too much love is happening

me: u know suruchi has ALREADY bought the cutting glasses i was telling ma to pick for us. WITH the stand!
vin: you had told her also?
me: i didn't tell her! she got it last week only. BEFORE i thought of it!
vin: then why did she buy them?
me: i dunno. telepathy. she thought i'd want them! that is JUST so sweet na!

pause.

vin: i'm even MORE scared of her now. this is sweet, but it's so scary!! how did she know!
me: she knew. bas! and i think it's damn sweet!

after abt 5 mins of thoughtful consideration, while i chomp down on pizza, the man makes a puppy face, looks extremely forlorn... and says...

you know... i can never love you that much.

250!!!

hola! here we are... to clarify... suruchi DID mail me the post y'day... but lazy me didn't format it... so here we go! HAPPY 250 TO THIS SPACE! the rest has been written by suruchi. reasons on why her will be done in a post later...
do i hear the drum-roll...??

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It's party time… rayshma’s 250^th post! Whoa! So much, she writes! She should write a book instead, what say guys? Instead of doing all those tags…

In the industry where we both worked, we create specials on every occasion. Specials are essentially repackaging of the existing content. For eg,if Kareena Kapoor’s b’day is on the 12^th of September; then we package all her content into one and say it's the "Kareena Kapoor B’day Spl"!! Or, if it's a New Year package, it will essentially be – Best of 2008! So,to commemorate rayshma’s 250^th post and make it really special, I am going to pull out the best of her posts for all of you to read and enjoy…

This blog has a unique and constant deck placement in my life and plays a very vital role. Whenever I miss talking to her, feel low, need a good friend to bitch about anything, I just login and read it and it helps me! So this post is partly for her and mostly for me, so that I just read what I intend to :) and for all of you, who - I can make out from your comments - do enjoy reading her blog as much as I do.

She is a cat actually, can meow when hungry, getting bored, and feeling lazy/sleepy. So, if you are around and you hear a meow it has to be her. A meow can pop up on your chat window also. She uses her claws also - so beware - and has attitude to match her wits! Read on... this & that for her confessions.


A firm believer in Alice In Wonderland, Mermaids, Santa, Peter Pan, Fairies, Vampires and happily ever after endings… I don’t really think she is silly
You should keep on believing and the Dream that you wish for will come true…

She is a drama queen & does nautanki almost everyday! She will make puppy faces in front of the boss pleading innocence, will ask dumb questions to the clients to prove ignorance, will change the topic very smartly when she is sure of being trapped.

On this occasion, i bestow the title of Drama Queen upon her!

We both freak out on Bollywood, and can change any of the mushy bland Bollywood movies into a comedy on which only both of us can laugh endlessly! We enjoyed HDKG soo much that both of us keep reiterating the movie dialogues till day!

I do sing songs (I have a very bad voice) and this BITCH used to disown me every time I used to start singing and used to look or start walking in a different direction! She was scared someone would consider us beggars and give us a penny! huh! I still insist on singing...

A complete foodie, she taught me how to love food and enjoy it; which did help me put on kilos, but no regrets... I have started enjoying food! She can eat food she likes in like a few secs and the one she doesn't like, she can munch on it for ages! She has an aversion for everything that looks green and esp has dhaniya *coriander* on it! But if you give her chicken, cheese, parathas they will vanish in no time!

Loads of people ask me *they consider me to be her local guardian & I think I should know all about her!* on why she is named rayshma! For all those queries, the answer is as she aptly describes here

We both are a purrfect team when have to pull someone down, be wicked & have a blast! We drove AM, who used to sit next to us completely mad! Oz, our dear train companion - we actually made her believe that a Mumbai local train stops at Santacruz for a longer duration cause they change the driver at that station. As my hubby says, "Suruchi not working on a particular day is more troublesome than suruchi & rayshma talking"

On the wickedness, couldn't have missed this one.

I am happy *more than her mom* that V married her and she is happy with him! Was really scared of all the weird & quirky people that surrounded her. Would always think 'what if she gets married to one of those M** & N** types!!'

Love her for her love of books! She can spend hours & hours reading/selecting books. And I like the way she sums up her readings...

This post is to her and to this space which makes me miss her a little less!
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same-same, but different

i wanted to use this title since i saw b'bay to bangkok.. dunno why. just another idiotic thing that stuck in my head! :D

some people influence ur life. in ways that they don't know. something like that seems to have happened with me and suruchi's hubby, ashish. neither of us knew that he'd influenced me in any way! not till i decided whom to marry at least. THEN, we realized how like him Vin was. and suruchi and i got a brand new topic to bitch about.

here's why we think our once extremely marriageable husbands *no, they're not available now!* are mele-mein-bichde-hue bhai!

:: they're both born in april. *it's ashish's happy bud-day today... wish him y'all!*
:: both needed a tutorial to scrap on orkut. they still rely on their wives' to upload/change pics there.
:: both don't see the big deal about getting married. they can't understand commitment phobia. *from men, or women.*
:: neither knows how to upload songs on a shuffle/iPod. :D
:: they do NOT speak while eating. they believe that food must be focussed upon. *yeah, rule out candle-lit dinners!*
:: they can't multi-task. hmm... eating while talking is also multi-tasking, u see.
:: they both have receding hairlines. *they blame it on their wives. but i have proof that vin had a receding hairline prior to marrying me!*
:: they both aspire to have long, flowing, rock-star tresses.
:: their alter-ego is that of a rock-star. yeah, reality hits home very frequently when u have wives like us! :D
:: they indulge their wives. not because they have to, but coz they like to. *that's what we like to believe!*
:: they are romantics at heart, but have no clue how this sentiment can be conveyed to us. actually, they don't see the need for conveying. it's there. that should be enough, no? NO!
:: they don't flirt or ogle at other women. they don't comprehend when any woman flirts with them. they report incidents back home to the respective wife who THEN tells them that maybe the woman was hitting on them! then, of course we login and bitch about them! LOL!
:: they can't understand how we could earn a living by selling mobile content.
:: they don't understand the affinity to the cult. *mine's better in this case. he has cured me of the bonding to a large extent!*
:: they were both extremely patient even during the weddings. i would have slapped the next person who came up for a pic while i was starving!! i'm sure suruchi would have too! :D
:: they believe that suruchi & me talking regularly can only lead to trouble! :D *vin's actually scared of suruchi!*
:: they wake up at unearthly hours like 7a.m. even on holidays and/or weekends!!!! while their wives can sleep till noon, if allowed. sigh!
:: they think their wives are VERY tech savvy! LOL!!!
:: they give in to persistent nagging about seeing really bad hindi movies. and sit thru the movie - comments & all - and actually smile at the end of it! *yeah, it's more out of relief that the movie's over*
:: their wives love dancing, while they insist they have two left feet!
:: that song from the old raj kapoor movie, sangam: "main kya karu ram, mujhe buddha mil gaya" would be a perfect fit for them both! :D

it's uncanny how alike they are! suruchi, if i've missed out on things, leave a comment, i'll add it here...
all said & done, putting up with us can be a task at times. here's a toast to the fact that you both understand that you really can't do anything about it now! :)

**edited to add ashish's comment. my comments on the comment in italics.

Hey i want to add my comment here...since i am the person being talked about ...and some things should be clarified for ppl who are going to read this blog:

1. I don't own ipod, never did, nor someone close to me ever did (i move among the non tech, non cool guys and gals) so its incorrect to assume at this point of time that i wont know how to upload a song. *that was just an example. do u know how to set customized RBTs, eh? mobile toh u have, rite?! :P excuses!*
2. I dont focus on food....i pray to it. i have had so many terrifying experiences when food is concerned that a good meal is worth praying to (before we have any smart comments on this, Suruchi cooks good food) *candle-light dinners are supposed to be romantic, u know! u shud relax. and TALK to ur wife! WHILE eating.*
3. Our wives are solely to blame on our receding hairline. No matter what Reshma says...and Vin will agree. *i have photographic evidence that this is not true. at least for vin. shall wait for suruchi to comment on urs!*
4. Suruchi not working on a particular day is more troublesome than suruchi and reshma talking *LOL! completely agree!*

Suruchi's comments. the last one's a classic. *
1.Neither of them understand Bong...we do :)
2.On receding hair line...even i have evidences and eye witnesses to prove my innocence.
3.On I-pod,ashu will look at it ,turn it around and say...isme song kaha se upload karte hai..LOL!

i think i should send this to vin... :0)