REFLECTIONS:

PATIENCE IS WILLINGNESS TO BECOME WHAT WE CAN.

NOT READINESS TO ACCEPT WHAT WE ARE.

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FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG.

NOT THE RIGHT TO DO WRONG.

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WE SPEND THE FIRST HALF OF OUR LIVES,

TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE OLDER GENERATION,

AND THE SECOND HALF

TRYING TO UNDERDTAND THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

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I DON’T DRINK BECAUSE I WISH TO KNOW WHEN I'M HAVING A GOOD TIME.

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TRUTH EXISTS.

ONLY LIES ARE INVENTED.

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Love and Marriage - A Revelation

Got the below stuff thru mail... Liked it very much and thought that this has to be posted in this blog only and not on CaPrIcIoUs. . .

so here the story goes...
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A student asks a teacher, "What is love?"

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the paddy field and choose the biggest paddy and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."

The student went to the field, went thru first row, he saw one big paddy, but he wonders.... maybe there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one... but maybe there is an even bigger one waiting for him. Later, when he finished more than half of the paddy field, he begins to realize that the paddy is not as big as the previous one he saw, he knew that he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted. So, he ended his search and went back to the teacher with empty hand.

The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one always, but when later you realize, you have already missed the person...."

"What is marriage then?" the student asked.

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."

The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, when he reach the middle of the field, he has picked one medium sized corn that he felt satisfied, and came back to the teacher.

The teacher told him, "this time you brought back a corn.... you looked for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you get.... this is Marriage."

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I'm back in UAE !!!

In case I have missed out to inform any of my friends and well wishers, I'm now in United Arab Emirates consulting with a company known as"Realtychek" performing business in the booming Dubai Real estate market.

I was here for a year (2002 - 2003) and then moved out to study in Singapore and also to seek better opportunities, but this city has again provided me with a shelter to try and grow. My friend working here since 10 years says "once u have a feel of Dubai, u will always be drawn back to it".I think this is true and now I d not regret even a bit for this decision of shifting base from Singapore to Dubai.

This city amazes me to no limits, its growth, its vision and its openness to do business is something that I am unable to explain.

I have taken up a house in Abu Shagara area in Sharjah on rent with furniture's and fixtures and my wife is to join me soon and this excites me to no limits. New challenges and opening in the work front and me finalising the house in Sharjah etc, makes me feel more responsible and driven.

The support in all possible ways from my brothers, Sister's in Law and parents is something what I am blessed with. I have a great family.

So all said, UAE has become my home again and I will give it my best shot to make this re-entry to mine and my families advantage.

I'm Married !!!

Well, its been a very long time since I had put in something in my man blogs, somehow could not get into this. I used to always postpone the blogging things and then enough is enough, let me at least blog this now. Y keep delaying stuff...

I am married to Premi since January 7, 2007. The marriage (thali kettal) was at Guruvayoor and then the rest of the ceremony with lunch at CSN Auditorium at Ottapalam (This is the same place where my eldest bro Anand got married as with few other cousins)

The experience was nice and quite unique and quite tiring too with all the camera lights and directions to listen to from the camera guys. My cousins had a good time c'ing Premi and me being tossed around by these people and little did they do to save us.

Anyway and I had our friend Madhu and Manu for the wedding and it was nice to have had them around. They had driven all the way from Cochin to Guruvayoor and then to Otap. It was fun with them around. They have created a very good impression with my family and so .......

I am guide blessed I feel as we had the presence of majority of the elders in my family for the marriage and being able to get their blessings was something I wouldn't liked to have missed at all. Was really happy to have had the whole family gathered to make the function a grand one.

So here are the pic's:


Reception was arranged at the Green Park hotel in Chennai on January 11, 2007. The food was good as with the ambiance.



So here I am now "a married man"...

Home video

Our home production, creative ideas from Madhu and enacted by Shine Jacob. I'm glad that the vido has been acceted in both 'youtube' and 'googlevideos'

links

Google Videos - Yezhai's tale

Youtube - Yezhai's tale

Try these out!!!

I'm engaged and soon to marry...

This is a late post from my end, but then I made up my mind today that I have to definetly post... and no point in postponing this...


I am now engaged Premi Menon from Ottapalam, Kerala on July 16, 2006 and the marriage is fixed for January 07, 2007 again at Ottapalam. (details as and when things shape up)

She now lives in Bangalore with her parents and is working.

Ila. . .

Lalit & Rama have become proud parents.

Very happy for them and wish them with abundance good fortune and life.

SHARED THOTS...08.09.06

From my uncle Mohandas from Kuwait;

Shirley sent this beautiful and moving tale...of how sanity can prevail over emotions... a short and

powerful tale of forgiveness & love, and how just one wrong word could have made matters irrevocably worse.....

A baby boy was born to a couple after eleven years of arriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the gem of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open.

He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife,
preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgot The matter.

The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle fascinated by its colour and drank it all. It
happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages. When the child collapsed the mother Hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband.

When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child he looked at his wife and uttered just five words.

QUESTIONS:

1. What were the five words?
2. What is the implication of this story?

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ANSWER :

The husband just said "I am with you Darling"

The husband's totally unexpected reaction is a proactive behaviour. The Child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point In finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to Keep the bottle away, this would not have happened.

No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her only child. What she Needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.

If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would Be much fewer problems in the world. "A journey of a thousand miles Begins with a single step." Take off all your envies, jealousies, Unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are Actually not as difficult as you think.


MORAL OF THE STORY

Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame, Whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. By this Way we miss out some warmth in human relationship.

ENJOY SPIRIT OF ONAM

my uncle's attempt to takes all of us down the memory lane......

ENJOY SPIRIT OF ONAM FESTIVAL AND THE GRAND SADHYA TODAY, WHEREVER YOU ALL ARE.

If there is time to stop and reflect......as we race along....

recall earlier Onam get togethers with mother and father at Guruswamy Mudaliar St, and all of us toddlers...from Radha (only teenager),down to Kunju, with Shanthachi & Babyachi (late teen beauties ),taking charge for the pookalam and all of us going round the neighborhood to collect all possible flowers.. intruding into the private compounds nearby and once straying into MS.Subbalakshmi's house, being chased by her dog, and then her watchman.. only to be forgiven by her and allowed to pluck more... the sheer joy of coming back home with baskets full of
flowers... once Shantachi approves the collection, it sends a thrill of achievement for all of us..... we sit round and prepare the pookalam... bigger than last year... getting bigger and bigger...sivalingam flower used to be most prominent..followed by shoe flower, there was that yellow variety in abundance...ahhhhh, the smell from that sivalingam flower ... i can get it
now.

And then after a few years, at Lloyds Road, this pookalam got to be the biggest.... maybe many of you will remember the photograph taken of Shanthachi in her green sari and looking stunning....aniyatan fell for this picture... and a couple of more pictures taken which are on the patio of Krishna Kripa, even today... mother used to toil from early morning cooking all the varieties with that smoke filled kerosene stove and firewood place... house used to be
filled with relatives as if there was no dearth of mouths to feed, with the full regiment of us, marching about ....

by this time all of us were into our teens ... That was the last Onam with Shantachi around ... the
first Onam, after her marriage was awful... we boys organised a pookalam in a hurry, all the time talking about how we missed her..that was in '65..

Onam for the next few years was confined to going to Attan's house from the hostel, to enjoy the real tasty spread from the beautiful young vibrant adathiamma. her culinary skills belied her age then (...and even now)!

The first Onam after marriage at Deepak Niwas and many that followed thereafter, was like a community lunch ... so grand was the occasion, that almost the entire Nandambakkam village used to converge at PS's house... invited or not... each felt had the right to walk in... and was treated as an honoured guest... years later, the grand pookalam of Rajini used to be the highlight...gone were the sivalingam, shoe, yellow flowers... substituted by colored powder of all
shades, some flower to justify "poo" of kalam...flowers if needed had to be purchased from
mambalam market...no one had time... gone was the excitement of going round and plucking them ....

The Onam with Sundari... all by ourselves at Cochin with Lalit as a toddler... his excitement knew no bounds with the chance to throw flowers around the main door (entrance to flat)... malu followed later to share in this excitement ... process of plucking thumba poovu is still fresh ....

the last Onam at KrishnaKripa with mother and father is crystal clear...1987... we had gone from cochin.. the pookalam then was simply the best I can recall...since 1964...Unniattan was in charge and with him around, anything had to be simply 'Grand'.. the small porcelain idol of Krishna at the centre of a huge circle filled with flowers (purchased of course), in various designs mixed with coloured powders ... photos are there... the sadhya... mother being there to serve... urging us to have more...

Dubai Onam days were filled with very happy get togethers of myself being in the lead role..with all nephews niece and families...the numbers expanding with years..... sadhya packets were purchased on few occasions from Sunrise rest' ... and for several Onams, between 95-2004, Sundari's special touch for 'sadhya vibhavamgal' delighted the taste buds of of all of us and several special invitees always there.... sadly "pookalam" got reduced to a few flowers ... no time...no flowers... no plants...

Onam... the day brings something special ... joy and thrill is always there...at its best enjoy in reality, at the worst in "virtual reality" in recollections, as it is today for me.... being in Kuwait... another working day, but no one can stop my mind enjoying all the bygone thrills.. and to share with you all....

hope you have time to read this.... I am also, as busy as all of you... but had to get up one hour
earlier to share this special memoirs..... that continue to inspire every generation with sheer joy
and thrill ...

enjoy the day..

love and cheers,
mohan/mama/atta (achappa also be included)

newly added friends

This is my new set of friends in Singapore introduced through Madhu and Mercy. These guys are really humorous and interesting esp Vimal and Ganesh. Cools people to be with.

HE vs SHE

1. The family picture is on HIS desk.
Ah, a solid, responsible family man.

The family picture is on HER desk.
Umm, her fa! mily will come before her career.

2. HIS desk is cluttered.
He's obviously a hard worker and a busy man.

HER desk is cluttered.
She's obviously a disorganized scatterbrain

3. HE is talking with his co-workers.
He must be discussing the latest deal

SHE is talking with her co-workers.
She must be gossiping.

4. HE's not at his desk.
He must be at a meeting.

SHE's not at her desk.
She must be in the ladies' room.

5. HE's not in the office.
He's meeting with customers.

SHE's not in the office.
She must be out shopping.

6. HE's having lunch with the boss.
He's on his way up.

SHE's having lunch with the boss.
They must be having an affair.

7. The boss c! riticized HIM.
He'll improve his performance.

The boss criticized HER.
She'll be very upset.

8. HE got an unfair deal.
Did he get angry?

SHE got an unfair deal.
Did she cry?

9. HE's getting married.
He'll get more settled.

SHE's getting married.
She'll get pregnant and leave.

10. HE's having a baby.
He'll need a raise.

SHE's having a baby.
She'll cost the company money in maternity benefits.

11. HE's going on a business trip.
It's good for his career.

SHE's going on a business trip.
What does her husband say?

12. HE's leaving for a better job.
He knows how to recognize a good Opportunity.

SHE's leaving for a better job.
Women are not dependable.

Does God Speak???

This will give you the chills........GOOD chills.

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study.

The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice.

The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?"

After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message.

< face="Comic Sans MS" color="#0080ff" size="7">Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.

It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God...If you still speak to

people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."

As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk.

He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that you?" He didn't get a reply and started on toward home.

But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.

The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.

"Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.

As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, "Turn Down that street."

This is crazy he thought and drove on past the intersection.

Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street.

At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh.

Half jokingly, he said out loud, "Okay, God, I will".

He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in semi commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it was n't the worst of neighborhoods either. The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed.

Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street." The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.

"Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk.

Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here."

He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then the door opened before the young man could get away.

The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he

just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happy to ha ve some stranger standing on his doorstep. "What is it?"

The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here, I brought this to you." The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway.

Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face.

The man began speaking and half crying, "We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk."

His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I ask him to send an Angel with some. Are you an Angel?"

The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face.

He knew that God still answers prayers.

THIS IS A SIMPLE TEST....? If you believe that God is alive and well, send this to at least ten people and the person that sent it to you!!!!!!!!

This is so true. Sometimes it's the simplest things that God asks us to do that cause us, if we are obedient to what He's asking, to be able to hear. His voice more clear than ever. Please listen, and obey! It will bless you (and the world). Phil 4:13

This is an easy test, you score 100 or zero. It's your choice.

If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions. Jesus

said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father."

SHARED THOTS - 25.3.06.

Thanks Kannumama for this lovely story, thru ur shared thots:
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"Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

with this opening note, Ahmed has sent this lovely story... Just a story!!??!!!

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...

He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by...the little boy had grown up, And he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. "Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. "I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more" The boy replied.

"I want toys. I need money to buy them." "Sorry, but I do not have money... But you can pick all my apples and sell them.So, you will have money." The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.

The tree was sad. One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned. And the tree was excited "Come and play with me" the tree said. "I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?

" Sorry”, But I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches To build your house. " So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.

The tree was again lonely and sad. One hot summer day, The man returned and the tree was delighted. "Come and play with me!" the tree said. "I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax
myself. “Can you give me a boat?" “Said the man”. "Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy. " So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years.

"Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore."

No more apples for you... " The tree said”. "No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite." The man replied.

"No more trunk for you to climb on" "I am too old for that now" the man said.

"I really cannot give you anything... The only thing left is my dying root.

The tree said with tears. "I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years" the man replied.

"Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, Come, come sit down with me and rest. " The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...

This is you and the tree is your parent. !!!!!

LOVE IS THE MOST PRECIOUS.

THE LOVE OF PARENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, HAS ALWAYS BEEN FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT OF CHILDREN FOR THEIR PARENTS

Making Fun

Finding Joy In Meaningless Tasks

Spending an afternoon working on the car, gardening, or even cleaning the house can be fun when we have an interest in the project. Yet, we can also find joy in the chores and tasks we don't especially like. All we need is a change of attitude, a different approach, a little music, or some help from friends, and the tasks or responsibilities that we perceive as tedious can become a source of pleasure.

Most of us tend to put off what it is that we don't want to do. Yet, one of the best approaches to an unpleasant task or dull chore is to dive right in and be fully mindful of what it is that you are doing. You may not perceive washing the kitchen floor as enjoyable, but it can be if you view it as a loving act for both yourself and your family. Lose yourself in paying your bills, and thank the universe that you are able to receive the service you are writing that check for. Mending can become a treasure hunt to find the right button and matching thread. And, each morning, see how neatly you can make your bed and take pride in your results.

Playing your favorite music, dancing while you work, or creating a mental list of everything you are grateful for are just a few ways to turn an unexciting activity into a fun event. Ask a friend to help you clean out the basement or paint a room; provide some yummy snacks as an incentive. Look for joy in doing your mundane activities, and they'll become a source of enjoyment rather than a tolerable duty.

article taken from DailyOm

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Very True, but yes quite dificult. Attitude is the main reason of how a activity performs.

My office

My work station at Suvin Technologies Pte Ltd, Singapore. Started work and the first day went well, though late. The company is clear about what is expected, duties etc and now its upto me to perform and show people that I am fit for a HR role. So the ball has been set to roll and lets see how much momentum it gains.

Robinson Towers @ Robinson road

Yo people, this is the building where my office is situated. I am very happy and glad that I have got into HR itself and that too a company that is into Bodyshopping and recruitments,

The company is part of Arvind Mafatlal Group of India.

Try these video's

Hey people try these videos, (just click on the list below, 1 at a time)

Double A Paper
IKEA
ISENBECH beer
Car & Cycle
Vision correction
Learn English

Indian Railways - Train Engine

This is a typical engine that is used on Express Trains and occassionally on SuperFast trains. I am always fasinated by this, mainly coz of the power this has.

for more pictures of railway engines, go to :http://paintingsnpictures.blogspot.com/

Funny Commercial for Germain Optics

The advt is a bit vulgur, but viewers pls do not be offended with the contents. I was just goin thru GoogleVideo's and happened to stumble on this video.

have fun and enjoy the video.

http://video.google.com

Robbinson Road, Singapore.

Took this picture, standing below 'Robbinson Towers' on Robbinson road. I had come here for interviews and this road and the one parallel to this 'Cecil Street' are the main commercial & Business hub of Singapore.

This place has the offices of mostly all the major companies, banks and financial institutions in the world

A very famous and popular hawker centre in SIN 'Lau Pasat'
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view of the Robbinson Road, taken below the Robbinson Towers.

Whenever I see the buildings in this road, I have always wondered how one day I would work here and be walking these roads with other people and feel prowd of my achievements and also about how I would be after realizing my dreams.

Now I wonder, whether it would all just remain a dream or really endup working in any office along this office road else even Cecil Road.

really keeping my fingers crossed and hope my wishes come true.

Me .!.!.

I am mentally drained and tired of the way my life is going and I am not able to get a control over it or sometimes I feel that I am thinking too much, that it is diverting my focus from the reality.

What have I gained after the MBA, I do not know now, except for having the paper (Certificate), I am under this impression mainly coz I have not managed to progress from there. I am now in a condition where I am actually not sure what is the problem or whether is a problem at all??? I am sometimes doubting my own capabilities now, which I had gained after slogging for about 4+ years while I was working, but those are not helping me in any way now.

I have been applying to many places, but things are not closing down on something concrete, and if at all anything comes by then it comes up with a clause, that is not fair and asking too much which is not justified.

I seriously hope and wish that something come out in this month, otherwise I am definetly heading back home and then again try my luck.

Why? Why?? Why ???