Wandering scribbler..

Sometimes in this weird life of black and white you come across people who add a little sparkle to your life.. They make you feel as if you can achieve everything and make life a lot more lighter..And with them you laugh at the worst moments, cry at the silliest of times and live life with a lot more passion! Here's to all those special people in my life...!

I am in Mumbai yet again and I'm spending some jobless and useless moments here..So I'm spending my time watching people around me,and walking to Marine drive(though its quite far from the apartment..) Here are some of my observations..(as I have nothing better to write!) Yesterday I saw a really cute middle aged couple  in the cab before us,the husband and wife looked quite untouched by the rain and traffic outside...He settled her gajra and she laughed and put her head on his shoulders lovingly... For the few minutes that I saw them,they seemed quite in love and quite unconcerned of the world outside... I am not much of a 'gawk at people' type person but there was seriously something magical and innocent about them which was rare in other cases... As the cab moved past us, i wondered was it just the rain or love is in the air of Mumbai... I saw many more of such couples at Marine drive yesterday and today but they were not as interesting to watch as the...

I got up in the morning,yes yet again I slept off on my birthday with my phone silent(I think old habits die hard..!)...And I had to answer so many threat messages in the morning from my friends,and to top that up my phone line got jammed at night which is why some friends found my phone busy,I was totally busted...!! Anyway what is actually new and special about my18th birthday (except the fact that I'm no longer 17..!!!) is that I got up at 6.30am today(for a late riser like me,that's like totally an achievement..!!).. Today after waking up and as usual looking at the time in my phone I nearly screamed at the number of missed calls and messages then I called mom just to tell her about 'me' waking up at 6.30 and to ask her whether everything back there is fine (obviously with 57 missed calls and god knows how many messages what else do people do..!!) and before I could say anything mum wished me happy birthday and I just sleepily said "eh birthday ohh birthday ...

Whenever I'm worried or sad I clean up my room! I know that sounds extremely silly but I always do that, It gives me a certain ease of mind... And if I am really sad I sit by the window ledge in my room.. When I was small that window ledge was like a hide out for me where I would sit and pull the curtains so that no one can find me.. Actually it is still like a hide out for me whenever I feel like I just need to vent out certain things I just go and sit there for hours.. I remember some years back in the month of December I had a fight with my sister and I was sitting alone in the cold marble ledge of the window listening to old songs on my iPod and staring out of the window into the darkness outside when suddenly I started feeling numb with cold.. So when I came down I saw Ju(my elder sister) had gone to sleep and Goldie(our great Dane) was sleeping diagonally on my bed and maybe she was watching some scary dream because she was shaking her legs uncontrollably as if she ...

Today my blog has completed a year..And I feel so blessed that atleast some people are reading it..In this one year this blog has become more like a constant companion for me to whom I can turn to in my hard times..Last year on this date when I had first started writing I had never thought anyone would even care to read it that's why I hadn't even told anyone but now it seems so surprising that some people actually read my blog.. I have often been asked as to why "velocity07"?Actually I was extremely fascinated by the term velocity from the day I first heard of it and because I have always loved physics I had kept this name..And 07 because i was born on the 16th of May!! I remember when I was really small and I had just learned to write I maintained a diary in which I wrote my stuff and gradually that became a habit.Initially when I used to write I used to share everything I had written with my Mom but as I grew up I maintained the diary really privately and wrote abo...

5 years back i was gifted the book Unaccustomed earth by dada(my grandfather) on my birthday and i fell in love with the book just from the time i saw its cover..There was something so intense about the cover page that i just couldn't wait to read it..And when i read it i found it was outstanding..And from then on it became the best book I had ever read(it still is).. And I was so possessive(I still am!) about that book that I dint even want to lend it to my cousin to read it(because she is mishandles books!!)....I really love the title of the book it is a metaphor for the struggle people undergo to be accustomed or settled..I like the title story Unaccustomed earth the best in the book..There were certain parts in the book which had a profound effect on my life specially the part in the title story where Ruma's father asks her “Will this make you happy?”I also liked the last story Hema and Kaushik which was represented in three parts but I wish it had a happier ending... I hav...

Yay!!! I'm in class 12 now!! I had my results today and it was quite okay,(not as disastrous as I had expected!)..Sometimes people tell me as to why I am never satisfied with my performance and all I manage to say is,if I am never completely satisfied with my performance because I feel there is always a scope of improvement..people call that as pessimism,maybe this is a kind of pessimism but I don't think this pessimism is a flaw and to have expectations from yourself is really necessary..I have always heard my seniors talk about how hard class 12 is and juggling school, tuitions,mock test,and quite a bit of self study is really tough but I think it's going to be fun as there will always be that sense of tension and nervousness and a feeling of being on the edge which I actually love a lot!! This part of my life,this part now is called the gearing up phase..! I gotto go for now..I will be back soon with my new adventures in class 12!!!Till then enjoy this quote "Whenev...

Sometimes some people come into your life as strangers and become something very important in your life sooner than you expect and touch your life in their own way..Such relations have no name but they can be defined by one perfect word "friendship"... I recently came across one such person in life, meera dida or rather misti dida...She was in the ward next to dadi in the hospital .. The first day I saw her she was staring at the door of the ward as if she was expecting someone..The pain and emptiness in her eyes was so unfathomable that i couldn't help but wonder what she was waiting for..And somehow everyday i would stand near her ward and try to understand the immense pain in those eyes and i realized that not one day had i seen someone who came to visit her in the hospital.. i dont know how we became such good friends in such a short time..I call her meera dida, dida means grandma in bengali.. One day she told me about how she loved talking and listening to songs...

I don't know why but i have this immense love for conversation..I love to talk..I can go on and on in a debate or while having a discussion with close friends...But the moody person that i am,there are times when i don't talk at all..Recently a friend of mine told me that she always thought i was serious and reserved..She also asked me why i have this "no nonsense" look on my face always..I somehow didn't know what answer to give i said something vague to change the topic.I don't know why exactly i have this "no nonsense look" on my face but i just have it... Anyway i just wanted to tell my readers about my new friend in school though I can't call her "new" anymore as i know her for around 9 months now! Archie who is my new friend is like my new confidante, we are so similar in terms of our laziness!!We have so much fun teasing each other in class and locking up Riko in the loo!!Archie,riko and I sit together in the same bench and now w...

I came down with a cold today,and it feels horrible!!This is the only thing I hate about winter.Otherwise everything seems just perfect about winter..This year we're having this rare winter rain which it makes the city all the more beautiful and picturesque... I love rain,specially to look up when it rains and feel the drops on my face.....But most of the people I know hate winter rain as they find it irritating.. Winter brings back so many childhood memories.....I remember the cold winter mornings when i used to go for morning walks regularly with my dad and have a hot cup of tea in a road side tea stall while returning...On those winter mornings when I used to see my breath when I exhale and dance around with joy for it...Wear my grandpa's monkey cap and have picnics in my garden...Winter means sweaters,socks,jackets and boots and so much more..This year winter has made me all the more lazier,it seems as if I'm going through hibernation!!! This is the season when a late r...

Today our seniors of class 12 had their farewell and I realized that mine is on it's way too..As usual I had a blast with my friends..But in all this fun someone was missing..Someone who thought she'd rather be somewhere else than with us..But it's fine as if she is happy that's all that matters for us and I don't want to judge her in anyway. I remember when we had our farewell in class X people in our class were crying their eyes out while we were all celebrating..!! Riko, Gary ,meow and me we are really fond of tea so on the last day of class X we broke some school rules and had a small tea party in school.Riko brought a flask full of tea which we poured into glasses and after toasting to our friendship we gulped the hot tea burning our throats!!That day, 9th November 2009 we all realized that things are soon going to change,after that day we would have our 3 months study leave for boards.That day was one crazy day filled with group hugs and taking photographs of ...

Sometimes i wonder how people can manage to live such routined lives..My exams are going on and a month back i realized that except me everyone has completed nearly the full portion..But instead of feeling tensed or edgy i was quite cool about it!! So today after giving a disastrous Biology exam and screwing up my Physics paper the day before..I decided to spend today's day in leisure and do whatever i feel like,in short i wanted to waste this day!!!So here i am wasting time on the 1st day of my study leave for my most hated Hindi exam!!! There are times in life when you feel like taking a day off from your life and do what you've never done or maybe do what you like the most..For me the best way to spend my time is reading a book by the side of the window with a cup of coffee..Sometimes i feel like getting up at 12 in the afternoon when i'm tired of sleeping or spend the whole day in a library,or go for a long walk alone...But i remember post my board exams when i had 3 mo...

I love the autumn season specially the thought that the leaves turn into a bright red color..I had come across an article recently that the best places to see autumn colors are New Zealand,England and Central Otago.I so wish I could spend every autumn of my life at such a place where fall leaves turn bright red.... I am not much of a romantic person but the thought of walking together through piles of crisp autumn leaves sounds so perfect.... I have always been immensely fascinated by the leaves of fall which change their color to red because of maturity... We too have many such instances in life when we feel mature..Just like the first time we go out for a movie with friends or the first time we are given some responsibility or the moment when you know you could have said a lot of things in rage but you control yourself....Maturity shouldnot be mistaken with age.. Maturity is not the absence of childishness but it is the presence of knowledge,it is the ability to learn from your past ...