Two good gestures...

I don't want be self boasting or make a Mother Theresa of my self but I'm generally perceived by people as someone who's always been there for them.

Of-course these are the people who have always been there for me too...but as they say it, "i have been for them more than just once". It is generally believed that if you are a person who helps others, then u are in the danger of being taken for granted. Well it's true, i have helped unconditionally and have been taken for granted.

This blog, however, is not about those few losers who forgot me. But this one is dedicated to two good gestures i received from two unsuspecting people. They are not strangers, but people i am associated with through work.

First is my night drop driver Mangesh from work. The other day, I was on my way to work, walking in the hot afternoon, after a futile attempt to find a cab. Mangesh was passing by in the office car, he immediately stopped the car after seeing me and dropped me right below the office building, thus saving me a headache.

I was touched by his gesture as the only interaction i have had with him earlier was to ask him "which car will drop me to Dahisar" and i have never even helped him. This happened on a Monday afternoon thus kick-starting a happy day for me.

The next person was Merissa Serrao, a PR executive, traveling in the train with me. Merissa and i met a year back when she introduced me to an Australian vice chancellor, which turned out to be a successful interview followed by a lunch at the Hilton Towers. I didn't meet Merissa after tha day.

However, the other day we both boarded the same train (9:04am Churchgate fast from Borivali) we ended up standing right next to each other right inside the terrifyingly crowded compartment. After exchanging a few pleasentries, we resumed to reading our individual books.

At Jogeshwari a woman sitting on the window seat got up to alight from the train. Merissa was right in front of her and could have easily sat down. But guess what?? she offered me to take that seat instead. I was flumoxed by this gesture, all those of you who travel by those damn crowded trains will certainly relate to my emotions.

I obviously requested her to seat but she insisted, so i had to give in. As i sat down looking out of the window with the breeze kissing my face, a sublte smile of satisfaction, humilty and thankfulness spread across my face.

Even though these might seem to be miniscule acts of favour to some, Mangesh and Merissa's good gestures are deeply etched in my mind as, in this big bad world that we live in, very few people would stop in traffic and offer you a ride or give away that most sort after window seat in a cramped ladies compartment.

Thank you once again Mangesh and Merissa :)

A wedding overdose…it's a pandemic!!

Gosh!!! Suddenly it's all around me. Almost 7 wedding invites in the first half of 2010 is not a joke…well it's not a blessing either (I mean for me).

Seriously 2010 has Weddings galore! It has begun with my best and favorite cousins' wedding. To top this I received an invitation for a college classmates wedding, followed by an engagement announcement of two other classmates (this time a girl and a boy with each other).

To further scare me the building in which I live was lit up with wedding fineries as my neighbor's son was all set to walk the aisle. All said and done yesterday night my mother broke the news of yet other cousin sisters' wedding to me.

So now I have back to back weddings (May 15th and May16th) to attend. My wedding soiree doesn't end here; a close friend is tying the knot on June 8th.

While I'm glad that those around me are getting their "Happily ever after", it's crazy to come to terms with the fact that the my friends and cousins with whom I cherished the most memorable and wonderful moments of my life are settling down in what I personally call the "Responsibility Zone".

I'm not against weddings or marriage; the only thing that irritates me is the "Next is you" tag that people put on single girls attending the functions. I already got my share of it at my sister's wedding, with people "inquiring about me" (whatever the hell that means).

To make things worse my neighbor over enthusiastically suggested a match for me, which according to her is a" Suitable match" (trust me I never had a sleepover with her for her to know that).

Of-course I want to get married but come on give me a break…let's enjoy the ceremonies of the couple in question, it's their moment focus on them, rather then just hitching the singles.

Anyways, as I gear-up for the wedding pandemic, you guys just pray that I'm not stricken by the bug…well not sooner but certainly later.

A love less ordinary...

Have you guys ever been in a situation when someone came right in front of you and ur heart goes like "Samne yeh kaun aya dil mein hui hulchul"?

Well I'm sure most of us have had music in our heads when we have come across somebody really cute. I personally confess to have sang this song like a million times since age 12 i think (obviously in my head not out loud duh!!!).

Anyways the point of writing this blog is to share something about a special someone. Yes I'm in love and it's a beautiful feeling :). Of-course it's not your usual Happily ever after kind of loves it's far from reaching there.

Well it was beautiful until i sang all the possible songs (again not out loud) on the Love planet and then came back to the global warming stricken planet Earth, were reality is hotter than the summer.

It all began a year and a half ago when, I accidentally saw him while sitting in a friends' car on a rainy evening. Bugged with traffic I was doodling on the car window sitting on the backseat, hoping to reach home soon.

All my other friends were talking to their respective boyfriends over the phone making plans. Everything was perfect until, I saw him right outside the window, waiting to cross the road, for two whole minutes i didn't say anything and then i said out loud to my friends "People cute guy alert". They all nodded in agreement and then we zoomed off.

End of story??? Hahhaha, even I thought so. Until of course I got professionally linked to my cute stranger. Surprised? Shocked? Well yeah the first fifteen minutes even I believed I was hallucinating-looking for some romantic relief from my stressful work.

But it wasn't so… He was right there. Anyways to cut the crap and get to the point, we obviously became friendly, then friends and then a bit flirtatious. Sharing music, long phone and online chats and funny smses played their role in bringing us closer.

But like I said it was all beautiful until I came back to planet Earth remember?
So the problem is simple-he's from Mars and I'm from Venus. Confused? I love him and he loves everybody else…

I know it has no future, I know it was just one of those things people do for fun (which is what he was doing). But I got a little too attracted to the word 'Serious' and dropped my self into the "Love Zone".

To conclude, I'm glad I met him, coz I have heard that everyone falls in love and does crazy things for that person-this was my love and my crazy. Even thought I will always be in love with him, it's time for me to move on.

PS: I know by the end of this I'm gonna receive a whole lot of brickbats, criticisms and apprehensive comments on my blog. Hey but I wanted to get this outta my system, so I just did 'What I wanted to do?'
PPS: If he reads this he doesn't need to panic. It's just what I think was the right thing to do for my self.

Wedding, Vacation and back...

I'm blogging after all most three months. No nothing much, just that Lazy Pra didn't bother to translate her emotions into words. And i am just back from a 8 day holiday which, so loads has happened... and thought that it's finally time to share some fun moments of my life.

Good part is that I have been enjoying all these three months, well dancing!!! YES. I have learnt it. What started with just practice for my sister's Sangeet ceremony turned out to be a skill that i have instilled in me innately. I don't dance with two left feet.

I can groove well and the moves were appreciated by one and all. It was a completely different experience all us cousin gathering to dance for our now Happily Married cousin :)

I don't remember having much fun with them as a kid, or may be it's been too long since I have been in that zone of my life. Any who, the point is everything went well, as per plan, very important in a house full of perfectionists otherwise a war would have commenced.

Wishing luck and all the blessings to my cousin sister and her husband, I went to my native place—Goa!!!. Five days of peace, harmony and yummy fish later, I'm now back to Mumbai.

I'm back in the grind and frankly i'm not Lovin' it. I love my work, I just don't like the process.

But i guess for now i will have to suffer it a lil more until I find something that will awake the enthusiasm in me until then... Adios!!