Thought-for-the-blog

I have a decent collection of quotes: Primarily because I love reading them and I have net access for 5 days. Secondarily I have had the privilege of having no work for quite some time. (FYI, that’s history now…. I have landed with quite interesting work now… Yippee)

I inaugurated my search for quotes, hunting for motivational and inspirational quotes ( I just love them). I was flabbergasted by the heap of quotes waiting to be read (3 Cheers for Google.com). More importantly the varied topics on which thoughts are quoted is amazing.

Right from school days we must have come across quotes on life, honesty, motivation, attitude, right &wrong, and a lot of more serious stuff. We have heard a few on each of theses since then. As I said, the variety of topics is heart warming.

We can find a quote for anything from the morning sun to the bed tea/coffee. Coffee/Tea??? Yes!!! Well with all the coffee joints and all the vending machines in offices (The lifeline for software engineers), I guess coffee and tea definitely deserve this adulation.

Tea...is a religion of the art of life. ~Okakura (and sometimes people say that I exaggerate… hah!)

Conscience keeps more people awake than coffee. [ interesting one]

Being a software engineer (I seem to stress this a lot...), how can I forget some quotes on our breed… Well, there are some pretty interesting takes on our profession and us.

Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. ~Michael Sinz [ nobody else put forth the point SO RIGHT].

Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software. [Coffee runs in our blood]

Passion! Everybody has a passion. And everybody has heard loads on passion too. What I am talking about is, my passion, dance. (I haven’t learnt any form of dance… nor am I doing anything about it... I just love to shake my leg)
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There are short cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. ~Vicki Baum [I vouch for this]

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~Mata Hari

Traveling back to school days, I can remember all the autograph/slam books that we filled. Some of the favorite quotes at that time were on friendship.

There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship. [so simply put]

Roses are red, violets are blue. Friends like you are very few. [Us innocent little brats]

Roses are red, violets are blue. Friends like you must be kept in zoo. [By the smarter kids per say]

I guess the importance of friends in our life is profound, coz even today once in a while we still do quote it for them.

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.

Quotes sometimes silly, sometimes exaggerated, hard hitting, sometimes just a matter of fact… But many a times it just soothes me… For me, if I am feeling low just reading a few good ones puts me on track… Maybe that’s just me… And sometimes they help a few of us show off some interesting thoughts on the status bar of gtalk.

Happy Quoting!!!

My Devil.

Am Empty Mind is a Devils Workshop!!!

Oh Yes it is! Adding to it I believe that the devil in my mind is the ultimate epitome (Ya ya... I know everybody feels that way). But My Devil Strongest (Coz this is my blog). Gosh!!! Its so much fun when I have a lot of things to do. I love myself then. People around me love me too (alirght, I am being self obsessed). But I need to put my devil to sleep. I am just trying to sing a lullaby. (Bear Me).

God help the Devil’s imagination. She can think crazy (I am a female, My devil cant be male). I am sure she possesses the ultimate destruction weapon. Damn its self destructive (I over exaggerate again). But she does keep pricking at my weaknesses( no I am not publishing them) Working as a software engineer (I love my job), I love the work I do. So whenever I am doing it My Devil falls into coma, not even sleep. Plus I know the exact words which pulls her out of it : “Mujhe Bore ho raha hai.” It seems to have a profound effect on her. Its instant awakening. And she is so active, she does not waste a single moment and starts using her weapon right way (Damn Her).

I must confess that I never realized why at times I behaved like a horrible child. I kept chanting the mantra and the Devil kept getting stronger. But I turned out to be stronger than that duh! Now I know the cause and effect. I need to keep doing things I like. The best part is there are a lot of things I like (self obsession again?.. Naah). Writing being one of them.

This post is a result of this happy realization. My Devil is back in coma. Hurray!!!

[Aint it cool? A few lines and She is off to sleep. Well today I just didn’t have any workto do. So I blurted out the horrible words. But I have found out the antibody for it. I am on the look out for a permanent vaccination]

Celebrating Commitment :)

Marriages maybe made in heaven.. But they are celebrated right here!!!!

A marriage is always fun with all relatives around and hustle-bustle at its peak. It brings along with it a whole new drama.

Coming from a Mallu ( ok… malayalee) background, I have been only to marriages where after the pheras (similar to walking the aisle, in English) people have lunch then everybody goes back home.

2 years back I happened to land in a room full of marwaris. And now all of sudden they all seem to be getting engaged, married left right center ( and I am not exaggerating). 4 out of 6 are married/ engaged. (believe me now?).
Well, having attended 2 marriages, it dawned upon a malayalee (me) that these people “celebrate” marriage. Its fun in its purest form! For a dance fanatic like me, sangeet is on the hit list. The amount of preparation and enthusiasm behind it is unbeatable. Right from the kiddo in the house to the elders in the family, everybody puts on the I-am-the-dancer hat. Some great person once said ‘Hard work never lets you down’, and in this case too the hard work is paid off and Sangeet night turns out to be the BEST of all the functions on the agenda.

Pheras is “The Common” thing in all marriages. Of the weddings that I have had the privilege to attend , the panditijis ask the couple to take some oaths. We all had a nice laugh at some of them. They do sound funny for people my age (as in for young people ;) ). But that does add to the traditional flavor of the whole saga.

Competition. Yes! Popularly known as “Jutey Churana”. The bride’s family are on the look out to pick the grooms chappals, and we have the defendants in the form of the grooms family. I also had an opportunity to witness the war of a lifetime. Right from pulling and pushing to snatching and even biting. People do go to lengths to defend their honour! (and I do exaggerate!)

Bidaai, even though it has the bride in tears, caught my attention. The ladies of the house sing special songs (which by the way will make even the toughest to shed a tear). I felt like being a part of a Sooraj Barjatya movie. Does “Sajan ghar mai chali” of HAHK ring a bell?

When the bride walks in to the grooms place there is the pooja. A few other things are also done which signifies the importance of a girl in a family. The bride is definitely made to feel special. Then there are the numerous games pipelined for the bride and the groom. Everybody is cheering them up. The atmosphere is all charged up. It really is a cool way to make the bride comfortable in the new place and with all the new people.

The whole celebration is a mix of tradition and fun. It is a chance where every one comes together and has fun together. It’s a celebration of a commitment. And what a celebration it is!

Oprah Winfrey said, “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

These marriages epitomize this thought.

I had a lot of fun. (That’s the bottom line)