Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Shaken And Stirred

Here I am after a little hiatus! Some of you might have even forgotten me, but hey, I am still on blogosphere :)

During the past month my blog's first birthday came and went (25th July), my 26th birthday came and went (26th July), but I did not as much as post a 'Happy Birthday Dear Blog', one-liner post. Honestly, I am so drained out these days that I don't feel up to even a twitter-like post. Anyway, belated birthday wishes for my online journal.

'Happy Birthday Dear Blog. You mean so much to me' :D

You guys may wish too.

I celebrated my birthday for 2 consecutive days and to such an extent that I promptly fell ill with exhaustion on the third day. Late night dancing and partying with friends, bringing three girlfriends home to stay for the night, and then chit-chatting till the small hours of the morning. It was fun! Almost like engineering college hostel days, all over again. And then, a quiet homely party with family on the following day. I couldn't have hoped for a better start to another year of my life.

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Exactly 16 days are left for me to pack, shop, prepare, study, say goodbyes, etc. I am beginning to panic now. My things-to-do list has started appearing like a monster that is impossible to slay. The more tasks I finish, the more are added to my list. I actually have a to-do list that is growing bigger by the day.
I bought my ticket, bought a new laptop (HP Pavilion dv4), booked hotel and temporary accommodation in Belgium for 4 days, started my Statistics Course and did other stuff that I cannot even recall now. I read something about time somewhere long back, that how time goes by in lumps when we are in a state of high anticipation or excitement. Sometimes it seems like a large chunk of time just disappeared from my life and at other times, even few minutes seem very long. Yes, time is going by in irregular, unpredictable lumps.
Many a time, I notice myself saying and doing routine things like an automaton, because my mind is busy figuring out what is the next thing-to-do on my list. This is the first time in my life that I am marveling at the powers of habit. I don't need to think while talking to many people. I can give correct responses and expressions out of habit, keeping my mind on other matters all the while. And what's more, people don't even notice!

I will try to write another post before flying to Belgium, but going by the frequency of posts on my blog lately, it seems unlikely. Wish me luck folks, I need all of it that I can get :)

Oh, and by the way, the blog title has got nothing to do with drinks, as you guys might have figured out by now. It is about how I feel presently :)

Monday, July 28, 2008

On the day I turned 25


After having these amazing Dimsums, I watched the extremely boring movie Kismat Konnection. Vidya Balan looks pathetic and her outfits are 'oh-so-outdated'.






Cheers!!! I love White Wine. That's Di with my gift and Jiju uncorking the celebrations.











I can't wait to spill it into glasses. We had 2 glasses of wine each before going out for dinner.







You guessed it! That's my Birthday dress. But no points for the guessing, as I already posted a pic of my B'day Dress. :-)



















Posing with my new bag :-)

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Birthday Gifts

I live alone in Noida and wasn't expecting an exciting B'day and no B'day gifts at all. However, when you have a family as adorable as mine, any dull day would be filled with a lot of sunshine and warmth. Here are some pics of my B'day gifts - My B'day Dress from Mamma, a gift pack of Flowers, teddy and a chocolate from my brother who lives in Bombay, a cake from my Di and Jiju, a galmorous bag from Di and Jiju, 2 salwar suits from Mamma and Papa. Wow!




Friday, July 25, 2008

Birthday Plans and Preparations

Wow, Birthday eve is such a beautiful-wonderful time even though I don't have any great plans for tomorrow. Didi and Jiju called today to say that they will come to my place tomorrow and Jiju will take us out for dinner at The Great Kebab Factory (My entire family loves this place).
I will do some DIY pedicure and facial tonight to look and feel great tomorrow :-)
I have a sparkling bubbly tucked in my closet waiting to be spilled into glasses tomorrow to celebrate my Birthday. I love white wine and can hardly wait to sip on it. BTW this bottle of white wine has an interesting story on how it landed into my closet, but I will save it for another time.

First Post on My Birthday Eve

Hey, it's my Birthday tomorrow and I am already in a festive mood. I have this habit of treating myself with a gift on my Birthday since as long as I can remember. Last year I bought a cocktail dress but this year my birthday dress has been sponsored by Mom (thanks Mamma!), so after giving it a lot of thought I decided to gift myself, a creative outlet to my at times terrible and at other times terrific writing skills. So, here I am and it already feels wonderful. However, I have a concern, I have never stuck to ideas and things that I so zealously start! Although I feel starting this blog on my Birthday eve will probably give it a special place in my heart and I won't abandon it. This was the reason I decided to call it My Latest Fad, because this is what I feel about it now.