Buy 10 books

haha ... four out of ten books bought! this is going to be fairly easy :)

1. The sins of the father
2. Best kept secret.
3. tales and legends from India.
4. rough music.
5. Retail Therapy.
6. 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom.
7. The Sun in the Morning.
8. Can You Keep a Secret
9. Be Careful What You Wish For
10. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

:) done!

Sugandh

What is going on???

100 children dead in Thar Parker dist of Pakistan because of hunger/malnutrition.

a mother kills her two children aged 2 years and 8 months. her husband is an addict!

kashmiri students expelled from university in India because they were cheering Pakistan, [honestly sometimes i cheer south africa]

Sugandh

The Shrug

so here it is -  a shrug (the sleeves are a little short but would cover that with crochet :D)

and ignore my clothes

Sugandh

Make 3 different types of Milkshakes

Milkshake # 1: Homemade Mocha Frappucino

Milkshake # 2: Banana Breezer

Milkshake # 3: Simple Chocolate Milk

Sugandh

100 things to do in new year

The original title of this post was 365 things to do in 365 days!!!! but i was unable to come up with 100, so i changed the title... so here we go. BTW if you guys have any suggestions for what i should and can do in 365 days, let me know...

1. Learn to make pan-cakes
2. Learn crochet
3. drink 3 different types of coffee (i had vanilla, caramel, hazelnut, mocha...)
4. eat at 2 new places
5. visit a new city
6. make a website
7. make Chinese omelette
8. learn to sew mirrors
9. learn Persian
10. Make cheese omelette
11. learn to make spaghetti
12. update the blog at least once a week
13. take a picture every day
14. read 50 books
15. complete MS
16. make 12 pictures (cross stitch)
17. learn to knit fair isle
18. learn to knit enterlac
19. learn to knit in round
20. buy something gold
21. lose weight
22. make a shrug (done)
23. make a caplet
24. knit leg warmers
25. knit wrist warmers
26. knit a head band
27. watch 100 movies (i started on this)
28. buy plants (ferns preferably)
29. save fifty thousand rupees (this requires me to keep my current job or find a new one)
30. buy new glasses (i have same for last 7 years)
31. make a cake
32. make 3 different types of milkshakes
33. complete the scrapbooks
34. learn a new embroidery stitch
35. catalog the books (phew)
36. learn to make round roti (i started on this one too)
37. try not to buy any stationary
38. de clutter the wardrobe
39. Walk from one destination to another and back
40. write an independent research paper
41. embroidery a dupatta
42. make birthday dress
43. get a manicure (given the fact that i have never had one)
44. get a pedicure..
45. buy the magazine table (i have always wanted this)
46. create the 'heart wall' (this is my childhood dream, i am finally gonna get the wall painted and pictures hung)
47. stitch pictures for coffee wall...
48. get gifts for Sarah and Salma framed (they r two years old gifts, still in my to be framed stash :(... it's about time i gave them away)
49. make the mirror work scarf (therefore learn to sew mirrors :P)
50. make a stop motion picture (i have no idea why i have written this, as i have already tried one)
51. discover a new software
52. buy a frying pan (what's with making pancakes :P)
53. buy a sauce pan (for no reason at all)
54. embroidery the ghazal bag (in other words, put ur idea into a product)
55. eat a new dish (Mexican probably)
56. knit a snoodie (i just found out what it actually is, can't wait to make myself one)
57. buy 10 books
58. make that ice tea... (have been procrastinating ever since)
59. Make the sequined infinity scarf (stash buster)
60. Start the afghan/throw
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Sugandh

The Mid Year Resolution

i went away for a week and when i returned i realized that we have a new president!!!! "Mamnoon Hussain", it was easier to abuse president zardari and blame him for all the wrongs of the country even when he was just a symbolic head and the chief executive was prime minister. but now that he is gone, we should certainly see the change!!!! so let the drama unroll!!!

every year it rains and every year all of Pakistan is flooded, we learn nothing from our experiences, forget about learning from the experiences of our elders... in this situation i keep wondering what we - as common people - can do? suggestions anyone?

oh! the mid year resolution... it is a tough resolution, one that i am determined to keep. it started in june, the resolution is quite simple, i will not buy any books for next two years!!!! tough, tough, tough!!!! but this has a reason, i hv got so much unread literature around me that one can't imagine and i keep buying new and hip books. so i have decided that i'll read all my old books and then buy new ones.

and i still need to do the course that i dropped or i hv been threatened to be dropped off the program. i so wanted this degree but then i dunno what happened? i see people around me doing this- i think i should be able to do this.... well i hope for the better.

and i hv my reading goals [read 45 books] and cross stitching goal [have at least 150 pictures done by the end of year]

so this is it... i hope that people affected by floods in my country are safe and that they will be able to celebrate eid as they planned to...

Sugandh

I've Got Mail

the awesome feeling when a postman delivers a letter or a package for you :)

Sugandh