Friday, January 29, 2010

After Eight

We all know I'm a sucker for tags :P We all also know you're not, especially when it comes to making out big lists. Soooo, I'm tagging whoever's in the mood/is stuck in training. Knock yourselves out!


8 TV shows/News Channels I like to watch:

  • Rakhi ka Swayamvar (I know you hope I'm kidding)
  • Gilmore Girls (in memory of Mihir)
  • HIMYM
  • Cougar Town
  • My Wife and Kids
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Sex and the City
  • All the random Tam serials which don't need to be individually named
8 Places to eat and dine:

  • Peter Cat, hands down
  • My mom's kitchen, even better than Peter Cat
  • Frankie Uncal opposite Prasad's (don't go there, you'll fall sick)
  • Hyderabadi Kababs (don't go there either)
  • Barbeque Nation (you can go there)
  • Little Italy (you can go there too, give those animals a rest for one meal)
  • Yoko's
  • And, for Abhijeet, Basil, for reasons best left unwritten =)
8 Things I Look Forward To:

  • Tons of sleep tonight
  • My cousin's marriage (I've a mathaapu color sari apparently, lol lol!)
  • Tulsi's sisters' marriage(s)
  • Getting reimbursed for my hefty IIM course
  • Quitting :P
  • Going home... wherever that is.
  • Watching (and mocking) My Name is Khan - sorry Karan, you know I'll always love you.
  • Abhijeet! :D (Wow, I mention you a lot)


8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

  • Dreamed about an arranged marriage. Mine. Jesus, this Iyer thing and Raghu are getting to me
  • Heart-melted at Jude's incredible sunshine-smile <3
  • Breakfast bitchathon, what better way to start the day
  • My pimp (lol) got me on Yahoo!News
  • Asked for my IT returns and received Google's instead... interesting read, that
  • Skipped joyously homeward at 5:30.. hurray for no-meeting nights!
  • Watched the most racist movie in the world, didn't get indignant, realized I've grown old
  • Stayed up till 10:30 with great difficulty (it really is these days!) to talk to someone for five minutes
8 Things I love about Winter:

  • Samosas
  • Stoles
  • Bangalore deja vu
  • Super-dark sunsets
  • Snuggle-in-bed sunrises
  • Coming in from the cold
  • How no one wants to work
  • Looong walk weather
8 Things on my Wish-list:

  • 5 kilos ... off that is
  • Visa
  • High salary adjustment
  • Heels higher than any the world has seen
  • A new job
  • Enough time to do the things I want to do
  • One night of solid uninterrupted sleep
  • For my room to magically recuperate from the mess I left it in this morning
8 Things I am Passionate about:


Please, I'm a Scorpio. I'm passionate about... like... math, even.



8 Words/Phrases I often use:

  • Abrrr.
  • Psscth.
  • Pfftance.
  • Eiii.
  • Dei.
  • Arrrgh.
  • Arghance.
  • Ada Rama.
Yes, I suspect I may be an induction motor too.


8 Things I learnt from the past:

  • Yes, you can fall out of any vehicle imaginable (don't).
  • If you don't know something, it's simpler to figure it out than to wait for someone to explain.
  • Google anything you don't know before saying you don't.
  • There are two categories of movies: those you watch online, and those you watch in the theater.
  • There are two categories of books too: those you read offline, and those that just aren't worth it.
  • The easiest way to get over someone is by dating them.
  • I don't get irreversibly hurt.
  • I can't lie, so I shouldn't even try.
8 Places I would like to go /Visit:
  • Pakistan
  • Iran
  • Afghanistan
  • Russia
  • Austria
  • Sri Lanka
  • Bihar
  • Varanasi
I wanted to be a journalist, so sue me :P


8 Things I currently need/want:


It's strange, I actually can't think of anything.

7 comments:

  1. Loved the Scorp bit (naturally)! Lol'd through the rest :) :) You're my favorite cynic, u know!

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  2. One mentionable mention and one unmentionable mention in one box.

    Sigh. I don't matter. At all. I think I will go OD on Grand Sweets' vathakuzhambu thokku now.

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  3. Bihar and Austria is a good combo...ask for a travel package

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  4. Oh, and I am taking my amma to Sri Lanka for pre-wedding haaaliday two weeks from now. :)

    Oh, and Peter Cat in Cal? In Cal? You are in Cal? YOu KNOW Cal? (Calm down, Swe). I heart Cal.

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  5. P.S. Avar and I met on a train to Kashi.

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  6. ... Did I just miss all the comments on this post?

    @Hamsi: Awww, and you're the most fun Virgo I know :)

    @Reghu: Vathakuzhambu thokku? You are no kudumbam of mine. You should want to eat vadumanga like the rest of us.

    @Pesto Sauce: Lol :) Quite!

    @Abhijeet: ...The lift. I cannot beLIEVE you forgot. I realize you're old, but really now!

    @Manjal: Wotte very Alaipayuthey! (pause as I get distracted at the thought of Madhavan. Ok, I'm back now.) My dad ensures we heart Cal too, he grew up there!

    I swear I cried inside for like five hundred hours when I heard Flurries and all burned down :(

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