nel felt that this place was like a resort one cud sit here n talk, take a walk, n relax ur arse off (wow that rhymes). We had just finished up with the initial catching up, that Chh and Hak were at the gate. Both of us rushed to receive them. (Now dont think im a good hostess, it's an army area. No civilians allowed inside.)
The plan initially was to have a dance party, but seeing the place the girls realized that it wud be better to sit n chat. Everyone felt that it was like a resort n they had come for a vacation!!

We went inside the house, dinner was ready to be served. So, we had dinner which was iddiypam (something u must have never eaten before) with egg curry n black channe (which im sure u've eaten before). We were eating and laughing, n eating n laughing and eating... with all this eating and laughing we forgot how much we had eaten... now our stomachs were full n hurting... but we still had place for the ice cream... ate it, now it was too full, went for a walk... sat in the garden... again sat n chatted but this time of the previous trips n the forthcoming trips.
Suddenly, Hak said "Are there dogs here!!" There was fear in her eyes.
Me: "No there arent. u r just hallucinating."
Hak: : "i just felt that someone was behind me."
Nel n Chh: "Ssi, this place is haunted."
Me: "Dont scare me. I have to live here and that also all alone."
Hak: "Im suddenly feelin cold here."
Nel: "U kno, when a spirit passes ur body, u feel cold."
Chh: "I feel cold too."
Nel: "Now, i can feel it too."
It's almost 10 30 at night, and there's nobody around. even the lights r off... the only lights switch on was the one in front of the mess kitchen and my house.
Chh: "I think it's going in circle."
Me: "Guys, stop it. I dont feel anything!"
Then this discussion of "The Haunted" a serial on Discovery starts...
Blah blah blah
Hak: i just felt somebody was behind me.
We looked around naah nothing is here...
Me (making a sudden jerk coz i had felt a chill go down my spine, Nel notices this) "I felt it now!"
Nel: " i told u.. this place is haunted."
Hak (looking under her chair): "something is under my chair"
It was almost 11 now.
Me: "I think we shud move inside."
Hak, Nel, and Chh : "yeah, letz go in."

Once inside, again a discussion abt "how random guys try to woo a girl" started... Blah blah blah... Conclusion: They shud get more innovative with their ideas, they've been using the same stuff for too long now!! Along with the discussion, Hak was making tea for herself n Nel. She made me find all the possible ingredients for "the tea", though i cud find only one "Saunf". She made "the tea" n served it to Nel.
Chh: "Smells gud... lots of saunf"
Hak: "yeah! lots of it"
Nel: Taking a sip "It's only saunf, Ssi u want a sip"
Me: "yeah" Had a sip. I grimaced when i tasted the tea.
Everyone started lauging. "Classic reaction by Ssi"
Me: "its bitter. maybe coz of the extra saunf"
Chh (also tasting the tea) :"Yuk, how can u ever drink this? Havent u put any sugar?"
Hak:"Only tea n saunf"
Chh: "How can u ever drink this? it's like a saunf syrup."
Nel: "I've finished it. My taste buds have stopeed working now."
Blah blah blah....
11:30 PM--We changed into night clothes.... (it's taking me more tym to write these incidents than it took these incidents to actually take place. this one was a 15-20 min discussion)
Started with the music. Speakers were gud enuf for the room and in the room there was ample space to dance. So, we started. La la la la la..... (dancing).
Hak was possessed by the spirit of an uncle. She was dancing like a crazy uncle. But in between she wud start dancing like a decent aunty. There was a constant conflict between the crazy uncle and the decent aunty. But the crazy uncle was overpowerin the decent aunty. I need to get *a*-**. She changed n came. No gud. Crazy uncle was still winning n we were all enjoyin it!!

Ultimately, i think the crazy uncle got tired and we shut down the music and switched in the TV.
Wat to watch, wat to watch! Started with Vh1, roadies, bhootwala serial, saw Dil (Hak n Nel danced on "aaj na chodenge tujhe dum duma dum." They were emulating Amir n Madhuri n It was fun to watch them.) after that i was too drowsy to remember wat was on TV. But we were watching something interesting. In 15-30 mins after that we all were in our beds, fast asleep. Nel n Chh had a small fight regarding who will sleep in the middle. But ultimately truce prevailed n Nel slept in the middle in the opposite direction to me n Chh.

Now its 7 30 AM and im already up... writing this blog which i wont publish now but i ll publish later, coz the party isnt over yet!! (picture abhi baki hai mere dost)

It's late at night now, had a long day today!! extremely tired, but i have to write this before my memory starts fading. (Hehe... dramatic ho gaya na... seems like Amir's "gajini")
I dont know how many of you will ever reach this point of this post... If u have Kudos to u...

It was almost 9 30 when everyone woke up.
Chh: "I felt like i was in hostel."
Nel: "I was lookin for the stairs to go down n have breakfast at the mess." (For all those who dont kno-- Nel was a hosteler n her room was on the first floor. As a matter of fact Chh, Nel, n Hak were roomies)
Chh: "Now it feels like we'll have south indian breakfast."(Clg messed served South Indian)
Me: "Girls, the breakfast is South Indian!!!"
Chh: "Wow!!"
We all brushed our teeth and went to have breakfast...
yummmy, amazing dosas, idlis, sambar n coconut chutney.... yum yum... finger licking yumm...
Everybody enjoyed the breakfast... n "the cook" was happy with all the appreciation he got... All smiles on his face... South Indian is his forte...
Too full, we all wanted to sleep again now!! So went to the master bedroom, switched on the AC, n started chatting... I dont remeber how the topic started but we had started discussing "is incest gud or bad?" which further led the discussion to "Why/how good genes are passed on." Then started the major discussion with all the gene theory coming into play... probability, mathematics, recessive gene n the dominant gene... mosquitoes n all outs... tribes in finland... mitosis myosis... i dont even remember who said wat... but ultimately we had it all figured out. That y the probabilty of passing a good gene is more than the probabilty of passing a bad gene...
(Chh once u read this blog do write abt it in the comments. I think u can explain it the best!!)
Discussed a little more on some other arbit topics... blah blah blah...
Lets get ready n go to SN... Everyone got up n got ready...
splash...splash...splash...
Hak: lets tell bhaiya to make some lemon drink and we'll sip it on the way.
Me: ohk, i ll just tell him!!
Bhaiya made this 2 lts of lemon water for us... N it was cold n very refreshing...
Chh: lets have it here only...
We took out 4 glasses and finished all of the water...
All of us: Whooo... that was gud...

Now, we were gud to go... Clicked a pic... the only one for the trip "transit to transit." And off we went to SN... n then to def col "Little Italy." Had lunch there... pizzas n pastas... n after that a light dessert at Angels n.... (i dont remember the full name, my memory is fading :-) ). Then i had some work n i parted frm the grp... went to Khan Market... picked up the stuff... n came back home... too tired i slept for 2 hrs... got up a few hrs back... today's 26th... it Nat's bday today!! Long day ahead... And im eagerly looking forward to it...

come away with me

Listening to the FM at 1 at night, seems that they r playing my playlist... all my fav songs r being played!!!

"So close no matter how far
Couldnt be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters" --Metallica- Nothing else matters

"Please come nowI think I'm falling
Holding on to all I think is safe
It seems I've found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when i heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say...
Hold me nowI'm six feet from the edge
And I'm thinking
Maybe six feet ain't so far down"-- Creed- Six feet from the edge

"We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we’d know"-- Nickelback- Photograph

"I'm tired of being what you want me to be
feeling so faithless
lost under the surface
I don't know what you're expecting of me
put under the pressure
of walking in your shoes
[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow]
every step that I take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow]
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you."-- Linkin Park- Numb

... it's amazing how songs can express your feelings so easily...
OMG!! just heard Avril Lavigne also... my day is complete now... :)
Good Night!!

a fleeting thought

I had a fleeting thought to end this blog... for reasons that cannot be told ... but somehow i wont be deleting it... but i wud be writing more often (hopefully)

Inspired

There are certain people with whom you just talk and u r inspired. They fill you up with this burst of positive energy that u start loving what you r doing. And they are some people with whom when you talk, they fill you up with negativity. They just drain out your energies.

This one's for people who inspire, though i know the one whom im writing about is never gonna read this blog. But she is one of the many people who never fail to inspire and everytime i finish one of her cases, i just wait to talk to her... Wen the call starts no matter how tired i am after the days work, her hello is so enthusiastic that u just get this burst of energy to work. Then the call goes on and she reviews my work, thinking out loud... which is so interesting, wen i get to know how she is thinking!!! "Ohk Jaasleen!! we can do it like this... but wat is this... ohh... what? they have this also... grhhh... ohh no, it is teaching this... grhhh... but we can write it like this... and we can overcome the rejection... dum dum dum... yeah finally got it... lets try this out... i think we'll have a good argument here..." All during the conversation im doing hmm, yeah, ohh... interrupting when i think she is goin wrong or wen se asks me something... discussing how we can overcome the rejection. Half an hour later shes read the whole Application, the references, found the difference, and finished up with the case that took me almost 17 hrs to do!! Then the call ends with some general talks abt here and there... abt india, festivals etc etc...

Then, its all abt spending another 17 hrs and then waiting to call her!!! I know im total ga-ga over her and her work, but maybe she is the only reason im still here... Hail you, Hail you!!

I would like to "hail" a few more pple who inspire-- one of them is a very regular reader of my blog and the other one lives in a far far away land... hail you, hail you...

Mind over matter

Everything is so easy if u have made up your mind to do it... Most of the times what stops us from doing something, is our mind. Like in movies we have "the bold me" and "the coward me." The 'Bold me' is my positive side, it tells me to go for it, to do it, it motivates me, shows me what i really want. Whereas the 'Coward me' brings me down, tells me what all i'll face if i fail, it always flashes the question " wat if"... There r times wen the good me wins and there r times wen the bad me wins!!

One such incident happened in Rishikesh.
This happened wen i was abt to try the cliff jump... I was standing at the cliff thinking...
The Bold me-- woo hoo!! im goin to try the cliff jump.
The Coward me-- Look at the water. Its deep green. How deep would it be...
Abt 80-90 feet... Man!! if i had to touch the river bed, how deep would i have to go.
(i started imagining... n i was so scared)
The Bold me-- But u have the life jacket. There r so many people doing this, nothing will happen.
The Coward me-- Ha ha... as if people dont get injured... You cud be one of then.
The Bold me-- But u have to try it, that is y u have come here...

I looked down one last tym, Said to myself "dont think abt it," and Jumped...
yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
My mind was totally blank wen i was in mid air... it was just dark!!!
Then i hit the water...splash.... I went in a feet or so, n came up... coz of the life jacket... then swam to the boat...
yes, i did it... My mind won!!! N im so proud of myself for that!!

April Fool day

Today, April 1, the day has fooled me, again n again... n hasnt yet stopped fooling me

7: 45-8:30 : Wake up. Get ready.
8:30-8:40: have breakfast, at 8: 40 a missed call - comeout the cab is goin to come. (it's the usual tym)
Now today was an extremely hot day...
8:40-9:00: waiting waiting, the cab hasn't come. Call up one of my cab ppl, they r stuck in a traffic. okay, I ll wait..
9:00-9:30: waiting, waitin... finally the cab comes...i sit inside...n we move towards the office.
9:30-9:35: my cab ppl r having a gud tym, makin fun of me... "haha, u waited for the cab for an hr... April fool!!" i was also party to all this fun...
9:35: a biker tells us that the cab has a punture.
Now a little background: I am always angry wid my cab ppl for us goin late to the office. For me the morning is the most productive time of the day. And, we reach office by 10, losing 1 hr isnt really acceptable to me (though even if i reach on tym i dont start by 9 30)
9:35-10: gettin the punture fixed, having a gud tym, eating samosas in all maza aaya...
10:00-10:45: travelling towards office... again making fun of everything, having a very gud tym.
10:45-1:00: got a claim map to finish, was doing that, cudnt find a single difference... wat am i gonna do... tomorrow is the deadline...(still not done, justing hopin i find something)
1:00-1:45 : Lunch. Now, my lunch box has two partitions. One for the subji and one for the roti. Today had paranthas. But, the subji partition was nicely packed and inside my cook had kept a slip "He He Ha Ha... April Fool." I was laughing like crazy in the cafeteria... This was totally unexpected!!!
1:45-3:00 : response tym, made some changes, completed it.
Now a lttle background: I have 5 deadlines tomorrow, man how am i gonna handle things... 3 responses, 1 claim map and 1 invention drawings... im done with the responses but they can be returned for some major or minor changes... just hoping they r not returned, if they r im goneeee... Also, tomorrow im goin for the rishikesh trip... no one has done anything apart frm bookin the train tickets... have a feelin its going to be utter confusion n a dud... but im excited abt it too.
3:00-5:00 : team meetin... a team building exercise... was fun... but i have deadlines to meet... get over it fast...
5:00-7:00 : Response changes... im gone, totally gone... tomorrow toh koi scope hi nahi hai kaam hone ka...
7:00-8:00 : What shud i do, what shud i do?? theres so much... claim map at home... invention drawings at home... wake up early morning to see the feedback of my responses... what if they r returned...(im a pessimist by nature)
I dont evn have that much tym at home... claim map takes me around 8 hrs, and these drawings r my first ones!!
8:00-8:30 : travellin back home, see an accident right in front of my eyes...
a bus slammed into a travera, there was a whole pile up... 4 cars smashed into one another... i hope everyone is safe, i hope there r no fatalities...
8:00-9:00 : chat with mom n sis, have a little argument. I have a pt, they have pt. No ones bending.
9:00-9:40: have dinner n write this blog

This was my whole day... full of tension... i just hope that the day is fooling me, n tomorrow evrything will be alright...

I wud have loved to elaborate on each n every detail, but seeing the time crunch I have I think i ve done a fairly gud job :)