Im gonna miss my 10-B days.....

Hi y'all!!

Finally I'm back after so many months.......well I was preparing for my SSC examinations.

So by no chance I had anytime to sit patiently and think of something to blog about.But now I have all the time in the world to blog about something almost everyday(well at least for some months...!!!).

In this blog...I want to describe my whole journey of 10th. Yes it has got all the ups and downs like any normal story....but still its zara sa hatke!!So let me start from the very first day(which started in April),which I did not attend. I was in Panchgani that day.....and was so very unhappy about missing my first day of 10th. Because all these years I had had an almost FULL ATTENDANCE.

YEP!! Just imagine,I used to attend everyday of school....EVERYDAY. Not a single holiday,barring some when it was necessary to miss school and there was no other option. So in short I did not attend my very first day breaking my own all-time record!! Well this is nothing, my 10th was a 'first-time' for many things for me.

Then we began with all our studies as expected,nothing exciting in the beginning.....but one good thing that happened in april was that I had celebrated my birthday in school for the first time. because my b'day(april 23) always came in the summer vacations so I never did celebrate it with all my friends.It was a nice experience.

Another 'first-time' thing for me was that I took part in a Street-play competition......me and acting!!! I was a bit reluctant at first,but something inside me made me give my name for the competition. And the result was great!! We did not win, but I had a lot of fun.....it was a hindi street play about India's unity and the disputes between the states. Guess what was my role?? I was made the weeping and sobbing BHARAT MATA!!!! I had mixed feelings!!! I mean I was happy that I was taking part but my very first role was of a sad and depressed being?? Mine was the first dialogue,at the beginning of the play and thats how it goes"Tabahi tabahi,har jagah tabahi!! Toot rahi hun main.....hazaron tukdon mein bikhar rahi hun main...." How dramatic!!

But I did it......and quite well(thats what the teachers said,though my friends laughed it out sometimes!!!). But nevertheless,I enjoyed and also did some mischief,masti!! For the first time I bunked my classes,though I did not have the courage to do it all by myself.....my whole group was involved. We did'nt land into much trouble but we did get caught once.But that was fine.(imagine ME saying this!!!)It was a very nice experience and I have still saved the script which includes all our dialogues.

So my life in 10th began to take its course......I became more open to friends and surely did improve socially(my mom says she noticed a marked difference!!! and a good one.) I was happy......and our class-10th B- was filled with all the notorious boys of our batch!!

So you can imagine the fun we had!!! It was just awesome,we used to manage to persuade the teachers into giving us 'free periods' which were of course spent very frivolously!!! All the mischief we could do....we did............our class used to be very noisy!!

But there were times when there was pin drop silence,not because some teacher scolded us,but because some of our mates lost their near and dear ones and you could actually see tears in our eyes..........

So all in all we were like a family.....a family which included our teachers as well. Our class teacher was the strictest.....she was as if especially made for a notorious class like ours....but not that we had a tough time with her......she was friendly and like a mother,at the same time. And there were other teachers too(whom we troubled a lot,even made some of them cry!!) but in the end AAL WAS WELL!!!

Then, slowly we were nearing the end of our beautiful year,which we surely were not looking forward to!!

But all good things HAVE to come to an end,so we gave our prelims, got a study-leave to study for the BIG BOARDS and then on the 13th of feb we had our Farewell.

Though all the girls and boys waited for the farewell(because the girls were going to wear sarees and the boys their suits),we certainly didn't want to part from our school-our second home!

Nevertheless we enjoyed our farewell,clicked photos with ALL our friends......(even the ones we used to get teased with!!)and took the blessings of our teachers.

I made a lot of friends in 10th.......some with whom I would love to be in touch forever.....and forever!!! One more thing I did a lot in this eventful year was "sms-ing".My god!! The number of 'free sms' schemes I used up were innumerable!!!

There was a time when I had to drag myself away from my phone and keep it at a place where it was invisible to me,so that I could concentrate on my studies!! Even when I used to wake up till 2 or 3 in the morning,studying for my boards,I used to communicate with my friends via sms!!

All in all, I learnt a lot about people,their behaviour and this big wide world.......

I (somewhat an introvert) came out of my shell,my coccoon(to some extent) and loved the experience!!

So I can say that I just loved my std 10 and I am surely going to miss those days,my school days!!

Thats all for today.....

Bye.

Prapti.

Late but not the last:A fan of MJ......

I know......maybe I should've posted this blog at the time when the whole world was mourning MJ's demise,when it was the season of writing about MJ. But truly,its after MJ's death that I have become a fan of his. Yup.......thats right.

Actually......when I was small,not THAT capable of understanding everything,all I knew and heard about MJ was that he was probably some psycho who had paedophilia,who kept on undergoing plastic surgeries which made him look worse and that he was a kind of weirdo. All that we heard on news was about MJ and his controversies. So maybe thats why I never got a chance to see the real MJ,the KING OF POP! And because of that bad image created by the media(sorry,if I'm offending anyone),I never wanted to watch or listen to his songs. I could never understand why people were so mad after him. This was till the news of his death flashed on every news channel.

First it didn't matter to me as much. I didn't care. But when I saw the lakhs and crores of people shedding tears for him,crying passionately,each and every tear of theirs was like a tribute to MJ,I realised that the world was not mad after him for nothing.

There WAS something in him that created a great impact on his fans. And it didn't take much time for me to discover that. All music channels were booming with MJ's videos,songs et al.

I saw them and I was zapped! There he was.......the King of pop....touching so many lives....even while he sang I could see people crying out to him and shouting out his name,fainting and god knows what more,during his live shows.

Next, I read experiences of people who had met him and talked to him,in the newspaper. I realized that he was a very sensitive and innocent being and out of frustration or depression he got into drugs or something that slowly started killing him. His own people betrayed him. My heart went out to him when I read all that.

Also I loved his song "Heal the world". I had heard it before and performed on it in my school function and I used to keep humming the song. Then I did not know that it was MJ's song.

So,unknowingly I became a fan of his. Though I still don't like all of his songs as much......but his performances just keep me in awe of him. His innovative ways to entertain his fans were just awesome!! When I see his perfomances,I get the feeling that he gives his best and enjoys each and every moment of his perfomance and does everything to keep his fans enetertained and maintain the tempo. He was extremely energetic,I must say. Not only did he enetertain people but also try to bridge the gap between the blacks and whites,which is amzing. So now,though I'm not as big a fan of his songs.......I'm truly a great fan of him as a person. He truly fascinates me.

As an ending note I would love to mention some songs of MJ that I like:

• Heal the World
• They dont really care about us
• Beat it
• Im bad

I maybe be quite late in understanding MJ's greatness and becoming his fan but I hope that I'm not the last........I wish that more and more people like me realise this and become his fan. That in itself will be a great tribute to a GREAT SOUL,a LEGEND.

Regards,

Prapti

MY pen is mightier than MY tongue.

Thats true. If you read all my blogs that I have posted till date,you'll feel that I am that typical yack-yack girl who just cant stop talking. But there's a correction,I cant stop writing. I am quite a quiet girl and very reserved when it comes to communicating verbally or face to face. I just can't express myself so freely that way.

But when I start writing.....I can just go on and on and on!!!! Well thats how I am. Even people who know me tell me that the Prapti they chat with online is totally different from the one they see everyday!! 

Well that isn't it.There are also times when I cant even speak to my mom directly. Like for example,I want something very badly or I'm sorry for some mischief I have done at school or maybe I got less marks in Math(thats quite disappointing for my mom and me) or she has left some big decision on me....and other such things. Thats when I straight away jot down my feelings on a piece of paper and fold it up nicely and put it in a place where I'm sure my mom won't miss it.

Like if she hasn't had her bath yet then I put the note on the washing machine or if its evening time and she hasn't had her tea then I put it under the gas stove. And never has my mom mistaken these notes for some waste paper and thrown them away,because after all, she knows her daughter very well yaar!! And she calls these notes my 'LOVE LETTERS'!! and has collected and treasued all the letters I have written to her till date. And when I read them today,they seem so cute and funny with all those crying faces and sorry's on them!!

They really remind you of your innocence back then..........those good ol' days!! Ok ok.....now I'm sounding like an old woman.....

So thats all for now.

Love,

Prapti.

Ooh lala!!!

            OMG.........kal paper uthaate hi first news that caught my eye was this:SRK got a new vanity van 14 metres long. This kept me in awe of the Tinseltown lifestyle and luxuries until I saw another show on Mtv which made my jaws drop. And the news consisted of this-Katty earns 40crores per year. Akkie charges 37-40 crores per film.My calculations say that even if Akkie does 3-4 films a year,his annual income(excluding endorsements and stage shows et al)will be around 120 crores on an average making it a crore per month.Awesome yaar!!!! It makes me wonder how much money pomp and show can get you.Akkie charges around 37-40 crores per film and is the proud owner of a residential address in Lokhandwala,Juhu,Bandra and Mauritius.Well,is maamle mein bhi humaare SRK  kaunse kum hain??He's the proud owner of Asia's biggest (and maybe even costliest,i dunno exactly)bunglow Mannat!!. And what more? He's even got a place ready in Dubai on the Palm Islands. Sach yaar........life ho to aisi!!! Glamour,bling,style is all that matters and maybe all that pays so much!! Padhayi ka toh zamana hi nahi raha!! Padho yaa mat padho.......but all you have to do is enroll for some dance courses,drama classes,look hep 'n' trendy........try out for modelling (modelling competitions ki koi kami nahi hai!).If you have it in you,then you're game for a brand new world full of glamour and style and money,of course!!! Not that you dont have to work hard to get in here.Taking the case of some of the top celebs like Srk,Akkie kumar and many more......you can surely get the idea that its not a cakewalk after all!!!You gotta work your butts out to be there,right on top.

Toh kya yaar???Dont you have to work equally hard to get those degrees and and also to get those MNCs to select you?Of course you do!! 

Agar celebs raatbhar jaagkar shoot karte hain to kya students raatbhar padhte nahi??

Its clear that you have to work hard if want to achieve something THAT good and if you  want to live life THAT luxuriously,be it cinema or studies.

       But still,the fact that you can earn maximum 3-4 or maybe even 5 (if you can earn anymore please do tell me in the comments section)lakhs if you're an A+ engineer or have an A+ post in an MNC making upto 60 lakhs a year which is far less compared to the 40 crores per year earned by the celebs,makes me argue.There is something that gets the Tinseltown people so much.According to me its the public demand. A simple example is that you air a Tv show showcasing an A+ engineer's life and his struggle to get through etc. and simultaneously you air a show on Bollywood's hottest couple's secrets.Which one will get max. TRP's??

I don't think I need to say more. But its simple,its because public gives max. response to this field that the people involved in the field get paid so much.It's all about public demands,public appeal.Janta sab jaaanti hai,hai na? 

Don't worry though,I won't argue further......not in this blog atleast!! 

      So that was my view on the Absolutely luxurious life which is very appealing to us(even me!!!)

        I'd love to have your comments on it,whether good or bad,doesn't matter.

       Thats all folks!!

        Chao,

        Prapti. 

Bidding Farewell.........

No.....this blog is not on any new or sad topic as you might have guessed.Its AGAIN about my sister.
Yes......you know,mothers have to scold children when they're wrong or get out of control or something of the sort.The same goes with my sister.Just a few days ago my mother scolded my sister for spoiling the brand new T.V remote,and before your imagination runs wild....let me tell you that it was a normal scolding.....nothing to the extreme.And while scolding she also told her that she better use the old remote if she behaves like this again and she will not get any new remote if she spoils the present one.So,my dear sister got annoyed(well sort of angry) and got up from her seat,took the old remote ,opened a drawer and almost threw the remote into it.Of course.....its against her standard to use old and worn out things.It hurts her pride,yaar!!!
When she does such things,particularly to gain attention,we purposely start doing other things and ignore her and so she eventually cools down.But that,too, takes time,na?So before cooling down she does all possible things to gain attention.
And nevertheless she did the same that day.So my mother and I went into the kitchen to do something and she came following us and started yelling that she will never, under any circumstance,touch the old remote.We just listened but didn't respond.So she went out and sat for a little while,probably to think of some other tantrum to throw at us!!!!
Meanwhile we finished our work and went and sat in the hall(where my sister was sitting already).She immediately went inside and we could hear some noises et al.I went in the kitchen to see what she was upto and to my suprise I saw her with 3 picnic bags,digging out some clothes from the wardrobe.I understood her PLANS!!! I went outside,quietly,and told my mother.
We were laughing like crazy!! A few seconds later she came into the scene and sat beside my mother on the sofa and declared that she was leaving the house and going.
My mother replied cooly saying that she could go wherever she wanted to but she dare not come back because we will not open the door for her,come what may.Then my daadi-cum-sister asked"kem?" (meaning 'why' in gujarati).My mother kept on going and said that she would have to eat with the dogs,no one will give her good food,her clothes will wear out and so on.(She does this purposely to make her feel disgusted about leaving the house.)
My sister was listening carefully and we could make out that her plans were slowly changing.But still she sat in her sophisticated pose still holding her bags and I was so bursting out with laughter.Then I got a brainave.I ran inside and got a camera and captured that wonderful moment!!!
Then my sister got annoyed and said that she won't leave the house now that I have clicked her photo!!!What a wonderfully irrelevant reason she gave!!!But thats my sister.
So the end of the story,as always,is that my sister stayed back.(She has no other option!!)

This was another cute and cho-chweet incident in our life for which my dear sister is responsible.We love her for all these small things she does which we will always find cute and will remain as beautiful memories forever with us.

Love as always,
Prapti.

This whole wide world.

Well I have got this quite amazing and sort of interesting activity to do when you're getting bored or just sitting idle or want to do some timepass with friends.
Here it goes-Just think of something someone in the world must be doing,just anything.
Like,for instance,while I'm writing this blog,someone must be writing his blog.Someone must be eating,sleeping,crying,laughing,screaming,scaring someone,playing pranks.Someone must have died,a baby must have been born,a murder must have taken place,someone must have got executed,someone must have got a pink slip,someone must have won a lottery.
Someone must have got married(poor thing!!!),someone must have got divorced,someone must be getting bored,someone must be fighting with her sister,someone must be thinking of his girlfriend,someone must be jumping with joy,someone must have just got a new job,someone must have lost weight,someone must be partying and at last,maybe someone must be thinking of this whole wide world just like me!!!! This chain goes on and on...........
Its quite amazing that this world is so big and so many things happen every second,every moment,all at the same time!!! I love thinking about things that are different,zara hatke or things that are supposed to be beyond our imagination or its just that people don't have the time to imagine such silly things(but they're certainly not silly according to me).
So with this ends my very short but not so bad(I hope!!) blog.
I hope I have given you all something to do and maybe even enjoy,probably when you just get bored like some of you must have felt after reading this blog of mine!!!

Adieu!!!
Grosses bises,
Prapti

Snehish-a cute sister's cute language

Hey!!
Well I had written something about my sister,and of course her funny and cute language in my previous blog.
So,Snehish(thats what we call my sister's boli, because her name is SNEH ) is,as I said,a very cute language with a dash of gujarati which my sister probably learnt from her gujju teachers when she used to go to school.
She was the 1st student of POSAT FONDATION-a school for mentally and physically challenged students/differently abled,when the school had just started in a small space near a railway station and was conducted under a sort of leaking roof and now its as if the school has gone fron rags to riches.It has occupied quite a few classes in different schools across the city.Yah,so my sister left school just last year with a very acceptable reason of being bored,how nice!! We've been bored since years and never even hesitated from saying it and still we have to complete school.Anyways thats not the point,though I have got a good topic for my next blog!!
So,I was at Snehish.Well,just describing it won't be enough.I'll have to give a few examples!!

So before starting let me tell you that there are many words in snehish that have a rather simplified pronunciation than in English.

Examples:
Eng:enough
Snehish:eeeyunf (n is nasal)

Eng:friend
Snehish:fenzj (sounds weird,though true)

Eng:sister
Snehish:bhaaang

Eng:what is it? (kya hai?)
Snehish:shu chey?? (shoe-chey)

Eng:I'm bored
Snehish:bot shey.

Let me tell you some sentences.

whats your name?
Maaam shu che??

I'm not going to school,Im feeling bored.
Main tool ja nai,main bot shey.

Can't you listen?
Shooon(n is nasal) ney?

So,did you get a fair idea of my sister's boli?
Well this is not it.Whenever she learns a new word,we are the happiest people in this world.
The only mystery is how does she understand where to apply those words.Because it isn't that easy for their brains to understand such things,it does not come as easily to them as it does to us!!!
But don't think she's any less!! She likes watching all youngsters' serials and her most favourite is Remix which has gone off air long ago.Her favourite character still remains the same,Ashi or Anvesha and she utilises all the one liners that Ashi used to to as much extent as possible.Now she's so used to it that it comes naturally.The very famous ones are Hey Bhaggu and Duh-uh!! .
If you look at her,the way she sits and talks(to us,family memebers) she's no less than our daadi,you would say!!Well,once my mother had taken her to a doctor(don't exactly remeber for what reason) and by just looking at the way she sat,the doctor said that if she would have been a normal girl she would have surely been another Kalpana Chawla!!! Well that amazed me and my mother very much!!! Was that true?? Well sometimes it does seem so.She,according to her capability,is very much better and smarter than her counterparts but she doesn't have many of them.Her's is one of the rarest cases and there's no cure. But she's got all the attitude and does all the dadagiri that she can.How dare anyone in our house say no to her???
But nevertheless,shes our laadli and and no one but her brings out the fun element in our lives.
We have always been caring for her like a princess and nothing less and we will continue doing so and she will forever remain the apple of our eyes.

Lots of love,
Prapti