Grandma sayings:
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies, food and "FUN"
There's no place like home except Grandma's
Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies
Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.
A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart
This is the best line to define a grand parent: -
"Grandma & Grandpa always made you feel they had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete"
Miss you dada dadi... wish you were here beside me but i am sure you looking after Del & me (she is the best is'nt she ;)) Ihope I have made you proud till date, won't dissapoint tin the future as well.. Miss your pink shirt and strap ons dada........
Nana Nani you are the best grandparents a child could ask for, love you a lot miss you both trmendously miss the smell of your house... miss your warm pat on the back or that warm hug and eve nthat occasional shout.... I did not realise how fast I grew.. :) but i am always 'your nanllo shazu'.. :) MISS YOU LOVE YOU BOTH
(Del please read the above to nana nani as and when you can)
And this i write specially for a grand ma i wish i had known and spent more time with. Dear Mumma (del if i recall you used to call her Mumma right) I am sure that you are watching over us with love and affection.. do not worry Del is a precious angel and I will give her the smae love and affection you showed.. I wish i could have recieved the same... but i am sure the strength you bestow upon us now will help us make you proud and keep you happy always... Love you
And to all the grandparents out there WE LOVE & MISS YOU TREMENDOUSLY
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Hu Ha's of life......
1. Don't compare your self with anyone in'the world.... You only insulting yourself
2. No locksmith manufactures a lock without a key... So why do we believe god gives us only problems and no solution... chill the solutions will come by
3. Life laughs at your face when you are sad and unhappy.... But when you are HAPPY it laughs with you.. and most importantly it stands up and SALUTES YOU WHEN YOU SPREAD THAT SMILE
4. Evey successful person has a pain full story to tell and every pain full story has a success full ending... SO ACCEPT THE PAIN AND GET READY FOR WHATS COMING YOUR WAY
5. It is easy to say "YOU ARE WRONG" its difficult to bow down and say "IT'S MY FAULT"... But remember it is easier to protect your feet with Shoes / Slippers than to cover the earth with a carpet
6. No one can go back and change a BAD beginning...But you can always start now and CREATE A SUCCESS FULL ENDING
7. If every problem has a solution (point 2) then why do we worry about it.. AND if we still feel there is no solution it then WHAT'S THE USE OF WORRYING..
8. If an opportunity goes by don't fill those itsi bitsi eyes with tears.... who knows you you might be blinding yourself against an even better opportunity floating gently bye
9. "CHANGING THE FACE" can change nothing BUT "FACING THE CHANGE" can change everything
10. Don't Complaint about others change yourself if you want peace
11. Mistakes are pain full when they happen.... But years later when you collect them all its called EXPERIENCE which leads to success
12. Be BOLD WHEN YOU LOOSE & CALM WHEN YOU WIN...
Quote of life:-
" HEATED GOLD BECOMES AN ORNAMENT BEATEN COPPER BECOMES WIRES DEPLETED STONE BECOMES A STATUTE WEATHERED MOTHER NATURE BECOMES GORGEOUS SCENIC BEAUTY.... SO THE MORE PAIN YOU GET IN LIFE YOU BECOME MORE VALUABLE"
2. No locksmith manufactures a lock without a key... So why do we believe god gives us only problems and no solution... chill the solutions will come by
3. Life laughs at your face when you are sad and unhappy.... But when you are HAPPY it laughs with you.. and most importantly it stands up and SALUTES YOU WHEN YOU SPREAD THAT SMILE
4. Evey successful person has a pain full story to tell and every pain full story has a success full ending... SO ACCEPT THE PAIN AND GET READY FOR WHATS COMING YOUR WAY
5. It is easy to say "YOU ARE WRONG" its difficult to bow down and say "IT'S MY FAULT"... But remember it is easier to protect your feet with Shoes / Slippers than to cover the earth with a carpet
6. No one can go back and change a BAD beginning...But you can always start now and CREATE A SUCCESS FULL ENDING
7. If every problem has a solution (point 2) then why do we worry about it.. AND if we still feel there is no solution it then WHAT'S THE USE OF WORRYING..
8. If an opportunity goes by don't fill those itsi bitsi eyes with tears.... who knows you you might be blinding yourself against an even better opportunity floating gently bye
9. "CHANGING THE FACE" can change nothing BUT "FACING THE CHANGE" can change everything
10. Don't Complaint about others change yourself if you want peace
11. Mistakes are pain full when they happen.... But years later when you collect them all its called EXPERIENCE which leads to success
12. Be BOLD WHEN YOU LOOSE & CALM WHEN YOU WIN...
Quote of life:-
" HEATED GOLD BECOMES AN ORNAMENT BEATEN COPPER BECOMES WIRES DEPLETED STONE BECOMES A STATUTE WEATHERED MOTHER NATURE BECOMES GORGEOUS SCENIC BEAUTY.... SO THE MORE PAIN YOU GET IN LIFE YOU BECOME MORE VALUABLE"
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Pencil Story
In the Begining the pencil maker spoke to the pencil and told him that if he needed to survive in the world he needed to remember 5 key points:-
1. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO MANY GREAT THING S BUT ONLY IF YOU REMEMBER TO LET YOURSELF BE HELD IN SOMEONE ELSE'S HAND
2. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A PAIN FULL SHARPENING FROM TIME TO TIME BUT THIS IS REQUIRED IF YOU ARE TO BECOME A BETTER PENCIL
3. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CORRECT ANY MISTAKE YOU MAKE
4. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOU WILL BE WHAT'S INSIDE
5. NO MATTER WHAT Condition YOU MUST ALWAYS LEAVE A CLEAR, LEGIBLE MARK NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT THE SITUATION
Having heard this the pencil understood and promised his maker he would be the best pencil ever...
hmmmm.... interesting 5 points don't you think.. Now lets replace the pencil by us humans....
1. We as humans are quite cab bale of doing great things but only if we let other humans have access to us for the various qualities we posses after all the "NO BIRD SOARS TOO HIGH IF HE SOARS WITH HIS OWN 2 WINGS"
2. We do experience a painful sharpening from time to time by going through various problems in life but think of it each painful blow if treated in the right makes you a stronger and better person doesn't?
3. We not perfect we do make mistakes and we and only we have the ability to rectify them.. DO WE??
4. The most important part of us is how we are on the inside after all beauty is only skin deep...
5. And last on every surface we walk we must leave a mark no matter what the situation we must look ahead..
So i guess we all are like our everyday pencil Aren't we? We are all here for a purpose some find it some don't.. FOR those who don't its important how we leave a mark behind.. how people reembark us once we shut our eyes forever.. You may not be the richest man or the strongest or even the best looking.. you may be just another pebble o the road but we al lcan leave a mark on this world its all if we choose too....
1. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO MANY GREAT THING S BUT ONLY IF YOU REMEMBER TO LET YOURSELF BE HELD IN SOMEONE ELSE'S HAND
2. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A PAIN FULL SHARPENING FROM TIME TO TIME BUT THIS IS REQUIRED IF YOU ARE TO BECOME A BETTER PENCIL
3. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CORRECT ANY MISTAKE YOU MAKE
4. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOU WILL BE WHAT'S INSIDE
5. NO MATTER WHAT Condition YOU MUST ALWAYS LEAVE A CLEAR, LEGIBLE MARK NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT THE SITUATION
Having heard this the pencil understood and promised his maker he would be the best pencil ever...
hmmmm.... interesting 5 points don't you think.. Now lets replace the pencil by us humans....
1. We as humans are quite cab bale of doing great things but only if we let other humans have access to us for the various qualities we posses after all the "NO BIRD SOARS TOO HIGH IF HE SOARS WITH HIS OWN 2 WINGS"
2. We do experience a painful sharpening from time to time by going through various problems in life but think of it each painful blow if treated in the right makes you a stronger and better person doesn't?
3. We not perfect we do make mistakes and we and only we have the ability to rectify them.. DO WE??
4. The most important part of us is how we are on the inside after all beauty is only skin deep...
5. And last on every surface we walk we must leave a mark no matter what the situation we must look ahead..
So i guess we all are like our everyday pencil Aren't we? We are all here for a purpose some find it some don't.. FOR those who don't its important how we leave a mark behind.. how people reembark us once we shut our eyes forever.. You may not be the richest man or the strongest or even the best looking.. you may be just another pebble o the road but we al lcan leave a mark on this world its all if we choose too....
Monday, August 25, 2008
“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm.”
I was reading up on the net and I stub bled upon this article By: Molly Stranahan.
For those of you don't know Molly Stanahan is a Psy.D., who uses a synthesis of life’s teachings, including her training and personal and professional experiences, to help people make choices that lead to happier, healthier, more-fulfilling lives. She received a doctorate in psychology from Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology in 1996.
She has defined 25 resolutions to attain happiness and they are so true.. I am just highlighting the steps she has written about. For further details do read http://soulfulliving.com/learned_so_far.htm
1. I will make happiness a worthy goal, for achieving it is entirely within my power.
2. I will use my feelings to tell me when things aren’t working for me.
3. I will let go of what I cannot change: other people, the past, the future.
4. I will focus on what I can change--my thoughts, beliefs, expectations, and behavior, which will change how I feel.
5. I will appreciate the moment.
6. I will focus on what I have so that I experience abundance, remembering that unhappy people focus on what they want, and they feel deprived.
7. I will be grateful.
8. I will believe that all people are equally valuable and worthy by virtue of being human, and that makes me valuable and worthy.
9. I will accept others as they are: valuable, love able, unique and worthwhile.
10. I will stop assuming I know what others think and feel.
11. I will not judge others (or myself) because it is harsh and destructive.
12. I will let go of my Shoulds.
13. I will remember that other people’s actions are almost always about them, not about me.
14. I will communicate, ask questions and listen.
15. I will be curious.
16. I will lower my expectations.
17. I will remember that “being human” means being imperfect and making mistakes. And that’s all right.
18. I will take chances. I will be bold and take a stand.
19. I will live my values.
20. I will remind myself that “I don’t know” is a good answer.
21. I will listen to my body.
22. I will remember to breathe. Really breathe.
23. I will get enough sleep.
24. I will remember that if I ask for what I want and accept what I receive, I will get what I need.
25. “Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm.” I will live by this motto.
HAPPY LIVING :)
Learning through the ages
I foud this article on the net.. and its so true and i thought i would share it wtih all you guys...
"Age 5 I learnt I like my teacher because she cries when we sing "Silent Night."
Age 6 I learnt our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either.
Age 7 I learnt when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back
Age 9 I learnt just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again.
Age 12 I learnt if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.
Age 14 I learnt although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me.
Age 15 I learnt silent company is often more healing than words of advice.
Age 24 I learnt brushing my child's hair is one of life's great pleasures.
Age 26 I learnt wherever I go, the worlds worst drivers have followed me there.
Age 29 I learnt if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
Age 39 I learnt there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it.
Age 42 I learnt you can make someone's day by simply sending them a little note.
Age 44 I learnt the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others.
Age 46 I learnt children and grandparents are natural allies.
Age 47 I learnt no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on and it will be better tomorrow.
Age 48 I learnt singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours.
Age 49 I learnt motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.
Age 50 I learnt you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: A rainy day, Lost luggage and Tangled Christmas tree lights.
Age 51 I learnt keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills.
Age 52 I learnt regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die.
Age 53 I learnt making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
Age 58 I learnt if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage.
Age 61 I learnt life sometimes gives you a second chance.
Age 62 I learnt you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
Age 64 I learnt if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.
Age 65 I learnt whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision.
Age 66 I learnt everyone can use a prayer.
Age 72 I learnt it pays to believe in miracles. And to tell the truth, I've seen several.
Age 75 I learnt even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
Age 82 I learnt every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch--holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
Age 85 I learnt I still have a lot to learn"
Lifes like a WELL... the more you want to dig it the more fresh water it will churn out... Never close your mind ot anything... Anythign you undertake will teach you somehting that can change your life. think of it if you had not wanted the shiny toy when you were a baby you would have never learnt how to wlak and you propably would not be reading this right now...
"Age 5 I learnt I like my teacher because she cries when we sing "Silent Night."
Age 6 I learnt our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either.
Age 7 I learnt when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back
Age 9 I learnt just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again.
Age 12 I learnt if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.
Age 14 I learnt although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me.
Age 15 I learnt silent company is often more healing than words of advice.
Age 24 I learnt brushing my child's hair is one of life's great pleasures.
Age 26 I learnt wherever I go, the worlds worst drivers have followed me there.
Age 29 I learnt if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
Age 39 I learnt there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it.
Age 42 I learnt you can make someone's day by simply sending them a little note.
Age 44 I learnt the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others.
Age 46 I learnt children and grandparents are natural allies.
Age 47 I learnt no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on and it will be better tomorrow.
Age 48 I learnt singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours.
Age 49 I learnt motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.
Age 50 I learnt you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: A rainy day, Lost luggage and Tangled Christmas tree lights.
Age 51 I learnt keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills.
Age 52 I learnt regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die.
Age 53 I learnt making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
Age 58 I learnt if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage.
Age 61 I learnt life sometimes gives you a second chance.
Age 62 I learnt you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
Age 64 I learnt if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.
Age 65 I learnt whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision.
Age 66 I learnt everyone can use a prayer.
Age 72 I learnt it pays to believe in miracles. And to tell the truth, I've seen several.
Age 75 I learnt even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
Age 82 I learnt every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch--holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
Age 85 I learnt I still have a lot to learn"
Lifes like a WELL... the more you want to dig it the more fresh water it will churn out... Never close your mind ot anything... Anythign you undertake will teach you somehting that can change your life. think of it if you had not wanted the shiny toy when you were a baby you would have never learnt how to wlak and you propably would not be reading this right now...
JEENA ISI KA NAAM HAI.... My take on life
History as we all know it have produced great artists, be it in the field of acting, dance,lyrics and each one brought to their audience something special something unique something magnificent.... As audiences we all sang danced & laughed with them but we never got to see their pain or their sorrow...
It was the great Charlie Chaplin that said "I cry in the rain so that no one can see my pain" -- truly the saddest quote by the worlds funniest man
There was a very famous song in an old Bollywood Flick (Anari)and the great Mukesh who wrote a song named "Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe" the lyrics of which, and I quote:-
"Kisiki muskuraahaton pe ho nisaar Kisika dard mil sake to le udhaar Kisike waaste ho tere dil mein pyaar Jeena issi ka naam hai"
Today if i look back at life and i picture these two great artists and their mesage I in some way feel connected with what they said.. because i feel that if to make a loved one happy we swallow our pain and our sorrow it is only a small price to pay especially in a world where most people befriend you only to step on you and move ahead....
Lat us think about this for a second.. Imagine you have a certian problem that you need to discuss.. and you go up to your Friend / fiance / wife to discuss but you see that he or she too has some unhappiness or some problem or he / she has some really good news to share and is extremely exited what would you do ask him / her to shut up and listen only to you or put your problems aside and try and get a smile on her / his face... Don't you think the latter would help you to smile as well.... I know it worked i do it very often..
Yes their are times when your humbleness ( if we can call i that) may come out as submissive but then who is the better person you who have helped someone e feel better or he who has stepped on you to go ahead... To know that you have made a sacrifice does not always mean standing on top of the tallest tower and screaming out your escapades at times it is also best to let time unfold its success to you...
This world has formulated itself into a world where our thought process is
Doubt or Hatred -- Want -- Personal benefit
Think about it does it not happen in our daily life...
When a parent calls out to their teenage child the first thought in the child's head is "oh go now what have i done god cant they leave me alone" cant it be that the parent is calling you for a gift a praise a pat on the back or even to tell you about their travel plans and how they trust you would take care of the house.... When we ask someone for help the response is "How is it going to help me" man does everything have to be about "ME ME And ONLY ME"....
There are many times that i have been in absolute discomfort and have wanted to share it but i have realised that putting my friend or my loved one in front of my pain has brought me more happiness than i would have felt if she would have solved my problem and we neglected hers...People react to his by saying "You know what Shaz you are letting everyone walk over you or you become spineless" and this leaves me at confused state is it wrong to find happiness in someone Else's happiness.. its weak of an individual to bend a little so that WE ALL ARE HAPPY TOGETHER..
I know i think differently from others and there will be many of my friends and loved ones who I know for a fact do not like the way i think and behave.. but its alright cuase seeing anyone of them, they need not be my closest of firends or the best bud i have, happy makes my day even if I end up crying in the rain....
It was the great Charlie Chaplin that said "I cry in the rain so that no one can see my pain" -- truly the saddest quote by the worlds funniest man
There was a very famous song in an old Bollywood Flick (Anari)and the great Mukesh who wrote a song named "Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe" the lyrics of which, and I quote:-
"Kisiki muskuraahaton pe ho nisaar Kisika dard mil sake to le udhaar Kisike waaste ho tere dil mein pyaar Jeena issi ka naam hai"
Today if i look back at life and i picture these two great artists and their mesage I in some way feel connected with what they said.. because i feel that if to make a loved one happy we swallow our pain and our sorrow it is only a small price to pay especially in a world where most people befriend you only to step on you and move ahead....
Lat us think about this for a second.. Imagine you have a certian problem that you need to discuss.. and you go up to your Friend / fiance / wife to discuss but you see that he or she too has some unhappiness or some problem or he / she has some really good news to share and is extremely exited what would you do ask him / her to shut up and listen only to you or put your problems aside and try and get a smile on her / his face... Don't you think the latter would help you to smile as well.... I know it worked i do it very often..
Yes their are times when your humbleness ( if we can call i that) may come out as submissive but then who is the better person you who have helped someone e feel better or he who has stepped on you to go ahead... To know that you have made a sacrifice does not always mean standing on top of the tallest tower and screaming out your escapades at times it is also best to let time unfold its success to you...
This world has formulated itself into a world where our thought process is
Doubt or Hatred -- Want -- Personal benefit
Think about it does it not happen in our daily life...
When a parent calls out to their teenage child the first thought in the child's head is "oh go now what have i done god cant they leave me alone" cant it be that the parent is calling you for a gift a praise a pat on the back or even to tell you about their travel plans and how they trust you would take care of the house.... When we ask someone for help the response is "How is it going to help me" man does everything have to be about "ME ME And ONLY ME"....
There are many times that i have been in absolute discomfort and have wanted to share it but i have realised that putting my friend or my loved one in front of my pain has brought me more happiness than i would have felt if she would have solved my problem and we neglected hers...People react to his by saying "You know what Shaz you are letting everyone walk over you or you become spineless" and this leaves me at confused state is it wrong to find happiness in someone Else's happiness.. its weak of an individual to bend a little so that WE ALL ARE HAPPY TOGETHER..
I know i think differently from others and there will be many of my friends and loved ones who I know for a fact do not like the way i think and behave.. but its alright cuase seeing anyone of them, they need not be my closest of firends or the best bud i have, happy makes my day even if I end up crying in the rain....
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Zara Haslo Jhoomlo Gaalo Mere Saath Oh DIL walon.... Comeon sing and dance with me
It is so ironical that a negative character in one of the greatest movies ever made could say a line so amazing and so true.. "WHY SO SERIOUS"....
If I am able to recall correctly it was the great Charlie Chaplin that said
"A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED"
be it our very own charlie Chaplin or "the dark KNIGHT" they passed on a message so true and so not what we humans believe and follow....
Our life unconsciously revolves around ourselves, our family, our worries our dreams our glory and that in the middle of all this we stop living and we stop laughing... I always say if you having a bad day its even more fun cause if you get out of that smiling the sleep u get at night is amazing (and i love my sleep).
No but on a serious note i sincerely believe that "YOU DON''T STOP LAUGHING BECAUSE YOU GROW OLD BUT YOU GROW OLD BECAUSE YOU STOP LAUGHING"
Misery and sorrow are like the bad guys in a movie they keep coming back to kill you until you kill them yourself or until you get a full proof way to defend against them... And god has given us the simplest of curves to fight it "A smile".... What is very funny is that we spend hours and hours getting all the wrong curves of our body into shape and forget the one curve that would really help life get better "A SIMPLE SMILE"..
A smile can really go miles, in not only uplifting your mood but even those around you... Somehow I have this inherent urge to make sure that at least my friends around me are not down and depressed for tooo long because if they are i start getting edgy and restless with the negativity and I have to get that smile back on even if it means loosing my sanity and saying something so not rational... and for those asking "WHY?" I can't answer your question.. because i guess even i have no answer to that. Some say its because i have a big heart some say you love to nag and interfere.. I say no I love to smile.. and I don't want to look like the jackass who smiles alone... Smiling is a extremely contagious disease just like crying.. Yes the single curve takes a while to catch on as compared to to the zillions frwoning your face but ity does catch on
Food for thought:- " Have you ever noticed in a play group if one baby starts crying slowly all of them do, but if one kid is enjoying and laughing you see the cranky ones ease up and follow his lead...." amazing ain't it...
SO decide waht you want to be the cranky child who makes the world cry or you want to be that one guy/gal who no matter what stood against all odds.. and WON just cause he decided to smile a bit more than the others...
Keep a Smile always guys no matter what.. trust me it works...
Doctor's Prescription:- When unwell or when down with sorrow think of the 1 thing that has made you laugh and smile the most from your heart... I bet my life your pain will reduce your tears will dry up and your life will change.. It is tried tested and proven.... THink about it no harm giving it a try.. What's the worst that ocul happen you owuld get back to your sorry state right so why not try it and see if it changes your mood...
And to quote the late KISHOR DA:-
"Haste gate jahan se guzar,
Duniya ki tu parvah na kar,
Muskuraate hue din bitana,
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana,
Haan zindagi ek safar hai suhana,
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana."
Which means:-
"LIVE LIFE FREE, SMILE AND DANCE AWAY ALONG THE ROADS OF LIFE.... SPEND EACH DAY SMILING.... YOU NEVER KNOW WHATS INSTORE FOR YOU TOMORROW..LIFES A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY" -- AMEN
Definition of Market Research!!!
The definition of MR defined by our very own DILBERT
DILBERT - "As usual I worked till midnight last, Mom"
Mom - "Good at least you made some extra money"
DILBERT - " No MOM I do not get paid overtime"
Mom - "Well at least it was important work"
DILBERT - "Not really, my boss made me change my presentation but it only made it worse"
Mom --"well at least you are prepared for your meeting now"
DILBERT -"Nope it was cancelled but that is OK as the project is not funded anyway"
Mom -"So let me understand this... YOU WORKED FOR FREE TO WORSEN A PRESENTATION FOR A MEETING THAT WON'T HAPPEN FOR A PROJECT THAT DOES NOT EXIST? YOU MUST BE IN MARKET RESEARCH"
DILBERT - "As usual I worked till midnight last, Mom"
Mom - "Good at least you made some extra money"
DILBERT - " No MOM I do not get paid overtime"
Mom - "Well at least it was important work"
DILBERT - "Not really, my boss made me change my presentation but it only made it worse"
Mom --"well at least you are prepared for your meeting now"
DILBERT -"Nope it was cancelled but that is OK as the project is not funded anyway"
Mom -"So let me understand this... YOU WORKED FOR FREE TO WORSEN A PRESENTATION FOR A MEETING THAT WON'T HAPPEN FOR A PROJECT THAT DOES NOT EXIST? YOU MUST BE IN MARKET RESEARCH"
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
She makes Love out of nothing at all!!!
This for Delzeen.....
I know just how to whisper
And I know just how to cry
I know just where I find the answers
And I know just how to lie
I know just how to fake it
And I know just how to scheme
I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream
And I know just where I touch you
And I know just what to prove
I know when to pull you closer
And I know when to let you loose
And I know the night is fading
And I know the time?s gonna fly
And I?m never gonna tell you everything I gotta tell you
But I know I?ve got to give it a try
And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to pain
I know all the rules and then I know how to break?em
And then I always know the name of the game
But I don?t know how to leave you
And I?ll never let you fall
And I don?t know how you do it
Making love out of nothing at all
Making love
Out of nothing at all
Everytime I see you, well the rays of the sun are all
Streaming through the waves in your hair
And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes
Like a spotlight
The beating of my heart is a drum and it?s lost
And it?s looking for a rhythm like you
You can take the darkness from the deep of the night
And turn it to a beacon burning endlessly bright
I gotta follow it ?cause everything I know
Well, it?s nothing ?till I give it to you
I can make the runner stumble
I can make the final block
And I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle
And I can make all the stadiums rock
I can make tonight forever
Or I can make it disappear by the dawn
And I can make you every promise that?s ever been made
And I can make all your demons be gone
But I?m never gonna make it without you
Do you really wanna see me crawl ?
And I?m never gonna make it like you do
Making love out of nothing at all
Making love
Out of nothing at all...
I know just how to whisper
And I know just how to cry
I know just where I find the answers
And I know just how to lie
I know just how to fake it
And I know just how to scheme
I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream
And I know just where I touch you
And I know just what to prove
I know when to pull you closer
And I know when to let you loose
And I know the night is fading
And I know the time?s gonna fly
And I?m never gonna tell you everything I gotta tell you
But I know I?ve got to give it a try
And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to pain
I know all the rules and then I know how to break?em
And then I always know the name of the game
But I don?t know how to leave you
And I?ll never let you fall
And I don?t know how you do it
Making love out of nothing at all
Making love
Out of nothing at all
Everytime I see you, well the rays of the sun are all
Streaming through the waves in your hair
And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes
Like a spotlight
The beating of my heart is a drum and it?s lost
And it?s looking for a rhythm like you
You can take the darkness from the deep of the night
And turn it to a beacon burning endlessly bright
I gotta follow it ?cause everything I know
Well, it?s nothing ?till I give it to you
I can make the runner stumble
I can make the final block
And I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle
And I can make all the stadiums rock
I can make tonight forever
Or I can make it disappear by the dawn
And I can make you every promise that?s ever been made
And I can make all your demons be gone
But I?m never gonna make it without you
Do you really wanna see me crawl ?
And I?m never gonna make it like you do
Making love out of nothing at all
Making love
Out of nothing at all...
Time to stop and think!!!
I would like to start by asking those who love nothing but a golden spoon or those who care too little about life to please not read this cause it might offend them
I always looked at life as a journey that one has to live through at each stage..."LIVE IN THE MOMENT" that is what i thought life is and I belived money wealth etc.. fell around this and somehow worked out for the best and I still believe in the former to a great extent after all "TODAY IS A GIFT that is why it's call THE PRESENT right" but somehting happend last evening....
It was zorastrian new year and mine first away from my grany's cooking (sad).. So anyway i decided to cheer my self up and go shopping.. I was anywyas runing out of supplies.. (its been 4 motnhs here and i had brought stock to last only 2)..
Moving down each ile of the super market my hand automatically went for "BRANDS" that i would not think twice about picking back home in India and everytime i picked it up I saw my self returning it to the shelf.. NO its not that i cannot afford them now nor are they so frightfully expensive that they dont fit my budget but suddenly each price tag seemed heavier than before... SO i picked up a local bisuct brand (which tasted well let me not add the adjective) simple floride toothpaste as opposed the the gels that used back home.. and so on...and i stil ended up spending AED120 (INR 1400 aprox)
Back home when i was alone i began to think there must be thousands of people like me who have never been aaway from home or never have been denied anythign by their parents and thought what pain they might have gone through if they were not well off...I am not syaing i was born in a kings palace.. my parents also had their limitations and I am amazed how they never said a thing about my buyig habits..
What i am trying to put across is no parent is going to say "no" and we as children take advantage of that "Muumy I want that, or dad how can you by that for me its so LS, what will my friends think" not once do we stop and think wow he has bought me this something that would have made him have to work 2 more hours or hear his boss sware at him for a whole 15 minutes... We never see that do we??
Today i know how it hurts to spend that 1 dirahm extra to have fun and after spending it i think was it worth it or could i have done it in a better manner..
I am not saying one should stop having fun and be a miser NO that is not my message, My message is live in the present, You have one life live it to the fullest... but there are times when one can do away with something... and i say this to everyone Tomorrow even if i have ZILLIONS AND ZILLIONS OF ruppess or AED or dollars i would rather teach my child to value 1 out of those Zillions than to spend them all...Yes being a parent i want him to have the best in life and I will die but give him the best of everything but what parent am I if I cant make him appritiate hard work...
Yes there is another school of thought that if my parents cant give me all the happiness then they not doing their duty.. fair enough I do not disagree on that part... you are their flesh and blood and you deserve everything they can dish out to you but then are you doing your duty of understnading them.....
Anyway when you are alone in a land filled with lovely ladies asking you to spend that 1 dhiram more you need to put your brakes on suddenly and think..... And I do look back and see that most of things that i demanded back home i actually did not really need......I have friends who demand stuff whihc would take them years and years to buy if they were i ntheir fathers shoes and for waht for passing an exam or for gettign into B school.. when you young you envy such peopel and say "Man I wish my dad could give me that" but now i think back and say man that was so stupid...
Its time to stand up and think!!! and take responsibilities for actions to think twice before SPLURGING before throwing demands...
I appologise to all readers if my thoughts offend them or their beliefes.. and I am one for always having fun and I believe one can have fun with right company no matter where and how.. You do not need to go to a 7 star hotel for dinner to have fun if you have freidns who like you for the way you are you can have fun even at the dirtiest of places.....
Positive Attitude
If you think you are beaten you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you want to win but think you can't;
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out of the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in a state of mind.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you want to win but think you can't;
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out of the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in a state of mind.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Dubai The Magnificent -- Head ya Tail -- 2 sides of a coin
The heading of this article defines or rather simplifies my understanding and take on this city and on life in general....
Coming form a very protective background and one that saw blackboard through my schooling / college days and books through those nights I had hardly dreamt of a life away form home... NOT because of fear of not being able to take care of myself but fear of not knowing whats out there..
Anyway life called out to me and gave me a chance to put a lost childhood behind and explore a bit and I answered without a moments hesitation..
Minus the crying and sobs back home i was warned of the evils and perils that await me in life... Well this is when i used gods greatest gifts to man "2 ears" took in the the "gyan" (big talk),retained the intelligent stuff, threw out the rubbish... and decided to take life as it comes my way.
So 27Th April 2008 I landed on a man made paradise "DUBAI". The first thing that took me by the collar and dropped a pumping heart to ground ZERO was the the view of hot dry parched thirsty sand outside my plane window just before we turned for Dubai... I can never forget that feeling... but that lasted 2 seconds and then the high risers of a city built to drop jaws.....
Dubai to me can be looked at in 2 ways,
1. A torrid desserts trying to become a paradise among dictators OR
2. A land of Paradise ruled by visionaries of the future....
It's all about how you perceive it and look at a situation -- A mind game... I was clearly hit by the later of the 2. I saw a land that had everything going for itself even though the gods had written it off... Yes there are laws that you wish never existed, there is the heat that makes you take a potato peeler and peal off your skin but beyond that there is so much more...
The "est" city I call it, because nothing with Dubai is simple "THE BIGGEST MALL" / "THE BEST OF CARS" / "THE TALLEST BUILDING" / "THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF HOTELS" and the soon the whole world just an hours ride off the coast of Dubai...
It's been around 4 months that have spent here and Dubai sends out some key learning's (mind my research language) for all of us:
1. Never let fate determine your condition
2. No one is perfect but its how you take control that hides your faults
3. Never give up until you have given it your BEST
4. Use your resources and ability to the maximum
5. CHANGE is the only thing CONSTANT in this world
How people look at the city is their choice.. what I advice is look beyond the pain.. there are a lot more things to smile about and wonder about.....
Dubai is a prime example of this very statement.. it saw and accepted its fate as a dessert and converted its present to a city where you have a fountain in the middle of a road throwing water 20 feet into the air throughout the day...
I would like to end here with one question....
Imagine you are a parent (mom / dad) you give birth to 2 children.. One is perfect in every way.. smart talented and a complete out performer.. the other is mentally unstable or week whom would you love more....... or would you even love one more than the other... .I know i would not..
Life is beautiful.. let us not waste it cribbing of how it could be better.. But lets begin to live it and bask in its glory....
My Belief
Somehow I cannot believe that there are any heights that cannot be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true.. Well to me the secret is as simple as 'C' 'C' 'C' & 'C'.. that's right 4 C's... They are..
1. Curiosity --"Who/why when/ what/ how.... dig deep"
2. Confidence --"I will and I can"
3. Courage -- "Not the absence of fear but the judgement that there is something more important than fear"
4. Consistency -- "Give your best no matter what is thrown at you -- after all kites rise against the wind and not with it"
When you believe in a thing believe in it all the way implicitly and unquestionably......
After all failure is not defined by how many times you fall but by how many times you choose to stay down and refuse to get up.......
1. Curiosity --"Who/why when/ what/ how.... dig deep"
2. Confidence --"I will and I can"
3. Courage -- "Not the absence of fear but the judgement that there is something more important than fear"
4. Consistency -- "Give your best no matter what is thrown at you -- after all kites rise against the wind and not with it"
When you believe in a thing believe in it all the way implicitly and unquestionably......
After all failure is not defined by how many times you fall but by how many times you choose to stay down and refuse to get up.......
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