Jukebox of favorite junk

Random songs keep popping up in my head at random times. Like a jukebox in a diner, it keep running in the background, through silence, through conversations, through work, sometimes sleep too. I think it happens with most people. Not with K though, but his brains work in very different ways. 

Anyhow, so these random playlists of mine keep shuffling up. But some songs are ever favorites. In fact, there are songs/jingles that are played at least once everyday. And sadly, for me at least, they are total trash. I didnt pay much heed to when, how or why they crept into my permanent song collection, but they are there. Often with made up lyrics too. It doesnt make any sense. This is my attempt to list them (just for records, I am incredibly ashamed of and embarrassed by this list. But for the sake of honesty....)

- come on come on o Kamachi (something like this. I guess this is a dubbed song from the mid 90's)

- ao sikha dun, tumhe ande ka funda.. (usually while prepping for kids' school)

- 90 thousand red balloons (i dont even remember what is the original number in the actual song)

- lassi pissi o coo coo cola ( lol.. this is a dubbed song from chip and dale show. Again from the 90s. I am sensing a pattern here :)

- break my stride

I guess this list will come in handy when I finally go and see a therapist for complete and total insanity.

Which street?

 Hello! in the new year. I guess it still counts as new since this is the first entry.

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Something amazing happened today. V was quite excited to tell me about this song from a group called backstreet boys that he learnt at dance today. And he asked, "Mom do you know this song?". He looked so impressed when I was able to recall the entire song from memory right then and there. Lol, the kids these days don't know the pain(and the hidden joys) of waiting for your song on the radio, or MTV, with notepad in hand and noting down whatever lyrics you could understand. So anyway, we looked at the video together because the choreography on this song was quite nice. He was surprised again when I told him the song was older than youtube. 

I was labeled ancient once more and enjoyed every bit of it.

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Returned from the trip last night. Still under a bit of the daze. 

Buttons

Its funny how I never get down to write about the mundane things that have become the norm. Like blinkit, gpay and the likes. 

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Winters are keenu juice season. Frankly, it is one of my most favorite beverage. But only when I am not the one making it :)

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V is also super into chess now. He has been at it for about a year now. Plays blindfold and wins :| . He even got T interested in the game.. so yay

They are also playing cricket a lot these days. Some nights we all play together. They make me the kacchi poori 

What winters?

In the world of hyper targeted content flying towards us from every direction, the subtle loses out. 

Among other things, this has stifled the genesis of tangential thoughts and ideas in us. So less of butterfly effects and more of ramifications.. lol. I read somewhere that entertainment has ceased to be entertainment and is instead becoming tailored propaganda. It would be even more so with on the fly AI generated content soon to hit our screens. 

It feels like I am lamenting a bit too much these days.

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Last months was so so busy - social engagements wise. And the new year season is approaching, so more to come...wooh

In other news I wish to be off shopping for a while now. Well at least for the next two months. Fingers crossed. 

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I was able to propagate 7 bougainvillea. So yay :)

Seasons greetings

T made yet another attempt at growing tomatoes a couple of months ago. Obviously he planted the seeds and promptly forgot to tend to the saplings, a job that fell upon me :). 

So, a couple of strong looking saplings grew well and tall, grew flowers and then started an aphid farm on their person :p. All my attempts to get rid of the aphids were dud and i tried everything possible that does not involve pesticides, because of course I wanted organic tomatoes. So long story short, one day i had to get rid of the plants altogether. No tomatoes grew.

Now, last week I spotted a bunch of random tomato plants, growing on a heap of stones, with nobody to tend to them. And they have such nice strong tomatoes growing. I hate them now.

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Diwali went great. It was fun to burst some crackers after such a long time. V actually enjoyed them a lot. Next year we'll def do more :)

Playing catch up with words

A while ago I read this quote - "... I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. I will love you as a battlefield loves young men ..."

The quote is from Lemony Snickets.. In its entirety it is perfectly suited to the dark themed kids book. but this particular excerpt, it sounds... vector. It perfectly describes the sheer intensity as well as the underlying sinister energy. See.. magnitude and direction. 

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Poem recommendation - I Still Forget We’re Not Even Friends

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"You are a language I am no longer fluent in but still remember how to read" - Ashe Vernon

Catching lines

I am currently in the reading room of the place we are staying at. I can see outside as the sun sets. I can see a hundred boats if not more. 

 

As the sun sets and darkness comes, the boats are turning their lights on one by one. By now they  resemble a hundred gems shimmering on the wavering carpet of the sea. 

I feel content reading this wonderful book in here. Savoring every minute of it.