Between Friends....

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Hi

Right then, as is obvious I’ve been busy and haven’t been coming around here since I put up my last post…

And this is likely to continue in the next couple of weeks. On 6th I will be off to visit my folks and being online will be severely limited. But before that in the next 5 days I have a helluva lot of stuff to pack and settle plus two events coming up – the grandparent’s day show at Vedant’s school :) and a Diwali Extravaganza in out apartment complex this weekend…which ofcourse leaves me with less than 5 days to get set for my trip!!!

So now while I am away what’s gonna go on in BUF? :P

Lots if I can have my way and convince you all to be in it! I do notice it gets a little slow here towards the end of a topic…and since I will be off for 2 whole weeks, I guess it’s best to run more than one word or one topic ….

Firstly, besides the word that did get selected “color” … feel free to write on all the other words on the poll! Yes that’s – ‘Hello’, ‘Ring’, ‘Fault’ and ‘Home’!

Also from the old topics – let’s have posts on “Blog/Music/Movie Review” and “My fav recipe” ….

And if that’s not enough, how about “10 things” but this time pick a fellow BUFer and write about them!

Or any updates or dedication...

I guess that’s a lot to write and comment on for the next two weeks. If there are pending invites, I’ll try and get those done before I leave.

I’m sorry I can’t come around and leave comments…I just read up the posts I missed out on and needless to say loved them all!

Loony I envy your beautiful fingers and the way you come up with such innovative ideas!

Vipul sorry I had no clue u were unwell…hope u’re much better and have a wonderful festival wkend :)

Sudeep, Mich, Silvara, Kesh and Amit….Sudeep ke pics ka toh kya kehna :P! I’ve always loved Mich’s posts…Silvara – lovely read :) … Kesh that pic is beautiful…and Amit yours made an interesting read indeed!

Lack of time has me writing this out here rather than commenting on your posts individually….I hope you guys understand…

Ideally I'd have written a post on this in my personal blogs but since that no longer exists...I'm sharing this special mention here ... Read the following!:)

Back in May I wrote a post on the topic “One day with someone from BUF” – Read this! And this weekend I finally met John and it was fun!!! He was just the way I thought he would be and that made it all the more easy to just be myself and feel totally comfortable with him. Which I guess is the way we all (R, Vedant, Suchi) felt….in fact V is quite a fan of John “bhaiya” as he chooses to call him. Interestingly, he was John uncle till one evening he spent sometime with V playing online games and since then V switched to bhaiya… :D … and we gotto have his famous chicken curry (Read here!) which was Yummyy! :) …. All in all time well spent and I’m hoping he’ll come stay with us again! :)

That's it ppl...Have fun!

And oh yes Happy Diwali!!! :) (that's on 9th Oct)

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BUFer - ishita @ 10/31/2007 01:57:00 PM | 10 Voices

Date date and date ...:)( uttara )

Friday, August 24, 2007

After few conversations here and there and planning for a REAL date ;) I met Rajbir for the 1st time on 31st Jan '06 .. So coming to our date No.1.. you can read here "The outlaw meets the duette" what the dude felt and followed by my comments what i felt..:)

We had a nice date one at Lucky's then Cream Centre Chowpati ( We walked at the beach side .. but lazy me coaxed him to sit somewhere so that we could have a quiet grub :) ( don't get surprised when i say 'QUIET" )

Then we met many times, i donno if you would really call it a date but .. we had beautiful time together.. and am always a non stop, talkative, always giggling:d and making him smile n laugh... i simply loveeeeeeee the way he laughs.. 1st time ever i met someone and was really comfortable, was just conscious of my height in front of his :d. I look teeny weeny in front of him :p lol.. he is 6'5" and i'm 5'3" hmmmmmmmm...

Some time he will just call me n say," main adhe ghante main McD ( at VT ) main pahun raha hu tu aja " i would be thinking ye kya ho raha hai ;) ..and then am all geared up to meet him... my office was just 20 mins away from VT.

I once rem he was back home at andheri which is somewhere 25-30 kms from my office( roadways) and people living in mumbai would know the traffic near versova/ juhu.. *sigh* believe me he reached churchgate in 45mins... i was completely shockedddddd .. he still made it.. i was realllyyyyy surprised :D at his commitment level ..

Another incident, he gave me a surprise this year for my birthday :D i was sooooooo glad and happy .. we spent some lovely time at our favourite places :)...hmmm *smiles*

I'm so glad that somehow he never misses to meet me when he is in mumbai except for last couple of times, which was next to impossible :)

On many occasions that we met we travelled, went to bandstand, spoke a lot, had lot of discussion, walked on the beach, drive at Marine drive, rested at NCPA, went for a longgggg drive :) had pizzas, some Biryani, Mc. Donalds, :D lot of ice creams, chocolates ;). how can i not jot down fresh lime soda salty and for my Birthday we had Bacardi Lemon flavour ;) etc etc etc... Surprisingly,we never faught whenever we met..

Ahem ahem..

Once we had a perfect date *ahem ahem*... umm we met at Mc D. had a quick bite as we both din't eat the whole day cos of busy schedule, then went to Bandstand, followed by a quite dinner at my favv restaurant ;) ... (so the in between story is allll beep beep beep) hahhaha ..

Since he always has his busy schedules and time constraint is always a problem, once he came down just to meet me planning to surprise me and i happily went to lonavala :( i missed meeting him.. now i know i will never get any surprises from him:( *sob sob*

He is the ONE whom i will date even in future - "ALWAYS" ;) *winks*

Here is my fav song dedicated to u "Rajbir":)

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BUFer - uttara @ 8/24/2007 11:43:00 AM | 26 Voices

A Mardo Wala Date (Keshi)

I wanna take THE very sweet and funny Jitterbug on a date...simply because he makes me laugh alot and that to me is a great way to spend one whole day with someone from BUF. You all know I love to laugh and I get highly attracted to someone who can make me laugh. Humor is a very important part of my life and I love being around cheerful and funny people :). Moody people put me off big time urggggg!

What I'd do with Jitterbug on our date would be a scene from the Hindi movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I'd take Jitterbug to Blue Mountains and get him to run around trees trying to locate me, while I lay on the grass in a saree, making Kajol kind of eye-movements (tum paas aaye, yun muskuraaye...). LOL ok I was just kidding! That wasn't the true agenda of the date. What I really wanna do is take Jitterbug on a Surfing date, since he's a bodybuilder and all hehe. I'm not a surfer but I wanna learn it together with someone as funny as Jitterz is, and he can save me if I drown real fast :). So we'll go to Cronulla beach here in Sydney (one of the best Surf beaches) and we can hit the waves with our boogie boards. Then we can laugh at each others' blunders and make fun of our expertise as we nearly drown! btw Jitterz is a good runner too...just like Forrest Gump you see. So after our Surfing session, we'll have some Kesari to eat, and hit the bush tracks. I'll say 'Run Forrest run' and Jit will say 'Run Forrestina run'. And we will run together! I wanna see if I'm fit enough to beat Jitterbug. I'm sure I will ;-). Once we are done with the run, I'd go to a shop and buy some Mardo Wala cream for his sunburns...and if we cant find that in Aus, I'd make him a Vegemite sandwich..that'll fix his skin from within cos it's got alot of Vitamins hehe. Lastly we'd go see a movie...Jitterz you decide...which movie do you wanna watch with me?

And I wanna dedicate one of my fav Hindi songs to Jitterbug cos he's really a wonderful friend (I just realsied that the girls in this video are far too much LOL, but just enjoy the song!). Friendships are just beautiful even though we are not in the same country and he makes me laugh even when I'm on the train...when I think about all the crazy things he says in the SB. So yeah that'd be my date with someone from BUF :).

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BUFer - Keshi @ 8/24/2007 06:46:00 AM | 23 Voices

Here I am at last! (Nadya)

Monday, May 21, 2007

Ok ok, so I nearly did not make it to write a post on this blog, but life has been extra busy lately. Ok enough moaning and complaining.
My name is Nadya also known as Hsejjes meaning noises. Who knows me enough would say that this is an apt name for me as I am a very very noisy person. I come from this teeny eeny little island called Malta. If you had to look it up on the atlas you would probably mistake it for an irregular spot on the page. But if you look closer, you will see that we are actually there. We are pleasantly situated in the mediterranean sea, somewhere between Sicily and the north of Africa. We are surrounded by the sea, being an island of course, and I can assure you it is a country full of culture, beautiful scenery, and also beautiful gals and boys....but that is another argument....lol.
Ok to the subject of the week. Getting to spend a day with someone from between us friends. Actually I am going to cheat here, as I have already met the person whom I would like to spend the day with. That person is John, our very own between us friends administrator.
Now I encountered John quite by chance. Actually he left a comment on someone else's blogg, a fellow malteser, and I was curious enough to visit his blog. There I found out that Mr.J was actually going to move for a while to Malta, so that made me even more curious.
Over the months I have met Mr.J a couple of times, and he always struck me as a deep and conscientious person. So yes, a day with him would suit me nicely.
The itinery for spending the day with John would include the following: Taking him for a spin in my car, and if he survives that, I will then take him to the beach where a professional instructor will give him a few lessons on how to attack the mediterranean waves on a wind surf. After this strenous exercise, a nice meal would be in order. And as he has been to the most expensive restaurant on the island anyway, I will take him to our lovely fishing village in the south of the Island called Marsaxlokk where we woul indulge in a nice lunch of fresh fish in a restaurant called Rizzu. During all this, I would endeavour to make John appreciate more the beautiful aspects of Malta, make him understand more our culture and our way of doing things, and also maybe even order the Lord above to send snow in the winter, to make him happy to remain here. But seeing that that is quite impossible, I will have to settle to try and impress him with the simple things that this island possesses.
In between all this, John and I will engage in arguments and discussions that would cover all sorts of subjects, beginnning from his work, the kind of music he likes, his aspirations, his plans for the future, and also his family. I would like to get to know what makes John really and truly tick, and exist. What makes him happy, what is he looking for in life and why he has to travel the whole world to find it. I believe that John is on a journey, and one day, when he arrives at his destination, he will have gained great things. Once I even joked with him that in ten years time I will see his name quoted as shares on Wall Street, even making more of an impact then Nasdaq and Ftse. He laughed. But I still stand by what I said. Only time will tell.
After all this, I would then take John to my humble home, introduce him to my danish husband and my son. I do not know how he would react to my son, as John proclaims that he does not really enjoy children, but so what. That would be the only downside to his day with me....lol.That would be made up for by engaing in conversation with my husband whilst drinking beer and whisky together. This would mean that a good friendship could be forged on the grounds of the mutual liking of alcohol consumption
The night would proceed with a good home cooked meal of rabbit and potatoes, with crackers and cheese afterwards. Maltese bread of the crusty type would also be on the menu, and maltese wine would flow extensively
John would then have to endure another drive back home in my car, but he would probably be too drunk to be afraid.....
And that would end my perfect day with John. A man whom I am very proud to know, and to get to know better.

PS: that's me in the pic.please dont leave any comments on the wrinkles.......lol

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BUFer - Hsejjes @ 5/21/2007 12:22:00 PM | 17 Voices

A special day with a fellow BUFer (Switchblade)

The one person who stands apart when it comes to picking a person who I'd like to spend my day with just happens to be Ishita.

So Ishi...When I first came across her blog about a year ago I was fascinated by the colors, sounds and pics she had used to decorate her page...after reading through a few posts I thought to myself...hey here's a really cool girl...Then I read that she was married and had a son too!!

This totally shattered my image of married women...somehow I couldn't conceive that a woman with a husband and a son could be 'cool' coz in my mind she'd get slotted into the 'aunty' category.
In short, Ishi helped destroy the rather narrow-minded and false image that I had...Thanks for that Ishi ;)

Over the past year I've come to know her an extremely sensitive and caring person who totally loves her family and friends and is simply an amazing person to have as a friend. She has a lot to say and is very expressive in the way she pens things down...just have a look at her creative blog! How she manages to be a full time wife, mother and blogger at the same time never ceases to amaze me.

For our one day out we'd probably go walking through the market places in Delhi, letting the sights and sounds seep in...then we'd head off for a mushy English flick (along the lines of Notting Hill) and finish it off with nice dinner at some obscenely expensive place where we'd both complain about the sky high prices but still end up enjoying ourselves thoroughly :)

Looking forward to meeting you dear...Cheers and God bless!

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BUFer - SwitchBlade @ 5/21/2007 12:06:00 AM | 14 Voices

If Only...... (kathy)

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Heyyyyy! Konnichiwa minnasan.... ( Good afternoon everyone!! ) ^_~ goshhh! it takes ages for me to decide on this topic lol!! And also, i haven't met anyone here na. Well, i came up to my very best..... they're the one's whom the closest to me eversince i started blogging. Here they are........ oops...... yeah, m breakin' the rules too hehe.... coz i cant just pick one! Lemme start now or else i'll be suffering from..... "maybe-i-can-do-it-again-later?" mode awwww...... :P

Keshi----- first and foremost.... she's my "soulmate-friend" yeah, we have the bond.... its hard to explain, its beyond words ^_~ i dun need to say anything ...... i love her and she always gives sparkling good vibes for me and for everyone... if only God make more Keshi in this world, maybe there wud be more love, happiness and peace around! Am really dying to see her and spend precious time with her.... i want to start from morning, that when she open her eyes... she can see me sittin' right next to her in her bed sayin' "good morning Kesh!!" breakfast is ready.... awwwww!! and she will give me bone-crushin-hug coz she'll be surprised what the hell m doin' in Sydney haha..... yeah! And the rest will be a crazy imagination..... i can see her how she do the rush, doin' all from........ shower, eatin' breakfast, make-up , changin' clothes, singin' while she's runnin' the house and last but not the least how she drives car? awwww.... that's quite scary coz i still remember her random lil incidents post goshhhh!! For sure i'll shout at her if she will try to do a " back to the future" drive lolzzzzzzzzz!!!! Take care sweetie have a safe drive always...... muahhh! Well, the rest of the day... wanna see her too how she works in office and wud love to meet her other friends and have lunch together outside. I wanna meet the hunk waiter too at the coffee shop lol! (see i remember that?) haha.... and later of the day.... i just want to walk with her at the beach nearby her place, talk about anything or just sit there looking at the sea and just hearin' the sounds of life and say ahhh..... how lucky we are to be friends! How beautiful life is when there is peace and love everywhere..... oops i shud not forget that i need to be back to Tokyo at six pm. coz i need to prepare dinner or else hubby will kick me out of the house lol!!! ;)

Sudeep----- ahem! do i need to say anything? aww just look at his pic. goshhhhh!!!! he got "super cool" nick from me, the only guy i know who's lookin' good while sleepin' in hammock lol! ^_~ he dun need to do anything too.... i can spend the whole day just lookin at him haha.... sounds crazy right?? coz after havin' lovely day with Kesh, i think i'll never have the power to entertain this guy for another day! hehe.... or if he will really give his precious one day for me, i wanna go to some good places there in Pune...... a drive to some cool hill station or just have ice cream anywhere, sit and listen to his crazy jokes while eatin' lol!!!! Miss ya dearrr..... hope u'll be here in BUF more regularly so we can have more fun..... do come here na sudeepuuuu! ^_~

Puneet----- woww!! look at the guy.... m speechless lol!!! i'm callin' him " the-good-lookin-guy " eversince!! We became friends here too instantly in blogger. I can say, he's the sweetest guy i've ever met in blogworld.... the one who flirts soo nice lol!^_~ I mean he's the one who won't make u angry and u just can't help but to talk to him and accept pullin' leg hehe.... kiddin'! He's really a wonderful person... makes u feel soo special everytime he's around! He just got married last year and been busy at work too so he dun blog regularly now...... i really missed his company and wud love to meet him and her wifey and spend one whole lovely day with them ..... to taste many Indian foods and Indian sweets awwwww..... thats mouth watering na^_^ wait for me there in Mumbai guys..... i'm comin very soon! ...hopefully...........;(;( ^_^

Ish------- she's my other soulmate-friend.... we became friends here too in blogger and maybe we get along easily to each other coz were both Mom's!!! Yeah.... m soo happy to know that im not alone blogger-mom hehe .... since then we shared a lot of things in life by reading and commenting to each other blog, talking, chattin' and orkuttin' !! But the best thing happened is when she came up with this idea of makin' "BUF" possible..... wowwww! now were all here enjoyin to the fullest na!! I wud love to meet her, Rajiv and Vedant and spend one whole day of fun..... wud love if we can go to Goa too awwww like all those lovely pics. u have there in ur album sweetie.... and i will be with my hubby and lil rina too woowwww! isnt that cool ? two families together...... nice na! Stay blessed dear!.... So to all singles there........:P:P why not try once? lol! kiddin..... see it for urself!! awww...

Michelle------ ohh when u whisper her name.... u will just feel heaven instantly ^_~ yeah, i can only think of beautiful things around just by lookin' at her .... makes me you feel in-love actually! She's such a doll .... one who have full energy of life. Wud love to spend the day with her dancing, singin and do the non-stop talk about hunks lol!! Of course i'll try talk to her in japanese coz she's studying the language right now!!!! You're such a sweetheart mich ..... wud just love to hug u and kiss u like crazy like what i do to rina ..... till u cries and shout at me sayin' Stoppppp ittttt Kathhhh!! :P lol!! hugsssssss........

... of course guys, wud love to meet u ALL here and spend one or more day when i come over to India! let see ..... ^_~

muaahhh!

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BUFer - ღ lil_kath ღ @ 5/20/2007 12:08:00 PM | 21 Voices

One day with someone special *smiles* (Uttara)

I have met up soo many of them here.. where so i start from?? :P.. now they are more of real friends than blogger or virtual friends right now.. :)

I have met...

Arjun: What should i say about him.. one nerd guy.. always cracks stupidest jokes on earth n we more stupid ppl go HAHHAHAHAH over it.. lolz.. am sure mala and neha will second on this :P

Neha: Beautifulll lady i will say. she is a beauty in n out.. her eyes r really messmerising :D ...hugggz sweets

Mala: She is intelligent, smart, quite frank.. n yeah.. she is more than what she portrays ( a mystery ) go n discover for urself ppl :P we are the typical vela ppl of mumbai.. as she rightly said we are out no matter what the season is like heat/ rain/ winter..u will find us in the roads of mumbai.. :p

Puneet: aha.. the married man :p .. lol i know him b4 i joined this place.. its cos of this guy am in this world.. he made a point that i join.. n was behind my life to do so :p .. hehehhe thanx dude!..

Ishita: ab inke baare mainkya bolu ( what do i tell about her) she is too bubbly, n patient.. ( nowadays i see it she is loosing it quite often).. we spent a lot of time eating n shopping :p.. i spent the new yr eve with them( ishi, rajiv. mala, puneet missed suchi :( .. ) .. most memorable time i have ever had .. she is way too full of life..:) understanding, gotto kick her at times to get her bk in the right track.. :p

Rajiv: ahem ahem.. meet the most rocking person.. lol.. rajivji :p..very matured, nice human being, and he will see if u r at ease n way too caring .. thanx rajiv :)..

Suchismita: she is my amma.. lol... we spent a lot of time together during her last trip.. n she is way toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo caring, sweet , loving.. she will take care of me like a lil' baby.. i get pampered .. n i purposely try n raise her BP by irritating her.. sorry such :p cos i will do exactly what she hates me doing :p.. hehhe.. u r a sweetheart suchi.. huggz

Last but not the least ..

Gabbar.. hehehe *grins* (i mean Rajbir/Sothpaw): he is my friend/ mentor.. whatever u call it.. he is my best friend... we fight almost everyday ( right raj :p) but it will never last for long.. n he is my punching bag whenever am irritated he gets all the trashing from me hehhe.. n he listen patiently n will see to it that i calm down immediately .. :) i really cant express how special he is to me :).. I'm the only blogger who has met him till date :D :D :D.. he is very caring.. n a sweetheart too :) huggz

Now coming to the main topic :P

This is indeed a difficult one to choose one from the whole lot.. But i was sure whom to choose right from the time this topic came up unfortunately didn't have much time to put it up.. so here I'm . I would love to meet my amylicious darling :P (Jewel Rays/Amy)

Her presence gives out positive vibes and to tell u guys a fact we have similar way of thinking too :D ( am i right amy? )

now coming to what i would do when we meet ? Firstly i would carry a bunch of flowers then give her loads of chocolates and pies ( since she has been dieting :P) n a warm hugg :)

We would go on yappin ( ppl who have met me will tell u how much i do so :D ) then make some lunch for her n feed her ;) ( in between will keep yapping as well :D )

then we would head to see all the fav places ( i mean at singapore :P ) look at the place through her eyes n listen to her experience about the places .. :) .. then we would go out to have coffee, do some shopping :D.. then go outting for a party at her fav place go discking :D..

Then for dinner we will go to the exotic place.. where she will sing a song ( ahem ahem ) but yeah we need some music right? so i will call upon Rajbir for the guitar, Deepthi for the drums, DJ for the piano .. now something is missing.. ummm the audience right? :P soooooooooooooo we will have Ishita, Rajiv, Suchi, Neha, Neha C, Yashita, Jeetendra, John, Abhishek, Harjee, Poo, Mala, Arjun, Vipul, Royston, Sudeep, Puneet, Pavan, Sushmita, Kathy, Thumbee, Burf, Vishesh, Divya, Michelle, Amutha.. n then we will have a special performance by Keshi.. (belly dancing) lolz...

We will have lots of masti.. n dance n singing.. wowwwwwww.. :D :D :D

Girls n guys please choose ur dancing partner now :D...

The night has just begun... :p

And here is one of my fav song specially for AMY :)

(Leann Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight)

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BUFer - uttara @ 5/20/2007 11:29:00 AM | 38 Voices

(こんにちはここに私は来る) hello here I come!!( abhishek)

Saturday, May 19, 2007

OK!
I just hope i did not go wrong in the subject , coz If I did, Its Babel's Fault!

It would have really been a tough call to choose one among so many amazing People( read BUFerz) In case I knew (m)any of then prior to joining this super duper blog!

But the case is not so!! ..

So I choose to goto Japan and spend a day with "^_^"!
Yes (Li'l) Kathy!
and hope that her guy ( soulmate!!?) will not throw me back into the sea or something!!

I am sure it would be an amazing experiance to just listen to and spend a day with someone who is brought up ( and born) in Japan ( and hey!! has so many indian friends that she nearly understands most of the hindi.. wow)

Japan is an amazing country with a rich history and culture, and i am definate, it will be great to hear Kathy, where-ever we meet !!

Dunno when..

For starters lets see when the great Mumbai_buffers can meet up!!
Oie Uttara, Messy, Mala, Puneet...!!

AND hey HARjee Paaji you in Mumbai!!
Thot U were in Blore!!!

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BUFer - AlterinG Abhishek @ 5/19/2007 03:01:00 PM | 16 Voices

Ishi...aati kya khandala? (Rajiv)

Friday, May 18, 2007

As always I will keep this short and simple. I would like to spend 24 uninterrupted hours with Ishita.

Yes I know this is about picking someone I don't know personally or rather have not met personally. But Ishita post BUF is a new person for me. Someone I am still getting used to here at home

Honestly, ever since BUF started I don't get Ishita alone. It's BUF 24X7 except when she is fast asleep and that too is something she's not getting enough of. And all our conversations revolve around BUF :P

Soon enough I shall whisk her off ... away from all of you to a place far away. Where we can spend nice quiet hours between us. I think she'd love that ;-)

So Ishi? चले हम ?

On a more serious note, like Ishi said so in her post abt meeting up John...A big BUF party would be ideal. I would love for that to happen someday :-) and get to know you all a whole lot better!

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BUFer - Rajiv @ 5/18/2007 02:30:00 PM | 17 Voices

What can it be? (Deepthi)

Thursday, May 17, 2007

So,I love this blog and i admire most of the bloggers in BUF.However dilemma was "what to post? should i write a topic just for the heck? should i comment just for the heck and so on...

Then i started to read all the topics and realised that junta here take a lot of effort to keep in touch with each other.i mean look at you gus u do have those admirable qualities.you share love,laughter,tears and pain.you stand by for each other,watch over and do much more then real friends at times.i for my self have not interacted with anyone personally.hoping i would one day....that day shall be soon.

so,can i write bout spending a day with one? can i just take time out for one? hmm impossible :)

do i write a one liner bout you guys,that would be cheating.i really do not know u guys well to write bout.my hugs and kisses and warm wishes to all.

One day,one day i am sure i will have a story to write about you and that would surely be a neat one from within...

p.s - ishi and jonny boy can we have a list of all the personal blogs or BUF?

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BUFer - TaChi @ 5/17/2007 10:00:00 PM | 25 Voices

Bas Ek ? (Harjee)

First and foremost let me start by saying that I smell something fishy here.

The earlier topic stipulated 10 things.

This one is about one person you want to spend a day with.

Whats with you Ishi? Whats with the Kanjoosi?

I can't restrict my narcissism to 10 things. Unless you allow sub-heads.

And I definitely can't take a pick of just one person from BUF. There are so many lovely looking ladies here. (And some less lovely but passable looking men too.)

Anyways… on with it.

I shall in all the generosity of my heart spend more than a day for BUF.

It shall be a week.

Monday – Keshi.

How predictable. But nothing better than an overdose of oomph to start the week.

Geography aside, this was one that wasn't tough to decide.

I heard this story from Australia where a world class photographer was shooting the Pallazo Versace. And Keshi walked by.

No prizes for guessing what part of the picture was in, and what part was out of focus.

Donnie (Donatella ) goes green, Group Versace screams,

C'mon you fools, you should know Keshi rules !

Tuesday – Neha C (Chhabra, not Counsel. But both work :D)

She's a sweetheart. The fact that she owes me a box of chocolates and this would be a 'mangal' day to collect them is not half the reason. Chocobox (the third 'C' twin) as I call her is definitely one of the most elusive people I have ever known.

This, will make up for it.

Wednesday – Ishi

To avoid angry glances from hubby dearest she gets Wednesday.

Otherwise………..

Thursday – Mala

I have a thing for blurry things: D

Some call it ambiguous. I call it deliciously vague.

And I will be moving to Bombay soon and this is one buffer I need ;)

Friday - Michelle

Adventure lover. Music lover. Fitness lover. Writing lover. Talking lover. Food lover.

Jeez…I'm already a lover.

Saturday - Puja

Sorry. No details here. Only for Puja to know ;)

And she can call to know more ;)

Sunday – Mr J

And finally, after having spent a week in the company of some lovely ladies I shall dedicate the Sunday to a very witty Mr J. Partly because I like the way he writes / comments. Partly because I am no sexist and do interact with men (fractionally though). And yes, a part because all women on BUF seem to be falling for this guy.

So I need to know, besides a house on a European island, dude…. What's your Mojo?

But now….. Kahaani mein twist hai !!!

If I were to spend an entire week with someone from BUF who would it be?

And the winner is…

*Drumrolls*

YASHITA.

The fact that we fight every time we talk (everyday) irrespective.

The fact that she accuses me of stalking her irrespective.

The fact that she loves the idea of me stalking her irrespective.

The fact that she is a complete kid at heart irrespective.

She is one of the best friends I made on blogland. And am immensely fond of her.

She is part reason I am moving to Bombay. Stalking her in Pune all the way from Bangalore was getting tough.

Moreover the chance to comprehensively torture her for a whole week is something I won't miss for anything.

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BUFer - Harjee Kapur® @ 5/17/2007 05:39:00 PM | 17 Voices

Intro from diyadear :)

hello guys n gals..

This is diya from dallas, Texas.. i'm a 24 yr old Scorpio currently doing no work, other than movies, books, blogging, orkutting, chatting n ya my primary work supposed to be housekeeping ;-) I am very passionate about travelling and music.. Singing has been a favourite hobby n so r instruments like guitar n the violin.

Got married recently(5 months ve flown by..) n landed in this big big Us of A. Felt like Alice in wonderland but now its boring land at times.. u can find all abt my days here in my blog dreamgalznest.Before that i was an SAP consultant with Satyam computers, Chennai.

To be frank i feel rather nervous writing this intro blog here for all u bloggers out there. Cos i took up blogging on an impulse n because i like interacting with people from different part of the globe.. N now from Mr j n keshi whom ive been blog rolling since a few months, I've ventured to join BUF.. Hope to make a lot of friends n have loads of fun here..

This is a cool terrific community ishita has started here.. real smart site i must say.. Hearty congrats to her n all admin members n also to all member friends.. :)

Coming to the topic for the fortnight, one BUF member i would like to meet is Mr J. I didnt know much about him until recently.. But i came to know abt BUF from his post and also i feel Europe is the coolest place on earth.. May be seeing too many bollywood movies prompted in me the desire to c Switzerland right from childhood :)

n Mr j of course i wud love to meet u too.. n i better make it fast cos i know ur moving!!! :)

Thats it from me for now.. have a gr8 day everyone!!!

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BUFer - diyadear @ 5/17/2007 12:32:00 PM | 18 Voices

86400 Seconds With An Angel (Keshi)

Considering the fact that it's very hard for me to choose just one blogger here and that I have never met any blogger in real so far, I found this topic truly DIFFICULT. Never in my life did I find blogging this traumatising (I looked like this kitten for a few days, gazing at the wall not knowing who to choose). So if I were to stick to the rules of this post and pick one person only, the best thing I could do here was to type up all you lovely people's names on notepad (in random order, each name multiple times, well-spread across the page eg: Amy Poo Vipul Ammu Ish Thumbee Star Kath Amy Poo Vipul Ammu Ish Thumbee Star Kath Amy Poo Vipul Ammu Ish Thumbee Star Kath etc etc - told ya I was a drama queen!), then close my eyes, say ABRACADABRA and place my index finger anywhere on the screen while my eyes are still tighlty closed. The name my finger lands on would be the person I'm going to choose for this post. Cos like I said before I find ALL of you here equally precious, beautiful, smart, talented, real, sensible, caring and unique in your own special ways and it's really not me to choose just one of you on special grounds. So this little game was done exactly once and so who was the person my finger chose? Drum roll please...drrrrrrrrrrrrr drrrrrr drrrrrrrrrr! It was Neha! The lady with the most beautiful eyes.

I was thrilled about it cos I've known this chick for ages and she has always been the kind of friend who never strayed. The kind you could go back to any time and still be loved and cared for with the same quality. As most of you would already know, Neha is a lovely person both in and out. She's a very honest, caring, sensitive and beautiful soul. If I were to spend one whole day with someone like her, we'd basically CATCH UP. Cos I think though all of us meet each other in Blogville almost everyday, meeting in real is going to be way different than meeting in Blogs. Meeting face to face will trigger a whole new intro altogether. Physical presence calls in for a whole new r'ship. So we'd first chat chat chat, wont we Neha :). She'd also teach me so many new things. I'm so sure of that cos she's got an absolutely relaxed disposition and she tends to take her time to react. Those qualities I lack (did I say I'm quite hyper). So I'd learn from her how she manages to stay so calm and resilient in any given situation. And then we would drive to the beach, just watch the waves and relax for a while and talk about our families, dads, friends and BFs ooh lala! We'd take some music (Bryan Adams especially for this chick), coffee and lemon cake with us too and have a little bon-fire (she knows the reason behind the lemon cake hehe). And ofcourse she'd have to go home and teach me how to cook that jeera rice she claims is so yummy. I'm sure we'd make every second of the day count that we'll definitely extend the whole thing. All in all I'd LOVE to spend more than just one day with Neha cos she's a total darling!

Now I'd like to mention that everyone here is equally treasured for who they are cos I have learnt so much from each one of you, and I'm just dying to meet all of you...and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Thank God for you, cos each and everyone of you has shed some LIGHT into my life!

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BUFer - Keshi @ 5/17/2007 06:00:00 AM | 42 Voices

Opening my Pandora Box Now... (Jewel/Amy)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

With so many wonderful people around, it sure was hard to pick just one. However, I worked it out and decided that i want to meet this someone and have a wonderful time. It is none other than our very own Dharmesh Jani (DJ) whom i have chosen for this topic that is on the roll right now.:) If there is one day i would like to spend a day with someone from BUF? It would be DJ.:D

Why? I am attracted to the fact that he is self expressive in music, plays the piano, seems like a good personality and reads philosophy.:) There were some things that he said in all of his posts that made me all the more interested to spend a day with this guy over here. I want to work the notes, hear his pieces and probably work a tune just for some laughs and a beautiful memorable time that marks this day forward and out.:)

One of the things that he said that caught my attention.:)

I feel music is the only language that is spoken at every corner in the world. People, no matter how disjoint cultures they belong to, always share at least the thinnest link of music between them. Music is one of my ways to vent out my feelings at times. My penchant for music sprouted right from my childhood and it had a great influence on the way I grew up. I do not classify music according to genres. I believe there are only two types of music - Good & Bad. - by Mr DJ

What would i do with him if i just get 24 hours with his man over here of course without counting the flight hours from Singapore and out:P

Since food is a delight to him. I would like him to take me to his favourite kinda food somewhere he knows in LA.( Am not very fussy when it comes to food. am open to trying.) I wanna have a good lunch with him. Have some good chat, laughs, get comfortable and know him a little more during this first part.

Secondly, i would like to visit his neighbourhood.:) Heard much about LA. Read about one of his sentence where he mentioned its dangerous. I would like to take a walk down with him in broad daylight. Show me around. Places he like. Places that are cool to hang out. etc.

Third, I know its just a few hours & just our first time. And its abit weird to want to go to his house. But i juz have twenty four hours. And this moment is the very reason why i am looking forward to meet him. So i would like him to take me to his house cause there i can see his music come to live. Wowie..haha.:D

Fourthly, I would like to listen, get a taste of what kinda pieces this guy whips up. I want to hear his musical pieces, favourite kind of musics, singing voice. And especially hear him play the piano live.:D Given that we have a somewhat different style in music. It would be great to see him and myself open up and whip up some spontaneous music , lyrics and finally a song that we worked out.:)

Fifthly, i would like to check out his calvin and hobbes collection, the kind of books he reads . Its interesting that he reads everything and anything. Am just like that. So i am interested in the collections he read. Sometimes the books a person reads makes them up. And i would love to get a peek of that to know him much.

Sixth, Maybe we can go out and catch a short and light bite for evening time or dinner. But before i get out of his house. There will be one thing that i would very much want to take with me as i head out. The recorded piece that both of us whipped out. Its something that i know will speak much for the reason i am out and about and waht a wonderful time it was to make music, sing and explore the minds, hearts and passion of another one.:) I would definitely want tat out.

Seventh, As we head toward the best recommended place next. Some laughs, jokes etc would be fun.

Eighth, And just before i leave, I would say thank you for that wonderful day out with ya Dj. And i would leave with him a little something that i brought from Singapore. To remember Amy/Jewel was here once. :)

That would be my day with DJ.:) And last but not least, in all these parts that made up the day. Pics will be taken to identify. And i will make sure i am not late aites. I read tat he doesn't like to wait.Haha....

I hope its good enough to pass through the day with Dj without hitting the 24 hrs time limit. And not tire the poor guy out. :P And hope he would have fun too.:)

Alrighty something to say bye.

Here's a song for You.:)Read that its in your favourite list. Hope u like it.:)

*Music is my way of representing many emotions. I regularly express my feelings through the songs I play. I sing too; but only when I'm alone. -DJ

:) like wise and the very thing that drew me to choose you.:)

~Jewel Rays Out.

P/S: Hope the post is not too long..

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BUFer - Jewel Rays @ 5/16/2007 07:40:00 PM | 25 Voices

Go ahead.. Sue me. I dare you!! (Mr J)

Hmmm.. spending a day with someone from BUF. Firstly I have to admit that when this topic was in the poll counter, I was crazily voting for it. Since the poll counter had a 24 hour block from an IP after voting, I would vote twice a day. From my home IP and Office IP.

I actually wanted to skip this topic but at times, or should I say most of the times, I end up doing what I don't want to. :@

So anyways enough of BS, here goes. 8-)

It was quite a tough choice to choose the person and it took me a while to carefully scrutinize my 'victim after a few tests of elimination the Oscar goes to....... Neha C.

For starters, she's studying to be a lawyer. Something that I totally admire cos some of my friends at one point suggested that I have the right stuff to become one. So anyways since i'm not into this field, I guess the closest I can get to is to spend a day with Ms. Lawyer herself. :D

So what would we do.. umm, considering that she claims to be impatient and gets bugged easily, perhaps we would start with a full course golf (my golf card is due next week) during which I will have loads of questions on the Indian judicial system, the various fields in law and other such 'intellectual' stuff.

As quoted by her- Not an easy person to noe.. u got to keep asking me stuff if u wanna noe anything about me... I like a certain element of mystery in people and perhaps this is just a reason I need to start talking and talking and talking. Well she asked for it :P but don't fret, i'll ensure to make my conversations as entertaining as possible. ;)

After all the whole point of meeting her is to ensure that I know someone who can watch my back in case I get into trouble, not to forget the sue-ing spree I could go on to settle some scores. And yes I have used smileys in this post. :D :D :D

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BUFer - Mr. J @ 5/16/2007 12:06:00 PM | 10 Voices

Ode to Me™ ;-) (Ishita)

Monday, May 14, 2007

I still remember the first day I sat down to write the first post in "BetweenUsFriends". Whatever I may have been thinking right then, I never thought I would see this day. This place has grown beyond anything I had thought of and continues to grow. Requests keep coming. I will be totally honest ok. I had a lot of hesitation about taking in a lot of people here. “BetweenUsFriends” started off as just a place for getting in people I had befriended in the two years that I’d been blogging. But of course that is no longer the case.

I know that this honest confession may sound extremely selfish to many here. But I am terrible possessive about “BetweenUsFriends” – the blog. I’ve been so from the first day I started it right to this very day when we have new people joining in every other day. And ironically, I sometimes feel a little lost in the very blog that I so enthusiastically started off!! Hmmmm!! :P

That point stated, let me get to the topic…

I’ve known a lot of you for a long long time here. Some from my initial days of blogging. I have Rajiv (hubby) and Suchi (me best friend) here. I have blogger friends that I met up with last New Years Eve in Mumbai – Uttara, Mala & Puneet (U can read my post and see pics of the trip here). And then there are many friends I have made and cherished but not yet met – Rajbir, Vipul, Sudeep, Keshi, John, Amy, Kathy, Yashita, Roy, Pavan, Jitendra, Arjun…*sigh*…! Tell me how do I even think of picking just one of you???? And there are many here who I’ve just met and who I’d love to know better too!

But I guess yes…there’s one amongst all of you who I just have to meet! Someone I spend practically most of my weekdays chatting with. Someone who’s made “BetweenUsFriends” the place it is today. In fact Rajiv sometimes teases me saying I spend more time talking to this person than to R himself :P … Yes who else but JOHN!

Most of you know John right? U can’t be a BUFER and not know him! :P

I’ve known John for what now seems like ages but is infact just about a year! I got a comment from him on May 20th, 2006 (I told you a year!) which went like this,

“Me™ (that was the nik he used then) has left a new comment on your post "Rains...MakeOvers & American Idol...":

Howdy!! Happen to drop here by chance and HAD to take that test on your blog. Apparently i'm a warrior and was advised to consult a paladin.

Now that i'm here, whatcha gonna do? :D

(Im sharpening my sword already)”

LOL…the funny thing is in all these months we’ve never really had a fight or even a difference of opinion as such!

I am quite a strong believer in destiny and I believe John and I were meant to be friends and when we first thought of a concept somewhat similar to BUF, I knew someday we would realize this and make it happen. It’s proof enough that I am writing this post here on this blog for all of you to read :-)

Now if you were to ask me how I’d spend one whole day with John. Let me tell you I’ve never been a planner as such. But I know that it would be a fabulous day and we’d have a whole lot of fun. I’ve warned him that I talk helluva lot, sometime I laugh way too much and I love eating out :P and I know John’s got a wonderful sense of humor, makes great conversation and time spent with him can be nowhere close to dull!!

The one thing I promise we won’t do (*ahem* get that look of your face ppl!)….lolz…! We will not talk WORK! Okk by that I don’t mean his job or my household chores! I mean we will not be talking about BUF :P … which is what we do all day nowadays! We live, eat, breathe BUF….!

BUT how I’d love to end a day spent with John….now that’s where the fun is….

I’d love to have this totally FUN party with every member of BUF! All of us in one place…partying the night away….Now that would be the icing on the cake!! :-)

What say John? :-)

The song below is specially for u!

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BUFer - ishita @ 5/14/2007 12:28:00 PM | 21 Voices

It's ME (tulipspeaks)

The hardest post will be one about ourselves *grins.. May be I can start by thanking you guys for giving me an opportunity to join this wonderful circle of FRIENDS! cool stuff!!

About me.. I'm Ammu, all the way from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of beautiful Malaysia. Currently I am working as a researcher with a private university here. I've been blogging for little more than 2 years now, you may check my bloggie HERE ; watch out for posts on women, current issues and of course alots of junks there!

I'm a sensitive kinda person. Sometimes it works on my favour, sometimes it doesn't. Well.. life is not always rosy nah? I'm looking forward a brand new chapter in my life right now, complete with a postgrad qualification, new job, new friends, and who knows .. may be a new husband! Hehehehehe... but blogging is something I am not going to trade for anything in this world. Seriously.. I just love what I am doing right now.

Coming to the current topic... one person I really wanna spend a day with would be KESHI, and looks like I have to 'compete' with quite a number of fellow BUFs for that! Sex & Shah Rukh sells and now I think Keshi sells too! *get my helmet.. Kidding.. kidding.. A lovable person whom I never get tired of talking/writing about and of course e-mailing to! :) Guess others have said everything which I wanted to say about her. In short, she is a darling!

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BUFer - tulipspeaks @ 5/14/2007 08:20:00 AM | 15 Voices

BUF BFF(That means Best Friends Forever lol)

Ok, this is really difficult for me because I don't know many of the BUFers personally-except a few.

Anyway, given a chance I'd love to meet

Kathy.

I think she is a very genuine person with a very vibrant personality and she seems like the type you always get positive vibes from.

I love the way she talks! Its so animated and cute! Shes been very helpful with my Japanese, she helps me improve my language and sends me links to cool songs.

I used to love her comments on my blog, really made me smile :-) not to forget her orkut scraps hehe.

I think if I got to know her better, I'd be lucky to have a good friend like her because she seems like the type you could get really attatched to.

I love her pictures, they really depict what a fun person she is! Her daughter is so cute...I think she must be a very cool mom! :P

I'd love to meet up with her soon and talk a lot about Japan over sushi (or prawn tempura ;-)

I love her posts on Japan! I really like learning about different cultures and it really helps me during class because my teacher loves me even more now after I read your post on Sakura(cherry blossom).

Stay the way you are Kathy!!

*Hugs*

Anata wa kirei hito desu :-)

(your a beautiful person)

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BUFer - Michelle @ 5/14/2007 07:32:00 AM | 11 Voices