Mumma, without you, there would be no me.
Your love, your attention, your guidance,
have made me who I am.
Without you, I would be lost,
wandering aimlessly,
without direction or purpose.
You showed me the way
to serve, to accomplish, to persevere.
Without you, there would be an empty space
I could never fill, no matter how I tried.
Instead, because of you,
I have joy, contentment, satisfaction and peace.
Thank you, Mumma.
I have always loved you
and I always will.

- Joanna Fuchs

When I was a baby
You would hold me in your arms
I felt the love and tenderness
Keeping me safe from harm.

I would look up into your eyes
And all the love I would see
How did I get so lucky
You were the dad chosen for me.

There is something special
About a Father's love
Seems it was sent to me
From someplace up above.

Our love is everlasting
I just wanted you to know
That you are my special hero
And wanted to tell you so. 

- Corky Ferguson

I have a number of thoughtful and caring friends. Here are a few of them who shared their thoughts on how they see me. Some are taken from the testimonials from my Orkut / hi5 account. Go ahead, read it!

URMI 

If I ever had a friend in the truest n most purest form it is her. If I could ever come up for a synonym for the word trust I would call it Pooja......If I could ever replace the word happiness I would call it Poo. If I would ever lie on my death bed and someone asked me, which friend you would want to see last, I would take her name. She is my faith, hope, strength, ray of sunshine and the reason for the maximum smiles on my face. I cant think of anyone who has ever accepted and loved me more unconditionally than her. I think this is enough. It says it all. Her name is apt for her. Pooja...closest to god.....closest to pureness.....closest to love. Whoever has her in her life has some good karma. And, one day when I finally close my eyes I shall be grateful to god for sending her in my life n making our paths cross.....take care gurrl...!!

SAMIE  

This femme fatal (lass) took Simon & Garfunkel words –‘I touch no one and no one touches me’, more seriously. And yes, she is a ROCK – as she feels no pain and ISLAND too – as she never cries. Half the time she is lost in her own sweet world. So much that she won’t even notice if an elephant comes and sits next to her (I am not referring to Arvind here ). She has a penchant for learning and is a great listener. Don’t know what made us instant pals, but I thank god for it. She epitomizes loyalty and all other great friendship qualities. Much a love Pooja. Wish you all the best and success in life

MANIKANDAN  

Hmmmm..............Let me think............Pooja is a very sweet girl with lots of love in her heart for friends and family. She is extremely good in studies and a reserve type. She is really strong and I am sure that she will never leave u alone in your hard times and will be there for you whenever you need her. She is outspoken with her close friends. At times, this little cute devil tries to crack jokes but it turns out to be a PJ  In short, she has multiple personalities. 

SANDIP  

I know not much about her but I can say her heart is as soft as a rose and delicate like that too!

NITU

If I had to describe her in one word it could only be-'friend’. She is one of the best girls, whom a man would love take home to meet his mom. Are you wondering so why is she single yet? First, she is really choosy and worse, she is 20 and has not yet dated a single guy. She believes that whenever she will get into a relationship, she will end up marrying that person. Is it possible???? She is shy but a confident girl. Whenever any one us are in deep trouble; this is the girl whom we talk to. She has the best solution to every problem. If you are looking for a true friend, here she is! She stood by me even when most of my so-called good friends ran away. Totally unpredictable at times, mysterious, dreamer, career oriented, loves her family, really reserved, may take a 100yrs to actually start a convo. But once she is your friend don't even dare to think you will get a chance to talk because she will do the talking for you too. Don't get on her bad side or you are in for a trip to hell!! One person u got to know.. 

APOORVA 

Miss you my friend!!She has guts and lots of them! It doesn't mean that she is not as shy and as reserved as she seems to be. It's just that she can do anything and everything for the people she loves. She has quite a determination and can do anything if she sets her mind to it. She is an odd mix of emotions and practicality, romance and common sense.If the fault is yours, admit that you are wrong and say it while handing her the flowers. Don't even try to argue, or she will lose her temper again. She cannot tolerate someone using abusive language, coming late, dressing sloppily, not minding table manners, etc. It's better to brush up your vocabulary too. She will not cling to you, nor will she become totally aloof. If you are trying to woo her, take her to places like theatre, art gallery, etc. She is prone to worrying about things too much. I feel blessed to have such a charming female as my friend. She has a witty side too and when she laughs, it seems like the ringing of little bells, doesn't it! 

GAURAV  

Well though its not the most ethical way possible to compliment a girl, but you are dead drop gorgeous, sweet and cute...And, I very well know that its not the first time ever u have been told so by a guy! 

PRITESH  

She would just go to any extent to make her loved ones happy! She will compromise to no extent to make people important to her happy! Thanks for being my friend.

RAHUL  

Though proverb goes beauty lies in the eyes of beholder, you prove contrary. Well, the unfeigned nonchalance exuded from you, reverberated my sham complacency!!!! 

NITU

Just read this somewhere & thought it best describes u?

Waiting . . . waiting . . .waiting . . .

Waiting to grow up

Waiting for my first date

Waiting to have a boyfriend

Waiting for the secret

Waiting for my great love

Waiting for the perfect man

Waiting for Mr. Right. 

STEVE

Major cute!!!

HARMAN

So sweet, charming, cute, can't explain 

AVINASH

Sweet  

HARLEEN

As precious as passing youth

As gorgeous as miss world is

As valuable as pure truth

So charming, So sweet

Everyone loves to talk to her 

I want to say ''THANK YOU'' to all my friends for supporting me and giving me words of encouragement, always. I can’t thank you all enough.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness  
 - Anonymous

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts
  - Arnold Bennett 

In long distance relationships, a weekend together is vitally important at least once a month, according to a study. (I strongly feel my sweetheart needs to read this ) I miss him so much! It is actually unbearable. Video-chat, SMSes, e-cards, greeting cards, flowers, hand-made gifts have played an unquestionably important role in my life  Long distance relationships are difficult; I have absolutely no doubts about that. Difficult but not impossible. At the end, I know we both are madly in love. And, love is all that matters! 

 I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you!

 There are little eyes upon you and they're watching night and day.
There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say.
There are little hands all eager to do anything you do;
And a little boy who's dreaming of the day he'll be like you.
You're the little fellow's idol, you're the wisest of the wise.
In his little mind about you, no suspicions ever rise.
He believes in you devoutly, holds all that you say and do;
He will say and do, in your way, when he's grown up like you.
There's a wide-eyed little fellow who believes you're always right;
And his eyes are always opened, and he watches day and night.
You are setting an example every day in all you do,
For the little boy who's waiting to grow up to be like you.

Source: Unknown

Well, now here is the list of people who have made an impact on my life in one way or the other  So, go ahead, find your name  This is like one of those ''JUST FOR FUN '' blogs!

 Pulkit Goel, Poonam Chopra, Mumma-Papa, Abhay Chopra, Maa-Paapa, Shalini Bhabhi, Prashant Bhaiya, Arnav, Parrichay Bhaiya, Sudnya Bhabhi, Sonia Di, Binni Di, Amit Bhaiya, Romi, Micky, Akshata Bhat, Suruchi Mishra, Rahul Changal, Rameet Sayal, Vikrant, Deepak Garera, Archana Yadav, Nikhil Sir, Prof. Vidyanand Joshi, Pradeep Bawaskar, Nikhil Nair, Boozo, Neeraj Tiwari, Samie Modak, Nitu Bajaj, Anagha Mane, Sourabh Pandhare, Ashwin Kunder, Pritesh Bhatia, Shivaji Saha (Cj), Girish Sir, Apoorva Sharma, Shruti, Praful Uberoi, Ajit Shetty (Aj), Pritish Shambhu, Gurvinder Singh, Sachin Sharma, Rujuta Kelkar, Rita, Neetu, Gurmeet, Monish, Farah, Megha, Bipin, Ghosh Sir, Mangesh Kosty, Sudhakar Sawant, Guru Bhor, Urmi Mukherjee, Komal, Sonu, Girish, Asiah, Yogesh Mhatre, Ratish Nair, Shadab Shaikh, Pritesh, Kanchan Paste, Digisha, Ashwini Kunder, Jevin Benjamin, Rinal Bhagat, Sachin Vohra, Sonal Sancheti, Harleen, Pritesh, Avinash, Kartik Hariharan, Sameer Dere, Ranjita, Jinesh Jain, Priyanka Khilare, Harman, Sawant Sir, Ankur Dhulekar, Pratibha Mam, Akash Singh, Minu Mam, Nilaanjana Mam, Pradip, Kushal Ail, Yogita Khatri, Leena Chandan, Maya Nair, Khushboo Agarwal, Karl Wadia, Lovina Kinny, P. Subramanyam (Subra Sir), Deepta Rangarajan (Deepta mam), Swaminathan S (Swami Sir), Balachandran K (Baalu Sir), Shailesh Gupta (Shailesh Sir), Khushbu Jadhav, Janice Jacob, Devleena, Rajeev Mavani, Nehal Thakkar, Harsoonu Mulye, Abhishek Ghatak, Ankan Gupta, Dhanesh, Steve, Arjit, Bhushan, Bhavesh, Brijesh, Dhaara, Diksha, Krishna, Manikandan, Nikki, Shilpa, Samantha, Ranjit, Winnie, Chand, Glen Gracias, Swati Raina, Yash Thakkar, Ankita Sharma, Harshada Kulkarni, Neha Jadhav, Uday Anchan, Sunny, Dj Shrom, Parul, Sagar, Ponmalar - Polo, Neha, Ritu, Gaurav, Hitesh, Shalakha, Roosevelt, Rohan, Sandip Upadhyay, Snehal Shinde, Arup Ganguly, Priyamvadha, Dinesh, Tushar, Madam Grace Pinto, Swati Mam, Rahul, Swapnil, Vidya Nair, Niket Rungta, Siddharth Thakkar, Neha Ranade, Harshada Gawade, Raghu Kanda, Prof. Sridhar Iyer, Monty, Puja Ganatra.......to be contd.

 May each day of the coming year be vibrant and new,
bringing along many reasons for celebrations!!

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

-Mark Twain

Happy Birthday means much more, than have a happy day.
Within these words lie lots of things, I never get to say.
It means I love you first of all, then thanks for all you do.
It means, you mean a lot to me, and that I'm proud of you.
Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!

This one is for my Maa (my would be mom-in-law) whom I lost few months back! It was terrible to watch her go. She didn't deserve the fate she got, but I can't argue. I miss our talks on the phone late at night, and the times when we laughed so hard that she had to cover her mouth and shut her eyes tight! I miss her prayers and her hugs. There is so much I want to catch up on and share with her. I miss her so much for my own selfish reasons. I miss the look in her eyes that traveled straight to my heart. I miss seeing her beautiful smile and the sound of her voice saying my name. When she closed her eyes, I knew my heart would break. The part of me that let her go was the part of me that knew she would be the `Angel` who will watch over me!

I miss all the things we should have done, but thought we had forever. Miss you a lot Maa!!

This one is for my sweetheart, who really inspires me to be positive and strong even in the most difficult of situations :) Thank you

I always lived my life with the delusion that life will always be gleeful as it has always been for me. I always stayed shielded in this blissful little world of mine. Years later, now i know life is not all that easy! Every person has to come to terms with life’s unkind actuality sooner or later! I have surrendered to the fact that difficulties are a part of life. One should learn to take it in one’s stride. The reality is that life has been created difficult; it has many tests and trials. But i m optimistic about life....!!!! Life is a question of balance, and as part of this universe we need to conform to those most elementary rules. There would not be happiness without sadness.

When all about you is black with gloom,

And all you feel is pending doom.

When your bones are racked with grim despair -

When every breath is a gasp for air.

Keep on going, though you need to grope,

For around the bend is a ray of hope.

A ray of hope is perhaps all that's left,

As your will to live has been bereft.

You've lost it all, it's just no use!

You can end it all, you need no excuse.

But throw away that piece of rope,

And give yourself a chance of hope.

Just give yourself another day,

Brushing aside what your thoughts may say.

This is your life and you can make a new start,

By ignoring the brain - just follow the heart.

Taking baby steps in order to cope,

And minute-by-minute you'll build on your hope.

Build on your hope, One day at a time,

Though the road be steep and hard to climb.

The hurts of the past - they should be dead.

The fears of the future are all in your head.

Just live in the present and refuse to mope

Your life will sparkle for you're living in hope

  - Brian Quinn

It still seems like a bad dream.... I still can’t believe papa has left all of us. It seems papa is going to come back.... I just can’t put up with the fact that I have lost him.

I just go about my day like he is still here with me. How do I realise that he is gone? Does it just take time? My papa was an extraordinary man. He was more of a friend to me. He always made me so proud. Wherever he went he made friends. He was exuberant & lively. He had an intensely magnetic, charismatic, forthcoming and open personality.

When they were taking papa away from us forever, I felt his cheeks, eyes, ears, that benevolent face for the last time.

I miss that goodnight kiss on my forehead, a kiss while leaving home, a pat on my back for the smallest of achievements, the way he pulled my leg, the way he interacted with my friends, his exceptional sense of humour, everything.

Here’s a song that explains my feelings…..

Papa, can you hear me?
Papa, can you see me?

Papa can you find me in the night?

Papa are you near me?

Papa, can you hear me?

Papa, can you help me not be frightened?

Looking at the skies I seem to see a million eyes which ones are yours?

Where are you now that yesterday has waved goodbye and closed its doors?

The night is so much darker;

The wind is so much colder;

The world I see is so much bigger now.

Can you hear me praying, anything I'm saying

Even though the night is filled with voices?

I remember everything you taught me

Every book 1've ever read...

Papa, how I love you...

Papa, how I need you.

Papa, how I miss you, kissing me good night!!

Hi everyone! Long time since I have been on my space! Anyway m here again to share the most important part of my life…any guesses????Well to start with, never dismiss anything as impossibility as I did! I m sure now your thots are all jumbled & confused trying to understand where I m getting at! Hard to belive I had ever been naive enuf to think that I wont get in2 a relationship so soon.If you are among  regular readers of my blogs you might be knowing how skeptical n analytical I ws about getting into a relationship..God!there are butterflies the size of dinosaurs stomping around in my stomach n goose bumps are crawling up my arms when m talking about this!Initially I thot it ws best to keep the whole thing quiet but the fact that none of my friends could believe that I have found my mr.ryt made me talk abt it.Many were curious to kno more abt him,why I chose him n hundreds of such Qs.He is just phenomenal  in whatever he does.Just when ppl ard think there is no hope he manages to come up with the most amazing solutions out of thin air.He is jus full of positive attitude,too much energy, great sense of humour n intelligence ofcourse.he is jus what I call THE PERFECT MATCH  for me.When I m talking to him my lips always mess up & words never flow.My vocabulary just seem to ditch me out n never support me then..Thinking about him brings irresistible cocktail of innumerous thots n feelings.I never thot in so many years I could feel the way I feel.N now I completely agree wit this one "It is a mystery why we fall in love. It is a mystery how it happens. It is a mystery when it comes." It's like no other feeling I have ever experienced. I can't stop thinking about him; my heart skips a beat every time I see him.We click on every level be it values, personality, likes, dislikes. It's the most amazing feeling in the world! It intoxicates me with this feeling of total bliss! I toss and turn at night and have butterflies in the tummy. I know I'm in love coz I feel an overwhelming sense of complete surrender and awe for him and a feeling of completeness when we're together -- and incompleteness when we're apart.Just  the trust,understanding,compatibility,bond n respect that we have between us makes it the best….

And BTW my 5^th semester BMS results are out…..i scored 73%