Supriya has tagged me for this new game of eights. Dunno if 8 is a lucky number or whatever.

EIGHT THINGS I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT
(assuming that I don't need to worry about power, freedom, justice, etc)!
* Family, animals, children
* Water - the drink, the baths, the swims....
* Sun - can't get too much or too little of it. Almost sacred.
* Books - hate those who borrow and mishandle my books
* Food - milk, lots of it; homemade chocolate, oh yeah and the cooking cos cooking is fashionably despised and so I like it!
* Pajamas, scarves, anything cotton or linen
* good night's sleep


EIGHT THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE

* Sign up to donate my eyes
* Have twins or a few sets of twins and keep some dogs, a chimp, a cow, a bear n some white mice
* Get into my favorite size <> Flying Machine jeans once more
* Start a public library in my hometown
* Teach in a school - music and physics
* Zorbing (over water), sailing for days, traveling the world.
* The creative arts - to paint, iceskate, play the piano n dance
* Get even by remaining 'odd'...LOL!

EIGHT THINGS I OFTEN SAY

* Sweet pet
* Dunce dingbat
* whisper me a secret
* bloody hell
* die.....in peace
* *whistle* Psssttttt
* crap
* I think

EIGHT BOOKS I’VE READ RECENTLY

* Climbing the Mango Trees - a memoir of a childhood in India - Madhur Jaffrey
* The Painted Veil - W. Somerset Maugham
* The Bad Seed - William March
* Don't Look Now and other stories - Daphne Du Maurier
* Hatter's Castle - A. J. Cronin
* Upstairs, Downstairs - Hawkesworth
* Chocolat (the book) - reading now
* A Mighty Heart – Mariane Pearl – reading now

I wonder why I read the books after the movies, these days.

EIGHT SONGS I COULD LISTEN TO, OVER AND OVER

These change all the time becos I listen to the same songs until I start hating them, n then back to loving them....and so on...so....

* Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
* Nirvana - El Bosco
* Hindustani Classical  - Kishori Amonkar, Bhimsen Joshi
* Thankyou For the Music - ABBA
* Mein Jaha Rahoo - Namaste London
* S.D and R.D
* Kishore, Hemant Kumar
* Songs from Fanaa, RDB, Taare Zameen Par

EIGHT THINGS THAT ATTRACTS ME TO MY BEST FRIENDS

* I always make goodies for them, be it oatcakes, muffins, biscuits Others can go fly a kite!
* Always ready to take them for a stroll in the park or to play ball
* Tell them all my secrets and even ask for their opinions
* Get them gifts n toys
* Loyal
* Good listener too
* Can become their age (young or old).
* Hugs, kisses n senseless talk

EIGHT PEOPLE TO TAG

Melody Queen, Soumya Srinivasan, Schrodingerscat, Tejasee, Sandeep Shete (and all possible avatars of the listed people), and anyone who wants to be tagged!

Note: Do mention in your posts who tagged you and tag your posts as 'the eights'.