ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు

Happy Ugadi to one and all. Atlast I was successful in updating my blog today with the Ugadi wishes. Now a days I am hardly finding time to cherish any of my hobbies. May be a little bit of work pressure but don't want to give any such excuses which are inevitable. So I strongly made up my mind today and posted this one. My parents used to say that if we start any good thing on Ugadi day we will continue to do that throughout the year. Don't know how successful I will be in updating my blog from now onwards, but atleast that thought makes me happy. Once again a Happy Ugadi and a wonderful year ahead.

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Purpose Of Life!!!

This pic itself speaks everything. Isn't it?

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Sher aur Shayari!!!!

Couple of days back, me and my brother were exchanging some mails regarding Google holiday logos. Interestingly we started conversing in hindi shers or shayaris, whatever they are called. Just thought of posting it in my blog to appreciate the poet in me. Sounds funny though.........I never gave any try in hindi shayari's before..but to my surprise I came up with some meaningful lines.... ;-)

Bro:
Deewaane hum ,
kushi ho ya gam,
bolthe hi jyada sunthe hai kuch kam,
par "google" jaisi cheej tho dekh the hi har dammmm!!

Me:
Har ek ka sahara hai hum,
jaise gehare ghav ka maram,
pata nahi is deewangi ka asli naam,
par "google" jaisi cheej ko dekh the hi har dammmm!!

Bro:
are vah , akkaya kavitha likhne lagi, aur aye kaam ke hai hummm!!!

Me:
arey bhayya aapke samne kuch bhi nahi hai hum,
magar koshish karte rehte hai har kadam,
haar ki kabi nahi hai gum,
kyun ki....................
"Google" jaisi cheej ko dekh the hi har dammmm!!

Bro:
nikal gaye humare akhiri damm.....

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Change is essential!!!

Today a strange incident happened to me, nothing phenomenal as such, its just that I didn't get a parking space in my usual parking lot. This is the first time I ever faced this situation from the time I joined this new company, I think almost an yr. In the evening after coming out of the building, I went to my regular parking lot....but soon realized that I didn't park it there. From that other parking lot I had to take a different route to come back home. There is nothing strange about this entire incident, it happens with everyone.....but what surprised me the most was..........somehow my inner space was not convenient with this small change today.....its just a matter of one day. Tomorrow I am going to park my car in my regular place and everything will come to normal............I know this but still....why are we sometimes so reluctant to accept such a trivial change also? Chutki has rightly quoted in DDLJ "Aaadatein jab waqt par nahi badale tho jarooratein ban jati hai ;-)" Why can't we digest if things go out of place even for a moment?hmmm.....I know that change is not merely essential to life but there is no fun when everything goes smoothly also right ;-)

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I am the Pooh!!!!

Happened to see this quiz in Vidhya's blog. So thought of finding my type of character and see what I got. I am sure Vidhya would love me for this ;-)


Take the 100 Acre Personality Quiz!

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Happy Birthday

Today is something special for me as it is the birthday of my best half. I can proudly say that he is one of the best things that ever happened in my life. I wish may everyday of his is filled with happiness as always.

Happy Birthday Viswanath :)

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Coffee Day!!!

Happened to read about the following few words about coffee. Felt so glad!! atleast there is someone who says coffee is good for health ;-) I am not a coffee addict as such, but I need to start my day with a nice cup of coffee. Those few sips in the morning make my entire day. "A cup of coffee won't do you any harm. And no, it won't cause heart disease and high blood pressure -if you don't OD on it that is. On the contrary, according to a study by the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, California, drinking coffee limits the risk of liver cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's. And when it comes to burning the midnight oil, it sure works like a charm."

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A Day to Forget

I hapened to read about Valentine's Day article in TIME magazine today. Here are some few words which really substantiated my previous post. The words go like this:
For those who feel well loved, everyday, of course is Valentine's. For the rest, no card can console. The minute if one feels like giving something is a duty, it has lost its purpose. Love sought is good, as Shakespeare observed, but given unsought is better
They have concluded that the best gift for the Valentine's Day is to ignore it altogether.Wonderful isn't it? ;-)

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Googling Valentine's Day

Today I had a fun time at office with Google. As such not only today but every day Google is a fun, infact came to such a stage that can't imagine life without Google. These words have that magic spell from which no one can escape. The Valentine's Day logo of Google today was so sweet and I just loved it. Its a simple drawing of an older couple (he has a cane and she has white hair) holding hands and walking together. But this simple drawing conveyed the ultimate truth of life. Love is about knowing each other, understanding each other, respecting each other's feelings irrespective of any factor (age, time, place, situation). Its a divine blessing that no matter what, you will have him/her to hold your hand and come along with you......as the best is yet to come for which we are made.

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Moments of happiness

Everyday after getting up from the bed I will cheer up myself saying that today is gonna be the most wonderful day in my life. For me even a small thing that brings a smile on my face is enough to make my day. Crazy girl ;-) but these crazy moments are the ones that make up one's life. Anyways coming to the today's wonderful moments......I got a THANK YOU mail from my Boeing PM today morning. The mail went like this:
Just a quick note to let you know that you brighten my day, every day.The "Happy New Year - 2008" email that you sent me is in a hard plasticholder, on top of the one that you sent to me in 2007...on my desk at work.

I read it, see it....it helps me to keep things in perspective and it reminds me of our friendship. You have a beautiful soul, thank you for sharing yourself with me.

Have a wonderful day!
Your Friend,
Kendra

I was so happy seeing her note. Its that innate feeling that there is someone who cares for my words is what brightened my day. Thanks for all those kind words Kendra. To add to this happiness, my potti brother has dedicated a small Kavitha for us (Visharada). This one made my moments of happiness even more memorable. Thanks a ton for everything bro :)

తోటి మనిషి సుఖములొ కనగలడు శాంతి,
అతి ఆశల పై ఇసుమంత ఐనా లేదు భ్ర్హాంతి,
పట్టుదల లో భాఘీరధున్ని మరపించే క్రాంతి
ఈ నిష్-కల్-మషున్ని వరించిన వైజయంతి,
అన్నింటా సగపాలు అయినది ఆ ఇంతి,
ఆ గ్రుహసీమ పలికెను కాదా,
విశ్వ-జీవన-సారాంశమునకు సరి కొత్త నాందీ !!

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A blissful Blessing

Its been more than a month that I have posted any article in my blog. No gr8 reason as such, just caught up in every senseless thing in this world ;-) I happened to see this tag in couple of my friends blogs and felt like tagging myself for this. I want to shower this blessing on all my loved ones, friends, our little ones krishu, Nitya, Tej and especially on the to be mommy's.

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Happy New Year - 2008

With New promises to keep...
New dreams to fulfill...
New goals to reach...
New joys to discover...
Let us step into another brand new year....another chance to get all the things right. May 2008 bring you all success, happiness and the beginning of brighter tomorrows.
Wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

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A picture perfect!!

People say "A picture speaks 1000 words" but, this one speaks life itself :)

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Need some inspiration for myself!!

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మనోవ్యధ

Something that I came across which really moved me.

ఆటపాటలకు నోచుకోని తమ్ముళ్ళు
ఙ్నానం చిరు దివ్వెను చూడని తోబుట్టువులు
ఆకలికి అలమటిస్తూ ఎంగిలి మెతుకులే అమృతమని భావిస్తూ
మరణశయ్యపై నిర్జీవమైన తలిదండ్రులు
అడుగడుగునా ఉంటే....

ఆటలలొ గెలిచానని భ్రమపడ్డాను
అన్నగా ఓడిపోయి
మిడి మిడి ఙ్నానంతో మిడిసిపడ్దాను
తోబుట్టువుగ తలవంచడం మరచిపొయి
వ్యసనాలలో వ్యాపారాలలో మునిగి తేలుతూ సాధించిన దానికి గర్వపడ్డాను
సిగ్గుతొ కుమిలిపొవడం పొయి

దుస్థితులను చూడలేని గుడ్డివాడిని
అన్యాయాలకు తలతిప్పే చెవిటివాడిని
తెలిసిన దురాగతాలను పైకి చెప్పలేని మూగవాడిని
తోబుట్టువుగా...
కొడుకుగా....
ఒక సాటి మనిషిగా..
విఫలమైన నాకు

నువ్వంటూ ఉంటే, నువ్వంటూ వింటే
రెండిటిలొ ఒక వరమియ్యి

ఇస్తే వాళ్ళను మర్చే శక్తి నాకు ఇయ్యి
లేదా నిర్వీర్యమైన ఈ శ్వాస తియ్యి

                                                 --Unknown

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Mayo - A saga of service in medical care

"The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered"

- William J. mayo, M.D.

We spent our Christmas vacation this time with my sister-in-law and family living in Rochester, Minnesota. This amazing city is known for two things, one is Mayo Clinic and the other is IBM. As everyone knew, IBM is one of the techie giants in today's innovative world, so nothing more to say about this monster. What impressed me most was the Mayo!!! the service they are doing to the humanity is noteworthy. Especially when I came to know about the mission with which they started the Mayo Clinic and the way they transformed it to today's one of the best non-profit group in the world is an inspiring story. We visited all the different buildings of the Mayo complex in Rochester downtown. Every building and every corridor has got a story to tell.There are so many generous souls who donated their properties and estates to Mayo for the development of medical research. Kudos to all those souls who joined hands in making this great medical group, which is known to be one of the best. No patient will ever get that sick feeling when they are inside Mayo, its just because the Mayo cares for them and comforts them.
No wonder everyone of us today are able to combat any disease or any illness without any fear. As a token of respect I dedicate this small appreciation to all those great doctors who dedicated their lives in this noble profession and kudos to Mayo for their amazing service to humanity.

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Cheer up!!!!

Suddenly my mood went off yesterday. Sometimes this patience of mine tends to hurt me in a bad way. Anyways...just want to cheer up myself from that mood :)

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Oops!!! I got tagged

It seems I need to list out seven weird/random things about myself. hmm...wondering just seven!!!!I feel that I am so different with my weird thoughts and crazy things how can I wrap those so many into just seven ;-) Anyways thought of giving a try....

1.The first and the foremost one is..I am crazy about quotes, proverbs, blogs any good articles or mythological stories etc...whenever I find any new quote or a good piece of writing I will immediately put it in my magic box i.e.just a notepad which I maintain. Whenever I get bored or want to boost up myself I will open this khul ja sim sim ;-) and read them once. If I read any nice quote or a good article, I think about it the entire day and feel happy. This may sound crazy but I cherish these small pleasures in every way.

2.I love writing whatever I feel like.....anything in this world. I am having this writing habit right from my 10th standard. I am not a great poet or literary person. I will just put my feelings in some plain words to make myself happy. I used to maintain a personal diary before but later on stopped that habit........I scold myself for quitting that habit but I don't remember any proper reason why I stopped that, anyways everything happens for a reason. Now, I desperately want another reason to start it again.

3.I am very much passionate about technology and the science involved in all those fancy electronic gadgets. I have my wonderful brother explaining the science involved in them and in between asking some common sense questions and me giving some senseless answers and he posing a question in surprise saying "how can people be so dumb ;-)".I just love all those conversations.I always have an open mind to learn new things and explore them.

4.Though I am not a cleanliness guru or something but I do feel very happy when I complete my house cleaning, laundry and all that weekly cleaning stuff by Saturday of every week. sometimes I laugh at myself thinking about this.....I am so crazy :) But every week I try to get all my cleaning stuff done by Saturday to get this wonderful feeling...hmmmm....or a crazy one whatever. One more thing for which I feel happy about and pat myself on the back is, I am very much particular about keeping my books neatly. Those lovely school days, when I used to neatly cover all my notebooks and textbooks with nice covers, staple them properly and putting those names stickers....hmmm....somethings you just cannot forget.

5.I never used to have any interest in makeup or beauty tips or getting ready with all matching stuff right from my school days. Its not that I hate these stuff its just that I don't know anything about them. Infact I used to buy those colorful hair bands, bangles etc. just for the reason that they look so nice but never showed any interest in wearing. My friends used to scold me for lacking interest in all these being a girl but after marriage I think I am far better and learning some dressing sense. But even to this day I don't put any nail polish or lipsticks or any such fancy stuff. Anyways change is not merely essential to life....;-)

6.hmmm...I am already onto my 6th one...ok. I love singing and listening to music.It's not that I am always infront of a big Bose music system or with a fancy iPod, but music is one of the habits I relish in my leisure time. I like the classical ones and the ones with slow music. For me lyrics matter a lot in addition to just the music, doesn't matter it is hindi or telugu or english or tamil. In a sense I feel blessed for learning music during my school days, I never utilised that knowledge properly, but at least I had that satisfaction of learning it.A soft and soothing music is all what I need most of the time.

7.Coming to the final one...I am a bit absentminded which makes me even more weird.I always plan to do so many things but because of this absentmindedness I forget to do half of the them most of the time.I hate myself for being so weird in so many ways :-( but I console myself saying sometimes these imperfections do make me beautiful.

Yahooooooooo!!! I have successfully completed my seven most weird things without letting my secrets out ;-) Thanks to Vidhya for tagging me.I had fun writing something about myself and at the same time I really strained my gray matter to sum up the entire weird stuff into just seven.

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Happy Children's Day

Today is celebrated as Children's Day in India in remembrance of Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India who has a fond affection and love for children. His leadership qualities and vision have paved the way for a modern India with a perfect blend of our cultural values, western thinking and technological progress. Celebrating his birthday as Children's Day is a fitting tribute to that great person and this day serves as a reminder to each and every one of us, to renew our commitment to the welfare of children and teach them to live by standards and principles and be an example.

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Happy Diwali

"Wish you all a very Happy Deepavali."

This is one of the most loved festivals among Indians. Every house will be beautifully decorated with diyas and the real fun starts in the evening with crackers. Those childhood memories of burning crackers for hrs and hrs on diwali nights with my dear brother, parents and our neighbours (Raja, Mani, Seshu anna, Ravi anna, Sastry anna, Shravan, Bharathi, Shivaji, Venu, Vijay Kumar) and the fun we shared will be cherished for my lifetime. Once again on this diwali day I want to wish all of them a very "Happy Diwali". May this festival of lights sparkle their life with happiness and prosperity as always.

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