Archive for March 2009
Nothing is free..
Posted on: March 21, 2009
Recently I have been on a trip to Grand canyon, Bryce canyon and Zion. I was amused to see the magnificent mountains and the beautiful stream. We cant stop praising the natural beauties standing high and welcoming you with pleasant breeze.The richness of the mountains can never be narrated in simple sentences. We never had any wish to come back , but we cannot escape from the work and in this economic situation, no chance!!!
On the way back as we approached a city, we stopped to get some water and food. I suddenly realised that nothing is free here in a city. I wandered my thoughts way back into the deep forest for a while. I realised our mother nature does not demand you money . You can sleep on her lap, drink the water from the stream, eat lot of fruits available. She is not going to give you any bill. Like a mother who does not demand anything from their child except for cleanliness and hygiene, mother nature expects us to do the same. But as her child we have crossed all the boarders and we have caused lot of trouble to the mother nature and her other children.
The earth would have been like that thousands of years ago. There would have been lot of forest and lot of water source. But as the technology developed mankind have slowly started eating the nature’s resource and have started building his giant buildings. So the land is no more free. The water resources are not sufficient to supply a whole lot of crowd, so the water is not free. We have to pay for them to drink. The other important aspect of life is food. Which is totally not and will never be free. So three important aspects of life is not at all free and they are at sometimes not affordable too.
The other most important utility of nature is air. Now we see that the technology is so very improved , that we have even teared the sky and go beyond, in search of other people out there and shake hands with them. We also see there is a multifold increase in the development of industries, transport systems and other facilities. So there may be one Thanks giving day, where we will be seeing lot of people standing in line for getting better deals on oxygen cylinders.
But on the other hand could not stop praising the technology improvement, without which anything is impossible. When we give a dough to a baby, we don’t expect him to have it the same way it was given. Instead when he makes some toys out of it , we will be happy and we give him more. Similarly God ( or who ever created us), should feel happy about the mankind, for exploring all the opportunities and changing the dough totally. Hope he does not get confused, if this was what i gave them!! But instead give more..
A journey begins..
Posted on: March 18, 2009
If we think of life as a big novel. Then the most important and the interesting part would be the life at schools and colleges . There are so many schools and colleges all round the world. Each of them have different rules and regulations. But as a student , the only thing we have in hand is to learn and enjoy.
When I think of school I get reminded of my teachers. Few good, few strict, few really efficient but have no talent to teach, few not so talented but have great spirit to teach. You can see wide variety of people roaming around the campus.
The school is the best place where we can learn about the real world apart from the family. We have an option to learn so many things , to discover so many facts. The place where the innocence is a gift. When as a child even when you blabber you will be praised. After long time out of schools, I suddenly wanted to sit in a class and study. It will be so interesting to learn new things everyday in different domain. I feel your brain was well and good at school as we are not exposed to anything.
But some how I feel the present education system has to be changed a bit, encouraging students to study more , rather than to bunk the classes and run away. It has to be more student friendly than being a nightmare. We can see all kinds of students in a class. Few may be really bright and few may take some time to understand things. They may not actually be called a dull headed. If you look closely these students may be good at some other stuffs. I have also seen so many parents spending lots of money for private tuition, which call themselves as personalised training centre, where they train the student specially. These tuition centres charges you more. But I dont understand why do schools pay for teachers.
There has to be training sessions for teachers , where they should be trained to teach all kinds of students even if they are bright or dull headed. So that the students learns at schools and also saves their parents money. After all the best journey of the life begins through the best education.
From outside
Posted on: March 11, 2009
I always wanted to write this blog..But just took so much time to start it.
Its just been a year since we moved to US. I still remember all those days of Visa preparation, Documents, packing. ooof it was like a biggest project. So before going to all those, i thought let me just put in few words what other people thinks about this country.
You can see lot of Gossiping in different regions. Like when your son is completing his schooling and preparing for GRE and TOFEL , his mom would be very happy saying to everyone “He got a seat there in bigggg university and he is going to settle down there”, but actually he would not even have given his exams. He would be thinking at his room , “Oh Gosh I never know will I ever be using all these words .. abdication,abrogate …!!@@##”, he will stare at his mom’s optimism.
Next comes the marriage, when you are in US then the chance of getting a bride or bridegroom is more. So when an alliance is fixed parents would say to everyone ( Some may use loud speakers too!!) , “My daughter is going to settle down in US. The bride groom is working in a great , world famous organization( very few would recognize the name , few others will stare as if we had hurt them 🙂 ) , he is having a car , the kitchen is full of electronic things and she does not have to do any work (he he he) “.
Here goes a list of things about US. Everyone from outside thinks when you come here you can enjoy our life, earn in millions , you can get many properties and settle down in life as soon as possible. It was with me too, I had the same notion about this country before coming here. Now i’m here, so what do I think about this country. I will write more in the forth coming blogs ( For easy reading !!! ).
Crazy Dieting..
Posted on: March 10, 2009
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“Lose 42 inches in 21 days” , ” Lose 50 pounds in 2 months!!’.. Hurry grab your last chance to be a super star.. Here it goes the list of advertisements for toning up your body..
I see such kinds of adds very common in all the media ( TV, Radio, Internet, MMS, SMS.. almost all) I always think is it so easy to get the few extra pounds of your body so easily. Then why are so people roaming out with so many extra pounds.
Nowadays I almost see everyone talking about dieting, loosing weight , about their frame. I don’t know what happened all of a sudden. Even when we go out for a party , we can see some crazy bees saying , I don’t eat potatoes, low carb , low fat , 0% fat. Then I thought I should say something to everyone or at least to who ever read this.
When you are taking up any ‘As seen on TV’ course, please do consult a dietitian, as I have heard of many people falling sick after all those crazy ideas. After all loosing weight is not more important than losing health. Lose weight gradually, any sudden decrease in the weight will lead to so many changes in the body cycle , which may not be good too!!
When you are into some dieting structure, when someone invites you for a party please take it easy. Don’t refrain from tasting stuffs. I have seen so many people shouting out , that they don’t eat this and that, and make others feel guilty of eating them. Imagine when someone says I don’t eat much, it may in other words mean ( it may not actually.. but looks like) see how much you are eating. So this may cause embarrassing situation for all. If you dont want to eat anything atleast pretend to be eating and praise the food. So that you make a wonderful day for organizer as well as for your friends. Isn’t this cool..
The calorie conscious is what I call the Crazy dieting. Everyone looks at the calories listed in the side of every item you purchase. One day when we went to a shopping mall, I was looking at people looking at the calorie chart for almost everything, may be even for shoe !!!!..
I would share a tip that I know from my doctor friend. If you need to reduce weight. The amount of calories you take per day should be less than the amount of calories you expend per day. Which means that, for example if you take 100 calories , you have to spend at least 150 calories , so that 50 calories of work will be taken from the fat stored in your body. This way you will be able to create a perfect balance between the energy and health. So if you need to spend more calories than you eat , the best and the only way is to do exercise.
So always food is not our enemy. It is just few days we had loved the food so much and few other days we hate it so much. Instead why don’t we create a easy mechanism where in we love food and as well as we don’t love it so much so that it doesn’t makes you suffer.
After all life is about enjoying every single thing. Enjoy as it goes , but do have a control.
So do exercise, eat healthy and be happy!!!
Sacrificing is parenting….
Posted on: March 10, 2009
From my childhood i have never sacrificed much in my life. I was adjusting though. But not much. I was wondering will I even change. But I did for my daughter. I have always read articles saying “Parents do a lot for their kids, they sacrifice so much in their life”. But I did not believe in all those. I can never tolerate when someone says that they will do anything for their kids and for their life. I would stop by and ask them “Are you fool? Why would you sacrifice your life just for someone who will not even turn later to look at you. Life your life and enjoy.”…
Ha Ha Ha. Now I could not stop thinking about what I’m doing. When she was born , I have sacrificed my sleep just to look after her, to feed her even before she cries. I have sacrificed my food, if she does not eat . Will not do anything if she is not feeling good. Even if it is cold, I’m awake to check and see that she is normal. Now she is a bit grown up and I have sacrificed all my programs and just watch cartoons with her. I will do anything now if she will eat, just anything.
I take a minute to think that my daughter is just few years old and I do so many things to keep her happy. When she grows up, I will do so many things so that she gets what she needed. Then I came to a conclusion that you sacrifice stuffs without your knowledge for kids. We don’t realize that we are not doing certain things just for the sake that we want our kids to do certain things. But we all love to do what we are doing, just to see them grow as a good citizens. So parenting is sacrificing.. but doing that with love..
Being a mom…
Posted on: March 10, 2009
The best part of any girls life would be getting commited to a person and starting the new life.. But even more than that, being a mother is the best of all. Any women when she first hears that there is some one growing in you, it will look like a fantasy as if some one is joking. But as the days go and you start feeling the first kick, it will be the most beautiful moments of life. The first bond of love with the child begins. Reading to him, singing to him , talking with the sweetest little pie, it makes you forget all the problems, you no more feel lonely. As the days goes, the kicks gets more and more giving you the uncomfortable feeling. But we can never find a mom who complains about that. She may have so many problems like heart burns, cramping, back pain, loss of apetite, but everything is immaterial in front of the beautiful toes and the body brushing you from inside. I still remember the days when we went for scanning, expecting to see the baby and returned with dissatisfaction, wanting to see the baby more and more. The last month of any one’s pregnancy is a period of waiting and excitement. No more patience to see the most loving one. We feel like we are God and we are creating someone and presenting to this world.
I have seen so many changes in all the women who has shifted from careless, inpatient and uncaring girls to loving, caring and pleasant mom. When the d-date comes , it is full of anxiety , just few hours left to see the wonderful little thing in our life. All he wait for 9 months is going to be answered in few hours. Even during delivery the feeling of seeing you kid will be more than the real pain. No joking.
At last , after a long tedious pushing, you see a pearl there. Could you believe? Everyone tends to cry looking at the sweet angel right there in her fathers hands. The little toes and hands, softy , rosy body, like a small cat. Oh my GOD , the wonderful things in the whole world. I love the tenderness. The poor thing has to be taught everything, including eating. I love being a mom.
Hello world!
Posted on: March 9, 2009
Hi all.. This is my first attempt to reach out, shake hands and begin sharing all that i feel ..Might be a real world incident or just a fantasy.. but just a sequence of thoughts and questions which arise in me and I want to ask so many.. So thought with this powerful media, I can get answers to atleast a couple of them..
About me I’m an Engineering graduate. Worked for Inautix on Mainframes technology. Married two years back and have a sweet one year old daughter. Currently working as Managing Director at Reed Avenue and that is my home and simultaneously searching for jobs in California.
My next best interest and passion is Music. I have learnt carnatic music from so many teachers in India. But my aim is to learn from a great scholar and build my strong foundation in music. So my other job is hunting for my guru, who would accept this little child as student.
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