Tag2: HAVE YOU EVER.......

Here's a long list of Have you evers...
(Courtesy : My Blog Manager)

Smoked a cigarette?: Yes. Peer Pressure! Didn’t like it that much actually but it seemed cool those days. I remember my spirited and intellectual bengali ma’am who taught us Abhijñānaśākuntalam on the lawns of our college.
She said , “Only uncultured people smoke.” Ouch!

Crashed a friend's car?: No.

Stolen a car?: No!

Been in love?: Yes.

Been dumped?: Oh yes. I rem’ber…poor me. I was in school and I wanted to marry him…my aim and aspiration in life! He dumped me for this girl grrr lol.

Shoplifted?: mmmm NO! (I thought I did…I was pretty naughty).

Been in a fist fight?: with my brother when we were kids!

Sneaked out of your parent's house?: LOL Yes! It’s so embarrassing now!

Been arrested?: No

Gone on a blind date?: No. I like guys who can see :)
The idea of "fixing up" don't appeal much to me. My favorite movie is but Before Sunset :)

Skipped school?: Oh yes. Me and my girlfriends bunked school to go and sit in this dingy restaurant to have momos (dumplings). We were of course caught and grounded.

Been on a plane?: Yes. I do not like flying on a plane, neither the train nor do I like the bus! I like travelling in a car with ample space around me and MUSIC!

Seen someone die?: Yes. The air that we breath is powerful. I saw that split-moment where a person makes a transition from this life to the next. Life is amazing.

Purposely set a part of yourself on fire?:
Well I think my hair. Someone said I could cure split ends like that. I stopped being gullible after that.

Been jet-skiing?: Yes. Course someone took me...the moment he’d speed up I’d turn off the ignition. I was SO SCARED.

Met someone in person from the Internet?: Well....No but Oku thinks I did.

Taken pain killers?: Yeah I guess. I was a sick kid.

Flown a kite?: Maybe I held one after it was flown by someone else.

Built a sand castle?: Yeat but it was nothing like a castle. The last time we were in Goa we built a shape of a woman over a woman’s body! :)

Gone puddle jumping?: Yeah of course.

Cheated while playing a game?: Yeah card game. But I’d let them know afterwards.

Been lonely?: Yeah I guess…I just can’t remember now.

Fallen asleep at work or school/college?: Yes...classes post-lunch were a struggle.

Used a fake ID?: No.

Felt an earthquake?: Yes.

Touched a snake?: No…so slimy!.

Slept beneath the stars?: Yeah but did not fall asleep.

Been robbed?: No.

Been misunderstood?: I think we are misunderstood everyday of our lives by someone or the other.

Won a contest?: can't remember...

Run a red light/stop sign?: I would stop even if I see a big truck 1km away and still I nearly killed me and the guy who was teaching me how to drive.
His face! I can still see his face…he looked so weird…lol

Been suspended from school?: No.

Been in a car accident?: Yes. This girl didn’t know how to drive!

Walked the streets drunk?: na.

Had déjà vu?: Yeah almost quite everyday.

Danced in the moonlight: Yes.

Witnessed a crime?: Yes.

Squished barefoot through the mud?: Yes

Been lost?: Yes I am BAD with directions. I plan to do soemthing about it. I will soon :)

Been on the opposite side of the country?: Some…need to explore more.

Swum in the ocean?: The beach.

Cried yourself to sleep?: Yep.

Played cops and robbers?: YES. Nothin can beat childhood days!

Recently coloured with crayons?: a year ago…

Sung karaoke?: Na. I am not so confident about my vocal chords.

Paid for a meal with only coins?: mmmmm

Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?: So many times…

Made prank phone calls?: Oh yes...When I was in school me and my friends used to call up our crushes.
Hello?
Can I talk to cute-guy's-name?
(Background)giggle giggle...here take the phone...no no i won't...thud...gimmme the phone
gimme the phone...wait....thud...click.
Hello? Hello?

Caught a snow flake on your tongue?: Na...how does it feel like?

Written a letter to Santa Claus?: I don't remember....

Blown bubbles?: Yes.

Bonfire on the ibeach?: Well I didn’t actually make it or sit around it but we went to this beach-side restaurant the first time we went to Goa. They had made a bonfire nearby…lovely.

Cheated on a test?: Test in school meant a lot of neck-craning and copying the wrong answers cos you were not confident about yours. Also, it meant a lot of misleading answers going through you too.

Gone skinny-dipping in a pool?: No. Oku wants to go though!

Been to an Aerosmith concert: No but I will on June 2nd!
:)

Leaving on a Jet Plane

I recently went to see off my friends who were my juniors in CIEFL. We shamelessly took pictures outside the departure area oblivious to curious bystanders. I wonder about the power of pictures and how it can capture memories or even the essence of by-gone moments. As I looked at them, I realized that I wouldn’t have remembered all the little jokes or laughter that we shared that day if the pictures were not taken. I felt sad seeing them go. It was their end of something but otherwise also a new beginning.
Here is me with my favorite juniors....

I got me new shades. I love em :)

The one to the extreme left is Ashu a.k.a Trinity. I have known her for like 4 years now. She is one of my best friends; a bagful of surprises and lots of funny incidents and walks have cemented our relationship very nicely. We will be meeting in November this year in Goa.
Yes, she’s a Goa fanatic like me.

2nd from left is Aku. I never got a chance to interact with her personally but she is among the people who I would have liked to have known better. The funny thing is that both of us share two best friends and I am sure that just as I hear tid bits about her she also gets to hear about me.
I believe that as good friends we all bear testimonies for each other and my two best friends bore testimony for us.

Beni is on the extreme right. What can I say about Benz! She is my soul sister when it comes to music and similar clothes! We have a lot of similar stuff that it’s weird sometimes. Though I also didn’t get to interact with her personally also, it’s been fun discovering that we are both crazy about Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. Among all the people I know she’s the only person who I can gush/go on and on about JJ/BH and know that she is as interested as me!

Coming soon: How Penny Lane Rocked with Aerosmith! Yipeeeeee :)