So I got an award..

I like this way of keeping the blog alive and encouraging others to do as well.. Tags or Awards or just खो ..

So I get this award from Gomathi and as per her post I need to follow the rules

The rules:

1. 10 random facts about yourself.
2. Answer the questions please.
3. Nominate 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers.
4. Write 11 questions for them to answer.

So here I go
10 Random Facts
1. I love dark chocolates... darker they are more I like them.
2. I am a Farmville addict.. unless I am visiting our real world farmpur regularly.
3. In songs, I like them only if I understand and like the lyrics. The music - IMHO- flows with the words. 
4. I am very lazy.. and I try hard not to be. 
5. I am always homesick :( even after staying out of home for long stretches (Engg 4 years, US 2.5 years, Aus now 5 months) ..I always want to go home!!!
6. I believe more in Palmistry than horoscopes. Again Lines on your hand keep changing too..I have seen them change on mine !
7. I hate anything related to clothes - shopping, washing, ironing - you say it and I hate it :)
8. I like to stay connected to the internet. Not exactly a junkie, but keep reading things and updates. 
9. I want to start Technical blogging but point 4 affects me.. :)
10. I want to write a novel someday.. Even if no one reads it, I am ok. 

The Q&A session:

1. What is the first thing you do when you wake up?

Think about - do I need to get up now or can snooze and sleep a bit more..(Refer to fact#4)

2. How do you express your anger?

You can see my anger pretty easily and in words and body language. If I can restrain it, it will come as sarcasm.

3. If you had to live on a lonely island and take only one book with you, which one would that be?

It would be one I want to read and hence very accessible and have not been able to pick up at all.

4. An embarrassing moment/ fact about you?

I am very forgetful about my appearance..and hence never can make a first good impression :(

5. How much do you let your academic success/failure affect your life?

Academic success has surely paved a way ahead while pursuing academics. I mean, the next level of education asks for how much did you get in your previous exam. But then real life, where it really matters  who cares how much you scored in your SSC ?

6. Do you believe in first impressions?

I believe in first intuitions. Isn't it same as first impressions ? No. A person might impress you in first meeting. But you always get an intuition if the person matches the impression or not. 

7. What period of your life do you think was best?

Now.. I love to think about the past, but I think now is better than before. 

8. Do you live in present more or brood about past and fantasize about future more?

I believe in past whatever decisions I have taken are based on my knowledge, situation and analysis at that point of time and I continue to do so in present as well as in future. So Why worry? Just stay here and now and do the right thing.

9. Your favorite cartoon and why?

Tom and Jerry :) 

10. And finally Harry potter or Twilight?

Harry Potter.. There is more maturity in young Harry Potter than the teenager Bella. 

And now the toughest part : 11 Nominees

Be the change you want to see in the World  : This would be completely offtopic for you. But still, you can use this to revive your blog

Creativity N Colors : You can take this up to reply in pictures if you wish. 

Few Fragrant Flowers : Hi Doc ! Hope you can do this one.. 

Minal : Trust me, Tags like this help you write more. 

My Own Pensive..come fall in : This one is going to be easy for you.

The Cynic Rant : Hey Cynic, put in your cynicism in this tag

Untitled : Try this tag..  :)

Speaking up..Jotting down. : You havent been writing for long as you have been busy :) Try this to restart..

Simply Me : You have simply been out of radar.. Hope you take this up.

Life on Dialysis : Enjoy the tag.. 

Purn!ma Prabhu-Kamath : You write pretty good stuff these days..So try this out too.. 

This award really needs some efforts to receive.. But atleast I posted something.. 

Doubting

Have we grown so cynic that we doubt when someone does a good thing to you?

Have things been so worse that if someone does a favour we doubt what does this person want from me?

Have we become so competitive that - if someone tells you how sad they are, you tell your story and that should be much more sad than the other person's ?

The Grass is always greener on other side.. Someone else's Life is always better than ours.. and our life is always more complicated than anyone else..

Is Contentment out of fashion ?

Change

Thats what I feel I am undergoing.. I wasnt such a loner. Being so happy about staying alone.. I dreaded it. Used to cling to friends - even if I did not like them.
Now, am ok if people dont accept me around. I am ok roaming around alone. If people do come along they are welcome.. If they are happy staying away,I am happy with that too. To some extent.. I mean I do sometimes feel am I doing something wrong to see people refuse to be with me but I think thats hormonal :) (What a nice excuse)

So I have dined alone.. Went on a trip alone. And today when I was roaming in the mall, I actually thought of   going to watch a movie alone !! No thats not so good..I am not such a movie buff although allI watch on the TV entire day is CSI, Law and order like series or Movies.

And what I do while the TV is on is amazing.. I cook ! My mother would faint.. People who have suffered through my cooking disasters would be really ask - Do we know this person?
Not only regular Chapati Bhaji , but also parathas, pasta and today - height of all - A chocolate cake ! and fortunately these experiments are turning out good too. So far so good.
I hope this post doesnt jinx any of the fun I am having.. I am ok if it jinxes the loneliness that comes over sometimes..
Thank God for some really great friends who are always around Online or a phone call away help in those bouts..

(Ok I know my writing skills needs some polish, its got rusty and the posts are really not so good..But I will get to it.. soon..)

What a day!!

Waking up not so early .. getting ready and get out to the Ferry wharf not too far.. go on a Ferry trip to the Sydney City in a beautiful weather..Clear skies, cool breeze and a camera :)

Now at the end of day it seems like did I really do it? I am such a lazy person..waking up before 9 on Saturday Sunday without any predefined plan is definitely not me.. But I did it today..

The Ferry wharf isnt too far just a 4-5 mins walk.. Got the tickets and got on to the Wharf of Baramada (in Aboriginal Language) The weather helped out.. although its sunny its not hot.. Its breezy and not too windy..

not many thoughts on mind, Just clicking away whatever you feel nice is also a good experience..

 

Some shots have been good.. some havent.. Nevertheless, it has given me a confidence I can roam around alone :)

After reaching the Circular Quay and watching the Opera house from outside, since it was already 12:30 ( and I was supposed to meet a few people at 4) I planned to have lunch and then come back.. 

Found a little open air cafe and enjoyed lunch in nice cool breeze at the roadside. Alone obviously..but now I am pretty comfy with dining alone :)

Started back on Train as I had to get tea for the party coming in and probably a cap or a hat. The trains had trackwork on..just like the Mega blocks back home (yes they happen here too on weekends :))  So had to get down halfway and get on to a bus. Then reaching Parramatta and I got a bit confused which direction to go !! After a few steps in the wrong direction, found the right one..Not only that found  a nice hat too.. 

although dint get the cost ..so left it back in search of the original thing.. After another round of roaming around, getting things till the time I was back, the 4 o'clock meeting was canceled and probably the Christmas trip plan too. When I saw the hat back and on sale at a good price, I bought it.

When I reached home, I was tired and just wanted to lie down.. and thats what I was doing when I thought of writing down... 

So with aching legs, I write - because if I dont.. I never will do that and while you watch Harry Potter film  the last one, you always can :)

Its been a nice day although you cannot be really happy if the people you love are not so..But then every good thing needs to have a 'nazar na lage'  I hope the evening is as nice as I want it ...

Dining Alone

I dint think it takes so much courage to just walk into a restaurant alone and sit and eat.

Its a little overwhelming feeling, But I did it twice in last week. Cos I had no option.
First time, I picked out a little one - Italian- hardly seats 20 . But the food was good. You can see the amazement on the people's faces when you say you are dining in alone :)
Second time, a bit bigger  - Malaysian. Here it was pretty much evident they were surprised. They asked me Takeaway ? I said no, will be sitting down here.

It better than a take away. With that I would have to eat in the room - alone. In the restaurant there were others around :) so not alone..
But it ends up simply having food and then stand up and go . Its difficult to taste food. And people all around keep wondering..is she waiting for someone ..

Nevertheless a different experience..Try it sometime.