GOODBYE 2009..!!

So it’s the December 31st, finally. 2009 ended. How was the year for you, guys? Bad? Good? I would say 50-50. A fresh year starts from tomorrow onwards… and the Girl on The Move will be starting the 4th continuous year in my blog. That’s something!

Like any of you, I too have so many hopes for 2010 and like any of you; I too summarized 2009 in a mind map. I was thinking how it was for me yesterday. The year started being busy with office work, as usual.. in my project. Got so many good friends from the project… as things were smooth, a good friend whom I trusted my life, broke my heart.. breaking my trust. And that I should say was a huge thing. I was so much down and both our friends were on my side… watching over me.. and I got through the situation in a very good way, thanks to my friends and my self control…

Life started again with more friends.. Life was good.. so many outings.. trips… good times all over. Didn’t let go of any good movie or a good book as usual. Missed a lot of small things though, cz I was having a bad time in the latter part of the year in the office. Another good thing happened this year was carom. Carrom opened a whole new world for me. I got a lot of new friends.. and existing friends became very good friends because of the whole carrom thingy… It was all so good…

Things at home were so much good, as usual.. and I quit the Canada thingy in the very last moment.. and I think it’s a good decision that I had to take. Now I see it’s all for good. My job : I wanted to quit and find a new one.. and things were going smooth, but at the last moment, things got screwed up, thanks to some arrogant people in my project. After so many grumpy incidents.. moody talks.. and ray of lights, I quit the job.. leaving behind all my good friends.. and taking all the happy memories.

My grandfather passed away at the very last week of the year and we all were so busy till yesterday… and the busy work will continue till this weekend also… Hmmm… Love : All I hav to say is.. it’s good.. and things will be good next year too.. Crushes : Yeah.. 1 – 2 days ;-)

As the new year starts in a moment.. I too look forward for hopes of happiness and laughter.. So many hopes and dreams… So my friends, let’s take all our good memories and lessons learned to 2010.. and let’s hope for the best for the coming year 2010.. All the very best..!!

Goodbye 2009…!!

2012

OK… I usually don’t miss a good movie for any reason in the world. So I didn’t miss this one either. You shouldn’t either. Though I downloaded it and watched it, I recommended that you guys should watch it in wide screen. It will be the best option. Well.. It’s a good movie, trust me. Just as any other Ronald Emmerich (Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow) movie, it’s awesome.

Basically, the film briefly references Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in the year 2012. Because of solar flare bombardment the Earth's core begins heating up at an unprecedented rate, eventually causing crustal displacement. This results in an onslaught of Doomsday event scenarios plunging the world into chaos, ranging from California falling into the Pacific Ocean, the eruption of the Yellowstone National Park caldera, massive earthquakes, and Mega tsunami impacts along every coast line on the Earth. The film centers around an ensemble cast of characters as they narrowly escape multiple catastrophes in an effort to reach ships in the Himalayas, along with scientists and governments of the world who are attempting to save as many lives as they can before the disasters ensue. That’s how Wiki says about the movie. But I’m not gonna post a detailed epilogue about the movie this time. I was curious what the theory behind this whole 2012 phenomenon is. So I looked it up.

This is straight from Wiki -> The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs and proposals, which posit that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012,which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long Mayan Long Count calendar. These beliefs may derive in part from archaeoastronomical speculation,alternative interpretations of mythology, numerological constructions, or alleged prophecies from extraterrestrial beings. A New Age interpretation of this transition posits that, during this time, the planet and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era. Conversely, some believe that the 2012 date marks the beginning of an apocalypse.

Both ideas have been disseminated in numerous books and TV documentaries, and have spread around the world through websites and discussion groups. Scholars of various stripes have disputed the idea that a catastrophe will happen in 2012, suggesting that predictions of impending doom are found neither in classic Maya accounts nor in contemporary science. Mainstream Mayanist scholars argue that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents Maya history.To the modern Maya, 2012 is largely irrelevant, and classic Maya sources on the subject are scarce and contradictory, suggesting that there was little if any universal agreement among them about what, if anything, the date might mean.

Well.. There are a few theories on how the 2012 Apocalypse will take place. Just check this out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

A very famous one is the clashing of Planet Nibiru. Well.. Personally, I just believe that the end of the world can be ANY day. Just some randon Asteroid crunching down the earth or a massive volcanic eruption or whatsoever. We can’t really say. It can be the next moment, right? I mean.. collisions and things like that happen every second in the planets in this Universe. We can’t be sure it won’t happen on earth, right? So.. Let’s live and find out, shall we? ;-)

LIFE'S LIKE THAT....

Life gives you good things and bad things both. In spite of how you choose to act upon them, the life still flows on. Life was not so smooth for me in the past couple of weeks. It’s work. I have been under a tremendous amount of pressure because of the things happening at my work place for the last couple of weeks. I was sort of confused.. and then scared. I had a lot of questions like ‘why?’ and ‘why me?’. The things are not smooth, still. But I decided to face that come what may and get out of the situ.

I wanted to change my job. But then again I stayed back considering a couple of factors, temporarily. It’s time I do it, but I still want to wait and see if there’s any good coming out of the mess. I’ve been missing a lot of things in the last couple of weeks. I missed reading.. I missed movies.. and I missed good times with my friends. But then there was this family trip to Udawalawa, Yala & Katharagama… which gave me a great boost of spirit. Had an awesome time Safari-ing and singing… An unforgettable time.

I decided to keep my focus on the things I used to do and love, rather than worrying about the crap at the office. That feels better. It’s almost the end of the year and some good things are on the way. The biggest thing I was waiting for this month was over. Chadi & Arjuna’s wedding & home coming. It happened perfectly & I was able to help them out as much as I can. Well… Things to add up.. I got sick in big time.. My mom got sick.. My Grandfather was sick.. and that was a very tough time.

The Christmas is on the way. I’ll not be at home for Christmas. I’ll be at Anusha’s place, helping out them for their father’s Alms Giving. My sister finished her studies at the Uni and she’s at home these days. My father is taking all of his leaves from work and having a peaceful time at home. It’s not lazy to stay at home when they’re around. Well… Life goes on like this. I want to see what else is on the way.. good or bad. I really want to make the next year a better one than this. That’s how it should be, I guess…

ONE DAY, WHEN THE RAIN WAS FALLING DOWN...

The rainy days are here again. The days are dark, cozy and wet. The rain pours down from the sky from the dawn to dusk. I would say the days are gloomy and miserable with the rain pouring down all day, messing up the grass in the lawn and locking up the birds in cages. But I won’t. I love rain. I have always loved rain. The wind that blows just before the rain, ruining the fallen leaves resting in the ground, is the coldest wind you can ever imagine.

It’s raining cats and dogs outside. I heard the wind chime swaying in the wind, melodically, just before the rain. Now it has stopped. I can only hear the cluttering sound of the rain drops hitting the roof. The low grumble in the sky has eventually transforming into a loud growl. Once in a while, a flashing light travels across the sky, like a mini-aurora in the sky. I’m scared of it anyway. It sends chills down my spine, every time I see it.

It feels like living in the wet town of Forks in the movie Twilight. The trees are mossy green and watery. When it rains like this, all I do is grab a book, cuddle up in my bed and read it. I was falling in and out of being sick for the last few weeks, continuously. Living with a terrible cold in the rainy season gives you extra credit of having to keep the cold with you much longer. So, I still live with it.

About one month back, on a cold rainy day like this, I was watching the rain outside my window and watching the patterns it made outside my window seal. As I was watching the rain, I started to wonder whether I’m really doing the things in my life as I want and exactly the way I want them. There were so many things in my life which I really wanted to do. Small things. But since I started my job and got busy with it, I realized that I have missed doing so many things in my life. It’s true that the career path I’m in is always a busy one. But it’s like you operate as a machine every day. You work late, you work extra days and you don’t have time for anything else.

Well.. I did have time for certain things in my life. I made so many good friends… I enjoyed life as I liked. But… come to think about it all… I realized that this is not exactly what I wanted from my life. People might say that you can still do the busy job and do the small things you want. It’s true. But I want more. One day, the job will be my second priority. My first priority will be my home. My family. I don’t have so many complicated career goals. So… a small job with a lesser salary, which I can do with the things I want to do in my life… that would be more than enough for me. One day, I don’t want to be the mommy who goes to work, leaving behind my kids in the daycare and come home after dark with fast food from some fancy food outlet for my husband and kids. I really want to be a good mommy and a good wife. And I guess I have so much to learn on that path as well.

I want a peaceful life… a less busy one. I need to get back to my studies. I want to be on my mother’s birthday on a Sunday. I don’t want to miss out things because I have to be so busy. I need more time for the little things. I’ve been working for 3 years. I want a change now. I need to do what I really want to do. So… at that moment, I decided to take the risk and go for what I want.

So.. when the rain was pouring down so hard, I decided to take the first step towards it. I decided to quit my current job… and settle down with the kind of a job I want. The hardest part will be to leave behind my friends. I still don’t have a Plan B to survive it. I know it’s gonna be really really hard. It makes me so very sad. This December, as the year ends, things in my life will change, starting with a whole new chapter. I will take a break from everything and have some quality time for myself. Little things, I will do too, like reading so many books, starting my guitar lessons, lighting up the garden with vegetables (one thing I always love to do) and even some traveling around the country.. which I miss so much…. Plus, some good cooking as well..

When the rain stopped that day, the air was much fresher than before. I breathed the soft cool breeze in to my lungs and felt the difference. I stepped outside, and the grass was still wet. The sun has sunk and the sky was much clearer. I looked up. The stars were slowly coming out of their hiding places, one by one. Before long, the sky was full of shimmering and glittering stars… This is why I like night. When it’s dark only you see the pretty stars in the sky. As for me… the sky will be dark, sometimes.. but I really have the hope of finding all those stars in the sky… one day… Just because of three things. I know what I want.. I trust what I do… and most importantly.. I have HOPE…

OWL CITY...

I just don’t know from where this guy came from. He came with fireflies from the Owl City. He’s got an amazing voice, great electronic music and most importantly… dreamy lyrics with loads of myth and fantasy. Absolutely MY type of a guy.

Guys.. I’m talking about the band ‘Owl City’ and its new album ‘Ocean Eyes’. The first time I heard ‘Fireflies’, I fell in love with it. Then I heard ‘Vanilla Twilight’. That was also a very very absolutely dreaaamy one.. ‘Hello Seattle’ is a good go too. I loved it as well.. Wow.. So I ended up downloading the whole album. You can also download it as a torrent from isoHunt from

http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/137484537/owl+city+ocean+eyes?tab=summary

The guy in ‘Owl City’ is Adam Young. He has been in the music scene from 2006, but the reason he became a start was the hit song, ‘Fireflies’. Fireflies became a hit through MySpace and people came to know the guy all of a sudden. Wonder from where the name ‘Owl City’ came from? Well.. He refers to his home town Owatonna, Minnesota as Owl City. Fascinating name, huh? ‘Ocean Eyes’ is their third album, but the other two did not make to stardom as Ocean Eyes.

Now, Owl City's live band consists of: Breanne Duren (background vocals/keyboards), Matthew Decker (drums), Laura Musten (violin), and Hannah Schroeder (cello). As I write this post, ‘Fireflies’ has notched up to the #1 spot in the USA top 40 singles chart. Pretty much good for a guy who started out making music in his parents' basement, huh?

FIREFLIES - OWL CITY.....

My favourite song from the 'Ocean Eyes' album...


You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleep
'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude but I'd just stand and stare

[Chorus:]
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems

'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head
A sockhop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

[Repeat Chorus:]

When I fall asleep leave my door open just a crack
[ Owl City Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
But ill know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

[Repeat Chorus:] (2x)

HATS OFF TO MY BLOG BUDDIES...!!

This post is solely dedicated to all my loving blog buddies and to all my friends who read my blog and encourage me, criticize me on my writing and comment on my posts to make it better.


It was back in 2007 I started to write and it’s been almost 2 years now. Thank you soooo much for your comments, guys! It means a lot to me. I mean… really really a LOT. So… Thank you sooo soo much..!!

I WALKED ON THE BRACH OF LOON TAO...

Being a sea creature, I can’t resist the desire to wonder in the beach at every chance I get. I was missing the beach for almost 2 months and was almost running out of patient to get the sea breeze upon me. That’s when the people in my project planned a dinner outing! Without any second thought, I suggested Loon Tao. After a round of inquiries and suggestions, it got confirmed. Last Friday, we made it happen and it went well.

Have you been to there, btw? Well.. For those who have, you know how lovely the place is, right? For those who don’t, I’ll tell you how wonderful that place is, so that you can go there, have a good time and remember me telling how wonderful the place is. It’s in Mount Lavinia beach. You take the road to Mt. Lavinia hotel from Galle Road and proceed till you reach the Berjaya Mount Royal hotel. Don’t stop. You’ll see the railroad in a few more yards ahead. Get down from your ride and start walking. Cross the railroad and walk along the beach, turning to the right. Make sure to take away your shoes to feel the sand.

It’s a small place with traditional sheltering, just like a little hut with tables facing the beach, under the stars. The shimmering lights of the lamps light up the place. You can see the Mt. Lavinia Hotel very closely. The guitarist sings slow tunes to his soft guitar chords. In other words, the atmosphere is sooo romantic. Usually, the lovers come by here at night for a fine dinner. The food is great. My favourite is the deep fried cuttlefish dish. You’re having dinner under the stars.. with sea breeze hugging you… listening to the slow music and hearing the sound of the dancing waves of the sea.. That sound WOW to me…

After the dinner, some of the guys ran to the beach to wonder. I walked along the beach, watching the stars, counting the ships and enjoying the view of the Mt. Lavinia Hotel. The skyline of the city of Colombo was not far away to be seen, and it was absolutely beautiful at night. I heard Pitbull’s I Know You Want Me, played in a distant club. Once in a while, a doggy came and walked with me. Our guys started playing virtual cricket and I too joined. I was the umpire and I got yelled at cz I made a wrong ‘out’. Hehe..

Anyway… No matter where I go, I make sure I enjoy whatever I do. So.. I enjoyed the dinner… I enjoyed the walk. I enjoyed the beach… and I loved it. Check this out, guys. I want you all to go there as well. You’re gonna love it.

http://www.loontao.com/

FACEBOOK...

If anyone asks me am I a Facebook addict.. I would say ‘yes I am..’ without any hesitation cz it’s true. I’m a FB fan and normally I spend quite a time in FB on daily basis and I’m one of those people who strongly disagree to the fact that it’s a time waste. Why? Because whether it is a waste of time or not, it can only depend on how YOU do it. Simply… it’s YOUR call.

If you do something for too long, and you forget all your other important duties, then you can say it’s a time waste and a good for nothing thing. But if you have the balance between your duties, tasks or whatsoever and the things you do to keep you happy, then there’s no harm of doing it.

I just wanted to share some thoughts of mine with you guys cz I have a few questions in my mind hearing the things people talk about FB. A few days back, I heard a girl asking a friend, ‘I don’t want anyone saving any of the photos in my profile. Is there a way to do it?’.. Upon hearing this, the first thought which crossed my mind was, why would someone add their photos to their profile in the first place, if they don’t want the others to see them?? Strange, isn’t it?

There are so many small games available in FB now. Most of you are playing at least one of them, am I right? Even I used to play Barn Buddy and I only stopped it after reaching the #1 rank in my list. I know most people blame these little games and they think they are so childish. I only have one thing to say about it. You had a hard day, you come home, open FB, play one of these ‘silly’ games and then you find your stress is gone! The ‘silly’ games can do you so much good. Then again, the control is yours. The limit is yours.

One more thing I noticed is, some people don’t like when they get comments in their photos. I’ve heard some people saying that. Again I wonder.. you publish your photos in a social network and when you get comments you get upset?? Hehe… It’s obvious. Another thing. It’s your birthday and you have so many people writing in your wall. You say ‘My wall is full and I hate it!’. So… You can remove your birthday from your personal info? It’s not that hard. You get all these FB notifications to your mail. Is that annoying? Well.. If someone complains, there’s a setting in FB for e-mail notifications. If you don’t want your name to appear in FB search, if you don’t want others to see your profile picture when unknown people finds you in search… if you don’t want to get messages from strangers… you can always go to your FB settings and do it. It’s too easy to complain. But it’s easier to avoid the things you complain about. See?

I located so many long lost friends through FB. I’m so happy about it. You get updates about your friends in regular basis. It’s way too better than a phone call happening in weeks. I switched to FB from Hi5 sometime back cz FB is way too better than Hi5. There’s MySpace and Twitter also. I’m still not on Twitter, since most of my friends are in FB. So… I love FB.

One more time. Whether you waste time on it or not, is totally up to you. The control is entirely yours, because YOU are the ruler of YOUR own world. Cheers to FB!

HMMM... :-)

Wasn’t so easy for me to survive 3 weeks without my computer. Don’t know how hard it was! So I missed writing my blog as well. After a month, girl on the move is back. Life is good. Nothing bad to complain about, except work; that is! Read a lot of books… carrom became a part of my life again and friends are always there to keep me happy..

The other stuff I always love are there… The good morning song I listen to every morning… The fruit juice glass to begin the day…. The morning bath with my hair smelling great…. The train friends to laugh a lot in the morning… The people who buzz me every morning to say good morning to me.. The people I love and care are always there throughout the day.. Some grumpy work at the office… Some more laughter at lunchtime… More and more carrom in the evening.. The junk food.. plus Shawarma and M & M being the newest addition… The train friends to laugh more and more on my way home… Dad to pick me up and bring me home.. My loving Bryan and Brown to greet me when I get home… Calls from friends.. girly talks with my lady friends… Some quality time with the people at home.. Being glued to the computer, facebooking.. blogging.. checking mails and finding the newest music and movies on the net… A good book to cuddle up and read before I sleep…

Those are not the only things happening in my life. But all I can say is… life is good for me for the time being. For the moment.. I’m only thinking about 2 things.. Where will I be in 2 years from now on? I am getting my VISA finally… I’m gonna get what I always loved in the end. I can start my MBA in Quebec, Canada... and it’s like a dream come true. I want to go… It’s an opportunity of a lifetime. But what will I miss if I go? A lot, I guess… Given 4 weeks to decide on what I really want from my life.. I’m a little puzzled right now on what to do… Hmm…. Let’s see.. 3 more weeks. I stay here.. or I go there. And when I go.. my life will take a U Turn to a whole new life..

The carrom finals is tomorrow. Can’t wait to watch. Carrom did a lot of good to me in the past few months. It made me make a lot of new friends.. and do what I always loved to do… Life is good, I say that again… Fingers crossed for tomorrow. Who will win..? Pega or EAG?? Ramazan treat… Silverpixels photo exhibition… The 2 day project outing… Multi cultural festival… More books to read… Some shopping… Hang around with friends… it’s gonna be a busy week. Wait n see… Wait n see…

I LUUUVE CARROM..!!

I love carom! I really really really.. I mean REALLY love it..!! Since the day I saw my mom and dad playing it, I used to love it. So.. just as I told you guys in my previous post, I learned it..!! My mom and dad were my carrom gurus and now… I just can’t stop playing it..! When you start doing something you love, you end up with so many side effects. Good ones in particular. This is one good example I can share with you guys, to prove it’s right..!!

I ended up in a new project in May, after hanging in another projects for about 8 months. Now… the new one is good. The people are really good.. but they are damn professional.. ummm… which is a little bit errrr…. for me. Professional is good. But.. in my case, in all my previous projects, there was professionalism.. and there was a fun environment too. There were less people I knew in this new project. But work was really good. While I was quietly working.. the company’s Inter Account Carrom Tournament started with a big wave. The inner creature within me who always wants to get out at a situation like this, started to punch hard on me.. But umm.. knowing that I don’t have a chance, I stayed put. That’s when Dank called me up and asked me if I’d like to join their carrom team. Me : YES I DO…!! :D

That’s the start of Benchwarmers 2009! But I was hopeless. I wasn’t practicing in years. It’s been a long time I played for the carrom mixed doubles championship in the campus and grabbing the top notch with my partner. To be honest.. I was also going through.. let’s say.. a bad time too. But all of a sudden.. things changed! We won our first game! We got the 2nd game too as a walkover. Wow.. We were into Quarter Finals. Man..!! The things happened so fast like a blink of an eye!

The next game was the quarter finals game. The opponents were very strong. With so much luck… talent and strategy, we DID beat them off too. We had so much fun that day! What a victory! Dank is our captain in charge with a good strategy and a good game plan! Pubudu is quiet and nice.. and in the end, he does his job well… Razmi is our best player and he’s so sweet and nice. Punnadi.. Hehe.. She’s fun to be with and a nutsy… and mind you, she plays well too! Lastly, there’s me. The next one was the semi finals game. We have beaten 32 teams and were in the top 4. We actually started to practice then only. Sometimes, we would stay late and practice a little bit. In the end, we were even playing with our opponents. Nobody cared that they were the opponents.. :D We all have turned out to be good FRIENDS…!!

We lost our semi finals game. I won my game though. But it was never about the championship for us. We all wanted to have fun and enjoy the game. So we did it! :D I was telling you about the side effects you get when you start doing something you like, right? Here’s what I got…. I made loads of good friends cz of this whole carrom tournament thingy. People who never used to smile with me and people I never knew (though existed) became good friends with me. The project is definitely not a boring place for me. The BIGGEST thing I got : 4 more lovable best friends were added to my life. Razmi… Poo… Pubudu and Dank! <Hugs to them> Sooo… Shouldn’t I love carrom or what?? :D

JUST... ENJOY THE LIFE TO THE FULLEST..!!

It’s been a while the girl on the move (being me) has been away from her blog. Well.. I’ve been busy with carrom and was so much in to it, and I couldn’t find a quality time to sit, settle and write something good, I guess. I’ve been thinking about a lot of things in the past few weeks and I couldn’t help thinking about this certain fact, that I’m gonna share with you guys today. Just give it a thought and maybe you guys will be able to make a difference in your lives as well.

Life is always like a range of mountains. There’s a climb.. and then again, there’s a slope. Sometimes the climbs are higher; you have to try harder to get to the top. Sometimes it’s smooth and you just don’t have to put any effort at all to get to the top. The same goes with the slopes. There are steep slopes and yet again, there are smooth ones. You just have to be extra careful on steeper ones.

What’s bad in all of us is we always see life as a hard climb. We never tend to see the easy slope after a climb. More often, we give up hopes in life, when something bad comes our way. It gets worse when a series of unfortunate events comes our way in a queue. Most of us give in, when bad things happen. And moreover, we’re never satisfied with what we have with us, don’t you agree?

Yesterday, I took a piece of paper, divided it into two columns and wrote down what are the good things in my life and what are the things I miss in my life. Some of the good things I managed to list down: I have a home to call my own… Have a good family background and very supportive parents who have respectable jobs. Got a brother who’s learning to be a doctor and a sister who’s learning to be an architect. Got my education from a good school. I’m a graduate… Got a job with a satisfactory salary. Have loads of good friends to be by my side in good and bad…Loved by many… Lucky enough to learn and do most of the things I love to do.. Things I miss in y life: The things I’ll learn some day and fill out the rest of the list :D

People.. when you’re going through a bad time, it doesn’t mean you’ll be stuck there forever. God repays you with better things later on. Sometimes fate will get you out of your bad time. But sometimes, even fate needs some help from you. You have to stand up and you should try to push yourself up from the bad situation. Trust me. It works. It worked for me.. and still is working for me. Just that you need to have a little bit of faith in you… plus, you have to trust yourself. As long as you don’t try, you’re in that black hole forever. You need a distraction. Just try to be involved in something you like. Read.. watch a movie… play a musical instrument… listen to some music.. make new friends.. adopt a pet… go out and have fun with friends… Whatever! Just don’t be alone and float in the ocean of tears and sorrow! Pull yourself out of it.

Easier said than done? That’s because we don’t try enough, friends. I’ve learn that this life is not so bad after all. It’s not like a huge carnival, true. But it’s not like a dark empty abyss either. Whether you like it or not, we have to live this life. For the short time you live, do yourself a favor by enjoying your life to the fullest. Life can be defined as an echo too. If you give out love, life gives you back love. The same goes with everything as well. If you really love to do something, just do it. There was a time I was so obsessed with guitar music and I loved listening to those who play them. Then again.. it’s something I really love.. and I started learning it. It’s much more fun that way. I used to stare at how my mom used to knit beautiful things and how they come out like magic. For some time, I used to watch her creativity and then, I wanted to learn it. Now, I can knit as good as my mom. You never know whether you can do it or not, without actually trying it.

My friends… Life is short. Do the things you love to do. Start learning the things you always wanted to do. Maybe they are crazy things or desires like learning bungee jumping or sky diving. YET they’re the things you love to do. So.. give it a try. Life is far more interesting if you do them your way, rather than sitting and watching other people doing the things they love to do. Cheers..!!

WELCOME TO THE ICE AGE..!!

Ice Age 3 : The Dawn of the Dinosaurs is at Liberty Cinema these days. I hope you guys have watched the first two movies already. Weren’t those the funniest animation movies ever made? :D Madagascar 2 was great and incredibly funny. But none can beat the new Ice Age movie! It’s a classic!

This Friday, I got the chance to watch the movie in the theatre, after work. It was a great Friday night. A great way to end the working week! J Girl and her family were planning for the movie, and I too was welcome. We grabbed some bites from Goodies and headed for the movie. There was a huge crowd since it was the Friday night. We booked the tickets in advance to make sure that we’ll have seats.

Well.. From the moment it starts, till the very end, I’m sure you won’t be able to stop laughing!! It’s THAT hilarious! That was one superb movie. The best one out of the Ice Age trilogy! Manny the mammoth and Ellie are expecting a baby. Diego the Saber tooth wants to break away from the herd and find new adventures. Crash and Eddie always stick by their ‘sister’ Ellie. Sid just hangs around with them, until he finds 3 dino eggs and decides to be a single parent, a ‘mom’ in particular. The newest addition to the herd is Buck the one eyed weasel. He pops out of nowhere and saves the day!

We grabbed our dinner from Dine-more and all the way to home.. we couldn’t stop talking about the movie. It was actually not ‘talking’. We were laughing all the way home, talking about the funniest parts of the movie. That’s ONE GOOD MOVIE you should never ever miss. Trust me!!

PURPLE AND WHITE FLOWERS...

This might be a little bit older to share, I guess. But last night, I couldn’t help remembering about my birthday. It was a flowery one. I got 4 bouquets of flowers.. all pretty and lovely. My friends have decorated my cubicle so nicely.. and I practically lived that day in my cubicle, surrounded by loads of red and white floating balloons, with red and white ribbons hanging as their tails. I got so many gifts… cards and surprises. My best friend showed up with her partner in crime (wink wink, Konga) with a biiig ship… and a green gram bunny toy. It was a big medal ship andI lvvvvvd it! Then again, my best guy friend showed up in the evening as well and confused me in BIG time.. :P

Now.. This is about the flowers I got. One was from my very good friend Vani.. Second : From my good and great buddies of vClub. Third : A bunch of lovely red roses from my darling VB. All three… lovely as the word implies! But this is about the 4th bouquet.

Early in the morning, when I was walking to the office, a guy was waiting for me till I pass him.. and he was holding these lovely flowers in his hand. I looked at the flowers… and when I was passing him, he said “Hey… These are for you..” I was like.. let’s say.. dumbstuck.. yeah.. that’s the word.. I was like.. “Who are you?? How?? What??” Then he waited a moment for me to calm down. Then he started speaking. “These are from your best guy friend.”.. My blog buddies, you all know that my best friend passed away almost one and a half year ago, right? I was just staring at him. “Before he was taken to the hospital.. two days before he passed away.. he has told his brother that he so much wanted to send some flowers for you on your 28th birthday. He wanted them to be purple and white. Here they are.. This is his brother, making his wish come true.. and I’m his brother’s friend”..

All I could remember was.. my eyes filling with tears. The next moment, I was hugging the flowers and holding them so tight… so that they would not fall out from my hands. But I was happy… Happy as I could be. This is how much my dear best friend.. my brother cared about me. How fortunate I was, to have a best friend like him in my life…

At the end of the day.. this little thing came to my head.. and I was thinking how true it is.. People who really care about you, will always care about you.. even if they die.. People who are no more in this world are trying to make you happy… and it’s the LIVING people in the world are the ones who try to play with your life.. screw it and make you feel miserable. Bad people are always bad. Good people are always good.. and that ‘goodness’ remains even after they die..

TRANSFORMERS.. PIZZA AND A MISSED WEDDING...

Just like I was telling you last week, I managed to get 2 out of 3 things done I was planning for this week. One: I was able to watch Transformers 2 ion widescreen. Two: I was able to go for the pizza & doughnut offer in the Galle Face Hotel. Three: Sadly.. I mean really sadly, I couldn’t make it to my best friend’s sister’s wedding.

Let me tell you about the movie first. It was AWESOME… and you should.. I mean you really SHOULD watch it on widescreen. It was far better than the first movie. Trust me.. you’ll love it. Deceptacons are far more powerful this time, and they are so gigantic. (Deviating from the topic: A sneek peek on what that name means – Deceptacons: They're people we think good of, but in reality, they are two-faced, lying backstabbers). As usual, everything ends in a good way. Autobots rolled on the screen, doing they’re magic on Deceptacons and defeating them. Optimus Prime will always be your favourite, but this time.. you’ll love Bumble Bee more, too. There’s an ‘old’ Deceptacon too, which happens to be odd.. and he carries a walking stick with him. Watch out for him when you watch the movie, OK? Bottom line : Don’t miss the movie.. That’s mandatory. And this is NOT optional.. Watch it on widescreen. I’m not kidding. The day I watched it, we were only able to get the front seats.. and the next two shows were all booked..!

Good food for good prices: I wonder why all the good hotels and fancy restaurants doing this these days. But there are a huge number of FOOD offers happening these days. Just pay a visit to www.promotions.lk and see it I’m wrong, guys! Buy all are very good offers. You get to eat good stuff from good places for good prices. The offer at Galle Face Hotel was also one such. You get fairly a large pizza.. a doughnut and two ice coffees for the price of Rs. 490/=. It’s really reasonable and the pizza was so good. Just try some of these offers and see, guys. What I’m telling is.. not to eat junk food… or spend good money on these offers. But most of these offers are worth for the cost you spend.

Three: I missed the wedding. Having regrets about it, still. I know my best friend understands. In fact, she DID. But I feel upset and guilty. Hmmm… There’s no way I can make it up to her now. Should call her when the rush is over.

So.. here I am.. It’s again a Sunday. Mom was a lil bit sick. I was too. I watched the movie ’17 Again’ today. Good one. The new week starts from tomorrow. So… happy week ahead, folks!

IT'S JUST A THOUGHT...

In all of our lives, there are seasons for everything. When we were small, we go to school. Everybody goes to school. The exception at that time is, not going to school. People ask you ‘Why are you not going to school?’ When teenagers fall in love in very early ages, in that time, it’s a big deal for all o us. It’s a big conventional NO at that time. Then there’s the time we focus on major exams in school times. Dropping out from school at that time is the exception, coz majority continue studies. Time goes by, and there comes a time everyone is OK to have relationships. It’s the right age.

Then there are university times. The right age to study. At that time, getting married early is the exception. We talk about how early those two got married. Then you finish the higher studies and start working. At that time, the exception is not having a job. People talk as in.. ‘Hey.. What a pity, that dude still doesn’t have a job’.

Then come the right time to get married. Everybody around you is getting married. The singles club who used to have fun in the weekends? Well.. The number is getting reduced. There come commitments and responsibilities for the married. At that time, the exception is still being single… People ask you ‘Why are you still single?’.. You have quite a number of weddings per month, blinking the bulb upon your head to indicate that it’s the right time for you to get married.

Then there comes the kids. You hear the good news all over! You hear the newly married getting preggy. It’s the right time to have kids and grow up a family. The exception here is being married and not having kids. People ask you ‘You’re already married and you’re still not thinking about having kids?’. This is how life goes. The circle of life goes on, and you’re just a part of it.. Somewhere in one of these stages.

All these are happening around you. People meet.. They fall in love.. They get married… They have children.. The world moves forward. Yet some of us are struggling to survive.. Struggling to collect the broken pieces our lives, trying to mend our broken hearts…

It’s just a thought….

BARN BUDDY.. :D

Starting phrase: I hereby declare and admit that I’m a Facebook addict in big time!! For some, FB is just a gossip network where you can poke your nose into other peoples profiles and find out what they’re up to.. if they’re single or not… married or whatever and where on earth they are. Through FB, I located so many long lost friends, and now.. I keep in touch with them regularly. You see their photos, you message them, put comments on their photos and activites.. It’s just like you’re always talking with them.. and it feels so good!

Now, this post is not about praising the FB, ok? Switching topics: Barn Buddy – the coolest and the most jolly-good game in FB! Parental Advisory: You’ll get addicted to it if you start playing it. So, it’s your call, to take the risk! I always loved growing vegetables, not flowers. Now.. this maybe one reason I love the game.

When you access Barn Buddy, they give you a farm. All you have to do is, to look after it. There are levels in the game. In level 0, you get 6 spaces in the farm to grow veggies. Initially, they’ll give you some already planted crops. You can harvest them, put them in the Store House and sell them. Then you earn coins. You can buy new seeds from your coins. You can buy fertilizers too. You plant the seeds, fertilize them and let them grow. That’s not all. You have to look after your farm. When weeds grow, you have to use the weed spray and do weeding. When bugs come, you have to use the bug spray and kill the bugs then. When plants become dry, you have to water them. You can water, do weeding and remove bugs from your friends’ farms too. You can earn coins and experience points by doing so. Your levels will go up, according to how you earn your experience points. When you plant the seeds, water them, remove bugs, do weeding, harvest the crops and remove dead plants, you’ll earn experience point. You can expand the farm when you earn enough coins and pass certain levels in the game.

The seeds will be unlocked one by one, as you level up in the game. There is a particular time for the seeds to grow. From vegetable to vegetable, this time is different. Some crops, you can harvest only one time. After that, the plant dies. Some plants, you can get the harvest multiple times. Now… Here comes the fun part! You can STEAL vegetables from your friends! But you can steal the harvest from one plant, one time only. They can come and steal from yours too. How do you stop it? By getting a dog to guard your farm, of coz! How? Recruit 10 friends to play Barn Buddy by sending them invitations or you can actually ‘pay’ by credit cards and buy the dog. The dog will not let your friends to steal from you, plant weeds on your farm or add bugs to your plant.. AS LONG AS you feed him well. There’s a bowl of food for the doggie, and you have to fill it by spending 240 coins. If the doggie goes hungry, he’ll let your friends steal!

Well.. It’s just a game, but it’s so much fun to play it! You can message your friend through Barn Buddy as well. Sounds so childish? Oh yes, I admit! But it’s so much fun! Just don’t blame me if you get addicted to it after reading this post, ok?? :D

THE LONG WEEKEND....

The long weekend is finally here! Wow..!! It means good food.. friends and relaxation, is it? Duh! Not for me, unluckily. I’ve been having…. Say… like 12 weddings and Home Comings from the end of May till today. It’s still gonna continue since my best friend’s sister’s wedding is also in the next weekend. Every week, I had a wedding or a two. My salaries disappear like magic! The Girl on the Move has got poor in big time, guys. Yesterday night also I had a Home Coming. A nice romantic, fun filled one, though. Really enjoyed being in it. Btw, how do you spend the weekend, guys? I want to know how yours is different from mine. Just to know whether I’m having an abnormal routine or not..! :D

Friday evening, I went to MC with J Girl to get some bling blings for her and to get my mini-Ferrari after the fix. The work was OK on Friday, so I managed to get out around 5 o’clock. Well.. The mini-Ferrari is really my Camera. It started giving me Goosebumps when it started throwing some sort of a Lens Error and hesitated to ‘zoom’. I love the camera so much, and this one place was the only place I could find to fix it. It was not really on Friday anyway, so I had to go empty handed. I love window shopping, but this time, J Girl & me.. we bought some stuff. For you to know: there’s a nice bling bling shop in MC, just under those two new palm trees. Worth for the money you spend, girls. I got a bag (like one those 2 graders use) and J Girl got her bling blings as well. We grabbed some Submarines from the KFC for dinner and headed to our homes.

Saturday – The Home Coming day. J Girl and I are going for it. Breakfast of Egg hoppers from home. Left home around 10 in the morning. Went to the camera repair shop to get my mini-Ferrari. Why I call it that? Gosh! It took me a fortune to get it fixed. I’ll just say that the cost is a 5 figure number. Jeez! My SALARYYY!! :-S It’s like you’re using a Ferrari and when you have to replace a part, for that money, you can buy another car. Same thing here. (Lesson learned: Never buy luxury items, if you can’t manage the maintenance cost). The time was almost 1 o’clock. Got in to a tuk tuk, got down from Nugegoda junction to grab Gonuts doughnuts for J Girl. (She drove me crazy mentioning the smooth and soothing taste of them, so I so much wanted to have a few on my tummy!) Got a 6-pack one from there and reached J Girl’s home. Superb lunch at her place. Relax time. Nice tea with those tempting doughnuts and by 7.30, we were ready to go to the HC. Had a great time there… and boy! It was a really romantic one with nice decorations and great food. J Girl dropped me and went home around 11.30.

Sunday – Breakfast with sandwiches, cutlets and butter cakes at home. Some visitors showed up next. Lunch with friends. Watched the movie ‘Watchmen’ in the evening. Then there was Facebook, playing Barn Buddy in FB, checking mails and reading the weekend newspapers.

Monday – Nothing planned so far. It’s gonna be a lovely day at home, with helping around the house… good food.. chat with my sis and another one or two movies.

Next weekend – Saturday.. spend the day with my long lost buddies. Want to watch ‘Transformers 2’ on widescreen. (The trailer was superb and it’s a sin if you watch it on DVD, rather than watching it on widescreen, trust me!). Some junk food lunch.. and for the tea time, we want to try that Doughnuts+ Pizza mega offer in Galle Face Hotel. Ice Age 3 is in theatres. Wish we’ll have time to watch 2 movies on the same day. Then again.. Sunday : my best friend’s sister’s wedding…

Two packed weekends.. and life goes on. No studies for me at this time, cz I’m trying to survive these days. Come to think of it, the things I have in mind for the weekend maybe absolutely a waste of time for some. For me.. for the time being.. I survive.. and I love there are things to keep me happy and occupied. For the short while you live, do the things you love to do. You may never get a second chance again. Don’t just be in this world for the sake of it. Do what you love to do.. So.. when you get older, you’ll never have to regret thinking that you missed so many things in your life.. Cheers!

3 THINGS....

3 weeks back, there was a Wedding on one fine Sunday. I was one of the invitees. I met a heartbroken girl and a confused guy in the wedding, both being my friends. When we were talking, we came to the most common topic on earth… Relationships… ;)

We talked about many things. Let me tell you the 3 basic things I told them about how I felt about the whole relationships thing. Maybe these things will not be true to you.. or maybe they are. It’s up to each and every one of us to remain at our decisions and look at things in different ways. It always depends. But this is how I think of it.

One – When they want someone to spend the time with, they approach you anyway and gain your trust, so that they always know that you’ll be always there for them. They talk with you, go out with you, text you almost every 2 or 3 hours, give you late night calls and talk sweet with you. But there’s one keyword… ‘We’re just good friends’…

Two – At one point when you realized something is wrong. They have problems with introducing who you are to the people around them. (It’s called ‘Hesitation, btw). When they’re so mushy gushy with you, they tend to look for ‘other options’, while still holding on to you. The bell rings.. you fall down from the sky and then you tend to go to them and ask ‘Hey, What’s our relationship??’.. and they’ll tell you. ‘We’re just good friends’. Then you ask, ‘If that’s the case, whey did you do these and these?’. Then they tell you.. ‘I never told you that I love you or anything. Never in my wildest dreams had I wanted to marry you or anything closer to that. I told you from the beginning.. We’re just friends.. Nothing more.’ There’s the keyword again… ‘Friends’.. At the end, you get a broken heart.

Three – You have the broken heart and things are sour now. Fine! Then again they call you and get back to you when they want, cz they always know that you’re always there for them, no matter how badly they’ve broken your heart. Your mistake: You know they’re just using you again, but you tend to go back for their aid, cz you still love them a lot… The story continues.. You’re in vain.. And when they find their ‘better option’ they’re just good and gone, like nothing happened. (It’s called ‘Selfishness’, btw)

The above three things are not gender basis. Guys.. girls.. they both do this.. The two friends who were with me; the guy and the girl, they totally agreed with me on this one. I don’t know what your point of view is. But for me, this is something I have seen.. still seeing and still happening in the world around me. Pity how some people use other people to fulfill their own selfish needs. Hmmm…

vClub : TOGETHER WE MADE IT..!!

It was the time the war was ending. Hundreds and thousands of displaced civilians were coming out from where the LTTE kept them as hostages. We all used to watch the news those days and used to feel sorry for the poor people. Well… Is that all we can do? Just watching the news and feeling sorry for them?

One fine day in May, while the vClub friends were having the usual lunch at the office, we discussed what our event for May should be. Ideas came up. One fine idea was a Dansela since it was the month of Wesak. Finally.. this brilliant idea came out from the brilliant minds of Anusha and Kalpa.. Then we decided that we should do something for the displaced people by war. First, it was a collection of cash among our club members. Then we thought that if we get more help from out friends, we could do something really impressive and useful. That’s when the ‘Arunalu’ program came to limelight.

Our friends helped us by providing cash. goods and clothing items. Gosh! We ended up having a total sum of Rs. 35,000/= in cash. The beauty of it was the teamwork. We all got involved and contributed as much as possible, making it the BEST vClub event so far. Anusha played a huge part throughout our campaign. I should mention that.

We bought so many essentials for them. The list consisted of toothpaste packets, Toothbrushes, Noodles packets, Slippers, mats, plastic cups, plastic plates, plastic jugs, glucose, biscuit packets, soap, mosquito coils, clothing items and milk powder. Everything was neatly packed and labeled. When the hard part was over, we contacted the creators of Swarnawahini’s ‘Janasarana’ program and handed over our contribution to them. It was a huge success!

It’s a very happy feeling we got in the end.. after the whole thing was over. We all felt really good.. satisfied and proud about ourselves cz of the good deed we involved in. See the wonders you can do when you get united as a team??

vClub… Together we made it..!! Three cheers my friends…!!

vClub : THE WONDER OF TEAMWORK...!!

The Thank You card... beautifully created by Anusha..

MOTHERS....

It’s June again, the wedding month. Being invited to 7 weddings and Home Comings, I was sort of lost on how to attend all of them and what to wear. I’m running out of sareers to wear. Now.. It’s a big problem. You can’t wear a saree you wore once or twice to all the weddings in the queue. Why? People will notice…! Hehe.. :D

I’m not so much of a saree fan, but this time, I had to do something. So… as a starter, I went to the Main Street in Pettah this week with a friend of mine and bought a good looking saree. It was a bit expensive one, to be honest. When I came home and showed it to my mom, she was happy about how it looked… but NOT about the price. She was complaining how much I spend on weddings..!! It’s true in a way, but I snapped saying that I can’t wear the same 2-3 sarees to all the weddings. I went to bed in a grumpy mood, telling her that it’s my money and not to complain about it.

The next day, I went to work and came back as usual. My parents came to pick me up. My mom.. She took me to a shop, and bought me a very nice looking saree… telling me it’s for me and to take it as an early birthday gift. I was caught by surprise, so… I couldn’t tell anything. Yesterday she was complaining and now.. she’s buying me a saree.. Well.. That’s how moms are…. In the end, they always want to give us what we like.. They want to see us happy. It’s a small incident. But it left me with something to think about…

FREEDOM.....

Yesterday morning I waked up in a free country. It’s finally over. The terror is finally over.. The blood shredding is finally over… The fear is finally over. Since the day we were born, all we could see was the war… bombings… killings… people dying… When you lived with something like that all your life… now, I wonder how it will be like to live without them all. We were so much used to those brutal things and when it’s all over, I can’t imagine how wonderful and how the rest of our lives will be. It feels like a completely new beginning.. like an reincarnation.

One day, when our children will be born, they will bloom in a free country. We can tell them how brutal the war was and how lucky they are, not to witness it. Can you believe… it’s all over…?? The cruel terrorist leader is in hell with his followers? Everybody is happy.. All you can see is smiling faces.. cheerful streets… the Lion Flag flying high in the sky.. proudly. It’s just like the sun coming up after a never ending storm.. No.. It’s more than that…. Where are the WORDS?? Jeez! I can’t find the words to express the feeling.

You know… It’s like a really really big happy ending, I just can’t believe it’s over! Today.. every Sri Lankan is celebrating. (Well.. Not most of the South Indian political leaders, though. I saw some crappy videos of them being sad about the big fat pig’s death. But who cares about them, right? It’s our country and OUR enemy who was defeated and why the HELL do they worry??)

Let’s celebrate, folks! Three cheers to our war heroes! Three cheers to a great leadership! Hats off to the heroes who sacrificed their lives to bring us peace! Three cheers to the proud lions! Long live Sri Lanka..!!

BITCHOLOGY... :D

Has anybody ever called you a bitch?? Well… for me, dogs are the sweetest things in the world and the bitch is not another bad word. But for the rest of the world… well… it’s considered as a bad word. For ANY reason, I would never call anybody a bitch. If somebody does that, he/ she would be the most disgusting person I would ever know in the world.

Well… Here’s something I found the other day when I was searching for some good morning images. Read on, girls.. Now.. IF somebody calls you a bitch.. you can send this to them right away..!! This is classic..!! Just loved it..!! Couldn’t help sharing this with you all..!!

IT'S WESAK, AGAIN...!!

It’s my favourite time of the year again.. WESAK..! This time, I had loads of fun, making wesak lanterns and enjoying dansels. The best part was, I got to get in to the street with my brother and his friends and watch the people enjoying the day. It was so much fun! There were two dansels in our road. It was so much fun to watch them. Well.. here’s a glimpse of our wesak at home..!!!

HOW BAD PEOPLE CAN BE....

It’s been a while since I last wrote a post on my blog. Things are getting better around me… The clouds upon my head are slowly drifting away. In the past few weeks, I saw, heard and learned so many things from the incidents which took part around my life…

I saw how bad people can treat you when things don’t happen their way.. I’ve seen how bad people can lie to prove how correct they are.. I’ve seen how those who claim who love you the most can ruin and accuse you the most brutal way to get their hands cleaned… I’ve seen selfishness in many ways… Sometimes it’s a pity to watch them trying really hard to ruin your life… They just get nothing in the end. By shouting to the world showing who they really are, they just expose their ruined inner selves and utter brutality to the whole world… That’s how bad people are…

People are not so bad. But when they face certain situations, they unknowingly expose the evil side of them. You have to face such a situation to understand how bad and evil people can be.. You should not let somebody to take you for granted, because your life is far more worth than anything in this world. People can’t just use you as and when they want it and throw you away, making lame excuses, when they want to throw you away. So… watch out for that kind of people…

You only have to do one thing with such people… You just have to sit in a corner and watch them… Watch the bad people doing the wolf dances and acting the goats. They’re bad people.. So you better not try to go and jump into their situation and blend with them.. So…. When bad people try to hurt you, just watch them.. and one day, they’ll stop running. By then, it’ll be too late. The whole world will know who the villains are.. Trust me..!!

WHY RELATIONSHIPS SHOULD BE NAMED...

It’s a Saturday. The girl on the move was wondering around a lot yesterday. The cloud?? Ya.. It was over her head all the time. Let’s see.. The cloud was not raining. It was not bright either. It kept on changing colour time by time. I think the cloud is confused now. Anyway… I slept for 15 hours since I was tired a lot yesterday in every way. Hmm.. Every way means 2 ways, actually. Mentally and physically. However, I wanted to write about something I was thinking about yesterday.. and yet again.. it’s about relationships.

There was a time I believed that every relationship should not have a certain ‘name’ for it. Well.. Some of you may not agree with me on this one. There can be relationships you can never name. They can exist…. But now I understand that those relationships lead only to complications. (There.. I said it straight away!) I was thinking about certain people and certain situations where these unnamed relationships existed. Come to think of it, now I see that they’ve only lead to more complications…. more problems and more hurt. We realize these things, but for some reason, we don’t want to get out of the situation. By the time you realize it, you’re too late. All the harm has been done. Hmmm… How true… So… here are a few ‘named’ relationships. Hope you’ll agree with me.

• The guy/ girl you love – Your boyfriend/ girlfriend or the love of your life.
• The guy/ girl you broke up with – Ex- girlfriend/ Ex- boyfriend.. The relationship should not be named as my girl or my guy.
• The guy/ girl you’re intending to get married to – Your fiancé/ fiancée
• If you’re a girl, the girl you love and trust more than your other girlfriends – Your best friend.
• If you’re a guy, the guy you love and trust more than your other guy friends – Your best friend.
• The woman/ man you’re married to – Your husband / wife
• The woman/ man who got divorced from you – Your Ex-wife/ Ex – husband.
• You’re married to someone and yet you have this endless passion for another man/ woman – You call them your other woman/ man. It’s bad and bitter.

Ok… now.. I want to focus on two things here. The guy/ girl you broke up with and the situation where a married person having passion for someone else. When you broke up with somebody, no matter what you tell yourself to comfort yourself, seeing him/ her eventually hurts you. When it was the other one who wanted to break away from you, still you can’t stop the love you have for him/ her. It’s all true. But once the mirror is broken, you can’t fix it the way it was before. People don’t realize this truth and well.. they tend to drown in the same pain, knowing it will never end and hmmm… for some reason, they tend to live in that hell… It’s a never ending circle. I’ve done that too… but later on when I realized things, I was also hurt too much.
Now… for the married person having passion for someone else thingy… People may have reasons to do that… But when you’re married to someone, you have commitments and responsibilities. People may justify it in many ways. But me.. hmmm… I think it’s something you should never do. Whatever the reasons are… at the end of the line… it’ll be labeled as ‘cheating’.

Two more things.. One.. What do you call a guy who claims to be in love with a girl.. and sees other women behind her back? Two… What do you call a girl who claims to be in love with a guy.. and sees other men behind his back? Well… I have some suggestions… Now.. I would like to hear your ideas about this whole why-relationships-should-be-named thingy… The girl on the move is waiting to hear the ideas in your heads too!

BELL PEPPERS... :D

See this one? My mom brought them home cz my sister needed to prepare a special rice for the New Year lunch. She wanted to add Bell Pepper and Cabbage flowers to ‘spice up’ the rice. This morning, I found the Bell Peppers lying on the kitchen table and the sight of the Bell Peppers in three colours fascinated me.

Don’t they look sweet? So… Before my sis drained the life out them and made them out lunch, I took this one! Now I think I should’ve taken a better shot.. Sigh… Too late now, guys, the pretty bell peppers are already dancing in the cooking rice…!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY..!!

Let me wish you all of you out there a happy new year first! Ahem.. WISHING ALL OF YOU A HAPPY, PEACEFUL AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR from all my heart! Hope it’s been a really good one for all of you! It should be, since the war is almost ending and there are not many troubles around to be worried about.

Well… As for me, still the cloud is there, and my new year was an average one. But as in every new year, for all of us at home, it was a good one. We have the new year spirit all over the house. Most people don’t make Awurudu food at home, one – it’s time consuming, and two – they don’t know. The good thing is.. we at home.. we know how to. So.. for every new year, we make various kinds of tasty sweets. Let me list down… There were konda kewum.. athirasa… mung kewum.. weli thalapa.. undu wel.. kokis.. butter cake.. chocolate swiss rolls… bananas.. kiribath and murukku. That makes 11. This is the part I love the most about celebrating the New Year at home!

Everybody should know something to pass to the next generation… traditions in particular. Traditional food counts too.. So here we are, my parents passing the traditions to us! So… the picture here is… home made undu wel..!! Waters your mouth, I’m sure.. They sure were a lot tastier than they seem!

CLOUD OVER MY HEAD....

It’s supposed to be the day before the New Year. Well.. in fact, it IS the day before the New Year. I waked up with this cloud upon my head again. For the past few weeks, it was walking with me… right over my head, just like a halo. Sometimes the cloud makes rain, but at all other times, it’s dark. I guess we all have times like this. Sometimes strange thoughts cross your mind.. Well… for me, strange thoughts always cross my mind.

In fact, this morning, when I was sitting and thinking, I wish there was a self- activated pen which can write my thoughts on a paper, reading my thoughts. Just like Rita Skeeter’s magical pen from the Harry Potter movie. How easy would it be! So that I don’t have to tell everybody how I feel about them as and when I want. Everybody around the house is busy.. Nah.. I’m not that enthusiastic this time. But I help around the house, help to prepare food and help them to cook. That New Year spirit is not there for me. Last time, I had a superb one. I even put some pics on FB. This time, I find myself wondering and eating some kinda exotic cheese out of tins.

I wanted to call up my two best friends. She : She must be busy now. Him : nah! That cloud starts rain again! Sometimes I talk gibberish and write gibberish. For those who read my blog, well… excuse me for this one. I’ll find something interesting to write when the cloud is gone. So.. gibberish, in the sense.. I was thinking what I was doing all morning.

I found some unaligned layouts in my blog. I don’t remember how it happened. So I was trying to correct it. Damn this HTML! Then I counted how many movies I have downloaded for the past couple of months. I counted more than 200. Crazy nut, I am. To fit the cloud upon my head, I wanted to watch a gloomy movie. I guess you know that I watch horror. So, I’m downloading ‘The Unborn’. My best friend said it’s absolutely horrific. So.. Wanna try that one out too…

Well guys, lunch is ready, I guess.. I’ll just go. I’ll come before the New Year to wish you all..!!