Funday....

Apart from dance.....v were to conduct a few chultu games for d children in Bosco Mane as part of the "Life Skills" session ...n it was soooper fun n all....

V learnt quite a few lessons....after conducting d games...that if u have a contest where in u hand over a packet of 60 balloons....and ask 10 kids to blow the maximum numbers in a min.....either enusure that U have more balloons...or fewer number of kids to participate.....Coz though this game was supposed to last for a min....v ran out of supply after 25 secs...V had to call it off....thats when I was smartly outwitted.....when I screamed time up....stop....one of the students...who is a state level swimming champion...asked me this.....since when did a min shrink to 30 secs.....Guess I cant fool a swimmer who has an awesome sense of timing:)

If u want 10 boys to concentrate on what u r telling them...then have them play threading the bead....coz if we had to cut short time in d earlier game...here v went ahead n extended the timeframe.....all coz after all d cute lil tarale(fun) that the kids were upto...it was like a well deserved break to c them quiet:) n patiently bead the thread...

V had another event...n this time....they had to make paper boats..d 1 who makes d maximum number in a min wins.....ya...U read it right..But from used paper....remember d author here is very eco-friendly:)

The kids performed for us...they danced for a Hindi Song..a Himesh Reshammiya number....looks like they wanted to connect with us:).....when they started off....turned out that our dance n their dance had common steps.....heheh....guess d source of inspiration was d same:)...

The children performed a skit on d importance of doing ur work independently....n it was very well done....

The day brought back a whole load of IGIA memories to me...The kids were great fun......n Im glad Vids contacted us for the event:)

Dance again:)

Vids....my neighbour in office....asked me for the link to my blog....I am always soooper happy when ppal ask me for that.....but I was also wondering y she was asking this sudd-suddenly...n then I knew...

Vids wanted to check if I had updated my blog regarding the dance event in Bosco......M not writing it only 4 u...Vids.....m writing it simbli coz I was trying to avoid using the comp at home.....as thats wat I do all day in office....n also coz strangely....I never found d time....

Dance to me....even today is something that I totally enjoi......forget abt d fact that I always dance away my blues...but dance as such has always been an obsession with me....it has again ..nothing to do with the fact that I am a great dancer....d fact being that Im nowhere close to being one....But isnt that a good thing...to actually enjoi doing something that U r ...after all not that great in:)

I enjoi watching dance performances.....ppal tell me I transform when I watch 1....simbli coz I am silly enuf to think that Im not just watching them...but Im also performing with them:)....Too complex stuff...right:)...heheheh

After pestering Vids...v managed to get a slot to dance in Bosco Mane ...I still get d feeling that Vids knew how badly I wanted to dance....n was sure that I was dead serious...n not merely joking..when I told her that v will dance...

There r times...when I believe that U just cant do things alone...U need ppal who share ur passion.....thats where Pravs n Shila step in....though I kept threatening them that if they ditched me...I wud give a solo dance perf....hehehhe:)

Shila is 1 miss shy...n d gal...who almost always ends up watching others dance....while it was always clear that she wud have enjoyed dancing herself ....if she cud get away with all that shy business...

Pravs....is like....wat can I say.....Our Shiamak Davar.....loves dancing herself....But I cant tell u how much Shila n me enjoyed seeing the look on her face....when v told her that v will be dancing to Jinke Mari Naaa...song....Pravs....plainly refused...coz she didnt quite like that song anthe....Now ...the twist was that ...Shila n me...simply adored d song...n were very keen to perform to Kannada numbers so that v end up striking a chord with our audience....so apart from Jinke Mari naa....v had Ninindhale(remix).....then.....Gaalipata song...

Shila did all d song clipping n cutting.....while I did all my usual nakras....

Pravs did most of the choreography...while I kept acting as a filler.....

V ended up having a blast practicing ...v did it in 5 hours....admidst a whole lot of moments where in ...I used to wonder y that Ninindhale song had sooo many Ninidhales....or that Pravs was sliently beginning to adore Jinke Mari Naa...song:)

The event was scheduled on a Sunday...n v trimurthis had only practiced on Friday night....Sat...none of us cud meet up...n Sunday...v land in Bosco.....n I was not surprsied when Vids asked me if v had practised after watching us rehearse...where in..I used to stop after every other step n ask Pravs ...which step is next:)

V managed to pull it off.....n Im extremely proud of our efforts after watching the video...n after d children in Bosco .....told us...that it was a nice dance..AUNTY:)

Missesss

Deeeps

M not writing this out of guilt coz I didnt write in earlier...or coz I want this lady to read my blog....this is written with 1 sole intention in mind....read on to find out......

D 1st person I was ever jealous of in school...actually u n Ashwini(remember her)......were d only guys I was ever jealous of.....when I was 6 or 7.....m not even gonna get to the reasons y.....But I guess it had to do a lot with my studious mind:)

There were always 3 ppal my family wud know abt after I came back home everyday after primary school .....One was Kavitha Kuttapa....d 2nd Roseline Nancy n d 3rd U:)....Am not gonna get to d part abt wat I used to tell them....coz again it had to do more with jealousy induced feelings n nothing else:)

After studying in different sections....I think it was after 7th....that we bonded a lot more.....n I think today v bond better than v ever did.....I am always amazed by just how that happened:)....

Forget abt the fact that we decide a million times to meet up...n always end up not doing so ....But U r d only person who gave me a call after the B'lore Bomb Blasts n told me  ....Take Care...Be Safe.....

I have never called u on ur B'days....but imagine d joy u have when a person....u has known u since Kindergarten calls n wishes:)

Rindy

My bloody relative.....in flesh n blood...hehehe..I know how much u hate hearing this....n now U know y I make it a point to always tell this everytime ur anywhere close to me:)

Love bugging her...coz she is 1 helluva straight-forward person...it shows when she is bugged...n half d time..U might also ending up hearing a bit of her mind too:).....But like I care:)

This lady knows me a lot more than I cud have ever imagined...simply coz she takes that trouble with most of her pals....

If she is the practical person....the rest of us r waste bodies:)

Punctuality is unfortunately in her blood...n nowhere in my blood:)

If she makes sense ...U dont...If u do...she does:)

Take her name when U intend to return back home late or when u sudd-suddenly decide to go oooru ---sooothifying.....n trust me...Ur parents wont mind:)

Krats

They say ppal change...circumstances change...situations change.....ppal arnd u change....but if I had to find 1 person..who acts n talks d way she does today like she did nearly a decade ago...It will have to be Krats:)

Bindaassss.....very Bindaassss....n 1 helluva kind hearted soul......

I have lost track of d number of times....madam has helped us n IGIA:)

Still lives in the illusion that she can even attempt singing.....But as some1 told anthe...truth is always bitter..

Her sheer presence can change d atmospheric conditions n bring in a lot of cheer:)

Cuuul

A 22 year old bicycle.....a spirited mother...n an even more spirited daughter....change in front tyre...n lo behold.....with d wind in d air...n childhood memories....me peddled n peddled...n felt like I had achieved something in life:)

D weather these days is also awesome...reminds me of times when I used to just finish my exams.....n with spring around d corner...n with yellow flowers....all over my street leading to my house.....it used to always gimme a carefree feeling:)

Concerted!

Had been to my 1st...last week....there were bands playing out all kinds of cool music....loved Swaratma...tho I didnt think too high of all that jazzy clothing...they had a sooopper violinist....n terrific music...

Loved the Cuba man....who sang Latin American songs....n had us on our feet:)....He was introduced like this....The man u c before u....has been a fighter for the human cause all his life....he escaped death n faced prison trials for helping peasants when his home country was facing military rule.....we were told that he had served in South Africa n is currently working in China.....

He looked a lot like Jackie Chan to me.....when he was presented an award....he told us that it was his first ever...n after thanking the ppal who presented it to him...he went ahead n thanked the tree:)....[the entire show was held under the tree]...

There were Kabir inspired dohas, an awesome group who played excellent fusion music......n plenty of other great bands...

The music was awesome...it was performed live in the open....d only thing that bugged me....were the ppal smoking in n around us......if ppal wish to smoke....let them smoke...I have no issues....but do be considerate enuf to think of all the poor ppal who might have to endure that smoke....but I was told they dont...coz if they did...they wudnt do it in the 1st place.....

D strangest part was that v did request 1 person to stop .....he did...n moved to another place...but what the hell.....2 different sets of ppal took that place n ensured that the  place was smokier than ever!!!!!!!!

Simbli ritiiing!!!

Leks was telling me last week...that she used to blog...n then there came a point when there was nothing to write abt......

I was hoping that it wudnt happen to me....that I wudnt run out of topics to write abt...But it did!!

Then came an inspiration...when a pal of mine...told me that she wud blog abt socio-political stuff...n I was like....hey...if I run short of topics...I shall write my mind out:)

When my mother asks me what is it that u do on the comp all nite...I tell her...I write....n I remind her that there are no writers in our family n that one day I wud do all u guys proud:)...ya...all this with that comp astrologer's backing that I wud one day...become a writer.....different thing that some of my pals in office hint that maybe he meant tech documentation.....But I have hopes...n s this blog is my 1st n currently the last:)

Have u had pals who visit ur blog n complain that oh....u havent updated anything offlate is it....n then u know...that its high time....hehehhe

Played out!!!!!!

As I sit in front of my comp...writing....I am sooo goddamn jealous of all the neighbourhood kids screaming and running all over the place......d older gals gang playing badminton...the older boys gang playing cricket...n d smaller kids...running and laughing in joy!!!!!

M not even gonna get to it.....as Pravs puts it all the time...I really dont understand what ur complaining abt?...Seems!!!

I do miss out on all the cute lil stuff that I used to get to do when I was small....summer vacations were easily the most awaited times...simply coz it meant that u were re-united with cousins or that they came home....

It also meant times when my mother never really cared if I played all day on the roads.....

V used to play aeroplane, Marco Polo, Tree tree which tree, Train, Chinese Knot, Running n Catching, Lock n key, Colour Colour...which colour do u choose?.....eeeeeesh me all sad now:(

My sister n me used to love playing Badminton....though most of our playing times were spent in figuring out how to get the shuttle-cock out of the numerous trees in our road ....thats abt the only time in my life...when I use to yearn for tree-free land:)

Its comforting to know that u have like-minded friends at times....so u had the whole lot of us playing Lock n Key like people in a mission in Ayyappa Park in BEL Circle after returning from Brinda's house...or us trying the jarabandis n the see-saw enroute to Hassan or playing train, one-legged race in GKVK, closer to home......

What was even more comforting was to hear my 13 year old cousin tell me that I wish my friends were like urs.....apparently some of her classmates play other classy games:)

Cycling was another fav sport of ours...n racing d best part...till date...Im sure my racing companion does not remember also...But I have always beaten her to catching Mrs.Garud's classes 1st....

My cycle has gathered rust...the tyres have given out their air to their atmosphere decades ago...when I was mentioning to my mother...that Pravs got herself a new bicycle ....she told me that lets get it repaired n then u can cycle again:)

Do not have the slighest doubt...that Cma will let her cycle die its death...coz the coming weekend....she is atleast gonne see if someone can unleash new life into it:)