Happy New Year :)

New Years Eve is for a change not associated with any religion or region but the whole world celebrates it like one big family. The celebrations, of course differ J It is celebrated with lot of gaiety and pomp. The excitement levels rise as the clock nears twelve.

Resolutions – Ahan! ;) We all break them, don’t we? History repeats itself every year :D Am sure, the idea of weight loss tops the list :D Okay! This isn’t what I plan to do as I know myself pretty well but this is something I really want to do :D rather it has become the need of the hour.

Another resolution broken every year by millions - I will quit drinking/smoking :D and for students, I’ll study hard this year J and we all know what happens to these resolutions J When you couldn’t quit drinking or smoking in so many years or loose weight, how will you in just one day – SO AVOID RESOLUTIONS ;) But it will be so cool if some people actually make a resolution not to nag or some ‘men’ decide to be ‘less’ irritating (holds the same for women too, am not being gender-biased) ;) anyways that will never happen as resolutions are meant to be broken. New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. You can’t start dieting as alcohol on empty stomach is a bad idea :P 

Looking back at 2011 just makes me feel that am blessed and it has been a wonderful year J few things or people to whom I am grateful for in the year gone by:

God –For everything, specially for one reason - I topped for two consecutive semesters and it was an awesome feeling. I hope next year my blog says - I topped four semesters consecutively. Soon the results will be out for the 3^rd one. Bhagwan ji, Are you listening to me? You know what am asking for J and can’t forget to thank you for the peaceful life you have given me J

Family – for always being there J for the love and the support. Okay! Not to forget, the iPhone J Thank you, Papa J and what I would have done without the brother who supports me all the time J who’s younger to me but strict at times like an elder brother and my super-mom and super-dad for bringing the awesome child like me into this world ;) you both are lucky to have kids like us ;) beautiful kids ;) (Ma, you know what I mean).

Friends – Thank you! You guys know who you all are J Urdhvi, Swati and Amrita J You guys made 2011 a memorable one.

The MTC Gang – I didn’t know we (me and Amrita) have such lovely juniors with whom we would bond so well in that one week of Military Rule where we were made to spend summers without fans, forget about coolers or ACs, bed-tea at 5, bathing ‘n’ no. of times in those dirty bathrooms and how can I forget the dirty toilets and how much people loved us cos of the fact that we were from Delhi/Noida J Thanks Sushmita, Suvana (Don’t speak girl), Shubhi and Viji. You guys are fun to be with. Let’s plan a trip to Bombay/Goa soon : ) and the ones who are dying to go to Chandigarh J we can always go there, its just a 5 hour run :D

Those who for good walked out – Thank you so much! J But just one question – Don’t you guys get tired manipulating things? ;) or it comes naturally. Anyways all is well that ends well.

Happy New Year everyone! May you all remember to say ‘I Love You’ at least once in a day to your parents, spouse or girlfriend, kids (if you have any), your siblings but not to your Secretary, Nurse or your gym instructor :P

I wish I had a magic wand :) What would you do if you had one? :)

Happy New Year once again to all of you and your loved ones! :) 

Lots of love! xoxo

Party hard! J

A weekend well spent : )

What a weekend it was – having absolutely nothing to do or may be, I chose not to do :D Worked on my dissertation. Slept peacefully. Cooked good food. Read books sipping coffee. Winters have stepped in : ) getting up early in the morning for classes would be a problem but I don’t have much of an option. It’s Monday tomorrow and am sure, most of would be not very willing to face it. Why can't we have a 5 day weekend? No point asking God for it ! I better ask some better things that I might just get : ) you never know when is God listening to you! 

I finished reading 5 books on the weekend and out of all 5, only one was worth reading – THE (IN)ELIGIBLE BACHELORS by Ruchita Mishra : ) A very simple and a light book that you would enjoy reading. It somewhere says – Arranged Marriages are complicated things. So are mothers. And so are relationships. It’s a story of an MBA graduate who is geeky and has a job in hand but is single at the age of twenty-four : ) and her mother is obsessed with getting her married asap. Mum shortlisting weird IIT and IIM guys for her but she finds the man of her dreams in her office – her boss : ) a Greek God incarnate. It’s a journey to find her Mr. Right.

Another book I read – Life is What You Make it. This book is based on real life experiences. It’s a story of courage, determination and growing up. It’s a tale of a girl called Ankita who was young, smart and good-looking and had tonnes of friends and boys swooing over her. She managed to get into the very prestigious institutes for her graduation as well as post-graduation. But before she could finish her B-School, she landed herself in a mental hospital. How it would be for someone who had been so popular and now, made two suicide attempts, planned to drop out of the B-school after being a topper for one semester. It’s a story of how the time spent in the Mental Hospital helped her discover herself and bounce back to life even harder when there she absolutely had no hope to ever be normal. Life cruelly and coldly snatched things that meant a lot to her but she gave it all a good fight. All this was possible only because she decided to do it. Mental health issues are still a great taboo especially in India. This girl suffered from Bipolar Disorder which is a serious brain disorder that causes dramatic shifts in moods, energy levels, attitudes and ability to carry out everyday tasks. It is usually hard to diagnose. The change in personality alters between ‘high episode’ and ‘low episode’. In high episode, there’s huge increase in your goal directed activities and the person is usually restless and needs very little sleep but does all tasks in a perfect manner whereas in the low episode, there’s an increasing feeling of worthlessness or emptiness leading to suicide attempts. For more information, you can log on to the website of National Institute of Mental Health – http://www.nimh.nih.gov

When we have a tooth-ache, we visit a dentist then why are people with mental disorders called ‘crazy’ or lunatics. This can happen to anyone you know. Would you add to their misery by called them a lunatic?

What would you do if destiny twisted the road you took? What if it throws you at a place you never wanted to go? Would you fight, would you run or would you accept? Ankita fought and got her life back!

And in the middle of all this, I have started listening to ‘Desi Girl’. I never liked this song. Okay! I guess, the thought of Monday morning is already making me go crazy. Time for me to grab a cup of chai : )

Have a happy monday : )
Love! xx

Bubblegums and Candies ! :)

Just finished reading ’34 Bubblegums and Candies’ by Preeti Shenoy: )

Honestly, not worth wasting your precious 1 hour on the book. It’s a collection of 34 real life incidents. It seems to be a bad effort to copy my favourite ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’. The book doesn’t deliver what it promises. It says – It is one book that will tempt you, making you want to taste it, chew it, relish it. 

The only think I like is the title ‘Bubblegums and Candies’. That’s how each day is – like a bubblegum which is tasteless when chewed for long and the bubble explodes leaving you with a sticky mess or like a candy : )

Now, I'll start with some other book : )

Pamper Yourself !

I went out for coffee and desserts with Amrita, as usual after classes got over for today. We had our favourite Chocolate Mousse at Top Breads which was enough to make our day : ) There’s no thing on earth which can replace my love for chocolates or may be there is something, I haven’t discovered yet.

The most interesting part of the day was our shopping : ) we bought some books for ourselves with interesting titles : ) though we knew that we had to work on our dissertation but what makes you happy is worth doing : ) You should never think twice when it comes to pampering yourself.

The (in)eligible bachelors

Life is what you make it

I’m not Twenty Four… I’ve been nineteen for five years

She broke up, I didn’t…

 True Lies and Hump

The one incident that needs a mention here is a stranger who made my day. I was walking back home – half dead ! A special child smiled and waived at me. Some how I still remember the incident after a month and I doubt, I will ever forget that face. That smile was the cutest and the most genuine one I ever saw : ) Little things make us happy.

Pamper Yourself and Do anything to make yourself happy ! : ) 

 

Smile : )

Smile – a very simple thing yet very powerful.  Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day : )

You must have noticed that we really don’t appreciate those who don’t smile back at us. An answer to a smile should always be a smile. It’s inexpensive, doesn’t take much of your time and energy but to add to it, makes you look beautiful and the other person also feels better : ) Still I don’t understand why some people don’t smile back.

A smile leads to happiness just as happiness leads to a smile. A smile can do wonders. Its comforts the other person and assures him/her that you’re approachable. It makes you look happy, confident and self-assured. No, I am not saying that there should be a smile on your face 24*7. There’re situations in life when smiling is not appropriate and we very well know when to smile and when not.

It is very easy for people to differentiate between a genuine and a fake smile. A genuine smile is effortless : ) For a fake one, you do have to make efforts in stretching your muscles. But trust me, smile and see : ) it isn’t a very tiring exercise.

I read it somewhere – when a photograph where smiling for 5 seconds can make you look good, imagine how beautiful you would look if you make it a habit : )

Use smiles to bring yourself and those around you more joy, happiness and success.

Have a happy weekend! : ) Keep Smiling! : ) 

what next after Diwali? Christmas? No, it's exam time ;)

Hope all of you had an amazing diwali : )

We didn’t celebrate diwali but we made rangoli and did puja. I made rangoli using coloured saw dust, stones and diyas : ) Little things like this make me happy. 

Time really runs when we’re with the loved ones. Its already time to get back to college, finish assignments and sit for end semester exams. Not a very great feeling. Exams should never be right after the festive season. Do I have an option? Absolutely not. By the way, Is it just me or most of you feel sleepy during exam days? 

Those who’re suffering from diwali ke side-effects which over-eating causes : ) Get well soon and by the time, I will prepare myself for exams ke side-effects : )

All you people have to do is pray for me that whatever I skip doesn't come in exams : ) 

All the Best to all those who have exams knocking on the door : ) To be on the top, you don't have to be a bookworm. Just study smart : ) My Best Wishes are with you ! 

Happy Diwali :)

A very happy and a safe diwali to all my lovely readers : ) Have fun with your loved ones ! Hope this Diwali brings lots n lots of good luck and happiness to all of you : ) 

Let's spread happiness this Diwali !

More festivals than the number of months : ) It happens only in India. Everyday is a celebration for Indians : ) Such wonderful people we are : ) Just 8 days to go for diwali : ) I have always loved diwali and the weather around October-November. Makes me feel very happy. Can’t wait to finish classes, pack my bags and go home : ) I love lighting diyas and candles. Absolutely love the way everything is brightened on diwali : ) the neighbourhood, infact the whole city sparkles. Not very fond of sweets but yeah, who can resist chocolate mousse and anything that has lots of melted chocolate over it. There’s so much you can do on diwali – sabse important is spread happiness. You can make rangoli, decorate the pooja thaali and what not. I love floating candles. Get creative this Diwali! Yeah, there’s one thing I want to do this diwali – put mehendi : ) Festivals are the best times to let your loved ones know how much you love them, not just by words but by gifts too – iss diwali aap kisse khush karenge : ) make your family know you love them. Cleanliness is Godliness. Clean you room and see what books and stationary you don’t need and donate them to those kids who can’t afford it but love studying : ) you don’t play with your toys anymore, give them to those don’t have a luxurious childhood as you have had :)

This is something very touching I came across. Do read it !
http://www.goravi.in/2010/11/poor-kid-says-am-celebrating-eco.html

Rishton mein hai ghulli mithaas

Phuljhadiyaan hain dil mein aaj

Khushbhu khushiyan ki aur chali hai

Zidd karke bas peeche padi hai

Pata tumhari pooch rahi hain

Iss diwali khushiyan tumko dhoond rahi hain : )

Have a happy and a safe diwali everyone : ) May this Diwali be the best ever.

One last thing – you haven’t had a good day : ) make someone smile, you’ll feel better and then do it everyday : )

Make your life Rich : )

Life – even though it’s complicated, you will find your way sooner or later. Be it easy or tough, don’t just let it flow from your hands – add meaning to it so that whenever you look back, you can smile and be proud :-) Life is complicated and confusing so that you can grow stronger and all hurdles in life teach you to move forward – simply, jump over them :-) you might not always get what you expect but that doesn’t mean you should stop expecting rather raise your expectations even higher. Give life a tough competition. More it troubles you, more you should try show it that you aren’t scared, come what may. This is your life and you have every right to experience its beauty and madness. No matter what the situation is, live life as if this is what exactly you wanted it to be and of course make efforts to make it even better :-)

I often ask myself - What is Life? Why are there problems? To which I get no answer and I tell myself that God is there to take care of everything and above all, me. He won’t do anything to hurt me. I feel happy and start dancing : ) it’s hard to be sad for a long time for someone like me.

Life - Something I cannot define but am living each day of it. Our life is so full of questions and to some, we might not ever get answers even if we struggle to find them. We feel helpless. We work hard and don’t get rewarded – is that Life? We care for people and we don’t get appreciated – Is that what you call Life? We expect from people and they like always never surprise us even once by fulfilling our expectations. We ignore at times as to what makes us happy and let it go to make our best friend happy and what do we get – a realisation that she falls in the category of just a friend and not Best Friend but then even we fail to keep people happy and we shouldn't forget that we are all human and we all would react in a different way given the same situation.

You absolutely deserve every joy you imagine :- ) don’t let anyone tell you what you deserve and what you don’t. Who are they to decide it for you? Stop settling for things that are easily accessible to you, dream what you want, not what you can get : ) Miracles do happen and you never know when is God listening to you : ) always ask for nice things : ) Give yourself the respect you deserve before demanding it from others around you and do whatever makes you happy : )

Remind yourself how beautiful you’re both inside and outside. Make your life rich. Don’t wait for too long, today is the day to make your dreams turn into reality. Every day is an opportunity. Even if someone tells you that your dreams are impossible and sound unreasonable. Tell them you deserve a beautiful life. Does that sound reasonable? You have already waited for long enough for your most treasured dreams to come true. Now is the right time to make them happen as you have all the powers to do anything and everything to your life : ) garnish it with beautiful dreams : )

Have a happy weekend all of you ! : ) I too hope to have a happy week ahead as am going for a Military Training Camp : ) too excited to try paragliding and some more adventurous stuff : )

Lots of love ! :*

Friends make everything okay : )

Hey! Everyone,

I know it’s been really long since I posted something here : ) but everything was just so messed in the last few days that I just couldn’t think of writing something.

Belated Friendship day wishes to all : ) Hope all of you enjoyed with your besties. To me, mother’s day and friendship day is the same : ) cos no one in this world can understand you more than your own parents. Speaking to them just takes away all the worries. Sometimes all we need is a peace of mind. Infact this is something we need all the time : ) I’m one of those people to whom it matters more than anything else on this earth. People around are so unpredictable. Even years pass by and you still can’t make out if they actually value you as a friend or call you a friend for namesake. They don’t prefer talking about the problem so that things get sorted out but they talk about you, behind your back. Some people really need to get a life. But one has to accept that you can’t please everyone and you should not even try. People would say what they want to and would react the way they like, you can’t teach them the right way so why even bother and mess up your peace of mind. All that matters to you in the end is the family by your side and few adorable friends who would stand by you no matter what. I guess as we mature, we don’t make friends easily because we become so choosy and compare them to our old friends and old is gold : ) I’m very lucky to have some lovely school friends (Ridhi-Sidhi and Swati) who still would go an extra mile to see me smile and I’m glad at least I have one such friend in class who understands me and always supports me – Amrita Rana. I can confide in her and I absolutely love her lectures on how to ignore the mess around us and the people too : ) who deserve no attention. Finally I have decided I’m going to make use of her precious lectures : ) and another friend for whom I just don’t have words is Urdhvi – a gem of a person. I seriously don’t know what I did to get a friend like you : ) When things go wrong, coincidently it happens at the same time with both of us and then how we assure each other that things do get okay in the end : )

Thank you guys for everything : ) I just don’t know what I would do without you people ! You all know how to bring a genuine smile on my face : ) Lots of love ! xoxo

Be happy for no reason :)

I know off late I have been quite lazy to update my blog but there was something or the other keeping me occupied and now exams are knocking on my door. The perfect thing to write on in between exams would be being happy for no reason. We all would agree that sometimes we're happy for no reason. I guess, the same reason would follow like the way we’re sad for no reason at times. You can be happy so long as you make a choice to be happy.

Happiness cannot be defined, you can just feel it. Don’t depend on this world to make you happy. Do what your heart says is right. Little things make us happy – a movie with friends, a cup of coffee, shopping, a phone-conversation with your best-friend, hearing from a long-lost friend and so on. What might give me unending happiness might not mean anything to someone else. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives but none about his or her own. Do you really want to waste time thinking about such people and let your few minutes of happiness slip away? Ignore the ones who hate you, they are the confused people trying to figure out why so many people like you.

What would make us happy – a fulfilling career, financial stability, a loving family and their support, a partner to share all the life with and a few precious friends. But I have seen people who have everything but are still not happy. That’s because happiness comes from within. You’ve to delve for happiness within yourself. Before loving anyone else in this world, you have to love yourself.

Things go wrong in everyone’s life but the real hero is the one who accepts it as a part of life and doesn’t stop smiling. There’re obstacles in everyone’s life but the question is how do you handle them? Who handles them the best, survives and life is all about the survival of the fittest. We never lose hope because none of us know what will happen the next minute but we still live, why? Because we have faith, we have trust!

Follow your dreams, don’t let them follow you : ) Make today the happiest day of your life. The day you won’t have the fear of failure would be the day all your dreams will come true. Move towards your dreams as if you’ll never fail and if you still do, get up and start walking again. Do not attach your happiness to things, set yourself free.

Happy Navratras to all of you ! : )

The word ‘Sorry’ is simply magical!

This word created magic and some happy moments for me so I decided to write on this. You should never hesitate to say sorry to someone who you cannot afford to loose and am sure that this one word can do wonders and put things even in a better place but make sure you don’t repeat your mistakes and make use of this word over and over again. If you have ever done something which made you part ways with your best buddies, go ahead and apologise. It’s never too late to admit your mistakes and make a way for a healthier bond. It’s never to late to tell someone that you still care.

Imagine a friend who knows you in and out but has never been judgmental even when you were not in talking terms, the two of you never said a word against each other and never spill the deep dark secrets. This simply means that the two of us always valued our bond but it was very stupid of us to give importance to issues which were never above our friendship. Now that we have matured with time, we understand things and each other better. Thought umpteen number times to just say that one word but every time something pulled me back but yesterday I decided without caring how she would react because I somewhere had a belief that she will understand and there’re chances of things getting better between us. You can never undo few things but if you’re willing then mistakes can always be repaired.

Am glad I found my friend back after so many years with that one magical word ‘Sorry’. We were friends since three. Shared almost everything and by everything, I mean everything. We have memories from playing with Barbie dolls to the teenage blunders :D saving each other from our respective moms and seeking each other’s advice in every little thing.

Some days we fought and some days we played. Still the best of friends we have stayed. I realised one thing about our friendship, we’re inseparable! : )

Happy Women's Day to all the lovely ladies ! :)

You can do almost anything you put your mind to
You can swim the deepest ocean and climb the highest peak
Be a doctor or fly a plane
You can face adversity and still walk tall : )

You are a house-maker

You are a care-taker
You are strong, beautiful, compassionate and much more than words could ever say!
Today is yours and so is ever other day!
Happy women’s day to all the lovely ladies!

Women’s day was first celebrated in the year 1911 but celebrating it isn’t enough. You should respect women. She isn’t perfect and she can never be because she’s human but she’s special, you cannot do without her. I’m not denying the fact that a man has no responsibilities but there’s something special about being a woman which only a woman can feel and am proud to be a woman. Two halves make a whole but it’s the woman who teaches a man what loving, sharing and caring is all about. Indeed a woman’s essence lies in her innate ability to care, love and sacrifice for the other. She plays an all-enveloping character of a mother, daughter, wife and sister as a friend, nurturer, guide and partner from time to time. She displays a wonderful range of emotions from being patient to being extremely courageous when time demands. Sometimes erratic, sometimes serene but beautiful all the time, that’s how a woman is.

Women are never silent. Their beauty is forever speaking for them. No woman is ugly simply because she carries a heart of a woman. It’s not tough for a woman to be a mother, wife, sister and a daughter and do justice to all the relationships at the same time. This is something inherent, she values relationships because of the most important role she plays in her life – the role of a mother. She is the architect of the society.

Whatever we do, we do it with grace, style, warmth & smile. A woman with the proper use of her brain can easily jumble the brain of any man ! : )

Valentine’s Day : )

My last valentine’s day was perfect and I fell in love with my Valentine at first sight, right from the day I was born and that’s my Mom. She took me out for a nice lunch and we shopped like crazy. Mom, I am going to miss you a lot tomorrow and would be for a change attending classes and facebooking on this day of love.

I don’t understand when people say, Oh! You don’t have a boyfriend so you won’t be doing anything on this very day. It’s Valentine’s Day and is suppose to be celebrated with people we love and that includes our siblings, our parents and friends too! Though obviously a day in a year is too less to show how much you care. What counts is how you’ve treated them round the year. Every day is a day to show that few people mean a lot to you and you would always stand by them, no matter what the circumstances are. I find Valentine’s Day no different than a Friendship Day. The basis of every relationship is a strong bond of friendship which comes from understanding each other, be it mother-daughter, father-daughter or brother-sister. Why moms are called best friends? Because they never Judge you by your actions or words, they just trust you. You would never find a more patient listener than your parents. They stand by you even when the world has turned against you. Blood bonds are the strongest bonds : ) and perfect people with whom you can celebrate this day of love ! : )

Happy Valentine’s Day to all !

May this Day be the best ever !

Those who’re single and not ready to mingle, you deserve to treat yourself. Go out and have fun. Make yourself feel special and thank god for everything you have!

Commitment

Commitment: verb, female: A desire to get married and raise a family; verb, male: Not trying to chat up other women while out with one's girlfriend.

If you want a committed man - look in a mental hospital.
- Mae West.


Taken from a book - Why men lie and Why women cry?

NAGGING !

Nagging is a term used almost exclusively by men to describe women. Most men deny that they nag and if they do, that’s viewed very differently by society. Men are not naggers. They are assertive, they are leaders, and invariably they are passing on their wisdom – and gently reminding women of the path to take if they happen to forget along the way. Sure, they criticize, find faults, moan and complaint, but it’s always for the woman’s benefit. (Yeah! Right) The repetition of their advice, like “Read the map before you set off! How many times must I tell you?” and “Can’t you make more of an effort with how you look when my friends come home?” shows admirable persistence and, above all shows that they care. Women, similarly, feel that nagging shows that they care, but men rarely see in the same light. A woman knows that she is being irritating, but believes the way to get through to a man is by repeating, over and over, the same instructions, until they one day, hopefully, sink in. She knows she is being annoying but she feels justified in continuing. A woman’s female friends won’t see her as nagging either – they’ll see the man as lazy or hard to handle and feel nothing but sympathy for his long-suffering partner. When a woman starts repeating her orders, the male brain just hears one thing – nagging !

In the USA alone, there are more than 2,000 cases a year of men murdering their wives and claiming that their nagging drove them to it. In Hong Kong, a husband who hit his wife on the head with a hammer, causing her brain damage, was given a reduced jail term by a judge who said he had been driven to violence by nagging.


Taken from - Why men lie and why women cry?

No matter what men do and say, men can never nag. That’s a universal truth. Isn’t it?

A perfect man - perfect fiction !

Santa Claus, the perfect woman and the perfect man get into a car accident. Who survives? The perfect woman, because the other two are non-existent.

Well, some women are single because the perfect man doesn’t exist. No, that’s not true. I would love to spend all my life with someone as imperfect as me. But still somewhere we do picture our guy as someone perfect who would make coffee for us, bring us flowers, remember all the dates, calls once in a day atleast, goes shopping, bears our tantrums, watch us sleep and that leads to expectations but we forget that men are human too like us.

The version of Mr. right has changed with time. The current generation expects too much from their partner unlike our parents who are more understanding and less demanding than us. My parents are just perfect for each other. Those who say, love marriages have complications haven’t met my parents who were always supportive of each other. So my dad is a perfect man (to me and my mom). Others who say, there’s no fun in arranged marriages should first clear their mind that arranged marriages are not forced marriages.

A perfect man or a perfect soulmate – no study so far has proved that they exist. Why do we then marry the ones who are not perfect? Because we do not have a choice. Infact, life would be too monotonous with a perfect guy.

Where do we get this ideal man funda from? We grow up reading Cindrella and Snow-white and we watch those chick-flicks with a happily ever after and not to forget, the men we see in the house. Our daddies are perfect because we love them a lot. So if you love your man, he’ll just be perfect for you.

Listing out what an ideal man is suppose to have:

1. Sense of humour: Life’s getting tougher and you need a good laugh to relieve your stress.
2. Good-looks: We say, looks don’t matter but the man should be good enough to make us fall for him without the looks.
3. Intelligence: You need it the most. It would be tough to spend your life with someone dumb and there’re chances of your children also being dumb. Jokes apart - Intellectual compatibility matters. You got to think about your future as well.
4. Honest: without honesty, you can’t survive in a relationship.
5. Financially stable: There’s an age old adage - Money talks honey but it doesn't do all the talking and isn't everything.
6. Caring: life’s all about sharing and caring.
7. Loving: love doesn’t make the world go round, it just makes the ride worthwhile.
8. Sensitive to our feelings
9. supportive and Understanding
10. Goal-oriented: that’s going to make your guy a man
11. don’t complain: it’s something that you should leave on us.
12. open-minded and practical
13. not possessive: may be, sometimes you can
14. Responsible: act according to your age. Being serious and looking at the brighter side of the life are two different things. 
15. Good to his mother – The guy who isn’t good to his mother can certainly not be my man. If he doesn’t love and respect the woman who brought him into this world then he can never love his wife.

And last but not the least, they don’t fall in love several times. They fall in love just once and forever. But exceptions are always there. One’s first love is always perfect until you find the second one :P 

BTW ISN”T THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?

This ideal man concept doesn’t make any sense to me. Have you ever met a guy who’s perfect and is arrogant? Well, if he’s arrogant then it takes away the perfection from him. Agreed, we should aim to be perfect but I believe that its humanly impossible to be perfect, be it a man or a woman. Perfect man doesn’t mean a man without flaws. Rather we should look for a real man who behaves human.

So what to look for: Mr. Close-enough-to-perfect :D This isn’t about finding a perfect one- its about finding someone who can keep you happy and that’s more than enough :) No two people in this world can be same so enjoy the similarities and respect the differences :)

Neither a perfect man exists nor a perfect woman. What about perfect love or relationships? They don’t exist either but they are made. Just a belief and hope none of us get disappointed.

To all those in relationships, wish you all the happiness in the world !

To all those who’re single (and in love), hope you say it before its too late !

To all those who’re in a relationship but it’s complicated, stop making a fool out of yourself. Being single is a lot of fun !