Tuesday, July 24, 2012


A song that I loved and had forgotten, until I found it again yesterday on radio. It’s funny how life’s greatest pleasures can be found in the smallest of things.


 

Khul gaya aasmaan ka rasta dekho khul gaya
Mil gaya kho gaya tha jo sitara mil gaya
Roshan hui saari zameen
Jagmag hua saara jahaan
Oh udne ko tu aazad hai
bandhan koi ab hai kahan
Tu dhoop hain jham se bikhar
Tu hai nadee o bekhabar
Beh chal kahin ud chal kahin
Dil khush jahan teri toh manzil hai wahin



 



Monday, July 9, 2012

The Speaking Tree


Some days back, I happened to come across this article published through The Speaking Tree. Before you read further, I want you to think back- how back is not a parameter. An hour, a day, a week, month or decade- as much as you’ld like to contemplate upon. Think about what you did, and what you could have done. The regrets if any, the happy times, and the sad moments as well. Just think about it and read on!


1)     Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
 
2)     When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3)     Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4)     Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5)     Pay off your credit cards every month.

6)     You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7)     Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8)     It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9)     Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

10)   When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11)   Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12)   It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13)   Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14)   If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15)   Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16)   Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17)   You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18)   A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

19)  It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one  else.

20)   When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21)   Overprepare, and then go with the flow.

22)   Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

23)   The most important sex organ is the brain.

24)   No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25)   Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"

26)   Always choose life.

27)   Forgive everyone everything.

28)   What other people think of you is none of your business.

29)   Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

30)   However good or bad a situation is- it will change.

31)   Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

32)   Believe in miracles.

33)   God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

34)   Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

35)   Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

36)   Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

37)   Read the Bhagavad Gita. They cover every human emotion.

38)   Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

39)   If we all threw away our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

40)   Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

41)   Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

42)   All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

43)   Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

44)   The best is yet to come.

45)   No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

46)   Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

47)   If you don't ask, you don't get.

48)   Yield.

49)   Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.


Life is complicated, not because it is, because we make it so. Give life a chance, and it will make miracles come true for you. Believe in yourself, good things will happen. If it’s not good, it’s not the end. Everything comes along in its own good time.

Monday, July 2, 2012

Summer of 2012

The Summer of 2012- the best and the laziest summer ever. The best and the worst thing about holidays- you can’t’ have enough of them, and when you do have them; you despise them for the inconvenience of having nothing to do. The eternally restless soul that I have, torments me.
So I decided to shake things up a bit on my lazy-assed schedule.


Having giving up on getting up early ages ago, I resolved not only to do so, but go out on jogging- a herculean task for me given that am extremely lazy and detest any sort of workout; but then I had already decided. My first day - catching the early morning dew, the chirping of the birds, and the first breeze; and I knew I would do it again and perhaps made a self-promise to make a habit out of it- a first for me.

It has been almost a month slacking and I finally have done what my Mom has been after me- making my own breakfast. And it’s not just toast or Maggi! Over the past week- I have experimented crazy with sandwiches. Making them crazier and more outrageous by the day! And then cometh the drinks for the breakfast- which necessitates my mention of the awesome “Chocolate Shake” which I seem to have perfected!

The rest of the day is spent on reading and catching up on old news and stuff I had earlier put on hold. Long ago I had made up a Charles Dickens reading list, and then I had to do away with it due to time constraints, but am back with vengeance:

1)      A Tale of Two Cities

2)      Oliver Twist

3)      Great Expectations

4)      Bleak House*

5)      Pickwick Papers

Have already read through the first three, and making progress with The Bleak House.

As to other pursuits- I recently downloaded the “Vikram and Betaal” stories which were originally aired in 1988 with Arun Govil playing the fabled king Vikramaditya and Sajjan Singh as the Betaal. I had always wanted to watch the episodes in serial order, something I never did uptill now. And the series is amazing!
To those curious about multiplayer gaming, I achieved what I believed was impossible for me- a 25 killstreak on a 300+ ping server on Game Ranger playing Call of Duty:4 Modern Warfare I. I can be found online every night from 2200-0100 hours for a match. My Game Ranger account id: 2453639. Bring your shotgun and body armour!