I HAVE

1. sipped red wine.
2. had more than 20 crushes.
3. changed a baby's diapers.
4. done deep sea snorkelling.
5. stealthily grown a pup.
6. had food-fights.
7. been hit badly (by friends at hostel, AND almost...in college)
8. smoked.
9. seen dolphins flip in the sea.
10. ridden a horse, and a yak too!
11. felt deja vu.
12. fallen in, and out, of love.
13. a memory good enough to remember my friends' bdays!
14. held a rabbit by its ears.
15. climbed trees.
16. wet my bed (when I was young!).
17. seen a comet, and meteorites too!!!
18. had amazing friends.
19. forged my mum's signature (Da's scrawny- can't understand what he signs!)
20. slept for 20 hours at a stretch.
21. travelled ticketless on a bus.
22. broken glasses in a restaurant.
23. dyed my hair (Burgundy rocks!).
24. partyed late into night.
25. seen a blue film.
26. cooked Maggi in wee hours to satisfy my taste buds.
27. had snow fights.
28. slapped my sister.
29. cheated in exams.
30. taught an iliterate girl
31. travelled in a lorry.
32. read all books by Sidney Sheldon
33. had my appendix removed.
34. used an alias.
35. trekked.
36. been hospitalized more that 5 times.
37. won a prize in a Newspaper competition.
38. loved someone more than I love(d) myself.
39. eaten things whose name i can't pronounce.
40. baked a cake.
41. listened to the same song, all day long.
42. slept during classes.
43. flunked in tests.
44. eaten non-vegetarian food (by mistake, albeit)
45. held a new born baby.

The Latent Me

The third day of the new year....am sitting inside my home in Delhi, with over 3 layers of clothes, teeth chattering! Hands and feet are numb, wish I could say the same about my heart too! The fact is, it hasn't registered till now that am gonna go for good...
Am leaving for Chennai on the 5th. Nothing new or big about that, just that, if this time i leave, i won't be back! Technically i must be sad and brooding about the fact that am going away...practically, am feeling nothing at all. Conclusion--the cold weather has made me cold too! Ahh no, do not doubt my humane side! Just that, sitting idle for over 8 months and now this biting cold has taken its toll on me. All that goes inside me mind is "Run Shyamala! Run". Yeah yeah, am an escapee only. But please, i prefer that tag to sitting here and letting the blood freeze in my veins.
Ok. Am exaggerating now. But man! It is C.O.L.D. Cold enough for a person who has become accustomed to the maritime climate for 6 years! New year calls for a new life, a new beginning. I am going in search of the new beginning too! The "Leading MNC" which has promised me a job is tugging at my heart strings, by delaying the joining date. I see this as a SIGN-maybe am not made to sit in a small cubicle and code my asses off! The quest has begin now... will let you know for sure when i hit across it!!