Tagged Again - Nostalgic 8 !!

Thanks to Iris for the tag, again... Rules were: 1. Write 8-10 things about childhood that I miss. 2. Write 8-10 things that I disliked about childhood. 3. Tag a few people. Things i miss : # Childhood itself !!! Cant think of a moment when i felt "i am just a kid"!! Have always felt like a 'child adult'! # My grandfather, he was very very strict with us. The only way to make him talk nice was to hide his things, then he'd ask in the sweetest way if i could search the same for him. I wanted to tell him someday, i couldn't. # Summer vacations and holidays. I grew up with my 2 brothers and 3 cousins who lived next door. All the fond memories of my childhood are filled with the good and not so good times shared with my brothers and sisters. No prizes for guessing, 6 of us always gave a tough time to our grandfather. My cousin and I being the youngest of the crowd always had to do sentry duty for the gang and we were always blamed if we missed to inform the gang when our grandfather decided to check on us. # All those days of waking up to Lathachechi's music practice. I have always admired her talents immensely. If i know something about carnatic music it is only because of her and my grandfather who'd make her practice songs for hours early in the morning. # Growing up with my 'responsible' brothers. They were always held "responsible" for all my mischief's !! # All those extracurricular activity classes which used to bust so many of my weekend plans. I used to hate it then, but i miss them now. # Going to my mom's school and getting all the attention from her students. # All those days of "ignorance is bliss", knowing too much messes up ones life eventually. Things i disliked : # Being treated like a 'kid' by people, remember i was a 'child adult'! # My school, i just wanted to finish up somehow and get the hell out of that place. 12yrs were too much to handle. # Having to take permission from grandfather for even the mundane things. 6 of us had to make a written request and get it signed by him even if we wanted to go for a movie!! Worse, we had to pay for the movie from our "vishu kaineettam"!! # Being photographed. I hated it when ppl with a camera thought they had a right to photograph anyone, esp children. # The song/dance entertainment sessions during family get together's, hated it being asked to do things just to entertain others. Also the 'comparison' sessions by relatives with other cousins. # All those 'go to your room and study' remarks. Trust me, i never did! # Being dragged to all the places where the family went even if i didn't want to go. # The eternal question, what do you want to be when you grow up ?? I hated it!! The last part [most difficult one too] is to tag a few fellow bloggers. Well, i am taking the easy way out by keeping this an open tag...so if you'd like to take up this tag, go for it.

I've been tagged.. 6 WEIRD THINGS ABOUT ME!

Iris was kind enough to tag me to name 6 weird things about myself with a friendly reminder that i didnt honor the last tag he sent. So i thought of posting this as soon as i could..so have a look at the list below..

``1``
When an online id doesnt specify a particular gender, I assume every stranger talking to me online is a female. I thought the person who tagged me was a gal untill i saw someone mention his realname somewhere.

``2``
If i like a song i have to own it at the earliest, how i get it doesnt matter. At times it applies to other things in life and thats when it really gets weird..if you know what i mean.

``3``
I keep my mom's saree under the pillow when i sleep. I took it when i left home for college, its been years but till this date i couldnt grow out of that habit.

``4``
I remember things, esp the ones i really want to forget. I'm cursed with good memory and i think it is weird to keep remembering the things one really wants to forget.

``5``
I need the sound of a fan when i sleep irrespective of weather conditions. I cant bear absolute silence, it deafens me.

``6``
I'm really bad at Math...so bad that i need a calculator for even the simplest of calculations. When i used to have 'ego-fights' with my brother he'd just ask me to calculate some numbers and i'd blink...and he'd give me a smile which screams...'say hello to your dumb self'!!

When i started thinking about completing this tag i couldnt think of a single thing to pen down...but now so many 'weird things' about myself are pouring into my head out of nowhere...but i can mention only 6 here :( Maybe what they say is true, too much of something is bad enough. So lets call it a day or a night according to the timezone where you belong.

Well, There are STILL things about me which you dont know..and if you are really lucky 'YOU WILL NEVER KNOW' !!

Apparently I am to name six other bloggers to go thru the same ordeal...I'd love to tag Anand Prabhu, Ann, Anoop, Jo, Krishna, Poornima.

Dont find your blog in the list ? Dont worry this is an open tag..if you want to participate consider yourself tagged by me :)

Tagged !!

Got tagged by Jo!!

Seven Things U Plan To do Before U die

1. Come to terms with 'death', own a lawn crypt and take it easy.
2. Buy/Rent a caravan and travel extensively in the US and India.    
3. Sponsor a child's education.
4. Join a flight school and take a PPL
5. Learn all the necessary things and build my own house in Big Bear.
6. Meet some people in real time whom I met online.
7. Have aerated drinks without waiting for the fizz to vanish.

Seven Things That U Can Do

1. Sing, play 5 musical instruments.
2. Cook
3. Talk for hours
4. Browse the net forever, download stuff like crazy
5. Confuse people with words
6. Fight for no reason at all
7. Make people laugh

Seven Things That U Can’t Do

1. Go on a real long drive with my dad, visit new places with him.
2. Eat Sushi
3. Say No to friends
4. Survive without Internet
5. Be with all my friends in the same colleges with the same teachers.
6. Talk less and listen more
7. Stop being possessive abt people who matter to me.

Seven Things That Attract U To The Opposite Sex

1. Genuineness
2. Respect for women
3. Sense of Humor
4. Compassion
5. Voice
6. Eyes
7. Smile

Seven Things U Say Most

1. Krishna!
2. Cool
3. Korangan
4. Heyyy
5. Hmm
6. Oh yea
7. Thank you

Seven Celebrities I Want To Meet

1. Hariharan
2. Julia Roberts
3. Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Raghu Rai
4. Shobhana
5. Jay Leno
6. Meg Ryan
7. 'Yet to be filled'

Seven PPL Who Have To Take This Quiz

1. Iyyaps
2. Keerthi
3. The World of B
4. Vinesh
5. Prabhu
6. Arvind
7. Achinthya