Going back to memory lanes again...

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

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

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........

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.....................

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 ...........

Got Nothing to write or share today
~preeti

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

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

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

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....

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

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......

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Want to sleep right now

Feeling so drowsy in office......

Such a boring day it is !

Holi Hai

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....

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....

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

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 ....

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 :)

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 .. .

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

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