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Be The Change!

December 31, 2009 by Swaram

§ We go about painting the roads and walls with our phlegm and paan remains as though its our bathroom.

§ We hate to give work to our lazy bum and are happy to throw the garbage just outside our dwelling or the chocolate wrappers and banana peels anywhere we feel like doing so.

§ We are blind to the ‘Public toilets’ and consider the entire area around us as one.

§ We consider ourselves to be the ‘Lord of the Roads’ and honk incessantly even when we have taken the wrong route.

§ We love to demonstrate our racing skills on the road and zebra crossing et..al just don’t feature in our dictionary.

§ Our idea of celebrations is playing loud music @ 1 a.m, not paying heed to requests by people around that their kids r wailing or their elders are finding it difficult to sleep.

§ We love to carve out our names on the historical monuments which is damn easy when compared to trying to make it to the books of history.

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -  Maria Robinson

And after doing all these, we say our country is not clean and unfit to reside in? Whom are we trying to deceive, but ourselves?

As the new year approaches, let’s work towards keeping our country clean and green. Let’s give Mother India the respect she deserves so much.

Let’s all look forward to a happy, clean and healthy 2010 :)

“Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” - Keri Russell

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Helllooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

December 29, 2009 by Swaram

Thatz hw excited I am … bk after a superb, fantabulous, awesome,amazing, fun-filled trip. Phew! Lemme stop @ these many adjectives  .. u got it already, dint u?

9 days flew away before we even realized where we were …. sight-seeing, shopping, it all went really well and eh, the blogger meets too .. It ws wonderful meeting Ajcl,Priyanka and RS and the whiz kids Aashna [Priyanka's darling kiddo] and Chotu [Ajcl's sweetheart]. Aashna ws @ her enthusiastic best that day and entertained us so much. It ws so nice to see her pick the menu card and spot colours there. She went on and on – Puhpal, Yellow and so on. We hd a lovely time and I just hoped it cud last longer. The other thing Su and me hv been talking abt is hw her dad got her to kiss the floor where she hurt herself rather than the usual way where we beat the area and say .. very bad, it hurt u and all that. Its so nice right … kids don’t learn to hate anything then. Its actually right to say we should not teach the kids to be afraid, to hate rather than say we should teach them to be brave, we should teach them to love is what I feel. Because, the former is what is part of them .. all we hv to do is not erase them … isn’t it?

Chotu ws one smart kid who entertained us with his talk and puzzle solving abilities every moment. Chotu used to take attendance by the minute to confirm we were around him. Su uncle, thuka venda ws what he used to say if we said gud nite [meaning ... don't sleep]. Good-bye ws the forbidden word in front of him. Just loved all his antics – the way he used to imitate the way we used to sit/stand and the twinkle in his eyes when he is all set to solving a new puzzle. Psst psst, Ajcl is a gr8888 singer too ;) ;) And I loveeeeed RS’s mango pickle :P

Both the kids were so so social.

Yet again, I am amazed how the other half of the bloggers get along so well too when we meet each other! The husbands of these 3 bloggers were super-cool too 8). Pulling each other’s legs had become the norm of the day ;) Presence of bloggers in the destination is (one of) the criteria for a vacation now ;)

And then, I loved Singapore u know … not for the sight-seeing only but for the way the city hs been planned … beyoootiphuuul :D We used public transport to get to any corner of the city … infact, used more of it in the 9 days we were there than what I hv used in the last 2.5 yrs in Hyderabad ;) ;)   The buses and the local trains literally drop u @ the door step wherever u want to go and its so well designed for blind ppl too and even for elders and like bcoz u need not climb up even a single step to get on to the trains! Its plain awesome! And it ws sight-seeing all around! The Christmas decorations were simply out of the world! Just roaming on the streets was enough to enjoy the vacation!

We also immigrated to Bintan in Indonesia for 2 days for a vacation by the beach and boy, what a time we had! I felt so much @ home in Indonesia and they do share so many of our names too ;) We got Roti-Paratha [they think its one dish] and Aloo-Gobbi for dinner :P

And eh, its been a season of blog meets. We arrived home @ 2 a.m IST sday ;) and Kanagu dropped in today morning :) I just played a good hostess, served him breakfast and rushed to my workplace to play a good developer .. now I need money to plan the next vacation u c :P . So, here I am slogging @ work [ok, blogging too now n then ;) ] while Kanagu n Su r hvng a gr8 time @ home and are set to go sight-seeing in Hyderabad in sometime :roll:

And then, Dad n Sis r gng to be here this Friday. Right in time for the New Year and Su’s bday on the 2nd :) :) :)

So, looking forward to another happening weekend.

Hv loadssss of pics to share guys .. but cud nt resist from saying hello to all of u :) Will share the pics in my next post :)

Season’s greetings to all of u :)

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2009: The Song of Life’s journey so far

December 18, 2009 by Swaram

Thanks IHM for showing us how to do this. Here is a list of all my posts in 2009 :)

Please don’t read between the lines and think I am asking for more nominations :P :P :P And if u do so, I am happy u did ;) Thanks again to all those who nominated my posts. Wish u all gud luck :)

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He loves me …..

December 18, 2009 by Swaram

Naah .. this is nt any mushy-mushy tale!

Its about that gr8 man Murphy … I hv so many things to write about but absolutely no time :(   Work @ its peak … I just finished replying to comments on all the previous posts .. more than a week!  And to top it, there hv been so so been get-tos, birthday parties and what not this month … and goes without saying, I am the last one to drop in everywhere ;) Wonder how many ppl r born in December and get married in December? In my family itself, its sis on 2nd, Mom on 5th and my in-laws wedding anniversary on 5th too!!!!!  And all the while when I am not @ work, I am busy shopping … nw don’t raise ur eyebrows … its nt for me … for the gifts! As much as I love dng it, this time its all been after 9:00 p.m and during my lunch hr :P   And sday, for a bday party which ws supposed to start @ 7:30 p.m and the place ws just 14ish kms from my office, I left the workplace @ 8:45, barged into LifeStyle to find a gift … I spent 4 hrs last Sunday @ Odyssey buying a few gifts for kids and gng by my standards, I hd abs. no time that day :( I tried to get the best one of the lot and rushed to the wrapping counter to find that there ws a turtle there … there ws already a pretty lady before me and he ws taking a lifetime to wrap one thing and she had 3 of them!!!!!! Wonder if it ws the pretty lady effect ;) Anyways, he did it after what seemed a full yuga, having dropped the gift about 20 times too! Uff :( Finally, I selected a nice wrapper and started doing it myself ;) So, thatz how life has been the whole month!  Work, home, shopping, packing and some blogging in b/w ;)

No complaints though … am gonna be away from all this work for a good 9 days now 8)  Yippee! We r off to the Land of the MerLion for vacation starting 2mrw :) If those who r gonna b hosting me are reading this, don’t worry … I said away from office work only :P I will help u with the kitchen n stuff u know ;)    I am so excited about it ..will be meeting 3 of my wonderful blog friends too :D   and also hope I don’t scare them away [I wanted to say this before my dear friend Vimmuuu gets a chance to say I hv scary eyes :evil: ]  Ajcl, Priyanka and RS [wonly alphabetical order here :twisted: ]

Kanagu is coming to Hyderabad after we return and we r all set to welcome u Kanagu. Season of blog meets here and I am loving it.

Heartfelt thanks ppl to all those who nominated my posts at the Avant Garde awards … Anish,Deeps, Hitchu, Hypermom, IHM,Kanagu, Monika, Nu,Pal,Sandhya,Shraddha Smithu,Solilo [if I hv missed anyone else, pls excuse me] . Sorry that I hv nt been able to do the same …. will try my best to do it before I leave … but I am happy that most of the posts I like and deserve to win have already found a place there …. gud luck to all of u :)

And yes, since I many not be able to access the net, kindly excuse me if u don’t find my comments on ur posts and plsssssssssss tell me u miss me … I will miss u all so so much .. 9 days is a  longggg  time to be away from this lovely world!

Now before I forget,  Merry Christmas to all of u. May Santa bring in the goodies of peace, joy and hope in all ur lives and and the Lord shower his choicest blessings on all of u :)

Am so so sorry people .. hv nt been able to share the pics of the Heritage Walk too :(   Since I don’t want to break  my promise and return bk to realize all u dear friends hv been driven away from this space, here r a few pics from my home city Hyderabad …. enjaaay maadi :D   I hope I see one United Andhra on return void of all this hara-kiri gng on :(

Charminar in all its glory

Cn u c the Char Minars?

Cn u spot the Char Minars nw?

Splendid Chowmohalla Palace

The splendid Chowmohalla palace

And this is my most fav pic of the yr ;) ;)

Jashn-e-bahara

A happy vacation to all of u, wishing a safe journey to everybody who is travelling and gud luck to all those who are busy with work … work is worship ;)

And eh, if u do feel u miss my posts, puleaaaase dig into my archive and read a few old ones :P :P :P … Shameless advertisement I know … Old is gold rt ;)

Have a gr8 time friends. Luv u all :) Hugs, hugs n more hugs :)

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