SMS PICK OF THE WEEK

Once, an old man and his 24 year old son were going from new york to texas by train. The son sat next to the window with his father beside him. The son looking out from the window shouted,"Dad, look the trees are going behind!"

Dad smiled and a young couple nearby looked at the 24 yr old's childish behaviour with pity. Suddenly he again exclaimed "Dad, look the clouds are running with us!"
The couple couldn't resist and said to the old man,"why don't you take your son to a good doctor?"

The old man smiled and said, "i did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he jus got his eyes today".

MORAL:

Dont jump to a conclusion directly cos wat u see is most probably not the truth.

BOOKS - MY FAVOURITE TEACHERS

Books occupy a prominent place in my life. Being an only child, I have, on occasions more than one, found company in the form of books. I don’t know how it all really started. I think it was probably mom who encouraged this habit of mine. Both dad and mom have never said no when it came to books.

As I grew up, I moved from TINKLE and ASTERIX to more complex books like ANGELS AND DEMONS, THE DA VINCI CODE and other DAN BROWN masterpieces. These books fascinated me and my hunger for knowledge increased immensely. Dan brown’s books had me spellbound. They captivated me. My style of thinking and concept of understanding got elevated to a whole new level. What I had failed to see till then became instantly visible to me. I started understanding the ways of GOD. Which is pretty simple, you just need to believe to understand.

Having been a fighter all my life, fighting to climb up the ranks, I started understanding how what we yearn for is there right in front of us and yet we fail to realize it. We fail to realize that what we wanted was there right within us, but we fail to understand it, instead looking towards others for it. In short, the will to succeed and the strength to win against all odds should come from within.

My short life has been filled with failures. But over the year and a half, I’ve manipulated my mind to look past these failures, instead learning from them and using them to good effect. THE ALCHEMIST was one book that immensely motivated me. Unlike dan brown, this PAULO COELHO masterpiece told things sans the excitement, drama and conspiracies. One part in the book which I really liked a lot was:

“WHAT YOU STILL NEED TO KNOW IS THIS: BEFORE A DREAM IS REALISED, THE SOUL OF THE WORLD TESTS EVERYTHING THAT WAS LEARNED ALONG THE WAY. IT DOES THIS NOT BECAUSE IT IS EVIL, BUT SO THAT WE CAN, IN ADDITION TO REALIZING OUR DREAMS, MASTER THE LESSON WE’VE LEARNED AS WE’VE MOVED TOWARD THAT DREAM. THAT’S THE POINT AT WHICH MOST PEOPLE GIVE UP. IT’S THE POINT AT WHICH, AS WE SAY IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE DESERT, ONE ‘DIES OF THIRST JUST WHEN THE PALM TREES HAVE APPEARED ON THE HORIZON’.

EVERY SEARCH BEGINS WITH BEGINNER’S LUCK. AND EVERY SEARCH ENDS WITH THE VICTOR’S BEING SEVERLY TESTED. THE BOY REMEMBERED AN OLD PROVERB FROM HIS COUNTRY. IT SAID THE DARKEST HOUR OF THE NIGHT CAME JUST BEFORE THE DAWN.”

This according to me is probably the best shortcut to success, just follow your dream, your destiny and stop not till you’ve achieved it.

Let me sign off with my sms pick of the week, which for the first time, is related to my blog post .

SMS PICK OF THE WEEK:

“THE MINUTE U THINK OF GIVING UP, THINK OF THE REASON YOU HELD ON FOR SO LONG.

THERE LIES THE SECRET OF WINNING AGAINST ALL ODDS.”

until my next post, Adios!!!!

SMS PICK OF THE WEEK

Got so much to blog about but am really racing against time here. so here's a quickie.

My SMS PICK OF THE WEEK:

Alphabet "O" stands for "OPPORTUNITY" which is

absent in yesterday,

available once in tOday and

thrice in tOmOrrOw.

So never lose hope, rock the world.. :)

THE KING OF GOOD TIMES

No am not referring to the famous alcohol brand here. ;) In fact, am just borrowing its tagline to explain the amazing day i had today.


Well they say great things happen when u least expect them to. Today was definitely proof. With an unexpected bus breakdown in the morning bringing about an unexpected reunion, things seemed to be heading off to a great start.


The evening was amazing as well. Amazing fun in the bus and before anyone could realise, we were all getting down near SRI KESHAV CHATS, senior S treating us for getting placed in a company that TOUCHES LIVES. ;)


And what a time we had there. After sending down about 8 plates of pani puri and about 7 plates of grilled cheese sandwich between the 8 of us, we finally decided to call it a day. A swift auto ride later, i was at my stop, ready with my bike for my ride back home.


On the whole, a day i would definitely relish. Not only for the fun we had but because we managed to keep our promise of all of us going out together(well amazing because at the start of the year, we thought it was definitely impossible, considering junior S's strict rules at home) but as i said, everything sort of fell into place and before we knew it, we were having the time of our life.

Well, i've still got the smile on my face. And as Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad, a.k.a. Phunsuku Wangudu said in the biggest blockbuster of 2010,
ALL IZZ WELL

SAVE THE TIGER

How would you feel if just 1411 humans were left on this planet.

Sad isn't it.

Its almost the end of the human race. well, we are fortunate it isn't us.

SAVE THE TIGERS. Spread the message.





P.S.

AIRCEL is doing a great job by rasing awareness among us on the number of tigers left in india. here is another site where you can contribute and do your bit to save this magnificent beast.

http://www.savethetigerfund.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Donate




Do your bit, save the tiger.

adios...

my 2 weeks that weren't!!!!!!!

Omg, the past two weeks have been hell for me. Having missed a whole month of classes because of my matches, i ended up landing straight for my cycle tests. With no books or class notes to study from, i was left with pretty much very little to do. A bout of food poisoning made me miss my first exam, and with that went my chances of getting the maths textbook i needed so much for the next exam.


With no book at al, i ended up doing really badly in my math exam. I did get the rest of my books that day though but time was definitely not on my side. I ended up sleeping through a major portion of my study time for the remaining exams. One week later, my results arrived. And as expexted, i've got really poor grades. And as if all this wasnt enough, i've got a couple of staff members who rarely cooperate.


Things could have been worse had my match on monday not been postponed. thank goodness, cos i had an exam on monday and if i had missed it, my grades would have gotten worse.


Hoping that things in college would change for good. anyways, before i go, here's my sms pick of the week:

Never worry about the delay of your success compared to others.
Because construction of a pyramid takes more time than an ordinary building.

Wishing everyone the best of luck,

adios!!!!

Sights and sounds of Mumbai

For the first time this academic year, i felt i was truly in great cricketing form, not because i was getting runs on the field but because i was staying away from college cos of my matches. This new year saw me travel left, right and centre. So after a successful tour of kerala, there i was on the Kingfisher flight to Mumbai as part of the SRM UNIVERSITY CRICKET TEAM. So two and half hours later, there we were on the bandra worli sea link, and believe me, it definitely was breathtaking.




As we travelled across the city, i realised how chennai and mumbai were generations apart. Malls, rolls royce and ducati showrooms, multiplexes, mumbai had it all. We were put up in marine drive and boy o boy were evenings fun.
Our hangout spot: the benches along the mumbai coastline opposite THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL. We would sit there for the next two hours, enjoying the cool breeze and watching the upper class of mumbai zoom across in their bmws and audis and hummers. One more thing i noticed was that mumbai was fitness conscious, people jogging and walking(accompanied by their imported pets of course) their way to health.




Dinner was usually at VIHAR, an eatery near THE CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA(CCI) premises that specialises in south indian food. The food there was outstanding, Mumbai's version of our very own RATNA CAFE is my honest opinion.


But unfortunately, our stay in Mumbai was cut short as we lost to PUNJABI UNIVERSITY in the quarterfinals. With just about 4 hours left to catch the train, we rushed off to FASHION STREET, mumbai's version of PONDY BAZAAR. Two hours of high pitched shouting, walk outs and fights(read shopping :P) later, off we went for a plate of pani puri(now that's one thing i would sacrifice anything for, even missing the train :D) and a quick dinner.

With much difficulty, we managed to reach the station on time. More trouble followed as we had booked our tickets through RAC. With only 3 confirmed seats for 6 of us, we did have trouble sleeping but as they say, all's well that ends well.

This tour to mumbai if not successful was definitely memorable. There's one more tour to GOA coming up in march. Will definitely keep u guys updated, until then,

adios!!!!!

P.S. none of the pictures used in this post are mine. i've just googled a few pics and added them, just to add colour to the post.