Honestly Yours...

Heena awarded me the "Honest Scrap" award some days back.....so sweet of her:)

The award comes with a rider, you have to list 10 truths about yourself before you can accept the award.....so not sweet of her:P



Did an extended version of this tag long back but as Heena says this makes for a "free fokat ka blog post" and considering my ineptitude with words these days, this is too good a chance to pass by:D
And the icing is of course that I get to tag 10 of you after I finish this:P

SummerNova

Of early mornings, sweltering noons and welcome evenings

Of languid baths, baked pancakes of faces and cold water face washes

Of kacche aam ki sharbat, aerated soft drinks and just about anything liquid

Of wishing classes got over early and rushing back for basketball sessions

Of Chutti Chutti, Jungle Book and Alif Laila

Of Ducktales, Chandrakanta and Chitrahaar

Of power cuts, shadow games and spook stories in the dark

Of Antaksharis and Dumb Charades

Of holiday homework and planning pranks

Of Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and Famous Five

Of visits to the village and reunion with cousins

Of days spent in the playground with illusions of greatness

Of nights spent on the terrace making patterns in the sky

Idiosyncratic Me

Been tagged by Asbah and Aditi to write 25 random facts, goals or quirks about myself...now there's one daunting task if there was ever one but then as looking the challenge in the eye is the name of the game:D, I hereby try to pen down a silver jubilee list about the eccentric moronic self that I am.

#1. I am a very usual, perfectly common human being and you will be sure to find many like me in every walk of life.

#2. I wish to one day live the life that I envisage for me and my family...for me my family is much more important to me than I myself would ever be.

#3. I am not an introvert but I take some time to warm up to people...once that small matter is taken care of I generally tend to bring the house down.

K{no}w Me Better

First Name:- Saim

Sex:- Male

Single or Taken:- have not replied to Maria's proposal yet...so yes, it would be single as of now:D

Birthday:- 9th day of August

Siblings:- 3 sisters n a bro

Hair Color:- Natural Black:D

Shoe Size:- 7/8

Height:- 5'6"

Innie or Outie:- Mostly innie...prefer to be outie only among the chosen:)

What are you wearing right now:- Tracks, T-shirt n my attitude:D

Mirror Mirror On The Wall

Always been the curious one:D
I wish I could know everything there is to know but that would probably make me go mad:D...so lets just keep it to all you wonderful people's take on urs truly...
This tag allows me just the exact purrfect opportunity...so go ahead fellas.

N I off course don't need 2 tell u to be absolutely unadulterated...straight 4m d heart, only d truth.

#1. Who are you?
#2. Are we friends?
#3. Something I have and you want.
#4. Give me a nickname and xplain y u picked it.
#5. Describe me in a word.
#6. What was your 1st impression of me?
#7. Do you still think that way about me now?
#8. What reminds you of me?
#9. If you could give me anything what would it be?
#10. How well do you know me?
#11. How do you see me in the future?
#12. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
#13. Are you going to post this in your blog and see what I say about you?

Vagaries of Love

Tagged by Sachi n Solo...pretty common one dis is, most of blogville has "been there,done that" , so here goes my take...

#1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?

Move on...no point trying to hold water with one's hands...just wasn't worth it, I guess.

#2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?

Can't choose one...can't prioritize dreams:(

Hazaaron khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dum nikle

Bahut nikle mere armaan magar phir bhi kam nikle

#3. Whose butt would you like to kick?

No one's...not coz am some Ahimsa preaching saint but no one (through my eyes) deserves a kick on the backside more than myself n since the flexibilty rules of my body don't allow me to do so, so I'll just abstain rather than kicking the second most deserving person's butt:P

*Celeb Me*

Inspired by Keshi n Ria's new found celebrity statuses:D
I hereby unleash on Blogville the latest entrant to the xclusive club:D

Presenting the one, the only..... Saim:)

Multi colored vision:)

*Starry eyes*

Baby, I'm addicted...

Been tagged by the "Addictions" tag by Akshaya...
Well, the Oxford defines "addiction" being the "fact or condition of being dependant on something/someone" and it means the same in my dictionary too:D
So, without further nonsensical talk, here it is...

#1. Life...am addicted to life, I can't stop living...even at the downest of times, at the lowest ebb of the fortune's tide...I still harbor hopes. I may not proclaim to be still in hope but deep down within me there is that tiny flicker still burning bright. As they say na "Umeed pe hi duniya qayam hai" (Hope is what the world lives on)

4 CROSS 3 Answers!!!

This is just a random post where i'll share the answers to my mosaic tag as some of you asked for them...of course, most of the answers were quite obvious but still...
So here goes:-

1. What is you first name?
Saim

2. What is your favorite food right now?
Chicken Tandoori...Ferrin,now u know why clucky sounds so tasty to me:D

3. Which high school did you attend?
St. Anthony's High School, Kolkata... where the 1st seeds of my moronic self were sowed

4. Which is your favorite color?
Red...coz its just so attractive, stands out in the crowd!!!

5. Who is your celebrity crush?
Maria Sharapova....*sighs* n *puppy grin* :D

6. What is your favorite drink?
Rooh Afza....since eternity

7. What is you dream vacation?
New Zealand...ever since I watched LOTR!!!

8. What is your favorite dessert?
Chocolate Ice Cream....*vice*

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A better me...

10. What do you love most in life?
My Faith

11. What is one word that describes you?
Pathetic...I hate myself for my faults even though all my faults are normal!!!

12. What is your user name?
Comfortably numb...blogger user name i.e.

4 cross 3

After an endless wait for some good soul to tag me with this rather nice tag, I have finally run out of patience.

Also, I have the added incentive of putting up some colorful pictures on my rather dour blog via this tag!!!

So here goes:-
Rules:-
1. Type your answer for each of the questions into Flickr search.
2. Using only the 1st page of the results, choose one random image.
3. Copy and paste the URLs of each of the images into Big Huge Lab's Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the chosen pictures.

Questions:-

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food right now?
3. Which high school did you attend?
4. Which is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. What is one word that describes you?
12. What is your user name?

Mosaic



Some of the answers are quite obvious, I guess....still, all you wonderful people out there can have a go @ guessing the answers....So happy guessing!!!

Now for the tagging part....well, this is quite a popular tag and quite a few fellow bloggers have already nailed it....so, I'll just tag some of those who I think haven't yet done this.....
Therefore, I tag

• Aayushi
• Neha
• Keshi
• Broca
• Anindita
• Ferrin
• Wian

So long till next time....
C ya buddyz!!!

Power of 8

Tag time!!! Taking g-man's comments to heart i hereby post my very first tag "8"

8 things I am passionate about

1. Friends and family...absolutely love them
2. Reading...absolute reading freak here, u want me distracted....just hand me a book (course books xcluded, off course)
3. Music...sedative of my life
4. Writing...always used to love it, blogging has just reignited the passion
5. Chocolate...cakes,fudge,ice cream or just a choco bar....nethin will do as long as its got chocolate
6. Winters...they are such a relief, have always wished to live in places like Canada,etc where its permanent winter
7. Addas...as they provide the perfect opportunity to indulge in "taang-khinchofying"
8. Manchester United...d best club on the planet *glory all the way* *keep Believing*

8 things i want to do b4 i die

1. Perform the holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina
2. Learn to play the guitar (n i mean, really well)
3. Go live on international television...preferably participating in a debate
4. Rid INDIA off it's greatest malaise, corruption
5. Earn loads of money
6. Write a book...in fact, i already have the basic premise in place
7. Watch Manchester United winning the Champions League @ the "theater of dreams"
8. Go out on a date with Maria Sharapova on a secluded beach with lilting melody playing in the background... *sighs*

8 things i say often

1. As Salam Alai Kum
2. Wassup
3. Chad Yaar
4. Inshaallah
5. Get Real
6. Shit
7. Hell, I Care
8. Allah Hafiz

8 books that i have recently read
I have included my course subject text books here coz as much and as well we ignore them, they finally @ the end are part of the "book-family".

1. The 3 Mistakes Of My Life by Chetan Bhagat
2. Manual Of The Warrior Of Light by Paulo Coelho
3. The Deceiver by Frederick Forsyth
4. A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Spark
5. The Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum
6. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkein
7. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
8. The Complete Reference To Java by Herbert Schildt

8 songs i could listen to over and over again
I am going to segregate this and do two lists, one each for Indian and Western numbers.

Western :-

1. Sacrifice by Elton John
2. Have I Told You Lately by Rod Stewart
   
3. Please Forgive Me by Bryan Adams
4. Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
5. Take Me To Your Heart by MLTR
6. Forever And For Always by Shania Twain
7. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams by Green Day
8. No Matter What by Boyzone

Indian :-

1. Ye Dil Tum Bin Kahin Lagta Nahin
2. Mujhse Naraaz Ho To Ho Jao
3. Yehi Hota Pyaar Hai Kya
4. Jaane Kya Chahe Mann Baanwra
   
5. Kuch Is Tarah
   
6. Sarakti Jaaye Hai Rukh Se Naqaab
   
7. Tu Jo Nahin Hai
8. Hamein Jab Se Mohabbat Ho Gayi Hai
   

8 persons who i tag
Don't know many persons here, so am tagging all those who i know.

1. What's in a name
2. Behind brown eyes
3. Beauty and the beast
4. What's in a name (another one, yes)
5. Ria
6. Aayushi
7. Gunj
8. Solo

N.B:- If any of the above people have already done this, please pardon my ignorance and let it be....*peace*

Alphabetically Defined

Hello again!!!Am back with another post where i describe each letter of that glorious language known to the masses as "ENGLISH".Hereby,i acknowledge the significance of each letter in this blessed life of mine.

N.B.:- this is actually inspired from someone else's blog which i happened to stumble across recently in one of my endless blog-hunting sprees..)!!!Cudn't help but compile mah own list.
newayz....without much ado, let's get started!!!

A for Allah (everything i am, its coz of u) n Anthonian (alma mater) - for being the place where the first seeds of my moronic self were sowed

B for Boredom (my unsuspecting and ever compromising partner) - for keeping me company when every1 else left or were driven away by my dime-a-dozen pjs

C for Calcutta (it'll alwayz remain Calcutta for me) n Coffee

D for Dimwits/Dumboz - for making me feel like Einstein’s second in command n Diego Armando Maradona (soccer god)

E for English (with all due respect to other languages) - for just existing.

F for Friendship (a bond wrought in love and pledged in pranks) n F.I.E.M. (Future Inst. of Engg n Mgmt) - abode of four glorious years

G for Gondolas (in venice) - am a core romantic @ heart n a ride on dis beauty is my idea of a perfect rendezvous with my beloved.

H for Home (sweet home)

I for Islam (the ultimate truth) - *peace unto everyone*, Iconoclast - favourite roleplay n “I” - urs truly!!!

J for Jest (which I use when sum1 gets offended)

K for Kudos (pat on d bak) - just adore them.

L for Love - fuel of life n Laziness - profession of life

M for Manchester United, Music (sedative on which am living) n Maria Sharapova - *sighs* n *puppy grin*

N for Nights (fav part of the day)

O for Opulent fools - for always reminding me what not to be.

P for Paradoxes, Parodies n PC

Q for Queer n weird ideas which have an open passage to my mind.

R for Reveries (for providing an outlet of escape) n Reading (for getting cultivated in me since my pre teens)

S for Sanity, Sobriquets (easy meat to exploit) n Sarcasm

T for Tom n Jerry

U for Utopia (for remaining a dream)

V for Vehement denials of pranks well played

W for Water (lifeline) n Whatever else that cudnt make the list.

X for Xtra helpings of chocolate fudge (vice) n X everything (read:-girl friend)-*best wishes*

Y for You my dear n Yak attacks

Z for Zombie - favourite persona