Hopeless Cuteness ~ Unwavering Courage

19 Blog posts till now and not ONE exclusively dedicated to my hopeless romantique self ?
I can't believe myself ! What use were all those Mills & Boons and all the utterly outrageously and crazily romantic movies that I've bred on all my freaking life!!

So, I'm totally of the camp which believes in Prince Charming ..The knight in shining armor riding the glistening white horse in the starry night on a full moon day,who will come and sweep his Princess off her feet in one swift movement and take her away with him forever and ever.(ALL Fairytale stuff!) Or the hero who swooshes the heroin when he offers her his hand when she's running to catch the moving train..(DDLJ!)*sigh*
YA. Downright romantic. Downright make belief and unrealistic and immature and fictional and blah blah and BLAH.
But, whats a life without a lil dash of beautiful imagination in it? And when that beautiful imagination turns into even more beautiful reality .. That's the kind of stuff, real love is made of. And that's the kind,we heart ;)  Where imagination meets the reality and when beautiful meets even more beautiful.<3

Having said that, its no big surprise that i love that hopeless cuteness that comes with all this imaginary paraphernalia and also that,once you do find the one for you..the prince charming/princess of YOUR life..there attaches to the pair of you.. this adorable "hopeless cuteness".Phases when you cant stop thinking about each other,when you knowingly let go and overlook every flaw of the other person that stares you in your face,when you cant stay away from each other,when you just cant let the other person be,when all you want is them,when all you can feel are the butterflies in your stomach and the blush on your cheeks! :)
One look at the person and you melt like a load of wax on fire.. the gamut of emotions come to life and all that one can see,feel and look is.. HOPELESSLY CUTE ! :)
And as that hopeless cuteness builds,along with it grow a lot more things, which are stronger and more solid than just this adorable phase.. The things that somehow turn this hopeless cuteness into unwavering courage.

Unwavering courage to decide to be together.To stand against all odds.To be there through thick and thin.To stand shoulder to shoulder,hand in hand..fair and square. Through and through.As i see it,that's one thing people fear if they're in 'love'(supposedly).And that's the thing about courage,no one can ever tell or ever predict who will show what level of courage or guts or valor and when.The most non courageous people will stand up for what they believe in,if and only if,the thing that you're standing up for is standing with you. Up.Front.And Center. Being the pillar of strength to stand against every eventuality that may come between you.

I'm all for Happy Endings as i am for undying love that gives rise to that passionate courage.So darling,if you feel hopelessly smitten by someone and get the same hopeless smitten-ness back,then don't be afraid to really fall into 'love' and commit and go all out and draw courage from your love and be together against all odds.
And then watch that puppy-like hopeless cuteness become a tigress-like unwavering courage.

The thing is, if its real love my friend, you don't have to worry about trying to find the guts to stand up for it,convince your families etc.,worry about anything else on the earth, because all that real love does is,bring out the things in you,that you probably didn't even know existed. You'll be amazed to know that..THAT courage..is just the tip of that iceberg!!

THAT my  love , is what they call a happy ending to a happy beginning :)

Free Fallin ;)

 Hello beautiful people :)

Been too long eh? Too too long this time.Both,for the lack of new things happening and for not being able to put whatever did happen,down in writing.
SO.nothing extraordinary happened.Everyday normal things.The good,the bad,the ugh ! BUT  nothing that jumps out of the LifeBox and surprises me :S Wonder why though? Because,according to the rule of life,the last time i checked..it worked like a cycle right? ..After night comes day..after every dark cloudy night comes the bright sunny day..after pain comes joy..after sadness comes happiness..and after the monotony of nothingness..(following the above protocol!) comes the freshness of surprises life pops up with!! Is it still the way the world is functioning? Or has some rule been amended or scrapped off  Up There?

Ever felt that you are so stable that you might lose your balance and fall off ? Ever wanted to just fall off the cliff while being strapped safely at you feet..like in bungee? That crazy rush! which makes your insides turn out only for a few minutes and breaks the monotony of normal breathing!?  I feel like that about life.. THANK GOD! for alllllll the monotony but what about that crazy minutes of adventure and surprises..while you're still safely strapped on to your stability in life?

Too many questions.Too many wants and wishes.Too many practicalities.Too many and too much of everything! I don't know what makes sense and what doesn't but STILL i would like to look ahead and wait for my turn to bungee jump in life,because .. if there's a time for something to pop up from that LifeBox..I'd like to believe that MY turn is just round the corner :o)

BLEED BLUE!!

In the spirit of the World Cup 2011 and in the ecstatic state after an amazing India - Pakistan Semi Final .. i'm painting everything in sight with the tri colours!!!!=)
Its been a passion since i was a baby and for us Indians (and Pakistanis too,i'm sure!) no tournament is complete until we play against each other.
Another beautiful match done..with the two Prime Ministers and all the whos who gathered at Mohali to multiply the pressure infinitely on the two countries..the innings were exactly what they should've been like!! And what more could we have asked for..Our prayers were answered and INDIA WON!!! =)
I loved every bit of it.Stayed glued to my seat till the end and sat with my overenthusiastic cricket maniacal family for the match throughout!!(Also,we ordered food in(obviously!) and i majorly overate!!)

BUT ALLL WORTH IT!

All you cricket lovers out there.. share the ecstacy!! How did you BLEED BLUE today?? =)

Footprints in the Sand..

This is the first time in my entire life that i'm writing about that one thing which i have never written about outside my zone(which includes my head and the random writings i do whenever wherever exclusively for myself!).This is also ironically,the same thing,that i have written or thought about the most.And i still do and will continue to do.All the bottom lines for everything else in the world for me boil down to this one thing.

God and my faith in Him/Her or the abstract-unknown-super power or whoever or whatever you believe in and turn to for the inexplicable in your life.

I consider myself extremely fortunate for having been able to see one of the rarest of plays on the Biography of Goswami Tulsidas as narrated by himself.Executed flawlessly to perfection and performed as a mono act with complete and utmost Bhakti.Having grown up listening to the stories as narrated by my grandma..It was truly an experience that not only touched me but penetrated through my very core and I know would,stay there forever.The play ended but the feeling didn't.The feeling of being a tad bit closer to The Power.Even closer to feeling my Grandma through the Power.

Its not dependent upon age.Its dependent upon your faith..This feeling of being completely engulfed in God's love.To realize that there actually exist an envelope like this,one doesn't need to have number of years in age by one's side.All one needs is ..Faith. My Granny used to say..If you have complete unquestioning faith in God..you'll know sooner than later that you're wrapped in love forever.And that there is nothing known to man that can harm you.. until you let it yourself.

Its always said that you'll be stunned by the ways in which you'd see God's glimpses.They're most unexpected and always excruciatingly simple.And today was one such glimpse for me.The play shook me to the core and just like that..i felt God through it.Inside and on the outside.Mind body and soul.Even closer than before if it was possible and left me speechless. Mesmerized.Completely awestruck.

I feel like, for this moment at least, I've found my Center.My balance.My Anchor..for life.

25 Random Questions Tag

25 Random Questions Tag

1.Where were you 3 hours ago? In the market,buying silver jewelry :) 

2.Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? Yes.My precious pink mug with green tea in it!

3.What are you wearing right now? Tee and shorts

4.What are the colours of your bedroom walls?  Pearl white towards off white.

5.Who is the last person you sent a message or comment /BBM? Ginni :)

6.What does your last text message say? "Ok sweetie..we're ready and waiting for you" (Thats because i had to pick them up to go shopping together and was running a lil late.)

7.Can You Taste The Difference Between Pepsi And Coke? Yes. And i like Thumbs up..
its less sweet and more strong than these two! (i used to call it my hard drink!!)

8.Is your hair curly or straight? straight

Read more..this tag continues....

9.Which is the hardest thing you ever had to do? Lose loved ones.And come to terms with it.. i'm still struggling.

10.Favorite 2 color combination? Ahh too too many! Fuchsia and Orange.Turquoise and Beige.Dark Green and Blood Red.Onion Pink and grey.Or any combination with gold/silver/bronze. Almost all permutations of off-whites, charcoals, beiges, navy and mediterranean blues, fawns. Told you , dont ask!! Lol

11.What is your favorite accessory? I love accessorising, but i obsess over rings and ear rings in particular.   

12.Which current celebrity(-ies)'s style do you admire most? From India, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padrone  Frieda Pinto and Sushmita Sen can carry pretty much everything off.. Internationally, Blake Lively, Victoria Beckham, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston look effortlessly savvy.

13.What is your favorite fashion store/shop? Affordable fashion : In India, Forever 21,Vero Moda, Promod and Zara. UCB is a perpetual fav. one stop shop for regular wear.

14.When was the last time you drove out of town? We drove to Ahmedabad last week. 

15.With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? A new channel on TV.

16.What was the last thing you bought? A gorgeous silver and garnet ring!! (its special because ginni , mithoo and i bought the same ring together.. !)

17.What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? What should I eat for breakfast today!?

18.Favorite Food? Indian, Mexican, Italian and Mediterranean. 

19.Biggest turn offs? Over bearing, lying, hypocritical, conniving, shallow and pompous people!

20.What do you always have on you/wear? Earrings,Rings and my kada.

21.What does your screen name mean/ how did you come up with it? I did not think about the name because when i started blogging.. i stuck to the same account i had which i made to follow one of my friend's account. Though the origin of Silver Potpourri and Elle Woods is explained in my first blog..in case someone's bizarrely interested. :)

22.Favorite style of top/blouse? I love clean cuts. Tapering with good neck lines.

23.Favourite tv show currently Gossip Girl , Modern Family, Sex and the City, Castle, White Collar , Prison Break ... and almost all chat, travel and cookery shows.

24.What is a favorite TV show from your childhood? Small Wonder, Different Strokes, Bewitched,Duck tales,I dream off Gennie,Aladdin, Jungle Book.. All of Disney shows !

25.What does your dream bedroom look like? Wooden flooring for sure. Minimalistic. Furniture in wood, with subtle beige and gold accents. Large bay windows , thin guazy printed curtains that fly with the wind. One piece of art work, a wall full of personal pictures ...with a nice big balcony and a white wrought iron table/ whole wood table on which the morning breakfast is kept. One big funky colored comfy couch or chair AND a hell lot of plants everywhere (I love interiors...one of my dream professions(although I sort of already am on the path of becoming something else) is to be an interior decorator.)

I got tagged by "peachesandblush" to do this tag!!! 

Consider yourself tagged if you comment below and if you want to do this tag .. =)

Smile and the World Smiles with You =)

                                                       Boug's Maggie Chipkoos!

So,this is one of my life's most amusing,incorrigible and most adorable memory !! Of my youngest and the naughtiest kid brother,who we fondly call Bougie.This is when our lil gansta was barely a year and a half or something and the four of these brats were left at home under Yours truly's supervision while everyone went off to run errands or do stuff in which kids weren't needed.And that day on popular demand,of course,i made Maggie for them.Those days,something called a "chipkoo" used to be the most popular free gift for kids.And God knows,we had about a million of them!A chipkoo was a slimy ball which was jelly like and would stick itself wherever if thrown hard.So there we were dodging most of the time,in a house full of chipkoos and 4 crazy boys throwing them everywhere possible!Mister Bougs here,being the youngest couldn't really differentiate between maggie 's consistency and chipkoo's..so this is what he did before anyone could see him..made maggie balls and threw it all over the room making his own favorite chipkoos!!The innocence and sheer glee on the baby's face was just too much to scold him or anything..And just like that,we all had our first maggie bath.. days after that..we kept discovering maggie strands in places we didn't even know existed in the room!
Now whenever we make Maggie and Boug's is around.. we cant stop cracking up at that whole episode. =)
Since all we should concentrate on,is remember the good times and roll with them..i have decided to make "Smile and the World smiles with you" an ongoing segment of the most most,fun and happy memories of my life--of the top of my head! This was the first random thing that hit me when i decided to write about things that make me smile when i look back at them..

Watch this space for more happy memories..as and when they pop up. Meanwhile,do yourself a favor and try to gather only your happy thoughts and pull them as close to yourself as you can,just like i did!
Write them anywhere you want and when you're down in the dumps..you'll know exactly what to turn to.
'Till we meet again.. Spread some Smiles!!!! * =) ting =) *

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“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” -T.S. Eliot 

Appyy Nuuu Eeerrrr everyone :)



Welcome Twenty Eleven!!

Hope this year brings with it all that you ever wanted,deserved and much much more..Lets count our blessings today and be thankful for all that we have!!:)

To all the good times to come,peace,new year resolutions and happiness always..Cheers! Its going to legen-wait for it-dary!! LEGENDARY! ;D

Keep a big bright smile on..throughout MMXI and forever!!:)

God Bless!!!!!:)