There’s an absolutely wonderful update in BFG’s life. Yeah, I know, I’ve been rather lax in updating about her for some time, but seriously, this girl has done something that makes me SO proud 🙂
My friend has started a company of her own!!
WOW!!
Called Technology Consultant Group.
DOUBLE WOW!!
For the last few years she was working with a consulting firm and now, taking a BIG leap of faith she has floated her own company!! It takes a lot of patience and hard work to take this first step and then take it forward. And my heart swells with pride when I see my friend taking infant steps in this direction. I wish her ALL the very best , for today and each day of her life. May her business be profitable and give her all the happiness she rightly deserves 🙂 .
And yeah, we are meeting up this weekend (me, BF, BFC,BFG and BFS, you know,the usual BFF gang 🙂 ) for lunch as well as a dekko at the new office. Gosh, I’m so happy 😀
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BFC is leaving.
She’ll be back shortly, but after that, around December, she’s finally leaving Pune. For Delhi.
After 13 long years!!
We’ve been together so long….*Sigh*. I’m gonna miss her terribly.
(We still have plans of convincing her hubby to settle in Pune…..lets see how that turns out 😀 )
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I saw Do Dooni Char.
(Confession time. I saw it on a pirated CD. GUILTY. But how else is a working-mother-of-twins to watch a movie?!! There’s no time for theatre, and if you tell me that it’ll come on TV shortly, a reminder here. We don’t watch TV. So, cut me some slack, pretty please 🙂 ).
Anyhow, back to the movie. It scores. BIG TIME.
Firstly, it is short. I guess not more than 90 minutes (though I seriously wished it was longer…!)
Secondly, it has Rishi and Neetu, who are very far from the ‘Ek main aur ek tu’ pair, but share the same on-screen rapport they did decades ago. Looking at Neetu, its tough to remember she was away from the screen for so long. Sure, there are wrinkles and dark-circles, but her acting is flawless 🙂
And Rishi, in all his pot-bellied,monkey-capped,half-sweater glory steals the show 🙂 . Some people are never meant to stay away fromt he limelight and I guess he’s one of them.
The kids in the movie are good too, very natural.
I’m not very good at reviews, since I tend to give away spoilers. Its best that you make time for this movie…..its really cute, brings back memories of Hrishikesh Mukherjee films (and for that, we surely must be grateful 😀 ).
And oh, don’t forget to listen to the title-track “Maange ki ghodi”. Its really cute 🙂
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Its the BIL’s B’day today. YAY!!!
Many Happy Returns of the Day, dear BIL 🙂
Anyhow, since he isn’t aware of the existence of this blog, I may use it to a better purpose 😀 .
Folks, what does one gift a guy turning 27??
I’m running out of ideas (please cancel out laptop, i-pod, mobile, etc. Its all there at home!)
Asking the BF is a BIG joke. He has no sense of gifting (going by the stuff he gifts me!!). I make his life easier by simply taking away his card and shopping for what I want.
For the record *looking around* the BF sucks at gifting. Awfully.
When he got back from his Mahabaleshwar trip, he gifted me this :-
It was within our first year of marriage.
There were no kids then.
I was still ‘young’.
What made him think I needed that?!!
In the second year of marriage, he had gone on an official trip to Matheran, from where he brought me this :-
I guess he was expecting me to sit in my balcony and take pot-shots at every passing vehicle below 😐
But the question remains, WHY?!!!
So the BF is definitely ruled out when it comes to gifts. For sure 😐
So help me out please……you have time till 6pm to respond.
Hurry 😀
Noor, I am ROFLing at the gifts BF has bought for you!!! 😀 😀
You took pictures and posted them here just to get back at him no? Tell tell!
😀
And NO TV in a house of so many people (and of different age groups)? Wow! I am very impressed!!
Hehe….the snaps are from google. This post was impromptu, so no time to take snaps and post. But those snaps are exact replicas of the gifts I received from the BF.
About the TV, well, we do own one, but we never have the time to switch it on.
And before you ask, we haven’t exposed our kids to cartoons yet.
Not sure if its a good thing or not, but we’re sticking to the “No TV before 5-years-of-age” rule.
For gifts: A Book. Something that you badly want to read. So you know you gift it and then take it back 😛
Jokes apart, a book is a good idea no?
And if he is not into books then an audio CD. Udaan has nice soundtracks, so does Gulaal, Dev D, and so many movies….
See again, something that ul like to listen to 😀
Oh wow!!
This is a nice suggestion indeed 🙂
Since he’s not into books, audio CDs sound just fine (he likes music too!!)
Thanks a million for the tip G
Much appreciated 🙂
OMG, ROFL at BF’s gifts! Seriously? :)))
I wouldn’t generalize the possible gifts for a 27 year old guy, but we always gift my BIL something motorcycle related! 😀
Oh, I am sorry, but looking at the two gifts, I am kinda glad The Dude chooses not to pick gifts for me on his own, or does the safest thing, picks chocolates! 😀 😀
Aaahh…if only the BF realized that I do like chocolates, he could have saved himself the embarrassment of public humiliation.
Alas, even 10 years after being together, he has no clue. Sigh.
Bike related stuff sounds okay….let me pester the BF about it.
btw, Thanks 🙂
I am just not able to control my laugh after seeing the gifts.. BF ko Jai ho :).
As far the gift is concerned, its too difficult to buy a gift for Men. May be you can give him, shirt or pant or perfume or cufflinks or wallet.
Hi K,
buying gifts for men is a hugely daunting task!! I’ve already gifted the BIL stuff you’ve mentioned above.
But thanks for the input. In the worst case scenario, I’ll hand him a new wallet with some cash stuffed in 😀
Ha ha ha ha! BF really got them for u 😛 I think he wants to be different 😉 😉
Wishing the BIL a very happy birthday and my best wishes with BFG too 😀
Hope u r able to convince the BFC family to stay bk in Pune 🙂
Different??
Daft is more like it!! He definitely lacks the skill of gifting, I tell you 😀
And thanks for the wishes, for everyone 🙂
OMG, you had me ROTFLOL (I am alone at home so no one asked me what its about) with your “I guess he was expecting me to sit in my balcony and take pot-shots at every passing vehicle below” !!!!!!!!! 😆
I agree rule him out when it comes to gifts. OMG (roflol again!) 😛 Sling shot?? !!! 😆
But then I don’t have any suggestions either 😦
Tell me about it!!
I stared at that sling-shot for ages before I could open my mouth and ask what made him buy it!!
His answer was less than complimentary,”I don’t know…it just reminded me of you”.
Huh?!!! 😐
Maybe you hit him a lot 😉 that’s why it reminded him of you 😉
BTW my better half loved the gifts u got from The BF… duh… 😦
Well the logic went.. give something stupid once.. n she will never expect a gift again!! saved for life…
😐 😐
LOL!!
I have NO doubt that this is exactly what the BF meant to do. But it has backfired miserably, since I now just take his card and spend as much as I want 😀
“It just reminded me of you” !!! 😆
And I am LOL-ing a lot more at Sheetal’s answer “Maybe you hit him a lot”
Huh?!!
Am I not worthy of ANY sympathy here??
😐
My god the gifts… looks like he was thinking kids when he gave you those 😉 😀
But this is bad … publicily ‘showing them off’ the gifts 😉
Maybe I am a lil lucky too in that department.. have recieved wonderful ones until now 😀 ..
Gifts for the BIL .. if your budget permits why not buy some playstation thingies?
Egad!! Playstation?? The ADDICTION??
No way 😀
And the reason for posting the “gifts” here , is posterity. Sometime in future, when we become fossils, I’ll look back at this post and remember those days, of being foolish, silly and so much in love 🙂
Ahh .. that’s sweett!! 🙂
No Playstation … u really run a strict house huh?!?! 😀 Kidding ..
then maybe a nice pair of shoes or a jacket or something.. winter might set in soon anyway !!
Not a bad idea about the jacket….hmmmm
thanks for the input dear 🙂
Hmmm 27 yr old guy… Perfume, Watches, Wallets, Ties (If he needs to wear them for work), Sunglasses 🙂
Hehe, all given.
Sunglasses seem like a good idea 🙂
By the way do you get my comments…Either you have comment mod on which doesn’t makes my comments visible immediately…But then it doesn’t even leaves a message 😦
Hey Prats, the comment Mod is on 🙂
But I’m not sure why WP doesn’t give you a msg abt it 😦
I am laughing so hard at the gifts you got.. sorry girl.. I do pity ya (still laughing). I thought I got the lousiest gifts – Like a Rose plant when I complained I never got flowers from him. As mean as this is, thank you for making me feel a little better about his gifts :P.
Gifts for a 27 year old…look at what hes interested in and buy accessories that fit his interest. So music, auto accessories, tie, audio CD’s, a gift to a salon for an all out spa treatment?
Aahhh MS, a rose plant is by far, a VERY thoughtful gift 😀
And thanks for the gift tips…am going for audio CDs of his choice 🙂
MS, you got a rose plant in lieu of flowers?? I bet he thought on the lines of ‘teach a man to fish’ 😆 With a plant in hand it became your responsibility to take care of it and see that you got all the flowers you wanted from it! 😉
So what did u finally gift?
Audio CD of Guzaarish and a gift cheque 😀
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lol at the gifts 😉
I simply loved DDC and have watched it 2wice till now…and I agree on whatever you’ve written about the movie!