Beyond the Valley of Thorns

My Shoes!!!

2009-01-15T11:42:00.003+05:30

click the above picture for a larger view and to read the text.

Beautiful...

2009-01-11T22:39:00.003+05:30

A scene you will probably never get to see, someone sent this across to me and I thought I should share it with every one. The Chinese have a saying: "When someone shares with you something of value, you have an obligation to share it with others." and so I have. This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point. You also see the sun below the moon. An amazing photo .

A year that was......

2008-12-30T23:14:00.006+05:30

2008 a big year in my life....if any one asked me how was your year I wasn't sure until few days back as to what i should answer, should I say it was a bad year coz terrible things happened or good coz i learnt volumes from what happened to me, now am sure it was good indeed.

I could have skipped this post as i haven't touched my blog this entire year but I want to remember this year for many many reasons and hence this post.....

2008 This is the year in which i have seen

Hatred
Deceit
Jealousy
Hypocrisy
Contempt
Disappointment
Mockery
Challenge
Loss
Failure
Success

Am in loss of words, too much to take in one year,I have seen these things separately several times but this year was unusual, all these things were bundled up and thrown right on my face, i was torn, shattered,disappointed, hurt more than words could say in the beginning.....as i look back I just wonder how I had the courage to face so many things , I have seen my own people backstabbing me this year and i still don't know the reason why? when all i have given them was love and affection.....i have been hurt repeatedly with lies and misleading words , i have been treated with so much contempt but I held on thinking that they would change some day....I have seen all my dreams fall and shatter right before me (none of my below mentioned dreams are ever gonna come true) that was like a major disappointment then , but now it doesn't make a difference....I have lost my best of friends this year, without whom i wondered if i could ever get through even a single day, now I have forgotten their very existence(if they can go thru without me so can I), people whom i trusted turned against me and plotted against me, it was difficult when i got to know the truth, i refused to believe but now when it is all clear I don't trust anyone any longer, I just prayed about all this, it couldn't have happened without God's will, if it was his will for me to go thru that suffering am sure he has a good purpose for doing so.He was and is teaching me so many things in his own way, and I am learning different lessons of life.

I asked God for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strong
I asked God for wisdom and God gave me problems to solve
I asked God for prosperity and God gave me brawn and brain to work
I asked God for courage and God gave me dangers to overcome
I asked God for love and God gave me troubled people to help
I asked God for favours and God gave me opportunities

I received Nothing I wanted,but Everything I needed.

At the end of the day or should i say end of the year I am stronger than what i was at the beginning.
This year was typically like a walk in the valley of thorns and to see whats beyond the valley I'll have to wait for some more time and I got out of the thorny valley unharmed and that is a testimony in itself, how wonderfully God has protected and guided me through out these trials and tribulations.

Lord says in John16:33

"I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble, but be courageous-I have overcome the world!"

with a promise in Hebrews13:5

"...I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

What more promise do you need in life.....
A new year a new beginning, I am surrendering everything to God, the only one I can trust now and always.

Happy New Year to all!!!
God Bless!!!

Jesus is the Reason for the Season

2007-12-14T16:04:00.000+05:30

Christmas is almost upon us, stores are getting ready, people are busy buying gifts for their near and dear ones, houses are getting decorated, churches have begun their carols rounds everything looks nice and pretty, but have we lost the real meaning of Christmas?

Lets look behind and see what Christmas is all about.

God loved all of God's children.
God saw that God's children needed to be saved from sin.
God sent his only Son,Jesus(The Savior) to save us from our sins.

This year before gifts, decorations, travel, chlothes or food
Lets remember and praise God the greatest gift of Love... JESUS

Lets put Christ back into Christmas this year.

BEE MOVIE

2007-11-18T23:32:00.000+05:30

" Bee Movie" I think this is the sweetest movie i've watched in a long long time ;-) .... Rashmi insisted I watch it and I thought i'd watch it if i had nuthing else to do, i guess that's the best decision i took this weekend.

This movie is about how a bee Barry B. Benson a fresh graduate is apprehensive about making a career choice in honey making business. Barry gets an opportunity to fly outside the hive and almost gets killed when Vanessa a florist from NY saves his life and as their relationship blossoms he discovers humans actually eat honey and wants to sue the whole human race.

A very sweet film with good animation and a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. A lovely film and a must watch for this season.

SSIRP

2007-10-29T09:45:00.000+05:30

We had an SSIRP request over the weekend and we had to work on both the days ....Didnt know when the week began and when it came to an end..infact we didnt see a weekend ;-( and here i am Monday morning looking at my mails to service two more requests this week.....but in a way its nice that i got a chance to work on an SSIRP...something more to write in my appraisal :D, some stretch objectives rite? ;)servicing an SSIRP is a gud thing and am glad i got the experience...jus that am all drained out today , mite jus leave early and get some sleep... ;-) ppl must be thinking am crazy but u've gotto see the bright side of everything rite??? ....
my principle in life :

There are two ways of living life

U've gotto live life like
everything in life is a miracle.
OR
nothing is.
I belong to the first category and that's y i guess am always happy , cuz i enjoy watever i do ;-)

The best way to win a man's heart and a woman's heart .....

2007-10-18T11:57:00.000+05:30

To Win a Man's Heart:

To Win a Woman's Heart... ;-)

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

2007-10-07T21:02:00.000+05:30

All the days i was at home because of my injury i have been watching FRIENDS crazily through out the day and now am addicted to it totally...whenever i switch on my comp, i watch atleast one episode and only then login into any of my messengers or mailboxez.....hehehe ;-)

A Painful Blessing!!!

2007-10-04T10:55:00.000+05:30

What a day...I got up in the morning and like any other day started off to work, got a bit late so ran down my stairs and thru the lane and out at the bus stop and YES once again race againt time and won cot the bus...got into the bus panting for breath...sat down and started yaking asusual...reached office had breakfast and went to the ater cooler to drink some water and take a pill...i took the pill and something went wrong, gulped the water real hard and there was this massive ache in my chest..i didnt think much just put my head down because of the ache and that is all I knew....

Next when i open my eyes people were all around me,including my team mates asking me questions like can you see anything? Can you hear us and stuff and I felt like saying like in our typical Hindi films"Mein Kahaan Hoon???" I immediately closed my eyes to recollect what happened and i didnt remember anything, i felt so awkward lying down there i got up and sat down and the whole place was spinning, some gurl came up and gave me some sugar water to drink, after which i got up and wanted to go back to my seat...but my PM(Radhika) didn't agree, she said go home and stop that diet of yours...she said a whole lot of things after that but i don't remember anything and she took me to the emergency room, i told her i was ok and i can get back to work but she didnt agree...i gave in and Avinash was to drive me home ,we waited till he reached office and he brought the car to the emergency room and i finally agreed to go home...

Now the twist in the tale, everyone gave me lecture about my diet and how i dont eat and dont sleep blah blah blah...laughed for sometime and then got into the car telling everyone i'll be back in a day....In the car when i ran my fingers thru my hair and when removed it, it was full of blood i was bleeding on my head had a hurt there, i told Avinash that my head is bleeding and he sais he'd take me to the doc first and then home. When i went to my doc he hadn't come for the day so i called him up and told him i had an injury on my head and asked him when he'd come he said 11A.M, Avinash dropped me home and left for office, called up Dad and went back to the doc he saw the injury and said it needs some stitches and sent me to a surgoen.

This man put 6 stitches on my head and wrapped a big ulgy bandage all around my head,
I have a 2 inch long cut and some crushed skin on either side of the slit scalp whcih cannot be stitched, so he left it at the moment, am going to the surgeon tomm to get the stitches removed ..gotto see what he says...

I never take leave come what may am always on the move running around, working, hyper enthu about anything and everything...and now am sitting at home and doing nothing but take rest..
I guess this is Godz way saying slow down and take a break, his way of wacking me and saying
" STOP the DIET".
This break is ok a blessing in disguise for me to take some rest, just that it turned out to be a little too painful.
Like it's said in the BIBLE " Sometimes it takes a painful experience to change our ways"
very true isn't it...I would have never given up my diet if it wasn't for this slit in my head.

Third Wish !! Stike TWO

2007-09-20T23:13:00.000+05:30

I thought that when i strike the next time for mt third wish it will nice n hard.

But today i didnt have to do it at all, my third wish came and fell right into my lap.

I really can't thank God enuf.....It'll take sometime for it to materialize but am happy that it came thru.

Thank you LORD!!!

Third Wish !! Stike ONE

2007-09-11T14:07:00.000+05:30

Struck ...but i cud have done better....
Will stike again and this time it'll be harder.

Lord Hear my Prayer !!!

Heavy Cross???

2007-08-30T11:48:00.000+05:30

Whatever your cross,
Whatever your pain,
There will always be sunshine,
After the rain...

Perhaps you may stumble,
Perhaps even fall,
But God's always ready,
To answer your call...

He knows every heartache,
Sees every tear,
A word from His lips,
Can calm every fear...

Your sorrows may linger,
Throughout the night,
But suddenly vanish,
In dawn's early light...

The Savior is waiting,
Somewhere above,
To give you His grace,
And send you His love...

Whatever your cross,
Whatever your pain,
"God always sends rainbows...
After the rain...”

To get out of difficulty, one must usually go through it!

CHAK DE!

2007-08-17T22:39:00.000+05:30

I watched Chak de today, i must say a Simply Superb film!!!

I'm not saying this because it's a Shahrukh Khan film..I really really mean it.

An awesome script, gr8 acting by all the gurls and ofcourse SRK at his best,whatelse would the film want??I don't really wanna say anything about the film I would want all of you to go and watch the film.

A must watch for every Indian girl,sorry a must watch for every INDIAN.

Third Wish! Step one taken

2007-08-14T21:35:00.000+05:30

I have taken the first step to the third wish....the seed was sown, i kinda watered it today...but would it really germinate??? only time can tell....

Am still waiting .....

When stuck in an elevator....

2007-08-10T22:09:00.000+05:30

When stuck in an elevator our emotions can play tug-of-war with our psyches under such circumstances--and it is easy to shift into panic.

This was the first time I ever got stuck in an elevator and the best part was that i had my whole gang with me except for Avinash and so i guess i didn't panic...maybe i wud have if i was alone

Asusual all of us walked back to our tower after lunch, Avinash met a few friends of his right opposite to our tower and started talking he asked us to carry on and so we left him behind and got it to our tower, went towards the lift there were 5 more people waiting for the lift and we were 5(minus Avinash).The lift finally came down and all of us got into the lift and we didn't have enough place to stand comfortably, asusual our guys were teasing each other about whose heavier and who should be pushed out and stuff,when the lift door refused to close, but it often happens in that lift, it wasn't new to us ...it was not because of over weight or anything like that, it happens even if 2 ppl are in the lift...the logic was to hold the lift doors together tight untill it gets locked and takes off and so i asked Rajan to do so and he did and it finally closed and took off, and stopped at the second floor and two of the ppl in the lift got off and now the doors closed and it wasn't moving we checked and found that the 3rd floor button was not pressed...Satish was standing close to the buttons and didnt notice and all of us burst out laughing, he pressed the button and was like "hotha hai hotha hai, so many people are from the third floor in this lift ,so i thought somebody must have pressed the button" anyways by now the lift should have reached the third floor when we heard a sudden halt we thought we reached the third floor and the indicator also showed 3 on the display but the door refused to open, these guys kicked the door with their legs but in vain, then suddenly Vishwa was like lemme open the door, and he held both the doors and opened it and when he did all of us were shocked to see the iron shaft and a wall behind it....we thought we'd open and get out at the third floor but here we were stuck in the middle of the second and the third floor....now what do we do ??? I asked Satish to press the alarm button and he did so but no use that wasnt working and so was the phone we couldn't call the security guys....

Suddenly it struck me that Avinash was right in front of our tower and i asked Rajan to call him and ask him to inform the security, and when Rajan called him the bugger was not ready to believe, he thought we were troubling him asusual phew....Satish immediately called Nimesh(our PL) and asked him to call the security and thankfully he came without asking questions and we knew we would get help....

From the top Nimesh was calling us i could hear him, asked Satish to respond but he couldn't hear us...he called us to find out if we were ok....and we told him that we were....now we started looking for outlets in the lift there was no way we could get out if the door doesn't open up....no ventilator or anything....it was getting stuffy inside and people were sweating, now Rajan was giving all the possibilites of the lift falling down and scaring people, i kept telling him nuthing like the film Speed would happen and no Keanue Reeves is gonna come to our rescue sigh!!! how i wish anyways.....when this topic was under discussion the lift lurched wildly a couple of times and we were wondering if they were planning to take the lift down to the ground floor, what if it suddely falls drops???"Ah well," I thought trying to stay calm, "At least it is only three floors." A drop of three floors wouldn't kill one would it? at this point I was thinking that the air in the lift was a bit on the stale side and we were all feeling quite uncomfortable as I sat down on the floor
all the gurls followed , I had severe cold n headache in the afternoon and i was getting choked but i didnt tell anyone i just kept laughing and talking to keep up the mood and the spirits of people, we were talking about how horridly the testing for the lift was done and how the bugs were not logged at the right time and stuff like that just to lighten up the mood of the people and once again the lift lurched and we could feel the lift going down would they take it down to the ground floor or would they open it up in the first or the second floor was the question on everyones mind...When the lift went up ok we thought it's gonna open up in the third floor, now we could hear Avinash talk to some people outside and so was Nimesh :) ok our people are doing something when i and Rajan looked and each other and said i know whats going up the blog tonite and we laughed together....the lift began lurching a little and eventually took us to the requested floor it was about 20 mins inside the lift....Phew...finally the doors opened up and fresh air aaahh watta relief ...we were on the second floor we saw Avinash with a screw driver in his hand we had no idea wat he was doing with it but poor chap was trying to do something nobody had patience to ask him why he didn't believe when we called him or what was he doing with tht screwdriver....... in end all of us came out and all of us were safe ;-) All the managers were standing there waiting for the lift door to open up and were relieved to see us safe. We had our client visit today the new GM of WINSE from Redmond was visiting us and we were wondering what would have happened if he was stuck in the lift?? :O

In all we had been in the lift for about 20-25 minutes and overall the experience was not all that unpleasant ;-)

Seed sown!!!!

2007-08-07T13:00:00.000+05:30

Seed has been sown for the third wish, will it germinate ???
gotto wait n watch....

I have done my part, now it's God's turn ......

Phew ....

2007-08-02T13:54:00.000+05:30

I finally got an answer to my question last night, all confusions cleared and am relieved now...it was a small mistake i made and that bugged me for a'most a year, now i think it was totally useless and i gave something as petty as that too much importance.....it was not worth my attention at all dunno why i take stupid things to my head so much ....When will i ever learn???

A walk in the rain!! ;-)

2007-08-01T21:49:00.000+05:30

Awwwwwwweeesome feeeling...
After a very long time I took a walk in the rain and i simply loved the feeling, I forgot my umbrella and I didn't want to wear my jacket cuz i tot it was a slight drizzle and got off the bus, only wen i got off the bus did i realise that it was raining and not drizzling ... I tot I'll cross the road and just rush home and it wudn't be a problem, but with all this traffic it took abt 20mins to cross the road and needless to say i was totally wet :D and i enjoyed every moment of the walk after crossing the road....Thanks to my footwear i cudn't walk fast cuz they were slipping of my feet and so i had to walk slow...Happily i walked bak home and when my Mom opened the door she was shocked to see me all wet she was like "why didn't u use the umbrella?" i said "i don't have it i looked for it " She opened my bag and pulled it out of my bag ....I was shocked i actually tot i didn't have it i didn't bother checking my bag :P but who cares I had an awesome time in the rain and i told my Mom that it was awesome and she said only one thing " I know you did this on purpose" well shez my Mom and she can't be wrong YES i did get wet on purpose cuz even if it drizzles my dad is at the bus stop waiting with his car to pick me up, but today i took a shuttle that brought me home earlier than usual and so i utilised this opportunity to jump abt in the rain :D , by the time Dad called i was already at home and he has no clue that i got drenched ;)

I enjoyed every moment of the walk and this walk releived me of a lot of mental stress...I think i shud take such walks more often provided i don't catch a cold tonite ;)

Busy life n am tiiiiiiiiirrrrred :-(

2007-07-26T13:29:00.000+05:30

Life is getting busy and i just realised that i am getting horridly caught in this mess. Life is becoming so monotonous i jus remember the day break and before i realise the day comes to an end...i get bak home eat n sleep and the next morning the same story...phew!! Wats gotten into me i was never like this...i was very particular about the time i spend at office and the time i spend with my family and friends, now i am so tired when i get bak that i hardly have time for anyone ...i stopped going online off late after i get back from office, cuz am unable to keep my eyes open after 10...tht was the time when i used to catch up with a few friends, now i dont do that too ;-(, there was not one Saturday that i didn't do something, now i hardly step out of my house, am sleeping most of the time, God what's happened to me , gotto check myself, i cant let this happen to me.... i guess i need a break, need some time off with myself. I shall do something and do something right away ;-)

Adjusting Software Engineers :D

2007-07-26T10:31:00.000+05:30

A day to remember...

2007-07-22T20:22:00.000+05:30

Second thing on the wish list kinda shaped up today, a very memorable Sunday....the step has been taken and now there is no looking back....I had no courage to do this...I owe it to my Dad...I dreamt he made it happen, atleast it's begun and i have the confidence now to take it to the end....

Thanks Daddy.....I owe this one to you....

Will keep you posted on this one....keep looking for more updates.

Tougher Battle involves better Amenities

2007-07-21T12:12:00.000+05:30

The battle is tough SIGH!!!!!!....and it's getting tougher by the day or shud i say by the minute

was waiting for 4 things different things this time.

Firstly...
Hike letters are out, not a great news but it's definitely not bad it's a lot better than many of my team members, just that my salary is not normalized but i guess it's ok....it didn't upset me much felt sad for a day and then forgot about the whole thing...i guess i just become NUMB to this whole thing.

Now 3 more things to go and these 3 are the most important things of my life, something i have been wanting all my life, something i dreamt of, something i wished for and something i prayed for and prayed for real hard.

The horse is ready but the battle belongs to the Lord....

am waiting Lord and for the rest of the 3 things i need courage and strength and ofcourse your mercy.

Waiting... :-W

2007-07-17T23:11:00.000+05:30

The Waiting Phase of my life is here once again but this time am waiting for more than one thing.

Am sitting and waiting for
all my questions to be answered
all my confusions to be cleared
all my needs and desires to be fulfilled(if God wills)

i don see a light anywhr around but am sure in the end all this struggle,all this wait would be worth it.
But the question is how long do i wait??? SIGH!!!!

I look to the mountains ,where will my help come from
My help will come from the Lord who made Heaven and Earth......

MY Song!!!!

2007-06-29T09:30:00.000+05:30

Sometimes in life you feel some songs describe just the way you are.
Sometimes you feel some songs are written just for you.
Some songs say what you can never say.
Some songs give you the strength to go on.
Some songs stir your emotions completely.
One of such songs you call "My Song"
One such song in my life is this.
It describes me and my life perfectly.
Go ahead and listen to "MY SONG" Martina McBride's Anyway

After all whats happened in my life i shud say i never gave up and i never stopped dreaming ;-)

God Helps!!!

2007-06-28T09:41:00.000+05:30

click on the below pic for a better view.

How lil is our faith isn't it????

NEED WASHING??

2007-06-18T11:57:00.000+05:30

An article i read this morning and i have put it up here for all of u to read. I guess we all need some washing...read on and give in ur comments.

NEED WASHING??

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must havebeen 6years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence.Itwas pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of raingutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door oftheTarget.We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the soundandsight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as awelcomereprieve from the worries of my day.The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we wereallcaught in "Mom let's run through the rain," she said."What?" Mom asked."Lets run through the rain!" She repeated."No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain,""We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said."No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not getwet?"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer,you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear any thing but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes.Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith."Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said.Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as theydarted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
I HOPE YOU STILL TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE RAIN.

Do you complain?

2007-06-05T23:12:00.000+05:30

I have seen this mail a million times and every single time i end up in tears.......

Observe around you and be Thankful for all that you have in this transitory lifetime.

Let us complain less and give more!!!

Totally frustrated!

2007-06-04T18:35:00.000+05:30

i've been trying to configure my ICS machine and set up a private network since morning and it doesn't seem to work...i've done it twice before and i just cannot make out wats going wrong, i've always had a way with the network here and have got my things done properly , but today wonder wats wrong,i feel like breaking all the comps in my rack ;-( ;-(

My b'day card!

2007-06-01T23:50:00.000+05:30

This is the card my team had sent on my b'day....i felt so nice reading it tht i tot it shud put it up here on my blog.....I am not sure if you ppl can read it, but for those hu can't am typing it down

here

"As we observe you b'day now

Your cake and gifts don't matter much.

These common things aren't really you,

Ribbons papers and hats as such.

We celebrate a person who,

Brings happiness to everyone,

Someone who gives more than she gets,

And fills our life with joy and fun.

So, Happy B'day, and many more!

We hope you make it to a hundred and two,

Because we cannot even dream,

What life would be like without you.

Happy Birthday Hannah!!!

-Team Client Core. "

So touching rite??? i really don't know wat i have don to hear something as sweet as this the moment i came to office today.... but it really really touched me. Thank you team, and Thanks a lot Satish...i know it's your work.

;-)

Why girls don't love software guys....?

2007-05-30T23:08:00.000+05:30

Lol ;-)....this post is for all the s/w guys hu eat computers, drink computers and live computers...and I am dedicating this one to my best friend(Vivek)...I hope he doesn't end up doing something like this ever, but i wudn't be surprised if he does hehehe.... Hez gonna freak out totally when he reads this post....Sorry pa cudn't resist this one

My Portrait!!

2007-05-26T01:07:00.000+05:30

Has anyone seen anything cuter than this....this is my first portrait ever, cute na...i look more like a hurt Samurai lol ;-), but wat the heck i like it a lot and so it's on my blog...this is done by a very gud frend of mine and i jus saved it cuz its the first time someone has ever made made an attempt to make my portrait ;-) and tht too not on a paper...i found it so cute tht i thought i should keep it with me. For ppl hu can't make out wat am wearing tht's my new orange kurta and my blue jeans( i hope) i haven't confirmed it...but tht's wat i think it is :D

I had a gr8 time drawing after God knows how many ages and the outcome is this post.....

Greatest Sister Ever!!!

2007-05-17T12:01:00.001+05:30

Like i always say shez the first and the most precious gift given to me by GOD and i can't thank him enuf for this gift. Shez more like my daughter than my sister, the reason being the huge age gap between us.I still remember the days when she was a baby hanging around me always, and now shez matured into a beautiful young lady, but i guess i have never noticed that shez grown untill the last two to three days when i was down wid horrible cold and fever.....This lil child of mine was up all nite asking me if i wanted water or cough syrup or anything at all esp y'day when the temp shot up crazily i kept tossing n turning cudn't get a sound sleep and all thru the nite i felt her tiny lil hands on my forehead chking my temp and telling me things i seriously don remember but wen i got up and sat down becoz of the cough i jus remember her warning me not to go to office today (which ofcourse I didn't obey :D and sneaked out while she was asleep in the morning)and during the day she keeps messaging me or scraping me finding out if i have taken the pills,had lunch etc and incase i don respond she calls up immediately to find out the status....I was totally amazed y'day as to how shez transformed from a careless, bindaas, funloving teenager whose life revolved around internet,phone,music & cosmetics to a caring and a responsible human being.I just want to say THANK YOU GOD for a sister like her and Thank you for this fever becoz of which i got to know this side of hers and ofcourse THANK U MON u Simply ROCK....LOVE YA!!!!!! HUGS ;-)

Air Supply

2007-05-15T12:15:00.000+05:30

Frustration is at its peak today...am totally irritated with this cold of mine(wonder how i cot a cold in summer), am unable to do anything. The A/C in the lab is horrid, jus don feel like going there ;-( but i've got no choice TP time ...Our automation tool didn't work the whole of y'day which means double work today ;-(, but it's ok,i consoled myself saying that it happens during TP times and i got up early today, had breakfast at home itself and started for office even though i wasn't in a gud shape bcoz I didn't get a sound sleep last nite becoz of this cold, all nite i was tossing and turning and was miserable when i got up in the morning....Mom asked me to stay back today but asusual i gave her a big lecture abt how important it is for me to go today as the tool wasn't working y'day ...after all that drama i reach office only to find out that its totally down and we would not be able to work till 4 in the evening, now wat was the need for me to come to office in this horrible state, i can't even get some work done :-(...this TP is gonna be a major mess, i wonder if we will be able to deliver ontime...it is possible if i stretch :-( i guess i'll endup stretching as always, this time i was strictly asked not to stretch but i dont like having pending work on my plate Kadamai unarchi you see hehehehe...i've got no work now, and i hate being idle so started listening or rather watching the "Air Supply" vdo's on "You Tube" and my my wat a relief, i haven't heard these songs in a long time, it feels so good listening to them now, they sure have supplied air to my frustrated mind....my cold is still there par i am not irritated atleast....

Thanks to "Air Supply" esp for the songs "Lost in Love" and "Here I am"

Here is the VDO for those hu are interested.

Loves Me ...Loves Me Not!!!

2007-05-13T22:35:00.000+05:30

Loves me /Loves me not is one thing all of us think atleast once in our life time.
When we love someone we become so superstitious that we actually believe in stuff like the flower petals thingie, the forwarded mails which say if u send this to 20 ppl u'r love will call you tonite, The DDLJ palat logic etc....

This post is written for all the gurls and guys hu are confused with their relationships esp two of my close frens who are totally confused at this point of time in life, gurls take it easy am sure things will work out jus fine..... . I would be writing about few things i know and a few things that i learnt from my friends mistakes.

For all those who are committed,

Plz don take the relationship for granted.More importantly don take the person for granted saying tht he/she loves me and so he/she will do anything for me.
Giving is a very important part of the relationship, when i say giving i don mean gifts, i mean time, when you choose to give some person your time it means you are giving them a part of u'r life which will never come back and that is something great to do.
And when someone is not able to give you their time due to some work commitments or any other reason, try and understand and don make a fuss about it. After all it is you who have to understand & support him/her.
Love and Love unconditionally, the other person mite or mite not respond the way you want. If a person doesn't love you the way you want it doesn't mean that he/she doesn't love you with all they have.
Be the person's strength and not pain. Let him/her come to you when he/she needs a ear to listen, a shoulder to cry...let them tell you things don't force them...this doesn't mean that you shouldn't ask....Ask, else the person mite end up thinking you don care, but don't force the person to tell you things, if he/she wants they will ...believe in them.
Most importantly give them their space, else the person will get choked in the relationship, give him/her the time to breathe, leave them alone sometimes, i understand it difficult but u got to do it...however committed the person is he/she is still an individual, they need and deserve their space.
Always be of gud cheer, so that people will love to have you around including the one you love, he/she should be overjoyed jus by the fact that he/she is gonna meet you.
Last but not the least be friends with his/her friends.....this problem usually only gurls have they never like to be friends with their BF's friends and the tension begins as his friends don like her and she doesn't like them and the poor chap gets cot in between. Try and get along with all his friends, if thats impossible try and avoid meeting them but don't ever stop him from meeting them.

These are the few things i keep telling my friends very often and i thought i shud write them down here...hopefully will be of some use to someone...

For all those who are not committed.

Guys : GOOD LUCK!!!! am sure u'll all find u'r dream gurls and plz stop using the DDLJ palat logic, in reality things don work tht way ....All these things look nice in films......

&

Gurls :
Just Kidding ...I hope the guys don get upset wid me for this :-)

Don commit yourselves unless you are very sure..Don break hearts n don get u'r hearts broken....

Have a Good Life all of you!

Dark Pleasures

2007-05-11T12:06:00.000+05:30

I got this for a gift today....awesome shade rite??
Revlon has come up with these new shades

Talk Dirty
Midnight Affair
Scarlet Letter
Purple Pleasure
Steel-etto
Patent Leather

All of them from the limited edition collection, and all are awesome..but i have been obsessed with purple off late and so ended up wid Purple Pleasure.....chk out the shades here http://www.revlon.com/ProductCatalog/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=92

Thank you so much, I simply love it ;-)

No time for LOVE!!!

2007-05-08T14:53:00.000+05:30

Need i say anything more....My life is exactly like this, holding my heart in my hand and wondering wat to do...SIGH!!!

Lovely ..Bed of Roses!!!

2007-05-03T18:16:00.001+05:30

"It will never RAIN roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees."

Valley of thorns !!!!

2007-05-03T09:44:00.000+05:30

I was talking about the valley of throns rite...take a look at how one actually looks...this is Ironwood Forest National Monument a mountainous section of the Sonoran Desert in south Arizona.

Am yet to walk this whole path n see wots beyond the valley........

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me. "Psalm 23:4

Lots of changes in the team...

2007-05-01T23:52:00.000+05:30

Ever since i stepped into MS ODC things have been very smooth unlike other projects, i felt like i finally reach "THE" place of peace at work....lots of changes kept happening in the team firstly Rashmi moved out and Reshma got transferred, but i kinda was prepared for it as i was told that Rashmi and Reshma wud be moving out and i wud be replacing both of them, inspite of the i was very sad when they actually left...but Rashmi is always wid me so i dont feel her absence at all...then Atul left the org and then things becam a lil stable by the time i got adjusted to it Gladson, Venky n Ganesh moved out :( partner components formed a different team that was difficult, they wudn't be wid us for anything, not for team outing , not for team dinners...sadness took over me again more becoz these guys where horridly disappointed themselves and did not cum in terms with the team split decision..but then again got adjusted to the fact and to overcome the void started including them in all our gatherings, to say we are all colleagues but at the end of the day we have some emotional attachment wid each other....another news Aditi got a transferee now i knew this wud happen but then again not now was the reaction wen i heard the news....but she wanted it and shez happy with it so be it....and the worst thing that could happen to XP/03 was Sridhar leaving to the US , tht was a gr8 news but he wudn't be coming bak to our team he'll be moving to Vista, now a new PL and got to report Nimesh from this month, i really dunno how it's gonna be....I generally loose my cool with him, now as long as i didn't have to do anything wid him professionally all tht cold war was ok but now ..... I can only pray "Lord, give me Patience"...

Chk this out

2007-04-07T18:27:00.000+05:30

Was trying to add a filmloop on my site didn't work out there so am trying it out here...awesome pics take a look

Wots beyond the valley of thorns???

2007-03-26T09:24:00.000+05:30

hmm..a new blog, and i have named it "Beyond the valley of Thorns"...so wots beyond the valley of thorns? My Life...in fact i guess every one goes thru the valley of thorns at some point in time of their lives.....I am a living example of a person who walks thru the valley of thorns at every single stage of my life.....often I have wondered during such times wat wud be the consequence of wats happening in my life and finally wen i get thru i realize tht i have landed in a bed of roses, and the transformation i go thru every single time is tremendous. These trials have helped me grow as a person, kept my feet firmly planted on the ground, let no success get to my head and let no failure dissapoint me, cuz at the end of it i know My God will not let go of me.

This blog will contain all my failures n successes, all my joys n my sorrows in short my life "Beyond the valley of thorns".