Russian greetings!

привет !
How are you today?
Am done. My internship is over. :-D
It ended on a really good note and that makes me happy.

So, I woke up to a maggi breakfast today. Generally, we have idlis on sunday but I'm glad we had maggi today. You could say I'm not an idli fan.

Just another "What is up?" post. Because I woke up just some time ago so am still wondering what I should really write about. No,  don't be so happy.. Am not out of topics to write about.

I'm just a little down today. I'm missing my childhood friends. No am not some aunty who's too old and all but everyone has, you know, grown up, drifted apart and the only time we interact is when we've work and the other can help us out. So yea, really mean we all have become.
Wouldn't say, they.. Because I too do it sometimes.

But more than that, I'd say I'm the kind if a person who would generally not bother contacting friends till I can take it no more or when I just need to meet people.

Don't know how I've grown from being a social butterfly to a very anti social person.
Let's leave it on this ending note," if you have genuine friends, treasure them"
до свидания :-D
-Appiqué<3

Bookworm part 2

Ciao a tutti!
Yesterday I told you a story of how the bambino of the firstborn of the Kudvas and the youngest of the Pai lot  turned out to be a treacherous one when it comes to reading books.
Everybody in my family had lost all hope. They'd now accepted me as I was but would make sure they make me feel guilty about it.

What was I supposed to do? I just didn't want to read. Adding to this, was a group of kids who'd make groups(on orkut) like" I hate Reading " and other anti reading stuff that I would promptly go and join.

One day as dad and mum were vigorously searching through piles of books stacked in the then famous GRANTH book shop
Racks ,their daughter was busy looking at game CDs(well, my dad was happy about this.. Atleast she likes playing games on the computer). He'd get me games like nfs, roadrash, mario, pokemon cd that never worked on my pc, sabrina and mob enforcer which sort of scared the hell out of me! I would shout like a scared kid on a rollercoaster every time I'd shoot someone. But books were still a NO-NO.

Back to the topic at hand, I glanced at the teen fictions and made revolting faces at the section titled Enid Blyton. Then I spotted a book by the woman who changed reading for me.
It was Eva Ibbotson.
It was some book on kids trying to make some money and save their home or something by having a ghost museum with actual ghosts. The idea,though vague, the writing was humorous. It was such a joyride reading it.. Joke after joke, surprise after surprise.
Probably it was because I wasn't forced to read it or the fact that noone was reading it is why to chose to pick it.
My parents couldn't have been happier.
I've read almost 70 books after that. I bought another Eva Novel after the completion of this book and I did not like it much but I completed it and have been reading ever since.

There might be some of you who don't like to read, yet.
Well if you are reading this or you read blogs, you aren't a non reader.
But trust me when I tell you, there is atleast one book for each one of us out there. These things explain things to us that we know but probably don't want to accept. They teach you while helping you to relate and feel " you are not alone".

If you are a potterhead or twilight series  fan, then you even have a family out in the entire world.

And if you are like me, who refuses( because of some shitty absurb reason) to like what is generally liked,  then there are loads and loads of books out there. For you. Like you. Like me. Waiting for the right one to come pick it and escape into a different world altogether.. A better and  much more beautiful world .
-Appiqué<3

Bookworm?

Ni hao?
( a googler looking for mandarin chinese greetings is bound to stumble upon these words)
my topic for today is my new found ( found out 4 yrs ago) love for books!!!
Though I love reading. I'm writing 2 posts today for 2 reasons. One because I did not post for a long time. 2 because the book I was reading got over this morning. I finished reading it I mean! It was wonderful and now I have this emotional black hole in my abdomen.. Vacuumish, empty.. Like I don't know what to do with my remaining life anymore.
I wasn't always like this though.
In the days when myspace and orkut reigned over social networking kingdom, my profile's column for {Books I read} read something like " I don't read. I hate reading books. Oh so boring! Who reads outside school man? "
Who was I trying to kid.. I loved comics! And that counts as a book no?
No.
Apart from the few archie comics that mum had and a whole tsunami of tinkle comics I had practically read no book ( my text books don't count) till 8th grade.
My parents being avid readers(readers that forget they have a kid and just get lost into their bookworld ignoring the cries of their tiny offspring) have always forced me to read.. I believe part of it has got to do with the fact that we're Asians/Indians. And their personal favorite was Enid Blyton whose books they would shove into my cupboards so I'd read and rub it in that I've disgraced the family reading tradition and how they don't get how I have these non reader genes from parents who can't sleep without a book/ paper in their hands.
But as I was forced, being a stubborn( make that very very stubborn) kid given I'm a taurean and inheriting that quality from my mother(stubbornness I mean), I refused to read. I'd tried once ,just for the heck of it, I tried completing a famous five book. But I kept losing attention and even after bookmarking at proper intervals I just couldn't go with the flow so I stopped reading mid way. Probably she is an excellent writter, but her writing just did not click, I could never lose myself and hence I dropped the idea.
Half the people who ever will stumble upon this post would probably get out after reading what I said above.
Then came my sister who asked me try harry potter. Again, I was kind of pressurized. I didn't read a single page. Though now, I'm ready to give it a shot.
So how? Just how did this hater turn into a book lover?
I'll let you know Tomorrow. Else this post would be as long as an Indian daily soap.
 Zài jiàn.
-Appiqué<3

Regular? Are you kidding me?

Ossu! Saikin do?
( if you are reading this using your phone, " moshi moshi")
Yes, I've decided to say hello in different languages! That serves 2 purposes.. Gives me something to google about and also learn new greetings. This was an informal hello in Japanese( from an online site) I hope it is correct.. I apologize if it isn't.
So how have you been? All the propaganda I did about being a regular blogger, all the extra meaningless sentences I added just took a deep dive into the dead sea because I ended up doing an internship and forgetting to blog daily...
*sighs*
2 extremely naïve and random posts to begin with, don't you think so.
( honestly though, the braces post was for my lil' cousin who has braces and thinks he is ugly because he believes only ugly people have braces. I hate the word" Ugly". It's revolting to me when people use it.  It's like the ultimate swear word for me.)
Well that might have given you a fair idea about my randomness.
But that's because I'm a little awkward now I guess. When I'm in d car, walking on my terrace, in d toilet, in d shower, sleeping, eating, eating in my sleep, sleeping while I'm eating( you get the hang) I think about stuff I want to write. And I forget about it later. I'm going to try and change that.
And there's so much I'd like to share and know if people can relate.. I hope I get little less awkward and better with time.
For now, let's keep this post uncomplicated.
I'm having a killer week working my head off.. Simple stuff but tedious. Hope it ends soon.
What else is up? Well my vacations. And they will end soon. I just hope they don't end with me slogging to get prints and fill in d details of the newly employed lot of this company.
Peace out (Or as they say in japanese
Heiwa gai)
( konechiwa sensai- this I'd learnt in school, something we used to address our karate sensei.)

-Appiqué<3

Advices

I woke up at 2 pm today! I guess my family is at peace whenever I'm asleep so nobody bothered to wake me up or they tried, but in vain. Honestly, I think they didn't try.
:-P
So a post from my writer app. Something I'd written as a result of outburst due to extreme boredom.

Everyone wants to be a guru these days. It is raining advices in the world nowadays. Don't you feel the same?
Sometimes you just want to share some experience and there's a blabbermouth in the room who's ready to bombard you with advices u don't even require.
Or you are sad and just need a friendly ear. But that ear turns into a ear eating monster. Urghh.

Here, these are a few instances where advising can go horribly wrong. Based on past experience.
-My mum n I have gone through this. My family doctor is great. He's bubbly and friendly and yes, very experienced. But, my mum n I don't always fall ill because of STRESS. 8th grade: right during the exams, I Start vomiting and have this sudden severe case of diarrhoea. I am not exaggerating when I tell u this, I was in the toilet the entire day- puking, followed by diarrhoeal outburst and back to puking. The doctor kept dismissing it saying it was because of hurry, curry, worry.. Eh? For a whole week, this kept happening until my principal told my mom to get my urine checked, she suspected it was jaundice. Yes, the test was positive for jaundice. But my dad then handed my responsibility over to my uncle who is also a doctor. He did a thorough checkup and a blood test was done that revealed I had dengue parasite. This incident repeated this year as mum started puking and puking repeatedly. Again the local Doctor dismissed it. Again my Uncle intervened. It was jaundice this time.

Either I'm seriously missing out on the fact that life's looked upon as a worthless entity or people have to look beyond their experiences and start learning and adopting newer methods.
Had it not been for my uncle's timely diagnosis, God only knows what would've happened. Had he too dismissed us by saying it was stress! God.. thank god he didn't.
Well, that's not all that urged me to write such a post.

Given how immensely un-girly I am, there have always been these people who keep advising me to wear makeup or wear fancy stuff,  but little do they know there are people who consider these gurus- fashion disasters. And I can't deny. I laugh a little too.

M not pinpointing at only these. Neither m I denying that sometimes even I might have acted like a "baba" but, I think we all should always keep a vigil eye out for people who might not appreciate the advice.

So many people tell me," you tell them. They might listen." My response is no. Forced advice is the worst advice. If u could genuinely do something for someone, then just listen. Be there. Or just vanish. Don't be around.
But don't act like a know-it-all.
People get a lot of shit daily. From family members, from people at work , college, friends, rickshaw and taxi drivers, "stinky arm pit with lots of hair on it" women in the evening local trains, crowded and packed to an extent that they defy all rules of volume and proportion...
So, don't be a fart. I mean, don't add on to the pile.
Ease it or release it, I mean them. Just let them be. 
That is my advi... Err admin I mean administrative responsibility for the ...

I should just sleep.

Adios!
  - Appiqué

Happy teeth!

Hola!

Yes, you read that right- happy teeth!!

OK so for the first serious post, as in a topic post, I kept thinking all night ….what should I write about?

Should I post something from the stuff I’d written a while ago or choose a topic from my memo where I've noted down all the topics that I might want to write about in future.

But as I was just about to go to bed, brushing my teeth, I remembered something that I kind of love a lot !

BRACES!!!!

·       -  Do I have braces? No.

·       - Am I going to be getting them? (Well, I hope I don’t tumble and break a few teeth) so NO again.

So why am I making such a big deal out of it?

Well, you see I’m kinda obsessed with braces. And all my friends that have braces HATE it!

 

So for my first post:

TOP 5 REASONS AS TO WHY I LOVE BRACES!

1.       I find braces attractive! I’m serious. Braces look fantastic. According to me, when people care about their looks, health and hygiene, that is when they get braces.

-          Crooked teeth- get braces

-          Crowding leading to a mouth that is always open- get braces

-          Perfect smile- get braces

2.       I pulled my mom along one day and took her to our dentist and made her ask him if I required braces. He said I had a good arc and did not require them. I felt sad, devastated!

Not that I’m desperate for braces or something, but the proper alignment prevents all that plaque and stuff that forms between your teeth due to misalignment. So you don’t need to get them cleaned every now and then.

3.       I've heard so many people fuss about braces and splurge on clothes, cosmetics and accessories. I mean they can afford to get braces but don’t because they think it looks geeky/nerdy. They’d rather put on tonnes of makeup and wear branded stuff only to let hearts break when they flash their smile- uhm Ew!

4.       Did you know oral/dental problems could also lead to heart problems! Google it! So oral hygiene is a must and braces are an integral part of the dental industry.

5.       Last but the most important….2 things that I look for in a person during my first interaction (though for me 1^st impression is definitely not the last impression, but very crucial no?) are a good set of teeth and good-looking hands! Call me crazy, but everyone looks out for something or the other right?

That’s it…my top 5! If you have a different view, let me know so I can also get rid of this ridiculous obsession J! For the time being, look at these lovely braces- transparent for those who are shy to flaunt them and colorful for fashion lovers!!!( and the last picture bottom right corner is an example of how you could go from this to THAT if you get braces!)

-appiqué <3 

Introduction

a picture of a 2 yr old me!

Hello, my name is Kshama/Ashroo. Being a south Indian, I've

5 more names and tons of nicknames (courtesy my friends and my love for nicknaming people). I like to write (like about my opinions/ideas/comments on some issue, random shorts, random topics that pop into my head when I’m jobless or during exams when it is dangerous for me to think about stuff apart from syllabus subjects, etc ).

This is my 3^rd blog and hence I’m going to be answering a few questions.

General FAQs:
1. Who are you?

-I am an engineering student. (That is all I could come up with.)

2. Why do you have 3 blogs?

- Well my first blog was made when I had no idea about the world of blogging back in 2009. A couple of my friends were into it and asked me to start blogging. I made a profile here, posted a few things but they were very inconsistent and random posts and I wasn't regular. Plus it was badly maintained. I never proof read it for errors. You can go check out ashipai.blogspot.com if you want to laugh a little because honestly…I think it’s that bad.

I started another blog in the year 2011 after I read a book by Kate Le Vann in which the female lead writes a blog that is locked and maintains it as a diary. I did that too and I have quite a few posts but again I couldn't post regularly.

3. Why the 3^rd one?

- I have an app on my phone called the Writer (no am not showing off, it’s a free app) and I keep writing about a lot of stuff. During exams I used to write about 3 posts a day. I wasn't going to start this blog but I realized it would be great to know what people think about the topics I choose to write about, you know like a second opinion. Maybe you could change my POV or give me another way of looking at it. All that, if this blog gets readers. If not, I’d use it to store everything I write because I keep losing all the data when I change my phone due to my own fault of not taking regular backups. Plus I could read it in future to see how my writing has evolved over the period of years…or degraded and cry about it :’( …

4. What does appiqué mean?

-Well, back in 12^th grade I had (still do:-P) a friend. She used to call me Appy.  I loved that nickname and it was stuck in my head- Appy because my initials are A.P.

As Appy isn't available plus the brand would probably sue me for using it as a blog title…I call my blog appiqué (just to make a personalized Adjective out of it).

5. Why is there a baby picture of you in this post?

- I wanted to post an image, not of me or something as such, just to make the post a little interesting...heyyyy, wait a minute. Why am I justifying myself? Deal with it no. No m kidding. I just wanted to see how the entire thing looks and I couldn't find anything relevant / appropriate. So I thought of going with what I do generally…being random!

So yep, that’s it folks. I guess that answers all the generally asked questions i.e. if you had any in the first place. If you've any more, go on ask…

I hope I post regularly, so I could have something to do at least.

Thanks for reading. Happy blogging.

-          Appiqué <3