Preeti Shenoy's blog.

Many a time things do not go according to our expectations. We desperately  want something but something else happens. We dread something occurring and we have to face just that. And then when we least expect it, life shines.
That is the beauty of life. That it is unpredictable. Sudden. Slow. Flowing.
At times languid, at times serene, at times tempestuous.
Nobody an predict how it will turn out, tomorrow.
Forget tomorrow, nobody can predict what will happen in just a day.

You can plan all that you want---but life totally takes over and before you realize it, it has spiraled out-of-control.

All you can do at such a time is weather it out. Wait for the storm to subside. Sail in muddy waters.

And as long as you can see the shore, just hang in there. You are going to be just fine.

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Thought i would do a fun post for today, as it is a Sunday. So I headed over to Sunday Stealing 
and found that they had a nice year end meme going, and I decided to do it.

Here is what they have asked, and my answers as well.



1. What did you do in 2015 that you’d never done before? 
 Wrote anon-fiction book!



2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? 
Had resolved to lose 3 kgs by Feb, and keep up my weight. I did keep it!


3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 
Yes, My niece!

4. Tell us a valuable lesson you learned in 2015?

That if you perceive you can achieve and that The magic (By Rhonda Byrne) really works!


5. What was your favorite new TV program?
This is one thing that did not change and will not change--I do not watch TV!


6. What would you like to have in 2016 that you lacked in 2015? 
Lots of vacations abroad.


7. What dates from 2015 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Lots of happy moments--Bangalore lit fest, my Book launch at Ban…

I was listening to Taylor Swift's Blank Space today on the radio. Was intrigued by the lines
 "So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain"

and "darling i am a nightmare, dressed like a daydream"  and
 "We'll take this way too far and leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar"
So I looked up the video. And it was such a visual treat! I loved it that they have used 3 dobermans at 0.48--0.55
Truly no other breed would do :) If you watch the video, you will know what I mean.

I also think this kind of 'mad-frenzied love' is good only for music videos. In real life, you  would probably run from such a woman in the other direction. Even if she was Taylor Swift :)

Men on my TL who read this post, tell me what you think of such women. (Watch the video)
Women on my TL---we can all drool over this insanely good-looking guy in the video :)

Till tomorrow--keep smi…

Maldives. A paradise on earth if there ever exists one.

It features in an entire chapter in my book The Secret Wishlist. 
It is where Ankit takes Diksha.

Fiction merged with reality.
I was happy.
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Christmas eve. Full moon night. I always feel there is magic in the air at this time of the year. I love the Christmas spirit --even though the skeptics would say it's all commercialized now with all those clever marketeers pushing just the right buttons to get you to open up those purse strings---I still love the spirit.

When I lived in UK, it was so beautiful. There was snow, lights, festivity, warmth, bonhomie and a cheer that wasn't there around this time of the year. When I used to live in Kerala too, it was the same! There would be groups of children who would go around, singing carols at each house. Some would be dressed up as santas, and they would put up a little show , going from door to door.

In Bangalore, from my 14th floor window, I can only hear the sounds of the traffic. The sprawling metropolis stretches ahead in front of me like a lonely galaxy.

And all I can do is sigh,and send out Christmas wishes to everyone who feels the magic, and everyone who needs it.


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Be sure to believe in your dreams, and they will come through.

This is my entry for Wordless Wednesday.

Why do I feel 24? :)

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