jingles... kuch yaadein purani si

Remember guys the jingles which were all the time on our lips when we were kids..

yes am talking about the creative tv advertisements and their jingles...

Today me and my friends on orkut (luckily I made great friends here in UK Indian community) were talking on this and we refreshed our memories with our all time favourite ads jingles.

I thought why not I jot them down and keep it with me forever :)

Friends there were so many ad jingles which we knowingly or unknowingly keep on humming in school lunch break, or while bathing or even while bicycling to school.I remember during lunch break sometimes even for discussion we used to discuss on the jingles and have little bit arguements too which one is the best.

So here are few which I can remember with the help of my friends on orkut Nimisha, Asmita, Shubha, Deepa, Sunitha,Charu,Chaitali...

All time favourite ones...

This one was my all time favourite as am a big fan of maggi and can have maggi at any given point of time..

School se aate dhoom machate..
Ek hi baat ye dohrate..

Maggie Maggie Maggie...

Do Minute..

Pal Bhar mein tyaar

Khaaney mein mazzedar..

Maggie Noodles

Being in UK , I really miss maggi a lot, have tried a lots of instant noodles brands but it don't have woh baat :)

Here is another beautiful one..

Kuch Khaas hai Hum Sabhi mein

Kuch Baat hai Hum sabhi mein...

Khaas hai..

Baat hai..

Kya swaad hai...

Zindagi mein...

Remember Cadburies Adv, girl dancing in the center of ground when her boyfriend hits a century....

Although all cadbury adv were fantastic... leave the papu paas ho gaya thing aside

Then there came paints advertisements...

Nerolac

jab ghar ki raunak badhani ho..

deewaronko jab sajanao ho...

nerolac nerolac...

rangonki duniya me aao

tum rangeen sapne sajaoo...

nerolac nerolac ...

Asian Paints

Yeh tera ghar ye mera ghar..

hamara ghar ye pyara ghar..

deewar aise khil uthe..

lage kisi ki naa nazar

asian paints

Tractor Distemper

roshan bahri deewar hai..

apne pan aur pyar ..

rango ki bahar..

deewaron ko sajayenge...

tractor distemper

Asian Paints..

Har ghar chup chaap se yeh kehta hai ..

andar usmein kaun rehta hai?..

Chhat bataati hai... ...

yeh kiska aasmaan hai.

Rang kehte hain kiska yeh jahaan hai....

Kamron mein kiski kalpana jhalakti hai?...

Is farsh par nange pair kiske bacche chalte hain?...

Kaun chun chunke ise pyaar se sajaata hai?

Kaun is makaan mein apna ghar basaata hai...

Har ghar chup chaap se yeh kehta hai... ki andar usmein kaun rehta hai?

Then there was all time fav of everyone I guess..

Jab mein chotta bachha tha..

bardhi sharat karta tha...

meri chori pakdi jaati....

jab roshan hota bajaj

Abb mein bilkul boodha hun..

goli kha key jeeta hun...

phir bhi chori padki jaati...

jab roshan hota bajaj

Yaad Aaya :)

Then this one... which we kept singing all day

washing powder nirma...

washing powder nirma...

thodha sa powder aur jhaag dher sara...

seema....asha...jaya aur sushma...

sabki pasand nirma...

Then how can you forget this one..

Doodh doodh doodh doodh doodh,

wonderful doodh,

Piyo glassful

Garmi me dalo doodh me ice

Doodh ban gaya very nice

Piyo daily once or twice

Mil jayega tasty surprise

Doodh doodh doodh doodh doodh,

wonderful doodh,

Piyo glassful

Doodh hai must in every season

Piyo doodh for healthy reason

Rahoge phir fit and fine

Jiyoge past ninety-nine

Doodh doodh doodh doodh doodh,

wonderful doodh,

Piyo glassful

Charon aur, mach gaya shor

Give me more,

give me more!

Gimme gimme gimme gimme

gimme gimme wonderful doodh

Piyo glassful doodh

And phir this one also.. makes me laugh though

Meri jaan, meri jaan, murgi ke ande!

Omlet khilaoon, fried khilaoon, boiled khilaoon!

Khilaoon murgi ke, murgi ke, ande hi ande!

Sunday ho ya Monday, roj khaayein ande

And the list is endless... it will keep popping in mind

so here goes few more jingles

Marlex pressure cooker

khana jaldi pakaye jaise seeti bajaye

rang bhi rangi pyari pyari

kitne saare poppins

katthi meethi pyari pyari

kitne saare poppins

parle poppinss..

"aao chale hum le ke apni

tobu cyclen....apni tobu cyclen....tobu cyclen...."

Mango frooti fresh n juicy

MDH MDH

jo bhi pake

aisa pake

jaha bhi ho jo

kheencha chala aaye

MDH aise flavour jagaye

kitchen king ho ya garam masala

pavbhaji ya chane ka masala

kasoori methi dhegi mirch

asli masale sach sach

MDH MDH

Cookers...

Khaye Khaye jao

United ke gun gaye jao

Hawkins ki seeti baji,

khushboo hi khushboo udi

Mazedaar, lazzedaar khaana hai tayyar,

aji khaana hai tayyar!

Murg Musallam,

Tomato Soup, Matar Pulao, Maaki Daal, Kheer aur Dum Aloooooo

Har vyanjan swadisht banaaye,

minton mein jhatpat pakaaye

Hawkins! Hawkins! Hawkins Pressure Cooker!

afsar aagenge kal ghar pe,

khana khayenge phir jamke

ab kya sochte ho shrimaan,

aa pahunche ye aaj hi...hai ram!!

United Pressure Cooker hai ghar pe.. to khana khayenge phir jam ke..

Phenk do ye kadhai, ye deghchi, ye frying pan, inse naata todo..

Le aao Prestige Pressure Pan.. inse naata jodo!!

JO BIWISE KARE PYAR WOH PRESTIGE SE KAISE KARE INKAR

Then there were few two liners

Utterly Butterly Delicious

Amul Butter

haldi aur chandan ke gun samaye santoor

chehere ko kuch aur nikhare santoor santoor

Melody hai cholateee

Melody khao khud jaan jao

bhul na jana

ECE bulb lana

pure ghar ke badal daalunga........

Namak oh Tata ka

Tata Namak

Daaton ki karey hifazat,

moti sa chamkaaye!

Dabur Lal Dantmanjam se mukhda khil khil jaaye!

Kifaayti, aur asardaar!

Tandorusti ki raksha karta hai life bouy

tandorusty hain wahanlife bouy hai jahan

Pan paraag paan masala paan parag...

Tan ki shakti Man ki shakti .. Bournvita

Kurram Furram.. Mazedaar Mazedaar, ___ swad mein Lijjat Pappad!!

Buland Bharat ki Buland Tasveer...

Hamara Bajaj

Ajanta Toothbrush, Papa ka Mumma ka,

Didi Ka, Bhaiya KaAur Ajanta Mera

Amul Chocolate.. A gift for someone you love..

Chahiye Hawa Jahan.. Khaitan hai wahan...

Joote mein hai light!!la la

light woh bhi shoe mein....

kaisa hai yeh system?Action ka hai ye light system..

Naya nau din purana sau dinkhasi ke liye to bas ..

Glycodin Glycodin...

masti jab chaye aur kuch samajh na aaye to CRAX ho jaye...

I remember myself eating crax every now and then. I used to put crax in all of my fingers and then relish them... what days were they

Gimme gimme gimme

Vijaya Butter

On idli-dosa even samosaoye

makki di roti te sarson da saag

wah ki swaad!

gimme gimme gimme Vijaya Butter

ye hai badhta bachcha

dekho kaisi kud lagayeye

hai badta bachcha kapda chota hota jaye...

Complan

Am a complan boy

Put it on the wall

take it to the ceiling

makes a world of difference

gives every room a meaning!!

Coirfoam

humko pata hain jee

aapko pata hain jee

barso se chahat apni ..

yehi hain jee

swad bhare shakti bhare

Parle G

saajan ki aangan me pehla kadam

poori bagiya mehke har dam

aao mil jhulkar jaha basayein

hum kuch aur jageh banayee.......

Godrej Storewell

Dip dip dip,

add the sugar and the milk

and its ready to sip

if you want it stronger

dip a a litle longer

dip dip dip and its ready to sip

Then there were funny lot too..

Oye Oye, Oye oye...

Khujhli karene waale

B-tex lagaale

B-tex lagake tu apni,

Daad khaaj khujli mitaade...

Oye oye...

zandu balm zandu balm peda hari baam;

sardi sar dard pedha ko pal mein dur kare

Maccharon ko jisse lagta hai dar

Woh hai Casper!

Woh chemical jismein dugna asar!

Woh hai Casper!

Shaam se lekar subah tak jale!

Woh hai Casper!

Jismein ek nahin, DO conductor!

Woh hai Casper!

Yeh bechaara, kaam ke bojh ka maara!! (he faints)

Inhein chaahiye Hamdard Ka Cinkara

Hamdard ka tonic, Cinkara!

Thoda ketchup try karo!"

"Ketchup hota kaddo bhara!"

"Ismein kaddoo nahin zara!"

"Wah!" Volfarm!

Laal rasile tamataron se hota yeh tayyar,

Volfarm!

Nahin koi milaavat ismein, na banaavati rang!

Jo bhi khayein ek baar woh khaatein baar baar,Volfarm!

Saath (60) saal ke boodhe ya saath saal ke jawan...

inki rag rag mein josh aur tandurusti ka raaz

Zandu ka Kesari Jeevan

vajradanti vajradanti

vicco vajaradanti

tooth powder toothpaste

ayurvedic jadibootiyon sae bana sampoorn swadeshi

tooth powder tooth paste

vicco vajradanti vicco turmeric

nahi cosmetic vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream

keel muhasonke ko jad se mitaye

haldi aur chandan ke gun itne samye

twacha ki rakhsa kare antiseptic cream

vicco turmeric nahi cosmetic, vicco tumeric ayurvedic cream

Woah that was a huge jingles to remember , there must be many more which I might have missed..

But what do you say, got any memories with all this :)

Story so far... 4 (final and concluding part)

hey guys apologies for a long delay, things have been moving pretty much and life has been quite happening . In this hustle and bustel somehow we lost the track of the story .. but here am back with final and concluding part of story ... thanks for your patience and hope the end is worth the wait

I know it's long time and may be this story has been wiped from your minds so if you want to have a look at previous parts u can click following links:
Part One, Story so far Part two and Part Three And from here onwards the story follows ......
Little bit Recap:

So finally after so many if’s and but’s, no's and yes they were meeting .. They decided to meet on 23th October .

aage badate hue..........
sochta hun....sach likhun
ya adab ki bat likhun.

bhige se hai jajbat
ya koi garam bat likhun.

tere pas se gujra hun......
isliye salam likhun.

sham dale
mai kaise subah ki baat likhun.

sabne banaye hai apne khuda..
mai tujhe hi apna namaz likhoon.

Story Continues....

They decided to meet on 23rd Oct.

He's coming for the first time, She not sure whether she is taking right step or not. She is definitly a mixed bag of feelings, don't know whether more happy or tense. Her feelings are overlapping and she is in dilema what to say to her mom, how to go out and meet Him , First time in her life she told a lie to her mom that she got assignments to complete so going to state library.

They decided to meet in University as she thought that is the safest place to meet. But destiny has thought something else only..

University elections were going on so entry was allowed to students with id cards, she went inside and then waited on the decided spot, but everywhere campaiging was going on, she felt definitly He cannot enter as he won't be having id card, so she went out of gate to escort him, here she went out, there he persuaded security and got entry inside university and went to decided spot.

Now he is worried whether She will be able to make it or not. He was sure she will definitly come, was wondering what would he say to her. Seems was running short of words.

He was thinking at that time...

Jiss raah par aaogee tum,

Uss raah pe nazar hai,

Jab millengay hum tum,

uss pal ka intezaar hai,

kah na sakeingay shayad hum kuch

dil ka aalam kuch aisa hi hai

laakh chhupaoun par tumhein bhi patta hai

ki humein bas tumhi say pyaar hai

It was more than an hour he was waiting for her but there was no sign of her. She was outside searching him, then thought of going back inside to check the place but this time security didn't allowed her to go inside. She insisted a lot but was of no use as she was not a regular student of university.

She was on verge of tears, what to do now. Both of them didn't have mobiles as couldn't afford mobiles. She thought only option left is now she should go back home and wait for his call. She was sure he will definitly call.

Back at home told mom that she came back for lunch and will go back again to complete work.Phone rang, it was Him, she explained and they decided again to meet. This time on lake. She quickly finished her lunch and rushed to meet him.

There they were standing infront of each other, silent yet saying lot many things

She in maroon suit and beige churidaar, duppata set loose with her hair tied in a plait at back and he was in white kurta and churidaar. They greeted each other with smile trying to hide nervousness. Both sat on stairs of lake and were wondering what to say

Both going through same thoughts

Banna kar tumharey dil ko basera,

tumharey dill mein rehna chahta hun....

Aaj tumsay dil ki har woh baat,

mein bas aaj kehna chahta hun....

Ek nadi ke behnay ki aawaaz ho tum,

chahun kho jaoun mein gumsum...

jazbaaton ki iss duniya mein

madhosh sa behna chahta hun...

Aaj tumsay dil ki har wo bat mein...

Finally He took courage and said What Next...

She said Nothing lets get married..

Both smiled and then talked about their families, how are they going to put things in front of their parents, how should they introduce each other to them, what should be there back up plan incase they get resentment which both knew they definitly are going to get. What could be the possibl questions from their families and what should they reply. They talked to each other as if they know each other for ages and have met regularly, didn't felt that this is their first meeting.

Then suddenly he asked Can I hold your hand

prompt was her reaction as she placed her hand against him. The look he got in his eyes was worth watching.

Sun was setting down and both were into deep thoughts....

I want to watch the sunset,

I want to see it in your face,

I want to feel it with you....

I want to hear the waves,

Crash angry on the shore,

I want to feel your hands with me

While all around us the water pour...

I want to feel the sand between my fingers,

smell the salt in air

I want to feel your arms around me

Secret places if you dare...

I want to feel the heart

of restless summer night

I want to kiss you softly

Beneath the pale moonlight..

I want to meet the stars

That lie hidden in the depth

Baby will you with me

Do watch the sunset?

Suddenly she realized it's getting darker, she need to be at home. Kissed him goodbye and rushed to home. Was tense now what if mom do cross questioning but she was lucky indeed mother didn't notice.

Went to sleep with so many dreams in her eyes. He went back to his city in bus and all the time kept awake reliving all the moments again and again.

Daily phone calls and sweet talks and talking about how to proceed further... and then Her mom doubted, she asked her once about the phone calls she is recieving daily. As she was not good at lying, she said she was talking to one whom she wish to marry one day.

Her mom was shocked to listen to this and got angry on her. How can you, what are you saying, Do you know what does this mean..

She said yeah I know him very well and I know he is the one for me. Don't be angry on me I'll just ask him to talk to you guys. She dialed his number

"Hello"

"Hello"

"Hey it's you, wow"

"Call my parents if you can, now"

"They know"

"yes they do"

"fine disconnect, am calling right away"

He called them, talked to them, they were angry he listened to them patiently, somehow told them don't be afraid am not a bad guy, will take care of your daugther in every possible way. He assured that we will not run away and will not do anything which will hurt you. She means a lot to me. At last he managed to convince them to meet him.

Now as her parents know everything, it became necessary to spill out to his parents too.

The moment he told them, they went silent, cold war started between him and his parents. No one agreed to accept a girl out of community from different religion and culture. No one was talking on the same and it kept lingering.

Finally elders sat for discussions and then all at one side and he on one side ready to give answers to every query of them.

The war went on .. counters and answers logics and arguments .. this went on and on .. no one ready to give up . Finally with the power of love he was able to manage and convince them that she is right person for him and she will not let their family down.

Things at her end wore even worse. Parents were not ready to accept him due to various reasons .. cultural and social differnces.. she was pressurized in all possible ways.. but she stood rock solid backed with their love..

Day was decided when Her parents will meet His parents, After meet Her parents were still not agreed, but as she was adamant either him or no one, one day they too have to accept him and his family

Finally after one and half year of tough persuation, constant emotional blackmailing, peer pressure, both were able to win hearts on each side and parents agreed to tie their knot.

Life wasn't easy for her after marriage as she have to face drastic changes now, total culture difference, but she knew she will have constant support of him and he will be there for her all the time.

She walked a lot to reach their hearts and they welcomed her with open arms and she seamlessly became the most loved bahu ..

Families came closer and they realized that the kids were grown up and were right.

Life started from them... From Him and Her they became We.

Life moved on .. and they are living delighted to be in company of each other.

One day they decided to write the story on their blog.. so you are reading this ..

So thanks from her ( me ) and him (Sachin) who met on rediffbol

Note : All the poetries mentioned above were written for me in his numerous emails :)

Here is what I have got to say to Sachin My Love

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RAM- Setu .. on a lighter note

Hi Folks

Normally I do not post any of my political views on our blog. Althought this is one of my favorite subject. But today one of my best pal Uttam has send me a email which presents the RAM-SETU matter and current political scenario in a very light manner. Here it is for your reference : Enjoy

Subject: RAM SETU - MASTER PIECE



This truly is a masterpiece...Happy reading!

The Lord surveyed the Ram Setu and said "Hanuman, how diligently and
strenuously you and your vanara sena had built this bridge several centuries
back. It is remarkable that it has withstood the ravages of the climatic and
geographical changes over centuries. It is indeed an amazing feat especially
considering the fact that a bridge at Hyderabad built by Gammon using latest
technology collapsed the other day even before they could stick the posters
on its pillars."

Hanuman with all humility spoke "Jai Sri Ram, it is all because of your
grace. We just scribbled your name on the bricks and threw them in the sea
and they held. No steel from TISCO or cement from Ambuja or ACC was ever
used. But Lord, why rake up the old issue now."

Ram spoke "Well, Hanuman some people down there want to demolish the bridge
and construct a canal. The contract involves lot of money and lot of money
will be made. They will make money on demolition and make more money on
construction. "

Hanuman humbly bowed down and said "Why not we go down and present our case"

Ram said "Times have changed since we were down there. They will ask us to
submit age proof and we don't have either a birth certificate or school
leaving certificate. We traveled mainly on foot and some times in bullock
carts and so we don't have a driving license either. As far as the address
proof is concerned the fact that I was born at Ayodhya is itself under
litigation for over half a century, If I go in a traditional attire with bow
and arrow, the ordinary folks may recognize me but Arjun Singh may take me
to be some tribal and, at the most, offer a seat at IIT under the reserved
category. Also, a God cannot walk in dressed in a three-piece suit and
announce his arrival. It would make even the devotees suspicious. So it is
dilemma so to say."

"I can vouch for you by saying that I personally built the bridge."

"My dear, Anjani putra, it will not work. They will ask you to produce the
lay-out plan, the project details, including financial outlay and how the
project cost was met and the completion certificate. Nothing is accepted
without documentary evidence in India. You may cough but unless a doctor
certifies it, you have no cough. A pensioner may present himself personally
but the authorities do not take it as proof. He has to produce a
life-certificate to prove that he is alive. It is that complicated."

"Lord can't understand these historians. Over the years you have given
darshan once every hundred years to saints like Surdas, Tulsidas, Saint
Thyagaraja, Jayadeva, Bhadrachala Ramdas and even Sant Tukaram and still
they disbelieve your existence and say Ramayana is a myth. The only option,
I see, is to re-enact Ramayana on earth and set the government records
straight once for all."

Lord smiled "It is that easy today. Ravan is apprehensive that he may look
like a saint in front of Karunanidhi. I also spoke to his mama Mareechan,
who appeared as a golden deer to tempt Sita maiyya when I was in the forest
and he said that he won't take a chance of stepping on earth as long as
Salman Khan is around."

~Sachin

Chocolates Any One???

Went to town center day before yesterday and ended with all this, So was wondering anyone here would like to share with us :) BTW some of them have been already consumed before taking this snap and I know by the time I will post this pic, few others will be gone too :P


Okay here is one more update.... our long lost friend on blogsphere Ashish Gupta got a job
So heartiest congratulations to him

My other post is up to at EasyCookBook

Life a step further......

So finally am coming back to writing, as you all know we are in UK these days and here life is totally different from India or Singapore. It's been two month we are here but we both are feeling terribly home sick.

It's not that we are out of India or away from our parents first time but somehow we are missing India and Indians terribly.

Although two good things are that weather here is wonderful and yes we both are finding more time for each other, it's not that am not working these days that's why but the reason is here people leave office sharp at 5:30 p.m. and as it's summers going on so days are long and it is still sunny till 8 p.m. and it starts getting dark at 10 p.m. So apart from tiring office day still we have good time together..

The other thing I like about here is houses, they are small and look like doll houses. It gives a great scenic look. The picture here is of a house opposite to ours which I see daily from my drawing room window and the other thing of delight is an apple tree at our backyard which gives a pleasant feeling.

Although haven't tasted a single apple from the garden as it's too high to pluck :)

We think our stay here will be till december 2008 and then we'll be back to our India :)

~Preeti

We are coming back !!

Hi Folks ,

after this long break shifting from Singapore tio INDIA and then to UK . We lost track of our blog ... and painfully lost touch with most of you .. we would be back soon . around end of next week and expect we all could meet each other on web..

Last weekend Anjan and I attended a Pirates show .. here is a pic .. guess who is the pirate .

Unexpected Break........

I know I was suppose to post next part of "Story So Far" and am posting about break..... but life is full of unexpected things isn't it :)
Lately didn't got time to complete the story and now today my contract is ending so it's my last day at job too.... And news is most likely 99% we are leaving Singapore and coming back to India (Second part is stil unknown whether the destination is India or somewhere else not known) So sorry to all of you who have been waiting for the other part of story to come up... As today is last day at job and don't know when I'll join a new job and more over no PC so may be will take time to type and post....
Will give further updates later...and yes Sachin too has put his papers and his last day here is 2nd April.....So Singapore we are your guest for a month or so :P
Treat us good :D

~preeti

Story so far ... 3

Few more online chats happened between both of them and then one day (after regular chatting of 3 years a question popped up)
He: If we are compatible to each other can we not stay together and spend our rest of the life together?
She: Is this possible?

And He said “ yes”.

He could not believe himself , He said “Yes”. With all the No’s He had been hearing in his life ..there was finally a “yes”, fortunately it came when it mattered the most . He had been struggling all his life to prove that He is no less and then today like a miracle He has her .. He has his dream girl .. Someone He had been dreaming , wanting, thinking for years .

In all the years He had this secret desire for someone He could love , care for , depend on , look to and what not and then this girl with whom He has never met never seen has become suddenly so important in his life that they have almost decided to stay together for life . He was in seventh heaven too happy.. He felt like going to highest place He knows scream on the top of his voice …. I love you …

Then , before He could commit more and ask for commitments .. He said “let us meet first before we could take it further.. He was skeptical about himself, He wanted her to see him, his physical appearance then decide. They discontinued the discussion with promise to meet soon.

He has just resumed work after 6 months of leave as he was recovering from major accident, getting leave was very difficult. The days were brighter and nights were exciting, they were talking and chatting regularly on everything and anything. Describing more about themselves and families try to give other person more and more information which could prepare the other one for the life coming on.

Gulzar sahib ne kahin likha hai

rubaru hui rooh uski...
jise abtak dekha nahi

The days went by and then even months .. finally he managed some leaves around Diwali .. there were more crackers inside then around ..He applied for leave and it got approved. He simply could not wait to tell her .. he almost flew to his desk to write a email which she was supposed to check 2 days later ..

So finally after so many if’s and but’s noes and yeses they were meeting .. They decided to meet on 26^th October .

aage badate hue..........
sochta hun....sach likhun
ya adab ki bat likhun.

bhige se hai jajbat
ya koi garam bat likhun.

tere pas se gujra hun......
isliye salam likhun.

sham dale
mai kaise subah ki bat likhun.

sabne banaye hai apne khuda..
mai tujhe hi apna namaz likhoon.

So guys .. this is part 3 .. part 4 coming soon ....

Story So far....... 2

(Those who have not read part 1 can read it here)

Next day she came online and found him waiting for her, and he burst with a question "why are you late?" she said oh was waiting for papa to go to sleep, they continued talking to each other, she asking about his job profile and he about her education and all. And never did they asked each other's age. They got to know that both reside in opposite corners of country. She was relaxed that she won't be asked by him to meet as every other tom, dick n harry did. Any how he never did so.
Second day he told her about his disability and was wondering whether she will continue to be his friend or not.
She liked his honesty and ready to take challenges attitude, she admired his way of struggling with life, she liked his mature and sensible talks never sugar coated or misguiding her. He was always ready to help her in studies. He use to send her poem composed by him, Once he wrote her “

I cannot ease your aching heart,
Nor take your pain away,

But let me stay and take your hand,
And walk with you today!

I'll listen when you need to talk,
I'll wipe away your tears
I'll share your worries when they come;
I'll help you face your fears

I'm here and I will stand by you,
Each hill you have to climb
So take my hand, lets face the world,
Live one day at a time!
You're not alone, for I am still here
I'll go that extra mile

And when your grief is eased,
I'll help you learn to smile!

He kept on sending her poems and she loved reading them a lot but one day he wrote to her

As silent as sky,
With soft clouds rolling by
Who has peeped into my heart?

Darkness is over
May be forever
Like a sunshine
Touching the earth

Filled with joy;
My heart re-joys
The tender feeling of oneness
I melt and cheer
As Sorrow disappear

When you fold me in your arms and caress
Be with me, wherever

O my silent love divine
A dream come true
I rub my eyes to see that you are mine

From his poem she felt as if the other person behind the screen is getting attracted to her and she was able to make out of the talks which were getting passionate now, although she liked him but that doesn’t mean to get into any relationship. She thought of controlling situation at that very moment as she didn’t want to break anyone’s heart at later stage. She did not want to play with anyone’s emotions but neither does she want to loose his friendship which was genuine enough. She very genuinely mailed him what she her thoughts for him. He replied

I was cold and hurting
Lost out in the night
Wandering and searching
For heaven's light
I saw the night sky clearing
When you spread your rainbow wings
But little did I know
What joy you would bring
For that moment
a friendship did start
You wipe away my tears
And sheltered my heart
I blessed the day God
Sent him from above
But then I grow fearful
For I had fallen in love
I told you this feeling
As what did you say?
You said you like our friendship
And that’s how it will stay
I cried for friendship
I thought I lost
But then felt your warm, gentle hand
You then whispered in my ear
That by my side
You’ll forever stand

It continued for one and half year, they became best net pals, every weekend she use to come back from hostel share her college happenings with him, take advice on her subject matters, he use to share his office happenings and would give her every possible help in studies. If she is stuck up with any programming only resort for her was to contact him.

They exchanged their phone numbers but never did they call each other.
One day he disappeared from net totally, every weekend she use to log in to look for him but there was no trace of him. It started effecting her studies also, she was not able to concentrate in her college and looked lost somewhere, little did she realize that she is missing him badly. Every Saturday, Sunday she use to connect to internet every 10 or 15 minutes to find out his traces but he was no where.
She wondered whether he is not ill seriously or might have met with some accident, her thoughts were taking her no where. She thought of making him a phone call but could not take courage to do so. She use to wonder “Don’t know how he will feel or react to her phone call” as they never called each other. She didn’t knew what to do.

One fine day she took it no more and made her heart firm to make a phone call to him. Now there was a dilemma whether to give a call at residence number or office number, She felt it won't be good to call him at home phone so she decided she will call at office first as at home she might not be able to handle her parents asking any questions. May be she might come to know from office whether he is coming to office all these days or may be he is ill.
With sinking feeling, shaking fingers, she dialed number, cut it before it could be connected. Took a long breathe, gained back her courage, said to herself just a matter or few minutes and she will come to know the truth.

She dialed, phone was answered at fourth ring. "Hello" "who’s it" she heard a male voice, she can hear her heart beat growing faster and on knowing that it was no other than "him" on phone she almost scolded him, where was he all these days can't he inform her, leave her a mail or call her. Then she realized who she was to say all this. She felt embarrassed and kept a sudden mum, other person just managed to gave a little laughter and said sorry was very busy in office, some deliveries and all but don't worry will meet you online tomorrow. But he could feel the passion in her voice and she was surprised on her own gesture and feelings, she realized this isn't a normal feeling. She has developed a strange feeling towards him, she wants to be with him most of the time, want to talk to him all day. With all these feeling she went to sleep.

Few more online chats happened between both of them and then one day (after regular chatting of 3 years a question popped up)
He: If we are compatible to each other can we not stay together and spend our rest of the life together?
She: Is this possible?

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To be continued.....

And this marks my 100th post on blogspot :)

Although I wanted to post whole story in part 2 but time limitations so didn't got time to complete it. Hopefully will post final part soon

So all my blog friends

A very Happy Valentine's Day

From

Preeti and Sachin

Coffee aahaan.........

Today after lunch I felt too sleepy and above all I knew I don’t have any work to do before 5 p.m. it was really very difficult to keep my self awake. Although tried browsing net, peeping in fellow bloggers blog, went through some news sites but still felt drowsy. Then it clicked to me and I went to pantry to make a cup of coffee for me, and lo within seconds my drowsiness was gone and felt fresh. So what’s a big deal to it.

Every one of us know that coffee has high level of antioxidants and used by most of us to come out of fatigue or tiredness, students will definitely agree with me as it helps them to burn their night lamps. So I discovered nothing new :P

but what I did in my free time is I googled for coffee, it’s history, benefits, harms etc. This shows how IT people cannot survive without google search engine at all :D
Jokes apart going through the history I discovered few interesting things which I thought of sharing with you all guys (May be am too late to write and most of you must be knowing it already)
It was discovered even before 13th century and the name coffee was derived from the Arabic term Kahway or Gahwa.
Legend popular about coffee is that there was an Abyssinian goat herder whose name was Khalid. Khalid use to feel drowsy during afternoon due to sun’s effect and he discovered that his goats became hyperactive after eating some berries. So out of curiosity he too tried chewing some, he ate few berries whole and felt hyperactive as his herd, when his wife came to knew about his being energetic instead of normally exhausted one while returning back home she asked for the same and on knowing the reason for the same she urged his to share his wonderful discovery with local holy men in monastery. The chief monk their did not felt happy at Khalid’s discovery and declared the berries as “The work of the Devil”. He took berries from Khalid and threw them in the fire to banish their offending presence. Soon the room got filled with delicious aroma of roasted berries, and other monks too gathered there to discover the new delight.
The chief monk then picked up those smoldering berries, dissolved it in water and instructed other monks to take a sip of it. As soon as they drank it, they felt good and experienced clarity. The brew was proclaimed a miracle and was then used to keep them awake during their evening prayers.

According to another legend (The Arabian legend of Omar the Dervish) it is popular that Omar was well known for his ability to cure sick through prayers and medicines. Although not everyone agreed to this and eventually his enemies forced him to wander in the desert outside Yemenite port of Mocha. In his starvation days he happen to stumble over a bush with berries. Thinking it to be good sign by God he tried to eat those berries, but they were very bitter in taste, so he decided to roast them and placed them in boiling water, still he found beans were very bitter, so he drank the potion and he miraculously recovered his strength back. The word spread about Omar’s magic potion and people took his survival as a religious sign. Soon people were spreading word of the restorative powers of this amazing new drink. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event, this is how coffee gets its name as mocha . Omar was eventually invited back to Mocha where he was made a saint.
It is believed that coffee plant grew naturally in Ethiopia and was later transplanted in Arabia. Arab people monopolized it. The tribes from Ethiopia doesn’t use it as drink but would wrap these beans in animal fat as their only source of nutrition while on raiding parties. The Turks were the first persons who adopted coffee as a drink but they use to add spices to it as clove, cinnamon, cardamom etc while brewing.
Coffee was introduced to other countries beyond Arabia in much later time as Arabian people took it as delicacy and didn’t allowed it to go anywhere else, they even use to guard its secret as if it is some top secret military plans. Its export was forbidden by Moslem Nation, The coffee actually spreaded illegally. Even in India it was smuggled by one Arab named Baba Budan, he smuggled it to some mountains near Mysore and started a farm there. Early in this century, the descendants of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.
There is also one belief that some Christians considered coffee as a devil’s drink. Pope Vincent III heard this and decided to taste himself. He found the beverage good that he baptized it saying “coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it."
Anyways whatever be the reason, coffee is enjoyed worldwide and is good for health if taken in moderate quantity. Few of its benefits am listing here courtesy research on net
Ø As coffee helps you to keep regular so there is a possibility that it reduces risk of colon cancer by up to 25 percent.
Ø Two observational studies found that regular coffee intake reduced the risk of developing kidney stones
Ø Coffee has a compound called theophylline which acts as a bronchodilator which helps people with asthma to have up to 25 percent lesser symptoms
Ø Coffee may prevent some other diseases like cirrhosis of the liver, Parkinson’s disease, skin cancer and gallstones
Ø Okie one good thing I found on net is and strange too that coffee may help some people to loose weight as it may boost the number of calories you burn per hour by 4% (don’t know how much this point is true :D)
Ø Coffee may help to deal with jet lag also as it helps to shift the body’s natural time cycle after time zone changes as in case of long distance travels. It is recommended to drink coffee in morning when traveling to west and in late afternoon while traveling to east.
Ø Although people with high blood pressure must be careful with caffeine as it can rise up to 5 or even 10 millimeters of mercury. The amount depends on the individual and dose.
Oh I think enough of it, rest if interested read on net courtesy google search :D
I had a great time pass while writing about this and enjoyed writing it while sipping my cup of coffee
So coffee for you too?
Enjoy

A story so far....

It was her daily routine to browse net during night, whenever her dad went off to sleep she’ll connect net and get back to her routine. She has taken her mother in confidence and promised her to surf net every night just for one hour and not more than that as her dad was strictly against it. She had tried everything from chat room to movies website, from googling to e-greetings site. She had made few good friends also on net and then limited her chatting with those friends only. Now she don’t bother to go to chat rooms to chat with invisible people, she was bugged up with the first question asked by every Tom, Dick and Harry “Hi there, ASL please”
Now she always turn down any unknown friend request and then too her studies seriously. As it was high time now. Being eldest of three sisters and no brother expectations of her parents were high from her. They were proud of her as she always managed to grab good position in her class. She was considered the most sober, soft spoken and intelligent girl in her school and college. She had a dream to be at some top notch position one day, she wanted to do some professional course but her dad can afford only basic graduation and post graduation, He cannot spend more on professional coaching and all. She was compelled to give B-ed entrance, she gave it half heartedly, her bad luck she cleared it. On the day of counseling she pleaded her dad that she want to do some professional course and not B-ed. Her dad was adamant as he cannot afford fees for the professional course. On her name being called she started crying and rushed back home.
She got scolding from her dad, her mom tried to convince her dad to let her go for professional course. That year government had introduced Voluntary Retirement scheme for bank employees, her dad grabbed the opportunity and took VRS. He said now you can go for your professional course. She was the most happiest person on earth. So took admission and went to stay in hostel. Although she was missing her family a lot but still she was happy that she is going to achieve what she dreamt off.
During weekends she use to come back home and then use to follow her old routine, browsing during night. Talking with her virtual friends who had become her best pals, with whom she use to share her happiness and sorrows.
One fine day a new messenger was launched. Just for the heck of trying she downloaded, now she wanted to test it also, so was looking in the list to find out a suitable person with whom she can talk. But suddenly a message popped from him. “Hi there”. As she was also looking for someone to talk and test messenger she responded. Although the moment she logged on to new messenger she started getting so many hello messages from unknown people, but she had already responded to Him, so she kept on declining others invitation.
The other person on the end sounded so informal that she liked talking to him. He never asked "ASL please"They talked for an hour and still none of them asked each other’s age or location. She was wondering if that person is quite old in age or may be very younger than her. But never mind she liked talking to him. In between he got some mail, he had applied for some job and he got that job. He asked her to hold on as he wanted to share this news first with his parents, but asked her not to leave. She waited and he came back after 10 mins. He sounded so excited. He said he got a job as General Manager in some company. She gave her best wishes but then wondered she is in her first year of her course and the other person whom she is talking to is GM now, will it be good to talk to him. Anyways they bid goodbye and went back to sleep.

..................................... To be continued...............................

New Begining

Its been very long time I have written something meaningful. Just few updates, going on vacations , coming back from the same kind of posts. Even today I don’t have much to write, don’t know but life has become monotonous and tiring, Want to take time for myself, for family but don’t know where the time is. Sometimes wonder is this the life we dreamt off??
Both of us hardly get time to talk, such a busy and fast life that being in office sometimes ping each other to talk whenever we get some 5 or 10 mins free, No time to pursue our interests or hobbies, Cooking just to satisfy hunger and not for pleasure, only weekends we do get some time to spare. But still feel two days are too less to rest, as have to do all the pending chores of week days.
It’s new year now and haven’t made any resolutions this year, neither do I think Sachin made any. This reminds me of last year post by Sachin, where he made some resolutions, Let me go through it and see what have we achieved out of it:
http://preetisachins.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html

“Things which remain unaccomplished .... And to accomplish in 2006
Yet to channel-ise career goals
Create fund to buy a House by Dec 2007
Manage finances more professionally
Try and reduce 6 kg atleast
Start a workout R-E-G-U-L-A-R-L-Y
Be regular with this blog “

Now 2007 is here :
Career Goals, Still not steady on the same
Fund: Not achieved
Manage Finances: Yes we have achieved that
Weight reduce????? Whats that :D Okie Sachin did reduced some but am the same
Workout: Forget the spelling even
Regular with blog: Still trying

Overall A good year So here we both welcome Year 2007
With a hope that this year will bring satisfaction in all aspects. A wish all of you may gain wealth, health and prosperity.

So Friends A very Happy new year to all of you.

PS: Pic has nothing to do with my current mood, one moment am stressed , other am happy and fine, just was googling to get image for TGIF and landed on this, full credits to it's owner, source of the image can be viewed here

Fun but true

Before leaving for the day today just found an aboslute wonderful, hillarious piece of writeup which is totally true, Do read it. It's worth reading :)
Click here

~preeti