First Impressions...

Today evening, I was taking up geography in Std. IV. Since it was the very first time they would be writing a worksheet in my class, I was spending a lot of time going over instructions. “Write your names on your worksheets, today’s date", etc.. When I reached the point where I was instructing them to write the answers neatly, one of my students stood up and mouthed the old adage, “The first impression is the last impression” Obviously the kid has been getting a lot of gyaan from well-meaning adults around her.

That got me thinking about first impressions. Do they really count? I mean I have been taken in by people who have made a very ‘good’ impression on me, only to be disappointed later on.. and there have been other times when while meeting a person I have brushed off the unmistakable ringing of warning bells in my head...only to regret later on...

Now I’m really confused... what’s your take on this?

Literally Tagged

Tag-o-mania again. This time I have been book tagged by Prabha and Somu.
So..here we go again..

Total Number of Books I own
Around 250-300

Total number of books given to others and never came back
90-100:(

Total number E-Books
241

Last Book I bought
Hotel - Arthur Hailey
(I’d read this one eons ago and wanted to add it to my collection)

Last Book I was gifted
The Broker- John Grisham

Grave Secrets – Kathy Reichs

I purchased these 2 books with the Crossword gift Voucher I got when I won the 1st Prize in an essay-writing competition conducted by my school. The topic was, ‘Strategies for adults to influence student behaviour’

(There… I finally bragged about it)

Last Book I read
Deception Point- Dan Brown

I am currently reading
Nothing.. save my morning daily

Five Books that mean a lot to me
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett

I must have read this book around 100 times over a period of 2 years when I was 10 -11. It was my best friend for that period, and helped me to walk away unscathed from a certain phase in my life.

The Harry Potter Series- J.K Rowling

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

As the Crow Flies- Jeffrey Archer
My favourite rags to riches story

Messages from the Masters - Dr. Brian Weiss

I have always been enamoured of occult theories like past lives, reincarnations etc. and was totally zapped by this book and the other titles written by the same author.

3 books I started reading, but never completed
1. Flash Mx 2003.or was it 2004? Tech is simply not my cup of tea.
2. A monk who sold his Ferrari (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
3. The Power of Now- Eckhart

Book that made zero sense to me
My Accounts textbooks when I went through a 3 year-old nightmare called B.Com

My most treasured books
Reader’s Digest (1955)
Blackstone’s Tricks you can do (1948)
The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1955)

I have a penchant for collecting old books, and these are a part of my prized collection

Who am I gonna tag ?

Swetank
Sudheer
Shub
Kanishka
Xena
Nupur
Selwa
Shantanu
Ram
Venky
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And finally it’s that time of the year, when we want to have sizzling pakoras and nearly scathing coffee, sit by the window and watch the rains or read a book and listen to your favourite barsaat/saawan songs..

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Do Visit

Cinnamon is back after a long break during which she got marriedJ

Came across Swetank’s blog and was awed by his poetry… Simply amazing...a must-see must- read blog..

I graduated!

...again!!!!

*Update: (Since everyone is asking for details..)I had appeared for my B.A exams and got through..I'm already a Commerce graduate, so that explains why I said I graduated again.

Questions about percentage and marks will be diplomatically dodged:p

Tag Gag!

Ok so I’ve been Tagged! Thrice! (When it rains…) Now you will all learn how boring I am.
And you can thank Tarun, Udit and Anbu for it. It had to take something like being tagged to wake me up from my reverie.
So here we go...

Three Names I Go By :
Skinny(hope the labeling works)
Sangeet
Saumya

Three Screen Names :
Saumya
Toeragz
Chutzpah111

Three Physical Things You Like About Yourself:
My eyes..and my smile..and…my height (I stand five feet and eight inches tall)

Three Physical Things You Don’t Like About Yourself:
My teeth, my skin and my pot belly LOL

Three Things That Scare Me :
Roaches
Lizards
Exams

Three Things I Want To Do Badly Right Now:
Catch up with my sleep
…and my reading
and get my hands on Harry Potter and the half-blood Prince (but I guess I’ll have to wait for another month *Sigh

Three Careers I have considered/Am Considering Right Now:
I love teaching but if I ever decide to quit, I’ll consider
-Designing greeting cards
-Running a school in a sleepy village
-Working as a librarian

Three Places I Want To Go On A Vacation
Coorg
Egypt
Calcutta

Three Kiddy Names I Like :
Kaynaat
Saksham
Nishtha

Three Things To Do Before I Die :
Deep sea diving
Travel the world
Get myself a house in Koorg

Total Number Of Films I Own On Dvd/Video:
19 DVDs/ Lost count of the number of CDs

The last film I watched:
Err..err..can I skip this? Can I tell you about the second last film I watched? Waqt
Oh..well here it is..
Bunty aur Babli.(and don’t ask me why?)

Three Of Your Everyday Essentials:
Books
Books
Books

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
A wig, my dentures and a pair of spectacles
*plays canned laughter

Three People Who Have To Take This Quiz :

I don't know how many, if any, of these people have been tagged yet, but I'm going to tag them anywayPrabha
Harish
Praveen
Gipsy
Vardan
Alex
Pisku
Sophia
Somu
Anand
Sriram
Jinu
Vidya

You said three? Hehehehehe!

And oh! I’m tagging my taggers right back with my own set of questions! Aah! Sweet revenge!

5 stupid things you did as a kid

If you were granted 3 wishes..what would you ask for?

Your most embarrassing moments…

Name a celeb you have a crush on

On a deserted island, you would take ________(whom) along?

And if anyone else wants to inflict this upon themselves...Be my guest!

Laws.........Another FWD

Variation Law:
If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

Law of the Telephone:

When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.

Law of Mechanical Repair:

After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.

Law of the Workshop:

Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of the Alibi:

If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the Next morning you will have a flat tire.

Bath Theorem:

When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

Law Of Close Encounters:

The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

Law Of The Result:

When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

Law Of Biomechanics:

The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

Theatre Rule:

People with the seats at the furthest from the aisle arrive last.

Law Of Coffee:
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold .