Same things, I know! I was tagged again...

Like FB wasn't enough! Ok so here are the 25 things about me - all over again. People like PP and Gale can skip reading this post :P 

This one wasn't so tough since I did this a while ago on my other blog - so just a copy-paste with a few edits here and there! (Excuse me if it is painfully long!) I know most of us have done it already. I won't tag anyone but feel free to do it if you want to. 

1. I love all seasons. I have told myself in every season - THIS is my favorite season. But in reality I like every season equally. I love winters, summers, rains, winds, stillness, grey skies, blue skies - everything.

2. In my bag you will ALWAYS find - Vaseline, iPod, comb (not hair-brush) and Hanuman Chalisa.

3. I dig bad guys. Ruffled hair, unshaven and careless fashion have the maximum appeal in my mind. Bigger the pyscho-head, the better. Somehow I feel lot of love for people who do not find me great :P But the biggest turn on is an ambitious mind. Nothing beats a guy who wants to go out and get the damn thing he likes/wants.

4. I cannot live without my friends. Literally.What I am today is such a vivid fragment of each one of them. 

5. I smile a whole freaking lot. No matter how difficult times are, I do not fail to smile. I don't have to 'try.' I can't help it but smile most of the time. :) And I love myself for that.

6. I get attached to people very easily. So easily that I go through hell to see them go, even if it's been only ten days of knowing them. Basically I love everyone. I can't think of one person I hate. It's strange.

7. I am super-balanced and super-eccentric both. That is what makes people hate me. A part of me wants to scrape paint off walls and live alone in Norway and a part of me wants to be a CEO and have a family in NYC. Most people cannot deal with it.

8. I HATE when people sulk too much or for too long. I feel so restless when I see people who cannot control their head and heart. The thumb rule of my life has been to always be in charge of my thoughts and emotions - I get irritated when I see people who are not at least 50% as in charge of their life as I am of mine.

9. I have lost some of my most important qualities - like organizing stuff and good execution of plans. I have become a procrastinator. I have lost focus. I aspire big but somehow I don't seem to be working to make those aspirations come true.

10. I want to be *exactly* like my mom when (if) I become a mother.

11. I need to talk a lot and I am damn elaborate. Actually I know my stuff so well when I talk, that I feel the need to bring that clarity on to the other person's thought. That way I end up giving long explanations!

12. I underplay stuff - I cannot show off, I will ignore if someone embarrasses himself, and I compliment only when I whole-heartedly feel it. I am a barren sea for people fishing for compliments and I am bad at giving ego massages.

13. I am a firm believer of - "love yourself if you want to love others." I totally love myself and am so proud of what I am. I would not trade an inch of me to be something or someone else.

14. I accommodate people and can go out of my way to see things from their perspective. I do not ever raid other people's space for my comfort. I do not cascade blame and in fact make it a point to see and rectify my contribution in any situation of pain/disharmony. I am not scared of taking responsibility.

15. I am damn scared of getting a head injury. That is why I am such a careful driver and I always wear a helmet while on a 2-wheeler. Somehow I fear losing my mental stability and stuff. Broken limbs and bruises, I think are cool. :)

16. I am a good listener - I fully absorb myself in a conversation and mean it when I give suggestions and/or express myself. You will never ever have me listen 'casually.'

17. I know when things seem silly but in reality mean a lot to the other person. I am good at grasping moods, facial expressions and making people comfortable around me. I do not give jitters. :) And trust me, I know when people fake. I swear!

18. I cannot remember fiction/stories. At all. I have read so many books and seen so many movies but surprisingly, I don't remember stories beyond a few days. But yes, I remember real-life stories quite well.

19. Ok this one is a no-brainer. I read a whole freakin' lot. I can live and die in a library.

20. I don't enjoy eating much. I eat because there is no other way out. And I HATE Italian food with a vengeance. For me, Indian food is the way to be! And of, course ice-creams :) I cannot have wine to save my life and I can live on Old Monk for the next 20 years :D

21. I do not and cannot cry. Disagree as much as you like, but I really really think crying is a sign of weakness. That said, the people I love the most in the world are some of the most teary people one could ever come across. 

22. I have nothing to do with sunsigns, numerology, palmistry, tarrot, kundali etc etc. I see no point trying to predict. Anyway we do our thing, no matter what the gyaanis tell us!

23. I have lived in a hell lot of towns - from non descript villages to metros. Being a South Indian who grew up in North India, I think I have the best of both worlds. 

24. I cannot deck up and look all fabulous. I have no idea how to apply make-up and I think the only way to be with clothing is being low profile. I CANNOT wear loud clothes. 

25. I find it very difficult to look too happy or excited on my birthday. I totally enjoy this day but I am such a happy person even otherwise that I don't know how to look/feel happier on certain pre-fixed days...!

My Tag - Finally!

Since I have been tagged so many times and since so many of my followers (read: NB, Purnima et al) have not been blogging enough, I thought it is a good plan to give them all a fun tag just before 2008 goes to sleep. So here you go!

 

These are random questions that appear when you are updating your blogger profile. Each time you click on 'save' it gives you a new question. They are extremely crazy questions (precisely why I have them up here.) I am really bad with giving witty answers to stupid questions but I will make a humble attempt. That said, I expect some crazy answers at least from Twisted Elegance and The girl with a dash of panache. (no guys, there is no pressure! Really!)

 

I'll keep it short and simple for your convenience. :) So here are the questions -

 

17. The love potion you made tastes terrible. How will you drink it?
18. I won't. I'll use my charm instead. ;-)

 

17. You can punch a hole in an apple using a straw. How do you think that makes your milkshake feel?
18. Cheated.

 

17. You've been entered in a shadow puppet contest. What's your best pose?
18. Stand straight with arms flung open on either sides. Like the Physical Training thing at school.

 

17. Do you believe that forks are evolved from spoons?
18. No. it is the other way round.

 

17. Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?
18. It will look like a scare crow and will commemorate my birth.

 

17. In the dream where you show up to school naked, why do you never go swimming?
18. It is just too cold to get wet naked.

 

17. The children are waiting! Please tell them the story about the bald frog with the wig:
18. The princess kissed the frog impressed by its beautiful hair. When he turns into a prince, the wig only covers the bald area near his left ear. The princess is doomed for life.

 

17. You have to dig a hole to China. Where do you start?
18. Nepal.

 

I tag : Galette, Umlette, NidhiB, Purnima, Twisted Elegance and Anansi. 

Tagged Again!

Ok Prabhu's second tag! (Do not mistaken it for God, that's my friend - Poornima Prabhu! heehee) And you should just see how many people answer her tags! 

The tag starts as: 

Ten things you could say to people right now: 

1. Please empty my room! I NEED MY space!

2. Things will be fine. I am praying for you. Hugs. 

3. I am firing my entire team. I will hire smarter people!

4. Stop interfering with my travel plans. 

5. If you have a problem with my phone, it is YOUR problem!

6. Do you mind calling up?

7. Will we ever talk about anything that's not about you?

8. One last song?

9. I need my money! Do you even remember borrowing it?

10. Will you girls give more attention, please?

Nine things about yourself: 

1. I can bring the world down if anyone troubles my parents. 

2. I love reading and can live in a library - forever.

3. I smile almost always. 

4. I make friends very easily.

5. I CANNOT cry. No matter how sad.

6. I hate vegetable shopping!

7. I want to be a paint scrapper. That's all I want to be.

8. I can't live without my girls. They mean the world to me. 

9. I pose for the camera!! 

Eight ways to win your heart: 

1. Do not lie to me.

2. Talk to me about books and I'll be FLAT! 

3. No loud style. Subtle and classy is the way to be. 

4. An sms at the end of the day makes me happy!

5. Too much faff is a big no-no.

6. Coffee or wine? Coffee. 

7. Back-packer? I like you already! 

8. Laugh at silly Santa Banta jokes? Awesome! 

Seven things that cross your mind a lot ::

1. I want to run far far away and travel all alone to nondescript places. 
   
2. I want to scrape paint off walls
   
3. I wish people were simpler and straight forward.
   
4. When will I have my own library?
   
5. Will I ever get my dream B-School?
   
6. My Yoga instructor (I have replaced 'things' with 'people' here!)
   
7. I want to learn a sport... but when?
   

Six things you wish you never did

1. Moved back to live with family. 
   
2. Placed others before me. 
   
3. Screwed GMAT in the first attempt.
   
4. That’s all I can think of! I’ve never regretted things in my life, so it’s too tough to fill this space!
   

Five turn offs (This should have been ten instead of 5 :P)

1. Incorrect grammar
   
2. Bad breath
   
3. Shoes without socks
   
4. Faff/bad listeners/Let's-talk-about-me-alone.
   
5. I'm-too-cool-for-you attitude/low self-esteem/I-have-all-the-problems-in-the-world
   

4 turn ons

1.  Avid readers
   
2. Head-listener rather than a heart-listener. (more practical than emotional. That does NOT translate into heart-of-stone mind you!)
   
3. Extremely Career oriented.
   
4. Presence without being loud (loud clothes, conversation etc.)
   

3 things you want to do before you die

1. Go back-packing. 
   
2. Be a paint-scrapper/lawn mower/tent erector/ by profession. (Essentially earn a living doing odd jobs.)
   
3. Ace a sport (Not Golf. May be soccer.)
   

2 things someone told you, you'd never forget

1. You are the best daughter in the world. :)
   
2. Do not let that smile go. It's your smile that keeps me going. :) 
   
3. (Thank you for that question tagger. I am feeling great!)
   

1 confession

Can't think of any, damn it! I will surely edit this space when I have one to make. 

Ok tagging Gale and Nidhib! 

Tagged!

So Poornima tagged me a while ago and I have been procrastinating since forever. The tage goes like this: 

"I give you random - human traits, situations, values, virtues, vices etc. You have to say how far or how closely you are associated with them and an incident that relates to it (duh! which features you, necessarily)."

So there is a whole bunch of emotions here that I will tell you how closely I am related to. I will skip giving examples since I am just too lazy to think! 

1. Laughter - Ok so people directly relate me to laughter. The first thing people notice about me is my smile and the second thing they notice is the crazy, uncontrollable, at-the-wrong-time laughter! I am a very very happy person in general, and even at tough times I just manage finding things worth a good laugh (In the form of Chuck Norris or Santa-Banta jokes!) 

2. Embarrasement - Hardly ever have I been embarrassed, I am damn good at laughing at myself, but ya, those mornings after crazy drunken nights surely warrant some form of embarrasement - especially if I have gone crazy dancing and/or jumping fences/tables etc! Oh btw, I DO NOT believe in embarassing people at all! I notice you farting in my car - I won't acknowledge it. :)

3. Truth - That's me. All truth, zero pretence. Love me or leave me, this is how I am. Won't ever lie or pretend to make someone happy. That's why some people think of me as rude or tactless. Ya, I might lie to save someone of hurt, especially if the matter is too trivial and the person too touchy. 

4. Lies - As I said, to save you of hurt if it isn't a grave topic, I might dilute facts a bit ;-) 

5. Loneliness - what's that? I can make friends faster than you can type! And I am never lonely when alone. I love my own company and in fact prefer being by myself the most! Yes, I do get lonely when my books or iPod go missing! 

6. Pride - I am damn proud of who I am, to where I belong and of whatever little I have. Would never trade this me for anything else or to be anyone else!

7. Forgiveness - The only mantra of my mom's life - Forgive and forget. I am trying damn hard to emulate that. 

8. Hypocrisy - Everyone says - 'I hate hypocrites' So do I. But an honest confession - My best friend called me a hypocrite. I introspected so hard that I almost lost all appetite those days but could never make out why she called me one. Now I don't know if the situation warrants 'forgiveness' since she called me something so bad and that which I am not. I am not sure. But I have chosen to let go of the thing. And I want to know if it is as good as 'forgiving' someone. And do best friends ever forgive each other for mistakes? Aren't we supposed to accept and not get into the forgiveness game?