Day 33: For Mum's Mind-reading powers... :P

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Carrying a deodorant with me. The kids in class actually decided to have a little pre-Holi celebration in class and were this (brings the tips of the thumb and index finger of her right had close, with 2 centimeters to spare) close to splashing water all over me. I threatened to spray deodorant in their eyes if even a drop spilled on me!! Not that they were going to throw any water on me, but it would’ve worked! :P
2. My mother’s mind-reading powers!! On my way back from classes, I was hoping that there would be Pulaav for lunch (I was actually craving for it...) and guess what??? IT WAS!!! It was like my mom read my mind and decided to make exactly what I wanted!!!!!!
3. The awesome Playlist on VH1 this evening. Among other songs, ‘Rock Rules’ played, In the End by Linkin Park, Californication by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Importance of Being Idle by Oasis and Into the Night by Carlos Santana feat. Chad Kroegar.
4. The awesome Pakoras that I got to devour in the evening! Yum!
5. Being able to catch a new show, ‘Rules of Engagement’ on Star World (actually it has been on for quite a while, but I never watched it. I watched an episode today and LOLed!!!!) and finding out that the sixth season of ‘Desperate Housewives’ has just started. I missed two episodes of it already, but I’ll catch those when they’ll be repeated this week!!! :)

Day 32: For the opportunity to say 'Happy Birthday' again

Today’s post is dedicated to one person, who is the single most important thing in my life right now. And this is like another birthday present for him!!! Happy Birthday!!! Here’s to you… :)

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Being able to hear him laugh.
2. Being able to feel the relief that he feels in his head.
3. Being able to work hard towards achieving our goal!
4. Being able to say ‘Good night’ over the phone just as he fell asleep!!!
5. Having him as a part of my life and being a part of his!

Day 31: For the magic of writing E-mails

Today, I am thankful for…

1. The enormous relief that was the first thing I experienced this morning knowing that a catastrophe had been averted; no further details required. Needless to say, I’ll remember what it was even when I’m 90!!!!!
2. The awesome Vada Pav, sugarcane juice and double scoop of Mocha Almond that I had.
3. The joy of writing e-mails to loved ones, and getting responses that almost bring tears to your eyes.
4. Finding out that my brother had won his school elections and is now the Captain of his school!!! Yay!!!! (I found this out yesterday, but forgot to post it… It still counts as today’s thing I’m happy about, because I’m still happy!!! :D)
5. (Again I’m a day late on this one.. But doesn’t matter…) For having someone from ICICI Bank comment on the blog post I wrote about ICICI… :)

Day 30: For a Wonderful morning and Indo Jazz...

Today, I am thankful for…

1. The beautiful morning that I woke up to. :) :)
2. Being able to wish Jay ‘Happy Birthday’ exactly at mid-night IST even though he’s far far away; in the US!
3. The hysterical laughter that we all shared yesterday when Madhu called. Apparently he referred to Kieron Pollard as Kirron Kher which angered Arun and that made him throw Madhu’s share of the cake (for celebrating Sachin’s double century in yesterday’s match) out on the street. The situation was not all that funny because Arun was almost offended (God knows why…) but it was the way Madhu was narrating the whole thing that made each and every one of us laugh because he repeated the same story to everyone he spoke to yesterday night.
4. Being able to appreciate ‘Indo Jazz’ as a dance form. I was a little disappointed when I attended the DPL Superstar dance class on Sunday. But today I realized that it was because we were being taught advance dance steps without going through the basics. So since I had the opportunity to learn it from scratch, I realized how beautiful and graceful the dance form actually is. Indo Jazz is a style created by Shiamak himself, and it combines Jazz with a little bit of the Indian classical style; with the hand mudras and all. So now that I got to learn it properly, I am in awe of the dance form really. And since it’s only slow songs that we dance to in this dance form, it had a serene and soothing effect over me.
5. Being able to visit the temple today twice. :)

Day 29: For not being able to Remember :P

Again, today is one of those days where I can’t list five specific things that I am thankful for. So I’m just going to do a short a sweet post (just like the others but without the five pointer list!)

I’m just a few minutes away from celebrating my sweetheart’s birthday and it is just about taking all of my concentration to write this post when almost everyone around me is breaking into a round of hysterical laughter and no one knows why! I am having a lot of fun here and I am just going to get back to THAT!!! With all the laughing that we are doing, I don’t remember how the rest of the day was and frankly now I don’t even care…

Day 28: For Nature's Beauty & Spontaneity

Today, I am thankful for…

1. The good day in spite of the late start… you guessed it; I overslept!!!! But I got things done before it was late!!!
2. The spontaneous Lunch date I had… the first lunch date we’ve had since we got together.
3. The awesome two and a half hours we spent sitting at Marine Drive talking and having fun with Amit and Jyothi as well!!
4. The spontaneous double date we ended up having without even planning and realizing until we were about to go home.
5. Being able to witness THIS….

Day 27: For everything that's FREE :P

Today… I spent the entire day at home. I didn’t even step out of the house. So you can imagine what my day was like. Since hardly anything of significance happened today, I don’t want to forcibly list five things and assume that they made me happy today.

But there are a few good things that did happen. I can now talk to almost all of my school friends for FREE!!! So hello Long Conversations and goodbye Huge Phone Bills!!!!

Also, I gave a makeover to this blog and my other blog! They have the same color scheme but are different in some aspects. It doesn’t matter ‘coz they’re both my WebPages.

There are some other happenings too which I want to talk about but will disclose when I have something concrete… Until then, it’s a waiting game.

So yeah! That’s pretty much it! Bottomline, I’m Happy!!!! :) :) :)

Day 26: For the Surprises

Today, I am thankful for…

1. The sleep that I got… Again!! I’m starting to feel that I may be falling sick because I feel like sleeping so much!!! But it is one of my hobbies… So I actually don’t mind getting more of it!
2. Being able to celebrate my (maternal) grandmother’s birthday. We all went out for lunch and had a totally ‘family’ Sunday afternoon! And the food was great… So great and so heavy that I didn’t feel like having dinner at all!!
3. The DPL Superstar dance class that we had… One of the participants in the Dance Premier League who also happens to be an instructor at SDIPA, took a special class for us today. Though the class wasn’t all that great, I loved the pseudo Yoga work-out that we did!!! It was soothing… :)
4. The awesome Khichdi that was dinner today (thanks to the heavy lunch… ref. Point 2 above).
5. The awesome surprises that being with him guarantee. I get so much more than I even dare to expect, and always when I least expect them to come my way!!!

Day 25: For Opportunities and Celebrations

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Being able to wake up in the morning the way I did.
2. The journey back from Andheri that I covered in an hour and ten minutes only (although it was in the scorching heat as compared to the chilled crispy weather that I rode through yesterday morning…)
3. The celebrations that we had in class today to celebrate Tanuruh’s Birthday, Reena Ma’am ‘s farewell and the farewell for the PCC and IPCC May ’10 batches… Oh, and The Achievers’ Academy Students’ Act, 2010 was passed today… to demonstrate how a Bill turns into an ACT!!! :P
4. The opportunities that Life has granted me. And though I may have made plenty of wrong choices in the past and let go of wonderful opportunities, I’m glad to say that today I got another one and I took it. I’ll elaborate more when I am in a position to give out details… :)
5. Having this outlet. As I’ve said earlier; there are days when things are just fine, and there are days when THIS helps me to look at the brighter side of things. I am grateful for a lot of things; and I’m happy that I know that I am grateful for them!!! :) :)

Day 24: For a Good Head Start

Today, I am thankful for...

1. The early morning bike-ride in the crisp chilly weather.
2. THIS VERY MOMENT!!!!! :)
3. Being able to start studying today... Finally... however little the amount of work done, it is still a start and a good one at that considering the fact that I had every reason to be distracted every single minute.
4. Being able to enjoy studying with someone (the insightful discussions - about and away from the subject - and doubt solving sessions adding to the fun) an knowing that it was successful... :)
5. Being able to go to sleep after having accomplished something worthwhile today. :)