Saturday, April 26, 2008

30 ka Chakkar from Chakks...

This tag came up from dear Chakoli... and so here goes my answers...

1)LAST MOVIE U SAW IN A THEATRE?

Taare Zameen Par…

2)WHAT BOOK ARE U READING?

The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini

3)FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?

Not much into games.....

4)FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?

No favorites as such… but I do read Femina, Retailer, 4Ps etc

5)FAVOURITE SMELLS?

- wet earth during the rains

- Sometimes the smell of paints , enamel

- When my mom cooks food.....

- Smell of Johnson & Johnson moisturizer

6)FAVOURITE SOUNDS?

Sound of teeming when it rains…

7)WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

Fear of loss.....emotional/materialistic ............any

8)WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN U WAKE?

Action Plan......so that I reach office @ time

9)FAVOURITE FASTFOOD PLACE?

Pizza HUT…Pizza Hut & PIZZA HUT ;-)

10)FUTURE CHILDS NAME?

Thats for future......

11)FINISH THIS STATEMENT---'IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I'D'

I would love to live the dreams which look difficult otherwise

12)DO U DRIVE FAST?

I am planning to learn driving..........hehe

13)DO U SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?

No

14)STORMS--COOL OR SCARY?

Situational

15)WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?

My dad had bought a Fiat, I remember!!

16)FAVOURITE DRINK?

Coffee

17)FINISH THIS STATEMENT-IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD

...love to travel more with my family….

18)DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?

Nopes

19)IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY OTHER COLOUR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?

Have tried 4 of them.........natural is better otherwise Copper Brown!!

20)NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS U HAVE LIVED IN?

Bikaner, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Jalandhar, Chandigarh

21)FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH?

Cricket

22)ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?

About Chaks........Blogger gang ki jaan hai!!

23)WHATS UNDER YOUR BED?

Nothing.....just a clean floor.

24)WOULD U LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN??

Surely, a little more stronger though

25)MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?

Night Owl

26)OVER EASY OR SUNNY SIDE UP?

More of over easy I guess

27)FAVOURITE PLACE TO RELAX?

Home sweet home…

28)FAVOURITE PIE?

French Apple Pie....I miss the one @ Corner House

29)FAVOURITE ICECREAM FLAVOUR?

Choclate, Black Current or Tootie-Frootie

30)OF ALL THE PEOPLE U HAVE TAGGED, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?

Almost everyone has taken the tag…

But still I would like the following to take it up:

- Suddentwilight
- Ellen
- Shoooonya
- Manoj
- Lust4life

Friday, April 18, 2008

Life is short, let's not get angry!!

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Have been pondering since morning, that most of the times it’s our ‘Good Intentions’ that put us into unnecessary problems. Well, most of the times they do. The bad temper is of course the reason of not being able to convey the right thoughts in right approach at the right moment.
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.”
- Dr. Laurence J. Peter quotes

When you think of good, ought to take a right step, suddenly something irritates you and the good become a thing of past. Emotions overflow (read: explode) and here you are, already a culprit. No matter, what your intentions were. Your anger made you lost the beauty of that moment, that hour, that evening, that day or may be more. And we end up loosing the opportunity to smile, to laugh, to hug and some moments to cherish, may be.

I have been coming across many presentations, articles and discussions on Anger Management but then do they really help us in someway? I was thinking that any therapy of this kind is more mental then medicinal. If one thinks one can control oneself, he/she surely can. But when one doesn’t even try to understand and denies listening to the other person the problem increases. People get angry on petty differences of opinion, view, choices etc.
When anger rises, think of the consequences”
- Confucius
Worst is when that a situation is stretched and stretched for a longer time period. We forget to realize that, to show 1 minute of anger we are loosing 60 seconds of happiness. And this 2 digit number makes a better impact. Anger is also a cause of stress, high blood pressure etc which again gives more moments of panic and suffering. Where as, if we plan to sort out the differences in the soonest possible time and get ready for more smiles, life will be easier. All one needs is acceptance & patience.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.”
- Buddha