just a thought

"They say this and that .

But I don't want to limit your being to my mind !

I don't want to conceptualize...

I don't want to draw a boundary.....

Go free ! "

MUST TRY

Fresh Strawberry Milkshake and Chesse Grilled Sandwich at Casio ,Jeevan Bhimanagar ,Indiranagar

.Made out of luscious juicy strawberries and chilled .....with a string of chocolate designed to garnish your shake and filled in a long narrow glass which is so holdable(..u don't want to let go) .The rim of the glass has a slice of "reddened" strawberry that burts in your mouth, giving you a trailor of what to expect from the milkshake .

The Cheese Grilled sadnwich ,served hot and topped with a hint of butter ,has generous melted cheese that fills your mouth with every bite .The best part are those few bites that emerge tangy becasue of the chat powder sprinked in just the right amount . Innovative I'd say !

Fresh Strawberry Milkshake : Rs.20
Cheese Grilled Sandwich : Rs.25

inspirations

I go to my terrace ,singing a song to the stars .
Thinking....pondering....wondering....wishing....assuming....planning....step by step I climb....stomping my feet to the rhythm in my mind !
I'm pleased with myself....I'm too good at this beat thing !
I can sing to the beat of my stomping feet or my snapping finger or the ticking clock .....and most importantly to the beat of my own "lupp-dupp"(that's the sound of heart beating...for those who didn't care to read it in your biology books !)

"So I can be a singer : I know my voice...I know my parts....I can choose the right songs that compliment my voice.....I close my eyes and let myself sing from within ,at church . People give me a thumb's up when I let my vocal cords do the music .They like it .
I'll be doing what I want everyday of my life !"

But it doesn't sound like the thing I need .

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I look through my album....it's got colours beautifully merged ,one into the other ,on cardboard sheets.....I love glancing through my paintings .
It gives me sense of pride that I have been "chosen" to be gifted with a good sense of colour .
I can mix and splash and add and deepen and intensify .
I'm impressed .

"Imagine this room you can walk into everyday and see reflections of yourself in every handmade work of yours....how you felt whilst working on this splash of green and blue....or that merge of orange and yellow !
It's glorious....
Someday I'll share it with the world .
I'll have exhibitions.
People will simply adore me .I'll sell some .They will buy .
I'll be doing what I want everyday of my life !"

Errr.....I know I need inspiration to come along if I need to paint .
That happens very rarely .
Hence every painting of mine is precious .It has a part of me !
How can I give a part of me to every Tom,Dick and Harry .....worse still ,for a price ?
I'm priceless .
I can give it only to those who consider me the same .
This is out of question !

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I am adventurous .I love to run.....seriously !
Maybe I'm a bit too healthy to be able to move fast ....but still, I can move .
I love greenery....I love fresh air....I love to breathe and gather the freshness in me .
I love sunrises n sunsets ,streams and unprotected bridges , cliffs and it's edges ,forts and their histories ........

"Photographer then...you've taken few lovely pics .People have acknowledged
it's worth .
Ummm.....Mountaineer ?....You can climb and explore .
Go on undiscovered expeditions .
But.....What about a writer or a poet.......you're not bad....people have appreciated your thoughts .
I'll be doing what I want everyday of my life ! "

Will I..............?!!!!????(that means confusion !)

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There's an alert bell that suddenly rings......
It's my conscience again...
I've not been paying much heed to it !
I knew the "alert" bell was due sometime......
It's been bugging me with thoughts like :

"You're confused ."
"Take care of this moment and the next moment will be taken care of "
"There's only one way : Forward"
"There's a deeper essence into finding your passion "
"Be the one to lead"
"You as an individual....represent the entire universe .Yes you do....!
You are not just the subset . But the totality of it .
There is a universe called 'you'........
Why the heck would you want to live as just the subset of it .
Singing, painting ,photography ,reading ,writing ,trekking ,drama ,intellect.....whatever it maybe ,is the universe you represent .
It is you ,in whole .
Passion is this 'black hole' into which your entire universe needs to be sucked into .
Passion is that 'one' thing where your wholeness is brought into focus ,to be tested ,to be tried ,to bear .

Once this is understood you live.....
You stop existing .....you begin to live .

You can go deeper trying to find the intricacies of life or just understand that all there is to it is ' living a simple ,yet meaningful life '

That's all.....

Being great neither means ruling the world nor retiring as a sage atop the mystifying himalayas .
You can climb the ladder and keep going higher and higher .
But one day you'd stop and then look down and call 'Hello is anybody watching me.....I'm lonely ....and it's getting cold '.......and there would be no reply....!
And it will hit your being really hard that no one cares cause you never did .
And you'd fall......and what a bad fall that would be !

Go higher if you must.....
But you need to know when it becomes too high and dangerous .

After all we remember legends : People who went beyond,not higher !

The only mantra they followed : Live a simple and meaningful life .
They chose the less travelled path .
They believed .
They let their universe take them through.....

And when you've done that you can jolly well wake up every morning and say :

'I am doing what I want......... everyday of my life !' "


-source : a conscience named johnblack

inspirations

Faith sees the invisible,
believes the incredible
and receives the impossible!


source : mail titled "Why go to church"

just a thought

Sometimes I wonder what Buddha's wife, Yashodhara, would've gone through after she woke up from her sleep only to find her beloved gone....
She's the inspiration to these next few lines....

She cared for him,
Like a sage for his soul,
And now that he was gone,
Whom would she cajole?
She felt incomplete,
No more whole,
Yet, disheartened wasn't she,
Though he had left her,
To find his life's goal,
She understood...
This was how it was meant to be,
She had played well,
Her role.

Woman you are nature in itself !

just a thought

As the rays leave the sun to reach the earth ,
So shall I leave you ,to make your presence known and worth .

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There's so much to say,
So much to convey,
Words don't seem to take form,
Yet, everything has been said,
Everything has been felt,
As our spirits connect.

inspirations

"Once, while praying in a crowd, Christopher said that God has a plan for me and I should hold onto Him.....he also told me that when I'm doing what he is doing I shouldn't forget him....that's why I joined the prayer group ,because I do not know from where to start " .

"Start at your bed......just say your bedtime prayers and have faith....you've already started....just keep questioning....the evil one will try to blind you ,to arise doubt"

hey

"Salve Regina".....it's by my new found family "Holy Ghost Youth"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcuxvUFTt0o


(The recording may be bad......Hey but I didn't do it !)

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Complain n complain...what else have we to do ?

That's one of the most important reasons as to why that cavity with a boneless-rubbery-"pink" (or sometimes white)- saliva producing thing exists .

Why this and why that ? Either we complain about the lack of things or its perfection !

The bigger we grow and the more we learn...The more "immature" and idiotic and biased we become and we lose our purpose and ourselves....and then to gain back all that innocence,understanding and divinity that we once possesed ,we begin this journey of "self-discovery" aka "self- revelation" aka "spiritual- rejuvention"aka"detachment from the world"aka"who am I"aka"where am I going"aka"what is my destiny"aka"I have to climb mount everest"aka.......


WAIT !

I don't mean to offend anyone....but did Buddha actually have to leave his family and sit under the "Bodhgaya" to receive enlightenment ?

Or do people have to wander off to places leaving kith n kin to find salvation.....?

Do we have to fast and pray to see God ?

Don't blame me for all the absurd questions I ask......These questions were inspired by two ,probably,five year olds.....who were dumb n deaf !
I saw them in the bus today .

I wondered if they even knew that they were differentially abled(I don't like the word handicapped !) or why they had to wear these "special" kind of instruments or why they went to a "special" kind of school !

They were lost in their play .....tickling and poking and kissing and one holding the hand of the other asking how she was hurt and the explanations expressed with ease !

Did they ever complain that they couln't be understood ?

Did their mother ever complain that she could never be called "mummy" ?

Did they ever complain why they never wore shorts with zips......or shoes without socks ?

Did it hurt ? Did they feel helpless ? Did they cry ?

God alone knows what goes throught the hearts of these little ones ! Incomprehensible by "men".

Here we are trying to understand mokeys and dogs.....what about the enlightenment one could receive from these little ones....

The Bible says it best :"You need to become like a child to enter the kingdom of God"

We were children...pure ,with wholesome perfection and exuding divinity !
Where has it all gone ?

We never lose what we were meant to posses .We only misplace it.....and end up looking
elsewhere ,where we may never find it.....Now,that's only obvious !

GROWN UPS.......When will we ever learn ?

Maybe all Buddha had to do was look into his son....and he would have found enlightenment there too........maybe even faster !

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"The fun you can have ,crammed on a bike(honda activa) ,is incomparable to the fun you could have in a luxurious car "
(all of us on the bike laugh and nod in unison)

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"Hey ,this painting's for you !"
"Nice ,it's beautiful.....but why me ?"
"We bring nothing we take nothing ,so it's no use keeping it with me...."
(smiles)"Oh yeah we do......we take behind memories and leave behind some "

Art attack

I call this "space".....see closely !

Blasphemy #5

Nobody cannot come to "u-ver" class

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"You need to wake up with a reason everyday"

Yea right....Being forced to wake up ,stretching ,feeling the comfort of loosening every joint in your body ,rubbing off the "eye-crispies",hurring to relieve yourself at the toilet ,cursing the one occupying it at the "wrong" time ,.....well for most of us this forms the daily 'as-soon-as-I-get-up-things-that-I-need-to-do' routine !

Who's got the time for "reason-finding".......even if it's there ,"bare" ,right infront of
you !

Well.....I do pretty much the same......The only difference : I wake up with a song , in my heart ,in my mind ,on my lips ,in my being.......I'm a die-hard "love to sing"
kinda singer !

The only days I've 'ever' got up with a reason was ,when I knew that they had been given to me to make maximum use of what I had or what I was "gifted" with .
The day I could express myself "the best" ...
The day when the "who-I-was" didn't matter......but only what I was...
The day when being what I am was more important than what others wanted me to be... The day I could unleash MY orenda !

23rd February 2008 was one of those special and unforgettable days .

Making an entire hall of people sing with you ,sounds like no big deal .But what if you're no great person and all you have with you ,is all you take to the stage and people praise you ,they head bang ,they "yo" you ,they "hi fi" ,they smile and wink back ,they cheer you ,they hug you ,they say "hey you rock the stage"........just for being you......just for what you have !!!!

I am a simple person .I don't dream big .It might make one think that I'm
incompetent .But I don't dream in terms of making it BIG at the IT .My dreams have nothing to do with money or comfort .It's only got to do with "finding why I'm here and accomplishing it" ! That's it......Simple as that .

Well ,guess ,that's why it's big deal for me .It's almost like realising I've not missed the way .I'm travelling on it .I'm not far from finding "The Reason" . It's out there....I'm going to catch it ....someday.... somehow .

I left college that day, knowing what Sachin would have felt after accomplishing his first century or "Miss Universe", after being crowned .

It's incomparable....It's ecstatic !It's exuberant exhilaration (I love those words !!!)

I left knowing what it means "to let your spirit take flight".......and of course with the song Kholo Kholo , in my heart, in my mind, on my lips and in my "entire" being !

inspirations

Do not take a plunge into a relationship with a person you know you're going to lose !


source : JB

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Well ,what would one think of the word "sorry"? Something that the British just left behind for us to use? Wouldn't blame one if they thought so ...I mean...ya you're right .It's more often said than meant .That's why it comes so easily .

"Sorry...I really am sorry" !That's pretty easy to say...I've said it before...I've said it to many .
Have I actually meant it...well...after all that was said ,things went on fine...I was forgiven .
That's what matters right ?Everything's going on fine....everyone's happy...amidst all that who's going to bother about "self-examination" when you're having a good time and all the fun !

But wait...what if you have to walk up to someone ,whom you're not even sure you've hurt ,and say a sorry and you're doing it because you're instincts say that something's just not feeling right .You're really good friends once upon a time and now...you fake your "smile-acknowledgements" and you ignore each other...for God knows what reason .And the worst part is...you're not sure if the person's treating you the same way you're treating them...I mean...all that they must be doing is wondering why you're acting "konky" after all the good times of laughter and stupidity that you've shared !

It's an "ughhh" feeling .You're sorry for something you've done ,which they don't even bother to hold against you(They wouldn't have even noticed it) .You're sorry because you've been a recidivist .You do the same thing once and again ...say your sorries ....and viola....you're doing it all over again...
You haven't meant those sorries and now that you're really sorry for all those non- genuine ones...you don't have the gut to go and express it....cause you're just not sure !

Well doing it was the "biggest" challege for me .Your body gets heated and legs get cemented and all you want to do is change your direction and you end up compromising .
It's not a matter of 1 hour ,or 1 day or 1 week or 1 month preparation .It's more .It's trainng your guts to lay it all down ....flat and open .

Now once I've done it ,did it help ?

There was no drama...or dialogue . Just "I donno what you're talking about" kinda reaction .
Something I didn't want to happen .
I wanted the drama....I wanted the dialogue !No ,I'm not a movie maniac !
But I'd be sure that everything's cleared .Nothing's hazy .Everthing made to see !

All I can say is.....I've done my part and thank you for the oppurtunity .

I didn't wait for the "best" time .There's no such thing .

I don't know if I did it at the "right" time .

I didn't wait for the end .
And I think that's right enough !

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"Virtual reality"

(This is some fresh idea...Thank you !)

Blasphemy #4

How will you do this in 'fastment' ?

Art Attack

The greatest part about painting is ,I can use colours the way I like...
Kaboom !!!and a splash of colours....That's the beauty of it !


The greatest feature of this painting is the waterfall...T'was my first try at it and I think it's pretty good .

Inspirations

Stay Hungry .Stay Foolish .



source :Stewart Brand

between us

"Get up and rinse the clothes ,make chapathis ,soak the rice the dal,"(anne it's one of those regular days.....just get up with a calm and peaceful mind !) "remind grandma to cook rice ,dry the clothes and when they are dried bring them down ,iron the bedsheets ,"(No anne....no...chill ,happens to everyone ....) "clean your cupboard and your wardrobe ,dust your windows ,sweep n sob ,cut the vegetables :8-10 onions ,diced " (tch-tch...there there anne...no girl.....ssshhh) "put the motor on ,clean your table ,bathe the dog ,switch-off the motor ,come down ,go up" (oh oh...okay...no..peace....no bang the plate...chill....no scream...no ssshhh...no SCREAM...)" wash ,wipe ,clean ,tend ,run ,walk ,bring ,take ,"....SHUT UP !!!!!!!!

Excuse-me ,I'm not complaining .....after 5-6 months of "you-have-to-listen-to-my-instructions-even-if-it-involves-brushing-your
-teeth-in-front-of-Price Charles " by the lecturers ,all any engineering student
would want to do is relax ,breathe ,chill ,take it slow ,escape before he/she gets back to another hectic ,life-wrenching ,monotonous semester !

I was born a traveller...well I imagine myself to be one...dreaming of hills and fields and countrside and waterfalls and vineyards and tasting hot sizzing cuisines and creamy desserts .
Okay ...I don't have the "kaasu" for that....so could we atleast go to some village nearby and eat "maize" roti...or lalbagh for the flower show ???
No...all I get to do is take another dose of instructions....I'm getting trained for "you'll have to do all this after marriage !"(yayeiks and double zoinks)......

Hmm...hey that's a good idea....I'll take the training and open a school for the women...to enroll their men...."thumbs-up".....so much for "an idea can change your life" (thanx blog....I sat down here to complain and you've just helped me find a way to make money...."muah")

Okay then let the rain of instructions "reign" on me !.....Gosh I really must be some sort of an optimistic idiot !

Art Attack

This is my hand at abstract art ! Billion Dollar Baby !!!

I'd probably interpret this as "Reflections on the pond"
(Thank you for the idea Vivek)

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Fingerprint Technology !
Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar ?

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Had been to MCC today....had to pay 150 bucks to get in....damn...."this is silly" I thought as I walked in....I wondered if t'was gonna be worth paying that much...All I expected was good stuff...Maybe the dance or the singing......"Mardi Gras"....ya....that was the theme....
There were these belles with the "eye-mask" on...grand!..The main audi was broken down....I remember....we always had "interested" dogs if not students there.....I got to see my old classrooms....Got to criticize a few teachers....The oldies "lullabied" to us...the young ones
put on this act of "strictness" just to feel secure.....funny ladies.....
The canteens.....chechi's no more there and so are the hot sugar and cinnamon doughnuts....I remember messing our faces with it ...The labs....oh ya I got to meet the attender...he remembered my friend not me....(like duh)well he's the same.....talks too much....very much more than required...The beehive next to the audi in the Golden Jubilee is very much present....but bigger...and a change of location ....(photographic!......I was very much tempted to just break the peace in coll....That would put an end to that damed fest which gave me nothing for 150 bucks!!!! grrr!!!)
Met a few ol buddies...and all they had in store for me was the news of death of a good pal of mine .We weren't close pals or anything....the hi-bye kind...But she was bold ,beautiful ,confident and endearing .She had commited suicide just 3 days ago because her boyfriend had passed away in an accident .Damed.....what's wrong with these people....can't they just leave the dead to the dead....
Wasn't necessary for you to join them girl.......God bless your soul !

Well life's crazy ,weird :does things you never expected and at a time you never expected.....well is it that difficult to be alive ..to exist...to let life flow ????Life is meant for living right....no matter what....It's raises you up....and lets you fall....That's the essence of Life ....isn't it???

Could I be right is asking these questions...or could they be just labelled as arguments made by the inexperienced ???

These soliliques.....am I "right" in assuming that my assumptions are "right" ???


Guess all this is a bit too much for 150 bucks.....

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This is what I call "Divine Intervention"

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"How would you convince an atheist that there's a God ?"
"Look around !!!We didn't just evolve from slime !"

Blasphemy #3

We welcome the members of the faculty members .

Just a thought

It's not about making use of oppurtunities that makes it all a big deal .
It's about creating them ,when one wouldn't expect them to exist......

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She asks,"What do you like the most ?Sunset or sunrise ?"
He replies,"I get to see both ."
She exclaims sarcastically,"Ya Right !"
He outwits her,"A sunset here is a sunrise elsewhere "
.............Silence....................

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This is one of those usual "who's the boss " kinda fight .
They say temptations come from the "evil one"...well...there's no doubt about it !

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There it was ,that building where he had stood and had sent a 'flying kiss' her way .She was the happiest then .Little did she know that it would be the face of the man she'd never want to see again .
He had made her feel special....and when she had walked up to him and made a proposal ,all he had done was keep silent...he had never said a yes ....he had never said a no .She had waited and waited.....and alas she had realised that it was for her own good .
He was fickle minded .She knew ,the very day he had introduced that beautiful girl leaning next to him as his girlfriend ,he would never turn back and respond .
She was happy that she didn't have the beauty or the brains required to become his game .Then why did she have to turn back those pages of her life everytime she passed that building....Memories oh ! memories ,why should thou be remembered.....
As she saw the sunset over the bridge she realised.....There must come a night ,for a new day to begin.....There must come wrong people in one's life ,to know the right ones ....There must be heartbreaks experienced to make a new and stronger you...

Inspirations

What we need is not just prayers ,but perseverance in prayers .

source of inspiration : A man who didn't have a job for a year ,but continued to pray because he believed that God has his own time .

Blasphemy #2

If you try acting too smart ,life will act smart with you !

Blasphemy #1

You are rotten things kept among good and 'all such things' !

Just a thought

Mr.Shakespeare said,"The world's a stage and we are the actors"...or something similar to that...What he didn't know was , when he said that, he was just giving us the "license" to be hypocrites !

"The greatest misfortune bring unforseen rewards"

I've never had a 'great misfortune' or anything like that......but I've had experiences that I do consider a misfortune...and it came to be in the form of 'engineering'......Well yes I'm gonna be an engineer in another year n a half(if I make it !)...should that make me proud or what ?...That's a question I make take an eternity to answer ....or maybe not....cause my reward came to me in the form of my friends .
I've got one at every nook and corner.....but I'm talking about the ones who let me get close to them...The ones who accepted me the way I am n there are just a handfull of them .Let me 'pen-name' them ...cuppy cake , smartass , John Black n crowy !.....
Wondering why I didn't name em ???...Cause they'd grow horns if they ever came to know !!!

Thanx guys....you've taught me a lot...especially to wake up with a reason every day...n I thank God for you !

Just a thought

I believe that all of us are born with a 'manufacture-defect'.....and I also believe that God doesn't make 'junk'...
So there's no such thing as a "perfect" human being , but we have been created perfectly , just the way we were meant to be...each with our own polish ,shine ,make and caliber...no one more important than the other...and yet each one gifted with detailed uniqueness !

Inspirations

I always tell people to do things only if they want to.....not because they have to. Today I learnt that sometimes we "have" to do things not because we do not have a choice, but simply because somebody "wants" us to do it .
Only then you would have gone beyond your way to make things happen for people and would have learnt the art of "wanting" to do things which you thought you'll "have" to.

source of inspiration : cuppy cake