Girl Talk
A weekend date with two women friends. My male friend put it as, “Spent a lot of money? Bitched a lot about men?” What would he know of girl talk?
Pop Culture
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Solo
The sins of an over-hectic schedule caught up with me this weekend. I’ve been working quite hard and partying rather hard too, for my metabolism. When you wake up on a weekday (and in these times, on a weekend too), there isn’t a minute to be wasted. So much to…
55-Words: Spooning
Sex in 55 words. Carrie Bradshaw: Just when I thought I couldn’t get any higher….he spooned me. I asked him, I know why I love spooning. It feels good to be held and cuddled. But what’s it for you? He said, It also feels good to hold and cuddle someone….
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Unbearably Light Monday
I’ve discovered that the only way to survive Monday is to charge at it like you’re on a roller-coaster. Eyes closed, hurtle into it at top speed. It will be over before you know it and what’s more you may even have had fun. You can count the broken bones…
Bollywood Blogging
I started typing a reply in the comments section of a post and then realised it may as well be a post. So picking up Gaurav’s meme, I’ll add the Bollywood touch. Some filmi characters whose blogs I’d like to have seen: 1. Sambha (as of “Arre o Sambha, kitne…
Office Capers: Haute Couture Boots
Men have no appreciation for haute couture!!!!!!!! At least the two jokers I sit next do, don’t! SNC: So why are you in casuals on a work-day? Me: I’m not in casuals! SFOS: So what are these then? Me: I’m not wearing jeans! SNC: So jeans are the only thing…
The Knot…Or The Noose?
Another shouting match with my family. You know those scenes in movies where they’re trying to show a person who’s slowly losing it? They have this deep distorted voice booming all around in dingy gray surroundings. That’s how I feel now. The pressure to tie the knot is making it…
Elizabeth Bennet & Scarlett O’Hara: Literary Icons of the Modern Woman
I examine Elizabeth Bennet (of Pride & Prejudice) & Scarlett O’Hara (of Gone with the wind)’s different paths through powerful womanhood.
Erma Bombeck’s Cope Book – Being Average & Coping
Discover the wisdom in coping with ordinary life through Erma Bombeck’s perspective in ‘Aunt Erma’s cope book’. Passion overrated, average undervalued.
Vanity Unfair
My jeans are too tight for me to breathe. I’ve put on weight. *Groan*. Why, why, WHY should it matter? I am not fat. I’ve never been fat. I am not going to be fat. And if I do, will it matter? Yes, it damn well will. To my vanity….