My Android Apps

Authenticator: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator

Save my Attach: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mailtools.saveit

Adao File Manager: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.adao.android.afm

Adao Task Manager: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.adao.android.atm

ADW Notifier: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.adw.launcher.notifications

ADW.Launcher: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.adw.launcher

App 2 SD Free: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd

Barcode Scanner: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android

Blogger: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.blogger

BookMyShow: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.bt.bms

Callback Assistant: http://market.android.com/details?id=callbackassistant.alarmspider.com

CamScanner: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner

ColorDict: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.socialnmobile.colordict

ColorNote: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad.color.note

Compass: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.apksoftware.compass

Converter: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.blogspot.asifrc.Converter

Analog World Clock Widget: http://market.android.com/details?id=net.hubalek.android.worldclock

Docs: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs

Earth: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.earth

Endomondo: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.endomondo.android

Expense Manager: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.expensemanager

Fancy Widget: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.anddoes.fancywidget

Gmail Notifier: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.jonasl.gmailnotifier2

Google Sky Map: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid

Google+: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus

GTasks: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.dayup.gtask

iMobile: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.csam.icici.bank.imobile

India Newspapers: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.barisefe.indianewspapers

iTriage: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.healthagen.iTriage

Lock Screen Widget: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.droidmania.lockscreenwidget

Mini Info: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dynotes.miniinfo

My Tracks: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks

NDTV: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.july.ndtv

NewsRob: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.newsrob

No Lock: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock

OfficeSuite: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobisystems.editor.office_with_reg

Paint Pro: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.electricsheep.paintpro

PhotoFunia: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.photofunia.android

Photoshop Express: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.adobe.psmobile

Retro Camera: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.urbian.android.tools.vintagecam

Ringdroid: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.ringdroid

ScoreMobile: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.fivemobile.thescore

ShareMyApps: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mattlary.shareMyApps

Silent Toggle Widget: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.aiteam.silenttogglewidget

Smooth Calendar: http://market.android.com/details?id=se.catharsis.android.calendar

SMS Popup: http://market.android.com/details?id=net.everythingandroid.smspopup

StopWatch & Timer: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.sportstracklive.stopwatch

Team-BHP: http://market.android.com/details?id=net.endoftime.android.forumrunner.teambhp

TeamViewer: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.teamviewer.teamviewer.market.mobile

Text Message: http://market.android.com/details?id=shareContacts.NS.com

Thinking Space: http://market.android.com/details?id=net.thinkingspace

Translate: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate

TripAdvisor: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.tripadvisor.tripadvisor

Voice Recorder: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.tokasiki.android.voicerecorder

WhatsApp: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.whatsapp Zedge: http://market.android.com/details?id=net.zedge.android

These apps work perfectly on Nexus One.

Going green

The very first step to having our own balcony garden

Feeling OLD !!!

I guess I don't look old enough to be married that is why people are often surprised to learn that I am. The client I am working for was quite surprised to learn that I was married. To tell you the truth sometimes its a surprise to me also ... Oh!! I am no longer a boy ... I am married. In many respects it still has not settled in. The realization makes me feel older

One of my school friend was blessed with a baby boy today. It was so difficult to believe that we are no longer boys but grown ups. It feels like yesterday when we were in school, competing with friends for the highest score in all subjects, fighting over lunch boxes, dreading the upcoming exams, jumping with joy on unexpected holidays, planning weeks ahead for outings and very soon we will have younger ones doing the same.

We may have crossed the most beautiful part of our lives but life still has become more beautiful than ever as we have found someone to share our lives with, someone to love, someone who loves us, someone to care for ...

Congratulations to my friend for being blessed with that someone in his life.

Happy Birthday to Me

Being all alone on ones birthday is the worst thing that could happen to anyone. When I came to Hyderabad on Sunday I was already feeling low that I would be spending my birthday away from loved ones.
Was expecting a few calls at midnight ... But I guess people just fell asleep. Morning was no better. Reached office to know that some old files were missing and my manager was furious. I was so sure it was going to be a bad day ... a bad year.
It’s amazing how few assuring words, some crazy laughs, a few email and dinner with a close friend can change everything.
The day ... the year just looks a little brighter to me.

Picnic @ IBIZA Merlin Greens Resort

Papa told me yesterday that we are going for some sidey picnic organised by AVANTIKA ( A Pvt. Organisation of Marwari Lawyers and CAs in kolkata). Though I have very fond memories of Avantika Picnics but then was the time when Shradha, Manish, Anant, Rahul and other friends were here in Kolkata. Planning for the picnic would start days earlier. But today was something different. I didnt wanted to go for the simple fact that none of the above mentioned persons were here in  kolkata plus going there with parents without knowing anyone and sitting like a fool in a group of aunties was like a complete pain. Still I had no enthu to argue with Papa for not going so I decided that I would fake fever or something similar in the morning and try not going.

There were other petty reasons for not going.One of them was that my mom was becoming a little panicky about my dress to be worn for the picnic. The Club is supposedly full of my "in-Laws". So she wanted me to wear ethnic. though I managed to talk her out of this. I become a little kiddish and silly when I go for such outings. So one of the several other petty reasons were that I didnt wanted to create a bad impression in front of my "in-Laws". The last but the most important reason for not going was that the picnic outing will make me miss ANANT like anything and the feeling will be such that would not be easy to handle.

There were very few reasons for going namely good food ( Club Kachori Subzi for Breakfast, Matar kachori and Gajar Halwa for Lunch & Nicely prepared Elaichi Tea and Snax Biscuits for Evening), Housie Prize and Badminton.

Mom woke me up and I decided that lets go....my last picnic with my parents.

The Car journey was boring. The only relief was the sms chat with ANNU. He writes good, extremely short, some 10 words sweet SMSs and rest is left upon me to decipher( when I write SMSs then its almost always a 2 SMS linked thing).

Anyways, I reached the Venue and the first person I saw was my Mother-in-Law. After all the social formalities, she made me meet one of the most eldest grandmother of the Sancheti Clan.( What I Hear about her is that she is the most strictest of the persons and she is not those jolly jolly types). I shivered. But I found Bariya Dadisa to be very nice and she really made me comfortable. She conversed with me for some time about my hobbies, my education, my interests , etc etc.

The Venue, IBIZA, is a nice place. They have a lot of facilities on offer, Pool, Library, TV, Mini Golf, Boating, Snooker, Etc etc. It has around 6-7 Huge garden areas. I Liked the place.

I had certain Assumptions about the Picnic but now when I am writing this, I realise that 99% of my assumptions were wrong( Thankfully). 

WHAT WAS DELIGHTFUL

I saw Papaji playing Badminton with a group of girls. I rushed there to play with him. Special mention that for his age and structure, he plays pretty well.

Then came the most most memorable part....playing badminton with Mummyji. She is one of the very few fine players of the game I have ever come across. She is an amazing player. I had a gala time playing with her. I hope even she enjoyed playing the game with me. Both of us have decided that we will take badminton rackets to Bangalore so that we can play when ANANT is not around.

My "in-Laws" were not at all strict...they made me very comfortable. Just like their very own daughter. I feel blessed to have Such Loving Parents-in-law.

I rode a swing and riding the merry-go-round with my sister-in-law Megha was fun. Bachpan ke din yaad aa gaye...in short maza aa gaya...

Playing Housie reminded me of those good ol' days where each one of held 5 tickets to win the prize...but this time i bought only 2...(yaar inflation has struck Housie Tickets also....with every picnic the rates of tickets are going up...i remember buying a ticket for 5 Bucks....but today i had to part with precious 20 rupee note for a ticket.) I had a deal with Papaji, mummyji, megha, mummy, papa that i will take whatever they win in the game. But alas nobody hit the jackpot. (Boo hoo hoo). But nonetheless the game was fun with papaji passing funny remarks and we cheering and jeering for the winners.

THINGS THAT DISAPPOINTED ME

Avantika outings are very famous for their food quality. But this time it was a complete disappointment. The food was not good at all....a complete turn-off. 

As mentioned above...I didn't win any housie prize. So again coming to the picnic was a bad idea. The Organising committee of Avantika didn't organise any games where I had a scope to win.

When I write this...my hands are paining of all the badminton game I played...my legs paining with all the swing rides..jumping and running...I feel that the day was not a complete waste. I enjoyed a lot just a small thing...had ANANT would have been here...the experience would have been completely different.

Random Thoughts !

2008 !!! hmmm ... Till date it has been the most happening year of my life. This year has been nothing short of a full fledged hindi movie in which there is action, thrill, comedy, horror, emotions etc.

This year has been the most fulfilling year. It is in this year I became a CA. It is in this year my favorite and closest cousin Shailee got married and not to forget ... it is in this year I could see my most precious and special dream come true ... YES .... getting engaged to my first crush, my first love, my childhood sweetheart, my prince charming, my ANANT.

2nd Decemeber 2008 will be one of the best days of my life...or rather OUR life. Since morning there was a lot of nervousness in the air specially for annu...who was calling me continuously and describing his state of mind. This was the day i saw myself for the first time ever in full bridal attire with a beautiful saree and jewellery and a perfect hairdo and make up  and all tht jazz. I was too worried for the fact that MY ANNU would not recognise me, Though everybody around me including my ma kept on saying that i was looking very pretty but i was not convinced. I wanted to call annu to LALA ka dukan so tht i can show him and ask for his opinion on my dressup. But of course i cudnt do tht. The entire time i was shit worried and tensed that annu will hate me for the way am looking.

We reached the venue much before he did and i , like a distressed girl captured on a high tower waited for my prince charming to come and rescue me. And then after a long wait he came..One look at him and my Heart skipped a beat. No No...i think it stopped beating. 

He has never looked so handsome as he did that day. With the black suit and the red silk shirt and not to forget the killer smile, he looked the most elegant,dashing, smart, handsome Groom a bride has ever had on this planet. I fell in love with him all over again and yes with triple ferocity.THU THU.

He was standing bang opposite to where i was sitting but he was looking somewhere else..i think he was searching for me everywhere else except for the place i was sitting. i wanted to shout and let him know tht honey am sitting here....am sorry for dissapointing u for the way am looking...etc. etc...but being the bride i had to be quiet and behave myself which was against the way i am. He still couldnt find me as he was busy talking to his newly found father-in-law and brother-in-law...social courtesies....being the impatient girl i am, i sent ridhi to ask him to look at me....but before she could do tht....His eyes found me....i froze....but the approving smile he had on his face said it all....no words can ever express the joy he had in eyes. His lovely warm smile and his loving eyes told me tht i was looking perfect to be his bride. He came beside me and held my hand infront of all the family members present thr... and i was convinced that no matter what happens...this man will always be by my side and will never leave me alone.  I thanked god a million times to give me such a wonderful Groom.

From the time he was made to sit beside me....and the ring ceremony and all the other family functions and till the time i slept in the night....things seemed as if a movie is being played in a fast forward mode....I WAS FINALLY ENGAGED TO THE MAN I HV LOVED ALL MY LIFE AND WILL LOVE HIM ALL MY LIFE AND BEYOND THAT TOO.

LOVE YA MY ANNU BABY!!!

Too many questions

July and August (so far) has been nothing less than a roller coaster ride. So many things happening all around me. Some that bring joy others that arouse sadness and some that makes me stop and thing – how stupid can I be?
So many moments and events that have shaped and reshaped the course of life. So many feelings playing in my mind. So many things I wanna talk about. So many things I wanna share.
Lets take this one by one:

Loved
I am blessed. I have felt true love not once, not twice but three times. I have always received more love and care from them than I could possibly imagine. Its true, guys cannot match (don’t even come close) the love and care that a woman (in love) can shower. Pure. Unconditional. Selfless.
Sometimes I wonder if what I feel is at all LOVE. Is it pure, unconditional and selfless?

Touched
All the people in my life whom I admire lookup to and am really close to have touched me in a way which words just can’t explain. I wanna be like them. Do things the way they do. Think the way they do.

Loosing
The feeling they you have something so special and that you are going to loose it … killing. Trying desperately to hold on and the rope is just slowly slowly slipping away.

Disappointed
I really enjoy my work. Though I may crib about it feel that I am not doing justice to the work entrusted on me … still I love what do. For a person like me who gets bored with stuff very fast and can’t do routine jobs for long, challenges are a must. Consulting is the field I guess can keep me engaged. At the end of the day money is also important and with me getting married soon (for those of my friends who have been living under a rock … the big day is on 26 Feb 2009) finances are on my mind even more.

Interview
No job interview I am talking about here. Trust me they are much easier to go through and crack. You can prepare for them and rehearse for them. Whats difficult is an interview with your prospective father-in-law. There is so much at stake … your life and your future. I have never been so nervous … ever in my life. I was sure I will screw things up bad. I reached 15 min earlier and was waiting with a lump in my chest almost choking me. Today as in remember that day again is feels so funny and stupid. I was unnecessarily scared and anxious. As they say … all is well that ends well. I don’t know if I managed to impress my father-in-law or not but what matters that now I am engaged.

Engagement
I never thought it would be so easy. Things happened more smoothly than I had ever imagined it in my dreams. In fact I had thought of all possible things that could go wrong and prepared a contingency plan for each one of those scenarios. Perhaps I was so busy thinking about the things that could go wrong that I never imagined things would just fall in place.