What I learnt from my aunt and uncle

1) How to love people

2) How really nice music can be

3) Embroidery(she's a wizard at this)

4) That eating chocolate at night before going to bed doesn't kill you

5) The secret to happiness is eating a lot of chocolate, and pudding, and sweets, and going out to play badminton for an hour in the open air

6) A movie a day keeps the blues away

7) How to make someone feel cared for without making them feel overwhelmed

8) Praying, amazingly, does help! It makes a heck of a difference in life

9) Simplicity is the key to success

10) That P.G. Wodehouse is the greatest writer in the world. Period.

Some proverbs I got off the net

"There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self."

"Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it."

"A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he."

"Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing."

"He who marries a real beauty is seeking trouble." :D

"One does not love if one does not accept from others."

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."

"We should talk while we are still alive."

"A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything."

"Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you."

"Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones."

"That which is good is never finished."

"To be praised is to be lost."

A wannabe optimist

I follow a blog with that name. I don't know a real lot about the girl who's writing it, not even her name(!), but I know she loves Jane Eyre, which is my absolute favouritest book in the world as well.

I know she's really awesome, even though she doesn't think so herself. Or at least, if she does, she gets tormented by a lot of doubts about it. She has great writing talent, and mainly, she loves writng . I love reading what she's written, and, when she doesn't update in a long time, I go back and read her previous posts-because they're so cool.

I really like the design she's used for her blog, and her post titles. I'm not going to praise her too much, because I know she doesn't trust people who compliment her a lot.

If you're reading this post, let me tell you two things- Belated Happy Birthday, and Keep Writing!

Scorpios rule!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: Do not read this if you're not a Scorpio and if you're fanatically proud of your sun-sign. You probably won't like me overmuch if you do.

We do.

We probably have the best sun-sign ever. Scorpions are way cooler than any other sun-sign. Yes, that includes even Leo and Virgo. The others aren't even in the race :)

Also, November is the best time to be born if you're Indian. If you're South Indian, it only gets better. You have the most amazing weather everyday(it's raining right now! I don't even have to switch on the fan!), and you have Deepavali and Children's day popping up to give your birthday company.

More than that, it's the sheer number of Scorpios that make it so cool. This sun-sign is not for those who like to be aloof and unique, it's for those who have a strong feeling of group solidarity. You almost can't go anywhere without bumping into a Scorpio or two. Which is what makes November such a wonderful month. There's a party practically everyday. Scorpios are like one big, happy family.

Scorpios are not egoistic, or selfish. Okay, maybe a little bit. But we're such fun-loving people, easily contented and we're all dreamers. And we're hard-working, and sincere, and intelligent, and a host of other things. Maybe modesty does not belong on that list though :)

It's practically proved that October through December is the best time to be born. Most of the bestest people I know are Scorpios. Let's face it: Scorpios are the best. We rule.

Again, if you're not a Scorpio and you're reading this, I know you're not going to agree. You'd say your zodiac sign is the best, or you'd think the whole issue is too trivial for words. Perhaps. But I only wrote this post to try to annoy a certain Piscean I know. I could end with a jibe on fishes, but I'll spare that for her birthday in February.

Endhiran-how could I miss this?

I saw Endhiran!!!!!!!!!!!! At last. But it seems I was too late anyway. By the time my family and I roused ourselves and went to see the movie that's making headlines everywhere- Hindu devoted almost two whole pages to Rajni and his latest movie in Magazine(and it was a lot of crap I thought: either stuff like Rajni's losing his magic, or parallel analysing on his greatness)- it seems the first-day first-show fever was wearing off. The only wolf-whistles throughout the whole movie was when Chitti made his first appearance, and that was only by a couple of people who seemed to be there more out of force of habit than anything else.

But it was an awesome movie. I enjoyed Sivaji for the punch-dialogues and the comedy, and I enjoyed Endhiran for its ability to give clean, light and yet not brainless entertainment. Though a few scenes were just plain nonsense- don't get me started on the whole mosquito mode sequence in the middle. That scene was more than stupid, it was laugh-out-loud amusing for the sheer inanity of the whole thing. Aishwarya Rai simply could not act, especially in the last few scenes, and the songs were pretty bad, with a few exceptions.

But still, it's worth a watch. It's definitely a theatre movie, so watch it in the theatre, or don't watch it at all. And when you watch, forget the bad parts and concentrate on the good ones. There are a lot of those!

Quotes...... love them!

Sometimes the one love you can't get over is the one love you never really had

To love someone when there is no chance of that love ever thriving, that is romance

Don't screw up the best thing that ever happened to you just because you're a little unsure about who you are

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in

I don't think of you as a crush anymore... you're more like a bad habit that I can't shake

I don't know if I like you or love you, want you or need you, all I know is I love the feeling I get when I'm near you

People say whats the point in liking someone who doesn't like you back. They are right, there isn't a point. But you can't help who you like, it's not up to you. Your heart kinda just decides for you and there is no turning back once your heart makes up its mind

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out

I want to be the girl who makes your bad days better, and the one that makes you say "my life has changed since I met her"

You might just think of me as some girl... but I just want you to know, that I'm the one girl who took one look at you, and fell harder than I ever have in my entire life

It hurts to realize that them people you thought you'd love for life don't love you as much as you thought they did and can do without you as if they never knew you at all

Ever notice that the people who hurt you the most are the ones you tend to love more?

The truth is no matter who broke your heart, or how long it takes for it to heal, you won't get through it without your friends

The happiest things 3

My movie franchise is turning out to be pretty successful :) I thought I'd add a few things more to my 'happy' list-

26) Smileys

27) Praise

28) Being in a library

29) Having someone you haven't met knowing your name

30) Feeling like a kid again

31) Being comfortable in your own skin

32) India!

33) Being exhausted and still struggling on because you must

34) Silence

35) Rereading what you've written and finding out you weren't that terrible a writer you thought you were