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One of the most interesting things in the world is meeting strangers.
So many stories take birth with just a short encounter with a stranger. Sometimes lives change. Or sometimes they just stay with you as sweet memories….. Or not so sweet memories, remember those movies about giving ride to psycho hitchhikers;)

Recently I had visited my friends house. She has been my friend since kindergarten.

But over the years, her mother has a very interesting story to share.

So she was 16 and had gone on a holiday with her family to sea side. She didn’t know swimming and when a huge wave came, she was swept under being pulled down by the currents far from anyone’s reach.
Just then a hand came from somewhere and pulled her out of the water and handed her to her parents.

She had briefly seen the guy. He was hardly 20 and was gone even before she could thank him.

A stranger had saved her life. But the story doesn’t end here.

8 years later.
She still hadn’t found any one special enough. Had completed her studies and was doing a job. Her parents wanted her to get married.

So one day a new guy got transferred to her office in a senior post. And guess who the guy was!!
Yess it was the stranger from 8 years back who had saved her life.
Almost sounds like a plot from the movies but that’s exactly what had happened!!
Needless to say he’s now my Friend’s dad!!
Her parents’s story is very famous in our school :p Every new term, a new teachers would ask my friend to narrate how her parents met.
They look like just any other couple…..but ordinary people with extraordinary stories!!

Even closest friends we have today were strangers at some point of time.
But I guess the most interesting type of strangers are the ones who stay strangers.

You don’t know anything about them. They don’t know anything about you.
Just someone…..very interesting in this huge world.

So I’ve compiled a list of 3 strangers I’ve come across till now who are still fresh in my mind!! :p :p

Stranger no 1 ♦♦

I was 6 years old. The stranger in this case was around 8 years old!! :p

We had gone on a trip to a sea side town. The resort we checked in had the biggest bluest most beautiful sparkling swimming pool just overlooking the ocean.
But I didn’t know swimming. I still got into the shallow kids side of the pool. And there was this kid dressed for the Olympics….with inflated yellow tyres around his hands, a red tyre around his waist, a red water cap, matching trunks and a pair of goggles :p

Our parents were sitting on either side of the pool.

We instantly became friends. Coz he was so friendly and NICE!!
I had also seen boys of our class…..kids of that age are kinda self obsessed….but he was really nice!! He got me a huge black tyre from above the pool so I could wade to the deeper side. He was always by my side so I don’t go in too deep and even offered me his precious yellow tyres :p :p
As I said….I had friends of his age….but he was exceptionally nice and kind!
I don’t exactly remember what we talked about……but we had a really nice conversation and he was extremely passionate about swimming. Next we went for some water slides near the pool. I had such a great time. And we had become such great friends. He was sooo cooperative and was trying his best to teach me swimming in 1 day :p But as I’m just emphasizing, he was really NICE.
Next day when I went back to the pool, they had already checked out.
I really don’t know anything about him. Just a stranger. Maybe that’s the best way.
I’m sure he’s leading his life in the best possible way coz he was such a nice and warm person.

Stranger no 2 ♦♦

I was 13 years old.
Our holidays were coming. I had gone shopping with mom to this particular place where you get really great traditional clothes.
Near that area is a very old boys school. They have produced some very famous alumni over the years. But they are famous for 2 things.

Their beautiful garden with antique statues.
And their even more beautiful boys :p :p
Our driver was parking the car. And I was looking around. And that’s when I saw stranger no 3 walking along the pavement.
He was probably studying in 11th or 12th grade and I guess he lived nearby.
Treat to the eyes!!. You could write novels on him :p :p
He was tall with an athletic body.
His hair was so black and shiny it almost looked violet in the sun. And the longest thickest darkest eyelashes. And he had red lips. How do boys get such red lips!!
Some kids from that school was returning home in the school bus and they were waving at him and he smiled and did a kind of a salute.
Just cute boy things :p :p
And then he passed our car.
Suddenly bent down his head and looked into the window. It got me quite startled. But then he started adjusting his hair.
And I realised he didn’t get to see me. He was just checking out his reflection as our windows were of very dark tinted black glass!!
What the hell!!

I told about him to my friends. I actually increased the sales of the showrooms around as all of them went shopping in that area;) :p
But everyone had the common verdict, ‘Never trust good looking boys’. But does that mean less good looking boys have better track records of being more trustful. I really don’t know. I haven’t trusted any boy like that till now to be the best judge…….but I think its not about looks. Its about upbringing and what paths you choose for yourself.
Looks do help attract quicker. But to make that attraction last or convert it into love…..you need a whole lot more.

Nevertheless stranger 3 was a devilishly handsome guy;) I wonder what’s he doing in life now!!

Stranger no 3 ♦♦

I forgot about this guy. Should have written about him earlier.
I was in 5th grade. And was the patrol monitor of  a 1st grade classroom.
But before I tell you why this stranger was special lemme first tell you something that made him special.

Beyond the movies, even beyond the books…..Harry Potter was a journey for me.
My strongest memory of Harry Potter is reading the last page of every book…..when Harry and friends have completed another year at Hogwarts and looking out of the castle, promising each other to be in touch. To be eachother’s support and strength.
Its such a nostalgic, sad and happy feeling.
HP has been in my heart since I was 5 years old.
I’ve been engrossed. Obsessed. And in love with Harry Potter. If my soul was split in 7 parts, they would all reside in each HP book.

So one day I saw a lil guy sitting in the 1st grade classroom with a newspaper. It was 2005. Goblet of fire movie had just released. It was all over the papers. I don’t know how much he could read…..but he was certainly trying.

His name was Ram. A totally grandfather generation name. No one keeps this name anymore. But this guy was just unique.
He knew everything about Harry Potter. It was just a pleasure talking to him. The more and more I talked to him…..the more I realised that this guy was different than the others. Not only in case of HP. But just a nice, calm and sweet little kid.
I find immense happiness just talking about HP. And when someone on the otherside is as engrossed in it as you are they definitely become your fav person.

He had my number and sometimes would call me up and talk about all things HP.
I’m a single child.

But if I had a brother I would want him exactly to be like this. I really wanted him to grow up, achieve lots of things and be very happy and make me proud.

The reason he’s a stranger is coz I only know his name. Next year I went to 6th grade and our buildings changed…..rather campus changed as the secondary campus and primary campus are quite far from eachother. And I think he had also shifted to some other school.

He’s in 12th grade now I think. Final school year. After that the race to become an engineer…. or doctor….just like everyother kid. But then he’s a nice kid. I’m sure he’s rocking it!!

So they are some of my favorite strangers. Met them a long time ago. But still having the fondest memories.

There’s another story I wanna share. I had heard it in gym…..while I was on the treadmill and two women were chatting on the other treadmills. Even though not exactly about strangers…..but definitely a scary one. Lets name it…..‘Thank god it wasn’t a tyre puncture!! :p :p’

One of them with her husband had gone on a forest safari. They along with another couple had hired a jeep and went on a ride inside the forest. The forest is particularly known for having leopards.
After a few hours of driving they told their driver to stop the car in front of a narrow stream. Even though you are never supposed to get out of the car in a jungle…..they anyways did. After washing their hands in the water they decided to click some pictures. It was very fun and they all returned back home.
And then few days later they received a call from the couple who had mailed them some pictures clicked in their camera and wanted them to check it out.
And once they opened the mail they got the shock of their life.

In the picture, the driver was holding the camera and five of them were standing below a tree. Along with them something else was also captured in the frame.
The tail of a leopard, hanging from the tree, right above their heads.

It was a huge tree. The leopard had camouflaged itself there…..besides they didn’t even bother checking for a leopard above their heads :p :p

I guess you can call the leopard the unwanted stranger here :p;)

Anyways…..its really hot here. And I decided to prepare something cool for myself. Definitely not the most beautiful looking food you have seen in all the scrumptious and amazing food blogs…..but I gave it a try. Mango juice with bread, chicken nuggets and sponge cake….all ready made…..I just had to heat them and decorate on the plate :p

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I’m eating only healthy things now;)

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And then not to mention…..truck load of assignments. Sometimes back I was telling a really good friend here that our exams got over I’m freeee now. And BAM!! we again have exams after a week. I found this in google. Exactly my condition.

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Can you imagine I didn’t even get to click selfies;) :p Yeah its that crazy!! haha :p :p

Some of you might have some very fascinating encounters at some point of life. We would love to hear about it.

Bye bye
Mithai

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271 thoughts on “Who are you stranger??”

  2. Years ago a stranger helped me when, during a blizzard, my car was stuck on the icy parking lot at my apartment building. He pushed the car enough so I could drive it, and then without a word, he disappeared. Ten years later I met the man who would become my husband and I learned then that he and I had lived in the same apartment building at the same time, years before. And ~ you guessed it ~ he was the helpful stranger in the parking lot. It’s a small world!

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    1. Wow thank you so much for sharing!! This is incredible. Meeting someone just as a stranger and so many years later marrying that same person……its just magical!! I’m so happy to hear this 😀 Truly is magical 😀

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    1. Suppppp
      Thank you so much for the enthusiastic greetings!! Its great to be back again and have you here with your always cheerful comments 😀 😀
      And I’m very happy you enjoyed the post 🙂 I’ll try to post more often 🙂 And hold on my friend, soon running to your blog can’t wait to see what you have posted 😀

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      2. Okk Supp!! In this blog I didn’t write much about what I did in between. But I really hope I’ll get to do another blog soon and post about all the crazy stuffs I did :p :p
        And I’m very honored you take your precious time to go through my blogs!! 😀 😀

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      8. Yess DS. The thing engineers chant 101 times!! :p :p Thank you so much for your suggestion 😀 😀 And I’ll try my best too Sup to post more often, It even makes me feel better and happier. I’ll be eternally grateful for the friendships and love you guys have given me here!! 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much for your kindest words as always!! 🙂 And its quite a story you shared from your school days. Good that corporal punishments have been banned. It was really tough.
      And my my Maureen Potter seems to be quite a beautiful lady 😉 This is such a sweet story!! 😀 😀 What happened to her later?? Potters are always interesting 😉 And your other teacher remind me of Dolores Umbridge from HP.
      Also reminds me of a friend who had a crush on our Maths teacher. We called her ‘perfume shop’ :p :p His crush lasted till the last day of school 😉 Thank you again for sharing such a fascinating story with me 😀 😀

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    1. Thank you so much!! 😀 😀
      Its been quite sometime since I’ve been fully active in the blog and eagerly waiting to visit your blog the soonest to read you touching and wonderfully descriptive posts 🙂

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  8. You are an impossible romantic – how lovely people like you still exist!
    When I was a child of 8 my parents took me to a military tattoo in England, part of which was an air show. I just loved how the helicopter made a bow to the audience at the end and applauded. Many decades later I married that helicopter’s pilot after meeting him in Portugal. He is 21 years older than me and we have been together for 23 years.

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    1. This is just a magical story. I mean how beautiful and incredible!! Made my day listening to your story. You were only 8 when you saw him and years later having him as the love of your life…..how beautiful!! 🙂 Did you see his face the first time you saw him?? What did you tell him when you again saw him in Portugal?? I just can’t grasp how lovely and destined it must have been!! 😀 😀

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      1. We met on stage in Portugal in an amateur drama production and got talking during rehearsals. He is a great entertainer. He told me that he had trained to be a helicopter pilot in the Army. I told him about my father’s Army career and that we were always taken to Military Tattoos. I loved especially loved the one in Tidworth, England. He then told me that he did air displays at Tidworth and devised a unique way to make the helicopter bow to the audience once. I was in my mid-thirties then. We did the math and worked out the year and realised that we had met before. Despite a big age gap, we became great friends instantly and discovered that we had lots in common: theatre, sailing, walking, travel, class background and most importantly, the same sense of humour. I felt sorry that he was a widower and tried to find him potential ‘girlfriends’. He went to visit relatives in Ireland one week; I missed him so much that I realised I was in love with him. I then had to fight off all the girlfriends I found him, before he confessed he had fallen in love with me at first (or second) sight, but was worried that he was too old for me. He is 80 years old this year, we have a 20 year old daughter and still do those same list activities we did then. We are thinking of down-sizing, now that our daughter has left home and going to live on a boat in Southampton.

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      2. Whenever guys let find girlfriends for them…..they are just wanting you to be the girl…..it’s just a trick….some kind of universal male trick I think lol 😀
        And your’s is just a classic love story. It has all the components to be make everyone gush and melt at the heart!! 🙂
        I’m so happy for you guys. Age is just a number. Love and fun is all that matters 😀
        And lots of best wishes to your daughter in her new journey.
        It was so beautiful talking to you and knowing your story 🙂 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much for your kindest words!! 😀 I’m very happy you went through my loong post and left behind such a nice comment 😀 😀
      You have a really nice name. I already feel sunshiny reading it 🙂 Lots of love and best wishes to you 🙂

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  11. This makes me think about some of the friendly strangers I’ve met in my short life. There have been a few that I still think about from time to time, because they left an impression on me. This post also makes me wonder if I’ve been that nice stranger for anyone else? To be entirely honest I believe I have in one case…although I didn’t keep in touch with the person I’m thinking about. It’s a shame, but that’s how life goes sometimes.

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    1. Its really a very nostalgic feeling. Strangers do affect us in deep places of heart….and only after we realise that we are never gonna meet again……it can make us feel really bad……about how it could have turned out….maybe it could have been really good…..or maybe not.
      I’m sure the stranger you are talking about thinks about you and maybe wonders the same thing…… 🙂
      And a lot of tigers……if they could talk would consider you a saviour and a very valuable stranger to them 😀

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      2. Yeahh that you should :p I have a thing for lions. I try to watch every documentary on them….sometimes I just Google and look at their pictures……so beautiful and magnificent. My lifelong fantasy is adopting a lion cub…..but that ain’t happening anytime soon lol. But cats in general are a class of grace power and intelligence of their own. And I greatly appreciate your efforts to stop the heinous killings of tigers. Its so shameful and pathetic. I wish you all the success in your endeavors and hope the world also cooperate.

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      3. Thank you for your encouragement! And please never adopt a lion cub, or any big cats. It’s dangerous and abusive, because the cats often end up getting placed in sanctuaries or hurting people. Then they get “put down.” The pet trade is also a big part of the illegal wildlife trade, and when people own/post photos of themselves with cute baby big cats they’re inadvertently fueling the demand for exotic pets. I know you said you won’t be adopting any lion cubs soon, but I had to say that.

        Disclaimer aside, if you like watching documentaries of lions I recommend checking out Wild Safari Live. It’s quite literally a LIVE African safari that’s streamed two times a day from South Africa. There are multiple lion prides in the area, so sometimes we get to watch them live! You can watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF47Za1lfjM or on their Nat Geo page: http://www.wildsafarilive.com/

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      4. Thank you so much for making me aware of it!! I knew that its not the best idea to keep these giant cats away from their natural habitats but thank you for shaping up your points like this 🙂 I do hope I get to see them up close someday. And once again thank you for referring to the channels. I’ll visit them the soonest!! 🙂 Its really cool and so great that something like this exists 😀

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  12. Fascinating vignettes- One never knows how often “strangers” will dovetail, in and out of our lives. People have appeared, and reappeared, in my life and in very dichotomous situations. Great cats, however, have only appeared to me in zoos or sanctuaries.

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    1. Yeahh strangers do leave their mark in a significant way no matter how short the encounter was.
      Big cat’s haven’t appeared to me even in sanctuary. I had visited one….but didn’t get to see any. However I’ve actually cuddled a one in a ‘park’ in Thailand…… Even though I think they are always kept sedated. Yeah its sad for these cats.

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    1. Thank you so much Deeparun!! 😀 This is your first time in my blog. I hope you enjoyed it and we get to see some awesome posts from your blog very soon!! 😀 😀
      Wishing you a wonderful week ahead 🙂 🙂

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  16. Been there … done that … the 4 a.m. bit is where I finally learnt to put off procrastination till afterwards. (I won’t mention the bit where I chewed right through the end of a cheap Bic—the blasted ink tastes terrible).

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    1. We are 5 semester right now and the projects and assignments are coming like a tsunami….even if I start them at 4pm it runs till 4am lol. But I’ve some of my pals online on whatsapp always and we all help each other burn the midnight oil and not pass out before completing the assignments :p :p
      Its more of a group support kind of thing haha 😉 🙂
      And yess ink tastes terrible!! One of them leaked on me too lol :p I could literally taste it and smell it for days yuckk!!

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      1. Two sides to the one secret—

        1) use a soft pencil and unlined A4 flip-pads, get your thoughts down as briefly as you can and just keep on editing. Cut the dross, keep only the facts (opinions are nice, but they aren’t facts). Build logical arguments etc etc (you’ve heard it all before); and …

        2) Oodles of good coffee. But not (r) NOT within the catchment hours of going to bed. AND …
        work hard, play hard.

        BUT: the work comes first. You’ll have the rest of your life to play in … good luck!

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      2. Thank you so much for your advice!! 😀 😀 I’ll try to maintain it 🙂 🙂
        I do end up having a lot of coffee before bed but as you said, will try my best to cut down on it 🙂 🙂
        Btw what field are you into?

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      6. You write really great articles on politics related matters with really nice moral quotients……. and the world needs nice people in politics you know……if all the good people backout and leave the place to the leeches……its not gonna help the world……
        So maybe, just maybe you can consider politics for a change…. 🙂
        Make the leeches get a lobotomy of the ‘leechiness’ (if that’s a word) 😉

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    1. Hey there!! Pls don’t be sad 🙂 🙂 If you want to talk I’m always here!! And as for being lonely the best way is to just switch on some cartoons….or just a good movie….works well momentarily 🙂 And if you wanna share anything else, I’m waiting to hear 🙂
      ❤ ❤

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  18. wow, I really loved reading this. It’s just 7:39 in the morning, the sky has lots of clouds, seems to be it’s bound to rain…. and to read things like this, it just make me put into motion for the day. I may write on my blog about this! But to mention a stranger I met, it was in a big mall, and someone came with a tag on his shirt, he was not alone, there was another guy with him. He didn’t know me, and I didn’t know him either. But then he greeted me talking like he was a clown trying to make a child smile. he would compliment me as if I was suddenly a 6 year old little girl. I looked behind me in case it was not to me he was talking. I felt I was smiling. I turned to call my brother who was checking on some aftershaves and told him “look at that guy, he’s the strangest person I’ve ever seen” and when he turned his head… I could not find the guy anymore. I looked everywhere. But no trace of the guys I had just had an encounter with. I never forgot his way of greeting me and cheering me up. But I forgot his face completely.

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    1. Thank you so much Carmen for leaving behind such a nice comment!! 😀 😀 I hope you had a nice doze of rain today…..we haven’t got one here for the longest time. Early morning rains are the best 🙂 🙂
      And I also hope your day went well!!
      As for the stranger you mentioned….. yeahh that was indeed a very strange stranger!! I can imagine how bewildering it must have been for you. It was indeed a very memorable encounter 😀 And the way he disappeared…….just makes it even more interesting!!
      Btw what about the other guy who came in you mentioned about….did you get to see him??

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      1. No, he too disappeared with him but I did not notice him especially because he was not saying anything, just a smile. The other one was the one who talked to me in that odd but nice and happy way. I don´t know what ever happened. They just were gone, 😀
        I love the rain in the mornings too. Tomorrow it´s going to be rainy again. Hugs, Mithai! ❤

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      2. You know Carmen you made me remember about another stranger that had slipped my mind. I really should have written about him in this post!! How could I’ve forgotten about this man!!

        I was around 5 or 6. We had visited iskon temple. We are their life members. They got huge beautiful temples all round the country.

        On one such visit I saw a foreigner guy sitting nearby with his daughter. And he was smiling at me. A really lively music was being played there and the conventional thing to do is clap to it. He was showing me and his daughter how to clap to it.
        My parents were also sitting nearby.

        Later I went to the adjoining restaurant for dinner with my parents. I didn’t like the veg food so I guess was throwing a bit of tantrums…….this guy had also come there with his daughter.
        Suddenly he started making faces at me and his daughter.
        Initially I found it very weird. But then I realised he’s just trying to make me and his daughter laugh and cheers us.
        I also made faces at him……this continued for sometime. :p :p His daughter was also laughing. Later we bade goodbye to them.
        He was a really nice and funny guy.

        But the most interesting thing happened when I was 13.
        We had visited another iskon temple at bangalore. And here I saw someone who looked a lot like him. His hairs had greyed a bit but still….I think it was him.

        Whoa I’m sorry for the length.

        I hope you had rain today!!
        Lots of love and hugs to you 😀 😀
        ❤ ❤

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      3. Oh, what sweet story you just told me! I feel it was the same man. it is so strange how some people get involved in our lives… forever. I am sure he and his daughter also remembers you. Thanks for telling me this. YES YES, it is raining whoa! It’s lovely. I just love the rain and the sun but both are beautiful. The rain is soothing. You know, a while ago I posted an entry about your article. In the beginning, what I wanted was to reblog it and then write my impressions, like an entry within an entry . I tried three times and the page was not reloading. I checked my draft entries to see if it was there but it wasn’t. So I wrote my article and put your name and blog as reference. I hope you can read it in your language. Maybe using google translate. There is a second story as well. Dear, it is nice to have met you. Have a lovely week! ❤

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      4. I too love the sun and rain both!! 😀 😀 It just gives such a wonderful effect. And the trees look so beautiful swaying and sparkling!! 🙂 🙂
        And thank you so much for your post!! I’ll read it asap and let you know 😀 😀
        You are so wonderful and its a real pleasure to have met you!!
        A lovely week to you as well hon.
        ❤ ❤

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    1. Thank you so much. Your kind words made my day. If my writings can in anyway affect someone who’s reading it…..it gives me the best kind of joy and satisfaction. Thank you so much for leaving behind such a nice comment 🙂 🙂
      Regards and best wishes to you too.

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  21. Wow, it was very interesting story and I like the part when they meet after 8 years.
    I like your stories to read…..makes me happy….
    Thanks for sharing. : )
    When stranger like this come to my life to save my life ??? ; )

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    1. Thank you so much Akki for your always so nice and encouraging comments my dear friend!! 😀 😀
      As for a stranger to drop from the heaven…. you can consider going to the ‘temple of strangers’ and pray 101 times to the god of strangers with compulsory fasting 2 days a week. And one fine morning you might find a stranger on your door step :p :p

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      1. You are most welcome my dear friend Mithai! : )
        Omg! : 0
        You have also a nice sense of humor. I like it. : )
        I think, I got my stranger ; ) : p

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  22. Very nice… And the last one with leopard was hilarious😂😂. I should have read this long before, but somehow it just slipped my mind and every thing slips mind in exams time🙈🙈
    And everyone in this wp community is a stranger to me😬😬

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  23. Bonjour belle jeune fille
    Je viens tout en douceur
    Avec mon petit sourire
    Et ma bonne humeur
    Te souhaiter tout ce qu’il peux y avoir de meilleur dans ce monde
    Passe une belle journée
    Une très belle fin semaine surtout avec du soleil
    Je te fais un très grand signe d’amitié
    Pleins de bisous pour embellir cette amitié qui règne entre nous depuis xxx temps
    Bernard

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    1. Bonjour monseiur Bernard.
      Je vous remercie encore une fois pour vos jamais si beaux poèmes !! Ils sont si doux et rafraîchissant , rend ma journée !!
      Nous espérons que vous avez une merveilleuse semaine !!
      Acclamations et meilleurs voeux 🙂 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much!! I only try to write things that affected and influenced me in some way and hope that anyone ho’s reading it can find a smile on their face.
      And it’s only the love all of you have given me that encourages me to pen down my thoughts!! 😀 😀
      Its definitely the favourite sanctum in the world…..only because of the friendship and kindness from all of you 🙂 🙂
      Thank you so much for always being generous with your words and making my day!!

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      1. It shows in your writing, there is a certain art you have that make it fun to read.
        Any how, I guess it is also because I come from the same culture so I understand what is written in between the lines!

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      3. MMMM….Got you curious hha!
        Nothing bad really-or are you incepting some thing mischievous, 🙂 -it is just that there is a certain playfulness to your well written work. It reminds me of my college days. Studying in Indian colleges is different than in the U.S.

        You are really sweet Mithai the name suits you!!

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      4. Haha well I just try to share my thoughts……I really love to chatter…..I used to get parents call in kindergarten for being talkative….. and anyone who sat beside me would also get talkative…… It was a real prob for the teachers lol 😉
        So since I don’t exactly get a hall of people to chat to I just do it in this blog….. just talking about everything.

        And its a privilege and honor that you guys find it interesting.
        Thank you so much!! 🙂
        And the thing I’m most curious about right now is what I’m gonna hv for breakfast!!
        That’s the only reason to wake up in the morning lol 😉 😀

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      6. You just showed me the best thing in the world!! I’ve never seen poach n bread looking sooooo MAGNIFICENT!!
        This is too good. Thank you so much for the recipe as well, I’ll definitely gv it a try……even though none can do better than you 😀 😀
        Wow!! Just write a cookbook plssss!!

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      7. Honestly? Do you want me to write a cookbook? Really?
        You are the best!!!
        In fact I have a diet book almost ready…but have been agonizing and delaying….Perhaps you are going to twist my are and make me do it!
        It is for a hcg protocol diet, I wanted to do 29 recipes I have 24 ready and have to work on 5 more. I have some great photographs that I have taken, at least thats what I think. I am going to keep you posted. How can I forget you, my favorite!

        By the way I have my photo-journal out it is on amazon now. Just letting you know so that you don’t say….”you didn’t tell me”!!!!!

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      8. Yess I really really do want you to write a cook book!! I’ve seen your other dishes and they are so fantastic. Not to mention the absolutely delightful pics. How can anyone resist those!!
        And I hope you finish soon with the 5 recipes and we have one of the best books ever!! 😀 😀
        Thank you for keeping me updated. I’ll give a look into amazon as soon as I can and let you know!! 😀 😀
        Best of luck!! Yayy I’m already super excited!!

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      10. Yess already did that!!!! 😀 😀
        I’m sure its gonna work out to the best.
        And something’s telling me god’s gonna listen too soon!! 🙂 🙂
        Don’t worry. Just keep up with your avalanche of tastiest dishes in the world!! 😀 😀

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      16. I’m sorry for the late reply. We had a project submission at college. So it took me a bit of a time to look up what falls under metal. And thank you for referring…….its awesome!! Are you a fan?? I sometimes listen to rock n roll and country music 🙂

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      17. You don’t have to apologize, I perfectly understand, and more over there is a time difference. When I’m wide awake you must be sleepy, I guess!

        About music…..
        I like all sorts of music, just to name a few- 3 doors down, Deve Matthews, Metallica, Dido, Dar Williams and of course old rock and roll. Believe it or not I like some rap all though I don’t collect or go out of my way to listen to it, that a crazy statement….LOL!! I have music that I could listen for a year never listen to a repeat. I also love Indian classical, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain and have you heard L Shankar great violinist, check him out, you may like him.
        WoW that was a long response! Hope there are no typos.

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      18. Haha loong comments are always the best!! The spontaneity and flow shows how much you love music 😀 😀 And I’ll definitely listen to the music you mentioned.
        I do listen to music but none in particular…. I just shuffle through through YouTube.
        But I have around 10 fav songs and most of the times I only listen to them. But I’m really looking forward to the artists you mentioned!! 🙂 🙂 New things to learn and experience!! 😀

        As for the time difference, I was at college some hours ago……but then same thing….. Sleeping deeplyy!! 😉 lol

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      20. Yeah I had seen some music pages in fb, people from my college sometimes share them but these days I’m in touch with fb. Even I don’t see my friends from school and college posting anything much. I guess this fb culture is slowly declining lol 😉
        I hope you are having a wonderful weekend, what did you cook in the last few days?? 😀 😀

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      21. I think the fb folks are trying to market it heavily in India, I saw an interview of one of the top guys talking about it on Charlie Rose.

        About cooking I did a photo shot for crispy salmon with peppers and mushrooms. Starch is with roasted baby potatoes with rosemary and crushed black peppers. Since you asked I will send you a link when I post it on my Facebook biz page, thats only if you like….

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      23. Ok I will, I’m a bit busy this week, so I will not post any thing on fb, but I will send you the link and will start showing my photos of food and drink, and you will be frequent visitor and friend, I hope!

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      24. I have tried to keep my fb and the blog separate from each other. Most of my friends don’t know about my blog. But I’ll definitely give you a visit 🙂 And let you know how absolutely marvellous as usual it was 🙂 🙂

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      25. It will be a honor to have you over. I just got this page started and I do not have much over there. In fact I have so much more on my blog than fb. Actually I’m not a fb kind of a guy, but just to promote my website I was told it would be a good idea to go with fb. So there you have it…in a nutshell.

        And since we have lengthy discussions, just maybe we could talk there. Just give me a little more time to develop the fb page and I will send you a link.I’m sure you will understand.

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    1. Yeah its really beautiful!! 🙂
      I too love meeting strangers…. its always an interesting experience 😀
      And thank you so much for commenting 😀
      Hope you are having a wonderful week. And I’m loving your poems 🙂

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  28. Great stories and wonderful writing, Mithai! I so enjoy reading it. The last one was so scary…
    The stranger 1 and 2 are so cute. 🙂 Thank you for the post. ❤

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  29. Until about ten years ago, I was very shy so missed out on encounters with strangers. However, now I find them especially interesting and they always have a story to tell. Often I use their stories on my blog or in my published articles. Strangers are just friends we haven’t met.

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    1. I completely agree with you. Strangers are just friends we haven’t met yet. Its incredible how extraordinary stories a person might have in their lives. Your blog is very exciting with so many beautiful places to visit and amazing people to meet!! I would love to read more of it 🙂 🙂
      I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!

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    1. Yess I too am very happy to be back but guess what…..its time for another semester!!
      Its wonderful to have you in by blog after such a long time. I hope you and your daughter are having a lot of fun 🙂 🙂
      Thank you for visiting and hope the weekend is going amazing!!

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  32. Funny about the guy looking at himself in the car window! When I lived at the beach, people (strangers) would look at themselves in our living room windows not realizing… or maybe not caring… that we could see them from the other side! Enjoyed all your stories.

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    1. Haha now that’s hilarious!! 😉 Its really strange how people check out themselves in random places. One of my friends while walking was looking at herself in the window of a car and bumped against the lamp post. I was right beside her…..it very funny lol.
      Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I hope you had fun 😀 😀

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  33. A delightful post, Mithai, and I barely know what to comment on. Love the leopard tail tale!

    I often think of a stranger I met on a train and wonder how his life turned out. Myself and my two small children had an overnight journey back home after staying with my mother for a few days. There was a young aboriginal man across the aisle from me, nice looking, and all decked out in blue denim jeans and jacket and I think he carried a guitar case. He was alone and we exchanged a smile. I ended up sitting and chatting with him while my children slept and the night journey passed very pleasantly and a lot quicker than normal.

    Speaking of coincidences, this one does not relate to people but houses. Before I moved here, I had only been in this area once before when my first husband and I travelled through to go interstate. It was autumn, and I saw this pretty cottage dwarfed by a huge elm tree. I remember looking back over my shoulder at it as we went by – an image that stuck in my head. Less than ten years later I came here with a new partner to that very house which belonged to his family for decades. I recognized it instantly and it felt like home.

    Thanks for dropping by my blog and sprinkling it with love, Mithai. A pleasure to have you.

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    1. I’m sorry for the late reply Christine. We had a project submission at college, a crazy week!!.
      What amazing stories Christine. Train journeys are the most interesting things in the world. So many short stories by some of the greatest writers of the world hv been written around train journeys. And so many classic movies made on the same.I really think its the best way to meet a stranger 😀 😀
      I’m sure the man still remembers and has a smile on his face remembering the conversation he had with a ‘stranger’ 🙂

      And I really think that universe leaves signs or hints about something that’s meant to happen. Or encourages you to pursue something that’s a step towards future. And that’s why we go back and forth about things or events that’s significant in our lives in the future 🙂 Its really an incredible story you shared about that cottage!!
      The more I’m reading stories about encounters the more amazed I’m getting to know about such wonderful experiences.
      Thank you so much for sharing them with me Christine!! ❤ ❤
      I always wait for you to visit my blog!! 😀 😀
      Hope you are having a beautiful week 🙂

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      2. Thank you for all your visits as well 😀 😀 I hope you return soon and looking forward to see your new photographs!!
        Have a great week!!
        Lots of love and hugs and take care Christine ❤ ❤

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    1. Hi Jennifer I’m sorry for the late reply, I just saw your comment today. Somehow it along with some other comments had gone to the spam folder. No idea how!!
      I hope you are doing great 😀 😀 My exams are going on so I’m just hanging on 😉
      Thank you so much for visiting. I just love having you here!!
      ❤ ❤

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      1. Hi Mithai! 🙂 It’s great to see you here again and not to worry, I had issues with WP so I had it fixed with Akismet recently. All my comments to everyone were landing in their spam! 😛 So frustrating but now it’s all good. All the best with your exams you will rock them out for sure! 😀 Keep hanging on and I’ll come visit your site too ❤

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  36. Bonjour MITHAI

    C’est bientôt le premier mai
    Et j’ai cherché , cherché
    Les brins de muguet

    Dans les bois d’ALSACE

    Sur les talus ,sous les branchages et je l’ai trouvé

    Je viens t’offrir en avance ce petit bouquet de muguet

    Je l’ai sentie il a une belle odeur parfumé

    Regarde ces belles petites clochettes blanches

    Chaque clochette sonne mon amitié

    Pour toi ce petit porte bonheur

    Passe une belle semaine et un bon 1 mai avec du bonheur

    BISE Bernard

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  38. Oh, about a thousand years ago, when I was a kid, we were at the beach and a wave knocked me over. I don’t think I was in any danger of drowning, but I felt like I was and some older girls pulled me upright and played with me for a while, lifting me over the waves. When I wasn’t as scared anymore, they went away. I don’t think I had the presence of mind to thank them, but I often think of them and their kindness.

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    1. Wow that’s so soothing and beautiful 🙂 🙂 Beaches are an interesting place….. so my people come together…..and such a huge body of water…..its just wonderful! Those girls too had a wonderful time playing with you as you had with them 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing your story, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend 😀 😀

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  41. That’s very intersting about the strangers in your life.

    One of my favourite songs is the song Some Enchanted Evening from the movie South Pacific.

    But it has a line that goes,

    Some enchanted evening
    you will meet a stranger
    a very special stranger…

    Your blog post reminds me of that song. 🙂

    Just thought I’d let you know, Mithai, that my 1st vampire novel has been published and is available for sale on Amazon:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01F18B5LS

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    1. Wow its such a beautiful song Chris!! I just listened to it and took me to a different world 🙂 I also happened to come by the song ‘Some enchanted evening’ by Frank Sinatra. Both the singer’s voices are enchanting!! Thank you so much for referring this song!! 😀
      And I just checked out your book. None like this definitely has never been recorded in History. Its very interesting and the themes you introduced into it…..really new and unique.
      I’m sure everyone’s gonna like it, all my best wishes and congratulations to you.
      And yayy finally we get to meet Dracul Van Helsing!! 😀 😀

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      1. Yes, vampire hunter Dracul Van Helsing appears in this novel. 🙂

        Glad you enjoyed the song.

        It’s really a beautiful movie too- the film South Pacific- it was a Technicolour musical movie made in the late 1940s.

        But the island on which the movie was shot was really beautiful and enchanting.

        If you ever get a chance to watch it on DVD or TV, I’d highly recommend it. 🙂

        Thank you so much for your kind words on my vampire novel. 🙂

        And this vampire novel which is like no other in recorded history 😀 is now available in paperback for those who prefer to read their books in paperback rather than Kindle.

        Here’s the link:

        https://www.createspace.com/6248846

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      2. Thank you so much for referring the dvd as well. Nothing like a beautiful classic!! I’ll try to get the dvd.
        And its wonderful to hear you book’s now available in paperback. Yess I definitely prefer them in paperback. Thank you so much for sharing the link. I’m gonna give it a look right now!! 😀 😀

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  42. Hi Mithai, That was a unusually and strangely sweet story of your friend’s mom and dad. The strangers you have recalled are cute too. The jungle safari story is incredible. I went for one in the last week of April and now I am happier that I followed the instructions and did not get out the jeep.

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    1. I’m sorry for the late reply, I’m seeing this comment today.
      Yes friend’s mom has an usually beautiful story 🙂 🙂
      I saw the pic you shared, the tigers are majestic!! 😀 😀 Even better you got to see the ‘whole of them and not just the tail’ that also by staying inside the car!! 😀 😀

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  45. I’ve been looking through your blog after you followed me, and you probably won’t see this comment amongst the other 300 or so but your blog is amazing! It’s so interesting and humorous, thanks for the follow btw 🌟💗💯

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      1. Btw I nominated guy fir the smiley thumb award, sorry I can’t provide a link as its kinda hard on the app – but if you wanna do it check out the post 🌟🤗

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  46. Bonjour JEUNE FILLE

    Quelle est belle notre amitié
    Elle est pure
    Elle est un lien
    Mon amitié ignore les indifférences
    Elle n’est qu’un charme d’un verbe aimer
    Elle éveille le sens de la bonté
    Elle supporte la charité
    Mon amitié est un charme que du verbe aimer
    Mon amitié est faite de sincérité
    Belle journée et belle fin de semaine
    Bises , Bernard

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    1. Thank you so much. It was very nice to visit your blog once again and go through your wonderful posts. Thank you for visiting my blog as well. Its really nice to have you back!! 😀 😀
      I’m fine. Hope you too are doing great 🙂 🙂

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      14. Thank you so much!! I wish you luck for your future projects!! 🙂
        Btw how exactly schools are like in Chez Republic? Like they show in the holly movies or different?? I’m just curious 🙂

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      15. From materialistic point of view pretty good, we have computers in class and everything is fully equiped. The problem is that teachers are not very well paid which is a problem because there is practicly no “fight” for the seat of teacher. Which means that people that can not do anything else, they will go teaching. Also the school system did not change for tens of years which is a problem if you think about how much more we know about how mind learns. I think that school is teaching us mostly facts making us machines that just write what is on board. Instead they should learn us how to think by ourselves.

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      16. I think its the same condition in most countries. The pay is really not good so the dedication it needs to be a teacher, no one’s willing to give, often its the last resort. And has been very stagnant over the years as you said, specially in case of syllabus . Schools really do need to change…..but you are gonna find a lot more freedom in college from the conventional system…..even though not fully, they still go in the same path based on the syllabus and semesters.
        Actually once you get into the industry professionally, that’s when you finally get to break out of the system and do things your way.

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  50. Ball-Pen in the cup and spoon in hand reminded me of the following “She’r”

    Kissi k aanay se saaqi k aesay hosh urray
    Sharaab seekh pe daali kabab sheeshay mein

    Well i am quite sure that no one comes at 4:00 Am – so goodluck with the workload 😛

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    1. Arrey wah wah!! 😉 That’s a wonderful sher 😀 😀
      Thank you for sharing….. I’m not much experienced in shers but this was really nice!! 🙂
      Most of my friends are online at 4am…..its like a support group to finish the assignments burning the midnight oil lol :p :p
      This is your first time at my blog, hope you enjoyed it 😀 😀

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      1. Indeed, i enjoyed your write ups – your words are simple and from the heart. And i am glad that you enjoyed the She’r 🙂
        By the way, don’t burn too much of midnight oil – i think that getting a calm sleep every night is much better than getting golden grades 😛
        kings and pawns go back in the same box when the game ends 😛

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      2. Haha yeah that’s very true, ultimately everyone goes back to the same box 😉
        My exams just got over today, so a whole week before the next exam starts, so definitely planning to save the midnight oil 😀 😀
        A had a wonderful time visiting your blog :):)
        Have a great week ahead!!

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