A pleasure

Its his 4th visit to home back..in past 7 months & every time he came is asked for...Bhai mera gift...

just to tease him [u knw... sis bro masti]....coz..i knw.. 2 reasons, 1st he is not crazy as me & 2nd he cant decide what to gift. Its me always, who makes his all shopping done.

Still, every time he came i push him for gift.. gift...gift....gift from your Bhopal [it makes me so happy..teasing him] And love when, he goes blank..to wat to say...n sweetly replies... "please you tell me what u want as gift, I'll bring and u knw Bhopal is nt as happening as Delhi for buying something, so... lets buy some thing from here only."

This time, he came on 27 feb to celebrate auspicious occasion of Holi together. First thing he did was got coloured by all of us :) & 2nd thing unpacked his bag.

I cant believe, he gave me gift " Di, for you".

It was something in a poly bag n found it a book. i was surprised.

He mentioned, i did lot of quick research in book store n find this book good for u. Read it, it should b nice...& teasingly said..." as u knw ..i always do everything right & good. It has to be Good."

As far as i think it was his first time, when he brought any gift for somebody on his own.

I was thinking...who cares if it is good or not, at least.. he thought n finally brought something for me. I got so very happy :) . I really cherish that moment. I wish, I would have clicked that.

It was a novel named "Any thing for u ma'am" by Tushar Raheja.

He n me both have finished it by now, n i must say..I thoroughly enjoyed it. Its a loves story of an IITan , who goes through many exams of Mr.Fate & did many ..many adventurous things just to meet his beloved.

His thinking process, deeds, situations , voyage all is very interesting, Makes u laugh, makes u smile, makes u cry(somewhere, if u r an emotional person), makes u worried, makes u curious, a full entertainer.... n you'll never felt bore through out your reading journey of this book :).

n truly said, found it most interesting among all these which i have read before, although counting of books which i have read is very very very short, now will not mention how many they are. ;)

Now, I m glad at my brothers choice. Well chosen book. well done bro! Luv u!

Thanks for concern and gift both! :)

Regards

Shikha

another sketching

I was supposed to sketch a face of 80 years old rajasthani man, bt what came out is 50 years old punjabi men.... hehe........ u too hav a look...n tell me.... :)

sketching after years....

I did sketching ..after years... (for sketch book of my bro)

i wsnt sure...wat i'll b able to draw.... bt i guess ..wat i did wsnt bad :)

after a gap of 5 years.

( Clicked pics of sketchbook )

A end and A Start

hii...

Happy New Year frnds... Wish u the best of everything!

2009 has been ended. lots of things happened..good ...bad......

bt last 2 days of my 2009 was splendid. There was a 24 hrs Ramayan path at our place.... with a great gathering of all my family, realtives.. my loved ones n dats for two days.... GREATTT. :)

After a long time we all met together. It was absolutely Awesome.

And..a well known saying is... "If ends well than all well" :)

N now.... a new morning...new day...new year....2010

started with a nice node..

first thing i did is... went to nearby temple... Thanked God for everything n asked for blessings for a new year :)

then... my long tym plan ws abt to execute...

Last year i planned many times..bt cudnt go.

This years first day....Finally i went...for...my fisrt dance class :)

n wen i came back..there ws a party going on at my place...

we all bachha log..... played games... danced like anything for alomost 4 hrs..

again had great tym...

Got my laptop back in evening from service centre, almost after a week :)

In all a NICE FIRST DAY of 2010.

Hoping...all days would be as great as the first one.... for me...n for everybody... :)

Again... Wish u all a very happy new year!!!!!

Cheers

Shikha

After a long gap, went for a movie today.... dats 3 Idiots.
Again, a Well Done! for Amir

Its not exactly like 5 point someone, wat i was thinking before...
bt Very good in itself. Worth Watching.
full of fun,emotions, humor.... around the main power thats FRIENDSHIP.
Also highlight the pressure on students from their parents & then authorities in a very touching & practical manner .
Amir is just too coooooool, Raghvan is as always cute smile & handsome and Sharman..great.
although there is not much scope for Kareena bt she did brilliantly.
Just dat...some scenes are ____ .

I was thinking..there is lot of change if we compare it to '5 point someone' & ofcos funds must nt b a problem for a Amir's film..why there is only one heroine....hehehe........ ;)
Just kidding my frnds.....

Jokes apart ..its really a Amazing movie & I liked it.

loving cards

hello frnds... hmm..how to start wid..
actually....yesterday i received a awesome present..a card from my sweet lil bro...
he made it... himself.... juz for me..
He came 2 me...n said Di...happy new year..wid a sweet smile...on his face... n a card in his hands.. ...wen i saw.... the feeling was SPLENDID. i hugged him..kissed him...loved him.. a lotttt..
He must, didnt knw... wat he did... bt i knew... n felt so blessed wid love of my sweetie pie.



When somebody really spent time for u, to make u smile n happy.
Its AWESOME.

He make me remember those days wen i used to make cards for my friends , for new year & for their birth days. I used to make lots of cards at once for new year... spends lot of time on cards n sum times also get scolded by mumma for not spending time on studies... :)
When all cards got ready , i segregate them for my all friends.
The best one for my best friend :) & for not-so-friendly friends...readymade cards. :P
Some times when, the cards came out like a crap, i disposed those,,coz rubbish stuff doesnt worth presenting to some one. And, when,the cards came out really nice.... i got tempted n keep them with me only.
Later... i realize its nt cool..... n gifted them too :)..still i hav 2-3 wid me only. ;)
Posting cards to all friends n relatives was such a fun.
That was a exictment of new year n a added cheer for diwali.
I really miss that all....
...Those handmade cards n readymadecards with loving n teasing notes of frnds on dat :)

Collection of my old cards works as a real refresher for old memories. :)

This internet world hav changed all that.. nw only E-cards. To which people don't give really dat much importance.
Me myself... don't only post e-cards ..who was such a crazyyyy..... for cards.
I wish, I'll be the same as i was..bt i know..i wont.

Well..i'll try :) n start drawing again.
Will tell u..if i'll ... :) till den..
Cya... TC frnds.

Radhe! Radhe!

Hello frnds...

I alwz wanted to write something on blog...but nvr did as my writing skills are....ufff..

nvr mind....i'll write neways :)

today.i'll write abt my recent visit to vrindavan.

our aggarwal society... organise 2 trips in a year ..n this is one of them on 13th nov,09 to Vrindavan n Mathura.

we r almost 14 members of a family together. it was gud fun.

Reached Giriraj ji on 14th early morning...

Got fresh..had b'fast. we all were ready by 8.30am...n started Prikrama of Govardhan.

Mumma n my cousins started it with off shoewears bt...

i ws in my floaters.. only after a walk of 15 min..i realised , i should also nt wear sleepers, den i took them off.

it ws nice walking there... the feeling of walking on Lord Krishna's land is a great feeling in itself.

There r 2 prikramas, one of 7 kms ,n 1 of 5 kms..in total 21 kms.

the first, we started is of 12 km. papaji,masji, buaji..lost energy soon..n took auto..bt we all were walking..n walking .. :) ...saw b'ful secenes , peacocks, lots of monkeys.... n one of them even grabbed our polybag n ran away...

I saw actual well for the first tym...n got very excited. must tell u..it is nt vry easy to take out water from well.

we decided to finish prikrama on foot only...bt wen we were 2 kms away from our destination, papaji called us up n insisted .... den we had to hire a convenynce. :(

luckily we got a Tanga...

Again..fisrt tym in tanga. i got sooo very happy.. :)

actually we all.. :)

one thing i really liked is everybody says Radhe Radhe....even the rikshaw wala to side u from the way..he wont ring..he'll say Radhe Radhe. :)

Its abt 1'o clk we reached temple. did darshan of Shri Girirajji

n

got ready for another prikrama of 9 kms.This tym we were too tired n did it by Auto.

almost at 3 we reached tirthyatra trust's place..means our room n had yummy lunch dere.

5'o clk we left for Vrindavan. n i guess by 7 we were there.

In vrindavan, we stayed in "Vatslya gram"'s guest house.

We got our separate rooms, n they were none less than a hotel. we got fresh, had super fast n got ready for Shri Bankey Bihiariji mandir. hired autos from outside n reached there.

there were no prasad for bhagwanji, only garlands.. i find it really nice..

Must tell u... they are very cheap there, only 10 bucks for a good big garland..

we all bought garlands of roses n went inside, after wait of 30 mins, we got the darshan of Bihairiji. If u hav faith, it is a heavenly place.

There is a faith about this mandir, that "Lord is so kind n loving towards His devotees, dat if u see 5 min continuously into the eyes of Lord with faith , he'll be with you n will walk away with u".

Dats why pujaris there.. continuously pull curtain rt & left.

It was a amazing feeling there.

later ..We all get garlands of Bhagwanji in return :). we got very happy n wore them :)

while we were returning from mandir..we had yummy golgappe n vrindavan ki lassi.. :) unforgettable.

it was 9'o clk wen we reached vatslya gram again.

We all were deadly tired...bt........ :)

had great fun..played wid garlands, clkd lots of pics. Then had dinner... again did masti n slept for a another great day.

Nxt day morning, we went to Mathura by auto.. den walkes for almost 15 mins for Dwarkadhij ji's madir..had Splendid Darshans, coz' crowd was less.

Then, Janambhumi

Birth place of Sri Krishna.

Cameras n cell phones are not allowed inside, nt even the sim cards. there is cloak room to submit all that things.

We hired a panditji inside the mandir as guide..who make us visit all the mandirs there n told us all the facts abt diffrent places . We did darshan of Shri Krishna's birth place n went back to our place "vatslya gram".

Now,

I'll tell u about Vatsalya Gram, its a great place in itself,doing a very noble cause in a very organized n great manner.

There is Gokulam, where they give shelter and a good living style to helpless kids n women.

its a combination of orphange, womens asharam and oldage home.

there they give a family to all of them...the way is... there are falts for every 8-10 people's family.

family includes 5-6 kids of diffrent age, a mother, a masi n a naniji.

kids from the category of orphanage , maa n masi from womens ashram n dadiji is from oldage home category . This system provides relations to each of them. They all been provided with facitities of a upper middle class home n live like family there. Relations there are Maa, Masi n Nani. This is really a great system.

Nthg is for free for them except education. The eldest person in home got a certain amount every month n they'll hav to buy all household items. The moto of this to teach value of money to children.

Many Childre of there is even persuing for IAS.

This is really a great organisation.

There is also a school for the kids of labour working there at a nominal fee of rs.10 pm.,

Also a hospital for people living there. Several temples & lots of parks.

Nanhi Duniya is a attraction of that place. Fun Place for kids. we clicked lots of pics there.:)

n did whole lot of masti.

At evening 6'o clk we retured from the visit of Gokulam n nanhi duniya, had superfast n returned delhi at 12'o clk night.

On the way we played antakshri n did chitchat with kids :). cracked jokes.

In all a great trip, juz that i regret dat we didnt got tym to go Nidhivan n other mandir of vrindavan. I hope , i'll go again.

RADHE! RADHE!