A new beginning...

I have decided to be more regular at blogging from now on.
And a new beginning needs new ideas, a new approach and most importantly a new address.

I can still be reached at iamakatiegirl@gmail.com

Thanks for reading and all your feedback.



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Romeo and I ....

I've gotten enough grief about how how addicted I am to my Romeo, but I dont care. There is just sooo much more we have to say to each other!







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boundaries...

कई बार यूँ भी देखा है,
ये जो मन की सीमा रेखा है, मन तोड़ने लगता है....
अनजानी प्यास के पीछे,
एक अनजानी आस के पीछे, मन दौड़ने लगता है....

- योगेश




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the PING in my heart...

i know everyone feels that their story is different.
ours may not be the most romantic, but its certainly interesting.
atleast i think so.
i wish i could tell you that it was love at first sight.
i wish i could say that there were violins and rose-petal showers.
but when Romeo and i were first introduced by a common friend, i didnt even like him.

yes pls meet Romeo, my plus one.
i always scoff at all things romantic and love-ly.
but in the last 2 months that we've been together, i know its love.
what else can feel so wonderful, so warm?!
ur probably gonna laugh but sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night to count my blessings that i found Romeo.

i know some people think that we wont last.
but hey who cares about longevity when you've got intensity to focus on.
btw he isnt too thrilled about my name for him : Romeo.
but as i tell him, he has no choice in the matter :)

we've not planned anything special for valentine's day.
for us, every day that are together and in love is special.
maybe tomorrow il tell you "our story".
make the day even more special, by sharing our love with others.

till then, a song for my beloved on the day of love <3







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बस यूँ ही ... (just like that)

- Suresh Wadkar singing Shahryar's poetry in the film 'Gaman"





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revisiting melody...

if i like a song, i mean really, really like a song, i listen to it over and over again.
10 times, a 100 times, a 1000 times.
until i know every word, every nuance and understand every meaning of the lyrics.
it may sound crazy and obsessive but i just feel more connected to the song.
and as strange as it may sound, i ALWAYS remember the feeling of hearing that song for the first time.

someone just reminded me of one of my favorite songs from almost a lifetime ago.
the film was 'daddy'.
the song was 'aaina mujhse meri pehli si soorat maange' (the mirror asks me to be the same ol' person i once was..)
a drunk, haggard looking Anupam Kher's character, a well known singer singing after years on stage.
but really, asking for his daughter's forgiveness for everything that went wrong in her life, because of him.

i remember i was very young then. very serious. everything bothered me.
i remember lying on the floor listening to it, rewinding the cassette again and again to that song.
i remember it was a very small, dark, hot room.
i remember the water cooler trying to cool the room. we didn't have an air-conditioner then.
i remember drinking 'aam panna' (mango drink with mint leaves). ice clinking in the glass.
i remember feeling the melancholy of the song.

after many many years, just listened to it again on my laptop.
im not so young anymore. wiser now, to not let anything affect me much.
lying on my comfortable futon, the laptop set on replay mode to that song.
its a really big room, bright sunlight streaming into it, cool breeze making it almost romantic.
the drink has changed.

only the melancholy remains the same.





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its all about money, honey...

an argument between two friends about what's more important in life: lauuu or money?!
now this was a very tough one for me...since i dont think either brings happiness.
so it was one of those rare moments...where i was sitting on the fence!
normally im too opinionated for my own good. (or so says zeus)

the person in favor of lauuu...gave this long winding speech about caring, sharing .. blah blah blah...which frankly only sounds sweet on the miss universe podium being given by a forever-teen-something giraffe who weighs less than 50 pounds!!
the guy giving the speech wrapped up his very lonnng and very boring argument by saying how a hug and a kiss from someone u lauuu or who lauus u can take away all the pain of life?!

i know..i know.
i was ready to throw up too!
but the other person just sealed the debate with one line...atleast for me.
"that's great and everything but have you ever tried paying bills with a hug?"
hahahahahahahahahahahaha im still rolling on the floor

as he summed up his argument in the second line,
"dude, its a no contest."






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