Post no 200

Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday
They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together
Still going strong...

In case you haven't realised in the wonderful words of Shania Twain that was me singing to my blog and to a couple of my blogger buddies out there that have no idea how much they help keep my sanity in life

For post no 100, I had posted a 100 things about me

Well I definitely couldn't do 200 more just about me (that would be a bit much) so I figured I would dedicate this post to some memories that have been running through my head lately...

Some make me smile and some err are part of my memory bank

They may mean something to you or nothing at all, but they're my memories :)

I remember

1. My first sip of wine of 2007 - I can taste it like it was yesterday
2. The way the fresh air engulfed me when I first landed in Australia
3. Stepping into my dorm room and wondering what life would be like
4. Stepping into my new dorm room and saying "Its good to be home"
5. The guy that stood in the rain with flowers waiting for me in the driveway on my birthday (So dramatic lol)
6. The friend that hailed me down on the street on purpose just so that I wouldn't have to drive alone on awards day (I was winning that day)
7. Chasing two girls sitting in a shopping cart going downhill screaming for their life
8. I remember laughing when one of them broke her two front teeth (Bad me)
9. Singing "I will survive" again and again and again and smiling everytime
10. Hiding in my friends house from my parents (I had made a decision against their wishes)
11. Being more scared than my nephews on the rides in Disneyworld and Universal Studios
12. This other guy standing with his arms wide open outside his car waiting for me to come downstairs (Why do they do that?)
13. My childhood friend's mothers hand made halwa (Indian sweet)
14. Sitting on her swing and counting the number of cars that drove by
15. The day that I had that awful car accident with my mouth filled with blood
16. My first stitch on my body on my little toe and how I bawled
17. Coming out of surgery and being told I didn't shut up while under general
18. Listening to "If I said you had a beautiful body..." and having shivers down my spine
19. Dancing in public at my friends wedding in front of all those people and being so embaressed
20. Writing my diary on flights
21. Crying like a maniac at airports
22. Valentines day flowers
23. The singles club dinners
24. Allowing you to order for me everytime
25. Fighting with my school principal because I believed I was right
26. Singing the national anthem every morning in front of the assembly
27. Winning the march past trophy every year
28. Winning the best all rounder trophy at the end of school
29. My father asking me who I had bribed to get the trophy (that made me cry)
30. My first day at my first job
31. Taking my nephews and neices shopping and loving every moment of it
32. Walking down the streets of New York like I own the city
33. Receiving 'strange transmissions'
34. The colleague that sent lewd sms's to my phone
35. Saying 'One-ty one' instead of eleven and being laughed
36. My grandmother dying in my arms
37. Being able to fit into 22" jeans
38. Being thrilled cause 'he' looked at me and smiled in school today
39. Playing monopoly for hours on end
40. Swearing I would never become a perfectionist like her where powerpoints are concerned but doing exactly that *sigh*
41. Being called 'tweety' all those years ago by man that eventually became my mentor, my second father
42. Throwing up all over Heathrow airport and some stranger looking after me who claimed to know me and my friends (I still don't know who she is but thank you)
43. My birthday bashes year on year - they are so much fun
44. The first Tiffany blue box I received - I now have three :)
45. Buying my first Tanjore painting and carrying it in my hand all the way back to Mumbai
46. The day I confronted him about the other girl leaving her husband for him
47. Me meeting the 'other girl' and sending her a bottle of champagne for her birthday
48. Making a teddy bear drink a tequila shot at Hard Rock Cafe
49. Sitting on the floor at Hard Rock Cafe in a circle doing shots
50. Watching Mr Big on Sex and the city and thinking 'Oh my God I know you'
51. Having a crush on Bruce Willis since Moonlighting
52. Crying every time I watch 'Beaches'
53. The first time I saw a spirit in human form
54. Seeing her passed over grandmother sitting and brushing her hair at the dresser
55. Going to the Gold Coast all alone and getting a speeding ticket
56. Learning how to bake bread from you
57. Making friends with you over khus khus chicken
58. You calling me a rockstar and fruitcake in the same breath
59. You using me
60. My sister buying me a new care bear that just isn't the same
61. The day I wore a Minnie mouse hairband and a little girl looked at me innocently asking me if was Minnie
62. Getting my first pair of Pradas
63. The hotel caught fire in Goa on new years eve
64. My dorm catching fire and me having to run in with the firemen to pull the girls out cause they wouldn't let "men" touch them
65. Going to a stranger's house in the outback to pee
66. Staring at a kangaroo straight in the eye in the outback
67. Starting this blog and wondering why
68. Watching Sarah Mclachlan live in concert and crying
69. Going to the club you used to own and listening to stories of days gone by
70. The way everyone looked at me when I rode in your Porsche
71. Jumping in and out of the London tube thinking I had lost my bangle
72. Speaking broken french in Paris and actually getting by
73. Looking at the view of Paris from the Sacre Coeur and thinking how absolutely beautiful it is
74. Learning Latin American dancing
75. Playing basketball with my newphews in the back yard
76. The day I first saw my neice that we adopted
77. The orchids that I got that were specially flown down from Thailand
78. Checking into that hotel in New York that scared the daylights out of me
79. You saving my life by getting me out of there
80. My first date
81. Friends that I don't speak to anymore
82. Sitting on a flight and not saying a word to you the whole way
83. Carrying an unknown child on a flight just to help the mother out
84. Doing laundry in my sisters house and feeling right at home
85. My brother not talking to me when I rejected his help to get me a job
86. My brother finally being proud of what I achieved at work on my own merit
87. The look in my fathers eyes when I gave him a TV as a gift
88. Sitting on the floor at Miami airport just waiting waiting waiting
89. You changing the music system in your car just to attach my i-pod
90. The secret place in the middle of no-where that I will never find again even if I try
91. The bus ride in Goa
92. Pulling out your lenses while you stepped on my toes with your high heels
93. Helping you cross the road in NYC eight months pregnant
94. Eating Coles bbq chicken every friday evening before going out partying
95. You hiding in the bathroom just so that you wouldn't have to say goodbye face to face
96. The day I realised that I live in a bubble and I never want it to burst
97. Travelling alone internationally on a flight as a minor
98. My 13th birthday
99. My 21st birthday
100. My 30th birthday
101. My 22nd birthday in Australia away from family
102. Holding a koala bear in my arms
103. Holding my 10 minute old neice in my arms (the youngest living child I had ever carried)
104. Singing 'Forever Young' at my nephews first birthday
105. My father giving me my triple ring which I have never taken off
106. Having professional photos taken for the first time
107. Modelling my hands
108. Being hospitalised for 2 weeks
109. My first mobile phone
110. Buying the watch that I still wear since 12 years
111. Learning horseriding in Yangchep
112. Sitting by the Swan riverbank writing poetry
113. Holding your hand in hospital during your MRI scans
114. You coming to my birthday party at 2 30 am
115. You baking a cake for me for my birthday which was outstandingly yummy
116. You throwing me a birthday party because I didn't want to step out and celebrate
117. Getting the JW Marriott to print special Sex and the City menus for my birthday with my photo on them
118. Celebrating my half birthday - making me cut a cake et al
119. Coming home with 14 bouqets of flowers on Valentines day and my father asking me if I was dating a florist
120. You throwing up on the table at that expensive restaurant in Singapore
121. Meeting HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
122. Seeing Tamil Nadu through your eyes
123. Feeling the spirit on that trip and you feeling it too
124. Being woken up at 4 am in Goa just to sit by the pool till sunrise
125. Hiding things under my bed when my mother asked me to clear up my room
126. Making my bed every single day when I lived in Australia before I left the room
127. Making you eat Ceaser salad with anchovies even though you were vegetarian
128. Eating a whole packet of Cheetos - just coz I was upset
129. Getting my first Mont Blanc pen
130. Taking sips of my dads whiskey when he wasn't looking
131. Partying in Pune with you
132. Getting invited to your wedding
133. Knowing that you were lying to me even though you pretended to be my friend
134. Telling you to tell your husband to be a man
135. Singing in a bar in St Martin
136. Getting stuck for 3 days during the Mumbai floods
137. Driving through a cyclone for the first time
138. Eating french toast as a child
139. Hiding under cars during hide n seek
140. Being bullied
141. Finding out you were bi-sexual
142. Buying my mother the Krishna painting that we love
143. Her singing for me in your house with you not there
144. You playing snooker and me losing so badly
145. Getting my first job because I beat you at snooker
146. The sms asking who I was on your phone
147. Your friends apologising for thinking I was in the wrong
148. Watching my hard work go down the drain with change in management
149. Wanting a diamond ring
150. Getting the diamond ring
151. Seeing the body of the 12 year old
152. Singing 'Fame' with you on the streets of Perth on our girls night out
153. Sitting at McDonalds till the sun came up coz we were sure the dorm was spooked
154. Taking pictures of you naked for the photo assignment and you giggling your head off silly
155. You driving me to the airport when you didn't have to
156. Going to a tarot reader for the first time
157. Sitting on the beach on thanksgiving in the cold
158. Learning to play the digiridoo
159. Setting up the Christmas tree and nativity as a child
160. Giving that beggar a birthday gift coz she said it was her birthday
161. The diary you wrote me when I was away for 10 days
162. Driving across town to eat icecream
163. Spilling the icecream in your brand new car
164. Your first movie launch
165. The vase you gave me coz you never give flowers
166. Crying at my sisters wedding
167. My bed breaking the night before my sisters wedding
168. The posters in my room as a child
169. The one single red rose you bought me in the middle of nowhere
170. My cabbage patch doll - Gerlinda
171. The first soft toy that I loved - Silver the dog
172. The name of my teddy bear - Creepo
173. The cold water shower at the hotel that made me shiver for an hour
174. Flying kites as a child in Ahmedabad
175. Seeing the Taj Mahal with my parents
176. Walking barefoot to the supermarket from my dorm
177. Copying during one of my finals
178. Falling asleep during one of my finals
179. The smell of Issey Miyake
180. The first bottle of perfume a man ever gave me
181. Never finishing the bottle
182. My first make over
183. The surprise party my colleagues threw for me on my last day
184. The guy who introduced us
185. The crow that would wake me up every morning for school
186. Playing church hymns on the organ everyday
187. Singing 'Abide with me' when I was scared
188. Christmas decorations in Singapore
189. You making me coffee from scratch
190. Picking me up from the airport
191. Keeping me waiting at the airport
192. Calling me from hospital
193. Giving me 10 CD's that you burnt for me
194. Holding a cube of ice in your hand
195. Sleeping in the overnight train
196. Speaking to you half asleep
197. Walking in high heel shoes in the pouring rain
198. Finding money in my handbag and being thrilled
199. The look in my sisters eyes when I leave the States every year
200. The painful feeling of saying Goodbye

I hope you've enjoyed the journey down memory lane with me

If any of you recognize yourself here, leave me a smile...

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