Tag paanch aka MEZ IZ TAGGEDZ!

Tagged by His Almighty Geekiness, Ashish.


5 - You’re going on a long journey, what five albums MUST you take with you? Albums that you need to listen to regularly.

• Mekaal Hasan Band : Sampooran [Have to listen.]

• Silk Route : Boondein [actually, this does have an incredibly corny English song called, um.. Mermaid. *shudders* I'm allowed to substitute that with Mohit Chauhan's Guncha, right? =D]

• Call : Jilawatan

• Strings : Duur

• The Raghu Dixit Project : Raghu Dixit [Ambar. *drool*]
  

4 - What four albums/songs do you most associate with a journey or travel experience memory? You know, the ones you listen to that transport you back to a place and time.

• Asoka [yes, the Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor movie. Stop gaping.] : I'd gone on a family vacation to Kerala back when I was 11, and for ten days, I listened to nothing else, since it was the sole non-Malayalam album our driver had. San Sana-na Nan. Responsible for any craziness I display today. You have no idea how impressionable an eleven year old is.

• Numb - Linkin Park : 15th December, 2007. School grounds. School fete in progress. Yours truly on compering duty at the music request stall on stage, seeing 3000 kids getting bored. What does yours truly do? She takes the microphone, and instead of just announcing, "Next up is Numb, by Linkin Park, from [insert random desperate guy's name] to all the hot girls of Carmel!", she er.. shouts,"Lemme hear you roaaaaaaaaaaaaaar, people!" and proceeds to jump, and head bang to Numb, lip syncing, and going crazy in a passable imitation of Chester. On stage. 3000 people. [Aku, I know you'll be a good friend, and delete that video. NOW.]

• Keh Lene Do - Agnee : In the 11th, when our class would be practicing for the 12th's farewell, Sukanya and I would sit on the low ledge behind the auditorium at school, with baby squirrels for company. We'd begin with humming Keh Lene Do, and Karvan by Agnee, move on to Tere Bina by Fuzon, and as more people came and sat, Allah Ke Bande, finally finishing off with a crowd favourite : Chain Kulli Ki Main Kulli. =P [You HAVE to see that video.]
  

• Shayad / Nishaan - Call : For the impromptu jam sessions at school with K. =)
  

3 - Your three favourite songs of all time?

• Boondein : Silk Route

• Tiluk Kamod : Ahmed Jahanzeb

• I Will Follow You Into The Dark : Death Cab For Cutie [Do.. not.. stare. Its a nice song. Shoo.] [as is Carnival of Rust. And Champagne Supernova. And Good Riddance. ^.^]
  

2 - Two feel good songs, the ones that are guaranteed to lift the blues and put a smile on your face.

• Ud Chalta - Nitish Pires [The guy is um.. weird. And the album version has better vocals. And slightly adjusted lyrics.]
  

• Le Chale - KK, My Brother Nikhil [also try: Yeh Honsla - Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan]
  

1 - Absolute, overall, undoubtedly the best album of all time, in your opinion.

• The ever changing, all accommodating to-listen-before-bed album of the [V]. =D

[Ah yes. I wasn't supposed to include any Inglis songs. One little song or two can't hurt, right? At least, I say it can't. & my word is law. I is 17. Mwahahahaha.]

Tag chaar aka Nidhi's tag!

Stolen from Nidhi.

The Rules - *I challenge you to make your own list. The only catch? You can't include a single person you know on your list. No "I love the way my husband laughs" or "I love hearing my little girl call for me." It'll be tough, I know. But this particular little exercise is about stripping away everyone who defines you and figuring out what you (not his partner; not their mother/daughter/sister/friend) love.


I love sitting in the corridor outside my class and catching the wind. Being part of the mob that runs inside whenever anyone at the staircase yells, "Bhaago, Shobha's coming!" Hot chocolate fudge at Nirula's. Jabbering on and on and making no sense. I love scribbling into my journal at night. Traveling. I love the shivers down my spine after being drenched in the rain. Climbing trees. Jumping into puddles. Splashing paint and slashing my jeans and then calling them works of art. I love causing someone to break into a smile. I love causing someone to throw up on Coke because of guffawing too hard at my lame jokes. Staring out of the window on long car drives. Cycling. Trekking. Mountains. Listening to Strings late at night. I love hour long phone conferences where everyone makes jokes simultaneously, then laughs at their own joke, and they're all happy thinking five people found what they said funny. I love Drake and Josh. And Megan. Old photographs. Monochromes. Nonsense masquerading as abstractness. My nonsense. Individuality. Hot Choco-latte at Cafe Coffee Day cupped into palms on freezing winter nights. Being liked. I love chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Lots of chocolate without the calories. Rereading old posts and thinking what an I ass I was. Black gel pens. I love Calvin and Hobbes. Learning. The smell of old books. I love character. Acceptance. Chocolate Truffle with Sour Cherry sauce from Bread and More. Holidays! Economics. Myself. Longish complicated sounding words that make me sound pseudo-literary. I love the desperate types. NOT. Snuggling into a warm blanket while listening to Fix You. Genuineness. I love colour. Exploring. Photographing people off guard. Sunrises. Lying on my terrace and looking at the stars. Going wild. I love surprises. Pushing myself. My W120. I love glass bangles. Gossip. Douglas Adams. Walking barefoot on dewy grass. I love Pakistani Rock Music. Impromptu shopping trips [paid for by parents!]. Four hour long conversations, solely through chits, at school. I love nostalgia. Closing my eyes and soaking in darkness. Vibrancy. Bonfires. School. Celebrations. Five people sharing a packet of Senor Pepito Nachos because they accidentally discovered combined chilladh in their bags amounting to ten rupees. I love the Litchi groves at Glasshouse on the Ganges at Rishikesh. Memories. Knowing there's so much to be grateful for. Storing time in a jar at the back of my mind. =)

Tag teen aka We're Back After The Break!

Tagged by Bharat. Title credits go the same way.

5 things found in your bag

• Camera, Phone, iPod.
• Money, food passes etc.
• Dairy, pens in assorted colours [on last count : black, fluorescent orange and fuschia], and a book.
• Old movie tickets, restaurant bills, wrappers etc. [I'm too lazy to clean up. Sue me.]
• Random things stuffed in by other people who're too lazy and selfish to carry a bag, and dump their Physics notebooks into mine. Hmph. Listening, are you?
  

5 favourite things in your room

• My model Seaplane - iMade! ^.^
• My hula hoops - Er, yes. I own two. And what's more, I can hula hoop. Beat that, loser!
• The mini veranda that's technically not in my room, but is still the best place to sit and read. Its even got place to keep a champagne glass [that's filled with Sprite.] =P
• My freshly painted book shelves with more school books than others. My books number 50+. School books? Lets not get there... *shudders*
• The side windows that help in spying on my neighbour! =P
  

5 things you are currently into

• Monochromes
• Nameless channel no. 3 on my cable network that has inadvertently hilarious Uttaranchali Lok Sangeet music videos. =P
  
• Photography. Black and whites.
• Huge messes.
  
• Tags! What else? :D
  

5 things you have always wanted to do

• Go to jail.
• Flunk an exam. [Monday. Math. Bubble might burst.]
  
• Take a year off for just backpacking. [Note to self : Might have to take ten years off before that for just earning enough to be able to do that.]
• Sound pseudo literary.
  
• Be able to write heartfelt, expressive wishes that sound genuine, and not lamely corny, and show how much I care. Since that doesn't look very likely, in the near future, guess you'll just have to do with a simple happy birthday then, Nik. Have a blast. Flabbergast Stanford! =P

Tag do

1. What have you realised recently?
That the best way to zap summer zits is not Garnier Yellow Tube Facewash but simply taking off your specs and looking at the mirror.

2. Have you given your first kiss away?
Tauba, tauba. :P

3. If you were to be stranded on a deserted island, who are the 11 blog buddies you would take?
Three's a crowd. Eleven's a deserted island no more. Mayhem! :D
Er, the question. Yes.
Inflict torture of self's company on them all.

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
Betelgeuse.

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
Fly, oh so high, into the sky, I shall try, kar diya na bheja fry? Sigh.


On second thoughts, 6/6 vision wouldn't hurt.

6. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain?
I'm half blind :|

7. What are you afraid to lose the most now?
Do ghante baith kar banaya trial balance. :|

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
Stash it in a bank, and go backpacking.

9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
Hmm. I'd be afraid to botch up things, really. :/

10.List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Kya zyaadti hai, har tag par achha likho? Bah, I can't be that good. Not when I'm talking about others. Boohoo.

Here goes.

Dish : Writes fabulously when she's in her element, can express emotions so well, and is always game for a Gelato outing. :D

Shailja : Spunk, character, and individuality. You go, girl.

Abhilasha : Brimming with story ideas, has this striking persona thing going for her, and does what SHE wants.

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Sanity?

12. Which type of person do you hate the most?
Hate is a strong word [and I really, really, really...uh.]
Hard to find someone I hate. I can dislike at best. I know, I'm so good. ^_^

13. What is the one thing you cannot live without?
Positive cell phone balance.

14. If you have faults, would you rather the people around you point out to you or would you rather they keep quiet?
Rather they point it out.

15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
Moi, who else? :D

16. Are you a shopaholic or not?
*grins guiltily*

17. Find a word to describe the person who tagged you.

Dish : Writesfabulouslywhenshe'sinherelement,canexpressemotionssowell,andisalwaysgameforaGelatoouting. :D

Shailja : Spunk,character,andindividualityYougo,girl.

Abhilasha : Brimmingwithstoryideas,hasthisstrikingpersonathinggoingforher,anddoeswhatSHEwants.

That'll do, right? :P

18. If you have a chance. Which part of your character you would like to change?
I'd wish to be a harder worker. I'm a lazy ass.

19. Whats the last shocking thing you've seen or heard?
Ooh. Not telling. Classroom gossip. Possibly Breaking News. :D

20. Would you rather have love but no money or money but no love?
Lazy, and greedy too. Both. I demand both! Mwahahaha!
[Deja vu?]

Tagging time :
Aanchal, Aku [Three good things? Omg. Two weeks at least? :P], Anahita, Bharat, Ishmeet, Kika, Kishore, Nidhi [when she returns], Nik [Ha. This is going to be fun.], Shayeri, Shruti and everyone else on the blogroll. I'm just a bachcha. Kill me not. ^_^

Tag ek

Last movie seen in a theatre:

Khuda Ke Liye. Waaay back in April. Great movie, btw.

Going for Aamir tomorrow, maybe. :D

What book are you reading?:

Airman by Eoin Colfer.

Favourite board game:

Scrabble, Monopoly, TWISTER!

Favourite magazine:

Griha Shobha. Fantastic fashion spreads, oh yeah. And gorgeous, drool worthy mehendi tattoos. Mmm.

Favourite smells:

Freshly baked cake. Rajnigandha. Nyaazboz leaves rubbed between palms. Raat ki Raani. Mogra.

Favourite sound:

The gurgle and subsequent charging of sudden rain showers.

Worst feeling in the world:

Hopelessness. Giving up.

What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?:

Why didn't the alarm ring?!

Favourite fast food place:

Er. Subway? =P

Future child’s name:

Slartibartfast, god bless him/her.

Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…” :

Barter it for a lot of time. *sigh*

Do you drive fast?

Drive people mad fast, very fast.

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?

Yeah, its a life size teddy bear with a red satin bow around his neck. He's called Chocofudge. Nirula's Chocofudge. Because he's chocolate brown like the HCF, and the red ribbon is symbolic of the red cherry on top of it. Red for love. He loves me. I love him.

Bless you if you believed that.

Do you eat the stems on broccoli?

I hate broccoli. I like vegetables. Just don’t like eating them.

Storms - Cool or Scary?

Cool. Love being drenched and jumping into puddles. ^_^

If you could dye your hair any colour, what would be your choice?

I've already tried copper, red and purple, separately of course. And non permanent. I'd say electric blue next. Block highlights. :D

Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:

Delhi.

Favourite sports to watch:

Tennis, Kirkut, and sometimes, football.

One nice thing about the person who sent this to you:

Dish: V. empathetic.

Kika: Gets the sarcasm just right, everytime

Lasha: Meri boss? :P

What’s under your bed?

The actual Vasudha, bound and gagged. I'm Polyjuice Potion generated.

Would you like to be born as yourself again?

Sure.

Morning person or night owl?

Morning person and night owl, in shifts.

Over easy or sunny side up?

I don’t like omlettes much, really. I veggie.

Favourite place to relax:

Anyplace where I can walk.

Favourite ice cream flavour:

Chocolate chip. Belgian Dark Chocolate, if its gelato. :D

You pass this tag to –

Next bored person in queue. I be bored. I be boring you. Spread the bore. Mwahaha!
*yawn*

I, Chor

Tired, bored and inspirationless. Oh, and a blatant plagiarist.Shamelessly chorofied from Ish's blog :

1. Put your iPod (or other source of music) on shuffle mode.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the name of the song no matter what. No cheating!

[All Himes songs stealthily deleted. Shh. :D]

If someone says ‘Is this okay?’, you say?”
Have A Nice Day - Bon Jovi

"Is this okay?"
"Have a nice day"
"Horn okay please"
"ILU ka matlab I Love You"

Aw, deja vu. :P

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“What would best describe your personality?”
Everybody's Fool - Evanescence

Wow, you're fast. Didn't we just begin?

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“What do you like in a guy/girl?”
All The Small Things - Blink 182

I'm observant. :D

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“How do you feel today?”
Dhoom Dhadaka - Kailash Kher

Yes, I'm very likely to just go whoosh! and explode soon.

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“What is your life’s purpose?”
New Friend Request - Gym Class Heroes

Add me on Facebook! NOW! Quickie!
I'm not that desperate, am I? >_<

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“What is your motto?”
Clocks - Coldplay

I go tick-tock the whole day.
When its 8:10 I raise my arms to do a Hrithik Roshan from Khwaja Mere Khwaja.
And at 5:30 I stand shiftily resembling someone who needs to go to the loo but can't find one.Slick.

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“What do your friends think of you?”
Raba - Mekaal Hasan Band

Woohoo, I'm God? :D

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“What do you think of your parents?”
Hey Bhagwan - Raghu Dixit

Yep, my parents are holy incarnates. I bow down low before thy majesty, m'lords.
Really. Whatever gave you the idea I look at them and say,"Hey Bhagwan"? :P

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“What do you think about very often?”
Soch - Call

We-ell. *shrugs* At least it implies I think. :P

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“What is 2+2?”
The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

2+2 = 666
Finally, someone who beats my Math skills!

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“What do you think of your best friend?”
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5.

You bet she[they?] will. :)

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“What do you think of the person you like?”
Black Magic Woman - Santana

Ooh, gypsy. :D

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“What is your life story?”
Gudugudiya Sedi Nodo - Raghu Dixit

My life's story doesn't make any sense to me either. :P

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Basket Case - Green Day

Good, so at least my preparation is in the right direction.

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“What do you think when you see the person you like?”
Everything Is Average Nowadays - Kaiser Chiefs

Tsk, tsk. My standards are falling? :P

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“What do your parents think of you?”
Praarthna - Euphoria

Yeah, they pray for forgiveness for the torture they inflicted upon ye all. :P

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“What will you dance to at your wedding?”
A Bad Dream- Keane

LOL. I'm a nightmare. *cherubic smile*

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“What will they play at your funeral?”
Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Because one day I'll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join the black parade.

*

Through it all,
The rise and fall,
The bodies in the streets.
And when you're gone we want you all to know

We'll Carry on,
We'll Carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on

And in my heart I cant contain it
The anthem wont explain it.

Now I'm scared. O.o

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“What is your hobby/interest?”
Kesariya Balam - Karsan Sagathiya

Listening to songs with tongue twisting names that make people raise eyebrows when I mention them, check.

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“What is your biggest secret?”
How To Save A Life - The Fray

Mouth to mouth CPR. *grins*

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“What do you think of your friends?”
Morni - Silk Route

My friends bounce around with weird pageant-like feathery attire?

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“What should you post this as?”
Gryffindor Rocks - Harry and the Potters

:o!
Gryffindor's for the itsy bitsy puny ones.
Now Slytherin does. :D

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Time for you, chor. :)

Yes, a post!

[Alright, so that makes it sound like I think that you think that I think I am overly excited at a new post, right? Well, if you got that, and you think so, then yep, I am!]

So Shruti tagged me, and here goes nothing!
The Rules:

Link to the person that tagged you.

Post the rules on your blog.

Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.

Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

#1
I like classifying my songs. I have long-car-drives songs [Strings], 12 AM songs [Coldplay], songs for a particularly Ima-do-what-I-want day [Old Bon Jovi stuff, think Dead or Alive, or Blaze of Glory] et al. I actually got up today at 6 [in the morning for a change], got my iPod, arranged my hair in a suitably wild manner, and put on my best rocker on a mission sneer. Then I plugged in the earphones, played You Give Love a Bad Name, and did the whole on-stage routine in front of my bathroom mirror, singing shouting along, until my Mum started banging on the door. It was to beat, so I thought she was probably being appreciative of my performance. Until she barged in and said she'd thwack me hard if I didn't quit it. Sigh. I shall remain an undiscovered musical genius.

[And yes, digression shall live as long as I am alive.]

#2
I hate typing out things. I can never think of things to say when I'm typing. Most of my posts are first written out at night, proof read, typed out, and posted. Give me a black pen [Black is important] and a notebook, and I'll fill it up and return it within the hour. Talk to me online, and you'll be waiting for fifteen minutes to get a reply from me. My lack of conversational skills online are second only to my complete uselessness on the phone.

#3
I can happily spend an entire hour doing nothing but listening to music and reading.
In the bathroom.

#4
I hate stepping on the edges of tiles. I like to walk one foot bang in the middle of one tile, next foot on the opposite adjacent tile on top when I'm walking on tiled floors. Stepping on the lines is a cardinal sin.

#5
I don't know if this is weird, but no one else I know admits to it. I really like going to school. Okay, so it is weird. But I don't know, I like the place. I've never taken leave unless I could help it, or if I have, it was only so I didn't get the nerdy looking 100% certificate. Maybe its something to do with the fact that the school magazine has articles titled "The Ultimate Guide To Handle Post Break-up Blues." Go, freedom of creative expression! :D

#6
I think this tag is an oxymoronish tag. How can I write six non important things about myself? If its about me, its important! :D
More important stuff then, because I think the blog is looking quite dreary, and well, I feel like putting up some snaps. There, no more justification required.
[In case you're wondering, I also suffer from having an incredibly bloated up self image, though I sometimes swing to self deprecating too]

I like photography, or whatever little I can do of it with my ancient 3.2 megapixel camera.


Enough fodder for a day, I guess. And I tag :

Abhilasha
Bharat
Disha
Nik
Radhika
You! :D

Memefied :)

Tagged by SporadicBlogger :D

List 5 things that you want to say to people but never will. Dont say who they are.

1. Yes, you're right.Its your fault.
2. Your school, so what?
3. I'm the bestest.Okay?Good.
4. Anything on Pizza other than cheese sucks.
5. ----------- [I can never shut up.Even when I should.Gah.]
   

Five Things I’d Love To Do Before I Die

1. Sky dive
2. Make people believe in themselves, and stop acting like inferiors, thinking their opinion doesn't count.
   
3. Colour my hair blue
4. Stand up for a cause, and take it to completion
5. Write something I can really be proud of
6. [Sorry, this list is too long :)] Make an entire seven course meal without setting fire to the kitchen
7. Convince someone to eat the seven course meal

Five Things I Will Not Do Even If It Kills Me

1. Give in to an argument without a nice, long ( and sometimes rational ) counter argument
2. Read my Business Studies out of my own free will
3. Do a Britney Spears and get photographed without me knickers.Ugh.
4. Stick to people because they're labeled cool.
5. Eat sushi.I'm a nice, considerate kid, especially when it comes to fish :)
   

Five Things I Do When I’m Away From The Public

1. Practice my ispheshul dance moves :P
2. Hog on food.Oh, wait.In public too.So what? =)
   
3. Read.The public doesn't let me read. :(
4. Hmmm.
5. Go on, exercise your grey cells. :D
   

Five Fave Sentences/Quotes

1. To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy. [Jesus of Suburbia, Greenday]
2. It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. And finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination. [H2G2]
3. Can you put an a/c on your dining table and get thandi hawa? [My accountancy teacher]
4. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget [Hotel California, Eagles]
   
5. We shall now have a little public speaking in public [English class]
   

Five Things I’ll Make You Wish You Didnt Do, If You Did

1. Rebuff me if I answer your question with 42.
2. Say, "You listen to Pakistani Rock Music?!?! EURGH!!"
3. Order a Veggie Supreme for me at Pizza Hut
4. Interrupt me when I'm proving a point.I shall glare, and ask pointedly if I am allowed to speak with your permission.
5. Ask why I've taken up Commerce if I like Physics, and hate Business Studies and Accounts.
   

Five People To Tag

1. Aanchal
2. Prema
3. Dish
   
4. Anahita
5. Shayeri
6. Nik
7. Wacko
8. Sukam/Aku/Shallwe, if it gets any of them to start a blog :]

My Math skills are pretty non existent.
And I like it that way :)

Taggie!

Tagged by the Fish.
Alright, so the ten things I love!

1.11C
My new class rocks!Its the best I've been in after 9C which was anything but dreary:catfights, patching up, teachers complaining about us, lectures by the Principal, NO studying,gangs, dumb charades,writing dumb poems in Shalvi's diary, writing dumberer songs for THE band, staring at the Math teacher[the WHOLE class, and then she'd wonder what was wrong with her], staring at the Math teacher when she wore her fave yellow sari with the yellow heels and fluorescent orange nail paint [on her toes...ugh], the Mussoorie trip, being the emcee at the Annual Day when the mic didn't work,the Math teacher resigning.
My new class looks promising....hopefully this Math teacher resigns by the end of the year too.
*crosses fingers*

2.Football in the rain!
Back when I was 9 or 10, my neighbor had just bought this Santro and because the World Cup was going on at the time, he got a football free with it.The next three weeks were spent sabotaging the back lane and playing football with all the other kids in our lane.But then, this woman realised what had actually caused all those dents in her car, and she didn't let us anywhere near it.We stopped playing.In a year, the lane got car choked [Note to self:Rapid economic growth isn't necessarily thorn-free] and we were left without a place to play.The football still lies in a corner of my neighbor's house, deflated and dusty.Sigh.

3.Velapanti with me friends
Usual sites of action : M blawwwk or ze Priya complex.We go, barge into some place and start talking [read:shouting] loudly.Try this, criticize that.Hang around inside doing nothing in particular.Oh, and it isn't without its hazards - we were thrown out of Guess once :P Once this is done, take unlimited rounds of the place; you're bound to meet someone you know.Here air kiss, and give them those fake hugs.Leave them with an accented,"Nice meeting ya, hunneh".Start all over again.
Lather.Rinse.Repeat.
Simple.And fun.

4.Imitation freak dancing
I love.This one is a regular budday party feature.Acting like you're doped and then doing all of 'em moves.So much so , I have me partners fixed by now.Nimmi and Hooper, raise ya hands and be counted!*Nimmi and Hooper say aye aye*

5.Cheering people up [:P]
Gelato.Chocolate.Lame jokes.Next up is singing Fix You in my bihari accent.

6.Acting weird
I had this entire phase in the tenth when Aku and I would talk to each other only in Hindi, which is kinda tough 'cause normally when you're conversing in Hindi, its okay if you intertwine it with a liberal dose of English.So we'd start the day with Shuch Subah [literal translation of good morning, though its never said like THAT!] and ask which adhyapika wasn't present, whether Aku had had a fight with some sakhi of hers and what she'd gone for bhojan.And the best one, Aku telling me she had to go to the shouchalaya.

7.Gazing at the sky at night
Siiiiiigh.I dunno why.I just do.Even when I'm not particularly looking for Orion.I just do.Even when there aren't any stars.I just do.Even if its just clouds or the Moon.I just do.

8.Finding stuff I wrote years back
Makes me think,"Gawd, you're just so good, woman!" Haha.More to the contrary.My fav fav fav is[and I know I posted this one long time back.I don't care.Mwahaha.So there]

All the world's a stage
And all men and women are merely players.
*faints*
Oops.
Stage fright.

9.Slumber parties!
And all the dressing up,parading,scary flicks and pillow fights [yesh Dish!Them too :P ] with them.

10.Early morning treks in the mountains
This one's more of a summer holiday ritual.Going to Mussoorie, or Dalhousie in the vacations and getting up at 5 to catch the sun rise, feeling the warmth creep up your face, watching the dew ebb away,feeling free.Fortunately we stay a li'l farther off from the city when we're in Mussoorie [Dalhousie doesn't have a city so as to speak] so its always fun just being.......yourself, and having time to think.

There, so I'm done.Thankee Fish, I'm feeling a lot better already :)

And I tag : Aanchal, Prerna, Shayeri [all of you are already tagged by Fish in any case, but I'm tagging you too...which means you HAVE to do this one!], Anahita,Geetika and the Sporadic Blogger.

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*bows low before Anahita for giving her something to post*

Instructions:



Look at the list of books below.

*Bold the ones you've read

*Italicize the ones you want to read

*leave blank the ones that you aren't interested in.

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) [Read half.Got bored.Thus.]
3. To kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
   
4. Gone with the wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the king (Tolkien) [NO WAY AM I READING IT.Got the compiled edition from the library,squinted long and hard,read three pages,got muddled, returned it.]
   
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien) [Self explanatory]
   
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two towers (Tolkien) [Self explanatory]
   
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery) [Made a lot of mistakes, I have.This was one of them.Read only if you are super optimistic.Or a 10 year old.]
   
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
    
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on your Knees (Anne-Marie Macdonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre(Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien) [You seriously don't give up, do you?]
    
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (L.A. Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) [Mine, they were :D]
    
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(Douglas Adams) [Definitely one of my favourites.Yeah, moi lurvey Marvin :P]
    
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
    
28. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (CS Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Ablom) [My mum bought it.I picked it up.Read five pages.Put it back again.]
    
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (orwell)
35. The mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillar of Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb) [And I can prove you're lying.*removes her specs a la Abhishek Bachchan in Dhoom* Wally Lamb hastily retreats and orders a change in the name.Mwahahahaha.*looks quietly content with herself*]
    
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelcho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) [Amaaaaaazing book.Simple words, easy to follow, and completely moving..Absolutely recommended]
    
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella) [Me can't find it anywhere in the bookstores near my place :( ]
    
44. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom) [Hmmm.This sounds like another one of those self help books.No, thank you]
    
45. Bible [Read it in bits and pieces :P]
    
46. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities(Dickens)
53. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)[Got it as a gift.Read one chapter...:S]
    
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) [Ha.The same book Adrian Mole read when his mum discovered the porn mags under his bed, innit? Cool.Then I'm all for it, considering the other books he read included Why Children Fail]
    
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) [Reading it currently]
    
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview with the Vampire(Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Anna Bradshares)
68. Catch 22 (Joseph heller)
    
69. Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint Exupery)
71. Brigdet Jones' Diary (Fielding) [If the movie is any indication, then I'm all for it!]
    
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
    
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
    
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. A World According to Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted on The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck) [Sounds intriguing, to say the least]
    
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
    
89. Blindness (Jose Saranmage)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)[Ah.My favourite Archer book.And the most riveting of 'em all.]
91. In the Skin of a Lion (Ondaatje)
92. The Lord of the Flies(Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees(Sue Monk Kidd) [I'd like to read the secret life of Sue Monk Kidd in that case][Hmm.And that is SOME obsession with animals...lions, flies and bees?!
    
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
    
96. The Outsiders(SE Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

Hmm.20%.
Sucks man.

Bah.

Aanchal,Prerna,Fishdoodles and Geetika - I tag thee.

The Slam Book Tag

FULL NAME:
Vasudha W.Or Vasudha M. W, if you so prefer.

NICKNAME(s) :
The complete list for once.
Vasu.
Vaasu.
Vasu-sudha.
Vasusudha.
Boshundhara.[Umm.I ain't Bengali, if you're wondering.]
Mandy.
Madhubala.[& I hate you back.]
Mb.
Mikey.[Ah.Still tolerable]
Yuvi.[Not this one, no.]
Gadhera Wadhera[Thanks a bunch, shall-we]
Kid.
Vsdhaaaaaaa[Leave first syllable, exaggerate the second]

HOMETOWN:
New Delhi

BORN:
12th of August, '91.

CURRENT RESIDENCE:
My study table.Boards.Boohoo.

CROUTONS OR BACON BITS:
Croutons.Me veggie.

FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING:
None.I like my salad without dressing.Hmm....that sounds like saying I like salad nude.Uh...whatever.Rather not think about it.

DO YOU DRINK?:
Yeah.Five litres a day.Good for the skin.You're talking about water, aren't you?

SHAMPOO & CONDITIONER OR JUST CONDITIONER:
People use JUST CONDITIONER?? No siree, I go the whole hog, if you please.Shampoo, conditioner, serum.

HAVE YOU EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING:
Okay, I'm chorofying Nitya's answer.
I don't have any skin. Just fat.

DO YOU MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE:
Who, me? No way.I just returned from a tiny cave in the Himalaya after learning pranayam from Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri-o-maniac.

FAVORITE COLORS:
Black.Silver.Neon blue.White.Azure.The green color of leaves with dew drops on them.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME:
Well.Depends on your definition of crime.The principal once caught me with dirty shoes.[NOTE:That does not imply I had dirty shoes just once.I just means I was caught once.] Now, we have canvas shoes as part of the uniform.My sentence? I had to wash those shoes right there and wear them like that the rest of the day.Sigh.
But then, that didn't deter me from not wearing dirty shoes.Hah.Its tough to bog down the unbogdownable.

ONE PILLOW OR TWO:
One.Or none.

PETS:
Well.A bunch of Homo Sapiens.

FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC:
Ah.Not my favourite question.I keep on having these bouts of obsession with different genres.Right now, I'm in my I-love-Pakistani-rock-mode.Immensely satisfying.And also responsible for the recent spurt in my Hindi marks.

DREAM CAR:
An S-class Merc convertible.Mind you, that's dream car.

TYPE OF CAR YOU DRIVE NOW:
Two wheel, central drive.Oiled brakes.Taped radio.
My old bike.Oh.Bicycle-vaala bike.Which has being lying redundant since four years.

WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR:
Working, to say the least.At least it was when I came back from the hospital after being born.[This sounds weird.I came back....after being born.Jeez.]Lucky me.When my mum and dad got married, and were coming back post-wedding, the car broke down, and my dad had to get down, in all his wedding finery and push it ahead.Hmm.Must've been a weird sight.

TOOTHPASTE:
Pepsodent. Forced by my dentist.Easy for him.He's being paid to promote the brand.How'd he know how it feels brushing with a sickly sweet toothpaste?

FAVORITE FOOD:
Edible stuff.Usually.

DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS:
Yeah.Most of the time.

FAVORITE TOWN TO CHILL IN:
Yellowknife, Canada.Mean monthly temp. -29.9C.
Yellowknife.Interesting name.

FAVORITE ICE CREAM:
HCF at Nirula's.Sumtiliciously yum.

FAVORITE SOFT DRINK:
Hydrogen Dioxide.

FAVORITE TYPE OF FAMILY GAME tO PLAY:
Scrabble.Or Monopoly.

WHAT IS YOUR BAD TIME of DAY:
Afternoons.

FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR:
Last day of the exams.

ADIDAS, NIKE, OR REEBOK:
Adidas for sneakers.Reebok for hoodies.Nike for nuffin'

FAVORITE PERFUME OR COLOGNE:
Anything not sugary or woody, I like more of fresh, cool scents.

FAVORITE WEBSITE:
Mugglenet, Shurtugal (mostly empty though) , anywhere my overactive mouse pointer takes me.

FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL:
Surprise, surprise.Hindi.Just when I'm seven days away from my last ever Hindi exam.Least fav subjects? English, English, English, English, Biology, Chemistry,Geometry,Civics,Geography.

FAVORITE MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN RECENTLY OR FAVORITE TYPE OF MOVIE: Recently?That's a laugh.I don't remember the last movie I saw.Oh, wait.Dhoom 2.Abhishek Bachchan looked about as fit as me.

LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT:
Look above

FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC
DRINK :
Considering my expertise in alcoholic drinks extends to Breezers, Wine Coolers and a teeny weeny sip of white wine[all had illegally.I can't legally drink for 10 more years] ,I'd say Blueberry Breezers.

FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH: Soccer.Or Tennis.

MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT:Not most, but definitely the most recent one.Last week, at my cousin's wedding, my mum wanted a coke.Coca-cola, that'd be, case you were wondering.So anyhow, I strode forward and instead of going to the non alcoholic counter, I went to the alcoholic counter.Totally unaware, I asked for a Coke.
And this guy goes like, "Normal?"
So me, obviously answered,"Yeah.Obviously!!".
And the guy went all red and answered,"Uh.I meant without the ice.".
----->.<---- CRAZIEST OR SILLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: Me. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THE OPPOSITE SEX: Literacy, first.And other stuff. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Ahh....Nitya.Its kinda tough to say something nice about some one I hated with a vengeance once and was hated back with the same passion.Hehe.Nah....we're pretty amicable now.Nitya's nice 'cause............. she isn't ever afraid to ever to do her own thing.She says what she means and means what she says. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO, WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: I haven't "sent" this to anyone yet.Let's see.I shall send this to.....Dish, Aanchal, Prerna,and anyone else who wants to do this, go ahead.Not copyrighted/lefted/centered in any way.