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I have a passion for Crystal & Glassware, curios etc & try to collect those-
I'm also passionate about Ganesh idols(made of different materials- so far I have Ganesh idols in wood, ceramic, glass, sand, plaster of paris , silver & bronze)
What do you collect?
i collect all sorts of rubbish , in my mother's words ..
i collect greeting cards people send me
friendship bands i get
even letters i get ( coz hand written mails are so few now a days )
small things my friends get for me ..frm the various exchanges programmes and conferences they go to ..
Chocolate wrappers ... ( the thing i love the most in the world is chocolates ....i collect ..wrappers of expensive and my favorite choclates ...like Patchi ,Godiva , Lindtt , Sandwich chocolate from Cadbury )
and also favorite newspaper articles
and my articles and stories ..when they come in the local magazines or news papers ...
I like stationery too , its very stupid i know. .but i have some 29 varieties of pencils ..
from staedler , faber castel to nataraj and Amest international ..
Pens ..( my dad loves these too ) from a simple hero to Mont Blanc , Cross ,Sheffer , Waterman
i hate carrying hand bags ...but i collect them ..though ... Giordano ...and those . embroidery bags u get on the road sides in india ..i have about a score of them
i collect ..iodised jewellery , silver jewellery and bead work too ...( like egyptian jewellery ?)...and also Sworoski ..
I used to collect watches ...but my collection got stolen last year in chennai
i had some new ones i'd not even worn ..in there ..(i got really upset .....when my collection got stolen )
anyway ..i start collecting watches soon and i intend to collect shoes coon ! (l ol)
one thing about some of my collections is that they have to be expensive and rare( watches .for eg ) ...or even if t hey are cheap .. they shud be authentic and antique or tradional ( like iodised jewellery )
i collect greeting cards, rare pictures from the magazines.
I collect MEMORIES :wink:
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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
As poetical as one can get, huh, Shakthi mam? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
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Originally Posted by pooja.shankar
Sorry to hear that your expensive watch collection was stolen! How did it happen? Was it a home-maid or something that you suspect?
I feel more than the value(monetary), its the value we give it that saddens us, right?
So do I! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
Pooja, sorry to hear abt ur stolen collection......
I used to colelct stamps/coins since my schooldays & once my first coin collection was stolen from our own house (thru the window of my room!) at Hyd'bad many yrs ago! :(
Of course I managed to collect many more coins after tat.....altho given up for the time being since I can't find ne like-minded enthusiast.....I got into this wen I had a friend at school who was into stamps/coins....sum years later, he later gave it up & handed over all his stamps albums to me......
Even I liked collecting stationery at school.....used to hav lots of old Reynolds 040 blue/red pens then! :D
Nevertheless I eventually found solace by collecting old things at home (eg. a 1974 Nat'l Panasonic tape-recorder bought by my dad then, one of the first cassette t.recorders I think!) pics./parts/memorabilia of old vehicles (& at one point was keen to collect vehicles themselves! :lol:)......one room in our current house is full of spare-parts of old cars/scooters- inc. seats/tyres! much to my mom's disgust! :P :lol: Altho these r intended to serve for future use rather than collection!
yea i already mentioned ...... how it got lost ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
yes ..ofcurse ...it is the valu that we place on it ..
especially if my diaries .and my memory box gets stolen ... i will die .... it has all my fond memories ..... and trifle collections since childhood
When I asked how it happened, I meant did the thief who broke into your hse steal just that or was it a servant or something like that?
no ya ..it iwas in the car ..and we had gone some wer ..wen we came back it was missing ..everythign else was in its place ..infact i dint notice it aws missing immediately ...only a little while later
Once I collected the Coke, Pepsi, 7up, Sprite, Miranda, etcc... wrappers in in the pet bottles which we drank.
It counted more than hundred.
My friends called me PORIKI. :lol:
Then I came to know these softdrinks are not indian products and blah blah.
Ellathaiyum thooki pottuttean.
Now, I am collect my favourites Iterviews in daily and weekly magazines.
Also I have my school days notebooks, books, etc..
Enna ellam kuppai maathiri kidakkuthu..
Kastappattu paathukaaka vendi irukku, enga amma pazhaiya paper vangiravankitta kodukirathila aarvama irukkaanga. :lol:
You know when we were kids,
we used to collect BROKEN BANGLES and make pictures out of it :)
it used to be fun.
I remember collecting
STAMPS, COINS, broken bangles, TAMARIND SEEDS (to play)
It used to be so funny, since we would go around lookin for broken things on the road, pick it up then and there, (shabby hands ofcourse :D ) unaware and not bothered about what ppl think bout us :D
yeah, there is game with broken bangles.
Then collecting nice stones for ACHANGAL game.
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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
WOW! Broken bangle pictures? My sister made a peacock out of broken bangles once & got the first prize for a Crafts competition in College.
You mount the pieces on cardboard/hardboard , right?
Sadly i've never bought or worn glass bangles coz my knuckles aer very broad and i am pretty thin ...if i take a size that slips into my hand , then it will look huge on me ...if i take a size that looks fine for my hand then it won't even go into my hand and they break ..
i always wear bracelets or metal bangles ..
actually i am not a girly type and dunt wear much jewelery except on occasions (my mom hates this .. she expects me to wear ear rings and chain and pottu all the time ..... even bangles too ... but that ..she lets me off .... but i am rarely with all these on ..)
Memories is just like a tree that all leaves fade away but the foundation is as strong as a tree ....... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
nice RP
rp :thumbsup:
u bet. :)
alan,
yeah we take a cardboard or some thick surface and glue the bangles. (some weird pics) sometims just arranged them in weird way, so that it looks like modern art. :)
Never saved any or developed that as an art to do it as big as pics as ur sis :)
collecting memories......... remind me.....
Sometimes with the bahana of sitting up late for studies or to do some work, I STAY LATE NIGHT and read, browse etc. I watch tv very occassionally and LATE NIGHT is my fav time to watch. (no sound or external factors to disturb me)
I watch tamil hindi songs which packs me with my school, college or home-town memories.
A surge of emotions fills up, keep rising in my throat, unkwnon weird emotion. These emotions are NEITHER SAD, NOR HAPPY. Its... unexplainable.
Memories follow intermittently. The song, PPL along with it, comments, laughs, cries, words spoken. Connected town, ppl, institutions, schools, trees bus stand, other friends............
NEVER ENDING MOVIE.
it hurts at times :(. Def its not a sad memory. Yet I am not sure as to what hurts me! MAY be the truth slapping across my face, 'THAT age can NEVER EVER BE BROUGHT BACK'
:( :) :) :) :(
Awwww Shakti your post was very sweet and touching...
Hey Pooja i use to collect alot of the same things: pencils, stickers, pictures for my scrapbook, all the cards, gifts i got from friends, small jewelry boxes, nail polish
here most popular item for gurls to collect is SHOES and second is Handbags! I always have my backpack so actually feel free when i don't have to carry something with me...that and I'm forgetful...but some are sooo pretty, Lucky Shakti! :D
i use to collect bubblegum comics like mad...if you got 200 you could get a beach ball...each piece was 5cents and my mom would so know i bought some cause i always chose cinnamon and that would mean i would avoid the spicy curries that day :P I remember collecting up to 100 and then giving it to friend (who also had 100) so she could get the beach ball :D
Wow i wish i could have such artistic skill...atleast one artsy thing i made that i could be proud of....Alan the peacock picture must have looked gorgeous!
The one thing i always want to collect is more friends (lock them all up in my closet :twisted: ) :lol: kidding!
Yes, I understand what you feel- a mixture of emotions, right? :) I used to feel them too, long back , not now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
alan, how did u get over it?
querida, interesting! :)
I remember collecting peacock feathers. I USED TO LOVE TAKING A PEEP AT THEM every now and then into my notebook.
Longer the feather, you can yap about it proudly :D
Collecting???
I want to get rid of my collections over years and lessen the burden of albatrosses around my neck.. :(
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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
hmmmm.......there was a point of time when I lost all emotions.yeah, I just became a piece of wood, devoid of all human emotions- that was when I lost my best friend in a bike accident last year.....prefer not to talk of it anymore
Isn't there a belief among children that the peacock feathers give birth to younger ones? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
sorry alan :(
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yeah... we did believe IT WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO YOUNGER FEATHERS.
my god INNOCENCE IS BLISSSS :D :D :D
When i was in school i collected Stamps,Bus tickets,Maho lacto wrappers(For which they gave bunny teeth :lol: ) .. during college days girl firends ;)
appadinna ippa :?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
it hurts at times :(. Def its not a sad memory. Yet I am not sure as to what hurts me! MAY be the truth slapping across my face, 'THAT age can NEVER EVER BE BROUGHT BACK'
Today's happy together times, are tomorrow's warm with memory times. :D
I still have some of the leaves pressed between the pages of old books..........books well read are something I hate to part with ......but new editions and lack of space are the VILLIANS :twisted:
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers." - Charles W. Eliot.
true rp :)
An aunt of mine is a great Doll collector- she has everything from Russian Dolls ( you know the doll-in-anotherdoll thing) to Rajathani Puppets. Barbies to Porcelain dolls. Kathakali figurines to crystal dolls! :) :)
I have one of those russian dolls..my cousin-brother saved a set for me :D as for dolls well I never liked them...even barbies...i know i got some and i gave them away before the year was over...and to tell you the truth those life-like dolls give me the creeps! But you have to admire your aunt for having such a vast collection...does she also have those indian dolls (are those the kathakali ones?) that shake their heads side to side?
Anything that's even remotely human is a 'doll' to her- she's got a pair of old man & woman who sit & shake their heads- is that one u were referiing? Yes, its Indian. She's also got ragdolls, golliwogs & wooden dolls!!!!
Speaking about Dolls ...I remember the dolls when we were kids.......the ones that would shut their eyes on lying down and open on standing..............Now dolls have not just modern clothes but gadgets.accesories............wow 8-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
talking abt giving birth, i remember in my primary school days, we used to collect a type of leave (thick with curvy edges) and keep these in our books. You can actually watch it 'growing' - that is, slowly you can see 'white root-like' starnds growing on the edges..can't remember what we did after that. And yes, whenever we manage to get hold of peacock feathers, these go into the books as well..to check if it really gives birth :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Then, came the stamp collecting craze....had so many albums fileld with stamps! And then, in later years, coin collecting became my fav. Now....as RP said..just collecting memories... :wink:
Those good old days, huh, NM?
Same pinch Pooja, Whatever u said, exactly it goes with me also :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pooja.shankar
I collect books.
Especially philosophical, spritual books like Bhagavatham, Ramayana, Mahabharatha & Biographies like Ramakrishna Paramahamsar...
I like MS Udhaya moorthi books.
I want to set up a library @ my home :D