TooTags

Both these are Tags by Veens

First one -

Smile - 51 Things that remind me to smile

I smile in all circumstances somehow....for me every moment of life is an experience to cherish....no matter how bad or how good - there is always someone more in distress or better off ......

Here goes

1) Doctor and Nurses - who gave me birth

2) My Parents - for putting up with my craziness for so long....really admire their patience

3) My Brother - For living life on his own terms and struggling but never complaining (libran trait I guess)

4) My extended family - Being cheerful is my genes I guess

5) Specially my youngest mamu (moms brother ) - If someone can resist laughing when he is in one of his happy moods - I can bow down to such a person...and refer him/her to therapy

6) My boss - my friend - He supported me in my really tough last year on the personal front.

7) The new bloggie friends - have found an outlet via this to say and write things and be accepted and not be called MAD (that is till they meet me )

8) My best Friend back in Bombay - who is unbiased in his opinions and can help me see white/black

9) My Best Buddy- 2 - whose calm demeanour and practical outlook to life keeps me grounded

10) Some sweet and dear memories

Here is the list of people whose life work I admire and thinking about them always puts a smile on my face

The Dead -

11) Freedom Fighters

12) Mother Teresa

13) Henry Ford - for producing that first car (I love driving)

14) Prof. Bahl - who taught me the nuances of English and Dramatics in high school

15) Princess Diana

16)Pandu - my peon from school - his dedication to see us students happy was commendable (he died last year)

17) The great scientists and doctors and inventors - without whom we would not have been here today

18) The writers and thinkers and poets - providing intellectual fodder

19) The caveman - who struck fire

20) The recongnizer of the potetial of chocolate

21) Le Corbusier - way ahed of his times - planner for Chandigarh and many outstanding projects around the world

The Living (these are people whom I am aware of being here - there might be many more)-

22) Bono from U2

23) The Gates - for the Melinda Gates Foundation

24) Warren Buffet - for his genious as an Investor

25) Javed Akhtar - for so many good writings & Gulzar - for his poetry

26) Zakir Hussain for his tabla mastery

27) Jagjit Singh & Pankaj Udhas & Ghulam Ali - for his ghazals and songs

28) Quentin Tarantino - for movies like Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs

29) All singers, musicians, lyricists, playrights and creative geniouses

30) Business leaders of the world - who look for moving forward

31) Kofi Annan, Nelson Mandela and sensitive world leaders

32) All the people who make our lives easy - the guys who are the one who act their roles so we can play our parts - ex. farmers, cleaners, drivers, garbage collectors, cops.....

33) George Carlin, Lewis Black, Bill Cosby and Rusell Peters - all stand up comedians who look at life differently and want to make people laugh (If possible view the Video of Rusell Peters linked - it will surely make you smile)

34) Jerry Seinfeld - for his hilarious TV show about nothing - Seinfeld

35) All the inventors, programmers, technicians - for this great technological revolution

36) Bill Clinton - for his work from the Clinton Foundation and Sankara Eye Foundation giving the gift of Vision

37) Aamir Khan - for beleiving in himself and SRK for struggling to come up on his own inspite of having major personal setbacks in life

38) The cricketers and all sportsmen - they entertain and enthuse one to do better

Things -

40) Aglets (plastic or metal thingys at the end of shoelaces) and Java Jackets (cardboard around coffee mugs)

41) Bacardi w/coke or Old Monk w/Thumps Up or Hennesey/Remy Martin on the rocks

42) Hersheys, Lindt, Cadbury, Ghirardelli, Godiva, Nestle and Parle - for their chocolates, Taj Confectionaries in Bombay for the Chocolate Truffle, Britannia for Bourbon Biscuits, Godiva and Baileys for their chocolate liquers and local bakeries for Chocolate Cookies, Dunkin Donuts for Chocolate filled Donut (will also have to smile if I do get diabetes)

43) The Cutting (half cup tea served on Bombay Streets for the buzee Bambayaa) and Maska Pau (Buttered Roll) in Irani Cafes in Bombay

44) Bhel, Vada Pau, Sandwich, Bagel, Dosa, Empanadas, Dabeli - snacks on the streets here and at home

Philosophical and Spiritual -

45) Waking up each morning

46) The Cosmos

47) Ability to think and express

48) Opportunities in life

49) The beautiful natural wonders

50) Kids and their innocence

and last but not the least

51) Me, Myself and I - can make myself amused in any situation (even when executing this tag)

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Second One :

10 things I hate about girls ?

I have mentioned this in many other posts and my tags earlier too -

Hate is too harsh a word , I have not been able to love somebody properly yet

There are differences between sexes - in many aspects - one has to realize them and accept them....thats all. We have to coexist no matter what - One learns this after personal setbacks.....and if you let hatred towards anyone penetrate your conscience - it will only harm you.