PRESERVED

We wanted to bury the lie
Like tulips on cold spring days
it thrived well enough in the light
to make a new appearance

Took all the letters we found and
 put them in a jar 
with boiling sea water 
The salt sealed the writing but
made it less distinct!

On receiving a Liebster Blog Award

What is a Liebster Blog Award? 

The Liebster Blog Award is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. “Liebster” is German for “favorite”. This award is the “favorite blog award” then.

Who Nominated Me ?

I was nominated by my fellow blogger and a dear friend Medha Kapoor. I really enjoy reading her posts and I am honored that she thought of my blog.

What are the Rules ? 

The rules… Start off by writing 11 random facts about yourself and then answer 11 questions which were left for you by your nominator. Then you can nominate up to 11 blogs and leave 11 questions for them to answer in return.Isn't it so interesting !?!

 

 So I will start off with 11 facts About Me…

1. I hope to write a book someday.
   
   2.  I have to start each morning with a cup of coffee or I just don’t feel right (it’s an addiction, I know!) 
   
   3. I hate waiting.
   
   4.  I am a literature student.
   
   5. I am the most pampered child of my family. (I love it!)
   
   6. I am a sucker for small joys of life. 
   
   7. Reading books gives me inspiration to write more and more.
   
   8.  I love to chase my dreams.
   
   9. I am a confused soul sometimes.
   
   10. I hate watching movies. (Yes that's the truth!)
   
   11. I love my hair.
   
    
   11 Questions from Medha :
   
   
   What's your favorite color?
   Without any doubt I love the color Red. It makes me feel confident!
   
   What's your favorite cuisine?
   Anything Italian. 
   
   What are you most afraid of?
   Snakes. 
   
   How religious/spiritual are you?
   I am a religious person. Pray two times a day so now guess how religious I am ;) 
   
   Are you a feminist?
   I am an individualistic and therefore not a feminist.
   
   What are your views on same sex marriages? 
   Should be legalized everywhere. 
   
   What is your favorite odor?
   Love sandalwood.
   
   What music do you listen to when you're alone?
   When I'm alone, I listen to rock music and sometimes dance too. LOL
   
   What do you like to do on your birthday?
   I'm very much crazy for my birthday. I love the 12am calls till late midnight. And this day always has been surprising for me. Something new always happens and my family and friends make it so special. I spend half of the day with my friends and rest with my family. It's kind of reunion for me filled with amazing surprises.
     
   What is your favorite genre when it comes to reading?
   I love reading mystery, humor and fantasy genres. Difficult to choose favourite among them.
   
   What is your favorite genre when it comes to blogging?
   I really enjoy reading all blogs – such a wealth of information out there. Everyone has their own views. I love them all!
   
   
   Here are my nominees :
    
   Jyoti Mehta
   Priyanka Banerjee
   Ankit Minglani
   Surbhi Mehra
   Prerna Priyam
   Abhinav Mathur
   Priya Arora
   Jasmine Bhatia 
   Yukti Sehgal 
   
   
   And now the questions I want to ask them:
   
   
   Q1. Who is your favorite author?
   Q2. What accomplishment are you most proud of?
   Q3. What inspires you to write?
   Q4. What book are you reading at the moment ?
   Q5. Your favourite movie in recent past which doesn’t go out of your mind?
   Q6. Do you believe in life after death? If yes, what would you like to reborn as?
   Q7. What is the primary focus of your blog?
   Q8. What music do you listen to when you write, if any?
   Q9.  Favourite place to read?
   Q10. Do you have special plans for this year 2013?
   Q11. Three things you want to do before you die ? 
   
   
   Congrats to the nominees, accept the award and forward it to the ones who deserve it.
   
   
   
   

Memories

Standing at a corner of the world, I witness the flashes of past memories and the only question that arises in my mind is about how everything completely changed it self. I'm at the same place where I stood last year but with new people and different circumstances. The reality of  life is that no matter how much I try to deny the fact, nothing remains the same with the passage of time. Time is what rules our life and its totally inevitable. Its like I was dreaming for the whole time, when awoke, the harsh reality took over cause the time had already played its game. Its hard to believe how life changed me and my priorities, and I got so involved into it that I don't even have time for those who once ruled my life. 

 

 

Now, I've realized the importance of my past once it turned into a memory. Frankly, we humans are very insatiable and we're never satisfied with what ever is going on. But once, that phase of life is over, and you look back at it, past seems to be everything I've ever wanted. Everything has changed. Those close ones are like strangers now because someone else took their place, but there are no regrets because that's how it is. At the end of the day, you just stand in the corner, and stare at the whole new world full of memories from the past and there's nothing you can do about it.  

 

"As we turn the pages of time, we discover hidden mysteries and triumphs in each new chapter. -- Flavia" 

 

Do you even gamble with the memories like I do ?

 

Best regards,

A day off with some colorful imagination !!

It's a Wednesday and a day off for me! I wanted to act all celebrity like and spend it the way they do. Grand breakfast, grander lunch, meet imaginary people, watch a couple of movies and spend the evening sitting by the balcony, giggling away to glory with my girlfriends before finally going to bed early.

My foot. I am no celebrity. I live in a city where Wednesdays are a pain. Because? I get holiday in the middle of the week and thursdays and fridays aren't half as awesome.

The only thing I could afford to do of all them above things was, to watch a decent movie.

I downloaded this movie thrice because it kept boowoo-ing me in the face. My internet felt raped, certainly, but it's very okay. I finally did manage to watch English Vinglish. And, I have nothing to say. I can only sit back and smile :) Watched it? No? Die. Yes? I like you.

My workplace is cool :] Colourful, ancient and talkative!

It's October. And I can feel myself getting all senti already about the year almost coming to an end. Mostly because the year has been a little too much to handle :'] but at the same time I'v met / come across the most awesome people, awesome things have happened to me, I'v spoken my mind out to myself about the bestest things ever, I'v watched the most amazing movies ever, and, my I feel lucky, mostly because my internet has been kind in allowing me to rape it every month by downloading so much. True story.

Simple uncomplicated life.

(Kindly ignore the fact that academically I have grown lazier over the year. That's only between you and me and nobody else.)

Best regards,

The Life I'm Living Now :)

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts"


Shakespeare said that...let’s see how it applies in the normal college life...


A normal day in the normal college :p I am in the class, as usual not paying attention and lost in my own world of thoughts and words in a corner scribbling away to glory and half heartedly listening to what our guest faculty has to say.
Someone is playing with her pen, the tic-tac echoing around. There are people playing with their hair, some reading a book, a murmur of silence surrounds the whole classroom.
The backbenchers are as usual sitting behind. Discussing some things (I leave the topic of discussion for the readers to guess, but mind it, it was nowhere near boring). A giggle here, a giggle there, fills the whole back of the classroom.
The geeks a.k.a speckyees (now replaced by lenses) are sitting in front glued to every word he utters, noting down every syllable, every sigh, every a, an ,the, mentioned. The sleepers of the class a.k.a getting –bored-not-interested- are yawning and already half asleep, fighting to keep their eyes open and half of them perched on their neighbour’s shoulders. Suddenly they slip down the shoulder and realise that they are ain class and thus the lost fight to not sleep begins again.
Then there are the second or the third benchers, mediocre writing at times and at times looking bored, basically they are just confused wondering whether to be the geek or the outrageous back bencher. These are also known as the average normal kids. Then there are the male starved females (couldn’t find a better term) , who for today are next to the front benchers, batting their eyelashes , a half smile on their faces, pretending to be glued to every word said, lips tucked behind their teeth , they kind of swooning , as if every word he’s saying is the elixir of life.
Then the usual wannabees, fashionistas, jocks, nerds, all who need no introduction. Then the lovers without whom every class is incomplete. Who may be not sitting very close, are exchanging glances and smiles whose meaning only they know. Exchanging whispers, stares and smiles, oblivious to anything happening, around, just existing for each other. As cheesy as it sounds. It’s completely true.
A joke suddenly cracked bonding the whole class, while it lasts, every one listening to the same thing for a while, forgetting their roles in the class and being just a simple student for once. Well that it.
A subtotal of everyone present.
And then last but not the least “me”. What am I? In which category do I fall into? What am I doing here not concentrating on the lecture and observing the around and writing. Well you could say just a simple crazy foolish intelligent WORDISTA... 

Best regards,

The Celebration !!

Some days I'm surprised,

I'm amazed,

When this life,

Shows its beautiful face..

When the raindrops pour down,

And birds sing all around.

Nothing really matters then,

Nothing really puts me down.

Trees appear greener,

Birds fly high in the sky.

It's all a big celebration,

And no one is asking "Why?"

Celebration of the moment,

Celebration of a life,

It's very beautiful,

And we've forgotten, Why?

So enjoy this beauty,

Let it cave over you.

Life is beautiful,

A glimpse it will give you.

Some days I'm surprised,

I'm amazed,

When this life,

Shows its beautiful face...

Best regards,

Smiling "FoReVeR"

Smiling Forever !!!

It's now I realised the heavy words " If you think you can , you can.If you think you can't,you can't"

I am going through this wonderful book by Rhonda Byrne " The Secret " which claims to change our lives.Life has all of a sudden become so easy..All I need to get anything in this Universe is "Think".

The Universe which works like a Genie for us.It says "Your wish is my Command".

So,when I hold on to negative thoughts , the universe conspires to bring all negative circumstances,negative incidents and events in my life.

All we need to do is Imagine ourselves enjoying the things we really desire in our lives !!! Be Grateful towards God for all that you have received than ever complaining about things you do not have.

Its a secret being carried forward since ages.All religious books and Great Legends have tried to explain us this phenomena.

It really works !!! I have tried it myself !!!

God have sent us all to do only what we want to do.There is no blackboard where he wrote "Geetanjali Juneja would be Blogging "It is me who thought and it became a Reality.

Its amazing to feel yourself like a Magnet which attracts what you think about the most...You can have anything in this world,All you need to do is Be what you want to be.Visualise ,Create pictures in your mind and the Universe would bring it back to you as you Future pictures.

If you can feel the Positivity in my words,Just go grasp a copy of "The Secrets "or "The monk who sold his Ferrari".

Feel yourself the Creator of you future...Just draw beautiful pictures in your life and see them as Reality.

Let Universe decide HOW ,all you got to do is Think..Think...and Think.....

Best regards,

........Forever

You came in. I wiped off my tears. You saw it all. Still you remained unmoved.Tickets, luggage everything was in place.

With each step, my life was drifting away from me.

Your words flashed across my mind. Those poignant words……“You cannot see my tears. That does not mean I don’t ever cry.”

I turned back, fathomed the depth of your eyes and vowed to be yours…Forever.

Imagination Is Creativity

"Images of mind; create !
Thoughts unwind and relate.
Motivation is the soul of passion,
Hands frame and present in fashion.
Mind is logic and heart is emotion,
The combination of two,
make imagination aa good composition."

Albert Einstein said that 'Imagination is the greatest creative force in this universe.' Walt Disney was very clear that if he had not seen the Disneyland in his mind, the rest-of the world would not have seen it on this Earth. Only experiencing imagination, can lead to creativity. So adopt the ten Cs1 for a good creation.

Calibre - the capacity to create
Confidence - the trust in yourself
Competence - the effeciency
Clarity - the purity of expression
Creativity - giving shape to an expression
Conjugation - placing verbs to connect words
Communication - exchange information
Consonanace - perfection in sounds 
Composition - presentation of invented material

The youth has a fully developed faculty of imagination but as we grow older and get into competitive oriented thoughts, they lose their gift to a large extent. We should not lose the imagination and keep visualizing and enhance the creativity.

Let the above steps help them make the images come true. Try them and they work ..


This was my first post..hope you all would like it n do comment it so that can i get inspired and write further...thanx :)
Regards !
Geetanjali Juneja