A tag's calling out to me .... :-) :-)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 5/17/2013 11:30:00 PM

'I have a perfect excuse for picking up a tag this time around!! My last tag-based blog post was in 2012. I know!! Right!!! :D :D Am actually quite proud of myself as well… well even if I didn’t write as much as I’d like to, I still didn’t succumb to the pressure of blogger’s block with a tag! :D :D And that’s saying something considering how many tags I was doing at a point of time, evidence of which is in this blog !!! And what’s funny is how, most of my tags revolve around books a(...)'

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Summer's here!!! So is Evam's Workshop for Kids! :) :)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 5/13/2013 4:15:00 AM

'What did summer vacations mean to you? The months of April, May and June… To me, it was all fun, trips, mangoes, get-togethers, lots of sleeping, eating and driving the parents up the wall saying that we were bored :P Today though, there are so much more options, I say! Kids these days have a lot more options than any of our generation or the ones before us had… and I mean that in a good way!!Have you seen what the kids of today are capable of?? They are street-smart and are much mo(...)'

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What have I been upto?

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 5/8/2013 9:29:00 AM

'Hello there all you lovely people…  How ya all been?  :) How is life treating you? :)Its already 5 months into the NEW YEAR (Err... can we call it the new year still :P) how has it been so far?  Exciting…  Good … Bad… Ugly?? Oh, you’re asking me how mine has been. ;-) 2013 has been very exciting so far. Very very exciting. Filled with lots of opportunities and happiness and peace of mind…  E.X.C.I.T.I.N.G.!!!! :D :D :D Before 2013 started, I had a checklist.(...)'

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'So Sorry about Little India' - A Review & An Interview with 'Evam Karthik'!

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 4/10/2013 4:41:00 PM

'“Being an Indian is a pain… Being a South Indian is a bigger pain!!” …Four glib-tongued, smooth-talking performers, a little less than 1.5 hours, an audience that willingly lapped up all the one-liners, remarks, and well-meaning insults with nothing but laughter…This was “So Sorry about Little India!!” … Evam’s standup-comedy act …When Divya offered me a pass to the show, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. I have to be honest here. I have only wat(...)'

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'So Sorry about Little India' - Evam's coming to Singapore!! :) :)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 3/22/2013 7:52:00 AM

'I love people who make me laugh. And it’s not too difficult to make me laugh if you know me. It’s something like this. If you can make me laugh, then you can be sure that we will get along really really well. I think it’s the best sort of an ice-breaker at any social do. Once you have gotten folks to laugh at whatever you have said you can be sure they will pay you attention! True Story! :-)Actually, imagine that. Trying to make people laugh. And that too just by talking. That takes(...)'

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That funny thing called C.H.E.M.I.S.T.R.Y.

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 3/7/2013 9:21:00 AM

'It’s that feeling of comfort when they are with you. That everything is alright in your world. At least for that moment. That everything you do with them seems so effortless. That as though it was always meant to be. That even when you know the entire world is against you, they will still stand by you and that you can depend on them.It’s that feeling of understanding when you glance at that other person in the middle of a conversation and a silent message passes between (...)'

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Enthusiasm is Contagious!! Very much so! :) :)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 3/1/2013 4:22:00 AM

'Like most days, I took a cab to office today. Now, me and cabs we share a love-hate relationship. Much like Murphy’s Law! When I want one, I don’t get one! But me and cab drivers... now there’s something interesting there. I have met my fair share of all sorts of cab drivers. The grumpy ones, the chatter-boxes, the presumptuous ones, the polite ones and the couple of them who actually asked me out (Yes! That happened too! Some other time folks, some other time! Sig(...)'

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300 .. 300 ... 300 .... 300 ..... 300 ...... 300 .......!!! :) :) :)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 2/26/2013 6:58:00 PM

'Burst the crackers!! :-) :-)Pop the champagne!! :-) :-) :-)Ladies & Gentlemen ... Its been a super duper journey so far!! :) :) Here's to 300 more posts and some more after that!! :) :):D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Yeah! I can't stop grinning... :) :) :) But then, why should  I ?? ;-) ;-) (pic courtesy:  http://www.anniemayhem.com/blog%20pics/300TH.jpg)'

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Here's to feeling SPECIAL!! ;-)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 2/25/2013 7:34:00 AM

'I feel special today. No specific reason at all. Today is most definitely not a special day. It’s a normal dreary Monday, like how all Mondays are. In fact more so. But I feel special. And I don’t know why exactly. I can’t quite put my finger onto it. Last weekend I joined for Salsa classes. It is something that I have been meaning to do for a long time. There have been long drawn out dinners and drinks over which I have taken umpteen resolution(...)'

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We are like this only!! - Interview with HuM theatre.

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 2/24/2013 7:19:00 AM

'I have never been much of a science person. My inclination has always been towards the arts … performing arts mainly… specifically dance. Even though I can’t sing or act at all, I have always been very impressed with people who can do that. These things never come to me. Singing is something that I can never even attempt with the kind of voice I have. And acting is something that I believe has to be inherent in you. You can’t have someone teach you how to act. You can only have some(...)'

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Random things in my head...

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 1/10/2013 11:30:00 AM

'Writing ‘Whts up??’ instead of “What’s up??’ looks so much cooler.I really don’t like it when people answer with a single alphabet when you ask them something …. Like ‘K’ or ‘S’. I am guilty of it too… but seriously how long does it take to type out ‘YES’ or ‘OK’.And on the same note, people going ‘hmm’ when you have told them something on a serious note or you have asked them(...)'

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A walk in the rain...

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 1/9/2013 8:26:00 AM

'I like rains.Not the heavy downpours. Oh well! Them too sometimes! But only when I am in my cozy room with a hot mug of tea by my side watching the rains pelt down!!But mostly I love the light drizzles. Especially at night. When you can see them twinkling under the light of the lamp posts. When you can walk under them and not really get soaked to the skin, but get just a little wet, like you have been through one of those rapids or those fun rides at an amusement park. The ones that(...)'

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Early morning high! :) :)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 1/5/2013 1:48:00 AM

'Things that give you a high right in the morning!! :-) :-)For the unaware, that's my post / article...  :-) :-) Glad that it reached so many people... Thanks Glad2bawoman!! :-) :-) You got a very nice forum there and plenty of reach! :-)  '

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Glad to be a Woman!

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 1/3/2013 9:56:00 AM

'You call her Braveheart, Amanat, Damini, Nirbhaya.You admire her fighting spirit and courage.You call her the Nations daughter.You give up celebrating New Years because you say you are grieving for her.You say you won’t disclose her name to the public for fear of shame, stigma, or protests by people over that.You grieve with her family. You compensate them monetarily for their loss.You announce that you will bring in new laws to reform this.You show outrage at this act. You say that(...)'

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Weverb12 - The final part!! :)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 12/31/2012 5:28:00 AM

'22 December 2012Recharge [CREATE]: What did you do to recharge your batteries in 2012?I am waiting to recharge my batteries in 2013. My batteries are on hibernation mode for this last week of this wretched year. 23 December 2012Communicate [LISTEN]: Describe a conversation that you had this year. Why was it memorable?Oh boy!! Where do I start? Which conversation do I take? Lots of them. With lots of people. Rethinking priorities. Reshuffling wants and needs. There are lots of conver(...)'

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Boundary Issues!! - A Guest Post from Glad2bawoman!!

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 12/30/2012 8:21:00 AM

'Do you think I am talking about cricket? No I am not. “My girlfriend has boundary issues man – I don’t think this is going to work.” The voice came over the telephone – cell phone, if you will. It was a winter morning, and I was curled up in a blanket, a cat on my toes and a great book in hand. However, duty bound by the tenuous bonds of friendship, I was being forced to listen to the travails of one of my friends. What was the problem? Boundary issues- as I said. What exactly, were(...)'

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Weverb12 - Part III (10 days in a row!)

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 12/30/2012 8:13:00 AM

'11 December 2012 Toss [GROW]: 2012 was the last time for ________________For a lot of things. For feeling sorry about myself. For feeling like a failure. For feeling guilty that I did not listen to my gut for a long time. For feeling pissed off at things that I cannot control. For being morose, moody and dispassionate about things that I used to feel passionate about. 12 December 2012 Associate [LISTEN]: What blog/book/article spoke to you the most in 2012?This might seem (...)'

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I am a GIRL.. and I am tired of fighting!!!

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 12/20/2012 4:39:00 PM

'There’s a guy walking towards me. Do I look straight and walk? Do I look down and walk? Is my dress too tight? Is my dress too loose? Am I revealing too much? Am I covered enough? If I look up at him and walk, will he take that to be an advance? Is my facial expression impassive enough? How does he see me as? What does he see me as?There’s a guy in the train who is standing next to me.Do I look at him? Do I look elsewhere and conspicuously not look at him? Am I standing properly? Am(...)'

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Weverb12 - Part II

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 12/11/2012 2:30:00 PM

'Continuing on the weverb prompts…  Here’s the next 5. 06 December 2012ENLIVEN [GROW]: Was there a book or article that inspired you to make a change in your life this year? What was the source and what did you change?Honestly, I know it is going to sound like a cliché, but I am not the type of person to be influenced by what I read or hear. I’d rather see it or experience it first hand for me to change! And that’s saying a lot! I am a voracious reader and I devour trivia and in(...)'

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Weverb12 - Reflect & Renew!!!

Author : Aishwarya Ananth      Blog : My Expression!! My Life!!      Date : 12/5/2012 1:56:00 PM

'It’s time for a new beginning…!! :-) :-)Yes the fact that it’s December has me up in high spirits… nothing to do with the holiday season really... More to do with the year ending which I have been going on and on and on to all and sundry and most of them are as sick of the year as much as I keep drilling it into them!!! And I noticed that I have been ranting quite a bit about it, thankfully before someone else pointed it out… and so, here’s to the end of the rant and the beginning o(...)'

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