T.O.S.S. Ka Boss - Part 2

Continued from No loss with T.O.S.S. (part-1)

So the T.O.S.S. ka boss Mr.Rahul left the mall in a merry mood with his girl friend following him.

Once back home, he unwrapped his goodie bag and checked the contents like a child. He carefully checked each item and went in to bathroom to clean his 7 O'clock stubble.

His girlfriend Geeta was impressed. She called up Nisha, her BFF (best friend forever) and whispered in the phone.

Geeta : " Hey Nisha. You know what? Today he shaved."

Nisha : "What the hell! How did it even happen?"

She narrated the whole T.O.S.S. saaga patiently to Nisha.

Geeta: "I must say yaar. His clean shaven look bowled me over!"

Nisha: "I know. So click a pic na. A couple pic and upload it on facebook. You were dying for a perfect pic with him :)," said Nisha in a joyous mood.

Geeta: "That's a cool idea. Chalo. I will click it and what's app you in a while."

Rahul came out of the bathroom and his clean shaved avtar was really cute. Geeta lovingly looked at him and came forward with her I-phone for that perfect click.

He stopped her and said, “Hey. No clicks now on facebook. Let me first upload the pic I clicked with T.O.S.S. folks.”

Geeta : "But what will go wrong with just one more click?"

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Rahul: "If you upload and tag me people will rush to like your pic and mine will get ignored. I should get as many likes as possible to win the prizes. Remember?"

Geeta : @#*@#)!

To be Continued...

This post is a part of the Protest Against Unclean Stubble Activity in association with BlogAdda.

 I replied to Heena Shah Dhedhi's tag here. I am tagging Heena Shah Dhedhi back :). I am also tagging Ekta Khetan, Kalpana Solsi and Bhavya Kaushik here.

No Loss with T.O.S.S.!

"I thought I was walking in a desert of thorns.
Then I realized I was sitting next to him in mid of traffic and horns.
I thought someone placed a sand paper by my side.
I tilted my head to see that his cheek rubbed mine which made me chide."

These were the poetic lines I jotted down once I met him for the first time. How silly it is right? There is no love or romance in my poem. It just reflects my disgust and my deep desire to see him clean and shaved.

 "I hate that unclean stubble!" I expressed what I felt the second time we met. He knows by now that I can't fake emotions.

"But darling it makes me look hot." He promptly replied.

"Only burning that stubble will make you look hot." I responded.


We both lunched silently.

Then someone announced somewhere in the mall. Prizes every week. This is a T.O.S.S fight. Take Out the Smelly Stubble. Whoever is clean shaved can walk on to the dais and grab a prize. All you have to do is be clean and smell good. You should come and touch our organizer and Sponsors and share the picture on Facebook. The more number of likes you get, the more number of goodie bags you will win. You should wear a T.O.S.S. badge everyday to hold a solid chance to daily win a voucher. Depending on your consistency we will gift you a home theatre by the end of the month! Hurry NOW!

Even before the announcement ended I saw him running to the rest room to shave off his stubble. He ran to the dais and won a goodie bag. So more than me and my love the TOSS made him look handsome!

A T.O.S.S. Win.
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I wrote this post as a response to Ekta's tag. How ever I am not tagging any one as I don't know many who are participating and cannot follow up!

This post is a part of the Protest Against Unclean Stubble Activity in association with BlogAdda.

My "Bucket-List"

If any of you watched the sweet movie Dasvidaniya you will instantly remember a boring Vinay Pathak who loves making to-do lists . He finally starts living life only when he knows that death is waiting for him just around the corner . Whether death is waiting or not every person should have a bucket list  the way Morgan Free man has and finally goes on a road trip to live his life irrespective of his terminal illness!

Anyway today I too want to give my top ten wishes in my Bucket list. Why ten ? coz round figures are good and listing all the wishes I have is impossible!

1.)  To own a house. Not a duplex (Yes I am scared of big houses.). A decent 3-4 bed room house with a huge balcony surrounded by all kind of trees and a fountain outside the house or atleast a pool where I can sit and read for hours together. A fancy book rack with a sitting area like in the pic below would be better. I will design the house of course with the help of others but I would love to give all my attention to it and ya I want a fancy sound of music hanging in the hall and each room would be decorated depending on the taste of the one who owns it!

My Dream sitting area and book rack

 2.) To save a huge amount of money(if possible) which I can use on a world tour. If not a world tour atleast a tour to all the exotic places. Italy , Japan , Canada (Niagara Falls), Australia (Sydney/ Melbourne) and many places in India are in my hit list. Have road trips, do trekking, pitch in a tent in a mountain area and there are many more things linked to traveling which I want to do.

3.) Plan a get together where I invite every one, all near and dear , close friends , foes , cribbing relatives and every person who means some thing to me and give a speech totally dedicated to the selfish morons and heartless asses. I want to dedicate the speech to them in front of the crowd. I believe that open rebuke is better than secret hatred and I have my speech ready too. If only I get such a chance I know I will rock it!

4.) To learn some form of dance and learn to sing in a way that people ask me to sing again .

5.) To die slim is a priority wish. To watch my weight and keep a check on my health and not die in such a way that it would be tough for those who carry my body to cemetery! Also want to have a natural death , a painless one. It would be better if it is in sleep. Cannot bear a painful traumatic death!

6.) To be interviewed once I become an author or some one important. No . I don't want to be on a TV show as such (I won't mind if I come on TV :-)) but in a news-paper or at least on an e-paper I want to see my interview covering a good 2-pages. I have imaginary Q and A ready in my head.

7.) To meet and hug Shahrukh Khan, Tom Hanks, J.K.Rowling, Khaled Hosseini ,George Clooney and Will Smith (If not all then atleast the first one :P ) !

8.) To visit London and get clicked on the sets of Harry potter and at platform 9 3/4 wearing the robe and the Gryffindor scarf

Diagon Alley. Image Source: GOogle

9.) To cook better than my husband and excel in Chicken Biryani :-/

10.) To write a book which people will "remember."

What are yours ?

Joy and Hue of Christmas!

“Jingle bells, jingle bells
 Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh!”

Christmas every year reminds me the sleigh, reindeers, Santa Claus, snow, North Pole and the dreamy celebrations there with fog and mist and everything which will change the mood and bring the festive spirit in me! Advent  is a season observed by many western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of nativity of Jesus at Christmas.

Christmas is celebrated in various ways throughout the world ranging from hanging the Christmas wreath which has many legends linked to it that say holly is the most known Christmas greenery and Jesus’ crown is made of it and holly berries represent his blood, the Christmas stockings which are hanged so that Santa Claus can fill it with fruits, toy, gifts, candies, Candy canes and also lighting the Christmas tree and adorning the houses with the Christmas star. Specially In India where the festive season starts in October   itself with Dusshera followed by Diwali- the festival of lights and then Christmas with glittering trees and stars it seems like the nation is in all time celebration mood.

A still from Polar Express Movie

With the advent of this festive season markets and malls bustle with crowds irrespective of the religion who are seen purchasing stuff to celebrate in their own way. You can see Christmas trees and lights on almost every mall with discounts, offers and vouchers. It’s pretty exciting to do shopping in the festive season and get dressed in the best way exuding style and elegance. Christmas is celebrated with thrill and pomp where families prepare a big Christmas dinner, bake cookies and make fudge. I still remember the doughnuts I used to hog when my best friend used to bring them to school post-Christmas. The hectic shopping activity is never ending and brings smiles throughout the season. In India most exhilarating celebration of Christmas can be seen in the vivacious state of Goa. A large number of domestic and international tourists flock to the beaches of Goa during Christmas festival to watch Goa at its cultural best. It’s celebrated in various states in various styles.

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The Face-book of life

Photograph was a rarity before facebook. As and when I remember facebook I remember hundreds and thousands of faces swarming in front of my eyes. I remember them just the way they look on facebook. It might be their 10 year old snapshot or a mug shot or the pic of a baby in cradle. The baby can be their new born or sometimes their sister’s / brother’s new born. There have been incidents when I got utterly confused on seeing an image as I was not sure whether to wish them congrats on the pic or message and be sure first! Whatever you click goes in to Facebook. Everybody thinks he is an ace photographer once he receives a couple of good compliments. I am not complaining here. I am guilty myself as I click a picture and assume it has come out gorgeously! Posting and liking photographs is everyone’s priority task on FB.  

Before Facebook Photos were meant to be circulated among close friends or they were uploaded with restricted permissions. Now with huge facebook network and 1000 odd friends they are open to many to like and to post comments. Facebook deserves it’s nomenclature as it literally is the FACE-book.

Face book serves multiple purposes. It is the rant platform, the PDA (public Display of Affection) platform, the makeup and break up point, the friendship point and also a wall on which one can scribble, play around and paint his/her own graffiti all the time! Before the advent of facebook we had orkut which was not that interesting. I remember an interesting RIP Orkut image shared all over the net once people stopped using it.

Before facebook opinion was given only when asked for or when it is important. Now everyone gives an opinion on anything and everything and facebook acts as a catalyst when they want to express it as it is exposed to a huge audience.  The age old adage that “Opinions are like noses. Everyone has one,” is proven every day on facebook. Before facebook, friend’s circle was a close knitted one. Now everyone has a minimum of 200+ friends and their details are tough to track and remember. Before Facebook a 9-11 year old kid was not too much involved in online friendships. Now frand-shipping is an easy peasy task which will be shipped to your Face book profile on your desktop/laptop seconds after you accept the friend request .

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Moral policing on Social networks

 Social network has become the outlet for rants which can be shared with at least 500 odd friends and get little solace and peace. However there has to be little control on what and when to post. There were many social network crimes or cyber-crimes since the advent of Facebook , twitter, Myspace and many more social networking sites in to people’s lives.

Sometime in September 2011 a boy has put status message on FB stating he dumped his girlfriend. Immediately after that Malini Murmu an IIM Bangalore student committed suicide amid these FB messages! There are many more such cases which lead to family devastation like a boy informing her girlfriend that he is going to kill himself on FB and doing the same, a girl reporting every one that she is about to die, so on so forth. In daily news you will come across many such hard to believe crimes and suicides over the social network the reason for which is a subject of interest to psychiatrists. The impulse people face these days on facebook and other sites is unmatchable! Social media does assist the police to catch the criminals. Many people foolishly leave their footprints on social networking sites and it has become easy to catch the criminal.

The question is how much can the moral police stop crimes driven by emotional trauma? Will their laws be able to stop crime? Will this change the mind-set of people?

Everyone must be aware of the old news where two girls were arrested on the grounds of moral policing by the police of Thane station in Mumbai and just 9 days after that arrest one more guy was arrested on the same grounds!

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