Haze away

3 years. I can't believe its been 3 years in Bangalore. Time does move so fast. So after 3 years i am saying bye bye to Bangalore. OMG! I never thought i would be leaving Bangalore. The place is amazing. Anyways as my last week in Bangalore started i decided to explore lots of places i didn't do in last 3 years. And let me tell you there were a lot. And one of those places is a pub. Bangalore is supposed to have some of the best pubs in the country or so i have heard. It was one of the things in my "to-do list" before i die :P. Personally i don't like going to pubs because 

a)I don't drink

b)The music is too loud for two people to have covers without screaming themselves hoarse.

But then i did go just for the reason that it gave me a chance to dress up after a long time. Since i have sent most my stuff away to the new place i just put up some last minute layering. Bangalore is getting cold lemme tell ya.

                        [Dress,tights,bag - Forever 21, Denim shirt- Max, Boots:- Allen Solly]

Signing off from Bangalore for the last time.

See ya soon. Cheers !

Summer OOTD

“Another summer day has come and gone away,

In Paris and Rome, but I wanna go home,

Maybe surrounded by a million people i still feel all alone

i wanna go home, let me go home….”

Today has been one of those days when a song gets stuck in your head not because its annoyingly catchy or really amazing sort of way. Sometimes its just cause of the memories attached with it. I feel music is the second best method of time travel after photographs. One tune, that one line from the lyric is all it takes to transport you back. Oh sweet music!! For last couple of days as the temperatures are hitting new highs here in Bangalore, i am kinda starting to get nostalgic. Summer has always been equivalent to riding bikes,climbing trees, fishing, playing cards, mini picnics, beach, family trips, getting tanned :D and much more. Oh how i wish we could get like 1-2 months summer holidays at our jobs the way we got in school. Just to recharge ourselves, soak in the vitamin D. I mean with all the time spent in AC rooms and in our houses i really miss me some sunshine. I am feeling like Olaf the snowman from Frozen right now. “Summmerrrrr” (* *)

Anyways earlier this week me and my friend, who was visiting from Goa, went for a brunch at Tim Tai. It was so hot that we almost cancelled going out. But then we were really hungry and i didn't wanna eat the pg food so we braved the sun and ventured out. Its a Chinese, thai food place and i would have to say its perfect for quiet lunch. Not much hungama or chitter chatter. The ambience is okay okay. The food was delicious. We had their specialities and i would have to say it was 4/5. Sadly i couldn't click any pictures of the place. Was feeling kinda awkward to take our my phone and start clicking. And once the food came, eating was the first priority. Though we did do a little photo session before leaving and i have pictures of what i initially wore.

[Top:- Van Husen dress, Tulle Skirt:- Promod, Shoes:- Tresmode, Bag:- Forever 21, Shades:- Victor Chase, Flower head band:- Goa (was too shy to wear it outside though)]

Until next time... tata.. xoxo

{Song credits:- Home by Michael Buble}

OOTW:-03/15/2015

Hiiiiiii Guys,

How you been? I know, i have been MIA for a long time but i just wasn't getting the inspiration to write anything :( Anyways last week was pretty awesome. I had been to Goa for couple of days. What better way to start the summer season, right ? ;-) So i have a little compilation of my OOTWs.
Hope you guys like it :) Please let me know your favourite outfit in comments below....

           MONDAY

           Goa here i come

[Distressed Jeans:-Jealous 21,Tee:- Linkin Road,Mumbai, Headband:- Forever21]

TUESDAY

Beach Please!!!

[Crop Top,Maxi Skirt :- Lifestyle, Bag:-Forever 21, Shades:-Victor Chase,Flipflops:- Westside]

WEDNESDAY

And it comes to an end

[Muscle Tee:-Forever 21,Tank top:-Agile, Shorts:-Marks & Spencer]

THURSDAY

Back to Office :-(

[Skirt:- Forever 21, Shirt:- Scullers, Cuff:-Westside]

FRIDAY

Friyay!!!

[Top:- Global Desi, Palazzo Pants:- Linkin Road,Mumbai, Glasses:- Thrifted]

SATURDAY

Nandi It is!!

[Utility jacket,Leggings:- Forever 21, Tee:- Lifestyle, Boots:- Allen Solly]

SUNDAY

End of an awesome week!

[Shorts:- People, Tee:- Lifestyle, Jacket:- Thrifted, Tights:-ASOS, Shoes:- Coasters]

Love ya.... xoxo

OOTD: Winter is Coming

Hii Guys,

We are nearly to the end of 2014 and the winter has hit Bangalore. The afternoons are perfect warm and the evenings are heaven. Bangalore wins the Best City on the weather alone. Honestly nothing can beat Bangalore weather all year round. Even though the weather is chilly it doesn't make you run for all the layers and sweaters. Yet. :P Its like a good pani puri, a little sweet a little sour dissolving in your mouth to form the perfect taste.  

{Wearing:- Army Parka, T-Shirt, Heel Boots, Satchel Bag:- Forever21, Boyfriend Jeans:- Fame Forever, Watch:- Tommy Hilfiger}

A Quickie to Kanyakumari

Hiii Guys,

Its really a bummer when you sit out to write like with topic and everything in your mind and bamm !! you hit a writer's block but just about how to start it. I have typed and backspaced the opening line  like literally 5 times now.Actually i face this a lot i dont know why.  Anyhoo its been a hellish couple of weeks at work. I feel i have never worked this hard before in my life. And December is supposed to be holiday month for god's sake. The only bright side has been i took couple of trips in between which has made it a little bearable. My mom always told me when work get crazy take a little vacation, it will be like a recharge.

So it was one my best friend Rakhee's birthday's and we decided to go on a small road trip of our own. Come into picture "Kanyakumari". 2 girls going to southernest tip of Indian land on their own, it was a "growing up" kinda experience. Made us feel like responsible adults :D We left  early from work on friday and took a sleeper bus from Bangalore to Kanyakumari. We actually celebrated her birthday in the bus. It was awesome. Early morning we reached a village which is close to Knayakumari they made us change the bus. As luck would have it we were the only people in that group going to Kanyakumari. And at that point it was a little scary. I mean they could kidnap us and no one would even know. The view was pretty awesome with green fields and windmills everywhere though i didnt enjoy it much cause i was still thinking about the kidnapping part. Anyways we reached safe and sound.

The best thing was our hotel was just next to the beach. Since we both from Goa beach is like a home to us and it called us and we ran. And i will not lie my first impression as i stepped on to Kanyakumari beach was "OKAY.. this is Kanyakumari" certainly not what i expected. But when i put my feet into the indian ocean it was a "wow" moment. I am at the last bit of land of india that there is(leaving Andaman) and the ocean is giving me a little pedicure while the breeze from far far lands is give my hair a blow dry while the sun rays soak me in Vitamin D. It was the calmest i had felt in weeks.

(The Swami Vivekanad Memorial)

                                                (Stepping into the Indian Ocean)

           
                                           

We did the local sightseeing. The confluence of Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal amazing. So was the boat ride to Swami Vivekanand Memorial located in the sea. Other places to see will be the Ransom Church, Wax Museum, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Hanuman Mandir, Kanyakumari Temple. We even woke up at 5 in the morning to see the sunrise. Now i have stayed in Chennai for 6 months and well i am not big fan of their food but the food here was amazing all the places we had. I had one of the best steaks of my life ever. It was the kind of food that makes you happy and content and makes your eyes close as you slip into a dreamy world.  I will go to that place again just to have that dinner.

                                              (5 am in the morning. Where are you Sun???)

       
                      (POseyfy -- looks a little bit like status of liberty without the book and flame )

                                                            (yeah we had to take Selfies)

                                                              (Rocking it with MJ)

We even did a little bit of shopping. Actually a lot then we expected. I got really amazing sarees for my mom, inexpensive and my mom just loved it. She was like why didnt you get more. Next time mom ;-) They had pretty cool designs and colors for the prices they were selling. The place we went overboard was a shop where they sold everything at 30 bucks. We picked up the big Shells you use for honking and Shell paper weights for all our friends and family. I even picked up shell wind-chimes and the regular stuff like accessories,games, cups, it was crazy.

And though it was just quick 2 days, i guess that just what we needed.

Byeee... 

Happy Birthday Rakhee....

Shake it Off Taylor Swift Way

Hi guys...

How you doin'?? Its friday and weekend is less than 12 hours away (yayyy) The best thing i love about friday is that i dont have to wear formals and can experiment a bit. Btw are you the kind of person who puts on music while getting ready?? If yes then we are peas in a pod. And if you dont i recommend you do try it. It gets you in the groove.

Currently the song i am really feeling is Taylor Swift's Shake it Off.  It has already got more than 10 million views on You Tube do i have to say more. Its all about doing what you want to do and having fun and dont give a damn about what everyone says.You are not put on this earth to please everyone else!! As Taylor says rightly
" But i keep cruising,
   Cant stop,wont stop moving,
   Its like i got this music in my mind,
   Saying its gonna be alright!!
   Coz the players gonna play play play,
   And the Haters gonna hate hate hate
    And i am just gonna shake shake shake
    Shake it Off,Shake it Off"

I even took inspiration from one of her looks in the video and tried it out on a thursday to work. I wore Black slim cut pants from Nuon, a black full sleeve turtle neck from Promod and to complete the look i just put liner on upper line and MAC Ruby Woo on my lips. I would have to say it must have worked. Got lots of compliments :-)

Sadly didnt click any pictures :-( Anyways you can groove to Taylor Swift's Shake It Off link below

Taylor Swift - Shake It Off: http://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM

Top 7 TV Shows you must watch

With passing age your mind starts thinking all crazy questions, trying to be wiser but all it ends up doing is confusing us even more than we are currently. These couple of days have been bad since my mind is bombarding with “the wise” questions. What are doing with your life? Is this what you want to do rest of your life? Are you loving it? You getting old!! and combine it with work deadlines  its just ERghhhhhh…… Weekend where are you?????? 

When I was studying I remember I used to imagine when i get a job I will be developing new stuff(LOL) and partying my weekends away ( DOUBLE LOL) . When I started working I was like okay I might not be developing new stuff but ; what the hell I will still party my weekends away. Alas !! 1 month down the line all I wanna do during the weekends is SLEEP!! EAT !!and do Laundry. I have become a sloth and I feel its kinda good for me I am gaining weight :-D  Bed, Laptop and pizza nothing can beat that combination..EVER !! I am movie and TV series addict so that suits the case perfectly. Though movies are great but nothing gets you hooked on like a good TV series. Trust me!! So here is my list of favorite must watch series which will help you laze your days out in bed.

7) Lost:- I remember the first time I had seen its promo trailer and I had put a cross on the calendar for the Sunday it was going to air ( I used to do that before when something good was going to come on the cable)And it did not disappoint me. It traced the journey or survivors of Oceanic Air Flight 815 on what seemed to be a deserted island. What follow are series of mysterious events with alien kind animals and the Dharma Initiative. I used to have long conversation with my mom about the button they had to press every 108 minutes to prevent some catastrophe from happening and The Others. Though season 5 and 6 were a little boring all in all it was a great series.

6)Gossip Girl:-“And who am I? That’s one secret I will never tell. You know you love me. XOXO. Gossip Girl” This was my ringtone for literally an year. I wont lie the reason I loved this series so much was a) the clothes and b)Chace Crawford . The series narrated by a secret blogger revolves around lives and drama of high class young adults from Manhattan. I find it to be typical Indian serial with masala and excitement with foreign colors.

5)The Amazing Race- This was probably the first reality serial I ever saw. It was my favorite for a long time. Its on my to do list as well to participate in it. 12 Teams starting from US travelled along the world doing various tasks and at end of each leg the last team was eliminated. Every season I had my favorites whom I wanted to win and watching them race kinds made me feel it was my race as well. My all time favorite will definitely be Rob and Amber. I even got a red backpack like the one they used  to carry :-D I also liked Tyler and James, Kris and Jon, Derek and Drew, etc

4)How I Met Your Mother:- Barney Stinson!! You are AWESOME!!! This was one of the funniest series I have ever seen and I still watch it. It’s a story narrated by Ted to his kids about how he met their mother. So it basically is on day today life of Ted and his friends Robin,Lily,Marshall and Barney. With Ted trying to find his one true love, Robin’s complicated feelings, Barney just being awesome and Lily and Marshall’s married life. It was a superb series with a not so worthy finale according to me. 

3)Supernatural:- This is a series with fighting ghost,spirits,demons and everything evil and god I love it. This was another of me and my moms favorite serials to watch. It a started as a story of two brother Sam (Cutie) and dean (Hottie) on quest to find their father and then the yellow eyed monster who killed their mom and Sam’s girlfriend and went on over to fighting other evil bodies on the way. It was also full of bromance and dying and coming back to life. It just has everything in it. 

2)Friends:- Till a month back this was my best and most favorite series of all times and I am sure most of you will feel the same. From 1994-2004 it defined not only our fashion sense and lingo but entertained us to the core. Like HIMYM it was about lives of 6 young adults in their early twenties Rachael, Ross, Monica, Pheobe, Chandler and Joey  in New York City. It was funny, emotional, crazy, quirky, and romantic. It was the full 7 course meal. If you haven’t watched this then you have certainly missing something in your life. I still watch this every few weeks 3-4 of my fav episodes. It certainly gets a 10/10 from me.

And now the number 1…Drumroll………..Its

1)Game of Thrones:- This Magnum Opus based on books by George Martin is just that. HUGE. It is one of the craziest shows I have ever seen. The first time i had read the title when it was coming on TV i had read it mistakenly as Game of Thornes and i was like what is this. Thornes as in Thorns ?? I have the bad habit of assuming words by just looking at the letters and it has got in me in trouble few times. But coming back to GOT, once you start it you get hooked to it. Its such a badass, And the best thing is you never know whats going to happen. Unless of course you have read the books. Its about how everybody conspires and fights to sit on the Iron Throne. It has all the characters you could find the crowd favorite Tyrion, the most hated guy in world Joffery ( I hate Joffery), the hot Khaleesi with her Dragons ( Yeah they have dragons on this show and Direwolves and Giants) the courageous Arya and the guy with same expression Jon. It’s a show where anyone can die. And I mean anyone. Its something you need to watch atleast once in your lifetime and I can guarantee you wont regret it.

These were my top seven. I would love to know your favorite in comments below. Till then ..

XOXO.. bye.

**Image Source:- Google**

Finding Fanny Review and OOTD

Hi..

How are you guys doing?? This week has been pretty hectic and weekend has been a much needed break to catch up on some sleep.  I have tried almost everything from reading books to listening to music to counting to 100 backwards. Sleep seems to be alluding me these days like Oscar lady alludes Leonardo :-(

Anyways this week i had the bad luck of watching Finding Fanny. To describe the experience in one word - NUMB! I was zonked out watching it like what the hell is happening here.I mean there was no proper storyline. It should have been named  "Finding Storyline" rather than "Finding Fanny" .
Main characters :-
Rosie- Played by Dimple Kapadi is supposedly mini godmother of the villiage Pokolim in Goa where all of these people stay. If her dressing sense was bad donr get me started on her acting. It was over the top.
Savio- Arjun Kapoor Deepika's Ex lover had rugged good looks but his character was boring. He made me feel sleepy. Come to think of it i could use this to fall asleep at night but only problem is might never wake up.
Pedro- Pankaj Kapoor a painter who has just moved to the village. I didnt understand his point of being there. His funny dialogues totally missed the point and were more on lines of vulgar.
Ferdie- Naseeruddin Shah the village postmaster and Fanny's lover. Confused and goofball.
Angie- Deepika Padukone Rosie's widowed daughter in law. She was the only saving grace of this film. Her acting was superb and she looked just wow. Especially in her wedding dresses. 
Usually i have good tolerance level for movies or serials for that matter but this one...no comments. I would suggest

Rating-1/5 (just for Deepika)

I wore a black jumpsuit i got from koovs.com with a white vest under it. For accesories i just wore a silver cuff.

Let me know how you found the movie. Was it just me or you too who felt this way;)

xoxo bye

OOTD:- Blue Blue.

Crocodile, Crocodile which color do you want?
The elixir to live or i will be there to haunt.
Blue is the color i choose,
So come running little child; tibaly tabalu toose.

Blue for the deep ocean just like a heart of a woman,
So many secrets to keep, its a safe haven.
Blue for the mighty sky with little bundles of white,
Like a cozy quilt to cover you and a teddy to sleep tight.

Like blue in Popsicle and my old jean,
Like the writing on this paper in ink.
Blue like the rain splatters becoming streaks in my hair,
It matches the color of your eye's lair.

Beckoning, unwinding, tempting desire to twine.

Blue like  me,Blue like you,
Blue like the feeling when i miss you...

Denim Shirt:-Max
White Tee-Forever21
Palazzo Pants:- Linkin Road,Mumbai
Belt:-Westside
Sandals:-Catwalk
Bag:-People
Bangle,necklace:- Goa

Photography:- Rakhee Manocha <3

First Post- OOTD :- Office Formals

Hi guys..
I been thinking of starting a blog for a long time but never got around to it. Its a Sunday actualy Monday early morning and the nights when i dont get sleep turn out to be long ones. Countless thoughts and questions running in my mind and here i am..

Well this not much of a post. Just a glimpse of what i wore on a thursday. Well i work at in a IT firm and it is a boring sea of blacks and whites and blues and greys with little reds and greens of kurtas. It has strict rules when it comes to dress code. But its kind of fun to play with the line. Anyways i never fully understood how wearing certain piece of clothing could make you work more efficiently or less..

I am wearing a mustard yellow trouser and a black top with small white cats on it. For shoes i am wearing simple black sandals. For my hair they were sad when i woke up.... flat out so.. i put on two pigtails.. sassies up the outfit i feel. What say??

(P.S. Sorry for the photo quality i know it sucks :-( it will be better next time )