1, 2 ka 4

What can you do if you are gonna be sitting at home for 3 days in a row (ok occasional trip to the grocery market excluded) and not get bored? Catch up on some movies. This past weekend being the long weekend that it was, well that’s what I did!
4 movies in 3 days – not too much but quite enough hours of sitting watching some screen – TV or laptop!
Well that’s not the point though.

I am not a big movie buff and hold off watching most movies till I hear decent reviews barring some exceptions. The downside is I need to wait till at least the second week of a release of good (surprise) movies before I see them. And then there are those which I chose to ignore till they come on DVD/VCD and I borrow from others! Yes you read it – borrow – I only own the choicest of them – which I can watch repeatedly without tiring.

Well that’s not the point either.
I am not a big fan of action movies.
I tend to sleep thru’ silly hindi movies – there are some which do not even have the bollywood masala to make it spicy!
I sometimes like to watch scary movies.
I am ok with animated movies once in a while but I have found very few which are really good.

So coming back to where I started, 4 movies in 3 days.
I watched ‘New Police Story’ – a Jackie Chan movie – ACTION. Unintentionally! I dunno what I was thinking – expecting this to be from the Police Academy series. After a while realised that I had expectations which were not to be fulfilled but for want of anything better to do, I continued watching this.

The next movie, that same night was a hindi movie ‘Saas, bahu aur sensex’. Don’t ask me why. And painful though it was, I watched it all. In spite of having the remote in my hand and the willingness to just stop it, I did not! Call me crazy!

It had been a while since I watched a scary movie. After the ghost stories from our ‘gals night out’ (see below post Gals just wanna have fun’), I was eager to watch one. When my sister’s friend offered a CD, I just had to grab it. Thus, came ‘the Grudge’.

Next was Shrek-3. Not as exciting as the 1st one I have to say but ok.

This is the 1st time I watched movies of different genres together… and liked the scary one the best!
Scary?

Height of...

(A recent conversation)
Chan: Today I look down upon you.
Me: (sad face) Oh! Does that mean I have to look upto you?
(Pause)
Me: No way!
Context -
I am wearing flat shoes and Chan is in 2 & 1/2 inches heels.
Me and Chan: (Laughter)
Now to complete the title of the post -
Height of ... heels!

Made by me Monday- Fabric covered frame

In december was my sister's wedding anniversary. Apart from other gifts, I wanted to give them something personalised and hand made and thus, here comes a fabric covered frame. It is decorated with some shells and conches that my youngest sis got from Goa. The frame even has my sis and bro-in-law's name in glitter!

Here it is with a abstract art done by my youngest sis.

Knock off those locks!

Sometimes I just look at myself in the mirror and think I look so boring. And no I am not saying on a day when the mood is glum. Even so on a day when the mood is good and all is fine. Then this continues for some more days. Whatever I wear, I look the same … to me. That’s when I know I need change.
I am not one to go experimental so the easiest way is get a haircut!
That is kinda a pattern with me. So to say. I am too lazy to go and get my hair cut every recommended 3 months – or even a trim. With me its only when I want. I rule me – you know!
Only this time it was my sister who got bored and tired of my long hair (waist length is long by my standards!). So she insisted that I get a change in my style. In fact she has been nagging me since a month or so.
I finally had to give in. So the past Sunday I visited my salon and snip snip snip… waved my tresses a farewell (temporary). While I have said earlier that I am not too experimental, I went from waist length to shoulder.

And now you would think – why am I writing all this on a blog – what’s the big deal? I know you would think that – especially if you see me everyday.
But let me tell ya, I write when nothing significant happens then why shouldn’t I when something does :)

Girls just wanna have fun…

Clichéd, I know. But nothing describes the weekend fun we had better than this. Come on its Monday and I thought why strain my brain too much J
So this title sums up pretty much how the weekend was spent. A gang of seven gals, a farmhouse on a hilltop, no restrictions on the noise we make and what you get is what you shall read ahead.
One from the group AN has beautifully written about the experience and with her permission here it is on my blog.
What you read ahead is in her words. I have taken some liberties of shortening names (I don’t want all to sue me for mentioning their names on the blog) and adding a few items of my own (in brown).
So this is what AN says –
I will never forget ...
chips n pepsi at gazebo, full moon, Bhakari preparation session, Pithala prepared by SD, sumptuous dinner.
Campfire in the cold, songs, ghost stories, Dhagi(nickname so it stays) without sweater in that cold, all time laughing and swinging UK, Adrak wali Chai by Chan n me(AN) J, our stupid PJs, Jenny and Bru, Scrabble, UK’s snoring, early morning trek, waiting for the sun to rise, waiting some more, returning downhill thinking the pollution blocked a good sunrise, seeing the first red of the sun, running back up the hillock to get sunrise shots!…
And our crazy photographers… n how can we forget Pohe prepared by Dhagi. When all of us were very hungry n tired, Dhagi prepared Pohe for us… Elaichi wali chai in the morning…
The whole night was real fun…

A good break and I for one am pretty refreshed now.
I was planning to hold on and not post this without pictures but then I can always add pictures later!
PS: Thanks AN for putting it so well.