Reminiscence of Driftwood

I have known Ms Driftwood for close to a year now...

There are times wen u come across this person with whom u share many common traits..
From our love for kohl-rimmed eyes to Hugh Jackman.. kairi pana to mojito..
to being in red house..sporting the same watch n cellphone (with a broken camera) ...to our childhood dream of becoming an english teacher I couldn't blv how  we have so many things in common..ppl also nicknamed us as sisters as we shared sm common features in addition to like tastes :D
We went for a shocker a cpl of times wen we struck the same idea-  you know it's like u kind of Cough, Sneeze & Grunt together as one wd Hop, Skip & Jump..

Our alchemy started from hatred for a certain kind & has faired over time.
We also have creative exchanges of thoughts not only on mutual interests but also on varied ones-she keeps telling me abt books & poetry & all things rational & I goad her on Bollywood...

But I have to admit she has inspired me big time - I finally got to dropping a line coz of her.
Though it'll take me ages to get to the quality of her compositions-
  Ahoy !! the day I ushered into her musings ...2 blogs down & I was already a fan.
And I could not think of a better way to end this section -talk abt inspiration :
 "Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
 but to add color to my sunset sky"
  ~Rabindranath Tagore

And now that time has come to bid adieu, I do not want to share clichéd farwell remarks but an all time fav punch:
"All I know is...I'm gonna miss u Ms.Driftwood...!!"

P.S. -Wanted to post this on Jul 1st, but couldn't wait to see her reaction to it....you gotta get selfish at times.. ;-)

Down on the Road..!!

Okay so I have lazed enough & it's time to pen thoughts again.. :-)

The title of this blog is inspired from the famous George Clooney movie-"Up in the Air"
Considering the fact that I travel milessssssssssssss back n forth to office it's only legit to blog about it :)
But Mr. Clooney is better off..he gets miles each time he flies which could be encashed & then there's me..on the road in the car befuddling traffic which gets worse by the day & sorrier by the season !!

Look at the brighter side, Hyd is a city of shopping arcades..you are on top of all offers going on in any showroom on the way, you know how regularly they update their stock & if any new outlet springs up, you sure know if it is worth it.If I go by stats, billboards only second these outlets..no wonder why Hyd is termed as City of Billboards ; Funny ain't it..you see the road dug up & a sign saying..."No space, please take diversion" & a billboard right on top "Finding office spaces was never easier"; then there are some pathetic ones -spooky faces for some movie promo; CCL -with Heroes;bulldozers; rhinos & wat not - **super**stars endorsing cements to chicken...little did I know "Nandi is Nice" is the catchphrase for Nandi Cement...and one fine day..there are numerous birthday wishes put up for Superstars, Megastars, Stylish Stars, young stars (pun intended-no celeb cd b a plain simple star here..they are glorified to the superlative) each personifying their screen-avtars ..Lions, Tigers, Fighters, Ninjas wat not ...

Guess I too got carried away talkin abt Hyd's skyline... ;-)

My transit time also accounts for venting out office grievance, chalking out plans for weekends, catching up with friends(on phone-the advantage of not being on the driver's seat), listening to music-(with great freedom comes great responsibilty-I have to keep the playlist refreshed & updated-thanks to my fellow rider);I have at times gone crazy n utilized this time for having breakfast, reading newspaper & attending meetings too !!

But as each day passes by,how I wish I was a teleporter who would go places with the wink of an eye,owned a flying carpet that could break the traffic n fly home or to say the least earn some miles & encash them too...any takers ???

Mixed Bag....

Well Well..the weekend's here already..finally a weekend that promises entertainment to the fullest with Mr. Awesomeness and Hangover II.

Coming back to the week that was-Happening it was ..
-Resurrected my reading habit, kickstarted my blogging career while Year Ends kept off ppl..and "crappy" data kept off work ..before I knoew it was Wed & I was still alive and fresh n not mid-week-dead !!
My head kept churning ideas & went into this hyperactive mode where I derived inspiration from anything to everything to blog about.And in the background there was this novel "100 years of Solitude" which was like the endless saas bahu saga...from every guy in the family christened to Jose Arcadio to magical tricks to spirits..this one was a rollercoaster ride & it'll still take me a while to figure out which Jose Arcadio is right.

Then came the contrast...I had this impulse to go shop..
Shop for .... ????
Like any shopoholic, I also have this habit of creating PO(purchase orders) on the go ...how I realized I was short of everything..Tees, Bags, Bling, Shoes..how dull is my wardrobe ..
So here I was @shoppin once again....it was not long before I was let down by the hopeless assembles of amorphous togs called "Tee/Tops" when my quest for "the perfect handbag" commenced.
How I thought there would be this one perfect bag vying my attention..how it would open its arms and stand out of the dock..it would have just the right amount of space..the apt color..the trendy yet classy look ...
"my perfect handbag"
Leather, Feather, helter-skelter...too much bling..not my thing...
How I forgot that some days are just not meant for shopping .......those are the days when everything's on SALE & then there is you frustrated, foiled & soiled by gauging outlets, endless trials with n items in your shopping bag of which none made it to the billing counter..when everyone else had a gala time and shopped to the core...yes it was one such day...!!
Yes I had to forgo...I had to let it go..
And here I come back...without any backpack ...the void still open for my perrrrrfect handbag..!!

Break the Ice.......

"It was a dark and stormy night................."
.......there goes the hackneyed beginning for a story !!
It has such a magnetic feel to it..snaps your attention in the first go..

I thought nothing could be more catchy to start my first ever blog :-)
This was a thought ticking in my head for quite some time now..but it took "Ms. Driftwood" to convert it into reality.
Kudos to her to get this work-shy person to work !!

Never thought putting together thoughts could be more difficult..(specially for a person who is chatty, gabby & has such fondness for talking)
How you think you are organized but there is no apt start or finish to ur write-up...how u feel u have so many things to pen down if you ever wrote a blog but the ideas seem to be dead ..!!!

I feel it all...but I have realized it just takes a little more effort to break the ice :-)