Gather ye Rose buds

Remember the time when I went into hiding?I'd thought that everyone would have forgotten me already,but lo! One fine day I decide to resurface,I found two lovely awards waiting for me and that made me feel so special and motivated me to continue blogging once more,however busy coping up with college and studies I maybe.Thank you!Your love and support means a lot to me my darling bloggy friends!

And now to pass on the awards..

This award was given to me by Avada Kedavra, who writes a mean blog and became one of my first bloggy friends.Thank you SO MUCH!

I want to give out this award to...

Bookpusher @ The Genteel Arsenal:Another dear bloggy friend who has an awesome book blog.

Sharazad @The Dangerous Pages Review:Appreciating her efforts for leading a campaign of sorts against banning books.The power of the pen,after all,knows no equal.

Lilu@ Live it,Love it:One word.HILARIOUS.

The next award was given to me by Bookpusher-The Heartfelt Award :)

Do you reach for a cup of cocoa or tea when you’re relaxing, seeking comfort, sharing a plate of cookies with family & friends?You know that feeling you get when you drink a yummy cup of cocoa, tea ~ or a hot toddy?

That is what the Heartfelt award is all about feeling warm inside!

The Rules:1) Put the logo on your blog/post.2) Nominate up to 9 blogs which make you feel comfy or warm inside.3) Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.4) Let them know that they have been nominated by commenting on their blog.5) Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

I wish to pass out this award to

Little Miss Blogger @A Little blog about nothing:This is her birthday week,and this a little something for her from me.Happy birthday,LMB!

Avada Kedavra @ Stung by the Splendor of a Crazy thought:ME LURVES YA!

Andy @Reflections:Love ya!

Sonja @Humour Bytes

I hope I made a few people smile today:).Now let me hear your acceptance speech!

OH and btw,I'm not done yet.I found this AWESOME,totally cool meme at Yvette's book blog and I have been meaning to do it for a while and since I have nothing much to do but munch on crackers and sip fanta from a can,I think I just might indulge myself.Consider yourself tagged if you want to do it!

Using only books you have read this year (2009), cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title.

Describe Yourself: Mistress of the Game

How do you feel:(like) Chasing Harry Winston

Describe where you currently live: Labyrinth

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: (to)The Godfather,LOL

Your favorite form of transport: Papillon(the butterfly)

Your best friend is: The Kiterunner

What's the weather like: Breaking Dawn(inappropriate,but,er..)

Favourite time of day: Twilight (!!!!)

What is life to you: Heroes of the Holocaust

Your fear: Thorn Birds (Crazy,Iknow lol,buts the only thing that almost goes)

What is the best advice you have to give: (always) Love in the time of cholera :D

Thought for the Day: The Devil Wears Prada (so why can't I?!)

How I would like to die: (of) Desperation (How sad!)

My soul's present condition: Dreamcatcher

wow,that was harder than I thought.But its cool,yes?

Happy Weekend!

iSpeak,uSpeak:Interview thing

Jo,at AMajority of Two had this interview thing going a couple of days ago.My blog,so far has been a meme free zone.But its going to change,for I decided to take up her offer of interviewing and being interviewed,but not in that order.I have to post my answers to five questions she put up on her blog,and if you want to do it too,consider yourself tagged...I'll be posting five questions for you at the end of my post.So here I go.


1. Have you ever been influenced by a work of art – music, painting, book – and if so, how?
The most romantic answer to this probably would be by music,but I'd have to say a book.The Odessa file by Frederick Forsyth.The Odessa File is a "thriller" novel , first published during 1972, about the adventures of a young German reporter attempting to discover the location of a former SS concentration-camp commander.
The name ODESSA is an acronym for the German phrase "Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen", which translates as “Organization of Former Members of the SS”. The novel alleges that ODESSA is an international Nazi organization established before the defeat of Nazi Germany for the purpose of protecting former members of the SS after the war.(courtesy,dear wiki).This book was the first historical fiction I read,and it made me look at International relations in the modern world from a completely different point of view.
2. If you were a chocolate bar, what type would you be?
The type loved by one and all!
3. What is your secret weapon to lure the opposite sex?
Nothing works better than a good sense of humour.Coupled with the right attitude,it sure is a winner.
4. What, in your opinion, is your greatest accomplishment?
Greatest?Hm Okay.Should I be honest? or should I be good ?*winks*
For the majority of my teen years, I struggled with a weight problem,which if given a free reign could have had resulted in Juvenile diabetes(though at 18 I wouldn't consider it juvenile) and morbid obesity in future.But now I have tackled that monster,thanks to right excercise and a proper healthy fizzy-drink and junk food free diet.
5. How many friends do you have on your Facebook account?
I'm not that active on Facebook,it isn't a cult thing India,well I can't speak for a billion plus population,so I'd rather say the people I know anyway.To cut a long story short,not many.I'm much more of a Orkut person,and a couple of years ago I used to be a myspace adict.Besides,I only use SN sites to keep in touch with my friends,not for making new ones.I believe in actually going out and meeting people in person rather than with a screen and a thousand miles between us.Blogging,however,is a different issue...there are so many bright minds at work in the blogoshphere that its too good to resist!

Thats the end of it.You can answer these five questions or choose from the five I'm typing below.
1.Have you ever been through a wierd fashion phase?
2.To tackle the ever increasing problems like global warming,terrorism etc do you think that a World State would be more successful,or a confederation of states?
3.Say, some time in future we are so blessed that we can not only choose our friends,but also our family.For or against?
4.If you could have a career,other than what you have now,what would you like to be?
5.What are the things in your life that make you feel complete,the things which make you feel you don't want to be anybody but YOU?

Go play!

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Summer

Summer is upon us at 22° 32' North 88 ° 22' East ,Kolkata, India,the world...okay thats it.Having lived in a tropical country all my life,summer is practically here for 3/4th parts of the year.December to February was a blessing,no heat, no sweat.Clear skies,sunny days yet you don't feel the sun burn your skin,just a gentle caress of warmth.And now its that time of the year again-whirring ceiling fans,frantically reaching for the remote to switch on the AC as soon as you get home and wishing that you could drown yourself in your bathtub.Mercury rising.As I try to wrestle my mind into the math problem in front of me and the errant mind tries as hard to drift off to Timbuktoo,here's what I'm dreaming of



Mountains,well I love 'em.But not as much as the sea.




Blue lagoon,the best chiller for a hot afternoon.Throw in a hammock and a good read.Ah,sweet,blessed heaven!



Vanilla,with chocolate sauce and nuts.I'm going nuts just by looking at it!

A Ghost Story

Thats probably not the most innovative/interesting/attractive title I could have chosen for a post,but I promise you something good if you stick with me.

I don't know why we have to believe in something/someone who doesnot exist or does in another plane of existence when there are millions of births a day and a million things tangible to believe in .I really don't know.But I always have been a big a scaredy cat.For instance,I have never watched a horror movie alone,only with a room full of people and from behind a cushion.I would hide behind a tree if anyone shouts BOO.My fear stems from,not an absolute belief in Them,but the dubious question of a What if? on their existence.Boy do I sound like a loser.Them.Bah.Inspite of my fear for the unknown(in this case,ghosts,phantoms,spirits) I have always loved ghost stories.Though I know I'd probably need an escort to the washroom at night,I threw that to the wind.

During one such story telling session something weird happened.We ( me and my friends) were at another friend' house.We were twelve yearsold at that time and our friend's house is one of those big old colonial houses,few of which are left in South Calcutta.It had large airy windowsthe size of doors,the ceilings were extremely high,and each room was like a miniature ballroom.In short it was magnificent.We were in her room while she was narrating the history of that house,which was about a 100 years old and has been with her family for more or less the same time.We moved on to refreshments for a while and one of us was telling the story of a horror movie she had recently watched.As usual I was sandwiched between two of my friends,voluntarily ofcourse.When the horror movie story ended,talk turnedd to the house again.S,whose house it was,was telling us about the clattering in the attic,a room which looked itself at times and her grandmother.She was mostly brought up her grandma,and her demise a few months ago saddened her.She was saying for days after,she could feel her presence,like she was still there.One of us said that it was common when you lost a loved one.Our friend,S is an asthma patient and had trouble sleeping if a sleeping somebody's hand(or foot :D)landed on her stomach.She usually slept with her grandma,but after a few weeks she was sleeping with her mother.In sleep her mother's hand landed on her mouth and as if on cue soemthing heavy lifted her mother's hand off her face.This awoke her mother,and to be sure she tried to put her hand on S again,but something impeded the movement of her arm.At the end of this story,we sat astounded in a circle,when a loud Hmm reverberated through the room.It wasn't one of us.It

seemed the Hmm was meant to sound like "Yes,I know you are talking about me".And we fled the room screaming.

As if this wasn't enough.Another day we met at another friend's house and a few adventorous ones amongst us wanted to do a planchet.None of us were even sure how to do it,though everybody was interested,even me.All we knew that we had to concentrate and the spirit would communicate through a medium.Before P could say anything,we decided to call on her grandfather.Everyone sushed her.They thought that she was scared,and consoled her by saying that people who love us continue to do so even if they are not with us.Suddenly one of us

was speaking in a deep voice,not her own and her eyes seemed to be rolling back.She simply said"I miss my grand daughter",yet it scared the undigested roughage out of us.The good thing,however was it was over in a few minutes.We were breathless,perspiring,shaking and totally speechless.That was when P sputtered "but...bbbut my grandpa is alive!"

The medium was then buried under heavy blows from anything that could be found nearby!

People in General

GREAT PRESENTATION SKILLS ......= Able to B.S. a lot

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS ......= Spends lots of time on phone

AVERAGE EMPLOYEE ...............= Not too bright

EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED ...= Made no major blunders yet

WORK IS FIRST PRIORITY .........= Too ugly to get a date

ACTIVE SOCIALLY ................= Drinks a lot

FAMILY IS ACTIVE SOCIALLY ......= Spouse drinks, too

INDEPENDENT WORKER .............= Nobody knows what he/she does

QUICK THINKING .................= Offers plausible excuses

CAREFUL THINKER ................= Wont make a decision

AGGRESSIVE .....................= Obnoxious

USES LOGIC ON DIFFICULT JOBS ...= Gets someone else to do it

EXPRESSES THEMSELVES WELL ......= Speaks English

METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL .= A nit picker

HAS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES .......= Is tall or has a loud voice

EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD JUDGEMENT ...= Lucky

KEEN SENSE OF HUMOUR ...........= Knows a lot of dirty jokes

CAREER MINDED ..................= Back Stabber

LOYAL ..........................= Cant get a job anywhere else

hmmm.really? Lol This is just a fun forward I dug out and it isn't meant to offend anyone :)