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I was thinking about pain today.. and wondering ..
Why is Dettol still in the market? (Dettol being an antiseptic that burns when you apply it)
Why has the no-burn Savlon (a legitimate competitor) not kicked its bum out of business?

with no disrespect aimed at D.. I buy it often.. and I use it a Lot..
but as I dabbed it on today.. I wondered what makes me choose its burning sensation over having my skin tickled by S?

Part of it is conditioning.. for me at least.. if it doesn't hurt.. how do I know its working? how do I know it found the spot? (duh. eyes.) but somehow there is something vaguely satisfying about the knowledge that the balm (however painful) has been applied and all will be well.

But does everyone else also think like me? are we in a consensus? no pain no gain?

maybe its also the name. DETTOL. sounds strong and reassuring.
Savlon. sounds like something you would spray on for fun.
hmm..

maybe I'm overthinking this... but do we operate on patterns of pain?
must I get always get burned to appreciate things? or to even just get the job done?
am I like that horse who needs a prod in the behind to start walking? (aww. horsie. sorry)
do I need the drama to feel things are happening.

I've deliberately mentioned "I" everywhere.. but I wonder (O lovely readers), do you prefer Dettol too?

(I promise I don't work for the company) :)
Love

Tweet-y to Self

(to self)
never judge an angry rant, lotuses can also bloom in the mud

This is not a Review :)

This is my experience with the delicious (deliiiisioooos) Taken (the original)

Liam Neeson kicking/burning/blasting his way through France hell bent on locating his kidnapped virgin progeny (hence sold for super-duper-dollars and kept the movie going at least a solid 15 mins longer. Yay!)

I loved it.. loved the role of the unwilling building-blasting good guy who has taken on Everyone.. friends. foes. frenemies (eh).. and RESCUES the unfortunate child who chose to share a cab with a woman-peddling-middleman. 

I loved the action, the stunts.. and dare i mention again? the building blasting :D

So as can be imagined i had chained myself to the house to prevent self from watching Taken 2 in the theatres.. or maybe i just forgot to buy tickets in time.

but i was eagerly eagerly eaaaagerly waiting for the TV debut *beams*

my enthusiasm and definitely bright pink rose tinted glasses kept me from realising almost till the end.. Taken 2 was not well made. It had some glaaaaring flaws.. Liam now gets kidnapped with wife to pay for his sins of treating women-peddling-not-nice-people as scum and generally beating/kicking/electrocuting/burning uh. killing them. (after eliciting info ofcourse)

but these bada** uh seriously-meaning-business mafia dudes forget to frisk him for his cellphone (errr..ok. slick.)

SPOILER---- coming up--> so he Uses that phone to guide his daughter (who escaped.. yay) to find him and drop a pistol down the chimney where he was trapped (thanks to mommy dear)

now .. this is LIAM.

he can turn your weapon against you and you and you.. and use it to make a jumbo weapon to smack you on your head with (ok, that may not have happened)..

but regardless.. it doesn't make SENSE LIAM (i wail)!!

so i looked up a few reviews post watching.. keywords being "taken 2, not so good?"

and the line that best sums up the experience and made me Laugh-out-Loud (a feeling i am most partial to) was

Go into Theatres and Liam comes up to say "your money has just been TAKEN"

da.da.da.dum!!...(sound effects mine)

hahaha.. i dont know.. it made Me laugh :D

i havent gone into too many details but if you found this page.. you could surely google.. or as someone i know says .. googal kardo :)

(no one says that.. i say that.. no one says that)

LOVE!

of Daal.. and other delicious things

I think it's possible that I am quite confused at the moment.
Though things are clearing up.. and I Did make my very first salad today.
which is a definite step in the right direction.

so so much is happening but it becomes harder to know what is really worth talking about.
and also the Why behind the talking. why talk about it.. why talk about it Here?...
so I will do the fun thing.. I will talk about all the delicious (pronounced very incorrectly as dii-liii-sii-os) things I'm going to learn how to COOK!!

Today was my version of the Subway salad.. *glee*
(yes, not much "cooking" there)

But kaddu, kaali daal, paneer bhujia, bhindi are the staples that I Will master and SHARE :D
Why?
Well.. the emotional journey (err.. somewhat) has been captured on this blog..
now the culinary will be.. (err.. somewhat)...
because I am hoping to keep the emotional Mostly balanced..
so we can now talk about other exciting things..

the Birthday is COMING!!.. I should learn to make a cake before that..
a Good cake. so Here was where I went into this graphic description of the icing
sitting gently on the tongue.... err.. and it sounded slightly erm.. seksual (yus.. seksual)
so this was me editing it.

hahaha.. so now you know!..
plus I do really funny accents aaj kal.. so often in fact that I might be forgetting the polite way
to talk.. hahah.. ah. life-on-earth. ah.
chalo chalo.. pushing off for now

Peace and Louuu
(also.. if anyone is interested in receiving a mail regarding Empowerment and Positivity.. not by me..just mailed by me.. lemme know people.. it shall be done..)
 

The Sun

For some time this blog will take on a Watermelon hue :)
to celebrate v's wedding sari two years ago..

Love
and yes, the blog Breathes again I suppose

Heading Home

Tis very simple.
The Past Is Dead.

I've thought about this enough and This is the space i choose to put it out into the Universe.
this is The forum.

There is a very beautiful and inspiring day celebrated by a friend each year.. a day to reach out
to every single person who can be contacted.. On this day he apologizes, asks forgiveness and sends love.
He starts afresh.. and those relationships that are already steady are further enhanced by the fragrance of his love. 

So this is me doing that.. so to all readers.. known, unknown, knowing, unknowing, whole... to all.
I apologize to all and every one to whom i knowingly, unknowingly, intentionally, unintentionally but mostly in ignorance hurt. To every single person in the past.. I apologize.
and as i choose to acknowledge.. i also let go of you.. all.

from this day on.. my slate is scrubbed clean of the past.
because, truly, the Past is Dead.

and who you knew as me.. is also no more.
so with all the love and love and love.. i take leave of you all.
may we always notice the strength of the sunshine paving our way

Aatma Namaskar
(I acknowledge I am spirit, and that spirit in me acknowledges the spirit in You)

sunny

Living positively is sometimes like that ink blot test... only the person analyzing what you see.. is you.
because as we all know.. there are enough things in a day (week/year) to cringe, fight and get angry about.

But there are also other things we can focus on.
and occasionally focus on the same things with better perspective. Maybe from a distance like watching a boat at sea (seriously borrowed from a lovely blog post i read today).
Maybe with less cynical eyes.
Maybe with a huge dollop of laughter and absolute refusal to treat itsy-bitsy everyday things as anything more than itsy-bitsy everyday things.

So as we are treading the usual track to work, play, or the rare club.. (okay, very very rare)
but as we move around.. to witness how we see the world can be an indication to our own selves of just where we are today.

and if you don't like how grey pictures seem to be popping up more frequently than sun kissed unicorns.. then work harder to find a ray of sunshine leaking on to that page. squint your eyes if you must. maybe that cloud is hiding a fat sun... or maybe the rain from that cloud is kissing the roots of a beautiful green shrub that is happy to see you. :)