Tring trrring...

Okay I know this is not how cell phones ring these days... but since I can't emulate the thousands of ring tones on cell... well this should do...

And by now, I guess you know I am talking about...

We see people bragging about their high-end sleek slim 'latesht' mobiles... well I am not going to do that...

My handset looks like a purane zamaane ka dabba, but ironically... it still gets used more than the latesht pieces of my friends, because more often than not... their phones are balance-less. Like owner, like... :D

Mine is post-paid! 

You find people clicking pictures all over the place...(yeah, you get the idea...) I can proudly say that I never do that.... 

(My cell doesn't have a camera... :D )

You find people on their two wheelers, oblivious to the car honking at ear-cracking noise levels with earphones and music blaring in their ears (yeah Linkin Park fans!). Well I never do that either... 

(Hehe... my cell doesn't have any songs, or FM either :D )

The favourite pass time of my friends seems to be Bluetoothing... 

(Yeah mine isn't...)

Flowers and hearts adore the cell screen of their cells...

(I hate those...)

People live in constant worry... about their precious ones...

(My cell doesn't have a SIM and nobody would want it even if I were to gift it for free...  so no worries... and bina tension ke aadmi zyada jeeta hai na... :D )

And my cell can do modelling too...

See... toh behtar kaun???

P.S. I seem to have lost my voice... thanks to inflated tonsils, as it is I have such a 'surili' awaaz... it sounds like crockery crashing right now... ;)

Twenty five 25...

I've seen this tag doing the rounds... and now I've got tagged too... and this is I think my first tag... after 122 odd posts :P

So thanks to Arjun...

And your time starts now... [this is the result of hosting the Rapid Fire round in the Quiz... ;) ]

1. Reading is a passion... give me a book to read, and then expect me to forget all about you... till the book and I are together...

2. Writing is a hobby... 

3. Never sit next to me in a movie... you could find yourself next to a noisy hosepipe...

4. I am a good student... (my teachers would probably vouch for this... ) [***No fluttering eyebrows***]

5. I work hard... I work damn hard! but only for something I really really want...

6. I get disappointed with failures easily... BUT the upshot is I still learn... (but I do get bored of just learning! )

7. I believe People with hardest exterior are the ones with the softest hearts...

8. I hate being compared to someone else... anyone else...

9. I love to learn but I do not always want to be taught... BUT there are times when I have everything that I should learn, but no one to learn with me...

10. I love discussing politics... even though I hate politicians...

11. I love learning more about economy and economics...

12. I lose my temper very easily... even though I don't flaunt it on my forehead...

13. I like people who can make me laugh... :D

14. I tend to be unliberal with compliments... sorry but that's me...

15. I am an agnostic... bordering on atheism...

16. I hate people whom I classify as 'Dumb!'... they are the prime reason for the rising average blood pressures...

17. People who meet me for the first time may call me 'high-and-mighty'... truth is I am uncomfortable... and shy...

18. I am scared of driving...

19. I hate cluttered (and closed) spaces...

20. I am good at hiding emotions... (too good, if you ask me!)  but I am good with sarcasm... ;)

21. I wanna move out... and see the world...

22. I am a good listener... [Don't ever come and see me in a GD pls... ;) ]

23. There are about 1001 things that I can think of, that I want to do before I die... learn French, learn to play a guitar, learn salsa and jiving (the fact that I have two left feet notwithstanding!), learn HTML and XML (the closest goal!) blah blah blah...

24. I love kids... [I'm missing my sisters... :( ]

25. I believe in myself... I blame myself for my own failures... and I praise myself for my successes... (even though it's been a long time now since I've done this one... )

OK, I'm done with 25... finally!

And now, I am tagging... VJ Sophie, Satan's Darling, i am what i am, kish, anurag, unknown!!!, charmed one, moi, Ashish, AJ, Riya, I Walk Alone, Animesh, Tushar Mangal, aZoed... and if I have left out some one... sorry! Anybody's free to do this tag though... do drop me a line so I can hop over...

P.S. Have left out some names who I know have already done it...

Simply for you...

To the biggest source of my inspiration...

My teachers...

When for the first time I sat on my place....

Completely lost, shy...

It was you who came to me,

Welcomed me with an embrace...

When for the first time I hurt myself and couldn't find my parents around,

With tears rolling down my cheeks,

It was you who came to me,

Lovingly you tended and it was bound...

When for the first time I stood on the stage,

Facing the crowd and sensing the impending doom,

It was you who came to me,

Gave me the courage...

When for the first time I won a prize,

And came to you, feeling ecstatic...

You were there for me,

All prasie...

Today, when I head unknown destinations,

Without any hesitation,

I remember you...

Today, when I fall down and hurt myself,

Without feeling bruised,

I remember you...

Today, when I face the world,

Without any dread,

I remember you...

Every little award I acquire,

I remember you...

For I have a lot to thank you for...

P.S. This has been written for a poetry contest being held at the Writer's Lounge, where the theme is inspiration... It may seem a little cliched to be writing this for teachers, but I honestly feel indebted to them... Please do leave your comments...