I just finished my 50th Post Yippie!!

Oooh I just realised that my previous post was 50th and it had to be not so good one!! :'(
Hope not to hv ANY such post/incident in life...!!! and wishing, hoping and praying that all my future posts AND LIFE be filled with happiness n joy and PEACE of Mind!! :)

I am enjoying this new hobby of blogging so much!! It gives me a place to vent out my feelings!!
I know I don't hv much readers who respond to as soon as I post but probably that will be my next target, to hunt out fellow bloggers n make new friends via Blogs!!

Smelly n Khadoos Co-passanger

This blog is dedicated to my encounter with a Smelly and a khadoos Co-passenger..

It was like any other day, I went soon to catch a good place in my 5:15 bus, sky looked clear, no signs of rain, rain means leakage in the window seat.. So I decided to hold a window seat in my office bus enroute to home.. A friend S had said she would come.. but finally did not turn up..

I generally prefer to sit alone, this was not true before marriage coz me n Friend G used to go in the same route, same bus and all the time just chat chat n chat...Any amount of time was just not enough for us.. The same doesn't hold good anymore as our routs hv changed n I prefer solitude to unwind my day... I either read a book or doze off depending on the mood..

Today was one such day where I decided to read my newly picked "The Man in the Brown Coat" by Agatha Christie... The bus was not full and hence no one came next to me.. I had a smile in my face just imagining the whole 2 seats to myself hammmm... just when the bus was about to start there came 3- 4 people running towards our bus... The smile faded as I saw a Man who came to sit next to me.. I was unhappy coz I couldn't hv 2 seats to myself anymore...

Oh did I tell you there is a cute little angel in our bus, A very cute baby whose mom keeps her in the crush in office and they come daily in our bus.. The doll is very cute and looks at everyone in the bus and grabs the attention especially to boys and gives them a sweet smile..

As soon as the bus started I realized some stinking foul smell, first I thought may be something from outside then I realized that it was the sweat smell coming from the guy sitting next to me... Aaaaaaaaagrrrr..

It was so string that I felt pukish.. I cudnt resist but opened the window completely, tried to concentrate elsewhere, started reading my nivel, did everything that I could do to distract myself but the odor was so strong and my nostrils so sharp that I immediately started frowning n sulking..

I even stared at him several times more so he lowers his hands but in vain,, how could I have said?

Mr Foul Smell keep ur hand down? or

Stop smelling You smelly Moron?  or

Why dont you use a Deodorant

Upon that friend G smsed me saying "There is a Handsome guy in the bus Very Cute smile"

Oh No not now..... especially when I am suffering here... :'(

I looked at the man's face to see if he was handsome, he was fair, bearded, expressionless face. He did not seemed handsome to me for all the foul smell he was generating.. He was kind of holding his breath too.. I was worried where his breath also imparts some more foul smell... Mummmmyyyyy save me

I smsed back saying I was stuck in this situation for which she replied back saying "Enjoy" Grrrrr

I said "khadoos" because the cute angel got up from her nap and started looking around for the familiar faces to receive attention, other passengers smiled back at her, some even started playing with her, soon her attention caught this man who was sitting next to me.. I could see how she started staring at him for a long time...

She first had an expression which said "Who are you? Are u new to this bus??"

No change in expression in that man's face after looking at the doll
Next she started making sounds looking at him, as if saying "Ok hello how are u new guy in the bus"
No change in Expression
She gave a nice sweet smile making sounds still smiling still staring for a long long time sitting very close by that man...
Still no expression change in him...

Does Kadoos sound right now??

I was like- "How come someone not smile back at a cute sweet smiling baby who is kept on staring at you"?? Thanks god my journey ended with this smelly khadoos stranger..

I Hate Monday's

I am not sure wats with me today, Early morning when the Alarm rang I refused to acknowledge that it was 6:00 AM as it was too dark to be 6:00 as I recalled I had just checked the time sometime back and it showed 4:00 AM giving me 2 more hrs to sleep..Zzzzzzzzz

Later I rode with hubby, dropped him off to the Bus stop and proceeded to my bike stop to catch my bus... In the bus when we reached office, I refused to budge out of the bus wanting to sleep more...

As soon as I was out digged (as my hubby calls it) into my bottomless bag :) to find my ID card and found none.. Friend S was ready to sign on my behalf and was enquiring on where I had kept my ID Card, My mind completely refused to react..Like "Battery Low" it said "Sleep Low, need more sleep to start working"

I took the temporary pass and proceeded to the washroom, washed my face so that the eyes will pop up but nooo, then went to the security to get another temporary ODC pass.. Learnt that a good friend G was not coming soon to office, dat itself made me more sad. coz No G for breakfast means no Unwinding the Weekend properly.. :(

Went to breakfast with Friend L and was mostly silent, when I was talking I did not hv control over me, Sleep n the dullness in the weather was singing a Lullaby to me...

Came back to my place to realize no mails from Onsite which meant no work!! Aggggh No work means all sleepy and that too on a horrible Monday of all..

Empty mind is a devil's workshop, started getting worried about hubby's health as in the weekend his Blood pressure showed 130/90 once and 120/90 one more time.. Doc has strictly asked for a lifestyle change.. I am getting all scared, nervous about his health.. Instead of helping him cope up stress, I am getting more stressed thinking about it....

Later came along friend G and we went for Lunch n tried to catch up on weekend amidst L's ajeeb aur gareeb activities/reactions/state of mind.. Was so confused wat to hv for a drink after lunch for the first time n simply had a Lime juice... we exchanged the Friendship bands and were back to work..

Blogged about the weekend outing to Flower show and also created my wordpress blog for a backup or a migration in the future - http://justmedeepsi.wordpress.com/

In the middle of my blogging, browsing I realized I am feeling cold.. Started frantically searching for my jacket to realize that I have lost it!! I was all freaked coz it was my new TH (Tommy Hilfighter) jacket from Canada, ran to the washroom to see if it was still there.. next headed to the Security guy to enquire.. Quick came his reaction " He pulled a drawer and handed over maaaaaa Jacket!! Yippie

Crazy me n my Monday mood... Hope the rest of the day will go well!!
Is there anybody on the planet who wants to eliminate Monday from the Calendar??? Or is it "Just Meeee"??

Edited to add the proceedings of the rest of the day-
Hubby reached home by 6:15 which is unusual and I was stuck in Bad, mad traffic (due to rain in Blr) and managed to reach by 8:00 PM, The best part is that I slept very well in the bus and felt refreshed when I reached home..

In order to compensate for all the things that happened in the day, I went intot he kitchen to add my style to the food n the Dinner menu contained-
Palak Parantha, Paneer Mutter sabzi, Rice and Kadi (this is MIL's new invention)
Served hot hot Paranthas to hubby who happily had a stumptious meal :)
Ended the day by watching some serials/browsing and then a good nights Sleep Zzzz..

Taking time for Myself

Gotten lil busy from the time I have returned from Canada...

Returned back on 16th July (Sunday), Took nice rest whole day + washing n cleaning...

Monday First day after returning back was fun, meeting frnds, sharing my exp, giving chocs to frnds etc..

Tuesday to Friday Office, Jet lag was still there and work too, got myself a new place to sit which is much more silent than how it used to be before, but I guess I enjoy the silence to an extent(For a Change)  Getting to know the difference in my energy levels from how it used to be in Canada n here...

There I used to get up soon, cook, pack, walk to subway, catch train, walk to office, office work, back to hotel, cook again for dinner, sometimes roam around too, browse the net, watch something over net/TV, pack for tomo lunch n plan for tomo breakfast, I still had time n energy n again go to bed early too..

Here, I felt my energy levels hv definitely gone down, commuting is consuming all the TIME+ ENERGY leaving me lethargic n adding up STRESS!! :'( Is there a escape to this???

Hubby n me proposed that we should go to a family trip to Vellore, with no much preparation we (10 ppl- MIL, FIL, Elder SIL Family (3), Younger SIL(2), BIL and us) embarked on the Weekend trip to vellore, golden temple on Saturday morning and returned back late Sunday night..

(The Golden temple trip itself deserves a separate blog)

Monday, unable to get up and forced by hubby took leave and stayed back to tidy up stuff @ home, cleaning, unpacking and unwinding... :)

Again back to office Tuesday with more work load and lil more energy..

Thursday went to Herbs n Spices, Whitefield with new team (around 18ppl) for lunch n had fun..  Missed my old team for sure.. but change is the only constant thing isnt it!

A long pending task of cleaning god's idols was accomplished followed by a Bhaktiful pooja to god from hubby n me.

Events lined up to look froward to :

Today, Friday- going to a Lunch party with friends L n G, It is G's B'day treat to Rajdhani @ Whitefield..

(after planning for a long long time we are finally going now (Fingers crossed))

How cud I say No when G commented - "Chalo Chalo lets go this Friday I can imagine the big Thali of Rajdhani right here in front of me" and when L has lost her mind completely as she is now officially jobless (actually serving notice period) she is the perfect eg of "Idle mind is a devil's workshop"

Later in the night- 9:50 pm ZNMD movie with hubby @ Fun cinemas, Cunningham..

Saturday - Relaxing + ticking off priority items in the To-do List

Sunday- Looking frwd for parents visiting us, Bro cannot make it as he is on a trip this weekend!

Actually Sunday is Hubby's B'day day if you go by Hindu Calendar too..

August 12th-  My First Varamahalakshmi Festival.

Aug 13- 15th-  Long weekend, Hubby is pressing to go to Pondi, but I am pressing to stay back n relax @ home... TBD

Aug 14th-  Mom's B'day- I guess she will be in their planned trip to Vellore as it is a Long weekend

Aug 28th- Hubby's B'day, looking frwd to it!!

Sept 1- Holiday n Ganesh Chathurthi, my First Ganesh Chathurthi @ home here as I was at parents for the first time..

Sept 5-  Big day for us!! Not Teacher's day but our Anniversary!! Is it already a year that I am married?? OMG.. Time flies!!

Oct 3- Bro's B'day.. I really hope n wish he gets a girl of his choice soon n gets settled soon too..

Oct 20th- Our Love Anniversary...The day I said, "I do"

          Family to approach BIL's GF's family on their marriage talks, hope they settle soon

Nov-  B'days in our family are lined up... MIL, Mintoo, BIL .. Last year we had celebrated all the B'day's together n had fun!

Dec- Nothing particular till now.. May be saying good Bye to the lovely 2011 and welcoming another year of joy, peace n happiness!!

I now truly understand the phrase "Having short term goals, happiness, hopes gives so much pleasure to self"

I just pray to god to shower his blessing on us forever and fill our lives with joy n happiness along with good health n wealth 

Not Just another Frwd Mail, It is the harsh truth but very sweetly said

Received this fwd mail from a friend L and is really worth a blog by itself..
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Chetan Bhagat's Article in today's TOI : Specially for Indian Women.... Do Read it girls...

"Alright, this is not cool at all. A recent survey by Nielsen has revealed that Indian women are the most stressed out in the world: 87% of our women feel stressed out most of the time. This statistic alone has caused me to stress out. Even in workaholic America, only 53% women feel stressed.

What are we doing to our women? I'm biased, but Indian women are the most beautiful in the world. As mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, wives and girlfriends - we love them. Can you imagine life without the ladies?

One, Don't ever think you are without power. Give it back to that mother-in-law. Be who you are, someone she wished you would be. She doesn't like you? That's her problem.

Two, If you are doing a good job at work and your boss doesn't value you - tell him that, or quit. Talented, hard-working people are much in demand.

Three, Educate yourself, learn skills, network - figure out ways to be economically independent. So next time your husband tells you that you are not a good enough wife, mother or daughter-in-law, you can tell him to take a hike.

Four, Do not ever feel stressed about having a dual responsibility of family and work. It is difficult, but not impossible. The trick is not to expect an A+ in every aspect of your life. You are not taking an exam, and you frankly can't score cent per cent (unless you are in SRCC, of course). It is okay if you don't make four dishes for lunch, one can fill their stomach with one. It is okay if you don't work until midnight and don't get a promotion. Nobody remembers their job designation on their dying day.

Five, most important, don't get competitive with other women. Someone will make a better scrapbook for her school project than you. Another will lose more weight with a better diet. Your neighbour may make a six-dabba tiffin for her husband, you don't - big deal. Do your best, but don't keep looking out for the report card, and definitely don't expect to top the class.

There is no ideal woman in this world, and if you strive to become one, there will be only one thing you will achieve for certain - "STRESS".

So breathe, chill, relax. Tell yourself you are beautiful, do your best and deserve a peaceful life. Anybody trying to take that away from you is making a mistake, not you. Your purpose of coming to this earth is not to please everyone. Your purpose is to offer what you have to the world, and have a good life in return.

The next time this survey comes, I don't want to see Indian women on top of the list. I want them to be the happiest women in the world. Now smile, before your mother-in-law shouts at you for wasting your time reading the newspaper. "

You have one life to live, so Live it!!!.......

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The first thing I did after receiving this mail was Hugged my Friend L and informed G to also read it and we all promised that we should apply this in Life rather than just reading it as any other forward..  I also Frwded this mail to all my Girl Friends coz I loved it..

A simple message yet said in a very effective way.. In one way or the other I am also one among the women who contributed to that 87%....

• The constant effort to please people, be it your MIL, be it your boss, be it @ work or be it to ur hubby,
• Increasing chores/Responsibilities/demands from Family/boss/In-laws/Boss and reducing Physical strength
• Office commuting/pressure/work/survival/politics
• The need or want of finishing/Ticking as many tasks as possible in the ever growing "To-Do-List"
• The constant irking guilt of not giving my 100% either @ home/Office/Relationship
• A teeny weeny hope to please my hard to please MIL by my deeds

 All this in vain just adds to one unwanted, uninvited Guest called "STRESS"

Hubby keeps saying - " Start Ignoring, Take things cooly, calm down, Breath" All in vain.....

Hope some words of wisdom from "Chethan Baba " will ease/reduce the constant accumulated Unwanted Guest called "Stress"

For now, i want to give Indian women five suggestions to reduce their stress levels.

Its ok No Problem!

,,,One Morning in the offc cafeteria as usual me and my friend G went to have bfast. We decided that we both will have idli/vada and coffee.

Since I was standing in the Queue I bought the coupons together for us. The cashier gave me the coupon and I picked it up without realizing that I had also taken the coupon of the person XYZ who was just in front of me..
G and me proceeded to take our Idli/Vad, I had learnt from G that he is very crazy guy and that he keeps on looking @ any random gal in fact all the gals in the vicinity, sits alone for lunch/bfast/Tea, laughs to himself etc etc… We just happened to see him and G started telling "Oh God here comes Spiky!!"

Within no time Mr Spiky came to me and asked-
Spiky " Excuse me, plz can you check if you have taken my coupon by mistake?"
Me- Checking the coupons in my hand, realized that I haven taken his too by mistake "Oh yeah here it is"
Spiky- "I am very Sorry"
Me- Very proudly(I don’t know Y I did it "That’s Ok not a problem"
G was watching our conversation and pointed out saying "Instead of you asking sorry he asked, and you happily said No problem????"

That was when I realized...Oh  yeah… How stupid of me… Instead of being sorry how Proudly I said "That’s ok Not a problem"            I felt little embarrassed by my act but G and me both burst out laughing...

Till date whenever I see My Spiky I feel like telling.. Its ok not a problem… :) :D :P