Wednesday, August 30, 2006

I dunno what to title this, Picked up a tag probably?

Loved this tag, so picked it up from smiling girl. i also realized that there is so much to do in this small life :)
So here is the index -Boldened ones are the ones that I did.
The ones with the asterisk are the ones that I would want to do.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
*06. Held a tarantula (well i held a baby crocodile, if that counts :))
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris *
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights (What is it? Wanna see it though!)
15. Gone to a huge sports game (Nopes.. )
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa * (Of course, would love to do it!)
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (Did this is in schooldays)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars (yup did this, also i have some stars on the ceiling over my bed too :))
20. Changed a baby's diaper (Thanks to my nephew to gimme this chance)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (well taken a ride but not a trip)
22. Watched a meteor shower (Yes it was awesome, there is day in dec when you can see meteor shower all night..i happened to go for star gazing the same night,...and it was awesome i was out of wishes)
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (Yepp!! )
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (he he he yup)

27. Had a food fight (neah...i dont see that happening too)
28. Bet on a winning horse (did it in reno if the horse in the casinos can be counted :))
29. Asked out a stranger (well not exactly asked out, but i went site seeing with stranger during my hongkong transit)
30. Had a snowball fight (Yeah!)
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (generally at echo points!)
32. Held a lamb (during my schooldays, held a baby goat, is it the same as lamb)
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster (Yeah, and I love them!)
35. Hit a home run (what is this??)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (Always!! coz i dunno to dance)
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (not entire day though)
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer *
40. Visited all 10 provinces
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends (still have them!)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (recently done that in a pub in UK)
44. Watched wild whales *
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe *
47. Taken a road-trip*
48. Gone rock climbing (would love to do in canyon though, I went in lonavala)
49. Midnight walk on the beach (thanks to Goa for this :))
50. Gone sky diving (yes and it was 'THE experience', awesome, somply mind blowing)
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds (am sure Monica would do that :))
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke (i dont want people to leave the place and go :) )
59. Lounged around in bed all day (he he he some weekends are spent like this too)
60. Posed nude in front of strangers (neah....dont think will do it too.)
61. Gone scuba diving * (I really want to do this)
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater (does this mean an open theater?)
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business (would want to start a restaurant or coffee shop though)
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class (Tae kwon do...but then dint complete it)
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight (whats D&D?)
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie (many movies, taken frm my handy cam :))
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch(with my cousin)
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice (but went punting in cambridge :))
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason (I purchase them for myself sometimes)
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark (No...am a total veggie)
88. Had a one-night stand (not my type )
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house (bought in last jan...yipeee am so excited about it)
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one of your parents (lost dad )
93. Been on a cruise ship *
94. Spoken more than one language fluently (What one?? My number at the moment is 4)
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over *
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking (i do this quite often)
103. Had plastic surgery (i think i look pretty okay so far)
104. Survived an illness that you shouldn't have survived(double pnemonia when i was just 6 months old..all doctors had given up, when my family Dr saved me, was his first patient ;) after his MBBS)
105. Wrote article for a large publication (does writing article in blogspot count ?? :))
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane (thats my latest venture)
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart (Few , unknowingly though)
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari *
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (NCC days)
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery

120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon *
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (hmm UK, UAE, Singapore, Hongkong(transit though), Nepal and US, wanna go to Australia)
124. Visited all 7 continents * (Including Antartica!)
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat (am a veggie..so i dont see any chances there)
127. Eaten sushi (same as 126)
128. Had your picture in the newspaper (had my name , but not picture :( )
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach (i think most of the indian homes do :))
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read(Archie comics and shakespeare)
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137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (sometimes only though)
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair (actually helped my bro in it once)
146. Dyed your hair (Hehe..Always!)
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

Friday, August 11, 2006

Best bro

This was my best Raksha Bandhan so far, not for the materialistic things but I tied rakhi to my bro myself after 5 years or so and that too both of us dint fight at all :) guess we are getting matured, and guess wht did i get...a LAPTOP...I was so longing for one...and my bro gets me the dell inspiron 6100.
Thanks bro...u r the best....not coz of the laptop(of course this counts too ;)), but by being by my side all the time.
I dont have to worry about so many things coz I know I have an elder bro who can take care of it. God I am so glad I am the younger one :) May all sisters have brothers like you.

I have a friend whose sis keeps demanding a scooty for rakhi, and he is not gonna give it to her now, but is gifting it during diwali, he says whatz the fun in getting things when you expect them, its a different charm to receive them when it is totally unexpected.
I think all bros have their ways of making their sisters happy. I like the way my bro makes me happy :)

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

poll

A little background : Radio mirchi were actually linking this story(read post below) with dalmiya - saurav story as to how dalmiya pushed down his kid..not literally (read saurav) and now is the president of icc. Personally i dont think it was a good example/ way to relate the story and this..but the outcome surprised me. here is the poll:

This morning they had a poll on radio mirchi asking their audiences as to
if there is a question of life and death do parents love themselves more or their kids i.e. will they run for their life first or they will save their childs and sacrifice theirs.

vote A : the parent will run for their life first
vote B : the parent will let their child live

mentally i was thinking Vote B, they then narrated a story, in which birbal with the help of a parent monkey and child monkey had proved to Akbar(who believed otherwise like me) that parent monkey pushed down the child monkey in water, just to save its own life.

surprisingly many people were voting for A, which kinda shocked me.
Is it true ?
I have no experiences of being a parent yet, but seeing the possessive mothers near me I always thought it should have been B. Also, am sure all movie buffs agree, our hindi movie always portray how much parent sacrifice for their child.

is it only me who is thinking it would be 'B', would u vote A or B?