Somebody That I Used To Know

Now and then I think of when we were together

Like when you said you felt so happy you could die

I told myself that you were right for me 

But felt so lonely in your company 

But that was love and it's an ache I still remember 

You can get addicted to a certain kinds sadness 

Like resignation to the end, always the end 

So when we found that we could not make sense 

Well you said that we would still be friends 

But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over 

But you didn't have to cut me off 

Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing 

I don't need your love, but you treat me like a stranger 

And that feels so rough 

No, you didn't have to stoop so low 

Have your friends collect your records 

And then change your number 

Guess that I don't need that though 

Now you're just somebody that I used to know 

Now and then i think of all the times you screwed me over 

But had me believing it was always something that I'd done 

But I don't wanna live that way 

Reading into every word you say 

You said that you could let it go 

And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know 

But you didn't have to cut me off 
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing 
I don't need your love, but you treat me like a stranger 
And that feels so rough 
No, you didn't have to stoop so low 
Have your friends collect your records 
And then change your number 
Guess that I don't need that though 
Now you're just somebody that I used to know 

Here widout you

Here's a beautiful song lyrics which I'm hearing... Here widout you

A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face.
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same.
All the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming' of your face.

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind.
I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, it's only you and me, yeah

The miles just keep rolling'
As the people leave their way to say hello
I've heard this life is overrated
But I hope that it gets better as we go.

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind.
I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, it's only you and me

Everything I know, and anywhere I go,
It gets hard but it won't take away my love.
And when the last one falls, when it’s all said and done.
It gets hard but it won't take away my love.

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind.
I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl it's only you and me, yeah oh yeah oh

Some kids do strike a cord in you!

Well this is an incident which happened with to me on Saturday 28 th July'12.... I was out for "The Dark Knight Rises" show @ 2pm wid my family.......
We made it to the multiplex at sharp 1.30pm and there I was standing in the que for the tickets stub to be collected  which I had already booked online.... was looking forward desperately for the show..... while I was pretty annoyed with the lady standing behind me who was just sticking to me and standing.... I was so damn annoyed that I flipped my purse back forcefully so that she can feel it and move back a bit.. I was successful in my attempt but just for few seconds or so..... again the same thing and I turned around to see if there was so much crowd gathered that there is hardly any space to breath..... but there was absolutely no one... and I gave her that nasty look! still it dint ring a bell in that dumb lady's mind...... moving ahead in the que I suddenly caught glimpse of this small dame standing rite in front of me in the que... waiting for her turn to book her show....... :-)....... she was flipping and moving around.. I assume she was hardly in 5-6 th standard..... suddenly a man made up to her in the parallel que and started giving her instructions on which showtime to book and all....... and she was listening to the instructions quite sincerely...... I assume that he must be her father.... (well not sure)...... Finally she turned up to the window and asked him to book a show for cocktail.... and I GAZED at her.... "COCKTAIL".... Again I assumed the lil' one has come to watch "Ice Age-4" but she amazed me..... I was all bonkers.... and this was not it....... she booked only ONE ticket for the show... and she was gonna watch tht movie all alone... Imagine a kid of 5-6 th std and all alone for a movie like Cocktail... and this I got to know from her father to whom I again gave an amazed look........ I guess she is a die hard fan of Deepika Padukone as she resembled a lot like her.... :-)

Even I collected my stubs and made my way to the screen.... Her father was full of instructions as to where to meet when the show ends and all of that... and she was like when will i go for the show.... as soon as the instructions ended... she ran for the show.... met her again at the entrance of the security screening section and she was not sure how to go ahead... I guided her the way and we went up together.... Then she started wandering about on her own.... I asked her when was her show time and she said 1.30 and it was already 1.45.. I told her rush to screen 4 where the movie was being played.... And I suddenly realized... Oh shoot!....I sud have atleast handed her a cold drink and  a popcorn to enjoy the movie.... which i wanted to do for her..... and there she went running for her show and her Deepika Padukone....

Out of all of this I don't know if she was rite or wrong...... Kids of this generation I think are very fast... Their choices and selections are way ahead their age.... but to come and think of it if i put myself in their shoes i guess they know their choices and selections and they know their likes and dislikes.....



Two different scenarios of two different pple.. One is ME (thinking abt my choices at her age) and other is that LIL GAL..... so much difference of selection.... i guess this is wat we call GENERATION GAP.....

But whatever it is, this distinctive episode has definitely struck a cord in ME.... :-)

Superb Saturday!

Lollli Lolli Saturday morning......... :-)

Reminds me of the good old days when this serial "Dekh bhai dekh" used to be aired on Sunday mornings..... That time weekends meant only Sundays :-P.... this dialogue comes from this very serial.....
Thanks to the MNCs nowadays that the weekends can b celebrated two days a week.......

Saturday started with a very fresh early morning..... buckled up my shoes for a long driving class of 10km... it was a wonderful experience driving where my tutor had least control on my driving speed and control...... was so elated..... That i geared for my next meet with my bhaiyya...... we had a conversation on Friday nite and i was making fun of a man who comes everyday with me for his driving sessions too..... and then Bhaiyya told me lets c how much have u gained in a week's training......
 I was like i shouldn't be so rude to anyone and control on my comments...... in the morning the day had come to show bhaiyya how much i had gained...... displayed my driving skills to him :-P (but on a empty grnd) at times Bhaiyya was scared as there were some other cars also practicing and bhaiyya thought that i would ram in some car practicing :-P...... but i showed that some talent too... hope i impressed him...... this made my day even more happier...... :-D and then we made our way to Mayur Dining for a sumptuous thali...... and wat a thali and wat a sweet dish "Ras malai"... day's happiness went to further bounds..... after having a heart-ful, mouthful and stomach-ful lunch headed in search of a pan and after a lil' search ended to a Pan shop..... Banarasi pan.... big Banarasi pan :-P

Bhaiyya had asked me to list down some 10 activities which i plan to do and would want to learn..... so making a move from driving to learning guitar.. Bhaiyya took me to a fab musical instrument shop.... which had a wide range of collection of musical instruments.... from Casio to piano and from acoustic guitars (Spanish and Hawaiian) to electric guitars.. from drums to banjos.... from violins to cello... awesome.. such and awesome collection... wud very soon move on to my next hobby of learning to play guitar..... so many things on my list.. would take actions on it very soon.....



After going thru' the lovely collection of musical instruments we made our way to a book shop, a book shop which i guess is quite an old bookshop having a massive collection of books (first hand second hand), magazines and DVD and VCDs...... unbelievable..... picked up some good collection of marathi movies and a DVD gifted to me by Bhaiyya.... "Meghe dhaake Taara" a bengali movie......

Thanks Bhaiyya to revive all these hobbies in me again and asking me to chase my hobbies again :-)

My day ended wonderfully by buying a bunch of lovely pink roses for mommy... and make her feel special at times.... not necessarily wait for any special day to convey ur feelings and emotions.. any day ur happy spread ur happiness around you and you will see the world is so beautiful around you...

truly said "Nazaarein nahi nazaariya change karo..... toh dekhoge duniya kitni haseen hai.... "

Blood Test on a Rainy day

Rain Rain go away.....
come again another day......
lil' tommy wants to play...


Well if i say this i know many pple here in Pune will hit me hard saying now that it has started drizzling a bit...... ur saying rain rain go away......... huh!

This begins with a simple conversation i was having with my fren who wanted to get her blood test done..... so we headed our way to Jehangir at sharp12.04pm today.... it was cloudy but was sure we would make it to the hospital..... Look at our confidence about the Indian rains :-P....... enjoying the cool breeze and fresh air out we made our way to the hosiptal... As soon as we reached the hospital gates it started pouring..... we ran for the shelter and made it to the sample collection dept........

After my friend went in to give blood sample... i was there out in the visitor lounge (grnd floor) sitting bang opposite to the Cardiac care center...... just sat down and took a quick glance of pple around me.... suddenly caught glimpse of a cute lil' darling sitting ryt in front of me with her parents and asking them to play wid her.... i dont think they were in much mood and spirits to play wid her... still the dad was making fruitful attempts to keep the child's spirit up... and i was just staring at her......a cute lil girl somewhere at the age of 5-6 yrs old..... full of energy and ready for any game to play wid her.... she was so completely engrossed in moving around sitting down jumping.... And then my dear fren came out saying "Kitna khoon nikal liya..... subah waali aunty hi acchi thi... abhi waale ne toh bahut buri tarah khoon nikala"... and I was like come here and sit for a while and let the blood flow stop..... meanwhile i was turned arnd to catch the sight of that sweety and there she was GONE.. i was nt able to trace her.... Her parents were there itself... and i was like where did this angel dissappear :-|

And then i saw that someone was peeping at me from the pillar in front of me.... And i realised THERE SHE IS....... Dunno when she invariable started playing lukka chuppi wid me... peeping out and hiding when i looked her.... she started playing and i started participating in her activity...... and then she moved to a chair and started playing the prank again.... a cute lil soft prankster..... who can win many hearts with her angelic pure innocent smile......  atleast she won mine... Me and my fren named her Anushka Sharma.... Bachpan mein aivehi dikhati hogi Anushka Sharma...... :-)
After spending some 15-20 mins i started wondering y rv sitting here JLT...... already out of office.. i told my fren lets move and we started heading back on our way to Office..
And then as soon as we reached Empress garden road it started pouring again..... and we halted under a shaddy bamboo shoots..... and soon as we stopped the shoots moved pouring the drops it carried on us.... it turned to drizzle from the pours and we staretd our way back again.... and then as soon as we rchd Sopan Baugh... it started pouring heavily and we rushed to a nearby closed shop for a shade and made it.....

suddenly a SAMPLE came in and halted there too... Let me tell you y we call him a SAMPLE....
On his bike with helmet on.. he halted and took off his helmet... hung it to his bike and came running to the shade...... and that too left the helmet upside down... with all water getting IN the helmet...... after 2 -3 mins God knws wht got into him he went to his bike again wore his wet helmet and made his way.... and still it was pouring... we were just praying ki Bhagwaan barrish sirf 10 min ke liye rok de and we would reach office... and then the lines written in the very beginning came to my mind......

Rain Rain go away.....
come again another day......
lil' tommy wants to play...
.........And the wish was granted! :-)

Since then it is nt raining here in this area....Bhagwaan ne seriously hi le liya...
meine 10 mins hi maange the..... :-S

A refresher after a long time...

After a very long time had a refreshing trip with some of my best pals to Kashid...... A much wanted break and the most "favorable" season (at least  I prefer rainy season)......
Against everyone's kith n kins views we planned for this trip :-) Knowing the wild sea and a venue which is not favorable in this season...... :-P... Jab milate hai chaar yaar toh jagah aur mausam ki kya hai baat.......
Lonavala Khopoli it was pouring cats and dogs.... and we were a bit disheartened knowing we would have to spent time in the hotel itself......
But we had a lil' surprise stored in for us..... Entry to Kashid.. No rains... not a single drizzle.. no wet fields no wet roads or roadsides...... But a lovely skyline.... soft sun rays.... hunted for an accommodation soon... had a hearty home made food (fish n prawns) and made our way to hit a beach widout wasting a single min.....

And yes there it was... A vast wild sea ready to envelope everything that come into its way (devouring my 2 frens shades and specs :-P)...... Yet muddy we had a gala time.. playing around in the sand and the muddy beach...... gaining attention of everyone who was passing by and some had a bold audacity to even comment on us being "Dirty and Filthy"... but who the hell cares what pple think.. on a vacation..out for a break.. Njoi to the fullest and so did we..... panting and smudged all in sand..... the evening went by and so did we on our way by 11 no. bus to our rooms..... walkie talkie.... went to the room with sand smudged faces hands and feet..... cleansed ourselves had a hearty chat over dinner..... Played a game"Lalli Pappi Jhappi" :-P......

So much drained with the beach activity that instantly we hit the bed and only made an attemp to get ourselves out in the morning.. That too coz we have to vacate the rooms..... Thanks to the God Dashmi and chutney we had to ourselves from starving to death in the morning.....(Thanks Aunty! to prepare some and pack em up for us)..... On our way to Datta Mandir.. had i known it was  herculean task ahead of 750 steps to be alighted i would have given up from the beginning... but good i dint jitter..... Datta darshan was equally peaceful and wat serene place.... Kashid skyline could be seen so vivid and clear...

Capturing all these moments and smudging our thoughts with lovely beach and even more lovely company we started our way back home..... with all sorts of pranks and masti cat and dog fight......... we made our way home..........

A short and a sweet trip..... but full of vivid and sandy memories....
Thank you dear friends to make it happen!

So where's the next destination guys?