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Tag - Dhi Na Dhin

Was tagged twice not so long ago.....finally decided to dwell into them and write them down:
Tag 1 : (by pri)
5 Things in My Room:
My Writing Pad and Pen (for every little thing i scribble it down or sketch it)
My windows to the outside world (one real window for light and air and my bills gates's window for rest of the stuff)
Books - lots of them and all kinds - simultaneosly reading 5 different books depending on mood
Hard Drives loads of music -desi, english and hinglish and movies - in short my entertainment center)
Thought Balloons (every now and then there is some thought that I have - i blow it into a imaginary balloon and let it float in the room - in times of solitude - i burst few and carry them on - beleive me the mind stays light and the thoughts dont dissolve)

5 Things in my Bag
Sorry I dont carry any - like some other blogger had mentioned earlier - probably this was created by girls - mere bag me tereh bag se kam samaan kaise !!!!( how come my bag is lighter than yours)

5 Things in my Wallet
Wallet is the physical existent identifier of who I am in this country - and with relevant safety resources
License - identity
Credit Cards -need to eat and fill fuel
AAA Card - American Automobile Association card - for emergency situations like car break down - accidents etc etc
Medical Insurance Card - a must as I am on the road a lot - never know what can happen
Metro Card and NY Pocket Map - love New York - so carry it in my wallet with a metro card for the subways.

Phew!!!!!!There I finished the first tag.

Tag 2 : (by jaggu)
My 8 Habits - Facts in Life

1) Beleive in myself - to a point that people think I am despotic - but its part of my training as an architect - where if I dont beleive in my design how can I build something for someone - has now become my inherent quality
2) Movies and Music - anytime anywhere no matter whats happening in the world - I can watch a movie or listen to some sounds from any part of the world
3) Books - as described above love to read
4) Experiment with Food - am a vegeterian and love to cook so experiment with different cuisines from all around the world and give them a vegeterian twist - well honestly have not required to cross that line as yet - find everyone happy to serve you their version of vegeterian food - and have eaten in restaurants here from almost 24 different countries and cuisines.
5) Tea - love desi chai (tea) - can drink it anytime, anywhere -
6) Chocolate - damn this is my weakness - really in any form - chocolate bars and candies, truffles, cakes, mousse, bourbon biscuits, chocolate milk, chocolate horlicks and complan :P......
7) Rum and Coke (previously old monk and thumps up ) - dont know how long and how many i must have had -but always go back to my dear old rum - reasons are simple -
Gam ka Sathi Rum (friend in the time of sadness is rum)
Khushi mai bhi hamesha saath denge Hum (will also be you friend when sharing happiness)
8) Travel all over
Thats it - how I wish life was as simple and straightforward as doing this tag. I dont want to tag anyone - if you like it pick it up and let me know when you complete it so I can visit you and read it.

41 comments:

Jaggu said...

Cool bud...

ceedy said...

@jaggu
ny day man - bud, heineken, michelob....any beer wil do :P

KP said...

how Abt JD or Glenlivet or Vodka......etc

Me and coocking we dont get along..not even on Experiment terms..:)

ceedy said...

@kp
dude I drink anything - nothing specific....but Rum and Coke is like Soul drink - prefer that to others....
i did not know cooking too - but survival here alone - made me learn it and now its fun to experiment

WritingsForLife said...

you are so like me when it comes to books... i read a couple of books simultaneously... usually in different languages :)

I got the same tag recently... should be doing it soon :)

Phoenix said...

what a tag!well written one...a lot of insights to ceedy the person not just the blogger :D

Sneha P said...

tag dhin a dhin is right...
2 tags together...my god...
1 bhi karne ko bore hota hai...

but they were rather insightful and informative..
cool...
cheers!

kyamaloom said...

It was really great reading the TAG..:)

And yes you are so true, sirf RUM hi Gham mein saath deti hai.. ;)

ceedy said...

@raaji
cool, will love to read it...happy reading.

ceedy said...

@phoenix
thanks - this is just the surface....cant write a lot of stuff here can we ;)

ceedy said...

@viruvian
was delaying them for a month - they are fun anyways

ceedy said...

@rohit
thanks - and cheers - isi baat pe ek peg ho jaye :)

Ravi Kapoor said...

gr8 article buddy!!

i loved the point 7 though ;)

take care..cheers!!

Preethi said...

hey interesting read man. Though loads of more questions pops into my head. The desi in me takeover here;) Just curious.. What do you design?

ceedy said...

@ravi
someday maybe we can meet and share a drink....you never know the world is a small place

ceedy said...

@preethi
the tag obviously is just a surface of ones life - if life could be categorised in 8 items - wont it have been easy, predictable and boring :)
if interested i can answer some q here or you can email me.
BTW i desigh "American Dreams" and clinics, small commercial spaces all over NJ..

B said...

OMG u live in NJ and u r in NY all the time. U like jagjit singh and kite runner and fountainhead is ur fav books. so much in common :D LOL.

my comment sounds like totally random and scary, but dont worry, im harmless.

well, hello! I am a fellow blogger.

Pri said...

hmm u r good at executing tags...
im sure u wudent mind a coupla more...heehee
so gear up ...WARNING---
new tags will be crossing ur path soon! ;p

The Furobiker said...

hehe nice way to vomplete multiple tags.. n yea i only said this tag mus t be started by some gal

Lena said...

seems like chocolate is everyone's weakness :D
Was a nice read :)

ceedy said...

@red soul
hello fellow blogger
you never know the guy/girl next to you might be reading your blog -mysterious....there is nothing random in this world except the word....;)
welcome and hope to share nuances of NYC with you

ceedy said...

@pri
first time is good - if you make it happen again and again - will block you WARNING (just kidding)

am new to all this so excited....lets see how long it lasts :)

ceedy said...

@abhishek
dude yes it was you....and i think you are perfectly right....maybe we need a guy tag as what are the five things that you will carry if told to evacuate - only five things (girls i think will be perplexed)

ceedy said...

@lena
looks like and whats wrong....sweetness is what we all need in our lives all the time :)

radiohead said...

music is life ..
books are d vice ..
and life is d experiment here .. which sadly fails all d time ;)

rum .. have jus tried bacardi once ..with orange juice tht is ..else u knw .. its like netime dude .. I think its one of the better ways to reminisce with less pretence involved .. it sets u free somehow ..

Cinderella said...

Wow...!!!

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ceedy said...

@anuj
i agree with you here
i think we in our 'loneliness" hide behind the shrouds of books....etc, well atleast this blog is smg where you can write without any hangups....and i am not a compulsion drinker just a social one :).....
have made myself immune with this drink so dont loose control ;)

@cinderella
do you beleive in "less is more" if yes appropriate reaction

Viswanathan said...

Thought balloons: Thats a good thought.. idea.

Cheers

Solitaire said...

I like what you carry in your wallet. I always wonder what men do. And if they actually carry pictures there like they show in hindi movies..

Sameera Ansari said...

You a chocoholic too!Goooooooooood :)

ceedy said...

@ottayan
thanks :)...they work

ceedy said...

@solitaire
anything more and i will feel like carrying a brick.
just enuf to get thru to hassles is wats in mah wallet

ceedy said...

@sameera
yeah....chocolate is my weakness :)

Cinderella said...

Hell yes...I totally see eye to eye with Mies' poetic aphorism there !!!
Wonder how you caught that..lol !!

Cinderella said...

Straight lines...simple geometry...no unecessary embellishments...contemporary...
and clean - what you see is what you get !!!
What say ?

ceedy said...

@cinderella
definately.....wish i can get out these legal entrapments and practice sensitive and true architecture.....some day....

annie said...

Great to know abt ur tastes.

ceedy said...

@annie
thx and welcome back :)

Cinderella said...

**Sigh**
How every architect wants his own chunk of paradise....reinstated !!
I'd love to see you do it though..

ceedy said...

@cinderella
every one wants to build his own domain....just that as architects we are paranoid