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Latest Happenings

2010-07-04T19:48:00.001+05:30

A lot many times I thought of writing blog post but always have run out of ideas maybe my mind is pre-occupied with lot many things. More over Navyaa kept me on toes all the time, so thought why not use this space to share Navyaa's pranks and achievements. Here also I have been lazy as I have not kept record of her little achievements like her first word, her first crawl, or her first standing up on her own.

Today she is 2 years and 4 months old and everyday lot many things happen in her life and her little mind is always curious of daily happenings. Though she is unable to express in words as she is late speaker and her vocabulary till date is very limited. For her every animal is Cow and every kid is Baby.

I don't remember the date she uttered her first word but I still remember how happy we were to listen to her first few words. Today also when she learn new word brings a big smile on our face and our faces show proudness.

She looked so adorable when she walked for the first time with her hands up in air as if she is holding an invisble rope. This happened just few days after her first b'day when all of a sudden she took few steps and we were so happy that unknowingly we were calling our near and dears to share this news.

Now she is grown up as she started with her school. Her first day in school was 15th June, 2010. We knew she will resist school as she don't want to come out of her comfort zone but didn't expect that this will be so tough. Her initial one week was really bad, she cried non-stop for four hours every day. I was standing outside her class and felt so helpless. She still resist going to school but the situation is not as bad. She is trying to settle in her new environment.

There are lot many shocks coming in her life as I threw her feeding bottle on 30th June, 2010 and she has stopped drinking milk. Sachin is force feeding her milk but that is still half glass only. The most shocking thing for us is that she is even not drinking water as resistance, though she very well drinks water from glass but just to rebel she is not taking even water, her water consumption has gone low..

I hope she will come over this soon.

Today I introduced colours to her and offered her sheet and colours to paint and the results were really nice. Will save her artwork and get it framed soon...

I think I have bored you guys a lot so I will stop here for the time being. Will come back soon :)

If you wish to see her art work you can see it on my other blog http://anukrati.blogspot.com/2010/07/navyaas-first-artwork.html

Striking My City and my Heart.

2008-05-14T14:32:00.001+05:30

I have lived 26 years of my life in Jaipur, my own city, a city which is known for its communal harmony and positive attitude of people. Jaipur has welcomed one and all with open arms irrespective of caste, creed, religion or any other silly discretion. There is no Raj Thackrey there screaming on top of his voice appease a marathi vote bank and there is no Mayawati there blowing public money to building parks and statues to be used by none. There is no southie /northie war and no hindu muslims fighting on bhumis .

There are just simple people starting their day with Arti at Govind devji's temple and working through out day under scorching heat without complain. There are people assembling at chaupads to discuss the day and cricket. People enjoying ramchandra's kulfi and LMB's Jalebi with equal love

They are people who happily close shops on Dhanteras (the busiest day in year for business) so that muslim brothers can pray Namaz. The famous Gangaur 's possession is led by Gafur kaka's drums. The diwali is lit by crackers made in ramganj (100% Muslim area) and ID is celebrated by sweets from Haldiyon ka Rasta (100% hindu area).

They have striked heart of my Jaipur, and wounded it's soul. Chaupads which is right at heart of Jaipur right from days of Raja Mansingh till Vasundhara Raje . Chaupads have seen it all from Diwali's to Ids will never be same again. People will not just meet strangers with smile and offer Prasad. The pigeons in morning may not be fed and the flower shops may be closed for long while.

The LMB will open with shivering hands. In today's aarti at Chandpole Hanumanji people will ask lot of questions to god and Jaipur will never be same again.

I am very angry very very angry and feel betrayed .. and not because of blasts but I could not find a single line of concern on face of our home minister and the Mr. Jaiswal who started his political career right there at Chaupar.

I offer my deepest condolences to all those who have suffered and those who have lost their near and dear. I wish my Jaipur comes back to normal as fast it can.

Sachin Bhandari

Merey ghar aayee ek nanhi pari

2008-03-11T18:54:00.003+05:30

We are writing this to share

A moment so unique, a feeling so rare

A little cute angle has flown down to earth

From our prayers womb she has taken birth

Who would of thought, to our surprise?

The day we looked in our daughter's eyes,

That we would find our sunshine, our star, our pearl,

All the thoughts in our head, of this little girl.

You came to us early on the twenty eighth of February,

She was supposed to come later, but she was in a little hurry .

We did not realize the moment, 'till the moment she was placed inside of our hands.

And it was at that split moment,

When she opened her eyes,

her true identity was no longer disguised.

As the lights glistened, in her beautiful eyes,

Inside we slowly started to cry.

We were given an angel, from heavens' above, the final test as a man and wife,

A little girl to love and cherish for life.

Anjan Preet and Sachin Bhandari ( Mom and Dad )

Composed by Sachin

All this time I was blogging here http://www.mommy2be.wordpress.com/, where in I have shared my feelings as my days with pregnancy

jingles... kuch yaadein purani si

2007-11-22T16:53:00.000+05:30

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...

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)

2007-10-26T20:34:00.000+05:30

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"

"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

2007-10-02T21:16:00.001+05:30

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???

2007-09-14T16:49:00.000+05:30

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......

2007-09-09T02:24:00.000+05:30

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 !!

2007-07-20T19:27:00.000+05:30

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........

2007-03-12T12:08:00.000+05:30

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

2007-03-02T13:40:00.000+05:30

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

2007-02-14T13:52:00.000+05:30

(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?

********************************************************************************

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.........

2007-01-24T15:00:00.000+05:30

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....

2007-01-17T15:15:00.000+05:30

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

2007-01-11T14:52:00.000+05:30

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

2007-01-10T15:22:00.000+05:30

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

Vacations

2006-12-21T13:09:00.000+05:30

Jiska humein tha intezaar who dinn aa gaya, so friends here we take great pleasure to announce our 10 days vacations to India , starting from tomorrow. As you all knew it was Sachin’s b’day yesterday and he got lot of wishes from all of you guys, and he’s a real happy man now :)

This is the pic I wanted to post on his b’day post, which I clicked on 20th morning but has not taken the data transfer cable so couldn’t do that, anyways I can do it now :)So coming back to our India Plans, okie bags are packed (still little bit packing is left, so Must be done todayGot long list of things to carry which includes………

A mobile
Chinese Fans
Lamp
Perfumes
Watches
Synthesizer
Chocolates (loads of it) Wish I can keep them all
Gold gift items for both our moms

And still the list goes on and on :) ;) So the plan is we’ll land in Apni Delhi and from there Siddharth n Garima (our friends) will be there to receive us, we’ll oad our luggage in their Santro (hopefully it comes in their car or else they will make us sit on the top of Santro :DSo we all four will go to jaipur by road sounds good naThen Sidds n Garima will go to their parents place and we’ll finally have ghar ka maa key haath ka food :)

Have good time in jaipur and then few days in chandigarh so we will be back on 3rd Jan

So guys see you on 3rd Jan

Wishing you all a very wonderful new year

Happy New Year 2007

~Preeti and Sachin

Love you darling

2006-12-20T08:32:00.000+05:30

After all it's Sachin's B'day you see......

Wish I could have put the pic I clicked in morning :)

Love you always

happenings

2006-12-11T14:43:00.000+05:30

Saturday and Sunday was full of shopping apart from the house cleaning abhiyaan.Saturday Got up late on saturday (naya kya hai :D)So got up at 10 a.m. , had breakfast and slept back at 12 p.m. why???? after all it is weekend isn't it :DGot back at 3:30 p.m. Cleaned home religously till 5 p.m. and were exhausted like anything. Reached Farrer Park at 7:30 p.m. and were joined by few friends for dinner, Searched for vacant tables in nearby restuarants....and were successful by 10:15 p.m.(Weekend Again :P) After having dinner we started our shopping in mustafa, entered mustafa at 11:30 p.m. (sounds funny isn't it) Got out of mustafa at 1:30 p.m. with just one suitcase :D empty ofcourse. We purchased a suitcase to carry our luggage to india, and on billing counter that lady greeted us by saying goodmorning maam, had to see my watch (1:30 a.m. oh yah morning :P)We all had tea outside mustafa and were exhausted like anything so thought of buying other things next day, so came back home watched TV till 4 a.m. and went to sleep at 4 a.m. Sunday:Got up at 10 a.m. again, had breakfast, cleaned home, did laundry and left home with shopping spree at 2 p.m. So went to Simlim Square first, had some electronics items and oh yes Sachin got me a new camera tooThen we went to china town, beautifully decorated street, that street is called lucky chinatown, But the thing is we have to walk a lot to find out things of our interest. One can be easily fascinated with all goodies there and is hard to decide what to buy and what not to buy. Had few of the japanese fans, some watches, merlin symbols, softtoys for kiddos there, some tit bits and then thought of buying things next weekend as it was already 9 p.m. now, So in all it was a fun-filled, but tiring weekend :)

Quick update

2006-12-07T09:23:00.000+05:30

It's almost 18 days since I have written anything. The schedule is actually getting tighter and tougher to handle.Today looks a little strange as I have no work to do and sitting idle in office , looking around to cheeni- japanis ( as Sachin calls them ) . Then my favorite thing to do, what else then read blogs and write something to connect to you all ..
Ah, weekend is here and TGIF , so excited as 14 days to go . .. and horrified by the state of house which needs monstrous cleaning .. Hopefully this Saturday would be the Salvation Day for my house
Kitchen cabinets need to arranged up, pile of clothes need to be ironed, dusting and mopping.. me getting jitters just thinking about it . So if u guys happen to pass by our house and see panchoo dhobi and shanta bai attire on both of us pls bear with us
14 days to go from today to India.. this would be a short vacation but much desired one .. then we would meet our best pals ..sidds and garima and then parents .. cannot wait ..lah ( as u say it in singaporian)
Sachin's b'day happens to be on 20th dec and mine 3rd jan, but won't be able to celebrate with family as going just 2 days after his and coming back one day before mine.... so singapore we are here to celebrate our b'days..... anyways when we are with family and freinds .. all days would be a party in india

All in all very busy , very excited and all charged up for exciting one month to follow ..

Life In Singapore.....

2006-11-20T12:51:00.000+05:30

It's been a long while any post come up from us. All we have posted for last few months is little bit happenings in life, or we are coming back kind of posts :P, although wanted to post a lot but first didn't had net access at home, then joined a job (A week ago) so couldn't get time for this. Have missed everyone's comments and of course missed reading all of your posts. But now am covering that by reading posts one by one of all you guys.
As all of you know we have shifted to Singapore some 3 months back. So facing lot of changes in life, job, daily routine. After coming to Singapore one biggest change of our life is "Me and Sachin have become active :D " Jokes apart, seriously we have to walk a lot be it for going to office, or for shopping or even going to local grocery shop. When we were in India both of us were dependent on our lovable car, wherever we had to go, we just took out our car and headed towards it. Be it our office or a shop located at 50 meters from our apartment :P I don't remember we ever used bus or auto's for traveling there, But now car is beyond our capacity to afford here, car's parking is much costlier than the fuel here :D
Thank goodness transport system here is worlds best, so traveling is much easier and now don't feel bad that we don't own a vehicle here. MRT systems and buses are really good here. Singapore is most people friendly nation, so they have taken care of every minute needs of people and made life easy. Now I feel our goal to reduce weight is not far away :D In India I remember only place I used to walk was from my apartment floor to lift gate, from ground floor lift till car, Get down at office gate, walk till lift and be seated at my place and same while coming back :D
I guess we'll be fitter while we'll come back to India.

Feels Good :D

Other major change in life, LIFE has become very BUSY. Hardly get time and now I understand the actual meaning of TGIF Where we eagerly wait for weekends so that we can get up at 10 am. My day starts here at 6:30 a.m. I never thought I will ever get up so early in my life, even for exams also I never got up so early :D
And then we cannot afford maids here so all work is done by us only.
Even we don't get dhobi's here so have to iron our clothes ourself. :D Life became hectic.

Unlike India don't have the lunch facility in office, so have to prepare lunch in morning, then rush for MRT, it takes 1 hour for me to reach office, Sachin is lucky his office is at
20 mins run. MRT system is amazing here. But one can see the same amount of rush during the office hours, but still I wonder how people manage to walk without knocking anyone :D, without pushing in trains, :D:D

Amazing thing is people don't honk horns on traffic lights, infact I don't remember if I had heard any horn voice in last 3 months here :D People are patient enough to wait for there turn. People are punctual for time, reach office sharp at 9 a.m. and leave dot at 6 p.m. :D They don't stretch like Indians, and in my office as 75% are Indians they still sit stretch till 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.

FOOD IS HORRIBLE HERE
This place is not at all meant for vegetarians. Veggi's cannot survive here until and unless they know cooking and cook for themselves.
People here eat weird food, that stinks also. And when our neighbors are on cooking spree, we have to close our windows and doors :D
(People usually do not cook here and therefore that explains huge chain of food courts here)
Although we do have some Indian restaurant here but they have limited things on veggie menu and yes VERY EXPENSIVE too And yes even when buying vegetables, one has to look again and again to find out what vegetable is this, hardly find good Indian vegetables

One thing we learnt here is FISH IS CONSIDERED AS VEGETARIAN FOOD
Howcome don't ask me ;)
We feel strange too

So make sure on your visit here, don't end up eating fish sandwich, if u ask or pay for vegetarian sandwich :P

Place is very neat and clean and to find dust here is almost impossible

While taking a home on rent here common trend is you get a fully furnished house with all the necessities you can think of. other thing I liked here is people are very generous and courteous. If you happen to look into eyes of other person (who is completely stranger to you) It is expected that both of you should greet each other with smile.
(If this practice you follow in India, and some guy do this to any good looking girl he will definitely end up with some chappals :D)
So people keep on greeting others in lift, trains or buses, malls, etc.
Coming to malls, huge is the word I got to say Amazing

Oh yes I forgot to mention about the number of escalators in MRT stations. The total number of escalators in one MRT interchange must be much more than total number of escalators in India.

As I told this place is people friendly and is most disabled friendly nation. You will find lifts, escalators, walk ways at every 50 mtr distance in the interchange. Then special phones are installed for disabled people who sit in wheelchair for their convenience. Everywhere you will find ramps for wheelchairs.

One thing you will definitely notice is number of mobile users here, be it a train or bus, mall or road, you will find people walking with earphone plugged in their ears, listening to songs and phone in their hands. If not listening to songs then definitely typing sms messages.
Here person gets his or her first hand phone at the age of 5 , isn't that strange, school kids taking mobiles in their prep class. If it is a family of 4, all four will be having individual phones :P
And yes all of them having trendy mobiles, kids having PDA too
:(
Another thing noticeable here is people like reading a lot. You will catch people reading novels and other books in MRT, even if they don't get seat to sit, still they will be reading while standing, walking also.
Height I have seen is a kids mom is shopping in a mall, kid is walking along with from one floor to another but reading a book while walking :D
now what shall I say about that kid :P

Eating a bubblegum is a criminal offence here, and you are not suppose to give tips to waiter or else you will land up in soup
There are very good places from tourist point of view, which I will mention in my next post, abhi ke liyey itna hi, I guess I wrote quite a long post this time :D

~preeti

Here I come

2006-11-12T21:40:00.000+05:30

:) So am back with bang in blogworld......... to start with a fresh new template

Lot of our creativity put into place in this template

Sachin helped a lot with images and placing right picture at right place

Some Efforts from my side too
Love to have your comments

Coming up soon...........

Life in Singapore

Keep Logging in
:)
~preeti

Some Problem

2006-10-28T23:19:00.000+05:30

Am having some problem with my template so haved changed to basic template, will soon come up with new post and new template
okie la
bbye
~preeti

We are back

2006-10-16T11:17:00.000+05:30

Hi folks,
hope you guys have not forgotten us .. We are back ..on our space .. We have relocated and settled down in Singapore .. Anjan ( preeti) has got a job too and my job is going fine .. We had been missing our dear blogspace for long .. Preeti will take a while before actively updating it. but till then i will try my best to update it regularly now .

To Start with these are some of the pics from our new home , preeti has worked too hard to make it look good ..

So everybody .. please coming here ..

thanks from preeti and me ..

Love
Sachin

Added later by Me (preeti:))
Am so happy to come online after one month, have been missing u guys a lot, Hope to see u soon, with some stories abt singapore :)
preeti

Yahooooooooooooo

2006-09-06T13:31:00.000+05:30

I have a news , Sachin cleared his first 2 sem of MBA exams, He scored well and got Grade A
Not bad :P
Hip Hip Hurray
Congrats Dear
Am Proud of you
Meri mehnat rang le hee aayeee :D
~Preeti

And my packing still going on. Am so excited
yahoo

We Are still Alive.....

2006-08-28T14:18:00.000+05:30

:P am happy to see people still remember us and news from our part of world is Sachin has taken 2 bedroom apartment on rent there in Singapore, am still in jaipur, 2morow am leaving from delhi will stay one day there and then will go to jaipur and hopefully on 1 sep or 2 sep I will fly to Singapore
As far as sachin has updated me it is nice place, I will like the apartment although furniture is old fashioned rather unique as he says dressing table looks like as if it belongs to maharani gayatri devi
and he says it is lovely place and is waiting for me to come so that he can show me around, and yes he is missing me a lot
I don't think I need to say that am Missing you sachin

Small update my DP got approved so hopefully am flying on 1st sep
~preeti

Another update couldn't fly on 1st so now my 8th midnight tickets are confirmed

Sayonara

2006-07-23T11:40:00.000+05:30

Hi Junta ,

The news from this part of the world is we are relocating to singapore !!!. I have taken a job offer there and I and Anjan would be moving to Singapore. I am leaving 27th July and Anjan would join me after a month ..

Till then she will have very little or almost no access to internet so our blog will be little dormant till then ..

so folks catch u al from singapore

till then ..

Chao

Quick Update :)

2006-07-19T14:08:00.000+05:30

Okie am here just for one quick update and to my horror I come to know blogs are blocked :( This is so bad. I was trying to reach my own blog and couldn't anyhow thanks to Times of India who came up with the way to reach back your own blog.

Okie Coming back o updates, frieds Sachin is finally giving his exams and till date he has successfully given three papers and there are still 5 more to go including the one he has to give today :)

Will come back soon with further updates, btw me going to b'lore for 2 days :)

See you guys very soon...

~preeti

We will be back soon .... :)

2006-07-14T12:24:00.000+05:30

Ahh this is what I hate saying but I have too that we are taking leave from blogdom for few months..........
Hope you guys won't forget us by the time we come back with bang, lots of new things to share, talk and show.....

I have somehow started loving this space so much that my day in office starts with all ur posts and the comments u leave on ours.... It has some how become a routine task to open up my blog then switch over to all you people blogs, see whats new, which one is updated, the one which is not updated, requesting them to update it soon, then other fever orkut and to chat with you guys.

I would be out as both of us would be in a transition state for next month and a half . I would have deffered access to net so won't be able to update it as frequently

Am oops rather we going to miss it a lot.

Hope you guys will miss us also :P

Okie guys won't say bbye, but will say we'll be back soon

It's A Hap Hap Hap Happy Birthday

2006-07-12T10:09:00.000+05:30

Yeah a very quick post before I start day of mine here in office this post is dedicated to Neetie
Birthday Girl. Neetie you all must be knowing a sweet bubbly girl, always ready to help others, my first blog friend, whom I got to know 3 years back where in she was the first person to comment on my previous blog which I closed forever now :)
Neetie, girl who always never missed anyone's b'day's and anniversaires, and happen to write post for all of them,
Lets wish all of us a very happy birthday and a wonderful year ahead.
God Bless You Neetie (this is her tag line :P)

~Preeti and Sachin :)

Congratulations

2006-07-07T12:56:00.000+05:30

Hi ppl ,
I am writing this post in too much of hurry . Too Occupied in work but just wanted to celebrate achievement of My Preeti . She has won a first prize in Pot decoration in her company , something she did for the first time with not much background in craft . I am proud of you my love . Keep it going .. We will celebrate it soon .. Contgratulations again

Sachin

ye yo ye yo

2006-07-06T17:31:00.000+05:30

Yippiee I have changed our blogs template to welcome My Mother-In-Law (MIL) who is coming today at 6:30 p.m.

Okie fine kidding... :) I know she is never going to access this blog and infact she dowsn't even know the meaning of blog. We were thinking to change the skin of the blog from long time, so today I finally did it. #:-S

Okie it's just to update that my MIL and bro in law coming today, so this is going to be a fun filled month hurrayyyyy
mazza aayegaa

okie one more update I got first prize in pot decoration, got declared today :)

BTW title doesn't mean anything :P

Fun Filled Weekend

2006-07-03T11:56:00.000+05:30

Yup wanted a break since long time and finally the time came of the same.
We went to Nagarajuna Dam this weekend and forgot completly our stressful life. We group of 9 ppl ( one being a 1 yr old kid :P) started at 9.30 a.m. from Hyderabad on Saturday 1st July, It is 180 km from our place and we took two cars. One being ours Santro and other being of Vaibhav dada. Hmm before I tell you about the trip let me tell you about all those who were part of this trip :D
yeah Yeah you know both of us so no need to give our intro ;)
Then their were Siddharth and Garima, I guess I mentioned abt them also in some of my posts, Sidds bhai is best friend of Sachin for last 27 years and then there were Vaibhav dada , garima's brother his wife pooja bhabhi and their cutie son Khushu (Vedant) and bhabhi's sisters Mona and Minni ( Minni do good mimicry of cartoon characters too while talking to Khushu )

So we reached there around 2:30 p.m. and stayed in AP tourisim resort Vijay Vihar, Wonderful place, good rooms but pathetic food, but never mind, on cost of the time, pleasure and fun we can sacrifice that and enjoyed like anything. All of us even forgot that we are employed people with jobs and there is anything called office on Monday. And great Entertainer was Khushu, who was center of attraction all the time. He is very smart kid and talked with all of us in some alien language and nodded to us as if he understood everything :D

Aah Amazing beauty it was, we felt so close to nature, water everywhere surrounded by rocks and hills with cool breeze blowing and greenry everywhere. We went to see a waterfall too, beautiful one, am putting up one group snap of ours while we were vacating hotel, rest of the snaps can be viewed in flickr, I'll upload them tonight.
Siddharth in lemon T-shirt Garima in Red and Blue (one doing ye ye :D) Vaibhav da with cutie kushu and pooja Bhabhi, Mona in lemon kurta and Minni in pink. Yes you guys know us :D

We had a wonderful view from our room, felt so fresh and relaxed, forgot everything and were just feeling the beauty, As you can see this view we had from our room. Pics taken from the balcony from three different angles. It was so wonderful to feel the morning breeze.
we even went down there to have a closer look. Oh it was fine while going downstairs but when we have to come back it was like never ending stairs with those small pebbles putting obstacles, anyhow managed girtey pardhtey, giving hand to each other, managed to come back :D
yeah here are few pics of ours downstairs, some 100 + stairs I guess ;)
I somehow managed to climb that small rock :D Lovely pic isn't it heeheheheheheheehe and here is Sidds trying to be in vishwanmitra's position but his meneka (Garima is not anywhere :D ).
Coz she is with me hehehehe And yes we also went to see Ettipotala water falls..... Its awesome Felt like we should go and enjoy in that chilled water but alas there was no way to reach there, we had to watch it from such a height that going down was really very difficult. And yes how can we forget our apple of eye Kushu the great his real name being vedant but we love calling him kushu and he responds so well to this name
See he is enjoying crawling here and there :D and making us run after him :) He too enjoyed pool water, see the smile on his face. Was little reluctant to enter pool first but once he got into pool, it was difficult to get kushu out of it :)
In nutshell we had a smashing weekend, which made us so relaxed that today I have no monday blues and am feeling soooooooooooooo fresh :)

Yeah on way back capture this pic ;) It happens only in India :D
Although hazzled as taken from moving car :) enough for today :D
~preeti

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2006-06-28T10:47:00.000+05:30

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GILC 2 Results..............Disappointment

2006-06-24T13:38:00.000+05:30

Last Night was a great disappointment to us (Sachin & Me). I never thought of writing a post on any TV serial or soap or any idol shows but this made me write about it. Results were declared and along came the disappointment, and unexpected results. No wonder one who was crowned Laughter king was good but he wasn't the best. He do deserve to come in finals but his performance wasn’t the one which we can say he is laughter king. Results wasn't fair, Rauf Lala was crowned as king of comedy for sole purpose that he was Pakistani and to tie the friendship bonds between two countries, but was this fair enough to do on the sake of deserving ones???????

The one who came second, Rajeev was the one who used to write scripts for Shekar suman’s shows"Simply Shekhar" which was a plus point for him to get promoted and reach this level else, he was a big mimicry of "GILC 1 champ SUNIL PAL" he wasn't the original.

AND the one with original humors and original scripts were sidelined.

YES am talking about KHAYAALI and PRATAP FAUJDAAR. They were simply the best. And in the overall performance, (As I keenly observed each and every episode) they were consistent and made us laugh till we held our stomachs and led our eyes watered. Amazing performers were they, but they were awarded with third crown. This was not fair at all

Doctor's performance was also wonderful, his poems and stanza's were not only humorous but thought provoking too. But I think he had limited audience who can understand the depth of his humor so being a second last wasn't bad for him. The man with Rancho was also good that he reached finals, as he was lively and made his monkey come dummy to perform as real, and made it lively, but as he has got only one theme throughout the series, so he didn't has got any variance, so coming last was also fair for him, The duo performers from Pakistan were good too and made us laugh, but they landed in a controversy by making some comments on SC. Anyways whatever the thing may be, what we have to say here is the one who has been crowned as laughter king was good but not the BEST

Bihari Essay "Indian Cow"

2006-06-22T15:23:00.000+05:30

You'll forget your English by the time you finish reading this. This is a true essay written by a Bihari candidate at the UPSC(IAS)Examinations. The candidate has written an essay on the Indian cow:

Indian Cow

HE IS THE COW. "The cow is a successful animal. Also he is 4 footed, And because he is female, he give milks, [ but will do so when he is got child.] He is same like-God, sacred to Hindus and useful to man. But he has got four legs together. Two are forward and two are afterwards. His whole body can be utilised for use. More so the milk. Milk comes from 4 taps attached to his basement. [ horses don't have any such attachment]

What can it do? Various ghee, butter, cream, curd, why and the condensed milk and so forth. Also he is useful to cobbler, watermans and mankind generally. His motion is slow only because he is of lazy species, Also his other motion.. gober] is much useful to trees, plants as well as for making flat cakes[like Pizza] , in hand and drying in the sun.

Cow is the only animal that extricates his feeding after eating. Then afterwards she chew with his teeth whom are situated in the inside of the mouth. He is incessantly in the meadows in the grass. His only attacking and defending organ is the horns, specially so when he is got child. This is done by knowing his head whereby he causes the weapons to be paralleled to the ground of the earth and instantly proceed with great velocity forwards. He has got tails also, situated in the backyard, but not like similar animals. It has hairs on the other end of the other side. This is done to frighten away the flies which alight on his cohesive body hereupon he gives hit with it.

The palms of his feet are soft unto the touch. So the grasses head is not crushed. At night time have poses by looking down on the ground and he shouts . His eyes and nose are like his other relatives. This is the cow.......

We are informed that the candidate passed the exam, and is now an IAS, in bihar in somewhere..[sorry somewhere in Bihar]

And this marks my 75th post today

Farewell to Aarti....

2006-06-20T16:55:00.000+05:30

Yup Aarti, whom I met just 6 months back, when I joined my new job. I was confused among new people out here as having a language difference and then I met her. Same team, same project and then started developing a bond with her. Being North Indian, and a gujrati girl we became good friends. Haven't thought that one can get so attached to a person in such a short span of time. Today she came to office last time as she will be leaving on 28th to mumbai for her marriage. Yes she is getting married on 3rd July, am so happy for her, although am feeling bad that she won't be here to share a cup of coffee with me during tea time :) and then will miss her sweet talks. But still its good that she is going to start her new life. Here I wish her all the success and life full of love, caring, and sweet moments which she will cherish for whole life.

God Bless the couple

Hearitest Congratulation's Aarti

~Preeti and Sachin

Maggi...... Is It.

2006-06-16T11:01:00.000+05:30

Maggi.....Is It??

Last night I tried the new maggi product , Maggi, Dal+Atta noodles (Sambhar style)....ugghhh IT TASTED YUCK!!!!!!

I think only southie's will apreciate it's taste but for ppl like me, it was real bad thing to taste, MY first and Last packet of this flavour.

Being an ardent lover of maggi, I just could NOT insult it by throwing, so have to eat it whole as Sachin took only one bite and left for me to enjoy. Poor me :

I have tried maggi and all its flavors, being maggi aatta vegetable noodles my favorite one, Even there used to be one maggi soup noodles, they introduced long time back, I loved that too but then it was dissappeared from the scene, Maggi have been my favorite snack since school days, when mom used to refuse giving me food or something else to munch at odd hours, I loved sneaking in kitchen to cook maggi. I remember me and my sis, cooking maggi at 3 a.m. during exam days, and then hostel life, it's incomplete without Maggi :P

Then I even try lots of R&D with maggi and been successful all the times:P I loved it with dash of garlic tinge and little bit of tomato ketchup in it.
I love maggi in sandwich and yes eating it raw too :P
Loved the maggi spring rolls, and frankies:)

But this New Flavor disappointed me so much :(
Another flavor in my ignore list is Maggi tomato flavor.(Yuck!!!)

Even I always loved maggi adds, all new and innovative and always tempt me to go to kitchen to look for another pack :P

But still am not going to leave eating it :P
Only thing I stick to the basic and my favorite ones :P

Lyrics

2006-06-15T17:16:00.000+05:30

Lyrics:
Bulla ki jaana main kaun, Bulla ki jaana main kaun, Bulla ki jaana main kaun, Bulla ki jaana main kaun.
Na main moman vich maseetan, Na main vich kufar dian reetan, Na main pakan vich paleetan.
Na main andar bed kitaban, Na main rehnda phaang sharaban, Na main rehnda mast kharaban.
Na main shadi na ghamnaki, Na main vich paleetan pakeen, Na main aaabi na main khaki.
Na main aatish na main paun, Bulla ki jana main kaun, Bulla ki jana main kaun, Bulla ki jana main kaun, Bulla ki jana main kaun.
Na main arabi na lahori, Na main hindi shehar Nagaori, Na hindu na turk pashauri.
Na main bhet mazhab de paya, Na main aadam hawwa jaya, Na koi apna naam dharaya.
Avval aakhar aap nu jana, Na koi dooja hor pacchana, Mai ton na koi hor syana.
Bulle shah kharha hai kaun, Bulla ki jaana main kaun, Bulla ki jaana main kaun, Bulla ki jaana main kaun, Bulla ki jaana main kaun
Na main moosa na pharoah, Na main jagan na vich saun, Na main aatish na main paun, Na main rahnda vich Nadaun, Na main baitthan na vich bhaun, Bulle shah kharha hai kaun
Bulla ki jaana main kaun...... Oooooo..... Bulla ki jaana main kaun

Weekend!!!!!

2006-06-09T18:07:00.000+05:30

Yeah it's here..
but no excitement this time....
Know that have to relax, have to complete some pending works....
But the week wasn't good at all...
whew....
How I hated this rather say how We hated it.....
Come monday and lets see what has it got for us..

Feeling like .............pata nahin

Wish that you all have a good weekend and wonderful week ahead
~preeti

Life these days - Part 2

2006-06-06T17:31:00.000+05:30

Hello every body after a loooooong time ,

Long time since I have written here and interacted with you all . But yes , had been keeping track of the blog , Anjan had been religiously keeping the blog live thanks to her for doing my job too..

So how is everybody, Ashish,I heard had a great trip home( ;) ) , Neeti is busy with her job and finding life better , chalo aacha hai ..

As far as I am concerned , last couple of months had been pretty busy but not significant for me .. My job profile has changed considerably .. ofcourse positively .. new avenues seem to be coming up and I am happy that I am able to put up all the hardwork life is demanding ..

So what up with all of u my blog friends ?? Just felt like talking to you all so wrote this ..

here is a piece of prose I wrote during hectic work schedule .. ( PS> I am not negative about life :) and this not replica of my feelings , just a prose i felt like writing).

Contemplating about my existence
And the meaning of my life,
I find no absolute answers.
I repeat contemplating
Over the triviality of my existence,
My existence might be a sheer waste.

I am wandering through the woods,
Not knowing where to go.
Want no more perceptions of my existence.
I seek the truth.
I seek the reality.
But I question how it comes,
When there is no reality.

Noumenon
It is a thing in itself
It just exists
No force exists that can change it.
Humans act foolish trying to perceive it
With a desire to reveal its nature

I hate this materialistic world,
I have nothing to do here.
No freedom.
No choice.
Constant fear
Helpless I am

Life These Days................

2006-06-06T17:07:00.000+05:30

Few days back it was pleasant, having a gala time but now again we are back on usual life... same old getting up early, rushing office, back home, life becoming monotonous.... Have so many things pending but still no time, Then have lots of work in office too, This time for a change am busy too :P
Or else it was only Sachin who was busy but am too having tons of work :(

Have so many things pending in the shopping list too ....
House needs a cleaning re-do
Cupboards again in mess... God Why can't these cupboards be fixed for once and all,,,,, always happen the day I'll clean up the messy cupboard, it will be back to normal shape (messy one) in just three days.... And then again clogging it for a month or so.... arggggg

Vacations.... haven't taken them for a long time...
WE need a break,,, but still have to wait, can't go before August as Sachin has to give his MBA exams

Don't know how long will it take to come back to normal, Sometimes I too think of taking up further studies but then again think of will I be able to give it proper time :(
Don't remember when both of us had proper sleep .... Life has become so hectic and we seriously need break

BREAK.........

Think About it........

2006-06-01T15:05:00.000+05:30

Haven't come up with any new post these days...
I got this as a forwarded mail so thought of putting up here .....

BEWARE GUYS MAY BE ....................................
MAY BE THE FUTURE IS LIKE THIS:-

For the last 5 yrs admissions were closed for the general category students. School bell rings. I can see a lot of happy children coming out of the gate, I waited for half an hour and my kid came at last after other children.Genaral students are not allowed to cross the gate unless other OBC/SC/ST students have crossed the gates. OBC/SC/ST fathers drive away their children in classy cars. But I have to walk back home with my kid a 5km stretch. I lost my car some years back when Govt. came with a rule that general people have to deposit a tax equal to cost of their cars .Failing which I had to sell the car.As far as buses are concerned, the seats in buses are reserved for OBC/SC/ST .So no place there also. After walking some 5km in scorching heat i finally reached home.
It was wednesday ... s*i*, no electricity.Every mon,wed,thu,sat is power cut in the
houses of General category population .So that SC/ST/OBC can be uplifted by providing them with every opportunity and in that consideration electricity is an
important factor.

Its 10:00 pm in night no electricity at home.Its very hot inside the four walls of home .So i dare to step out in park with my wife and kid.I seated myself with
my family on a secluded bench in garden.It was hardly 5 min .. a guard came to us
strolling in the park.He asked me what caste you belong to. I said with some hesitation .. G..General.He asked me to pay a fine of Rs.200 and get out of the park.
My Fault...
The bench I was sitting on was meant for again the SC/ST/OBC . for their upliftment
peace of mind is on essential things. So govt came with this decision to Reserve
benches for them.Kudos to them...
Its early in the morning ...the newspaper wala just knocked the door.I took the newspaper and started reading ..,its independence day . I never used to forget this days some 20 yrs back. My kid hardly knows wat 15th august is ,because I never told him any stories of greatness of our country or anything realted to country.I don't feel like telling him the failures after freedom.
On front page of newspaper, in a corner their is a news about a OBC member getting 6 months impriosonment in "BAL SUDHAR GRAHA" from a juvenile court for murdering and raping a six year old girl .Yes the rules have been amended ,since the last 5 years.The Culprit was a 25 year old OBC so age relaxation was provided for trial of crime.So he was taken to juvenile court, since there is an age relaxation for
OBC/SC/ST.
About 11 am some one gave me the BAD news about demise of one of my neighbour and friend Mr.Mehta. I went to his house for condolence next day ,his body was lying
there still rotting in the heat.I asked his son about the Cremation .His son told me
" Many reserved category have died yesterday so we are not getting entry to creamtion ground " . This rule is the latest from Govt.Where the seats in creamtion ground will be reserved for SC/ST/OBC for their upliftment.

Finally next day Mehta ji was creamted.i could see sun seeting through the Flames burning a libarated Body, liberated from caste n creed.I was surprised sun still sets in the west.?
it was about 9 pm , I was about to sleep in my bed my son came to me with innocence in his eyes , inquisitively he asked me the question what is reservation?
I asked him where u listened that .
he suddenly burst in tears .. I asked him to keep..quiet But Ii could listen through his sobs "mujhe bhi reservation chahiye (i too want reservation)".
How can I convince him its no other toy in the market I can get for him?

He kept cryin that night ,claiming many of "his classmates have got reservation".
To make him quiet i said ok , I'll buy you reservation at your next B'day.

Bye Bye india .

Fun Fun and All Fun

2006-05-22T11:51:00.000+05:30

Yeah had a goooooooooood weekend :)
With Mom, And sisters around , Had fun filled weekend,
With visit to Lumbini Park, Boating in Hussain Sagar and that wonderful Laser Show, I too happen to attend the show for first time and it was simply amazing :P
Too good a show.
Will keep u guys updated :D with all my blah blah
Aah did I tell u we did lot of photography too :D

Oh Yes I had a fight too with my younger sister :D
~preeti

Further Updates.....

2006-05-18T10:53:00.000+05:30

My checklist went flop as it was expected :D
Yeah I think we'll get our matteress and pillows by today evening (got no other option) as Mom and sis's reaching tomorow. That leakage I guess will be fixed on Saturday only :( poor me.

Have a small get together at home today, my Friends Aarti mehta and Mitesh Gajjar will be coming today.

What else, both of us are very excited on their visit , as last time my MIL came that was in Feb, then my cousin came in April..... Since then no one visited us (*sob sob*)

Oh Yeah forgot the latest thing...

Sachin got me a new cell phone ..... Yippieeeeeeeeee

LGC2500 can be viewed here

Details:

LG C2500

The LG C2500 is aimed at music lovers. This phone comes with MP3 player, MP3 ringtones, FM radio & VGA CMOS camera. A state-of-the-art music device, which would give you stereo surround sound effects and integrated USB memory of 60 MB. This USB memory makes the handset a plug and play device which can be used as a storage device also. Other key features include MMS, JAVA, 4X digital zoom, continuous voice recording, 65K colour display. The C2500 GSM handset is priced at Rs 6,990 and comes loaded with free accessories like data cable, stereophonic headset kit and mini speaker sets.

:) Finally

2006-05-15T10:57:00.000+05:30

Finally after such a long wait We saw Rang De basanti (Still couldn't make till cinema hall and watched on our Home theatre ) but still am happy that I saw it.
All I have to say is, it is a GOOD movie :)
I loved the ting ting sound :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
Will come up with some more post may be at the end of day today :)
As it is monday so still not out of Sunday fever :P
~preeti

Updated Later:
Mom and sisters coming :) Got lots of things in to do list :)

Have to clear up cupboards of the other room .........> Done (Me happy, it's completed )
Stock up all the grocerry.............> Almost done (We are good in that :P)
Have to get matteress and pillow cover's ..........>Hopefully by tomorrow
Have to get that stupid leakage fixed........>hopefully by wednesday
Have to re-schedule maids timings ...............> aah she is going to give me tough time now (*sob sob*)
Have to recharge camera's batteries .............> will do
Have to get some leaves sanctioned.......>well as it's not a big one I think that will be done :P

Aah list getting longer and time is less :)
We happy..... waiting Mom

Thordha Sa Romani ho jayein.......

2006-05-08T17:59:00.000+05:30

Yeh bheegi si shaam
BAS EK JAAM
THODA AARAM
aao rumani ho jaye....

Kuchh ankahi baatein
pyari mulakaatein
wo ghani julfon si raatein
aao rumani ho jayein....

Na kuch tum kaho .
na kuch hum kahiein
ungliyan baatein karein ungliyon se
aao thoda sa rumani ho jayein...

Aao dil se dil milayen
kuch sune kuch sunayen
bin kahe har baat kah jayein
aao thoda sa rumani ho jayen.....

For you Preeti.......
~Sachin

Sachin's color

2006-05-04T18:20:00.000+05:30

Yellow

You're yellow, the color of joy and energy — two things you definitely bring to everyone around you. It's hard for anyone to be sad or lonely in your presence; your sunny disposition and cheery outlook just won't allow it. The warmth of your personality shines through in the kindness you show friends and family (and strangers, too). Always ready with a lighthearted joke or heartfelt compliment, you know how to make people feel good about themselves, so they can't get enough of you. Yellow is a warm and inviting color for a warm and inviting person — you!

SACHIN

Color Test

2006-05-04T12:05:00.000+05:30

Took a color test today.... And it says

Your true color is Black!

Your color is black. The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them — your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people. But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you. Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you.
~preeti

What's Your True Color?

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My Dil Goes ................

2006-05-01T14:26:00.000+05:30

Hmm Title has nothing to do with post bas aisay he felt like putting this title :)
Sachin finally started his MBA classes and so far he is regular in attending classes on Saturday and Sunday, Only wait is for course books which he guesses will be available by next saturday, and then he'll be burring his head in them to cover 16 subjects, isn't that too much :P

I too clicked my first sketch drawn after 6 yrs and am posting one of them here and rest I will place all my sketches in flickr. Waisay I have a query shall I create a new blog for those sketches or upload them on flickr. What do u ppl say abt this
Apart from all that I have also asked my mom to bring my sketchbook from Chandigarh while she will reach hyderabad on 19th May,
Am excited :)

Have got lots of plan once they reach here :)

Updated later:

So Now I have a new blog for sketches and have christened it "ANUKRATI"

Going back to memory lanes again...

2006-04-27T10:24:00.000+05:30

Yeah me again remembering my old times. As my mom and my sisters going to visit us in summer vacations I just remembered my summer vacations when I was in school :)

When ever May end used to approach we kids used to start talking abt the vacations, and the spots to visit, what fun , whom are we going to visit, Oh man what fun. And then decisions were taken how to ise the spare time, playing , sketching or involving in some crafts. Some of us even think of joining some summer classes , dance or painting kind of those workshops, I never had joined
any...
And when finally the holidays were declared officially it used to bring other side of the coin too....
Yes you guys guessed it right "HOLIDAY HOMEWORK"
eeekssss I hated it from the core of my heart. There were ppl
among us who used to finish it within first two days of holidays but I was kinda lazy bones who will touch her homework in last two days. Gosh I remember those homework some interesting and some so weird that I used to crib a lot. Why do they make us work this way, it is not fair at all. Out of those one was CURSIVE WRITING exercise. urrgghhh our English teacher used to ask us fill those cursive writing books and dunno why can't she understand holidays were meant to be fun and not to do this boring task. Even I had filled numerous cursive writing books still today am not following it and worst of it sometimes I can't even read what have I scribbled :P
Not to mention sachin's handwriting I guess he never filled any handwriting book :P
And what to mention of those teacher's god they just don't have kids I guess coz they would ask us to finish all the syllabus covered till date so that as soon as holidays will finish, test time will come. Why do they gave us holidays for :(
So we have to finish all the syllabus of hindi, english, maths, S.st. and S.ci.
#:-S
And then we were still not spared as all these teachers will also give creative homework too.....
They used to ask us collect different leaves from where ever you go for vacations, Now they except us to collect samples and not enjoy beauty :( Not to mention those scrap books which were suppose to be filled up with different kinds of pulses, cloth samples, etc etc. And yes science teacher was crazy, she once asked us to collect various nest, those which are abandoned by the birds. Now what does she think that we will take our magnifying glass, a binocular put on our googles and jacket and go on mission :D funny
I remember one of my classmate, I forgot his name(we were in class five I guess) He got a nest with live bird kids, four of them inside. :P great hustle bustle in class and when our teacher got to know about that she almost screamed and that kid answered innocently you never said birds should not be inside nest :)
Aah I never used to collect any of this. Don't have such patience to look for them :)
All I was happy on vacations is this is the time to visit naaniji (granny) now. Just use to wait to get there. I just loved her aaloo parantha's mint chutney and sarson ka saag with makki ki roti:) And then regular visits to other relatives and all was fun. Then fun part will come to an end and I used to get in depression now. Oh god two days left , no homework, no scrap books , no charts and in panic would complete half of them which I knew were more important as had got strict teachers :P And when school use to re-open by that time would think of excuses which I haven't made last vacations :D
Talking of school re-opening how can I forget re-opening after the annual exam, when all of us were to experience new, new class, new bags, new uniform, new shoes, new books, fresh notebooks neatly covered with brown sheets and plastic covering with those minnie and micky mouse stickers and new pens :)
I used to love to go on first day of new class :P

Chalo bahut ho gaya going back to memory lane am coming out of it, in the present where am no more a kid, no more long summer holidays, :P

~Memories :)

And updates our NEetie got a job :)

One more consultant

2006-04-25T16:01:00.000+05:30

I am feeling to get a brick form somewhere and bang it on my head ...

See one more conversation ..

Since Anjan lost her phone sometime back so we are sharing the same mobile no ..

Consultant : Can I speak to Mr. Anjan Preet Bhandari
Sachin : Anjan is my wife .. tell me how can I help you.

Consultant: Is it Ms. Anjan Speaking ( now I believe my voice is very heavy and cannot be mistaken as a female voice at all)

Sachin : No I am Sachin Bhandari , her husband speaking if u want to talk to her for a job she is not interested

Consultant : Well are you HIS Brother ?

....

no more conversation as I banged the phone

now i simply think this is unbelievable , how can someone be so dumb and I did not mention the grammer ..

A Consultant

2006-04-19T16:55:00.000+05:30

Hi Folks , keeping too busy these days to blog update responsibility was with preeti ..

I got a call some 10 mins ago so felt like sharing with you .. here is the transcript .. please read it carefully and tell us how do u feely

Hello am I talking to sachin bhandari
yes

Consultant : Hi Sachin I am speaking from peak consultants and we have a contract opening for 3 months from a client

Sachin : I am not interested

Consultant : They can offer a very good salary

Sachin how much ?

Consultant : 12000 Per month
Sachin : you call this excellent do u know how much I get

Consultant : this Sal is too good as per industry standards
Sachin : oh I never knew that .. I hardly get 38000 Per month

now the most interesting part....

Consultant : ( without listening to me ) That is what na sir if u are interested then tell me I can get u 500 more even

Sachin : Oh really .. so nice of you .. thanks

Consultant: So send me ur resume by email to ....

Sachin : I will definitely .. thank u soo much

consultant : it's okay sir .. one thing we charge 50% of first sal as well

Sachin you can keep 100%

Consultant : that would be unfair na ..

Sachin : oh okay

Updates........

2006-04-17T17:28:00.000+05:30

well last week was good as both of us started something afresh after a long long gap :)
yes really long gap.....

Sachin has started with his MBA studies after a gap of atleast 4 years (may be more than that not sure)
Hopefully he don't change his mind and do continue it. And Most Important I won't let him do that :P lolz although he has taken a risk to attempt two semester at one shot.
Although I know he is quite capable of doing the same :)

And regarding me.... Guess what I resumed my sketching after 6 years .... A long gap isn't it.
When Sachin has gone to attend his class (first class of the session :P) I took one diary and pencil and made few sketches, three to be precise.

Hopefully I'll publish here to share with you guys :)
Sachin has asked me now not to stop with sketching so I guess next weekend I will be on my shopping spree to get some drawing pencils and paper :)

Happy Happy Happy Happy.....................

2006-04-14T14:25:00.000+06:00

Here are few funny calvin's comic strips....................

So it's a good friday today :)
And Baisakhi tooo.........
Oh Yes a weekend also..................
So wish you all a very happy weekend...............................................................

A blank post ...........

2006-04-11T15:13:00.000+06:00

Got Nothing to write or share today
~preeti

Cloning..................

2006-04-10T15:19:00.000+06:00

Whatchaa say ...............

Just Got to Know........:)

2006-04-04T16:03:00.000+06:00

Just got to know from a friend of mine Shakti that .............

On Wednesday, April 5, 2006
At two minutes and three seconds after 1 :00 A.m. , the time and date will be...

01:02:03 04/05/06

This will never happen again in your life time.

Isn't that amazing :)
Enjoy

Another golden memories....

2006-03-29T18:34:00.000+06:00

Hmm when am remembering all the old days how can I forgot the golden period of each one of our lives... School ....Yeah you are right school days can never be forgotten and each one of us must be having some memory chords attached isn't it :)
Ladies and Gentlemen Here are few of my memories of mySchool days....remember the first time kid is forced to go to school..........
Yeah I remember how kids make different excuses to skip school.... luckily we don't have to do that as my parents were supportive and if my sister's or it's me who don't feel like going to school just have to ask them and they won't say no... :P although I have good memories and I loved going to school and even got highest attendance prize :D Now when I think of that a smile appears :)
Okie do you remember your fist pencil... yeah the first time you were handed a pencil and notebook and you felt as if now you have whole world in your hands...
Do you remeber using pencil every possible place where it is not suppose to be :D and avoiding scribbling over the note pad... putting lines on refridgerator, walls, school benches, even classmate's shirt .... what a fun man, wasn't that.... I remember collecting all sorts of pencils and then one very long one with a funny face or a hand at it's top which could be used for scratching back too apart from writing :P... multitasking you see :) Don't you remeber shrapening your pencil every two minutes and just thinking uski pencil meri pencil say zyada theekhi kaisay :P And then every second day asking mom for new pencil.... and she saying abhi subah hi to dee thee where is that :P.....
And yes checking the point of pencil by pinching it to ur frd..... And laughing that silly antiques :)
And remember writing those silly things on black board when teacher is not around... or drawing faces while she is away....... And laughing at her angry expressions :P
Teacher's have a real difficult time handling kids :)

Remember the craft classes where in you get a freedom to create anything beyond your imagination.. Where in we can color horses to green or make a orstrich out of egg shell... or just smear our hands with glue and smudge our clothes with all sorts of colors and mom looking for surf excel and praying ki ghol mein daag gol :P
Poor mom's :)
And then best part sharing each other's lunch
Although that lunch sneaking was done in the second period only under the table lols... and then makeing ourself free for that lunch time to play in school playground.... Playing Hide and seek, tippy tippy tap, Stapo, cricket with cardboards during exam times :P and many more which I don't remember ....

Sharing our lunch there was so much fun and then bigger fun to eat someone's else tiffin without his knowing :) then offering ours to him....

Exam fever.... being a kid also examination fever grips and then helping other's in studies... Trying level best to come at top position so that mom , dad are happy... and answering them why I scored less in maths and more in hindi.... why my friend scored more than me...

Those golden days will never come back now.... Never

Still have childhood friends, still share all those things .....
A wish to become a kid back again :)

Okie La Weekend is here.....

Wishing you all Happy Weekend :)

Added later:

I realized this is my 51st Post on Blogspot :)

Good piece of work

2006-03-27T14:27:00.000+06:00

Here I came across a nice article so thought of sharing with all my friends :)
Article is written by Karan Thapar and can be read Here

Cherished Memories......

2006-03-22T22:07:00.000+06:00

Was sitting idle and suddenly strike an idea why not write for the place from where I belong to. The place where I spend most of my time..... where I completed my schooling and the place
where I graduated...

Where I had my most memorable moment... YES my first date with Sachin..
the place where we both decided to get married.

Where we took decision to follow each other's religion and took vow to spend our lives together...

The Place I miss the most....

My home town.. Chandigarh :)

Place which I have left now with lots and lots of memories along with. This post I think is going to be mine biggest post ever as am not going to limit my thoughts and just jotting down what ever is coming to my mind....

Where Shall I start from...

Chandigarh the city beautiful..

We shifted to Mohali phase 7 in the year 1994 and from that year till 2004 I spend my time there only. So a decade almost and fell in love with the place and who won't. It is such place..

Okie I'll give a brief history of the place...

Chandigarh is the first planed modern city of India designed by the French architect LeCorbusier...

Chandigarh is famous for following:

Planning and Architechture
Quality of Life
High Educational Level
Pollution free environment
Aware and Active citizens

Chandigarh serves as the Joint Capital of both Punjab and Haryana states. Total area of the union territory is 114 sq.km

ahaan rest of the information can be gathered from Here

or else google to hai hee ;)

Although best thing I do want to mention abt chandigarh is that

every sector has atleast:

1 school
1 market
1 garden/public park
1 gurudwara and mandir

And it is a common scene to see citizens taking morning and evening walk and kids enjoying the jhoolas (rides) in the park and then yes best thing to mention no markets on main roads so
no traffic jams and proper parking for every market.

I just miss the clean, wide and soothing roads of the place....Trees on both side of roads make the drive pleasant.

Apart from the individual gardens of each sector there are few famous ones too

*Rose Garden

*Shanti kunj (our third date's venue :P)

*Garden of Fragrence

*Hibisicus Garden

*Terraced Garden

*Botanical Garden

*Fitness Trails

*Rock Garden (Shri Nek Chands creation)

some garden pics slide shows can be viewed
Here

Special Thanks to Baiju Joseph, Some of the pics used here are from his valueable collections :)

Year 1995.... When I completed my 10th in one of the models school.... what fun it was to study there

Year 1997.... When I completed my 12th Commerce from Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary school. Where in I was school head girl (yeah it was again fun to be school head girl) *teacher's favorite* :P and that year I was topper of the school too (only golden period of my acadamics :D)

Year 2000... My graduation completed in commerce... from SGGS college sec 26 affilated to Panjab University Panjab University wherein we spend lot of time ................
Year 2004.... My Post graduation completed ....MCA but that I did from Patiala from Punjabi University

Youth Festivals.... oh what fun were they to be a part of and too visit all that

Then window shopping in sector 17 heart of city beautiful (cudn't afford to do actual shopping there :P) Sector 17 is main shopping and commercial centre of Chandigarh.This vast commercial complex is a pedestrian's paradise with four main piazzas meeting at a 'chowk'. It provides something for everyone, from hectic business activity to unhurried window shopping and even crowd gazing in the vicinity of the fountain. Air-conditioned showrooms and departmental stores cater to the needs of shoppers.

Needless to mention the other places worth visiting....

Government Museum and Art Gallery
Museum of the evolution of life
Child Art Gallery
National Gallery of Portraits
International dolls museum
Punjab Kala Kendra
The Rock Garden..... We had spend time there too :">

It is created by Nek Chand and spread over 64 acres. Thevisitors are led through a maze of paths, chambers and canyons,each presenting a glimpse of a fantasy world. it is unique in its kind and is made by cutting the rocks and using all waste and discarded products.

Sukhna Lake...

The most memorable one for both of us...
Its a man made lake spread over 3 square kilometers. This is favorite spot for bird watchers too. As from December through February, one can see many species of aquatic birds from Central Asia and Siberia. yeah these are the stairs where Sachin and I sat for the first time and he asked very hesitantly "Can I hold your Hand?" And the next question was "What next?"
And I replied "We getting married" :">

hmm although after marriage we didn't get chance to go back there... hopefully this time we'll make it :)

Leisure Valley
Bougainvillea Garden
Zakir Rose Garden

... Named after India's President, Zakir Hussain, the garden was established in 1967 under the guidance of Chandigarh's first Chief Commissioner Dr M.S. Randhawa. The largest Rose Garden in Asia, it is spread over an area of 27 acres and has more than 17,000 plants representing some 1,600 varieties of roses as well as several fountains.his garden is the venue of the annual Rose festival, an event listed on the national calendar of fairs and festivals. This is one of the main
cultural events of the city and draws thousands of visitors.
And Yes I do miss the Rose Festival........
What a huge crowd it draws every year and now haven't been to the festival for last 2 yrs....

Shanti Kunj
Children's Traffic Park
Terrace Garden
Rajendra Park
Smriti Upavana

Apart from that there are Excursions Around Chandigarh

Pinjore Yadavindra Gardens
Bhima Devi Temple
Chattbir Zoo
Cactus Garden
Mansa Devi & Chandi Mandir ------The goddess Chandi gave her name to the city.These temples are typical examples of North Indian templearchitecture

Bhakra-Nangal
Morni Hills
Kasauli
Chail
Shimla ------This sprawling hill town, now the capital of Himachal Pradesh,was British India's summer capital.

Shimla's attractions:

Mall
Ridge
Number of grand old buildings including Vice regal Lodge
Jakhoo Temple with large number of monkeys
Chadwick Falls
Annadale grounds
Tibetan Bazaar Unfortunately we have not visitedthe place yet... So this is also in our To Explore list :P

Fun City...

An amusement Park

Apart from all that Chandigarh Technology Park (CTP) is coming up

For further information on this visit

http://chdit.nic.in/

I just miss my place so much....

Isn't my city beautiful :)

Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-03-20T16:54:00.000+06:00

Want to sleep right now

Feeling so drowsy in office......

Such a boring day it is !

Holi Hai

2006-03-16T11:05:00.001+06:00

India , a country of religions , festivals and colors . Holi is a festival of colors .. and this year we missed it . Here is a poem I got as forward from a friend of mine .. I apologize many friends who do not understand hindi .. but those who do would realize that this poem contains 1 or 2 lines from our lives too

Wandering thoughts....

2006-03-10T17:37:00.000+06:00

Want to write something but do not know what.....
Songs playing in background.....
But me lost somewhere just know it's playing what dunno...
Meanwhile googling I got this beautiful pic.... courtsey National Geographic Channel
I liked it so much so wanted to put here :)
I love water bodies especially if it's flowing just like a waterfall. I just love to touch it and it's so chilled that it gives a soothing effect and I feel as If am very relaxed. Right now am recalling few of them which I saw on the way to GOA. Have some awesome pics also of that....

Hmm weekend coming have to send my status report. Chalo catch u guys on Monday....

Ciao
Have fun
~preeti

Majjjaa Ayeyogya re....

2006-03-07T16:40:00.000+06:00

It was funfilled weekend.... long one and especially feel good when you know you are enjoying on monday and other's slogging in office :D

Chalo will give updates of it very soon
Take care you all
~preeti

Yuppeeeee a long weekend

2006-03-03T18:14:00.000+06:00

Yeah it's going to be a long weekend as my cousin is coming so we are going to have fun all the time ..... I have already taken leave for monday. Wow am so excited... [:)] So have lots of things in To Do list. :) And the gals going to rock.

BTW Sachin made wonderful dinner last night. I enjoyed :) and on his behalf am thanking you all for ur wishes and support. :)
~preeti

got confirmed ....

2006-03-02T18:37:00.000+06:00

I got confirmed .. Got a rating of 4.9 at 5 .. Boss is happy .. Although no Sal rise but enough for me to celebrate ..

Thanks all of u who prayed for us .. Thank u so much ..

Gradually this blog jo majak majak me shuru hua tha has become a great friend of mine .

anyways i am cooking for anjan today ..possibly bhelpoori and papdi chat .. will update u guys tomm what happ.. ;)

Happy Birthday Rajni :)

2006-03-01T10:32:00.000+06:00

Rajni my sweetest friend. We are friends from MCA and have shared lot of things together and even sometimes the room too ;) Had lot of fun in PG and have burned lamps together too. It's her birthday today and I want to wish her all the happiness and may she get success in her professional as well as Personal Life..... And I know she has found a person A* who will take care of her. God bless both of them :)
Had I been there we would have shared this cake too ;)

Happy Birthday Rajni

Preeti and Sachin

A new post .. .

2006-02-28T18:45:00.000+06:00

Precisely before you wonder this title ,I would tell you that since I could not think of anything else and did not have patience of thinking , I just kept this ..

There had been a long time since I have written something to blog , and Anjan too other then posting some forwards and things here and there had not done much . Reason is we both are pretty bored of the way life is progressing ..

There is nothing much happening in life front . No excitement, no expectations nothing doing .. I have been promising her to take her out for a movie and it has been 3 months hence . Just promises not kept ...

The routine is boring ..office work , home food and sleep .. got to do something out of it ... but donno what ..

My confirmation review is round the corner .. donno what will happen .. need wishes of all of you friends who are reading this .. will update u once it done .. Althought it will not make any difference to job still just a mental blockade ..

So the only thing is i will try and be more frequent to this post .. Also pour in suggestions to make things interesting ... :)

Paraphrasing the words of ROBERT VALLET

2006-02-23T13:33:00.000+06:00

I believe I am a unique and precious human being,
my own best friend :)
and my own worst enemy :(
a loveable and loving person,
capable of realizing my potential,
self respecting,
responsible for my own behavior,
learning from my mistakes,
creating a joyful life,
Making a difference in my own way,
Creating a beautiful world by little wishes,
a small and important part of the Universe.

I found these lines and thought of sharing with you guys
~Sachin

Another Tag....

2006-02-20T13:48:00.000+06:00

Pet Peeves
Okie here comes another tag from Manish this time and I need to write down 20 points I hate abt ppl. Okie I think it's not going to be so difficult as I think. Well this time the post is from Sachin and few points added by me too. Am compiling the points here :)

20 Points

People wearing green pants or other wierd combinations
Girls with too much of makeup and espiecially the dark red lipstick
People with oil smearing hair rather oil dripping and that too in lifts when it becomes choking to stand by them coz of the smell
People who ask simple things 5 times
People who break traffic manners and thinks road is their personal property
People who keep on honking horn without any need and don't care even if they are passing by hospital or schools

People who dial wrong number twice or more
People who forward the mails containing lines "forward this message to 10 ppl or else something bad is expected"
People who forward 10 year old jokes
People who make hell lot of noice in hotel lobby
People who make lot of noice while eating "chomp chomp chomp"
People who make their fingers dirty while eating
People who break queues

People who stare at our computer screen while talking to us and try to read our chat
People who don't say anything to their kids while they creating havoc or breaking expensive things at the host place
People who praise themselves
People who keep on talking in movie theatres and telling the other person what's gonna come next
People who keep on praising their child and don't listen to the deeds of other's child and start comparison
People who pressurize to eat or drink in party when a person is actually not willing to have it.
People who talk loud on phone and that too in office and don't lower their ring tones either

okie that was all.. List can still go but we should stop here. Okie now it's time to tag other's hmmokie here I go

Mehak
Emotions (revenge :D)
Preeti
Neetie (come back now)
Nidhi (some more addition to ur chatterbox)
Ricky (I know u are already tagged but no probs)

Nothing New

2006-02-16T19:57:00.000+06:00

Got nothing to write, no topic to talk on..... me waiting for sachin to finish up his work and pick me up from office... listening to this song right now in office....
Boley churiyaan boley kangnaa...
hayey mein ho gayee teri sajnaa...
On City 101.6 FM Dubai

Feeling damn hungry and dunno what am suppose to cook today :)

Sachin come soon.
am waiting yaar ...
now am completly bugged up....
Okie another song started ...

I can love u more than anyone else I mean it..
Yankee kai saanu tere naal pyaar ho gaya...
Saada dill bekraar ho gaya...
~Preeti

Hey We are back

2006-02-15T10:32:00.000+06:00

Yeah we are back to blog blog blog :D Okie my training got over and sachin is back from Mahabaleshwar. So have lots of work to do now and even have to complete the tag by Manish hmm chalo catch u guys later with some new post okla

Off to Mahabaleshwar

2006-02-08T15:03:00.000+06:00

What a tragedy !! Going to mahabaleshwar without biwi wo bhi Shaadi ke sirf 1.5 saal baad. I have a offitial meeting there .. I will miss preeti ( you all know her by the name of Anjan) soo much there.

Three days of gruelling raining and these ppl expect us to get up at 6:30 in morning huh .. that too after night long of dance , masti and... beer offcource ..

let's ee how it turns out .. i and anjan are planning since long to go out but it is only in plannign state ..
here is a pic of the place i am going to .

Forced Break...........:(

2006-02-07T11:33:00.000+06:00

So another training session is here which is forcing me to take break..... AS I'll be busy in the training for next 2 weeks so won't be able to post anything although I'll be visiting your blogs. And also I hope to get few posts from sachin too while am away from blogging :)

Happy Birthday Ranjan

2006-02-01T10:45:00.000+06:00

It's Ranjan's Birthday and I forgot :( but no worries he is so sweet he asked me to wish him on time before the clock strucks 12 and a new day starts. Isn't he cute......

okie still 20 mins to go and I hope I'll be able to publish this post before that.

These days he is in New Jersy away from his wife Preeti Ghate and cute daughter Anushree.... And I know he is missing them sooooooooooo much.

Ranjan is the one with whom I used to chat a lot and used to fight with him.. I used to bugg him up and he also used to pull my leg a lot which he still do....

Okie the yummy looking cake is sent by him only :)

Ranjan our best wishes are always with you

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hi Ranjan !
I have never met u or talked to you , but have heard a lot about u from anjan .. ( sometimes get jealous)

I along with Anjan wish you a very happy birthday ,, direct dil se and sincerely wish that next year u celebrate it with your family .
Wish you loads of happiness , health and ofcourse wealth ..

Sachin

~Preeti and Sachin

Un censored me ..

2006-01-31T11:17:00.000+06:00

Bahut dino baad post likh raha hoon .. wo bhi hindi mein ..
and that too uncensored.

Aaj apun ko bhi purane din yaad aagaye .. 5 saal se firangi kampani ke liye kaam (???) karte karte .. desi panti kahin kho gayee thi .. dimag DD1 se Star World ho gaya tha .. Aaj khain se bhoole bisre geet ubhar aaye aur apna dimag wapas flash back mein challa gaya ..

kya dinn the yaar wo .. sunday ki 5:30 picturee ( movie yaar) ... uske pahle wala nirma ka ad ( which did not change for 19 yrs) . 7:30 ki chaupaal .. 8 baje ka chitrahaar ... wah kya din the ..

shaam ko galli ka criket peeche wali gali ko kudiyoon ko impress karne ki faltu ki koshish .. wah wah

khair abhi shaadi ho gayee , career , naukri , package , in sab mein pata nahin originality kahan kho gayee... Barista ki lights mein thaddee kahan rah gayee pata hi nahin chala .. 80 rs ki cofee mein 1.50 ki cutting ka taste nahi hai ..

Shankar ke samose aaj bhi patties or burgers se jyada tasty lagte hai ..

iskeliye apun decide kiya hai . ke apun ka majority post abb desi hi hoga ..

aap sabhi log kya bolte ho .. jaldi se iska reply karo .. fir main sochta hoo..

desi ya firangee..

Sachin

Tagging Business on hook

2006-01-24T14:40:00.000+06:00

Well this is the first time someone has tagged us... kudos to Emotions

Okie as usual Sachin being a busy person and me a vehleee have to take this

ummm.....

Okie before I start this game let me tell you rules of the same:

Rules:

The tagged victim has to come across with 8 different points for their perfect lover.
Need to mention the Sex of the target.
Tag other 8 victims to join this game and leave a comment on their blog telling them that they have been tagged.
If tagged for the second time, there is no need to post again.

Sex of the Target:

Male

Perfect Lover:

What to mention as I have already found one in Sachin

Okie what has made him a perfect lover ....
lots and lots of things yaar...I cannot jot them all.
Anyways will try to cover maximum in 8 points

He is my best friend and is always beside me when ever I need him
He understands my feelings just looking at face and I cannot just hide anything from him.
He knows me more than I know myself
He is always in my reach and we both are compatible to each other
He listens to me patiently..... all my blah blah and needs, desires, fantacy
He faces all the hurdles coming my way and keep me aside of that
I feel secure with him
He takes care of me like am a small baby and tries to fulfill my every single wish

well a list is never ending......
I just don't know about anything but I love him from the core of my heart and we are made for each other...

Love can't be measured.....
It can only be felt..

He means a lot to me......

Okie now the fun part I need to tag 8 different people ...
Let me think whom should I do..

Ofcourse Neetie was first in list but she is already been tagged by someone else so will have to think of other people..

Here are they....(hope they don't kill me ;) )

I wanted to tag Mitesh but as he is going to Atlanta so thought of sparing him :D

so now what left okie need to put comment's in these ppl and tell them abt the prank hahahaha..

The nostalgia ..

2006-01-20T15:00:00.000+06:00

After long time absenteeism I am back . I need to be constantly bugged for doing anything .. Anyways , the nostalgia , as we had been talking about .. this is phenomanal you live your life thru certain ways and then u walk over to next destination . Still sometimes you wish to visit them , relive them . The days of adolecense , childhood and youth .. well 2006 is the year when we all touch 30 , a year for another change . A time to set new destinations and to find new ways .. then soon there would be concluding lines of this poetry called life..

Anyways , thanks a lot everybody for being regualr on our blog ,, today i don't have much to write , but just wanted to write something so created this post ..

Before I go would love you guys to read lines from a song which is very close to my heart .. This song is from Barsaat sung by Bhupinder

Karoge Yaad To Har Baat Yaad Aayegi
Guzarte Waqt Ki Har Mauj Thehar Jayegi

Yeh Chand Beete Zamanon Ka Aaina Hoga
Bhatakti Abra Mein Chehra Koi Bana Hoga
Udaas Raah Koi Dastaan Sunayegi
Karoge Yaad To...

Barasta Bheegta Mausam Dhuan - Dhuan Hoga
Pighalti Shammon Pe Dil Ka Mere Guma Hoga
Hatheliyon Ki Heena Yaad Kuchh Dilayegi
Karoge Yaad To...

Gali Ke Modh Pe Soona Sa Koi Darwaaza
Tarasti Aankhon Se Rasta Kisika Dekhega
Nigaah Door Talak Jaake Laut Aayegi
Karoge Yaad To...

Love and Peace
Sachin

Those were the days..................

2006-01-20T14:14:00.000+06:00

Well I was remembering my college days today, my old friends and then I was chatting today with my long time chat friend Ranjan, whom I know for last 5 yrs. We were remembering our old talks and the topics we used to discuss and then remembered all my college friends and then suddenly it strike to me to put here a collage made by Sachin while he was remebering his old days, all his childhood friends with whom he is still in touch, Siddhartha Mathur, Uttam Mathur, Gaurav Sharma, Manish Chaturvedi, Akhil Bhansali and Ashish Daga. All of them are now located at different locations of this world except Sidds as he is working in Hyderabad only .But still they all have golden memories their heart.
Few days back he got a forwarded mail upon which he along with Sidds, Uttam and Gaurav did some enhancements and pen down their feelings. Sachin collated them into one and prepared this collage.....
In this the last 5 stanza's are the one which were forwarded and these guys took that as base and made their contributions to it.
Well in this you can find sachin in white t-shirt with a huge smile on his face.

Isn't he golu molu :D
Okie the one in orange shirt is Siddarth bhai, one with garland is Ashish daga and one behind him in black shirt is Gaurav sharma...

yes u can see sachin of childhood days also screaming .... giving big howls :D the kid here behind the lines 3 old friends,3 seperate cities.....

Sundar Mundariyey hoyey............

2006-01-12T12:06:00.000+06:00

Here come's lohri...Celebrated on 13 th January every year. My favorite festival but I cannot celebrate it as being in south India no one celebrates and then there are very few punjabi people here... it's not cold here so can't feel the lohri's smell in air :(

Me missing chandigarh and it's lohri celebrations
Me missing my mom n dad.... my sisters with whom I used to fight a lot.

I remember the way we used to celebrate lohri there..
All colony ppl used to pool up and used to make one huge bonfire...
We all used to surround it with elders sitting on chairs and kids used to play having fun... with everyone chanting :

Sunder Munderiye ho.
Tera kaoun Vichara..ho
Dulha bhatti wala ... ho
Dulhey ney tee vihayee ... ho
Sear shakar paayee... ho
Kuri de bojey paayee... ho

People taking parikarma (moving around) the bonfire and then after puja distributing the prasad mostly of til, gur, gajak, moongfally, phulley and pop corn.

having fun and then little kids from nearby used to come and ask for lohri sweets by chanting..

lohri do je lohri....
jeevay teri jordhi...

or the same song sundermunderiye ho..

and when they used to get sweets they used to say bye by chanting..

Dabba bhariyaa leeran da...
eh ghar ameeran da...

or

Baja bai Baja...
Eh ghar Raja...

but if they were denied at someone's house pat comes the reply from those kids..

Hukka bai Hukka...
Eh Ghar Bhukkaa..

What a fun man... Really missing all that.
It was a tradition that compulsory mom will make sarson ka saag and makki ki roti for dinner..

I remember even we used to celebrate lohri in our school and even when in college too...
It was so much fun to celebrate with friends during noon and then wiht family and neighbours ... With the music system playing at it's pitch and all galiwala's dancing till their breathe...

Wish we can celebrate our next lohri with our parents next year..

As am missing lohri I know sachin missing his makkar sakranti very much..
He has told me about his passion for flying kites and how all the family members will gather at terrace and even food was being cooked on terrace. Sachin and his friends would gather and fly kites , play blarring music and have lots of fun.

I wish to see that also....

New Year Resolution

2006-01-10T11:59:00.000+06:00

He he he.... me again with some online tests...
Okie I clicked to find out what new year resolution shall I take and I got this :(

In the year 2006 I resolve to:

Loose at least seven jobs.

Get your resolution here

TGIF

2006-01-06T18:15:00.000+06:00

So finally TGIF ( thank god it's friday) . The work week is about to end and a weekend to start...

2006-01-06T11:16:00.000+06:00

The Birthday Breakfast !!!

Okie as u can see the Cake..... which was already relish by Sachin n Me durin midnight itself :)
And it was yummy .........................:)

Wonderful Day :)

2006-01-04T11:19:00.000+06:00

Yesterday was the most memorable day of my life.......
Sachin gave me surprize by waking me up at 12 a.m. with a lovely, yummy choclate cake (being tired I slept early and he so sweet kept himself awake). Cake was just wonderful (will post it's pic to tomorow)... as it was melting in mouth.. THanks sachin.. and then phone calls from both of our parents wishin me was good enough and then the door bell rang up ... lo here was flower man standing with bouquet of roses.... so nice start. And then on reaching office got to know abt Neetie's Post and she made me feel so special that she wrote a post for me. That too at 12 a.m. isn't that cute of her and it was simply amazing so many people wishing me..It was just wonderful and memorable. Thanks NEetie.
Okie then we had a nice food at "Dastar" which I relished the most. Day ended with lots n lots of memories and a huge smile on my face.
Thank you every one...........

Happy Birthday Preeti

2006-01-03T12:46:00.000+06:00

A look Back at 2005

2006-01-02T11:38:00.000+06:00

So the year 2005 is over. A important year of my rather our life.. Waise to all the time is important but this year had been a very significant. The life has taken a definite turn, lot of dreams realized, lots of milestones achieved and lot of things remained unfinished .

The year was significant because

Anjan (Preeti) started her career. Initially there were hiccups but finally now she is having nice time at job and looks she is learning very fast..
I took 2 job changes and finally looks as if I am settled for now. Kanbay is a nice company to be in the only concern area is the career growth in next 5 years, still I feel i would like to give it some more time.
Financially, it was a year of good earnings and more spending, somehow managed to strike balance.. Cleared lot of old debts and now things seem to be on track .. At the start of year burnt hands in share market and learnt it hard way.. Later invested wisely ( at least I think so ) and now things look fine .
Bought the Home Theater ... :)
Personally I and Preeti became more mature and have now learnt to be complimentary to each other.. Now we have a better understanding of each others need and wishes and have learnt to appreciate them as well .
Parental side things were and are good..

and yes I touched the 30's

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

So Good bye 2005
and WELCOME 2006..

cheers...

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

Brooks Atkinson

Happy New Year

2005-12-30T18:55:00.000+06:00

Yuppee my Office desktop back in shape....................

2005-12-27T12:19:00.000+06:00

So at last am able to set wallpapers on my desktop.... and thankgoodness no more boring policies and mission to look around.........
~Preeti

100 Hits !!!

2005-12-19T14:07:00.000+06:00

Wow 100 hits on our blog .. thanks everybody for dropping in .. cheers
Sachin

2005-12-19T11:56:00.000+06:00

Wish you the happiest of years ahead .

Preeti and Sachin Bhandari

It's Monday

2005-12-19T10:59:00.000+06:00

Hmm...... Monday is back again :(
Got up at 7.30 and both of us were still sleepy but cudn't help it as maid was there for cleaning up so had to get up but as soon as she left both of us decided to have a quick nap again so went back to sleep at 8 with our alram set up at 8.30...anyways got up at 8.45 and obviously were late for office........

There I came to know I forgot Aarti's B'day. Very Very bad of me
Belated Happy Birthday Aarti...
This is for you..

And a special birthday qoute for you to:

" Do not count life by years in it. ..
Add life to your years "

Our New Home theater System- The concluding part

2005-12-16T14:43:00.000+06:00

After lot of fuzz , and hrad work , it's here our new home theater system... It's In our home.
I had a dream to buy one for 8 years and finally I have it . Phillips 5106 DVD+ HTR 5000 5.1 channel speakers . Looks good hope it sounds good tooo .

I tried to set it up but culd not looks i am missing some cords. DVD player is working file .. hope to get the system working tonight .

Saturday me in office . disgusting , this month has been hell lot of work . would try to finish off deliveries on time .

chalo read this before i sign off ..

PRAYER ON BEHALF OF TODAY'S GENERATION:

HEY KRISHNA TU IS KALYUG MAY AA KAR TO DIKHA?
TUNE 18 SAAL KI UMAR ME MAMA KANS KO MARA,
BIN LADEN KO HATH LAGA KAR TO DIKHA?

TUNE PURA PARVAT EK UNGLI PAR UTHAYA
MERE GYM ME AA KAR EK DUMBELL UTHA KE TO DIKHA?

TUNE BHARI MEHFIL ME DRAUPADI KO SAREE PEHNAI,
MALLIKA KO EK JODI KAPDA PEHNA KE TO DIKHA?

TUNE GOKUL KI 1600 GOPIAN EK SAATH ME PATAI,
MERE COMPANY KI EK LADKI PATA KAR TO DIKHA?

TUNE ARJUN KO TO PURI GEETA SUNAYEE,
MERE BOSS SE EK BAAR BAAT KAR KE TO DIKHA?

TUNE TO ARJUN KA SARATHI BANKE PANDAVON KO JITAAYA
INDIA CRICKET TEAM KA COACH BAN KE WORLDCUP JITAAKE TO DIKHA?

HE KRISHNA TU IS KALYUG MAY AA KAR TO DIKHA?

Waiting for krishna ... Sachin

New Look

2005-12-16T11:00:00.000+06:00

Okie here I again tried to give our blog a new look....... Although used predefined template only but I think It looks cool and am going to stick to this for couple of months and then again will think of renovation ;)

Oh News of the day..............
Finally we got our home theatre system

Another Online Self Test

2005-12-16T10:30:00.000+06:00

Oh Here I come with another personality test of mine which shows what friend character am I..

you're rachel...sophisticated and cosmopolitan, but
a little on the shallow side. your friends
envy the ease with which you attract members of
the opposite sex, but they know they'll always
come first.

which Friends character are you?
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Irritating.............

2005-12-14T10:45:00.000+06:00

This is really irritating....
Today I was trying to change desktop wallpaper and Lo this is what has appeared. So we are not allowed to change our desktop background.

It's really sick....

Anyways I don't want to see everytime the boring and iritating background....

~Preeti

Husband's are really innocent

2005-12-08T18:16:00.001+06:00

Hmm it's really true isn't it.....
Well Well Well ....
What do I have to say my sachin is really sweet...... innocent hmmmmmm I'll have to think about that..

But what do you have to say about this........

Husbands are really innocent

Where is the money ?

Show me ur Pockets...

I ll not give the money...... She spends all of my salary.....Booohoooo!!!

Give me way..... I am going for shopping.

Thanks Sweetheart...........bye :)

he he he........ what you have got to say Sachin......

~Preeti

Home Theater - Kahani mein twist

2005-12-08T17:13:00.000+06:00

Lo Bhai , Kahani mein ek aur twist .. Philips is offering a 8500 WATT perchannel 145 RMS 5.1 channel speaker system only for 15000 , now that is a steel .. Well I need to hear it to believe it .. The Sales manager called himself ( hehehe) and told me this . The model is expected to come on next week mid.
I really want this to be done before my birthday .. and Iam so confused.

Today the day had been pretty hectic . Loads of work is flowing in since quite few days , hope I am able to keep up with pressure. Preeti is not well again but I know my brave BOSHO ( this is what I call her) will come back with a bang.

Saw our new OFFICE Campus yesterday , it rocks .. here is some humor..

Q: Why dogs don't marry?
A: Because they are already leading a dog's life!

Some Trivia Facts
~ The sandwich is named for the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could stay at the gambling table without interruptions for meals.

~ An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."

~ China's Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9,000 people at one time.

~Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human.

~According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until the 1730's, India was the only source for diamonds in the world.

Bheja Fry

2005-12-07T15:29:00.000+06:00

Here comes a forwarded stuff which I liked so I thought of sharing with u guys.......
Gabbar: Are o Sambha
Sambha: Ji Sardar
Gabbar: Kitne Admi the re?
Sambha: Do Sardar
Gabbar: Mujhe ginti nahi aati. Do kitne hotey hain?
Sambha: Sardar Do Ek ke baad ata hai.
Gabbar: Aur Do ke pehle?
Sambha: Do ke pehle Ek aata hai
Gabbar: To bich mein kaun aata hai?
Sambha: Bich mein koi nahi aata
Gabbar: To fir Dono ek saath kyon nahi atey?
Sambha: Do Ek ke baad hi aa sakta hai, kyonki Do ek se bada hai.
Gabbar: Do ek se bada hai? Kitna bada hai?
Sambha Do ek se Ek bada hai?
Gabbar: Agar Do ek se ek bada hai to ek ek se kitna bada hai?
Sambha: Sardar, Maine tumhara namak khaya hai, mujhe goli mardo par bheja mat khao.

Our New Home Theater System

2005-12-06T18:49:00.000+06:00

Gosh , i have been doing lot of reasearch on the home theater thing .. 49 forums , over 1000 posts innumerable sites , uncounted hours of googling and what not ..

finally I have just zerod down to Philips 5106 K as the DVD player.. It has great features and best of it supports DIVX as well. As if now is out of stock. LADY LUCK listen to my plea pleaseeeeeeeeee.

Now the quest is on for AMP and speakers. ONKYO is the front runner as if now but options have opened today for Philips HTR 5000 as well . I belive all the people in hyderabad who deal in philips and onkyo know me know :( since I have made so many calls to them

Today I even reached to Dy, Manager Sales India and enquired about things. He was nice fellow and helped me a lot. He has offered some discount as well. let's see what I zero down too..

Preeti is not well , and that makes me sad very sad.. hope she gets well soon , a smile on her face makes my day but when she is off or sick I am in bad shape...hope she gets well soon so that quickly go and buy our DVD player atleast...