where is water?

"Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink"

everyone knows this and I whole-heartedly appreciate Samuel Taylor Coleridge for making it so popular through his creation The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Though he has written these words for the sake of rhythm, the phrase has become quite popular in the recent times in many ways. Now i am going to show you how...get hooked to your monitors.

since my childhood, i have been very lucky to be placed in such areas where water was not at all a problem. i have always wondered how people complain about water scarcity while all these years i have been getting water 24x7. just twist the tap and the flood is on. crazy people and lucky me!!!

now in this women's hostel, i was promised that there is water supply 24x7 and no issues with it. wow, i was excited to find a corner in this metro where i can get the water just by touching the tap. again -crazy people and lucky me!!!

ok..now the scene begins..since two days, there has been scarcity in our hostel. no water!! but how? why? when can i get my bucket full of water? yesterday morning i got fresh and came down stairs to pack my lunch and discovered that the dhobi was yelling at everyone as there is no water. (how? i got it in my room...anyways am not bothered...)....in the evening i went to my room and could find half a bucket water and got fresh and again felt happy over my luck.

and then started my struggle. this morning, there was almost a chaos in my room and my roomy and some other girls were debating over the water scarcity. i generally get up at 8.30 am when my roomy was gone. but thanks to the phone call from this friend of mine which made me get up by 7.30 itself. i was like awwww...and decided to get ready and go to office early. and then geared up to get fresh and was stumped by the water in the washroom. there was no water and no power...somehow i could manage a bucket full of water and got fresh and came down to the canteen...just to find a fleet of girls yelling at the hostel people over no water and how would they go to office? well, thank god i could manage atleast a bucket full of water and also saved another bucket. i realised that just ten minutes ago the water supply completely stopped and there is no single drop for other girls!!!

how willl they go to office? how will they clean their dishes? what will they wear from tomorrow? oh my god, the thought shivered me badly and then i realised that i am no exception in this world. i was just lucky enough to be a bit fast in doing things.

so, the problem has started again and i bet the metro is going to see hard times the coming summer. thanks to no rains and severe heat. i need to get transfered to some other place and see that i am safe (no i cant be so selfish) :(

lets save water..thats all we can do as of now as we have already acted pricey!!

boohooo..

my quotes

if u r in my gtalk list...u would definitely appreciate me for my captions...yeah and i am proud of myself...coz..i write most of them on my own...
so am penning down some of them for my readers as well...enjoy buddies..

1) you may not feel my presence..but you will feel my absence for sure..
2) you may read me well..but fail to understand
3) am neither feminist nor lesbian..yet i hate "indian men"
4) i never plan to elope..coz i am too lazy to run
5) my life is mine and am not answerable to anyone
6) infatuation is like a fresh coke bottle..it is quite tasty initially but will lose all the essence as it goes further
7) its not that we dont have time for anyone..its just that our priorities change from time to time
8) i dont see any smart, handsome and charismatic men infront of me....coz all of them are behind me
9) unlike other women i would never say that there are many men falling for me..rather i would say there are many men who support me
10) i dont wear jewels..coz i wear attitude which is more than anything
11) though rocks are there...waves continue their journey
though hills are there...rain continues to fall
though hurdles are there..lets continue our friendship

oh i am not getting others right now..but shall post once they get into my mind...
but last but not the least...this is my fav which got many votes...

12) Sensex and sex are two things in which men are undoubtedly interested

ok now post your quotes....

bought the head ache...urrrggggg

yes you got it right...I no... We bought the headache yesterday..and the cost of the headache is just Rs 100/ head. after trying for nearly a couple of weeks, standing in queues and quitting affter we lost patience, our gang decided to watch the much hyped and successfully running (???) so called blockbuster DASAVATARAM....

i still remember the day when my sis called me up in an exciting sound just to inform me how she was overwhelmed after watching movie and given a chance she would watch again in the consecutive show...i was like..oh lady i missed it but would defintely watch it...

and yesterday night was the time when our gang finally decided that we would go back to our places only after watching this movie..fially we bought tickets for 100 each and enetred the movie theater. by the time we entered, kamal was on the screen and for nearly 10 minutes the scenes were breathe taking and the music was senidng shivers in our bodies..i was wow..i missed this fun all these days...

and then started the ASLI magic....slowly there were more and more Kamals...we had no clue why so many of them and we were completely in a mindset that may be all these were interlinked...ok...let us check it...!!!!!

and slowly i realised that i wasnt understanding anything and it was out of my mind that i am watching a much hyped movie which is getting all the possible exclamations of this world..
and the time reached when i was eagerly waiting for the interval...it wasnt coming but some unknown characters and loud sound were simply annoying me from all around...and we were totally pulling ourselves from the seats..finally, the much awaited break has come and we came out...all of us were in silence and dint speak except staring at each other...and then finally kicked bobby for his idea of watching this movie on this beautiful evening. i was very adamant that i would get out of the theatre but the rest of the gang was curious to know what would happen...so i had to accept the forceful torture for 90 more min.

and finally the movie was over and we came out...just to curse everything...

why does kamal at this age and stage of his career, wants to prove his talent? it is a universal fact that Kamal is extremely talented and i was quite dissapointed over the movie. somehow, i felt this is one of the worst movies i have ever watched and for a man of his calibre i feel this is very low..

I hope someone would take care of this note and also the fact that the audience is not fools to watch whatever is being screened. The world is changing man...realise!!!!!!!

Note: THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION

fun on island!!!!

AMisha and Hrithik are left on island, all alone, had no food and had nothing to wear...they stay there..eventually fall in love and come back to the city...Wow...its so nice to see and imagine the same with oneself..so..in that heat..for sometime i always wrote in slambooks as "being at lonely islands" is my favourite holiday spot (as if i have ever been there!!! huh...teenage affect)....

so when i was going to phuket, i imagined myself in the skin of ameesha ofcourse sans hrithik and thought that i would be spending my time on some island and would have fun. finally, i landed in phuket (the flight was terrible though ajju enjoyed the turbulance and the roller coaster ride) and came out of the airport and saw huge traffic, buildings, shopping malls, and conrete jungle..is this an island? then why were hrithink and ameesha alone? why are ram charan and neha alone in CHiruta (chiruta is a latest telugu movie where the hero and heroine enjoy the same freedom as knph guys)...

what am i doing here in another city? why am i with ajju? (i know ajju will kill me now) ...

we were on patong beach and ajju was quite excited but i wasnt- as i felt vizag beach was much similar and may be even more beautiful..anyways...patong has its own beauty

...me and ajju did some parasailing stints and i admit...i had whale of time doing it...

then the second day, we went for island hopping, we snorkelled, and what not....ajju was constatntly claiming that she cannot swim...but surprise..suprise...she swam continuosly for 1 hour and did some shopping offshore while snorkelling...she came back to the boat with loads of white sand and sea shells, corals and some dead animals (she says they r for souvenir..may god save her friends)......all the islands were crowded, equally polluted, densely populated....it was not at all knph scene...guys dont get cheated and carried away by the movies...

and yeah...i would definitely say that of you are out of such imagination and see the reality, then phuket is a place worth watching once in life and obviously with the loved ones (i hope u r getting my point here..lol)...

and the proud moment for me and ajju was ..when we realised that we were the only TWO GIRLS who visited the island...rest all of the visitors were either in families, couples or teams of guys....

Hurray...we did it..thanks ajju...

So do visit phuket...and let me know.... ;-)

my food for 2 weeks

Here I would like to reveal some facts about being VEGAN....I dont even eat cakes, as they have eggs in it. I always feel proud of myself as I am a pure veggie and in a way am saving the animal kind. i was very happy to visit Bangkok but guess what... I knew in hand that it would be difficult for me to have proper food. I suffered from food crisis when I was in Colombo. I know how hard it is to find some vegetarian food...forget about idli and Dosa...

So, I was quite smart enough to buy ready to eat food and ready to cook noodles. I got some stuff for myself and packed the whole luggage with the food items. My mom suggested me to take some rice flakes as they compensate Rice...thanks Mom...
before boarding the flight, I asked my dad to take me to the nearest Restaurant which is called "Walk and Eaat" (yes it is Eaat but not Eat), ordered Sambar Idli and also had nice dosa. I knew it would be my meal of satisfaction for the next couple of weeks.

My struggle to supress my apetite started from the first day itself. I had no other option except for boiled cabbage, baby corn and some green leaves...sometimes the veg pizza in the nearest Pizza company (the pizza was 115 bucks..thats tooooo costly).....

i drank lots of coke, sprite, coconut water and fruit juices...i had given complete rest to my tastebuds for 2 weeks.

I went to a departmental store to buy ready to make noodles and finally spotted one...but to my suprise...i discovered a small photo of piglet smiling happily...i just laughed at myself and the poor pig and left the noodle cup there itself.

well, whenever I went to any restaurant, I should make the point clear that I need only veg food. in Thai language this is how I used to converse with them...

me: Food?? noodles?? noodles?
he/ She: yes...noodles???
me: vegetarian????
He: vegtarian?
me: No chicken, no goat, no pork, no beef, no mushroom, No egg....
He: oh ok..only rice...boiled rice..
me: yes yes
He: ok ok...just a moment please...

so this is how I used to tell them that i need vegetarian food. even in our hotel we were provided with grand buffet serving 50+ items for breakfast and only pieces of fruit, juices and some bread and butter for me.

In lunch I could manage some white rice with aloo masala..yes I had the previlege to have aloo masala for 10 days with white rice. and in the dinner, Maha gave me some pickel (which i gifted her from India) and I bought some white rice and yogurt. i ended up finishing my packed ready to eat food in Bangkok and left almost nothing for Phuket.

and yes last but not the least, in the flight -way back home, the thai airways had no vegetarian food. They were offering me some boiled vegetable and I screamed at my pitch "nahi yeh nahi ho sakta"

Thanks to my sister who packed sambar rice for me in the hostel

and yes..on the last day.
I had my Breakfast in Phuket, Lunch in Bangkok and Dinner in Hyderabad...wow!!!!!!!!!!

days in BKK

hey guys ..i know its been such a long time since i wrote something. the trip to bangkok was too hectic yet funfilled. i enjoyed my stay there but i suffered from homesickness during the last days. thanks to my family and friends who assured me and helped me come over it.

to start with -Day 1 in BKK was cool. I landed at around 6am and slept till afternoon in the room and wokeup just to realise that i had no lunch to eat. i cooked the noodles that i took with me and had it on the very first day. that was the moment when my struggle for food started in the land of elephants.

Day by day passed away, all I did was meetings, classes and shopping...and what i bought was all roadside stuff. i am serious..there is lot of fun in buying that road side stuff..pick up something, bargain and own it...wow...its such an excitement. the first week ended miraculouosly without giving any hints. it was a funfilled week where the entire team was cool and we had loads of fun. though my struggle to fill my stomach continued all the days. its all pork pork and pork...and sometimes u get steak, chicken, mutton and lot of sea food. for vegans like me, its just boiled cabbage, baby corn and some green leaves....

the 1st sunday flew off in Jatujak (weekend market) and I had bought lots of stuff....just to realise that i ended up buying nothing...yes i mean it...

then came the 2nd week, where i am the facilitator...wow to facilitate the training programme for youngleaders of south asia...sounds so exciting..right? infact it is... the second week also sped away without any notice....the week was very energetic...

hey i forgot to tell u onething here..i got many wows and cool apreciations for my traditional attire during the cultural evening where i cladded myself in Pochampally sari....well in a way I stole the show...hehehe

the last evening, was really sad, departing from fellows who stood by you for a whole week is very painful. but it has to happen. so we all tried to end the week with some nice bollywood steps..hehe...and yes we did it...

then the 2nd sunday....it was time to pack luggage and fly to phuket...

సమాజమునకు ఎవిధముగా సేవ చేయగలను....

కత్తికన్న కలం పదునైనది . ఒక పాత్రికేయినిగా సమాజములోని అనేక సమస్యలపైన దృష్టి సారించి అనేక వర్గాల వారికి సహాయపదగాలగాదములో ఎంతొ తృప్తి వుండి .

సమాజము అంటే మనమే . సమాజము మనదే . సమాజము నకు సేవ చేయడము అంటే మనకు మనము సేవ చేసుకోవటమే . ఎక్కడ మనసు వుంటే అక్కడ మార్గము వుంటుంది . కావలసిందల్లా సేవ చేయాలనే కోరిక మాత్రమే .

నేటి సమాజములో స్త్రీలు , వృద్దులు , రైతులు , పేదలు , విద్యార్ధులు వంటి అనేక వర్గాలవారు సమస్యలను ఎదుర్కొంటున్నారు . అవకాసవాదులు , స్వార్ధపరులు , అవినీతిపరులు ఎక్కువగా వున్నారు . అవిద్య వల్ల ప్రజలు తమ హక్కులను వినియోగించుకోలేకపోతున్నారు . వారికి సహాయపదాలనే కోరిక మనసు వున్నవారికి జర్నలిజం ఎంతగానో ఉపకరిస్తుంది .

మనసువున్న ప్రతివారు సేవ చేయవచ్చు . సేవ ప్రత్యక్షముగా గాని పరోక్షముగా గాని చేయవచ్చును . ప్రత్యక్షముగా అంటే మనము మన శక్తితో , మన ధనముతో సేవ చేయటము . పరోక్షముగా అంటే ఇతరుల శక్తితో , ఇతరుల ధనముతో సేవ చేయుట .

సహాయము లేక సేవ అనేది ప్రధానముగా 3 విధములు .

1. భౌతిక సహాయము : ఒక వ్యక్తీ పడిపోతే ప్రత్యక్షముగా మనము లేవనేత్తలేకపోతే ఇతరులను పిలిచి వారి సహాయము తో ఆ వ్యక్తిని పరోక్షముగా నిలబెట్టుతము .

2. నైతిక సహాయము : నిస్సహాయము గా నిస్ప్రుహలో వున్నా ఒక వ్యక్తిని మానసికముగా ఒత్తిడిని తట్టుకొని ధైర్యముగా ముందుకు వేల్లగాలిగేలా చేయడము .

మార్కులు తక్కువ వచ్చాయని నిరాశ చెందినా విద్యార్దిని మెళకువలు చెప్పి ధైర్యముగా ముందుకు నడిపించాలి .

బాగా అడలేకపోయిన క్రీడకారుని నిరాసకు గురి కాకుండా నైపుణ్యం పెంచుకొనేలా చేయాలి .

అన్యాయము జరుగుతుంటే ఎవరిని ఆస్రయించాలో తెలియక నిరాశ చెందినా వారిని గమ్యానికి చేరుటకు తగిన వ్యక్తుల వద్దకు తీసుకు వెళ్లి వారి సమస్య పరిష్కరించుట నైతిక సేవ .

3. ఆర్ధిక సహాయము : ఒక విద్యార్ధికి ఆర్ధిక స్తోమత లేక చడువుకోనలేని సందర్భములో ఆ విద్యార్ధికి స్వయముగా గాని , ధనవంతులయిన ద్వారా గాని ఆర్ధిక సహాయము చేయగలగాలి .

ఒక కేన్సర్ రోగికి వైద్యమునకు ధన సహాయము స్వయముగా గాని , వనరులు సేకరించి గాని తోడ్పద వచ్చు .

ఒక జర్నలిస్టుగా (విలేకరిగా ) పబ్లిసిటి ఇచ్చి విరాళములు సేకరించి సమాజమునకు తోడ్పడవచ్చు .

పల్లెల లోని పేద జనులకు , స్త్రీలకు ప్రపంచ బాంకు , ఐక్యరాజ్యసమితి అందించే వనరులను ప్రింట్ మీడియా , మీడియాల ద్వారా వారికి అందేలా ఒక జర్నలిస్ట్ గా నేను సేవ చేయగలను .

ప్రజల సమస్యలు , వారికి జరుగుతున్నా అన్యాయములను ప్రభుత్వ దృష్టికి
తెగలను .

కారంచేతి స్వాతి

girls and the not so good guys....

Abhinaya has been a very good friend of mine and i have always adored her for n- number of reasons. most of the times i felt, she is a photocopy of mine and ofcourse a virgo female too. we have lots in common and i love her company. now i miss her very much but thanks to the rapidly developing communication, we are always in touch. when i sent the mail to her the "grooms wanted" one, she responded immediately with her piece of write-up. she showed me this long back and i also saved it in my lappy. when she again emailed me this, i have asked her if i could make it public. she very happily gave me a nod and it is here for all of you. it is such a lovely write-up which reads the mind of every girl who is ready but not so ready for marriage.

read it and let me and abhi know what you feel..... for all the readers..my friend ABHINAYA WROTE this....

It is true that I can never warm up to an average Chowdhury guy - defined : Some software engineer, either US returned or US resident or US aspirant, neither tall nor dark nor handsome, with no sense of humor, would watch Balakrishna and Chiranjeevi movies and think they are fabulous, can not spell romance, can never think of bringing even a single zerbra along, who would be on a look out for a 'fair,slim, beautiful and educated girl from a good family background', expect his wife to come earlier from work than him and cook mutton curry for him, would expect her to be readily available for a shag though he might be sweaty,smelly and oozing grime. This person,I am sure would have stained teeth and dirt loaded nails, unkempt feet with unequally crimped toe nails (with the skin dry and white beyween the toes and at the heel...yuck!!).He would possibly be wearing every shirt 38 times before he would give it for a wash. His sucker friends would dicuss bitches at work and indulge in cheap humor which comprises of replaying Bramhanandam jokes or some other cheapster's (is there a word like cheapster??...never mind..). His dad would probably have issues with me wearing my A-line and his mother with me leaving my hair open. To add to it, they would expect my dad to cough up a good lot as 'dowry', which my dad would gladly do.
Damn!Damn!Damn! what crap. but mom and dad do not want to understand. I DO NOT WANT TO MEET UP WITH SUCH CRAPPY CRAZY MANIACS,DAMN IT!!yeah, yeah, I know...they will not be all this bad would be the arguement...but most would be like this...and I am not meeting up with 1000 maniacs to locate that one person...if it is meant to be, it will happen...you may buy my theory,you may not...but as of now,I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF GETTING MARRIED. I AM JUST NOT READY FOR IT.and I do not know if I would ever be...but definitely I am not getting married to some random guy I would meet up with through some marriage bureau by sending my pictures flying off in all directions across the globe. NOOOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAY.

Thanks Abhi for contributing such a wonderful piece...

what do u say guys?

grooms wanted...

I was going through yahoo news and found this article. its everyones note and i am like wow. i couldnot get the author's name but i appreciate her for everything as she completely read every girl's mind. thank you author. i am pasting this for all of you my lovely readers. enjoy it. Many people thought I wrote this piece. NO, I have not written this....I say again..I got it from YAHOO NEWS.

GROOMS WANTED

YAHOO NEWS/ Thu, May 8 2008- 12:45 AM

So okay, my profile is on a matrimonial website along with my contact number. Since my parents are old and I don't want to stress them, I thought it would be best to handle this business independently. Besides, I thought since I was the one getting married, I would be in a better position to evaluate profiles. Once I finalise on someone, I could get the elders involved. So 'suitable and unsuitable' parties call me on my cell phone and are surprised to know that I am the 'bride-to-be.' They wonder how I am answering their call.In charge Some are also a little awkward talking to "the bride" and request me to ask my parents to call them. I tell them they can talk to me and I am "in charge. " They pause for a bit and ask me about my family background, where do we hail from, my siblings, where we live and other trivia. Eventually they request me to email my horoscope and my 'recent' photograph.Once I was talking to a lady who was matchmaking for her son. We chatted for a bit (she was quite excited since I could speak my 'mother tongue'). She then requested me to send my 'full length' photograph. I told her to check my picture on the site, but she said she couldn't 'study' my face properly and wanted a close-up. I wondered why she wanted a microscopic view of me and even joked with her about it. But overall, I think we approved one another.At least she was not among the typical ones who gave you the shudders - being very measured in what they say or expect to hear. She was quite candid and volunteered enough information about their family background. But at the same time she was tactful enough to not act too nosy and pushy about getting info from me. Another gentleman once called, asking me if he could possibly talk to someone regarding marriage. I told him that I'd be happy to provide him with the necessary info. He was taken aback that 'the bride' herself was conducting the search.Anyway he asked for my 'horoscope' and it was decided that we would get in touch if the horoscopes matched. Ask me something Soon, the groom's brother got in touch with me, and I let him know that I'd rather hear from the 'groom' himself at this stage. I did in a few days, when 'he' gave me a call and the first thing he said was "You wanted to ask something?" Now it was my chance to be taken aback. I mentioned casually that I wanted to speak to him to know him better as a person.We got talking about families, job, hobbies and other such. He then interrupted me to ask, "I thought you wanted to ask me something".I said that I already had and bid him goodbye.

so true..isnt it?

language problem!!!!

how well versed are we with our language? am not sure...i guess i am ok with hindi, english and my mother tongue, telugu..but what happens when we are assigned to do something in an alien language which is completly new to us and we are forced to work on that...
this is what happened to lavanya, my friend. read it in her own language.. she commented to my write-up on "confused cow" i am pasting it as it is...have fun!!!!!

Its never too late to comment.I never been to blogs or such but wen i saw yours its quite intersting and this cow episode, really the most funniest .I have one to share too, but that was written by me when i was in 2nd class(kashmir).I was asked to sit and write urudu test in school because they didnt know i was hindi subject student and my class teacher wasnt their to rescue me n the substitute teacher wont listen ,so they just handed me a paper with something scibbled on it, i know its Urudu but dont knows what it meant.I was just staring at the paper and turned and saw that everyone were writing seriously. I felt bad , then the teacher who handed me Question paper came, she saw that my answer sheet was blank and asked me to take help from anyone.I was very happy i asked my neighbour what this Urudu scribbling meant , she said its "Write Essay on Cow".I was relieved now i know what it meant .Again that teacher came to me and said cant you write such an easy essay, i tried to tell her i amnt urudu student but she didnt buzz, she was like "WRITE Something".I got angry on her and Voila..my creative mind started working..if she wants soemthing she is going to get that.I know wat those words meant ..so i started writing my own urudu while jumbling those words..i invented so many words dont ask me , everyone wrote just a small paragraph but i took extra sheets and filled them with my language. That teacher thought i was writing an eassay and said now your mind is working..i said proudly "YES". After a day after test my dad got notice that pricipal wants to meet him.My dad went in to the Prinicipal's office i was outside..after few minutes i joined him ..i was so scared and was crying. When i went in both principal n my dad were laughing so loudly. The prinicipal told me that i wrote the most fantastic Essay on Cow even wen i dont know Urudu. (hehehe)psst:Sorry its very elaborate!!