Tag of Eight.....

Thanks Jayashree for the tag

Eight things I am passionate about:

1) Music: Music in any form drives me crazy… whether it is dance or singing. I love it.

2) Dance: yeah dance…I love dancing but that’s when no one is watching me.. I have not taken any formal training and I dance quietly crazily but I feel that’s the best way to get your frustration out. It just relaxes you… so whenever I am alone and music is on and the door to my room is closed… now you know what I do ;)

3) Painting: I paint and paint… don’t know what but just paint and paint and I call it Modern Art :)

4) Traveling: I love to travel. I like seeing new places , meeting new people. Everything aboutt nature attracts me, whether it is Mountains, Oceans or simply landscapes.

5) Food: Many people don’t know it but I love variety of food. Any kind of food which is finger licking becomes my favorite. Places don’t matter , right from a roadside shop to 5-star hotels, its food that magnetizes me.

6) Shopping: Lets not talk abt it… I shop like maniac J Shopping is the only thing which I can do at any time of the day. I love shopping for Shoes (I have 30 pairs… and still piling up) , Accessories (200 pair of Earings) , Clothes (2 Cupboards are bursting out with them) , Cosmetics (well not too fond of it.. but then ya.. have a whole lot of collection of that also J) Now did I leave anything to shop???? Ya that’s me a shopping freak.

7) Televison/Movies/Internet : I clubbed it all into one coz, if I am not watching TV then u will find me on Computer and vice versa.

8) Reading: I love reading… Considering my other passions, like TV, Shopping, Painting etc.. I still find time to read.. and hence it gets a previlage spot in my passion list ;)

Eight things that attracts me to my best friends:

well the answer is everything about them , thats why they are my Best Friends :) I am blessed with few of them.

They are the ones..

1) .. who have Great Sense of Humor (very imp)
2) .. who are Simple yet Confident and Glamorous
3) .. whose Attitude towards Life speaks volume
4) .. who are Honest and Loyal
5) .. who don't make judgments and assumptions too soon
6) .. on whom I can yell at and they can yell at me and we can still remain best friends without any grudges
7) .. who loves to talk but at the same time who loves to listen
8) .. who may not be there with me when I am happy but always there for me when I am sad :)

Eight books I’ve read recently

1) How Starbucks Saved My Life
2) Snapshots from hell
3) How Doctors Think
4) The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
5) 9 on 9
6) Archie Comics
7) Who Moved My Cheese
8) Rich Dad Poor Dad

Eight things I say often

1) What Ya

2) So

3) Oh My God

4) Ok

5) Ohhhhhhhh

6) Yeah

7) Cool

8) Hmmmmmm and Stupid (Same frequency :))

Eight things I want to do before I die (In no particular order)

1) Visit random places around the world and take loads of photographs and taste different kinds of food (ya even eat snake and Bat…U know ur gonna die so whats the harm in trying:))

2) Do Charity… Well I am not so rich to donate money or raise funds but I would love to Adopt a Girl child. This is a dream which I really really want to fulfill. If not atleast I will fund education for one girl child.

3) Meet up all the friends I have lost touch with.

4) Relive the college days.. Go out with friends on bike and get drenched in rains.. Dance in the rains and ya also go biking 4 am in the morning to the city outskirts to have TEA J Ohhhhh I miss those days

5) Yell on top of my voice on roller coaster rides.

6) Go to snow covered city either in India or abroad. Play in the snow and ya make a snow man a really huge one ;)

7) Tell my friends, my parents and all the people who are special to me.. that I LOVE THEM and its coz of them my life has been so beautiful.

8) Last but not the least. Learn and speak fluent Telgu… hehehehehe

Eight songs I could listen to, over and over

Well this is a tough one.. my play list keeps changing every week.. so I will tell you what I am listening to this week.

1) Hum jo chalte rahe - Jab we met

2) I am Fool for you (this one is on for 2 weeks now)

3) Remember When

4) Take me to your heart

5) Tare zameen par

6) Maa

7) Sawariya

8) Ishq hain ya saza

People I think should do this tag:

Well I would like everyone who visits my blog to take up this tag and do let me know.. I would love to read it

My Heart Will Go On .......

A special dedication to the person who is my best friend and love of my life - This one is for you "RAM"

Renesh The Joy of My Life

LIfe is a Journey

My First child.. Renesh was born with PRS.. PRS was something I didnt even know untill his birth. The name itself was very haunting..
Doctors didnt want to reveal much and just said he will be alright..
I remember the first time when I saw him in NICU, with tubes in his nose, oxygen mask, saturation monitoring machine, Needles poked on his tiny wrist.. I was devastated. Tears rolled down my cheeks, I wanted to scream, shout.. I wanted to question GOD why this happened to me, why me????
However there was no time for me to rejoice over the birth of my son (for whom I waited nine long months) or to grieve on the birth disorder that he was born with.. I had to be strong (or atleast pretend to be). The only thing I told myself "this child is mine and I have no choice, I have to make him live, I have to take care of him.. I not only have to be his mother but more than a mother can be...

Today he is 4 months old.. and everyday is a struggle but he has taught me the meaning of life. He has visited more doctors than I have seen in 20 yrs of my life and still we are ready to fight all odds... Though sometimes things seems tough and road ahead looks shady.. his smile brightens our way and he seems to be more than perfect to us :)

I found the below content on the email group of PRS effected children and it touched my heart. I couldnot control my tears after I read it and thought to share it with everyone who have less than perfect children and like me wanted to ask GOD WHY ME ??

Some women become mothers by accident,
some by choice,
a few by social pressure
and a couple by habit.

This year, nearly 100,000 women will become
mothers of handicapped children.
Did you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen?
Somehow I visualize
God hovering over earth selecting His instruments
for propagation with great care and deliberation.

As He observes, He instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger.
"Armstrong, Beth, son... Patron Saint, Matthew" "Forrest, Marjorie, daughter...
Patron Saint, Cecillia" "Rudledge, Karen, Twins... Patron Saint... give her
Gerard, he is used to profanity."

Finally, He passes a name to an angel and smiles, "Give her a handicapped
child."
The angel is curious, "Why this one, God?
She is so happy." "Exactly,"smiled God.
"Could I give a handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter?
That would be cruel." "But has she got patience?" asked the angel.
"I don't want her to have too much patience or
she will drown in a sea of self pity and despair.
Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it.
I watched her today.
She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare
and so necessary in a mother.

You see, the child I am going to give her has his own world.
She has to make the child live in her world and that is not going to be easy."
"But Lord, I don't think she even believes in You."
God smiled, "No matter. I can fix that.
This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness."
The angel gasped, "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?" God nods.
"If she can't seperate herself from the child ocassionally, she will never survive.
Yes, here is a woman I will bless with a child less than perfect.
She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied.
She will never take for granted a "spoken word."
She will never consider a "step" ordinary.
When her child says "Momma," for the first time,
she will be present at a miracle and know it!
When she describes a tree or sunset to a blind child,
she will see it as few people ever see my creation.
I will permit her to see clearly the things I see..
.ignorance, cruelty, prejudice... and allow her to rise above them.
She will never be alone.
I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life
because she is doing My work as surely as if she were here by My side."
"And what about her Patron Saint?" asked the angel,
his pen poised in mid air.
God smiles, "A mirror will suffice."

My Precious Charm

A New Beginning

A new beginning a whole new start,
A new life has started to knock,
With every passing day it gives me hope
I wonder what it looks like,
A girl like an angel, or a boy with a heavenly smile?
Soon its eyes will open and it will smile back at me..
that’s the time I will be a Mother of a tiny little Kid.
It will open its arms and recognize my touch,
I will be its Angel, on this Heavenly earth.
I will hold his hands and teach him to walk,
I will stand by him whenever he will fall,
I will see him grow ,
I will see him smile,
I will be one who will teach him rhymes,
I will teach him words,
I will teach him to talk,
I will eagerly wait to hear him say MOM...