Monday, February 26, 2007

Zzzzzz..., Ghost Rider and woman-to-woman...

  1. The drowsiness that steals over me after I take a warm head-bath...
  2. After making a lot of fuss about not wanting to watch Nicolas Cage's 'Ghost Rider', I finally yeild and go along... but the movie is much better than I expect it to be and I actually end up enjoying it... awesome special effects!
  3. Staying up late in the night, chatting with Rashmi... its one of those heart-to-heart woman-to-woman talk where you just don't want to stop talking and you never realize how much time has flown by, until you look at the watch...

Friday, February 23, 2007

Miss you, special lunch and I have a dream

  1. Dipti tells me that she was too bored to take a coffee break, or even go for snacks alone, since I wasn't in office the day before.
  2. We go out for lunch, instead of eating at the cafetaria, and though the food is only average, lunch becomes a special occassion, filled with a lot of laughter.
  3. On a whim, we decide to go clubbing, and there's sudden frenzy about what to wear, and how to go... its already 10 by the time we reach. TDS has a very soothing, comfortable decor and one instantly relaxes there. It is Karaoke night, and when a woman dedicates a song to her husband, I lament that no one has ever sung for me like this. Pallavi instantly takes up the challenge and sings 'I have a dream' for me... and we all join in. Its a beautiful feeling :-)

Thursday, February 22, 2007

A day for some therapy... and bonus

Bonus: because its been such a good day - every thing has been beautiful, and I'm unable to restrict myself to a list of three!

  1. Staying at home on a working day. The feeling that everyone else is at work makes it all the more special..
  2. The cook turns up in the afternoon to find me at home and cooks me a hot lunch... I'm served hot, off-the-pan rotis... and with so much care... the simple home-cooked meal becomes a feast!
  3. I sit lazing in the easy chair in the balcony till I start nodding off... then I get into bed and catch an hour's shut eye...
  4. I make Tanmoy come with me for the evening show of 'Music and Lyrics'... its not his kind of a movie, but he doesn't crib (not too much anyway)... the movie is a little mushy, but nice, and I don't know about him, but I enjoy it, 'coz I'm in a laid-back, lazy mood, and don't want to watch a heavy movie anyway...
  5. We go to Naturals for an icecream after dinner... and sit there chatting happily, commenting on every single fat person who walks in... 'mean' is the theme for the night! ha ha!

At the end of the day, I feel rested and healed...

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Bean pleasures, more bean pleasures and EOD...

  1. I have a cup of coffee after many many days of abstinence... ahhhh... what pleasure!
  2. Lying down on the soft carpet, the bean bag becomes a huge fluffy pillow, which gives just the right support to my head for watching TV
  3. I go to sleep smiling to myself, feeling content...

Friday, February 16, 2007

Morning, bus ride and walk at night...

  1. I notice its a beautiful morning, and on an impulse, linger outside the office building for a couple of minutes, breathing in the crisp air, before I enter...
  2. On the bus ride back home, I meet a girl I know, and the journey (which isn't very long, really) is spent happily chatting away...
  3. Tanmoy comes over after work and we go out to dinner and spend a pleasant evening chatting away and then because we haven't finished talking, we go for a short walk...

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Soothing the throat, terra firma and night-out

  1. I drink endless glasses of scalding hot water through the day and it soothes my aching throat so...
  2. Processes are discussed in the weekly team meet, and I'm finally on terra-firma and have something to say. For the first time, some responsibility, apart from learning, is entrusted to me.
  3. Pallavi sends an sms at 10 in the night saying 'Is it all right if v come over 2 ur place? Please'.. The 'Please' and the 'v' puzzle me (and set some alarm bells ringing) so I call her up to find out what the matter is. I find out its their girls' night-out and they are too late to get entry into the hostel. They troop in well past midnight and the poor girls spend the night shivering in the front room, 'coz I don't have bedding for so many people! But at morning, they're up early, and the house is full of chatter, and they seem to have had a good time!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Happy morning, wine chocolates and great cook...

  1. Hearing a very happy song - Dil Mein Jaagi Dhadkan Aisi - on a monday morning, enroute to office, on the radio.. When Sunidhi Chauhan sings it, she sounds just so very happy, that it's impossible for the lister to remain morose, even on a monday morning!
  2. Someone gets wine chocolates to office, and while I'm still hesitant to help myself, 'coz I'm still very new here, my neighbour has no such issues... and he offers me one. They're yum!
  3. The cook calls, and I'm half expecting her to say that she'll be taking a day off... instead, she tells me there are no tomatoes and onions at home, so I should leave some cash for her so that she can go buy them... I'm so happy to have found her! She's an awesome cook, keeps the house clean and is very proactive...

Monday, February 12, 2007

Happy kid, blah blah blah and methi parathas...

  1. Spending an afternoon with Alhaad dada, Shilpa, and the two little girls. Sakshi, who's all of her 4 years, is a very happy child. At one time in the afternoon, she's angry because her 'Babu' is not paying attention to her, but 5 minutes later, she's already forgotten that she's supposed to be sulking and is happily playing with someone else... Oh, and she's wearing a pretty salwaar kameez and wants so very much to look all grown up...
  2. Rashmi arrives and we talk non stop from 5 p.m. till we go to bed... (I'm talking about another Rashmi, I don't talk that much to myself!)
  3. The cook makes the most awesome, most luscious and soft methi parathas ever... and we gorge over dinner..

Friday, February 09, 2007

Health, laughter and hot shower

  1. After having felt really ill for three days, I have a day of respite, and I suddenly realise how much good health means to me and how much I enjoy it...
  2. I laugh a lot during the day and the laughter comes easily... and for some reason, I am aware of it every time...
  3. Taking a hot shower after gym...

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Inside the diamond, shut-eye and laughing with me..

  1. I get out of office early and get to see what the Magarpatta Cybercity looks like in the evening sun... it feels like one is on the inside of a sparkling, multifaceted diamond, the glass on the 6 enormous buildings catches the sunlight and plays with it so...
  2. I'm feeling so tired when I reach home from office that I lie down to rest, and catch an hour's shut-eye... and when I wake up, I'm feeling quite fresh...
  3. I laugh out loud while watching Shahrukh Khan anchoring Kaun Banega Crorepati, he's so (surprisingly) amusing... and this, while I'm watching it alone, so I feel rather silly laughing to myself :-)

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Food, Old friends and house-keeping..

  1. Bringing my own lunch to office...
  2. Smita calls up. She's in India for a few days, and we exchange a lot of gossip. Old friends are such a comfort, even if you get to talk to them only once in a while... there's no need for pretense and they're no longer judging you... Smita's so excited to know that my company also works out of San Fransisco too, that she insists when they send me onsite, I should stay with her... this when there isn't the slightest plan of me travelling for work, and I already have a place to stay!
  3. I come home to find the flat clean, bed made, clothes washed and hung to dry and a full varan-bhat-bhaji-poli-koshimbir meal waiting for me... aaaaaah! After a long day at office, this is bliss! And the thought that this is now going to be a daily occurance drives away all the fatigue....

Monday, February 05, 2007

Fuss, sale and pearl in the sky

  1. Having Kaka and Kaku fuss over me when I'm not feeling well... I have lunch at their place and then after taking rest in the afternoon, as I head back home in the evening, Kaku packs dinner for me.
  2. There's an awesome sale on at Piramyd and I pick up a couple of real bargains from there...
  3. As I drive back home late in the evening, I see a full moon very low in the sky... it has a honeyed look to it, and its so enchanting, my gaze keeps going back to it. Once I forget to pay attention to the traffic signal, and vehicles behind me start honking crazily because the signal has turned green and I'm still lost in the moon..

Friday, February 02, 2007

Fruitful dinner, bonding over lunch and sunshine at night

  1. While I'm eating at Peppercorn, I notice they urge customers to ask for corporate discounts, so I enquire which company's employees are eligible... apparently, all you have to do is present your I-card and you get a discount of 10% on your bill.. awesome to recieve a discount when you haven't even been looking for one.. and when I ask them for their take-away menu, I am presented with a complementary Pune yellow pages directory, something, which I had been planning to get for sometime... all in all, a fruitful dinner...
  2. Now that I'm getting to know people in the new work place, lunch is getting to be a jolly time...
  3. The day starts off real bad, and I'm expecting it to go further downhill... but at night (after having cribbed the whole day), someone asks me how my day was, and when I'm about to say it sucked, I suddenly realise that apart from the few glitches in the morning, it really wasn't that bad... the thought suddenly restores my good humor and the black cloud that has been hovering over my head all day, is no more..