All that matters...

Hey all! I know its been ages since I posted something(my sincere apologies to all my ardent readers)...oh well,I just went through this phase that I'm sure all bloggers go through "I dunno what to write abt!" or "why would anyone wanna read this?!" wherein I did type a coupla posts(infact I typed for hours together!) n then sent them right to the recycle bin in one single click!( I must've been a dipsomaniac to have done that...they were quite nice you know!Ah well,maybe not that great either)Anyway,lets not dwell too much in the past...that phase of torpor is over and am back to being 'me'!(atleast for today!)

And right now,I just want to list down all the things that make me happy so that those of you out there who care for me know what to do when I go back to being lugubrious!

So here goes a few things that bring a smile on my face (and they are in no particular order)...

- phone call/sms/letter/e-mail from a friend who I haven't been in touch with for quite a long time

-when I meet a friend after ages n find that things haven't changed over the years and that we can still pick up the threads where we left them

- a walk at the beach with a friend

- a morning walk

- an evening walk

- a phone call from home to say that they miss me!

- a phone call from anyone sayin they miss me!!

- to find money in the pocket of an old pair of jeans or a bag...even if its jus 5 bucks!

- a cold water shower (most prefer it hot...but i think the cold water cools me down!)

- when you visit your alma-mater and realise that not only the teachers but also the watchmen and the gardener remember you( as the girl who walked on his precious flower beds!)

- when you wake up and find out you've ten whole mins before your alarm's gonna ring

- those teenie-weenie crushes

- when after a heartbreak,you wake up one morning and realise 'it doesn't hurt anymore'

- when you think you've been a B**** and you are full of guilt and then you go tell your friend about it and they are like "whats wrong in that?!I would've done the same thing!!"

-fresh fruit juice...that lifts me up at any time of the day!!

- icecream!

- chinese food... yumm...actually anything that tastes good

- watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S

- when I discover I've lost weight when I haven't even been trying to

- when my fav song plays on the radio

- a good book

- a good movie...with some popcorn!

- work...well weird actually,but sometimes it helps me get my mind off other things!

- when someone make me a hot cup of tea when my head's hurting like it never hurt before!

- a looooong drive...

- chocolates ( no milky bar and no coconut chocolates plz!)

- rain...with a good book to read...and some hot soup (preferably hot n sour or sweetcorn veg or clear soup...no tomato soup plz!)and yeah no pending work to worry about!

- getting drenched in the rain as long as I know I have fresh clothes to change into immediately

- when someone else does your laundry(you would know how that feels if you've been doing your own laundry for the past 4 years!)

- a freshly made bed when you are tired and sleepy!(With a clean and spotless bedsheet!)

- freshly washed towels...they smell good!

- unexpected but pleasant late nite meet ups when your friends jus pull you out of your house at ungodly hours just to cheer you up :)

- a good swim!

- the way my mom makes all my fav food when I go home

- the way she irritates and wakes me up every morning either in person/phone call

- an unexpected gift

- when there's nothing to eat at home and you suddenly discover that old packet of maggi tucked in somewhere (maggi had never tasted any better...u bet!)

- when my sis gives me that t-shirt/kurta of hers that i always had my eyes on!

- when I get some unexpected money from relatives!

- that feeling when I realise that my old pair of jeans fit me again!

- a genuine compliment

- ticking off tasks from the to-do list!

- not having to wait in a queue at the bank/supermarket

- when you have cried your heart out for the n th time at the airport and then you take your seat in the flight and you look up to find out that the flight attendant is a damn cute guy!

- when friends see you off at the airport...jus goes to show how much they care!

- when you hear how that b**** you hate made a fool of herself somewhere!(sadistic...but what the hell...who said I was an angel anyway?!)

- when you walk to the bus stop and your bus just comes in and you don't have to wait a minute..and what's more ..you even get a place to sit!

- when there's a cute guy leaning next to you incase there's no place to stand in the bus...and if you fall on him..then blame it on that fat lady next to you who's been pushing you and stepping on your feet!

- when that cute guy in your class finally notices you and smiles at you!

- walks n talks with my dad

- loooong conversations over the phone

- eating that last bar of chocolate in the fridge

- chilled yoghurt

- strawberries with cream

- chilled watermelon

- that satisfied look on my face after I finish cleaning my room

- when I figure out that tough one in the crossword!

- when I'm freakin hungry and I come home to find that my mom's made something yummy!

- a good night's sleep

- an afternoon siesta

- puchka (no I refuse to call it paani poori !)

- a letter from my nephew

- a big hug!

- to find that the shirt i liked last time i went to the mall is on sale n affordable now!

- a good haircut (oh man..this feels so good...I've cut my hair 4 times in the past 3.5 months!)

- when my network operator comes up with a full recharge offer just when I'm gonna recharge!

- when you discover that 3rd grade best friend of yours on orkut !

- a new testimonial from a friend !

- when I go back to my old neighbourhood and find out that even the shopkeepers there still remember me!!

Well,I think I'm gonna stop right here for the moment.This list is not exhaustive.
I could go on n on...

But what's important here is that it's always the 'lil' things in life that make us happy...and most of the times we get so caught up in our so called 'busy' schedules that we don't realise that we are jus trudging along and missing out on these small everyday things that make us so happy...like they say,we need to take time off and stop and smell the roses.These things may not be all that big or important or expensive,but they make such a huge difference in our lives...don't they?!