Monday

Life without internet !

I cant imagine my life without internet , email or even without google for that matter.

Anything I want to know about .. .hmm.. closest chinese restaurant to my home, hmm.. whats the cost of a refrigerator.. where can I buy the cheapest TV.. What is the true meaning of Psyche ? Whats the scoop on Tom Cruise these days ? How good is the new Harry Potter movie.. ? Well .. Think of all the businesses that wouldnt be running. Can you imagine a world without online shopping, without online news, gosh.. I cant think there is way too much to put.

If writing letters was the only way to keep in touch with people who live geographically far from me, I dont think I would have kept in touch with more than 2 or may be 3 of my good friends. Not that I dont want to.. but its just too much to think, write, post, wait for a reply etc. etc. Thanks to the inventors of web email. Keeping in touch has become so much easier !! Inspite of this, I still do have many pending replies to send, ..and many excuses I make.. Wonder how our parents managed to keep in touch with their friends from high-school !!

How did people live before the internet ?! How our lives would have been without it now !! I think its the greatest invention ever made in the recent years ! I really cannot imagine having to live without it !! Can you ?

Friday

Triumph and Defeat

Have you ever been in hard situations..(really hard ones) in life ? Are you one of those happy-go-lucky types .. that always have been fortunate somehow.. or been at the right place at the right time and never had to go through any of life's obstacles ? If you are the second kind.. you am not sure if you would find any "real" sense in the words below.. but all of the others, do read on..

Below is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, that a good friend of mine shared.. that I want to share here..

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,‘
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,i
f neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And - which is more - you’ll be a Man, my son!

Psyched ?

Are you psyched about the upcoming test ? Are you psyched about wearing that new dress you just bought ? Are you psyched about the movie you are going to watch with your friends tomorrow ? What do you understand when I ask you these questions ?

Question : What does the word "Psyched" mean to you ?

Answer: If you thought "Psyched" meant excited, you would be surprised to read the meaning from the webster dictionary. If you thought it meant scared, then.. watch out there may be other people around you using it to mean "excited" !! I just discovered that a couple of days ago that this word is used by different people in different ways... Wonder how many such other words there are !!

Ah !! the English Language..

Saturday

Why Fairy Tales ?

Why are young girls taught to dream about a knight in the shining armour..riding a beautiful white horse.. who will come your way and pick you up to take you to the world of joy and wonder.. one who loves you unconditionally.. for who you are? There are innumerable movies based on that idea.. and many many cultural references to it.. Why do love stories always end up as "happily ever after.." ? Does it really happen in life ?

I guess by now you must be thinking that I am in a considerably bad mood today.. Ok.. before you go on assuming what must have happenned etc., ..Let me warn you nothing exciting really.. Sorry to be a spoil-sport but all I did was watch a movie.. where the heroine's friend offers some practical advice(to the heroine) about choosing the life partner ..and how it works for the Indian girls. And I had to shed some more light on the topic.. may be..intended for all those dreamers..to wake up and be practical.. On the same topic, I picked up this quote somewhere.. Ideal soul-mates do exist in an ideal world... but to search for the ideal in the real world.. means you are not dealing with your life in an ideal manner.. So, nothing or no one is ever perfect. Try to accept that, and work with the differences and who knows.. your life might infact turn into a wonderful dream like saga..of love...

Monday

A Million Dollar Question

Think about it.. !! What would you do if you had a million dollars ?

Buy a large house, a cool convertible, have parties and buy nice clothes ? Or will you put it all in the bank ? What would you do ? Or do you need a few minutes to answer the question so that you can think up something ? Do you see what I am getting at ? What is your "Financial" lifestyle ? Are you living today ?? or living for tomorrow ? or are you planning now to be able to live tomorrow ? Because you are saving, do you stop living now, save each and every penny, compromise on all wishes ?? Or do you satisfy all your wishes now and spend everything you have now, and suffer the consequences in future. .. If u dont plan ur future, you may not have one.. and if you dont live your present, then you may not really understand how to live even in your future. I am not quite sure what my plan is but one thing i do know is that I am not giving up on one for the other.. I believe there should be a balance...

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