Beat The Blues :) :)

Migraine can beat the life out of you. The things you usually like doing seem insanely annoying when you have a migraine !(phew!). 1.5 days and I think I have half won this battle. I still have traces of headache but I guess I can handle that. J   The thing is I get migraine rarely ,but then ,if it comes ,it comes in all its furyL ( arrrrrggg!).I have been pretty off for the last 2 days L Mood swings were on a high, and nothing was really helping me feel betterL So that’s when I decided , Chalo , hell with this headache. Am not gonna fall prey to this anymore. So I decided to come up with my own set of ideas to beat this headache. These are not exactly ideas, but more or less ways to distract your self from the headache J

DO NOT WATCH TV. It can really put you off or simply fuel the headache.

Listen to music, it’s a better option any day Jsome light melodies will just soothe your mind J

Sit in the open terrace/balcony. Just look @ the horizon stretching in front of you, you will definitely feel better J

If you have a garden, just go watering the plants JThere is nothing that lifts your spirit like watering the plants J

Pamper yourself J Soak your feet in a tub of warm water J It not only relaxes you but gives you nice beautiful feet JYou could throw in a few spoons of rock salt to help you cleanse your feet J

You could make yourself a homemade face pack and just crash into your sofa JA papaya pack will not only freshen  your skin but will also give you that much needed glow J Mix papaya and a spoonful of sugar and make a paste J Leave it on your face for 20 minutes before washing and you are good to go :D

Or if none of this work for you, then , I have an ultimate optionJ it works for me all the time J Just grab your card and hit the road :D GO shopping!!!! J We have the whole concept of retail therapy to help us overcome such killer headaches :D so why not indulge in it :D  But I should give you a heads up that if you are the kind of person who will indulge in guilt trips after an extravagant shopping spree, then this option is a big NO for you. Headache plus a hole in your pocket plus guilt is really a bad combination to deal with :P

I don’t really have any serious gyan to offer here J Am just typing the stuff I do J Mover over the last option is only reserved for extremely severe conditions :P

Love

Sanz J

PS: So this time what did I do to beat my headache ?? :D I called in sick and went home by lunch :D :D (This works!! :D ).Bingo!

The suburban way :)

Day 2 and the excitement is still upbeat J For the last two days I have been travelling in the suburban train to work J And I couldn’t ask for anything more J I have always loved train travel and I have been wanting to take the suburban way for quiet sometime J Travelling by the suburban train is probably a routine for most of you, but to me this is a whole new experience J though I have been living in Chennai for the last 10 years I never really got a chance to use this mode of transport JAnd now with a change in work schedule am left with no other option J And am simply loving this J West Mambalam to Guindy is hardly any distance, Zip zap zoom you are in Guindy even before you can blink J  Even if this is just a 5 minute ride am enjoying every bit of it J The rush in the station, the people, climbing the stairs, walking in the subway, road side vendors selling all sorts of things starting from threads/beads to TANCET preparation guides. The hustle and bustle gives you the much needed energy to start your day with the right spirit :) You see people from different walks of life and the mélange of people you meet every day is different from the previous day J It’s a new experience everyday riding through the suburban trains in the city J

Love

Sanz J

Denim(ed) :) :) :)

A couple of years ago when I saw the "live in jeans" add I was all giggle giggle. I simply could not buy the idea that someone could literally live in jeans all day . Today, a couple of years later , i couldn’t agree any less with the makers of that add J  I should probably appreciate them for promoting an advertisement with a concept that will never change with the passage of time J

So now, weekend after weekend  after weekend after weekend you can see me in the same old blue jeans and blue T-shirt J  Every time my hand picks the same pair of clothes J no matter how many others lie in my wardrobe I always pick this one J It is like I am programmed to do so J

My mom simply cannot understand how someone can feel comfortable in a pair of jeans on a hot Sunday afternoon. But i keep telling her that she is never going to understand how it feels until she tries it J Now the jeggings fancy is fast catching up with me and my sister J If jeans made us feel comfortable this one is one step higher J this just feels perfect J I feel that am melting in my clothes J jeggings feels more like an extended skin than a piece of clothing J It is simply awesome J

Denim is probably one fabric that will never fall out of fashion J And denim just does not stop with jeans J We have a host of denim based products JDenim bags, denim jackets, denim cross bags, even denim foot ware , denim strapped watches, denim skirts, denim shirts, I could almost label anything under this category JThis is one fabric that has a high selling point both in terms of functionality and fashion J

So here is to the makers/ promoters/ distributors/whoeveros of denimJ hats off J you're doing a great job in giving us a wonderful piece of fabric that will never go out of fashion and keep hitting the fashion circuit time and again in different avatars J

Love
Sanz :)

Lists and Me :)

1,2,3…….10. This is not a countdown to IPL( though am looking forward to all the razzle and dazzle) ,this is a count of the number of sticky notes on my desktop J This morning when I switched on my computer , the screen opened to a host of sticky notes. ( pink ones, yellow ones and purple ones J, though pink is the dominating color :P ) The thing about these virtual sticky notes are that they seem so realJ Whoever came up with this idea, *HUGS* :D. You have added color and zing to my life with these tiny pieces of paper J

So what is it with me and lists. I love making lists. All kinds of listsJ(Now don’t start judging me ) Lists of clothes in my wardrobe, lists of earrings I have ( No am not weird ) list of what I should wear the following week, wish list , weekend list  , I could just go on. I probably inherited this trait straight from my father J We both have an obsession for making lists J

So I was just wondering in what way have I benefitted from this list making skill.(coz, I still fall behind deadlines, I still mess my work and leave out important things !(phew!) ) so, this set me thinking .

Well there is absolutely nothing functional that I have benefited from my list making skill( realization :P). It is purely for the fun of making lists, or it has more to do with the way I have been scripted J Wherever I go, my sticky notes/list pads travel with me J I have a whole bunch of them lying in my bag J I have no restriction with what goes into my list J It  could range from something as silly as drink water to something as important as go to the dentist today J(yes I think dental care is of prime importance :D) Now you could ask me , do I follow the things I put on my list ?J The answer is obvious, NO :D(at least to a great extent I don’t follow the things i put on my list:P) So why do I still make lists ? Well , that’s a question I have been asking myself for a long time now.

Probably making lists help me channelize my thoughts J When I write down things I probably understand them betterJ And I probably have a better shot at achieving them J( at least I would like to believe so :P )I don’t know if I have a point to make, but then again making lists is more of a habit to me than anything else . Not a day goes by without making my “To Do list”. And there is nothing as happy as checking the items on your list when you are done with them J (perfection : D ) In spite of making lists over  the years, I still have not reached a state wherein I have checked all the items on my list ( that still remains a distant dream L ). But this does not deter me from making my lists :D I still go on my list making spree and this is probably one habit that I will never fall out of J

Love

Sanz :)

Ticking away

 

2:54 PM, The server is dead slow, it takes close to 20 minutes for your mouse to even respond to a click! (Phew) .Either the server should crash or it should work normally.(though am praying for the first option :P ) Now this is somewhere between the two.(arrrggg!)Am sure most of us can relate to the anger that comes from poor or slow connectivity. Anyway that’s not my point, nor, do I have a super code or a brilliant idea to help you deal with this. Am just so bored that I decided to write something.  I have no idea what I should be writing about.  I have pinged every person in my communicator list, most of them seem busy( probably their server is all up and working , pity them :P ). Slow server means I gotta stretch and complete my work!( I hate that !) on the other hand if it crashes it is an official ticket to leave early or do nothing :P ( not that otherwise I always do something , I am capable of doing nothing even when there is everything else to do! ) ok so what do I do now. Even now as I alt+tab my window to check if am able to connect to the designer , I can see a white screen in front me. At this moment my mind and the white screen are no different. I feel the same blankness.  I just got up from my desk and scanned the bay , people are still hooked to the screen ( wonder what is that they are doing when everything is down,curious:0 )

3:12 PM I still dunno what to write about! I think I should check the score.(happiness :D ) I finally got something to worry about :D(hurray) JI should also check the IPL schedule.(more things on my list :D) So now I open the google window and type out ESPN cric info , wow google is working fast J ( yaay :D )Now am navigating to the live scorecard J

I do atl+tab again to check my designer , Its still white ( yaay :D) am shooting a secret prayer upward for the server to crash ( pl god J , pl J this one time JI wont ask for any such unproductive wishes from now on :D pl J )Srilanka 88/3 in 25 overs. That is so bad!! Now I dunno who should win this match so that india can make it to the final. I never understand this scoring system in cricket. Why cant it be like you win you move to the next level! (what is all the fuss about the bonus point K K)

Sleep is fast catching up with me! I think my eyelids will close any minute.(only during times like this someone will come looking for me!:|) BINGO!!

Alt+ab

 My team lead just crossed my desk ( I told  you!! Things like this happen with me all the time :P)

3:25 PM

Am just wondering what I would have done if I were @ home today J I probably will be fast asleep or I might be watching BIG BANG THEORY then after that I could watch SCRUBS( now I really wish I had not come to work today L L )

3:27 PM

Now am really growing impatient!( boohoo ).zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. ok I think I will listen to music ( at least I will stop feeling sleepy K K ) I just realized ,my white head phones  no longer look white! They have  turned into an ugly brown ( I should buy new :D , maybe pink this time :D :D ) Now am navigating to my music player J I go to Sandy’s fav playlist Jshuffle J rhythm divine :D ( NO!! shuffle again! You don’t want to listen to Enrique when you are already sleepy :D) yaay J now its Aslyn’s that’s when I love you J J I love this song J J( bliss ) J

3:32 PM J

Alt+tab

Arrrg!!!!!!!!! Still the same white screen( why cant this just crash              !)I think by this time I could have walked to coffe day in the next tower and brought myself a good cappuccino!)

I think I will just lock my machine and leave!Let me Alt+tab for one last time before I get up.( fingers crossed )

Alt+tab

3:36 PM J

It opened !( sob sob)!! Why does this always happen to me ! ( or maybe I could pretend I didn’t see it …) what’s the point! I anyway have to finish and then only leave. I might as well stay here. I think I will get back to work :( :(  

Love

Sanz J

PS: no post script this time ! L I would have written had the server crashed L

Footprints of Joy :)

This morning when I woke up I decided to write something. Writing always gives me joy. The ability to transform my thoughts into a piece of text has always given me satisfaction and happiness.  As I was pondering over what to write about, this thought hit me! BANG ON!!

Why not write about the things I love, things I like doing, things I love to talk about?? J

So here is my first J

This is probably one thing in the planet that I will never get bored of buying! FOOTWARE! Anybody who knows me will definitely know about my obsession for these. I always feel I can do with one more pair of foot ware, no matter how many I have back in my shoe rack J

Walking into a shoe store and the possibility of owning something from there gives me an adrenalin rush akin to what people get when they are on an adventure ride. I can feel the raising pulse and the immense joy just as I walk into the store. I am probably one of the victims of retail marketing. I simply fall for advertisements, the catchy phrases, the beautifully lined foot ware on the glass shelves, the colors, the patterns!!omg!( whoa!! Even typing these  give me Goosebumps) .Be it casual flip-flops, beautifully designed ballerinas, bejeweled slip-ons, elegant sandals, beaded foot ware, boots, peep-toes, polka dot wedge heels, pen heels; I could just go on naming the stuff , just reading or taking about these give me a surge of happiness and a desire to buy more and more and more (basically ,never stop :P ) You could pick each type for a specific occasion, be it a formal office meeting or something funky or even something purely functional. So yesterday when I walked into a foot ware store I felt no different. The minute I entered I set my eyes on the lovely pair placed beautifully under a gleaming stream of light on a glass rack J I knew @ that moment that I would walk home with that. There is this golden rule about satisfied buying- “ never pick the first thing  you see, even though you know that is what you want and there is a 99% chance  that you will walk out with that, don’t make the selection until you have checked the other options”.  The odds that you will pick something different might be pretty minimal, but still the satisfaction stems only when you have looked @ every other option. So I started my hunt. I tried everything on that rack. It does not stop with just trying. I walked up to every mirror in the store and checked the reflection of my feet. When I walked into the store I felt my feet looked so ugly and so unpretty with oddly shaped nails. But the second I slipped onto the lovely pair on the rack, I felt transformed. I felt my feet looked the prettiest in the planet, I had the kind of feeling that probably Cinderella had when she stepped into the glass shoes from her fairy godmotherJ.(ok, I won’t brag more on the feeling  , I hope you get the drift, it just felt really good J)  I should probably  have made a disclaimer before I started writing this, but then again I could always mention it now. All the feelings mentioned above are indeed true and very much experienced by me. Things might sound a bit overrated, but nonetheless this is very true. The joy and the experience that goes into buying things transcend much beyond just owning stuff. And the foot ware industry has definitely transformed our outlook when it comes to this. It has moved from being a mere necessity to something that defines who you are.  Am not talking about big labels, or super branded foot ware. It could be something you picked from a roadside kiosk. But the foot ware you pick talks a lot about you. Nothing beats the idea of having a good  pair of foot ware that  adds beauty to your feet and beautiful foot ware is something that completes your look. So every time i walk into a shoe store I just don’t go to buy something. I feel the ambiance around me, try on everything before I am satisfied and make my choice, look @ every mirror in the store, feel the texture, admire the craftsmanship that went into making that piece of beauty and finally make my choice. I just don’t buy shoes I make a small piece of memory for myself with that buy, for that matter with every buy I make J

Love

Sanz

PS: I finally walked out of the store with a beautiful peeled back  beaded-strap that embraces your ankle and which makes your feet look nothing less than WOW!(Goosebumps again :P )