Expect The Unexpected!!!!!!!!!

Remember that feeling when we think tomorrow is a working day and it happens to be a Sunday,

that smile on our face is so genuine and wholehearted.

That amazement when we are humming some song and out of the blue that same song is on air,

when we are thinking about someone and suddenly that person calls us,

Such sweet coincidences, such unexpected gestures are precious. 

No matter how petty these reflexes are, no matter how trivial they are 

they take away all the negativity, the uncertainty, the adversity which surrounds us all the time with them,

and makes us happy despite of everything

Expectation hurts??? 

depends on what we are expecting....

Expect  hearing from a long lost school friend 

Expect a surprise gift 

Expect a romantic candle light dinner

Expect nice bright morning

Expect that today is the Best Day

Expect the Unexpected!!!!!!! 

PS: Helloo to all my blogger friends, I am back from my vacation

I missed reading your wonderful blogs, Hope that you all are doing good :) :)

Doubly HAPPY!!!!!

I am not only happy, I am Doubly Happy today, 

I had innumerable things planned for this moment, i was longing for this happiness

but now when my wait is over, i am numb, i don't know how to express my happiness

I hope by stating 'I am Happy' i am doing justice to my feelings

Next week We(yesss Me and M share our Birthday, i knowwww, rightttt) will have one more reason to celebrate along with our Birthday

I will start my Masters Program from this fall semester, got my admission confirmed today, Yessss finally the loooong wait is over and what makes this more special is i get to celebrate this with my family as i'll be visiting India after almost 2years phewwww....

If we are waiting for something, each day seems prolonged, every minute is lengthy

There is an unending war between Positive and Negative parts of our brain,

overpowering and dominating each other....

We might be physically present but mentally, we are wandering somewhere in search of answers

Poor mind is entangled in the infinite loop of 'What-If'

And one fine day Just-Like-That without any prior notification, 

One E-mail, One Letter, One Phone-call breaks this hiatus like a beam of sunlight breaks the darkness...

Isn't it amazing how few seconds of Blissfulness fades away days/months long Gloominess just like that!!!!!

Its all in the MIND!!!!!!

It is weird how this 3 pound mind controls rest of our body,
so is MIND the most important organ of our body???
when I was a kid i used to come up with this question every now and then,
what is the most-important-organ of our body, after hours of introspection i would conclude that may be Eyes are the most important organ of our body, the funny part is that this conclusion would change every week, Even today i ask this question to myself but over the years i have figured out that,
MIND may not be the most important body part but it is indeed most Powerful part of our body,
Isn't it intriguing when we crave for an ice-cream in the middle of night,
when we just have to watch a particular movie even if we have watched it so many times in the past,  when we feel like going on long drives,
when for no reason we want to call our loved ones who are far away from us,
Our body is just reacting to whatever is going on up-there
I probably realize this every Monday, when my mind resists going to gym and in that process comes up with most innovative excuses, But today I was amazed by the power of my Mind,
Where I usually exercise for 40-45 minutes, I kept on doing it for more than one hour only because my mind was engrossed in the newly installed instruments at the gym,
today my body was not fatigued, it was not waiting for the machine to show 'END OF WORKOUT'
this is such a trivial instance, but if understood and used wisely power of Mind is stupendous...
Dont you think so, have you ever experienced anything like this???

Curious???

I was eager to write with my father’s fancy pen,
To have the feel of his power and authority

I was curious to wear my mom’s dress and makeup,
to see if I look like her

I was desperate to learn how to ride a bicycle
I would fall many times, injure myself but never gave up

I was eager to finish my education
To face the world all by myself

I was ready to usher in the world of Grownups
little did i know that
Growing Up means following the rules
Growing Up means to be in a rut
Growing Up means locking the little window of innovation
Growing Up means caring more about what people think of me
Growing Up means striving for acceptance
Growing Up means forgetting the original me
Growing Up means becoming fearful
Growing Up means not trying hard enough....

I’m not saying that all adults live a mundane life but I can definitely say that children are innovative
So what makes us loose the inquisitiveness??
why do we get influenced so easily??
I don’t know, but I’ve figured out one thing-
It’s always good to embrace childhood,
It broadens my vision, keeps me in a learning mode
and most important I’m not afraid to try new things

I guess we can reduce dullness from our lives
by reliving the good old childhood days!!!!!!

And WE Fight....

Days are Longer
Nights are Sleepless
When We Fight

I am unbending
He is Stubborn
When We fight

Laughs are Missing, Hugs are vanished
Talks are Precise, Eyes hardly meet
When We Fight

I prefer Shouting and Screaming
While he is Quiet
'Men are from Mars and Women from Venus'
This is so Right!!!
Yes WE Fight....

Who says Marriage is all about Love and Endearment
One of its major ingredient is Disagreement
Only to feel the immense Love after every fight
We Fight...

I know this will be over
We will resolve things
but one fine day
We will again
FIGHT....

PS: FIGHT here refers to trivial arguments, nothing Serious :)

And the Award goes To....

 Last month was all about awards be it OSCARS or Liebster...
 Speaking My heart....  nominated me for 'The Creative Blogger Award'
 also Purple Assassin nominated me for the 'Liebster Award'

Thank you Girls and thank you all for reading and appreciating mindBLOWING!!!!
Here comes the tough part, answering the questions, well i hope i do justice to your interesting questions

Following are the questions from Speaking My Heart

1. One thing you truly love about yourself

   I think i'm a good daughter, i want to be the best though :)

2.  Biggest achievement

    When I spent my first salary on buying gifts for my family, that moment is very close to my heart

3. which one is more important: Truth that hurts or Lie that retains the smile? why?

    I prefer truth that hurts, although it will hurt for a while, but in the long run Truth will persist

Click Here for the questions and answers from Purple Assassin


Best Part, My nomination for 'Creative Blogger Award'

Travel With Me
Rainbow
Farzana & Aliasgar Mukhtiar
My Silhouette Dreams
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Enjoy!!!

Love You Sister!!!!!

I was lonely, I was friendless
Till you came into my life
You were like a beam of light, fresh breeze of air
You were someone I could easily maneuver

I was unimportant, I was inconsiderable
Till you came into my life
You paid heed to my words
You were my chief supporter
You followed me all over

We argued, we quarreled
It was then I realized,
We were so unlike each other, yet hard to separate
We were so stubborn at times, but would yield to each other

We chuckled, we giggled
We shared, borrowed
Of all those days we were together
I never realized how precious our bond is
Miles apart from you
I only wish to relive every single day with You...

Sh*t HAppens!!!!

Excuse me for the language ppl but can i just get it out,
Life is one bumpy ride, it comes with all sorts of uninvited twists and turns
Ask me about it- yaaahannn
well i know i'm not the only one, every one has their own customized way to bi**ch about life
and this is my way *cruel smile*
For past 3months i was longing for this day 7th feb 2013,
sitting at home, i almost cut myself from the world,  our living room is turned into my study room, with papers and books lying around, poor M does not come home for lunch anymore for my convenience, Our dinner includes two kinds of delicacies  EGGS and MAGGIE
I was all set to write a happy-happy post bragging little bit about my achievement and stuff like that *ahem ahem* and here i am boring you all with my not-so-happy-post :(
I have not been to GYM, now this is worse, i try to hide myself by 3-4 layers of clothing thanks to winters-i still look normal
My disheveled appearance is killing me, Nevertheless i am happy, this is going to end soon and i will be back to my normal clean and healthy life with lots of yummy food but NOOO.....
Good things never come easy, if they come easy they are not good enough
something similar happened with me, my most awaited moment just went by because of some technical error *BOOM*
stunned, annoyed, sad i didn't know how to react
By the end of the day i was tired of screaming and whining and had to face the reality- This will go-on for few more days.
But whats life without a little DRAMA right!!!!!

Home ALONE :) :)

 6th day of 2013 is almost here
 And past 5days were spend wishing every single person Happy 2013, making resolution, setting goals
Hmmmm so now its time to actually get on with Life
SIGH SIGH
In the mean time M had to go out of town for a conference,
I had to stay back, this is probably first time (post marriage) that I'm all alone
I reminiscence those days when i would look forward to occasions like this,  i mean it was like a golden opportunity to be alone at Home.
My Mother being a Home-Maker has always been watchful,  Me and my sister were rarely left alone

I remember doing all the crazy things,
wearing my mother's sarees
dancing to all raunchy item numbers/songs doing all those obscene movements
ahem ahem you know what i'm talking about right
barge into the refrigerator to have all those ice-cream and chocolates
spending hours and hours in front of mirror-Really
call all the friends over and have night-long girl talks.

Now a days my favorite to-do thing is to  have all kinda stuff like a remote, phone, eatables,
books, water, coffee-cup in a reachable distance so you just don't have to get up what-so-ever
I have not even bothered to open the drapes heeeeeee

Well i did a little crazy-dance yesterday for a moment i felt as if i was too old for it...
but then i realized you are never too old to do a little crazy-dance, especially when you are all alone it brings out that insanity in you... :P


I'll resume to my normal sane routine Tomorrow
till then Happy Craziness to Me!!!!!!

back to ROUTINE!!!!!

Hummmmm, the after effects of a vacation are somewhat similar to hangover, in a good sense though.

My fingers moving slowly over the keyboard is one of its sign, they need to be stretched

What else do you except after a long relaxing vacation,

Even a thought of long weekend excites me,

Spending time with M, meeting friends, traveling, road trips, shopping, wine, waking up late, no workouts, eating unhealthy food... SIGH SIGH

basically doing everything that you are not supposed to do, or may be you don’t get to do on everyday basis

What amazes me is the way i get excited about the vacation, and how i start planning things way before, and when on vacation how one day seems to be shorter as compared to a regular day

On the other hand, returning back to home is so painful,

Last day of the vacation mind is bloated with all kinds of worries,

Packing the bags, catching flight, thinking about piled up work, getting emails and meeting notification from office…  its dreadful

On my way back home, i was scrolling through the pictures and each one has its own story

suddenly a smile spread across my face

one thing is definite, Although this vacation is over but the memories will always stay with me

I am rejuvenated... 

I am motivated to work harder... 

I am back to my routine life...  

lets have some fun!!!

I found this very interesting game invented by Coveted Dreams called Word-O-Logy Wednesday
 a word association game, where in you associate a particular word with first phrase/word that comes to your mind... i know... awesome right!!!

God:Peace
India:My Country
Maths: Sucks
Wedding:Rollar Coaster
Road Trip:Fascinating
Women:Multi-tasking          
Black: Beautiful
Blogging:Stimulating
Shopping:Unquenchable
Dreams:Perpetual

Happy Weekend Everyone :)

BazZZzinGa Moment!!!!!

My first award!!!!!!!

Dum Daaaa Diiii Daaaa…

I almost feel like some celebrity chased by paparazzi…aaahhhhh

Or I feel like playing for the 'Koffee Hamper' on koffee with Karan  ahem ahem!!!!!

Before I'm lost in my dream world,

Let me  thank Ani from  Absolutely Not Sure ! who nominated mindBLOWING for this award, 

1. What makes you blog?

I scribble a lot.. last pages of my notebooks are always filled with some random words, my name, songs, poems etc,

Now that I have all the time in the world for myself, blogging has become most ideal thing to do

2. Which part of your life inspires you the most?

    My Mother..she is and always be an integral part of my life.

3. Who is your fav author
     Dan Brown, Paulo Coehlo, Stephen Covey, Ashwin Sanghi, and the list goes on...

4 Which day is most memorable for you?

   Ahhh there are so many, but a day spent exactly according to me is memorable for me.

5.Which song best describes you?

   I guess i have a song for every phase of my life, but yes i often listen to the title song form movie     Rangeela and can totally relate to it.

6. If given which would be your last wish

   To be recognized (in a good way) by people other than my family and relatives.

7. What makes you feel blessed?
    My family.

8. Beaches or Mountains?
    I love both but as we have been to beach recently i would say mountains,

    M i hope you are reading this one :P

9. Your fav item in closet?
    Right now, its my new Black Blazer.

    

10. Your Most desired b'day gift?

      A looong vacation with my family.

11.How much you loved this award?

     I'm so much in love with my award... ohhh its been 3days now and i'm like
     i got an award yessss i got an award yuhuuuuuu,
     ahem ahem well, i better stop now  :P :P

 11 random facts about me... 

1. I’m momma’s girl.. 

2. I like to dream, irrespective of day or night,

3.  A movie freak, I just cant afford to miss any trailer though, would rather miss a movie, duhhhh

4.  I like reading/watching Indian Mythology, Mahabharata being my all time fav epic

5. I like to engage myself in any kind of craft work

6.  A TV addict, i can watch anything and everything on TV all day long,

   ( mostly advertisements chat shows, interviews, behind the scenes, making of a song/movie etc)

7. I hate Maths

8. I love to workout, I love my gym,

9. An introvert, and a confused soul

10. Ardent Shah-Rukh-Khan fan 

11. A morning person, I start off like a robot, and by the end of the day i act like 90 year old… duhhh!!!

As per rules i have to nominate (new) blogs/bloggers for the same award who in turn have to answer the same questions 

My Nominations are :) :)

Savera

ANUNAD

Congratulations Guys!!!!!

Road Trip 1

Though this was not our first road trip, for some strange reason i wrote 1 up there

road trips are always fun, and this was my 3^rd (US) road trip and i have lost the count if i consider (Indian) road trips

Also I have read & heard so much about fall foliage over the years, finally got to experience and capture fall closely.

Trees covered with the shades of bright yellow and vibrant red, resembling some sort of painting

I was completely mesmerized by the fall colors...

We started off early in the morning, foggy breezy morning, morning longing for a cup of coffee…

with the melody of an ipod and prominent voice of GPS we commenced our journey

Roads… aren’t they mystical.. changing demeanor every now and then,

In morning they seem to be calm, fresh, peaceful,

evening they seem to be flirting around while night makes them bit scary...

God knows how long it might have taken to pave all these roads,

if only the road could speak i would know

how it feels to be paved for infinite years..

how it feels to witness myriad of vehicles..

how it feels to be rigid, firm and continual..

how it feels to bridge the gap

There are numerous people on road, with numerous purpose…

some relaxed, some rushing

some happy, some gloomy

The road knows it all...

If only the road could speak I would ask

How it feels to know it all...

Like every Road Trip, this one too left me pondering

this is why i love road trips, you can take time off and think about so many random things

regardless of getting answer to every question on your mind...

I Want Everything...Everything I cant Have!!!!

Why?? Why am i attracted to things i cant have

why am i curious to meet people i cannot ever meet

why am i inclined to do things i probably can never do

Is this a kind of temptation? am i an unsatisfied soul? i don’t know

And if one fine day, out of the blue all my wishes are fulfilled

Then what will be my reaction, i will be happy, very happy...

Will i start taking things for granted and don’t value them anymore

Will i start working on my wish list all over again, may be...

So the point is everyone has a wish list, some are open about it while some hide it but there is no harm in having one

As far as you are well aware of your dos and don’ts, and you know where to draw a line, you can wish for anything and everything present on this planet.

Every time i wish for something, i make sure i say this to myself

I am happy with my Life and I will never complain..

ummm... well i complain sometimes, but this is a normal human trait isn’t it unless i turn into a saint some day :p

I am one of those who hide there wish list, but the other day, M asked me about my wish list and it really got me thinking, i started penning down things and its bizarre but it made me feel contented

I could imagine myself living my fantasies, 

Just in case any one's feeling gloomy or you've got some time to kill try making a wish list.

One LazZZzzY Day!!!

Sooo I’m done being poetic and philosophical

I mean its pretty tiring...

I woke up this morning, and believe me its not my fault

I may be wrong but It was something about this morning,

although i’m not saying that i wake up with the very first alarm ring,

but this morning was different, it was cloudy, bit chilly and then it started raining, conclusion: It was a lazy morning

I personally feel that rains brings out  lazy side of me, i don’t feel like doing anything expect sitting on my couch reading a nice book or watching a good movie or F.R.I.E.N.D.S and sipping some hot coffee….

But then there are times when you need to remind yourself that you are not on a vacation, and its not a weekend either *sigh *

so i jumped out of my bed grumbling, did my homely tasks, cooking cleaning etc.

At last my cribbing came to an end, I peeped out of my window and it was raining, i thought i had a chance of being little lazy, out of laziness i skipped my lunch, i just didn’t want to use or rather waste any of my energy there

how stupid is that, who does that grrrrrr!!!!!

Anyways one glance at my couch, my old cozy comfortable couch, i missed you bad, very bad, (situations where you get to see your furniture after 3weeks can lead to such emotional outbursts)

I quickly placed all the needy things within my reachable diameter, you know why, right...

Hopping over my couch with remote-control in one hand, while coffee in another felt divine, and supreme, i was literally laughing at myself, but at the same time this day was a breather, it has completely rejuvenated me and prepared me for tomorrow...hummmm 

i know i know i'm not at all bragging about my laziness, all i want to say is 

Take some time off, Go easy on yourself, Relax... 

primitive LIVING!!!!!!

Moving/Shifting has always been a fun experience for me, since i always look forward to new beginnings, new people, new cities, but moving all the way from Virginia to Kansas wasn’t a cake walk, emotionally as well as physically

According to me, moving has two phases packing and unpacking, 

packing being the easy one and i’m spared from the horror of unpacking for a week or two

Since this was pretty much my first individual moving experience, before this all i had to do was to take care of my things but now its our things, our kitchen, our clothes, our documents… responsiblitieszzzz.. sometimes I hate being a grown-up.

However, we were so happy with the fact that we have packed everything right,  our only concern was to find an appropriate place to live, and within no time we managed to find one

(BTW, i'm loving my new house, and super-excited as we have a huge gym right across the road..yeyyyy)

On the other hand i was perturbed with the certainty that i have to survive without Wifi/television/phone for more than a week, 
It never occurred to me that there are things besides these which could be more important

As days are passing by i’ve realized that there is nothing like home-cooked food, i was so sick and tired of eating out, that for a day i was literally cutting vegetables with the help of spoon, i truly felt like an inventor or something like that, the feeling didn't last for long though :P
 errr... .. as i told you- 'we packed everything'  even a knife :P :(

Another important thing we forgot to take with us was a comforter/sleeping bag

no marks for guessing… our backs are in a very bad condition...now i know one of the reasons behind a wonderful and an energetic day is def a sound sleep

So everyday i would figure out something as minor as a pen, scissors, a charger, an iron board, a cushion has such a major importance in our lives

Thus in a nutshell, wherever we go, no matter how big or small we are.. in the long run our basic needs are the same, same old Food, Shelter & Clothing (Roti, Kapda Aur Makaan) 

As far as life without wifi is concerned, its more relaxing and peaceful

rather than stalking people on facebook i engage myself reading a good book,

M now allocates more time for my jibber jabbar since there is no PS3

one of the serious transformation being 'Early to Bed Early to Rise' as we are devoid of television which means late night movies/ T.V. series
Although, all these days i've missed blogging, and reading my fav blogs a lot :)

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about”

the chole BLOOPER!!!

helloooo everyone, Wishing you all a Very Happy Friendship's Day!!!!

so friends this is where i reveal my little secret to you.. sshhhh its between you & me

bloopers, goof-ups are part of my daily life..  

banging head with walls, falling off stairs, spilling food/chocolates/icream/drinks specially when i’m wearing white,

I’m extermely bad with keychains, and involuntarily cruel with my cell phone, do i even need to mention passwords huhhhhh

as of now you must be laughing your heads off but my blooper list has a new entry, cooking…

this was one untouched, unconquered field for me up until now

okk i can already hear those giggles, but you will be glad to know that i’m not that bad at it.. in fact i’m happy that i’ve inherited at least one good gene from my mom

overwhelmed with my new found interest, we invited some friends over for dinner

and out of the blue i thought of cooking chole bhature(chick peas), i don’t know what was wrong with me, i had never cooked chole, for that matter never ever cooked anything except Maggie & poha(maharastrian snack)

thus i was all geared up and started searching for chole recipe, poor M... i dragged him all the way to three different grocery stores to get all ingredients on the list, and he had that warning look on his face :p

thanks to the recipe video, my gravy turned out really well,  it was time to pour the canned chick peas or chole but wait..

flashback

out of curiosity i had open the canned chick peas and left it open in the refrigerator, as a result the peas were all dead dried 

M had gone downstairs to welcome the guests and here i was with dried chick peas, i was blank for a moment.. but had to think of something fast, so after lott of jumping around omg-omg,cursing myself omg-omg i thought of holding the peas under hot water and BINGO it worked, thoughts like these makes me believe that i am a true engineer.

i fearfully stared at everyone with a worried frown until someone broke the silence and said that chole really tasted good & asked me for the recipe…

i let out a long relieved breath

Now hopefully i can scratch cooking off my blooper list... yeyyyyyyy!!!

first THINGS first!!!!!

Caio!!!Salve!!! Buongiorno!!!!

No no don’t get me wrong people i’m not cursing you for not visisting/commenting on my blog..thats altogether a different sulking story errrrrr

 Huhhhhh , i’m still hungover by this Italian restaurant that we had been to last Friday, it was my first time and i enjoyed it to the core…as you can see...he he he…

Since i was a first timer, the menu totally made me scratch my head,

I asked them about every single dish, being a newbie I was cautious enough and just didn’t want to ruin my evening by ordering something wired..

i really enjoyed the meal Buon Appetito!!!

Why most of the first things, events, incidents, function are soo dear & near to us, what makes them special, special that its hard to say goodbye

First school, first achievement, first fall off bicycle,first punishment, first friend, first crush, first day at college, first bunk, first pick up line, first job, first presentation,first appraisal, first cooking experience and first blog

Technically this is my first post, but i was too apprehensive to post it,

i kept editing, restyling, and reverting it to the draft du-huhhhhh!!!!

i crossed checked it zillions of times, didn’t want it to be very general, or come very strong, didn’t want to sound biased either phewwwww sounds like loads of expectation from a tiny little post, 

i managed publishing couple of posts but was never sure about this one up till now..

may be a strong belief that first impression lasts forever made me a bit skeptical

 That anxiety, living on the edge, curiosity of whats next, dedication, hard-working attitude, endless discussion,last minute goof-ups all these add-up to make our first events unforgettable  

We treasure the feeling of Freshness, purity, truthfulness, sorrow, disappointment associated with it for ages

No matter how oldster,successful, experienced we grow first things will always form the foundation of our very existence