Old Habits Die Hard

Morning Habit

My office starts at 09:00 (though I reach my desk nothing early than 09:10!!! another bad habit formed).

Once I make my prayers, I unlock my PC.

I shall click the 'Microsoft Outlook' icon and not even look at it. I then click the 'Internet Explorer (Sorry, no firefox installed:() and select Private Browsing (Nice habit though).
Once, In-Private browsing starts, I subsequently open my favorites: -

1) e-Paper - Times of India (love it)

2) E-paper Indian Express (love the 'eye' edition)

3) blogspot (superb tool)

4) quilling - google

And then this session keeps vacilating 'on' and 'off' through out the day. While doing office work, whenever I get a chance I read the editorial part, or the headlines or the wonderful quilling masterpeices created by artists out there. (Also, day dream about my future quilling projects...!)

But then beyond these habits, there is one habit which I just can't get rid off. And this habit does'nt let my hands look like they belong to a girl. The habit is 'Nail Bitting'.

I am sure there are many out there who bite there nails. I have seen Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, My mom, My Sister, My Best Friend and Myself too (in the mirror, obviously)....

Anyways I have this habit passed to me through my mom. Her genes are so deeply ingrained in me that I am into this habit since my scholling days (I am sure it goes even beyond that time). To be honest, this habit has even made me embarass in front of my boss at my first job (Courtsey: Satish Kholkute)... He caught me nail bitting during the interview itself. My answer "It's an age old habit, can't get rid of it easily. But I am trying hard to overcome it.(Trying since you caught me red handed....)"

I am sure everyone of us has some or the other habit, which is just as funny and when we are caught red handed, "It's an age old habit......."

Some have habit to comb there hair before going off to bed; Some comb thier hair the first thing in  morning as soon as they wake up;

Some have habit to twirl the loose ends of thier hair; while some twirl the paper they have in thier hand;

Some have habit to pray before they put anything in thier mouth (yes, I have met such people, literally); Some have a habit to wash thier hands before eating anything (I have met these kinda too).

Some have a habit to sleep only after they have seen what's on TV; While some can't sleep until they themselves dust thier bed twice (my bro does that, everynite, can you believe it?).

But then habits are habits; they can be good or bad....

Whatever, be the case, I know my habit is good and bad both....

Good because it doesn't scratch my husbands' skin everytime we pillow fight or tickle each other or bla bla bla....

Bad because it doesn't allow my hands to look beautiful neither it allows me use wonderful pink/yellow/green/lavender/ silver/black color Nailpaints (swear, I have used nailpaints only for my toenails and hardly any on my fingernails....:()

But I know, "It's an age old habit, can't get rid of it easily. But I am trying hard to overcome it.(Trying since ................................................)"

Wish you luck to overcome your bad habit.....

Cya sweeties!!!!

"A Silver Lining Found"

Hey everyone,


There are some days when you just have no hope left. You feel as if everything is just against you. But they say it right, "Every cloud has a silver lining".

I found my silver lining in Quilling (Atleast I guess so!). It gives me immense happiness to quill. I got introduced to this art through a friend of mine (Courtsey: Nupur Parmar). Milion thanks to her.

I have just begun quilling and I already feel so good. I now browse tutorials, have signed in for various forums on quilling, check blogs and even appreciate other quillers. It really helps within.


I am just an amateur in this art and moving on to become good. However, it is not an easy path. I know it shall take Dedication, Hard work, Creativity and most of all Patience. Patience with myself and my creativity.


I shall soon share my work too. I hope someone out there likes it.


As I found mine, I am sure everyone find there silver lining sooner or later. As they say, 'When the Student is ready, the Teacher comes'. And I guess it is my time for more learning. Time to

Learn to be more positive

Learn to be Strong

Learn to maintain my calm

Learn to realise, 'It will be fine'

Learn to know, 'Love shall play its magic'

Learn to be more patient.

And lastly, 'Learn Quilling'......

I wish you luck so that you find your silver lining too. And yes, those who already have found it, it's just a great feeling....

Till then, wish you a lovely week.


Keep Smiling...


One last liner: - ONCE YOU CHOOSE HOPE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!

"Care and Love"

A wise physician once said, a human needs only "Care and Love" to get rid of all his illness. Someone asked what if that is not enough. The physician replied, "Increase the Dose".....

Simple words but the most toughest and sought after things in the world. These two words "Care - Love" can do great miracles and yet human incapacities can not see them. It is said that Man is one of the most wonderful creation of God. He created man so that man can be happy and make others happy. In today's world, where everyone is tyring to reach the top, man doesn't even care for himself. How can God be so unrealisitic and expect them to be caring and loving to others, when they can't love themselves properly.

To love some, it is important to shed the 'I' and believe in 'Me'. But alas, saying love you to someone itself starts with 'I...Love you'.... If you love someone, there is no need for you to say them every now and then 'I Love You'. Love is a feeling to be felt by two hearts, two souls, who are two on the surface but one from within. If one is happy, the other is happy too. If one is sad, other need not be sad. Instead help him/her oversome the sadness and look the brighter side. However, here also, one big hurdle between two lovers is 'Expectations'.

What are Expectations? In simple words, it means, to look forward to occurence of something; To consider likely or certain. When in Love, expectations are nothing. Have you heard of any case, where a Mother expected her child to prepare dinner for her one day because she did for him/her for years. Or have you heard of anywhere a tree burnt itself because the fruits grew on it were enjoyed by others and not by the tree itself. This is the language of love where no words are needed. Obviously expression of love is very important. But your expression need not be always in words. You care to listen to your beloved when she had had a bad day at work; You care to pick up his loose socks and shirsts lying all across the ground while you have had a hectic day yourself; You cared to arrange for a surprise dinner for her; You cared to wear his favourite color because he had nostalgic feelings since morning and was not in good shape. And there are hundreds of ways which show Love and Care. Alas, we, humans only understand the spoken words and not the messages which such beautiful actions convey. I once read somewhere the moment a child starts speaking, he loses all his true innocence/ past life memories. Else before that time, he dreams about his past life, who he/she was. But once he catches words, his memory is erased. His starts a new life. To become oure again.

We expect our other half/ beloved to accept us as we are. But do we accept them in their totality? Not really. Because we tend to match them with our expectations and tend to bend them. And this is where the relation starts wearing a mask. It loses its originality just like a child loses his when he utters his first words.

We all know that life is for once and to be enjoyed. But we don't do it so. Cause we struggle with our negativities, struggle to compare our past with present and worry for the future. Whereas we all know, Past can't be unwritten and Future can't be rewritten. What can be changed is the Present. This present is actually a beautiful and an important gift of God to us, and hence called 'Present'. But we don't realise it's value until lost.

Dear Readers, my words here and feelings are negative; I am unhappy today; But I am not being prescriptive. I just wanna share with someone out there, who might be as unhappy as me or even worse.
In India, we have a saying 'Yeh Din Bhi Jayega', which simply means, 'This day shall pas on too" You read this in happiness and you feel sad; you read this in sadness and you shall be happy.

Anyone out there feeling sad please remeber, "When the going gets tough, the tough gets going". And someone who is happy out there, "Try to pass on a smile to someone else; Your happiness shall increase manifold"...

Take Care