Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Princess Diaries Version 2.1

Long since I updated my blog!But I had been on a spellbound trip for 10 long days,so got disconnected from the technology part of life.Now back after the refreshing trip with newer thoughts to share.

Dated:24.09.07

Famous:Oops I am not talking about the famous five novel!Oh then what is it I am talking about?!?!




I was watching the India-Pak match recently(just dont worry, I will not load you with anything that is cricket,because neither I know the details of the game nor will bore you with the already media hyped topic) and had cheered all through the game just like most Indians did. The minute the match got over,the spectular celebrations made me sit back and watch with smile on my face. But there was something that my brains was doing, it was dreaming.!!!!!!!!Dreaming too big........How would it be if I had a father,son,husband,boyfriend or simply a close friend who was one among the winning team?Or I was there on the ground playing as part of the winning team?Why do we all want fame to hit us or the people we know?What was the special feeling about being popular? With my questions doing its wonderful work, I didnt take my eye out of my television set.Everything got over and at last I came back to fill down my diary.


Sat down thinking about the day....and after all with the spirits driving me high what else would I write, other than the match.Kept writing about it, but stopped suddenly when the questions hit my brains again.POPULARITY......FAME........MONEY........SUCCESS....My God why do most of us love these words! Still getting confused, but only when there is confusion my brains think -"think more and think beautiful". What makes us popular?Is it being Ash or SRK or the big B or our own superstar Rajinikanth-a defined life?Is it being Mother teresa,sania mirza,Ambani and co.,Jawaharlal Nehru........and so on-a well lived life?I doubted on my own thoughts. Why do we create hype for certain things and leave the rest unnoticed? A huge dedication of a good life's work would have been awarded with less than what a actor earns fora single film!Alas thats a pathetic truth!Anyhow, whatever be it, there is something that makes being famous a most liked tagline.

A world of our own,dreams unparalled by creativity, life full of innovative thougts and heart that just wants us to keep working for our passion-this might just be the right mixture of getting to the top.Where ever and how ever we are there is a small difference between that famous and not so famous. We might be successful in what we do, but not famous. The reason is simple that little passion and patience was missing. Any one who is famous is just not popular because his work was successful,theres something more.This little more than what others did is what fame gives. Be it at your work place or your college or just any where, there is only one who stands out of the crowd. It is not that he worked 24hrs and u did only 12 hours, it is just that he worked with sheer love of what he was doing. He might also have had rough patches all through his tenure, but that would have only made his heart more stronger than before. And going back to the thought on "well-lived life". It is a simple satisfaction that comes with every little popularity that we get. And it brings in lot of greatness into our life. This enthralling feeling of "WOW!I DID IT" is just enough to add that wonderful chapter to our life "well-lived life". But all this is just for the loveof what we do,if getting famous was our motto and not what we were doing?Then it would surely end in a chaos. Fame comes with our love to what we do, and not with wrong deed of publicity.

If someone is thinking as to why did Bill Gates alone made it to the top , while there might have been few more who were as capable as he. It is just that small difference, his "PASSION" spoke words of determination everytime he fell down the ladder. While the other few might have got disturbed with failures. So if you are seriously passionate about something, then be it getting famous or successful everything will hit your doors at right time. Only that along with your passion, dont stop dreaming big and work in a way that will help you realise it. So you don't have to worry about that at all. Just keep up your love for what you do "alive" always .

So, for what are we waiting to get famous and popular, it might be anything from Kalpana chawla's nasa drive to pretty Priety's bollywood foray or from Sania Mirza's cute tennis to Arundhathi Roy's writing. Anything you dream is, it is there to stay with you if you know that it is your passion and power to do and show it to the world. And with a very short life at our hands, why not start today and live the way we dreamed to. Because at the end of the day what makes us happy and great is what makes this simple unpredictable life.


Sweet dreams
Gud Night
DREAM BIG AND DO IT!!!

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Princess Diaries Version

Hi guys there is something that all of us know is constant in this world........you would all know what that is..........even heard about this famous sentence

"the only thing that is constant in this world is CHANGE"........so was thinking why dont I change my probably monotonous contents!

So this time my attempt will surely be introducing innovation back to my topics.........Its just an attempt, so I have no promises that I'd become innovative all in a day's time, but I will surely try!

Dated:01.08.07

Departure:Heart Says NO,Mind says YES,mouth says WHAT ELSE CAN I DO!
And read more to know what soul says?

Sometimes its just too wierd, other times it is harsh reality, but departures seems like they are the real constants which rule the world. Past few months of my vacations did a strenous job of introducing me more to departures than anything else. Alas I had to take it all. Just like my pretty Grandmother used to say,


"All of us are living a life of dettached attachment"

She even used to support her statement with a little story,

The story of the papaya tree . When a fruit grows in a papaya tree the branch that bears the fruit actually dies. The branch is US and the fruit is LIFE.We are dettached still attached to life.Very difficult to understand(abstruse) when I was young, but now it sounds so true.

This is what happens with relations, we are all dettached yet attached with them. Departures show us this in varied colors. I have cried really hard when I had to leave my school after my tenth grade, but with time my emotions faded down and I started taking the moment as it came. But there is this situation in most of our lives, at some point we all have to say this hard word "GOOD BYE". Departure is just not easy yet not difficult too.

Had we all been blessed with a life without departures, dictionary would have never had words like stranger,unknown,accost and so on. It is just that new atmosphere always has a freshness. Neverthless the old one never dies it is just that is dettached yet attached to us. Every new bonding is too big for a day yet too small for a life. Because the best attitude of life is it allows us to add freshness to it while keeping its backups safe. You have a life that makes your existence look shorter, you exist however be the case. Longer we think about departures better we get confused, certain times best too. But all we know about departureis that there is something that the heart wants "PLS STAY WITH ME", while there is something that the soul tells "YOU WOULD ALWAYS MAKE A PLACE RIGHT IN MY SOUL THAT WILL TALK TO YOU BY DEFAULT WHEREEVER WE ARE HELL OR HEAVEN". That is in short what departure means to a normal humans bonding.And this was my true feelings on how departures are, in my amateur philosophical sense. And there is one subtle truth 'Departures' makes true bondings stronger. Since the heart gets to understand that, distances truly show whom and what we want always in our life



But since departures are the most interesting to capture in cameras I would take you through the lenses of Life's crucial departures(no philosophies attached to it but truly conveys a moral- keep your child like heart intact because they tell you that departures are temporary while true bondings are pemanent, so why do we have to worry!)



School

The first ever instinct that comes to my mind when I think of the word departure is schooling. Certain times life makes us think why dosen't it stop and remain constant?,why dont we stop growing up?There exists a profound truth in certain parts of our life, not only do we miss it ,but all the people who experience these beautiful parts in their life, do miss it. One such is schooling. Probably all of us who have been to school would love the experience of it. A true blend of culture,innocence,emotions,talent,skills,friendship,teachings and finally exams is what most of us would relate to as school. But the departure from school would be the most underplayed drama of all our lives. All of us would not have been gifted with single schooling all through our life. But whatever be the fact it is always heavy heart when we think of schools. The final exam during our last year at schooling is the most strenous to write. They bring in mixed emotions of vacations, new life and departure. The farewell being the most difficult to attend. The tears during the farewell say a long tale, of the affection,love,care and friendship.While departure is not a word that we learn as kids, but the word that we try to understand as we grow. But alas it is always the kids way that teaches us the best morals.Adolescence wierdly helps us in one way! Though the feelings of separation hits our head hard,the excitement of newer experience makes the heart strong. But after many years,when we think back, schooling will always remains as the strongest desire to redo.



College


Priviledged are those who attend schools and most previliged are those who attend college. College is a renaissance in everyone's life. It brings in aspirations,desires,hopes and dreams in a big way. It adds lot of color and spice to life.What does departure do here?A lot, just like movies masala elements, college adds flavour to the life. A lot of sentiments ....wonderful(dont know if it is everlasting?!?!) love stories,"i cant live without phones"(now its mobiles) as status line,always expanding wardrobes,"we will study the night before" exams as moral,"friends are more than life to us" as logo are the beautiful colors in college life. School would have given us best friends but college adds true friends to this list. As a newcomer to the adulthood, emotions play high during college life. The last few days makes us unavoidably 'COLLEGE SICK'.Lots of promises to keep in touch, meet up periodically and not to cry (while tears already floating down our eyes) probably form most of the FAREWELL MANTRAS. While what happens next is a big "?". While some understand the value of fun alumni meets others blame the time for not attending it, but it is there minset that is to be blamed.



Work


The modern work culture supports departure soon if not sooner. But whatever be it,a work has more attachments to our passions and dreams while people around us become of lesser importance(as competitive as the world). But there is always the close circuit of bondings. A matured adult,at least as a fact,makes us underpaly our emotions. We understand a new dimension of departure. A departure that deals with our passion, our dreams and our motivations. Whatever be it, this is the era when we gracefully accept departures and farewell treats, truly in the quest of our passion that drives our life. Just with the known fact that if our heart likes someone, it would keep doing it no matter where and how we are. This is our moral that we learn from experience, though we had already learnt half of it as a child the line "No Worries".



This was just my try from all the small observations that I made about 'departures'.



And finally my so called comical touch on departures.

A departure is the usual girl friend-boy friend love story type:

when the girl says ,"sorry I quit the relationship"

The boy replies,"At last I got a chance for a new try"
Innovation in his sense and applying thoughts for the next reality show, the boy indeed gracefully accepts departure(infact understands the truth about the statement"change is the only constant":)).

Alas this was just the fun part.To add to the lighter side of the topic "departure".


Sweet Dreams

For all my friends whom i have met,meeting and will meet.......... departure is never associated to you all ,because my soul will keep your bondings refreashed all time.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Princess Diaries Version 1.0.2

A never ending issue with me is my sequels........just because i wrote a blog with the title "what makes us special?" i was searching for more topics with the same kind of content in my diary.....and through my thoughtful glances I found at last a worthy write up though not a proper sequel of my previous write up.And surprisingly this is one of my very recent diary entry!Now moving straight into my diary's write up.....

Surprises,surprisingly add enough power to build a great wall of china all over again!
Dated:31.08.07


Happy days are special and more are days that brings us loads of great surprises as happiness. There is always this cute little happiness when it comes to giving surprise or getting surprised. There is an unbound energy attached to the surprise factor. Surprises are special in their own way.Surprises add amazing memories to our beautiful life.There is something no camera can capture. Those are called special moments and they are always a pleasure to recall. They are soul touching experiences and have the ultimate power of adding unlimited love to life. And surprises are one of the most important ingredient of these special moments. Everytime we think of surprises, it brings loads of happy memories and tonnes of unseen energy with it . It creates thought processes as close to the ones like "I feel like I am flying in the air". Style and substance, attitude and dedication, love and laughter, innovation and excitement are the special elements that make surprises the best moments to recall all through our life.



Surprise as the dictionary definition says ("To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated") is a bundle full of unanticipated lovely moments. Surprises show an array of profound feelings and emotions, to cherish for the life.Hence surprises as I would define is "a renewal of life".There was this small incident that strikes my mind when I think of the word SURPRISE.



It was a beautiful evening, and the climate obviously made me take a walk to the park.I sat down on chair enthralled by the sight of the sunset. And my mind wandered into the dreamland as usual. At my vicinity I could hear the voice of two guys. But since my daydreaming(or eveningdreaming!) was spicy I didnt make an effort to turn around and look at the direction of the voice.Suddenly their serious, loud topic halted my daydreaming.The part of conversation what I overheard:



GUY1:"Sorry I couldn't come on your b'day and wish,my grandapa's sudden health problems didnt give me time.But alas my wishes are always there with you.How was your birthday da?"



GUY2:"Frankly Speaking this b'day is the closest to my heart of all the b'days I've had I guess.I would call this birthday a very special one and a storehouse of strength for the whole year ahead, how good!My college friends made me bunk the college, telling me they will take me to a farmhouse. And when we finally arrived at the destination I didnt see a farmhouse in the vicinity.The only thing I could see there, was an Ashram.Before my mind could work out Q&A's they took me in, telling me that there was small work.Inside the big hall what I saw was LIFE in its Fullest form.Around 50 little kids standing in a perfect row and column fashion. A decorated table with a beautiful b'day cake, placed in the center, right near the entrance of the hall.And as we entered the kids started with the b'day song while my friends continued.Astound by the emotions of the kids and my friends, my eyes were filled with tears.I knew my friends would have spent enough money for this. But this surprise made me spellbound, thus making the whole surprise worthier than a billion dollar gift for me. I knew even a cheque worth crores would not equal this surprise. And I now understand that I have been gifted with marvellous friends, who know how good a surprise could do. This b'day added a meaning to my life's ship. And the unimaginable fun that the kids and my friends gave me added colors to my life.

(there was a small moment of silence, indicating the intricate emotions that held both the guys in serious thoughts. And then the conversation continued.)

But since it was already late I had to leave the listening job and go home.

Back now ,this whole episode in my life adds so much meaning to the word "surprise". I could now understand how good that surprise could have been for him. Surprises do not require auspicious days(like a b'day,wedding day,................). Anytime a surprise would make a change in the perspective of life. So if there is dull mood killing your loved one's life, plan a surprise which would bring back happiness in their life. And if your getting bored with the monotonous life, plan a surprise, it would work wonders. Surprises can sometimes help you come out of problems. Like if something was making your optimism die, think of the beautiful surprise that someone had given you or you had given some one. Think of the profound emotions and ultimate joy that the surprise had brought with it. It would not only add optimism back to your heart and brain, but also bring back energy and power to rebuild a whole new and prosperous environment around you.So surprise always goes by the tag,"Good Memories unerased by time".

A surprise need not mean spending heck a lot of money on it. It could be anything from simply calling up a friend after a long time to taking a surprise holiday from your work and just staying at home with your family. If your this I ONLY DO WORK kind, try taking simply a day out and letting the people around you talk to you.You'll feel the difference of surprising them by this simple act.Sometimes there would have been so many things that you wanted to tell someone, but did'nt do because of some factor. Now surprise them with what you felt. That can be one sweet kind of surprise. There could have been times you would have liked a painting, a poem,your friend's wardrobe,some hotel's food.........the list goes on.When you like something do go and surprise them with your words. Like even if you were a stranger, dont hesitate do go and tell them "your poetry was too good or your painting had life". This little surprise act of yours, can earn you wondeful moments and blessings all through your life. And this thougt was the only one that made me think of "what makes us special" sequel idea and now I can understand that surprises add a lot of value to the SPECIAL YOU.And after all appreciations add colors to the expressions of both appreciator and receivers life. Who knows it could also add a new friend (surprisingly) to your list! These are small surprises that can be added to everyday life. Because these little ones can stand as an everlasting memory in your life. And when you recall them they could bring back your happiness, enough to uproot the worst believes that you ever had.

And surprising someone on a special day could be even more beautiful. They could kindle the innovative ideas that your brain has in its storehouse to plan for the surprise. And if your lucky enough to get surprised on your special day,do RELISH it, because not all of us are this lucky!

With this array of thoughts on surprises I leave you with just one thought finally, think of how surprising our life is-"Unpredictable yet special"........a surprise in its own way.

Sweet Dreams

And after all my blog is getting updated quite quickly.Honestly I am surprised myself(how is the finishing touch?lol!)