Value of Rs.500

Hi Everybody

Came across this video on youtube recently. Its worth a thought .....

So tell me what would you do with Rs.500

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Cheers!

"Love & Marriage"

Hi Everybody,

How u all doin? I hope everyone is good, safe & surviving from the recent crunch thats affected the whole world.

Anyways, following post is an email forward to me by my school friend Asim Pereira, who is getting married on May 2, '2009. Its funny ..... Enjoy!

A student asked a teacher, "What is love?" 

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back. 
But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick." 
The student went to the field, went thru first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wondered....may be there is a bigger one later. 
Then he saw another big one... but may be there is a bigger one waiting for him, he thought. 
Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he start to realize that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he knows he has missed the biggest one, and he regrets. 
So, he ended up going back to the teacher empty handed. 
The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but  later you realise, you have already missed the person...." 


"What is marriage then?" the student asked. 
The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick." 
The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, hence, when he reached the middle of the field, he picked one medium corn that he felt satisfied with, and came back to the teacher. 
The teacher told him, "this time you brought back a corn.... you looked for one that is just nice, and you had faith and believed that this is the best one you will get.... this is marriage."* 
 
Nice one, isn't it?

And here are some of the transformations over a period of time.

 Dating process:

6 weeks : I love U, I love U, I love U. 
6 months : Of course I love U.
6 years : GOD, if I didn't love U, then why the hell did I propose?

Back from Work:

6 weeks : Honey, I'm home. 
6 months : BACK!!
6 years : What did your mom cook for us today??

Gifts:
6 weeks : Honey, I really hope you liked the ring.
6 months : I bought you a painting; it would fit the motif in the living room. 
6 years : Here's the money. Buy yourself something.

Phone Ringing:
6 weeks : Baby, somebody wants you on the phone. 
6 months : Here, for you.
6 years : PHONE RINGING.

Cooking:
6 weeks : I never knew food could taste so good!
6 months : What are we having for dinner tonight?
6 years : AGAIN!!!!

Apology:
6 weeks : Honey muffin, don't you worry, Ill never hold this against you.
6 months : Watch out! Don't do it again.
6 years : What's not to understand about what I just said??

New Dress:
6 weeks : Oh my God, you look like an angel in that dress.
6 months : You bought a new dress again??? 
6 years : How much did THAT cost me?

Planning for Vacations:
6 weeks : How do 2 weeks in Vienna or anywhere you please sound??
6 months : What's so bad about going to Istanbul on a charter plane?
6 years : Travel? What's so bad about staying home???

TV:
6 weeks : Baby, what would you like us to watch tonight? 
6 months : I like this movie.
6 years : I'm going to watch ESPN, if you're not in the mood, go to bed, I can stay up by myself

Have a good weekend guys!

Cheers!

Sunscreen....

Hello Everybody,

This is the most inspirational song i ve heard & i believe everyone must listen to it atleast once in life.....

Everybody is free to wear Sunscreen - Baz Luhrmann

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97

Wear Sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…

I will dispense this advice now. 

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. 

But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….

You’re not as fat as you imagine. 

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. 

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. 

Do one thing everyday that scares you 

Sing.... 

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours. 

Floss.... 

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. 

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. 

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. 

Stretch.... 

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t. 

Get plenty of calcium. 

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. 

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…

what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. 

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.. 

Dance….

Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. 

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. 

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. 

Brother and sister together we'll make it through....Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there....I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there....For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can...

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. 

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. 

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you 
knew when you were young. 

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. 

Travel.... 

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. 

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. 

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85. 

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. 

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. 

But trust me on the sunscreen…

Brother and sister together we'll make it through....Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there....I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there....For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can....Everybody's free....

Thats all for now guys,

Have a lovely weekend

Cheers!

What m i doing these days ?

A big question to answer. Seriously, when i say i m busy enough not to blog, what m i really doing these days.

Well, since i have come back from india after mom passed away, things have been a bit different then they were before, as expected. But still, what m i doing these days that i m so busy.

Everytime i post something, i promise myself that i will sincerely have my next post coming up ina couple of days, but that has not worked with me till date. But here i m again making this promise to all the readers that i ll have more post coming soon. There r so many things i need to talk about, so many thing i need to tell everyone of u. But well, lets wait for that day to come, and i want it to happen everyday.

Anyways, these days i m simply busy with work. As 30th June is the financial year end here in australia, audit is in full swing. And will stay like this untill end of October, i believe. So, mon-fri, 9am-5pm, work. And now a days its been upto as late as 9pm sometimes, due to workload.

On weekends, shopping for weekly grocery, laundry etc etc. Time just flies.

And i also moved my apartment on the 27th July 2008. So was super busy with all the shifting, packing, unpacking, shelving ....... no end to this list.

My new house is much more better and bigger than the old one. Very spacious and also has an internal laundry, so i dont have to dedicate weekend to do laundry, i can do it anyday at my convinience.

I ll definately post some pics of my new home once its completely set in a few more days.So i ll try to keep my promise of posts more often.

Have a good day guys,

Cheers!

Another year passed away and added most valuable moments in my life which i will cherish the rest of my life. Yes ppl, i grew one more year older today.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank god for giving me this life and taking care of me for so many years and i pray to him that he gives me many more years to contribute to the beautiful world he created.

I also want to thank my family for standing by me in all my decisions and supporting me in everything i always wanted to do.

Thanks to all the co bloggers who have stayed along me and made me feel homely in this space.

Have a good day everybody
Cheers!

The Expansionist Meme....

I have been tagged by reema and waked up by lollypop, thanks dear

One religious work from a non-familiar tradition you’ll read:
The Quran...Just curious to know what it really preaches.

One music video–that you like–from your “least likely to listen to’ genre:
Instant karma! My least likely to listen gerne is Remixes, but that song is kinda cute.

A book from a genre you almost never read, that you have read, or you will read (promise!):
It would be "Power of your subconcious mind", thats something that will teach you to find the best in the worst. A typical psychological book.

Somewhere you’d never thought to go on holiday/vacation, and why it might be fun to go there?
South Africa would be it, and if i ever make it, i would like to ride the safaris and most important witness a kill inthe wild.

A sport or game you really hate, or haven’t tried yet, but are willing to give one more go:
Game i hate is an Oz game called footy, i think its stupid, coz its a game that lies between rugby and soccer. Actually they play soccer but throw and pass the ball around with hands insted of legs and just kick the goal by ur foot, and u cannot tackle the opponent. Its kinda really stupid. Anyways....!

A style of dance you probably won’t try (we won’t make you promise on this one):
Not a dance person anyways, but i probably wont try Salsa!

A career job you don’t feel you’re suited for, and why:
Telephone sales operator, justcant do that upselling .....!

An item that’s “thinking out of the box’ for this meme that hadn’t been included:
Whats that one thing you will anyways do even after knowing that its incorrect?

It’s there’s one thing in life you wanted to do, and will do because of this meme, what will it be?
I think i ll probably look out of the window and try some things in life, that i havent so far.

I tag Mumbai Guy, Priyanka, Mayur, Anu & Vani

Cheers!

So the long weekend is finally over and i m back with 9-5 schedule. It wes a very good weekend overall.

Woke up early morning on Saturday and went to the temple at Helensburg. Its a hour and half drive on the princess highway and carrying onto the freeway, beautiful place, high up on the hill with stud farms around. It was all green and grazy as it is raining for past week. Cool breeze soon had me look for my jumper and wear it. My mind was in holy spirit and just felt the closeness to a spiritual force during the darshan. Then i headed for the canteen to have prasad. They provide with idli, wada, masala dosa, pulao, paratha etc .... That was pretty much my lunch. Just awesome.

Headed back straight to the weekly grocery shopping spree. After returning home watched Bhootnath, good movies, teaches a lot of lesson to small kids and even grown ups. Had pomfret fish for dinner. Ummm yummiee.

Couldnt open my eye till 10:00 am on sunday morning. Had some lazy breakfast (garlic bread), heard the weekly hindi radio for a while, checked some mails, chatted with a few friends and prepared chicken biryani for lunch. With some wine, biryani tasted even better. With my stomach full, caught up a lil nap. Had some tea in the evening and headed staright to park for an hour walk, with all this fatty stuff in me for past 2 days, i felt a walk is necessary.

Was bored of cooking time consuming food, but wanted to eat something that could tickle my taste buds, so thought of a dinner outside. So me and my roomie headed to the spot, a place where u have all cusines in a walk lane of 50 metres. While driving we decided to eat at a greek restaurant, but it was closed for renovation, so we went to Thai Riffic, a thai cusine. I tried the chef's special, Yellow curry .... hhhmm, delicious and my friend had Stir fry noodles with chicken. I had a bite, and i must say, it was fantastic. Too tired and lazy, i could barely manage to change clothes and get under my blanket.

Monday was a, getting in mode day, with lot of household work pending due to rains. I had a early start at 8:30. Too all my washing loads to the laundry at 9 am. I had to do 4 loads of 5 kg each, just imagine how much this rain has disturbed the schedule. It took me 3 hours to fininsh with all my laundry. But finally it was over and i was proud of myself. Had the left over biryani for lunch and headed to the theatres to watch Sarkar Raj. A good movie overall, with some unwanted drama, not so important scenes. Whatever, overall a good movie. After coming home late, i could only manage to make some alloo parathas and fill my stomach.

Thinking of the week ahead, i pumped myself up to the week.

A Silver is never Won, its the Gold that is Lost ....

I remember that day when i heard this statement for the first time in my life, and since then always believedin it and respected it in all phases and aspects of life.

It was the day in office as usual, tensed, as we were nearing the end of our Quarterly Based Review (QBR), a few weeks away to be the best performing site throughout the world, competing against the best. This quarter has been one of the best our site has performed so far. A couple of more safe weeks and we r the Numero Uno throughout the world. The Emperor of this world.

Our Big Boss conducted a Managers meeting and we all, around 25 of us stepped in the conference room thinking that we've gonna have our butts kicked again.But so was not the case this time. It was a session that we all will remember throughout our lives. Some things we will cherish in all the good and the bad that we do, thereon.

So there was it, the results of the QBR, which our Big Boss had just brought back along with him from US of A. This was the first time when all the Site Leads were invited to US of A for the QBR (every other quarter, its only video conferenced).We all were so exited to be there and to know if we had kicked some ass or is our ass getting kicked again. After a few good words and a few if and buts and so on and so forth, we heard that we ranked second across the globe.

All of us were so happy and satisfied by the result, as it was the first time out Mumbai site had been in the Top 5. It was cheer and claps and congratulation to each other and gala time to have a party on. All fair and all happy moments, something to feel proud of.
That went on for a few minutes and then our Big Boss proceeded to wrap up the meeting with his final words of wisdom. Here is what he said (not exactly, but the meaning remains the same).

"Congratulation's on the second ranking through the globe. This has been the best ever out site has performed. By the pace and position we were in a few days ago, i thought we would be through this time on the top position, but to what so ever reason, we were given a silver medal.Not that we acheived it, or we earned it (at this moment all we thought was, why the hell is he saying that we were given and we did not earn it, we all knew how hard we had worked to reach that position), but someone has given it to us. Because, "A Silver is never Won, its the Gold that is Lost".

Very true as we realised what he meant. We never compete in a race to be second, we always wanna win. We never rank second coz we finish second, but coz we dont win the first place.

P.S. - No doubt we had all the grand celebrations across the whole site, but that one statement always mades me do whatever it takes to be Numero Uno.

This song had been on my mind for a few days now, many things rushing through my mind and too many things to do with so less options in life.
Dont know if this is just the reason or something else is hurting me deep down. I always liked this song, heard it quite often, but today i m deeply sinking into this drakness, and i need to shout out loud to my self as my subconsious is taking over and telling me to just hang on.
This song is truly inspirational as its carrying me along and asking me to just hold on and hang in there in life, as life has something better to offer, something good is coming ur way.
Now m i really asking too much or i should just have to put my foot down and just stand still and go with the flow.
Suddenly unexpected, this day today, i need to just hang in, things will change and i know change is constant.
Everybody hurts .....

"Everybody Hurts"

When your day is long

And the night

The night is yours alone

When you're sure you've had enough of this life

Well hang on

Don't let yourself go

Cause everybody cries

And everybody hurts

Sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong

Now it's time to sing along

(When your day is night alone)

Hold on, hold on

(If you feel like letting go)

Hold on

If you think you've had too much of this life

Well hang on

Cause everybody hurts

Take comfort in your friends

Everybody hurts

Don't throw your hand

Oh, no

Don't throw your hand

When you feel like you're alone

No, no, no, you're not alone

If you're on your own

In this life

The days and nights are long

When you think you've had too much

Of this life

To hang on

Well, everybody hurts

Sometimes, everybody cries

And everybody hurts

Sometimes

And everybody hurts

Sometimes

So, hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on

(Everybody hurts

You are not alone)

I miss u Aai, I miss u so much ............

01.06.1947 - 15.04.2008

Is it just a bad dream that i m living or a horrified night that will soon have a cheerfull morning. Not that i dont understand the reality, but just that i m too naive to cope up with it. I miss u

You are always in my mind and my heart, always with me in all that i do. I always feel u holding me close to u, when i need, as u always did. I miss u

I pray u get all the peace u deserve. I miss u

P.S.

Hi everybody,I was away for a long while now, in which many good things of my life happened, but there was one thing that i never expected.

My mom left this world and left us all last month. Please pray for her peaceful journey.

Thank you.

Graduated ......

Hi Friends,
Its almost over 3 months now that i have been away from blogging. I misses it a lot and hope so u missed me at this corner.

When someone is away we always think that the person is busy, something very important must have come up and hence cannot give time to the thing, that we all love the most, blogging.

I had many of u ask me when is my next post coming and when is my blog getting updated, and i always kept saying, very soon ..... that very soon is today !

The only reason i was away from blogging was, bcoz i was studying my last semester and had to put some extra efforts as required by the course. Finally today i m proud to complete "Master of Professional Accounting". I graduated .....

So relaxed and revived. Feels like on cloud 9. Change of approach in every litte thing i do is slowly creeping in, and i must say that i m sensing it openly. Hhhmmm, what a feeling.

I know many of u must have had a similar experience, its not very new me as well, but away from home makes u feel it much more.

Anyways friends, i ll be around more often now and this corner of my life will be updated regularly. Thanks for staying by my side.

Cheers!

Is it really LUCK or RISK .....

Is luck opportunistic?

I don’t know if luck plays an important role in any act of human life or it is just the right time that matters to get things done. Basically I m confused, if luck really exist and if yes, how do u prove it?
Many people say that a person needs to be luck to get certain thing, eg: a particular high paid job or a good car or the best house etc. etc. Is it so that only if you r lucky u can get all that? Can 99% hard work and efforts be less important against that 1% so called luck?
So is luck opportunistic? Is it selfish enough to be with only rich and beautiful people? Does it really knows whom to favour n whom not to. Is it to blame or mental guts play a vital measure to understand if it really helped?
Again, I might be contradicting my own words or may be I might differ from the actual topic. But you know, these r all my wage thoughts. Because I m trying to replace luck with a bit of risk.
Am I correct when I say that Luck is nothing but a bit of Risk?
Because all the rich, famous and beautiful people whom we say to be lucky have taken some or the other risk in life. Probably they have taken the right risk at the right time, as a reason of which they r what they r, if that small amount of risk that they played with had gone the other way they would have not been what they r today. Do I make sense when I say that?
A candidate might get that highly paid dream job by just answering a single question correct, correct means as per expected. It might be a stupid answer but a risky one.
A player playing any game needs to take risk while playing a particular shot. If he misses he is gone but if connected right he is the hero.
All rich n famous people have taken very calculated risk at a particular point of time, which makes them what they r today. Bill gates bloomed his idea from a garage and once when in debts, had offered a supplier 15% of Microsoft shares, guess what? The supplier said I have no interest or confidence in your business, I don’t need your partnership, give me my money. Imagine 15% of Microsoft shares $$$$$$$. Would u call that supplier unlucky? I would say he did no have guts to take a positive risk.
I dont know if i made sense, but i dont believe in Luck. I would say, its a little bit of calculated RISK.
Post your thoughts.

PS: Above article is just a running thought that i scribbed during my way back home. Was thinking about a few planned things in my life and trying to find reason for the best and the lost things that happened. Anyways ......

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

It was 1989, when my mom changed me from division C to division B as my class teacher was pregnant. So just that i dont have a mental study break in between the year, i was moved. I cried as i did not wanna seperate from my friends. But i thought who cared, but i was wrong, she only cared about my better.
Anyways, i was clubbed in with a few friends very quickly and some of us became very very good friends. We went to school together and came back together. Studied, played and fought as every other kid. I was in 2nd standard then. But my friends were my friends, and i was very proud of them.
Years went on and we went up higher and higher in grade. Started hanging out outside school, studies together, borrowed notebook when missed school, enjoyed school picnics etc etc. It was so nice to have all of them. But then in 1997, it was our SSC and soon we all realised that its time for us to bid good bye to a few forever. It was tough on everyone of us, as we were probably not prepared to take that challenege. We were still cushioned for each other, and emotions played a mjor part in everyones life. It showed how much we cared for each other, and how much we wanted to stay more in the same school. Together.
I had a few friends, but real good friends. Everyone enrolled in some or the other college for different streams and life changed suddenly. It was no more school. We could miss the lectures and still be ok. Life started playing its own turn now. It just reversed. Untill them life controlled us, but now on it felt as if we controlled life. Seriously, it was freedom.
I still made some new friends but my pool of school friends is still much stronger. We r in touch even today. Not many of us but really a few, and we meet regularly as much as we can.
Since in college, we kept in touch through phone calls and meetings as n when everyone was in town. Many of my friends went out of vasai for studies, but my best one was still there with me. And i made a few more best.
Life rolled and i finished graduation and then it was time to think and do something responsible. I found a well paid job and stuck to it for 3 years. It was such an amazing learning experience. I met so many big personalities of the market. Just amazing for a person of my calibre.After which i decided to think long term and came down to sydney for my further studies. Professional accounting was never going to be easy and away from house was just too much to handle in the beginnning. But life kept on teaching something new everyday and i just got used to this life very soon.
And today i m on the stage of just finishing my studies and i have started thinking of doing something responsible ahead. Many things, many responsibilities and many obligations. Life is all that we can take, and then i say to myself, "Bring em' on".
All this went so quickly with time, but all that kept it all together were my friends, very few, but my. I miss them just next to as much as i miss my family.
Many of my friends will be reading this and i m sure all this is related to our lives somehow. I m sure u ll try and find it and fix it.Just that i would like to mention a very small list of my friends .... but just scared that i might miss some .....

P.S : Above writing just was not on mind, but dont know y i just scribbled today. Pls understand ......

Busy Busy ....

I m back ....

Hi guys,
I have been away from blogging for quite a while now. Actually just busy with work. Starting my day at 6 am and hoping in bed only by 10 pm. But managed some time today to get back to something that i miss doing the most. BLOGGING !!


Last month and half has really been soo very busy with work. And on my weekend i m left with all the bloody laundry from the whole week and calling up back home. Did not find any time where i could post something. Was reading all u guys blog on an off but never could dedicate any time to post anything. Time is just flying and i m simply trying to catch up with it.
Just not finding enough time to do all the desired things, So many things to do and such little time, is my cry always. A bit more mental than physical. As i m always ready to grab the opportunity.

Just enjoying that long weekend off, i have leave now for 5 days in a row (fri-tue). So finally made it to write something.
Had just been out for a office christmas party around the harbour, posting some pic of that cruise ride. Did not do anything special apart from work during this whole time.
As its summer holidays and christmas and new year just around the corner everyone is off on their holidays and work pressure is just building up, but thats a part of r job. Anyways ......

I m planning to go to Blue mountains this christmas. Nothing is planned yet but lets see how things work out. And then i have booked a ticket already for the second day of the final Ashes test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (3rd Jan 07). So dont forget to watch me live. Just kidding, he he he he, but more photos coming very soon.
Ok ppl, i ll head off now, but as i m back i ll being knocking on regularly as usual again. My mailbox is just flooding and i need to reply to some asap.

Keep reading.

!! Merry Christmas And HAPPY NEW YEAR To All My Readers !!