19 blogs no more...

I love u 19!

You were the best!!!

20....hmmm.....err....welcome!

Huh?

I just don't know what to say! I mean I'm so pressurised from every corner of this universe! A 7 day working week is sure to get into your nerves, right?! So you get the drift? Well I feel like tearing my hair out and killing myself. This is annoying.. SO much work keeps coming that I feel I'll explode any moment! :(

I'm happy in life and things are normal. But the Workload is ENORMOUS!!! haiyooooooo!!! :(

It's unfair... WHY should I have to suffer soooooo much with work?! An 8-storey office cum shopping complex with restaurants and a country club to design in a week is asking for TOOOOOOOO much!!! X(

And to top it all silly, insane, foolish, dumb me is irritated with EVERYONE for the least of reasons! Everything seem to trigger off a stream of shrieks! I yell and scream(atleast mentally!) at the slightest of provocation!

I also don't like this week! My birthday, submissions, 2 weddings, a lecture, CAD classes,college, solar eclipse etc!!! And every event HAS to take place at the diametrically opposite ends! I'm gonna end up fainting in some remote corner of the city!!!

URGH!!! I seem to be irritated!

Late realisation!!! X(

GOD!!!! Gimme my month-end break soooooon!!! I want it to come faster........ :(
And then....
I'll come back rejuvenated!!! :D

P.S.1: The MISERABLYDISMALHORRIBLETERRIBLESTUPID performance of the Indian team has also DEEEEEEEEEEEPLY contributed to my state! :(

P.S.2: And the fact that Pakistan is out of the game... and EVEN if India gets thru to the Super 8, there WILLNOT be an India-Pak encounter upsets and makes me wanna cry!!!! :(((

Smiles :) :) :)

Could I smile a li'l more?
Now that the joy has returned
After miles and miles of dry dirt
The tides have now turned!

I see, in every nook, a shining star
Awaiting me with open arms
I see sun joy laughter bliss
Oh! The world has renewed its charms!

A million new dremas have woken from their buds
And all those old ones have been dusted and cleaned
Life once more, is on a rhapsodic song
Everything is lovely and beautiful, indeed!

PHOTO COURTESY: Project Gutenberg 'THE STORY OF MY LIFE- RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS' by Ellen Terry

A bitter-sweet Symphony...

Could I smile a li'l more?
Now that the joy has returned
After miles and miles of dry dirt
The tides have now turned!

Continue reading the poem at Dryad Songs...

:) :) :)

This is to formally announce that The Dreamy Dryad has returned to the extreme state of normality after a whole 3-5(lost track) months of total hell!!! :D

And now I realise, as we always do only later, that I complicated my situation, made myself feel worse than I deserved to feel! Life's like that, I guess! We feel better about mishaps/bad moments in retrospection than when we actually plough through that ill-fated time! :)

I realised,also, that life's ironical in most places and it's a sort of taunt from God telling, "I gaveyou all you asked for ultimately. I may not have given it to you when you most needed it. But yes... I GAVE it! Now... take your pick! Either go for the 'new situation' that your mind has settled down for, or get back to the 'dream of dremas' that you'd always wanted."

But well, the 'dream of dreams' has lost its flavour for me... A single wrong move in my part had tumbled it all down... my castle was washed off by unwanted tides! I lay shattered, crying, depressed and disappointed. Then a new floating boat came... frolicking, merry and with a promise of a safe happy journey. I left my castle and took the boat. The boat wanted me as its pasenger unlike the castle, which said it had no room for more! I took the boat...

And now... a golden castle... much similar to the one I created is asking me to come take up the throne. My heart aches... that I can't go back. I want to... but I can't. I fear the castle will ruin me... will make me lose all self-respect, happiness and smile! I stick to the boat...knowing that there was a castle I could haveentered...but my boat was more precious! :)

Mad story, you say???
Well... It's EXACTLY what happened to me! :)
Now... no regrets. The boat is where I shall stay!

Good bye Ahmedabad... You shall stay as a fond unfulfilled dream... just like so many of mine remain! Never know how MANY more will get your fate... but yes... life teaches you how to handle broken dreams!

Good ol' Chennai... I stay in you... you've made me what i am today... Even though I want to go away from you in search of 'new greens that are to be seen', my next 3 years are to be spent in you.

I'm sad... that I'm growing up...buckling to the wishes of the surrounds! I want to travel... live somewhere else all my own- where no one has any preconcieved notions about me- and find out WHAT I really am?! I feel now like a puppet in many hands, sometimes!

Life keeps turningaround bends... Let's seehow many more bends are in store!

Here's wishing me a Happy 'Last few days in your Teens'! :D I'm not too keen on turning 20! Nothing can be as precious and as eye-opening as your teens! And now... I'll be leaving them forever. It's bitter to be growing up. Finalities approach quicker... I wanna live my life.... not sacrifice! hmm... Let's see... A new journey begins this March 21....

I've matured a lot... learnt a lot... and well... I'm happy this present moment with the bundle that God has given me! :) I wish life'll continue in this nice sweet way! :)

Good Luck Dryad! Be yourself No matter WHAT the world dictates! :)

*self-hug*

Another!!! :D

Tagged this time by Rums! :D here goes...

1. One thing I'm very much afraid of
seclusion. I just can't stand being left out! I'm scared and constantly paranoid that people I treasure will drift away!!! :( :( :(

Other than that- I'm shit scared of dying in an accident/losing a limb/going blind!!! :( SHIT!! WHY this question!!! :((

2. Two incidents I can never forget in my life
> Meeting Rahul Dravid at Khivraj Automobiles on 14 October 2002 and talking to him for 10 whole minutes!!! :D perfection couldn't have had a better synonym than the way this incident took place! :)

>Anita's passing over to the other side! But yeah... my angel's still around for me! :)

3. Three books I'd love reading again and again
a) ALLLLLLLLLLLL of L.M.Montgomery's creations :) i lurvvvvv her writing! :) She's my God! :)
b) The Harry Potter series! :)
c) Good ol' Enid Blyton- Especially 'Malory Towers' and 'St.clare's'. AND... my all-time favourite 'The Riddle of the Boy Next door'
d)(It HAS TO have a d and an e *grin* I love flaunting rules! ;) ) Pride and Prejudice- I HAVE to read it every summer holiday! :D ohhh... the subtle romance and the mesmerising charms of Mr.Darcy!!! *drools*
e) Moonstone- William Wilkie Collins- It's a fantabulous creation of suspence every time I read it! :)

4) Four women who are most beautiful
'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' :)
And my vote goes for- Kajol, Vidhya Balan and EVERY other lady who thinks she's beautiful! :)

5) Five of my favorite food items
>Chappathis/naans with any Paneer side dish... Total North Indian food freak! :D In fact EVERY once I'm on a tour, I avoid(like plague! :P) rice!!! :D he he!!!
> Jeera Rice and DAl
>Vetha Kozhambu, paruppu and urlaikazhangu! my mom's rasam! *slurp slurp*
>Chocolates, chips, nuts(esp Badam!!! :D)
>TEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Drink around 3-4 cups a day! ;) ) My mom's tea is THE BEST in the world and everyone who's drunk it agrees!!! ;)
>Paniyaaram and chutney(my grandma's)
>Biriyaani/Pulao :D
>MANGOES!!! :D and JACKFRUIT!!! and PINEAPPLE!!! :D and GRAPES!!! :D
Shit... i could go on....

6) Six words you use very often
a) da/di
b) Oh shit!
c) Bloody and sometimes 'bleddy' ala Rums! ;)
d) What the hell!?!
e) I swear I'll slap/murder you!!! :D (he he.. Barking dogs seldom bite! :D )
f) Achodi/Ayyyeeee(in a TYPICAL mallu drawl! Blame the Palakkad Iyer in me! ;D)


7) Seven things I like about myself
i) My smile
ii) the fact that I JUST CANNOT stop dreaming/weaving stories and fantasies...the fact that NO MATTER HOW MUCH the world pulls me down, I always get up and start looking up into the sky to find a shooting star! :)
iii) My extreme kind of emotions/feeelings/moods
iv) My expressiveness... and ability to put across my point
v) MY SMILE!!! :D :D :D I LURV IT!!!
vi) MY VOICE!!! I LURVVVVVVVVV IT!!! ;) he hee... really... I couldn't have tailor-made it to be any better! ;)
vii) My dance! :D and my confidence to take up anything new!!! :D

8) Eight film personalities who are your all-time favorites
a) A.R.Rahman
b) Mani Ratnam
c) KAJOL
d) Shah Rukh Khan
e) Kamal Hassan
f) Madhavan
g) Prakash Raj and Prasanna :D Can't think of them apart! ;)
i) Arvind Swamy!!! :D

ALL other hunks(/cutie pies/drool worthy ppl quickly follow! ;)( viz. Prasanna, Aaftab, Prithvi Raj, Jugal Hansraj, Arjun Rampal, John Abraham, Karthik Kumar, Sonu Nigam, Karthik(singer), Karthik(yesteryear actor of 'Mr.Chandramouli' fame), SANJAY SURI!!! etc... ;) )

9) Nine movies you don't mind watching again n again

Tamil...
i)Mouna ragam
ii)Kanda Naal Mudhal
iii)Kannathil Muthamittal
iv)Michael Madhana Kama Rajan
v)Thillumullu
vi)Anbae Sivam
vii)Azhagiya Theeye
viii)Indhra
ix)Vetayadu Vilayadu



Hindi....(no particular order! )
i)Kuch Kuch Hota Hain
ii)Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
iii)Lagaan
iv)Mast and 'Rules-Pyaar Ka Superhit formula'
v)Dil Se...
vi)Kal Ho Naa Ho
vii)Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
viii)Swades
ix)Rang De Basanthi


English...
i)Dunston Checks in
ii)Anastasia
iii)Home Alone
iv)Roman Holiday
v)Shrek 1 & 2
vi)Willie Wonka and The chocolate factory(the old one)
vii)Pirates of the Carribean
viii)Mr. & Mrs. Iyer
ix)Monsoon Wedding

10) Ten songs you would listen to everyday
i) Pehla Nasha- Jo jeeta Wohi Sikander
ii) Aao na- Kyun?Ho Gaya na
iii) Khoon Chala- Rang De Basanti
iv) Yeh Jo Des hain Tera-Swades
v) Ilaya Nila-Payanangal Mudivathillai
vi) E Ajnabi-Dil Se
vii) Suttum Vizhi Chudare-Ghajini
viii) Na jaane mere dil ko kya- DDLJ
ix) Kal Ho na ho-sad; Albela Sajan-hum Dil De chuke sanam
x)Adi Thozhi-Thendral

Actually all of ARR(ESP ARR-Mani combo!!! :D)
most of Ilayaraja, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sandeep Chowta and Ismail Durbar. Now also harris Jeyaraj and a few of Yuvan Shankar Raja! :)

I Tag EVERYONE who's read the article it till now!!! :D