That Day....

I awoke today morning, rubbing my eyes, all sweaty and wet. Oh god, no electricity? And with the global warming taking toll and (OMG!) my AC off, I felt like a melting ice-cream.



I grudgingly went to brush my teeth, squeezing at the toothpaste. And ah again! No toothpaste, I kept on squeezing till I was all exhausted and then there came out a bit of paste, but enough to refresh my mouth at least.No one at home. Mom at school- teaching, dad at office, bro at school- studying….ah what a wretched day!

O fine, I’ll get myself a hot cup of coffee now. There goes the water on the gas, and where’s the coffee powder now? Oh yes, up there on the shelf. I reach out, but can’t get it. Darn, I bring a stool and then stand ahoy and hold it unsurely in my hands, before it comes tumbling down on the floor!!

Bam! The glass jar is broken and all the coffee powder spilled on the floor, along with small glittering glass pieces. I mumble angrily again and switch off the gas to move out.

OWW!!!! A glass piece stuck in my foot : ( Awww……I do some quick medical aid and then get down to reading the paper- all full of depressing news about crime and corruption. Darn! I flip it away.

Now what? Wah! I’ll switch on the radio for some soothing music. I switch it on…..and again, bad luck….no light na? How’d I forget.

The radio, AC, computer etc. doesn’t work on inverter. So what do I do now? Oh yes, my book! I was reading Twilight last night so where’s it now? On the night stand? I had a look- not there. On my table- not there. On the dining table- not there. On the shelf- not there!

I’m not looking anymore….baaah!

So, what now? The good old phone- my savior!

I pick it up and dial my best friend- she’s taking a bath. I call another- she’s out. I call two more- both are busy in the bathroom. I give a desperate last try but again- she’s asleep! At 11 in the morning? OMG!! Why is today a holiday for me?

Fine, I’ll take a bath….I cheer myself up desperately and go on. So much water on the marble floor- brother again!!

Whaaaaammmmmmmm…..I slip!! Awww……it hurts. Seriously! I guess I’ll have some broken bones too now. What a way to begin the day. I cry and take a bath, not more wet than water for bath, then from my tears!

Then go and sit in the balcony, until the hot sun almost burns me black. I come back in.
I give up!! Today is a bad day- not a single good omen. I go get some sleep.

My blissful dreams spoilt again as mom and bro ringing the doorbell. OMG! It’s 4 in the afternoon. I open the door to be greeted by a volley of angry abuses by my brother and scolding from mom. They tell me they’ve been waiting since 2 pm.

Anyways, the bell’s ringing- light back!! I turn on the TV, was watching the most interesting show and Bam! Screen’s dark again- lights gone! Oh shit!! Not again!!

Pleaseeeeee!!

I go off. Nothing better than a good refreshing sleep again. It’s a wretched, boring sleepy day- none of my friends called back, means they are busy, so I hug the bed. At 6, I wake up again, coz of the itching on my arms and legs. Oh damn! Mosquitoes? How’d they get in here….awwww…..I stare at my red swollen arms and legs and run to get a repellent.

I go to sleep again, in my brother’s room. At 7, my friend calls- and why? To ask me why I’m not there? WHERE??? At her birthday party!!! Oh shit!! How’d I forget? I apologize and give some lame excuse about no one to drop me etc.

At eight, I eat a blanched dinner. Till 9, I wait for light to return so I don’t have to miss my favorite show. It gets over at 10. The clocks ticking with me biting my fingernails and slowly but steadily, the hands of the clock strike 10!!

I give out a loud cry as the light returns!!

I hate this DAY!!

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A Letter

Dear MY HEART AND SOUL,

I’m sorry for not listening to you and taking the right decision while I saw my friends prompting each other during the test. I’m sorry they got caught too.

I’m sorry for shouting at my friend who was just asking me a Maths sum. I couldn’t get it right myself, so I guess I was frustrated. I’m really sorry dear!

I’m sorry for missing the good movies during exams. And all the more sorry coz the DVD at home has gone all weird shouting and beeping all at the wrong time.

I’m sorry I couldn’t do better in the Maths exam. I’m sorry if I went down on my parents, family and teacher’s expectations.

I’m sorry for watching with awe, as a 16 year gal at my school got a driving license and then complementing her on her rash driving.

I’m sorry for being jealous of my friend coz she got really good marks in the exams and all the attention.

I’m sorry for going wrong in friendship so many times. I know people at my age do, and this is how they learn but nevertheless, I am sorry.

I’m sorry there’s so much to study this year. The entire 200 page books are coming for the exams in mostly all subjects. They call it drilling us for the ICSE? I’m sorry!

I’m sorry I haven’t eaten chocolates since 3 days.

I’m sorry I couldn’t play much with the new mobile dad bought.

I’m sorry I broke the beautiful tea-set mom bought. I liked it too, but I don’t know how it fell from my hands.

I’m sorry that even the thought that multiple piercing on the nose, ear, brows etc. like my friends have, was COOL at this age, even crossed my mind.

I’m sorry for not catching up on my blogger friends and giving reasons like reaching class 9 and how the burden of studies has increased (though it’s true).

I’m sorry for not being as enthusiastic about studies like I am about every new fiction on the bestseller stand.

I’m sorry about troubling my parents for all trifles, though I know how hard they work and how they aim towards fulfilling all my dreams.

I’m sorry for always fighting with my brother.

I’m sorry for all other mistakes I’ve done……..

I know this letter would go longer than the Eiffel Tower if I go beyond apologizing beyond the wrong things I did during this week.

I’m sorry for thinking that I can never go wrong.

I’m sincerely sorry !

Yours loving,

Your body aka Me aka Meghna

I just found out that writing an apology letter to yourself is the best way to realize what went wrong and how. I know this letter is kiddish and immature but it’s straight from the heart nevertheless. This is my way of thinking over the week and apologizing to myself over what I think I did wrong.

Try one yourself, and please share what all you’d include!

Random Ramblings

It’s time to update you about home and school I guess! Long….. long time eh?

 

Okay, so at school, luckily the exams have been postponed to 2nd of March. But teachers have unfortunately completed the course in all subjects and thus there is some pretty tough revision going on. We had the Physics test today…..wheeewww……It was so very tough. I mean the paper had us all sweating man!

 

Okay……enough about studies. Other than that, school’s pretty much boring with nothing much. Our English teacher keeps on teaching Shakespeare and half the class dozes off. Here, I also wrote a poem on it:

Shakespearean English and the Dozing Off!

The boring lines that Shakespeare wrote

The same way our teacher goes

The students are pretty much busy too

Holding one dropping head there, or two

 

Here she goes, not caring at all

Whether we listen

Or the dozing heads fall

 

The rhythmic snoring

With Portia roaring

Or Juliet calling out to Romeo

Yet students all drooling

 

 

Ah here goes, the verses he wrote

Oh why? Mr. Shakespeare?

Why trouble us both?

 

I can’t bear it any longer

So this poem stands in the memory of those

Who slept in heavenly bliss

Waiting for the bell to ring.

 

At home everything is pretty much usual. My brother also has his exams beginning the same day as me…

 

Oh helll….off I go now…and bury myself with those piles of books…...7 chapters in History, 5 in Biology, 4 in Chemistry, 8 in Physics, 4 in English……Oh my gosh….and not even a month….

 

Hey…any help or ideas how I can complete it all??

P.S- How can I forget about Maths? I have nightmares everyday! 

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New Year Tag

I found this really interesting tag at BB's place and decided to do it myself.

 

It's a New Year Meme and here goes:

1. Looking back on 2008, what might your theme song have been?

Ummm…..I guess Bum Bum Bole!

2. If 2008 was a movie, who would play you?

Okay…that’s silly. I mean who can play a better Me than ME??

3. What was your greatest gift of 2008?

OMG! Real tough question! I guess my friends and family have always been there for me to never let me feel like I don’t have something.

 

4. What is your New Year Resolution or, what are you committing to this year?

Better grades, better books and improved quality of writing…….and cooking better

5. If January could be represented by one song, what would it be?

Any song that describes the biting cold around here!!!

6. What do you wish for your body in 2009?

No fever or flu! And many more good clothes :D

7. Name one new thing you would love to try in the New Year.

Wowie…..world tour??

8. What do you long for 2009 to bring?

My next birthday??

 

9. If that happened, how would you feel?

Happy

10. Where would you love to vacation in 2009 if money were no object?

Space….thank gosh it’s possible now….a vacation on the moon sounds fun :D

 

11. What would you like the theme of 2009 to be?

FUN!

12. If 2009 was a book, and the title was 5 words or less, what might the title be?

A Happy Life

Another tag is from Harsh!

Thanks bro :D

1.The age you will be on your next birthday 

Okay….that’s easy….so it goes for you to guess!

 

2.A place you’d like to travel to

Florida….Madame Tussauds…….and around thw world

 

3.Your favorite place

Okay!! My balcony and terrace….LOL! I love birds….so any place where scenic beauty is visible does for me :D

 

4.Your favorite Food / Drink

Am a big foodie….so don’t ask me that…..but I love Chinese and grandma’s cooked food!

 

5.Your favorite pet 

Frankly, am scared of cats and dogs……yup…even small ones or pups….but I’d love to have birds

 

6.Your favorite color combination

Ummmm………I like pink and black :D

 

7.Your favorite piece of

Nothing particular….anything that looks good and is comfortable!

 

8.You all time favorite song 

Hindi song- Mitwa

English- Summer of ‘69

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9.Your favorite TV show 

Am a TV lover………can watch anything or everything that comes on TV :P

 

12.Your screen name / nickname

Silly question….that’s obviously visible!

 

13.Your First Job 

Huh?? AM just in grade 8!!!!

 

14.Your Dream Job 

Okay…Writer or Scientist and preferably Doctor

 

15.Bad Habit you have 

Wowie….too many :D

 

16.Your worst fear 

A day without computer, Tv and library!

 

17.The one thing you would like to do before you die 

Live like I’d never die! BTW, here’s the LIST

 

 

18. The first thing you’ll buy if you get $1,000,000 

Give it to dad and then whatever I like, I’d ask for money……laptop….mobile…i-pod…..

Hey....now to tell you guys about my birthday on 1st. Jan. I and my twin bro had a gala time. A new year aprty was arranged on 32st, and as the clock struck twelve, we celebrated our birthday along with new year. We got a new bicycle as a gift and lots of chocolates, clothes and mp3 from friends and family.

Now school opens and back to old life! 

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Best Post of 2008

With New Year and my Birthday (remember?) around the corner, I'm as busy as a bee. So I sincerely appologise for the dwindling comments and my creative writing posts. With loads of functions in the school and my locality, I cannot get enough time.

Nevertheless, Joanna at Confident Writing gave me a very good idea for a post to end this year with. With new year around the corner and loads to be hoping for next year, I decided it was time for me to find the best post of this year.

Okay, it’s really difficult for all my posts are my darlings, but  I can confer the award of "The Best Post Of 2008", only to one post.

I’m confused between three posts actually, one is The Murder, a humorous story which most enjoyed. The next is The Battle, which is also on similar lines. And third is The Pain Of Love, which involved readers participation by giving a title.

 Finally I decided on The Battle.

This post is simply the best because, this is different with a deceiving look in the beginning and a hilarious twist at the end. It holds a soft corner in my heart, for it‘s beautifully expressed too. 

Those who haven’t read it, no need to rummage through my archive. Just click HERE.

Do read and leave comments. And thanks once again Joanna. It’s great to be a part of your group project!

How Well Do You Know Me?

I've been neglecting these good ol' tags long enough to forgo any more. So I shunned my laziness and got down to work :)

This tag is from Damon Lord at Damon Lord's Blog.

It's the Six Things You Didn't Know About Me Meme- I guess I get to know how well you guys know me :P

First, the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them. (I am not doing this. Sorry, Anyone who wishes, is free to pick up the tag :)
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up

1. I wear Spectacles- What else do you expect?? With me sitting on the net for hours and reading so many books...nerdo, eh? But the power of the specs ain't very high. Just something around -2.  

2. I have a twin Brother- Yup! I bet you guys didn't know that at all. But yes, though he isn't as intelligent as me....we are fraternal twins (faces and nature don't match- ROFL!) I'm a full one minute elder to him.

3. My Birthday is celebrated by the whole world - Yup, me and my brother share our birthdays on 1st Jan (New Year).  We are born extrememly lucky, eh? I won't be posting a birthday post, coz I wanna see now how many of you remember to wish :)

4. I'm a national level chess player and taekwondo black belt- Yup, though I don't play both now....coz of more studies and inclination towards net.

5. I watch STAR ONE at 8:30 to 9:30- Guess what do I watch?? Any idiot-box lover??

6. I study in a girls convent school, my brother in a boys convent school and mom teaches in co-ed- LOL! Isn't that funny? Three people in the house and all going to different school!

The Blogging Idol Contest

Okay guys, time to update you all about the Blogging Idol Competition I was participating in. The contest where I reached out to all my readers for help.

The Result

It's over now and the results are out. It was a wonderful competition in full swing with healthy competitive spirit. Though I could not finally become the winner, I enjoyed every bit of it and learnt loads with every move and other participants. During the competition, I also met many new and interesting people too!

Okay, if you remember, there were 2 parts. - One to increase the RSS subscribers and the second was the open voting round.

Now, about my standing. I came 19th in the RSS round out of 125 well deserving competitors and 5th in the open voting round!

Yippppeee......

You might be thinking why I'm happy, eh?? Cause I think I did as best as I could and the people who came in the top three were too much deserving. I felt like a winner myself.

It's actually a good standing, with me being the youngest and guess the most amateur too. I really felt like I've won, so no qualms there. Though, I am determined to work hard and obtain better results next season!

Sincere Thanks to All of You:

And not to forget…. all you guys out there w

ho read my blog and voted or subscribed. Without your help, this would not have been possible! I had asked for help and it was most pleasant to see the co-operation of all readers and good friends.

It was most unexpected on my part, actually! I did not expect the tremendous result I got from you people to maintain a standing amidst the professionals in the competition!

I will never ever be able to express my thanks to you guys in mere words (:HUGS:)

Thank you all.

Love

Meghna

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A Special Thanks

I'm back again with this post to thank a very special person, for whom words of earnest gratitude have always been etched in my mind.

If you are not aware, I am an active member of Twitter. This is my twitter profile. (By the way, with more than 700 followers, I'm the 5th popular Twitter Elite in India, as assessed byTwitter Grader. WOW!!)

Through this network of people, I made friends with a commendable person called Dr. Mani. Dr.Mani is a heart surgeon living in India. He treats little children born with congenital heart defects.

As you know, heart surgery is expensive and many of his patients, from poor families, cannot afford the cost of treatment. So Dr.Mani is working hard at raising funds for them.

Dr. Mani and his team began their journey in 1996. Ten years later, his team has raised over $100,000 and funded heart surgery in 23 children, with many more to follow. He's well on his way to achieve an ambitious mission - make high quality heart health care accessible and affordable to every Indian child.

And if you too would like to help, please visit his website- Money.Power.Wisdom

Why do I talk about him, eh? He is the most caring, generous, passionate person I've ever met! Even before the start of the Blogging Idol Competition ( the one I was participating in and had written a post for help) he had declared me as THE BLOGGING IDOL. He helped me tremendously during this competition by sending mails to friends, writing posts on his ever popular blog and all other ways possible. He even set up a twitter challenge for me!

I deeply, and sincerely extend my gratitude to him.....though I know the words I say are far least for the help he has given. The only gift that I can give him is his indelible memories that will always be etched in my mind!

He helped me out a lot and motivated this young soul. How To Win Always is a must-read and the most inspiring post I've ever read! He is the person, who had not seen me even once but made a difference to my life and thinking, by reaching out with his ever warm helping hand.

Once again, I profoundly and earnestly thank Dr.Mani for his help and guidance.

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Meghna Who?

OMG!!! I think somebody wrote my obituary!! LOL!

Miss Meghna passed away recently following an unbearable surge of creativity not able to be sustained. Meghna was not afraid to die. She just didn't want to be there when it happened.

Miss Meghna was born in India. She did extremely well in studies and was an out-standing student always. When Meghna was born, peope were surprised that she didn't talk for a year and a half. Later, she became a big chatterbox, so till she was eleven, she always thought her name was, "Shut Up!".

She hated Maths and History. She found obvious as the most dangerous word in Maths. For her, History repeated itself, as she never listened the first time (she dozed off!). Nevertheless, Miss Meghna passed twelfth grade with flying colors. She became a Doctor soon. She left for work at noon to beat the morning rush!

She took up freelance writing with the hope of publishing a novel soon. With a pen and diary in hand, she took to creativity craziness soon early. During surgeries in the Operation Theater, she would jump suddenly crying- "Eureka…Eureka….I found a suitable name for my character."

Meghna was a bit weird actually, wearing mismatched socks and hair tangled all over. She did not like taking a bath and hated milk. Her obsession for fiction novels knew no bounds. The best life she liked was lying on a cozy bed with a good book, and chocolates and lemon drink by the bedside with i-pod plugged on.

She always ate the dessert first, as she believed in eating the ice-cream before it melts, for life is too unsure. She liked bikes without breaks. She was a big prankster who loved playing jokes on others.

She got hooked on to the internet and blogging pretty early in her life and made a memorable journey. Along the way, she made many friends and well-wishers who should be invited to her funeral . She had always wanted to win the Blogging Idol competition.

After Meghna's death, her wishes are to be followed strictly. According to her will:

• All her money should be divided equally between all her blog readers.
  
• Her doctor's coat and equipments should go to her parents for remembrance and all other personal belonging should be buried with her, including her chocolates and pen/diary.
  
• She wants everyone to celebrate each and every Birthday of hers after death. Every birthday, her grave should be decorated with balloons and streamers.
  
• Her grave should be surrounded by gamaxine powder (ant repellent), so as to keep those tiny creatures away as they might be lured by the galore of sweets.
  
• No one should offer flowers at her grave but chocolates and ice creams.
  
• Her novel or blog ideas are strictly copyrighted and should not be copied.
  
• She should be allowed to rest in peace but no one shedding tears. If anyone wanted to cry on her death, he/she is forbidden to do so, but can eat a chocolate or ice-cream instead.
  
• Some money she learnt should be given to blogger or wordpress to improve their services and also to the television channels in India who have no better work.
  
• Another part of the amount earned should be donated to the Mental Asylum where she could not be treated.
  
• On her tombstone should be embedded the words, "Meghna who?"
  

Keep silent near her grave, for she may come back to life soon then!

Anything you got to add?

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