06Jan

Tagged : The year that was in posts

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Ok I love tags.. specially blog ones… more so because it gives me an excuse to write a post.. he he he !!

So well, the tag has started from here and I have been tagged by
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS

I seriously rarely look back at life and at posts. Recently it seems, coincidences and events have forced me to be at peace with looking back at everything with a smile.. even though its bittersweet… so well here I go :

I started Jan 2010 with Onwards as I was brought in the year with the family specially my mom-in-law and having soulful conversations with her, I reflected on some thoughts such as asking myself

1. What made you happy?
2. What energized you?
3. What barrier did you overcome?
4. What changed you?
5. What triggered your creativity?
6. What deepened your spirituality?
7. What kindness did you experience?
8. What did others do for you?
9. What inspired you?
10. What made you feel good?
11. What difficulty taught you an important lesson?

Also the month had me posting up about life that was in Assam and how it was now.. Based on trips down memory lane with mom in law.. Her stories fuelled my own trip down memory lane.

Feb 2010 had me started with Rambling vistas… and lolling times and the whole month had a light and a silly mood attached to my posts.. :)

I would like to dedicate this month to Rajnikanth who left a deep impression on me that month.. I connected with a loving friend of mine and it changed the way we looked at many things.. For the first time in my life I missed my train.. and well I had to take the bus and Rajnikanth stepped into my life.. :)

March 2010 : I was washed away with events of my Mom passing on and so no posts..

April 2010 has me writing I remember in loving memory of my Mom. While living in Assam for a month, and going through the ritualistic routine that followed after my Mom’s death, this post was like a catharsis for me. In fact, it helped me get a grip on what passed by just by putting this into words..

May 2010 has a post Anything is Possible which proves to be a turning point in my life.. in opening new possibilities of living life better.. I found that this workshop helped me release a lot of fear and inhibitions and also made me accept my period of grief without anger..  It makes me re-assess my situation in life and how I would like to progress.. have the courage to make new choices… in areas of job, personal life, friends, etc.. :)   The tile breaking process that I went through was awesome.. :)

June 2010 had me reflecting on blogging as a hobby with Click. I was thinking how with Facebook and social networking in general,blogging seemed to have taken a backseat and that made me commit to myself to write more.. :)

July 2010 had me admitting with this post Breath Leads to Focus, my own role in manifesting what I feared and hated the most.. Somehow in retrospection, this was a moment in time which started the ball rolling for the good that was to come.. so I am ok with that.. now I guess.. :) Accepting made it very easy to get past that time..

August 2010 had me discovering Dharma the Cat and we had a wrong number bothering us so much that it was actually funny. Led me to post Of Wrong Numbers that do think they are wrong.

September 2010 was a turning point where I joined a new job and had me taking a perspective on it via Old Wine in a New Bottle. I also bid one of my loving friends goodbye.. It was a eventful month of gaining and losing.. and being okay with it.

October 2010 was difficult as it was Durga Puja time and had me missing my mom the most.. since she was very active during this time.. Hence the post A Difficult time.

November 2010 had me again… come out of a major crash on our way to a long planned trip.  Experienced many more deaths.. and it was like the year was peaking up in disasters… Reading the Mahabharatha grounded me a lot which urged me to post Walking in a Circle

December 2010 had me wading through all that was coming to me with a determination to get past it and I focused on Simple Pleasures which made me worth waking up everyday and living with content acceptance, having the faith that it will all change for the better :)

Undeniably, 2010 has been one of the toughest till now.. and well I can say that it has made me stronger inside.. to accept loss with dignity and to accept gain with dignity without going over the top.. :)

This was a good tag.. :)

Am not tagging anyone, but anyone who comes across this are welcome to try this out.. :)

Rambling vistas… and lolling times

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17Dec

Play time : Tag Time

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Invited by Sumantics : playing another tag which sounds interesting

Content from her blog

PS: am taking off the mera kuch saman reaction as its same for both.. LOL.. What to do I am a knee jerk person.. totally driven by calculated impulse.. hahah !!

RULE #1 People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

RULE #2 Tag at least 6 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people.

1. If your lover betrayed you what would your reaction be?
Knee-jerk reaction – Just get out of that place and ride for a long time with the wind in my face. Then come back and show him out of my life : no questions asked.

2. What’s it that you see in an ideal partner?
Knee-jerk reaction -  Rocky my real time partner.

3. What, according to you, is the perfect date?
Knee-jerk reaction – Slow ride or drive following the sunset or the sunrise. Candlelit dinner does it too. Watching a play or a movie together also does it.. Simple is what works.. :)

4. Would you like to have children soon enough? Or would you wait till your mid-thirties for the first child?
Knee-jerk reaction – As long as both of us are ready, it does not matter, when and how many.

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
Knee-jerk reaction -EWWWWW… no way.. could never lust after my best friends.. ewww ewww eww..

6. Which is more blessed: loving someone or being loved by someone?
Knee-jerk reaction – Both. Its a give and take.

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you love?
Knee-jerk reaction – Never.. if it comes by way, I shall grab it.. and I did.. else I walk alone.. its all fine.. some walk in twos some in ones.. its all fine..

8. If the person you secretly like is attached, what will you do?
Knee-jerk reaction - dream a little but then heck much prefer the reality.. its all cool.. there is always grass on the other side.. why step into someone’s territory.. I am very happy with mine.

9. What do you think are the foundation stones of a good relationship?
Knee-jerk reaction - Laughter and lots of human touch.. and loads of contentment in each other.. even after fights… and arguments.. the ability to be oneself.. without losing oneself and yet be comfortable sharing DA space..

10. What according to you is the most beautiful thing about relationships or marriage?
Knee-jerk reaction -Him being there, me being there, us sharing a laugh, me stealing his beer or drink, he letting me do it, he having my cup of tea and lots and lots of cuddles… ummmmm, the feeling of coming home..

11. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Knee-jerk reaction – Living in total harmony with myself and others.. getting over my insecurities.. riding, painting, maybe writing books and still troubling hubby for nuts.. traveling with family.. hahaha !!

12. What’s your fear?
Knee-jerk reaction – losing myself to circumstances

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
Knee-jerk reaction – Warmth and genuineness personified.. Love her.. :)

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor?
Knee-jerk reaction – None.. Either I am single, powerful and famous  or married and happy.. poor or rich.. does not matter.. buahhaah !!!

15. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously who will you pick?
Knee-jerk reaction – Whoever loves me back.. I have my ways of finding out.. Buhahahah !!!

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
Knee-jerk reaction – Some cards are always best kept to oneself.. the magic is alive then.. a bit of yourself which you reveal slowly with age.. and with time.. ALL makes it boring.. buhahahah !!

17. Would you forgive and forget someone no matter how horrible a thing he has done?
Knee-jerk reaction – Hmmm.. Forgive : YES Forget : NO

18. Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?
Knee-jerk reaction – In a relationship.. Love it.. with all its pros and cons.. but if not with the right person.. I love my company the best..

19. Your all time favourite song. Only ONE. And why?
Knee jerk reaction – RIght now its : Aint no Sunshine Anymore by Eva Cassidy..


Tagging some of my friends.. : Neels, Viewer, Good Days, Shub, Stone, Arunima

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11Jul

Tagged…

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Playing the Tag by Neelima..

Rules : Write about the changes that have happened in your life, at least five, because of your significant other. Then Tag five others. If they don’t have a significant other, then any one person, who has caused the change.

I really cannot say I have changed.. but yeah.. some enhancements does creep in when we are in relationships.

I am still a lazy bum.. I still do what I want, I still make his life miserable with my antics, I am absentminded.. as always.. well the list goes on.. very unpredictably predictable.. at the very least.. haha !!

    • Bikes, engines, I have a wealth of information about that stuff about which I never bothered to bother.. :) An add on to that is that because of Rocks, I am addicted to biking and traveling and making a set of great friends as we move forward.. I got a journey which is never ending.. it just forks on and on.
    • Art of patience …. well I have not mastered it since innately I am not the patient type but well it has slowly creeped in. There is a time and space for everything and thats what my relationship with Rocks taught me. I am sure kids will bring in more.. thats what my good friends tell me.
    • Confidence in myself : That did increase manifold.. When one is in a relationship this factor does get a boost as well as a thud depending on which side you are.. Mine keeps boosting every moment I am with him because of living together everyday and well I do thank my lucky stars for that.. Can we call this a change. I would still call this an enhancer.
    • Expectations : A relationship or a marriage does each partner lessons in expectations.. root level as well as high level.. self, friends, family.. everything.. so well I guess thats one area I would like to think that I have learnt to set and reset my expectations.. to avoid getting into any unexpected ego hassles continuously.. and he has helped me there.. :)
    • Organization : I like to think ( mind you its vague though) that I organize better because Rocks is a stickler of organizing everything in life.. I am the opposite but heck whats the harm.. I definitely like to think I am teeny weeny bit changed..

      Well I think thats it..

      But while doing this tag, I was thinking.. change is good but where does my original personality go for which my significant other loved/loves me.. ??

      When I think of that, I would think I am the same.. silly gal.. and well thats what keeps the relationship going.. being you and him being him..

      Of course we mature and grow into each other and imbibe each other’s habits and all that blah.. but change ??

      Looking at Rocks too, he is still the same.. he has a doozy sense of humor for which I love him so much and all the qualities which I dont have in me..

      * BLINK *

      !!! Shudder !!! ( I am imagining another me as him and another him as me … it is unthinkable.. )

      Not acceptable..

      So let me say that we have gotten used to each other and developed or enhanced our habits to suit a living that is suitable for both of us.. but the essential me or him.. I think we are the same..

      Very very personal opinion here.. !!! I am thinking aloud here.. so don’t judge me.. !! :) I am rambling as usual..

      I am more than glad to see people change for the better or for the different and really being happy.. More power to all of that.. !!

      So well, anyone can take this tag up.. Open to anyone who reads this post.. :)

      I leave you with “Lessons Learned” for today

      Have a good weekend.. !!

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