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 : )