Random Tag From Dreamy

Life ten years ago:
Ten years ago I was 13. And I never went through any of the great upheavals that adolescence was supposed to bring. Was in school then, and a sincere member of the choir. One of the pets of the music teacher, Mr. Rodericks, whom Smita (my bestie) and I thought the world of. Some teachers make school special; Mr. Rodericks was like that. Ten years ago I had no idea that the Spice Girls song '2 becomes 1' was not a song you sang for assembly in a very Protestant missionary school. Ten years ago I thought Nick Carter was super cute (not anymore). Those days I knew the words to all the Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, and Westlife songs (not anymore). I didn't like N'Sync then, and I'm not crazy about Justin Timberlake now. Ten years ago, my sister was 3. Now she's 13. I feel rather old sometimes.

Life five years ago:
Five years ago I was in a girl's college and hating every moment of it. I don't hate it as much now. Those woman-filled, screechy-voiced convent college years have donned a rosy haze -- not all good, but not that bad either. Back then I had a boyfriend that I now would not want to end up with. Back then, I did not have love handles, though I still had a double chin. Five years ago I had a favourite red t-shirt that I wore every second day. Ma threw it away the moment I went to Mumbai meri jaan. Five years ago I had a whole jingbang of guy friends. Now I just have a few. But these ones are forever. Or so I think...

Life tomorrow:
(In no particular order): It's work as usual. 15 minutes for breakfast. Two auto rides (20 minutes each). 30 minutes of walking. 8 hours of staring at the computer. 1 hour for lunch. 1 hour for dinner and American Idol (Yeah, I watch. Regularly :P). 15 minutes of wishing there were more hours in the day. 5 minutes of wondering whether the boyfriend will call. 50 minutes in the bathroom. 30 seconds bugging the dogs. 5 minutes petting Ebony the cat. 20 minutes of phoning random friends. 8 hours of sleep. 45 minutes reading. 30 minutes online outside of work. 5 minutes wishing I could chat on Gtalk while at work. 1 minute for bragging. And 3 minutes for creating and letting fly the worst PJs in the world. The remaining time is spent grumbling about life, the world, and how tired I feel despite les noveaux choissures (just a fancy (and perhaps wrong) way of saying: the new shoes).

Five locations I would love to run away to:
1. The Mumbai local train (Thane-CST) during off-peak hours. (Not really a place. But i adore that close-to-one-hour journey.)
2. Venice. But I've been told that it smells of fish and dampness. Florence is supposedly a better option.
3. The year 2000. The best year I've had by a mile and a half.
4. My bathroom in Mumbai. And shut the door. And pretend the world doesn't exist.
5. The window in my room. Except that I don't need to run there. It's barely two steps away from the comp.

Five bad habits I have:
1. Procrastination. There's always tomorrow. And tomorrow. And still more tomorrows.
2. My refusal to excercise. I'm getting flabby. And not doing much about it.
3. Breaking split ends. I just can't make myself stop.
4. A tendency towards workaholism. :(
5. I think too much. Just can't help myself. It's an addiction.

Five things I will never wear:
1. Too much makeup.
2. All the gold jewellery my neighbourhood owns at one go.
3. Torn pajamas to New Market like the super-low-budget firangs do.
4. Leggings. Sadly, I'm too old for them.
5. The harem pants that I recently bought :(

Five biggest joys at this moment:
1. I finally got my Entry Permit for work. Now I no longer have to walk around with the blue visitor's card around my neck. Now I have this yellow card that opens doors whenever I swipe it. It's like magic. And it's yellow :)
2. The weather. The cool, not-yet-summer breeze blows in through my window every night, and I feel super-happy.
3. My new 'The Gods of Rock' CD. Rs.99 for 60 songs. (I like buying music, even in this day and age of rampant online piracy.)
4. Have discovered 'The Doors'. Better late than never. I feel so cool.
5. I feel like I am ready to re-start that half-finished best-selling novel of mine. Writer's block? Goodbye and God speed!

Something to achieve by next year:
Finish and publish that Godforsaken bestseller!!

Something that impacted me last year:
Almost leaving my first job. Not leaving. Becoming a sort-of freelancer. Then feeling exploited. And quitting for good. When I nearly quit it was late January '07. By the time I finally quit, it was December '07. That's called taking your own sweet time.

What will I miss about 2007:
The rush of falling into a new relationship. Life seems all candy floss then.

Five things I want to do before I die:
1. Win a major literature prize.
2. Buy a guitar.
3. Learn to play the guitar.
4. Backpack across Europe.
5. Win a Kentucky-Fried-Hot-n-Crispy-Chicken Eating Contest.