ABCW: He & Her - Five Tiny Stories

He and Her - Five Tiny Stories

Story 1

He suddenly held her hand on a cold evening, Her heart skipped a beat. He does love him she thought
"Phew, this roads are slippery" he said and left her hand.

Story 2

He kissed her cheek for the last time. Her eyes looked at the ocean and said "I know how you feel when you are with your skies and still not with it"

Story 3

He was missing home real bad, That they he realized that home could be a person too, That day his home became her.

Story 4

He was tying her up. He had a knife on her throat. She had a smile on her lips because she knew killing her might make him happy and that is what mattered to her

Story 5

He loved her, She loved the other guy, the other guy loved another girl, the another girl loved him. Life is never fair

This post is written for ABC Wednesday - H

ABCW-House becomes a Home

The idea for this post is solely inspired from Sowmya from LOL: Life Of Leo. The idea touched me so deep that, its been lingering on my head from the time I have read the post.

Like I have a said gazillion times, that I have shifted cities a little more than a year back. So, coming from Mumbai, I have been born & brought up in a apartment, flats kind of structure with security always, cars parked inside the society, neighbors, kids to play, being social with neighbors during festivals etc.

So, I shifted to Bangalore & my husband painstakingly found a pretty house, in the Ground floor of a lone standing building in quite a popular area. The house was a sweet little 2BHK, with a grocery shop near by, a road to walk near by, but it had no security, the people staying in other houses parked their bikes right outside my door.  The few building constructions that were going on, had their temporary tents close to our house. Their kids used to always peek into my living room & the bedroom.
The bedroom faced a land with overgrown plants, where the construction workers finished their "morning chores", dogs peed.
I have this thing for airy and naturally lit homes & because of peeking people I had to keep my curtains drawn always for privacy.

After a lot of ranting, we shifted in September to a proper apartment, with facilities, security & the one that is close to our workplace. It is a little boring area, compared to the area that we were staying in and a major issue is that mobile phones do not have a range in my house.
As such, the house is beautiful, the kind that I loved, airy, all day natural light, neighbors, kids playing, skating, cycling.

And somehow, mostly I am broke, so I have made most of my creative skills and decorated the house with say a yarn hanging light, a glass lampshade, DIY dreamcatcher.

MY DIY's (LtoR - Dreamcatcher, String Lamp, Lampshade, Bottled lamp, Quilled Photo frame made with our wedding card)

Then we gave it personal touches with cane swing, box side tables, lampshades, pictures, string curtains (which my husband apparently doesn't like). Blue & off white theme for the living room with a french window, earthy brown & cream for the bedroom and silk maroon for Awin's office.

The huge balcony, makes a beautiful place for coffee and talks or swinging & talks at anytime of the day.

View from our balcony (B/W is left side and lake on the right)

A beautiful evening with coffee, conversations and a cane swing

This place makes me feel secure. Its easier to call the cabs and the pizza guys, they area is famous unlike my previous one where we had to navigate them through small lanes to reach us. Also, this place makes me want to entertain guests.
We get to spend more time at home, with each other. It has inspired me to take up new hobbies, our commute to work in horrible Bangalore traffic has considerably reduced.
All in all its gives a positive feel good home.
XOXO

ABCW - Love you Father

I am, I was and I always will be my Daddy's little girl.

Everyone in my family knows, the one person whom my Dad will listen to is me. My father is a man of discipline. He has a set routine and won't change it for anything in this planet.

My Dad is very fussy, he wont have food in time nor his medicines, he has to be reminded and brought food to him only then he would eat.

If there is cricket match going on, he will have his “cookies” and his canned juice and forget the whole world. Those times I take his plate to him and almost threaten him, that I would switch the TV off if he doesn't finish his food.

I have been a very naughty kid, me and my brother were always afraid of my father’s temper. He has punished us whenever we were wrong. Today, after all these years, I realize that it was his punishment and all his discipline lessons that me and my brother are where we are today.

He gave us all the independence we wanted, at the same time set some rules that had to be followed. This attitude was something we loathed then, but now I realize that he was right in every way.
He gave us everything that we wanted, but also taught us the value of money.

My father used to reject many prospective men on some silly pretext, sometimes it used to be frustrating, but later his insight would be absolutely correct. I know that I can blindly accept his judgement on matters of life, maybe that is what is called experience.

My Father

My father has always wanted to see me as a bride. He has been talking about it for as long as I know. He has been with me through all my “boy seeing”. He has diligently searched a groom for his beloved baby. He has been with me through all my mood swings. He has come with me to all my shopping trips, even if he was very tired. I have seen the gleam in his eyes, when he saw me in my bridal outfit.

He held my hand when he was giving me away. He smiled through tears, during my kanyadaan. He stood by me when I was weeping. He has been my rock solid support. He smiled when he saw me smile.

I hugged my Dad at the airport when he was leaving me. He didn't turn back to look at me standing there, crying in my husband's arms.

Through the glass of the airport, I saw my father wipe his tears. I realized, that he didn't turn back because he didn't want to see me cry, he didn't want me to fall weak, he wanted me to start a new life.

Today, I am far away from him, and what will I not give to hug him and say “Appa, I love you, Thank you for everything you have done for me, I am sorry if I have been a brat, I am sorry if I have hurt you, You are always my Hero”

This post is written for ABCW - F

TT & ABCW: Untamed Soul

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I love her for what she is
I love her for what she makes me feel when I am with her

Pretending to hate her is the most difficult part of my life
One sight of her make my heart feel alive

I want to take her in my arms, look into her beautiful eyes and tell her How much I love her

A brush of her finger, make my every nerve tingle
A smile from her feels like a beautiful jingle

I meet her, I insult her
I play the love-hate game with her
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Oh sweet Baby girl
All I want to say is I keep thinking about you all night & day
I know I have hurt you, but I never wanted to
I do so, to not in fall in love with you

I know I have lost you to time
Thanks to the ego of mine

I wish I could tell you sometime
I did all, to run away from an Untamed Soul like you

This post is written for Theme Thursday - Soul & ABCW-Untamed Soul

ABCW: Time

A few days back someone asked me "So, when do you plan to have a baby?"

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Without another thought I answered "It will happen when the Time comes, why worry"

It was later that this thought came to me.

Time, plays such a major part in our lives.

From the smallest to the biggest incidents in our lives is controlled by Time

Time & Hope seem to go hand in hand, sometimes go total opposite direction

From births to deaths

From marriages to divorces

From sweethearts to heart breaks

From accidents to planned moments

There are so many times that people come out of a gruesome accident without a scratch and say "I think my time was good"

There are also many times that a person dies after a minor fall even then we say "guess it was his time to go".

Sometimes some incidents make us say "Let’s see when the time comes"

Time is something that is so not known to us still we depend so much on it.

Time heals physical and emotional scars in a person

Time makes or breaks a relationship 

Time doesn’t wait for anyone

I somehow believe that everything is timed

Would I ever want to travel in my past or future? No

What is gone can’t be changed. What has to happen, will happen

It’s Better to Live today, Learn from yesterday and Long for tomorrow. You never know when time ends

This post is written for ABCW-T

ABCW: Patriotism

She wears no uniform
She has no rank
She doesn't know to use no guns
She doesn't know any exercises

But, she feels every move of her man
She knows every name of the weapon he uses
She knows what rank he is in
She adorns a silent uniform

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While he is there fearless
She silently fears & prays

While he protects his country
She protects his heart & his family

Her man sacrifices himself for the country
So does she

Away he is from his family
Away she is from her love

He comes home, and summoned again
With tears she bids Goodbye
Not knowing when she would see him again
Hope she has & faith in Him

She hugs herself, She dries her own tears
She never shows him, that she misses him
For she knows, he would worry
She is his weakness, but stands as his strength

He gets praises & salutes
But, isn't she the true patriot, and deserves a salute?

This post is written for ABCW - P - Patriotism

ABCW: Mother

This is my mother -Love you Mom

As a kid when I got hurt & your eyes well up

A hug from you and my life lights up

Even now, away from you

I get hurt and I so miss you

You had a solution to every problem my life threw

Your food made with love is with what I grew

My heart is you; I am a part of you

In your arms, I felt safe every night

I fell sick and always made a bad sight

You stayed up for me all night

What am I without you?

In different cities now

I fight with you and how

I want to you to know

I love you Mom, I just don’t show

This poem is dedicated to my mom who stays 600 miles away from me. I want to tell her Thank you for everything she has done for me. I also want to tell her sorry for every time I have hurt her.

This post is written for ABC Wednesday - M

ABCW: K

These days after technology has taken over our lives, Whatsapp, Viber, SMS, hangouts, all are designed for people to "chat" with their hands.
And Imagine, you are having typed in a long message to someone and press 'Send" and get a reply "K"
Like only "K'
How irritating is that, I hate it, I hate the 2 letter shortcut of a 4 letter work sliced into a rude 1 alphabet word
Okay became OK became K

K isnt Ok in a conversation. Its a conversation Killer

I mean seriously, how difficult is it to type 2 alphabets? 

And Why do people reply with a "K"?

1. Fine, I heard it and i don't give a damn

2. Enough already

3. Are we done yet?

4. I am not interested in you or this conversation

5. I am angry

No emotion warrants a "K" .Atleast type an "OK"

How do we feel when we see a "K" after a long meaningful conversation

 What are the ideal responses for a "K"?

Next time please remember, when you reply with a "K" someone somewhere is killing you in their heads

This post is written for ABC Wednesday - K

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ABCW & Mag: Morning Frost

photo by Tess Kincaid

First rain, Early morning frost

Deep in thoughts I drew, girl on a lonely night
With the moon beside

I realize, that is who I am

A hollow girl in the dew

Come sunshine, I shall vanish

No one would ever know

That once a hollow girl stood there on a lonely night

With the half moon shining so bright

This post is written for Magpie Tales - Mag 286
This post is written for ABCW - M

ABCW: Happiness

What is Happiness?

I was sitting alone in a cafe, and was thinking to myself Am I Happy?

Today,in this phase in my life right now
I'm Happy..yes, really I'm at totally happy and contented and at peace

I'm at peace with my accident

I'm at peace with my family

I'm at peace with my not-so-skyrocketing career

I'm at peace with my achievements, my failures

I'm at peace with my imperfections

I'm at peace with my lost relationships

I even tweet quotes or write some blog posts, when I read them back I seriously wonder "Wow, Did I seriously write that?" and that really feels good.

I don't say I don't have mood swings, I still have my flaring tempers and bouts of tears, but it's just human nature, isn't it?

I still haven't achieved anything big, or even close to what I dream for
But, now it just feels like that's how its meant to be

It is just a beautiful feeling to be best friends with yourself and best friends with your life.
The whole world starts to look as awesome as it could be.

There was a time in life, when I had everything I wanted, lot of friends, lot of money but something was missing.I wasn't really happy.

Now, I don't have so many things that I want. but it just feels contented and its very liberating in some ways

There comes a point in life where you feel complete.
This is my moment of feeling truly complete, my moment of of Happiness

This post is written for ABC Wednesday - H

ABCW: WANNA BE FRAANDS oops...I MEANT FRIENDS

This Blog is especially for all you people who have a profile on FACEBOOK. 

This is one of the sites that has hit the records with the youth from all over the world. You meet friends, Chat with friends, meet friends of friends and at times meet certain schmucks too.

These jerks are famous for

a) Bad Vocabulary

b) Strangers with strange requests

c) Very desperate

Many people especially the Females get a load of such FACEBOOK JERKS. Let’s call them FJ's

It’s very easy to spot these FJ's on social sites. For starters they put up a sexy looking celeb pics. They come over randomly with their vocab that can make people forget their basic grammar.

And they are famous for sending random Friendship request and Messages in our Inbox’s.

Initially, when I started social networking sometime in 2007, there were no heavy security or privacy policies, at least not that I was aware of. So I like many others got used to getting so many FJ's day in and day out

"Hi..You want to do fraandsheeps with me".

These are one of the normal kinds of requests from the FJ's.

Then comes the bit advanced stage of Jerkism.

"I whant to make frendshaps to you...."

God I mean I know people make love but how the hell does one make FRENDSHAP. Now whatever that SHAP means.

There are different levels for such FJ's.

The Level 3 FJ's are the ones who Friendship request would sound like some message on a telegram. ”I you frandship". Now that was small n short and a sure rejection.

The level 4 FJ's are the desperate ones.

"Pleaje do freingship to me pls pls pls plz plz" 

Now that really sounds desperate to me or "I be your forever friend" 

Forever friend huh? What on this planet is a FOREVER FRIEND?

One of the requests that my friend had received "I whant to make love to your frandships"

Now What the hell did he mean by saying that? I need an explanation

This is the best FJ's.

The ones that leave me laughing for a long time, with their awesome iinglisss.

There was one that I had got.

I’m going to Ctrl C+Ctrl V with the eggjact same words that he used hi gaugeus (wh..what? geyser, gauge, gaugeus? What? btw he meant gorgeous) me frandshiping with u u agri (it means agree, atleast that’s what I assume)  ..I do not understand. What had gone into him?..sheeeesssshhh.

I really don't agri

There was this One that left me into splits "u wishes..So I come to be yours friend.. No Poblem. I think now i am not the stranger for u...I in dream yours...Now I be you friend. U also Be mines friend..ok"

What he meant to say is "I wished for him. So he has come be my friend. He comes in my dreams and I am his friend and he is mine" (Not in my wildest dreams will I ever think of dreaming about him for sure). But I can never forget this request in my entire life.

After a rejection he came back with another request saying "Your profile is very fundu...You also "vhery cooeat"(in case you din get it..he meant "very cute").I be you dream preeince." (My dream prince? And I just turned into a frog)

God Bless Me

The last but certainly the worst kind of FJ's.

These guys send requests that are in coded forms, like the one that one my girl-pals got.

This one really take the top position “I scene urs profiles. Loogs nais. adding u u adding mine plise..I waiting for adding" (In case you are wondering about what he meant "I scene (seen) ur profiles(profile)..loogs nais(looks nice) adding u adding mine(I am adding you, you add me) plise (please)..I waiting for adding (he is waiting for her to accept his request) ....

This one nearly took us 10 whole  minutes to decode of what he wanted to convey especially the loogs nais...

Pheewwww, it took me some brain-work to pen down these TRUE REJECTION CASES blog.

I NOU (Now) GoIn..YoU ReAd MiNeS (My) BlOgS (blog)..WOkay (Ok)...

I really need some grammar classes now and People who write like this with Capital and Small letters have to go back to Kindergarten

P.S: We do feel like strangling such half-wit desperate retards just like in the picture

This post is written for ABC Wednesday 17 - F

ABCW: Musings of an IT wife

I am an IT wife.

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Sometimes, I see a lot of similarities between my IT husband and a soldier in the military.

Soldier fights with foreigners, IT guy fights with foreigners

Soldiers family hardly get to see him, IT guys family hardly gets to see him

Soldier has to be on his post even in the dead of the night, IT guy has to be on the call even at the dead of the night

Soldiers gets trained regularly, IT gets trained regularly

Soldiers get posted "off site" at times, IT gets posted "off site" at times

Soldiers have "Short term" and a 'long term assignment", so do IT guys

Soldier wives are well-versed with some military terms like Line of Fire, Border Control, names of weapons, IT wives are well versed in IT terms onsite call, customer call, escalation, delivery team etc

Soldiers fight a war, IT guys fight in the war room

Soldiers face storm, IT guys face brain storm

Soldiers gets to talk to his family in between posts, IT guy gets to talk to his family in-between calls

Soldiers run a marathon once in six months, IT guys do a Hackathon once in 6 months

But, in the end of the day. the wife of both soldier and the IT guy, love their men enough to wait for them through anything and everything

P.S: This is a fun post, not meant to hurt any sentiments. If you find it offensive, my apologies in advance

This post is written for ABC Wednesday - I = IT