The Beginners Guide to a Break-Up ;)

Almost all of  us must have been through a break up (or should i call it a break down ) at some point of time.Well,the two aren't very different anyway.The feeling when your whole world comes tumbling down like a pack of cards;when your dreams and aspirations are shattered;the feeling that your heart is clenching itself into as tiny as a baby's fist.Whoosh,i can't do any more drama..:P Too much for today.Or is it?;)

A relationship normally begins with a hi,hello followed my daily calls,"can't -stay -without -texting- you" moments.And then comes the best part where they compliment you to bits :D The proposal and the confusion and the saying a "yes" part! A friend of mine calls the first  4 months into a relation, "The Honeymoon Phase" .No denying that.I am not talking  about the crazy in love, love you "Truly Madly Deeply" types btw!No offense to them.Coming back to the more realistic ones, then you get to the "knowing each other" phase.Knowing each other too well that you realize you are poles apart and can never get along well.:)

The sad shit phase begins and you decide you have had enough.

or

You get dumped!*sniffs*

or

You dump him or her mercilessly!*tada* *evil grin*

Top reasons to dump someone

1.Family issues-The lamest excuse ever invented.Has been circulating through time immemorial.Forms exist like "I love my mom /dad more","My dad wouldn't allow","I am not prepared to present it at home(read i don't have the ba**s to do it!)

2."We wouldn't get along well".

3."I am impotent". Not kidding.It exists!:P

4."I love you,not enough to get married to".(very honest according to me) :)

5."I need you to earn ,say a 6 figure salary before i can introduce you to my dad"!

6. And the most depressing one,"I love someone else"!:)

These aren't ranked exactly.They are all equally lame!:P


Well,people deal with break ups differently.

1.They call the other person a total, useless jerk who never deserved you and bitch about him for the rest of your life.

2.The ones who whine and pine for years wishing for their "loved one" to come back and refuse to move on.

3.The twinkle eyed ones who think it is kismet and move on like that *snaps finger*.a.k.a the smart ones!:D

Everybody falls in love.Everybody has lost in love.Been through a break up,been in pain.:) But there is nothing that time doesn't heal.You  fall in love,break up, grieve about it ,meet new people,flirt with the best ones and at some point of time,fall in love again!It is a vicious circle,trust me!:)

So does true love exist?I leave that question unanswered!:) ;)

Naale hartal undo??

Dear Hartal,

I have been out of God's Own Country(???) for quite sometime and I nearly forgot how it feels like to be home on a hartal day.Damn ,didn't I miss you..NOT!

What a waste of time,man power and energy.Fine,you helped to bring down the petrol prices.I am thankful,I mean it. You helped my brother learn driving .Thanks again.A hartal for protecting a murderer?Seriously??

I don't blame you.I blame it on the political fanaticism of the people of the state,the intolerant, impatient youth/middle aged men/political veterans.The lazy ones of the state,unable to speak up for themselves,say that we oppose the hartal.Not to forget,the incapable government,ruined by dirty politics,unable to take a decision to control its masses.As much as I hate Narendra Modi,I bow down to his tactics!At least, he knew how to put his foot down when he needed to!!

Can the people I know bring about a difference?Yes, I believe so.Oppose the hartal vehemently.Speak up for yourself.Only a minor percentage of the state is involved in active politics.The rest are at home,laid back and enjoying the day off from their normal work schedule!Can't we do anything about it?A bandh in any other state is yet another normal day.Hard to believe.We aren't the only one with political ideologies!Kindly continue protesting,but for the right causes!

Your sincerely
One who sincerely believes in protesting for the right cause!

The Teeny-Weeny Battle of the Sexes!

Girls Girls Girls..You guys might think at times why exactly we were made!!And more often about what you would have done if we weren't around(I'm just talking about a Utopian dream,technically speaking impossible of course,call it poetic license or whatever!).One confusing lot certainly.Haven't you really wanted to read a girl's mind?!More like wanted to know why she behaves in such contradicting manner,all the time.Well I don't think even she can give you an answer to it;)

I'll tell you few things which can be described as the Universal- chick theory.You can just take it down and accept the facts as it is!:D

We love things in 'pink n purple'.You maybe like what's all d hullabaloo over them!"They are just colours!"Still we adore them,which reminds me of the fact that I have a pair of pink sneakers,floats n sandals and m hunting for a pair of pink stilettos!

We wouldn't mind spending 400 bucks on a Chambor eye pencil but would definitely bargain on Commercial Street for a pair of Marie Claire- like sandals for a 100 bucks.It's totally worth only so much.Trust me!:D

We may complain all the time that we are fat (same with thin) and would hate it if you tell us the same.So just keep nodding when we say that to you next time.

We would love to get chocolates ,even when we are crash dieting with only salads and sugar free juices!


We could talk nineteen to the dozen about our best girlfriends to our guy and still would be furious if he said "Yes,she's cute".Well then comes out the cat in us,claws and all!:|

We love gossipping.All girls do,maybe they don't just realise it.Though we prefer to call it, "Just talking about the people we care about!"*wink wink*

We are total drama queens when it comes to the guy we love!Well,exceptions are possible,by which I mean drama queens with everyone!:D

We would complain if the guy in the vegetable shop stares at us,but love it if d hot,well dressed guy in the mall does!(though we wouldn't show it out and smile secretly to our self):P

We wouldn't ever accept that any girl is perfect.It's a talent and we find faults with everyone!"Yes she has a great body,but no sense of style.", "Lovely eyes,only if they were set a little wide apart."

We would be extra sweet to you and whisper in your ear to tell us the truth ,yet would get into a rage when you do.

We would say "Yes,I'm fine" ,which translates to "No I'm not,ask me what my problem is!"

In spite of having a wardrobe full of clothes,we tend to say ,"I'm not coming out.I have nothing to wear.":(

And the most important one!We could easily deceive you with the way we behave!Born actresses we are..Can be really sweet when we want to be and really bitchy too.Kindly do not judge us by the way we look or the way we present ourselves!;)

Kindly do not try to figure us out..We really don't understand ourselves most of the time..;)

With a Thousand Words to Say!: A Tale of Two Crushes!

With a Thousand Words to Say!: A Tale of Two Crushes!: "All of us have crushes at some point of time in our lives.They say real love happens only once .That's an entirely different story.Here i a..."

A Tale of Two Crushes!

All of us have crushes at some point of time in our lives.They say real love happens only once .That's an entirely different story.Here i am ,telling you about my "celebrity "crushes in the past one year!!

Being a teen,I hardly had a crush,celebrity or not.When Hrithik came into news with Kaho naa..,he had girls being swept off their feet.I remember an entire issue of the 'India Today' being dedicated to the "lover boy with looks that could kill"!Well, I had no clue back then why girls watched the movie 20 times just to see him.Though I wouldn' still do something that crazy,I did end up liking celebrities..Eventually!Why the celebrities?!Maybe I imagined to be another charming celebrity ,waving my hand and walking gracefully,down the aisle in one of those charming Armani gowns with a Prada clutch purse and a plastic, well practised smile.Well ,I don't know.Maybe it was just a wild dream and everybody has one!

It all started with a young Malayalam actor.He was hot,intelligent,and with oodles of attitude and a Nair too!!Just what i wanted! :D My girlfriends and I used to talk nineteen to the dozen about him(unfortunately they liked him too,but I wasn't giving him to anybody!NOBODY BUT ME!\m/).And I did meet him one rainy afternoon !!At this quaint little place,and there he was,smiles and all,apparently busy on his laptop and humming a song!My heart missed a beat and we sat next to his table but not once did we talk to him!:( And busily clicked pics of ourselves.Poor thing ,he must have really expected at least the girls to come over and say a hi ,but attitude or not,none of us really bothered!:D And when he left,I ran behind to go talk to him but sadly I never caught up with him!!:(

        Few months later I was returning back from class when I checked my Facebook account, only to see heart -wrenching status updates about his marriage!Certainly a bolt from the blue!!My first celebrity crush..Down the drain!!The first ones to really send condolences were my cousin,followed by my aunt who talked normally for the first one minute and then was like, "He wasn't great anyway!" and we both burst out laughing!!:D My lovely friends followed of course.Still keep bragging me about my "love-loss"!!Ahemm,I was brave and didn't really listen to "My Love is Gone" though I love David Guetta(not literally !!)

       Anyway, I can't stand the sight of my one time hero now.I see his popularity going down too,thanks to his arrogance and attitude(which of course I never bothered about before!!) *evil grin* .:D And I thought I had come to an end of my celebrity crush saga,when it happened again!!

This time it was a guy from a dance reality show!At first glance I'm like "Okay,he's cute"!!With messed up hair and light eyes and a really charming smile,he seemed like yet another Hindi soap opera guy!The minute he started dancing(Classical,Kathak to be exact),I was blown over!!One of the best classical performances I have ever seen and to top it,he was strikingly hot!The next few days were spent in watching his dance performances from Youtube!*bless the website*What grace..what poise..and I fell head over heels till...

          Somebody happened to share his video and he had girls swooning of course.He was cute and danced amazingly well.No surprises why!I didn't really know at that point that I was about to get a teeny- weeny shock!!A little birdie told me actually..I realised that he's weird, ahem maybe like queer..Okay I'm done with the over acting.Let me make it clear!!He's gay!!*violin plays in background*.....:( And there goes yet another prospective young man!!

Thankfully, I have realised now that I was being one stupid girl when I have a long way to go in life.No more stupid celeb crushes,no more sashaying down the red carpet.My career is way more important,and maybe if I am lucky enough,I might just turn out into somebody people might look up to !:) :) So until that day,I'll just keep waiting..and waiting..and waiting!! And if you ask me to define 'celebrity' now,I might just tell you I haven't heard that word before and give you my biggest Chambers or Oxford and say "Refer it up yourself mate"..;)

I am a Mallu n Proud to be One!;)

A year of ma stay outside my very own state,Kerala made me realise something."Mallus" as we are called in recent times or what we call ourselves nowadays are subject to a lotta raised eyebrows.."Mallu, huh? But you don't look like one.." .I got to hear that really very often!Over the days spent,i realised that we are really one misunderstood lot!!Though we aren't entirely to blame,you may say blame it on a few of us,like they say one rotten apple can spoil the lot..;) It's time to clear the air we have created ourselves..Well,apart from the fact that u accept ours is a real beautiful state,here are a few more that u ought to know.!Helloji,are u reading this "non- mallus"??!

1.Priyadarshan isn't the only movie maker around.True,his movies were nonsense when remade into our "rashtrabhaasha" but they were of some real class in Malayalam.A class apart!!Mallu movies aren't all about uncles running around trees behind young girls.Thankfully the Wational award we got twice in a row should prove this point.

2.We make our curries in coconut oil.We fry our fishes in coconut oil,we apply it on our hair.But is that a crime?You use mustard and groundnut oil and u squeeze the heck out of those sunflower seeds!Thankfully ours is a land rich in coconuts n all d parts are used of the marvellous fruit are used.We do not believe in wasting any part of the lovely tree..aah,do i love the smell of freshly made coconut oil..Many would reflect my sentiments i guess and its what i missed most (apart from my family of course) *tears in eyes*

3.We aren't all Lolakuttys.We do not all have oiled hair n wear jasmine n flaunt around in colourfull cheap silk sarees.We mallus are such sports that we didn't even file a case for mockery of Malayalis,which is the trend nowadays!!That female went overboard with her slick humour but we did laugh too!

4.We don't really have wierd accents with 'yemm' n 'yenn'..Have u ever heard yourself guys??!!n even if we do have it,its just our way of saying "m a mallu n proud to be one.If you have a problem with it,we care two hoots about it!!"

5.Banana chips aren't the only thing we eat.For one,I cannot stand the sight of it!But in a land ,abundant in banana,u cannot really sleep on it n take bath with it,can u?!?They are rich in iron,so why waste it.Consume it in all form u can!Oh btw,we even use the stalk n d flower..They are yumm..You should give a try someday!

6.We do use a lot of gold.It's like our custom.but we dont really strut around the place ,wearing them when we go veggie shopping!The pics you have seen are only on our weddings!And yeah, half of d gold jewelleries in your city are owned by "Mallus".Read 'hallmarked 916 gold' on your mommies n wives n girlfriends!!

7.We aren't really all Communists!!The recent elections should prove that.(i.e if u read the papers n watch d news!)

8.We spell dosa as 'dosha'!!with 'sh' as in 'shaitan' n 'sher'..Not wit an 's' as in 'saabun',like u do!

9.We don't all eat a lot of non-veg.True we maybe like the only state where Hindus eat red meat,but that shows our spirit n lack of boundaries!:D If we were all vegans,probably global warming would have come into picture long back;)

10.We do not all have dads in the gulf!Yeah mayb our uncles,but be thankful that the rich N.R.Is bring in GDP!!Read better roads,infrastructure(i.e if used in the right way!)

11.And here comes the most important one.Mallus are supposed to be extremely stingy..Well,the newly discovered vault in the temple should prove we are not..;)

Jokes apart,we could make jokes on you too.Sadly u might just not have our sense of humour.We are mallus man..n m definitely proud to be one..Anyday!!:)

An Ode to College Life:Confessions of a Lady!

Do i miss college??It's something i ask myself very often.And i end up like 'nah,college sucked anyway..nothin really special to cherish'..and then i have an inner voice saying,'heyy,but what about the classes you bunked,the iv's you enjoyed to the core(with a capital C),the friends who were there for u all along,all the excuses u said to get out of class:P Maybe in a teeny weeny i do!lLet me analyse;maybe rewind a little.

An average day used to begin with a glass of oats in an hour's time i get before i catch my college bus.Yeah,enough to sustain the marathon to the bus stop.Aah well,the countless times i had to run behind the bus to catch it.Atleast it  saved me from all the trouble it takes to catch private buses to college.(Yes yes,it was situated in a countryside,far from the maddening crowd.)Read an hour and half and around 25 bucks as well..

The  first glimpse of college on a hilltop(aah,what a pleasant sight!!*pun intended*) and i use few of the marvellous four letter words man invented ever!!Getting off d bus was a task by itself..Either i'm d first one(when i have an assignment of couse) or i'm among the last ones..n waiting for my besties in front of d building so that we could discuss wat happened in the few hours when we missed each other..aww scene!Well we used to spot even a new earring r footwear (yes i know,totally jobless!!)A visit to the staff room to spot any vacant seats(if not,*sigh*)and then head off to the washroom(well,the view from there was great guys,trust me!The rubber trees looked awesome with each sprouting a different shade of green as seasons change :P )

When the bell goes off,here we enter class..and sleep..sleep .sleep(the 10 hours of beauty sleep i got at night were way too little :P) A second bencher n still never listened!Passing notes,commenting on latest 'happenings',the teacher's new sari,the way she dresses,her accent..not to forget drawing pictures on the desks.even an entire set of cartoon characters nicely drawn n coloured and pasted ,adorned our desks!Name it we have done  it all..!!Yes,we were worse than guys sometimes..:P After the second period,turning back n looking at the gals in the back seat..no no,not entirely 'nothing-else-to-do' (well they knew it actually meant 'how to bunk next hour??').The reasons were a handful..Teachers looked at me like i'm diseased when i got into staffroom wit the famous 'permission letter'.Fests,magazine,inaugration,iv..name it..a meeting for anything and everything!!;) Many really wondered what happens in d 'digital library'.Ahemm, discussions did happened follwed by gossip,gossip and more gossip :P ..now dont blame it on me alone..and this ain't restricted to girls alone.Bet d guys kno who i mean!!;)

Lunchtime was fun of course..well the food wasn't great..but canteen was a great place to meet up wit your friends..There were a lotta friends from other branches too you see..n biriyani for lunch always meant "sharing".cudn't eat one by myself!!*whew* The verandah of our building used to be the regular hangout after lunch.Commenting on d 'MBA guys' on the way to their hostel,d biker guys as we called them..anybody who passed by,anybody would do!:D and yes,late to class again*rolls eyes*..;)

What i must have seen the most during college must have been my watch..made d most out of it..Every 5 min seemed like an hour when it's a truly boring class!And yaay,when the bell goes,m glad i'm goin home!The travel (with music) part i hated of course.Never missed my friends after coming home though.The mobile phone is the most important gadget ever invented to a college goer!Texts,calls,calls n more texts!!Those conference calls ,the late night 'happy b'day,oh bye i need to sleep' :P..and outings on weekends,hanging out at initially Bay Pride and then Oberon(i'm sick of thenm now tho!),Convent road..hmm..loaadsa memories..:)
Well ,what if i'm not going to college again?!These memories are enough to last a lifetime..!!'Take life as it comes'-It's the most important thing i learnt from college life!:).n i hate to admit but i think i do miss college!:( ;)