Had a F.A.N.T.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. Diwali !!!

This Diwali was one of the most memorable one......had loads of fun and on top of that got amazing gifts (n dat was the best part :) This post will have loads of pics which will say everything by itself !!!!

so it started wid the night before dhanteras where babboo, Rakesh n I decided to put up the lightings ( they were only holding the chair n were even not doing the same properly , some ppl can only  laugh on the girl standing on the chair trying to put up thing way above her reach....) still we completed it

mission accomplished !!!

D best shot

On 5th i.e. on diwali's eve , the day started wid a fight between rakesh n me on a silly stupid thing,  which didnt lasted long , thankfully...after world war 3 finished,we all went out n shopped , ate at Indian Coffee House (Only baboo ate, as she is a big Dosa-maniac )...we posed everywhere n clicked loads of pics....

on d way 

Dosa cried for mercy !!!!

both d sisters posing.....

After the shopping we came back n made rangoli , helped mum in the set-up, in the evening  mum did the pooja n I volunteered for singing the aarti ...which everyone including mum felt that it turned out to be a DJ remix of the aarti.... but i thought it was good ...see perception differ from person to person...

Tried a hand at R.A.N.G.O.L.I.

mum in her new sareeeeee

phataka time

Seriously! had a memorable time with mah ppl..... hope to have more funfilled celebrations next year......


love u all

ACT-UP

Last week was very very busy, prioritized, scheduled but finally ended up interestingly. I had a review on Sunday can you believe on S.U.N.D.A.Y. i know, i too felt sick getting up early in the morning getting ready for the day which i had no clue about...

The review i am talking about is an Identification Process of Business leaders in my organization which are called as "STARS" .The First round is where 1000+ executives apply for this process & on the basis of your last rating in the appraisal, feedback by  your SBU Head & HR ,some 100 executives get selected for the second round & finally sum 40 go for final round....

so my schedule for the second round was on Sunday......the entire day was planned in 5 activities some group and some individual activities to test your mettle and to observe and analyze  the acumen of business...everyone seemed so tensed &  tried behaving in a expected professional way, except me , c'mmon it was very important. if you are selected as STARS your entire career would move up to an amazing level , Guaranteed Promotion, Great Incentives blah blah blah ....it is damn lucrative!

First of all  i was not  hoping to get selected for the first round .....but ok when i was informed to be one of the  few fortunate ones (This was the exact script used by the HR co-ordinator who informed me , i hope she is not reading this) i was tempted to go ,,, but i had a very different reason to go, i was very curious to know what would happen in that big conference hall with those serious  & intelligent looking people , just like a kid going to science park for the first time.

The second round was conducted by a well known Consultancy (CHANGE WORKS) from India to have an unbiased result, The consultants were reputed members of Indian Institute of Behavioral Science.

Out of all the round and let me tell you i enjoyed all of them so much i know its weird to have fun in a review process  but hey, this is me ! i liked the psychometric test the most named "FIRO-B"  its a  very  interesting  one, the questionnaire will have only 3-4 questions that will be asked in more than 50 ways just to check that are you presenting what you are or just making up the answers....in this FIRO-B test they had questions on whether the person is a team leader , follower , Social or Anti-social?

What ever may be the result i had to say that this was a day which really gave me the chance to understand the undiscovered dimensions of my personality.


On a lighter note:

P.S. Diwali is on 5th n i am very excited ! Happy Diwali to all of you in advance.

Enjoy

Love you all !

A Bouquet of memoirs

Yes, I did go to Durga pandal on Navami as I planned & wrote in my last post.

Maa Durga

Entrance to the venue

 I went there along with few of my school friends and that too accidentally & it turned out to be a bouquet of memoirs. I don’t know what happened & suddenly everything turned out to be nostalgic. Everything was just the same as past, the beauty on Durga’s face, the fragrance of incense sticks, the spirit on peoples’ faces…same faces including few new ones, similar stalls for tit bits, similar road vendors & a man playing  old Hindi song melodies on his flute….

Friendzzz

Among all these things that I noticed, there was one thing that has surely changed a lot with time & that was Me….

Yes, I did feel that with years passing by I have changed quite a lot, in both good and bad ways….thinking about the good things, I have started focusing on priorities mainly, After loosing my Dad, now cherish what I have more, more often express my feeling to people whom I love (it feels amazing), & most importantly have stopped being bothered about what people think of me (this is biggest change that has happened in me, now I enjoy things more).

Talking about the bad things, there are "N" no. of things, I have become more calculative about doing things which takes away the fun of making mistakes & being silly, plan up about the future in a very “boring” matured way! Don’t do the Usual Nimisha’s stupid –silly things, like calling up a friend at the midnight and telling that how he/she is important to me or giving crackers to kids whom I don’t know on Diwali, or fighting for juniors before my principal and that too just before my campus placements. Stopped sending surprise gifts to friends- Gosh! Writing all this makes me feel how I have changed (Read –have become weird) with time, i was never so judgemental & calculative in life before …& I know that 5 years from now when I would be seeing this post, it will surprise me with the thoughts that I have now.

Don’t we all miss certain things like the excitement of riding the bicycle for the first time on our own, writing with a fountain pen, new dresses on birthdays, sharing the last chocolate with your sibling, the first crush in school and more and more crushes after that, the first day of college, first late night out….

her first ride......

I DO MISS THOSE MOMENTS BADLY! DO YOU TOO ?

Missed Ashtami

Hi all!


Wish all of you a great Durga Ashtami ! Durga puja has always been a festival that i looked forward to from the childood as this festival if full of enthusiasm , joy & great spirit not only to Bengalis but to everyone in India. Starting from the conceptualisation of Ma Durga's Idol till navami, each aspect of this festival has so much beauty in it. I was always inclined towards this festival & felt it so close to my heart  as i have few very close friends who are Bengalis , i even went to study in Kolkata & also worked there for an year (so u see lot of Bong Connection here) , n must say no other city in the entire world can match the excitement and enthusiasm attached with this festival, as Kolkata.

So today was Ashtami n planned to go to visit Durga pandals , but twist in the tale i was nominated for a Training session and had to go for an entire day session and when i came back had no energy left to go to the pandals .I know i am unbelievable sometimes...cmmon it was ashtami, but as it is said " Ab pachhtaye hott kya , Jab chidiya chug gayi khet"  Now i m determined dat would go tomorrow wid mum and baboo and would enjoy every bit of it...


By the way baboo went to watch the pandal  in her newly* bought attire( 7:30 pm* , as i was pestered to go out with her for her last moment shopping , as always)  with her friends.
(Clothes can be so so important in a girl's life , why didnt i ever learnt it man !!!)

Some pics that she posed for,



She was looking beautiful





D next NOKIA brand Ambassador

 Will post about my visit to the Durga Puja very soon ( If i dont end up being lazy as today).


Love u all

A BIG STEP

Past week was filled wid lot of emotional outbursts for me..I had this panick attack as how difficult it will be to handle such a huge responsibility called " Marriage" ,i think people who are married or soon going to be married would understand this feeling, and my panick attack gave mini attacks to Mum & Rakesh...but some how they handled me,i can say this, that  i can be very very unpredictable at times....

But then i realized that the decision of getting married involves the excitement of the companionship of your partner, the happiness of sharing a lifetime with that one person you feel you can be best friends for your lifetime but at the same time it also involves  the big responsibilities of starting a new family , having new ties with new people ( this one really scares the hell outta me) & doing certain adjustments...(but who does not, even when we are single).

Rakesh has been very very supportive, reallllllly caring and loving nd most importantly has been my Friend with whom doing all crazy stuff seems to be so easy & natural........always made me so comfortable and very special for being the person i am....

So this new chapter in my life which is just going to begin is bringing out the best and the worst traits of me n i m trying to enjoy both & torturing others to the maximum extent... n if you dont believe then ask Mum , Rakesh & madhumita..

Rest ,,trying to be comfortable with the idea of getting married and planning up pre-parties with friends to enjoy it to maximum!!!

& hey as i wrote in my last to last post, I finished watching this movie “A WALK TO REMEMBER” an awesome movie , i believe everyone who is in love or not should watch this movie for sure!!

loveee you all