TO DO:

I was totally out of ideas regarding what I should write a post on next. so I asked ruchita to help me out and she, being the brilliant brain that she is (I mean that in a totally non-sarcastic way!), tagged me.

it's a bit like writing an essay in an exam, isn't it? but honestly, if you were faced with such a dearth of creativity as I have been these past few weeks.. you would accept this task with as much glee as I am now. and by the way, does anybody know whether or not creativity is like a pot of paint..if not used for a given amount of time,it dries up and will only revive itself after much prodding,poking and pouring of water.and then too it would be quite a miserable affair as compared to its usual vibrant self. do help me out here.. becuase I am on the verge of breaking the record for longest writer's block ever..at least the longest it's ever happened to me.
ok, i've strayed so totally off the point! it's like going to visit america and deciding to drop in to australia on the way..
and there I go again . .

so!
i'm supposed to write about fifteen things I would like to do before I turn forty.
some of the things i'm going to mention may be a little far-fetched but then you can't blame a girl for dreaming can you?

one. paint a wall in my room. ok,for that I need to have a room . assuming I have a room, I would like to paint an entire wall of that room, all by myself, just that way I like it. I have a million ideas for it coz this is something i've wanted for a long time. a beautiful wall full of all the colors I love.. i'm going to pour my heart into painting it..it will be like a abstract canvas of my life and all the things I love. and it's got to have glitter and sparkle!

two. I want to have an entire wall full of framed pictures. pictures of all the people i love, the places i love .. everything! this is actually my parent's idea and there is a wall in our house constructed entirely for this purpose. however,we've hardly done anything to it as yet and everytime I go home, I concoct absolutely far-fetched plans for it. so i would like to turn them into a reality soon.

three. own two, three, four, five dogs! ok,that's a little too much( how would i feed them!), one would be fine, or two even. i absolutely adore dogs and used to have two adorable, light of my life cocker spaniels. unfortunately, both of them died at an early age and i've never stopped missing them. whenever, i meet a dog with liquid eyes, i feel an irresisitible urge to pick it up and run off with it (one day i will!)

four. live in new york! yes! this is like a challenge to me. i'm totally intimidated by the idea of new york! im way too reserved and shy to manage a city like that all by myself. however, this is something i want to do, if only to prove to myself that i am not a scaredy pants !

five. learn to eat with chopsticks! i am absolutely fascinated with the dynamics of eating with chopsticks and am reduced to staring at people (who can eat with chopsticks) with avid fascination. it is an absolute marvel! so one day you will find me eating my morning toast with a pair of chopsticks (hopefully!)..

six. visit australia!! Oh God! I am obsessed with the thought of Australia! In class 7, we did the physical and political map of australia and for some strange reason, I have been fascinated with the country from then on. It is my mecca. I guess i have given it a kind of cult status in my imagination. When my dad went to Australia, i didn't speak to him for a week because he couldn't take me. He came back and tried to mollify me by telling me that the place was horrible ..as if I'll believe that!! So, one day..somewhere in the near future.. . .

seven. join an aerobics class. and dance my way to physical perfection!

eight. give my parents an all paid week long trip to a beautiful spa resort in kerala. i feel it's going to be such a great break for them. they have spent so many years of their lives doing stuff for us..right from buying an eraser to paying the university fees. they desreve a small chance to be pampered and treated like the royalty that they are. and i know they would adore a spa.

nine. take my sister on a shopping spree. my sister is seven years younger to me and yet, she's the one who spoils me! i'm the spender of the family and she's the cost-conscious one. whenevr she sees something she really likes but can't afford to buy, i always promise myself that one day, i'll take her out and let her buy whatever she wants. .. it will be so worth it to see her face!

ten. do some adventure sports. another one of my challenges to myself. i don't actually like adventure sports. or sports. but i do believe that everything is worth a try. if i don't move out of my comfort zone, i will never realise my full potential or develop new interests.
so, maybe i would like to try scuba diving or bungee jumping or paragliding or something..
and of course, i need company! any takers?? please? to sooth up my shattered nerves?

eleven. be a mentor. i would love to be at a stage in my life where youngsters can look up to me. i know that i'm at such a stage where i admire so many people for so many different qualities and i would love it if one of them would take me under their wing and guide me through the next few years and teach me how to excel.
i would love to guide someone, maybe if they are in the same profession as me then i could use them as an apprentice . or help them out in some way.
i have been helped by so many people and i am eternally grateful to them. and knowing that someone respects you and looks to you for help can be the most fulfilling feeling.

twelve. improve my knowledge. the less said about this, the better! suffice it to say, i would love to be like my dad who is a walking encyclopaedia.

thirteen. drive! oh God! i can drive, you know.. it's just that I have the confidence of a gnat! actually,less than that..and at the rate at which i'm going, it will be quite a miracle if i mange to drive before i'm 50. sigh..

fourteen. celebrate my birthday from 12 to 12! 24 hours! wow! that would be my perfect birthday. 24 hours of me..all i want to do and the way i want to do it! i have huge plans. .

fifteen. discover an age- reversing process! now,wouldn't that be fascinating? i would never reach forty then..i'll be 22 forever! yay! i should get started rigt now..

actually, most of these things are things that i wish to accomplish in another 5-6 years.
I'm quite sure after that my priorities might change.
kids? marriage? (not in that order,silly!) i don't know! i am freaked by the thought of my life being any different from what it is now. i'm freaked by the thought of growing up. i'm freaked thinking of all my responsibilites..responsibilities i'm not sure i want. so i can't think beyond a certain age .. and forty is just an impossible time to consider.
but as of now, this is what i want plus of course, all the obvious stuff .. a great job. creative satisfacation. an ever strengthening friend circle. an ever loving family.

i want everybody to be happy. plain and simple.