It's been a day since i celebrated my birthday.. and i'm still receiving birthday wishes and greetings!! so here's a thank you to each and every one who wished me, blessed me and remembered me on my birthday..
To name a few of them:
My school friends: Prutha, Tejaswini, Poorna, Amruta, Sneha, Akshay, Amulya, Aayush, Varun, Nikita, Gaurangi, Priyanka, Bhagyashree, Jinita...
My college friends: Saaranga, Urmin, Annora, Saviona, Rohit, Ninu, Nin, Harish, Ezu, Fedora, Rohit, Dolly, Dipika, Neha, Rohan, Keshav, Ayushree, Dyneshwar, Vineet, Sameepa, Akshay, Monish, Nikhil, Merryl, Sneha, Nikhil, Vinit, Aditya, Asad, Khushbu, Samrita and many more whose names i can't recall!
My colony friends: Jitha, Jigar, Dilfrina, Natasha, Shilpa, Shruti, Priyanka...
Friends & Family: Aalaap, Tua, Shweta, Rakshit, Anuja & Family, Priya & Family, Aaji, Uma, Lambert, Gauri, Pankaj, Geeta Aai, and others...
Monday, August 07, 2006
Rain Rain once again!!
Almost all the people who were sweet enough to cal me up on my Bday asked me, why i asked the Rain Gods to bless us with so much rain!
Looking at the news, the situation is quite crazy, chaotic and heart wrenching.. people say that this is a natural calamity, who can you blame except for God, but that is so not true.
These are all signs of Global Warming and the floods, incessant rains, torrential downpours are nothing but warnings of the impending dangers...
and to answer my previous query, God is not to be blamed for this, it is we, Mankind who are at fault.
It is the fault of us citizens, that we are not maintaining our civic responsibilities, who are we to blame the government when we offer them bribe in the first place and then say that they accepted the bribe?
how many of us today, if caught actually pay the fine, most of us, pay the person some sum of Rs. and the government is deprieved of so many lakhs of rupees thanks to our pathetic attitude.
when the rains fell, we were quick to comment that the drains have not been cleaned, but then who cribs while paying the money to the people who come to clean it? who throws the plastic into the nullah instead of the garbage bin in the first place?
The truth is that, at the end of the day, the amount we give to the city and its needs, that much support the city will give us, lets get together and resort to be better citizens.
Why the railways resumed service after barely 3 hours after the blasts! with such a strong support system we should achieve greater heights..
so here's wishing and striving to have a better tomorrow!
i love my city, and i hope so do you..
Proud to be a Bombayite! :)
Looking at the news, the situation is quite crazy, chaotic and heart wrenching.. people say that this is a natural calamity, who can you blame except for God, but that is so not true.
These are all signs of Global Warming and the floods, incessant rains, torrential downpours are nothing but warnings of the impending dangers...
and to answer my previous query, God is not to be blamed for this, it is we, Mankind who are at fault.
It is the fault of us citizens, that we are not maintaining our civic responsibilities, who are we to blame the government when we offer them bribe in the first place and then say that they accepted the bribe?
how many of us today, if caught actually pay the fine, most of us, pay the person some sum of Rs. and the government is deprieved of so many lakhs of rupees thanks to our pathetic attitude.
when the rains fell, we were quick to comment that the drains have not been cleaned, but then who cribs while paying the money to the people who come to clean it? who throws the plastic into the nullah instead of the garbage bin in the first place?
The truth is that, at the end of the day, the amount we give to the city and its needs, that much support the city will give us, lets get together and resort to be better citizens.
Why the railways resumed service after barely 3 hours after the blasts! with such a strong support system we should achieve greater heights..
so here's wishing and striving to have a better tomorrow!
i love my city, and i hope so do you..
Proud to be a Bombayite! :)
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Happy Birthday to me!! :)
well, this may sound like i'm being too overjoyed with myself but then what the heck! :) its my birthday!! ;)
ahh the rain gods must've been very pleased with me as its been pouring cats and dogs since last night.. :) well thankfully my friends are very determined to make it so my party plans have not gone for a toss! :)
19 years of age,
and it still feels it was yesterday when i distributed sweets in class,
danced around asking for gifts,
why my mother still reminds me,
of the day i refused the guests from entering my party without them handing over my gifts first!
she never fails to tell me stories of my birth,
which even though i know by heart,
still send a special warmth through my body when i hear them,
then birthdays became more important in the year's calendar,
the friends needed to be given appropriate back presents,
and the one whose present was the best undoubtedly became most popular,
and once school got over,
birthdays took on a totally different point of view,
they no longer required the supervision of parents,
there was no need for back presents,
even gifts took on a secodnary priority,
surprising the person became the first priority,
which considering we've been together for 3 years now is an achievement to keep innovating! :)
having fun, dancing, partying, and still maintaining the innocence we had,
is a remarkable challenge and not many like to take it,
considering now i'm an adult,
i could very well choose to do things a bit differently,
but then, a small part in me says, that i should wait,
wait till i get the support i need from inside to go ahead and break the bonds!
so here's wishing myself, a very Happy Birthday,
and a hope for many other days to come! :)
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ahh the rain gods must've been very pleased with me as its been pouring cats and dogs since last night.. :) well thankfully my friends are very determined to make it so my party plans have not gone for a toss! :)
19 years of age,
and it still feels it was yesterday when i distributed sweets in class,
danced around asking for gifts,
why my mother still reminds me,
of the day i refused the guests from entering my party without them handing over my gifts first!
she never fails to tell me stories of my birth,
which even though i know by heart,
still send a special warmth through my body when i hear them,
then birthdays became more important in the year's calendar,
the friends needed to be given appropriate back presents,
and the one whose present was the best undoubtedly became most popular,
and once school got over,
birthdays took on a totally different point of view,
they no longer required the supervision of parents,
there was no need for back presents,
even gifts took on a secodnary priority,
surprising the person became the first priority,
which considering we've been together for 3 years now is an achievement to keep innovating! :)
having fun, dancing, partying, and still maintaining the innocence we had,
is a remarkable challenge and not many like to take it,
considering now i'm an adult,
i could very well choose to do things a bit differently,
but then, a small part in me says, that i should wait,
wait till i get the support i need from inside to go ahead and break the bonds!
so here's wishing myself, a very Happy Birthday,
and a hope for many other days to come! :)
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