The Bracelet – A Tag

Posted on January 24, 2011 by phoenixr

Abhay stood up. He was in a field of grass. Then he heard horses coming. Abhay looked to his right and then to his left, and saw that he was surrounded by horse riders. They stopped just before the dense grass and waited. A man appeared out of nowhere, walked up to him, and held up his hand revealing a bracelet.

What is the secret of the bracelet? Why is everybody after it? And who will get it: the Tantrics or the… Arthrakshaks?

Abhay, an ordinary college-going boy, is thrust into a world of secrets, lies, deceit, and supernatural entities. He finds out that he is an integral part of a war that he must win to save himself and his family from destruction. Will he be able to do it? To find out, read this fascinating novel that you just won’t be able to put down!

This makes me proud Kid#1 aka Ishaan Lalit is now a published author. His YA book is coming out by the end of the month. I request all you guys to help me publicize it, please. Do attempt this tag and tag five of your blogger friends to copy+paste the cover and the back blurb (in bold and italics) and also do the tag.

1. What does the name suggest? Could be anything you know, even “Oops its my wife/girl friend’s birthday, what do I get her” Just put it down.

2. If your loved one presented you a bracelet, what would you want it to be made of? Alternatively if you had to present a bracelet to your sweetheart, what would you pick?

a.) Gold

b) Gold and rubies

c) Diamonds babe, just diamonds

d) Whateva, its gotta be expensive and look it!

e) Simple iron kada, or a silver one. Not showy

3. Suppose your bracelet (or kada) had magical qualities (Like Aladin’s lamp) what magical qualities would you want it to have? Let your imagination run riot … anything, money, power, world domination, elixir of youth …. Just pen it down – or punch them keys

4. Do snakes scare you or do you get strangely fascinated by them?

5. Harry Potter could speak Parseltongue. Do you wish you could?

6. What do you dream about? No this is not about day dreaming, it’s not about wishful thinking, its about being in dreamland.

7. Do you remember your dreams?

8. Ever had your dreams interpreted?

9. Do you keep a dream diary?

10. Your favorite wrist jewellery?

a). Bangles

b) Bracelet

c) Expensive Watch

d) Friendship band

e) Taveez or sacred thread (mouli)

I tag the following

1. Monika

Three 55ers, A tag

Posted on December 3, 2010 by phoenixr

Editor’s note: this tag is doing the rounds on Facebook. I prefer to respond on my blog. People, feel free to take up the tag

THE ESCAPE

He loved her madly, she reminded him of a hummingbird, small, full of life. He was scared she would fly away. He tried to clip her wings, with frowns, by imposing boundaries. Every unkind word, every restraint cut into her soul. One day she broke free, they called it suicide, but he knew the truth.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

MOM’S GIFT

He unpacked the parcel.

“What did your mother send you?” she asked

“A pullover” he said, unfolding it and shaking out the tissue

“It’s so huge” she laughed

He just smiled quietly. After she left he wore it and snuggled by the heater blissfully, reliving the childhood feeling of being cuddled in his mother’s lap.

…………………………………………………………………………………

A VAMPIRIC LOVE AFFAIR

“I wish we’d met earlier, I was gorgeous then” she complained, her soft lips pouting

“I’m glad we did not, your beauty could kill me” he said, drawing her into his arms.

“How much do you love me?”

“I’d die for you” he said smitten.

Her fangs dug into his throat … and he did.

Monika’s book tag

Posted on November 26, 2010 by phoenixr

Monika tagged me on facebook … but then killing two birds with one stone is a good, energy saving and eco friendly idea. So I posted it on my blog.

Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here.

Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read an excerpt. Tag other book nerds. Tag me as well so I can see your responses!

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien

3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte

4. Harry Potter series – JK Rowling

5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

6. The Bible

7. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

8. Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell

9. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman

10. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

11. Little Women – Louisa M Alcott

12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy

13. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller

14. Complete Works of Shakespeare

15. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier

16. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien

17. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk

18. Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger

19. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

20. Middlemarch – George Eliot

21. Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell

22. The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald

23. Bleak House – Charles Dickens

24. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

26. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

27. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

28. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

29. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

30. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

31. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens

32. Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis

33. Emma -Jane Austen

34. Persuasion – Jane Austen

35. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis (Currently reading off and on. I find it slow going when I’ve seen the movie before I read the book)

36. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

37. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres

38. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden

39. Winnie the Pooh – A.A. Milne

40. Animal Farm – George Orwell

41. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

42. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

43. A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving

44. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins

45. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery

46. Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy

47. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

48. Lord of the Flies – William Golding

49. Atonement – Ian McEwan

50. Life of Pi – Yann Martel

51. Dune – Frank Herbert

52. Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons

53. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen

54. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth

55. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

56. A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

57. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

58. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon

59. Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

60. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

61. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

62. The Secret History – Donna Tartt

63. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

64. Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas

65. On The Road – Jack Kerouac

66. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy

67. Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding

68. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

69. Moby Dick – Herman Melville

70. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

71. Dracula – Bram Stoker

72. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

73. Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson

74. Ulysses – James Joyce

75. The Inferno – Dante

76. Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome

77. Germinal – Emile Zola

78. Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray

79. Possession – AS Byatt

80. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

81. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

82. The Color Purple – Alice Walker

83. The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro

84. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert

85. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry

86. Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White

87. The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom

88. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

89. The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton

90. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

91. The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

92. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks

93. Watership Down – Richard Adams

94. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole

95. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute

96. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas

97. Hamlet – William Shakespeare

99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

100. Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

Score 60/100

Okay, my only excuse for this (or should I call it an explanation) is that I was a shy nerdy kid who lived near the town library, and also that I did my graduation in Eng. (Hons) and post graduation in English too. Oh yes, and I love books.

Feel free to pick up the tag

The Monster Tag

Posted on July 26, 2010 by phoenixr

Oh yeah, this has been doing the rounds and I have not even commented on any of them – to avoid being tagged …. but, sigh! I got tagged by TBG!!

Ten how’s:

1. How did you get one of your scars?

If I told you, I’d have to kill you … yeah very hush hush!

2. How did you celebrate your last birthday?

Woke up hung over, got drunk, ate a lot, partied a lot, slept …. repeat

3. How are you feeling at this moment?

As insane as I normally feel

4. How did your night go last night?

Pretty good. I watched two movies — A Wednesday and The Outlander, we had pakoras and vodka jelly shots for dinner. I love Sundays. I make the most inappropriate meals and we enjoy them!

5. How did you do in high school?

I survived …. Academic skills= O+, People Skills= F minus

6. How did you get the shirt you’re wearing?

Ain’t wearing any hyuck hyuck!! Before you guys freak, I’m wearing a salwar kameez

7. How often do you see your best friend(s)?

On and off! We keep in touch mostly on the phone

8. How much money did you spend last month?

Aint telling you unless you pay me $millions for the information

9. How old do you want to be when you get married?

I think 65 is a good age to settle down

10. How old will you be at your next birthday?

65 minus 14

what’s:

1. Your mothers name?

Shobha

2. What did you do last weekend?

Chilled, had an affair, broke up, chilled some more

3. What is the most important part of your life?

Right now … the rest is either gone or yet to come

4. What would you rather be doing?

Having an affair with Vin Diesel

5. What did you last cry over?

As usual, about not getting my own way

6. What always makes you feel better when you’re upset?

Chocolate and lots of pampering

7. What’s the most important thing you look for in a significant other?

Should have a funny bone and a really busy life, that way we wont kill each other

8. What are you worried about?

I dont get worried, I get upset and then I need loads of pampering. Its expensive … so I refuse to get worried or upset.

9. What did you have for breakfast?

PBJ on toast, eggs, milk, marmite on toast

Eight you’s:

1. Have you ever liked someone who had a girlfriend/boyfriend?

You mean really like like?

2. Have you ever had your heartbroken?

Yes, and phew was that expensive or what!!!! Needed loads of retail therapy

3. Have you ever been out of the country?

Yeah

4. Have you ever done something outrageously dumb?

I think I am a sane sensible person, but you may check on this with my kids heh!

5. Have you ever been back stabbed by a friend?

Yeah, Of course

6. Have you ever had sex on the beach?

No, but I think I will once I get married at age 65

7. Have you ever dated someone younger than you?

Not yet

8. Have you ever read an entire book in one day?

Yeah, sure.

Seven who’s:

1. Who was the last person you saw?

My boss

2. Who was the last person you texted?

A friend

3. Who was the last person you hung out with?

I mostly hang around with myself

4. Who was the last person to call you?

A cousin, she is here from the US – we’re planning to meet

5. Who did you last hug?

Kid#2 – and he nearly choked my breath out!

6. Who is the last person who texted you?

Kid #2, he loves sending at least 20 smses a day to me

7. Who was the last person you said “I love you” to?

My dog …. I’m practicing my lines so that I can snare me a hubby by age 65

Six where’s:

1. Where does your best friend(s) live?

I like TBG’s reply here so am going with it”In my heart.”

2. Where did you last go?

The Loo

3. Where did you last hang out?

Hogwarts

4. Where do you go to school?

All over the country

5. Where is your favorite place to be?

Meghalaya

6. Where did you sleep last night?

Wish it was with someone exciting – at home in my bed actually

Five do’s:

1. Do you think anyone likes you?

Yeah

2. Do you ever wish you were someone else?

No!

3. Do you know the muffin man?

Should I?

4. Does the future scare you?

No, not at all

5. Do your parents know about your blog?

No!

Four why’s:

1. Why are you best friends with your best friend?

Because …..

2. Why did you get into Blogging?

No one tells me I talk too much on a blog!

3. Why did your parents give you the name you have?

My father thought I was as moody and changeable as the weather … hence “Ritu”

4. Why are you doing this survey?

Search me!

Three if’s:

1. If you could have one super power what would it be?

Ability to see numbers of lottery tickets that will hit jackpot

2. If you could go back in time and change one thing, would you?

Dont wanna change a thing

3. If you were stranded on a deserted island and could bring 1 thing, what would you bring?

A muscular hunk to liven things up

Two would-you-ever’s:

1. Would you ever get back together with any of your ex’s if they asked you?

Ewwwww No!

2. Would you ever shave your head to save someone you love?

Can be considered. Its whacky and I may start a new fashion

One last question:

1. Are you happy with your life right now?

Yeah! Could be better with Rs. 10 crore but will do

Ummm I think every one has done the tag – but if you haven’t, you’re tagged

Gender Stereotypes : IHM’s tag

Posted on June 30, 2010 by phoenixr

IHM comes out with the most interesting tags. Here is what she says on her blog

Have you ever wanted something that is considered ‘manly’ ? Like a basketball, a cell phone, a dog, a camera or a new laptop? A new car or motor bike? Ever wanted to be a pilot? A doctor or not a nurse? And the manliest want of them all – The remote!

As a kid did you enjoy playing with a bat and a ball?

There was a time when books were considered ‘manly’, women authors had to pretend to be men – would you say books are still rather manly – women should want to embroider and crochet?

She has a similar question for men. Hop across and read the blogpost.

I must admit that I am guilty of doing a lot more than this, so it follows that I have more XY than XX chromosomes I guess. So here are my politically incorrect choices that I revel in

1. I love motorcycles. There was a time when I owned one, and used to service it myself.

2. I can change a flat tyre by myself. Blame my Dad for it. He felt that a person who wants to drive should know how to change a flat tyre and taught me how to do it.

3. I change fused bulbs myself at home, I am aware that people feel its a man’s job, but dont agree with that thinking.

4. I can fly kites, play gilli danda and am a marbles champ (at least I was once upon a time heh!)

5. X rated jokes amuse me, they dont shock me at all. I guess I am besharm that way.

6. I dont wear make up unless I have to.

7. I love technology … cellphones, gizmos, even those sensor lights fascinate me.

8. I love dogs, they are the best of God’s creatures

9. I dont wear jewellery unless I have to

10. Women’s magazines bore me, they have too many skinny models and too much jewellery and make up. Plus they are so marriage centric.

Now I have to tag people

The Bald Guy’s Tag

Posted on June 18, 2010 by phoenixr

The bald guy tagged me, it was fortunate, because I was thinking about what to write. Yep, there are days when “feed the blog” comes not with a {!} but a {????}

I’m supposed to answer these questions, then make up my own ten questions for you and pass on the tag

1. What one material thing are you hoping/ scoping to inherit?

Ans: A nice cottage in the hills! Someone write that into their will please!

2. You’re driving. It’s great weather. Attractive member of opposite sex in expensive car looks at you and half-smiles. You’re in a relationship. Do you return the look and half-smile back?

Ans: Of course! Dudes what’s a relationship got to fear from a smile? Besides, one never knows eh?

3. Can’t smell or can’t taste? For six months, and if you had to chose, would you rather lose your sense of smell or not be able to taste anything?

Ans: I need my sense of smell. Its really important to me. Taste can wait. Maybe if I lose my sense of taste, I’d also lose a bunch of weight.

4. Pick a situation

a. You’re 42. Would you rather go without sex for three years and win a lottery after that, enabling you to never have to work again? Or
b. Get twice the lottery money now (at 42) but have your partner sleep with your boss?

Ans: Of course the first choice. At 42, I rather take the lottery and retire. The sex can wait.

5. What’s a quicker turn off, bad pronunciation or maroon lipstick?

Ans: Bad pronunciation!

6. Would you rather your kid turn out to be a nymphomaniac or gay?(For my amusement, please answer in the format: I would rather my kid be —)

Ans: I’ll go with Ramit here, I would rather my kid be what he/she wants to be and is comfortable with. God give me forbearance and the will power to not butt in if such a thing happens.

7. For which one thing have you not forgiven your mother?

Ans: One thing? There is a chapter, a book and entire season worth of a list. Sigh! Closure is not that easy to achieve!

8. Would you rather go bald or lose your front tooth?

Ans: Front tooth is replaceable – so front tooth it is.

9. Your sibling is sleeping with your married close friend. Who do you go to first, sibling or married close friend?

Ans: They’re old enough to know what they are doing. Why should I borrow trouble by butting in?

10. When was the last time you cried that wasn’t while watching a movie?

Ans: I cry easily. Even Sita Haran and Ram-Bharat Milaap can make me teary-eyed! Pretty sure it happened within this week …

Okay, DONE!! Am at office so am doing a cop-out. Wont change the questions ….. just forwarding the tag to people, hoping they change the questions.

I tag:

Monika
Vibhuti
Manna
Deepak
Meghana
Mampi (somebody needs to get her blogging again)
Deepti
Bikky

Hey Ramit! Your tag is done

The cherry award and the twisted one!

Posted on April 3, 2010 by phoenixr

If Life is a Bowl of Cherries -
What Am I Doing in the Pits?

Erma Bombeck said that and she is darn right as far as I am concerned. I never knew of this author until a few readers of my blog pointed out that I have a similar sense of humor. I dunno. Mebbe we went through the same shit …I certainly found a kindred soul in her work, that is for sure!

Consider this one :-

I read one psychologist’s theory that said, “Never strike a child in anger.” When could I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he is recuperating from measles? Do I slap the Bible out of his hand on Sunday

The lady makes sense!

Now back to the award

Rules
1. Thank the person that gave this to you
2. Copy the award and put it on your blog.
3. List 3 things you love about yourself
4. Post a picture you love (e.g a person you adore etc.)
5. Tag 5 people you wish to pass this award on to

Thanks a lot Ramit! And yes bald guys are sexy, they are housetrained and do not shed! So I love you muah!

Things I love about myself …..

1. I am totally content with myself – dont need any one else to keep me entertained

2. I am 50 which means I can happily get out of doing anything I dont want to – by blaming it on my aged brain cells ( I forgot ) or my aging bones (yaar budhi hoon main, nahin kar paati)

3. I love my own cooking

Chota parivaar, sukhi parivaar

People I tag

1. Monika
2. Tikuli
3. Reema
4. Pixie
5. Addy

THE SECOND AWARD, MY VERY FAVORITE

Given by IHM for marching to my own drummer and doing my own thing and seeing what I chose to see and not stuff right in front of my nose … or as in this case – my laptop monitor.

IHM wanted us to guess what she saw on a tree that made her laugh and posted the photo. Dammit, I am old and my eyesight is weak and failing

Theatrical sigh and dramatically staggering footsteps ~~~~

Ab mujhey nahin dikha na – so I guessed.

Psst! Even offered to bribe her

So she gave me this award as a consolation prize!

Now I can ring up M Night Shyamalan and whisper eerily ” I see dead people just what I want to see, even if it ain’t there”

I think I have a promising career ahead of me

Buy one and get one free

Posted on March 9, 2010 by phoenixr

Roop tagged me some time back and gave me a bribe/award to sweeten the deal. Now I am a sucker for scratch cards and buy one – get one free deals, so I have taken her tag – it came with the honest blogger award, and kya kahen, I am easy to please …..

I am supposed to tell the blogosphere 10 things about myself. Considering that I have told the blogosphere a lot about myself … this is a challenge. Aisa kya hai that I can write that folks dont know about me????

1. Merey Colgate mein namak nahin hai. Seriously dudes, that ad sucks! Imagine waking up in the morning and stretching out, walking in for the brush and bladder routine to have someone burst into your bathroom with the question “Kya aapkey Colgate mein namak hai!” I would require serious therapy and the person bursting in would require first aid (would attack out of sheer panic)! S e r i o u s l y!!!!

2. My mental image of myself is the shy, bookish, retiring types. My sons and daughter in law think I need a reality check …. sigh!

3. Was a model for a very short time in my life. Those were the days when I was slim (sigh!) and young (deeper sigh!!!) and looked really pretty. Oh, and the money I earned seriously belonged to me and not to the EMIs, kids and other sundry expenses (Deepest deepest sigh!!).

4. I am animal friendly … but dont know why. Dogs, cats and other sundry members of the animal kingdom latch on to me, and I dont understand why. It freaks me out! May be because I like to cook and all kinds of food smells linger on me??? Wonder ……

5. I own cars but dont have a clue what happens under the bonnet. But if there is a malfunction, I get out, pop the bonnet open and look at the wierd stuff there very intelligently. I even touch the wires and pipes as though I know what is what! Thankfully some macho do-gooder comes and says “Maydamji, maddad chahiye?” and rescues me from my act.

6. I need to get up in the night … actually sleep barely 3 hours at a stretch. Then I get up and go out to check if I am still in this planet. Once as a little girl, I walked out, left the door open and slept in the grass outside (We were in Shillong then) and froze. Anti-children-doing-such-things-padlocks were installed by the parents. Now I go up to the roof and check if the world is still around me. The dogs accompany me. Can imagine them thinking “Dog Alert! Woof batty woman on the prowl, Woof!! we need to guard her!”

7. The only living soul who understands me is our water turtle Annubis, but he is only three days old so it does not count.

8. Give me a good book and I forget to eat, sleep, breathe until it is over. Cant leave a book half finished and go to sleep.

9. I am teaching myself how to make nachos from scratch …. and am proud of the good results I have had.

10. As a kid, I would bring home strays ..kittens, birds etc. I once brought home an orange cat …. only it was a lion cub! My parents forced me to give it away to the zoo. Sigh!

Am surprised that I actually wrote 10 things about me that you did not know. Am surprised that you actually read them

Feel free to take the tag up if so inclined. In my experience they are good stuff to take on when inspiration is low

Mera Naam Hai Chin Chin Chu

Posted on March 2, 2010 by phoenixr

The Chinese tag from Ramit, aka the bald guy

You should read his blog; he is funny! In fact he does crazy things like tag me by email and not on his blog! Just pulling your leg Ramit!

8 TV Shows I like to watch

1. 9XM
2. Channel V

(Both at 8 am – dhinchak music and celebrities dancing to the music eases the pain of exercising – they’re also doing it right?? Misery loves company)

3. MAX
4. AXN
5. STAR MOVIES
6. PIX
7. HBO
and how can I forget
8. India TV News : its a hoot. I watch it to destress …

Sensation se bharpoor India TV

My only grouse is that these days they arent doing too much of the red circles and arrow thingys. Probably run out of red markers. Doesnt give the same frantic scary feel without it. They do blue rectangles now … sigh!!! Simply not the same effect!

8 Places to eat and dine (arent both the same?)

1. My kitchen
2. My good friend J-’s kitchen (the most awesome home made south indian food) – which we then wolf down sitting on her bed with lots of alcohol
3. Kwality’s in Delhi
4. Om Ka Hotel at Jangpura for the brain curry
5. Woodlands (yeah I love south indian food)
6. Karims
7. Eating joints in the walled city
8. Thupka at the Tibetian Monastery

8 things I look forward to

1. My sons getting jobs and being successful (I will be an insufferably proud Mama)
2. Cooking
3. Going to sleep at night without waking up even once (yeah I cant sleep more than 3 hours at a stretch)
4. Boarding a space ship for interstellar travel
5. My sons sitting with me watching TV without grabbing the remote or changing the chanel, hasnt happened even once!

6. Coming home to a perfectly cooked dinner made by Kid#1. He is an awesome cook
7. My boss going out of town for more than two days
8. Dark chocolate

8 things that happened yesterday

1. Woke up at 10 a.m.
2. Went to play Holi in the colony park
3. Was so hot that overindulged in chilled beer
4. Slept (again) for two hours after a bath. Sheer bliss
5. Played Mafia Wars on Facebook
6. Won a game of Scrabble
7. Read a whole lot of blogs
8. Learnt how to take photos with my Iphone and put them on my laptop

8 things I love about winter

1. Lovely roses
2. Chrysanthemums in full bloom
3. Snuggling into a warm bed in a quilt
4. Gobhi and makki paranthas
5. Bonfires
6. Soup and more soup
7. Long walks
8. Our dogs dont get ticks (saves a whole lot of effort as we dont have to de-tick them)

8 things on my wish list —– This one is difficult! I normally just do what I wish. Umm let me think!

1. A light sabre – just like a jedi’s
2. A futuristic transporter – I wanna be able to say at least once “Beam me up Scotty!”
3. Want to travel to another planet
4. Get out of the debt trap
5. A steamy hot passionate affair with a Klingon
6. Chocolate that makes you lose weight
7. Mithai as diet food
8. A Mr. Right who is not a Mr. Boring. No aspersions on anyone – but good guys dont attract me. I have really bad taste.

8 things I am passionate about

1. I, me, myself
2. Blogging
3. Writing
4. Cooking
5. My laptop and the net connection (any malfunction and I go ballistic)
6. Reading
7. My sons and daughter in law
8. Good food and alcohol

8 Words / Phrases I often use

1. Hai Rabba
2. Awesome
3. Oh my God
4. Hain Jee
5. Yeah
6. Kya Baat Hai
7. Jai Mata Di
8. Vadhiya

8 things I have learnt from my past

1. Live life Queen Sized
2. Have faith in yourself
3. Have faith in God
4. Stay away from bankers
5. Stay away from lawyers
6. Kuch toh log kahenge, so fuck it. Its a human failing so dont beat yourself over it.
7. Be financially solvent – always
8. Take care of your health, folk can share in your emotional grief, but health is more important cause you gotta bear the physical pain and medical bills alone

8 places I would like to visit

1. Mt. Fujiyama
2. Brazil
3. Athens
4. Kailash Parbat
5. Mt. Olympus
6. Malta
7. My hostel room ~ if it still exists
8. Another planet with intelligent life

8 things I currently need/want

1. Time and money to get the home repainted
2. A 50 inches LCD screen
3. A Wii to go with it
4. A multicrore medical policy for the family (it will make me feel secure and happy)
5. A raise
6. A pay hike/raise
7. A substantial pay hike/raise
8. Godji are you listening??? A RAISE!!!!!

8 blogging buddies I want to tag

You – yes you who are reading this! Consider yourself tagged!

My favorite movie lines – They’re called boobs Ed

Posted on February 20, 2010 by phoenixr

This is a tag forwarded to me by Shilpadesh and I am going to have fun with it

On your blog, provide a link to the Great Bong’s page, May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss. Embedding the above picture in your blog would be nice but not needed.

The May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss contest

2. Then write down your top 10 Hindi movie lines or top 10 English movie lines (You can do both if you want. Only one set is required for the contest). If you cannot think of top 10, make it top 5. Cannot think of even 5? Make it top 3. No problem. Only restriction: no two lines from same movie. This done to make it fair for other movies so that they dont get swamped by Gunda or Loha or Sholay.

3. Tag five friends to do the same.

4. Come over to the comment-space of this post and post your blog’s link so I can go and read it.

Remember: Before starting the tag, paste points 1 and 4 on your blog so that the rules are available to anyone who wishes to pick the tag up from your blog.

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Favorite line no. 1

They’re called boobs Ed! Movie Erin Bronkowich actress Julia Roberts.

Ed Masry: What makes you think you can just walk in there and take whatever you want?
Erin Brockovich: They’re called boobs, Ed.

Favorite Line No. 2

The Movie Om Shanti Om : The Award Speech done very well by Shah Rukh Khan

Filmon ki tarah humarey zindagi mein bhi end tak sab kuch theekh hi ho jata hai. Happys Ending! Aur agar theekh na ho, toh voh the end nahin. Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost.

Favorite Line No. 3

The movie Musafir starring Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor, Sameera and Sanjay Manjrekar

Sunjay as Billa to Anil Kapoor : Film mein villain hero ko tension deta hai par yahan tu hero hi villain ko tension de raha hai ?

Sanjay Manjrekar playing irate husband to Sameera who emerges from the bathroom with Anil Kapoor following her

Too bhi bathroom mein, Ye bhi bathroom mein, Dono mil kar bathroom ki tanki saaf kar rahey the ?

I know I know, only one line per movie but this movie has awesome dialogues

Favorite Movie Line No. 4

Pyaar Ke Side Effects

Breakup Ka Side effect no.2
Ex girlfriend ko bhulne ke liye bhaut sari shopping karni hogi..it really helps..maine 15 hazar ki ghadi lee hai aur 25 hazar ke speaker’s…Of course on installments..but i feel AWESOME!!!

Favorite Movie Line No. 5

Film Omkara, the Hindi adaptation of Othello – the best lines were given to Saif or Langda Tyagi

One of them …

Bewakoof aur chutiye mein dhaage barabar ka farak hota hai. Dhage ke henge bewakoof aur hunge, chutiya. Aur jo dhaaga khench lo, to kaun hai bewakoof kaun hai chutiya, carore rupiye ka prashan hai bhaiya. Tu to bewakoof hain na? Chutiya to insaan shaadi ke baad hove hai.

Favorite Movie Line No. 6

Movie 16 December

Danny Denzongpa : Mera bharat mahan, sou mein se ninyanvein beman

Favorite Line No. 7

Movie : Jab We Met

Kareena’s entry in the train Haath chodo mera, ab itni bhi khoobsurat nahin hoon main

Favorite Movie Line No. 8

Don ko pakad pana mushkil hi nahin namumkin hai

I really dont know who delivered this dialogue better, Mr. Bacchan or Mr. Shah Rukh Khan

Favorite Movie Line No. 9

Movie : Damini

Yeh Dhai kilo ka haath jab kisipe padtha hai na…toh aadmin ut-tha nahi uth jaata hai..

The Tareekh Pey Tareekh dialogue was good too

Favorite Movie Line No. 10

Film : Amar Akbar Anthony

Amitabh Bacchan : Aisa to Aadmi Life mein Doich time bhaagta hai. Olympic ka race ho, yaa Police ka case ho. Tum kisliye bhaagta hai bhai?

Favorite Line No. 11 (10th in Hindi)

Shucks, I checked ; hafta do one more hindi one phew!

Hehehehe Actually just looking for a way to put this gem by Shatrughan Sinha in Vishwanaat

Jali ko aag kehte hain, bujhee ko raakh kehte hain, jis raakh se barood bane use Vishwanath kehete hain
Hmm : Now I have to tag someone

Here goes -