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Hello Wrichik. How are you?Have been busy... work, home, house hunting, shopping, day dreaming, writing, paper quilling, painting, trying to make the perfect risotto... I guess thats about it.Work is fun...except for the long hours...I went to Hong Kong for my birthday...It was my first trip abroad, please excuse my over enthusiasm...the city is so well planned, everything was so beautiful. The trains pass through the important places & buildings! And everyone is size zero, they walk and walk and walk & why not? The roads are lined with trees with pretty flowers, very less pollution. For the first time I felt like, we are all living in hell, and makes me wonder what makes us so resilient??? So how is your Life? You were supposed to stick a picture of yours, weren’t you? What’s with the masked mystery?By the way I finished my poem; it’s dark & sad, like a rainy night. But I enjoyed writing it. And thanks to my husband I had my brief acquaintance with Wines!Take care.
Hi...sooo... I have no excuses. I'm a horrible person for taking so long to write. Please forgive me. Q__QA lot has happened in between. Summer work ended, school has started again, I've managed to have some days off and relax a little, although that means I've gotten a little lazy and keep postponing everything. Autumn is here again, the leaves are turning orange and red. It's quite beautiful. What I don't like is that it gets darker and darker every day. I can already tell this is gonna be a looong winter. So. I'm pretty much exactly like you when it comes to picking up new hobbies. You try something for a while, and it's pretty cool, but to get really good you'd have to invest a lot more time and effort than you have/can give. And so you move on to the next cool thing. I've started doing yoga now... I don't expect to get good at it, but I'm hoping it'll help me stay fit. Maybe. (I do this at least once a year - I start exercising and keep it up for maybe a month or two and then give up.) Thank you for showing me that short film. It was beautiful but sad. And not too sci-fi. (Nothing wrong with sci-fi though.)I think you're completely right when you said that people don't want to have all the answers. I think it's somehow consoling for people to be able to believe in something, even if it's a vague "mystical force" or whatever. I also think some of it is fear of being responsible for your life and actions. And the belief in life after death... wouldn't everyone like to have a second chance? What would I like to know about you... everything? Here's a few sample questions: Where's your favorite place? What's your relationship like with your parents? Do you have any siblings? What do you like most about reading/books? Will leave you to reply those, and sorry once again. Hope to hear from you when you get the chance. Best, Cerisier/Elina
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Hey! Don't worry, it often takes me ages to find the time to get on here properly!Well, until late September I'm carrying on as an auxiliary nurse, although I have booked a week's holiday cycling in the Lake District which I can't wait for. The story on Writebuzz is indeed true to my life. You're not crossing any barriers, don't worry! I've dealt with a lot of it, but deep down it's engraved on my soul in some way, and writing helps. I chose to take the path of learining from other's mistakes, and I think it's what has made me caring enough to do the job I do now, there's a reason for everything after all, it just sometimes takes a bit of time to find the clarity. I've added a few more things to my profile on Writebuzz, mainly poems that I've written. Thanks for your movie suggestions, might be in need of some movies when I become a student haha! I love Blackadder! And Monty Python, well what can I say?! True brilliance! That and Fawlty Towers have me in stitches even though I know it all by heart! What you keeping yourself busy with at the moment? I'm so busy I have been on the same book for ages... not like me at all! Doing stage 2 of my Reiki training this weekend, so that should ground me a bit and relax me enough to get back into my reading. Take care :-)R
Hello ... Long Time... ****Happy Friendship Day!!!****How are you? Lucky to have a respite...ehh?Well the mortgage thing is for UK customers...its such a tiresome process... the training is taking a toll on my brains!!!We have to process the application...and prepare the offer...so yeah its a huge responsibility.Well my husband is planning to join either Ethihad or Emirates (Jet is become one sick Jet-LAG!!!)...so he will be mostly posted in ME...plus he will get 5 star accomodation for himself... so till the time he tests the grounds out there I will be here then I can move on there if its ideal... or however things workout...now everthings a bit sketchy & long shot...saw love aj kal... direction was nice..considering the parallels drawn of yesteryears & today...but after some time it became to predictable... musics nice...deepika looking gorgeous, but doesnt fit in the frame even in long shots!!! LOLCohabitation treaty was provisional... but then I cant be outright about the same... you know emotional reasons.. well very soon I can kiss goodbyes if something works out... till then its majboori...I am done with the poem... just post your e-mail id... & I will send it to you...Take care.Ciao.
Hi there, I have to defend myself here, I actually hated Twilight! :C I found the whole setting quite disturbing, to be honest. I probably would be into it if I were 10 years younger than I actually am. But now... no. (I guess that's exactly what a fan in denial would say though... you'll just have to take my word on it.)I just finished "The Time Traveller's Wife", which I loved. A very different sort of love story with some fantastic elements... what's not to like? (Unless, of course, you don't like fantasy or love stories.) I'm alright now, thanks for asking. :) And while I was sick, I actually felt too crappy to read. I hate that about sick days... you get to stay home from work, but with a fever and massive headache it's just impossible to focus on anything. So instead of reading, I watched a lot of incredibly bad day-time TV while lying semi-conscious on the couch and coughing and sneezing. Fun!I hope you're good too? How's everything? Work, free time, love life? I realize I don't actually know much about your personal life I guess, and would be nice to know a bit more :) (Also, add a picture to your profile! Any picture. A... building or something. The blue thingy is so terribly impersonal.)What else... ah yes, the buying of books. I keep buying them, I can't help myself either. I've bought 5 books in the last week or so and read 1, so... you do the math. (Since you're the engineer!) Need to buy more bookshelves very soon. And then move to a bigger apartment.Heh, I don't want to be at the awards, but otherwise I get you (I hate attention. Always been pretty shy). Whenever there's some cool breakthrough in science, I wish I was in that field, or after reading an awesome book, I wish I could write.. ditto with art and music. But the sad thing is that I know it's too late for most things, like music and art, since I've been always hopeless at both. So I'll just have to shine with my intellect I guess. I wish Ouija boards worked, or that real psychics existed. But I guess not. So we have to decide for ourselves and make the best of it... Sometimes I wish I believed in a higher power that would lead us and protect us and all that. So I could believe that good things happen to good people, and that there's a meaning in everything. But I don't, so I know I'll just have to make it on my own. But I do believe in people. And I'd like to believe that they can do almost anything if they just set their minds to it and try hard enough. Is that corny? Or naïve? Or both?I'll go sneak around in the library when school starts again for you :D See if there's anything mysterious... mostly it's just old Finnish stuff I think, and this isn't exactly the most exciting place on Earth to look for conspiracies, secrets and treasure. Take care now, hope to hear from you soon, ~Cerisier (the movie star)
Hi!It's been shamefully long. Perhaps you've noticed by now that I can be really fast or really slow with replies... my apologies.This summer seems to be flying by. Working full time is pretty tiring after a long school year, and it feels like there isn't that much time for anything else. I was also sick for about a week, which sucked the last bits of energy out of me for a while. Feeling better now but not fully healthy. Yeah, I wonder why I haven't always felt the urge to become a doctor or architect or whatever. Luckily I also know a lot of people like me - just floating aimlessly, looking for the right kind of work. And it's not uncommon over here to get completely retrained for a different job in your 30's, 40's or even 50's. This is great, since I find the idea of doing the same job for the next 40 years pretty scary. At least my current field feels more "me" than what I was studying before. But it still doesn't feel quite perfect. You actually need to have some sort of reason to get access to the rare manuscript section, and so far I haven't. But the whole atmosphere is so different from the local concrete box library that I like going there to study. So quiet. Yeah, my compromise is to try to find used books at 2nd hand bookshops and yard sales. I very rarely buy new books unless they have a hefty discount. But e-books... hmm... you can't read one while lying on the couch.I finshed the Twilight series.. it was pretty bad. But I hate leaving series of books unfinished. Having read all of them the appeal is even more difficult to understand, but at least I know what people are talking about now. (Borrowed the books, didn't buy.) (Also, there's apparently another movie coming out.. ugh.) Did you have time to read Anne Frank's diary yet? Or anything else good? I've been reading pretty random things lately.. and haven't had as much time for books as I'd like. Too tired to read very serious stuff after work. Ishiguro doesn't write in a surreal style in my opinion, just not as straightforward as some others. You should at least try "Never Let Me Go" if you happen to find it somewhere :) You can blame me if you don't like it. Cerisier is a screen name I use at a lot of places these. I got it by flipping the pages of a French dictionary when looking for a screen name for a Hotmail account years and years ago (everything seemed to be taken already!). It means "cherry tree". My real name is Elina, apparently a Finnish version of Helen of Troy. What about your (screen) name then?Sorry again, and hope to hear from you when you have the time to write back.-Elina
Hello dear! How are you? How is work? Long time...I know, I joined Intelenet, Barclays Mortgage, back office, it’s more like 3G, but then it’s all about mortgage approval...Well sort of financial crisis, owing to the joint family, so all dreams parked as of now, so my husband is planning to join Emirates & I will be moving in with my parents!!! That’s a relief after a long time, I am so done with the whole jing bang now!!!And sometimes the interference can just induce nothing but murder!!! And yeah all that rubbish about not taking bath... I got from uneducated individuals so it is CRAP certified!!! Sigh!!!So how are you managing your money, honey & moksha thingy?!?!?!I am really busy nowadays & miss chatting up with all my friends & especially enlightened beings like you!Get up-go to work, come back drained, cook some thing exotic (bahu ke hath ka khana crap!!!), and put up a show that I am enjoying every bit is a little or honestly very difficult for an upfront person like me. Moving in here was a mistake, Sorry for cribbing, will write to you when I am in a better & more relaxed frame of mind. Take careSheetal
Hey! I fell asleep after my early shift and my little bro just woke me up with a cup of tea.... so apologies if my brain hasn't quite conected with my ability to type yet! In fact he's been a little superstar, he cleaned my kitchen until it sparkled and cooked me dinner last night, I've clearly taught him well! Well, it's Oxford Brookes University and I'm doing a degree in Adult Nursing to become a Registered General Nurse. I will then be able to specialise at a later date if I want to. I'm so pleased, it's not often that I'm proud of myself, but this is one of those rare times! It's been 9 years since I last studied, but I know I can succeed because I'm so commited to my job. I start in late September. I cannot believe I've finally done it!! I'm finally going to do a degree!I couldn't agree more re The Life of Pi, the alternate story was almost disappointing, although intriguing. I found myself in as much denial about the human story option as the investigators were regarding the animal version! I will definitely check that out, human relationships fascinate me as you know. Another bonus of having my brother to stay is that having jjust finished English Lit at Uni his book collection is almost as large andvaried as mine, so I have my own personal library for a while!I published my piece on Writebuzz - under my usual pseudonym of 'Delilah Middleton' - thanks so much for your encouragement, it was definitely a positive step forward and I might well add some more of my stuff. See if you can check it out on there, if not let me know and I'll send it some other way. I must admit I'm not a movie buff... almost more of a movie phobe! Haha. I find Hollywood style movies grate on me somewhat, I just can't find them as believable or as encapturing as books. But when I do find one I love it stays with me forever, just like a good book. My current favourites being Pan's Labrynth (in Spanish, but truly beautiful), K-Pax because it makes you ask questions, and I recently watched a film/documentry done in the 1970's called Grey Gardens - truly fascinating depiction of the human mind.How about you, you like movies? If you've got any good ones to reccommend I would trust your judgement and definitely give them a go! Take care, look forward to hearing from you soon. R
Hello! Well I survived my next lot of night shifts, just about! My nana is recovering well, which is fantastic news. And my brother is now staying with me until he sorts out a house in London, it's wonderful having him to stay. I GOT IN TO UNIVERSITY!!!!! I'm so happy, my life long dream! I really enjoyed the book too, read it in a day. Although it was by no means a thriller story, I felt so connected with the characters that I had to keep reading. The way the possibility of an alternative was introduced towards the end was, I thought, fascinating. How is life with you, and what are you currently reading? I joined a writer's website and published a short piece on there - a very bold step for me - and I got a good review. Maybe it will give me the encouragement and confidence I have been lacking, and lead me to have a little more faith in my work. Take care, Becca
Hello! Well where has the last few weeks gone? I have been so busy and before I know it I'm back on night shifts!! Only got to do three though, starting tonight. Hopefully it will be quiet and I'll get the chance to read a bit! I'm so sorry I haven't been in touch. My friend has had a baby, my Nana has been ill, my little brother is finishing University and coming to stay, and now I've got my entrance interview for University next week. A little nervous, but fingers crossed this is the beginning of me achieving my dream. Have you read 'Life of Pi'? I found it enchanting, and I thought you would probably really enjoy it too. Take careR
Hello! Sorry for the delay, I was at my mother’s place, just relaxing, enjoying and savouring ghar ka maa ka khana. She makes amazing Dal vadas and sambhar...Well the entire traditionalism and anarchical thought process is my observation that is a reflection of what I was subject to...something like- “don’t wash your hair on Sunday if you have a younger brother.”People must have lost their entire sense & logic when they make such expressions. Social & communal issues is quite another call, I was referring to daily living.Anyways I have left the media monitoring job, I know I said that it was interesting and all that... but my paranoia got the better of me, for starters the loo was soooo dirty that I have started hating the smell of my sanitizer, there seem to be muslim monopoly or groupism, one month on to the job, I did not receive any formal documentation of my part in the organisation...so I just couldn’t see myself there. And yes I will always have something to do with designing!!! Well the poem is indeed dark, its observation of the sadness I have seen/read/felt must exist in the lives of some unfortunate beings. The rhymes are mostly for more emphasis, otherwise it’s about victims, hypocrites, prostitutes, blood relations gone bad, compromising principals, the battle between true & false, the dead, the rich, I am still struggling to give it a great ending I shall send you the complete one, once I am done.Thanks for the review, hoping that it was honest, I don’t usually share my writings with anyone, maybe its possessiveness, or God knows what.Take care.Ciao.
Hello Wrichik!So wasn’t South just beautiful? With the rains it will be so poetic!!! I am already planning to go again by Sept.“Familial Pleasure Cruise” -You sure know how to rub the spices in...and it’s not cool...Patience has never been a virtue for me...so I don’t know how long I will last...about south Indians, it’s the most literate state, so we have long left our ritual’s behind!!!But I feel, this is after careful observation, that north Indians overdo it... nah? No offence to Bengalis....if that helps : ) (I never had the opportunity to observe them!!!)Well the job is interesting, if only I could stop thinking about the sorry pay!!!....in layman terms you have a product or service to sell, you advertise with the Radio/ TV/Newspaper....you pay them, but do you have the time to listen, see or read if the advertisements are placed correctly...so we come in, we monitor & send you the reports...there are three markets we are doing US, Aust & UK. I am done with my training; let’s see how I can leave my marks around here....!!!Well about lazing away time with dreams I have only one thing to say -If there is to be a crowned queen of wishful thinking it’s got to be me... you are so right, it’s the lack of will ...I hate myself for it...sometimes its fear, of losing or the habit of dwelling in the castles of Air. There are times when I dream of something right till the finished product, but then somehow I don’t trust myself to make it as beautiful so I store it away...Right now I am in some kind of a frustration...of painting...I saw something the other day... an inspiring facade...a small Puppy playing with some coloured cloth, trying to roll into it, and sitting next to it was the burqa clad woman... the sharp contrast was so beautiful and helpless in so many way... sorry if I am boring you with all this whatever...about the emotional dilemmas, I guess everyone has them- I feel parents should be there around, they are the people who lead us till here, but of course I wouldn’t have them in my hair all the time...but I guess for guys its different...maybe you could arrange for them to be near you in Banglore...maybe a house and maid or something on those lines... even you will not have any tensions as they grow older...as you will also have your own life, job, ambitions, marriage, kids etc to deal with... I feel you shlould deal this entire issue with kindness and practicality...and it will all turn out fine. : ) And yes bring that money, fame, love and moksha on!!! Who doesn’t need it...but then I feel that once you have money, you have the fame, but then you will never know when the love comes, is it because of the fame or the money???Moksha on the other hand...is everyday living...live life on your terms, don’t hurt anything or anyone, stay away from people who make you feel negative, be happy, enjoy nature, be it even a small butterfly...I can really become a gyan guru!!! : ) My life is the classic chaos theory...but then I chose to be happy. But yes, sometimes I have to find it in really small things... but its fine...You take care...& here is the small part of something I am writing now-The eyes spoke of forsaken dreamsOf the nights forlorn & the suppressed screams The last of birds have flown awayIn to the abyss, the lost souls had made their wayThe spoils of the day shoved for unseen tomorrowsMany a rich lay under the stone where the moss grows. *only positive reviews will be accepted!!!Ciao.
Hey! I'm sorry - in the middle of a stint of night shifts! Will be back to the land of the living soon - only 4 more to go! :-)
Hi,I finally gave in to peer pressure by reading Twilight, I have a couple of friends who like the series. (I happened to find a very cheap used copy, so no big loss there either.) I have to say that the writing style was pretty horrible, and I found the characters naïve and unrealistic (and that's not because of the whole vampire thing either). But, all in all, I can see why it appeals to teenagers; I think I was just a bit too old for it. Speaking of being old, we have our high school (grades 10-12) around the age of 16-18, which makes me 22. Some days I feel extremely old and like I've just been wasting my time and haven't found a purpose for my life yet; children grow up so fast and I just seem to be standing still in life... on other days I feel like I'm still young and have all the time in the world to try out different things and find something I like. It's strange how much I changed as a person between the ages of 17 and 20, and since then I've just been stuck. I've always been a big lover of libraries as well, especially the old and grand kind. (One of my favorites: the National Library of Finland, which I luckily have access to since I study at the University here. Some nice pictures here, if you can be bothered to look: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/yleistieto/kirjastotietoutta/kuvakierros.html ) I've only started buying books more recently, now that I have my own place and more money. I buy a lot of stuff second-hand though; it makes me feel better to know it's already been used. (I try to be somewhat "green".) Downloading books... the downside is that you have to read it at the computer. I prefer "real" books to digital ones. I'd be willing to try out the Kindle if anyone offered me one though. Hmm, I didn't know that Anne Frank's Diary was under suspicion. Do you remember what part of it/in what way it was considered doubtful? Or was it the whole text itself? I got a summer job after all, an internship at a language technology/software company. Will sit at the office all summer then. Ah well, at least I'll be able to save up some money for the next school year. University doesn't cost anything over here, unlike most other places, but you still have to pay your rent and buy food and all that. I liked "Never Let Me Go" a lot. For some reason I'm really into dystopias (1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, A Handmaid's Tale, etc etc). Ishiguro's style of writing can be a bit frustrating: his narrators usually never say anything straight, so the reader has to guess a lot and read between the lines. But if you can live with that his novels are very enjoyable. That's all for now,Cerise~
Hello! I was a little busy shifting in with my in laws. Man! I wish I was a man!!! I just hope I can play this part, why can’t North Indians have a simpler, logical & straight forward approach towards life? They complicate everything with rituals & beliefs. Maths & physics at work?!?!? Well that seems so boring, sorry my brain is a little soft wired & I do know about all the data protection & breach of international orgs, I was just plain curious. Sorry about that. But can’t help being envious after the way you have described your work place!!! Cosseted in natures lap...hmmm... Well I am still hunting for other sources for that software!!! Till then I got a job with a media monitoring firm. The pay is a sad excuse from what I used to get earlier, but it seems interesting... Saw any good movies? I saw DevD that was one whimsical escapade!!! Around here there is some issue going on between the multiplexes & producers so no good movies to watch. Where’s the crisis in your life? From my pov you seem doing great... are you home sick or something? Or is it job related. For all I wish badly is to be able to just pack my bags & go exploring Italy or may be Cypress....Well this is a question I ask all my staying-away-from-home friends ; was staying away from home a planned or professional decision? Even though opportunities presented way, I could never bring myself to stay away from home (when I was unmarried)... there was that sense of awe, new place, all alone... but now I guess that was all ‘jawani ka josh’. There was this time I was so mad at my Dad that I decided to run away from home to South, packed my clothes in a polythene, left a note that I had had enough, full on filmy, but then the rains intervened I couldn’t get the ticket till the day after so had to come back!!! LOL. That’s the closest I have come to leaving my Home! Now of course my folks live nearby. But I guess for a girl home sickness arrives with marriage. Agents of democracy come with their own agenda, their personal. Sad but true the meaning of democracy has been maligned, & to add to that the variations in the economic conditions of the society is an issue that transcends all & determines everything. The poor may go for short term, the rich for long term & the middle order is left with no options. I don’t think the common person can judge the best ruler, there has to be a collective approach. This will come only if we can scale the differences. Till then we will have to suffice with the present arrangement till the pages of time are turned to bring in new colours of democracy.By the way W, you sure can write about politics!!! Your unambiguous way of thinking reflects in your writing.Love has many names, so does Chanel!!! It’s very true that the more you know of people the more you love your Dog!!!Take care!
Hi, well, not having homework and essays to do every evening and weekend makes up for it, surely? And the regular paycheck is pretty nice too. ;DAlso, you probably get paid holidays? Do you have any time off this summer? Hey, looks like a library nearby actually has a copy of "Discovery of India". Will have to get it at some point during the summer. I made the mistake of going into a second-hand bookshop today, so my tbr-pile is bigger again. *Sigh*. At least used books are cheap and student-budget-friendly. Will need to get more shelves soon though... Do you own most of the books you read btw, or get them from the library? Yep... we had some pretty cool (or insane, depends on how you look at it) teachers. I still cringe at the mention of "The Scarlet Letter" though. Ah, those high school days... feels like yesterday, even though it's been over four years. (I just realized I have no idea about your age either :D Not that it matters much.)The holocaust... unreal and unbelievable indeed. I've seen some movies, like The Pianist, Life is Beautiful, and Schindler's List, which are touching, depressing, and inspiring at the same time. Same with books like The Periodic elements, The Diary of a Young Girl, etc... it's amazing, not only what people can do to each other, but also the sorts of horrible things people can withstand, survive and adapt to. But, to end on a more positive note... I just finished a brilliant novel, called An Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro. And starting another one by him now ("A Pale View of Hills"). Will have another week of holiday still, before work/studies start again [3 -Cerisier
Haha, nah. I wish I could dye my hair like that. I just liked the shot. Sorry for the confusion. ^^;;
Hello! I am busy shifting into a dark place!!! with the out laws!!!! will write extensively very soon.Keep smiling!!!Ciao
hey .. don't mention :) wassup ... which book are you reading currently?
