Between Friends....

True Colors (Keshi)

2007-10-30T11:53:00.001+05:30

This is a real photo of a rainbow providing a colorful backdrop for the golden dome of the Alexander Nevski Cathedral after a rain shower, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Taken by Vassil Doney.

I think nature produces the best colors by default design. Nothing can replace nature's true colors.

Colours Of The Wind (Michelle)

2007-10-29T21:05:00.000+05:30

There I was sitting blue

Staring at the picture of you

Your hazel eyes made my heart sink

The blush creeping upto my cheeks turning me pink

I loved those words you said,

With a rose so very red

You've put me on a pedestal with a crown

Entangled with my locks of brown

This kind of love I have never seen

Its better than a view of lush grass blades of green

I love you more than a smushy marshmellow

You are my sun with rays of yellow

Your ways and talk always make me swoon and croon

Baby your love has left me marooned!

(very cheesy I know :P)

World of colour (Silvara)

2007-10-29T13:29:00.000+05:30

It all started when I was a little girl. Bright eyed and eager to learn, I listened with rapture to the teacher's every word. I was the first to show her my work, grinning in pleasure when she gave praise and carefully placing each paper she handed back onto my desk.

She showed me that there was a whole world out there, that could be brought to life by me. I was awed at the power that I wielded, even as a child, and have always been amazed.

I'm talking about the world of colours.

Introduced to me, and I'm sure many of you as well, through paints and clay, we were given the chance to explore without boundaries. The primary colours, Red, Blue and Yellow were taught and many pictures of yellow suns and blue oceans and red-roofed houses were made. Then one day, my red paint accidentally mixed in with the yellow (due to an unruly child knocking over my paint tin. The biyatch :P). I ran crying to my teacher, and stood hiccuping as she smiled and pointed.

"Look!"

I watched as she used my paintbrush and slowly swirled the two colours together. "Look what has happened."

And to me it was magic. Red and Yellow, became Orange. The teacher gave me back my brush and quick to pick up, I made Purple and Green. I happily sat and painted for hours, tears forgotten.

Now my world was complete.

Colour ! (Loon Gal)

2007-10-28T21:03:00.000+05:30

Since you all liked my hands SO MUCH, I thought let me overdo it a bit ;p

Hence, the only idea I could come up with on hearing the word COLOUR was this:

Am losing my writing abilities (whatever I had), but thankfully some stupid photography comes to my rescue everytime am out of ideas ;p Moreover, this gave me an opportunity to make sure my nail polishes had not dried lol

Living in the UK and spelling colour as color is probably a crime but well, I only have 5-fingers!

P.S. I know I probably look like some fashion-obsessed 20-yr old, but believe me am not :(

Attn: Vipul (Loon Gal)

2007-10-27T16:29:00.001+05:30

Dear Vipul,Vipul we don't know if you're out of the hospital yet, but we all wish you a very speedy recovery!!

Love,

The BUF Team !!

P.S Ishi please label and title it appropriately.

Colour not color pls :D... (Sudeep)

2007-10-26T19:51:00.000+05:30

She: Tell me which colour suits me the best?

Me: Baby didn’t you know that I am colour blind?

Can’t help, but the first thing that strikes my mind is colour blind. Sometimes it is good to be a colour blind in situations where some random answer might start an altercation :D. Go here to listen to one of my most fav songs, Colourblind by Darius Danesh. Thanks to Vipul for introducing me to this song.

The next thing that the word colour reminds me is the festival of myriad colours – Holi. Splashing buckets of coloured water, hitting water balloons and smearing fistfuls of colours on faces of friends (and sometimes on unwary strangers), roaming around the city on bikes with a horde of friends in the multi-coloured attire will always be fun for me at least. Below is one of the pics during a Holi blast...

I am quite naive at posting videos/songs in a post coz blogger always fires me some error. So here is a link of a video on youtube. Won’t reveal what lies there coz then it would useless to spend time watching the beautiful video. Thanks to Yashita for sharing the link.

Wishing Sam & Diya a belated happy birthday and may God bless you with all the joyous colours in the coming year. Have a colourful weekend everyone... :-)

When I think of.... (Ishita)

2007-10-25T19:11:00.000+05:30

Every time I sat down to write about this word “color”, my mind would go blank. Mentioned the same to Mala and she gave me the idea for the lines below.

The idea is to associate a color with people who are close to me…

I’ll start with

BLACK – it’s also one of my favs. But the person who it reminds me of is Rajiv coz of his sheer love for this color and always opting for an outfit in black when he shops for me :P … I remember one festive season he got me three outfits…all black!!

Also coz I think he looks nice in that black shirt teamed with grey trousers *ahem*

It also reminds me of my old blog :) and my love for templates with a dark background :P

RED – My son! He loves Red. It’s his fav color and somehow every birthday he ends up getting a lot of that color in the clothes people gift! Red toy car, Red yo-yo, Red power ranger….*sigh*

Also, Red reminds me of a certain someone who’s ready to be a bride :)

GREEN – Reminds me of maa and her love for plants and the little terrace garden at my parents. Mummy’s voice… that’s always so reassuring.

Also reminds me of Assam. Lush, green, wet monsoon days and all the friends I hung out with. Part of my favourite childhood memories…

SILVER (silver) – reminds me of daddy. His silver grey hair :) and sitting with him on the terrace watching the constellations and his stories of granpa and his love for astronomy….

WHITE (white) – reminds me of my granmas (maternal and paternal) … of thamma (paternal granma) singing early mornings….of nanima's (maternal granma) gentle reminders to chant the “hanuman chalisa” to ward of my fear of the dark….

Also reminds me of BUF :P coz the template’s been this shade from day one and then I find myself thinking of all the ppl I’ve come to know here… the good and the not so good times...the whole experience of being in it! :)

CREAM/Off WHITE (cream/off white)– reminds me of my lil niece. My favourite pic of her is in a dress of the same color. I can’t wait to see her for the first time ever next month!!

BLUE – Reminds me of my brothers… of being slung on dada’s back and whirled around the room…them singing “phoolon ka taro ka…” …me throwing my head back and laughing…watching the blue sky…

Never can listen to the song without tears in my eyes….

*ahem* right then certain ppl close to me will know the rather cute story behind “blue”. It reminds me of an old school time crush :P

PINK – coz it is such a feminine color and the first person it brings to my mind is Suchi. Whenever we think of buying her a gift, R and I end up giving her something in pink! :D It suits her best. Isn't pink the happiest color too :))

YELLOW – would be the frenz I hold so close and true to me. Esp. the sunshine girl Uttsy :) … and yes u, u and u :))

You make the world a brighter sunnier and happier place indeed!

BROWN – reminds me of “ruru” from the first day I held him in my arms and felt that first wet lick on my fingers….till the last time I saw him…old, limping and yet making that effort to show me he still recognized me. His tail wagging, his bark feeble… I miss him…May God bless his soul…

*sigh* I’m done…Thanks Mala :)

Colour of Love...

2007-10-24T19:14:00.000+05:30

Spun around, kicked aground,
Will you still kiss me
When you wake up with a frown?

Tossed aside, by my life
Can you still see me
When you look up from the strife?

Thrown awry, for my lie
Can you still love me
When you find out I’m a spy?

Homeward bound, lost then found
Will you still know me
When I come back into town?

Will you still show me the color of love
Which seems like a sign from above...
Back in time we met
Those days we had I will never forget...

Never forget "the Colour of Love"

PS: arey pura maine nai likha... (i havent written the whole thing)
MUNNA BHAIIIIIIIIIIII..... ka ishtyle hai..... ;) LOL

Courtesy a little bit from: Ian David Blum

Word : Color:AmitL

2007-10-24T17:24:00.000+05:30

Color…color…Isn’t it amazing, the variety of colors we come across daily, but, which we fail to appreciate because our mind is busy elsewhere? The first colorful post for this word, is an incident of today which goes thusly:

Red, nee, crimson: Color on the face of the lady sitting on the bench next to next to mine…why? Well, every day morning, while waiting for our co. bus, I observe that there’s a red-n-yellow taxi waiting for this lady. Today, as usual, she walked out of the building, in the blue-n- bluer trousers n Tshirt two sizes smaller than her, err, plump figure, white cigarette with light brown end burning furiously in her mouth(Probably a way to dismiss the day’s tensions or Wednesday morning blues in advance), and …voila, today, the taxi guy had left already(I saw him waiting when I reached, btw)…so, she shakes her hands angrily, dials a number on one of her cellphones(One was grey, one was dark blue), and starts screaming at the driver…’What time is it?’ He gave some answer ‘So why did you go? What 717 AM? My time is 730 AM’ –screams a bit more…then, ‘ ok, are you going to come or do I call your company and complain?’ I guess he said ‘No, I won’t. Be my guest and call them.’ And, that’s what caused the change in colour from normal to pink to crimson red on her white face, I guess.

Hehe..I felt positively tickled pink after this incident.. While she was still musing, my white co bus with Ebenezer transport emblazoned on it in red, arrived.)
I guess you can’t blame her for being off color. But, tell me, was she right to see red like this? Why do some people expect red carpet treatment always?

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And, here's some 'color'ful jokes:

What is green and sings?

Elvis Parsley!

What is black & white, black & white, and orange?

Two skunks fighting over a basketball!

What is green & red all over?

A pickle holding its breath!

What is black & white & red all over?

A skunk with diaper rash!

What is a cat's favorite color?

Purrrrrrrrrple!

Before anyone goes Grrr! at these jokes, let me say' byeeeee'!

Color Of My Heart (Keshi)

2007-10-24T09:00:00.001+05:30

This is a pic taken by me last Spring at the Tulip festival in Canberra. When I look at this colorful pic, it reminds me of different people with different hearts. We all have the same heart but we portray different colors (all good I hope). Tell me...what color is your heart and why?

Colors (Aakash)

2007-10-23T14:39:00.000+05:30

I love the blue of the clear winter sky,
and the dark navy on a half-moon night.
But of all the colors, one that I most miss
is your maroon lipstick smeared on my lips.

Fresh, sparkle n color :D :D :D

2007-10-23T10:17:00.000+05:30

She is the color of my life : My mom

She is the sparkle of my eyes : My Aunt

they both make me feel fresh all the time :) muaaah

n the song below dedicated to them :)

Blue be my color.........

2007-10-22T15:04:00.000+05:30

Well... whenever one speaks of colors the only one that comes to my mind is BLUE. Yup.... the most royal of all colors according to me. The color means a lot to me. It somehow gives me a sense of freedom, may be because it reminds me of a clear blue sky that stretches as far as one can see (please ignore the manhattans!! :D) . It makes me feel calm..... might because of the deep color that one sees in the calm but powerful oceans.

The only other color which can stir a lot of emotions within me is RED. Surprised?? Well..... this is one color which is nothing if not passionate. The passion the color red can stir within one cannot be described. And thus tops my list.

From a different perspective, color is what makes LIFE so interesting. IMO, every person we come across is like a color. They happen to touch your life and infuse in you a little bit of their color, lending you a new shade. Sometimes it's visible enough for others to notice, e.g. when you hate someone or when you love. Can anyone deny that??

Colors are the ultimate ingredient to make life interesting enough for us to look forward to another day...... always!!!

Word of the Week & Birthdays (Ishita)

2007-10-22T08:59:00.000+05:30

Hi…

I meant to do this earlier but I’ve been extremely busy the past few days and haven’t had the chance to venture anywhere close to this laptop or any pc anywhere!! The Durga Puja festivities have kept me busy and having a rather exciting time…(will share pics on Picasa via email)

In all the excitement, I missed out on wishing Sam on his birthday! :( … I’m sorry Sam – I hope you’ll understand. Wishing you a “belated” HAPPY BIRTHDAY and the best ever year ahead!! It was his birthday yesterday…21st October.

We have yet another birthday coming up this week. Yes it’s our very own Diya’s b’day on the 24th!

Time also to announce the new Word of the Week – “COLOR” (received the max. votes in the poll counter!)

I’ll update the poll counter later today. Please keep sending in suggestions and ideas.

Have fun everyone … :)

Sparkle (Loon Gal)

2007-10-21T20:50:00.000+05:30

The first thing that came to my mind was sparkling white teeth and for crying out loud, I can NOT smile! Therefore, the idea that followed took form of a pic and here you go!

Have a Sparkling week ahead !!!

P.S. No am not engaged!

Sparkle Me Timbers! (Michelle)

2007-10-20T22:09:00.000+05:30

Being a very materialistic girl, the first thought that pops into my mind is the glint of a precious stone sparkling in all its glory luring me to want it :P I'm totally the type that gets distracted by things that sparkle.

But lately theres only one thing thats been sparkling a lot

and its all because of all my friends!

Thank you guys so much for all the good wishes, phone calls, text messages, facebook gifts and posts...made my day!!!

Most importantly, thank you for sparkling your way into my life! :-)

Sparkle Part II:AmitL

2007-10-18T22:02:00.000+05:30

Hi,all,just thought of some more sparkles over the working week...As I always say,keep your eyes and ears open,and,ideas come naturally.(both good and mischievous,of course..haha).

As sparkling as:(Now,many of these are India-specific,hence,there're links,which are,err,Keshi-specific,and,for any others who're not familiar with our country's sparklers)

- Preity Zinta's smile in the first part of 'Salaam Namaste'
whether she's RJing,or, listening to Jaaved Jaffrey say 'Egg-jactly' or' The ghosts of the kicks not listening to the talks'(Laaton ke bhoot baaton se nahin maante')

- Vidya Balan's pearly white-all of them sparkle when she goes 'Goooood Mooooorning,Mumbai', in her role as a RJ in 'Lage Raho Munnabhai'( Hehe-even the IMDB article says 'great teeth')

- Birbal's wit in Emperor Akbar's court, when he was asked silly questions supposedly meant to trap him,but,he managed to wiggle out courtesy his wit. Like,when Akbar asked him,when they were out for a stroll:
How many crows are there in my kingdom?
Birbal: "There are ninety-five thousand four hundred and sixty-three crows in the Kingdom".
Akbar: How can you be so sure?
Birbal:"If there are more crows than my answer, then some crows are visiting from other neighboring kingdoms".
"And what if there are less crows", Akbar asked.
Birbal: "Then some crows from our kingdom have gone on holidays to other places".
(Now,doesn't that remind you of school days?I'm sure today's school kids would just say 'arghh' to such a joke.)

Want more tales for ole time's sake?Read right here.
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Here's looking forward to the next 'word',Ishi.From the polls,it looks like 'color' is going to be THE ONE. Have a great weekend,everyone.Cheers!

Sparkle (Sam)

2007-10-16T20:00:00.000+05:30

For me sparkle is the the bubbly,
the clear glass of water
with sunshine streaming through
on a cold winter winter morning.....
Sparkle is the light I see,
in those special eyes....
when I see some one with
a tearful eye...
for joy or sorrow i shall not know...
Sparkle is what I see...
on a clear night
staring in the sky...

Sparkle (Aakash)

2007-10-16T19:00:00.000+05:30

Before you leave me
alone tonight.
Before tears drown
your little lies.
Tell me is it my
heart that burns
behind the sparkle
of your eyes?

Bappy Hirthday Buggzzz..

2007-10-15T21:16:00.000+05:30

Sparkling wine for wishing the most active Pune blogger on BUF, Michelle and also Richa on their birthdays. I am sure you both must have had a wonderful time yesterday. We all wish that the coming year is even more wonderful for you. Have a great time and lend a sparkle to both the worlds, real and virtual, with your lovely smiles.

P.S.: Now Michelle won't complain on the increasing alcohol intake :D Cheers!

Birthday Wishes

2007-10-15T16:19:00.000+05:30

Hi,all,

Courtesy the Sunday holiday yesterday, even I forgot a birthday dedication post. So here goes(albeit,a day late) a birthday wish in the form of a poem, for the two birthday 'celebrators', Michelle and Richa.

On your birthday we wish you much pleasure and joy;

We hope all of your wishes come true.

May each hour and minute be filled with delight,

And your birthday be perfect for you!

By Joanna Fuchs

Cheers and have a great year ahead.

Sparkle (Silvara)

2007-10-15T06:19:00.000+05:30

Mehndi laga ke rakhna, doli sajake rakhna.....

The sounds of wedding songs fill the house. The air is light, people are smiling and laughing. Work is being done in regards to the wedding, people being called up, often turning into hour long conversations. Sometimes they want to speak to her, and she dutifully obeys, laughing at all the right places, chatting to them amiably.

Her cousin's wife comes over in the afternoon to help. She is young, younger than herself, having been married for just 2 years and already with a toddler son. But the cousin's wife always seems older and wiser and she wonders if this is how she will be as well.

She plays with her hair, teasing it up into a fancy bun. Her sister brings down her wedding outfit, the hand embroidered jewels sparkling. She places it over her head, in the way she will wear it on the day. For a moment, everyone is silent, taking in how the colour complements her skin, how the work on the material sparkles and shimmers in the light. She looks into the mirror and sees how she will be on the day and smiles. But inside she feels a twinge of sadness as she watches them looking at her.

They all move to the other room and put on some songs, the wedding outfit forgotten. They start to play some more of the dancing numbers. The sangeet is coming up and nothing has been prepared. Her mother wants her to dance to an old song. She thinks it's too...well....old. But cousin's wife says it's a beautiful song and it will be very nice to dance to. So she goes off to download the song so they can dance.

The song is nicer then she expected. She had heard it before, but always thought it that wouldn't suit the occasion. But when she hears the words again, tears unexpectedly come to her eyes. There is a verse singing to the mother, telling her that, tomorrow the sun would shine, the birds will sing...but she would not be there. That life will go on, but there will always be a gap.

And she wonders, is this how she will feel. If this is how her mother will feel. She looks at the sparkling material of her wedding outfit, lying on the table, and for the first time she doesn't want to leave.

Keep Sparkling (Vishesh)

2007-10-13T08:55:00.001+05:30

well it will be history and it is....but its beauty will keep sparkling in our memory :)

Sparkle (Poo)

2007-10-12T14:48:00.000+05:30

A wish for you because you mean so much to me
I’m hoping that you spend your day just where you want to be
With people whom you love and doing things you love to do
‘Cause you deserve a special day that sparkles – just like you :))

Shining Hearts (Keshi)

2007-10-12T11:17:00.001+05:30

Sparkling wine...sparkling hearts...a sparkling love...and sparkling smiles. I shine on you..like you shine on me. A shimmering light that never really dies...