I Became a Fan of…

Genre: Random

So it goes like this - Anamika has requested (rather threatened) me to do this tag that requires me to “list down TEN things that I honestly feel or do.” I am NOT doing that mundane exercise, but giving it an altogether new dimension (which even String Theorists would not have seen). Enough of exaggeration, coming to the topic-

Every time I log into Facebook, I see these dozens of notifications that somebody or the other from my friend list “has become a fan of” some random “pages” and “groups”. I have no freaking clue what do they exactly do after joining these pages/groups but that’s a different topic altogether. One thing I noticed however is that many of these pages/groups talk about things do (knowingly or unknowingly) or I totally believe in. So, here we go – facts about me inspired (read: lifted) from Facebook Pages / Groups:

I love the feeling when I wake up before my alarm and know I can sleep a bit more.

I love the Smell of Petrol.

I remember your face but what the hell is your name?

I love it when I prove someone wrong.

I love going on Drives.

I Hate Getting Text messages that only Say "k" or “ok”.

I hate people who can't type grammatically correct English.

When I am trying to sleep, my mind keeps having a conversation with itself.

I HATE CIGARETTES.

I decide "I need to study!"; I open the book; I think "..I don't feel like studying" and I close the book.

After an argument I think about clever things I should have said.

With random people I am shy, but with my friends I am crazy!

I get off the computer because I'm bored. Five minutes later, I'm back on.

I respond to text messages in two seconds and hate it when you take two hours to reply.

I love the chocolatey bit at the end of Cornetto.

I’d rather beat my remote to make it work rather than change batteries.

I answer the phone when I am half asleep and then forget what I said.

I love looking at old photos and wonder how much things have changed.

No matter how close the exams are, I always have time for Facebook and GTalk.

While studying I keep looking at my cellphone to see if any new messages have come.

Everytime I enter a lecture, the first question i ask is "Attendance ho gayi kya?"

I hate when somebody peeps into my computer screen when I am chatting.

I have never been able to figure out how headphones always manage to get entangled on their own.

Whenever I am bored, I keep going to the fridge again and again hoping something interesting might have appeared.

I love Pani Puri, Pav Bhaji and Vada Pao at roadside stalls over a five-course dinner at an expensive restaurant

Before starting any chapter, I count the number of pages !

I am proud to be an Indian.

I love Mumbai.

I have a study table and chair but I always use the laptop and study in bed.

The first thing I do when I wake up is check my phone. (When I was in India)

The first thing I do when I wake up is turn on my laptop. (When I am in USA)

If you send me one more FarmVille request, I’ll burn your crops and kill your animals!

I believe Sachin is God. Period.

I hate students who say before the exam "kuchh nahi aata yaar" but end up topping the class.

I hate conversations that go like this - “Hey”...”Hi”...”Wassup??”...”Nm. U say”...*BLANK*

I put things in a safe place and then forget where the safe place is!

Sometimes all I crave for is a hug.

I wake up in the middle of the night, and then realize I still have hours to sleep.

I love imitating my teachers.

Many times when I am in a bad mood, I say things to my dearest friends which I obviously don’t mean.

I love spoiling the last page of my notebook with drawings and graffiti!

I hate it when I make plans, get excited about it, and then they don’t happen.

I do things for certain people I wouldn’t do for anyone else, and they don’t even realize.

And then there are some other things about which Facebook probably wouldn’t have any groups/pages-

The only Facebook app I am addicted to is Airline Manager.

I absolutely love Star Wars and dream of owning a Lightsaber.

When travelling in Indian trains, I prefer the non-AC sleeper class over AC and love those side berths.

Almost every sentence that I speak is in a hybrid of English and Hindi with occasional Gujarati and Marathi thrown in.

I know by-heart even today the Hindi title tracks of Disney’s Duck Tales, Tale Spin and Aladdin cartoons.

I love driving on highways but hate driving in the city.

I love standing at the door for hours when travelling by trains.

I have not seen all seasons of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a life.

I love the 'chug-chug-chug' sound of Diesel Engines.

I invariably end up spending considerable time on a new blog post during my Exam Week.

OK, I stop here. If you reached upto this point, I appreciate your patience :)

Tagged...Again!

Genre: Life

Off late I have been in hibernation mode, coming out only once a month or so to post. This apparently has my well-wishers worried and as a result, I have been bombarded by quite a few of them with all sorts of Tags that I am expected to fill out. With nothing much else to do, I've decided to fill out a really long one! Here we go-

1. Last beverage
Ice-cold water. The best way to beat the sweltering Mumbai heat

2. Last phone call
Incoming: Citibank- "Sir, we can offer you a free credit card blah blah..."

3. Last text message
Vodafone- "Your bill is overdue. Please pay immediately. Ignore if already paid. "

4. Last song you listened to
Arziyaan from Delhi 6. In love with it off late

5. Last time you cried
Yesterday while bidding adieu to college friends after the last trip :(

HAVE YOU EVER..

6.Dated someone twice?
No such luck yet

7. Been cheated on?
No

8. Cried yourself to sleep?
Once upon a time

9. Lost someone special?
If "lost" refers to death, thankfully No! "Lost contact", yes!

10. Been depressed?
Often.

11. Seen ghosts
Yes. On TV

12.LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS.
Blue, White, Red

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU

15.Made new friends
Yes, a lot of them.

16. Fallen out of love
No

17. Laughed until you cried
Yeah... on the Kerala and Uttaranchal trips!

18. Met someone who changed you
No

19. Found out who your true friends were
Yes! Very much!

20. Found out someone was talking about you
Surprisingly, yes!

21. Kissed anyone on your friend’s list
Naah

22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life ?
50% I guess

23. How many kids do you want to have
One. Small family, Happy family

24. Do you have any pets
No, unless you count the fat rodent that refuses to leave my home

25. Do you want to change your name
Never

26. What did you do for your last birthday
Met up three of my most special friends and had a small dinner party with family

27. What time did you wake up today
07:55am- by the deafening horn of Rajdhani Express as it sped past my house!

28. What were you doing at midnight last night
Sleeping, what else?

29. Name something you CANNOT wait for
Shift base from Mumbai, India to Blacksburg, USA

30. Last time you saw your father
Today morning

31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life
Too many to jot down

32. What are you listening to right now
The fan inside my CPU humming loudly

33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom
Yes. He was with his friend named Jerry.

34. What’s getting on your nerves right now?
My MTNL net connection. Getting disconnected every ten minutes!

36. Whats your real name
The same as my imaginary name

37. Relationship Status
Single and Happy, though open to getting committed if I find that special someone

38. Zodiac sign
Gemini

39. Male or female
Male

40. Natural Hair color?
Black

41. Hair color now
Black

42. Pet Peeve
Hypocrisy

43. Need Glasses
No!

44. Long or short
Long.. for most of the things that can be categorized into these two

45. Height
Almost six feet

46. Do you have a crush on someone
Yes. More than one at present.

47. What do you like about yourself?
My knack of paying attention to minutest of details

48. Piercings
Naah. I like my body as it is.

49. Tattoos
A few times in childhood- the blue and pink colored ones that I got free with chewing gum!

50. Righty or lefty
Ambidextrous

FIRSTS.

51. First surgery
None yet. Touchwood!

52. First piercing
See #48

53. First tattoo
See #49.

54. First best friend
Kinjal

55. First sport you joined
Cricket

56. First pet
A pair of pigeons making my room their maternity home

57. First vacation
Valsad, my hometown!

59. First crush
A certain girl at school when I was in third standard!

60. First alcoholic drink
Benadryl Cough Syrup

RIGHT NOW

61. Eating
Cadbury Dairy Milk

62. Wearing
White tee and track pants- my uniform when relaxing at home

63. I’m about to
shut down the pc

64. Speaking to
Myself

65. Waiting to
have food... can smell Palak Paneer being made in the kitchen

66. Want kids?
No. There's still time for it.

67. Want to get married?
No. There's still time for it.

68. Careers in mind?
Professional Photographer at Nat Geo

WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?

69. Lips or eyes
Eyes

70. Hugs or kisses
Both, depending on the situation

71. Shorter or taller
A little shorter or same height

72. Older or Younger
Younger

73. Romantic or spontaneous
Both

74. Nice stomach or nice arms
Nice hair

75. Tattoos or piercings
Actually none but since most Indian girls have atleast one piercing, will go for that

76. Sensitive or loud
Sensitive and a little loud

77. Hook-up or relationship
Relationship

78. Trouble maker or hesitant
Hesitant trouble-maker

HAVE YOU EVER.

79. Kissed a stranger
No!

80. Drank hard liquor
No!

81. Lost glasses/contacts
No!

82. Sex on first date
No! I am not that despo!

83. Broken someone’s heart
Maybe yes, though intentionally, never!

84. Had your own heartbroken
Yes!

85. Been arrested?
Yes- while playing Road Rash!

86. Turned someone down
Never had to face that situation so far

87. Cried when someone died
Yes

88. Got someone into trouble intentionally
Yes!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

89. Yourself
Very much

90. Miracles
Sometimes, though I prefer calling it Destiny

91. Love at first sight
Yes

92. Heaven
Yes

93. Santa Claus
No

94. Kissing on the first date?
Yes

95. Angels
Yes! I have three in my real life!

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY

96. Is there one person you want to be with right now?
Yes

97. Had more than one boyfriend/ girlfriend at one time?
Never

98. Do you believe it’s possible to remain faithful forever?
Yes

99. What’s the one thing you cannot live without?
My parents and best friends

100. Posting this as 100 truths?
Gita pe haath rakhke kasam khaata but then I would be charged for misbehaving with a woman!

An open invitation to everyone- if you find this Tag interesting, please go ahead and answer all these questions on your blog and leave a link to it here or answer them in the Comments area of my blog if you do not have your own blog. Go ahead, enjoy!

Tagged

Genre: Blabber

This is a chain game which is doing the rounds of Blogosphere for quite a long time. Thankfully I was spared from it till now, but not anymore. Though it is very unlike what I usually write, I am gonna answer this ones just for Annie (who Tagged me).
So, here we go-

RULE 1: People who are tagged must write their answers to the tag and change any question they like.

Ok, agreed to the first part, but not the second. I am too lazy to do all that.

RULE 2: Tag 3 people and they cannot refuse to do this tag. They must write who tagged them and cannot tag that person again. Continue the game. And I hope it will be sheer fun.

Sorry, I do not believe in propogating spam, so the buck stops here! I am NOT Tagging anyone (anyways everyone who is anyone must have been tagged atleast once by now!)

Now, the answers-

1. If your lover betrayed you, what would be your reaction?
Stand outside her house at 3am and sing "Emosanal Atyachaar"

2. If you have one dream which could come true, it would be?
Go and kick the ass (literally and figuratively) of Pakistan's Prime Minister.. wait, even Narayankhedkar would do!

3. Who is more blessed-loving someone or being loved by someone ?
Being loved by someone I love.. no secret admirers please!

4. Can you fall in love with your best friend ?
YES! I am in love with one of my best friends (Ok, start the name-guessing now!)

5. How long would you wait for someone you love?
Till this loop ends-
for(i=1;i>0;i++)

6. If the person you like is secretly attached, what would you do?
Detach her, ofcourse!

7. If you could root for one social cause, what would it be?
Help the Somalian pirates. The poor guys are trying so hard, in vain so far, to emulate Jack Sparrow.

8. What according to you is blogger in denial?
Someone who blogs simply because all Tom, Dick and Bihari around him/her are blogging.

9. What’s your fear ?
Aliens! The ones with green, large round heads, coming in a fancy light-emitting UFO and kidnapping me in the middle of the night

10. What colour are your socks now?
Transparent. Seriously, come over and check.

11. What are you listening to now?
"Jag me... saap baste hain...
Sabko.. saap daste hain...
Zehreelay Zehreelay...
Kaale Neele Peele..."
(a proof that even seasoned writers like Javed Akhtar can go bonkers once in a year!)

12. What takes you down fastest?
An elevator, duh!

13. Which one do you prefer - ice-cream or chocolate?
Chocolate flavored ice cream

14. What would you do with a billion dollars?
Give them to me and I will demonstrate it for you.

15. What was the last thing you ate?
goto Question 13;

16. How old are you today?
1 year 7 days as per my native planet's calender. 21 years 7 months 17 days 23 hours 16 minutes 26..27..28 seconds as per Earth calender.

17. How do you vent out your anger?
By watching Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag- it makes me feel better thinking that my life is at least not as horrible and screwed up as this film.

18. Favourite toy as a child?
A red Ferrari Enzo that I drove down Marine Drive without licence without knocking down anyone. After all, it is so hard to knock someone down with a six-inch model.

18. Favourite season?
Winter. Clear blue sky, crisp cold air, snow, Santa Claus coming flying down in his sledge and coming in through the chimney (wait, or is it the Alien with green, large round heads, coming in a fancy light-emitting UFO?)

19. When was the last time you cried?
On seeing my CAT score. It was so hilarious, I laughed so much at it, ended up in tears!

20. Who is the friend you have had the longest?
A black rat with white spots who runs amok in my bedroom. He's been there since eternity and just wouldn't leave me however hard I try to get rid of him.

21. What did you do last night?
[Warning: Inappropriate Content Suppressed. This blog is read by audiences of all physical and mental ages.]

22. Favorite day of the week?
Today

23. Diamond or pearl?
Whichever costs less, since I am the one who would be paying for it.

24.Would you be single & rich or married & poor ?
Wrong framing. It should have been "single & poor or married & rich".. then it would be a tough one to answer!

25.What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
Check my cellphone for messages from nocturnal creatures (though most of the days its only Vodafone reminding me to pay my already paid bill!)

26.If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, whom would you pick?
The one who loves me.

27.Would you give all in a relationship ?
Ask any guy and you will have your answer.

28.What’s eating you now ?
An alien. The one with green, large round heads, who came in a fancy light-emitting UFO

29.Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?
In a single relationship.

30. Your opinion of 3 bloggers who you are going to tag and the one who tagged you.
Cheers guys! I am NOT gonna tag anyone!
Annie is the one who tagged me- eccentric, moody, excellent writer and verrrry kanjoos!