What's not to like about me?

I'm not awaiting tomorrow, 
I just live today

I can stretch, I can play
I can run about all day

I am a great friend indeed 
And I can be all that you need 

I don't fear you,  it's you who fears me
But why, I wonder 

I know only to nibble on you
Sometimes I leave a scratch

But it's all out of love 
Love that you won't find in another being 

I know when you're sad, 
I come sit by you with a long face 

I know when you're excited, 
I wag my tail, my breath in a race 

I am someone to be proud of, 
You can take me everywhere with you 

What's not to like about me?  
And yet, sometimes you chase me away ...

You throw stones at me, shout at me 
I don't even bark at you...

You chain me when I'm not a slave 
I come everywhere you go

But will you come everywhere I go? 
Will you not just keep me locked at home? 

I want to see the world, just like you 
There are beautiful people, places, so many things to do

If something goes wrong, I feel sad too 
It's my expression that you call puppy dog eyes

I'm that adorable,  
What's not to like about me?

Somebody asks me, "What have you learnt in life so far?"

I have learnt a lot, nothing worth knowing or worth learning. And hence, I'm on the process of unlearning. This process doesn't feel like a process at all. Rather, it feels like a timeless journey. And to experiences timelessness is a gift, it's a beautiful thing one cannot put a price tag on. 

Learning can be bought. You can pay for it in many ways. I cannot help but devalue learning on this ground. But unlearning. It cannot be bought or taught. It's on you to tread that path not taken. In fact, people again will teach you not to unlearn. Have I regarded anything taught, that I must regard this teaching too? To not unlearn...? 

So if you have to ask me again, what have I learnt in life so far, my answer is -

I have learnt to not learn anything.

How to play football (or soccer)

If I have to think about something I know nothing about, zero knowledge,  it's football... soccer (see, I don't even know which one it is!)

Now, here's my manual on how to play the game, if anyone ever asked me what the game is all about, then this would be my answer -

Football (or soccer) is all about dribbling.  So just keep dribbling no matter what. Like how at basketball, it's all about bouncing the ball with your hands. Here, it's he same thing but with your feet. But, don't bounce the ball with your feet! I mean, don't kick!  Dribbling is when you keep the ball rolling on the ground, to deny access to your opponent team players. 

So when are you supposed to kick? You kick when you pass the ball to your team players. So remember, dribble away from the opposite team,  and kick towards your team. 

Goal, you say? That's risky business! Because you can't think which side of the court lies your goal. You have got to Dribble,  and kick and focus so now where's the space to focus on the goal? With their helmets and uniforms, you can't even figure out who is your team's goalkeeper....they tend to look alike. 

So yeah, don't aim to goal. Just keep the ball on the field or off the field, but just don't go for a goal. 

Do this, and your team will do the rest. It's a funny game, you're basically just running across the whole field with a ball at your feet, keeping it away from the other team. What makes it complicated are the rules. Now, don't ask me the rules. I don't know. I only know one rule and it's called penalty.

Wait, penalty is not a rule? It has its own rules?! Oh crap. 

Well, in short, this is how you do it :p

9 things I just can't handle

9. People taking pictures of me without my knowledge

I think we all hate this because not all of us have a candid personality. 

8. People sharing my pictures on social media without my prior consent

Yeah, even if it's a group picture, I tend to report to Fb and make them take it down...lol. 

7. People telling me what to be and how to be

I feel like nobody acknowledges originality enough and constantly nag me on how to do things and what to do etc. Don't steal my experiences,  I'd rather learn from my experiences than from someone else's.  

6. When someone touches my things

Oh you've no idea how my heart beats fast and how anxious I get when someone, anyone,  touches my things. Even stationery for that matter!

5. Sharing food

I'm not a foodie, I'm a poor eater, but when it comes to what's on my plate, it's mine! You don't ask for it and you don't expect me to share, because I simply won't. Exception is made where I really love someone that much to share food! 

4. Gossip and gossip queens

Gossip because it's simply pointless. Gossip Queens because they overact and overreact....that's too much drama. 

3. People who complain but are not bold enough to solve their own problems

Oh I definitely can't handle them, I just can't hear another word of theirs. Who would like someone always complaining about their problem which they can solve, but they won't solve it themselves nor will let someone else solve it....for a simple reason that they are too cowardly and care for reputation.  

2. Discrimination and racism

Especially with regard to complexion, caste, and religion. Those people still exist? Sadly, yes,  they do.

1. Wet bathrooms and toilets! 

This takes number 1 position in this list of things I just can't handle. Right, I can't handle wet bathroom floors or wet toilet tiles. Even if it's a clean and just washed bathroom or toilet!

Strawberry desire

Soo...have you ever just felt that a cake is alive? Sure, when it's at an eatable distance. But I'm talking more like, an image of a cake making you think that the cake is alive. 'Whoa' is what you must be thinking right? 

So let's explore! 

This image, this particular pastry...I have never eaten a bit of it. And yet, every time that I look at this image, I can already taste the flavor. I'm sure you can too. Imagine the ideal Strawberry flavoured fantasy as in Strawberry Shortcake...

Strawberry Shortcake is, for some of us, a delicious name, and for some of us, a cartoon show with fantasy cake land. Most of us who do know of the show, have always desired eating the whole land in that cartoon! But have we had the chance? Nonetheless we have been able to describe or know the taste of that Strawberry flavoured land, without having even tasted it. The pastry in this image, is just like that for me!  

But you know what is so funny about it? The baker is my mom (yes, she baked that delicious desire which you are seeing in the image)! So, I have this all-time available, baker at home and yet didn't have the chance to taste this pastry because I was residing at a hostel back then. I've never asked her to bake one for me, especially that I want her to bake the same pastry. Because, I think the image fills me enough. 

Curiosity kills the cat. But no, for the first time, curiosity fills the cat. 

Okay, so if you're worrying about not being able to taste Strawberry Shortcake land, then stop worrying. You can still taste some fantasies as in the image. Place an order!  
It's that simple :) 

Mail me at daveen8196@gmail.com for enquires.

And if I get enough responses, I shall publish the baker, my mom's number.

Kiss me slowly

I love this song...

With the whole city to yourself, you could make even the night your lover, if you can dissolve yourself in the pulse of this song, by PARACHUTE.  

The lyrics are another beautiful thing about this song. It's simple, yet perfect. 

Save the best for last...the composition, the sound of the piano or keyboard...it's so praiseworthy. When the lyrics come to a pause, it's the sound of the instruments in sync that still gives you a feeling of continuity...it's what keeps the inertia of the song in place. You'll know what I mean when you close your eyes and listen to the song. 

Also, the transition into the ending chorus...wow. Simply wow. 

Listen to it here - Kiss me slowly

Download it here - Kiss me slowly - Parachute

And you're welcome in advance for the links to the song :)

What the hell is this blog about?!

Now, I honestly have no clue what this blog is gonna be about. Because I have three other blogs with definite purposes, and now I have no purpose for this blog! I created this blog, however, when I realised that sometimes I do have some things on my mind, but they cannot go anywhere in my other blogs, because they seem out of context there. So I think this is where  I crap out. LoL! 

Maybe I'll rant,  maybe I'll complain, or maybe I'll just be utterly and explicitly frank. Hence, 

CAUTION : This blog could be just about anything! And please don't be rude if you happen to get irritated as you read it; we all have moments in our head where expressing those things will make anyone despise us. So, you're probably just like me, so...save it!