57. Basketball and Do Re Me.....

Life is a multi-hued rainbow and we can see the colours only when we live in that magic moment. I have always tried and let the colours blend into me to give me a heavenly hue. Life is too beautiful and short not to enjoy it!

 

So Wednesday the 27th of February was again quite a day. After dropping Tirus off at school, I decided to give myself some ME time and ambled into the nearest Cafe Coffee Day. I treated myself to a pot of steaming jasmine tea, the heady aroma of which transported me to a dream world and I wrote furiously on the changes I want to see around me, while sipping the invigorating cuppa tea and biting into choco chip cookies.

 

After school, Tirus loves to play. So, I got him this basketball, more so because I had nostalgic memories of playing it in school. Over a week, I had been watching them play 'football' with the basketball. Wednesday I couldn't hold myself back. I got into a frenzy and hit the court with an excitement I remember I had back in school. As I bounced the ball and ran around the court, I had a pack of screaming kids including Tirus run after me. I went overboard as I basketed the ball several times and had sweat dripping all over. One of Tirus' friends, Ramanuj, actually pulled at my frock, one of my favourites from Forever New. Thank God I had my stockings and a pair of black broques on to see me through all the frenzied running around the whole court. I promised myself to be 'propahly' dressed for a game of basketball next time!

 

And after all the puffing and panting, I calmed down as I had my first singing classes. I was apprehensive about the teacher's comments on my voice and thought he would write me off as a 'disaster'. But what he told me made me so happy. "You have a good voice. Ofcourse you will be able to sing."

 

So, there you see. It's never too late to play basketball or start singing lessons. It's all in the mind. After all, I am planning to beat Bryan Adams at his song, "18 when I die!"

 

I say, "I will be 16 when I die."

56. Bruno Mars sings after my heart

I dance at the slightest pretext; on the streets, in the mall, at home, the gym, the disc, anywhere the music hits my dance hormones. And Tirus is overtly conscious of me doing crazy stuff like this and shows his disdain by frowning at me.

 

To have a great time on the floor and elsewhere, my best friend always says it has to be 'happy music' and by this he meant songs which don't have any meaningful lyrics in particular but which hits you on the face and urges you to go 'mad' on the floor. Recently, after he had said that, I have started aquiring a deep interest in and affinity for psychedelic music, where you just need to shake your head if you are sitting and 'shake up a storm' if you are standing.

 

Sunday morning at the park is totally 'ME' time; I walk, I jog, I read, I sing, I dream, I gaze at the river flowing by, I meditate, I write, I draw, I talk with the other joggers and walkers and recently I have started dancing. What a time I have! So this time, I had the song 'Scream and Shout Britney'. I put it on the repeat mode and danced for one whole hour in a secret corner of the park where no one could see me doing ' mad, crazy' stuff like dancing in a public place. But this is what I am all about. I love doing insane stuff, which quite describes me. This streak has been in me even when I was a kid. I would dance at the slightest pretext. So what if someone thinks I have lost it. What is important is that I love it! This is ME and I enjoy being myself! 

 

 

 

So Scream and Shout is quite a number. The music is good. Briney looks good in the video, though she has  quite outgrown her cute school-girly looks to be someone more matured and crudish. Does age tend to make people look harsher? I don't think so.

 

But I dunno what she meant to prove when she decided to do this song. The song is good to jump around and lose some calories. But with words like 'Shit' and 'Bitch', I decided to take the song for just its music and ignored the fact that Britney is now no longer anyone's cup of tea.

 

If someone is singing good songs with awesome lyrics, it is Bruno Mars. The recent song I heard, 'When I was your man' is a song after my heart. The man sings from his heart and the lyrics are some of the most passionate I have heard. I love this guy! He is good!

 

 

"When I Was Your Man"

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now
Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down
Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name

It all just sounds like oooooh…
Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize
That I should have bought you flowers
And held your hand
Should have gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party
Cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby's dancing
But she's dancing with another man

My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life
Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ohh…
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes

It all just sounds like oooooh…
Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize
That I should have bought you flowers
And held your hand
Should have gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party
Cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby's dancing
But she's dancing with another man

Although it hurts
I'll be the first to say that I was wrong
Oh, I know I'm probably much too late
To try and apologize for my mistakes
But I just want you to know

I hope he buys you flowers
I hope he holds your hand
Give you all his hours
When he has the chance
Take you to every party
Cause I remember how much you loved to dance
Do all the things I should have done
When I was your man
Do all the things I should have done
When I was your man

 

I think that more than anything else in the world, people need love. Love is the one and only thing we all crave for, we are hungry about. More than food, it is love which satiates our hunger. The best love songs, poems, articles, plays have been written when there had been extreme passion; either the fulfilling feel of love or the loss of it. Actually, it's love which makes the world go round and I couldn't really be bothered much if someone calls me Alice in Wonderland for this! I love being Alice!

 

And if Britney is looking 'ruder' than before, maybe she should fall in love and write some good love songs! It might just improve her looks!

55. School, a RED birthday, a designer and a GUINNESS World Record holder

 

 

An awesome day, I must say! 26th of February had more reasons than one for me to be inebriated with life. Dropping Tirus at school  these days has become more of an adventure than a chore as I weave in and out of heavy duty traffic, while Tirus plays his and my favourite music. His endless banter would make the trip so much more easy and fun.

 

And then for a RED birthday and the best so far!

 

The ride to my ethnic blouse designer's boutique is always exciting 'cause I know her designs far exceed my expectations. She always springs surprises in front of me and I love unfolding and wearing whatever design she offers me. She's the best!

 

My evening culminated at the Rotary Club for the weekly meetings and voila! Another surprise! I get to see a live demonstration by the Guinness World Record holder and Limca Book of World Record holder of bromide painting, Apuraj Barooah. He is an Artist of Bromide Scratch Art and he is a genius par excellence!

 

 

 

 

 

Wow! What a day and all this in my velvet embossed dress from Forever New and my boots from Solestation. Comfortable dressing for the day!



54. Of Karbis, Nyishis and theatre!

One thing I love doing is mixing together a palate of colours and creating a colour totally different from the original one .

The evening when the Jyotirupa Theatre Fest started its four day exhibition of plays in the city, I decided to traipse in with a heady concoction of an ethnic Karbi woven ensemble and accessorize it with a gorgeous Nyishi belt and a bunch of red beads, both gifted to me by my Nyishi extended family in Tezpur. 

 

The 'brew' did make heads turn though!! And why not, Northeast of India is known for its rich tapestry of weaves, not to be found elsewhere in the world! My love, my Northeast!

 

 

53. Anjan Dutta can sing!!

23rd of February, 2013 gave me a brush with a phenomenon I had been hearing ever since I was a kid. Nachiketa, Suman and socialist singers of sorts had me wondering if I would ever get a chance to be a part of a concert of the magnitude that only I would be able to decipher inside me. And then Anjan Dutta comes to the city to perform and boy, is he a performer? Wow! I was left applauding after every song with the rest of the jam-packed crowd at the ITA till my palms were stinging and had turned crimson in parts.

 

At 59, the man has all it takes to be a rockstar par excellence. Superb! Anjan, thankyou, you have given me more reasons  than one to remember you and your songs for a long time.

 

My two beaus for the evening!!

Mr. Saikia from Jorhat and Sid from Mumbai were more than chivalrous and took care of me and my 'foodie pangs' throughout the evening. Thankyou!



 

52. Meeting Mr. Assam and more meetings


Date: 22nd of February, 2013
Time: 8pm
Place: Gym

I thought I was doing a great job with my 500 and more skipping till I found myself gaping at this huge mass of muscles on a person who was working out with the rods. I walked up to him and found out he was Mr. Assam, 2009, Indranuj Kashyap and thought of taking a picture home for Tirus. Tirus, my sonny boy loves WWE and the only comment he gave when he saw this picture was, "Woah! Woah!"

3 hours ago
Place: Cafe Coffee Day

I had a great meeting with an event manager who has big plans in events. I and my business colleague gave our assurance to be with him in his endeavour. I felt this formally casual dress I picked up in Mumbai served the purpose of a meeting which proved to be very interesting as we talked mostly about giving back to the society.

 

 

......Quite a day!!!

51. I am born again

 

 

I'm born again, I feel free

No longer alone

A bright light is shinning

And shows me a world that I own

I can see my way through

I know I will walk beside you

All those prayers of mine weren't in vain

I'm born again

I'm born again, I feel free

There's a quite different me

No longer I'm tossed like a ship

On an unruly sea

I've been blessed with a love

That's meant for the rest of my time

All those prayers they were not in vain

I'm born again

Since love touched my heart right

My life has a meaning

I feel I'm no longer drifting in space

I believe once again that there is a tomorrow

A brand new tomorrow, I know I can face

I'm born again, I feel free

No longer alone

A bright light is shinning

And shows me a world that I own

I can see my way through

I know I will walk beside you

All those prayers of mine weren't in vain

I'm born again

All those prayers they weren't in vain

'Cause I'm born again

BONEY M

50. "There's nothing to lose till you lose your heart." Marilyn Monroe from the film "My week with Marilyn"

 

 

 

 

49. Cow-girl in the city

48. RAIN, RAIN, Come Again!

I love the rain and the thunderstorm, more so because I grew up in Shillong. And Sunday, early in the morning, it rained and the only thing I could do was sing Rihanna's song. Awesome! 

Umbrella by Rihanna
Gyeah, Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad
Take three, action

No clouds in my storms
Let it rain, I hydroplane into fame
Comin' down like the Dow Jones
When the clouds come, we gone

We Roc-A-Fellas
We fly higher than weather
And she flies it better

You know me, in anticipation for precipitation
Stack chips for the rainy day
Jay, Rain Man is back with Little Miss Sunshine
Rihanna, where you at?

You had my heart, and we'll never be worlds apart
Maybe in magazines, but you'll still be my star
Baby 'cause in the dark, you can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you, I'll always share

Because when the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end

Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella

(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay ay, ay ay)

These fancy things will never come in between
You're part of my entity, here for infinity
When the war has took its part
When the world has dealt its cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart

Because when the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
[| From: http://www.elyrics.net |]
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end

Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella

(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay ay, ay ay)

You can run into my arms
It's okay, don't be alarmed, come in to me
There's no distance in between our love
So go on and let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more

Because when the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end

Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella

(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella, ay ay ay ay, ay ay)

It's raining, raining
Ooh baby, it's raining, raining
Baby, come in to me
Come in to me

It's raining, raining
Ooh baby, it's raining, raining
You can always come here to me
Come in to me

It's pouring rain, it's pouring rain
Come in to me, come in to me
It's pouring rain, it's pouring rain
Come in to me, come in to me


I love the rain 'cause then I don't have to feel sad that winter is going away......

47. Meetings and more!!

I love material which flows, drapes and caresses. And this baby-pink dress from Giovani is right after my heart. I love its length. It can be worn anywhere because of its subtle colour and simple design. And to attend a meeting in the just fading winter evening with a fawn coloured jacket thrown over the shoulders for comfort was just 'purrfekt'.

...............................And I love the pink satin sash which secures the soft chiffon at the waist perfectly!!

46. My Valentine

45. Love Life and it Loves You Back!

.......And why only on Hug Day.....Hug someone you love everyday and spread love all across!

44. This is my promise to you- NO MERCY

It's one year together
And I loved you right from the start
There's nothing that's better
And nothing to keep us apart
Now I wanna tell you
How special your love is to me
Cause this is our night
I'm gonna make it just right
And show you how love's gonna be
I'll take care of you
When you want me to
And do the things you want to do
If you stay with me
I'll give constantly all the lovin' you wanted from me
This is my promise to you
From my heart and my soul this is true
Bring you happiness
Give you all the rest
Spend all my time on you
This is my promise to you
Darling nothing will ever hurt you
Cause your happiness is my happiness
I'll always forever be true
This is my promise to you
Oh yes, I remember
There were days when nothing seemed right
I needed somebody
Needed someone to share my life
But I never dreamed about a man like you loving me
But now everyday, I thank God as I pray
For sending an angel to me
I'll take care of you
When you want me to
And do the things you want to do
If you stay with me
I'll give constantly all the lovin' you wanted from me
This is my promise to you
From my heart and my soul this is true
Bring you happiness
Give you all the rest
Spend all my time on you
This is my promise to you
Darling nothing will ever hurt you
Cause your happiness is my happiness
I'll always forever be true
This is my promise to you

.....................This is my promise to you!!!!!!!!

43. Faux Fur and the Wild!!