We turn 4!!!

Today marks the fourth birthday of this blog. Four years to the day I started chronicling my life in this space. Before that for almost three years I blogged at Rediff. A blog which sadly I can't access anymore, but its still up for me to read, and its fun to read about Jai Hind and the mad things we did. So I've blogging for close to 8 years, before it was cool to blog, for me it started as a fun new thing to try out. Honestly it was a way to journal and maintain a diary of sorts without the risk of having mom stumble on to it. Ah the things we do to hide things from the parentals!

So four years, how do I even go about trying to celebrate it? Especially since I did my crazy 50 ten things series to celebrate 500 posts. I tend to make life a little to complicated sometimes. So I am going to keep it simple. First of all, I am going to thanks everyone who reads me. Especially the lovely souls who comment- Thanks you very much for being a part of my life. And those who lurk- lurk away to glory, there is precious little I can say to change your mind. So you are more than welcome to lurk. Secondly, I want to remind myself of things that have changed in my life since the very first post of this blog.

So here are the things that are different in my life from January of 2006!

1. Well, I am older! Huh, from a chirpy little 21 year old I am now 25!
   
2. I have a few more degrees, a Masters in Clinical Psychology and a Diploma in Journalism.
   
3. I worked in several government mental hospitals and lived to tell the tale!
   
4. I made some new friends.
   
5. I also shed some old friends and I am thrilled about ditching toxic losers.
   
6. My hair is back to its original brown, all the red is out :( Lets see when I can get some color into it.
   
7. I have travelled a whole lot.
   
8. Gone to Goa soooooooo many times:)
   
9. Moved to Bangalore, I might not say it often but I do like the city it has grown on me in ways I didn't think possible.
   
10. Switched to Lush products and I am a convert.
    
11. Read more books.
    
12. Subscribed to Vogue.
    
13. Have way to many bags as compared to way back in 2006.
    
14. Shoes have almost gone up as well.
    
15. Fewer Osho chappals as compared to 2006.
    
16. Have an iPod.
    
17. Changed phones.
    
18. Get more mani-pedi's than I did.
    
19. I talk on the phone a little less than I did.
    
20. Watch a whole lot more TV.
    
21. I have learnt to shape my nails!
    
22. I blog so much more regularly.
    
23. I read more blogs that I did then.
    
24. I stay up later than I used to.
    
25. I am more confused than I was then.
    
26. I cook like never before! And I cook well.
    
27. I bake!
    
28. Nee moved far away and I miss her very much.
    
29. I worry about terrorism way way more than I did.
    
30. I shop on the streets a little less.
31. I am a bona fide shopaholic- I don't even try and deny it anymore.
    
32. I have ballet flats- something I wanted soooo badly in 2006.
    
33. I lived away from mom and dad and liked the feeling of being independent.
    
34. My hair is better conditioned.
    
35. I don't eat fish anymore.
    
36. I have learnt to live with power cuts.
    
37. I have grown up a little bit. I think, a very little bit.
    
38. I have done more math then I did in 2006! SHUDDER!
    
39. I nag more now :( Well, some people say so but I think I care more now!!!
    
40. I finally got the dark blue nail paint I so badly wanted.
    

Hmmm....this is all I can think of right now. All this apart the one major change is how much I enjoy blogging, a day without a post seems like I forgot an important thing on the to do list. I love writing and I love chronicling my twenties.

I have this image in my head, where a 89 year old me is sitting in a rocking chair, a pashmina shawl wrapped around me, a cup of coffee close by and I am reading my blog archives and smiling fondly at my 20s and 30s and all the things I did and all the people who were in my life. Seriously, this is precisely why I blog.

I love you bloggie, you make me tres tres happy :)

Happy 4th Birthday baby :)))

Bombay files.

Four days into the new year and things are bright and shiny and happy. Well, four days may not be the best way to judge the rest of the year but still credit must be given where due. Which reminds me of all the Chetan Bhagat whinnying and throwing of a hissy fit that's been going on for a while now! I haven't seen the movie and only barely remember the book, so I best not shine my two cents worth of wisdom on the topic. Plus it seriously takes away from the light and love of the new year.

I am still in Bombay and loving every single minute of it. One loves ones Bombay. Of course I am more than biased. I even like the mad non-stop rains and the local trains. Though buying first class tickets are getting to be a pain. Seriously people, rules are rules, since I pay ten times the amount I am allowed to get to the front of the line. Its the rule, which I did not make, so get over it and let me get my ticket. Not that I need to get a ticket now, I made a pass, still pinches to make a normal one, without discount pass. How I miss the days of paying half the amount for a season pass:)))) Ah!!!

Apart from the usual gallivanting and senseless talking on the phone(mostly to Neel), I have been reading and making plans to meet friends I haven't met yet. Bandra seems to be the best place to meet everyone. Though it seems sooo crowded, over the weekend every coffee shop was packed and one had to wait around for 45 minutes to get a table. Also Hill Road was a wee bit of a disappointment. I seem to have lost my street bargaining skills:(( It felt weird trying to quote the right price, I didn't know what was the right price for some of the clothes on display. Hill Road is not my thing, I prefer Causeway any day. Linking road is amazing for shoes, but one must bargain till you go blue in the face and check out every other stall before making the purchase. This I will keep in mind when I walk the length and breadth of it finding cheap yet chic shoes.

I also want to go to Strand. Can you believe it I have never been to the actual store? The yearly sales- yes. The store- NO! This time I hope to fix that. Fingers crossed.

A trip must be made to college as well. Greasy canteen food must be had and one must check to see if dosa guy still sells the best cheese dosas behind college.

I also want to go and park myself on Marine Drive and watch the world go by, another thing I never did enough of while in college, the world inside college was a whole lot more interesting. Seriously, Jai Hind had some serious hotties!

So much to do and not nearly enough time!

Hello 2010..welcome and be nice!

Seriously behave darling. Be a kind and love filled year alright? Also bring with you-

Many laughs
Smiles
Giggles
Rainy afternoons and endless cups of tea
Bags
Shoes
Time spent with my friends
Health for my family
Security
Serenity
Peace
Not so hot summer
A chilly winter
Long phone calls with my friends
Love
Ranbir Kapoor at my doorstep
Books by the truckloads
Sales
Money
Happiness

and anything else that is good and pure bliss!

Welcome 2010 and the new decade you usher in:)

Last post of the year!

Ok none of the how fast it flew by and what not! No way.

So what did I do on the last day of the year?

Spend time with my family.
Lost horribly at Scrabble!
Spoke to Neel and giggled at his new haircut.
Went out with Dits for a spot of shopping- bought a bag (yes again), flip-flops, earrings, clips and colorful scrunchies.
Went to Church, lit candles.
Went to the local boys school to see the crib.
Ate an insect- not deliberate at all, it just flew into my f nobodies business!
Had yummy sandwiches from The Taj.


Its a nice way to spend the last day of the year don't you think?

Happy New Year guys :) See you next year!

I like..

Talking to my best friends one after the other.

Standing in my window and watching familiar and not to familiar people walking by.


Costa coffee.


Making plans and giggling.


My new hair cut.

My new bag:)))))

Winning at Scrabble and beating the rents and Dits:)))))))))))))))

The only place that feels like home!

Bombay. I can't believe how I have stayed away for so long. One whole year to be precise. This year generally was low on travel. But all of that is fine now that I am here. So what have I done so far:

- Stepped out.
- Lunch at Basillico.
- A spot of shopping in Causeway.
- Met Neel and his GF.
- Bitched about Neel to his GF.
- Went to Atria.
- Shopped for some trinkets.
- Met Dodo- Ditty's BFF and her baby girl.
- Celebrated Dad's birthday.
- Went out for sizzlers.
- Had plum cake from Birdy's.
-Generally had lots and lots of fun:))))

Nothing else to say- I am happy and I just wanted to jot it down:)

hello world i am on holliday.

this is possibly the longest I have been away from my much loved blog! What have I been doing? Well I am in my most fave place in the world- Bombayyyyyyyy!

I have been having lots of fun! Been shopping, chilling and meeting all kinds of lovely people :) Will be back to regular programming soonly!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas! Be good!

Weekend snapshots!

Every day should have coffee like this!




Yum! This one has a meringue crushed on top:)




Greek salad with olives, because even if its the weekend one must not pig out the whole time.




But sometimes pigging out isn't all that bad- potato wedges crusted with oregano and served with a cheese dip.

Busy!

God I haven't blogged in such a long time. So unlike me na? I have missed this space, but trust me I have been insanely busy!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is what I did all day today:

-Wrote till my brain was about to fizzle out.
- Cooked- butter chicken and dahi kababs.
- Packed or rather preliminary packing to be fair.
- Cleaned the house.
- Read a few fashion blogs.
- Painted my nails.
- Tried to get my hair to behave.
- Read a bit- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Now I have to do some more packing and clearing out before I can even think of going to bed.