21st August....this is the date I celebrate my birthday every year.It has always been the same things happening again and again.......cutting cake......birthday wishes from friends....and blessings from family members.This year.....it was different.It wasn't an ordinary birthday......it was a super-duper awesome one!
My day kicked off from the very start of the day........a few seconds after the day started.A friend of mine sent me a birthday message at about 11 seconds after 12 midnight....my very first in a long time.The message was sweet,meaningful and heart-warming to me.The words really made me feel happy.One line in particular.......really charted the course of my day.It was "May your day be filled with happiness and togetherness with your family and friends"..............and that's exactly what happened today.
I woke up at 5 to go to school.At school,my fellow prefects sang me a birthday song during the prefects assembly.I was really happy and a little shy because everyone was singing a song....just for me.Then,my day at school continued with wishes from my friends who were present in school today.I was smiling in school all the time.
When I reached back home,I quickly booted up my computer after lunch to check out my birthday wishes on facebook.I was shocked.....stunned.....flabbergasted to see the number of birthday wishes from my friends......102! And it was only 3.30 at that time.I still had time to receive more wishes!
In the evening,one of my friends invited me to play badminton with him.For the first time,I celebrated my birthday with my friends outside my home.It wasn't really a celebration....but I consider hanging out with friends to play badminton a celebration.My friend's mum made some delicious cupcakes for me and my friends to munch on after our game.
Before dinner,my family members sang a birthday song for me and made me cut the birthday cake.My sister then presented me with a watch.I was touched as my sister had taken the effort to look for a gift although she has so many other things to do.Then,I went out for dinner with my family.We enjoyed our dinner......cracking jokes and teasing my siblings......although the food was just OK.
At night,after returning home,I switched on my computer to check out the birthday wishes for me on facebook.The number had increased........146 people!I was overjoyed.Not even once in my life had such a thing happen to me.I was happy and delighted.I decided to post a "thank you" note as my status as a sign of gratitude to all my friends.I was still feeling very happy during the last hour of my special day.I was chatting with a good friend of mine about my special day.Both of us exchanged our "good night" wishes.....and that marked the end of my special day.
Just as my friend mentioned in the message,I did have a splendid time today.I enjoyed with my friends and spent some memorable time with my family.Birthdays are always meant to be special......but I didn't expect it to be this wonderful.Thanks a lot guys........I really have to thank you for making this a memorable day.A few years later.....when I read this post again......there will be no assurance that I won't shed tears of joy.One thing is for sure.......I'll never forget this day and the wonderful friends and family members who had made this day a wonderful one for me.........
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Why Money Over Men?
When light passes through a glass block,it tends to refract away from it's normal direction of movement.All this while,I've been thinking that such theories only applied for practical physics of objects.Now,I think that it even applies to the behaviour of the so called intelligent creatures of this planet...........us......humans.
As we endorse ourselves more and more into this technologically advanced world,we seem to care more about lifeless toys than the living heart of people.Above all,one thing really matters the most to most of us.......the paper printed with numbers ranging from 1 to 10000000 in some countries.........money.
Just that day,when I was sitting at the bus stop,there was this old man,partly disabled who was also sitting there.He had some deformities in his right leg and couldn't really climb a bus.So,he waited for a taxi.As a taxi drove by,he mustered all his effort to get up from his seat and call for the taxi.The taxi driver stopped,but upon seeing his physical appearance,just drove off.Then,there was another taxi driver who stopped.He too drove off because the disabled guy's destination was too near for him to make any good profit.A few more taxis passed by but didn't stop to help this helpless man.
Eventually,he gave up.Then,he decided to walk to his destination.As he walked off,I felt very pitiful for this man.It was painful to see him limping beside the busy roads.I wanted to help him but I didn't know how.A lot of thoughts were running through my head.By the time I could think of something,the guy was already lost from sight.I watched thinking why have humans changed so much.I wonder why have we refracted form the path of kindness.Till today,I feel like an idiot for not helping that guy.Maybe,I really should have done something.........
Another good example of human greed is the scandal which hit China a few years ago.Traces of melamine were found in dairy products for children.Many children suffered and died as most children drank milk.I can't really remember the reason melamine was added but I'm quite sure it was to reduce the usage of other nutritious and expensive ingredients.The businessman who was responsible showed no emotions during his trial,and was sentenced to death.But,what's the use?The damage had already been done.
These examples are a few of the many things that are happening in our world today.We have changed so much under the illusion that money makes us happy.Money can make us happy in some way,but our happiness might be at the cost of others.For example,the taxi drivers greed for money made life very difficult for the disabled guy.And the profit earned by the businessman cost the lives of many innocent children.
Don't choose money over love and kindness to living creatures.We are meant to protect and care for each other.Happiness is every where.....we just have to look for it.I find happiness in the peacefulness of the wonders of nature........and it doesn't even cost a cent.There's no point carrying along your wealth to the grave........but it's always worth having memoirs of happiness within your soul when it rests in peace.............
As we endorse ourselves more and more into this technologically advanced world,we seem to care more about lifeless toys than the living heart of people.Above all,one thing really matters the most to most of us.......the paper printed with numbers ranging from 1 to 10000000 in some countries.........money.
Just that day,when I was sitting at the bus stop,there was this old man,partly disabled who was also sitting there.He had some deformities in his right leg and couldn't really climb a bus.So,he waited for a taxi.As a taxi drove by,he mustered all his effort to get up from his seat and call for the taxi.The taxi driver stopped,but upon seeing his physical appearance,just drove off.Then,there was another taxi driver who stopped.He too drove off because the disabled guy's destination was too near for him to make any good profit.A few more taxis passed by but didn't stop to help this helpless man.
Eventually,he gave up.Then,he decided to walk to his destination.As he walked off,I felt very pitiful for this man.It was painful to see him limping beside the busy roads.I wanted to help him but I didn't know how.A lot of thoughts were running through my head.By the time I could think of something,the guy was already lost from sight.I watched thinking why have humans changed so much.I wonder why have we refracted form the path of kindness.Till today,I feel like an idiot for not helping that guy.Maybe,I really should have done something.........
Another good example of human greed is the scandal which hit China a few years ago.Traces of melamine were found in dairy products for children.Many children suffered and died as most children drank milk.I can't really remember the reason melamine was added but I'm quite sure it was to reduce the usage of other nutritious and expensive ingredients.The businessman who was responsible showed no emotions during his trial,and was sentenced to death.But,what's the use?The damage had already been done.
These examples are a few of the many things that are happening in our world today.We have changed so much under the illusion that money makes us happy.Money can make us happy in some way,but our happiness might be at the cost of others.For example,the taxi drivers greed for money made life very difficult for the disabled guy.And the profit earned by the businessman cost the lives of many innocent children.
Don't choose money over love and kindness to living creatures.We are meant to protect and care for each other.Happiness is every where.....we just have to look for it.I find happiness in the peacefulness of the wonders of nature........and it doesn't even cost a cent.There's no point carrying along your wealth to the grave........but it's always worth having memoirs of happiness within your soul when it rests in peace.............
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friendship and Love
Easy to differentiate?Maybe it's easy for some of you........depending on the person.But it can be difficult for others.Both are equally beautiful,but in different ways.Both are mutual,both can be forever,but most people can't think of them being together.Weird,isn't it???
Today,many of us reap benefits from being involved in both these relationships.There are moments of happiness and joy.They don't make us feel lonely or bored.We are always occupied by the way these wonderful relationships build up to fill in the missing jigsaw pieces of our lives.We always look to closer the ties between us by actively involving and sharing certain important elements in our lives.We always look forward to spend time with each other in these relationships so that we will never lose them.
They have their own problems as well.Miscommunication leads to various troubles.We constantly argue over small issues,but tend to make up after that.We have different thoughts about certain things.....and always talk about those things to listen to each other's views.There can be issues of bad luck...which might result in break ups.Things can also get nasty if family members interfere too much in both relationships.Both of them seem so similar.....then why are they different?
Last night,I watched a very nice movie.It was a love story and the way it was taken really made me think and realise so many things.It started off with two people meeting at a movie shooting.Eventually,they fell in love with each other.They were really interested in each other,but religion separated them.The girl's parents didn't approve their relationship.The girl loved her parents very much...so she asked the boy to leave her......while she suffered emotionally.She called off her wedding to the man of her father's choice at the last minute.She then leaves to the United States in search of a new life.
A few years past,and the hero of the movie becomes a movie director.He goes to US to film a movie.There he meets his previous girlfriend.She is married and walks away without talking to him.The hero feels disappointed but this event actually inspires him to make a movie about the story of his previous lover.In the movie,the girlfriend isn't married at the time they meet in US and they fall in love again.When the previous girlfriend actually watches the movie,she feels touched but hides her feeling because she was already married to another guy.The ending of the story is really touching but I just don't know how to explain it in words.What do you think,intentional friendship or unintentional love?
To tell the truth,there are a lot of differences between friendship and love.The most dominant one will be about the way you feel about someone.You will always like your friends....no doubt about it.You like to mingle around with them.You enjoy playing games and joking with them.You share your everyday stories with them.You laugh around and always help each other out in certain things in life.
When you are in love,your feeling towards that person would be different.There will be a longing to be by that person. You will always care about that person.......look after that person when she/he is sick.You always protect that person.Happiness is achieved by spending time together at a peaceful place.You always enjoy facing life's challenges with your loved ones once you are married.You may seem angry over them at times,but you will never let them go away.
The facts are pretty simple.......but why are there so many people still breaking up after committing themselves to relationships?It's because they don't really realise the difference between attraction of friendship and love.Attraction will go off after some time.If you lost your attraction to some one,after some time.....you would think why did you even fall for that person in the first place.The feeling of love doesn't really go off easily.It stays there for some time.It hurts to see the person you love being close to some one else.
So friends......make your decisions wisely.It's not wrong to feel attracted to a person because teenage hormones do respond to the presence of the opposite sex.If you think you are in love with some one,think first if you want to spend your life with that person.Think if you can always tolerate with each other.If you think that you don't want that particular person as your life partner,brush away the feelings.Unwanted feelings always get in the way of happiness.Live your life to the maximum.
Am I in love???I'm not sure myself.I just want to let some time pass before I make my decision.Until some one brushes the "just friends" fog in my brain,I'll not know if I'm in love with her and I'll continue being a very good friend to that very special person in my life..........
Today,many of us reap benefits from being involved in both these relationships.There are moments of happiness and joy.They don't make us feel lonely or bored.We are always occupied by the way these wonderful relationships build up to fill in the missing jigsaw pieces of our lives.We always look to closer the ties between us by actively involving and sharing certain important elements in our lives.We always look forward to spend time with each other in these relationships so that we will never lose them.
They have their own problems as well.Miscommunication leads to various troubles.We constantly argue over small issues,but tend to make up after that.We have different thoughts about certain things.....and always talk about those things to listen to each other's views.There can be issues of bad luck...which might result in break ups.Things can also get nasty if family members interfere too much in both relationships.Both of them seem so similar.....then why are they different?
Last night,I watched a very nice movie.It was a love story and the way it was taken really made me think and realise so many things.It started off with two people meeting at a movie shooting.Eventually,they fell in love with each other.They were really interested in each other,but religion separated them.The girl's parents didn't approve their relationship.The girl loved her parents very much...so she asked the boy to leave her......while she suffered emotionally.She called off her wedding to the man of her father's choice at the last minute.She then leaves to the United States in search of a new life.
A few years past,and the hero of the movie becomes a movie director.He goes to US to film a movie.There he meets his previous girlfriend.She is married and walks away without talking to him.The hero feels disappointed but this event actually inspires him to make a movie about the story of his previous lover.In the movie,the girlfriend isn't married at the time they meet in US and they fall in love again.When the previous girlfriend actually watches the movie,she feels touched but hides her feeling because she was already married to another guy.The ending of the story is really touching but I just don't know how to explain it in words.What do you think,intentional friendship or unintentional love?
To tell the truth,there are a lot of differences between friendship and love.The most dominant one will be about the way you feel about someone.You will always like your friends....no doubt about it.You like to mingle around with them.You enjoy playing games and joking with them.You share your everyday stories with them.You laugh around and always help each other out in certain things in life.
When you are in love,your feeling towards that person would be different.There will be a longing to be by that person. You will always care about that person.......look after that person when she/he is sick.You always protect that person.Happiness is achieved by spending time together at a peaceful place.You always enjoy facing life's challenges with your loved ones once you are married.You may seem angry over them at times,but you will never let them go away.
The facts are pretty simple.......but why are there so many people still breaking up after committing themselves to relationships?It's because they don't really realise the difference between attraction of friendship and love.Attraction will go off after some time.If you lost your attraction to some one,after some time.....you would think why did you even fall for that person in the first place.The feeling of love doesn't really go off easily.It stays there for some time.It hurts to see the person you love being close to some one else.
So friends......make your decisions wisely.It's not wrong to feel attracted to a person because teenage hormones do respond to the presence of the opposite sex.If you think you are in love with some one,think first if you want to spend your life with that person.Think if you can always tolerate with each other.If you think that you don't want that particular person as your life partner,brush away the feelings.Unwanted feelings always get in the way of happiness.Live your life to the maximum.
Am I in love???I'm not sure myself.I just want to let some time pass before I make my decision.Until some one brushes the "just friends" fog in my brain,I'll not know if I'm in love with her and I'll continue being a very good friend to that very special person in my life..........
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Man = Women
This is totally random but I feel that this is very true.This is a conversation between a guy and a librarian at a library.
"Ermm.......where can I find the book entitled 'Man,The Master of Women?"asked the guy.
The librarian replied,"Go look in the fiction section."
True isn't it????
"Ermm.......where can I find the book entitled 'Man,The Master of Women?"asked the guy.
The librarian replied,"Go look in the fiction section."
True isn't it????
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