2009.. The year that Breezed Away..

As I bid adieu to 2009, I have to be thankful to the number of vibrant colours the year has shown.. from bouquets to brickbats.. from praises to pranks.. I seem to have done it all... Let me try and recount some of the events that coloured the year that went by...

Jan: Rixy Roxy here.. to open the year.. and then a busy stint at work
Feb: Jus flew by
March: Some banter.. some unknown communique`
April: A bit disappointment.. a gathering of courage and hope.. Determination
May: Heat.. and heated conversations
June: Unexpected surprises
July: Losing my mind..
August: Happiness came along. jus to remain a short while
Sep: Birthday month- Eventfulness, flowers.. love from loved ones, Blues...
Oct: Diwali and a surprise from folks.. working towards the Goal
November: Month Home Alone.. Had a blast!!!
December: Stock taking..TLR, XMAS and some unblemished impression..(for a change!!!)

For those who read me like a book.. am sure have figured it all out.. Others... Keep Guessing!!!!

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Man-Chester United.. Personified

Sir Roy Keane... is what he relates himself to... and rightly so!!!!Football buff.. these days busy pumping iron.. and producing "hunk-like" results at that I must say... which for once mind you s not psuedo or a farce or for an unconvincing reason... I have the time of my life shooting the breeze with him.. we share gyan.. gaan and Ofc.. our Surname!!!

Whom I talk about is this bro-like innocent chap.. a friend i made OL (yet again.. from PI@orkut) and someone who never ceases to entertain me.. Our first meeting was outside KFC (only Outside ah!!)and we headed to CCD.. to plan the first Delhi- PI meet... I think our first banter was a great ice-breaker...and there has never been any looking back!

Even though our convos are often full of "Vera enna?" ("What else" in Palakkad tamil) and my "Onnum illai.. apdiye nadakardu" (Nothing else.. all the same) meeting him and spending time is always a lovely experience. There are several reasons for that...

a. He is one of those few people who seem to be absolutely devoid malice.
b. Entertaining.. eventhough our convos are generally quite sensible
c. Very focussed chap
d. Abso clean heart and great clarity of mind
e. Someone who seems to have reverance and respect for his parents beyond compare.

These are some qualities I really appreciate and respect in him. Even though he is a couple of years younger.. there are a number of cues I need to pick from him. What is most amazing is that he stands apart from the crowd.. especially for people his age and fearlessly does so.. Like a true Man.. And trust me .. when he has the sculpts in place.. he truly will be Man-Chester United Personified... Just like the toughie he aims to be.. just as pure hearted is what he is..(Btw on the "Man" prefix.. ur hostel title also suits to this effect!!!)

As for our friendship.. even though i pushed the door instead of pulling it.. I hope i pull the strings in the right direction here.. Cheers!!!

Wake Up Sid... Oops.. Divs...

Well.. the movie came on a day I really got a wake up call.. about me being over emotional about some things.. the inability to let go and the need for a once in a while chalta hai attitude towards certain gestures or experiences... A lesson I perhaps should have learnt by now.. But alas.. Its never too late..

The Movie Wake Up Sid.. is the complete opposite of what I need to learn.. Its about a rich brat learning to focus.. find his calling.. n discovering his Love... Phew.. heavy ah??? the best bit is the movie is not another Lakshya.. I thought lakshya was fabulous.. but KSS was good here.. I loved the charecter Laxmi.. and as someone rightly pointed out.. am quite an amalgamation of both these charecters!!! And am sure people who have been at the receiving end of my affection and brickbats.. will shout "Ayes" at the top of their lungs!!!!

Anyway I thought the movie was well scripted.. the dialogues were good... however.. I donno I thought the end was too rushed.. as though the director wanted to sound the alarm at 2:30 hrs..And I wasnt in the "sentimental fool" mood that I have been in for sometime now to buy it!!!Loved the song Ik tara...Awesome number... it is still ringing in my ears..

However.. I still suggest you go and catch the movie.. if you love mumbai.. the landscapes are awesome.. the Beach, marine drive.. all beautifully captured.. Lovely snaps taken in the course of the movie... I'm going after a Nikon digi cam next!!!

As Wake Up Sid comes on a day.. when perhaps some part of me Woke up... I better Stay Up Divs.....

Muchas Gracias....

Completing a quarter century.. was quite a milestone… a jinx broken..lovely songs… flowers.. chocolate… and all the lovely things…

Celebrations began the previous day.. Blues…n music… still stuck on auto rides.. just that the rides this time were in august company… Midnight phonecalls… one o’clock singing… drawing analogy to Chocolate and Ice cream… sun rise...new clothes.. Rs. 101... Office banter… CCD... sloppy service although some lovely heart to heart convos with best buddy… Bumped into childhood pal... Fav Juni Joins.. Blues again… The songs and requests… some surprise filled flowers…the treat… autoride until Ashram Chowk… the banter, the laughter, incessant phone calls.. being smitten by the air around... and then royal ride again…. Meeting new People... And the laughter… Lovely ecards.. and a powerpoint.. about all the things I cherish... Ending the day... closest buddies getting chatty... sleeping with someone's magical fingers strumming my favourite instrument...my fav songs...

Now am singing... Thank You... for giving me the Best day of my Life!!!

Dreaming With A Broken Heart

When you're dreaming with a broken heart
The waking up is the hardest part
You roll outta bed and down on your knees
And for the moment you can hardly breathe
Wondering was he really here?
Is he standing in my room?
No he's not, 'cause he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone....

When you're dreaming with a broken heart
The giving up is the hardest part
He takes you in with your crying eyes
Then all at once you have to say goodbye
Wondering could you stay my love?
Will you wake up by my side?
No he can't, 'cause he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone....

Oooooooooohhhhhhhhh

Now do i have to fall asleep with roses in my hand
Do i have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?
Do i have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?
Do i have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?
Baby won't you get them if i did?
No you won't, 'cause you're gone, gone, gone, gone, gone....

When you're dreaming with a broken heart
The waking up is the hardest part...

(It is... Love this John mayer song... Speaks My heart... and all the he(s) are originally she(s) in the song...)

Playlist These Days...

a. Baywatch Theme Song: I'll be Ready..:Jimi Jamison (Inspiring song..)
b. All I want is You :U2 (Owing to the lovely strings..)
c. When the Stars go Blue: U2 and the Corrs (Insomnia strikes)
d. Send me an Angel: Scorpions (My wish..)
e. Champagne Supernova: Oasis (Something I desire to be like..)
f. You Raise Me Up: Josh Groban (For some ppl who continue to stick by me.. inspite of the idiosyncracies)
g. Love is Gone: David Guetta (Shall say no more..)
h. I wish I was a Punk Rocker: Sandi Thom (Another Unfulfilled Ambition?)
i. That Thing you do: The Wonders (Sad song in a Pep Mode.. wat a contrast)
j. Mar Jaawan : Fashion (Just like that..)
k. Tears in Heaven : Clapton (Lightens my heart)
l. One Man's Dream: Yanni
m. And the Way you Look tonight: Rod Stewart
n. See you Later Alligator: Bill Haley and the Comets (Another Peppy song)
o. Coming Back to Life: Pink Floyd

And many more... for now these are most prominent...

The Bridge Across Forever...

My fav book.. and a book I share with one of my favourite people in the world... someone who is so much Richard.. that it simply amazes me.. As I met him my eyes were wonderstruck in awe and amazement.. broad shoulders.. light brown eyes and a carefree style I had always imagined adorned this school-lost-orkut-found buddy...I dont think he is Richard.. because i associate myself with Leslie.. well I do think.. am a lot like her.. sans the stunning looks..but his brilliance is what strikes the greatest similarity..

The Bridge Across.. is perhaps a thread that ties us together.. and ofcourse our deja vu moments.. This was my guardian Angel when I was lost (and am sure am still the Demon!!!) showed me the light.. and hand held me out of it.. someone who has been my pillar.. for close to one and a half years.. our endless banter... each others advice.. never unsolicited.. stupid wisecracks..and sometimes...my doses in moments of fury..

I must have done something right to have you by my side... And if i had to start a file named after you.. it would surely read:

Dawn's peaceful, luminous blue
Intensified with the day
As did Happiness
Blue.. Bluer.. Bluest,
White puffs of Delight,
Joy Overflowing,

Until sunset,
Wrapped us in tender pink
And we fused in a
Passionate magenta goodbye
Earth-soul and Cosmic-soul
Bursting with beauty.

When night came,
A baby moon
Laughed sideways in the dark.
I laughed back
And thought:

Partway across the world
Your sky
Is filled with this same
Golden Laughter,
And hoped that you,
Twinkling Blue Eyes,
Saw and heard,

So that somehow we three,
Were joined in our gladness,
Each in our own space,
Together Apart,
Distance meaningless.

And I slept
in a world
Full of Smiles.

Wish you the most wonderful life ahead sweetheart...

Movies and ME...

Until recently.. I was not such a movie go-er or movie watcher.. In my life.. never have I felt the urge to watch movies or the inclination to go out there..as I do these days... people tell me am still moderated.. perhaps a movie a month.. and many a times in the company of MYSELF...

I saw Rock ON, Luck by Chance and Straight all alone.. Rock On again, the second time with a friend... and guess what ends up catching my attention in the end.. the anti piracy message.. Ghajini, Dostana and Rab Ne bana Di Jodi.. were with family and friends.. but honest.. I seem to quite enjoy watching movies alone as well... Reason.. one oppurtunity where I can be something am not so often.. quiet and lost in my own thoughts..

Last week I saw Straight.. and Loved Pinu Patel.. very well crafted charecter.. until someone told me to check out Dasvidaniyan.. another Vinay Pathak flick.. remeber from my School-Channel V addicted days!!! and Boy what a movie it is..(thanks Neha for the DVD..)Ive promised to treat mum to the movie post lunch.. and I think anyone who has not seen it must watch.. I havent caught Dev D yet.. thats next on my list too..

Well.. for all of you who know me.. realise that i am more of the cross-over movies (read arty???) type.. Saw this fun movie called Outsourced last weekend when i was home alone... followed by Across the Universe on HBO which so ecstatically uses perhaps all of Beatles' Chart toppers.. I cant wait to watch Mama Mia.. for the ABBA fan that moi is!!!!

Phew.. that was quite a list ah??? Neway.. I know I have miles to go to get to what my folks were in their times.. as for now cricket makes Dad most happy!!!

For you a Thousand TImes Over...

This is not merely my favourite line from my favourite book.. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini... but ya..i mean it everytime i do something for some special frnds..

Amongst some of my favourite gifts..are certain books.. music and stuff i've gifted... Chappals... bags... books...ties.. and the fun i have..

Well..i donno.. I miss some of my closest friends who are no longer in Delhi.... but ya they are all.. very close to me still in my heart.. miss u folks....

Chalo cya.. Hope 2009.. fills everyone's life wid Lovely frnds.. one could cherish for life...