Diary of a baby

15th jun :- I got attached with ovary
17th jun :- I’m a tissue now
30 Jun :- Mom said to dad, “ You’re going to be a father”
MOM AND DAD ARE VERY HAPPY
15th Sept :- I Can feel my heartbeat
14oct :- I have Little hands, legs head and a stomach.
13Nov :- Today i was in a Ultra scan
WOW ! I m a girl
14Nov : I was DEAD!
My mom and dad Killed me.
WHY?
Is it just Because I was a girl?
People love to have a Mother , A Wife, and of course a girlfriend too
Then why not a daughter !!!

“SAVE GIRL CHILD”

I read this on the wall of my friends in facebook and thought of sharing this on my site.

Something to ponder!




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New beginnings

The Koru, a Maori Symbol for New Life, Growth, Strength and Peace

There’s an old adage “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going”

We sometimes lead a life which is not what we really need but often are tempted to go with the flow of it. Sometimes things come easily and you tend to accept them as what they are. You don’t really care what made you get them.

What if you had done things any differently?
What if I tried to play around my life a bit?
What change would you have got around you, had you take a slight deviation in your thoughts or actions?

I have so many issues with what I had in the past. How come I didn’t bring any change in my life?
How come I accepted boredom as my soulmate?

Yes the monies are great but is that the only thing I am striving for? Can I strike a balance between happiness and prosperity?

I am not talking about resolutions here. I am talking about real life situations.
I mean what was I doing in the first place?

While at office
As an NRI, I have been mostly in the Mideastern shores. I have seen the same boring space. All are away from their homeland and miss being home. We all want to go back but rarely take any step towards it. The same constant bickering. Same work. No change. Same boring clients. Same problems. Same stereotypes in office and with clients. Same lunch breaks. And that yearly holidays where there was a constant run for sorting issues be it monetary or personal. And once the vacation was over fly back across the sea and reach your boring rented apartments. And then back to office.

While at home
Well. Same stuff. This doesn’t change much really. Whether you are based anywhere. So while it is not really boring… I don’t know what I’d like? Seriously, the chaos, the madness that you have at home is actually a part of you. It’s what makes your life interesting since you chose to get involved in that. I’d do nothing to change it any bit.

I don’t think I can accept any such boring and stereotypical jobs.
I want a change. Something that will change my life forever.

It may take a while for me to settle down in that new avatar but hey, that’s ok. Atleast I’ll not be under any dimwit who knows no shit about what he/ she’s talking but trying to get me to their sides by forcing me on various issues. I want to be away from that.

I want the best. I want to be the best. I will not compromise. I don’t give a damn what it is. I don’t care for a rat’s ass where it would lead me to.

I want to start something new.
I want to start right from scratch.
I want to start from a new place.
I need a change.
I am off with boredom and boring bosses.

I want my work to speak for itself. I don’t really know what this is leading me into. But I want to try it. Not for me but for my family and the people around me.

Coz’ tomorrow when I look back, I’d be happy that I took a different road.
I don’t belong to the herd. I want to be heard.

I need a new lease of life.

I want a new beginning

And it is Right here. Right now!

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Life is what you make it

Let me tell you a story.
A situation that I have actually witnessed during my growing years. I have seen enough such stories around me but this one remains fresh in my mind even today!

There was this guy quite the prosperous kind. He had a great job, lovely kids, a decent house and of course a loving wife. They were one big, happy and contented family.
But there was one problem.
This guy was an incurable alcoholic.
Then something suddenly happened!!!

Let me narrate you another story running in parallel
There was this guy of a more prosperous kind. He had a good job, lovely kids, a decent house and of course a loving wife. He was always based out of the country earning supposedly well. They too were one big, happy and contented family.
But there was one more guy in the family. Who used to take care of the family in the absence of the father. He was quite an old man
The wife had some health problems
Then something suddenly happened!!!

In story1; the guy fell off the train and like a pack of dominoes I saw the entire family falling apart. It’s one sad ending that I will always remember as life’s one lesson!

In story2; the mom dies. The kids are stranded. The father still has to hold on to his job. He couldn’t be with the kids. The old man finally takes care of the kids and hold them together. Raises them well

What do we learn from these two stories?
Yes, life is a bitch and a worse one. There’s no doubt about it. It’s like that black soot that goes into each nook and corner of your body and makes u weak within. You just cant escape life. You have to face it.
And while you do, you have to be either strong or give into it. This exactly what happened with the people in story1 and story2. While the people in story1 inhaled all the soot they can… the people in story2 wore masks and in their own way fought life.

I can’t remember a single person alive in story1 but the people in story2 survived, settled and live life in their own terms. They fought. They had a guiding angel. And for the sake of argument one person in story1 could have been a guide for this family but they chose otherwise.

If you give into life… you succumb to everything. I wish atleast the people around them were supportive enough which could have diverted their chain of events. Actually that’s the problem with our society. We pass judgement too quickly and our conclusions are more quicker than our understanding of the situations. If only, the family sat together and put their issues in front of them.

Let me ask you two Questions

Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.

Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.
Here are the facts about the three candidates. Who would you vote for?

Candidate A
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist. He’s had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C
He is a decorated war hero. He’s a vegetarian, doesn’t smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be our choice?

Here are the answers…
Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill .
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:

If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.

Life is what you make of it. And successful people are those who stand tall even in all adversities…

Go on… have a great life. You are truly blessed to have one!

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Start something new

So?
Had a tough day in office?
Boss’s attitude is bad is it? He’s not what he used to be…
Old times were better is it?
You best friend, colleague was just fired is it?
No bonuses this year?
No increments too?
You received your month’s salary late is it?
And what about your promotion promises?

How many such cases we have seen right in front of our eyes.

You are planning a sober year is it?

I know, I too rocked and rolled last year. But lessons well learnt this year…

You know what tough times are ahead. Nothing’s gonna come to you. You will have to go and seek them out. All on your own. Times are not what it was like before. I am hearing more sad stories than ever. If one gets going easily for the next few years he’s done it. That’s the situation these days.

You are given an hour maximum to wind up, gather yourself and leave the cubicle… Do they know what goes on in the mind of the employee? Do they care in first place? Ok, our next 2-3 months are secured as a favor by the company… but you know what that’s just a blink and miss and bingo! You have many days left at the end of the money!

You also have had your fair share of searches both with the employers and the people who source out prospects for them… It’s a different story altogether and we will dwell with those issues later.

When nothing seem to work out… something is being planned for you. Consciously or unconsciously… It surely does. That’s the cycle of life. We all have seen the worst of situations but why not search for that ray of hope?

Learn to use your traits. See what you are good at. Find a partner with whom you can jam with. Write a new story. Create a new chapter. Explore the side which you were always reluctant. Hear what you want deep inside.

Plan your actions well. Prepare your mind ahead. Train yourself for the worst (You have seen enough by now!) Pray a lot.

Seek. Dig deep. Bring out your best self. For a change let your heart do the talking.

This 2012… Start something new.

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My digital dilemma

I am a gadget freak.
A music lover.
Crazy about movies.
Awesome photography charges me up.
So does great ads…

And yet to get used to reading e-books

Why am I saying all this?

Well I have almost three-four TB (Terrabytes) worth of data. Movies, music, ads, images and the works. I want to expand more… Have more data on western series (Lost, 24, Dexter, Mad Men etc etc… God why does this list go on and on?) I am also on the lookout for great NGC (National geographic) images. World cinema haunts me. Coz there’s nothing better than watching such finely crafted movies…

But I have an issue. While I understand technology, the minimal space it encapsulates, the speed it delivers and the unsurpassed quality that it promises… It has it’s own share of problems…

I usually sit on a weekend night with my drive attached to my laptop and keep searching for my fave company be it a good thriller, horror, drama or some wonderful world cinema… what it does is that it takes time for me to get used to the storyline and hence I end up watching, skipping, searching, watching, skipping… the movies all over again! I keep doing this and by that time I realize I am already two hours ahead of time and there’s very little time left for me for watch anything of my choice…

Technology has really spoilt myself with choices like these. The collection keeps multiplying every week and I end up buying yet another external hard drive six months later to accommodate the ever increasing titles. Just as it has increased my film viewing habits since now I have a wide collection to choose from, it has also increased my confusion and I am yet to figure out a way out of this madness.

I was very happy during the early days… I was happy with my VCR and magnetic tapes (cassettes) collection. Atleast I stopped buying stuff when the shelf was overflowing… I also used to see/ hear almost all of the them over and over again. They all were well utilized. There were no issues of data being stored somewhere and me searching them till eternity!

During my times in Middleast when I was just starting to earn better than before, I used to buy a CD almost everyday! Yeah, everyday! It was like coffee for me. Like brushing my teeth in the morning. Like having a bath… that normal. Something that I used to do everyday. This almost continued unstopped for almost a year and a half. By the time I saw my shelf raining with CDs I shifted gears to iPOD. iPOD helped me to consolidate all my songs into a digital format and lo! My music collection alone ran into some 30,000 songs… that ran into some 28 days non-stop music (On iTunes if you add songs more than 10K it will display the total running time of these songs in hours and days!) I had all the collection in the world but would always listen to an RD or may be ARR or maybe REM and maximum a Coldplay or Dire Straits…

Digital collections surely helped us get all that we want.
But do we need this?
Do we really have the time for all this?

It’s a good ego massage to say I have this and that… and for all we know, it will just lie in some corner of your shelf that doesn’t even exist. And when it does, you are again generations ahead with some new technology that you don’t really need but want so desperately!

Sometimes you are stacked up so much that you don’t feel hungry.

I guess our digital dilemmas are something like that.


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