chappal stealer

it was all going good, tiring but good, at the studio till 7.30. ma'm was about to leave and noticed that one of the chappals kept outside had gone missing. wow, it was dark, she saw a dog, i was working and the best part, it was my chappal :) i had to finish work asap coz we had to send the files to print the next day. so i cudnt move. so ma'm asked me to continue working and finish it while she goes around looking for my 'one of the favorite' black leather slip-ons. she told the landlord to turn on the lights in the building. but disappointed, she asked me to take a round. so i did, but no luck. my chappal was gone. and i came home wearing the rubber chappals that we use in the bathroom at the studio!
we had high hopes of finding it 2day in the day light in the adjoining plot where i had last found one such missing chappal. oh, that incident was a quickie. the landlord's daughter saw a dog(the same dog) carrying the chappal (the same one) in his mouth. so she ran down to inform us. we had rescued it in that plot and it was intact.
anyways, its gone now. i got the other lonely chappal home 2day :(

finally watched happy days

its a telagu movie. sumit wanted me to see it for the last 5 months almost. we watched it on my b'day. its very close to whats happening around me. all the movie says is 'you dont to go college to achieve anything, you are there to build your personality'. and its so true.
i've given up abusing my college and the crowd. when u actually approach people with a positivity they respond exactly the same way. i talk to people i never talked in the last 2 years. i can spend a fruitful day in college even if my immediate friends dont turn up or leave early. i just mingle with almost any kinda people. living with isaac taught me that one thing, adaptation. tho m quite back to myself at myself with myself, now that hes finally moved out. another lil lessen, share your space with a person who might not know everything on the world but knows when u leave u alone. because of his stickyness, i wud mostly lose my mind and go mad at anyone who comes in my sight. duh..! past is gone..back to present.

i have been taking up new, not mine kinda projects. and i think theres a lot of scope. patience and struggle is full on. i want to do things that i and anyone else for that matter wudnt expect me to do. like i've started sketching faces which i never did and i want to improve it. i want to make a portfolio 'jaan todke, sar phodke' as me and isaac say when we are happily working together on our respective interests.

so sumit, thanks for the movie! i think i saw it at the right time, i wudnt have enjoyed it 5 months ago. plus the b'day thing and group watching was a big thumbs up!

power cuts..nahhh!!!!!!

once a day for 2 hours, fine, accepted..india is progressing! but twice, thrice a day for 2-3 hours is too much. duh, i get really pissed in the afternoon. i mean kab tak yaar!? its hot already plus u cant work. and 2day toh has been a super sleeping day. i slept at 9 last night. woke up at like 7, brushed my teeth..went back to sleep. got up at 8, had coffee, worked till nine and then off to the studio.
came home for lunch and the power went off. great. i went to sleep for another half an hour. it was back in an hour i guess and without fail went off again for another 2 hours! :( so irritating. as soon as the summer started, they began load shedding. i slept for yet another half an hour. things were so happening that i was really bugged with everyone. and going to bed was like the only thing i cud think of doing. i did some designs before i realised i was lying down.

bed tea?!

i was busy dreaming, wrapped in the warmth of my blue quilt. it was 7:00am. mum knocked my door and said there was no gas and that shes going for a walk. she'd got the milk boiled from the neighbour. i hmmed and went back to sleep. wierd, but my dream actually continued from where it had been interrupted. i dont want to get into details but it was very expressive and stimulating.

ting tong! i was interrupted yet again. it took me a while to open my eyes and orient myself in the room. i walked out and looked throw the eye hole and saw an unfamiliar face. i opened the door slowly. i cunt see clearlly..it was a lady holding a tray. she was our neighbour and had got tea for us. i really appreciated that, and though i dont have tea in the morning..i cudnt say no to her. i thanked her, but returned one cup as mum wasnt there. i kept the tea cup on my table and washed my face. made sure i was seeing what i was seeing and it was not a part of that dream. it was impossible to forget the visuals from the dream..so i made a sketch. a fast one. and since it was fresh and i cud easily relate to it, i coloured it too. thats what i meant, when i said stimulating. it had real characters but unreal happenings.

anyways, the tea was really nice. she'd put ginger in it which, and again even though i dont like ginger, i liked the tea.. and now m gonna rush to the gas shop to exchange the cylinder.

curls are so 'me'

i had this thing on my mind for quite sometime. and i got it done last week! a super cool (in my opinion) hair cut. yes, m back to short hair, not as short as before, but shorter than what it was recently. oh, cant explain how nice n light it feels. it also feels original, like its my thing to have the curls, only curls. confessions... i was attracted to staright hair..but i have learnt my lesson!

sidd was the first one to see it when i came home. he went- tai!!!!!!!!! tu he kay kelays?! i gave him the widest of my grins and said, sahi na? geee..and shook my hair. eee..i love the way they move! everyone loves it now. they say i look cuter and younger. some people actually touch them and say..wow! ma'm asked me yesterday, what cut is it? n i said its a 'getting rid of straight hair cut'. heh, it totally is. so now m gonna grow the curls and pamper them! i have some ideas of how m gonna keep them too..for now, just nourishment.

short silent conversations

at the bus stop 2day, it was sitting on a bench beside the stop. it was scared to jump down. it sniffed a little, peeped down and finally landed on the ground. it wasn't very healthy i wud say, looked thinner than healthy. though m not an expert at it, i could make out i was scared and looking for help. i was sitting under the shade at the stop. it approached me and tried to tell me something in its language. it said, "meeeyaaaw" i looked at it. i was shiverring a little. it was only the two of us at the stop. i knew i had to do something. i lent out my hand. it sniffed and licked it. i smiled. it felt secured. i gently rubbed by its neck and back. it liked to be pampered. i took my hand back and it instantly said a mew, and i continued pampering. we both were happy. i dont remember myself touching a cat on the road before. it was nice. after a while, i sat back. it settled near me. i was looking at the end of the road for trace of the bus. as i glanced back, the kitten was on the road trying to cross it. my heart sank. few vehicles gathered around. i ran to bring it back. got it on the side and guided it near a fence. a car driver said, leave her on the other side of the fence. but i was too scared to pick it up. i have never picked up kittens or puppies (i had once picked a lil rabbit and cudnt handle it well). but i had to make sure the kitten was safe. the fence were crossed wires and i thought the kitten can make it across through the gap. by that time my bus arrived and i got on it. till two next stops i felt the guilt to not have been able to lift it and put it in a secured place. i prayed it must have crossed the fence. i hope it did. life finds survival.

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i slept too early last night, around 9pm i guess! so i was up at 5. but i was lazying in the bed till 6.30 when the alarm started shouting. i got up with a back pain. i think the driving did the thing. i drove almost 300 kms to and fro. yes, i was super tired. m feeling fresh now. since its too sunny, i dont want to go to college 2day. i'll just sit and paint at home. some visuals from yesterday are still hovering in my head. the blackness, the drive... i also saw three road hit dogs on the way.