Birthday Wishes for the ever-special KESHI! :)

Wishing you the best always and all the love, happiness and joy you wish for!

"Instead of counting candles,
Or tallying the years,
Contemplate your blessings,
As your birthday nears.

Consider special people
Who love you, and who care,
And others who’ve enriched your life
Just by being there.

Think about the memories
Passing years can never mar,
Experiences great and small
That have made you who you are.

Another year is a happy gift,
So cut your cake, and say,
"Instead of counting birthdays,
I count blessings every day!"

By Joanna Fuchs

Someday we're going to sit together and share a yummy yummy birthday cake, what say Kesh? :) ... *hugggzzz*

Happy Birthday :):):) Ishitha... ( Uttara )

Another day to celebrate... *smiles*

yessssssss none other than our favvvvvvvvvvv person ishi pishi's budday :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISHI :)

she is special.. yes a special friend of mine.. i'll treasure her till the end :) muaaaaaah

do i have to say anything about her here??? :) Isn't she beautiful in and out?? :)

here is something for her ;) i loved this poem.. ( copy pasted from Ishita's Creative Corner)

Fresh is a feeling
a feeling divine
a new begining
something like
a new bottle but old wine :)

Fresh is a feeling
a sweet and pure fragrance
leaves me smiling
something like
the aroma of our friendship
untouched by pretense...

Ishi.. wish have a gr8 day I miss being ard.. i rem our party time, the cake , the WINE ...lol *winks* and loads of fun.. i miss u guys...

U ROCK MY WORLD :)


happy birthday sweetheart .. hope u have a rocking day :)

"U R SPECIAL :)"

PS: Hope you like this song ;)

Happy B'day Jitendra :) ... ( Uttara)

Hey buddy.. wishing u a Happy Birthday ( belated though.. )

hope u had a grt day.. :)

Happy Birthday Loony :) (uttara)

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY "

a reason to celebrate..
a reason to smile...
a reason to party...
a reason to be happy...

Today is our dearest loony's birthday :)

Wishing you a happy birthday cheesy aka loony aka ummmm ( i donno how many nick's you have) :p

Some secrets about her *winks*

Here i go :D....

She is smart, honest, sweet, blunt, caring, loving, emotional, intelligent, sexy, hot, ummm bitchy ( i donno :P) beautiful, honest, wise, freak at times *winks*, loves to pose n pose n pose.. ;), cute, kiddish, loves pizzas, chocolates, clothes,she has a fetish for shoes, bags, accessories, etc etc... It seems she is short tempered... ( she said so ) but what the heck she is still a darling who makes everyone smile and laugh..:)

So let's wish the GORGEOUS girl a very HaPpY BiRtHdAy and loads and loads of luck..

loony: pst pst ... Apunko pizza treat mangta hai kya :p

PS: Ishi ain't ard and I took the honor of putting this post for our lovely lady out here.. *smiles*

I wish was there.... (Sam)

When talking about holidays, one thing which i repent the most despite having toured many a places, when I think back I always claim I don't know that place. This is something which I feel is so necessary. But then, when travellin or on vacation one has to think about budgets and other timelines... reminder of the life that you are taking a break from.

Anywyz, here is a list of the places I wanna visit again... (and yes!! I loved all of those places) coz, simply I wanna know them better.

1. Rajasthan: Nothing beats the style and oppulence of the Rajputs. The history of the land is laced with blood and passion. The house of Mewar being most prominent. How many can forget the battle of Haldighati, between Maharana Pratap and Akbar?? The sheer architectural beauty that you get to see in the darkest of its alleys.

Having stayed in Jaipur for a year, I daresay I do have a feel of the land. Visited Udaipur, Ajmer, Pushkar, Mt. Abu, Chittor, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer during the stay. Sadly though, Bikaner, Bundi and other such spots were missed out.

Should step into those magnificient havelis and palaces you could feel history weighing down upon you. Walk through those passages and you might actually imagine the Queen rushing through to greet the King, you might sit the Meera temple adn imagine how Meera would have sung hundreds of years ago in that very complex, or how Allaudin Khilji would have stolen that fateful glance at Rani Padmini which led to Chittor's downfall, or just how Rani Padmini and a thousand ladies committed "jauhar", or may be imagine an army 13000 horsemen trotting through teh 12 gates of Chittor to battle they knew they'd never return from and yet laugh all teh way to death.... History seeps from its walls... Honour and loyalty before anything... Death by glory!!

If you escape the magic of Rajasthan, do let me know.. and I'll tell you about Rajasthan!!

2. Sikkim: Spent 4 years there pursuing my graduation and yet there remain mountians to explore, rivers to see, falls to bathe in. An amazing land for flora and fauna. There are numerous places to visit there. One needs around two weeks to really go around without missing a beat and even that may nto be enough!! :)

The nearest airport to Sikkim is Bagdogra, and station is at New Jalpaiguri. One can travel via Kolkata or take a train to Guwahati which would stop at NJP.

3. Kalimpong: a quaint little hill-town off the NH-31A. A must visit if one happens to visit this part of the country. The cheese here is quite famous.

4. Goa: Though I spent sometime there, I would have loved a little more to soak into the culture there not as a tourist but as a local guy.

5. Singapore: Somehow I feel the trip there was a bit hurried. Just when the city was beginning to sink in, we had left. Needed some more time there.

6. Bangkok: Again a city which has a lot of history behind it. a little more than a day is not enough. Rushed through most of the spots in the city, but then the soul remains unstatisfied.

Places I want to visit:

1. Assam

2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3. Lakshwadeep

4. Kerala

5. Ladakh

6. Egypt

7. Greece

8. Italy

9. Austria

10. Berlin

11. France

12. UK

.. OK... I would like to be a globe-trotter?? Does that suffice?? :D

Cheerio!!

PS: This one is really hurried, so couldn't upload pics or links, will update on that later!! :)

Topics For The Month Of June (Michelle)

I agree that the summer vacation hiatus is a good excuse for not too many posts, but guess what people? The summer is OVER! So stop lazing around and start BUF-ing!

Anyway, Amit suggested some really interesting and write-able (is that even a word?) topics for this month so get scribbling!

10/101/1001 things you would like to do in this lifetime

The holiday spot(s) that stole your heart

Happy monsoons! What better atmosphere to write? ;-)

Book Review: The Three Mistakes of my life by Chetan Bhagat: AmitL

Hi,all..I just finished reading my first book of the holidays, amidst re-tiling work going on at home, the search for a new flat and getting rid of all the dust accumulated in the house,in the span of a year.

I've been a Chetan Bhagat fan,since I read his 'One night at the call centre', and, later,'Five Point Someone'. The reason? I can identify with his writing...perhaps because it's so day-to-day activity related, told in a simple style, and also because he's an ex-Ahmedabad-waasi. This book,in fact,is based in Ahmedabad.

The background is created by Chetan getting an email from someone,who tells him that he is going to commit suicide. And, Chetan calls his ex-professor,to get the guy located. He also lands up in Ahmedabad, to find out more. And,then,the story begins through the eyes of Govind, the protagonist. A brief review, just to around interest,without revealing the whole story is as follows:

There are three friends, Govind, Omi and Ish. Govind is the baniya businessman of the lot,and, beginning with a small sports shop in the premises of a temple, he dreams of making it big. He even invests in a shop in an upcoming'Navrangpura Mall', only to find his dreams dashed to pieces when the quake of 2001 struck. However, he recovers, bit by bit, and begins earning in the thousands again.

Ish, his friend, is a cricket-fanatic, he also takes a 12-year old Muslim under his wing,to train him for the Indian cricket team.He also has a sister who first takes Maths tuitions from Govind,'graduating'to falling in love with him, etc(The 'etc' is self-explanatory).

Omi is the other friend, but, he is more in the background than in the foreground, except when he gets killed.

In between the story of progress of the three friends, is weaved in the trauma of the burning of the coach of a train near Godhra around the same time, the winning of the cricket match by India against Australia at Kolkatta(And, the soaring sales of their sports shop after each win, highlights how fanatic most of us Indians are about cricket..if India loses a match,their sales fall..grin).

Also intertwined into the story is the post-train coach burning riots, the wild anger in the minds of the people out for revenge,and, the innocents who were affected by it.

Take my advice-read it..it's un-putdownable,especially since it covers so many true events!!