Hola!
I know its been sometime since I wrote, but the IPL matches (especially the CSK ones) and my work is to be blamed :)
I have been consistently sleeping late because of the above two reasons and so no time for anything else. So what happened today that made me write. Well, it was this friend of mine who is leaving our Company and is planning to go for business, and something that was casually said on Friday somehow stuck with me. I am generally a person who isn't jealous of anyone or anything. Doesn't mean that I have got always what I wanted or somehow had less dreams and got them fulfilled or any of that crap. I am always content with what I have. I don't have huge dreams (not huge to me though). But I felt that I might feel jealous with this person for once. I never felt this green with J even when my friends got to travel to U.S from our company and I was about to go and at the last sec it got canceled and my first ever foreign trip didn't actually happen and I had to make it on my own to SG and KUL (you know all about that though) etc etc.. But when this person said that being a boss of my own, I would be sitting near Himalayas or Himachal (one of these) in a building overlooking the snow clad mountains and working on my own.... I just couldn't help but imagine it and think of how it would really feel to be in such a place.... I wish and hope that this dream of my friend comes true. But that is not my point of being J.
I have always loved snow and cold weather. I always wished to visit a place covered with snow sometime once in my life. (I even planned my U.S trip at that time, but eventually got canceled) There was once a time when I thought that my dreams will come true one by one. But well it wasn't planned by the Almighty that way. So my dreams have been postponed for a while now, except for a few which I can make it come alive, because it requires only my effort and only mine to make it true. But to make it to a place with snow covered peaks and playing in the snow, just sitting on the edge of a road watching the snow covered mountains and sun going down those peaks making them glow like diamonds.....hhmm... life isn't fair all the time right :(
I love beaches too and I have especially enjoyed my trip to Pondicherry... and Poompuhar where we had enough time to just sit and watch the sea.. Have you ever felt the calm that comes over you when you do nothing but listen to the waves and watch the small catamarans floating in that vast ocean. Nothing can bring you more peace than those water splashing sound and cool and yet warm breeze.
Now to the mountains, I remember the long walk I used to have with my friend in their house in Kaikatty (in between Conoor and Ooty) where there was a small tea factory and a few houses and everywhere you could see only the tea leaves in neat rows. When I had been there for 2-3 days it was a rainy season and imagine a house in between the tea estate with long never ending roads and rain drizzling upon you all the time :) It was heaven. The same time we had been to Ooty for a day for some reason and went for boating with the rain again :)
Doesn't mean that I haven't seen the good things of life isn't.. But I love being surrounded by nature especially the seas, the mountains, the green fields (I like the ones I happen to see when we travel to Pallasena) , the colored trees and the withering brown leaves, (we get to see these in Bangalore often in some areas still) and what is left is the snow clad mountains. I know I will see it too...but when ? Soon enough I wish and hope.... I will definitely let you know when I do that.. Life can be unfair..but there in lies the beauty of it isn't :). If everything was fair enough wouldn't it be boring ????
Ciao
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
My first tryst with a Gladiator...
Finally I had my dream come true on 14th March when I first learnt to ride a bike (Yamaha Gladiator). It was fun. Ofcourse, I had my bro on his nerves, because of my fear of losing control and falling down from the bike, but atleast I got to know how to ride one. Thanks to you dear Bro (if you are reading this...) I tried it for a few mins and couldnt continue because of the terrible heat but I am confident now and next time I am @ home, I can give a shot by my own. It really feels good to ride a bike. I felt very powerful .. is that how one is supposed to feel or is it just my nerves or my pleasure of finally riding one made me feel like that.. whatever.. I dont care.. I simply enjoyed learning it.
Once my friend told me that guys learn to ride cars faster than gals because they have the clutch and gear mechanism in the bikes which enables them to understand and shift focus easily and gals most of the time try with non-gear vehicles which makes it difficult to change focus and it takes time. Well I learnt that it is true... While I ride my scooter (non-geared) I always have my left hand on the brake... I did the same for the bike too only that it is the clutch there.... It would take me some while to get the hang of the mechanism between the two. Next time I go home or happen to get a bike I am sure to try it without fail so that I can learn to ride it well (enough to buy one bike some time later ...why do I realize my dreams so late in life.. well better late than never ...)
On the same day I also rode our car for almost 2-3 kms one 4th Gear (a first there too..) in Kerala highways... both my dreams came true together....
Once my friend told me that guys learn to ride cars faster than gals because they have the clutch and gear mechanism in the bikes which enables them to understand and shift focus easily and gals most of the time try with non-gear vehicles which makes it difficult to change focus and it takes time. Well I learnt that it is true... While I ride my scooter (non-geared) I always have my left hand on the brake... I did the same for the bike too only that it is the clutch there.... It would take me some while to get the hang of the mechanism between the two. Next time I go home or happen to get a bike I am sure to try it without fail so that I can learn to ride it well (enough to buy one bike some time later ...why do I realize my dreams so late in life.. well better late than never ...)
On the same day I also rode our car for almost 2-3 kms one 4th Gear (a first there too..) in Kerala highways... both my dreams came true together....
Thursday, March 11, 2010
LIFE HANDBOOK 2010
Got this as a forwarded email. It was very good. So thought of blogging it here.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes’ walk every day.. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes’ walk every day.. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tamizh Padam - Intelligent Mokkai
Just now completed seeing 'Tamizh Padam' tamizh movie :D
I was very sceptical to watch this movie in the first place, because I am not a fan of Spoofs.
I have always avoided English spoofs (why ? oh well, I didnt know of any other language in which spoof movies were made) because I felt that they were distasteful..(if you know what I mean). After so much of promotion from people around me, I finally got to see this movie.
Guess what.. I would say it is a much better movie than 'Goa' & 'VTV'. Why ? Because it was intelligent even for a spoof movie. I never felt boring. Screenplay was neat. Accepted that they have made fun of all almost all actors, ads, screenplay etc etc.. but they didnt do it just for the heck of it. It was neatly interwoven in the screenplay and story. Kudos to the people involved in story, screenplay and direction. It would require a very strong political background to promote this movie, which would (funnily) hurt quite a lot of people in the industry and no wonder it has got totally extreme reactions :)
Of course you cannot expect a great song or a technical brillance in such movies...but even they were passable. Some scenes were very cute....
a. The person explaining the X Chromosome, Y Chromosome
b. Market la when the person explains about global recession
c. When Kuppusamy appears scaring Devaraj
d. How Siva becomes a m(b)illonaire between the time when a coffee is ordered and is brought
e. How Siva comes to save his girl friend (Gosh ..this was extreme)
f. Family song sequence
g. When Bharat's father scolds him (:( ennaku inga azhugaachiye vandhirichu )
h. When he is going to pronounce his (Siva) love in the library (resembling Karthick of yesteryears.. ultimate)
These are a few which comes to my mind now.
I seriously wish that people dont start making movies like this just because we got a good one even if it was the director's first movie. He deserves special credit for that.
Nothing to say about the actors...all were very perfect to their roles...and Shiva fit the role like a 'T' (why do they say this ? why not like a N or P ..I have to find out sometime...)
CatchIT... even if it is a first in Tamizh, it was awesome and surprisingly catchy...
I was very sceptical to watch this movie in the first place, because I am not a fan of Spoofs.
I have always avoided English spoofs (why ? oh well, I didnt know of any other language in which spoof movies were made) because I felt that they were distasteful..(if you know what I mean). After so much of promotion from people around me, I finally got to see this movie.
Guess what.. I would say it is a much better movie than 'Goa' & 'VTV'. Why ? Because it was intelligent even for a spoof movie. I never felt boring. Screenplay was neat. Accepted that they have made fun of all almost all actors, ads, screenplay etc etc.. but they didnt do it just for the heck of it. It was neatly interwoven in the screenplay and story. Kudos to the people involved in story, screenplay and direction. It would require a very strong political background to promote this movie, which would (funnily) hurt quite a lot of people in the industry and no wonder it has got totally extreme reactions :)
Of course you cannot expect a great song or a technical brillance in such movies...but even they were passable. Some scenes were very cute....
a. The person explaining the X Chromosome, Y Chromosome
b. Market la when the person explains about global recession
c. When Kuppusamy appears scaring Devaraj
d. How Siva becomes a m(b)illonaire between the time when a coffee is ordered and is brought
e. How Siva comes to save his girl friend (Gosh ..this was extreme)
f. Family song sequence
g. When Bharat's father scolds him (:( ennaku inga azhugaachiye vandhirichu )
h. When he is going to pronounce his (Siva) love in the library (resembling Karthick of yesteryears.. ultimate)
These are a few which comes to my mind now.
I seriously wish that people dont start making movies like this just because we got a good one even if it was the director's first movie. He deserves special credit for that.
Nothing to say about the actors...all were very perfect to their roles...and Shiva fit the role like a 'T' (why do they say this ? why not like a N or P ..I have to find out sometime...)
CatchIT... even if it is a first in Tamizh, it was awesome and surprisingly catchy...
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