Sunday, June 19, 2005

2nd B'day, Mumbai bloggers meet and a Big Hello!

OMIGOD, I just realised that it's been exactly two years since I started blogging. Whoa Baby.......Happy birthday to my blog :D Thank you to all for frequenting it. It's been a pleasurable journey to say the least :)

HAPPY BLOGGIE B'DAY



Oh no, This ain't my last post and I am not thinking of quitting blogging so soon. This is a hobby I aim to continue as long as I can. I just want to thank all my friends and the silent readers (am sure there would be some) for reading my blog inspite of the fact it is so miserably updated! Also Happy b'day Alkoo dear!

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Ok, back to posting! Helloooooooooo everybody. Yea...I am alive, very much alive! Just way tooooooo busy to even think about blogging. It's a weird feeling now that I am blogging. I dunno, but it feels like the time I posted for the first time. hehee! Don't ask me why...probably, I haven't blogged for a looooooooooong time! My visit to Tsunami affected villages was super awesome! I eman, I couldn't have had a better time. I learnt so much and I had infinite amounts of fun. More details about that later, sure sure! I don't know where to start. So much is happening currently that I seriously don't have the time to sit aaraamse and think.

WHOA! For starters.....I WORE LENS :D Yayyy!!!! I feel so liberated....ehhehee! All thsoe people who have met me and have known me also know that I wear specs and that we both are inseperable. But now....yayyy! I have started wearing contact lens. I wore it for the first time yesterday. Well, technically not for the first time, I have worn it before also. I was in my final year that time. But I got disillusioned in first 2-3 days. So i stopped wearing it. This time, its for keeps. The doc is damn cool, she taught me a supakk technique of putting the lens and I am not bored also. Lets see, how long my sluggishness allows me to continue with my lens habit. But for now...I am happy..yayy! But this is no tata bye bye to my specs, coz I am way too dependent on it. Hehee! But I tell you, the feeling of liberation is something. I COULD SEE EVERYTHING CLEARLY WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL HELP.....WHICH IS MY SPECTACLES! WHOA BABY! I had reached the point where my specs had become a part of my anatomy. Sometimes I feel a little handicapped. It's weird. I am sure all the people who wear specs would perfectly understand with what I say. hehehe! YAYYY!!!!

Also, I am a working woman now! :D :D My life has taken a 360 degree turn. I mean life's become very busy. Suddenly I feel more responsible. I mean it has an affect on every single thing in your life. Hmmm....To be a journalist has been my high school dream. To see it getting fulfilled now is a different feeling. I sometimes think I am very lucky and that god's been overtly kind to me. Not many are fortunate enough to do what they have always wanted to do. Thank you god, I love you *muah*

Ok....I have been asked to do publicity of Mumbai blog meet which would be happening next saturday i.e. 25th of June! So ladies and gentlemen.....*drumrolls please*

Here's presenting...


Mumbai Bloggers meet on 25th June, 2005 @ (cafe coffee day or Barista)Bandstand, Bandra!



I would be there, most probably (95%). Please all the Mumbaikars and non-mumbaikars, if you are in Mumbai on 25th, please do come. It would nice meeting you all. I hope to see you guys there! Do come :D For more details go to here

Ok...its meme time! So Lakku, Gundu, Ashwin and all have tagged me! Ok, So here's the meme.....

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
- Shobha
- Shobhu (my dad calls me and I don't like it if someone else calls me by that name, i dunno, its weird, but that's the way it is)
- Amma :| (It's cute haan but >:D< buhahas)

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:

- Shobha
- Majja ni life che........ehehheheee.....I dunno, I was in a supakk mood and I had kept this id!
- simplyshobha

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
- Eyes.....I have got huge humungous eyes, they are thoda droopy, one classmate had once asked me if I am on dope coz my eyes apparently looked like that :| I dinno how to react. But nevertheless I love the same.......My eyes they are :p
- My smile....:)
- My wavy hair

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
- My height...ama shortie
- Myopia...am with reiya here!
- I dunno wot else....I am happy with the way I am

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
- Procrastination, Impatience and I can go on and on...
- I am sincere...I make a good friend :p
- I am a chatterbox but there are times when I can be really quiet! People don't believe this but I can be incredibly quiet at times!

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
- Cockroaches :|
- Loneliness
- Heights

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: (This is a weird section to write about coz there aren't many everyday interesting mandatory things I do apart from the usual mundane things. But still after wracking my brains I came up with this.)
- I have to read Indian Express
- One glass moru i.e. buttermilk :D
- checking mails...

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
- A big, huge T-shirt
- A watch
- Specs :p

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
- Loads of wonderful conversations :D, thodusa arguments n fights too, nahi toh wot fun!
- Trust and Honesty
- Loads of laugh and fun :D

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
- I am extremely uncomfortable while lying....I just can't lie!
- I hate ice creams
- I can't live without my curds rice!

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
- Intelligence.....that's a major turn on.....can't handle dumbos :|
- A Good Sense of Humour (I dunno if both the above things can qualify in "physical things")
- A good height..tall men are such a turn on!

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
- Watch Bunty aur babli and Parineeta
- Go out shopping for clothes, sketchers and all that blah!
- Go back to Pondy.......I am in love with that place :D

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING: considering? ummm....apart from journalism i wouldn't mind being the following!
- Social Worker, I really wanna do an MSW i.e. Masters in Social Work!
- Teacher
- Vada Pav stall owner :D

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
- Sikkim and poora north east
- Venice....My dream place...I don't know, whenever i see pics of venice, I feel home or I just get the feeling that I have been there before.Weird!
- Kerala

THREE KIDS NAMES YOU LIKE:
Ananya, Aditi, Arjun, Kabir, Tara
( I like so many names...not fair to ask only 3)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
- Travel Rural India on a shoe string budget :D So cool it would be!
- Trek in Himalayas........Please if anybody has plans, please do tell me!
- Secret wish to write a book :D

THREE (I want more people) PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
Dayan, ANDA-man, Vidya, Kishore, and I might just add to the list........so keep watching this space!

P.S. DONT FORGET MUMBAI BLOGGERS MEET.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice to see you are enjoying work and that your dream of being a full-fledged is fulfilled :) >:D<. :D

I dont think ill EVER be able to wear lenses.. i love my specs too much :P :D

Anonymous said...

er..that was me.

Anonymous said...

err. i forgot again. its ME.. Ashwin :P

Anonymous said...

i meant... *full-fledged journalist. GOSH I BETTER GO TO SLEEP!!!!! :-|

Ashwin

Anonymous said...

:) yeah ashwin said it.. its a amazing feeling to be doin exactly what one has set out to do.. >:D< very happy for ya ammales.:)

and the glasses..well wot to say now.. ive never worn one. i do understand they canbe a major traas. but then i find ppl( read gurls) who wear glasses really cute.. :p

Vaibhav said...

Happy bloggie B'day shobhs
and congrats for getting rid of dependability on specs...
and congrats for graduating....
and congrats for getting started...
phew...that was a lot of congrats ;)

Kaps said...

Welcome back.....please let us know when u open the Vada Pav stall :-)

Anonymous said...

make the name ammales/krantikari amma now :D. You forgot my fav - shobhi :D ;) buhaha

I am extremely uncomfortable while lying....I just can't lie!<<

How do you sleep then? :D buhaha.

& You would do well in vada pao business, coz...

1) You are a loud speaker.
2) You are a chatterbox. BUhaha!

I also wanna go to norhteast :((

Anonymous said...

good re...

satosphere said...

Congrats for two years of your blogging life!!!.

And how is work going on - I could see that you were quite busy.

And isnt this your first bloggers meet?

Anonymous said...

Cograts on 2 yrs of blogging.

U have got a nive blog esp he template is cool. ;)
Also I can understand, ur situation when it comes to Glasses/ Specs. Without my glasses my confidence level dipps big time.

Dilip D'Souza said...

Hey Shobha, I would have liked to meet up at Barista on Sat eve! Too bad. Next time. Fun all around.

Anonymous said...

was that note after wishing yourself for the bday a take on me? :p

Shobha said...

Ashwin: Thank you....:p

Andy: Awww.....ppl like u r in such minority :p >:D< gf

Vaibhav: Thank you...

Kaps: Sure...u wanna become a partner? :p

Gundu: Poda , u n ur stupid pjs :p

Kishore: Yo! yea..with my lens, everything's crystal clear :D

Sat: Yes, this be my first official bloggers meet...first one in 2 years, weird isn't it?

Deepa: Hello Fellow spectacular person, hehe!

Gangadhar: Thanks :)

Dilip: Sureto Mr D'Souza :)

Suds: Hey I didn't think it likewise, now on the hindsight, I think yes :p

Shobha said...

I, Me and Media!

BlogBack Closing 13th October 2005. Read more...
andy:

ill use this comment box.. im more used to this one..:P
yeah i know how ya feel about venice.. i feel that same way about NEW YORK. there just something about taht city….. everytime i see a pic or a scene on tv. i feel drawn to it….. :) its one place i wish to go to..

hahahaha..vadapav stall owner…you already have a future regular customer in me…buhahahaha..>:D

2005-06-19 10:51
Anirudh:

Enough of this 'didi' chakkar. And the 'bacchu' chakkar. And the three things you want to do before you die interest me a lot too. How is your journo job going?

2005-06-19 12:52
alak:

aww…soo sweet of u amma….muah…! nyway , howz ur job moving …its good to b working n earning , isn't it ? it must b feeling great in fact coz its this feeling of independence na ….all the very best to u re in all u do.muah.

2005-06-19 18:24
visithra:

You've been tagged :p

2005-06-20 03:15
reiya:

happy budday bloggie:D. nice list u put heehee:D.

2005-06-20 07:50
reiya:

here are yer kweschins :D—>
#1 Tickle or Pinch? Why?
#2 Mahatma Gandhi or Subhash Chandra Bose? Why?
#3 You're taking an interview of LK Advani. What is the first question you ask him? And what would he answer in typical advani way?
#4 "Consider anything, only don't cry…" How does this line relate to your life?
#5 Intuition or Logic? Why?
…..have phun:D

2005-06-22 06:14
silent reader:

yah amma, u do have silent reader, thanx for mentioning me!. i saw BB, its a cool movie, i loved rani mukharji's salwar kameez, all of em, since u haevn;t seen it, lemme tell you, AISHWARYA RAI bhi hai movie mein , just for one song, bar dancer, trying to patofy amitab….kajrare kajrare mere kaare kaare naina

ok bak to my "silence"

2005-06-22 19:32
Vidya:

Lens???? YOu have joined the lens crowd??? NOOO!!! Does this mean that I will have to as well??? Yep… I totally understand what you mean by being a part of my anatomy - I take my glasses off and I cant see a thing!!

And CONGRADULATIONS ON YOUR NEW JOB!!!! :D:D:D:D I am sooo proud of u and soo happy for you! YOu are right - not everyone gets to do what they want and I welldone for making it!! :D Now set higher goals and go for it!!! :D

Will keep the meme going!

Email comming your way shortly!!! :D

2005-06-24 09:02
Khushee:

Happy b'day to your blog!

2005-06-28 03:40
diabl020:

did u see the pics?? didja? didja?

Wasup wabbit?

2005-06-28 06:49
arvind:

specs….yeah they're a pain….but apparently a lot of women think it gives an intelligent look….nah…maybe they're just takin my trip!

2005-06-28 17:31
Elixir:

hello ji. happy budday 2 ur bloggie
was fun da meet da other day. didnt get 2 kno u much but i plan to, alrite!!! cheers

2005-06-29 14:08
sat:

Hey Krantikari amma - you seem to have been very popular in the bloggers meet!!!!
Guess you enjoyed it a lot!!!

2005-07-01 04:15
Shobha:

Andy: yeaa venice is so…….amazing!

Anirudh: Job's goin fine :)

Alku: thank u!

Visithra: Well….err…..ok! How be you? Long time…

BBC: Oops, i forgot your questions. Will ans them soon!

Silent reader: Et tu brutus? Since when have silent readers been calling me Amma? Weird :p ehhehe

Vidya: Lens???? YOu have joined the lens crowd??? NOOO!!! Does this mean that I will have to as well???
Yes u wud have too :p

Khushee: thankuuu

Arvind: Intelligent nahi….geeky :p

elixir: Oh yeaa…it was fin meeting you too :d

Sat: Oh yea…am damn popular, dontcha know? :p

2005-07-04 20:37
Joey Bhasky:

you are scared of heights and still you are turned on by tall men..
is this what is called as the 'fatal attraction' ?!?!

2005-07-07 23:15
Shobha:

Shobha: Hahahha! ummm….good question….well, that's me, bag of contradictions ;)

2005-07-08 10:30
kpowerinfinity:

Congrats on completing your grads !!! I am sure work must be fun … And I can imagine you being busy … its tough to blog and slog together !

Have fun !

2005-07-08 22:59
Shobha:

Kpower: Thank you :) yea…its tough to blog n slog :p hehehe tht rhymed perfectly!

2005-07-09 11:51
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