Are we on the same page???

Hehehehehe......I think the funda of being on the same page is very entertaining - it lends itself to description/exaggeration so well.

1. "We are on the same page" is the actual phrase which means everyone has the same understanding of the plot and is at the same point in the plot
2. "We are not on the same page" - means we are in the same plot but in different points
3. "Not only are we not on the same page, we are in different books" - different plots also could be in same category/genre
4. "Different books not in the same library also" - vastly different plots from completely different genres
5. "On the same page but exiting the book" - heading to pt.4

Things u did not need to know!

What Kind of Drink Are You?
	You are a Cosmopolitan. You are quiet and content. You don't stand out too much, but you don't mind and don't care what people think of you. You don't need everything to be perfect, as long as you get what matters. Sure, you may be 'girly' and you may not be the smartest, craziest or most refined, but you really like yourself, and that's fine by you.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

5 Friends every chick needs!

There are these whole lists of articles on the list of the 5 friends every chick needs - some of those listed have 10 friends......some of the titles are personal shopper, sister in a suit, the comedian, the wild child. I know I have my posse of people I turn to in a crisis and they all fulfill different roles - not so specific as a personal shopper but general shoulders to cry on types.

1. The sister of my heart - I'm an only child but I have a best friend who understands me completely - she knows I just need to vent and I don't need to be told what to do - and even if she does, she knows if I don't like it, I'm just gonna ignore it!! so yeah, but she is the first person I turn to even if she lives across 3 oceans and 2 continents! I think what she fulfills is the need that I will still be loved after the crisis - I'm not a bad person since she is there for me forever!

2. The strategist - Her husband finds this entertaining since she has never followed strategy herself but she gives me the guidelines to solutions - its like she tells me this is what needs to be done - whether we do it or not is irrelevant but this is the way to go ahead. This is extremely helpful for guy issues since guy minds are unfathomable to me - inspite of having more guy friends than girl friends at times!

3. The distant observer - this is someone (different person each time, mostly) who is quite removed from the issue at hand but since part of your daily life has a keen understanding of you and your perspective and thus can dole out pearls of wisdom that is quite appealing to you.

4. The I don't feel for you girl - she just listens and laughs at the situation which is not all that entertaining for you but it reminds you it's not the end of the world and worse can happen! [this is also often the role played by sister of the heart but she is forgiven for this]! When this happens, I get reminded of the scene in Notting Hill where Julia Roberts is hyperventilating about being caught by the paparazzi and Hugh Grant is like my best friend fell down steps and can't walk anymore - Perspective is what is needed for catastrophe!

5. The clueless friend - this is sometimes the most crucial one, when all is lost just call and go out with someone who has no idea of whats up, letting you avoid the problems in your life. This friend will rib you about some idiotic issue of many years past, letting you feel that oh god! you were as foolish then so nothing much has changed!!

I think if it were not the roles kind of defined over here, I would never survive through anything. My parents are the most important but all these give me the daily balance necessary to survive through life!!

These are the links to 2 of the lists - articles off the net!
1. 10 friends every girl needs
2. 5 friends every girl needs

Prereqs - Not!!

A lot of people have been posting on the qualities/prereqs for a boyfriend - with these really detailed lists - handholding techniques, movie watching preferences, book reading habits, clothes wearing style etc. I have also elucidated on my list - refer spaces for same. However, what my list says and what I do are completely seperate species - firstly one of the things on the list is good looking [arm candy]- last 2 people me focused on not really in that category - I mean current gamous boy is still acceptable (*pliss to be noting esp @ mallumadness, gamous boy is term for crush) but previous is just not in the vicinity of good looking! Also always thought intelligent/intellectual was a must - the last 3 definitely do not meet that requirement - some of them were just slow!!! Dressing sense is another area people are critical of - I mean as long they are not not wearing clothes a la Salman Khan or marginally better all the primary colors like Govinda, is it really such an issue? exactly last one wore the same clothes every week - I think he had a day coded pattern or something! and as for my primary criteria which would be rich - not even close!
Everybody I know swears that I have the worst taste in men in the planet - it's really an unanimous decision - there is no point in me having a list.....instead of must have, I'm going to try for a must not have!!

Boyfriend type person must not :

1. Be married
2. Have existing girlfriend
3. Be slow
4. Own any vehicle that has less than 4 wheels
5. Speak any language other than english as main communication language
6. Be boring!!

I'm sure people reading this will have loads to add so please feel free!! and @ Brian, this cannot be connected to AFC or MCC!!

Death becomes me!

I now officially know what the phrase 'Dying of embarrasment' means!! It means you will just burn up with shame!!

These are a few of my favourite things!!

I've had a very good weekend extended to Monday - mainly coz I read the 7th and last in the series of Harry Potter - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I saw a really funny movie! Please note from here on if you've not read the Harry Potter please discontinue reading...

So I was fairly pleased with the book on the whole with the twists and turns that occured. The ending kinda sucked in my opinion because according to me Harry won on a technicality - I mean Expelliarmus is not exactly a spell to win a battle on! I don't care if that's his trademark as mentioned in the book. I mean Draco used it on Dumbledore - Harry used it on Draco and lo and behold he is the true owner of the Elder wand!! Such a technicality!! and of course the epilogue is really well written...but I'm not sure if it was necessary??

Other than that, this whole love angle and dying for the good of the world is a straight lift from the bible!! this is Jesus incarnate - maybe coz I'm catholic and a fan of all the code in Da Vinci but this is really a copy of the sentiment in the New Testament. Da Vinci code has this bit about how all fairy tales etc tell the story of Mary Magdalene but I'm slowly coming to believe that humans like to hear the same story again and again - that one person will save them from doom.

I was super thrilled with the Snape angle and I believed I've voiced the opinion earlier about disbelief in Snape and how Neville would surely play a bigger role and he definitely lived upto his destiny.

I was also upset about the fact that J.K Rowling used the word 'Bastard' in describing people in the book - at the end of the day - it is a children's novel and it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. I noticed it this time - I'm not sure whether it has occured before and this is why I think she has started writing with her adult audience in mind as well.

I'm still a huge fan of the Potter series since the imagination is just fantastic - Some argue that Lord of the Rings is as big a fantasy but LOTR is much darker in a lot of way and frankly I just don't get the whole World War association everyone keeps on about though that series is definitely written for people above the age of 12.

yesterday - I saw a really funny movie after ages - Wild Hogs - of course it did help that I was a bottle of beer down and that too half bottoms up - I always find alcohol helps take a film over the line from mediocre to good but in this case - I dont think the booze had a big role to play. The movie is about 4 middle aged men wanting to be big bad bikers - and they lead really normal middle of the road american lives. The movie tries to have touching scenes but mainly lands up with hysterical situations which are just funny! and the cast is nothing to sneeze at - Tim Allen, William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence and the main man - John Travolta. Ray Liotta and Marisa Tomei also make an appearance. The star cast is big in my opinion but the noise level on the movie was real low. Maybe this is the kind of movie that does well through word of mouth alone - maybe viral marketing is what was used!!

There was an article in the Time Asia magazine recently on John Travolta and his career graph. For every hit, he has a flop and he is still a bankable star in Hollywood. I think bcoz his hit movies become cult films - Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Look Who's talking, Pulp Fiction, Face-off and now the one coming up Hair Spray - where he plays a woman. Something to look forward to!!

Happy Birthday Mama!!

My mother turned 60 yesterday and in her true style, she celebrated this milestone as well - with friends and family who had flown across the world to be with her on this day. My mom is someone who thinks each event in life needs to be celebrated with the appropriate pomp and splendour - I think this is to give each event its due importance. She is the one who insists I need to have a 'birthday' party every year even in years when I'm sick at the very thought - due to imagined crises or horror at the thought of being so old[quarter of a century?? I'm like ready to kick the bucket!!]. I only hope that when I'm her age, I have the same things to show for my life - my mother has never held a 'corporate' job [not that I want to - life makes me!] to her chagrin but when I think what she does hold - I want the same things.

If my mother is not in the house/gone on holiday, my father cannot entertain himself - I have fun counting the number of times he walks up and down my house looking for occupation. My mother is the only one who can make him sit in one place for 15 minutes at a time - Trust me this is an accomplishment!! I can only pray that after 33 years of marriage, my husband cannot sit without me around!

I cannot go out in public without her checking my clothes - my mother has to validate all my clothing purchase decisions. If I really need advice - not just opinions - my mother is who I will turn to. If we fight [ which we do...trust me...she keeps a clean house and I inherited a messy gene from my da], neither of us can last a week without talking to each other. Again,I can only pray that if and when I have a daughter, I will be her best friend as well.

My mother is the youngest of 3 sisters and she was born much later - 6 yrs after the 2nd. For them also, my mother is a pillar - support, decisions etc. For her neice/my cousin, my mother is a combination of elder sister/crazy friend rolled into one. For my grandparents, she was a joy - often quoting the reason for her nature as 'the child born on the sabbath day is bonnie and bright and good and gay'!

My mom has a friend who says my mother did something very good in her last life that she landed in clover in this life - I think I did something better apparently - I got her as my mother!

P.S. I just know I was perfect in my last life - I got my mother, my father is the best person I know, my family adores me and I have fantastic friends!! just waiting for Prince Charming on the white horse to carry me off into the sunset....but then again, as I always say, I get travel sick!