as i opened up my blogger account this morning, my log registered that i'd last posted on the 21st of april. oi. my bad dear ones - i know i have left it late, and i have no other excuse but to say it was pure laziness... *ahem*... i do do apologise!

on the up side, i'm EMPLOYED!! a real job with a real contract and a real salary! how cool is that! the company is called Hi-Performance Learning (www.hpl.co.za) and it's a type of training company that deals with long term learning solutions - somewhat on an organisational development level. it's interesting work, and i'm really grateful for it, however i do recognise that it is a stepping stone to where i want to be ultimately - studying for my masters!!!

so, this is my story. madame fifi rises at 5am (bright and somewhat breezy), leaves home by 6 (although this is rarely the case). arrives at work (traffic permitting) at 7:15 ish and leaves work at round about 4pm. i gets back home at about 5:30ish, put my feet up for a while and get cracking in the kitchen. all going to plan - i'm in bed by 10 - latest 10:30!! phew! what a day!

no complaints - i'm learning so much! i'm learning about what i want in life, how far i can push my boundaries, organisational skills, multitasking - shucks, the list could go on and on!!

ba (mum) is doing ok. she had a hysterectomy exactly 3 weeks ago - and is recovering well. last night, i almost killed her - forgot why she was in bed and pounced on her belly - oh god. you have no idea what an absolute idiot i felt like. after lots of gentle rubbing (yes, i am capable of gently rubbing) and kisses and coo's, everything settled down. but not after i had given myself the fight of my life and promised to keep my hands, knees, elbows, toes and any other protruding body part away from the vicinity of ba.

ta, i should run now - procrastination is a wonderful thing - but not so wonderful in an officeful of people.

adieu dear ones...

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Yogita Kunvar (BSS - Rhodes)

man, doesn't that look smashing!!! yup - the bodies... i have graduated... been thwacked on the head by rhodes university's very own vic-chancellor - dr saleem badat. and now (i'd like to hope) i'm ready to face the next challenge... post-grad!!

on the whole - grad was a fantastic affair. the uni and its relevent departments really do make a effort to make you feel special. the order of events for the weekend:
13 april (friday) - grad ceremony, evening snacks and supper at ma's house, out with me mates
14 april (saturday) - departmental party, garden party (for all parents, graduates, families, lecturers, friends... erm, just bout everyone!!) and grad ball!!!
15 april (sunday) - garden tea at emese's place (with yummy hungarian cake!!) and mandir (temple) in the evening.
over and above that i had two fab days to spend with me mates - bonding and all that.

and it's back to the city! before i left, i had been doing some temp work at a storage company in brakpan (hai sies!!) and am subsequently unemployed!! (eish!) i have an interview on wednesday for tutoring and hopefully the ithemba rape and trauma centre is willing to take on a volunteer. other than that - i've been painting to my heart's content and doing odds and sods! i'm really not complaining (at least - i've stopped now!!) and whatever is meant to happen will happen. i'm just really glad that i can take this time to chill and that there's no hectic pressure (like bills to pay or mouths to feed) to get a job.

other than that - yes, i miss rhodes terribly, and more than missing the place, i miss the relationships and lifestyle in gtown. but on we go and i'm happy to say that as much as i hate... no no... dislike joburg, i might as well enjoy it for what it is. so here's to good 'ol jozi - and the prospect of an exciting future!!

adieu...

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i apologise for the lack of a photo on my profile. blogger seems to be conspiring to keep me from posting my pic... nevertheless, i shall persevere.

onto more pressing matters...

am i losing my sense of humor? (eek!) a few days ago, i made a comment ('could you go any slower') about a car driving really slow in front of us and it was brought to my attention that i am sarcastic. crap. sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, and i am sarcastic. double crap.

have i really lost my sense of humor or am i simply another victim of the brutal school of life? i miss rhodes (no doubt) and the fact that i haven't found a half-decent job makes my liver sad, but does that also mean that i've subconsciously slipped into a state of subliminal morbidity? mmm... let me be more clear - have i become a boring, city-worn, past-its-sell-by-date overwashed bon bon? blimey, i hope not...

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If you've seen 85 movies or more, you apparently have no life.

Copy and paste and mark an x next to the films you have seen.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
Total: 2

( ) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
( ) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 4

( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
(x) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 10

(x) Harry Potter 1
( ) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
( ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 12

(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total so far: 17

( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snickt: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong
Total so far: 20

( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 25

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 29

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 31

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total so far: 37

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds (the original, not the Tom Cruise one)
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 42

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 47

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
( ) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 55

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old-virgin
Total so far: 56

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
( ) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
( ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 59

( ) Baseketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
(x) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
Total so Far: 60

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total so far: 63

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicle Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( )Waterworld
Total so far: 66

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 69

( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( ) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( ) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 69

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal

grande total: 75!! shucks! not too bad ey man!!!

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on a completely different note, life is good - i have a lovely roof over my head, yummy food in my tummy, nice clothing on my back.

other than that it sucks... still no job, still no word from the millions of people i've sent my cv to and still no bleeding sign of light at the end of my rather bleek looking tunnel...

ok, so maybe i'm painting a rather too-bleak-a-picture, but the world is a complicated, ironic, cruel place... that being said - oh things could have been so much worse.

in the light of things being much worse and in absolute gratitude for the things i do have - lets end this one on a good note:

*ahem

don't worry if your job is small and your rewards are few... remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you...

adieu...

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*ahem

let me recite a couplet...

i wish i was a glow-worm,
a glow-worm's never glum.
how could you be unhappy,
when the sun shines out your bum!

thank you very much.

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wow, i can't believe that it's feb already!! it feels like the year has barely started...

well... i'm back in joburg after my little 'stint' in cape town and back to getting a job, phaffing around at home and getting extremely frustrated. i can honestly say that i fell in love with cape town. it's a chilled place and time literally seems to stand still... nevertheless, i don't know if i'd move there just yet - maybe when i retire!!! he he!!

the wedding was amazing - the connection between himal bhai and ramona bhabi was felt by everyone and that's what stole the show. it was fantastic seeing two people who are so deeply connected. special stuff.

anyway, other than that life carries on... and on... and on... and on...

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bon jour all!!

i do apologise for the super delay in posting (no... i have been ignoring my blog), i've just been having trouble logging onto my blog. and so... i throw myself before you and beg your pardon...

and on with the show...

well... there's lots and lots to tell! firstly, (hold the applause) i have passed all my exams and am now (almost officially) the proud holder of a Bachelor of Social Science Degree. Ms. Yogita Kunvar BSS (Rhodes). Yay! (ok, you can clap now...) yes, yes, i know - you never thought this day would come... you're so proud of me... you just can't believe it's all over so soon... next thing you know i'll be getting married (erm... well, not quite!!)!! oi!

and now for my talent portion:
at the moment, i am unemployed and not going back to rhodes (yes, shock horror - *gasp*). the truth is that as much as i know i will miss and always love rhodes, i also know that i need a bit of a change of scenery, so... while i wait for a few applications to come in from a few uni's i've applied to, madam sits and wiggles her toes. the way things are going, i'm probably going to end up standing at a busy intersection with a cardboard placard inscribed: NO JOB, BSS GRADUATE, WILL WORK FOR COUTURE.

for the meanwhile, i am in kaapstad (cape town) pretending to be a good girl and helping out for my cousin's wedding. and just in case you wanted to know, i'm wearing a red and tan sari - the one i wore for anj bhen's wedding. just in case you wanted to know...

adieu brave knights of camelot and sweet princesses of the night...

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Shucks, I can’t believe it’s the end of the year already. As I sit in my empty room, I strange wave of nostalgia sweeps over me. It’s good to leave – it really feels good to have something new and potentially exciting to look forward to, and yet, it’s a sad moment because I’m leaving possibly the best thing that happened to me.

Res is completely completely empty, I’m the only person on my floor and jess (the other sub-warden) is to leave in about half an hour. Funny, the year began with an empty res – being the only one on the floor, and is ending the same, like a neatly tucked in bed-sheet. Saying good bye to everyone hasn’t been that easy, but there’s comfort in the fact that I’ll be back for grad.

Bapu has come from joburg yesterday (Thursday) and we’re scheduled to leave on Sunday (although that’s debatable at this point in time). The car’s already packed up – can you believe… I’m early for once in my life!!! I’m really hoping that we can meet ba and anjani bhen in ficksburg and go for some cherry picking, but we’ll have to play it by ear for now. then, once I’m in joburg, I need to start sorting out what I want to do with my life – ie the next few years. I’m totally clueless… still totally clueless!! So… I’m going to do a bit of major brainstorming, relaxing and decision making over this vac.

For now it’s adieu… I don’t know when I’ll be able to update (the internet connection at home isn’t all that hot!) but until next time…

Adieu…

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i’m feenished!!!

the feeling of relief sweeping over my sleep-deprived body was – is an indescribable sensation… something like making it to the loo when your eyeballs are floating, or snagging the last piece of chocolate cake… mmm… chocolate cake. yes, the feeling of relief… incomparable to any other human experience.

in other news…

hopefully, my synapses catch up with the good news and allow me some sleep… i’m starting to see square circles floating on my ceiling - which makes me doubt my sanity (irony!!). on the flip-side, i now have time to chill, do some art, go for walks and just generally flomp around camps – which i probably won’t end up doing in any event. tee hee – nevertheless, it’s good to have dreams na?

ok, all together now…

(p.s in case you’re not on the train – i’ve just feenished exams… like forever – well, almost...)

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so it’s my last paper tomorrow… my last friggin paper…

the day before my first anthro paper – the mutant spider bite on my ankle flared up, was itchy as hell and woke me up at 3:32 am. because of the wonders of nervous energy i found myself staring at the ceiling for a solid 4 hours, before finally giving up and getting ready for my paper (which was in the morning). therefore, all in all, i had about 3 hours sleep before my crack ‘o dawn morning paper. call my pissy, but i can’t even tie my shoelaces on 5 or 6 hours sleep, let alone 3 before a big exam… and somehow, by a miracle that is all wonderful, i felt surprisingly alert and awake enough to write my paper (quite well mind you…)!! surprise surprise!! been wondering whether i’d have felt so good and up for it if i had had a full night’s sleep. mmm…

anywhoo…

writing tomorra… wish me luck… last paper and all… and the all and all and all and all and all…

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and the noise goes on...

i can't believe how badly - or how well - noise travels in oriel. last night, i pulled an all-nighter, working into the wee hours of the morning, and i was very suprised at disgustingly inconsiderate people are. at 2 and 3 in the morning, doors were slamming, and people were talking - not even whispering - in the coridoors. i'm so over res. just so over it.

the drama continues...

sam and i went jogging last thursday, and we stopped for a rest in the botanical gardens. some mean-ass thing bit me, and now the area's gone all red, swollen and a tad blueish... eeew! it's also super itchy. great, this is just what i need to keep my o.c.d under control...

on the bright side of life, this time next week i will be foot-loose and fancy-free!!! yipee!! my bapu (dad) is coming to gtown on the 26th to help pack up all me stuff and cart it back to jozi, and we're only going to go back on the 3rd 'o december, so, it'll be a super week to bond, go to the beach, do all that nice father-daughter stuff!!! he he!

more awesome news...

i recently googled the name of a friend of mine from prep school, and found a mini profile on her as well as an address - and so i e-mailed her to find out howzit going... and... i've received a reply!!! she's doing her DOCTORATE in the u.s and is going strong as ever!! the amazing part is that she's my age!! i'm oh-so-proud to say that i know one of the youngest doctoral students! i can't get over the fact that it's been almost 10 years and in a matter of clicks, seconds, and an e-mail later, i've managed to re-establish contact with a special person from me past.

*glow*

righty'o... must get back to the grind... have exams to write, insomnia to experience and another jar of pickled gherkins to polish off.

adieu...

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it’s that time of the year again (no, not christmas – but that too is coming around soon!)… it’s exams!! and apart from the copious amounts of gherkins i’ve been munching on – i’ve actually not been procrastinating as much as i usually do. the freeky part though has been having insomnia and hypersomnia at the same time. as usual, i’m a terrible insomniac at exam time, and yet, i find myself sleeping soooo much during the day. it’s probably to make up for my lack of sleep at night, but i’m getting over and above 7hrs of sleep a day!!! freekin me out!!

so… my exam time table looks like this:

4^th november: psychology (written)

13^th november: psychology

15^th november: anthropology

18^th november: anthropology

…eeek! just short of stating the obvious, next week i will be seeing mass fire!!

anyway, on the flip side, this is the last year of undergrad studies. from here on, it’s postgrad or i enter the working world. i still have no idea what i plan to do next year. i’m quite keen on taking some time off from academia and getting a new experience, but then again, i don’t want to lose my momentum. so… here we find ourselves at crossroads, floating along with the current, hoping for the best!

we had a terrible water shortage in grahamstown for about 3 days… there was nooooo water in many many parts of the town – and in some places, no electricity either. many residences on campus were affected, but fortunately, our res wan’t hit. when the water finally came back to the res of campus – we all got muddy water! it was insane! and then there was a scare that the water contained heavy metals and other toxic materials. oi vey. and so… for the next 3 days we all lived on bottled water – kindly sponsored by the uni! phew! now everything’s pretty much back to normal – except that sam refuses to drink tap water until he gets home (thank goodness he’s ok with showering!!!)!! tee hee!

that’s all from me at the mo.

adieu…

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to blog, or not to blog… that’s is the question…

the most trickiest things about blogs are how much information to include, or how much not to. i could ramble on about the 15 fantastic orgies i attended this week, maybe you’d enjoy hearing tales of crimson dyed animals, or how about the one where my psychiatrist recommended that i self-commit to an institution, ‘somewhere quiet, with lake or a garden’ – a sort of mental ‘time-out’ (oh do pardon the pun). yet the amazing thing is that you (the reader) may chose to have trust in the fact that i am indeed writing the truth and not rambling on about a fictitious life, spurred on by your seemingly insatiable curiosity. you may now chose to believe that underneath that colourful, bubbly façade, there lies a mentally unstable, tormented yogita, waiting – wanting to crawl out of her skin… or… you may simply realize that i’ve been watching far too many hannibal lector movies and am now considering eating your brain…

mmm…

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i have to have to have to brag about this...

rob started experiencing pretty nasty stomch cramps and a runny tummy - not good when you trying to break a world record...

so... after taking some lodium (similar to immodium) - rob took it not me!!!, i realised that this man needs some immidiate symptomatic treatment otherwise he's going to be a very unhappy chappie for a very long toim. and so, oh best beloved, this wee first aider wracked her brain to find a way to make a hot compress for the fellow. now bear in mind that we are in a radio studio and there is barely any coffee, tea and sugar. so, using two engergade bottles, i made a hot compress with boiled water and prevented them from melting by putting them in a sink of cold water...

my bad if i'm making a big deal over small stuff.. but at this point in time, i'm bloody chaffed with meself! :D
(check out previous post for details)

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it's 2:11am and i'm at the rmr (rhodes music radio) studios on campus and doing first aid duty for a crazy (yet amazingly balanced) fellow who is attempting to break the world record for the longest dj stint. currently the record stands at 125 hrs and he's now through 66 or 67 ish hrs... more than half way - yay rob!

so... i have taken his pulse, which is at 90 - good and healthy considering he's had about 2 or 3 hrs sleep max in the past 3 days. also gave him a massage and helped him get some shut eye for 10mins... you cannot imagine how crazy the situation here is. it's literally a game of fantastic endurance.

check out http://www.rhodesmusicradio.co.za/rmr/index.htm for more info on this amazing... yet amazingly crazy bloke!

oh yes... and just in case you're wondering - rob is doing this all for charity... so - if you can, are able to and have the resources to, please contribute to this venture in any way you can!!! if you can't get hold of rmr, you can contact me on XXX or e-mail XXX thanks a mill...

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oh life life life…

i am so loving student life at the moment!! on vac at the moment in joburg and loving every moment of being a busy student!

i’ve been doing a lot of fieldwork – interviewing various people for my fieldwork project on snuff (non-smoking tobacco)… and trying… trying oh so hard to relax!

life has been treating me pretty well… at major crossroads in my life – choosing between carrying on with honors next year or getting some experience and joining the working force. eish! tough decisions to be made relatively soon! what do you think? should i take a gap year or so, or should i just plough on with my studies? would love to hear what you’ve got to say…

also, exams are ‘round the corner and i’m already starting to feel the burn! it’s going to be a tough, long term – but in the old end… it’ll be worth it (or so i’d like to think!)

there’s not much to be said at the mo… life is good (relatively) and so we plod on…

adieu…

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and now… for the looong overdue birthday update!

before i begin anything, i’d just like to send one humungo thank you to each and every person who contributed to my day in some way or another… you really made it amazingly special!

so… the big 2-1!! and my was is a big 2-1!!

it all began, oh best beloved, on wednesday morning outside oriel house (my residence/hostel) with a breakfast picnic at 8am. steph, jonno, sam and me-self sat and ate… and ate… and ate…ba surprised me and organized a few platters that sam picked up from pick ‘n pay, which included sandwiches, muffins and some awesome mouse-cup things… mmm yummy!

in the afternoon, sam and i went for lunch at gino’s where i had me favourite pizza – sundried tomato, olive and feta!!! i cannot begin to tell you how much i love love love that pizza!

in the evening, i went to meena mami’s, and ajima (grandmom), ajabapu (granddad), masiba, both mama’s and mami’s and the kids – priyanka and trisha were all there to have supper and open… wait for it… (drumroll…) 21 presents!! it was the coolest and sweetest thing! and i got some really awesome prezzies too!

and after that… sam, kish, steph, jonno and meself went out dancing to friars!

all in all – an amazing day, filled with lots of love – definitely one i’ll cherish for a long long time to come.

but wait… it doesn’t end there!!!

on thursday, left for joburg, and was thoroughly spoilt by my parents… here’s the cleft-notes version, or i’ll be here for years!

• thursday: room decorated with purple balloons, and a ginormous bunch of flowers!
• friday: woke up at crazy ass 5am… actually, at 5:30am! for a beautiful havan performed by my hero… mahendra bhai! i don’t want to single out any event, but the havan was simply marv! i couldn’t have asked for more! then, at about 1-ish, ba blindfolded me and took me to an amazing day spa, where i had a chololate body wrap! yummy! but, friday didn’t end there! in the evening, me folks, the wonderful folks that they are, booked out a vip lounge in monsoon lagoon at emperors palace in joburg! it was mind-blowing!!! had an awesome time with anj-bhen, j-b, sue bhen, pinto banevi, damoo, nischol, edwin and sam!! check out http://www.monsoonlagoon.co.za/.
• saturday morning was a tad sad! ha ha! mind you – depends on whose perspective that’s from! let me say that i was just a bit ‘fragile’!! tee hee! in the afternoon, went for lunch with sam’s sister, and after that, (got blindfolded again!!) was taken to the lemongrass – an amazing indonesian-dutch restaurant in benoni. i can’t begin to explain all the emotions that overwhelmed me… practically my entire family was there to share with me in this special moment. for once in my life – i was totally speechless!!
• sunday morning… early early, i began my trek back to g’town. and so, a very special, very sentimental weekend came to a close.

please feel free to have a squizz at my pics of the breakfast and the weekend at www.photos.yahoo.com/ykunvar.

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Bhanu masi, my heroine and role-model. always miss you, love you forever…

(Bhanu Masi at Khetan Bhai's Wedding)


















(Bhanu Masi at 17)

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life is beautiful.

fact.

as much as so many of us bitch and moan (me included) about the shittiness and complexities of life, the undisputable fact is that life is beautiful.

one of the most amazing things is that no matter how many times we chose to ignore or reject the eternal divinity, when we are ultimately ready, it reveals itself to us in a grand manner. i think that in a lot of ways, we need to change or adapt our mindset and how we chose to view the world and the things that happen in it. should we see life as a collection of experiences, tailor-designed to help us learn and grow – life becomes a rich tapestry of interwoven, interconnected life-lessons.

ok, that’s my bit of existentialising for now…

week update:

the funniest thing happened. on monday, sam, kish and i went to debonairs for pizza and as we drove up to res (from debonairs), my mouth started getting all itchy and a bit swollen. slowy it got worse as it traveled down my throat (yes, but this stage i was going slightly kookoo – itchy throat not good eeaaagh!!). so because i couldn’t phone ba that evening, kish (aka the darling) phoned his dad (who is a doc) and asked him what the course of action should be for an allergic reaction (to mustard). after some strange anti-vom pills, lots of water and listerine the situation ‘calmed-down’ so to speak. except that now i was buzzing from the listerine!!!

but it gets funnier…

and so, oh best beloved, after my test on tuesday i went to sam's and was super duper starving... so, i made a nice steamy cup of noodles for meself and settled down on the bean bag to enjoy them... then, dearest sam cracks some wise-ass joke about mustard and oh-so-casually looks at the ingredients on the pack of noodles... need i say more? luckily, i had only had 3 spoons, so the reaction wasn’t as bad as the whole pizza, but hows that for irony!!!

and jai shri krishna for wednesday. hope everyone had a special, wonderful... blessed janmashtami!

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