Mala's Glass Boutique (Messy)

mala.. the girl with a lovely smile... everyone here knows we meet up once in a while... and whenever we are at a barista or a restaurant or a cafe shes always looking for lovely glasses... well shaped glasses with coffee or hot chocolate or maybe some mocktail in it... she insists on clicking pics of the glasses whenever she likes something...

so i thought why not give her a glass boutique??

(ps... i know i havent been around for ages... but its just a phase in life where i dont know what inputs to give in here... sorry ishi...

and thank you for my anniversary wishes... its going to be 7 years of blissful living...)

pps... ishi... your query is answered...

Freshen Me Up (Messy)

a book, my glasses and a place to lie down and read... thats all i need to freshen up...

this pic was taken when i had gone to matheran with my husband... whenever i am on the move i NEED a book... i NEVER travel without one... the best feeling of freshening up is to go to the mountains and read non stop... hold a book in my hand and walk the paths with trees surrounding me and birds chirping around... horses moving ahead and fresh breeze rustling my hair...

thats getting FRESH for me....

Happy Birthday - Rajiv (messy)

todays a special day for all BUFers... and most of you know the reason... but i would still love to spell it out...

its rajivs birthday today... and i wish him on behalf of all BUFers...

rajiv, wishing you a very happy birthday... may you have a lovely life ahead... and may all your dreams come true...

without you BUF wouldn't have been possible... ishi has given her time and heart for this project... but without your support she wouldn't have been encouraged... without you she wouldn't have dreamt of something so big...

so i take this opportunity on behalf of all BUFers to wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

Sometimes we are lucky enough
to meet a person
who stands out
among all the other people
as being extremely special
who knows what we
are thinking about
who is happy for us at all times
who is always there to talk to us
who cares about us selflessly
who is always truthful with us

Sometimes we are lucky enough
to meet someone who is
extremely wonderful
For me
that person
is you
my dear friend

-Poem by Susan Polis Schutz

mumbai local (messy)

those living in mumbai would know what i am talking about... trains here are not the 'normal' kinds... there is nothing like a nice train journey... there is nothing like a peaceful train journey... i know people from other countries specially get onto a train just to get the 'feel' of a train ride in mumbai...

the trains are never empty... they are perpetually stinking... not a day in the history of mumbai railway must have gone by without a fight in one of the compartments... you cannot reach your destination without breathing in the stale air of perspiration of your co-travellers....

and one day long back i had to travel to andheri by train... this happened when i was working... almost 7 years back... i had to meet one of my cousin at andheri... and unfortunately i had to travel at 7 pm... the peak hour... ladies compartment was out of question as i had a male friend (lets call him akshay) accompanying me (he lived near andheri then)... so we decided to travel in the first class compartment...

now i was under the impression that the first class would be better off than the second class compartment... but naah!... no way!!... it was totally packed... we decided to stand near the entrance... because if we went inside, it would be very difficult to get off at andheri... but we never thought it would get so crowded... i stood with my back to the seats... there were hoardes of people around me... i guess i was the only female around... it felt very uncomfortable standing like that... akshay must have guessed that... because he stood facing me so that no one could push me or touch me... he rested his palms on either side of me so that no one could push me from the sides too...

unfortunately this position wasnt good for my system... i knew akshay liked me a lot... and i had a major crush on him (ahem ahem)... and with him at such close proximity it was bound to get difficult for me...

he was tall and strong enough to keep people off me... but i had my doubts about how i was going to keep him off my mind... i wanted to hit myself for not getting into the ladies compartment... but it was too late to change my decision... i couldnt do anything about it... i tried to hold myself away from him... so that i wouldnt touch him even by mistake... but the crowd was crazy... everyone was jostling and pushing... it took all of akshays strength to hold me in place... and then someone pushed him so hard that he literally fell on me... ouch!

his face was so close to mine that if he had dabbed on some aftershave i would have smelt it... his hands tried to gain support from me... i had to hold him by his shoulders so that he would not be shoved away from me... and then our eyes met...

it was as if the crowds had melted... the touch that was supposed to be a support for me became a caress... his body that was shielding me seemed to be embracing me... his hand reached out to touch my hair softly... he bent low and kissed me on my forehead... i looked up at him... his eyes held mine like a magnet... his handsome face close to mine... i did not know how to react... i was lost in the pleasure of his embrace... he bent his head lower... i was sure he was going to kiss me...

and then someone pushed... ouch again!... the spell broke... the magical moment came to an end... i looked away (relieved??)... he moved his lips away from mine... he pushed himself off me as i moved my arms away... we waited in silence... not looking at each other... waiting for the train to reach andheri as soon as possible... till we got off the train and i left to meet my cousin...

I - Day Party - Mumbai (messy/uttsy)

we decided to meet up at mumbai for the independence day celebration... the dress code set was 'tri - colour'... here are some of the pictures for you guys...


i sported these tri colour bangles for the party...

uttara sported a tee shirt for the same event.. and as you can see... the others... including the admin gave this a skip...

(r -l) prashanti (guest.. thats symphony from itimes), messy, uttara, richa (in white), mala and abhishek

looks like i was the only one who missed showing off my shampooed hair...

say 'cheese' guys... thats the statement that got this pretty smiling pic...

uttara and mala... the ever smiling pair... and the most beautiful pic of the pair till date... just missed the hotties pic in the background :p

the girl gang... abhi did you feel left out???

and thanks to abhishek for the treat at ccd... we loved the drinks... check what mala ordered... thats hot chocolate... slurpppppp...












we did go to other places for food... we did sing some songs... (abhi can u put up the video if its come good enough)... we did scream and shout... and we did miss all of you guys... cheers!!!

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More from Uttara:

"Guys a lot of things to be added here...

ahem ahem ... so here I goooo

I was as usual late and was searching then I see a cute guy with dimple smile:p n am like ye wahi tho nahi then I see neha or hear her infact *winks* fir mera shak yakeen main badal gaya ki ye abhiii hi hoga... then he waves his hands saying "hi! " I take a seat, it was house full so had to pull a chair in a gentlemanish way he says" Allow me" (I thought wahh !! is he just showing off to be a Gentleman or is he one? ) :p kidding.. then we alll go hooo haaan shouting n saying hi and all...

Then introduction part the guy am sure its abhi fir baaki do kaun hai ( I rack my brains) then I ask richa " Are u richa? " she nods her head saying "yes" ( I must tell u all she looks realllyyyyyy cute and cuter when she was nodding :p ) abhi confirms and says "Yeah she is Richa :) "

Then the other lady ( ummmm i forgot her name ) ooops... After formal hello to the new comers..I start with my normal gupshup with the oldtimers neha and mala :) ( i don't have to introduce the gorgeous ladies right? )

Then comes our photo session... after 45 minutes of serious discussion of who will have what we order and sip our drinks ( we don't do the act of have from one glass :P whoaaaaaaaaaa 6 heads on one glass? kya dosti hai wahhh!! lol )

We then move to Hiranandani to have a grub.. hmmm on our way I get a call from Ishipishi :) am with all smiles on telling neha and Richa "ishi ka hone haiiiiiiiiiii " hehe unfortunately lot of noice around i tell her, " Waha pahunchke phone karti hu " ( i shall call you once i reach the place )

We reach there and in the mean time Richa promised all of us to get a pepe jeans FREE yepieeeeeeeeeeee

Stop it guys don't get J :P dint i say *conditions applied? lol

We had our grub at Bread Talk( yummmyyyy ) while having i called Ishi but guess she was busy dint take my call immediately.. umm then we all spoke Rajbir.. we thought of calling keshi, but then i told others, "if u guys want to talk to the voice mail then we can call " :p In the meantime, we had a great a singing session, great singers Mala and Neha ..:p they sang vande maataram ( AR rehman style ) lol head banging and some of his expressions ( which was captured by Abhi ) :D

At last Ishi calls.. I'm told her,"roz hum dono baat karte hai ab baaki se baat karo.." ( we talk everyday so now talk with others) one by one she talks to all of us.. we talk talk talk... umm wat else ? in the meanwhile we also go to another place to have grub ..:p (Subway) hmmmmmmmmm ... ( all bhukkads) lol

Ishi was busy with family chores so i say bye bye...and hang up total time spoken: 20mins and 35 seconds..( tooo less :D ) loll

We also had a beep songs.. umm if i have to even say wat i will write "beep beep beep "i.e " **** main ***** de" all censored :D .. (all guesses welcomed ).

It was real masti dhamal and lottts to eat and drink :D..

we parted promising that we all would meet up again sooon for a dance party *winks*

Adios Amigo :) "

a doll on my mind (messy)

i must have been 5 years old then... i was out shopping with my mom... i dont remember what we shopped that day... but i remember what i liked the most then... in those days there were no malls in india... (well... this should be around 25 years ago)... there were small shops around and you had to go buy stuff from there...

we were at this small, teeny, weeny shop... and my mom was checking some things in there... when my eyes fell on this beautiful doll... she was dressed in a pink frock... with long blonde hair and light blue eyes... i picked her up and started playing with her... she would blink her eyes at me... and sing a song and laugh with i moved her in a certain way... i instantly fell in love with her... i looked at mama pleadingly... but she refused to buy me the doll... she said she didnt have much money on her... she promised me that she would buy the doll later... i started crying and shedding pools of tears... (well... i was so in love with her... maybe i should even label this post as my first crush... errr even though i dont have such tendencies :p)... but to no avail... she wouldnt buy it for me... she pulled me out of the shop and took me home... i was really sad... wondering when would she have enough money to buy me the toy...

years later when i was 18 i was talking to my mom, and i recalled the doll she never got me... i still blamed her for not getting it for me... (i even threw a tantrum then... at 18! just coz she didnt get me a doll when i was 5 years old!)... she looked at me with a sad smile... she said come on, lets go and buy it now... i have the money now... that was the time i learnt a very important lesson...

when i was a kid we werent very rich (even though we lived well enough)... and my mom didnt always have the extra money to buy us toys and take us out... at 18 when my mom said that, i understood the pain she must have gone through to say 'no' to me... it was definitely more than the pain i went through without the doll... and since that day i try not to mention about the doll in front of her... (well.. sometimes i do kid about it... but i dont scream at her and dont blame her for not getting me the doll)

the flowers and the necklace (messy)

THE BUNCH OF FLOWERS

according to me there is nothing like 'my favourite gift'... it is more like the emotions that a gift can extract from with us that is more important... how much a gift can make us feel good... happy... ecstatic... that is more imperative

a few years back i had gone to visit my mom for a few days... she lives in mumbai too... but considering the roads and mumbai traffic it takes approximately an hour from my place to reach my moms (considering you are on a bike... a car definitely takes longer)...


that day was a sunday... and i was lazing around at home, talking to my bro and mom... just then the doorbell rang and i heard my mom welcome someone... i jumped up from the bed and ran to the door when i heard my husbands voice... it had been a few days since we had met after all... and what do i see!... he was at the door with a bunch of the most beautiful flowers... considering the point that my husband is not a fabulous 'gifter' i was thrilled at the sight... (according to him... 'i dont know what to buy for u... u want something?... heres my wallet.. buy it for yourself!'... n no thats not rude from what i know of him... he really has no idea what to get me...)

now, the flowers werent exotic... nor were they the most beautiful in the world... they were simple red and yellow sunflowers... but the underlying love that they embodied within them was something that i will never forget... and the most important part was when i saw his eyes dancing with glee because he had made me happy...

AND THE GHASTLY NECKLACE

this happened when i was a kid... it was my birthday and i had just got home from school... i saw my brother standing in the living room smiling at me... i noticed a gift in his hand... he shoved it in my hand saying he had got it with his own pocket money... i was thrilled... i tore open the wrapper impatiently, thanking him for it... i noticed him smiling at me and i smiled back... when i shifted my eyes back to the gift i was so shocked that i sat down on the nearest chair i could find, staring at it... goodness!... it was the ugliest and the most ghastly necklace i had ever seen... it was made of bright pink beads and some other blue and golden beads... suddenly i felt the expectant hesitancy in my brothers stance... i covered up my feelings and smiled at him saying it was very beautiful... he smiled back at me and ran away to play with his guns... i showed it to my mom and she burst out laughing looking at it... but she was pleased that my brother could do that for me...

i dont know what happened to the necklace... i never wore it ofcourse... but i wish i still had it... it was a gift given out of love... i know i would never wear it even if i had it right now... but i would still love to cherish it and keep it with me forever... (this reminds me.. i have to ask my brother if he remembers about the gift... im sure he would balk today if he recalls the kind of necklace that he had given me...)

Mumbai Dhamaal (messy and abhishek)

(ring ring).. Hello
"I am at shoppers stop, where are you"
1st floor, lets see who finds whom!- Said Messy

I was a little apprehensive, Three Bufers to meet!! dear Rich couldnt make it due to "not well Flag"!!

Coming out of the lift, I passed "the pair" in Green and Brown! She seemed like Messy, I smiled, lightly, She did not quite respond and I moved on the floor to check out some stuff. But then turned back coz I knew they were around.

Ha Ha.
We all met with a "HALO" wali hello.
As I was new, and the lovely ladies had known each other for , there was some ice that needed to be broken.( which was taken care by the sound of my groaning stomach) and I declared that I am very Hungry and needed to eat , Just about anything.

Ghoom fir ke we reached Bombay Blues

The Huge stylish glass of Iced tea ordered by Messy made my Pizza look a little small!Slowly we moved from quizzes on paper to Wishes by Genies and we were all laughing to glory.Mala, though had decided to get her Nirvana now finally ( though for a short time only), could not help dig into some pizza. She exclaimed, that her wants seem to have been fulfilled. Its a different matter that SOME Long Lost Chicken Sandwich kept haunting her!! After stomachs( partially full) we decided that we needed to decide where to go next.Juhu being Messy's illakka, we handed the reins to her ( actually the command to the auto-wallah).The weather so mare than amazing. All you need to imagine is just dark grey cloudy skies with super cool breeze, and LO we reached a surprise corner of Juhu Beach. The water was so clear that.. err..umm well it was basically very clear..The Thrill of having discovered a long lost Lounge soon went phut, when we were kindly informed us that there was a"Private party" going on. We reached the SEE-Sea-D ( CCD) opposite the Beach, only to discover that the place was surprisingly "VEG only" and we were not quite impressed with the LYCHEE juice it was serving!!We moved on, with a plan to decide on the way. :))then we headed to have the Famous ILRA's Pani Puri ( Gol-Gappas, for the un-initiated)MalaJEE's blisters did not come between her and the GOL_GAPPAS!!After our dose of Vitamin "C"( We were doing CEE CEE after the CHilli Pani-Puri's).. we decided so to check out this BIG Mind Blowing ART Gallary!! Well the painting cant be descibed with words here, so I will not attempt!! We laughed so much that the clouds had to compensate and started pouring just wettiing us a little bit before we reached Barista.....

(contd by messy)

whew!! before i start with what happened next let me describe a few things abhi missed....

when abhi crossed my path at shoppers stop i was busy talking to mala and we were giggling over something silly... and then this guy (with awesome dimples) gives us an apprehensive smile... by the time i could make out it was abhi and smile he had moved away from us... now guys u cant blame me... i thought he was taller than what he really is!

and i understand his terrified smile too... i had told him whenever we meet someone new, we rag them left, right and centre... so i guess he was terrified of meeting us... luckily for him utsy wasnt around... or we would have really messed up with him :p (lucky chap) [Abhi: Hee Hee]

when we went to bombay blues abhi got the idea of asking us 3 wishes which we would like to have in life... mala ofcouse wanted things related to nirvana.. when abhi and mala started debating about what nirvana really meant... mala said eating food at that moment was nirvana for her and started chomping on her pizza! nirvana for sure !!!
[Abhi: MalaJEE wanted to have the weather in her total control, anytime and everytime among others, and Messy is going for this world exploration tour, amd me apart from going back-packing to Europe am Going to DISCOVER SOMETHING!! :D , :D ]

while in the auto, when we were going to the beach we thought we would get into the kiddy mode... we started playing a game! yeahhh comeon dont give us weird looks... it was so much fun... we played the name game... kind of antakshari with a difference... and abhi tried to catch us with the letter 'a' and we would try searching for names with that alphabet! ohhh abhi we werent so bad right??? [Abhi: not at all yaar, infact I was stuck with some "H" or something.. but you were two yaar...]



at the beach we thought we would get in some pic for the benefit of the bufers... chk out my pic with mala... isnt it sweet?...

(psst... most of the pics were deleted as they came out so bad that we couldnt stop laughing :p)

ccd opposite juhu was really boring... not for me... as im a vegetarian... but mala was stuck up on eating a chicken roll.[Abhi: Sandwich sandwich!!] .. n the place didnt serve non vegetarian food... so we decided to skip ccd n move on to barista...

on the way to barista mala and abhi were discussing pani puri and how mumbai never served the kind they got in delhi... i told them i would take them to a joint that atleast served some good pani puri... (ufff still i guess no comparison to delhi pani puri... mala couldnt bear the hot chilli paani because of her blistered mouth!... abhi and i enjoyed it a lot)
[Abhi: but the suji wala Gol-Gappaz are also too good!!]

we decided to walk up to barista... and on the way there was this seedy shop[Abhi: WHAT!!it was a ART Gallery... what seedy .. ;)....] that had some paintings.. and we decided to explore it just for the fun of it... by the time we planned to leave it was raining a lot... so we picked up an auto again to barista...




now we had a surprise for mala... since it is her birthday today we decided to celebrate in advance... i had got a cake for her and had carried it with me all day... the minute i got it out mala says, "nooooooo please dont sing."... now for those who dont know our mumbai gang much... this all started with how we celebrated z000nies birthday before he left for manchester... we were at a pizza hut and the minute the cake was out the guys there started singing at the top of their voices and got the whole place down.. it was really embarassing! thats y the reaction from her...

i promised her we wouldnt get into much 'halla gulla'... and we had a silent cake cutting ceremony... ofcourse we missed all of u! the cake was yummy and we ate almost half of it between the three of us :p...

[Abhi: Hello, what about the babe, who was sitting behind Mala, with the sardarjee, who could not stop winking at me.. :P]

we had some more pics clicked just for ur benefit... do check out our drinks... and decide which one u would like to have... (psst... i had the green mint one and it was awesome :D)




in a while it started pouring... and we decided to leave.. it was 8.30! almost 4.5 hrs together! just the 3 of us! and we didnt realize how the time had passed... we left barista and abhi n mala tried getting an auto... i said i would walk home as i lived just a few blocks away... so it was time to say bye as i started wading through the ankle deep water to go home... i nearly got drenched by the time i reached home, wondering if abhi and mala had got an auto to go home....

thats it about our meet in mumbai... i hope this post isnt not tooooooo long... all in all it was a fun meet... we really missed richa who couldnt make it at the last minute... utsy who was having fun in delhi... and harjee, loongal and sam too... i wish someday we all get together... we would need a whole day to catch up... 4 hours is too less!!


happy birthday mala... we decided to skip ur part of the meet as we wanted to surprise u with the pics and the post on ur birthday today... hugssssssss girl... have a lovely day and a fabulous year ahead...

wishing rajbir a very happy birthday too... i wish u were here too we would have had a double celebration... ! (now u know what we did there rajbir)...

bbye laterzzz

mother - child (messy)

the relationship of a mother and a child is the most beautiful one in the world... and one without the other is incomplete! do i need to say more?

10 things about messy

1. errr sometimes it so happens that i cant think of things about me... as my claim goes... im a mystery to myself!

2. the biggest mistake of my life is that i didnt study ahead... my mentality when i was young was that 'shaadi karke toh ghar par hi baithna hain'... so y study n waste time... sigh!

3. the only sport i like is riding... even if it means a sore butt and aching arms... and i feel that matheran is the only place near mumbai where u can really ride... (other places are just for a horse walk)

4. the biggest loss in my life was when my dad expired... i saw him dying and it was awful... and i am proud of my mom for being so strong when she had to watch my dad dying... knowing nothing could be done at all!

5. i dont believe there is a god... i believe that only through our 'karma' (deeds) can we achieve nirvana... for more read here

6. i am a perfectionist most of the times... i dont like sloppy things... my works always complete on time... (sometimes well before time)... i hate spelling errors... or grammatical mistakes when im writing my posts... infact i spend more time checking my mistakes than writing my posts!

7. i have pretty eyes... and it all runs in the family... if anyone wants to see the varied colors eyes can have, they should contact my family... from hazel to green to grey to blue... my family's got it all... hence the name mesmerising-eyes :)

8. i hate wasting time on trivial things... which according to me is dressing up for hours... make up... doing my hair... errr most of the time i dont even use a lipstick when i am out!

9. i love to read... its a must for me to have a book with me wherever i go... i feel so incomplete without a book

10. i can stay calm even if the situation is bad... when i was in matheran this time, a monkey jumped on me holding me by my shoulders and looking menacingly at me... someone screamt asking me not to react and i stayed put... the monkey jumped off and ran away... i realised i was fine and my heartbeat was still normal!

laterzzz all

chapati roll (the italian way) (messy)

it is 10 pm right now and i have been very busy these past days planning another trip... i am leaving for matheran tomorrow (this time with friends)... and i thought i would write a post after i return... but according to ishi's mail there's a change of topic next week... and being a true blue housewife i HAD to write this post... so enjoy!!

my mom came up with this recipe when i was a kid (i tell u moms r really good when it comes to making use of healthy leftover stuff)... and i have made some (unhealthy but tasty) changes after all these years of trying to cook...



Ingredients:

Leftover Chapatis 5 Nos
Tomatoes 2 Nos
Green Chillies 2 Nos
Onions 1 No. (Optional)
Oregano
Paparika
Butter
Mozarella Cheese
Salt

Time Required: 20 mins

Method:

Puree the tomatoes along with the green chillies. Also grind the onion separately.

Heat butter in a pan. Add the onion paste and saute till light brown. Add the tomato puree and heat on low flame for 7-8 mins, till the mixture thickens. Add oregano, paparika and salt. (adding salt only after the puree thickens will help you. this is because the quanity of the puree will decrease as you heat it for so long) Mix well.

Apply butter on the chapatis. Heat a tava on low flame. Heat one side of a chapati and then flip it over. Apply the tomato puree over the chapati. Shred some cheese over this and roll the chapati like a frankie.

Serve hot with ketchup.



Variation: To make this healthy you can add some herbs to the tomato puree. (try palak, celery etc.)

Important Note: I have learnt this from experience. Cook when you haven't had food for a while. This definitely makes your food tasty as your senses (of taste and smell) get numb when you have eaten.

Laterzzz all...

hindi music.. any takers??? (Messy aka Neha)

when it comes to music i have got eccentric tastes... thats what my hubby keeps saying... he can't bear my kind of music... well... i guess hes not all wrong... he says i live in a different era when it comes to music...

my kind of music belongs to the old hindi classical genre... be it mughal-e-azam or baiju bawra or even pakeezah... i have loved them since i was a kid... this is the kind of music that i love... whenever i am upset or down these are the songs that lift my spirits high...


in the recent lot i like strings... they sing such beautiful songs... my favourite being the one from zinda... 'yeh hain meri kahani'... im sure many of you have heard this one...

sufi is another kind of music i love... be it the latest 'maula mere' from the movie anwar... or the best of all... nusrat fateh ali khan... the master of all sufi singers... i feel the best of all his songs is the one called 'meri tauba'...

and these days im listening to the songs of namastey london... 'chakna chakna' is a fantastic number (tried uploading the video not happening! someone do it for me :p).... if u like punjabi numbers im sure u would like this one...

someone else i love to listen to is bryan adams... its actually very difficult to choose which one is his best... other songs i love are...




unchained melody
hero - enrique
paint my love - MLTR
nothing compares to you
truly madly deeply - savage garden

n last but not the least... i love all the romantic songs of yash chopra... be it kabhi kabhi or silsila.. im a big big fan... i keep telling my husband... if u ever want to seduce me... sing 'kabhi kabhi' for me... :p



(any idea how to enlarge these pics?... i've been trying to do so since an hour! i give up!)

soul gatherings - senses of her soul (Messy aka Neha)

(this post was written by me last month after my trip to matheran which is my favourite place in the world... it is a hill station near mumbai n i love going there... for more details read here... i am not describing the place here... but what i felt when i was there... hope u like it)

i am her soul… her essence... i live within her... but sometimes i tend to wander around... looking for things that touch me... intensely... passionately... just to see the effect of the events happening around her... how they touch her mind... her body... i look closely at people... at the emotions people try to hide... or the emotions they try to show... trying to decipher them... she doesn't realize what i am upto... but ofcourse that doesn't deter me... i go from place to place with her... gathering things for myself... gathering special moments... special people... special thoughts...

this time i don't move out... this time i am within her... just concentrating on her... her senses... her perceptions... but i realize thats not possible... i feel the vibes of people around her... i feel the aura of things around her... she isn't bothered... she is too busy riding... too busy loving the feeling of it to think about others... busy to such an extent that she doesn't realize the pain she is going through... (the swollen fingers and a deep wound on her ankle where the saddle kept hurting her)... that is the time i take over... i feel things for her that she doesn't comprehend... i take over her consciousness...

sound... i dont like loud sounds... i like soft music... i like the swishing of the flowers more than the howl of the wind... but today it is different... shes galloping... there is no sound in the woods other than that of the two horses cantering to nowhere... or maybe somewhere... i don't bother where... and then i hear the sound... a loud sound... which i generally don't like... but as i said... today is different... it is the sound of the wind in her ears... so loud... so deafening... so blatantly ear-splitting... but still musical... so very symphonic... in harmony with the galloping of her horse and her body... it feels like an orchestra playing... is it the philharmonic playing???

sight... all she sees is the riding track... the horse... the saddle... and nothing else... she doesn't see the animals scurrying away from the galloping beasts... i see them... she doesn't notice the look of awe on the face of other riders... i notice it... she doesn't survey the woods and the valleys around her... i survey them... she doesn't visualize herself on her horse... speeding to nowhere... i do it... i see her clearly... like the way you watch a ballet dancer performing... is she swaying to the music of the philharmonic??

taste... what do i taste here?... the wind in her mouth... she has this inane habit of parting her lips when she is riding... ofcourse she doesnt realize it... its not made up... but i notice it... as i feel the taste of wind in her mouth... cool... refreshing... tempting... and then there is this other taste... mud... the red earth blowing freely... clean earth... delectable earth... tasty earth... the taste remains in her mouth forever...

smell... i smell the balmy wind... i smell the pure clean air... i smell the naturally aromatic mud... i smell the acidic odor of the horses... the sour whiff of her perspiration... i breathe in the aroma of freshly fallen leaves... she doesn't heed them... i take them with me to bring them back to her when she is not there anymore... it will stay with her forever...

touch... i feel her touching the wind... or rather the other way round... the wind blowing on her face... the enticing touch... the feel of the saddle where her thighs touch it... the feel of the stirrups under her feet... as she rides ahead unheeded... the caress of her hair blowing wildly... and the contractions and expansions of her horses muscles... the feeling that was long forgotten... the feeling that had come back... the feeling that will never be lost again... the touch to be savoured all her life... by me.. her substance... her essence... her soul...

disastrous dates (Neha / messy)

i am wondering if im too late for this post... i should be ashamed of being so late (but id blame it on my conked off pc)... especially from someone whos older than most of you... and so u would guess more experienced... but naah... that would be wrong... dating was a big no no for me when i was in college... well even after that... so not much experience there... sigh!

that brings us down to some snippets about a few dates i know of... again i won't get into the nitty gritties about the fundas of dating... we got some super cool ones from the others... so what i would like to blabber here are the dates gone wrong... yeah the disastrous ones... (utsys just given her version)... i give some i know of...

mehal... one of the hot chick at this place i used to work... all the guys loved her... but she loved someone else... they were planning to marry by the end of the year... but that didnt hamper her from flirting with the others... and one day she decided to date one of our managers (prashant)... we had to attend a conference and after that they were supposed to meet up... unfortunately her boyfriend turned up to surprise (!!!) her... wham... off went the date... but prashant was still waiting for her (most people didnt own cell phones then)... mehal being mehal thought of a plan... i was forced to go with her (and of course her boyfriend accompanied us) to where prashant was waiting for her.. duhhh uhh.. double date... and that too with prashant... errr not my kinds... but i had to grin n bear... i would have rather gone dating secretively with a nice hot guy!!... things are better left forgotten!

the other date is worse... i had this friend who met up with this girl for the first time... now this friend of mine is a sweet guy with loads of big bucks... so he took her to a fancy restaurant... he ordered for champagne and all the nice romantic things you do on a first date... the date was going fine for a while... but then sometimes things have to go wrong!.. destiny i would say... end of the evening and time to leave...

the girl says, "hey dont u think this is a sheer waste of good food?"

my friend, "what are you talking about?"

the girl, "errr... why dont we just pack up the leftover food and give it away to the dogs."

whoaaaa... first date and ur thinking of dogs... my friend was so put off by this... he never asked her out again!.. id say a date gone to the dogs!!! (winks)


but then guys... a date gone wrong isnt always bad... i'd like to quote deip (aka wordsmith) on his take on first dates...

if the first date is perfect; the relationship will most probably be a disaster

(errr deip... what about the first date being imperfect?? any quote on that?)


so guys be positive and date on... someday somewhere ud meet the right him (or her) ... till then its 'date' time folks...

laterzzz all

ps : hey ishi... thanx for the dedication... thats a wonderful song... love it... :)... ohhh this is so wonderful... im out of words!

messy is here!!! (Neha)

yeah right... im here (thanx to ishi)... n here to stay... new horizons to achieve... new friends to make... new people to blabber with... new hearts to break (winks).... so here i am...

this is me... totally faltu... i don't work... i don't earn my bread and butter... i blow up money... i shop... i blog... i chat... i eat... i drink (sometimes)... i smile... i laugh... i sing... i dance... and the best part... i love to hassle my husband... (he's given up on me after almost 6 yrs of marriage... lol)

whew!!!

and then if u ask me, "hey neha whats up?"
my standard answer would be, "oh crap! im so busy! no time!"

so what do i do all day??

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nothing much!

i cook... i look after my home... i blog... i teach (it's more of a hobby than a profession)... and just throw my attitude on anyone and everyone... (hubby darling inclusive)

so thats not really much that i do... but yeah i still don't have time... sigh!

now for those who don't know much about me...

name : neha
age : 31
education : commerce graduate
city : mumbai
people call me : messy (short for my nik mesmerising-eyes)
'between us friends' blogger i have met personally : arz000n, mala, uttara, puneet
those i want to meet : keshi (im coming to sydney someday girl!) and ishi (missed meeting her the last time she was here!)

my latest funda in life : no one's a virgin in this world... coz life f**ks us all! (very inspirational... makes me smile and go on with the crap life throws at me!)

ps: this pic was taken when fairy was in town... at mochas... the reason why i have put this picture up is coz of arz000n... he hasn't clicked my pic... he was focusing on me with the intention of clicking the pic of the guy behind me... reason??... oh naah don't u get the wrong idea!!... the only reason was that he thought the guy was a terrorist or a kidnapper coz he was staring at all of us for half an hour without blinking!... good job arz000n... so if any of us is ever kidnapped u guys know who to look for!!

laterzzzz all!!