Well, its been quite a while since I have posted anything original in this blog space. Blame my job which has kept me away from one of my favorite activities!! At the same time, Many thanks that it has also kept me so close to my another very favorite activity SLEEPING!! :P
This blog is not going to be a well constructed one.. but just ramblings! So read it at your own risk :P
After a not-so-pleasant experience at flat, I have moved to a PG again.. back to an independent life!! All izzzzzz well, I just do what I want to do, go where I want to go, Sleep whenever I feel like sleeping... get up whenver I want to, read, shop, eat, work, enjoy and what not! Life is just cool.. No worries!!
It was a Friday evening... After five days of routine office works, I felt very bored and wanted to do something different at the cost of nothing. I felt like doing something which I have never ever done before. When I asked my roomies for a good suggestion, they asked me to dance in the middle of the road... my roomies are wonderful you know :D
Though the suggestion costed nothing, it was rejected just to help the people walking in the roads(note my service mind here ;) ). Planning to do something in BLR at the cost of nothing seemed to be a big deal.
It was then I noticed one of my roomies make up kit and a bag full of nail polishes.. Boy, she had nail paint in all possible colors.. Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Green(!!), Orange, Yellow(!!)... Haaah...Boring times became colorful all of a sudden. I wanted to paint my nails right away with all those colors and make life colorful. I chose to wear copper sulphate blue color salwar to college the next day and so I painted my nails blue. Imagine me painting my nails with copper sulphate blue, wearing the same color salwar and going to college. No doubt I got some unusual comments among my friends circle but who cared??? ‘Its my nail, my roomie’s nail paint.. Why do you bother’ was my immediate response :D During the entire session, I was just reading my nails and was enjoying the beauty of blue. Crazy it may sound but Fun it was really!!!
Black is one of my most favorite colors and I choose to have everything in black... be it a bag or a watch or a headband or a mobile or a lappy. I like black and now I have started to paint my nails black as well. Thanks to my roomie who has influenced me so much to paint even my nails black!!!
Sometimes even the silly, simple, crazy things you do, make you feel sooooo good. I have always read life is what you make it and I am experiencing it now. If you make it colorful, it is colorful and if you make it sick, that is what it is. But the best part is, at the end of the day, the choice is yours to make and you have the control over your choices.
Cheers!!!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Do you think you are indispensable?
Sometimes when you are feeling important,
Sometimes when your ego is in bloom
Sometimes when you take it for granted
That you are best qualified in the room
Sometimes when you feel you are parting
Would leave an unfillable hole…
Just follow these simple instructions
And see what they do to your soul;
Take a bucket and fill it with water
Put your hand in it up to the wrist
Pull it out… And the hole that remains
Is a measure of how much you will be missed!
You can splash all you wish when you enter
You may stir up the water galore
But stop… and you will find that in no time
It looks just the same as before!!
The moral in this quaint example
Is to do just the best you can
Be proud to yourself, but remember
There is no indispensable man!!
PS: The above words are not mine, it’s one of my reads and I wanted to share this with YOU in this space.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
A lil' philosophy here...
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
~ Abdul Kalam
Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers “Grow, grow”.
~ The Talmud
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.
~ Robert Frost
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
~ Albert Einstein
I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
~Thomas Edison
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
~ Napoleon Hill
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
~Robert Frost
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
~ James A. Michener
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate — it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.
~Leo Buscaglia
~ Abdul Kalam
Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers “Grow, grow”.
~ The Talmud
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.
~ Robert Frost
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
~ Albert Einstein
I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
~Thomas Edison
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
~ Napoleon Hill
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
~Robert Frost
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
~ James A. Michener
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate — it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.
~Leo Buscaglia
I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
~Anonymous
I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
~ Anonymous
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
~Leo Buscaglia
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
~Elbert Hubbard
I've got dreams in hidden places and extra smiles for when I'm blue.
~Author Unknown
Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you.
~Author Unknown
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
~Wayne W. Dyer
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
~From the movie Annie
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Its time to celebrate...
Christmas is nearing…. And my dreams are on again!!!
We have shifted to a new home and I have all the dreams of decorating it with balloons, color papers, stars and inviting my friends for special lunch and enjoying the day!!
Christmas is a very special day for me, for it reminds me of my good old friend Christy Jasmine!!! Christmas and New Year are the seasons when she can be found will her full life and spirit. I just love her name as much I love mine... It is always very sweet to call her by her name and we friends call her Chris, Christy, Christie, Jas, Jazz and what not!!
Have you ever believed in friendship at first sight? Well, I have… And it was when I met her for the first time. It was a new life for all of us... a changeover from school to college! We were all in the highest spirit of making new friends and the person I wanted to make friendship with, for the rest of my life, was her! She has a very attracting personality on the whole and its nooooooo wonder I liked her very much within our initial few formal conversations. She has a very beautiful voice and even more beautiful English accent! She sings extremely well and any person would fall in love with her singing so easily. Have you seen Kajol singing ‘Anbendra Mazhaiyile’ song in ‘Minsara Kanavu’?? Have you heard the dialogue sequences before the song?? Well, that depicts Christy to the core!!!
Have you ever thought why night is the best time to ponder over our loved ones?? Perhaps, it is silent? May be or may be not! I don’t know why it happened suddenly but the last night I was spending those silent hours before sleep pondering over the beautiful times we shared together. The times we smiled together, laughed together, sang together, studied together, ate together, prayed together, and cried together all came up into my mind, out of the blue. Some moments were really pleasant to think over again and again! Some moments I just wish it never happened!! But the most miraculous part of all is that, even after few heart breaks and not-so-silly- misunderstandings we still don’t waver in love for each other. I feel, that is the most beautiful thing that can happen to a friendship and we are so blessed in that instance.
Now that we are in different part,busy with our own life, we believe in the life long touch... Though I get nostalgic once in a while, life goes on and we are moving on to greener pastures!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year People!!!
We have shifted to a new home and I have all the dreams of decorating it with balloons, color papers, stars and inviting my friends for special lunch and enjoying the day!!
Christmas is a very special day for me, for it reminds me of my good old friend Christy Jasmine!!! Christmas and New Year are the seasons when she can be found will her full life and spirit. I just love her name as much I love mine... It is always very sweet to call her by her name and we friends call her Chris, Christy, Christie, Jas, Jazz and what not!!
Have you ever believed in friendship at first sight? Well, I have… And it was when I met her for the first time. It was a new life for all of us... a changeover from school to college! We were all in the highest spirit of making new friends and the person I wanted to make friendship with, for the rest of my life, was her! She has a very attracting personality on the whole and its nooooooo wonder I liked her very much within our initial few formal conversations. She has a very beautiful voice and even more beautiful English accent! She sings extremely well and any person would fall in love with her singing so easily. Have you seen Kajol singing ‘Anbendra Mazhaiyile’ song in ‘Minsara Kanavu’?? Have you heard the dialogue sequences before the song?? Well, that depicts Christy to the core!!!
Have you ever thought why night is the best time to ponder over our loved ones?? Perhaps, it is silent? May be or may be not! I don’t know why it happened suddenly but the last night I was spending those silent hours before sleep pondering over the beautiful times we shared together. The times we smiled together, laughed together, sang together, studied together, ate together, prayed together, and cried together all came up into my mind, out of the blue. Some moments were really pleasant to think over again and again! Some moments I just wish it never happened!! But the most miraculous part of all is that, even after few heart breaks and not-so-silly- misunderstandings we still don’t waver in love for each other. I feel, that is the most beautiful thing that can happen to a friendship and we are so blessed in that instance.
Now that we are in different part,busy with our own life, we believe in the life long touch... Though I get nostalgic once in a while, life goes on and we are moving on to greener pastures!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year People!!!
Aesthetic Arrest
It is one of the most memorable days in my life till now….. I got selected in the campus interview conducted by Wipro Technologies. It‘s my first job at the early age of 20. I was waiting for the offer letter and one fine day I got it as well. The day was extra special because it was my birthday. It was a very detailed offer letter with all the finer details. I was asked to report in Sarjapur office, Bangalore. I was born and brought up in a small town in central Tamil Nadu and I was not exposed to the outside world so much. New life, new city, new people, new environment, new language, new culture, new, new, new… I had to face everything new.
We (Me, my dad, and my uncle) reached Bangalore on my reporting day. Wipro had arranged a special bus for the freshers’ who had to report that day. We were asked to assemble in a common bus stop and the bus would drop us to Sarjapur office. We were on time and the bus had already come before us. We got into the bus. The bus waited for some time for all the other people to come and at last the bus started. It was moving slowly en routed towards Sarjapur office. Haah!!…. Aesthetic arrest exactly!!!
To all those who wonder what “aesthetic arrest” is all about, here is a wonderful excerpt, a small story said by Joseph Campbell, a mythologist. It is about a space walk. An astronaut puts on his space suit and goes outside the main shuttlecraft. Suddenly he is awe-struck by his circumstances. He is traveling through space at several thousand miles per hour in total silence. He looks in one direction and sees the earth. He looks in another direction and sees the moon. He looks in other directions and feels the beauty of all the other celestial bodies. As he is in his breathtaking adventure, he thinks, “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?” Campbell describes this as “aesthetic arrest.”
For me, it did not take a journey in the space shuttle to experience “aesthetic arrest” but in the Wipro shuttle for the first time. We were seated in a three seater, me, my dad next to me, and my uncle next to my dad. I was looking at my right side outside the window admiring the beauty of Bangalore. Aaa… What a city..!! When I turned left, I could see the euphoric feeling of my dad, the feeling of ecstasy, the sense of satisfaction he had for me. He felt as if he had achieved something BIG. To him, I was the best daughter in the world that day. After all, I had fulfilled his dreams for the first time in life. And there was my uncle who felt genuinely happy for me, wishing me the very best. Then I looked all around the shuttle. I was hyper excited looking at all the new faces from all around the country whom I'm gonna work with. YES..!! Aesthetic arrest, for the best emphasis!!!
Have you experienced “aesthetic arrest” in your life? It could be anything. Have you ever thought “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?”??
We (Me, my dad, and my uncle) reached Bangalore on my reporting day. Wipro had arranged a special bus for the freshers’ who had to report that day. We were asked to assemble in a common bus stop and the bus would drop us to Sarjapur office. We were on time and the bus had already come before us. We got into the bus. The bus waited for some time for all the other people to come and at last the bus started. It was moving slowly en routed towards Sarjapur office. Haah!!…. Aesthetic arrest exactly!!!
To all those who wonder what “aesthetic arrest” is all about, here is a wonderful excerpt, a small story said by Joseph Campbell, a mythologist. It is about a space walk. An astronaut puts on his space suit and goes outside the main shuttlecraft. Suddenly he is awe-struck by his circumstances. He is traveling through space at several thousand miles per hour in total silence. He looks in one direction and sees the earth. He looks in another direction and sees the moon. He looks in other directions and feels the beauty of all the other celestial bodies. As he is in his breathtaking adventure, he thinks, “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?” Campbell describes this as “aesthetic arrest.”
For me, it did not take a journey in the space shuttle to experience “aesthetic arrest” but in the Wipro shuttle for the first time. We were seated in a three seater, me, my dad next to me, and my uncle next to my dad. I was looking at my right side outside the window admiring the beauty of Bangalore. Aaa… What a city..!! When I turned left, I could see the euphoric feeling of my dad, the feeling of ecstasy, the sense of satisfaction he had for me. He felt as if he had achieved something BIG. To him, I was the best daughter in the world that day. After all, I had fulfilled his dreams for the first time in life. And there was my uncle who felt genuinely happy for me, wishing me the very best. Then I looked all around the shuttle. I was hyper excited looking at all the new faces from all around the country whom I'm gonna work with. YES..!! Aesthetic arrest, for the best emphasis!!!
Have you experienced “aesthetic arrest” in your life? It could be anything. Have you ever thought “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?”??
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