Shop till you drop

                 Had a lovely day with sonia, we actually followed "shop till you drop". When we entered The Cheesecake factory, we were hungry to death!! Shopping, its a different experience every time. You see different clothes, accessories, shoes and just everything. I know how choosy I am about my clothes and accessories. I need things to be the way I want them :):). I am sure almost every girl wants that.

                 So I was just thinking that does everyone spends time shopping for something?? For me any kind of shopping is same. I love to do groceries, I can spend a day at walmart, best buy or any shop..It need not be for me, it can be for anyone. I don't even buy anything many times, but thats window-shopping right!!
                 I was just curious that are all women around the world love shopping?? I came across this statistics. "Assuming a woman lives an apparently average 63-year long life, she will spend 25,184 hours and 53 minutes buying things. On a yearly basis, this adds up to just shy of 400 hours — 399 hours, 46 minutes, to be exact. 95 hours of this annual time expenditure are dedicated to buying food, which makes sense. 170 hours, on the other hand, are dedicated to buying clothes."
               Oh my god!! Is this really true??

It must be love!!

           Watched Djokovich playing!! he literally crashed Nadal!! Nadal was looking so exhausted and tired..But the game was fantastic!! I watched the last set almost twice..Seriously It must be love!!
             "It must be love", you feel it when you actually go to the Billie Jean King Stadium.If you love Tennis you should go there atleast once in your life!! I know watching Wimbledon will be great experience too.But this experience, you can not miss!! I went to the USOpen this year..When I actually reached Billie Jean King Stadium, I felt so good..The feeling, the passion for game..Its just wonderful..People come there because they love the game..You get to meet people who are crazy for the game..They shout, clap to support and encourage the players..Even strangers do not seem that strangers when you talk about the game..Everyone is just there for the love of the game..Yes It must is love..Love for the game..I could watch a some good games..Watching Muller was a terrific experience!! Peng-Pennetta war also was quite interesting..But the best part was watching Del-Potro..This guy is fast.His movements are so quick and strong..His forehands are no doubts his strength..This guy actually had beat RF in 2009.He is a star..Loved watching that game too.
          Being there, feeling the OPEN is just so overwhelming!! Its in the air..The game, the players, the OPEN..Its just is love!!

Love at first sight : NYC

Seriously it was love at first site..

Just came out of the Columbus circle station from the subway and fell in love with the first look of the city. It really is that beautiful. Now I know why people wear “New York I Love You” t-shirts. Well I am ready to wear one because I really love you New York!!

New York city, the city we have seen in FRIENDS, You’ve got a mail, Serendipity, How I met your mother, Kal ho na ho and many other movies and series. I always wonder what is so special about it, but now I know!!

This city has got something in it, I do not know exactly what it is, is it the fresh green color of the centrally situated central park, or is it the tall buildings everywhere or the crowded subway stations or the dazzling times square. It just is fantastic!!

New York symbolizes the spirit of fighting back!! We all are aware about what happened in 9-11. Give us anything, we will fight back says New York..

It is the city of dreams. Everyday thousands of dreams are created and destroyed on the Wall Street. This city has seen great visionaries. Though some of them may not be there but their visions stand tall. For example: Rockefeller Center. This beautiful building was built in 1930s during the worst years of great depression. It was envisioned by John D. Rockefeller Jr as “The City within the city”. It also employed 40,000 people. The empire state building, Macys, WTC, Chrysler building, the statue of liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and so on.

I won’t be able to cover everything in a single post as a lot can be written about every place in the city,

New York is not a city to be seen with cameras, it’s a city to be experienced; it is the city to be felt!!

New York I love you…From Jay-Zs song,



New York!!!!
Concrete Jungle Where Dreams Are Made Of,
There's Nothing You Can’t Do,
Now You're In New York!!!
These Streets Will Make You Feel Brand New,
The Lights Will Inspire You,
Let's Hear It For New York, New York, New York

आजच एक post पाहिला facebook वर..

" एक नवीन म्हण ... बाहेर विचारात नाही कुत्र आणि फेसबुकवर हजारो मित्र...!"

अगदी खरय!! मला खरच काही लोकं माहित आहे, ज्यांच्या आयुष्याचं ध्येय फेसबुक वर सर्वात जास्त मित्र बनवायचे असंच असावं...हल्ली लोकं हळू हळू खूप "social" होत चालली आहेत!! मला काळातच नाही अजूनही, कि ज्या लोकांना कधी आपण भेटलो नाही, ओळख सुद्धा नाही त्यांना कशाला फेसबुक वर add करायचं?

ते बाजूला ठेवूया, म्हणीवर लक्ष केंद्रित करायला हवं!! ज्याने कोणी हि म्हण शोधली आहे, फार फार भारी माणूस असला पाहिजे!!मला प्रचंड आवडलेली आहे हि म्हण!! मजेशीर आहे हि म्हण अगदी!! 

मला तर वाटतंय कि काही दिवसांनी, स्वताची ओळख सांगताना लोकं सांगतील,

माझा नाव "अमुक तमुक" आणि मला फेसबुक वर ८४५ मित्र आहेत!! 

अर्रे आवरा या लोकांना..किंवा कदाचित लोकांच्या resume वर असा लिहिलेला असेल,

Highly proficient with Facebook, already achieved 673 friends..

अर्रे काय हे..पण अशी लोकं असतात फारच भारी!!

मी एक album बघत होते, album चा नाव "Our first Anniversary".

आता एकेका फोटो खाली काय काय लिहिलं होतं ते वाचून तर मी कितीतरी वेळ हसत होते!!

१. तयार होताना..

२. अर्रे आपण इथे आलोय!! (हॉटेल चा फोटो) आणि फेसबुक वर "check in".

३. इथे हे सगळं मिळतं??(menu card चा फोटो )

४. अर्रेवा जेवण!!(जेवणाचा फोटो)

५. आता गोड काहीतरी!!(desert चा फोटो)

६. आणि मध्ये मध्ये एकमेकांचे फोटो!!!

आता यात गमतीचा भाग असा कि हे सगळे मोबाईल updates होते!!

एकमेकांपेक्षा फेसबुक मधेच जास्त लक्ष!!

जर मी अशीच लिहित राहिले तर म्हण बाजूला राहील आणि किस्सेच किस्से लिहिले जातील.

तुम्ही म्हणीवर लक्ष केंद्रित करा!! बाकी सगळ्या common गोष्टी आहेत..

Its a year now!!

            Yes Its a year now..

A year in a new country, a year away from home, a year full of new experiences, a year with new friends, a year with many apartments, a year of 'shifting', a year with some sorrows, a year of lot of laughter, a year of fights, a year of connections, a year full of everything, a year with great holidays, a year with old friends,a year of new bonds, a year without a bed:), a year of missing diwali, a year of fears, a year of  with very few puranpoli, a year without buying books, a year with experiments, a year with very little shopping, a year without tekadi, a year without rangoli, the only without being home on birthday, a year of reading many books, a year of unexpected events, a year without TV, a year full of movies, a year full of drama, a year of pleasant surprises, a year of uncertainties, a year of cooking, a year in this part of the world!!

But it surely is "a year to remember"..

Gundu in Town!!

            I am having the time of my life!! Seriously the place doesn't matter, may it be आपली टेकडी , गुडलक or galleria Dallas, me and gundu have fantastic time. Yes she is in town..The first time I saw her in Dallas I could not control my feelings, I just ran and hugged her!! I am sure Dipti was not surprised!! Seriously Gundya in town!! Cannot believe it!! अगदी अलंकारित भाषेत म्हणायचं तर,  या रुक्ष उन्हाळ्यात गुंडू आल्याने छान गारवा/बहर वगैरे आलाय!! Enough of drama now ;);)..So the point is place does not matter, Gundu is in Dallas and I am having the time of my life..

          There is a reason I do not envy people from Dil chahata hai, Zindagi milegi na dobara n all because I am fortunate enough to have these two girls in my life!! This week I relived all those moments after a year almost.. meeting up every saturday, shopping, टेकडी वरचं पळणं, मग पप्पूच्या घरी किंवा गुडलक मध्ये चहा !! वा!!! I know kothrud to deccan just for tea!! but its गुडलक !! , writing moments of the day on tissue papers, crying together, laughing out loud, bargaining on ferguson road, what not..We have actually done eveything one can think of!! Those unplanned nightouts, gundu breaking into my house at night, pappu forgetting keys, pappu loosing keys in the mall, gundu being 150 minutes late for a movie!! pappu giving stupid reason(आजीकडे किल्ली आहे, swine flue होईल ,घसा दुखत आहे!!), lecturing pappu for wearing chappals, earings, and not buying grey clothes, shouting at gundu for sleeping early, great bed tea which gundu brings before you wake up(she is really good at that!! and i love that...love you gundu!! Just imagine the moment you open your eyes in the morning , you see gundu and tea!!)eating like hell n then suffering from upset stomach for a week(PD :):)), surprise birthday parties(pappu getting angry that me and gundu did not wish her!!!), being बिन बुलाये मेहमान at each others place for lunch, gundu and pappu sleeping at every nightout, me locking both of them in the garden ,sharing all the secrets, and if one starts crying , the other two join her,discussing lives, people, future, making plans(some of them never take off!!!),imagining life after .. years, talking about our soulmates, future..It was a different life, a life without hesitations!! When gundu came to dallas, we had a chance to relive it, Offcourse we missed pappu, Pappu we miss you..Come soon..I am sure she is missing us too..(Hopefully because you never know whats up with Pappu!! and Pappu we are in Dallas Tx so better confirm it before you book any tickets!! going to balgandharva in place of bharat natya is different than going to Chicago in place of Dallas ;););) !! Pappu is so going to kill me) 

          This week we spent such a great time together, and now the place was different but stil nothing changed..We actually travelled back in the time..It was studio movie grill and city pride kothrud, we were late for the movie, Pool in place of gacchi, It was Galleria in place of Lifestyle and Starbucks for गुडलक !! but something was same, me and gundu!! so the place, the mall, the theatre didnt matter..

Somethings can never change!!

       खरंच काही गोष्टी कधीच नाही बदलत..आजच अचानक एक पुस्तक मिळालं, बालभारती आणि कुमारभारती मधल्या कविता!! कुमारभारती सोबत माझा फारसं जवळचं नातं नाहीये, पण बालभारती!! अजूनही बालभारती मधल्या कविता वाचायला मला आवडतात, आणि गम्मत म्हणजे, मी त्या तीनदा शिकले आहे, एकदा मी पहिली ते चौथी मध्ये असताना, मग गौरी, आणि नंतर अनिकेत..त्यामुळे अगदी पाठ झाल्या आहेत त्या कविता!! आणि गम्मत म्हणजे त्यातल्या काही कविता तर बाबांनी सुद्धा शाळेत असताना शिकल्या होत्या आणि त्या सुद्धा त्याच चालीत!! 

       आत्ता हे पुस्तक वाचून खूपच चं वाटतंय!! अगदी चालीसकट आठवत आहेत त्या कविता!! 

                            काळ्या काळ्या शेतामंदी घाम जीरव जीरव

                            तेंवा उगलं उगलं कायामधून पिवय..

       त्याच चालीत जाणारी अजून एक कविता म्हणजे, 

                           काळ्या मातीत मातीत तीपण चालती 

                           तीपण चालती तीपण चालती..

       आणि अजून एक 

                        मन वढाय वढाय उभ्या पिकातलं ढोर 

                        किती हाकलं हाकलं फिरी येते पिकावर..

      किती छान वाटतंय मला..अगदी श्रावण माशी हर्ष मानसी म्हणाल्यावर वाटायचं तसं!!

      कविता नुसत्या नाही, चालीतच वाचल्या जातात..आणि सोबत कवी/कवियित्रीन्ची नावं सुद्धा जशी पाठ केली                   होती तशी आठवतात..अजून उदाहरणच द्यायची तर 

                       राजस जी महाली सौख्ये कधी मिळाली

                       ती सर्व प्राप्त झाली या झोपडीत माझ्या..

       त्याच चालीतलं

                      आई म्हणोनी कोणी आईस हक मारी..

                      ती हाक येई कानी मज होय शोककारी..

      किती लिहू आणि आणि किती नाही असा झालंय..कित्येक कविता आणि त्यांच्या आगी डोक्यात पक्क्या बसलेल्या चाली..It is really really overwhelming!!

      माझी सगळ्यात आवडती कविता 

                     आनंदी आनंद गडे इकडे तिकडे चोहीकडे

                     वरती खाली मोद भरे वायुसंगे मोद फिरे..

      आणि या कविता विसरणं थोडा अवघडच आहे, मध्ये माझ्या हाताला तवा चांगलाच भाजला होता,

एका दिवशी skype वर बोलताना ते आईला दिसलं, तर आई लगेच म्हणाली

                     अरे संसार संसार जसा तवा चुल्ह्यावर 

                    आधी हाताला चटके मग मिळते भाकर..

          किंवा अनिकेत लहानपणी ते "गवतफुला रे गवतफुला" जोरजोरात म्हणायचा!!गौरीचं टपटप टपटप अगदी ठसक्यात असायचं..आई अजूनही कितीतरी वेळा उठ उठ हो चिऊताई म्हणते!!अजूनही खंडाळ्याजवळ "कशासाठी पोटासाठी, खंडाळ्याच्या घाटासाठी" कारण तोपर्यंत मला आणि गौरीला भूक लागलेली असते!! :):)

किती तरी आठवणी आहेत कवितांसोबत.किंवा नेहमी वापरल्या जाणाऱ्या काही ओळी..

                      देणाऱ्याने देत जावे

                      घेणाऱ्याने घेत जावे

                      घेता घेता एक दिवस

                      देणाऱ्याचे हात घ्यावे 

                      ने मजसी ने..

                      बहु असोत सुंदर संपन्न कि महा

                      प्रिय अमुचा एक महाराष्ट्र देश हा..

खरंच खूप दिवसांनी या सगळ्या कविता वाचल्या आणि खूप खूप छान वाटतंय!! तुम्हाला अजून कोणत्या आठवत असतील तर नक्की लिहा!!