Just me..

How often does one go alone on a weekend and feel happy about spending the day just with the self? We do look forward to having a good company for fun. True..there's nothing like having family/friends/someone together to share weekdays n weekends and the whole life. Yes, we are social animals and meant to be unhappy alone..n bla bla bla...but once in a while it's wonderful to just be with the self n go out with only yourself and do all the chores or some recreational things alone.It's a peaceful n enjoyful experience indeed!!
I did that last Sunday and it was a wonderful time I had with me :). Most of the time we hold our self back from doing a lot of things we plan to do because of not having a good company or no one at all. So if we plan to do something and have a great company...wonderful! excellent! nothing like it and the fun is doubled, but ,if we don't have anybody to accompany then just don't give up. We should just get going all by our self. It's a very peaceful experience, with no clashes of thoughts n dialogues and yeah much better than giving up and feeling bad about not being able to do the stuff. This at least reduces the feeling of one being too 'useless n laid back' :)

A Perfect weekday!

Yesterday felt like a perfect weekday. I don't even remember when I felt that way the last time, it certainly been ages i guess. Left early for office. Well, another thing I would go on writing about is how wonderful it is to live close to office, it can change your life so much!!!On any given day I'd argue/negotiate/fight at least 5-6 auto drivers before I board one n start my day with a grumpy mood. Travelling in auto here will definitely be one of the things to ruin your mood everyday n yes a key factor affecting your life everyday..but today the first auto guy I found agreed to go at normal fare, I was soooo prepared to fight him even before I spoke to him,hahah.
In office, I only came across people who were smiling, helping, very enthusiastic and lively. Way different from my earlier work environment. Thank god for this change!!! It all went so smoothly and work for the day got accomplished. Again while heading back home, for the first time the auto guy readily agreed to charge the fare as per the meter. Both my colleague n me were surprised to see this first time in one year of our travelling experience on our route...anybody who lives in Bangalore would know what I mean here :).
After reaching home, went for swimming for an hour n half. The best way to wash away all your stress and feel totally relaxed. For all those people living a stressful life each day..just jump into the pool if you have one available. You'll definitely feel refreshed n lighter! And I had no reason or work to go on the net, I just went to quickly check mails and to my delight I met my long lost dear sister - cum - friend, who's far far away now. But thanks to the technology advancement that makes the world a smaller place. Finally, getting a web cam has helped indeed, it was nice to see each other and talk like we were in the same room. It's been ages since we met in person and yes emails keep doing rounds but nothing like seeing the person live n talking. Well..I guess we have more to catch up on each other's lives..but it was great!There's nothing better than meeting someone close to heart after a looong period of time and starting from where we left. I didn't realize how time passed and it was late night..but that didn't matter . At the end of the day I was happy!! I know this may not match the standards of "a perfect weekday" for most people, but I experienced this after soooooo long..and yes to me it was a perfect weekday with a balance of professional and personal life in a day!!! I'd hope n look forward to many such days to come :)
- Snow

after a long hiatus!

Back here after a very very looooong time!! Got it revamped with a new look to change the boring old look n feel. Well..am not sure if my 50% partner would like to continue to pour her thoughts here anymore ...although I strongly believe that she's a good writer with great vocabulary, who can tell you things with the minutest details and very well animated. Anyway, I'm hoping that I can keep the spirit high n continue..
Now the real question is how much of creativity, thoughts or just ramblings will I be able to bring here?? :-<
Well..at least I've re-initiated this for now :)

it's not the number of years lived, but how we live that counts..

I once got this greeting card from my aunt, around 8 years back which had these words on it "It's not the number of years lived, it's how we live that counts", and although I was sensible enough even at that age to understand what it would mean, nodding my head "yes..so true" & being touched......

I practically experienced that later. Several such events that happened later proved this time and again, and the ones who helped in making my life more meaningful during these phases cannot be forgotten ever..& those words make so much more sense now looking back...

I experienced doing the same things and living in boredom & just wondering for years "ohh..what am I doing?" ... like living inside a shell and then I also experienced change ...exploring, interacting, learning, doing new things and realizing that there's more to life.. all that in just a year or so....

If I weigh both these phases I think I lived more in the shorter period. Well then age just
becomes a number, some people do so much in lesser time that they know more then those who live to grow old, living like a frog in the well...
It's easier said than done!! It's scary to realize that this phase again feels like the dead phase...like time is slipping through my hand and am not keeping pace with it, standing still, watching and letting days pass. Just adding to my age & work experience but in the real sense ...it's all so stagnant. I'm sure Mermy would agree on this...when you compare past couple of years vs. some years before that..isn't it?

I'm beginning to realize that while craving for a change in the monotonous life...we're actually getting so used to the monotony that it becomes an inertia which is quite hard to overcome.This state of inertia prevents us from initiating things we aspire to do, things that make life more meaningful and make us live more each day...

Sometimes I wish I could just go five years back and start over again to make it better then what these five years have turned out to be, but on the other hand, I feel, whatever has happened in these years have certainly made me better and given me some better opportunities to learn from experiences and from interesting n nice people whom I have as friends today, I might not realize that so much today but hoping that looking back some years later...I'd certainly feel that it was all important...

D-Day..

Yesss...finally the D-Day arrived for my 50% shareholder in this blog...
How could I miss announcing loundly n wishing Mermy hereeee...
My dearest friend, I pray and wish you both the best of life today and in the days to come..
Happy married life!!
I hope you are the ones from the story that says - "Happily Ever After" :)
Loads of love, good wishes n tons of blessings.......

- Snow

The Paradox of our age

Recently, we had been to Himachal and the trip was no doubt greeeaaat....wish I had the time to write about it. During our visit to Dharamshala, while strolling on the streets and shops around this hilly market, we came across a shop which had cards & wall hangings with words of wisdom and kindness from H.H. The Dalai Lama.. good insights on the ways to look at human emotions & various aspects of life...putting just one of them here.
We can certainly relate to the following thoughts , just apt to describe the kind of life we're living now..

The Paradox of our age -

"We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense;
more knowledge but less judgement;
more medicines but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,but have trouble in crossing the street to meet the new neighbours.
We have built more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever,but we have less communication;
We have become long on quantity,but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion;
Tall man but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It is a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room."
- H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

- Snow

When your neighbour loses his job, it's recession...but when it's yours, it's depression !!!
read this somewhere today and felt like putting it up...