Dreamy

Last night in my dream I had taken my mum out for shopping. We were in a very crowded mall. I asked my mum to stay out of the mall for a minute and I went in for some reason. I spent the whole day shopping, walking around all alone having forgotten all about mum. It was only late night when I got out of the mall to find my mum waiting for me. I don't know what this dream means. I woke up from my dreams the moment I saw mum waiting for me. Right that second I woke up from dreams and had tears rolling down my cheeks. Was I crying in my dreams that I left my mum all alone? Or was I crying that she was there for me even when I wasn't?

When i woke up from my dreams, I saw her deep in her sleep right next to me. I couldn't stop crying. Something was strangely good in me. I felt so good to see her. I felt so good that it was a dream and not for real. Are dreams for this particular reason? To make us learn a small lesson. Just so we don't make these silly mistakes in real life. I don't know what dreams signify. But I like to believe that there is a very good reason for us to dream. Especially me. Its very very rare of me to have dreams and nightmares.But when I do, usually it teaches me something or the other. Like the one i had today.

This weekend, mum is taking me out. So I'm not gonna leave her alone even for a single minute. Hope she doesn't get irritated with me. :)

Food and Movies

This whole week was spent in watching movies, reading and waiting for the weekend. Oh yes, along with working here and there. :)At work, we are always ordering food from different places to try new food. Had something called Shaptra from Momo hut and it was great. My workmates are so into food that they actually order starters, main course and dessert from different places. I wonder how anyone has patience to go through all the calling, placing order and going out of office to pick it up. I hardly do any of this. I let the others do all this for me. I just enjoy the food.

I decided to watch few movies this week with food in them. Had so many options and so very less time. But managed to watch few of them and loved it.

1. No Reservations - Catherine Zeta-Jones and  Aaron Eckhart. I love this movie 'cos its got the right amount of food stuff, romance and message. Ive always loved Catherine Zeta-Jones and would watch anything if she's a part of it. Abigail Breslin has done a great job.

2. The Hundred-Foot Journey -  Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal. Whos is this Manish Dayal? This movie made me feel like i was a part of it. Not a minute i felt it was a movie. Story, Acting, cast and food was all just amazing. Music? My goodness. Only A.R. Rahman could do this. I was going through movies in pinterest and came across this one. Glad i did. Highly recommend this one to all.

3. The Mistress of Spices -   Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.  I remember watching this one long back. Although the story didn't really impress me, was good to see Aishwarya Rai in this role. She looks beautiful in every scene. I plan to read the book just to know what's been missed in the movie. 

4. Julie & Julia -   Amy Adams and Meryl Streep. Need i say more? Its Meryl Streep. I love this woman. Period. She can play Wonderwoman and I'll love it. Have watched this one so many times and would continue to rest of my life.

Pinterest Quotes

I am so addicted to Pinterest. Been more than a year and I still go there everyday just so i can read few amazing quotes and pull myself up. I wanted to post few really good ones here. 

Goa

I have started to realize that traveling actually takes your mind off everything else happening in your life. New place, people, food and weather puts you in a whole different world and brings a certain confidence in you that what's going on in your life is not the end of the world. There are lot more things to do, places to visit and meet amazing people who make you think a lot. As i always say and believe, thinking is the best quality given to us. So why not use it at its best?

I was in Goa for three days with colleagues and it was one of the best trip I have had till now with workmates. We did not visit too many places as most of us had been to Goa several times before. All we did was sit at the shack and enjoy the sunrise and Sunset. We hired bikes to roam around Goa and it was just great. We were on our bikes for more than 6 hours everyday just roaming here and there without any plan whatsoever. This way we actually got to see amazing hidden places in Goa. We didn't even have to ask our way around with people as we had no place to go or be. :) 

Also i really recommend Tivai Beach Cottage to stay in 'cos its so close to Calangute beach. I had to just walk for three minutes to get to the beach. Amazing experience. 

Sunset

Voice of Shillong..!!

One song can lift your mood and you wake up from the sadness and sorrow to complete calmness. I just experienced this few minutes back. Coming back from a long weekend to work do pull you down a bit. But when you come across a great team who work wonders with their voice and amazing songs. All you need is to listen to them. I did exactly this. Few days back one of my colleague told me about this team called "Shillong chamber choir" and asked me to listen to all their tracks. I remembered this today and their songs have changed my day.

I absolutely love the song "Manwa Laage" and hearing this team singing this one adds to the joy.

5 Movies in 2014

Its been quite a long time since i wrote something here. All I've been doing is watching movies and working. Yes, that's all I've been doing and I want it to continue this way for few more days or months. I've cut back a bit on my reading. I want to read more than 40 books in 2015 and want to travel as much as i can afford. I am saving almost everything on travel for 2015. These two things, i hope continues for the rest of my life. There is a small list that I've made of places to visit. Will write more on this in another post. This one I want to talk about the five movies I've watched lately.

1. PK : Amir Khan. Need i say more? Its an awesome movie with everything perfectly written and shown. All of them have done such a great work that you start asking yourself if 3 idiots was better or is it PK? To be frank, I kinda liked 3 idiots more. But the best Bollywood movie for 2014 would be PK.

2. Kasturi Nivasa : This Kannada movie was released many years ago in black and white. But this was released in 2014 in color. As i hadn't watched this in black and white, thought it would be a nice movie day out with my parents considering how my dad likes only Kannada movies to watch in theaters. I took my niece along with my parents and she was the only one bored. She just wanted to watch English ones. But i loved everything about this one. I'm not a fan of Dr. Rajkumar and this movie I really liked him. Awesome acting which brought me to tears at the end. 

3. Lucy : Scarlett Johansson is amazing. I've always loved her in all her movies. Especially in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I loved her more in Lucy. Great story, acting and direction. I was a bit sad to see very less of Morgan Freeman. 

4. This Is Where I Leave You : I did not know many of the actors in this movie. Except Tina Fey and Jane Fonda. But I LOVED it.     How i wish my parents were into Hollywood, 'cos i so badly wanted to watch this one with my whole family. This would be impossible 'cos my mum watches only Bollywood and Kannada ones, Dad hates movies in general, Sis and Bro in law are full time busy, Don't even get me started with niece 'cos all she's allowed to watch are Disney ones and Nephew's just one year old and won't sit in any place for more than few seconds. Anyways, this one is a must watch for all families. 

5. Lingaa : Rajnikanth. I don't have to say anything else really. All his movies are basically of same or similar story but they are nice. But nobody in South India would like to miss his movies i guess. They are full on entertaining and you always come out of the theater wondering how on earth can he look so awesome at his age.

Year 2014

Yay.. I finished the Book Challenge that I ot myself into this year. Read 20 or more books but the below list shows the 20 of them i made a list of just for this post. :) My last book in this challenge was "Cart Before the Horse" and it was a nice read. Lot of great moments in the book and I loved the "Happily ever after" ending. :)

I am so excited about this month as its December!!!! Can't believe days are flying and we are already ready to welcome 2015.!!! I am looking forward to a wonderful year that would teach me lot of things I'm sure. 2014 has been great and bitter at times. Which year goes by only with happiness, tell me. The bitter situations obviously teach us lot more than the happier ones. I have definitely become a better and stronger person this year and hoping the new year brings in lot of love and happiness and give me strength to face the bitter ones.

I have also just put few pics of my year 2014. Its a bit too early for me to be writing this post since its just 8th of December, but who cares? :)

Book Challenge List

1 - The Choice
2 - A Convenient Bridegroom
3 - Craving Beauty
4 - First Family
5 - And the Mountains Echoed
6 - The Bankerupt
7 - The Next Always
8 - A place called Here
9 - Lolita
10- The Cuckoo's Calling
11- The Fault in our stars
12 - The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
13 - Silence
14 - Double Dare
15 - Promise You Won't Tell?
16 - Harvard Hottie
17 - Half Girlfriend.
18 - A Million Little Pieces
19 - My Friend Leonard
20 - Cart Before the Horse

Few pictures from this year, Will add more later. 

Diwali at work

Jumping time