Sapla!!!!!!!!

everyone has one of these kinds in their life... chubby, bubbly, carefree, bindass, friendly, lovable, sweet; someone who has a certain positive powerful aura around them that makes you swear to god that you will never ever be away from such a character... and for me, this character is none other than my friend Sanchita Sapla!

Sapla and i met a year ago at our tutorial classes, and ever since we said hi for the first time, we have been such buddies that one won't believe we've been friends only for a year! such is the quality of Sanchi, who, like a spider, weaves a friendship web all around her and sticks tight to it, with all earnestness and truthfulness.She is the ideal friend, who's the one who enjoys the most when you are happy, and the one who's all ears whenever you have somethings to share! she has this kinda magnetic field all around her that draws people towards her and like her.

she's a person who's got all her extremes on her: when she laughs, she makes sure everyone around her is sharing in hr mirth; when she cries, she cries like a baby; and when she stands up against something, she'll make sure to do what's needful and rightful to get what she wants. and the best thing about her is her honesty, which is as innocent as a child.....!

wondering why i'm getting so senti today all of a sudden? of course because its her birthday today! so, sapla, here's a small note from me:

on ur 15th bday, i wish you many happy returns and a wonderful year ahead.....! be as you are, ALWAYS, because you are the best when you are yourself! always remain the adorable, chirpy and sweet person that you are because that is what defines Sanchita! there's hardly any more to say because i feel really lucky to have a friend so enigmatic, that words are failing me!

So now, just enjoy the day, have fun and remember that the next time is just 365 days away! lol!

the latest buzz....zzzzzzz!

nope, thats not a mistake!!!!!!!! its reality, coz on the latest buzz magazine of my life, all you can read is zzzzzzzz!!!

so this is a stuck up time... i'm bored because everyone else goes to classes/school, while i sit home counting hours for night! at this time, i can't go away for a while, because my admissions are going to be done for college by next week, and mom and dad are too busy to take me anywhere, but i cant stand sitting idle doing absolutely nothing! in fact every other minute i feel like, there are just too many minutes in a day to while away! the boredom has reached levels unprecedented and unexplored by humanity! it is at a level where my sanity is at stake... i'm going crazy!!!!

anyway, my day also has 24 hours, so here's what i do all day: go swimming, come back, sit in front of my computer, stare at my Facebook home page, turn to blogger, then decide there's just nothing to blog about right now, turn back to facebook, see if there's anyone to chat with, if not, i turn back to blogger and try to change my template, then get bored, turn the pc off, and go on, call a friend , get bored, take up a book, doze off, wake up, see if there's anything on tv ( mostly, bullshit! cuz tout le monde knows that television is the most hopeless thing to when you are bored, it'll simply increase your agony!) and then wait till its night and go off to sleep! these days though i took up some work to do, lik drwing, sketching and that kind of thing... i even got the mathematics book of my college so i could do some constructive time-pass! just imagine how jobless i have become!!!!

okay, i know that i'm exaggerating a bit, but seriously i need change...! i wanna do something worth my time, because i know that a few days later my life will be hell from the lack of time... but i feel totally helpless now!

anyways, life's too low profile right now...but i just can't wait for my college to start! believe me, once it starts, my blogs will start flooding! because there will be so much to write about, so much to talk about!

i just hope that college turns out the way i hope! as for now... bored, bored, bored! zzzzzzzzzzz

AFAE.....!

One of the best things about being in Mahesh Tutorials is getting good marks and being invited to AFAE, and believe me, it is worth getting 92.91% just because you get to attend this function! Exaggerating? Not in the least!

First of all, let me brief u up on this; AFAE (Award For Academic Excellence) is the felicitation programme of MT Educare, the tutorials where I went for my STD 10th, and from what I had heard from my experienced seniors, it ROCKS!!! So, well, I was naturally excited when I was called on to collect my pass… I was invited to AFAE!

So, on the fateful day of July 14th, we all left our homes, dressed in our best, headed for the Thane Vikas branch of Mahesh Tutorials, as there was a bus arrangement to take us to the Renaissance Hotel, Powai, and after a jolly ride to the same, we entered the Renaissance Hotel , and we just couldn’t help but awe at the crowd! Students from over 4 cities, which is about 12 branches, had come over there. Then we were welcomed with some tea and coffee and ushered into a part of the huge ballroom, which was separated from the whole part by blinds. There we had the felicitation programme, with the blaring music of the DJs, and the usual demeanor of the teachers, which gave us the proud feeling of being there, in that hotel, receiving trophies from our professors, the proud feeling of being in the AFAE! Believe me, my feeling, when I got that trophy, with my name printed on it from one of my favourite teachers……..well it was mind blowing!

So then, after the felicitation, we had this snack session, where I had the best chocolate brownie I have ever tasted! Anyways, so after having our fill, and taking lots of pictures with our teachers, we were ushered again into the ballroom (the blinds now removed) which was HUGE! It was the largest ballroom in all of Asia! (seriously)

And then, we had some speeches from Mahesh Shetty sir himself! It was a really inspiring one too….the sort that you have to listen to at least once in your life. And then, after calling on all the directors, and all the technical people, we had this singer with a band, who sung on and on for what seemed lie ages! And to which we danced on and on for what seemed like ages!! All the professors, all the students, irrespective of whatever branch they may belong, just danced together…..it really seemed like it was our day! And then, after celebrating the whole evening, the function ended, and we returned home in the buses.

You know, its times like these that you feel really lucky that you worked hard enough, and believe me, the professors did not let us forget that even for a moment! They appreciated us so damn much, that the euphoria built up at the starting of the day, continued till night! But of course, it was all because of them! AFAE was a day, which was completely to celebrate our success, it was a rightful reward for everything we had put in all of our STD 10th, and the award, the trophy, stands high, a momento, bearing evidence that I did belong to this institution. The gratitude that I have towards this place, which I was in only for 2 years is equal to that I have for my school, where I was for 12 whole years! Now you can imagine the magnitude, can’t you?
So, at the end, the AFAE was a grand success!!!!!!!!!!

Wacky-Cracky Week.....!

A few days ago, I was cribbing........cribbing that I have wasted every bit of the longest vacation of my life by doing absolutely nothing productive, cribbing that I have been on leave since 17th of March, and all I do everyday of my ever extending holidays is eat, sleep, watch TV, and eat again! Cribbing that I’m going to repent a lot later on….cribbing that this damn time is so bad, that its pushing my dreams and hopes for college beyond the duration that I can wait...........and cribbing some more!!!! Well, guess what, this time, I had the wackiest week I have had throughout the last 3 months! So here, I present to you the reason why I’m on the seventh heaven!

SATURDAY: So finally, I did have a birthday party! All my close friends had come over to chez-moi, and we had a BLAST!!!!!!!! The whole day!!! Not to mention, all the really good gifts, including a football, a really good top, a set of lipstick n lip-gloss (in an attempt to make me more girly, huh!), a really good chain, a sweet little purse, and lots, and lots of chocolate!!!!!!!!!!! How’s that for a wacky week, huh!

SUNDAY: I started the day with my usual workout routine; swimming for an hour from 7-8 in the morning. Now Sundays, are like, fun-days, right! So my mom and dad were at home, and so we all went to visit my uncle in Worli, strolling down the Worli sea-face and then coming home to the best home-made palak paneer and daal!!!!!!!! And then, we came back to our place to have ice-cream! So all in al, it was a fun-day!

MONDAY: Started the day with swimming……That day was a “Bharat Bandh”, in the sense, a strike which had brought about a full-stop to the annoying, ever-honking auto rikshaws, and the space consuming, traffic-producing buses……….the result, I enjoyed a fully traffic free bike ride to my friend’s place, in peace! Now, I know that is not such a great thing, but guys, I’m in MUMBAI!!!!!!!!!! So that means, it is absolutely brilliant!

TUESDAY: The usual swimming, and then I spent a whole day back at my school, for a registration procedure. Now, spending all the time from 11 in the a.m. to 5 in the p.m. doing some stupid thing which should have taken not more than half an hour may not seem very appealing to many, and to ad to it, it did end with a lot of irritation, frustration and whatever comes next, but hey, I was doing SOMETHING! I was keeping myself occupied. Moreover I was hanging out with my friends, at my school, which brought on a lot of nostalgia! And plus, I was doing some very serious business, outside home, with an indefinite time limit…..made me feel so……grown up!

WEDNESDAY: Swimming again! But then, the most important part of it, was my afternoon at my best friend’s, watching THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE! It had just released, about a week ago, in the U.S., and had not even announced a release date in India, but I had seen it at her place as she had downloaded it from the internet! And then, I enjoyed a big part of the evening, calling up another friend who was another twilight fan, just for the sake of making her jealous!(BTW, it was just a gig, we keep doing that to each other)

THURSDAY :I guess you already know that I went swimming again!( wow! Surprise, isn’t it?), but that day, I started an actual training in swimming..( now that’s something different!) Then, that day was also my friend’s birthday, which meant I got to travel all the way to Mulund, spend a whole afternoon with friends, watch a romantic-comedy (in which the main fun was commenting on each and every dumb scene, which was in plenty, no doubt; and picturing my friend, who kept on crying , even in the happy scenes….now THAT’S interesting!) And to end it all, I walked a lot, talked a lot………so now you know why I really love it so much!

FRIDAY: F or a change (and you guys really need it) I did not go for swimming! Well the community pool’s closed on Fridays, for cleaning and stuff, and so I slept peacefully, woke up late, lazed around in the bed for 15 minutes, kept on saying “ 2 minutes later!” whenever my grandmom called to me ( in short everything I had’nt done since swimming………….!) . Then, in the evening, my friend came over to my place to watch a movie….and chat, etc. So then, that day is included in the wacky week……

So thus, this was my wacky-cracky week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

not just another day....

sweet sixteen......! you would expect a girl to be excited, run around, cry out loud, have a grand party and look forward to enjoy the feeling of being the center of attention. well, like every other time, i was an exception. my sweet sixteen, which was supposed to be the dashing, bashing, energy packed special day, turned out to be JUST ANOTHER DAY! great!

i woke up, and as expected my cell phone inbox was filed with 'happy birthday's and 'enjoy the day's.my facebook profile wall was also filled with my friends wishing me. but that day was anything but enjoyable.....

first, there was, as usual the morning sickness. people in hurry, getting late for work, usually tend to have a hassle. i understand...then, like any other day, my mom, dad and my brother left for their respective offices, and i was left at home with my grandmom. like any other day, i went inside the bedroom and stayed there for the rest of the morning.of course,i did lots of things inside...listened to music,chatted with friends etc, trying to soothe my boredom, and constantly kept reminding myself to cheer up..it was my birthday, for God's sakes! but that day hardly felt like a birthday....!

it is said that if the morning is bad, the rest of the day would also be so. that was exactly what i had feared...a bad birthday.but time was playing tricks on me...the morning boredom wore off by afternoon, when my friends and my cousin tried to make my special day at least seem like one!my cousin did something which lifted my mood immediately... a blog all for me! well i had always dreamed of being written about, and my cousin did it for me!pujakka, if you are reading this,you have absolutely no idea how you made my day!another cousin of mine, currently in London, called down to wish me and even video phoned me later that evening.my friends, upon knowing of my drearily dreadful day, came down to my place to cheer me up.other friends helped me get through the disastrous day by chatting, sending sweet messages...etc.my brother had already won me over by taking me for shopping which was also when i discovered his skills at the ancient art of shopping *lol*

later on my mom and grandmom made me some good food.sabudana wadas and bhel, along with payasam....yummy! now anyone who knows me, knows that satisfying my taste-buds means satisfying me!not a sad ending, after all!

to all these people, i would say, that you all made my day.you saved my birthday from being just another day.......! i know i am exaggerating, that birthday is after all just another day, and by labeling it as 'birthday' won't make the nature turn around!but seriously, when little things like these come together, well an ordinary day could become extraordinary! i didn't need a party to proclaim that the day was perfect,it was when the love of my dear ones turned up that i decided that the day was the best!thank you all, a lot.....after all,great things come in small packages!

so that is how my 'just another day' turned into a 'sweet sixteen'!!!!!!!!!!