23 November 2010
Difference between mind and mindset
02 August 2010
Kannadadora???
5 months!!! long enuf to experience a lotta things..frm entering into a lifestyle....to understanding that, a lot still remains to be added to my knowlege gained in my graduation and this is only the beginning...
A new State, a new City, new ppl n surroundings.... a new language :P... Wow!!! I have to mention that u can hardly get an English word out of the local ppl's mouth here ...... even for getting a fork at a local hotel..... n it just shows how much Karnataka has Englished itself ,that lotsa ppl no longer knw the kannada equivalent of some of the words.... Languages apart , its a whole new world ,even if I'm a single state across.....n I have even made quite a few friends here..... But the main thing u shud knw is how much happiness u feel when u hear someone speaking ur own language!!! just like this incident that happened sometime back....
I used to stay at a place thats about 20-30 mins from the office..(ryt now the office is an hour away..posting has been to a new office).... A well-known fact is,Auto-rickshaw drivers here are experts at making a fool outta you if u don't have the meter guide with you... So,what ppl near my apartment do is take a six seater rickshaw....its suppposed to be six-seater... but its just so shocking that ten members can sit in an auto excluding the driver.... Two ppl on either side of the driver... four on the seats and four in the dicky or whatever the back seats are called..... Well, from trivia back to the story... Me n my roommates got into one of these rickshaws .... once we sat cozily settled down ourselves ....one of my roommates threw a question at me inquiring if I had locked the apartment securly (in kannada).... the moment those words rang in everyones ear in the rickshaw, the guy sitting opposite to me surprisingly said... "Kannadadora???!!!!!" (exclamations added to show his surprise :P)... when we said yes...he looked as if he'd met some long lost friend of his.... the grin spread across his face and he appeared somewhat like a Smiley emoticon.... he was so happy that he talked throughout the journey to the office.....he admitted that he was dying to speak in kannada from a month n will look forward to more of such conversation with us.......after this incident , i have come across many such similar incidents of "kannadadora??"....n it gets so funnier n funnier each tym that we have christened these incidents as "kannaddora??".. :D
This is how i understood that even things like these create happiness and does not matter if the happiness comes in small packages as simple as these ...... n it also gives me some happiness n content to realize that I could make some stranger happy with a simple gesture of having a conversation..... :D
05 December 2009
Mummy.... Its so Yummy... !!!
Hmmm .... here i go again... Mum is screaming at the top of her voice.... ( actually speaking , she's a just a li'l louder than normal conversation.... poor dear is having wheezing frm a few days :( .. )... she is asking me to get up...
Ma :Its 10:00 am ,Maya.. Get up....
Me:Oh mom, I have no work to do... 10 more minutes..... (it drags to 30 more minutes)
Before i go back to that so called 10 minutes of sleep, she asks me to cook this dish "AVIAL"... mixed veggies, A Yummy dish.. N i agree, " ya.. sure thing". (all in my sleep.. yawn...:O..)
Its almost 10:30.. I get up, Have my bath n breakfast till 11:30... n then .. go to my comp to chk my mail n play a few games..... 30 more minutes....
hmm.... Granny starts calling... "Maya... Go, to the kitchen... "
Me: Why the heck??...
I seem to have completely forgotten what Ma told me to do...
n the funny part.. I'm playing Cafe world ... Virtual kitchen on Fb..... when theres actual cooking to be done...I say that i'll be right there in a few minutes... just when m about to save n shut down the comp... The power switches off.... The UPS beeping all its way.. ( These powercuts n getting damn irritating these days..)
Now what??
In the kitchen, I get all thats necessary to prepare the dish.. veggies , beans , alasande, pumpkin, suvarna gadde, carrot, batata, Coconut.. Now, i'll have to chop , dice n dessicate the stuff.... No dessicated coconut?? i have to start scrapping it?? No power...??? How m i gonna finish it off before 1:00pm.. ??
First n foremost thing , i dessicate a whole coconut.... whew, that was really fast..
then i chop n dice all the veggies..... 10 more minutes , n m' done with the veg cutting.
Now cooking all those vegetables??? N i shud hurry.. The recipe book says to boil in water until cooked...But i haven't got that much time. time for some quick thinking...
I come up with this brilliant idea, i put all the vegetables in a pressure cooker.. :P.. smart huh?? not for my Ma though.. :D
while the veggies get pressure cooked, i'm supposed to grind the coconut n green chillies together... n the main thing No power... n i come up with another brilliant idea... I connect my mixer to the Home UPS( not advised ) .... grind the stuff on low speed as a precaution.... finally 'm done with the grinding part.... The Job is half done.... Its almost 12:30pm when i'm done with all these ....
Now the final steps.. Mixing the stuff... i take out all the cooked veggies... add the ground coconut mixture.. bring to a boil..... i add the salt... main thing not to be forgotten.... finally add the seasoning with cumin seeds.... Now, i take a l'il bit of the dish in a spoon to check if it tastes good... n down it goes into my palate...
Note: Granny has been observing me all along... she observes my expressionless face as i taste it...
" Enaaythu?? uppu jaasthi haakda??
:D
nope.. i m relishing the flavour... :P
N just on time , as my grandfather sits down at the dining table for his lunch, I'm ready with the dish..
He tastes the dish n gives me a smile.... "good, nimma ajji maadodakkintha chennagi maadiddya... ajji stares at ajja .. :D....
After about 15 more mintues, Ma come home for lunch... the much awaited moment.. to get her approval....
hmm.. Yummm... thumba chennagi aagide ..... but gravy consistency thick irli next tym..
Come on Mummy.... its soooo Yummy.....!!!
And there goes one more day...
29 November 2009
"Know Ye not that ye are Gods??"

30 September 2009
Is silence really Golden??? or is it Olden??

Silence is Golden.... how many times haven't we heard this adage of ancient times..even in different lingos... But is it really as golden at all times?? possibly not....
Silence is not golden
When something should be said.
The truth should always be spoken
Even when we would rather suppress it,
Because we fear someone would be hurt.
There is a way to say whatever should be heard,
Especially when the loud voice of lies
Is quickly spreading its words.
Speak up! Tell the truth!
Humbly, calmly share what you know.
Then watch, listen, as the loud voice of lies
Retreats into silence.
To put in simple words,when u want to say some thing , to share something,do it. Silence no longer remains golden.. when u want to tell people u care for, u do care for them.. or when there is truth to be told..... LIES shud be silenced n nothing else..... :D
04 July 2009
No raY oF sUnshINE ....
Ever imagined a day in ur childhood or even now, where u hav never stepped out in the sunshine for the whole day??? u may say what a dumb question ..no way !!wudn't stay indoors even if it meant having a tantrum with your parents , right? .... hmm, even i'd do the same.... but , what if staying inside is inevitable.... confused,huh? .. well, i'll explain..... here's a story i heard , dat deeply moved me n kinda changed me as a person ,to be more stronger in character.
02 June 2009
wHen at PeAce wiTH NaTUre!!!

My birthday's approaching in two days tym.... n here i'm having my afternoon siesta lying on a mat on the terrace of my home , playing with my pet dog..... My birthday.... this day is everyones day of fantasy... but a fantasy that serves no purpose is of as little use as a comb to a totally bald person... frankly speaking, i hav no such fantasies in mind for this special day of mine as of now..... all dat i hav ever done was , do a good deed or two on this spl day, and enjoyy my day with my frnz n chums ( exceptions hav occurred during engg exam season :P) but otherwise it was a day of fun n frolic with my family , frndz , accompanied even by surprise visits frm my cuzins sometyms.... But today as i sat wondering about it, i realised what i shud have done long back...... the answer came to me as a mynah chirping on the pomegranate tree.... it said,"nature has itself bestowed on u a beautiful gift, its time u realised it and put it in action",.....
31 March 2009
mY cuPPa tEa!!!

This happens to hav happened just yesterday when i sat in front o' my PC , checking out some blogs , holding a cuppa tea in my hand....... Amazing isn't it ? How one Cup o' tea adds the something xtra to an activity as simple as reading..... honestly, for a person lik me who drinks plain milk at the other tyms of the day ..... drinking the evening cuppa' tea is heavenly bliss... i mean truly ... just imagine yourself holding a cup in hand, sipping hot tea from the brim of the cup while ur doin' nothing...... the solitude it takes u to is just fabulous...may it be the effect of the antioxidants it contains o' whatever :) ..... i Feel something amazing......
07 February 2009
My conversation with the Sun

07 January 2009
SwEeT mEMoRieS
I treasure sweet old

memoriesAs time goes swiftly by.
A few bring smiles of happiness
And some tears to the eye.
They all are precious in their way,
Reopening doors of old
That have been shut these many years--
What pictures they unfold!
These dear old, sweet old memories
All play their special part
In bringing joy and opening up
The latch strings of the heart.
09 December 2008
WONDER OF IT ALL!!!!
I sat in front of my PC watching the snaps of my class trip.... the serene beauty of nature that captivated our eyes was still floating thru my imaginations..... i wondered of the beauty one can rejoice with ones eyes and the mystery that it held..... the following words reflect my thoughts ...
Do you ever wonder
At the wonder of it all?
Do you ever stand in awe
of the tiniest things
and how perfectly they work together?
Do you ever stop to think
about all the possibilities
and how even though they have no limit
they grow in number with every minute?
Do you ever wonder
when the leaves flutter down in autumn
at the incomprehensible power of life
that brings them back in spring?
Do you watch the waves roll in
and then look out far beyond them
where the water seems to touch the sky
and realize
that the vast expanse before your eyes
is only a small little corner
of all there really is?
And do you comprehend that all there really is,
as unimaginably grand as it may seem,
is only a smaller corner still
of all that there can be?
Do you ever wonder
how love can stay alive
past every pleasure and every pain
and even when there can be no hope
there is more than ever?
Do you ever struggle to lift a heavy rock and wonder
how a massive mountain can rise
thousands of feet above the plain
without even trying?
Do you ever realize that
no matter how much you may know,
no matter how many wonders you may have experienced,
there will always, always be more?
Do you ever wonder
why it is you wonder
and why you know what beauty is
even though you can't define it?
Do you ever wonder
who is doing the wondering,
who is looking out through your eyes
and feeling completely at home
with the wonder of it all?
Whatever you believe,
whatever you profess,
whatever you doubt or fear or hope for,
there are some things
your heart cannot deny
when you let go
and let yourself know
the wonder of it all.
16 July 2008
HOPE
What I hope for is love.
What I hope for is peace.
What I hope for is that hope itself is not lost.
Many people give upon hope,
Never going for more.
Never putting it on line and hoping that everything will be alright.
Hope is that what makes sorrow go away.
Hope is kingdom being build on it,
Hope is greatness would come past.
What I hope for is happiness
I hope for is love
I hope for a life of peace
I hope that hope itself never gets lost. :-)
06 July 2008
DETERMINATION
Don't Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low, and the debts are high;
And you want to smile but you have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit -
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver line of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are;
It may be near when it seems afar.
So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit.
--Unknown
02 April 2008
ONE LYF !! KNW it....
Rose Of Life |
I am unfolding gently beneath your loving touch Becoming I let wholeness breath my petals free Awareness Sweet fragrant Spirit touching senses into life Wisdom Giving beauty back to the universe Knowing Each petal, sweet miracle of life Oneness We are hues of color, yet one in Spirits blossom |
This poem to me is saying that experiment with every moment of yor life... experiment , so dat each petal of life unfolds n unravels the secret that u do not know about YOU!!!
18 December 2007
BOREDOM!!!


08 December 2007
ITS BEEN A LONG TYM....




