Sunday, April 27, 2008

One of the Seven Deadly Sins - Vanity (addition)


The Vanity or Pride is regarded the greatest of sin.

Pride of being beautiful or attractive, Pride of seeing urself the important one, Pride of the power u have been given and pride of every earthly or physical attributes were always condemned by many of ancient religious scriptures.

All the greatest falls of power came due to this pride only...
Helen was proud of her beauty..so was Cleopatra..
Troy was proud of it's warriors, walls and gates...
Achilles was proud of being the unbeatable
Roman empire was proud of it's power
British empire was proud to be the ruler of the world...
Everyone faced the fall..and they were literally wiped, of the world.

So when u have power or when u r different from the general..Don't be proud of it. Only use it for the good cause, if u can't the sin will take you straight to hell..
It's not about hell..if u think urself too high from the ground..just remember one thing if u fall this height may kill u ..

Vanity doesn't mean that.. u have the power and u misused it..even if u use it for a good deed and become proud of that..it takes it toll.

There are loads of stories on how vanity drove people insane..and some who got control over it made themselves to the legends...

So have control over vanity and be a legend...

PS:
These are the comments highlights where my dearest readers had pour in their thoughts about it

Ever hopeful - Vain pride leads to downfall. You might be knowing that Ravana was very intelligent, brave and gifted person. he was a great scholor as well as warrior. He tasted defeat becuase of his pride. Rightly said "Ahankar to ravan ka bhi nahin raha"

Supressing one's emotions in name of manliness is also false pride and showing it make one more human.

Sourish Most of the time being a manly prick is the main cause of troubles...i fink better to be a human and utilise all the god gifted instincts instead of pretending to be emotionless ..
Fredrick Nietzsche also explained vanity exactly as..vanity is an example of the previous, master set of morals that has been replaced with slave moralities..but he loved this sin coz he thought that becoming falsely noble means ..ordinary people will have more of the nobleness than insipidity..

Keshi - Its not a sin to admire one's abilities whatever it may be. After all, if we cant identify wuts good abt us, love ourselves and use those qualities to make ourselves and others happy, wuts the use of the individuality in us? If u let the Ego take over completely, thats when self-destruction begins.

Sourish - Taking pride of urself is cumulative effect..it's start wid the feeble most feeling and it ends up being an obsession and then it start taking it's toll.. u will feel it harmless but soon u will find urself in everybody's bad book.. Wen u blush on ur praises,and explain how simple u r as for u being simple is worth mentioning and that's Vanity.

Kashmira - I would say be proud of who you are, not arrogant. Be proud of who you are, but don't look down upon others.

Sourish
- if u r boasting of sumthing..someone is getting down to make u reach that point...koi harta hai tabhi koi jeet ta hai and if u get pride of the win..the looser will find that and may create a chaos.. :)

Cindy- Pride is nothing but a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities or possessions that do one credit. Pride also means being conscious of one's dignity.

Vanity is the negative extension of pride, which is when we come to a fall. With vanity pride ceases to exist and it no more stands as just a form of being conscious about your dignity.

Its just a thin line that separates both. But its equally imperative to decide which side you're on.

Read the thoughts of others and if you want to pour in urs.. u r always welcome


Read the thoughts of others and if you want to pour in urs.. u r always welcome

79 comments:

  1. Hi Sourish

    Liked this post of yours. Very well said. Vain pride leads to downfall.

    You might be knowing that Ravana was very intelligent, brave and gifted person. he was a great scholor as well as warrior. He tasted defeat becuase of his pride. Rightly said "Ahankar to ravan ka bhi nahin raha"

    I like the new template of your blog. Your sis is bit upset says Samby bhai narz ho gaye, she told that she teased him. She shouldn't have done that as he is older, but she is childish at times.

    Take care

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  2. hello mam!
    yeah Ravan ka example toh main bhool hi gya tha..nice addition mam..sachhi mam..the vanita drove ppl mad..today I watched the devil's advocate...ek insaan ko pride kitna pyara hota hai aur wo usse kaise le doobta hai..i just loved the movie..kabhi aapko mauka mile toh dekhiyega..

    sweetoo ko kahiye ..Samby bhaiya ko kuchh personal prob hai.. so shayad unka mood off hai..he adores her very much..so i don think ki wo naraj honge..I will drop a wrd to samby ..waise bhi she is kid..wo shararat nhi karegi toh kaun karega :)

    love n carez to u n my sweetooo

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  3. Hi Sourish

    I am really impressed by your generation, I don't think our generation use to think so deeply and ponder so much into these philosophies of life. I am happy to know the sensitive side of males. i happy to see the chnage in trend that now a male expressing his emotional side is not seen as a threat to his machism (remember Kapil dev weep over the allegation of match fixing and most recently Shreenath). Supressing one's emotions in name of manliness is also false pride and showing it make one more human. many may disagree but this is what I believe.

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  4. I shall be posting something today, something interesting

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  5. wow... waah kya baat hai!!
    You know... i liked it :))

    Vanity! hmm!

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  6. mam
    i agrree wid u..
    being proud of manhood and manliness too stress out makes too much..
    i normally cry myself out..
    pata hai..tears k sath stress hormones too come out..and it relieves the stress..so one shudnt supress tears..
    wo srinath hai ya shreesanth ..?

    Most of the time being a manly prick is the main cause of troubles...i fink better to be a human and utilise all the god gifted instincts instead of pretending to be emotionless ..

    Fredrick Nietzsche also explained vanity exactly in ur terms..vanity an example of the previous, master set of morals that has been replaced with slave moralities..but he loved this sin coz he thought that becoming falsely noble means ..ordinary people will have more of the nobleness than insipidity..
    but all other religion had always condemned pride..so do i..and i loved the fact that so do u

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  7. Veens ..I m glad u liked it

    I will soon write about the other sins too..stay in touch and I wud love if u add up ur views on it :)

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  8. Mam..
    will wait for ur post..ur post are always matured and gives a good tonic to my sensibilities towards life :)

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  9. I dont get why anyone should choose between gf/bf and friends unless the gf is like Suchitra and the friends are like Amir Khan in Dil Chahta Hai. Jokes apart, seriously, I would never let go of anyone from my life for some one who can't understand why I need those people in my life (just to make me laugh or feel good) for anyone else.

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  10. Amrita..
    its not abt choosing gf/bf over frnds..its about choosing a girl over frnd..only to keep ur prospects on..I hope u got wat was i trying to say :)

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  11. Im not afraid to admit Im vain...but Im not superficial. yes there's a difference between the 2 :)


    Its not a sin to admire one's abilities whatever it may be. After all, if we cant identify wuts good abt us, love ourselves
    and use those qualities to make ourselves and others happy, wuts the use of the individuality in us?

    I agree that one shouldnt be too proud of themselves (their intellect, abilities, beauty etc), but I def dun consider it as a sin, as long as it dun hurt anyone else. If u let the Ego take over completely, thats when self-destruction begins. But there's nothing wrong with loving urself and admiring ur capabilities.

    *HUGZ*

    Keshi.

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  12. Keshi

    sissyy..According to Nietzsche
    vanity preserves one's individuality and makes him excel over others...
    but taking pride of urself is cumulative effect..it's start wid the feeble most feeling and it ends up being an obsession and then it start taking it's toll.. u will feel it harmless but soon u will find urself in everybody's bad book..
    I experienced it myself..I was excellent in academics and i used to be proud of it..i used to help everyone and others started to get envy abt it and sooner I found those I helped started to think they can go over me and I stopped my help and den I found my envy made me all alone..even I tried to loose it but it never leaves u...and I lost a good number of ppl due to it...
    I was so pride of myself being loved that i forgot love's a reciprocal feeling..and one day I said i kno m too addictive and that's theday my dearest of dear left me all alone..i still hate myself for saying that...even my previous relation broke due to my immodesty and overconfidence..
    So i wud say love urself but don't get obsessed and show it to others coz then it becomes a sin

    *hugs*

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  13. o I agree..never go overboard with anything, not only vanity :)

    *academics

    I achieved the highest in school as well as in Uni. But I was never too proud of it. No one ever patted my back either. Only my dad cared alot abt my education..but he died when I was in year10. So yeah. Who cares abt these things anyways. Everything is temporary.


    Keshi.

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  14. Excellence in one field creates the vanity..
    academics is no different..

    I m so proud of ya that u r the topper
    *mwaaaah*

    and more *mwaaaahs* that u neva boasted abt it ..and still u say urself as a victim of vanity..see u urself is above this...and u r a legend in the blogospehere :P

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  15. o Im blushin n all..but I dun deserve all those compliments, cos Im just a girl..a very ordinary one but with a manic heart for expressing :)

    Keshi.

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  16. "o Im blushin n all..but I dun deserve all those compliments, cos Im just a girl..a very ordinary one but with a manic heart for expressing :)

    Keshi."

    that's vanity lol

    coz wen u blush on ur praises
    and explain
    how simple u r
    coz for u being simple is worth mentioning and that's vanity :P

    sissy be aware.. i want u to be a legend...

    *hugz*

    love ya
    *mwaahs*

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  17. ok I wont talk to u at all then...that way I can stop flaunting my VANITY duh LOL!

    Keshi.

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  18. Dude I loved this post from you !
    Wow !! Amazing...is the way you put the enire thing together.
    Really !!

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  19. And btw, tagged you !
    Again !!
    Heheehe...

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  20. keshi

    sissyyyy

    anger is another sin :P
    u cant be angry on ur lil bro..u cant stop talking to me...look this vanity is so lovely to u that u gonna stop talking to ur lil bro...

    awwwwwww

    khikhikhi

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  21. cindy

    thank u...

    amazing ..is the way..
    yeh sunke mujhe YODA yad aagya
    u remmeber wo tingu jedi master from star wars.. wa aise hi bolta tha

    jaise

    beautiful.. u are :P

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  22. Tag :O

    plzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    aur mujhe sawaaalo k jawab nhi dene..itne question toh JEE clearance mein bhi nhi aaye they :-s

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  23. lols ur driving me nuts now bro..so now anger is a sin? then I should be dead n punished heavliy by now, cos Im full of sins..according to ya. LOL!

    Keshi.

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  24. Sissy :P

    Am not god or satan to punish u...m ur lil bro :P

    so my dutey is to show u way to get rid of the sins to get nirvana :P

    *ps: nirvana is spiritual freedom..not the band ok?? :P *

    *hugz*

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  25. i am vain and i am proud.... that make me a LEGEND... same like sourish !!!

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  26. I m no legend..I am mortal among the mortal world..
    may be I m vain too..but believe me samby
    if u r vain..u r bound to loose urself and suffer for eternity...so control ur sins..do not let ur pride control u :)

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  27. EEeeeewww..I hate the Star War series. I havent watched one single movie if the series till date.

    Yeh ladke log bhi. Saari ajeeb cheeze hi pasand aati hain !

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  28. And dont be a chhagol now !

    I want you to do the tag, thats all. Mujhe kuch nahi pata.


    *looks out of the window*

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  29. starwars tumhe pasand nhi :O

    ufff yeh ladkiyan...jab dekha hi nhi toh tereko pasand kaise aayega duffer :P

    aur btw
    yeh ladka ladka ...ladki ladki kya hai ?
    *raised eyebrows*

    star wars mujhe pasand hai and mujhe bahut achha lagta hai...I love star wars :-s

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  30. Duffer, dekha nahi toh pata kaise chala ke pasand nahi.

    I have seen one or two, in snips..thats why.

    But I loved Matrix series - LOTR series - Hell Boy..and the like.

    Aur kya ladka ladki ? Aiwei bol diya tha baba. Dont need to raise your eyebrows from behind your glares now.

    Shaant mahatma !

    Aur tag kab karne wala hai ?

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  31. hawwww
    chhagol :O

    tui chhagol tui pagol..tui chamchike :x

    khikhikhikhi
    chaamchike ..I loved dis name....aaj se tera naam yehi hai chaamchike :P

    aur mujhe nhi karna inna bada tag..30 question soch :O
    itna toh sachhi mere JEE par bhi nhi puchha tha ....

    kaise karoonga..mere labels dekh..tags k number mere normal post se bhi jyada hai :O
    mommyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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  32. arre waah cindy ne innneee saare picture dekhe...
    par hell boy :-s
    khikhikhi
    wo bhi koi dekhne wali picture thi...lol
    aur kine shaan se bata rahi hai...

    devil's advocate dekha?? mast movie hai ...maine kal dekha and feel aa gyi :P


    ooo awaiyeeen bol rahi thi..tab fir thik hai...
    aur fotoo mein hi glares hai..maine abhi glares nhi pehne :| duffer :P


    aur mahatma hogi tum main koi sadhu wadhu baba nhi ..mujhe nhi banna koi nangu pangu :|

    aur main yeh tag iss sadi k akhir main karoonga..jab mujhe itne saare question k answer pata hoyenge :P
    exam k liye preparation time toh chaiye na :P
    khikhikhikhi..

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  33. Nirvana? wut happened to my sexy bro? LOL!

    Keshi.

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  34. Tag nahi karega toh mujhse baat mat karna...

    Beshi naikami !!

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  35. Keshi

    Sissyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :D

    LOL
    settle wid Nirvana :P

    for the bro..u have to be master of all those sins...or be a sinner in all :P


    Khikhikhi

    u have ur bro always..for that u dont have to pass any test :)

    Ain't I sweet :P ??

    say say :P

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  36. cindyyyyyyyyy

    blackmail :O

    hey bhagwan ek tag k liye kinna kuchh ..

    abhi toh ek post likha hai..thoda toh time de... :-s

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  37. Just saw your comment on one of my posts...try to stay calm, dear, unnecessary ladaaiyaan mat lado. I know, I know, ho jaata hai. But do try to remember that no one has anything personally against you, mostly everyone is just trying to live their life, trying to make it easier for themselves, and all that. Try to forgive, it feels good to forgive, actually!

    Abhi tumhara yeh waala post padhti hoon, then will come back to comment :)

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  38. Good points you make. I would say be proud of who you are, not arrogant. Be proud of who you are, but don't look down upon others.

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  39. kashmira
    di..yaar sabko jeena hai meri life mein kabaddii khel ke :|

    waise abhi quie normal hoon...thanks for checking ... kisi k pass toh time hai duniya k liye...:)
    waise forgive..i used to like this word..but ppl kick ur back if they get to kno ur forgiving nature :)
    i learned it from my experience :|

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  40. Kashmira
    di..yeah u r true..one shudn't look down on others..but think if u r boasting of sumthing..someone is getting down to make u reach that point...koi harta hai tabhi koi jeet ta hai and if u get pride of the win..the looser will find that and may create a chaos..:)..so a lil pride too can be dangerous..and vanity leads to all that sin..i will show u wen i will have post on all those sin and why i chose vanity over that :)

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  41. my next trip (work) will be Hainan Island that is in China; if God permits..

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  42. Pride is nothing but a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities or possessions that do one credit. Pride also means being conscious of one's dignity.

    Vanity is the negative extension of pride, which is when we come to a fall. With vanity pride ceases to exist and it no more stands as just a form of being conscious about your dignity.

    Its just a thin line that separates both. But its equally imperative to decide which side you're on.

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  43. @ sourish..bahi tu mere liye legend hai..aanb to maan ja...!!!

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  44. Diva..
    may god grace u wid ur wish :).. i wud love to get the snapshot of that place too :)

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  45. Cindy..
    kya bhokaal likha :P

    but wud like to say u that
    Vanity is self love...and pride is a part of it...
    it always starts from the pride and becomes obsession..

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  46. Samby

    bhai kya maanoo :O

    how can i b a legend..wen i just don't kno the way to do things...

    chhor...aur bata howz u ??

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  47. mai theek hu be... tera cell off rehta hai...kal 7 baje trainhai..jane se pehle ek bar fone karta hu..kal dopar fone on rakiyo chutiye

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  48. kaha gaya be..chal beta soo ja..par fone on rakh pakka

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  49. Well, you are proud of achieving what you were set out to achieve. Not proud that someone else failed, and not every win means that someone else failed, right? And even if someone did fail, I should not look down upon them as if they are nothing, or no good.

    I guess what I am trying to say is that while being humble, we also need learn to appreciate and admire ourselves.

    Baaki, I agree with what you say too :) This is just additional musings.

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  50. samby..
    k fone on rahefa ..par agar khuda na khasta baat nhi ho payi toh pahuch k pakka fone karna ...
    take care

    PS: tired tha yaaar..so jaldi so gya tha :)

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  51. kashmira

    di...Appreciating ourselves is the starting of self love..u continuously do that..and soon u will find u loving urself more than ever..and that's wen it's called as vanity

    waise sahi baat toh yehi hai ki ..i too appreciater myself a lot..but m trying to get over it :)
    :)

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  52. **Ain't I sweet :P ??

    Gosh thats so vain!

    Keshi.

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  53. Sissy
    who told ya m above vanity..
    if it comes to vanity..m proud to be a sinner :P
    I love it :P

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  54. I like all the comments u mentioned in the Update. Some very eye-opening!


    **Pride also means being conscious of one's dignity.

    Love that one by Cindy!
    If u hv zilch pride then u dun hv dignity and self-respect. It's imp to hv em for survival. But not to a level that it looks down upon others.


    Keshi.

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  55. **who told ya m above vanity..
    if it comes to vanity..m proud to be a sinner

    oii I was only teasing ya :)

    *HUGZ*

    Keshi.

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  56. **has one more Rated 'R' post

    hahahaha! yes Im on a mission to make my blog R rated. Cos someone graded my blog PG :(

    Keshi.

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  57. keshi

    sissy..weren't u amazed that cindy being so beautiful is not dumber :P

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  58. sissy...
    i dint take it as an offense :P

    u r a shweetheart

    *hugz*

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  59. sissy..
    who is that dumb who cant see the profound sexiness in ur blog :O

    i fink he had lost his mind or may be he lost his ..... khikhikhi

    ur blog is heavy R rated so chill sissy.. :P

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  60. right ratio of pride, arrogance, dignity and attitude is really good and not everybody has it... really tough to achieve it, but once u have it u can win the world...

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  61. Sourish I didnt get that comment by u where u said something abt Cindy.


    **ur blog is heavy R rated

    so not! I mean for lil brothers like u, it must be R rated yes. :)


    Keshi.

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  62. Anjuli di..
    u just justified almost all the sins :P

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  63. keshi

    sissyy...
    R rated for me :O
    awww make it pg and den babysit me in ur blog :P

    and abt cindy..
    simple explanation for u duffer..that she is beautiful and not dumber :P

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  64. baby-sit ya? do I hv to rock ya while singing? LOL!

    btw I got wut u said abt Cindy :)

    tnxx!

    Keshi.

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  65. Sissyy..
    mmmmmmmmmm

    not bad...u can do that..rather i wud love if u do that :P

    Mwaah
    u r such a shweeetheart:P

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  66. comments kyu on nahi hai naye waale post mein?

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  67. Didi

    wo koi post nhi hai..wo sara din ka update hai... jo at the start of the next day goes to my diary blog wid more stuffs added to it :P

    and usko lekar kuchh kehna hai toh shoutbox mein u can say it or write it in as comment to any of the posts

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  68. lol u wud love that? wut r ya, a bro or a BF?

    Keshi.

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  69. u wud :O

    lol

    the way u said..i thot u must had rocked helluva bfs and sang to them :P

    lol
    this rocking and singing is all sisterly and motherly

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  70. lol @motherly!

    Nah its grandmotherly.

    Keshi.

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  71. nah u blondi bro...in that case my BF wud be a granpa too.

    Keshi.

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  72. How can ur bf be a granpa to u if u r already his granny :-s

    u r confuzin me sissy :|

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