Narrow escape!

It so happened,after moving to B'lore for my work,riding my 2 wheeler was once in 3 months or so!that too that weekend,if we planned to go out,and I decided to ride than sit and watch!

Without my knowledge,I would raise the accelerator,only to realise I was exceeding my limits and Mysore road speed limits,only when my sister used to shout at me.This was all because,I was accustomed to b'lore traffic and used to move by sq.cms and at Mysore,I felt the roads were almost empty!!

It was one such day,me and my sister were out and I was riding.I told her,there is something wrong,literally there is no other vehicle on this road....IS THIS ONE-WAY

She confidently said,"noooo....I saw no such board....I did look for them"

ok,happily I moved,only to be stopped by a cop at a cross...."banni madam ee kade"

I with full confidence,"I have DL,Insurance done,Emmission test done,and I am wearing helmet,and tried giving all of them to him"

He,"adella beda madam,one way nal bartidira!"

Me,"IS it one way,there is no board"

He,"Ofcourse its there,and moves the branches of the tree to a side"

Shit,he was standing there to hide it and catch people!

I,"Oh sorry,I didnt notice that,as I was new to this city"

He,"From where do u come"

Me,"Bangalore"

He,"Ok pay 100-00 and go"

I to myself - "No luck....100-00 is not mine from now"!

He,"This fine is valid for this whole day

I,"so it means I can go in all wrong directions today??"

He,":D"

I,":X"

Next,it was another day,I was riding with my husband,explaining all roads,buildings,parks to him as we moved.

I suddenly halted at a signal,noticing its red!

A policeman started signalling me to come to his side.

This time,ok I didnt violate the signal,I did stop,may be a 2-3 footsteps ahead than where I should have been.

I was confused.

My husband got down.

He again asked to getdown and bring vehicle to side.

I signalled my husband to join me.He was laughing!

I tried to explain the cop,I saw the signal a bit late,and then suddenly slowed down.

He laughed,"Still u dont realise why I have stopped u"

I really didnt.

He helped,"This is one way madam"

howcome!!!!!!!!

Same story again,

I,"Oh sorry,I didnt notice that,as I was new to this city"

He,"From where do u come"

Me,"Bangalore"

He,"Number plate says,its registered here!"

I,"haan its not my vehicle,my sisters"

He,"U have DL"

I,"ya ya I have,abt to show him"

He stops and laugh"Its ok,but dont repeat this.I am leaving as you said u r new to city,turns to my husband,"I would not have left if he was riding,now turn and go!"

We started backwards,now we laughing,"If at all I had to pay the fine,its 100-00....if my husband was the rider,it'd have been definitely 500-00.He didnt even have the DL!!"

Next,where is the board here that reads its a one way.We stopped and looked for it....finally to find it again behind a tree!The tree protects it u know!!

What I did!

Its a very common scene in movies.If its not the comedy one,it'll be mother-in-law,her brother and his wife's....or the other way daughter in-law,or poor husbands at times!

slipping into kitchen midnight,searching,end with some leftovers and finally get caught!

I happened to experience the first 2,but fortunately or unfortunately,the last 2 didnt happen!

What a hunger,I tell you....at 12.30 in the mignight,I am not able to sleep!Never was I soo hungry in my life!that too at that hour!Dunno why!may be I had worked out more!but I had sufficient dinner also!God knows!!

Went to kitchen in the hope of finding bananas.I was not lucky enough to find them!I searched searched in the hope of finding something!Plastic covers were making a irritating sound in that dark hour.

I thought how odd it'll be if my in-laws wake up and come due to this disturbance....then I thought,let me close the kitchen door!no ways....suppose they,for some reason come out,its all the more embarrasing!!!!

nyways my search was not giving any hopes.drank 2 glasses of water and returned!!

rested my head,thinking what has gone wrong with me!!I remembered the day,I had felt a similar hunger,woke my mom at 2.00PM and she gave some slices of bread and milk!it was the day when my SSLC results were out!oh,I should say night:)

I was over excited that night for my very good results....had soo much anxiety and I understand, it resulted in such a hunger!but yesterday oooo :(

Long time!

It seems its been long long time since I have blogged,but actually not!last post was on may 9th,3 months for now.I say its not a long gap coz lots lots and lots of things have come to my life in these three months and believe it or not,I am not able to realise how days are passing and I havent got enough time to blog!Also, I have got sooo many things to write that I am perplexed myself today from where to start!

New Life,New Place,New People,New team,New work ....

New experience ?? Not really .Everything seems to be asusual!

New Life-Nothing seems to have changed in my life.

New Place-Place is as comfortable as the one before.

New People-Seems I have known them since ages!

New team-Cant figure out much difference.

New work-Change is the only thing thats permanent and change is for good!yeah its going good also!

Had deep thoughts so many late nights...whats going to happen! how my lifes going to change!so many what-ifs,and a lot more question marks....All went off the head even before thinking abt them! LIFE is BEAUTIFUL and you can always be HAPPY if you want to BE :)

Life is changing !

Life is changing everyday....something totally unexpected happens !yes, it may be for good....but still everyday is becoming a new life....with lots of surprises every morning! Today just heard SSLC results are out!Few years back, waiting for this result was the only agenda of my life....Had a feeling this is my life....career.....what not !Now I feel like laughing remembering that! howmuch ever u score there....whats the use now ! but still that was so important that day!today priorities have changed so much in my life!A thing loses its importance when some other thing replaces that!! how true....This is life !

Holi Again!!

Was like a usual day, and was engrossed in my work suddenly when I was attacked from behind with "happy holi"! oops within the next few seconds I had all colors on my face,dress and desk too! There was no point in washing face and getting cleaned as someone or the other would come every now and then....next I decided,why should Shruthi and Sneha be so clean and tidy!!it was my turn going around and putting colors on everyone now! Was happy to see everyone taking this on a lighter note and enjoying! An unexpected pleasant HoLi it was !!

HoLi

That day,it was so exciting....all 5 of us had grown 10 years younger!for hours together,it was running,chasing and screaming to make everyone colurful!v had joined pradyumna,skanda,dheeraj,Rakshith,Pavan,sujay,soumya,sahana,Adarsh....subbu!!how could I forget him!and many others....all primary school children of our neighbourhood!After sometime,to add joy to our celebration,all aunties also joined!buckets of water thrown at each other,I bet that moment u would definitely not recognise whos who among 5 of us!!me,shilpa,shwetha,pooja and prashali!v never wanted to end that day....running between the roads,me and prashali went chasing Pradyumna till his house,and had to give up only after his mother gave such a bad look:( .I had strong orders from mom not to play holi,and I had also obiediently said "yes" till I stepped out of the door!Now,the fear started,how to return home!!but how....Pooja giving all ideas,to take bath at her place and go....or change dress and go!!but finaly took courage and went like that only!!Fortunately,We had some guests and I moved straight to bathroom escaping from everyones' eyes!I wonder how sharp are my moms' sense organs!!She started "stinking egg smell"!!,yes Skanda had hit my head with 2 eggs!She continued to complain even after washing that dress twice! that was 2 much na huh!nyways my hair had a glow the next day,natural conditioner u see ;)
Hmmm that was the last holi played....all 5 of us in 5 directions now!Dont see those kids around these days....yes,our lives are colourful...hope we again and again get chance to make these special days colourful!

"Destiny"

It is said,"co-incidence decides whom u meet in life,ur heart decides with whom u want to stay in life,but only destiny decides who gets to stay in ur life"!I believe this or not is a diff story!What I am thinking at this point of time is,why do people always relate destiny to "fate","something bad","something they dont want but cant avoid" likewise in negative path.The dictionary meaning of destiny says:
(n.) That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
(n.) The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual
Also synonyms to destiny include :Fate, Fortune, Lot, Luck, Portion!

I have never heard anybody saying "I was destined for this" when something great happens to them!
Another exciting thing is "destiny" is a popular female name!please see
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Destiny

This is the second link I came across in less than 3 hours today when we were browsing for the popularity of our names and got this:
http://www.gpeters.com/names/baby-names.php?name=Shubhada
(sorry for deviating from the topic....old habits die hard ;) )

so where were we....yeah destiny,so I was wondering today why people relate "destiny" with such a negative understanding to "supposed to be" the "sweetest" moment of ones life - MARRIAGE !!

Crap!

I just started to read some of my prev posts! noooo , I knew they are bad but not to this extent! What all things I have written....how many of them make no relevance to topic ! High time, atleast now I should make it a habit to re-read what I have written or write cautiously than scribbling whatever comes to mind!But thats a pain!okay , nyways my blog!I'll write All I feel,All I think ! Yes, that was the true intent behind starting this blog!

Daddy No.1

Happened to watch a television reality show and thats "Daddy No. 1" !Bloody show, it literally makes u do all kinds of circus,make fool of urselves and what not! Let me admit, I really dunno the full rules and concepts of this show as I have never watched the complete show,I got too tired learning the basic idea of this !What all ideas people get to increase their show ratings! and the dramas played in these reality shows,I wonder for the involvement they show.
Person is rated Daddy No.1 if he succesfully does all the monkey pranks some appearing quite dangerous too.And the kids get sooo emotional that they feel their dad is not so good if he doesnt win !U must see those conversations there! ooofff husband trying hard with all his energy and wits,wife on the other hand commenting,criticizing as if this is life!and the child filled with tears will be standing just to see if his/her dad makes it,else it starts crying!! superb!
okay,if it just starts there and ends there, all dramas and emotions fine !I dont say good but a piece of entertainment for some other TV addicts!Well, as u might have guessed by now, I cant end something without going philosophical!
Yes, I thought isnt it that every dad is "daddy no.1" for his kid ??! answer is yes and no . Unfortunately there are many instances where people turn to be so irresponsible and brutal and how bad they lead the families . How unfortunate some kids will be .
I just thought for a minute how lucky I am to be "My Fathers daughter". A perfect dad,who pampered me when I was a kid,taught me as I grew up and now is more than a friend!
A complete man,who guides me at every phase of my life,helps me in making decisions above all he has become a role model by practicing what he preaches!
A person,with whom I share anything and everything of my life,I feel so comfortable after sharing my feelings with him. Hours together we talk everything from gossips from my friends' circle to family stories to professional life,business,literature, art,religion,philosophy to US presidential elections !I dont say we have similar thoughts,many times ours will be diverging opinions....and thats where the discussion continues and v'll have gone somewhere!I feel so easy to say "U r wrong" for any of ur actions and decisions,u take it so sportively,consider my thoughts,respect my feelings,discuss and we end up with a clear understanding!I bet this is not at all the case with all fathers and daughters....
I have learnt sooooo many things from u ,which has helped immensely for my personal and career development, I just dont have words how to say how fortunate I have been. U have been "Daddy No.1" for me for which I am greatly blessed . Thanks for being my friend,philosopher and guide!

Congratulations!

I was supposed to say this 2 days ago i.e 28-01-09,the day on which I completed 6-months of my professional career. Laziness for blogging also!I dont know what to call this attitude!!Now what is added to my resume other than the degree is 6-months storage experience ;) Feels good!!U may be wondering what nonsense is this ! but I tell u how important 6-months is !!
When I had carelessly ignored my future plans,wrote for gbs and remained idle for the rest ofthe days,I never had thought one day I would subscribe to naukri.com,timesjobs.com what not!When the rumours went thick that gbs may delay or in worst case deny offers,some fear of insecurity peeped.Ofcourse that was also because of the concerns of parents,relatives and friends who would collect news from newspapers,tv,net and neighbours :D and then eat head with "got joining dates??","where will u be posted??","u have onsite opportunities??","my uncles sisters' sons' granddaughter was given pink slip" .... who would want to bother about all these when u would want to enjoy the last golden days of student life.
Everyday mail-box would be filled with so many openings!!!!u hit any -all they ask is min 6 months exp!!got my point ;) Now that recession has hit the market,you will understand this more clearly!At the end of the day I used to feel all those mails are spam!It was a tiring task to unsubscribe from all those seriously!
Well,I have been fortunate for so many things....and me landing at a good place without any difficulty and frustration is also one of them.But I'll never forget the long 4-hrs exhausting interview for that! The day I reported, I had 3 other offers on hand!I could only laugh at myself for worrying unnecessarily.
Whatever!so its been very good till date and I have successfully completed 6 months !Have stepped into water,so havve to swim whether somebody pushed or I fell or I came willingly is a different story!So I take this opportunity to congratulate myself and wish myself all the success for future. All the best Shubhada and congratulations!

Every year that day comes!

Some things you never forget in your life even if you want to badly throw it out of mind.Time and again it passes through ur memory and drown u in different thoughts. I actually dont want to forget that day!Jan 17th,2004 -saturday-horrible day of my life. Unexpected things happen to every1 but for me its such a shock that even today I'm not able to accept that I met with the bloody accident. I went to such a position that accepting is a different story,I couldnt realise where I was and what I was doing for a week after that!. For everybody but me,I survived was the biggest relief, and that I could write my +2 exams and cleared it was my greatest achievement.Sure, this has definitely changed my life,if only I had not met with the accident that day,I say with full confidence , I would not have been what I am today.I say I would not want to forget it because,though it has done harm to me,I see about how my life has gone after that.Pretty good,I have enjoyed every moment since then,am in a good job today,no regrets,totally in a sentence,I have not been deprived of anything called "good things".Only thing is I am nt what I wanted to be and I am what I never ever had dreamt I would be and never ever had longed to be !but I continue to be the same person with same dreams,ambitions,goals - only the preface of my "life book" has changed!the saying goes "man proposes,but god disposes"!well, again, no regrets for anything.Infact such things have made me go more philosophical at times, more mature, more challenging,what not! But still, I dont say whatever happened is for good!!what happened is actually bad - but the goodness that has come to my life has covered it so much that I could not realise and celebrate the "5th accident anniversary" on time, even when 17-01-09 was a saturday again!For the first 2 years,It was one day I would kinda mourn!Not just 5 years, it'll go to silver and gold jubilees only to look back for my fulfilled dreams every year!

My English has gone bad :(

Soooo bad....I am able to feel that....after everytime I speak,after every line I write, I am able to realise what a bad english came out of me!This is happening since 2-3 months for now....y is it so....I dont actually find reasons for my language to go bad!infact it should have been better than my engineering days,as I regularly speak english here and in college it was not the case as going to college was itself a rare event;)
Or is this just a feeling!!? may be not....the proof for its not just a feeling is the fact how I am struggling to make this sentence!!and ended up with a bad one:( oooooofff really bad!!Where might this lead to!!To what extent can this get worse!! How can I come back !!It has so happened I need to say "Once upon a time I had such a vocabulary to write essays!prepare for debates!go for elocutions!! All that seems a story now!what a good rate of deterioration!(may be I've spelt this wrong!)
Or does this happen with everyone ?? or many atleast ?? coz I have myself seen Shilpa's language going bad day by day after she started going to IBM! may be it happens with all who come to IT industry ;) as they,ok rather we take language for granted,our slangs replace the grammar!!U speak proper language or not,somehow it should reach the other end properly,thats the need of the hour here!and incidently always that happens here!I have seen many many guys speaking english terribly bad!but still their words will have made complete sense!!That is IT industry!!
Nyways but still, I need to wake up and take care of my vocabulary language whatever atleast to a certain extent!!