HAPPY ONAM everyone!!!!

another onam came..and its almost going..cant just adjust to the fact how fast years are passing by...well..we celebrated it the typical kerala way..ahemm...nt exactly...where you are expected to make an atham in front of your house...play around with your friends especially in a swing...sing songs and welcome maveli...dance to the tunes of thiruvathirakkali...an excellent feast in the afternoon..etc etc

a typical mallu family in a city has made a few radical changes to the above scenario..take for eg..my home...i begged with my mom to let me make an atham..but she wouldnt relent to it..thanks to my extremely naughty doggies..she fears the mess they will make...there goes our atham...i am playing around with my friends..but its an indoor game..hehe..sorority life in facebook...there was no tree to make a swing out of its branch..then i even missed the onam celebrations at college thanks to our spm tour..so no maveli and thiruvathira this time around...

and all these are substituted by the endless movies that are shown on various channels..3 of them yesterday..another 3 today...and yeahh...what remains unchanged is the excellent feast in the afternoon..the typical onam sadya...slurp!!!..i just finished it....:)

needless to say...we all enjoy onam..one way or the other..the only time when the chains locking our wallets hang loose and we even give away to the most stupidest of stuff in the market...a time for shopping...a time for togetherness...even if its sitting huddled in the sofa watching the movies...heyy..well...u cant have everything right???

and well...i guess another movie has started..and i can hear the title song blaring...i think its time for me to go...so heres wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous onam!!!...may all your dreams and wishes come true..!!!!:)

HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

i am soooo happy....i am a weeks leave for onam holidays...starting from today!!!....i m kinda taking a breather from what you call a very extremely hectic three-four months...i just want to relax and sleep and catch up on my long-lost diet plans and exercise regimes...but then cant totally ignore studies too as i have some imporatant works awaiting me at the other end of this week...

was at agastyakoodam for a couple of days...the so called spm tour...but it was 3/4th classes and 1/4th sight seeing...it was kind of fun...but it made me miss home soo much...i was irritated all through the tour...dont know why...well sir gave us some chits and asked us to jot down our comments about all others...that was the fun part...well..what i got was good...coz sir particularly asked to write only about the good things in others...and well..when you can write anonymously,people dont stick to the norms...i think a a couple of chits upset me that day...maybe that was the trouble...

and another awesome part was trekking through the forests looking out for lions....i loved that..even though the path taken was a bit scary...well..anyways..we reached back home...
i m too lazy now to type anymore...maybe some other time...

tagged...hmmmm

my sis does this always..tag me....and mind u chitz..i am nt chaitz...i am the princess...!!!hehe...here goes..

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?

"god!!!...look at all those pimple marks...i am soo ugly..!!!..spm tour didnt agree with me...i wanna go back home...!!!!!"

2. How much cash do you have in your wallet right now?

i dunno exactly...have to go downstairs and check..i guess around 2000rs...

3. What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?

dumbledore...!!!

4. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?

cuppycake song

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?

rakesh

6. What are you wearing right now?

skirt and top

7. Do you label yourself?

NO

9. Bright or Dark Room?

i prefer the dark room...except when i am typing or studying...my eye sight is getting worse by the day...

10. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?

jobless...:)

11. What does your watch look like?

i have about 4 different watches...which were all gifted to me...but i dont wear a watch..not even on my exam days...

12. What were you doing at midnight last night?

was celebrating the birthday of a friend with 25 other classmates in a dormitory at agastyakoodam...

13. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?

"hey...why did you call me??"..from a friend reshma..

14. What’s a word that you say a lot?

f***

15. Who told you he/she loved you last?

my boyfriend...for the first time a few weeks back after almost 3 years...:)

16. Last furry thing you touched

achu and bittu....i touched them together to avoid conflicts...

17. Favorite age you have been so far?

14 and 20...cant separate the two...!!!

18. What was the last thing you said to someone?

"what a crap serial"...to my mom a few minutes back..

19. The last song you listened to?

mele mele manam..manam mele..mannin koodaram....

20. Where did you live in 1987?

amniotic sac,uterus,womb of lolitha...my mom!!!!

21. Are you jealous of anyone?

i am jealous of everyone who has got a perfect figure and look beautiful...!!!

22. Is anyone jealous of you?

hahaha...fat chance!!!

23. Name three things that you have on you at all times

my cell phone...clothes....a ring on my finger...

24. What’s your favorite town/city?

bangalore...to visit...and trivandrum to stay...

25. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?

3-4 years back...to my cousin kichu..

26. Can you change the oil on a car?

no

27. Your first love/big crush: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?

kunchako boban....that he got married to that girl coz he was stuck with her and pressurised...excerpts from the conversation between three of her classmates...

28. Does anything hurt on your body right now?

my head....i havent slept for the past 36 hours...i got back home after a day n half from a posting...and i got a presentation to be completed for tomorrow

29. What is your current desktop picture?

yamaha R6

30. Have you been burnt by love?

yeaa....burnt and reduced to ashes....but then i was born again from those very same ashes beacause of that very same love...:)

i m tagging bhageerathi and happynutz.....:)

life in numbers...:)

ohkk...she tagged me again..and this one is going to be tough!!!!...its not going to be much since my life till date has been the most boring and quite normal...dont expect anything different or out of this world...:)

here goes...

1 is the position a very few people occupy in my heart and life..

2 doggies who are my life...cant imagine a life without them...

3 is the no of valuable years that i have completed till date studying mbbs

4 reminds me of my forth std onam exam which was the only time i scored less than 90% in my entire school life...

5 is the no of real good friends that i have at college without whom my college life would have been terrible...

6 is the minimum number of years i want to date a guy before marrying him...:-)

7 is the number of days i was admitted in a hospital for a surgery

8 is the no of THE most memorable times i have had till date with a certain someone....

9 reminds me of ninth standard when i was made head girl of the school..which still tops the most proudest moments of my life...(i dunno if proudest is a word)

10 takes me to my tenth grade when i made everyone proud and happy by topping the school and disappointed myself by falling short of my goal....

cheers...!!!!!

back again!!!

i am back again to the blogging world...i guess its been a loong loong time since i posted something...i guess i owe that no-blog state of mine to many things..."my laziness...my drowsiness...my tight schedule...disastrous postings...booring practicals..seminars...records...choti bahu getting interesting..etc etc.."

exams came and went by..i scraped through them...a new semester started...and boy!!where did that beautiful always bunking always free no practical third sem disappear to..???and to add a cherry to the cake..our first posting was ENT...and naturally owing to me being the luckiest i got into the strictest unit under the strictest sirs and madams...it was a month of no bunking..no tardiness...always being updated with dhingra(thats our ent textbook)...we had never entered the operation theatre before 10.00am on our theatre days....but this unit...our sir made us enter at 8 am sharp...and let us go a few minutes before our afternoon session starts...i was sick and tired of standing still for 5 hours at a stretch..i thought my soles would get atrophied.....

anyways...we all consoled ourselves saying that it was all for our good...we would study and study and at the end of the month emerge as "puli"s of ENT...and so we studied on...and on....towards the end of that month...another girl from our batch of a very leniant unit of ENT were teasing us on our pathetic condition...and one of us from my unit piped up..."so what??...we will emerge as big bhujis...do you people even know whats the real name of ENT??.."the other leniant-unit girl didnt reply but went on laughing..and our big bhuji retorted..."u dont even know that right???...its otorhinolaryngology...ear.nose.'TONGUE'..."......and there goes our one month of grinding down the drain...:)

now we are having spm postings....thats community medicine...very dreary...very hectic..loads of workload...there is another weekend in front of me...two presentations and a seminar to prepare...3 different records to complete...a stay tour in the middle of the week....dunno how this week will turn out....hope for the best...!!!!

tagged..!!!!!

1. What time did you get up this morning?

at 7.15 am...had a bus to catch at 7.35 am and a class to attend at 8.00am...:)..live dangerously..they say!!!!

2. How do you like your steak?

well done..

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

love aajkal...cant consider it as a full movie..beacause i came out half way...was boring and dumb!!

4. What is your favourite TV show?

depends....will be some hindi serial...

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

PARIS......PARIS...PARIS...!!!!!

6. What did you have for breakfast?

i skipped breakfast...:)

7. What is your favourite cuisine?

i am total foodie and not at all picky...anything tasty becomes the favourite cuisine of that time..

8. What foods do you dislike?

i dont like tandoor..chappati..orange...and certain veggie curries which my mom force me to eat..

9. Favourite Place to Eat?

on my bed while reading some book...on the sofa while watching tv....

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?

a bentley...in my dreams!!!

12. What are your favourite clothes?

short skirts n top anytime...find jeans comfortable...dress code forces me to stick to salwar at college..

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?

eiffel tower....and disneyland

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?

if its good stuff...thn half empty...if not..thn half full...:)

15. Where would you want to retire?

wanna sleep for more than 10 hours a day...look after a lot of doggies at my own place...which would be a something which makes the lodge mansion look like an outhouse...and spent the remaining hours driving around in my bentley.....so modest!!!!!

16. Favourite time of day?

nighttime...!!!!

17. Where were you born?

trivandrum..

18. What is your favourite sport to watch?

CRICKET....only wen sachin is playing for india...i plan to develop selective amnesia to cricket once sachin retires...i love to watch tennis too..federer blossomed my interest in tennis....!!!

19. Who do you think will not tag you back?

noone has ever tagged me...except my sis this one time...so no idea!!!

20. Person you expect to tag you back first?

duhhh!!!!

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?

those ppl dont blog...so its no use being curious...

22. Bird watcher?

whoo me????...nevaa!!!

23. Are you a morning person or a night person?

i can adapt to both depending on situations....but on most ocassions definitely a night person!!!

24. Do you have any pets?

yess!!!...right now got two of them...a pomerarian and a gsd..my darlings...the love of my life....my achu and bittu....

25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share?

na...my life has neva been soo dull and monotonous...

26. What did you want to be when you were little?

an IPS officer...:)

27. What is your best childhood memory?

i dont have any baad memories of my childhood.....:-)

28. Are you a cat or dog person?

always and forever...a dog person!!

29. Are you married?

no:-(

30. Always wear your seat belt?

wenever i drived till date..i didnt wear them...but in my bentley i alwazz do...!!

31. Been in a car accident?

no..

32. Any pet peeves?

yep...a constant complaint....people always compare me with my sis and find me dissatisfactory..!!!...ego ego....

33. Favourite Pizza Toppings?

salami....wid loads n loads of cheese...

34. Favourite Flower?

sunflower....

35. Favourite ice cream?

vanilla....i just cant seem to get enough of that...

36. Favourite fast food restaurant?

every one of them i visited...till date..!!!!

37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?

never!!!

38. From whom did you get your last email?

from kalyani...i think it was a forward msg..

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?

i dont have a credit card...if i had i would spend it on a place wer i can buy loads of game cds and clothes...!!

40. Do anything spontaneous lately?

yes...made a poster on leprosy yesterday...the idea came on to me like thunderbolt...and glad to say everyone loved it..

41. Happy with your job?

i m still a student...happy or not...i will remain a student for the next few years..

42. Broccoli?

ewwww!!!!

43. What was your favourite vacation?

i think it was the vacation after my 10th std..when we all went to kodaikanal...

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?

my boyfriend..

45. What are you listening to right now?

the title song of some sickening serial of dd4 from the tv of the house next to us where two old ladies who are almost deaf are staying....so their tv volume is always sky high...!!!

46. What is your favourite colour?

black...always makes me look thin...:)

47. How many tattoos do you have?

none....i dont wanna die of cancer..!!!

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz?

maybe..one...

49. In What time did you finish this quiz?

dunno...

50. Coffee Drinker?

absolutely forebidden!!!!

and here i tag happynutzz!!!!!

harry potter and the half blood prince...

its with great expectations and after a lot of fighting that i went in to watch the latest instalment of the harry potter series in movies..even though i am a big harry potter fan..i always enjoyed the movies..except when they gave us a beggar like sirius..they were always a treat to watch...but this time...i was in for a shock...even after the raving reviews by the critics and the exhilarating box office collections...

for starters the movie was painstakingly long...i kept looking at the time when it was going to end...the special effects n everything technical were awesome...but the movie was disappointing...where to start from??..too much romance..and even the kiss of harry and ginny was pathetic...their relationship which budded in this book was not adapted worthily..too much of lavender..but ron as usual was hilarious...with his antics...hermione seemed stupid in this..its her brain that dominates right from book 1 and helps harry get through anything...their friendship lacked the magic..the laughs seemed forced..the tears seemed fake..

where shal i start from??..there is no conversation between the british prime minister and the minister of magic...rufus scrimgeour isnt even shown...there is no inspiring and emotional dialogues like "dumbledore's man through and through"..luna finds harry in the train where he was attacked and stashed by malfoy..not tonks...

why is there a need to stray away from the storyline??why fabricate stuff and omit out important stuff when you have a book with a storyline as good as any script you can get..the 6th book was all about harry understanding voldemorts character with the help of some memories...we seem him evolving to be deadly...but in the movies...its just 2 memories that are shown...and the horcruxes are nt given enough importance...no idea is given as to what sort of objects voldemort will try to make as horcrux...how is harry going to find them???...there is no history shown of the ring...

it makes you cringe when dumbledore asks harry in passing whether he is seeing hermione...and dumbledore can apparate and disapparate from inside the castle...in the book they disapparated from hogsmeade...it seems the rule doesnt apply to dumbledore in the movie...the burrow is burned down in the movie..where are they goin to hold bills and fleurs wedding in the next movie??..there is no fight between the members of the dumbledores army and the order of phoenix with the death eaters in the end...bill is not getting bitten by fenrir the werewolf...so he wont probably be scarred in the next movie!!!..well..they didnt show fleur in this one..so probably..they are gonna omit that part too....

and in the cave when dumbledore drinks the potion...he doesnt scream.."leave them..dont hurt them..hurt me instead.."...does that mean dumbledore story is not going to be shown in the 7th movie...??..harry wasnt bodybound by dumbledore and made to watch helplessly as he was killed.....there is no funeral of dumbledore and the wand was in the headmasters office when harry went to visit there after his death...isnt it supposed to be buried along with him in the tomb??..isnt that from where voldemort gets it after breaking open the tomb...

draco malfoy was brilliant...so was professor slughorn...there is a scene just after dumbledores death when everyone lights their wands and shows it upwards and the dark mark vanishes over the tower...i dont know why..but that scene touched me..maybe because i love dumbledore soo much...or maybe because it was a beautiful scene...apart from this...i am sorely disappointed by the movie...i even started to walk away half way through the movie...i shudder to think what theyare going to do with the deathly hallows...splitting it into two movies is fine...but omissions like this destroy the beauty....this may be the biggest grosser among all harry potter movies...but i am sure this will be the one which everyone would like to forget...

this is injustice done to harry potter...j.krowling...and to the million fans around the world who relish the magical world created by rowling and adore their hero...harry potter..the boy who lived..!!!!!!!