Friday, August 15, 2008
Happy Independance Day!
A day that we would be woken up by telephone greetings from our relative to wish us. SMS flying all over, TV channels trying to screen the best of their events. School kids moving all over in white with a tri coloured flag in their hand. All these years i never felt great about this date, until today where i wake up to see myself in a lonely room, as i open the curtains and see a bright sunny morning and a lonely road and said to myself Happy Independance Day! :)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Ma
A lady who has insurmountable love and affection for her family especially her husband and children. Her life revolves around her kids and for most of the young children its A relationship that is taken for granted.
It's a relationship that goes as long as one's age. from the time of giving birth to us till we go to school and college she does everything for us including taking care of our belongings, bringing lunch boxes to our schools, speaking to teachers on our progress, signing on our report cards, giving us pocket money, fighting with dad's in favour of us, meeting our friends and entertaining them at our houses. the list goes on....But the irony is that after this stage we tend to take her for granted, we take decisions on our own and don't even inform her half of the things that is happening in our life... how sad can that get. But as a mother she is still interested in making sure that your life moves on to a right path. Then she wants you to get settled in life which means get married in life. Once you agree to it ... There starts a phase of huge arguments, difference of opinion and ideas in the process of getting married and once you finally get married this lady has limits to the joy that she receives in conducting the wedding........
This note is a ode to my Mother on her b'day to thank her for all that she has contributed in our life. Thank You Ma
It's a relationship that goes as long as one's age. from the time of giving birth to us till we go to school and college she does everything for us including taking care of our belongings, bringing lunch boxes to our schools, speaking to teachers on our progress, signing on our report cards, giving us pocket money, fighting with dad's in favour of us, meeting our friends and entertaining them at our houses. the list goes on....But the irony is that after this stage we tend to take her for granted, we take decisions on our own and don't even inform her half of the things that is happening in our life... how sad can that get. But as a mother she is still interested in making sure that your life moves on to a right path. Then she wants you to get settled in life which means get married in life. Once you agree to it ... There starts a phase of huge arguments, difference of opinion and ideas in the process of getting married and once you finally get married this lady has limits to the joy that she receives in conducting the wedding........
This note is a ode to my Mother on her b'day to thank her for all that she has contributed in our life. Thank You Ma
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Passing Clouds
i know not why this happened and if it is good or bad?
i just take it for good and decide to move ahead with life.
Listen to more music, meet more people and do activites..
Finish of my pending work, shopping and have a little fun.
i am sure the next 15 days will just vanish away and sooon i will be surrounded by people congratulating me and wishing me All the Best..
And that will be the begining of my new life.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Looking Behind and Looking Ahead
I have been wanting to sit down and pen down about how 2007 has gone by and how i would like to welcome the new year, My plans ahead and what i look forward toooo.... as i realised that i have not done it, its already a month gone by...
2007 was a year with lots of ups and downs; rather more downs than ups. But i always learnt from all experiences.
I lost my grandpa on Jan 21st 07 ... he was a man of great will , self confidence and courage. This was the my first witnesse of a death of someone close to me. Death can bring life of near and dear ones to STOP; but death is inevitable and life of others has to move on. My grandpa also used to say the same words.
At work my increments we not good enough, i knew i contributed more than what was expected, but realised that it is not enough. "If you need more money then you need to know ways to impress your boss." A big lesson learnt. Make your work visible and audible else you be considered as a not enthusiastic and dumb person. This holds so true in case of my colleague Neha. I pity these so-called Established Organisations which not employee friendly and works only influences of the departmental heads.
Well the best thing about 2007 is that Vijay and I were able convince our parents and get our wedding dates fixed.... not only that Viju also moved to UK, he was trying hard to get a break in that country
Moving forward... there is so much to do and expect in future.. My marriage, moving in to new country, finding new job, etc etc.... I know its a big struggle... especially because both of us are struggling to settle ourselves in our careers. Which means no savings, desire to study further, desire of selfish needs of a human being like, a good cozy home, shopping, eating out, supporting parents, travelling and the list goes on... All this boils down to a problem called "Financial Crisis" and in 08 will see my life entering into this problem. There is only one thing that strikes me at this point of time, i.e
Life is a journey; it has ups and downs
Now lets challenge them all boldly.
And this my life I am gonna give it all
To my mission endlessly
2007 was a year with lots of ups and downs; rather more downs than ups. But i always learnt from all experiences.
I lost my grandpa on Jan 21st 07 ... he was a man of great will , self confidence and courage. This was the my first witnesse of a death of someone close to me. Death can bring life of near and dear ones to STOP; but death is inevitable and life of others has to move on. My grandpa also used to say the same words.
At work my increments we not good enough, i knew i contributed more than what was expected, but realised that it is not enough. "If you need more money then you need to know ways to impress your boss." A big lesson learnt. Make your work visible and audible else you be considered as a not enthusiastic and dumb person. This holds so true in case of my colleague Neha. I pity these so-called Established Organisations which not employee friendly and works only influences of the departmental heads.
Well the best thing about 2007 is that Vijay and I were able convince our parents and get our wedding dates fixed.... not only that Viju also moved to UK, he was trying hard to get a break in that country
Moving forward... there is so much to do and expect in future.. My marriage, moving in to new country, finding new job, etc etc.... I know its a big struggle... especially because both of us are struggling to settle ourselves in our careers. Which means no savings, desire to study further, desire of selfish needs of a human being like, a good cozy home, shopping, eating out, supporting parents, travelling and the list goes on... All this boils down to a problem called "Financial Crisis" and in 08 will see my life entering into this problem. There is only one thing that strikes me at this point of time, i.e
Life is a journey; it has ups and downs
Now lets challenge them all boldly.
And this my life I am gonna give it all
To my mission endlessly
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Pondicherry
A long lasting trip was fulfilled as I travelled to Puducherry as its called now. Vijay and I hit the roads early in the morning at 5 am. Its am amazing experience to ride cutting across the chill wind of the ECR Road. Our 3 hour-long journeys ended at 8 am as we had breakfast at The Promenade, A hidesign hotel across the beach. I was quite impressed looking at the no of foreigners staying at the hotel. The restaurant was packed with French tourist.
We started the day by taking long walks along side the beach; the shore of the beach is covered with bed of rocks on which there is a pedestrian walkway is built. Hence once can only see the water hitting the rocks and gushing back to where they came. At around 9 am we decided to visit the “malakulam vinayakar”; the irony of the temple is that long long ago there used be a pond on which a tree grew up and hence the god Ganesha was name Malakulam Vinayakar. Out side the temple you will find a very friendly elephant that bless all tourist on their head as they bend. Mind you the elephant does not eat bananas, so get him a loads of “Arikam pullu” if you like.
After the temple we headed to aurbindo ashram, a quite place where all devotees of “The Mother” go to pay visit to her centenary. The ashram has also got a bookstore and library. You also get information booklet, which tells about the different stores at the French Colony. You can browse through http://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/ before heading here
We then headed to my favourite shop Auroville where I went on shop for loads of agarbatti and lanterns. Please don’t miss shopping at auroville its definetly much cheaper than their shops in Chennai and Pune. Next was shopping at MG road, one of the oldest and busiest road in the town. Here you will find some branded shops and showrooms. You will also find garment shops selling Tirpur export stuff. They are really cheap but you will have to hunt for good fitting clothes.
We next headed off to Auroville, which is 20km before Pondicherry on the way to Chennai, before going we did take a look at the governors house, which was a beautiful huge mansion. We reached auroville around 12 noon after riding through bumpy and muddy roads. This is an international township established by The Mother who created auroville to fulfil her mentors Vision – “ A new forms of individual and collective life, preparing the way towards a brighter future for the whole earth”. In the centre on Auroville is loacated “ Matrimandir”. The beauty of this place cannot be expressed in words. Please browse through http://www.auroville.org/ for more details about this place. It takes you a good 2 hours to look at the beauty of this township. We had lunch at the Auroville café, the food here is extremely good. They are made of organic ingredients and the best part is its not expensive.
As we finished our lunch we headed out back to Nama Chennai.
........ somethings that I cannot forget about this trip.
We started the day by taking long walks along side the beach; the shore of the beach is covered with bed of rocks on which there is a pedestrian walkway is built. Hence once can only see the water hitting the rocks and gushing back to where they came. At around 9 am we decided to visit the “malakulam vinayakar”; the irony of the temple is that long long ago there used be a pond on which a tree grew up and hence the god Ganesha was name Malakulam Vinayakar. Out side the temple you will find a very friendly elephant that bless all tourist on their head as they bend. Mind you the elephant does not eat bananas, so get him a loads of “Arikam pullu” if you like.
After the temple we headed to aurbindo ashram, a quite place where all devotees of “The Mother” go to pay visit to her centenary. The ashram has also got a bookstore and library. You also get information booklet, which tells about the different stores at the French Colony. You can browse through http://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/ before heading here
We then headed to my favourite shop Auroville where I went on shop for loads of agarbatti and lanterns. Please don’t miss shopping at auroville its definetly much cheaper than their shops in Chennai and Pune. Next was shopping at MG road, one of the oldest and busiest road in the town. Here you will find some branded shops and showrooms. You will also find garment shops selling Tirpur export stuff. They are really cheap but you will have to hunt for good fitting clothes.
We next headed off to Auroville, which is 20km before Pondicherry on the way to Chennai, before going we did take a look at the governors house, which was a beautiful huge mansion. We reached auroville around 12 noon after riding through bumpy and muddy roads. This is an international township established by The Mother who created auroville to fulfil her mentors Vision – “ A new forms of individual and collective life, preparing the way towards a brighter future for the whole earth”. In the centre on Auroville is loacated “ Matrimandir”. The beauty of this place cannot be expressed in words. Please browse through http://www.auroville.org/ for more details about this place. It takes you a good 2 hours to look at the beauty of this township. We had lunch at the Auroville café, the food here is extremely good. They are made of organic ingredients and the best part is its not expensive.
As we finished our lunch we headed out back to Nama Chennai.
........ somethings that I cannot forget about this trip.
The colonial feel of the city.
The rough waves of the sea hitting the rocks.
The small two wheeler-hiring shops.
The French riding bicycle and two wheelers through the city.
The sight of rickshaw wala.
The rough waves of the sea hitting the rocks.
The small two wheeler-hiring shops.
The French riding bicycle and two wheelers through the city.
The sight of rickshaw wala.
The names of road written in French.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Good Day
After a long time, today i felt good about my day. Woke up on time, which enable me to relish and sip up my morning Kapi; followed by a good half an activity. Reached work on time, spent the day working hard, no wasting time, no bitching :).
Surprisingly also left work on time, was also able to catch up with a new member at work for an activity; Then some shopping, cooking & Dinner, finally spend some with personal e mails and uploading snaps which due for a very long time. I also spent time calling and catching up with long forgotten friends.
Extremely exhausted by the end of the day but still relishing as i complete this Blog.
Surprisingly also left work on time, was also able to catch up with a new member at work for an activity; Then some shopping, cooking & Dinner, finally spend some with personal e mails and uploading snaps which due for a very long time. I also spent time calling and catching up with long forgotten friends.
Extremely exhausted by the end of the day but still relishing as i complete this Blog.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Bombay
A city full of life!
That's wat one can say about our Mumbai. A city that never sleeps. Business is plenty, people work out of shops which is hardly 100 sqft and located in the basement of buildings. Each one of them doing extremly welll and have been established for years together. At night this city looks more beautiful than during day. The roadside restaurants do not close before 1 am in the morning.
A view of this city through the 12th Floor of my anunts house is breath taking. Look down and you will find the railway track, and then the slums, and then the multistoried tall buildings.
This is the only city which has the rich and the poor, people belonging to all cast and religion. where every one has ways and means to survive.
in short Lively is what i can say
That's wat one can say about our Mumbai. A city that never sleeps. Business is plenty, people work out of shops which is hardly 100 sqft and located in the basement of buildings. Each one of them doing extremly welll and have been established for years together. At night this city looks more beautiful than during day. The roadside restaurants do not close before 1 am in the morning.
A view of this city through the 12th Floor of my anunts house is breath taking. Look down and you will find the railway track, and then the slums, and then the multistoried tall buildings.
This is the only city which has the rich and the poor, people belonging to all cast and religion. where every one has ways and means to survive.
in short Lively is what i can say
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