DREAMYYY..!

Im just like any normal person out there.. I wake up, go to college, come back have food, hang out with my friends..e.tc e.t.c.. But, lately I have been noticing spooky things in me..

ITS REALLY HARD TO SAY IT ON A PUBLIC FORUM AND IT surely IS REALLY BRAVE OF Me TO REVEAL My "FREAK side"...

okay, here it goes..

All of us go to sleep and dream... All of us wake up in the morning and sometimes forget those dreams and then go on with our life.. But things are a bit different with my dreams.. I see hints of things that happen in the near future..

I know I am giving you all an impression of being a psycho but trust me I am not lying..

I realised this first in the year 2001, when I was about 9 years old.. I had a dream of the roof coming down and that the earth was shaking really hard and I told my father about this and he shared his experience about an earthquake that he had experienced once in Mumbai.. After less than a month on JAN 26, 2001 the earthquake happened in Gujarat ..the deadly earthquake was experienced by me and I was terrified.. Then the same year I dreamt that a plane hit a huge building.. I told this to my father in the morning and he just laughed it off and the very same day(evening) 9/11 attacks happened.. and my family was shocked because I told them about it the very same day..

Since then I have paid extra attention to my dreams.. I also get to know more about myself as I interpret my dreams.. Like once when I had to go to a party and dreamt that my teeth were falling which meant I was concerned about my physical appearance..

Some more incidents that have freaked people and me out are: Once I dreamt I was standing on a bridge with my friend and we saw the river below .. The sea was very turbulent and then suddenly all the water splashed on the land and then the next scene was that a bunch of villagers were crying and praying.. I told this to my friend and after 2 days- it was the TSUNAMI..

The worst part about my dreams are that mostly they indicate disasters and all bad things..

Very recently, I dreamt that my best friend fell off the bed and her face was swollen up and her face was bleeding.. I was scared and texted her in the morning asking her if she was fine and told her about this dream ,she laughed it off but after a week.. that was exactly what happened.. she fell off the bed and hurt her face and it started bleeding .. she was shocked too...

I have so many more of such experiences and everytime I feel scared...scared of my own dreams..

Even when small dreams come true like once when me and my friend had decided to meet the next day and she is one person who will never cancel on any meeting with friends and I dreamt that she was going to say no because she had to go to the bank and voila thats what happened.. I still haven't told her because I know she won't believe me ...

Also when Im dreaming.. almost 95% of the time , I know its a dream even when Im in the dream..

A drawback to all this is that whenever I get a nightmare , the thought of it coming true horrifies me..

They say that Dreams are only thoughts you didn't have time to think about during the day.

But If you ask someone like me, it would be,

that-Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions

Aavjo,

Ashwini :)

See what you did to A.R Rahman..!!

ALL THIS was bound to happen..!

One fine day A R Rahman, who has been winning more than 11 filmfares, wins two Oscars and instead of making him feel happy about his achievement, we have made life hell for him..

A.R Rahman is My favourite musician since I was 5 years old.. Being a south Indian , I have listened to almost all of his songs.. I regard him to be my God.. :)

Okay coming to the point, He has given so many hits and has made music that has helped many of us connect to our inner self..!

some master pieces of Rahman like roja(chhoti si aasha), bombay,Khwaja mere khwaja,swades,dil se,lagaan, kannathil muthamittal, guru take my breath away..!

Have you all even heard Ye jo des hai tera or Jashne bahara or maybe even MAA TUJHE SALAAM???

Where were you all when he composed such songs..?? Why weren't you garlanding him and organising felicitations..??

Why didnt you stand outside his house then and wait for a glimpse of him..?

you know why? because you needed him to win (2!!) oscars for the country to prove himself to you that he is actually a maestro..!

now,everywhere you see you find- JAI HO, JAI HO, JAI HO..

I feel bad when I see how people are only talking only about his success after slumdog..!

He was always a genius..! I am not saying that the oscar means nothing to me..Yes.. I am very happy that he won such a prestigious award but so much hype being created about this is bad..

Now recently, it was reported that Rahman is unwell.. all because of the heavy workload and stress..

Is this how we congratulate someone..?

We must have created so much pressure in his life that when he wakes up in the morning , he must feel the pressure to perform well now.. To keep up this image of being the best musician ever(eventhough he always was).. To make music to please everyone, to prove people that he is not a one-hit musician..

..

will Rahman be the same maestro after all this we have done to him..??

this thought creeps me out..

Am I crazy..?

Dear readers, (if any) Im sorry I havent been blogging much lately..
okay lets face it my life is boring and I am very lazy..
Anyway lately I have noticed so much going on in Ahmedabad..

so heres the story-

It was a lovely evening.. I decided to go for a walk with my neighbour cum friend himansha.. After a small walk around our area, we decided to have some panipuri.. After relishing the pani puri we decided to have a pani ka pouch( hehe)..

as soon as we finished I was looking for a dustbin and -it was nowhere to be seen..As I sighed and kept the plastic pouch in my pocket, my friend on the other hand started walking towards a pile of pouches lying there.. I was so happy that being with me she had understood the importance of a clean and green city..

As I raised my hand to pat myself on the back,

"PLOP"..

she threw it on the pile of pouches ...

grrrrr....

"himansha why did you throw it there..? you are making the city dirty you know" I fired..

" haan haan mother India.. ab chup reh.. vahan aur logon ne bhi to litter kiya hai.ek aur pouch se kya hoga?"

"someone else will think the same and before you know it , this place will be a huge pile of water pouches.. do you know plastic is so harmful to the environment.. agar hum ahmedabad ko clean nahi rakhenge to kon rakhega?" i snapped..

" yaar..paka mat" she said while messaging a friend..



This is the exact reason my readers that our city is so polluted today..

Someone throws something on the road, another person does the same and this goes on and on and on..

but the muncipality is equally wrong.. I say there should be atleast 1 dustbin in every 200 mts..

my dear readers, Since we follow trends so much why not start a new one where we always throw litter in a dustbin..? Its a very small thing and if everyone does it Im sure the world will be a better place to live in..

can't we do this much for our mother earth who has fed us and always taken care of us..?

when people around me do such things I feel really upset..

Is there something wrong with me or is the world really so selfish..?

I leave you with a touching song from micheal jackson called heal the world..



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying, If You Care EnoughFor The Living

Make A Better PlaceFor You And For Me

Ashwini

tight security or insecurity?

hello all,

I was in Mumbai during the holidays.

While in Mumbai I visited the museum there and all the terror struck places in Mumbai.

I salute the people of mumbai... I understood what they say when they talk about the Mumbai spirit.. The place was the same but only now there are dozens of police officers there and a lot of police dogs... All restaurants and hotels had tight security...

it was heart breaking to see the Taj hotel.. I was reminded of the horrifying pictures i saw in the newspapers and tv... The CST station also looked horrifying as i was pretty sure that whoever was in there might be feeling a little frightened of the place..

We talk of having lot of security now but what about the insecurity that these attacks have instilled in us?

Every Indian now wakes up with a feeling that anything can happen anytime..

While in the museum what struck me was - there was a full room filled with war weapons.. knives n swords of all sizes... shields and suits to protect the kings and warriors.. old guns for shooting or huntin etc... and i felt that this insecurity is not something that is new...the people of the olden days also had such problems only now with such advanced technology, the murderers can operate their weapons sitting at a different place with their remote controls...

A king fought with another king for their kingdom...but atleast there were some rules and they abided the rules, like once the king is killed..the war ends ...

The same way terrorism is the king now and if we dont kill it ,it will captivate our whole kingdom, country and the whole world..

the weapon which all us Indians should possess is "unity"... with it we can kill

all the insecurity, we can kill the fear and we can kill the grief ..
the sun will rise..Butterflies will fly yet again, children will smile again and the world will be a beautiful place..
Aavjo,

Ashwini

The Times Ahmedabad Festival but no festivity for me..

Why does this always hapen to me?
whenever there is some interesting program in the city, I end up in some other city that time...
This is exactly what happened when i was in Surat for my vacations and Bam..!! Ahmedabad starts celebrating..!!
I fell unconcious when I head that KAILASH KHER..(I totally worship him) was going to open the festival..! I heard he gave a rocking performance ..(kailash bhai is the best!!)
I wish I could've attended his live concert..
Anyway I dont mind because without Kailash's biggest fan (in the whole world), the show couldn't have been too rocking..( in case you haven't noticed Im talking about me..)
So if that wasn't enough Rahul sharma whose fan I was since I heard his song "Kashmir" had also come...!!

sigh..

so much for having a blog on Ahmedabad...

Aavjo,
Ashwini

IBN-E-MARIAM

OHKAY SO THESE ARE THE RULES:

1.KEEP YOUR MUSIC PLAYER ON SHUFFLE
2.For each question, press the next button to get your answer
3.You must write the name of the song no matter what. AND YEAH.. No cheating!



SO IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU -HOW ARE YOU ?

YOUR ANSWER IS-- KAISE MEIN KAHOON-KAILASH KHER..(LOL..)

QUE-1.WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

ANS:dil-e-naadan -abida parveen

(hahahA)



QUE-2.WHAT IS YOUR LIFES PURPOSE?

ANS:kabhi kabhi aditi..

(eh?counsellor i guess..:P)



QUE-3 WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU..?

ANS: teri deewani -kailash kher

*smiles*



QUE-4 WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

ANS:tauba tauba-kailash kher

(ouch!)



QUE-5WHAT DO YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT?

ANS-khamaj-fuzon

('LIKE'as in?)



QUE-6:WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

ANS- Aerosmith-living on the edge..

(wow!!)



QUE-7:what do you want to be when you grow up?

ANS-saiyyaan-kailash kher

(??honestly i wanna b a photographer!!)



QUE-8:WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

ANS-kahin to hogi vo..-jaane tu.....

(hahahah thats a gud 1)



QUE-9:WGAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET??

ANS-khwaja mere khwaja..

(what??)



QUE-10:WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?

ANS-IBN-E-MARIAM

(ohkk..i like dat 1)



:)



aavjo,

ashwini

i missed aapnu Ahmedabad..

Archana got married on the 28th of August in chennai....As she was getting married on the 28th ,being her
sister, we all had to leave well in advance...We left Ahmedabad on the 22nd of August and came back on the 3rd....The marriage was great and so were the receptions...."receptions" coz the poor souls had to smile through
the chennai, Bangalore as well as the Ahmedabad receptions!!good for me though....getting ready,showing off my anarkali,getting to take pictures and ofcourse eating
fabulous food. what more could i have asked for!! :)Although I had lots of fun there, i was still dying to come back and write to you ,dear readers...As much as I hate to compare ,I am really eager to this time so i can weigh the negatives and the positives
of two major cities....Chennai and Ahmedabad..!!!!
First and foremost of all ,as soon as I entered the Chennai station one thing that greatly impressed me was
the announcement....the announcements were very clear...by clear i am not referring to the voice of the
announcer but the way it was heard...it didnot echo at all and had the perfect volume and could be
understood despite the commotion....but,here it comes--the accent was horrible and very funny....for e.g:ahmedabad became agkhamadaabaad and platform number chhhe(6) became platform no. che(chakli
waala ch)
The roads seemed to be very clean but the potholes were awful at some places....Another funny thing was that-If uve been living in ahmedabad for a long time you'll agree with me that
when you go to a city outside gujarat and suddenly find each nook and corner having a bar cum restaurant,
you are baffled for a moment at the thought that there are bars here!!specially for me as i was sticking my head out of the window examining chennai closely when i saw 6 bars
on the first lane from the station ,for a second my mind thought,"oh my god...how do i see the word 'bar'
on these boards..maybe ive not read it properly..isnt it illegal?"and then i remembered that we were a dry
state or so we want people to believe .. :)
ask me about the nightlife i enjoyed there...and i would say ya it was great i ate my food at 8:15 and slept
at 9.....if u ask me if i went out anywhere in the evening just to hangout..i would give you the reply that
chennai taught me--"are you mad???go out in the evening all alone??only girls??are you out of your
senses...!!it sounds so funny to an amdavadi...
And the traffic jam bappa re!!you wont believe but we actually missed our train eventhough we were well before time due to traffic
congestion..!!
But one thing is sure that the food there is soo soo cheap compared to ahmd that we can feed 2 people
with the money...masala dosai-15 rs.. idli-10 rupees a plate (4 idlis) including sambhar and chutney...and im not speaking
only of southindian dishes...food in general is cheaper...pot bellies proved this as I saw them eat"mounds and mounds of rice for break fast, mounds and mounds
of rice for Lunch and mounds and mounds of rice for Dinner" :)
From what i saw Chennai gives a lot of importance to sports...I saw atleast 2 spors centers or sports
grounds teaching various sports in a stretch of every 2 kms....During my stay there I also saw numerous boards and posters announcing various sports competetions
around the city...
One thing that i dislike abot chennai is that very few people understand Hindi...as much as people
defended tamilnadu saying people dont speak hindi here,no one does-i still think they should as it is our
"rashtrabhaasha"...but it is also improving a lot after many northindians have settled dowm south...Chennai resembles Mumbai in a way as it is always working...very few people seem idle and everything
moves fast ...
And how could i forget the most important thing------ power cuts!!!I have to tell you that Chennai is quite hot this time of the year and i had to live through horrible times
of power cuts there....As soon as the clock struck 12 the power was gone...gone till 3:00PM and sometimes 5:00.PM...imagine the
condition of people at this peak afternoon hour without electricity!!and wait theres more...as soon as it is 7:30PM, the current would go again , this time only for an hour or
so...and this was not occassional but happened every single day and people sort of just live with it ...and
back here i barely remember any power failures except a few times due to some short circuits or some
fault...even if the current went it went for a maximum of an hour and not more than that...Ahmedabad is
much much better in that aspect...
well ive weighed all the pros and cons and is there a slightest doubt as to what my answer is???well maybe its not fair as im greatly biased for Ahmedabad..No matter what, my heart will always come back to this walled city of fun,frolic,culture,food and most of
all, the amazing people...
aavjo,ashwini