Eight things I'm passionate about:
Tennis
Country Music
Autobiographies
Clothes
Movies
Debating
Accounts/Tax
Schedules


Eight things I want to do before I die:
Work at the UN
Stay in Washington DC
Work full time for an NGO
Attend all Grand Slam finals and an NBA final in the same year
Raise a girl
Be part of a REALLY big family
Own a swimming pool
Attend weddings of all my best friends from school and college

Eight things I say often:
Theek hai
Essentially
Hanji
What what what?
No!
Yay!
Pretty
There's a seinfeld episode...


Eight books I've read recently:
Grace & Power
No Onions nor Garlic
Swimming Lessons & Other Short Stories
Charlie Wilson's war
Forever & Always
Aparajito
Rumi's Daughter
Whispers in the Mountains


Eight songs I could listen to forever and ever:
Travelling Soldier- Dixie Chicks
Austin- Blake Shelton
My Best Friend- Tim McGraw/Don Williams
Blue- Leanne Rimes
Stay- Sugarland
Whiskey Lullaby- Brad Paisly
Letter to me- Brad Paisly
I'd Lie- Taylor Swift


Eight things that attract me to my best friends:
Best hugs ever!
The ability to leave certain things unsaid
That sometimes its ok to cry/be cranky for no apparent reason
We love our mothers but still cant understand them
Nobody understands what the "boy" is thinking/feeling
That its ok to sometimes crave some action
That ALL our lives would be much simpler as Soap Operas
To not be ashamed after crying/shouting session

ANOTHER FAREWELL....

It seems to be the season of farewells for me. This one is for Natasha, my favourite Debating senior ever!!

I've been wanting to write this blog post to save for posterity the brilliant times we had and how much I will miss Natasha next year :(

It's so strange that it took us only two debates to get to know each other so well. It's even weirder that there will be no Natasha from next year.... I will never find her sitting under the tree outside the basement, never see her with another fat book on the second floor corridors and never hear her sarcastic remarks about the opposing teams..

So here's to you Natasha. DPM/DLOP. crazy. the best girlfriend.fellow moto user. one third of JMC A. fellow RLA/kinshuk basher. best hair. economics freak. theory of comparative advantage/learning curve. mushy love songs. non veg freak. Dwarka resident. warm hugs. Big Chill-Valentine's Day.amazing saris. fake nose studs. international economic policy at Warwick. relentless underlining.half plate Bhelpuri lover.lovely earrings. rebuttals/constructive. POI revenge taker.AFSPA/"My Father's in the Army"retort. Ayn Rand/Shantaram. purple push up secrets. paranthas & achhar. practise in 3rd?. Amphitheatre. kickass conventional debater. thrashing. Venky.almost KMC.IIT.clear.close. relationship guide. .ccd. tantra. sleeveless. deep necks ;).ardent NHRC supporter.pretty in pink. pretty in everything."this house will fall without you/will never find a replacement". wider smiles and even more tears.