Things I Like

Another tag by Upas, this one made on Aug 22nd :-D

--> waking up to hear heavy rain drumming on the windows and realising I have a few more hours to sleep, after which I pull the blanket over my head and snore away to glory again :)

--> Standing all alone with my mom on the terrace on a peaceful late evening

--> Talking for endless hours with a close friend

--> walking alone along the shore very late in the evening, when the beach is emptying.

--> watching India win a nail biting finish

--> listening to 'Harivaraasanam' by Jesudas late in the night.

--> eating amma's saathumadhu and bisi bela baath.

--> giving a gift to a friend that they would most appreciate and watching the happiness on their face.

--> getting a call from someone very close when least expecting it.

--> visiting my good old college and sitting in the place where i used to sit, imagining my classmates to be around me

--> reading books that are supposedly 'kiddish' - Tinkle, Amar Chitra Katha, Archie etc..

--> Taking a late night/early morning walk around the neighbourhood.

--> Visiting the neighbourhood Hanuman Koil at 9 PM, just about the closing time when there would be just one green bulb glowing above the lord, he would look astoundingly peaceful in that light and would radiate immense divinity.

--> Going to a cricket match and cheering for Team india, making the hands and throat sore with clapping and shouting!

--> Reading a book that would bring tears.

--> Just thinking about certain people who mean everything to me in my life.

--> visiting a person who likes me all of a sudden.

--> being visited by someone who I like all of a sudden!

and lots more.. will keep updating as and when I can think of them!!

I tag the same Makkal as in the earlier post!!

Books Tag

Tagged by Upas on July 1, 2007; just a tad late :P

1. Books that Changed Your Life:

There hasn't any book dramatic enough to change my life.

2.A Book that I have read more than once:

Harry Potter series
Timeline, Jurassic Park, The Lost World by Crichton
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
Something Under the Bed is Drooling - Calvin and Hobbes
Weirdos Fom Another Planet - Calvin and Hobbes

3.A Book You'd Take onto a Desert Island:

All HP books
All Calvin and Hobbes books

4. Books That Made You Laugh:

again the same
all Calvin and Hobbes books (OBVIOUSLY)
Harry Potter series (Courtesy - Weasley Twins)
All Asterix books
All Tintin books starring the Adorable Captain
Jughead books :)

5. Books That Made You Cry:

As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer - I was wailing, couldn't control my tears at all.
A drop or two of tears rolled down my cheeks when I was reading Dumbledore's speech after the death of Cedric Diggory

6. A Book You Wish Had Been Written

The Ring, Dark Water and The Matrix Trilogy
An Autobiography by Dravid and Ganguly

7. Books You Wish Had Never Been Written:

I wish Sidney Sheldon had never been an author

8. Books You're Currently Reading:

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes :-D
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

9. Books You've Been Meaning To Read:

Chicken Soup
Lord of the Rings
The Kite Runner
The Chronicles of Narnia (All of them)

10.The other books worth a mention are

The Goosebumps series (especially 'The Give yourself Goosebumps' thingy) - I dont read them anymore
Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (Deception Point is dumb)

I will tag - Asha, Naren, PA, Sindhu, VJ and Meera. Sorry if u guys posted this already :-D

Babble Tag!

I liked this one, so another copy-paste :-D

Since I have been tagged and cant think up of any appropriate title to this post, I use the same title that was used by the person who tagged me; so, here goes:

Its an extremely difficult task to bring out 5 things i miss in my childhood, because i miss the whole period. But, anyway, i'll try

1. I guess the top spot should go to the innocence of the days, i bet i am missing that a lot; the first thing that comes to my mind is the first question i asked my thatha when he took me to my school for my first day of Pre.Kg.; when all kids around me were crying, i kept a cool head and asked him pointing at the school building; "thatha, idhu ennadhu?" I would give all my wealth to have that innocence back. :)

2. Then of course, cricket, tennis ball, wooden bat, 3 in a team, 10 overs, 1 pitch catch, stones for stumps; nothing can beat it!

3. The days when all my neighbourhood friends gathered in my house to sit and watch cartoon network for the first time, i remember that day too well.

Before I go to the next post, I am not really sure I understood what i should be posting here correctly, what I am doing is, I am just posting some of the wonderful moments I had in my childhood days, I think I am wrong, right? Anyway, even if I am wrong, here comes the next:

4. The day India chased down Pakistan's 314, we really did not understand cricket completely in those days, but all of us were jumping around, 6 of us were there, and boy, we were definitely jumping around, I missed those moments when India bt Pakistan in the recent tour and India's victory in the 1st test against SA; I sure wish I had the same 5 around me to celebrate those moments.

5 And yes, of course, the way we all used to play - Hide and seek, running and catching, lock and key; in the spacious house thats 3 doors away from mine, suddenly my friend down the street brings his dog and then we all become the runners and the dog becomes the catcher! I loved it! :)

Oh boy, that sure made me very nostalgic! :) Childhood rocks!

Vetti Fifty!!

Oh! This took a lot of time, so am re-posting it!!
if u r vettin enough u can copy and paste ur comments too :-D
Thanks da Gadhai!
Here goes my 50 :

1. Were you named after anyone?
Anyone? Its one of Lord Krishna's names, I dont know about any person

2. Do you wish on stars?
Yup

3. When did you last cry?
I do that regularly, sans tears, though

4. Do you like your handwriting?
It sucks big time

5. What is your favourite meat?
Will my cousin sister's finger count as one? used to bite that a lot when i was 2 yrs old :-p

6. What is your most embarrassing CD on your shelf?
The lack of CDs on my shelf is what embarasses me!

7. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Yup..

8.Are you a daredevil?
Not at all

9. How do you release anger?
Throw something unbreakable on the wall! its very simplke, yr anger subsides and no damage done!

10. Where is your second home?
At this point of time, I would say the college I studied in

11. Do you trust others easily?
Very easily

12. What was your favourite toy as a child?
I had a Robot, a plane, a teddy and a doll that cries, laughs at the push of a button, was very pocessive about these 4

13. What class in school/college do you think is totally useless?
Languages!(yuck!) they should not make it compulsory

14. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Nope

15. Have you ever been in a mosh pit?
Whats that?

16.What do you look for in a gal(/guy)?
Nothing specific

17. Would you bungee jump?
If someone takes the pain to compel me, I will

18. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
I do

19.what's your favourite ice cream?
Butterscotch

20. What are your favourite colours?
All kinds of blue

21. What are your least favourite things?
Thats a toughie, cant think of any now

22. How many people do you have a crush on right now?
None

23. Who do you miss most right now?
Hmmm... A LOT of things.

24. What are you listening to right now?
A variety of sounds; dad's switching the channels @ 2 pe second :-p

25. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be?
Blue

26. What is the weather like right now?
quite sultry

27. Last person you talked to on the phone?
former colleague- Vijay

28. The "first" thing you notice about the opposite sex?
The first thing any sane male would think about a totally stranger female would obviously be how she looks

29. Do you like the person who sent you this?
no comments :-p

30. How are you today?
Pretty ok, very sleepy though(as always)

31. Favourite non alcoholic drink?
Strawberry milk shake

32. Favourite alcoholic drink?
not tried any so far

33. Natural hair colour?
Black

34. Eye colour?
Brown

35. Wear contacts?
Nope.

36. Siblings?
No :-(

37. Favourite month?
April. Loved it when I was n school for the holidays, so, still loving it

38.Favourite food?
Chapathi, Paratha etc..

39. Favourite day of the year?
Nothing specific

40. Have you ever been too shy to ask someone out?
I guess I am, haven't dared to ask anyone so far :-p

41. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy Endings! :)

42. Summer or winter?
Summer!

43. Holi or Diwali?
Diwali!

44. Do you like your name?
Yes!

45. What book/magazine are you reading?
Calvin and Hobbes - Yukon Ho!

46. What's on your mouse pad?
A faded blue with no writing and the edges peeling

47. What did you watch on TV last night?
ESPN-Star Sports-Ten Sports-Neo Sports-Discover-National Geographi-Animal Planet-Cartoon Network-Pogo

48. Favourite Smell?
A baby from the bath, it smells very nice

49. Have you ever regretted breaking up with someone?
Its never happened in my life

50. Most tiresome thing you’ve ever experienced/done?
getting up from my sofa and move to the fridge to get water!