Flickr

Just got the hang of using Flickr. Thank you all for your suggestions n help, especially to Ricky n Pete :-)

Im still trying to figure out how to use it along side Blogger.

The link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marlees/

Anymore suggestions will be highly appreciated!

To do list for 2007:

1) Do my MA from anywhere, doesnt matter how shady the place might be.
2) Stop buying books for the next 6 months.
3) Walk a lot.
4) Go for Dance classes regularly.
5) Write letters n keep in touch with friends more often.
6) Get back in shape!
7) Stop talking n saying the wrong things at the wrong time.
8) Stop expecting miracles to happen.
9) Get over people.
10) Stop brooding n having fun!
11) Get back to writing n more writing.
12) More singing.
13) Laugh more often.
14) Socialise more often.
15) Cut down my phone bills.
16) How could I forget, travel out of Delhi alone.
17) To forgive n forget.
18) Try to be regular to church! :-)

Though a little late but I hope you guys have a great year ahead filled with love, happiness, smiles, hugs, peace n good food!

Query:
Is Flickr a good option to upload my pics in the net? anyother alternatives?

Birthday Wishes:

Happy Birthday to my dearest Mama! Thank you for all the patience and love for the past 23 yrs. Love you.

'Not flesh of my flesh
Nor bone of my bone
But still totally my own
Never forget
For a single minute
You didnt grow under
My heart but in it'
-Anon

Guess, that says it all about mothers. Ma celebrated her birthday yesterday. Was fun organising for the dinner, shopping with Nupur and cooking as well. I miss all that now. Its back to Delhi now.

Birthday Wishes:

Happy Birthday Chakshu!
I hope you have a great year ahead filled with loads of new challenges and vistas that will leave you with feelings of achievement. I also hope you never lack in love and laughter and peace and that they protect you from any harm or pain. Thank you for all the late night calls, dispelling all my doubts talks and for all the other pleasant memories :)

Merry Christmas!!!

It good to be back home with the parents and the doggie. Im having fun feasting on good food and meeting up friends and relatives. I hope you guys have a merry and blessed Christmas as well. Have fun!
Some of the Christmas decorations at home:

The Star of Bethlehem:

The Crib at Christ Church:

Will write more in a day or two. Take care people!

Wonder, smirk

Can I drop everything that shrouds me so protectively? Can I shed my facades just like the layers of an onion? Will every layer dropped sting your eyes and make you cry like the onion? Will you be happy to see me through your tears? Will it make you comfortable to see withen me? Im tired. I need to break away from everything so familiar and binding and yet so destructive. But what would all this do to you? Will you be alright? Or will I have to run after you and reassure you that everythings ok. That Im still me and will always be. Why should I be the one to do that? Can you not accept me with a blind fate? Like me. All I can do is wonder and smirk.
(Ok, why an onion? Maybe because I was making some maggi with onions for breakfast.)

Pete say's:

"No, you're not frigid, you just have tons of respect for yourself :)"

Thank you, Petums.

Moving forward...

"They say the heart can break. That someone can dent it. Or gouge it. And then, its never the same..."
-Sherman
The Last Song of the Dusk
by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

Agreed its never the same. But its time to pack up all the scattered emotions and insanity. Its time to take another chance. Its time to get a life.

Rana not the "Best Athlete"

Rana isnt the "Best Athlete" at Doha. He was infact one of the five nominees for the Most Valuable Players (MVP). All this fiasco because of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and their stupidity. Why can't we have better managed sports associations and officials? Argh.

Kabul Express

I just got back watching Kabul Express. Wasn't expecting much from the movie since the TOI had rated it with only two and a half stars. But I liked the movie. A story completely different from the normal romantic movies that the Yash Raj banner usually boasts of. The bad guy played by Hanif Hum Gum is so good that John and Arshad pale in comparision. I don't even want to start on the American journalist played by Linda Arsenio. She is so irritating when she is whining about the Afghani Kebabs. The ending was heart wrenching. I even cried at the end (but I do that with every other movie!). My final opinion of the movie, worth watching atleast once.
I have a friend who went for a holiday to Kabul earlier this year and seeing this movie makes me think of what he'd risked when he decieded to go there. And the amount of courage he had to take that decision. I'm so proud of him :)
Photo: Google Search

Spread at Karim's

Well, what can I say? The food says it all-I invariably overeat, love 'rich' (read calories) food and am gluttonous. Gluttonous because I ate everything in the picture except for sharing half of the kheer with my friend. The food was lip smackingly delicious! :)
Menu:
Mutton Biryani, Mutton Qorma, Sheikh Kabeb, Tandoori Roti, Green Chutney, Onion slices and lemon and Kheer.
Price:
Rs 130 (Taxes included)
Place:
Jama Masjid, Delhi (ask for directions once you reach the Masjid)

The Delhi Christian Chorus in Concert

Yipppeee.....heres the concert picture at last! I love the architecture of this church, its all gothic and really ancient. I think I enjoyed singing better because of the beautiful interior! I love the background of the picture with the huge columns and intricate work on the stone. This is place is the Cathedral Church of Redemption in New Delhi. I have been attending sunday Service here since 1995. I haev so many pleasant memories attached with this place-my confirmation, weddings, choir practices, baptisims, sunday school, carolling during Christmas as well as crushes ;-)
By the bye, can anybody take a random guess of where I am in the picture? :-) (not for people who have seen me!)
Photo: Raja

The Capital City Minstrels in Concert

The programme booklet:

The entire choir:


An ensemble:

There's a Song in the Air-A Christmas Medley

Date: Tuesday, 12 December, 2006

Place: India Habitat Centre

Niche withen Kinari Bazar

This is what me and my friend stumbled upon in the middle of Kinari Bazar. Loved the serenity of the place.

Ornate Entry

This is the sort of entrances I got to see the now of houses at Kinari Bazar. Wouldnt mind living with such an entry point for 'sometime'.

Decrepit Door

I love the door. Even went felt the old lock. Not a very good picture. But I still like it. Didnt have too much memory space in the cam.

Temple at Kinari Bazar niche

This temple was at the very end of the niche in Kinari Bazar. I can imagine myself sitting here n reading on a sunny morning! One can always imagine!

When the Gods walk amongst mortals

This place is opposite the Jain Temple in Chandni Chowk. Theres a popular Chatwalla next to a Temple. So this place is packed for better part of the day. Through this picture I like to think that the gods mingle with humans in different guises. Reminds me of the text I had to study in college, Homer's The Illiad. Most of the text was about the squabbles of the Gods and the consequences for their mostly unwanted, interference amongst the mortals. So much for a divine intervention? Speaking of which I still havent watched Troy even though it was based on Homers text. Anybody watched Troy?

The Mistress of Spices

Ah, success atlast. Took this picture while on my walk in Chandni Chowk. She was sitting outside the huge State Bank of India(SBI) building. She was quite happy to oblige me with a pose :-)

PS-Title borrowed from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's book with the same title.

Way to go, Rana

Yippee...Jaspal Rasa has silenced his critiques with him becoming the Best Athlete at the Doha Asiad...Another Stephanian excelling! Here's hoping he continues like this until teh next Olympics.

Nope, I still cant upload my pics. I do hope its the crappy net connection and nothing pertaining to the laptop :-o