Best weekend?

Hellluuuu! I am back!

Well, I have clearly been gone a lot, and I have decided that for my sake and yours (mostly mine. actually only mine!) I'm going to seriously pick this blogging thing again.

It sort of gives me something fun to do, and fuels my self-importance :P

So here's a quick recap:

1. I graduated from Mithibai College with an overall A grade in my BMM degree. Yay!
2. I am currently working for a content agency in Mumbai itself.
3. I paid my first health insurance premium this month #Adulting
4. I also donated my own hard-earned money so #MuchAdulting
5. I realised I miss putting my work out there, and the Blogger community, since I was 15, has been so extremely kind to me, that I'm here, to leech off (again).

Needless to say, I have met so many amazing people here, some of whom I continue to talk to (hello Amena and Blogwati if y'all are here!)

Enough about me. What's happening at your end?

Take care, enjoy the rain, and show some love.
xx

A Little Less Of Cynicism Never Hurt Anyone!

Rest in Peace Yash Chopra.

What has this post got to do with that? Well, a lot! If you're active on Twitter, you might have noticed the dozens of jokes and RIP tweets floating around tonight.

But there's a 3rd category as well (oh yes!). These are the people who think no one is genuinely sad. Or cares. Or hurt. Or anything at all. Because, of course, they're so smart, they know better.

There's a BIG difference between being a realist and not having rosy ideas about life, and being cynical and then there are people who just want to spew crap around, but that's for a different day!

Basically, cynicism doesn't really help anyone. The dreamers will dream. The weepers will weep. 

Why do we all have this need of shoving down our ideas and view points down peoples' throats? 

Why do we feel the need to let everyone know how our future is bleak and tell the innocent that dreams are only seen by the ones who are weak?

This could be (or is) just my way of thinking, because I'm not someone who believes there's no hope. Or believes we can change the world. I've got my feet in two places and no, that's not me being diplomatic! :P 

I believe there IS hope, we CAN do things, but I don't see anything having in the foreseeable future if we all do continue this way.
Because, the odds are definitely not in our favor at the moment ..  

So the next time you see some tweet/status/anything, don't crush their hopes. Don't think it's your 'responsibility' to inform them about 'reality'. It isn't.

And more over, try and introspect (yeeah,I can haz big words on my blog too!) why you think the way you do.

And I know I'm all 17 and shizz, and 'I ain't seen nothing in life yet' but there are TONS, like literally so many people who've lost loved ones in wars/accidents/terrorism acts, and still believe in the good in people. Believe in betterment of people. Believe in change. Believe in belief.

Thanks to Blogadda's WOW program thing, I finally wrote something along these lines!

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda

Take care and stay safe & sound! x

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Wish you a kickass weekend ahead!

X

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Quotes Love #3

These are 10 quotes that really, really, touched my heart. So I decided to share the images with you!
I hope you like them as much as I did! (My favorites are the 8th & the last ones!)

1. "You don't need to be smart, good looking, nor wealthy to make someone happy"

2. "Just because you know what I feel, doesn't mean you understand how it feels."

3. "Sometimes good people make bad choices, doesn't mean they're bad .. it means THEY'RE HUMAN"

4. "Being strong doesn't always mean you have to fight the battle. True strength is being an adult enough to walk away from the nonsense with your head held high."

5. "The one that angers you controls you.
Don't give anyone that power! Especially the one who does it intentionally.."

6.  "Don't base your life's decisions on the advice of people who don't have to live with the result."

7. "You have to get hurt. That's how you learn.

The strongest people out there, the ones who laugh the hardest with a genuine smile, those are the people who have fought the toughest battles. Because they've decided that they're not going to let anything hold  them down, they're moving on."

8. "Sometimes you have to be your own hero. Because sometimes the people you can't live without, can live without you."

9. "Don't expect anyone to understand your journey, especially if they've never walked your path."

10. "I can choose to let it define me, confine me, refine me, outshine me, or I can choose to move on and leave it behind me."

And one for good luck! :P

*  "If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."

<3

Hope you had/are having a beautiful Monday. Wish you a glorious week ahead!

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Happy Teacher's Day Neelam Foi! How I Wish You Were Here Right Now :)

"Nai maaf neechu nishaan" (basically means, always aim HIGH!) is what you would always say. You have no idea how many times all of us continue to quote you!

You're the first person my mind jumps to, when I think about teachers, so I miss you that much more today.

Everything happened so fast .. You were eating, enjoying, watching cricket and wishing us a good day everyday, and suddenly, you just weren't yourself. Everyone says that you're in a "better place" right now. I hope, actually I know you are. But that doesn't really help! :P I still feel like crying .. I miss you. SO MUCH.

Remember all those times you would take my textbooks and read them out to me? I would always cheat a little in Geography. Whether you noticed and let it go, or you didn't, you would always be so happy reading me stories!

I remember how I loved 'Dashavtar' and I couldn't read it myself as it was in Gujrati and you would read it to me. And Bambi. And Tintin. And Nancy from the newspapers! And the English comic strip every Sunday from the paper..

When you were not all that well but I told you about how I was doing Shakespeare's Macbeth in my workshop and you looked through your cupboard all day and found me your copy.. Thank you!

You went out and whenever you did, you would without fail, ALWAYS get Bhuvs and me chocolates. And the way you would give us money not only on our birthdays, but yours as well! As well as on any holiday, on your father's anniversary.. Thank you!

The way you would wish us 'Good morning, good day, bye!' every morning before we went to school and 'goodnight' before going to sleep.. Thank you!

Thank you for all those times you let Bhuvan and me sneakily watch cartoons when we were supposed to study. For all those times you missed your shows and cricket just so we could watch our silly Shinchan and Pokemon! For all those times you would sit next to us and hand over the remote to us for watching whatever we would like.

For all those times you would tell us mom dad were in the building because you would notice their car enter the building, each time you would cover up for us in front of mumma and pappa, just so they would never scold us.. Thank you!

But especially I thank you for always having never ending faith in me. For motivating and encouraging me. For believing in me. For believing that I would be able to do what I wanted, in life.

Thank you for thinking, and telling everyone that I really was working hard for my tenth boards. You were the only one at the time who said that :D

I wish you wouldn't have fallen ill. I wish I never had to see you that way.. I wish you were there to see me score such a good percentage in tenth! I wish you could've been there physically, when I got admission in my college. I wish you were here right now. I miss you Neelam Foi. 

You never got to eat the cheese burst pizzas. You never saw India do so well in Olympics. You didn't see me win something because of my writing.

But what I do know, is that you're smiling down at us from up there. That you're eating all the yummy food that there is in the world! That you read books and watch cricket. 

Happy Teacher's Day Neelam Foi. Thank you for everything. Thank you for all that you did, and didn't do. I was a stupid idiot back then. I wish I would have gotten to tell you how I feel but I know you know. I love you. I love you so much.

I miss you ..

My Dirty Little Secret.

Because once you tell them, they'll never look at you the same way again.

Eyes masked and veiled,

My lips are sealed.

I won't let you in on

My Dirty Little Secret.

(Just random. Popped into my head)

The Nokia Apptasting Event!

You know what's the awesome-st part of being an Indiblogger? Apart from the fact that it builds your network, you meet other bloggers yada yada yada? THE MEETS!

The Happy-5th-anniversary Indi-Cake!

Confused Soul & Me.

Vikas Khanna and moi. :D :D :D

This was my 2nd meet, and I was extra excited regarding this because last time I had had a blaast! :D

So I'm going to tell you all, even if you don't want to know, about the meet! =D
Also, my wit is active mode par only when I'm conversing or sometimes randomly. So do not expect a lot of funny stuff, but cheesy and cute and real? SORTED BRO.

The event was held at Taj Lands End, Bandra from 5.30 to 10.30 pm.

Highlights of the evening :

• Beautiful ambiance, lovely light work and seating arrangements.
• Rajiv Makhni and Vikas Khanna as hosts! 
• The ramp walk and introduction of the 'Silent Movie Film Director' app.
• The 'Group Shot' app.
• The techies and foodies quiz which was HILA-flipping-RIOUS!
• The Indi-Cake cutting ^^
• 21 Fools' Cards

BEAUTIFUL! no?

So anyway, I read Rajiv Makhni's column about Outlook recently and what I always thought was that techies are not all that funny and awesome *shameface*
Intelligent and amazing yes, but I never ever knew that they can be this hilarious! Atleast Rajiv can! The spontaneous wit and teasing contestants, it made us laugh like crazy. :D

Especially the part where his coat(?) had to be fixed and he's like "oh, you don't want us to start?" to the man. I don't know why, but this made me laugh!

I also didn't know (as it turns out, I don't know a hell lotta things :P) that chefs can be this ADORABLE! :')

Vikas Khanna is extremely sweet. He has this adorable (I'm so boring :P) Punjabi accent which makes you want to go all d'awwwwwwwwwww.
And his expressions are epic too. :D
Also, during the quiz, there was this true/false question. The first team got it wrong and so he goes all 'shouldn't it pass' and a minute later he said that he got it. That laugh and expression = priceless. :D
[Also, if you haven't guessed already, I'm fangirling. (No points for guessing Sherlock.)]

Vikas Khanna and me. WHEEEEEEEEE! ^^

The Nokia Apps!

When TDKR released, I was pretty jealous of all Lumia users because they got all those coolsome wallpapers/screensavers of TDKR :[
But now, I have all the more reasons to be envious of them :|

1. The Silent Movie Film Director 

The ramp walk with these 2 females along with Vikas was spectacular! I'm going to run out of adjectives because you just had to be there to feel it! Then Rajiv used the app and created this Charlie Chaplin-esque short movie which was actually really funny! This is something I can totally imagine doing while I'm with my cousins or friends, doing vellapanti ^^

2. Nokia City Lens

Random photo of the duo!

So this app lets you view food/emergency/party places/anything actually without you having to receive a 'proper' GPS signal out on the street. It shows you how far it is, and click on it to get additional information like the contact details! Suchayy useful app to have!

3. Foodspotting for Windows

Foodspotting is a pretty popular app but for the uninitiated (hi-5! :P), it's an app that lets you browse through literally LOADS of restaurant and dishes.

You can select the dish before ordering and you will not only get to read the reviews of the people who've had this before, but will also get to see a picture taken by them!

4. Group Shot

One of the clicks

This is THE BEST APP EVER!

In group shots, one person ALWAYS is looking away, has red eyes, forgot to pose, or quite simply, does not like the photo (me! me!).

So this God-sent app lets you select the best shot per person among the 4-5 clicks, eg : I looked best in the 3rd click, you in the 5th, so it takes these and merges them into one photo! Voila! You have the perfect group shot =) No longer is that a myth!

* The quiz I spoke, rather wrote about?
These girls won it! :D

Two Nokia phones. Talk about awesomeness! :D

* Vikas Khanna

AWWWWWWWWWW!

* Quite seriously, these two were amazing,sweet, hilarious, in your face funny hosts!

* Indi-Cake! :D

* The Indi-Nokia Tee :D

One more tee to flaunt off. B|

* The 21 Fools's Card. Find out ALL about it on 21fools.com

It's a beautiful, really sweet initiative! Recently, on the 15th of August on our Independence Day, they sent cards to the soldiers who protect us :)
Go check them out!

AWW!

I had a wonderful time! I didn't quite meet a lot of bloggers this time around, but these hosts made up for it. MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IT! =)

To be honest, when I got that photo clicked with Vikas Khanna, and later a pic with both Vikas & Rajiv and Confused Soul, I was grinning and going red like a CRAZZAY person on a joy high. Which I was, but still.

Me, looking like crap, but hey,whatever! :P

I just uploaded the picture of me with Vikas Khanna  today onto my social networking sites, and I got all these comments from ze ladies,  (just to show off and everything. NO, just FYI. I don't know why you would want to know this, but um, yes. *awkward pause*. Read till the end maybe?)

• "DP. YOU MET THE HOTNESS!"
• "I hope you didn't faint. Main faint ho jaati!"
• "Amazing DP & Vikas Khanna"
• "OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. Lucky you" (This on being told that it's Vikas Khanna's arm around my shoulder in the pic xD)
• " Omg! Omg! Omg! :-*"
• " whoaaaa... awesome!!! :))) I missed it, ahem ahem missed Vikas Khanna basically...*tch tch*"
• " Let me die already!! D: Aaaaaah, I am so jealous! >_________<"

P.S The images have all been stolen off of 

1. Blogwati G  's photo album. She's also the one who clicked that photo of mine. THANK YOU! <3

2.Firoze Shakir's Flickr Stream. 

3. Indiblogger's Facebook Photo Album.

4. Absolutely Insane 's blog.

That's it. :D
Tadaaa, the post is up! 

Goodnight and stay awesome. :D

Guest Post : "Dreams Are Magical" - KHADIJA (Of the 'Happy Birthday Saturn' fame)

Dream A Little Dream.

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry. But why on earth should that mean it is not real?" - Albus Dumbledore.

Dreams. Dreams are magical.

Dreams. One place where you can let your imagination run wild, where you can be whatever you want, where you date that fictional character you love, where that supermegafoxyawsesomehot actor sweeps you off into the sunset, where you can effing rule.

Dream, dream about going to that amazing university, dream about getting into IIT, dream about being a supermodel, dream about being a michelin star chef and owning that cute little restaurant by the beach.

Dream about writing a New York Times Bestseller, dream about being India's next M.F. Husain and getting your painting up in the Lourve, dream about being the fucking President.

Dream about earning your first phone, buying your first apartment, dream about getting married and dream about kids. Dream about your future, dream for your present and forget about your past.

Dream a little because when you dream you work a little towards achieving it.

"Its in your head, but why cant it be real?"

It can be very very real.

Dream a little and then work a little. And then see something unreal come alive. Dream enough to last you a lifetime.

Coz if you haven't dreamed, what have you done?

Dream a little, coz when you dream you strive, and when you strive you win.

#DreamyMagicForLife.

Dream a little, and then dream a little more. :-)

P.S. Thank you for this guest post. Thanks a ton. I love you N<3

   Love, Saturn. :-*

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Saturn is my friend in college, she has been le featured on the blog @ 'HAPPY BUDDAY SATURN!" .. She's awesome as fu *cough* hell.

Thankyouu for doing this guest post Saturn, also, by "supermegafoxyawsesomehot actor" she means Jensen Ackles. OhYes!
Take care and keep dreaming! :')

My mane tale.

All the images used in this post are of my own. They haven't been edited in any way. Any change in complexion/color is due to the angle/light source. Please excuse my amateur photography! :P
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"Curly hair, just like her mothers'!" ..

I was born blessed with springy curly hair, which is now reduced to wavy, half curly hair thanks to pollution, stress, damage and everything.

My curly hair came with a different set of problems altogether. 

• No conditioner and it is really harsh and dry.
• Sometimes even a little conditioner and it turns my hair and scalp greasy.
• Hair takes ages to dry. A-G-E-S!
• My hair looks dry, but the part near my scalp, which is on the inside does not dry in the normal 2 hours it takes for the rest of my hair to dry.
• If I wash my hair on the eve or the morning I have to meet somebody new/special or on any occasion, there is NO GUARANTEE they'll turn out the way I want them to. They turn out differently after every wash. OhYeah

I was happy with my brand of shampoo and conditioner, I never had any split ends or any grave problems as such.

My hair is very voluminous which sucks at times because I can't leave it open.. That way, it poofs up even more and it's not a pretty sight >_<

Anyhoo, so yeah there was a little hairfall, during exam times filled with coffee and late nights, I'd have a flaky scalp but I considered it normal.. It is,no?

Once, during my exams, I was staying at my cousin's place in town. My hair felt really icky and so I washed it with the shampoo&conditioner she had, Dove.
I always knew Dove was really gentle but since I was happy with my hair, I never tried out any different brands.

I washed my hair with Dove, and conditioned it. I never blow dry my hair, so I gently towel dried it and waited for it to dry completely.
2-3 hours later, I looked into the mirror, and WHOA! My hair looked better, it was shining, the volume was much greater and it felt really soft to touch too.
Bas, one wash and I fell in love! One wash, and that was the end of my hair problems!



Since then, I have been using Dove's range of hair products, I used the 'Nourishing oil care range' , then, since my Dove Gift Hamper got here, I've been using Dove Intense Repair. So far, so great! :D

Good hair not only makes you feel better about yourself, it makes you happy. Good hair days make me HAPPYMAX! =D 

* Curly, straight or wavy hair,

Oil them, wash them, treat them with care.

Satin shine and cotton soft,

Cherish your tender locks.

Traditional recipes, or new age products,

Being mild and gentle is a must.

* Happy with what I had, I never looked for better,

Then I chanced upon something new,

Which changed my world, changed my view.

Dove made me see my hair a different way,

I can't express in words no matter how much I say.

My curls soft, like they'd never been before,

Mild, fragnant, amazing, I need nothing more!

Dove is Love.

This an entry for the "... and that was the end of my hair problems!" contest by Dove on Indiblogger. This is their 'Hair Aware App' which not only checks how much you know about your hair, but also suggests the Dove shampoo&conditioner range best suited for your use. 

Quotes Love #1

Everything that you or I do, it has a reason. A big reason, a small reason, a reason we announce to the world, a reason we keep buried within our hearts, but it DOES have a reason.

People change, relationships do too, and you cry, and suffer and realize that this is ALWAYS going to happen. Whether you like it or not!

And I know the last line is true. Some crushes, infatuations, they don't work out, why? Because something better is in store for you! (And me too :P)

This is me! =P

I'm selfish sometimes, and I'm insecure too.
I've made a hell lot of mistakes, I could write a book about them, or two!
I am impulsive and when the inner bitch is unleashed, I will rip you apart with my words. It's not a thing to be proud of, I know. And I don't really tear people to pieces unless you REALLY REALLY do something horrible to me, or people I care for.

And yes, recently I have begun to understand that I should always respect MYSELF first, I am who I am, I'm trying to be better, stronger, but,

 if you can't handle my mood swings, you don't deserve me being there for yours!

Wish you all a beautiful, sensible, safe Monday and the week ahead!