Rakhi Time!! :)

Well.....almost! :)

Rakshabandhan a.k.a Rakhi is just around the corner - Aug. 9th!!

In my family, rakhi usually means:

1. LOADS of work - buy gazillion rakhis, sort rakhis into sets for each of our brothers and our mom's brothers, put them in nice packs, address them, mail them. (Lot of them live in other parts of the world.)
2. Lists - we've to make lists for everything. Upto and including, pins to put up the decorations. :O
3. Delicious, delicious mithai - usually around 8 different kinds!! yay!! :D :D :D
4. New clothes!
5. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand - a lot of presents (yay for being sisters!!) and lots of cash!! :D Nothing can really beat last year's net though!!

This year's rakhis: (haven't finished yet! :P)

Carbuncle @ Fruit Shop - Pffft!!

That's the drink called Carbuncle. Looks very nice and all that.

My dad's expression after he took a sip of it. So now you know how it tastes. :P

We're Here!!!! :)

Blog Ban's been lifted. Yippppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

No more pkblogs, no more inblogs and no more anonymouse!!!!! Yay!!!!! :D :D :D

Wikimapia - Whoa!

That's where I live. *looks bewildered*

And that's Wikimapia!! :D Powered by Google, so naturally it's really, really, really AMAZING!! Hell, I could zoom into my goddamn STREET!!

And best part, it has collective editing - add place, edit info about place, find place, find directions!! Whoa!! :D

Oh, it still doesn't beat Google Earth though!! Hee!!! :D

Hello? Where did we go?

That's probably what blogs are saying right now.

A lot of major ISPs in India, in an attempt "to block communication between terrorists", have ended up blocking major blogging platforms like Blogger, Typepad, Geocities and more! *cringes* Apparently, the Government wanted to block a few sites but the ISPs took the easy way out and blocked the platforms themselves!! :O

But hey, as it is every dark cloud has its silver lining! You can access blocked blogs through these methods! To quote Kiruba - Using one of these methods, you can show your middle finger to the ban and continue to read your favorite blogs. :D

Few more important links - Check 'em Out! And make sure you SPEAK UP!! In the end, that's what it's all about. :)

Blogger's Collective
Bloggers Against Censorship Wiki
Bypassing The Ban :)

Blog On!!

No More...

It was cold. She let an involuntary shiver pass through her body and went to the windows to close them shut. Leaning against the windowsill, she felt the blast of chillness sting her colourless, gaunt cheeks. The cheeks that once flushed pink with pleasure and health at the touch of that one hand.

She looked at the clothes that carelessly lay on her bed – her expensive zardosi sari, the intricately embroidered blouse – and wondered at the futility of the beauty that they offered. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. How true, she thought.

At the party, her otiose grace and perfect socializing would show no indication of the despondency that plagued her – She would go looking like a million dollars. But what was the use of a million dollars if there was no one to spend it. And no one to spend it on.

Of course, there would be men. Many of them – handsome, smooth and gallant. They would flirt with her and shower her with a deluge of compliments. But for all their attention, not one of them would see the coldness and contempt in her eyes. Or rather would refuse to see it. They would rather prefer to humour their egos and appease their insufferable male pride.

He was like that too. Brash, egoistic, self-righteous and passionate. She recalled the first time he touched her. How can the touch of a man do so much, she remembered musing. She’d had no idea. With that one touch, he’d made her feel loved, desired, cared for, protected, levitated, intoxicated. Intoxicated. She remembered telling him, that she felt incredibly drunk and incredibly happy.

Then, a sudden gust of wind took away the warmth of those memories even as it took away the warmth of her body. She was back in the present. It was cold. She let an involuntary shiver pass through her body and went to the windows to close them shut. Leaning against the windowsill, she felt the blast of chillness sting her colourless, gaunt cheeks. The cheeks that once flushed pink with pleasure and health at the touch of that one hand. The hand that would touch her no more…

An Unfortunate Moment Of Rage...

The Man And The Trophy - A moment of rage, a moment of impulse, a heavy
price to pay...

The WC 2006 final - France vs Italy - has to be one of the most interesting finals i've ever seen! It managed to bring out a whole gamut of emotions - awe, magic, nerves, bewilderment and finally a longing.

7' - A penalty for the French. Zidane prevailed. I whooped!

19' - Corner by Pirlo. Magnificent header by Materazzi. I cursed.



110' - Zidane is shown the red card. Sent off the field for butting Materazzi in the chest. I stared, bewildered. Insane!! (Catch the video here)

And Italy won on penalties. Well done and well deserved to the Azzurri. I couldn't help grinning at the Italian juggernaut's euphoria. :)

Is it just me or does Horacio Elizondo have a thing for sending off the most integral player of a team? *WTH* First Rooney - which was spectacularly unfair! Bloody Ronaldo! And now Zidane - much as I hate to say it, it was the thing to be done.

All we can do is wonder why Zizou did what he did.

Zinedine Zidane had it all - greatness, magic, class, grace, genius - and none of that is going to be undermined because of one red card. It was a glittering career - and it will remain just that.

Zidane Lives On!

Happy Budday H!!! :)

And some photos from her birthday bash - June 30th @ the Ascendas Food Court - jubilantly watching Argentina getting their ass kicked! :D
(Her budday is a day later though - but that we celebrated at Pondicherry, agonizing over Rooney getting red-carded. Hmpf! Another story. :P)

My sis and her BIG gumbal of friends at our home!
Trust me, these kids are SO tall!! *gets inferiority complex*

My mum and the brats @ Ascendas!
Orey the excited about extra-cheese pizza prospect!! :P

La Mia Famiglia!! :)

My sis: "Huh?! What the hell's going on?? *astonished*"
The cake that we got for her as a surprise!!

The Pizza Hut peeps bellowing "Happy Budday" so that the whole of Ascendas could hear it!! Mind you, they did it twice more coz we had two more buddays there that day!!! :D

Brat on the chair - orey the fussed over!!! :)
And pretty embarrassed about it too!!

The cutting of the cake - of which i got a teeny-weeny piece!!
Oh, the unfairness of it all!! :O

*Aghast* Appa!! You do remember you're diabetic??!!
And that's chocolate you hear me??!!!

Orey the family bondings - sans dad!!! :P

To my partner-in-crime and my pillar of support. To someone whose judgement I trust more than mine. To someone whom I admire, adore and love. To someone who says "It's gonna be okay" to me no matter how the deep the trouble. To my little sister. Happy Birthday! :)