A Few Of My Favorite Things

Aug 20
NabanitaDhar
Are you on Twitter? Well, I’m sure most of you probably are. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love the platform. There are undoubtedly a lot of positives to it. In fact, someday I might even do a post on that. However, at times the sheer negativity spread through it makes me nauseous, so much so that it even ends up upsetting me a great deal. How much stupidity, ignorance, filth and nonsense can you fit in 140 characters? There seems to be a competition for that amongst most.

As luck would have it, today is one of those days when the tweets of certain people from the blogging world really let me down. I realized how wrong I was about them. Let’s just say it makes me sad seeing our intelligentsia thwarting reason, forming uninformed, cynical opinions and spreading the same as well. Somebody needs to tell them that going with the noise is not really the sign of well-read individuals. That somebody is certainly not going to be me. However, they need to be told, what they are doing is not a good indication for the country.

I can’t change them all, can I? I wish I could but who would listen to me and why?

In spite of the disappointment that I feel right now there will be no sulking today. Instead, I’m going to share a few of my favorite things with you. In the process, improve my mood as well perhaps? Sounds like a plan.

They say talk about the things you like and everything will get better. Let’s find out. So, here they are.

  1. Pineapples. Yes, pineapples are the only fruits that I like. No apples, no mangoes, no grapes, nothing at all. No, not even those exotic and ridiculously expensive fruits.
  2. Staying at home is my favorite pass time. No parties, no long drives, nothing. I take the saying ‘Home Sweet Home, there’s no place like home’ quite literally.
  3. I like reading books where the protagonist is a woman who teaches the annoying, cheating man in her life a lesson or two. What’s more, she neither flinches crossing the line nor gets caught doing so. S actually makes it a point to find thrillers with such story lines for me. God bless him for that and obviously more!
  4. I’m elated beyond words when my weekend plans of meeting someone gets cancelled. I just pretend to be sorry that things didn’t work out and relax at home.
  5. I love eating out even if my health doesn’t permit! S and I are so not health, or rather calorie conscious, which we know is not a great thing, but we just can’t help it.
  6. Tequila. Well, a girl needs to drink, doesn’t she? I love, absolutely love tequila. Oh it has been ages since I last had a shot.
  7. My Kindle. I used to think I can never ever adapt to reading on a device. But shockingly I’m rather enjoying Kindle a lot. Of-course, the charm of a paperback is something else altogether but Kindle is not so bad either.
  8. Winter! I love winters. For some reason, the season brings about a lot of positivity and cheer, more than any other.
  9. Watching back to back movies or binge watching series at home. Trust me it is therapeutic, there is no other way to describe it!
  10. Ginger Tea. I can’t believe I’m saying this. I was such a no tea or no coffee person until recently. But all that seems to have changed and today I need at least one cup of ginger tea to get through my day. And no, I don’t like the bland Ginger Tea which they make in 5 stars. No, sir. I like the absolutely authentic desi stuff.

Well, that’s all for today. These were just a few of my favorite things. Tell me what did you think? What are some of your favorite things?


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32 thoughts on “A Few Of My Favorite Things”

  1. That Margarita looks so good. I love those in summer! I use Twitter but don't entirely understand it and rarely read the feeds in depth.
    Hubby and I love eating out too and binge-watching TV series on Netflix. Not exactly conducive to weight loss, which we are trying to implement.

  2. No 10 and no 4 are so me. When H was a toddler he once grabbed a pineapple from a fruit juice shop in a mall – the kinds that are kept on display – and ran away with it with me and the shop owner following him around the food court. That was because he had been begging me for pineapple juice and I hadn't been able to get it for him. Some sight that would have been. Anyway, I do hope you have cheered up after making that list.

  4. Atleast Twitter is filled with people we haven't met or don't know so well. Facebook is the scariest place for me, with the never ending selfies and vacation pictures.

    Don't let it get to you.

    You do what you do best and don't pay attention to the noise. 🙂

  5. Number 4 is hilarious 🙂 Just picturing it! But then again, I know a part of me yearns to do it too when I am forced to go around due to an obligation!

  7. Hehe Tulika same pinch! And it is so much fun picturing you and the shop owner running behind H…Kids are so adorable and they sometimes end up giving us such unique and wonderful memories 🙂 And yes the list did cheer me up!

  13. I almost felt as if you were mirroring my thoughts while reading this Naba…
    Love the 'elation on weekend plans cancelling' part and err… can we change it to vodka from tequila?? 😉
    great post dearie 🙂

  14. I love Margarita. I certainly hope you don't feel that way about our get-togethers during weekends. 😉 I agree, there is a lot of negativity on twitter. Sometimes, I just don't feel like reading the trash and venom. And some people parade that in sarcasm. All the time! Oh God, that gets on my nerve. But recently, I witness the positive of twitter when a huge crisis was overcome. So, I guess the medium is not to blame. We always are. Take care.

  15. I am laughing out loud at No. 4. I was like that in school and college. But KG changed it all. Same pinch for ginger tea, tequila, winters, back to back movies or series, home and eating out and kindle app… (Kindle on my wish list)… wow… we have a lot in common! 🙂

  16. He he I like the 4th point Nabanita, I thought I did that secretly, looks like it is not a secret anymore and I am not the only one doing it 😀 🙂

  17. Nice list, Naba.
    I like staying at home too, but I love to travel as well 🙂
    Love all the fruits including Pineapples!

  19. Hehe Parul I'll perhaps do a post on the twitter trolls just for you 😉
    And looka like we have a lot in common! Do try the tequila atleast once!

  22. Arey no Rachna, our plans r made fast & v make sure v dnt cancel tht's what I like 🙂
    And yes Twitter certainly has a lot of positives, I was just getting bugged by the stupidity of so called intelligentsia 🙂

  24. Hehe you are a good girl for liking all the fruits 🙂 My mom has been trying to get me to like all fruits but to no avail 🙂

  27. All of you FAVOURITE things are mine too including pineapple and margarita..m.mm! After working very long hours I now love just being at home, Engaging in what ever takes my FANCY !

    Best wishes,
    Di..
    ABCW team .

  31. Outside of the fact that I dislike winter now due to snow, and I have never tried Tequila, I can say Ditto to every single thing on that list. Amazing how much we have in common.

    About point # 4, I was convinced I was the only one. 😛 😀

  32. Firstly my apologies for a late comment, i have been far to busy repairing my blog after a moval from one host to another… and taking care of other things that needed to be taken care of since my husband and i have health issues at the same time.

    An entry wich tells the visitor about you, nice to read it !
    And about Twitter? I had it, long time ago, the same feelings about it as you so i quit with it 😉

    have a nice weekend

    Melody (abc-w-team)

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