my idea of fun.....

do we need to book a flight....take a 10 hours journey.....visit the most beautiful places of the world...touch the historic buildings...or just drive 10 mins from home...meet some beautiful souls who can make u laugh till u shed tears ...? yeah today ...i realise...its the most ordinary moments that stays in ur heart forever...

..when we laugh for no reasons... meet for no occasions.. chat with no topics...time simply doesnt apply...we dont feel an hour passing by....now thats my idea of fun !

Yes...here i wish to thank my beautiful friends , Prema, Suba, Kym, Sam, Mei Jun and Viji who have been giving those moments of joy abundantly...thank God i met them...life is definitely lighter with laughters :)

LOVE ALL SERVE ALL

Yes ...LOVE ALL SERVE ALL.....which part of the sentence that we still dont seem to get !

How much simpler can it be explained...do we need to read an entire Baghavad Gita, or the Bible or the Quran to know the meaning of those words...no ...i think every religious scriptures in the world could sum up to ....LOVE ALL SERVE ALL.....why do we need 1000 stories and a few hundred characters and avatars to be memorized before we get the idea...?? Our hearts know the truth...it does , but we keep interrupting it with emotions that pretends not to see whats at the core...our souls..

Ive heard of this quote..." put an apple and a rabbit beside a baby.....n tell me if the baby chooses to play with the apple and eat the rabbit ".......yeah a baby will not do it...coz a baby is pure soul...no emotions...no wants...no greed....no past nor future...no relationship...no friends nor enemies....but just one thing...LOVE..!! ..and thats why Hindus always say BABIES ARE GOD....and not surprisingly GOD is LOVE!

And what happens to this pure soul made of LOVE that we are born with....where has it gone..? How far has it gone from us...can we even see the glimpse of it ?? No...we have buried the poor soul beneath layers upon layers of selfish and greedy personal needs...that PURE LOVE is suffocating itself.....

And sometimes....life pushes you so hard ...that you bang yourself in the head....and in that few moments...those layers of unwanted emotions cracks a little here and there....letting the Love beneath breath a little....after sometime ...your head heals...stops hurting...so you start layering over love again....then Life pushes u a little harder...to see if would break away all the layers above the LOVE.....but again....we break only a few top layers...and still keep pure love buried...then God decides ....its time to HIT real HARD !!!.....then you breakdown and cry....you ask GOD....WHY ???????......and GOD is standing there puzzled....you mean you still dont get it .....gosh ...looks like ive got to take you another round ....reincarnate....till you get the idea.....

SO ......lets try break away those layers....we might not be able to do it with one life....but at least we can try reduce the number of lives we need to take before we break the last layer and become PURE LOVE !

LOVE ALL SERVE ALL - SAI BABA

Wished you were a Princess...??

Ever wished you were princess...?? To have it ALL ...? Treated like a queen?? To live in a Palace? Would life be PERFECT then ?

If you read The story of the Queen's childhood by her nanny, Marion Crawford " THE LITTLE PRINCESSES" its the story of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, then you might change your mind . The story begins when they were aged 5 and 2.

And what did they have for a toy? Something which most of us would not even dare dream to have....yes, a Little House presented by the people of Wales with nicely matured garden growing up around it . The house was built to scale for children and its complete with every detail, curtains , plumbing that works, lights , a drawing room, oak dresser, bookshelves , even a kitchen with every possible utensils, cooking pots and canned goods ALL in miniature !!!!! The roof is restructured every 3 to 4 years to fit the growing princesses...!! Now...werent they the LUCKIEST KIDS On EARTH ??? But wait...

Guess what they longed for...

To be able to make friends with other children they see when they take a walk in the park ...the other children are almost mystic beings from a different world coz the princesses are never encouraged to play with them...

And what did they think was FUN ?

When the princesses saw people streaming out of the underground station , Elizebeth says " Oh dear, what fun it must be to ride in those trains "....so the nanny arranged with the Duke to let the children take a trip on the train. The children excitedly bought their own tickets ( which they thought was part of the fun) had tea out of tea cups , tea which you paid for with money , these were wanderful treats they thought. BUt this fun did not last long coz soon people started recognizing them and the crowds began to form. So a car was sent from the Duke's garage and they were brought home immediately.

NOw....is it too much for kids to ask for a train ride and a cup of tea they bought themselves?

Something which MOST of us do EVERY day...and think it is a hassle...let alone FUN!

SO...being a PRINCESS doesnt solve the problem...does it ? And we have no idea what others are going through no matter how PERFECT their life seem to appear..

So...its a fact that EVERYONE...no matter where they are in life..is always lacking something ( Or so we think)...the truth is life is made WHOLE by fitting in ones imperfections with someone else's perfections......you have something...and so do i ! You lack something and so do i ! So we are a huge jigsaw puzzle to be fitted together to make life WHOLE...lets keep working on it , and lets do it for FUN :)

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Yes..it all begins with never ending scrubbing...cleaning ...washing...changing curtains...cushion covers...bedsheets...then making Muruku ...cookies and cakes...shopping ...shopping and more shopping...it goes on for a month before the day arrives..

The day ALWAYS starts with Mutton curry...thosai, idli or idiappam ...ends with some fire crackers...



then you blink....and its all over...in a day or 2...it has been that way from the very first deepavali you could recall....but we still do it over and over again for reason...its all Family time where Everyone tries to make it home no matter what the situation is....so its on Deepavali you get to see all in one place...otherwise its just one or the other...thats what i LOVE Deepavali for ! its not the new clothes..its not the cookies or the parties...its just the Shower of Love you get around this time..:)



As for my deepavali...this year my cousins and i decided to prolong this one day celebration and brought it into a string of events for at least 4 days....we went bowling, movie and played games together...the entire family consisting about 20 us participated in these events...now that ws fun. AT least it was not over in a day ...felt a little more satisfied .



Thanks to all my brothers and sisters....chittapas , chinnamas, mama's and atheys, atha, in laws and also not forgetting the adorable doggies :)



Had love filled week !

Chill , Paint & Dance ! (1)

Chill

Yeah..6 of us got together at Chilis for dinner...and i realised its not easy having dinner at Chilis...coz 3 of us were there early to reserve a table...and we waited ONE whole hour before we got a place...Prema,, Sam and i were there by 7.00 pm....and we were seated at the waiting area...for One hour....then the guy comes and says..." we have a table for 4...can u all squeeze in?"....and Prema goes...."NO we cant...!!" She would have punched his face for even asking...hahaha...especially after waiting an hour...we deserved a comfortable seating didnt we......? But since the other 3 of our friends werent there yet...we decided to wait a little longer....but its not that we were bored...we always had LOADS of stories to fill any amount of time...and finally we got it....yes !table for 6 ! Then he asks...."Smoking or non smoking?"...and we went in a chorus " WHAATEVER" !

And when all 6 of us were there....we were glad we din agree to the table for 4 since even the table for 6 was pretty small...but none of us felt uncomfortable since we were too busy LAUGHING ! .....usually we laugh for no reasons...but this time...we had the funniest stories shared by one of our friends. ( i wish i could mention it here...but it is a little personal...she'll kill me if i put it here...so to safe my life...got to ...* BEEEP * )

Anyway...as we started off with our appetizers....we thought the place was a little too noisy...we coudnt hear our own voices...so we practically had to shout out to each other....but then slowly by the end of it....i believe...our voices drowned the entire place...we laughed our heads off...seriously....Suba was holding her stomach as it cramped with too much laughing.......and i had tears ! Believe me it was too funny ! Then....all 5 of us took our Hps out at the same time....coincidently....why?....we suddenly rmbrd our husbands...oddly at the same time ......one was sleeping with his baby at home....2 was on the way home....one was waiting for the wife to call so he can come fetch her....haha....yeah so we decided it was time to go...

So...now we are planning the next laughing therapy session...cant wait to see them again..:)

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Paint

My house has been all BEIGE for too long...so decided to splash some colors on it....was worried how it might turn out....but Thank God....I LOVE it ...Though it wasnt easy to paint red....Nantha had to give it 5 coatings before we got the right tone. But it was worth it !

And as for dance.....i decided to skip class that weekend....since there was a lot more to do...the final touches to the house....some deepavali cleaning and all...

So....it was a Vibrant long weekend !!! Had a good time !

ROOTS

I have been wanting to share my experience in tracking down the "ROOTS" but this book had left me so overwhelmed ...that i didnt know where to begin. Anyone born in the 70's and 80's would remember the name " KUNTA KINTE"...and the glimpse of his life story....but anyone who dared read the book...will have an impact so strong on humanity or to be correct INHUMANITY that you cant help despising the cruel side of humankind. Its totally appaling !

It was funny that at some parts like ...when Kunta Kinte tries to escape from his master for the 3rd time after being brutally beaten up for the first 2 attempts...i will be hoping he runs away before the master realises that he is missing....hahaha....i was hoping to change the history...but i cant help it....i SO wanted him to run away...that i wished i could vanish into the book like Narnia and rescue him !!! But no....that doesnt happen does it....God gives ONE n ONLY ONE chance let it be for the GOOD or the BAD....whats done is done....no turning back...so...when he got caught again.... this time the master decides to chop his foot off !!! Arrrgggh....why din he run faster i would think ..to something which took place in the 1750s...hahaha..But the inspiring part was....as he was running the whole night and into the next day....he stops for his sundown prayers ( as he is a Muslim)...now would we...being chased by a few hungry fierce dogs and a master who is ready to kill you ,pause at any point endagering yourself to pray ? Now thats what you call FAITH ! He still BELIEVED GOD would find him the FREEDOM which was a fairy tale at that point of time....and it must have been those thousands of faithfull prayers which carried the vibes to President Lincoln who finally signed to FREE THE SLAVES in 1863.

And justice was finally done to Kunta Kinta and the other tens of thousands tortured slaves

when Obama became the President....it took like 8 generations of prayers to make that change..! So persistency wins !!

Though the world today is no less cruel in many ways....it gives a lot of hope to see people finally coming to respect , understand and love each other breaking all barriers ! So lets not think that one person's prayer will not make a difference in the world....100 one person will create a momentum....so lets be one of them...

FOR PEACE !

The God Of Small Things

"...Rahel groped behind the row of books and brought out hidden things. A smooth seashell and a spiky one. A silver crucifix on a string of beads. Baby Kochamma's Rosary. She held it up against the light. Each greedy bead grabbed its share of sun ........"

Yes...thats just one beautiful line out of the hundreds in this book. What an amazing way to describe the reflection of the sun light on the beads....Each greedy bead grabbed its share of sun.....wow....and believe me....EVERY line in this 321 page book is filled with such words...She created a new English through this book...simply amazing.

As we walk along the road....all we see is the trees, buildings or people and cars maybe...but the author has seen way BEYOND the tiniest of things that the rest of us overlook....the story is simple ...it was the details given to it....that made all the difference...

How would you explain dead fish floating in a river...?

Listen to this ...

"Despite the fact that it was June, and raining, the river was no more than a swollen drain now. A thin ribbon of thick water that lapped wearily at the mud banks one either side, sequined with the occasional silver slant of dead fish.....Once it had the power to evoke fear. But now its teeth were drawn, its spirit spent. It was just a slow, sludging green ribbon lawn that ferried fetid garbage to the sea."

Hmm....this is a river in the town named Ayemenem , Kerala (India) she is talking about . The whole story is set in this state on the southernmost tip of India. Now...if at all i see a dead fish floating in a river ...cant help seeing it as sequins !

And the essence of the story is of course on the GOD OF SMALL THINGS.....which to my understanding means....in our daily life...we face hundreds of small incidents...events....happiness....dissapointments....satisfaction and so on....and when we are so indulged in the VERY small things...we somehow MISS out the truly BIG THINGS....so its important to keep our focus on the Big Things....so the Small things will naturally fall in its place...

This book has won the Englands most prestigious literary award, The Booker Prize in 1997. Its written by an Indian Author, Arundhati Roy.

A MUST READ BOOK :)