Sunday 29 July 2007

I am Tagged

I have been tagged by
Ju


The rules of the tag are:
1. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.
2. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.
3. Players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged.

I bite nails very hard...sometimes blood oozes out..consciously tried many times to keep away from the habit..but in vain:(

I forget birthdays of friends most of the time...Everyone's except my parents and bro are in stored in birthday alarm:)

I learnt voilin for two years..I loved it that time..but never continued in college ..now totally forgot!!!...only on ayutha pooja days it comes out of its case...

I love long hair..only on others..personally very lazy to maintain...

Never failed to read Shoba de's column whenever I catch hold of 'The Week'.It arouses the feminism in me.

I dont love sweets at all...except for Gulab Jaamun..and sometimes Krishna Sweets Mysoorpa...

I rode 14 kms(to & fro) by cycle ..everyday to school in my 11, 12th class....with 2 of my friends on both sides..like heriones in movies..:):)

Love Kadi Jokes..esp when seeing other person's reactions....recent one I enjoyed..'Ennatha naayukku naal call irunthaalum, oru missed call kudukka mudiyuma???...'..he..he..

P.S:Lots to go..but wanted to follow the tagging rules...but dunno whom to tag...i am very late to tagging i guess..

My Identity

Back Home!!! Home Sweet Home!!!

Yes, Dirty Roads, Hapless Traffic,Haphazard Driving,Near Zero Greenary,Litter allover,pollution and drainage overflowing.. so on and so forth.

Very much contrary to what I saw last one year- Clean roads, well maintained gardens and parks, regulated traffic, elite people..they may it High standard living...I call it boring and monotonous Life...

For the past 2-3 weeks after comign back, I might have got some 100 calls..visited more than 50 people...fought with my mom some 10 times...spent hours in canteen calling it short breaks....met all my relatives and good old friends...people and people everywhere....loved every moment...

Where was this me for one year???????..I might have got technically strong in my profession, earned lots in pounds..visited a number of european countries...but missed home!!! and of course friends!!!...felt like I was back to my happiness after an year of solitude..

Buzzing City....salty water....scortching heat...heavy traffic....seem to love all this a lot more than I did till now...This is me...My Identity:):)

P.S:when I am scribbling this....Ilaiyaraja's song 'Sorgame Enralum' passing thro my mind...

Thursday 21 June 2007

Best Bits

I am so excited that I am going back home. Looking back this one year, here are some best experiences, might call it miniscule milestones as well :).


Know A-B-C of Backpacking.

Cook decent meals.

Pick good movies online.

Visit to my dream city of venice.

Understand Scottish accent.

Hattrick Europe Yatras.

Hiked 13 miles in 4.5 hrs.

Learnt Advanced Embroidery.

Posed for 100 odd single snaps in Amsterdam flower garden.

Going Green-Using Cycle to commute to Office.

Gallop Double Chocolate Muffins in no time.

Make snowman-Never seen snow before this:).

Caught by railway Police in Italy for having lost the ticket when there was less than an hour to catch flight to UK.

Seen Mini &Mickey in Disneyland.

Enjoyed Awesome View of Paris from Eiffel Tower.

Hated taking Support calls during Fun Trip.

Google Chat whole day in office - most of the days:)

List goes on.....On the whole it was an exciting leg of a journey called life:)

Sunday 10 June 2007

Revelation


Fact: I am true.
Gossip: I am the famous.

Fact: I am useful.
Gossip: I am Interesting.

F: I am good.
G: I am not always bad.

F: I make Journals and Publications.
G: I make Headlines and sell Magazines.

F:I am based on Science.
G: I am based on Character.

F:I am believed and Respected.
G:I am most sought after.

F:I am authenticated.
G:I need no Proof.

F: I am being learnt.
G: I am being talked about.

F:I note the speed of light.
G:I travel more than speed of light.

F:I make statistics
G:I make stories

F:I am never denied .
G:I am always welcomed .

F:I rule the mind.
G:I rule the tongue.

F:I am always remembered.
G: oops....I vanish with time.

Sunday 3 June 2007

Slow Poison

I am getting increasingly annoyed at the reality shows broadcasted and the controversies they raise.

Either a set of people are held in a house for three weeks without any communication to outside world or sent to live in remote Island and filmed.There is a whirlpool of controversies surrounding each of this programme and morning newspapers craving for the headlines.

I dont understand what fun people get in watching such shows.Neither it is informative nor interesting.Its sheer bullying,biting the back, unneccesary arguments and raising the row of sensitive topics like racism,ethinicity and cultures.

Its very obvious that when 15 -20 people from different situations and different backgrounds meet there will be difference of opinions, likes and dislikes, grouping and clashes.Some funny people truly follow all the episodes and there is a awful lot of other programmes associated with it like psycologial ananlyzes of minds inside the house, best of the bits and other junks.

I used to feel the same for soaps back home, hour after hour of continous glycerine glory aimed at kindling emotions as though they were intended to empower women,but it was all crap and you can predict the plot of the story well before uptp 3-6months or somtimes the entire serial.

To my horror I find here some daily soaps have been there for more than 8-10 years , one of the few things that unite two generations who have otherwise grown a lot apart.

I feel movies are much better coz, even if its worse you just waste maximum of three hours.

Are we running short of ideas here or the media want us to become dumb heads rather than eggheads???

Friday 1 June 2007

A Matter of Perspective

Few people carve a niche in what they do not because of just talent or ability many a times due to their character too.
I happened to read abt Thomas Edison recently, and this incident made a mark in my mind.

He was 67 yrs old and his youthful days of experiments and findings have passed by.His laboratorywas virtually destroyed in a big blaze and not much could be secured.His son franctically searched for him in the fire, but much to his suprise saw his father rather calmly admiring the fire.

Next morning when his workers were disgusted about the event,he consoled them saying, there is a great value in the disaster.'All our mistakes have been burnt up.We can start afresh now:)'.
A month or so later he delivered his first phonograph, the best of his achievements.

Well, it was another news to me that he was the first person to have a patent of about 1000 inventions, Not just electric bulb.When he was asked abt his experinece of inventing bulb he told, I' learnt 101 ways of how not to make a bulb'!!

Friday 18 May 2007

Truth or Dare!!

I love caricatures and I feel they depict the 'real funny side' of you..atleast thats what caricaturist claim...

When I had been to Italy I tried my hand out at gettin myself caricatured!!!..I was so excited and since I paid a hefty 20 euros, I righteoulsy expected it to be quite like me!!

When I have too much expectations about a stuff, it always end in a great mishap and so did this!!!......after a gruelling 10 min 'statue pose',least i expected was to see the pic and not to have the slightest inkling that it was me....

adding fuel to the fire, the caricaturist next to him was charging only 10 euros for the same job...grrrrrrrrr!!!

If I take this home, I have to undergo the ignominy of explaining it to everyone that its 'me'...I am thinking of framing it labeled with my name....to avoid anyone speculating coz someone with great creativity might say it looks like step sister of cindrella!!

well its ok ..coz once before when i went to windsor castle(official residence of queen elizabeth II) I dressed like a princess and took a pic and gave my mom.....she proudly giggled that I had a aristrocratic look..so two sides of same coin!!!

'Objects in the mirror are very different from what you want them to appear'...

Sunday 13 May 2007

Whoz the Owner?


Commercial I recently enjoyed on T.V :


When We buy a car,

we buy the obligation to choose the best to make us proud,

we buy the quest to fit the best of accesssories,

we buy the neccessity to feed it with petrol whatever the price is,

we buy the compulsion to clean it regularly,

we buy the fondness to travel more miles than required,

we buy the impulse to compare it with other's car

So, Who's Incharge in this relationship??

Thursday 10 May 2007

Food for Thought!!


When you are single and 4500 miles from home, parents, friends and relatives you really need a a big hook to pull you away from monster of boredom, esp during weekends.

Atleast I needed:)

After three trips around europe and not missing a tourist attraction in UK ,I was not able to save my soul cribbing from solitude. Oh! Did I forget to tell that I had already tried the regular experiments of being glued to T.V , watching movies on internet ,trying out receipes of disaster.

Suprsingly One day couple of weeks bfr Christmas, when I was busy scanning through the best christmas offers for electronic and clothing items on the High street, I was handed out a leaflet of mass prayer in a catholic church in town center.

I went to chruch the next day out of curiosity to know what happens in a mass to and also to make my sunday morning more meaningful.

First time in this sleepy small town, mostly consisting of senior citizens I could see people in some decent numbers. Otherwise my usual site would be broad roads with trees and greenary everywhere, just one or two humans walking their dogs.

Now being a regular chruch goer,I have got a different perception of life, seeing world as my extended family and praying for someone whom I havent met .I have made some real good freinds too, just that they are 40 or 45 years elder to me:):)...well its a diffrent kinda experience and I seem to enjoy it.

After a year here, when I told my friends that I might be leaving this place for good ,everyone felt bad and One was quick to give me some grandmotherly advice.

She told me that the only one thing which will come along with me wherever I go is 'Whatever I grow inside myself' .

She was more quicker to ask ' what I grow in me'??I was smart enough to evade answering telling 'that seems to be a million dollar question' to me ,but the truth is I didnt know the answer.

Then she told me 'whatever it is, never grow bitterness or sorrow'.

I felt that sometimes its the most easiet questions that we dont know the answer for!!

Atleast I wish these words keep ringing in my mind forever!!!

Friday 27 April 2007

To be or Not to be!!


I always wonder how true the adage is -

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

or simply put it- Decision Making

One thing I hate to make.

I try shunning away, ignore, forget, even sleep to get up amnestic the next day, yet it always follows me in every breath of my life!!

Wish I could have been an ostrich, bury my head in sand..but how long?until my neck breaks?

When I wonder abt all the desions I have made till now, some fairly easy, some really tough, some gave a sense of pride, some regretful, some funny,some painful and many yet to make!!!

I am learning that decison making is an art, a piece of work which defines the trajectory of one' life.

It finally drills down to a simple choice between

want and need
wish and desire
like and love.

From what I have learnt, good decisions come from Experience and Experience comes from bad decisions.

P.S : Guess Philosopher in me woke up:):)

Monday 16 April 2007

Action and Reaction

No,its not about 'Every Action has an equal and opposite reaction'.

It is about ,'Should every action neccesarily have an equal and opposite reaction'?

Under the laws of science, newton might be true but under the laws of humanity he need not be.Actions may/may not be controlled, but definitely reactions can be.

It would be too saintly to stay calm when someone dear to me suffers from heartattack,atleast my reaction need not create another one for them.

What if my best friend forgot to wish on my brithday? I can choose not to get disappointed, instead tell her ways of remembering it.

What if my brother breaks my favorite glass sovenier from france, I need not yell at him at top of my voice,if not able to wear a smile for his act.

What if my collegue misplaces the imp document of mine?though I might be really irritated, i could just say ' it happens'.


We face so many actions each day, it really is the reaction we choose that makes or breaks the day.


I say to myself everytime when i am in such situation,the reaction need not be positive or good always but it need not hurt or damage (us/anyone) either.




Tuesday 10 April 2007

Receipe for Life


200 gms - What you want to get from life
50 gms – Interest (Colour)
100 gms – Attempt (Water)
10 gms– Compromise (Lemon)
3 cubes- Listening (aginamoto)
A small piece – Patience (tamarind)
A Pinch- Confidence (Salt)
1 table spoons –commitment (oil)
2 spoons - Acceptance (Garam masala)
A Pinch –Love (Coriander)


Soak the main ingrediant in mind as much as you want to it to sink in you.
Add a bit of interest (coloring agent) to it so that it never becomes a burden or thing of despair.

Now mix it well with Attempt to get good consistency .Note that more the attempt the more the consistency you will get and better the dish turns out to be.

Now add bit of listening .It gives others’ ideas upon you which adds good flavour to your receipe.

Never forget to add 2 table spoons of commitment. It always lubricates the dish whenever there is a consistency issue and keeps you going.

Add Patience to water called temper, mix it well and pour it over the main ingredient.This is a bit sour as it is always not easy to be patient but will definitely add taste to your receipe.

Now stir it well with a pinch of confidence.As this defines the taste of the dish, never keep it low nor too high just the optimum.

Squeeze 2 to 3 drops of Compromise all over. Not all things go your way and so you need a bit of it. When tasted alone it’s bitter, but gives a great flavour.

As the dish is almost done, if it didn’t turn out to be as you expected sprinkle some of acceptance to it, you cant do anything more. It’s not a magic spice, but can never make a good receipe without it.

Finally garnish it with a bit of love before serving as it gives a special taste!!!

Wednesday 4 April 2007

Road Less Travelled




A pair of blue eyes was gazing at a particular item kept inside a glamoursly decorated window of street dedicated to big brands. These longing eyes belonged to a young boy who didnt dare to look at the price of those skating shoes coz all he could afford is to say "All Day I Dream About Sports" and not to buy the same brand.

He caught the attention of a lady who was doing her last minute shopping, buying gifts for friends and family as there was only a couple of days left for festival. She walked past the boy an hour before when he was in the same position leaning on that window as he is now.His body didnt make any movements while his eyes alone spoke a million words desirious of possessing those shoes .

From his looks she could make out that his mom made a very humble living and that answered her questions about his yearning.She felt pity, walked past him again and less than a few yards away, got reminded of her new year resolution to gift someone what they culdnt afford.

She took the boy into the shop,bought the shoes and when she handed it to him those eyes were flooded with thanks and the ray of bliss ran thorugh his face.

Without hesitation he asked ' Are you God?'.Baffled for a moment the lady answered 'No dear,I am his Child'.

With a great sense of self accomplishment he told' I definitely thought you must be of some relation'.

Wednesday 28 March 2007

WYTWYA Arithmetic



Attitude + Thoughts = Dream

Dream+Want= Desire

Desire+Priority= Aim

Aim+ Stratergy = Action

Action + Effort = Acheivement

Achievement + Applaud = Success

Success + Practice =Mastery

Mastery + Popularity = Fame

Fame + Regard = Esteem

Esteem + Understanding = Humbleness

Humbleness + values = Character

Character + deeds = Personality

Personality + Outlook = Attitude


Total : Attitude determines one's Altitude!!


Wonder abt title?? What You Think is What You Are.

Wednesday 21 March 2007

At Crossroads.

Brightly lit Sky Scrapers
24/7 -Round the clock best services
Human Resources in tens of thousands
Turnover in Billions
Projects all over the world
Fat Paychecks and Perks
Multi Cuisine Cafes and Restaurants
Annual Holidays in Swiss and Bahamas
Real Estates roaring in lakhs per sqft
Sensex Soaring the best 10K mark
NRIs- a New Religion of Identity
This is Urban India-World's Back Office

Nill Electricty to Light Homes
Wells void of water to irrigate lands
Too few people to work in fields
Daily Wages which could hardly make the ends meet
Paddy or Vegetable or sugarcane-a reap too less to make a profit
Fertilizer-quite a costly affair to keep up yield
Agri Loans-a distant dream to repay
'Suicide' turning out to be a righteous option.
Farmers- Falling Race in Mass Erosion of Rustic Society
This is Rural India-country's backbone ( untils few years back)


India Shining-At its Crossroads!!

Wednesday 14 March 2007

Not fake for once!




Sometimes it takes a lifetime or even life (read as death)to drive a passion into reality.

On sunday, I saw a documentary on Steve Irwin, the crocodile Hunter who chased his dream unto death.

Very Little did the lucky stingray know, that it touched the heart of a person, one among few denizens who truly beleived Impossible means I 'm Possible.

Crocs- dumbest creatures of earth!!!!...probably thats why they were able to survive for 120 million years on this planet!!!



" taming Crocs"very weird and unrealistic idea!!! ...Is there a better Oxymoron ?

They are not priviledged polar beer or pandas (new stars of aniwood), abt whom humans have suddenly become very compassionate in the mere fear of their extinction(fear is : their grand children cant hunt these creatures like they did)

This idea sounded absurd only until ugly crocklings caught the attention of a exuberant personality who told them they can also make money entertaining humans like monkey or elephants !!!

Crocoseum - a open air theatre for crocs to display their charm!!!...A place where they can consider themselves to be as intellegent as dolphins and spin and dive and dance and win the cheer and applause of crowd gathered.

Looks like building a castle in air? Yes it did for the australian zoo authorities as well...until steve went that extra mile of becoming croc's friend and took some daring steps to bring some of wildest crocs and host them as beauty peagents in the arena of fame.



This must have really agonized other creatures of the sea world of not getting to limelight and a planned assasination was committed by a daring stingray to end his mission.



As nothing comes free of costs, he paid his life as price for his goodwill for crocs..



Only he was stung not his dreams!!!!



Crocs shed tears for their godfather- for once its not fake tears!!!!!



Friday 9 March 2007

Getting old -a curse???


dad and son at dinner table.....
unwilling (read as forceful commitment ) rare mishap for son amidst his busy per/profess life..

most awaited and excited festivity for dilapidated dad...

after exachanging the normal greetings and talking abt the next kit and kiln for few seconds.. there is a void for words amongst the two...... as if stangers from different parts of the world who have nothing common to share and just dropped under one roof by mere chance....

not wanting to waste the little time he gets to spend with son..dad breaks the ice....
pointing to the chicken curry on table

dad: bittu, which one came first....egg or hen??(as if there is nothing else to ask ... to hear his son's sweet voice )

son:.. hen(grrrrrrr...grumbling and fumbling..how dumb could dad get more than this??)

dad: where did the hen come from??

son: egg(god!!!...save me from this craziness......)

dad:where did that egg come from????(as if his ignorance is a bliss to his son)...

the so called conversation continues for 10 times dad asking the same question until son realizes that his head will blow up next second of anger.....

son: STOPPPPPPPP it Dad,...whats this nonsense....i am going thro hell answering ur stupid questions...dont u have a common sense to know this small thing at ur 60's....are u kidding me...and xyz...and xyz...and xyz.......until whole of dad's heart is pierced with sharp nails called words...until son got exhausted and contended with the fire that gobbled out of his mouth....

another voice came into his ears as a savior ...'sir visiting time over....u got to leave the ashram now' and when is just baout to esacape hell..

dad: u asked this question atleast 25 times a day lying on my lap when u were 5 years old!!!!!....

is getting old a curse??????

we pity the departed souls if they are young...poor fella....so unfortunate that he couldnt expereience the happiness of this world for some more time...

they give a smirk high up from sky....u duffer.....u will know that this boon in disguise when u get old......

as bubble is for reputation...so is youth for man's life!!!

Wednesday 7 March 2007

is it really difficult to speak out my mind?


"I have landed"

looks like a prospective hollywood blockbuster title for Mr cruise or Smith to add a feather to their cap of stardom !!

neverthless its my homecoming to share my mind!!!!!!!

Yes..i am yet again joining the bandwagon of present...no..its not the IT world or settling in new country..but to start blogging as I consider it a best way to kill my time and to bore you guys who are already bored and searching for someone else's blog .........i can see a small curve on ur face acknowledging this.

Never have I nurtured or horned my writing skills till now (like writing diarys or scribbling a poem)other than loading my exam papers with words...all the best ways of beating around the bush and tellin the same thing in so many different ways as if it could all make different senses and fetch me that rounded figure to keep my life going......
madras univ zindabad!!!!!!!!......
thank god there is a method of recycling papers otherwise amazon forest would have been depleted by now!!!!!!..

see again i am beating around the bush....if only i am able to discretely recognise what i am trying to blog..as i want it,.short and sweet.. crisp -to the point!!!..like me ..he..he..

Did i want to write about...USA's defiance in iraq ...the so called superpoliceman of the world showing the poor souls of iraq their way to heaven and silently cultivating more jihadees for us to witness more 9/11 and 7/7 s??

or is it about recent row over big brother and shilpa's new image as savior of indian's accomodativeness and cultural strength..

or is it the ever fluctuating stock market abt which i never undestood till now...which shares to buy and when to sell it making a fat profit at someone else's loss....

my conscience says ' oh...common rash!!..everyone now know u r well updated with current affairs with power of internet and there are hundreds of 24 hrs television around the world eyeing for every little news abt all the above mentioned........now make it or break it ..tell everyone what u r writing abt?'


my sweet little conscience doenst undestand that its the same old problem of starting trouble....or is it really diificult to speak out my mind???????

nevermind...there aint much i want to convey either.....its not a polotically motivated speech to attract mass nor a sugar coated love letter to impress some guy so that he falls heads on toes for me......

its all about finding what i want and what i have achieved so far!!!!!!....as simple or complicated as it sounds....... For a journey called 'life' (beleive me ..chevrolet stole this caption from me)...

one thing i beleive in is 'making life more beutiful'..
everyone has a reason for their existance..and everything happens for good...as my dad says 'every crisis is oppurtunity'.....my greatness never lies in not falling at all but rising everytime i fall.......but never quit to b(+) positive coz even blood says so....

i have started this exploration and so u get on board to find out more!!!...