Defining beautiful people

A delicate Balance 2.jpg
Originally uploaded by Kanzeon Zen Center

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people donot just happen."

Elizabeth Kubler Ross, 1926-2004
Swiss-born Author and Psychiatrist

Bringin' back ol' memories

Et si tu n'existais pas

Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais

Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi

Sans espoir et sans regret

Et si tu n'existais pas

J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour

Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts

Naître les couleurs du jour

Et qui n'en revient pas

Et si tu n'existais pas

Dis-moi pour qui j'existerais

Des passantes endormies dans mes bras

Que je n'aimerais jamais

Et si tu n'existais pas

Je ne serais qu'un point de plus

Dans ce monde qui vient et qui va

Je me sentirais perduJ'aurais besoin de toi

Et si tu n'existais pas

Dis-moi comment j'existerais

Je pourrais faire semblant d'être moi

Mais je ne serais pas vrai

Et si tu n'existais pas

Je crois que je l'aurais trouvé

Le secret de la vie, le pourquoi

Simplement pour te créer

Et pour te regarder

Et si tu n'existais pas

Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais

Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi

Sans espoir et sans regret

Et si tu n'existais pas

J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour

Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts

Naître les couleurs du jour

P.S. I'd consider you really unfortunate if you are not able to understand this beautiful masterpiece. You're missing out something grand in this world. This is the first french song I heard and completely fell in love with. That was the beginnin' of my romance with the french music and also the beginnin' of the romance with the my french connection ;-) .

Keep on lookin' for more!

Nothin new to say..

Jus droppin' in, updatin my blog but nothin that I 've to say.. slept whole day.. and then woke up to realise that there is a sessional tomorow @ 9 30, and not 11 30 as it always has been :X

Anyway,head bein hammered by some force.. dont know why... stil studyin Advanced Database Design with one and a half chapter to go.. and yet to start the second subject. .. .. need to confirm which one is it.. but I 've decid'd to do it in the 2 hr break ! I call myself an 'Engineer' ! :D ...

Wish me luck .. ! That is the only thing that'll work now..

PS. Bloggin is becomin an addiction! The days goes incomplete sans it.

and I got no clue what this paper dustbin signifyin here..! Jus my confused dustbin'd state of mind, yet again! LOL

100 kms @ 70 kmph/ Happy Rakhi/ Happy Birthday Grandpa :)/ Only sessionals turnin me off!

Hello , how you doin'? Seems like I 've not been here for too long,even though its jus been a day! LOL !

Anyway, had gone to Ludhiana for rakhi.. reached last nite.. met up everyone, celebrat' d grandpa's birthday, drove back to chandigarh GRIN and went to Naida saab.. now home..

Jus remeber 'd sessionals from day after tomrow! SOB .. don't know a tihng!! As usual , though.. but better spend the whole day studyin tomorow..!

Met my exactly 4-month old niece, Pranavi.. everyone's darling.. everyone's aankhon ka tara , love her so much, she s much grown up al rolly polly, chubby lil angel since I saw her last time.. will upload a pic of hers and mine up here really soon!!

And ya, this pic here holds a lot of significance for me right now.. about somethng something.. I am wishin / hoping/ prayin for.. so pls do the same for me! :)

Hittin the sack rite now.. more to tell, but later!!

Goodnite!





PS. There was mahabharat in my life last night.. thankfully its peace again! Love wins in the end :) :P

I am an ordinary person

And while it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfillment in being ordinary.
For the joys that last have little relationship to achievement, to standing one step higher on the victory platform.
What is the adventure in being ordinary ?
It is daring to love just for the pleasure of giving it away. It is venturing to give new life and to nurture it to maturity. It is working hard for the pure joy of being tired at the end of the day. It is caring and sharing and giving and loving…

Marilyn Thomsen

I want to walk down that road..

Originally uploaded by annaphase

Its somewhere in France.. found it on Flickr.. thats the latest with me.. considerin ' goin to France now ! :D :D LOL ! Dont you think I am confused?

Pretty much! :X

Pool by sunrise

Chromacolor
Originally uploaded by ksglasscock

Sorry Readers, if any, I jus discovered the flickr 'blog this' thing.. I am hooked..
You ll be get to see pics more often now..

Keep watchin' and keep clickin' !

Your colors

A Rainbow of Peace
Originally uploaded by jasohill

I can see the red, white and free in you
You light the night up like the moon
And underneath your clouds, I see the blue

You're hopeless 'cause you tell the truth
The stars are jealous of your shine
If you were mine
There's not a thing I wouldn't do

You're black and beautiful, yellow, tan
You're white as light and soft as sand
With greens and greys and oh for days
A silver lining on the way you cover everyone
Just like a morning sun
You turn me into someone I would rather be

OOO- I love your every color
OOO- I love your everything
You wear the day around you
Like it's yours to stay around you
Maybe I could stay around you too
If that's alright with you

You're coffee brown and bubble gum pink
And oh I think the shade of you is on the brink
Of changing all the ways I see the world
I could drown inside a single drop
Of all the kinds of things you got
And all the kinds of things I'm not

Might just give me a chance to see
From way up where you are
Above the silent stars
Just dancing in the sky

You're better than any rainbow
You're brighter than the sun
You look like my first day of summer
When my spring is on the run
You're gold and more gold
And you're platinum too
With snow toned, copper attitude
I don't know what I'd do without you
I don't know what I'll do about you

Lyrics-Courtesy 'The Train'

love+imagination+courage=everything ;-)

For a relationship to stay alive, love alone is not enough.

Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, and boredom. Intimacy fails not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.

James Hillman

American Psychologist

I found something sooooooo beautiful..

Dont leave the blog without seeing this one please! I am happy today :) and have become happier now.. I was jus readin blogs and happened to hop on to this one.. loved the idea, a couple newly become parents.. and writin' a blog about their lil baby.. like writin their baby's words.. wow.. I 'll do this someday too I am sure /Wink/ ;-)

You have to take a lot.. it's a beautiful baby.. he's writin the blogs before he came on earth.. wonder how they got internet access in to mummies tummies these days :P

It is my recommendation of the day.. no senti songs, no inspirin quotes.. its bout someone 's happy life! God bless 'em...

Here's the link.. lemme know how you liked it? Isn't it jus so beautiful... http://babybalighian.blogspot.com/

P.S. I was changin the template of my blog.. and some funny things start'd happpenin.. pls dont mind the blood red on the top , incase it still shows.. and someone pls tell me how to design ur own template !?

And this is the second blog for tonight, dont happen to check up the previous one LOL ( I am obsessed!)

It was a happy day

After some days, the sun shine came right back on.. I was havin some trouble with the gang since the weekend, which jus happened to aggravate a bit.. disturbed me ... and then today, it all jus seemed so right again.. so back to normal... so the day had a good start @ 11 30 am, by the way. The mornin prac bunk let me sleep like a baby till then!!

So the next best thing to happen after the uththapamm @ Coffee-house and the princess's comic lecture(dont mind thts the translated version of her name :-P) later.. I was realy excited to get back to my UIET.. to call it UIET-14 or PU now.. not jus UIET anymore...

And ironically, when I enter'd that area.. for a second, I jus cudn't figure out anything.. the memories so simply deluged .. .. that I couldnt get back my basic sense of where am I supposed to park the car! I could see all those scenes, sittin on one of the scooters, chattin away to glory.. comin out of one class room to enter another, and sayin hello t o ten different ppl in twenty seconds... or jus after the class got over.. walk down to the ground floor, catch up on some people randomly. . . check out guys ( ok,confession.. only in the first yr!!) , climb back up, sittin in the library for long hours not to study but to chitchat or when bunkin a class, stayin back so late durin the Magboard meetings..

Aaaah.. lemme get back to the point.. so when I parked my car, and got down... I could find myself at a very explored acquainted familiar place.. a place that I called mine.. but the people seemed to stare at me as if I was an alien steppin in to their territory.. I jus want'd to say 'hello.. it's always been me here.. yu jus dropped by a couple of weeks back!!' .. and then enterin the Aruna Ranjit Chandra Hall..the watchman asked me, kahaan ja rahe ho? ... quite flustered, I thought.. hello this is the U I E T I spent the first three yrs of my significant college life. ... who are you to ask me where am I headed to ??
Anyway, it jus al came back to me..

in b/w , the event went off great.. it was well-executed.. kudos to the juniors.. carry the light forward guys.. but I conclude that we got a really 'duh' freshman batch.. a bunch of dumb faces starin blankly at you.. hello ? anyway, shouldn't be that rude coz maybe they dont know how seniors are and how can they be so good to you and how can they turn in to your closest of friends..so I dont blame them.. unlucky 'em! I would saY!

All those moments came back when we went back and sat in the parking like al those previous times when we used to have our meetings there.. or when jus 3-4 of us happened to be free for an impromptu meeting or the emergency ones that were called upon.... and hung around there..discussin work.. discussin ideas. .. fun.. laughin like crazy.. bantering.. walkin down that road ... I 've found some really great friends in most of them.. like-minded, enthusiastic, vivacious, in-love-with-life-and-themselves kind of people, people who talk non stop and people who stay quiet al the time, people who giggle and people who laugh, people who think and people who imagine , people who write blogs :P and I am so proud to be a part of such a group.. and most importantly, people who dont discuss other people , not K-serials,not politics, not egos, but ideas.. creations. .. and the wackiest of things that happen to work! .. !!

Its jus not another team... its 'Magboard' !

It was after so long today that I felt that I laughed so loud.. that I sweat it all out ,mostly workin... that I stayed up in college so late.. that I got some new things to talk bout.. that I learnt some new things.. that I got back with some ol'friends after long.. that I was really happy to be there.. touchwood..the real one!!

And I am so surprizin myself, by writin this post....coz I happen to be one of those people who mostly hate bein in UIET and want to get out of it asap.. but it seems like I am here to stay.. dont want to leave so sooon perhaps!!

and its Magboard.. coz of which I've been a survivor all thru .. coz of which I am 'someone' people know.. coz of which I know people.. coz of which I've been able to discover some of my still-hidden talent and potential...coz of which I've found some closest of friends for life.. coz of which I've some of the most heart-breakin of experiences.. coz of which I fell down.. coz of which I stood up again.. coz of which I learnt lots of stuff.. Magboard has been my best teacher in UIET so far!!
And in the end, like they all say, 'Hail Magboard!'

P.S. Read Japi's post on that day : http://themindandthekeys.blogspot.com/2007/08/back-into-olden-days.html

Missin' myself

Din Dhal Jaaye, Haye Raat Na Jaaye
Tu To Na Aaye Teri Yaad Sataaye
Pyaar Mein Jinke Sab Jag Chhodha
Aur Huye Badnaam
Unke Hi Haathon Haal Hua Yeh
Baithe Hai Dil Ko Tham
Apne Kabhi The Ab Hain Paraaye
Din Dhal...
Aisi Rimjhim Aisi Puhaaren
Aisi Hi Thi Barsaat
Khud Se Judaa Aur Jug Se Paraaye
Hum Dono The Saath
Phir Se Woh Saawan Ab Kyon Na Aaye
Din Dhal...

To ponder..

The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.

Ursula K. LeGuin
American Author and Poet

Personality Test

I took an online free personality test at http://www.advisorteam.org/ and my personality came out to be the Idealist type, which constitutes only 20-25% of the population :P

I couldn't agree more.....!

Read on for more:

Free Report for: Himanshi Vij

Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self -- always this quest for self-knowledge and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or personnel work, in journalism or the ministry, they are gifted at helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potentials.
Idealists are sure that friendly cooperation is the best way for people to achieve their goals. Conflict and confrontation upset them because they seem to put up angry barriers between people. Idealists dream of creating harmonious, even caring personal relations, and they have a unique talent for helping people get along with each other and work together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be a romantic ideal, but then Idealists are incurable romantics who prefer to focus on what might be, rather than what is. The real, practical world is only a starting place for Idealists; they believe that life is filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings calling out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual dimension to life, the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to Idealists than the world of material things.
Highly ethical in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when they are false or insincere. More often, however, Idealists are the very soul of kindness. Particularly in their personal relationships, Idealists are without question filled with love and good will. They believe in giving of themselves to help others; they cherish a few warm, sensitive friendships; they strive for a special rapport with their children; and in marriage they wish to find a "soulmate," someone with whom they can bond emotionally and spiritually, sharing their deepest feelings and their complex inner worlds.
Idealists are rare, making up between 20 and 25 percent of the population. But their ability to inspire people with their enthusiasm and their idealism has given them influence far beyond their numbers.

Jus what I am feelin' like right now..

Check out the lyrics.. speakin' my mind..

I'm sitting here in the boring room

It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon

I'm wasting my time

I got nothing to do

I'm hanging around

I'm waiting for you

But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car

I'm driving too fast

I'm driving too far

I'd like to change my point of view

I feel so lonely

I'm waiting for you

But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I wonder how

I wonder why

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky

And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree

I'm turning my head up and down

I'm turning turning turning turning turning around

And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm sitting here

I miss the power

I'd like to go out taking a shower

But there's a heavy cloud inside my head

I feel so tired

Put myself into bed

Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me

Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy

Baby anyhow I'll get another toy

And everything will happen and you wonder

I wonder howI wonder why

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky

And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm turning my head up and down

I'm turning turning turning turning turning around

And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree

And I wonder, wonderI wonder how

I wonder why

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky

And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see

Is just a yellow lemon-tree

Love that attitude!! - Jai Hind :)

Tryin' to get back on track!

It's been longer than usual .. for me writin a blog.. not a specific reason.. my gre dint go as well as I'd planned/ targetted/worked for! It jus took me a lil while to come outta it.. and then I'd not been to college for quite a while.. so start'd the regular routine.. couldn't keep up too well.. and used to jus hit the sack reachin bck home every day!

Now seems like it's all settling down.. am tryin to get back to stuff... lot of things I was postponing to 'after GRE' .. the time is NOW..

Things seem to've start'd fallin in to place lil by lil.. I am sure I dont want to apply to universities, well actually I never did want to do an M.S. anyway, but now I am clear on it.. and work and then GMAT and the n MBA.. sounds great for moi !

Tryin to hit AF again.. do the remainin niveau 9 .. get the superieur diplome.. before gettin to the shores.. what else? Jus pickin up the pieces from here and there.. nothing else.. am confused, am free-er, have loads of do but dunno where to start from.. so lots of things runnin thru' my mind that need to put in to their respective zones.. and they'll be sooner or later! hehe

Beside s this, saw Chakk De India this weekened.. what a movie!!! I 've suddenly developed veneration for SRK.. he played it awesome.. finaly he's doing roles of his age.. not the runnin-around-trees types.. and am sure this image make over could do great things for him! Preeti Sabharwal was one cool-chick!! Baaki most of the actors were real-life hockey players.. all-in-all a fun movie .. lots of tension towards the last scenes.. but then you always know India is on the top!! :)

I dont've much to say.. ya ,am readin a book by Paulo Coehlo called The Witch Of Portobello.

Its jus so unlike of Coehlo to write in the style that he's used in this one.. but then change is neva bad.. so it fun!! wil write more bout it later..

oh ya, in b/w I did some shoppin from Gurgaon.. the shades I bought.. rakish.. completely fab.. those big ones that are realy 'in' these days.(I ll put up a pic here real soon!)... I stil regret not pickin up the chappals I'd loved.. jus coz I picked up another pair :( Now I am waitin when do I go there next... to buy those :P

and some clothes and other interestin stuff.. that I prefer not talk bout!!

And ya, do check out my latest testi on orkut.. its lovely.. by a really sweet sis :) Love her!

Check out this song here.. the lyrics. .. Aneesh sent this to me.. I loved it.. its jus soooooooooo awe-inspiring.. do look for it..

Listen as your day unfolds

Challenge what the future holds

Try and keep your head up to the sky

Lovers, they may cause you tears

Go ahead release your fears

Stand up and be counted

Don't be ashamed to cry

You gotta be

You gotta be bad,

you gotta be bold

You gotta be wiser,

you gotta be hard

You gotta be tough,

you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool,

you gotta be calm

You gotta stay together All I know,

all I know, love will save the day

Herald what your mother said

Readin' the books your father read

Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time

Some may have more cash than you

Others take a different view

My oh my heh, hey

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold

You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard

You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm

You gotta stay together

All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Don't ask no questions, it goes on without you

Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace

The world keeps on spinning

You can't stop it, if you try to

This time it's danger staring you in the face

Oh oh oh Remember

Listen as your day unfolds

Challenge what the future holds

Try and keep your head up to the sky

Lovers, they may cause you tears

Go ahead release your fears

My oh my heh, hey, hey

You gotta be

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold

You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard

You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm

You gotta stay together

All I know, all I know, love will save the day

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold

You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard

You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm

You gotta stay together

All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Not-so-good

I somehow knew I' d be feelin lonely today.. and I am.. I've been feelin that since mornin... maybe it s jus the tedium.. nothin else.. slept till afternoon ..studied til morning.. took tests.. practice tests.. I somehow dont feel too confident bout it anymore.. losin heart and hope both :'(

Jus prayin/hoping/ wishin/... God should be listenin....

I've a stick-on note on my wall that says.. when you think you cant make it any further, hold on a lil longer.. thats what I am doin rite now.. holdin on a lil longer.. !!

:!

P.S. check this out.. lyrics. Westlife- I cry

You said goodbye I fell apart
I fell from all we had
To I never knew I needed you so bad
You need to let things go I know,
you told me so I've been through hell
To break the spell
Why did I ever let you slip away
Can't stand another day without you
Without the feeling I once knew
I cry silently
I cry inside of me
I cry hopelessly
Cause I know I'll never breathe your love again
I cry
Cause you're not here with me
Cause I'm lonely as can be
I cry hopelessly
Cause I know I'll never breathe your love again

If you could see me now
You would know just how
How hard I try
Not to wonder why
I wish I could believe in something new
Oh please somebody tell me it's not true
I'll never be over you
Why did I ever let you slip away
Can't stand another day without yu
Without the feeling
I once knew I cry silently
I cry inside of me
I cry hopelessly
Cause I know I'll never breathe your love again
I cry
Cause you're not here with me
Cause I'm lonely as can be
I cry hopelessly
Cause I know I'll never breathe your love again

If I could have you back tomorrow
If I could lose the pain and sorrow
I would do just anything
To make you see, still love me
I cry silently I cry inside of me
I cry hopelessly I cry silently
I cry inside of me
I cry hopelessly
Cause you're not here with me
I cry
Cause I'm lonely as can be
I cry hopelessly
Cause I know
I'll never breathe your love again

Can I kick you please.. really hard!!

Stop givin me such a f***ing tough time !! Grow up s'il vous plait

Bored!!

I have been home whole day.. slept really lonnnng... and studied for sometime.. not like diggin' in to the books.. but jus a couple of tests. .. revisin word lists and some math.. talkin to frens who've been takin gre recently.. and most of them gettin screw'd for god forsaken reasons.. .considerin that most of them have been stalwarts in both verbal and math.. or preparin diligently since a couple of months.. and I come in none of the two categories.. worries me even more!!

My test scores fluctuate biggg time...! from 1250 to 1500.. I don't know :( :( :( :( so really got no idea what am I lookin' fwd to.. !! :(

anyway, the agenda for tomorow , today I mean.. aug 9 .. :( .. includes goin to practice tests.. goin to lib.. mostly studyin.. concentratin more on RCs and DIs ... coz thats where my score's gettin low.. don't know why.. coz I consider myself a good reader.. dont know what all matters when you've to read weird passages from american history to genetic engineering and politics and geology! :X :X :X !

I hope tomorow' s better and more encouraging. . .. tho its goin to be lonelier ..! I know that!

:(

Not in the best of my moods neither in the worst right now... moi too fluctuating.. wavering... demotivated.. enervated.. . duhhh type feeling coming!! :X

Did I waste time today? Did I do what all I was supposed to? Wasn't it gettin really monotonous??

But tomorw, lets make it better !!

Ciao!

P.S. This's what my shakkal looks like rite now.. berrry berrry duhh! Pbbbhbbhhhht!!! :X

Send in some mood-liftin motivatin words pleeeej !!

Gandhi,My Father

Spine chilling is the first word that comes to my mind when I ve to describe this movie..
It is moving.. . very poignant.. but when you rationally muse over the character of HariLal Gandhi, you'd realise that he himself was a very weak character, really frustrated, confused and full of regrets.. the reason ,accordin to me, communication gap major one, with his father , his own inabilities, circumstances another reason and then he dint learn from his mistkes... jus got deeper in to the abyss .. which shudnt ve happened!!

The movie otherwise shows Gandhi, not as a father of the nation.. but as a father to his children.. more or les what a father is like.. what he can give best to children.. what he 'feels' is the best for his children..does that!

The saddest part in the movie was when he was lyin alone , like a mendicant.. on a hospital bed with no one to own him or take care of him.. and when asked his father's name.. he said- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi..and they replied.. he's everyone's father.. the father of the nation..tell the name of ur father.. was he nothin to his fatheR? jus a part of this country.. where even his wife called him 'bapu'!! Isn't it too much of a self -sacrifice..
family comes first, anyday, accordin to me!!

Another really touchin scene was when the radio announcer reports the demise of M.Gandhi.. the reaction of the coffee shop owner was brilliantly enacted.. it jus shook me till inside.. what Bapu meant for the ppl of this country .. something you can actually gauge from the way ppl 've enacted the whole thing!

Akshaye Khanna.. is awesome , as usual !! And the guy who becomes M.Gandhi, played it too good.. I found it better than the munnabhaai waale Gandhi... the body language spoke entirely for itself.. !

Well thats it for now, back to work.. got to complete a test tonight before sleeping! GRE seems to be gettin tougher.. ppl not gettin good scores I heard.. ho w is gonna be! :( :(

P.S. ppt hogyi.. as i said, time paas wali hi thi.. duh!!! wasted time til after nooon there.. wish I cud ve been at a better place!!

Aaaha aaahaa! I need to sleep early tonite!

Whole day 'almost' wasted... I woke up at 10 30 or 11 after sleepin at 5ish.. anyway, so I missed college and went to the library to study.. jus to find that the whole university was sealed from every side..(coz two party ppl were on the run a.k.a absconding from the univ... hehe has it become a haven for criminals or what.. duhh!) and the traffic jam was huge.. and I was stuck in the middle of it all, with a car that doesn't ve power steering! :D hehe.. after 35 mins I finally entered the univ, dint feel any less than victory on an otherwise impregnable fort! :D

Anyway, cudnt study much coz of the proj confusion and blaa.. cud hardly fini one test, left the second one half..wil complete it now..!

The proj ppt is tomorw @ 9 30, hope it all settles well.. wont be great guns, I know it ..but let it be whatever it has to be !..

But am all exciited to shift to my house.. so glad.. lookin'forward to it.. jaldi jaldi ! :)

all in all, a non-happenin day.. one of cha got roka'd.. so weddin bells in the house pretty soon .. means meetin up everyone.. new clothes.. lots of fun! wow! ahahaah ahahaha!

I got this really beautiful quotation.. and it makes so much sense to moi.. ! Its jus soo true in my case.. sometimes when I feel the world is bein really bad to me, I realise its moi who's bein mean to ppl.. to selfish or self centred.. or insecure.. AT TIMES, I add!!

but this is jus so right.. and I ll adhere to it..

Read on :

"The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are."

Thomas Dreier

Author, Philosopher and Business Editor

P.S.- Papa plays Cupid.. I am proud of my dad :)

Sigh! Its 4 3o a.m.

I'd forgotten what it is to work on a project till early morning.. had been pretty lethargic for quite a number of months now.. and suddenly this exigency of submitting a ppt and a report and half baked proj on Tuesday seemed like a titanic task, coz I am really occupied with my gre prep and I jus dint want to sit do other tasks! :( But had to.. hapless creature,moi..sometimes!

Anyway, I start'd at 12.. Its 4 30, I cud jus manage four pages of front end, al my myself and the ppt.. I still need to do the proj report.. heard we've to submit it in the morning, but to hell with it now.. I'll do it on Tuesday only. But to say, jus see how much time I am wastin rite now on a proj.. which is actually important! I am likin the theme I chose.. e-governance, It actually makes me more curious bout technology development and how is it makin a difference to the masses.. more on it later!

Today,we decided finally of movin to our house in Panchkula..tho its pretty far off from where we're right now.. in the centre of Chandigarh.. so we went for a test drive til there @ night !
It did seem far, I drove.. .. it got so borin ,drivin drivin left right bla bla honk honk.. but in the end, it was worth it! Reachin there.. comin' home! :)
We went right up to the terrace on the second floor, and sat there amidst the starry sky.. not gettin poetic.. but I cud see the well-lit Naida saab so clearly from my roof.. lucky moi ! I love that sight.. It is pristine.. bang on the highway, crazy rush, maddenin traffic. ....but when you go atop that roof and the panorama of that serene gurudwara seemed nestled amidst the Shivalik Range of mountains... there was a virginal element of romance in there.. It was peaceful.. it was calm.. it was a moment to live!
And I decided it cud be a great thing to go there and to experience such beatific things every day.. when you can see the mountains from your window 24/7 ... whoa! lovely sight, it'd be! though the distance to Chd is quite a turn-off.. but en route back home.. it realy dint feel that long! we'll get used to it!

And I installed this really cool neocounter thing on my blogspot homepage that tells moi people from which countries visitin my blogspot.. I found India mostly.. US once in a while.. but there's someone from Jamaica,of the all the places.. who's consistently viewin my blogs..I am curious! !!

Gotta catch up on some sleep ... hitting the sack..Goodnite!

To My Friends! :)

Happy Friendship Day , buddies! I love you all loads.. you are the light in the my life, and only I know how crazy I go sans you people( and crazier with you!)...
to all of you near and far, this one's for you.. !
You've made my life better with your love and your affection... with your care and with your smiles.. its become a life worth living ...I jus smile when I look back with the times I've'd with you.. ! Thank you a bunch...



The Bestest of the best is mine! :)


I cant re-count the times how un-controllably I've laughed with these two amazin people.. and I cant neva even remember how much I've cried infront of them.. :P how much of the memories that we've all made togehter.. how many of my secrets they posses and how much I've bugged with my minute unimportant trifles of nonsense ... and they've bajaao'd mine on each one of it..how much they've tried to stop me from eatin calorie'd stuff coz they think I am corpulent..how much pesterin they did to get my hair straightened.. and I surrendered.. and I dont regret it ! ;-) ! hehe.. and I really miss you so much .. now that u both aint here, life is too lonely.. I know neither of you lazybones would be readin this..but still,I adore you.. even more each day! LoveYou..




This one's to my girl gang :) You make my each day worth lookin' forward to.. its so much fun to have you around.. to have a maggi party@ stu-c or to study for hours in the library.. or to make projects..(with you doin most of the work.. and me jus bantering!) ..or discuss how shud I lose weight.. or to say 'bitchin is healthy sometimes.. or jus a way to pass time'.. the last one year has been my best in college.. coz of you all.. Thank you so much for bein with me..and understandin me....
It makes so proud to be a part of the sexy six :P
where each one of us is so different from anothr.. and yet together.. appreciatin and acceptin each other the way they are! You all rock more than each other.. thank you a whole bunch.. may God bless our friendship always!! :-)



And yet another pic of some really rockin people.. I am missin out on a lot of them though.. who's pics are not here... or I don't ve.. but then they know who they are and they know how much I cherish their friendship and I always will :-)



To All My Friends, everywhere in the world :)


Friendships come and Friendships go
Like wave upon the sand
Like day and night
Like birds in flight
Like snowflakes when they land
But you and I are something else
Our friendship's here to stay
Like weeds and rocks and dirty socks
It never goes away!


Am proud of you all..

take great care.. and wish this frenship goes on forever! (touchwood!)

P.S. If any of you lazy fingers is readin this... I wanna see you commenting ;')

A link

http://jessnbekahsmom.blogspot.com/ Jus a recommendation!! Great blog.. its a mom who's writing bout her kids.. their daily antics and mischiefs and .. .. and recordin their moments growin up.. in short,makin memories!

God's Promises

God hath not promised

Skies always blue,

Flower-strewn pathways

All our lives through;

God hath not promised

Sun without rain,

Joy without sorrow,

Peace without pain.

But God hath promised

Strength for the day,

Rest for the labour,

Light for the way,

Grace for the trials,

Help from above,

Unfailing sympathy,

Undying love.

Annie Johnson Flint, 1866-1932

American Teacher and Poet

Going green..

I often wonder what kind of feeling is called Jealousy? I think it's when you admire someone and want to be like them and dont want to accept the fact that you want to be like someone else and want better be urself... and the conflict that goes on with in your own self about the image that you want to create or the life that you want to have.. Is that how you define jealousy?

Couldn't it be called... derivin an inspiration.. to make it sound positive.. then where's the jealousy? Is there any ill-will involved in it? I dont think there is.. coz when there is ill will involved, you'll want sometihnng bad to happen to that person, and I dont think any such feeling ever comes to my mind atleast, coz where ever some one is, they deserve to be there.. coz of their efforts and hard work!

So perhaps, there is an element of envy.. to term in it in a more sophisticated manner.. coz jealousy brings alongs animosity.. and the world is too beautiful to be spoilt by malicious feelings!

The derivation says that have a limited amount of envy, that you get inspiration, and you learn how to work harder, be focussed and achieve what you want to!

I found out some really interestin quotes bout envy.. do you relate to me..

.. I am too obsess'd with loving myself :D

Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

~Jennifer James

Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

~Maya Angelou

Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt.

~Leslie Grimutter

Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has. ~Elizabeth O'Connor

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. ~Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Rain

“I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain; What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again.”
Arthur Freed!

Rain is one thing that lifts my spirit each time.. even when it is already high or when its down in the dumps. It jus has to rain to make me happy.. I love to go out in the rain.. get drenched get soaked.. I love to click pics in the rain.. like the one above.. (Its the ground floor of the house I iv in!) .. I love to drive in the rain.. I love to sit by the window at the rain and jus gaze outside at the freshness and happiness the rain brings along with itself.. I love to eat aloo pakorad with bread and butter when it rains...everytime it rains.. I become a kid again.. I forget evrythin else .. and jus enjoy that moment.. I treasure the rain each days it falls on.. I love to sit under a tin roof when it rains.. I love the sounds that is heard then.. I love to walk in the rain.. I love the rain for everything it gives us.. Its' a gift of nature.. I've some great memories of the rain.. and I recollect them.. that special time!!

I always wonder why ppl crib when it rains..

I pray for it to rain.. so that I can go back and get my childhood back.. so that I can have that carefree light feeling that the rain brings along with it.. and I hope that feeling to stay forever..
Life becomes beautiful when it rains!!!

Ya, I love Chandigarh even more when it rains!! :)

Can you count now how many times 'rain' is used in the post.. I 'd love to do it a 1000times.. and here's a favorite song that I love to sing when it rains!!
(Read the lyrix til the end.. Its one of my real real favorites!!)

Rimjhim rimjhim rumjhum rumjhum
Bheegi bheegi rut mein tum hum hum tum
Chalte hain
Bajta hai jaltarang tean ki chhat pe jab
Motiyon jaisa jal barse
Boondon ki ye ldai laayi hai vo ghadi
Jiske liye hum tarse
Ho ho ho bajta hai jaltarang teal ki chhat pe jab
Motiyon jaisa jal barse
Boondon ki ye ldai laayi hai vo ghadi
Jiske liye hum tarse
Ha ha ha rimjhim rimjhim rumjhum rumjhum
Bheegi bheegi rut mein tum hum hum tum
Ho chalte hain
Chalte hain
Baadal ki chaadarein odhe hain vaadiyaan
Saari dishayein soyi hain
Sapnon ke gaon mein bheegi si chhaon mein
Do aatmayein khoyi hain
Ho baadal ki chaadarein odhe hain vaadiyaan
Saari dishayein soyi hain
Sapnon ke gaon mein bheegi si chhaon mein
Do aatmayein khoyi hain
Rimjhim rimjhim rumjhum rumjhum
Bheegi bheegi rut mein tum hum hum tum
Ho chalte hainChalte hain
Aaye hain dekhne jheelon ke aaine
Belon ko khole ghatayein
Raah hai dhuaan dhuaan jayenge hum kahan
Aao yahin reh jayein
Aaye hain dekhne jheelon ke aaine
Belon ko khole ghatayein
Raah hai dhuaan dhuaan jayenge hum kahan
Aao yahin reh jayein
Rimjhim rimjhim
RimjhimRumjhum rumjhum
Rumjhum
Bheegi bheegi rut mein
hey hey tum hnum hum tum
Ho chalte hainChalte hain
Rimjhim rimjhim
Rimjhim rimjhimRumjhum rumjhum
Rumjhum rumjhum
Bheegi bheegi rut mein tum hum hum tum
Ho chalte hainChalte hain ....

P.S.- It is two a.m. I promised myself that I;ll not stay online beyon d 1 .a.m i was supposed to do the analogies list complete by tonite! I still will do it! :D

Just what I need to know right now..

1) When I'm having trouble with someone, it's a sure sign that person is exactly the gift I am needing in my life. Sometimes it takes me years to write the thank you note, though.
Author Unknown

2) The Trouble Tree
Author Unknown

The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier."Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied." I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again."
He paused. "Funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there ain't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."

3) ruk jaanaa naheen too kahee haar ke
kaanto pe chal ke milenge saaye bahaar keo raahee,
o raahee
sooraj dekh ruk gayaa hai, tere aage zook gayaa hai
jab kabhee ayese koee masataanaa
nikale hain apanee dhoon mein deewaanaa
shaam suhaanee ban jaate hai,
din intajaar ke
saathee naa kaarawaan hai,
ye teraa imtihaan hai
yoohee chalaa chal dil ke sahaare
ke detee hain manjaeel tuz ko ishaare
dekh kahee koee rokaa naheen le, tujh ko pukaar ke

Crazy

Surely this billi is sayin what I want to... along with pulling my hair.. for how foolish and crazy and mad and dumb and bugg I can be!!! :X :X: X X: !

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