An Open Letter To The "Cool" Brigade! -_-

We fail to understand the people who just cannot let go of the excitement about new things, and there is a special place in hell for people who do not seem to come out of the mentality of a 6^th grader. And by that we mean the kids who’ve just learnt and found the freedom to use cuss words. They swear and curse on EVERY fucking thing (pun intended :3 :P). The best part- these kids think it brings down their cool quotient if by any chance they forget to include a swear word in their sentence!

Ok ok, we agree, everybody has that phase when it’s all new; new to being an adolescent and it is completely normal to be drawn towards anything that makes us look and feel like an adult, things which make us look “cool” in front of our friends. There is an average period for which this fad could be dragged on and that can be anywhere between 2 months to 1 year at max, depending on one’s level of maturity. But if you are so much into cursing and swearing on everything in this world, then we’ll pray for you, my friend, coz you have serious shit going on up there!  -_-

It is perfectly fine to vent out your frustration through verbal abuses in the proximity of your friends (if you are lucky enough to identify the real ones! K), it is atleast way better than beating the shit out of the person who has done the heinous crime of offending you. And we are of the view that a 15 year old has enough sense to know when and where to use what kind of language.

Some girls have taken this mission of portraying themselves as “Bold” a little too far.
For example, this was an answer by a girl on Ask.fm...

Like seriously?

That is what a 9^th grader should be posting on a social networking site?

Something went fundamentally wrong with your education, Miss!

Just as we said before, it is ok to curse in order to express your aggression. There have been situations where we’d felt the need to relieve ourselves of the frustration by cursing, but we’ve always been vary of our surroundings and the company.

It is rightly said, that the first thing a stranger notices in you, is the way you’ve dressed.
But but but, it what’s the use if it all vanishes into thin air, the second you open your mouth?
Its like, the other person can see right in front of his eyes, your brought-up, the surroundings in which you’ve been raised, the kind of company you keep and more so, the kind of shallow personality you possess.

The only message we’ve tried to convey through this post is that, “cursing was not and will never be cool! “

And on that note, this is the Soul Sisters signing off!

New posts every Friday! ( LOL, just kidding! We post whenever the hell we feel a little less lazy :P)

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Well, School's Finally Over! :/

This is to you, Ramjas!

Honestly speaking, we'd not really been hit by the "Omg! School is ending!" fever.
We've seen/heard people crying over the fact that school is over, and we used to mock them.
Uptil our last exam we'd never imagined we'd miss this institution, that we loathed, so much.
And one fine day when our brothers were discussing going to school after the result was out, that is when it dawned upon us, that things are actually going to change a lot after the boards. We don't have to wake up every morning (which we're glad about, btw) and go to this place, where we've been going for the past 14 years. We're not going to meet the same set of people everyday.(Crying was still out of the scene :P but the thought sure was depressing)
That is when it really hit us, that this institution did mean a lot to us. It really has given us some of the best days and people. And it is WAY more than the stupid uniform.
We are so overwhelmed by emotion as we write this an going through a complete nostalgic trip right now.
It has given us so much to cherish, so much to remember, some beautiful, some bitter-sweet, some funny and some are well, just embarrassing, but it sure has give us a million memories.
Every single spot in the school has a vivid and unique memory or incident attached to it. This blog, for example, was planned in the school ground and written every Wednesdays/Thursdays in the mathematics periods (which surely would show, once the result is out. ;_;)
And more than the place it is the people that this place has given to us, that makes it SO special.
We've loved some, loathed some, even hated many, but every single person that we've ever shared a laugh with is an important and unforgettable part of our eventful school life.
It has taught us a lot of lessons, and lessons not only from the books that we've read, but important lessons about life, friendship, love and trust.
It is this school where we've learnt the true meaning of friendship, seen friendships fade, best-friends drifting apart, crushes, love, heartbreaks, cat-fights, gossips(seen and been been part of ;P) seen the pressure of scoring, the pressure of performing and this pressure having its effect on friendships and relationships.
And obviously there are some things that we'll miss more than the rest, which are mostly the things we've gotten habitual to in the past two years.
And two of the best things we've got in these two years are each other and this blog. :')

No matter how many times we've cursed our school, we still love it, and hell yeah we'll miss it, we'll miss it so fucking much!


This is the Soul Sisters signing off!
Keep Reading, Keep Smiling! :)

Are You Still Looking For Your "Gentleman" ?

Hey Readers!

We’re back with a new post! Did you miss us? We know you did! :P

So here it goes.

 If you tag somebody as a “Gentleman” on the basis of his desire for intimacy without an intention of marriage, we have bad news for you. Stop reading; stop right here because what is going to follow is a complete bashing session of people like you. We have come across so many of the “Mai toh shaadi se pehle haath ni lagane dungi” types. Like what century are you exactly living in?

We hear girls say “ekdum gentleman-sa hoga mera boyfriend”, what do you even mean by that? How does his desire to get intimate make him any less of a gentleman? Please be kind enough to name the person who makes this definition of the ‘Gentleman’.  

And there are girls who have some entirely ridiculous parameters to call a guy a ‘Gentleman’. A guy who pays the bill at the end of a date might not be the ‘Gentleman’ you are so eager to find. Of course holding doors, chairs, carrying shopping bags is sweet & considerate. But all this may not necessarily mean your guy is a gentleman! And I could pretty much do all this on my own too.

Call a guy a Gentleman when he respects your opinion, tries his best to understand you and your situation, embraces your imperfections and flaws, and does not live with the motive of manipulating you and your individuality, and not because he agrees not to kiss you before marriage.

And we are in no way supporting guys or should we say assholes that try to push their girl too far and threaten to leave them if they do not allow them to get physical. We are not suggesting that you should rush into intimacy and physical relationships, but spare us the “shaadi” bullshit for heavens’ sake! Go ahead and judge him if he tries to force you into things against your own wishes.

All we are suggesting is let your relationship grow the way it is supposed to be, let it come to you naturally, move to the next level when you both are ready for it and most importantly are comfortable with it.

To all the guys reading the blog, thank us later!

And this is all for now, enough of the relationship advice!

This is the Soul Sisters signing off for now.

Keep Reading. Keep Smiling. :)

We are back and we are really sorry... And also we're going to disappear again... yeah so we are back! :D

Just when you thought we were dead or something, here we are with an all new post. :D
So yes, we eloped for quite a considerable time and we owe an apology & explanation for that.
But isn't it obvious? Class 12? Preboards?
It really, REALLY sucks man. :/
Writing is like, the love of our lives and you have no idea how sorry we have been for abandoning the blog like this.
But since we are here again lets shift our focus to better and positive things.
First of all A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year to all our readers. :)
And as we said we're going to disappear yet again (boards aarrgghh! >_<) we're dedicating this last post to tips for the exam time and new year, resolutions you may call them, but resolutions are meant to be broken, and these are things we suggest you should really follow.
Go on, read on and enjoy :D

1. Even if I'm stressed/depressed at least I'm well dressed.
This one doesn't JUST preach the importance of looking good.
Okay it does, but just a tiny bit.
Doesn't it cheer your mood up if you're looking presentable/good?
Try it if you haven't yet. It does the trick.
The point here is not messing yourself up because of messed up emotions or a messed up situation you're stuck in. You really think looking like shit is going to help you after a break up or while you're busy studying? No my friend, it is only going to ruin things further.
Don't ever stop pampering yourself.
Never stop caring about yourself.
No matter how you feel. Get up, dress up, and never ever give up.
Yes but obviously don't waste the time you should be spending studying. :P

2. Stop freaking out on what others say! 
Yes just stop! Be it syllabus or anything else.
For instance, asking about others progress regarding exam preparations and then panicking or sometimes feeling good if you're ahead.
Most of them are lying, for what reasons is something beyond human understanding, and it is seriously NOT going to help you.
Or lets say telling the world about whats going on in your relationship and comparing. That's the worst thing you could do to yourself and your partner.
Share things with one or two of your close buddies and there too not every bit of it.
Communicate a bit more with your partner instead.
That's where you should be discussing about your relationship.
The gist of it is, start giving a little less thought to what others have to say and follow your own mind a bit more.

3. Confidence is the key!
Okay okay, we are not going to preach on and on about how self confidence is important.
Then maybe, yes we are going to do it just a bit.
Look,when we are made to face difficult situations in life ,situations which test our patience ,situations which are at times beyond our control, we lose our confidence, we stop believing in ourselves.
Even when people really close to us (mostly Parents) have full faith in us we ourselves start underestimating our capabilities.
If you don't believe in yourself, then nobody else will, trust us this is first hand experience we are offering you.
Always be confident, wear a smile no matter how wrecked up your life is, always keep your head up.
Worst case scenario, things will not turn out the way you'd like them to, you would come out of it all with all your dignity intact and probably a very important lesson learnt,a lesson only failures can teach you.

4. Life goes on.
Never cease to believe in yourself, don't ever give up on yourself, come what may.
This is basically the summary of all of the above.
Whatever it is that happens, whatever others say, you have somebody to look forward to/share things with or not, just remember that life goes on and don't ever forget the value of this life.
Surround yourself with positive people and things. Talk to somebody you can pour your heart to. Don't torture yourself with sad songs. Have loads of ice creams/ chocolates. Do whatever that makes you super happy and you're great to go.


We guess that's enough gyaan for now.
We hope this actually helps somebody.
See you in April now.
This is the Soul Sisters signing off!
Keep Reading, Keep Smiling. :)

Diwali ke Side Effects!

We're really really sorry for not posting last week, but hey one of us turned 18, and we weren't really over with the hangover! I mean C'mon we're allowed that much concession. (Just kidding, we're really boring and lazy and thus did nothing special but were still tired. ;_; )
Avni : But seriously all Tanvi wrote last week was "Thankyou (s)".

Anyways, A Very Happy Diwali to all of you, hope you all had a great one, and with that comes our new post! :D The inspiration to which comes obviously from all those houses we were dragged to for the much hyped about "Diwali Gifting". -_-
The whole Diwali gifting thing used to be great fun as part of the whole Diwali chaos as long as were treated to statements like "kitna lamba/lambi ho gya/gyi hai" and kaju katlis and chocolates. But now the only conversation starter is "Aajkal kya kar rahe ho beta ?" followed by the dreaded question "Aage ka kya plan hai ?" And trust us the safest reply to this is "Uncle/Aunty abhi decide nahi kiya" because the moment you brief them about your plan that was already derived after a lot of brainstorming and confusion, these people will start bombarding you with their expert advice about your future, which will do nothing more than confuse and frustrate you further.
We don't see any sane reason as to why this uncle/aunty who we barely meet once in two years is so interested in our future? How about we keep questioning about your salary the instant we meet ? And even if you don't have anything else to talk about and the topic is going to be about our prospective career, why can't you be satisfied by our answer and shift your focus ? Why are you so hellbent on convincing us to choose the option you suggest ? Like does somebody pay these people for all of this ? :/

Avni : The worst piece of advice I recently got was "Beta height lambi hai, army join karlo". Kyu karlu ? Aapse pucha kisi ne ?
Tanvi : Yeah, what if she wanted to be a model ? :P Stop poking your nose into the matter.

And we've seen its always these faraway relatives, that we have absolutely no memory of but they somehow claim to know us from the day we were born, who are so curious about our plans as if their life depends on it. We have never seen people really close to us, bother us so much about the issue. All they wish is to see us happy and successful in life.


Now for the relatives that keep advising you to eat well and kill all your self control and efforts at the gym by statements like  "kitni/kitna kamzor ho gyi/gya hai" "dhang se khaya kar" "gym jaane ki kya zarurat hai?"
And if you're on the healthier side they start giving you diet plans. Hypocrites you see, just not satisfied with anything, all they need is something to gossip about.

Ohh and god save you if you are of the suitable age and the conversation happens to shift to your marriage. The first question that pops up is "Nazar mein koi hai ?" and if the answer happens to be negative, they automatically take up the job of your matchmaker and flood your already tensed parents with rishtas of their "Amreeka/Canneda wali bua ka ladka/ladki".
Also if you're married, even if it was just yesterday, brace yourself up for constant questions about "The Good News".
Even if you're not the marriageable age and a girl, these vellas will still manage to leave you red faced by making statements like "parya dhan hai yeh toh .. chale hi jaana hai ek din" and in our minds we're like "Uncleji aapne chale jaana hai uparwale ke paas,aur maine jail, aapke murder case mein!"

With that as the Diwali season drifts to an end, we look forward to meeting more such lovely relatives in the forthcoming wedding season!

That's all for now.
This is the Soul Sisters signing off!
Keep reading, Keep smiling! :)

P.S.- Any resemblance to any real life event is purely intentional and if you're one of our relatives and have any urge to have a career counselling session with us, this one WAS for you. :)

Shades of Women People Don't Seem to Acknowledge -_-

Women are the most misunderstood species on earth. There are just so many stereotypes around women formed by men who had exactly no clue about the female psyche and what goes inside a girl’s head. And maybe this guy never got his way with women. Sweet Revenge!

And out of a really long list, one of our personal favorites is the tag ‘Drama Queen’. Like seriously ?  -_-

Yes, we understand there are girls who act like they are a Meena Kumari’s kin, but generalizing this tag isn't justice to the rest of us. And we for a fact seem to know many such ‘Kings’ instead of ‘Queens’. This overreacting and drama and crap are NOT just a girl thing. Kindly get that inside your head!
This myth has been developed keeping in mind the people who are just madly in love with limelight, the people who like to hog attention whenever & however they can and not for people like us who try to avoid conversation or even eye contact under all circumstances. :P

And that shitloads of knowledge people seem to possess about girls and periods. PMS is another seriously misunderstood concept. Yes, we hate our periods, we are uncomfortable, and we get sad, mad, curious, anxious and a lot many other things. But we just don’t magically turn into irritated beasts, overreacting on anything and everything. We still have our minds in the right place, you know. Instead of getting mad during our periods, we could get much more irritated when a certain behavior of ours is termed as PMS. -_- You do not posses the right to judge us unless you have blood oozing out of your genitals too. -_-

We've all read jokes on how the only parameter a guy has to fulfill is to be rich. What if this rich guy looks like this ?
                                                     

                            

FYI, we’re not trying to convey that even the LOOKS are the only parameter. Even if the guy looks like Tom Cruise, has the body of Hrithik Roshan, he could still be a high-headed and insensitive snob. And all that glitter might vanish as soon as he opens his mouth. You get the drift, right?

Girls are not just gold-diggers or after looks, what we look for in a man is Character & Substance.

Ok, let’s be practical, appearance matters too, but its way down on our checklist for Mr. Right. We’d any day go for a guy who respects us and our individuality rather than a guy who’ll shower us with gifts and treat us like dirt. Similarly, we’d prefer a guy who has average looks but is witty and intelligent over a really hot guy who throws at us statements like, “oh, I lifted really heavy things in the gym today!!”.  Well, what you should have lifted is a book, mister.

That being said, let’s make it very clear, we don’t go all “Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..” on everything. Not all of us are as cheesy & lovey-dovey as people think. There’s a huge difference between cute and creepily cheesy.

And EMOTIONS, how can we forget them. Yes, we’re emotional but we are definitely not THAT much into feelings as we are shown to be. It might come as a shock for some of the guys reading this, but we do run away from our feelings too. Yes. We’re over thinkers but we live with the fear of being judged the moment we give in to our feelings.

The whole idea here is to throw some light on the shades of women that people don’t seem to acknowledge (Read: The title, you genius!). People don’t seem to look beyond the image which has been embedded in their minds. We are not saying that all girls are exactly like what we described here, but the point we’re trying to get across is that not all girls are the way the jokes on social networking sites describe them to be. These jokes are merely the brain child of forever alone guys, who never had much interaction with the other gender other than his mother. :P

Someday we might have a post about myths surrounding guys, because we truly believe in equality. Do write to us the points you think we missed and your feedback.

This is the soul Sisters signing off.

Keep Reading. Keep Smiling. J

Annoying Ways People Type.

Just so you know, this not an extension to our first post.This has nothing to do with grammar, tenses or speaking skills.

What follows is a list of annoying people/ things over the internet.

Lets begin with clearing this very famous misconception that a " :)" face after EVERYFUCKINGTHING makes it polite. Sorry bro, it does not. It usually gives us an impression that you're a lunatic.

Tanvi : Seriously if someone keeps texting me with a " :) " face at the end of everything, it will do nothing but creep me out. I used to know someone ( and I'm glad I used to know him) who'd be like

Him : Hi! :)
Me : Hey :)
Him : How are you? :)
Me : Fine. Wbu ?
Him : Good, so whatsup? :)
Me (in my mind) : Your time baby, its over. -.-

This is how we imagine you during the whole conversation.                                         

Trust us having a conversation like that is not polite. Its scary. Very scary.
To make things clearer, " You're a slut. :) " Now does that seem polite to you?

Avni : Okay yes the use of emoticons is very important, but to an extent, high time people register that in their heads.
For instance I know a person who does not believe in using any smileys at all in a not-so-serious conversation. When I receive a text with no emoticons, my mind automatically assumes that there is something grave being discussed here or you are suffering from facial paralysis  and thus have no emotions to spare.
When we converse with somebody over the internet or text messages, in our heads we imagine a real conversation in person, and when we get a emoticon-less text, this is you in our head.


                               



And the post stays incomplete without the mention of the infamous "K".
We wonder how do people's conscience allow them to reply with a "k" to paragraphs full of messages.
I mean I spent so long to type a message and you have the audacity to reply me with a "K.' ? That too with a period at the end of it ? *Raised eyebrow*. Friendship over. You killed it right there with your own fingers.
And mind you "k"  "k." "k!"  "K"  "K." K!" "kkkk..." all signify different levels of rudeness and stupidity.


Oh and how can we forget all those cool people "wHo tYp3 LyK D!s".
Our faith in humanity plummets a bit every time we see something like "Mah lyf maah ruhlzzz!" Or "Aai luv yehw." People like these deserve a round of applause. On their cheeks.
The whole idea of abbreviations is to make words shorter. There's absolutely no problem in writing "you" as "u" but "you" as "yew", "my" as "mah" or "Nice" as "nahice" will NOT make you look cool. You've been mislead.
There's also this insane species of people who think CAPS LOCK is irreversible or they fell in love with and haven't been able to come out of it at all. -_-
HAVE YOU TOTALLY LOST IT ? ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO TYPE LIKE THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ?
It feels like someone's shouting at us in the face. Grow up people.

And there are a lot more things that can be included here. Write in to us telling us about things you find annoying or things you'd like us to post about.

This is the Souls Sisters signing off.
Keep reading, Keep smiling! :)