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Thoughtssss
You Know what?? Livingalone in a foreign land teaches you a lot!! Yesterday, I was just thinking what did I observe living in a different country??Immediately I did not get any
answers, through the day, there were many instances where I thought ya this is
not the same back in India.......shayad, its true ki we see what we want!!!
Well, What did I realise??? I wanted to tell about the old people here in their
70-80s...... I did not see one of my collegue since 2 months....Yesterday I saw him and
asked what happened? He said, smiling..."Ahh ...Thanks for asking...I was
not well...I just got a surgery done to mutate my malignant tumor"....and
then left....I was like "Ohhhh nooooo!!!!"
That means he had cancer and he is smiling and ek dum fit now!!! You know what
cured him sooo easily??? His CONFIDENCE!!!
I observed, people here are not scared......when i say not scared...I mean if an 60
yr old gets a chronic disease....he goes to see his doctor, all by himself,
gets himself diagnoised and get fit soon....They are confident....They do not
go to panic mode....like us in India....and mind you average life expectancy
here seems to be 70 and you can find people in 50s planning about what they
should do when they are 80.
I also thought why is it this ways here??? Why are we not as confident??? Why
is Life expectancy low??
The first reason I got is.....Here these people are self sufficient or rather
more than that............not only, economically....but also in every other
field....This gives them a part of the confidence....
Second one, They know money cannot buy them an extra few days on this
earth....but still they are confident that nothing would happen........why???
Is it because medical science is advanced here.??? No....because, I saw and I
can tell you we have much better service and also cheaper service in
India.......then whats the reason????
I feel, in a sense, they love themselves more than anything else.....that makes
them take care of themselves....and protect themselves....and once you know
what you are doing clearly, be it be related to anything...you get a sort of
confidence....a confidence that nothing can stop you coz you are right!!
[...Disagreeing???....I am not talking about the young generation here who dont
even have respect for themselves... ]
What say you??
One more thing here is, these old people are very independent.....I Love to see
old couples to move around as if they are just married....they do all sort of
adventurous trips that we do....they go on holidays and enjoy as if they are on
honeymoon just after marriage....I was sooo surprised actually....I did not
expect people in this country to be soo much emotional!!!
Anyways....except for the confidence in old age, everything is fine in India....and I
guess as we are growing as a strong nation, we would be gaining that missing
bit very soon (even though we are still the same old emotional people loving family than we love ourselves....) !!
Love U India!!! PS : I had soo much more to tell...but somehow could not put all of them in words....Hope the message was clear enough!!!
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This part of my life is called Blessing!!
I would like to share an incident…it was like they show in movies!!! It reminded me of the movie , Life’s Beautiful…don’t ask me the connection :P!! (happened on 13th feb 2008) Yesterday, I got a hug from a cab driver…I was smiling off to Glory! I booked a cab along with my friend back home from work!! He was a greek man may be in his late forties or early fifties!! He said a few words in Hindi like achha… He said : “ Lady, you should develop some nice diesel for my car so that I earn more, save more by spending less on fuel”…. I smiled…. He said: “ You promise??”…. “Ya”…I said!! And as I gave him the fare, he took and before returning the change he just asked me “what do you say “Thank You” in Indian??” I said “ Shukriya”… He said “Shukriya Gudiya”… I was surprised!!! He then was about to go back when he asked me what do we say bye bye in Indian… I said… “Well, I say TaTa”…he laughed and said “Ohh that’s what the toddlers say!!” …I smiled and said “Ya …but I still say that”….he just moved towards me…I was on the pavement….and said “ Ohh Dear!! Gimme a Hug”…. and gave me one!! He went back to his cab, and driving away, out of the window, waved and said “Take care Dear young Lady…Hope to see you soon Good Luck!!”…I was dumbstruck!! I was wondering and smiling to myself and probably I now know who sent me a Hug when I needed one!! Life’s Beautiful Indeed!! PS: The previous day I was missing everyone at home!! Even small incidents make you feel damn good...believe me!!
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I want to Know
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living... I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are... I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrows, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from the fear of further pain!
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own: ... if you can dance with wildness and let ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling is true... I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul, if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see the beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your own life from it's presence.........I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have... I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you are or how you came to be here ... I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied... I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.........I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you like the company you keep in the empty moments. Author - Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Indian Elder Mindblowing!!!This was something I read on a paper...the first few lines (that are on the image) from the paper !!I loved it instantly!!I searched for what this was from google...and here I am posting it for you people....I am sure you would also love this!! |
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Hum Tum
Prologue : A piece of conversation of Hum-Tum who chat online after they left school. A senti part :P
Tum : Do you miss me?
Hum : Actually, Its so busy here that i am not missing anyone.
Tum : Thanks!!  Hum : why??? I dont get you!
Tum : That was a nice way to express a NO. :)..Had you said "I dont" I would have felt bad (Tum sometimes becomes senti over HUM :P)
Hum : Whats that?? You should not....You are happily enjoying there and you want us to miss u..so mean of u...U r still the same stingy Tum.... :P
Tum : I am selfish :P
Hum : hehe....anyways, I have actually got another friend of mine, DUM, and she is being a great company you know!!
Tum : Poor Dum....:P !!But I am happy therez someone so that u wont get bored!!afterall what are friends for??
PS: Few questions if we take this in a serious note :P
--> Is it normal if Tum feels bad when Hum says NO when the question was asked??
--> Is it being bad if Tum thinks his/her place in Hum's Life should stay same forever????Possesive eh??
--> Does Hum really doesnt miss Tum or he is just telling he doesnt???
--> and finally....Is it necessary for one not to enjoy their new world when she/he says he misses the ones he/she left behind??
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Happyness
Jan 4th 2008
"A
sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to
you, only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be, and you
just have to let go... even if we can't love the way we wished, we love
in other ways... and we don't and can't stop loving because of
constraints... "
this was something i found on someone's blog!!but its so very true!!!
But I somehow believe that u cant just let go off anything just like that!! Give it ur best!!
Treasure those moments, they would one day be the reason and hope of your existance!!
Last week, my best friend was giving a sort of definition of "Happyness" which he heard from one of his friend!! He says,
"
We all come to this world with some empty bottles.....and once we are
here, we tend to fill those bottles up.....the process of filling these
up is called Happyness!! "
Somehow I find its so simple and straight definition of that feeling to pursue which we struggle all our life!!
And Ya I am trying to do the same.....filling up my bottle with all the memories.....U knw Wat??
PS: forgive whosoever you are for using the quote.....i couldnt help but post it here !!
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Its Snowingggggg
31 Jan 2008 Wind blowing, First snow flakes!!!!
This Ice flower floats dreamily
To melt on my skin!!
Ahh What a feeling!!!
I just witnessed the melting of first snowfalke!!....felt great!!
The sight of it!! I was having coffee with chocolate when my collegue (a 50 year old boy :P) taps me and points "See"...and there I look out of my window I see the first snow flakes falling right into me....Whoa....I felt so happy....
May be i am still innocent!!or May be I am kid at heart still....But I loved snow!!..I am all excited....telling everyone whom I saw!!..
And there I go out of the coffee shop to feel the snow on me...my collegues smiling at my sheer innocence follow me out from the cafty, watch me enjoying the first feel, standing there!! And suddenly I realise "gosh!!what am I doing??", and sheepishly say sorry to my OLD friends and get back into the building !!! Ohhhhhhh......they come back and say " Ohh Dear!!! We came out for you and you leave us out there and come back !!!How mean of you!!!" and then laugh off their hearts out!!!
I am soooo lucky to have such a bunch of collegues...who are so humerous , friendly lively and at the same time PERFECT at work!!!!
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Sojourn Starts :)
24th Jan 08
My Sojourn Starts --
Life's like a magical slate.....you write, erase but still can retrieve when wanted....... Its all in there!!
Whatever goes around comes around….As an engineer I cannot but appreciate the speciality of a circle!!
Considering my start of this blog….with the idea from a friend on Iland - one specific reason was to keep a note of all things I see , feel, hear, touch through my travelling away from my place…This iland will have all my colors…..moody blues, romantic reds, vibrant greens, plesant yellows, lovely lilacs...And I feel...I AM A RAINBOW OF ALL COLORS OF MY LOVED ONES ......Indeed we all are....dont you agree???........Second reason being improvising my writing skills....
For any journey to start, there should be a stage wherein you have leave something behind…. So here I go!!!
Stage 1:
Preparing to leave!!!
Had a hectic day at office, getting things done, papers etc …Now all things done….everything set to go!! Everyone around me thinks I am going just for an year….and infact I am going for an year but still, something in me says I wont be seeing them for a long time! Fingers crossed…hope its wrong!!
First time I am feeling sad I am leaving. May be there has been a lot of change in me in the past one year! May be not!! Before, I never felt bad I was leaving and all. I always had an excitement to move onto next place! Now, I feel sad and bad to leave this place as such and move away…. Partly the reason is a feeling that nothing would remain the same when I return….a small feeling of insecurity to leave it unseen for an year…..since I wished it remained the same……and I didn’t want to leave anything to fate, unattended. But surprisingly enough, I am not all sad….I am happy sad I am leaving….happy and equally excited about moving onto a new place and job…May be this is quite normal…I am not saying it isn’t and I am not worried I am feeling this way , I am just expressing!! As a friend said, All these are quite normal and nothing so great about it for me to brag about!! But ya, I am not bragging for heaven’s sake….why don’t people understand??????
Transfer lugguage in one of my best friends place and cuddle up with her for sometime!!
Then we go to meet my best friend, probably we would never be able to meet like this later at such an odd hour.. have a great time, sitting on roads, barista, auto, filling myself with memories cherishing which I would be able to while away time all alone in a foreign land…
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