10-1 tags

I took this theme from Shailji's blog. Thought it fun to do. I am not tagging anyone(do I hear sighs of relief?) but anyone who wants to do this, please feel free to do so.

10 things you wish you could say to people right now (don’t take names)

1.    “Oh yeah?? Right” –(with just the right amount of sarcasm)
2.    “Really?” – (try different tones for different situations)
3.    “Oh such Drama!!”  -- (in a dismissing voice)
4.    “I miss you!” – ( with a sigh)
5.    “Write to me” – (in a hopeful voice)
6.    “Call me!”
7.    “Smile….always!!”
8.    “Don’t tell me what to do or say.”
9.    “Let me be!“
10.    “Like I care”

9 things about yourself
1.    I am born under the zodiac sign of Gemini.
2.    I like Silence, Reading, Learning, Laughing.
3.    I am easy going with most stuff as long as they don’t go against my principles. I take a long while to form bonds of any kind.  I seem Cold, Fickle or Flippant.
4.    Joy to me is in the small gestures, words, silences, spontaneous happenings and everyday thoughtfulness.
5.    I’m rarely impulsive(except when it comes to chocolate and ice-cream).  I never decide something major without considering as many of its consequences as I can possibly foresee. Sometimes opportunities have passed me by without me acting on them `cause I took too long thinking through.  
6.    I am willing to forgive after the person genuinely apologizes but I never forget.
7.    I love waterfalls, trees, mountains, birds, sunsets and sun/moon rises, thunder and lightening.
8.    I like to respectfully talk straight, but should the situation be a delicate one, I will keep my silence. I like being fair.
9.    I will be blunt if I see no way out of the situation.  I never flatter and quite a miser when it comes to giving compliments.

8 ways to win your heart

1.    Be honest with me always.
2.    Love me for what I am… genuinely!
3.    Be comfortable with me in silence without needing to fill it. Willingly spend time with me, not like as if I am a part of your career’s scheduled appointment.
4.    Talk To Me, not At Me or For Me and Listen To Me not Hear My Noise.
5.    Be Trustworthy so you will be able to Trust me.
6.    Be Witty, Lets Laugh Together.
7.    Respect yourself so you can Respect the person I am.
8.    Treat me with genuine Care and Thoughtfulness.

7 things that cross your mind a lot

1.    Wonder How you are doing?
2.    What are you thinking of now??
3.    Do I have a place in your thoughts?
4.    Oh Boy! Here we go again!! Heights of Redundancy!!
5.    What shall I cook for lunch/dinner??
6.    Should I get on that Treadmill now?
7.    Oh yes!!

6 things you wish you never did

1.    Stopped conversing in my dialect with my kids, thought it will confuse them to have 3 different languages being spoken simultaneously.
2.    Been an accepting, accommodating person and having a sense of Propriety.
3.    Let others talk me into taking up Physics in college.
4.    Take what was said by the ones I love so seriously that it crippled me.
5.    Remained silent on occasions when I should have spoken up and kept my peace when I should have punched the hell out of them.
6.    Become a sedentary person after the kids came.

5 Turn offs

1.    Liars, Big Egos
2.    Show-offs, braggarts, self pity, vainness, negativity
3.    Bad language, talking loudly, swear words, gossip
4.    Insensitivity, controlling, lack of boundaries, extreme jealousy & possessiveness
5.    Lack of sense of humor, an inability to be reasonable, need to blame others and the need to always be right.

4 turn ons

1.    Good manners always!
2.    Ability to speak with their eyes.
3.    Intelligence, rational and wit
4.    Quiet Confidence the kind that isn’t in the face but subtle.

3 things you want to do before you die

1.    Travel to ancient sites of civilization, to places that are steaming with natural forests/mountains/rivers and religious sites.
2.    Touch the lives of those in my life and give them an everlasting Sense of Their Own Greatness.
3.    Leave my Kids Secure in who they are.

2 things someone told you that you’ll never forget:

1.    “You are adorable..”
2.    “I will always hold you in my heart”

1 confession

I am afraid of losing my mind.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Rashmi.

Tagged by Mythili

My friend Mythili has tagged me. Its a tag linking earlier blogs I have written with a topic of Friend, Family, Work, Love, & Anything I like. A History tag.

Here they are. It took me a while to go through all of them to find the theme. Click on the Titles in Caps to go to that blog. 

Theme 1: Friends

TRIBUTE TO FRIENDS

Theme 2: Family

MEMORIES

Theme 3 : Work

I havent written much about Being a housewife, stay-at-home mom, working part-time as pre-school teacher, that I felt was good, so I dont have anything to post here. I am posting a blog that sort of combines the "Job" I do. I wrote this when I put on my Gran's shoes for a while and thought about what I would want to tell my grandkids.

TO MY GRANDCHILDREN 

Theme 4 : Love

LOVE, AS I SEE IT

HOLD WITHIN

Theme 5 : Anything I like This is a tough one. Here they are in no particular order

TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS

CHILD LABOUR

MUSINGS ON ABORTION

BINDI- the dot on the forehead

RANDOM THEORIES OF AN IDLING MIND

INDIAN HUMOUR

SOUL DEATH AND REINCARNATION

Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Have a wonderful sunday

Peace always,

Mithuna aka mindsnomad aka Rashmi

Glass Bangles, potato chips etc.. etc..

Hehehe, pride go-eth before fall-eth? I was so happy no one tagged me. The universe decided it was time to land me on my derriere. I got tagged, visiting Aditi's blog.. So Here goes Seven Random things about me.

1. I am usually reading two-three books at the same time.. the subjects will vary. I used to read books in one stretch, but now its a priceless luxury. I love reading kid stories.

2. I Like to have my early morning cup of coffee alone in total quiet,*sigh* it is a rarity since marriage and kids.

3. The only cosmetics I wear is a moisturing cream, Kohl liner, bindi, an occasional lipstick and perfumes that are really subtle. I use designer bindi's only for an occasion, for everyday use, I make my own design with an eyeliner.

4. I love Glass Bangles. I have stopped wearing them now for safety reasons(kids around me most times). I have a collection from the time before Marriage, I couldnt part with it so it travelled with me from India.

5. I am an ambivert(thanks Sabiha for the new word in my vocabulary). I do take, according to my mother "my own sweet time" to warm up to people. I dont mind being with family and friends but I like my space and alone time very much.

6. When it comes to food, I prefer Indian food but dont really have a favorite. When it comes to snacks, I love spicy peanuts and spicy potato chips. It used to be my fantasy to have a comfortable couch next to a bookshelf in a room filled with potato chips, so I could munch on it while I was lost in the books. (yeah I was a foolish teenager)

7. I like watching people and make up my own fictitious stories on whats going on with them or what the expression on their face means, its my favorite pastime at large gatherings where no one knows the other except for the host.(shhh!!! dont tell anyone)

No, I am not tagging anyone(do I hear sighs of relief?), but I would love it if...hmm its your choice you could let me in on things about you if you so choose, no pressure...:) Especially those who haven't been tagged so far.