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To think of it life's good...works going pretty decent, being able to play tennis on the weekends, partying with friends, cooked tiramisu ( if u remember the new year post, this was a clear milestone)

i realize my other blogs the ones on HR and business & economics are languishing...so i'll begin doing some work on that...also my new books character keeps coming alive in front of me wanting to be penned down and brought into existence

quite a few preachy posts have come from me...even if they were nice quotes from pretty decent movies (bruce almighty, evan almighty)...which go against my pledge to be a dude and not do that...bad bad mystique :P

the economic downturn is keeping things tensed around...at yest school gang's getogether topic did turn towards this somewhere between the 3rd and the 4th joint...oh btw i rolled my first joint...not as big a deal as its made out to be...but still good to have done it

and this is also an adieu of sorts...no not permanently (and yes i do realize i'm doing this one too many times bringing it dangerously close to be taken as a flippant statement)...well last time it was coz i was wondering why is it that i'm writing...now it is because there has been a tiff with a dear someone and i'm just too hurting right now to write anything other than overly sentimental and highly boring stuff that u wouldn't want to read neways...so i'll go mend my heart...and i can reassure u when i come back...the answer is still gonna be 42 and u still wont know the right question to ask

U - The Almighty

Bruce: There were so many. I just gave them all what they want.
God: Yeah. But since when does anyone have a clue about what they want?

God: Bruce, you have a divine spark. You have a gift for bringing joy and laughter to the world. I know, I created you.
Bruce: Quit bragging.

God: No matter how filthy something gets, you can always clean it right up.

Bruce: What if I need you? What if I have questions?
God: That's your problem, Bruce. That's everybody's problem. You keep looking up.

God: Parting your soup is not a miracle Bruce, it's a magic trick. A single mom who's working two jobs, and still finds time to take her son to soccer practice, that's a miracle. A teenager who says "no" to drugs and "yes" to an education, that's a miracle. People want me to do everything for them. What they don't realize is *they* have the power. You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle.

Rab ne bana di jodi

so valentine's is coming and like every other year...i have nothing to add to it...even though i've been in three relationships...i really can't say i can add to the romantic dimensions of this day...like surender suri...romantic love has never come my way...while he may seem simple and i mostly end up doing the raj thing...underneath is the same simple person

so this simple person is taking u back to the movie:

Surinder Sahni: Yesterday, I saw her for the first time, and as I saw her, I immediately fell in love.

Surinder Sahni: I don't know what love is. Until now, I've never had good luck and have fallen in love with any of the ladies. I don't even know any ladies, forget about, falling in love with one.

Balwinder Khosla: Why do guys ride motocycles? To look "Macho". Why do they wear jeans? To look "Macho".
Surinder Sahni: Oh, but who is this "Macho"?...
Balwinder Khosla: Oy, Macho.
Surinder Sahni: [excited] Oy, Macho!


Surinder Sahni: [disguised as Raj] It's love, Taani partner. I swear to god, its true love.

Surinder Sahni: She'll have to fall in love with Suri, "I work for Punjab Power" only.

the whole movie our chap spends trying to do things to get the smile back on his girl's face...and that i believe is the essence of love...where that smile on your partner's face is the most important thing for u...

ofcourse a relationship only happens if ure partner also find their 'rab' in you

p.s. ask yourself do you know what makes ure partner happy

Single Awareness Day - Blogathon Week

Original post: Single Awareness Day - Blogathon Week
Valentines Day is about a month away and as most may not know it is also celebrated as S.A.D. "The Singles Awareness Day". So as a worshipper of love, Luscious Sealed Lips and The Sassy Spinster have decided to celebrate this Single Awareness Day with all of you in our own way.

We are announcing a week long (February 9th '2009 to February 13th '2009) Singles Awareness Blogathon. And we cordially invite each one of you to come be a part of this run for love. (You do not have to be "single" to be a part of this. You could be married, committed, engaged, in an open relationship or whatever to participate and celebrate Singlehood.)

How can you be a part of this?
Please e-mail or comment in the comment box, your
Name
Blog Address (Blogger, Wordpress, Live Journal, all are welcome)
E-mail Address (This shall remain private)

Next step.
After you commit to participate by giving us your details. You will have to copy paste this announcement on your blog. This way we spread the word and invite more people. :)

Rules.
1) You must update your blog with atleast one post on Singlehood between February 9th '2009 to February 13th '2009.
2) The post should be in English, preferably.
3) It HAS to be about the niceness of Singlehood. Any post which talks about the sad or dark sides of Singlehood shall not be considered. After all we are celebrating Singledom, isn't it?
4) The post can be of any nature. An anecdote, poetry, fiction or whatever you like. (But it has to highlight the beauty and advantages of singledom.)

What will we do?
On February 14th '2009, Sassy and I will check out all the blogs of the participants and update our blog with the list of links of all those who have updated. That way, we all can check out, comment and rate our favorites.

evan almighty

God: Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?

trysts with trust

trust is a very dicey thing...its like setting up yourself to trip. I've written about various aspects of trust earlier also. Today i cover another aspect...the basis for trusting...

while to a certain extent trust is a matter of risk appetite, trust is also a matter of logical deductions. The whole thing of why you would trust one person with your credit card details and not another.

First let me supply some credentials...i make and reject friends on the net, trains...anywhere. My credit card has been used by many diff people at diff points of time, i've had million $ worth of software code on my personal comp at a given point of time...etc etc

so when i say i know about trust i'm not exactly speaking from the back of my pants

Coming to the funda of logical deductions...what are these logical deductions, its the combined derivative analysis of words, demonstrated actions, situations and inherent play of emotions.

Lets take each of these in part and then in whole:

words: trust me, i love you, it'll be done, it won't happen again

Demonstrated actions: did the person do what he said, did the person do beyond what he promised, did the person undergo an inconvenience in favor of u, were the actions of no personal benefit to that person, when taken a step forward did the person reciprocate

situations: was there a possibility of reasonable doubt, could the situation be considered ambiguous, were there unbiasable evidences to point towards some conclusion

inherent play of emotions: greed, lust, fear. These three can color your own vision as well as that of the person being thought of. In down times or dicey times its usually not the strongest person who will last with you but someone who is not afraid to lose, does not suffer from greed or does not lust; which ofcourse never happens...so you need to figure out what that person has greed for, what that person lusts for and what that person fears.

And when you think of all these...together u will be able to logically deduce...what needs to be logically deduced.

An important aspect which could easily slip from your thought, that in all this you are judging the person...not as to how that person is...but there trustability...but u still are judging and one must be conscious of this fact...

while i have given all this gyaan...i've basically seen two kinds of people...people who trust easily and people who find it very hard to trust and its mostly based on their own fears than about the people around them...

so after all this piece of useless information which you can't use...i leave you with one nice link

world's top ten con men

Hold Me

Hold me baby;
Coz no matter how strong i am;
There is still that weak bit in me;
That only finds solace in your arms