Story of life...

"...in the story of life, if it is being told true to time as actually experienced , then I would say seventy percent of the book would take you to age ten.
At eighty percent you would have reached fifteen.At ninty five percent you would reach to about thirty. The rest is a rush to eternity....."

An except from Doris Lessings autobiography 'Under my skin' -  I loved the lines especially the last one ...and somewhere I realise I'm in that rush to eternity :)

Read

Thanks to Preeti's post..I completed a book in 6 hours. A Self help book of around 200 pages ; 'If you think you can ' by TJ Hosington is a great read;  that interleaves 13 laws with practical steps and real life examples to form a symphony of success. Review here...

Aidenkuttan's elephants....!!!

Njan enna varakkane Immi...?

Hmmm...Aana...Aanane parayane Elephant...

An elephant with an eye, 4 kaal , 1 thumbikkai , 1 vaal...:)

Ivde 2 Aana...:)

Learning Champion !

Attended a  two day workshop on 'Learning Champion' program. It was a great one after a long time. The best part of it was I was in office by 08:30 and I could do that after around 2 years I would say...without the slightest exaggeration .

The workshop was on facilitation skills and and on the second day of the workshop , each of us was given a chance to facilitate a workshop -a short duration one - on our topic of interest. I chose 'Cancer Awareness' (Shall publish a post on it soon !) .

Though I fumbled for words , I looked scared , emotional - I enjoyed preparing for it, I enjoyed answering questions and I enjoyed spreading awareness :).

Blast...!

An Email Chain :

A : Heard some blast happened in bangalore ?

B: ya ..ya...even I heard and read ....in Malleshwaram near BJP office.
Security has been beefed up in Banaglore with Secuity people...checking the car to check for bombs in hunchbacks...nothing else to notice here as such.
Hope the bombs don't blast in our lifes with the steps that I'm taking with my career.
If you have noticed or otherwise....lot of compromises on my part from last July.
I don't know where I'm going to....listening to whatever you are saying...and at the end...it will be all 'MY money' for you and I will have to beg you even for a mobile recharge.
And also comments like- 'I knew you would come...which girl can say a NO to onsite and things '
Hope I don't blast !

A:

My Dear B,
Be Happy that you are still working and is working on your area of strength. All these sacrifices are to make sure that we make some good money in our early days so that we can relax later.  Also we need to spend our good days together not scattered across the world.

Your career is as important to me as it is for you. I don't have a background like *** to make you leave the job and ask you to take care of household activities. Even if i had also i would not have asked coz i consider my wife as my best friend not a slave.

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Little less than 4 years into marriage , I 'm confident to take my husband's love for granted and it is ok even if he doesn't buy me anything or call me or even wish me on my/our special occasions . ( not that he doesn't)
But there are times when I want to shout to him  'I LOVE YOU my dear ' from the depth of my heart.
The moment I read this reply from him for this arrogant mail of mine was one of those.
I love you my dear and thank god for you are mine :).
Husbands are better than wives ...is it :)

It Hurts !

It Hurts...!


I'm not stone...neither am I paper
to hit and be torn,
I'm a being - a being as alive and full of life ..as you are.

You can abuse..so can you scold,
but be sure - It hurts and burns,
For , I'm a being - a being as alive and full of life ..as you are.

I can turn and walk back bold,
but be sure - I'll with love return,
I'm a being - a being as alive and full of life ..as you are

Realisation....

As I was reading through some beautiful blog posts , like this one I was just realising that I too am blessed with a lot of positive , lovely, cherishing moments in life which I fail to capture or write about.
Moments that  rejuvenate me ...moments that add colours to my life. Let me try if I can be more deligent in capturing these moments - before they fade away...