FB and me...!

Facebook living is hard at times. There is constant pressure to update your status, party and then post party pictures, join groups, start campaigns-the general stress of living up to a FB standard. After my FB dutifully informed me about what colour and historical event I was, now it wants me to list 25 things about myself. It the hardest bit. …getting to know yourself.
Heres an attempt.

1. When I was six, I thought Taj Mahal could be moved to my backyard in Baramulla, Kashmir. So far, it has not budged an inch.

2. I also believed there was a star growing on my bathroom window. I still believe that. Common wisdom tells me it is just the tube-light reflecting.

3. The first few professions I thought of in junior school were : a truck-driver, a police constable, a social worker. Finally, in class 5 , I decided to be a journalist. Experience tells me now the first option would have been better.

4. I left medical school to be a journalist. I don’t regret not being a doctor.

5. My materialistic side is my deep attachment to my camera and my Ipod.

6 . I often miss flights, am late for trains and make angry bus drivers wait. I call it a timeless existence. Others differ.

7. Point seven explains why I have never had a watch or a clock in my room. Watching time makes me nervous.

8. I am not a morning person. But there have been times when I have watched the perfect sunrise. At Grand Canyon for one.

9. I jumped off a moving train. I was testing Newton's First Law of Motion.

10. I am an extremely camera shy person.

11. The only dish I can cook to perfection is Kashmiri Dum Aaloos. But that does not stop me from being the head chef.

12. Old couples and young kids make my heart flutter.

13. I am a sucker for Cadbury nutties (chocolate coated butterscotch) and gems.

14. My six year old niece thinks I am cool. I think she is a rock star.

15. I strongly believe in the power of insane human emotions.

16. A fair amount of cash in my bank account makes me nervous. I feel the pressure to spend it.

17. I can not live in a house without music or drive a car without it.

18. My friend attempted to drown me in the Ganges once. That’s one of the reason I fear the water.

19. My first hollywood film was Gregory Peck’s Mackenna’s Gold. The first English song I could sing was Cliff Richard’s Theme for a dream.

20. Gambling and luck dont come together for me. Las Vegas casinos took away my savings for a new camera.

21. I learned pottery and coffee making. It is my alternate profession.

22. My junior school friends tell me that I would ask them to lick my shoes if they wanted to be my friend. I have no recollections of this brutal side. In my defence, I was awarded a certificate for politeness in school.

23. I like writing letters. Not emails, but words on papers in black ink.

24 I dream of a life in the hills.

25. I let my friends have the last word...... No. 25 is open for comments