TOP 10 2007 ALBUMS

1.Timbaland- Shock Value

Timbaland proved his skills as a record selling producer in 2006 and in this year he was back with a bang. Everyone wants a piece of him and that is exactly what you get in his album, Shock Value. One of the biggest albums of the year sees Timbaland team up with the who’s who of the music industry, heck even good ol’ Elton John decided to join him! His second solo album has 19 tracks with 22 guests ranging from Timberlake to 50 Cent. The album has a lot of memorable tracks such as The Way I Are and the super hit Apologize (how can you not love this song?). But there are equally unforgettable ones like the one with the Emo band Fall Out Boy…what’s the name of the track again?

2.Mika- Life in Cartoon



Mika hit our iPods early this year with Grace Kelly! Oh how we loved it! Initially passed off as a one hit wonder, Mika proved his critics wrong when his album released one hit single after another. The skinny curly haired boy filled his album with quirky, all singing, all dancing tunes which made it such a hit. Everyone loves a feel good album and Life in Cartoon motion was as exciting as its name! Mika’s debut album is such a hit because all the songs are very individualistic and unique just like the singer himself!


3.Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare

And now about my favourite dream…Alex Turner! There are many naughty things I would love to do to Mr. Turner (what a yummy lil thing!! Reckon I'll write an entire post about him...hmm good thought!!) The witty group is back with their second studio album and we absolutely love it! If you like loud, fast and witty songs then Favourite Worst Nightmare should already be in your collection. This album is not as perfect as their first one. It is far more laid back and the band does overlook the detailed lyrics, which did help their first album to become the fastest selling album. My fave of the lot is definitely Tedyy Picker, you should hear the Glasto version (it's on my blog!) FANTASTIC !

4.Britney Spears- Blackout

Britters has done it again! Blackout is one of the top selling albums of the year and why shouldn’t it be? Blackout shows a more mature Britney and has much stronger material than any of her previous albums. If you thought Gimme More was catchy enough, wait till you’ve heard the rest, it might just blow your mind! Britney’s fifth studio record has songs that seem especially written for her. I'm not a big fan of the ex-princess of pop, give me Christina any day, but I am crazily addicted to Gimme More!

5.Leona Lewis- Spirit

We love a rag to riches story! Leona was just a regular girl trying her luck at X Factor (we were rooting for her right from the start!!!) Not to be forgotten as a one off reality TV talent, Lewis worked on her debut album for nine months. The album is bursting with love songs in high notes. Her single, Bleeding Love went straight to the top and has not moved an inch since then. Bleeding Love is the highlight of the album and the single will go down in music history. Her album does lack fun and it seems she is trying too hard. To be brutally honest, her wailing is putting me off, enough of it already !


6.Foo Fighters- Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace


And now for some stadium thumping, power tunes. Part of the 90’s rock scene, the Foo Fighters are back with their sixth album and it is one of their best. The album debuted at the top of the UK album chart when it was released in September and has a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. You’d have to be living under a rock to miss out on their hit, The Pretenders. Anything can be passed of as rock these days, the Foos are true rock royalty and bring back the glimmer of Nirvana days to us. Ahhh bliss!

7.Mark Ronson- Version

Mark Ronson took over I minds and music senses in summer and he is still doing that! The acclaimed DJ and producer’s second album is a large collection of covers. Mark Ronson plays with pop and rock songs, and his album seems far more superior than just cover songs. From Radiohead to The Smiths and Cold Play to Kasabian, the Grammy nominated album successfully works wonders without sounding to hum drum. I think Ronson did wonders with Amy Winehouse (and I loved the way Simon took the mikey outta him on last night's Never Mind the Buzzcocks...classic television!)

8.Kylie- X


We loved it when it came out and we still love it! Kylie’s album is full of retro, quirky tunes that make you want to dance till the early morning. She’s done it again and although she sticks to the classic disco style she does add her oomph making the album all about her. I do love the 2 Hearts video more than anything, more so for the Christian Louboutin shoes (Santa, give me a pair for Xmas!) and also the wicked skull mic...I'm a tad bit obsessed with skulls! Kylie has come back to rule the charts and she does it with style! The electro pop is superb.

9.Klaxons- Myth of the near future

Get your dancing shoes and head to the club, the Klaxons are here. The Myth of the Near Future is by far one of the best albums of the year. It is the loud, it’ll wake up your neighbours and it’ll gently uplift those groggy days. If you haven’t got yourself this energy infused awe-inspiring album then mate, you are missing out!


I'm listening to The Enemy now, We'll live and die in these towns! And I really need to get hold of some Pigeon Detective tunes...well hum ho I'll prolly do that when I am on my Xmas break...weeeeeee !!

xxx

Spotted! Paris Hilton Believes in Santa Claus

Christmas is here and who better to spread the Festive Cheer other than our favourite celebrities! Paris Hilton has recently been spotted wearing this very Santa Claus t-shirt, adding a little holiday spirit to the world! She ups her style quota by updating her casual look to glam with bold accessories (her red shoes remind me of Dorothy and I can’t wait to get my own pair!) This year’s top trend and still ‘hawt’ in the market is graphic t-shirts and Paris works this rock n roll meets vintage look perfectly! Think Topshop meets Urban Outfitters. Everyone from Mischa Barton to Lindsay Lohan has been spotted with graphic t-shirts, which made us rush out and buy some for ourselves. Take a cue from Ms Hilton and wear the Xmas spirit on your sleeve, quite literally!

BAGS BAGS AND MORE BAGS !!!!!

I've been lazy ! No really, I have. Yes, I'm busy every single day, yes my life is extremely manic. But the fact remains I am lazy !
I have having all these wonderful thoughts that I wanted to pen (type) down, but I have been lazy! Laziness is great though ! Well great for me, coz I love just zoning out and laziness helps me do exactly that.
Well hum dee dum, getting to the topic running that's been through my head recently! FASHION!! Yes, baby Fashion! Why? Because I love F.A.A.A.A.S.S.S.S.S.S.H.H.H.H.H.I.O.N!
And I also love bags, and I thought I would treat my little blog like dairy, by writing something interesting, instead of my rants!
I was reading the blogpost about Bagmybag.com, which is a designer bag renting sites for us poor people! Finally, I can have my dirty hands on the amazing Fendi bag, or the classic Chanel! Oh the joy !! A friend of mine had introduced me the idea of renting bags a couple of years ago, but there was a problem ! Not only was the rent price OTT, but also they were all based in America! Damn !!! One of the American sites with a great collection is BagBorrowSteal.com, which lets you choose a varied of vintage bags to the IT bags! They have a lovely selection that lets you borrow the bag your fav celebs been spotted with ! The Fendi bag, which I had been drooling over all throughout Summer, could be borrowed by a member for 117$ a week!
It rained all over my idea of sporting a Fendi spy bag! It wasn't part of my life plan to borrow bags for that much (although it still is cheaper than actually buying it...)it just didn't make sense borrowing a bag all the way from America!
But recently I stumbled upon Bagmybag.com, while doing work ex at handbag.com (the amazing fashion website!!!) I googled it, I checked the letter that was accompanied with the bag the Fashion Ed. had called for ! Finally, I found the website, but it was under construction! Boo-hoo !!! So I googled a bit more, and came across handbag.com's Fashion Ed's blog about the wesbite !! (Joy, oh joy!!) The bags are cheaper to rent, £30 a week and £70 a month for a Prada !!! And the best news of it all is...it is based in jolly ol' UK !
So as I wait for the website to become accessible I can just daydream about the lovely bags!! Ahh Fashion!!! The only BIG problem in all this would be having to return the bag at the end of the month !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xxx

Life as I like it !

There is something liberating about eating lunch alone. I recently had a conversation with my friend who was planning to go to see a film alone. I was shocked ! I've known him for a couple of years, and although I knew he was into this whole 'I like my own company' sort of thing, I didn't realise that he being the social animal that he is, could go anywhere alone.
Anyhow, the conversation went on and he told me the pros of enjoying a few things alone & I announced the cons.
I've started working (or so I say!) in this website recently. On my first day of work, within two hours of my time in the office I was told to 'go for lunch!'
Slightly peeved off, I went to the nearest Starbucks (the saviour!!!) and ordered myself a cheese & tomato panini (which was delicious!!!) The chinese lady (apparently all Starbucks I go to have oriental people behind the counter!) very sweetly asked me if I would like to 'eat here or take a way', I thought a moment or two and scanning the store with my heavily kohled eyes, I decided to eat in. I had already decided my seat, a quiet corner where nobody will be able to see poor ol' me sitting all alone, munching on my panini & slurping my Mocha Frappacino! But as I made my way to my selected seat, a red haired woman swooped in and took MY seat ! Not letting it bother me, I sat at the nearest available seat, which to my shock was right in the middle of the shop!
So there I was, sitting on the wooden chair at Starbucks, looking at groups of people chatting together and giggling at their amusing stories. I wanted someone to be sitting and telling me stories! I decided to take out my book and read it, in order to look intellectual, thereby, proving I'm superior to the other giggling bunch of fools ! I decided against it, in case the panini stains my wonderful book!
I sat there eating my panini at my own leisurely time, enjoying the Indian music playing in the background.
I went on about this for quite sometime, till I realised that my panini was over and so was my Frappacino !
The whole expierence was not scary at all! I was not thrown out or looked down upon for being a lone loser ! I was just part of the crowd and on my own terms!
I didn't have to make any boring and unwanted conversation. I didn't have to smile to please someone else, I didn't even have to be polite while eating! If I wanted to burp, I could've! WOW!
Now this is what I call life on my own terms. I never thought I would enjoy alone time in the outdoors. I can be as alone as I want in my apartment, I have after all, the idiot box & MSN to keep me company. But this...this was a completely different and liberating feeling. I felt so grown up.
This helped me so much that I decided to go shopping alone the next day ! Next will be the cinema....nyah lets keep that for another lifetime.

XXX

Lament

I don't regret things much, but today I do regret something...something big....and the following lyrics sum it up for me....

She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night

She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger

- Whiskey Lullaby

....I don't think this is a break up song...I love this song, I love the feeling of love in it...It's the feeling of what could've been.

xxx

aaaahhh I am sooooo happy !!!! I'll be earning REAL bucks next week !!! it is not a long term job yet but I am sooo happy to be earning some moooolah on my own terms !!! Ka-Ching !!!!!
xxxxx

I need a job ! so badly ! so desperately ! I need to have a reason ! and i need it now ! anyone knows anyone who can get me a job in some media company? preferably a paid job ! I'm sick of doing voluntary jobs ! i need a life !! *sigh*

Have you ever been to a place in your life where you have this queasy feeling? It is not quite fulfilling yet it is not wholly empty ! It's got the sensation to lift you up yet everything is quite a blur ! I can't really explain it !
I'm feeling pretty okay, I'm not really in touch with the world today, my msn keeps beeping and the songs keep playing on my iTunes.I just ignore everything to live in my world. I'm listening to my favourite song on the loop, but unusually enough I am not lingering on to its words.
I maybe going slightly insane because I feel this strange kind of happiness engulf me it's big strong arms. I creep a little smile but I am scared to jinx it.
Last night I lay awake writing this poem in my head...I shut my eyes hard to retain all the words and mark it down on a paper. But my mind feels busy today, and I forget things easily. I want to do a thousand and one things, I am supposed to do a million and yet I stop at the first thing and ponder till the day comes to an end.
I want to watch films all day long, I don't need anyone right now. I am happy being me, I am happy being with me.
I know this is short lived, happiness is like a distant relative, one who visits only when he (strangely enough happiness is a male!) needs me.
Hum dee dum I shall bask in the glory of this distant relative today.
If this blog post makes no sense, forgive me please, because I am happy !

xxx

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln


At the age of fourteen I penned down my life. I penned down what I wanted to study, what I wanted to avoid, what I wanted to become. Except for a few minor changes I have managed to abide by my decisions. I am extremely stubborn and contrary to what people believe I am a perfectionist, or so I would like to believe.
So far things have gone to plan, with the obvious involvement of the general and often overwhelming emotions. Now at the age of twenty-two, eight years after my decision, I am clueless. This scares me. Yes, I am over-emotional, over-dramatic and over-analytical, but the fact that I feel like I have no control over my life is the single most scariest emotion.
My life is right now is in the hands on the few dozen prospective employers who I hope will employ me sooner during the day. I have worked hard, I fought twice as hard to be recognized, studied harder than most to be able to get grades that will ensure a good career, met the right kind of people, yet today I feel all that has been a waste.
A woman who I have been in touch with to get me a simple week of work experience in a company has not even read my CV ! Sheer disappointment followed by extreme frustration.
I want to start all over again. I am losing whatever little sense of self I had, I am turning into another face in the crowd, something I have despised for a long time.
I need to hold on to my sanity, I need to believe...but these words just seem so empty. The light at the end of the tunnel is so far that I cannot see it, I fear I may not see it for a very long time now.

I LIKE SEMI NAKED SPARTANS ! I THINK THEY ARE HOT !! 300 IS AN AWESOME FILM ! BBOOOHOOO LADDDOOOO CHOWDHURY !!! bwhaahahaha

xxx

Technology makes life easier...easy for stalkers too ! I just got this fine message from some guy, who wrote a long paragraph describing my beauty ! Flattering indeed, it was a bit freaky as that guy spoke about love at first sight and would talk about my smile and my eyes and what not !! Just thinking back about it gives me shudders !
I'm sure this guy has no intention of stalking me. Maybe he is just a computer geek who likes checking people out on myspace! Besides how can someone notice soooo much from one picture...? Maybe I am a minger, and that one mugshot of mine was the only thing worth putting of a website !
I have had a friend who has been offered a meal to be cooked for her by a complete stranger on a social network! We had a few girly giggles over it, the thought of a stranger cooking in the name of your beauty still cracks us up !
Come to think of it...we do let complete strangers come into our lives. Freaks we get so fond of that we start referring to them as friends, partners or colleagues ! These freaks may not necessarily be part of social networking websites, and the first introduction could have been more "human". But at the end of the day everyone we know today, except family of course.
This is not to say that we should jump if someone checks your orkut profile 100 times a day or befriend the guy who just wouldn't stop poking you on facebook! I have had a tough time with strangers I have met, yet my blog is mostly dedicated to all those strangers I have encountered who make my life so worthwhile, mostly with their sheer stupidity !
I would no longer be comfortable with talking to a stranger through a social network, because everyone now seems to be a sex fiend, but I know overall two people who I have met so randomly who are the greatest and funniest people in my life !
I do think strangers are nice people, but only nice from far.

XXX

I'M HAPPY !!!
aaaahhh you get such few moments of sheer happiness these days I wanna cherish this moment !!! Dayum I feel gooooooooooooooood :D

xoxoxoxoxox

“Homesickness is. . . absolutely nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. You don't really long for another country. You long for something in yourself that you don't have, or haven't been able to find.”

I have little idea who that quote is from but it sums up the way I feel right now. Being the youngest child of my clan I have been the most pampered and spoilt and probably the most rebellious. I have got my way through and have been adored even when I shouldv'e been despised. I guess that has been one of the reasons why I took family and love for granted.
Of late I have been missing my family a lot, and have started whining more than usual. After I returned from India, I started missing life out there, soon after I left for Spain and fell in love with the country. After a merry filled holiday I returned to boredom infused days and nights in London. Now I miss Spain. Spain is not my home, so why am I homesick for it?
The above quote got me thinking about all this homesickness business. I've not known a person who misses HOME, because surely wherever you build up your nest, that is home. Homesickness is indeed just a feeling of emptiness mixed with the fear of being alone.
I've never ever truly lived alone. I've always had someone to keep me company, someone in the nearby room who I could simply sit and gossip with. Ever since I've moved to my new house (which BTW I love!!) I feel empty. Whether I walk around the entire house or poke my head out of the window, I'm not going to get a response. No girly giggles, no shrill voices, no banging of kitchen utensils, absolutely nothing! I think it is this silence that makes you miss what you have had otherwise.
This gets me to another point, humans are lonely people. Even the most social moth finds solace in the occassional self pondering ! So why does loneliness affect so much? If a person prefers to seek comfort in his or her own company we often mock them by calling them a LONER! Life sure is unfair and oh so confusing !
I think I'm at a point in my life where I've just left behind a very vibrant fast-paced lifestyle and I guess this is what has been annoying me. I think people need people, they way light bounces of something to make it beautiful, people need other people to bounce their feelings and emotions of, even if they are not the most philosophical ones.
Does this imply to soulmates though? Are there actually people who your soul is connected to? If so, how are you to know when that connection is made? Doesn't that connection ever fizzle out? Do soulmates make loneliness more bearable? The worst bit about soul mates is you might just meet them at the wrong time...and your life doesn't ever get a meaning then....

Home is where the heart is...but what if your heart longs for a million places !!

Bit too emotional for me...but hey this is what loneliness does to you !! pffft !

For the past couple of years I have been dreaming of becoming a war journalist. Of the many, I am especially inspired by Barkha Dutt, an Indian female journalist who reported the Kargil war.
As I wound up my journalism degree I became more wary of war journalism, it is afterall, not for the light hearted. The US journalist Daniel Pearl was killed in an "act of barbarism." Ever since then, we have heard numerous stories of journalists being kidnapped in war torn areas. Family and friends have warned me from entering such a hazardous career, and I am still undecided.
Hugh Barnes, my professor at University was a war correspondent and he seems to have survived. The stories I have heard from him enthrall me and I have massive amount of respect for every journalist who throws themselves in a war zone in order to report facts.
I once had an argument with a bunch of PR students, who believed the gruesome details of war should not be reported! For some one who lives on freedom of speech even in my everyday life, this was a shock! Such a harsh statement grilled through many of the journalists students present in the room, and in the end we showed them who was the boss !!!
In the last few months I worked at the BBC, met journalists from all aspects of the field, heard talks from BBC security correspondent Gordon Correra, shared Skittles with Adam Holloway, who was a senior reporter at ITN covering issues in Bosnia, and Afghanistan, and is currently a Member of Parliament. The more I meet such interesting journalists the more I want to be one of the them.
On March 12, BBC correspondent, Alan Johnston was abducted from Gaza and since then a Palestinian group, Army of Islam has taken responsibility. The group has demanded the release of Abu Qatada. For those who don't know Abu Qatada, he is the "spiritual ambassador in Europe" of Osama Bin Laden and is currently behind bars. As someone who has been pre-warned about joining the field of war journalism, my heart goes out to the family and friends of Alan Johnston. I have signed on a petition calling on anyone who has any influence on the situation to increase their efforts to secure his return. It would be great, if you could click on the following link and do the same. You may be from a different country and might not have even heard of Alan Johnston, but I urge you to sign up, as he is one of us, and noone deserves to be treated this way just for doing his job.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6518185.stm

The BBC are doing everything to keep us updated, and if you want to know more please visit the site. The Government are in talks with Abu Qatada to appeal to the Army of Islam to release Alan Johnston. Thank you for signing up. Please help spread the word, a little help could go a long way.

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LINGUISTICALLY CHALLENGED!


Cute Guy at the Bar: La Bella
ME: What? I don't understand
CGATB: La Bella (points at ME)
ME: What? I don't understand...English please!
CGATB (just as drunk as me): La Bella
ME: I don't understand Spanish or whatever....(walks away)


*sigh*


ME = DUMB FUCK WHO DOES NOT KNOW THAT LA BELLA MEANS BEAUTIFUL IN ITALIAN...not spanish my friends...ITALIAN!!! I'm not rude, I do like accepting compliments. But I'm just Linguistically Challenged !

*slaps her head for being so stupid*

:(

xx

I will have ONE of THAT, please!

Temptations...temptations....temptations!! How does one remain loyal to the boyfriend with so many temptations around? This is not to say I will leave my loving boyfriend for every Tom, Dick, Harry, not only are those name are simply disgusting, I would never have the heart to dump a fully trained boyfriend.
You know trained boyfriends? Well, they are the types you have had for long and they know everything about you and everything you need, for example when you need to be cuddled, and when to stay away. The best trained boyfriend would know when you are PMSing even when you don't. But that would be possible ONLY in a PERFECT world.
A perfect world would be where Daniel Craig would be MINE. Well, if not that, in a perfect world I'll be able to go to restaurants and order one of those yummy stars as a date.
Getting back to my favorite topic- DANIEL CRAIG'S amazing body..minus his pouting lips!I had multiple orgasms (I know, I know, too much of information but this is MY Blog I can write what I want if you are too ashamed to read about my orgasms...LOOK AWAY!!!) just seeing him move when I went to watch Casino Royale the second time. Arrgh! could definitely take in some of those kisses...According to my friends he strips off a bit too much in the film...and I say...the more the better! Hell! I could do things to that guy that would be too R rated for this blog so I will leave it for my imagination...

I WANNA...

I was browsing through ticket prices on the ever reliable lastminute.com and I couldn't make up my mind as to which one theater show I wanted to see over the other. So as a memo to myself (and a little reminder to watch all of them before it's too late) here is a list of theater shows I want to watch sooner than later:

Mamma Mia
The Phantom of the Opera
The Blue Man Group
Guys and Dolls
Daddy Cool
Monty Python's Spamalot
Les Miserables
Cats
Sound Of Music
The Woman in White

*phew* hope to be able to watch all of this

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW





Last morning I got up to find my street covered in white fluffy snow. Although as the day continued the snow melted, but the sight was breathtaking. I was extremely excited, I guess, when you have lived in a tropical country all your life, a winter wonder like this does make you extremely happy.




I did manage to click a few pictures of my street and backyard. It's pretty crude, but with a little imagination you can actually see how beautiful it all looked.

MAYBE...BUT WHY?

I'm standing at the cross-roads of life. Many people say you come across millions of cross roads during your lifetime, the first one being the end of school. For me, however, this is the first serious cross road I'm facing. I'm torn between a thousand and one things and I am beginning to lose hold over my dream.
When I left school not much changed for me. I had always planned my life, always...that is up to this day. I knew I wanted to study Journalism, I knew I wanted to be out of Calcutta and out of India. London was always my calling and I smooth sailed through it.
Day 2, of my second semester, third year, I believe I am not cut out to be a journalist. I am not rude, I am not a snob and I am sick of not believing in myself. I love London, but I love home more now. I love that people identify when I walk on the street ... I love it that people are so easy to talk to (except that snobbish woman at the TV channel!!)
I've been called in by my professor again tomorrow and I don't see cheery things my way. Maybe I'll fail my year, maybe I'll never be a journalist. But I know for sure after Uni ends I am giving up! Giving up on having to prove myself time and again, Brits look down on me at work places because I am too courteous (since when was that a bad thing???) and back home people think I'm too pretty therefore, DUMB!!
For three years I've tried to prove to everyone that I am hardworking and that beauty with brains is not a rarity. I have tried to prove to my parents that I am not spoilt and I have tried to prove myself that life is better without fun.
That's it! I give up. After Uni I am taking a year long holiday and never looking back. Maybe I am not cut to be a journalist, maybe I am too dumb...but I am goddamn me and I don't want other people's expectations getting me down. I want to believe in myself. Maybe this is what my long life ambition should have been in the first place.