Random 25

I have been tagged by Aniket to write 25 random things about me... in addition to the general stuff would like to use this as a platform to write about a few things that are weighing on my soul which I would like to get rid off, I will write the incident and the lesson I learnt from it wherever there is a lesson...I will not tag anyone as everyone seems to have been tagged many times over...

1) I am a left handed person...though I eat with my right hand :)

2) Tears start streaming down my eyes whenever the National Anthem or any such patriotic song is played...

3) I have a tendency to over-analyse situations... the what if scenarios I can come up with for a simple event like going for a party will put the best story writers and novelists to shame...

4) I can be as stubborn as a mule...but then thats a good thing... I guess that helped me complete CA if nothing else...

5) My siblings think I have a OCD when it comes to certain things, I like things folded in a particular way and also like to see things spic and span...they call me Monica (the character from Friends)

6) I normally am in my own world when alone and tend to be oblivious to my surroundings, so have this tendency of seeing through people that I meet, the result is that I have to live with a reputation that I am pricey :(...

7) I love the way the earth smells after the first rains...

8) I have a thing for textures, whenever I see some textures I just have to feel it...be it some design on the wall, the feel of fabric, flowers...

9) The first thing I notice in people is their eyes, to be honest, eyes are a real give away, you can know whats on a persons mind by looking at his/her eyes...

10) I love receiving and giving gifts...

11) I am a loner and prefer to keep a low profile...

12) I love reading books, especially period dramas, and whilst reading I am transported to the very place where the story is unfolding...as a rule I read any book three times...

13) I am a very lazy person to begin with but once I start working there is no stopping me till the task is finished...

14) I love to see smiles which light up peoples eyes... there is nothing purer than that...

15) I love tea...

16) I am a bad actress, whatever is in my heart is on my face... I cannot hide my emotions and mostly wear my heart on my sleeve...

17) The very thought of Marriage terrifies me...

18) I hate the formal setting of restaurants and all the niceties like using the right spoon/fork etc., Also most of the time feel like the whole world is watching me eat, so generally like to order take out and eat within the comforts of my home...

19) In class 9, during the English exams, my partner was a guy from Class 8, he was having a really tough Algebra paper and was trying hard to copy the sums off the girl in the desk next to us. I decided to help him and tried to attract the girl's attention, and all I got for my pains was having my ears boxed by the teacher as she thought I was trying to copy !!!... I wanted to die just then, the worse part was the presence of this guy in class who lived in my building- my public humiliation could not have been more complete!!! - Lesson learnt mind your own business and dont try to be a good samaritan...

20) I love twins and have this secret desire that if/when I have kids they be twins :) ... I am told that left handed persons normally start out as twins but one of them does not make it :(, this could be one of the reasons for my twin fixation...

21) I am tongue tied when in front of a crowd, I simply freeze...

22) I want to fall in love...the real thing not just infatuation...

23) My dream house would be a cottage by the sea, to be able to see the sea first thing in the morning would be absolute bliss...

24) I am allergic to papaya and groups of insects...

25) I suffer from vertigo and also from fainting spells...

Tagged ! Six crazy things while watching movie:)

Vin has passed on this contagious bug to me. I know I am infected for I see the symptoms, I have started blabbering about the crazy things I do while watching or going for a movie. I am not much of a movie freak (the-song-and-dance-around-trees routine kills me), so the VCDs and DVDs are a boon for the likes of me who can fast forward these bits and get on with the story (which is not there in most cases anyway)...Once in a while when I am in a masochistic mood I tend to make my way to the multiplex to watch movies...I am tagging Div & ,LV heheheh why should I alone suffer...so here goes...

1) Watch back to back duds...this is a phenomena which I have observed of late, this gives rise to another observation that I must be in a near suicidal mood these days, for under no other circumstances will a person watch Indian Jones (dubbed in Hindi) and Don Muthuswamy back to back...can you imagine the suave Harrison Ford talking in hindi, the dubbed dialogues for Indian Jones is something that I will remember to the day I die...a grown man mouthing dialogues like "Mummy kidhar hai!!" etc...etc, is not something you will forget in a hurry...

2) Anticipate when the lead pair is going to break into a song and dance sequence and say(loudly), "Guys not now, please no song, pls pls", I especially remember doing this while watching "Singh is King", there they were dancing and singing "Jee Karda" or whatever crap wearing little or no clothes...practically inside the pyramids...guys how about a bit of respect for the dead...that is centuries of history you are dancing on...and to think I went to watch this movie after buying a ticket, when just the previous day I could have gone for free kills me...

3) Pass Smart Alec Comments...This is my all time favourite pass time at dud movies...We were watching the Tanisha starrer "SSSSHHHH", where a killer is on the loose and he is slowly killing the members of the group..one of the girls whose name was Gehena was killed...the killer drowns her and her body washs up on the beach and the next shot is of her body being washed away again...our heads were already shot thanks to the lack lustre script and my friend N decided to liven up the atmosphere... he quips..."Gehena, pani mein behena" everyone within earshot practically erupted in laughter...

4) Watch horror movies and then sleep for the next couple of weeks with the bedside lamp on...I hate horror movies... I just cannot watch it, I normally watch the build up to the story and then walk out of the room when the really scary bits start...my mum has an interesting way of watching horror movies... she just mutes the TV when the scary parts start...this is really effective...you don't feel all that scared when the sound effects are missing!!!...the other side effects of watching horror movies is that you want company when you go from one room to another :)

5) Weep when the National Anthem is played...this is a mystery that I have not been able to solve yet, tears start flowing from my eyes when the National Anthem is played, it is a saving grace that the lights are switched off...or else people will think that I am crying since I did not want to see the movie and have been dragged to the cinema hall (which is the case most of the time) by force!!!

6) Advertisements, social messages and trailers...I love to watch the advertisements, social messages and trailers that are played before the movie begin, so I make it a point to be there before time, somehow the advertisements seem much more attractive on the big screen!!!

Stolen Tags :)

Ok guys, I also join the bandwagon.. let me know what you think of me ...and Yes, Scattered thoughts, I did not know how to and was too embarassed to ask :))

1. Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. Something I have and YOU want?
4. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
5. Describe me in one word.
6. What was your first impression of me?
7. Do you still think that way about me now?
8. What reminds you of me?
9. If you could give me anything what would it be?
10. How well do you know me?
11. How do you see me in the future?
12. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn’t?
13. Are you going to post this in your blog and see what i say about you?