Selfish...Self centered...

Ok... now I am really confused about these words... Anybody who thinks of self becomes selfsih or self centered... Now how is it possible in today's world that we never think of ourselves...
(here I talk about normal human beings)

If you are just not concerned about the other person and trying to hurt by doing ur things just coz u want to do it... May be its right to call these words... But there are times these words are used on People just to make sure they are hurt.. Or to hide the selfishness of the person calling out these words...

Well whatever it might mean.. We all should know when to prioritize our things and when to be considerate of others:)

Some quotes!!!

"Life ends when u stop Dreaming"
- Life begins when u wake up to fulfill ur dreams... But in the meanwhile.. if ur loved ones are away... ur dreams take a backseat.. and u dont enjoy even if u achieve ur dreams...

"Hope ends when you stop Believing"
- Belief is easily broken... So hopes keep ending soon.. but ur loved one has to keep up ,the belief in u ... so that u hope for the best.. and believe in it.

"Love ends when you stop Caring"
- Its not just caring which decides love... There are several factors... If the care shown is not expressed in the right way... Even then Love ends... Reciprocate to ones feelings... If one is angry.. other needs to find the reason.. by discussing.. and not just by keeping quite and saying "I understand" If the person has understood smthing.. then let the other person know of it. If one is not behaving as the usual... try to understand what he/she is trying to make u realize... Even after all this... if the other person lives life in his/her own way... God save them. They will always be in Love... but will they not hesitate in telling each other their feelings??

"Friendship ends when u stop sharing"
- Something which i wouldnt disagree completely, Share joy n sorrow... but share something.. Be frank!!!

The quotes underlined were the ones sent to me by one of my friends as a fwd... The ones below were my reply... This happened months ago... Was searching for one of my mails.. Happened to read this... So thought of posting :)

Diet!!!

Diet..Diet and more Diet...

Diet is supposed to keep u healthy... but I see people dieting just grow thin...
Thats so bad...

One of my cousins, she s damn cute, but then is not slim so she wanted to grow thin and reduce weight... So if thats the case she was supposed to exercise and have a correct and proper diet, which would keep her healthy and help her reduce weight...
Anyway she did a strict diet... and did lose weight too... but then has acidity these days... Has dizziness... So is all this worth all this....

Noon Nap!!!

Continuing on my childhood posts.... Just reminded of a small thing I did as a kid..

I guess I was in the 3rd Std... It was a nice Sunday afternoon.. Had a yummy Bisibele anna with papad and other fries (makes me feel... go back home).. I usually never sleep in afternoons.. So was just playing around with my stuff... Dad was watching some match and later went of to sleep...
I sometimes used to go and comb my mom's hair when she sleeps in afternoon... so i thought y not do it for dad!!!

He was also fine with it...I was there with him for 15-20 mins then went off to my room to play with my stuff... Now after some time the calling bell rang. My dad came to open the door.. It was my neighbour. Uncle had come to return some screwdriver or something like that... But as soon as dad opened the door he was laughing....

Now this is what made him laugh... My dad had a pony tail. not even that... it looked like a fountain on his head... then he had a designer bindi on his forehead... and ofcourse lot of powder too.... He did look like a cartoon :)
Well everybody knew it was my mischief, but they also knew that it was a innocent one... So I did not get any scoldings, no spankings... just laughter :)
But yes after this my dad always made it a point to look into the mirror once he wakes up... esp after a noon nap :)

My childhood days

Was reading Prakash's post on how society has changed... And my whole focus went on kids...

Me as a kid... loved to play... and yes i wasnt picky(but somehow tried to avoid carrom).. outdoor indoor, anything would be fine.
How much I used to run around in the hot sun with all my friends( was in Chennai for 4 years)
how much i loved building castles with mud(this was when i used to play alone)

My bro was just few months old.. so couldnt play with him outside.. but yes I remember how much mom used to pester me to wash my hands legs face befoe i could even touch my bro... He was such a darling ( or delicate darling)... ok ok all kids are.. moreover i dint want to paas on germs to my 6-7 months old baby bro... I used to be so careful... I was so scared to touch him...( what if i hurt him)... I still am scared to touch small kids...

Ok now back to the topic...
We always had a group of atleast 4, so we could play so many things... My immediate neighbours and friends, were elder to me...I never called those 2 akka or anna though... they taught me badminton... They never let me lose hope (i have a big starting problem)
We used to play cricket, though she dint like it all other friends had no probs so we used to play... And sometimes we used to play Monopoly ( or business in those times).. We used to sit near the gate and play...Our neighbour aunty used to come n tell us to go inside and sit in shade.... in that case we used to go under a tree or so.. We liked to be outside... Going inside means... anytime moms could say "Study......" and we never liked those words " I still dont like" and dont tell bro also, unless I want to watch my channel **wicked**

Ok I deviated again from the topic and i wrote a lot.... So let me try to write on that topic some other time...

Friends...

Ok... now this is really bad... Past 5 mins I have this page open, trying to type something atleast...

Just remembering about the initial days when we joined the company... we were a big group of 15-16.... We used to have nice fun daily...Even for lunch, all of used to go together and join 3-4 tables in the foodcourt and keep pulling each otherr's leg. Having fun....

Now as time passed by, people have gone far away to places.. Few in India, few in US, few in UK... But distance shouldn't come between friends... But then along with that the feelings have also changed... Now we no longer have the same friendship...

Its just become the hi-bye, how r u I am fine kind of acknowledging stuff :)
But I am happy that even though we dont have the same friendship, atleast we are still in position that we recognize each other.. and acknowledge each other.. and when we actually sit n talk we go back to those good old days... and its nice to know that they also relish those moments...

Well started writing something, ended up with something else...
Anyways...

Friendship is a like a thread of pearls... Everybody is a pearl... But we just need to make sure the thread doesnt break... What if one of the pearls gets lost...

Happy Valentines Day

Picture courtesy: Internet (dont remember the site)

Life so sweet n innocent...

Last weekend, just went to do my Laundry... Near that place is the tennis court, basket ball court...

I saw 2 kids playing there..with their dad. Wow!!! it was such an amazing sight... Just remembered the moments, when me dad and bro played cricket... It was fun.. :)

Even before, when my bro was too small.... dad taught me chess, checkers, carom.... Used to hate carom - still do... Dad always used to hit nice shots.. and I could never.. I even had the exception of using thumb backwards....But I was too bad at it too... :)
But Chess and checkers were a little better... Atleast I used to win a few times... Dad never used that she is young so let her win.. So if I won it was a real win :)

As time went by, I got more friends..so used to go out and play with them...but some Sundays used to pester dad to play with me. Inspite of his hectic week, he never complained that he needed rest [I do it sometimes, when mom tells me to do some cooking ;) ]

He used to help me out in Maths sometimes.. :), but I never got a spanking from my Dad...

These days, me n bro trying to teach him internet... comp games...he n dad try to do this racing stuff... Poor dad he doesn't win, but he is happy that bro is all smiles coz of his victory....
Sometimes me n Bro start off with Age of Empires... Bro does all the playing, me there to give him suggestion (sometimes orders too :)

Oh I miss all these so much... Life so sweet n innocent...

Happy Valentines Day Dad!!!

A trip to remember

Always seen on TV... people skiing...wow looks so wonderful.... The white slopes and people just zooming in the slopes... Makes u feel so jealous..
And what better way to solve this jealousy, than go an a trip for skiing.. :)



So off we went to ski in Gatlinburg. [the skiing place was Ober Gatlinburg]
After so many yes and no, to go or not to go... We finally decided to go on Saturday evening and go skiing on Sunday and then back home...



Four of us were supposed to do the driving, but then policies said under 25 years, we had to pay $25/day... and 2 of us were under 25, so only 2 people were going to drive the car...[ I was not one of the drivers :( ]



We started around 5.30 or 6 finally from Macon... We had a lot of CDs with us so the journey went on with a lot of songs... then talking then teasing... then phone calls... On the whole the car was packed with people going on and on and on and on and on................. Ofcourse there are exceptions.. So at few moments there was silence from a few people.. we were having a nice time on the trip, by 10.30 we were feeling very hungry... So went to Pizza Hut!!! But then it was closed. We thought we would go to the lodge..eat bread and khakra and go to sleep.



After a fantastic sleep till 7, woke up and got ready with excitement... Came out and it looked so beautiful.. The cars were covered all white with Snow!!! It was such a beauty... We put all our stuff in the trunk.. It was again Snowing.. Soft Snowfall.. like drizzling when it rains... :)... It feels so wonderful when those tiny white balls fall on u...



All of us were all set to go and ski... We knew it would be difficult, but then had hopes that after a little bit of practice we would be able to go on top and ski from there... like how we see in movies[now, dunno about the rest but I surely felt this way :) ]



We reached the place from where we were supposed to take a tram up to the skiing place pretty soon.... We were all set with our costumes gloves, woolen caps... and what not!!!
Ok by costumes I meant the ski pants and the jackets... we obviously cant ski in jeans (we dint want to die of cold)



It was beautiful from the top, I just wondered what if the cord which held the tram just broke off (yeah!!yeah!! Pessimistic I know)... Took some beautiful pictures from the tram.... and yes finally landed safely to the part from where we would ski :)



Yippee!!! Yippee!! Finally We would be skiing!!!
Now was the turn for getting our ski equipments and to buy tickets :). We filled out a few forms and bought the tickets and off we went to get our equipment...



The shoes... they looked so big and heavy.. and they were really big n heavy!!! Wore them and felt as if somebody had tied up a heavy rock to my legs :)
We got our ski s and then off we went to the locker room where we could keep all our extra luggage... We changed and all of us looked so different... So much packed, a water proof ski pant, a jacket, woolen cap, leather gloves... only place left uncovered was our face :)



Off we went to the ski learning school with all this heavy equipment....It was a small wait... and then finally we went into the snow... :)
By now we had played in snow, throwing snowballs at each other etc....



The instructor [was bad :( according to me] showed us how to insert our shoes into the ski...and the basic things as to how we need to slide and how we need to walk(cant imagine how are we supposed to walk with those heavy stuff)



After that we started sliding and obviously started falling... We fell... nice to fall on the snow... but then how to get up, it was so difficult... Someone had to come and separate our shoes and the ski board.... and then again fix it up slide n fall... After 2 years...oops I meant 2 hrs (seemed like years to me) we just sat on the ice... and played in the ice for a while... and then decided.. .time to go... No more energy for skiing.. rather falling :)



Once we were out of our costumes, it felt like heaven :)...By now we were so hungry.. Had lunch there and were looking at the ice skating going on... We wanted to go there too... but were too tired to experiment on anything else... :) We then came back in the tram towards our car... and then started for the return journey...



And while we were just about to take the exit we happened to see helicopter rides... We did the helicopter ride... It was for 4 mins but it was amazing!!! The take off and landing were just too good...



It was fun... while coming back... we were teasing each other... remembering all those moments on the ice.... how we fell.. what we did... We were shouting,singing,dancing in the car.... It was fun... It was as if a nice ending to our nice trip. We had a dinner stop at Atlanta... went to Saravana Bhavan there had idlis,vada,uttapam... yummy dinner.. and we were off to Home Sweet Home....



We were just left with one thought... After such a wonderful day "Why do we have to go to office tom???????"

Tagged...My Mr.Perfect

I knew this tag would make way to my Blog from someone... And had a feeling that it would be from Smy.. :)

So now on to the tag ....

1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points of their perfect lover
2. Need to mention the sex of the target
3. Tag another 8 victims to join this game and leave a comment on their comments saying they
have been tagged

Ok.. Sex of the target.. is obviously male.. :)

Now to the point...oops now to 8 points...

1. Understand me...and who thinks my family is as good as his family and both together becomes our family...
2. I am very talkative... so he needs to have a lot of patience to listen to my blabber any time :)
3. Should give me a lot of attention... I am a pampered girl :)
4. When he talks to me pleasently.. I should feel like Girl in the fantasy land...
5. When he scolds... should feel like I am a small kid, who has done a small mistake...
6. When he is pacifying me... I can behave like a pampered kid
7. About looks... well I dont want him to be the most handsome guy... and neither like a villan... He should suit me :).. rather we should suit each other.. :)
8. Most importantly trust me always... Trust is mutual.. So we need to trust each other :)

Now these a few points about my Mr. Perfect... Now I already have my man in life... He may not be perfect but surely satisfies the above 8... For me he is just too good for me... :)

Now the time to pass this on...
Well I first thought y pass it on... but then come on its finally upto them to do it

So here goes the tag list
Raj
Seema
Viv
Archana
Srini
Neel
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RDB - Rang De Basanti

Mind Blowing movie... Just loved it.... Loved everything about the movie...
I would say its a must watch...
Even though u have Aamir Khan (my fav) he doesnt overshadow anyone...
Everybody is just so wonderful... Everybody has equal roles.. and they do it so wonderfully...

Patriotism in a different way... It was nice to see the transformation in the characters as the movie goes on... Til the end they have the fire going!!!
It was just gr8 :)

Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho

Just listening to "Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho... Kya gham hai jo chupa rahe ho"
seems so true....

We keep smiling outside...sometimes for others sometimes for self...We all have a mask...dont we...
But how long do we do this??? We need a person with whom we dont have to mask our feelings....
Just be what u are... U dont have to be happy just for anyone's sake....
If u r happy be happy...if sad be so..but cheer up later....
If u cant find a person outside,find the person within u...Spend sometime with urself... get off the frustration....
Go get the world with a fresh mind...:)

PS: I am in a fine mood....just heard the song and felt so...

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Update:

Sheesha ho ya dil ho aakhir toot jaata hai....

So my thoughts on this -
Aise dil na todo kisi ka...ki woh dil sur sheeshe ko ek hi samjhe...
Kuch to lehaaz karo.. dil hai woh sheesha nahi....

Me n my blog!!! how far we have come!!!

I just finished 1 whole year of blogging...

I started blogging just like that...No intensions of pouring out my emotions or anything like that... coz i already had my diary for that....

One of my school friends - Kashy.... just sent me a link saying read this... I read it...felt it was nice and just left it at that...

The second time he wrote something he had come to my office and opened the web page for me....

I read it I liked it....

But this time I did something I hadnt done before...

Saw at the rightmost corner of the blog page... [Next blog].... That was the first time I did bloghopping....

Then I came back to his blog... and then again saw another tab..... [Get your own blog]...

I thought y not try it...

So i created my blog and left it....

Then one day.. I was at office on a Sat... I wanted to do something other than work... I had a nightmare the previous night.. So thougth y not write a mail to my friends about the nightmare...

I just finished the mail... and thought y not post it on the blog.... So did a nice Ctrl-C and a wonderful Ctrl-V.....

And then clicked Publsh.... And yes my first ever Post on my first ever blog was published.....

My First Post

Then I sent my blog link to my friends...(though none of them remember that i have a blog now... except a few).... Then started my journey of blogging... Initially I was doubtful if I could write where so many other people could read about my feelings... But then initially it was just me who read my posts.. so just wrote what ever came to my mind... Good or Bad...Whether somebody could understand or not.. Just dint matter....

My Journey to other blogs....

Since I was new to this world... I used to just do blog hopping... Used to Visit Kashy's blog but he never updated his blog.... But then just happened to view his profile... And there I saw 2 more names... Neel and Keyur....

Jumped on to Neel's Blog... So was a frequent visitor to his blog....

Then slowly went to Dheepak's Blog.... There got a list of other Indian Bloggers....

Following the comments of people on his blog... went to each person's blog.....

One of them was Neels (Neelima)... was amazed by her Alochana....

Went to Smy..'s Blog... Was impressed with the White Tiger background... and loved the way she was Celebrating Life!!!!

Went to Raj's Blog... Smile thats the motto of his blog... So always went to his blog with a smile... [he's the one who taught me how to upload pics]

Somu's Scribbling Pad... filled with wonderful poems..and little sweet instances....so easy to understand....Loved ur Scribblings...

Karthik's Photos... Wonderful and natural... (urged me to somehow learn how to upload pics to my blog)

Vivhyd....saying Everybody is somebody...was really fascinatd by the Niagra falls pictures on his blog...

Visithra's .. there wasnt any blog.. but always wonderful thigns to read about... :)

These were the first ones to comment on my blog... and luckily still do :)

As time went by.. I went to so many blogs... And people started coming to mine...

Srini, Archana, Akshay, Amit, Akanksha, Nupur, Deepa, Seema, Ahaan, Neha and ..... the list goes on n on...

Though my list doesnt have all the blogs that I visit.. I plan to update it pretty soon.. :)
I hope to continue and reach another year....

Thanks all !!!

Just Write or....!!!!

Had called up home to ask mom about some reciepe... She was at my uncles' place today... So had called up there...
There was a small get together going on.... I spoke to all my cousins, uncles and aunts there... It was so nice... They were all telling me that they were missing me... Even for New year i used to organize the get together at our place.. This time they dint have that too... I asked my uncle y dint u do it... He said... "U r not there.. it wont be that much fun without u"... I used to make everyone sing dance play games it used to be fun.. Today also I could hear all the voices at the background...I was missing all that...
One of my cousins asked me "So when r u coming back" ... I said dunno... He asked "U want to???" I replied sometimes I feel like running back but sometimes I want to enjoy my time here too... So its 50-50 :) Its not everyday that I get a chance to be here... and when given a chance I want to enjoy it to the fullest...

After the call... Made breakfast then me n roomies had lot of fun chatting, then watched a movie "Down to Earth"..nice sweet movie..
Well the previous night we slept very late at 5.30 AM... we had lot of fun yday... Had been to Atlanta.
We planned to go to Hare Krishna Temple yday.. but lost our way and landed in Shakti Mandir.. Had prasad there (that was our lunch too)... then went to Coca cola factory in Atlanta... Well if anybody plans to go there.. I would say u can easily skip it... Dint find anything in there...
Outside the temperature was nearly 32F or even less.. and we were freezing...

After coke factory we went to watch Hindi Movie... Bluffmaster... Now this is a nice movie... Hilarious... It keeps u going til the end... And I loved it... Abhishek Bachan was excellent... Priyanka Chopra... well no comments about her... Ritesh was good... He does well in Comedy roles is my analysis.. :) then went to Indian Mall.. Had a nice vada and Masala Dosa..
After all this one hot cup of coffee...
Then back home by 12 and spoke till 5.30 :)


And now I am downloading songs and listening to them.. I want some sites where I can download Indian Songs in mp3 format...
Also, I am cleaning up my room today :)


Ok... now ppl I dont know in what order I wrote what... If u r not able to connect 2 sentences to each other... Dont mind... My mind in this mood today.. .Write as things come to mind...

Optimistic or no!!!

This is something like a sequel to my previous post...

Well in that post i had good and not so good moments of life... Hapiness n Sorrow...Enthusiasm and boredom...

But it still seemed more like a post where i was sad (well I wasnt)
It was just to reflect mood swings of mine....and I am sure so many others too...

Even if I read somewhere I might think maybe she isnt feeling that good...but its not always like that....

It was just nice and not so nice feelings cropping up at equal time periods... and a certain frequency... :)

Confused!!!

One whole week got over...
This week went so fast or so I felt...

All of a sudden I feel so happy... All of a sudden I feel sad...Suddenly there is excitement and enthusiasm in life... and at one time there is boredom...

Happy New Year!!!

Past is Past think about the future....
And what better time to think about future than the New year.....



Forget the bitter past... Learn from experiences... Make future pleasent... :)
Cherish the wonderful times in Past...Never forget those times :)

Well about new year resolutions...
I just have one.. Make life more interesting... Be Good and Do good....

My Trip to Chattanooga

We had 4 days of holidays for Christmas... We planned for a 2 day trip to Chattanooga.
This is a place in Tennesse.... Quite near to my place... Just 3 hrs from my place...

These are few pics....

At one of the steepest railway stations



Water falls at Rock City



Peak of the Rock City... Also called 'Lover's Leap'



Within the caves... Formations of the caves



Ruby Falls.... This is an underground falls... Around 260 ft below the ground...



Details on the trip later.....

Just an update.. My driving is going on pretty fine :)

Google!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok...I might be very slow.... or not in pace with whats happenning around me in the internet world....
I just created my personalized google web page.... Its cool I liked the concept of this....

And I am waiting for it to be evening.... have 4 days holiday.... Yippee!!!!!!!!!

My first Long Drive!!!

Been so long since I have updated my blog with posts...
Well life has been quite busy these days...

And yes... not much happening too... Just wanted to post today...

Oh ya!!! I got my driver's license... and yday we had been to Atlanta...(1.5 - 2 hrs from my place)... And i drove till there.... It was good... My first long drive... and it was amazing...

I was a little happy a little scared... Had never driven a car before coming here... and now driving in 70 mph with so much traffic.... was a little scary.... But slowly got used to it... It kind of gets monotonous but then sometimes feels good....

This is just the begining... :) I hope to do a lot more driving... not just to atlanta... but to go around nearby places too...

I have 4 days of holiday for christmas... but no plans as of yet...
Hope to go to some nearby places.... Lets see.. what happens....

Smokey Trip Part-III

Very late - dint find time to complete the story.. so here is the concluding part :)
For better understanding u might want to read all three parts together :)

Smokey1
Smokey2



After our Adventure on Saturday... we wanted to enjoy to our level best on Sunday... We had plans of going to Blue Ridge Parkway, but then we thought instead we will go to top of Smokey Mountains to get a nice view (of being on top of the huge mountains)



We started around 11 from our cabin (that was our check out time...) and then headed towards..the Smokey National Park...then went towards the tower... On the way we stopped number to places for the view points... The view from there was just amazing.. We tried to capture everything in our cameras... But nature is always best viewed naturally... We enjoyed each and every view point...



Finally reached the point where we had to climb to reach the peak point...We had to climb a steep (not that much) path to reach the point... We made our climb a bit easier by stopping by and taking photos... and looking at the scenary...Sometimes it felt..."Oh God!!! How much more should I climb" but then just turning around...looking at the beauty... it would just encourage more to reach the top....
Reaching the top we just had to climb a circular tower.... Here is where we could get the 360 degree view :)



And after reaching there.... Wow it was just so wonderful... "Top of the Smokies" Small hills around....Mountains around.... However far u look just see mountains n mountains... Wow it was so much worth the climb.... :D
We were there for around 15 mins... Then started to come down.... Again we stopped at so many points... to enjoy the scenic beauty...

Finally we started off back home at 3.00 PM. And reached home around 10.00 PM all tired and sleepy.