tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60240657550232160432024-03-05T18:23:55.282-08:00my space of crazinessDivya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-11760877174611584192015-01-21T11:17:00.000-08:002015-01-21T11:17:32.531-08:00My friend !!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After a long gap I opened my blog today and I just felt like writing something in remembrance of an awesome lady whom I met 8 years back. We happened to meet a lot of people in life. But we tends to forget most of them if they are not worth a remembrance. But this good old friend of mine got tugged at some corner of my heart as she is not like other people whom we see around in our daily life.<br />
Before beginning about her I want to write about me ;) I would accuse myself of being lazy, egoistic, talkative, shopaholic :), sensitive, easy going, absent minded, confused, introvert, adamant, pessimistic, a bit jealous... the list goes on.:)<br />
Now, this friend of mine is a person who doesn't have any negative traits of these sort. Needless to say, her thoughts are positive and so her deeds. She still maintains contacts with all her friends. She calls them on their birthday. And when I mean friends it starts from the nursery level ...Coool...But she doesn't use Facebook as she doesn't want to sit long hours in front of it. Still she remembers the her friends birthdays as if it was her's. She goes for her friend's marriage just to wish them even without an invitation. Not at all egoistic :)<br />
She celebrates her birthday with kids of god (FYI: don't want to use the word orphans) . She dines with them and spends time with them. While working for an MNC, she manages to spare some time and money for the kids. She tries to rehabilitate the homeless. She is an active member of a charity organization. Respect. her for her deeds<br />
She always advises me to be a non shopaholic person. In fact, she never spends money on bells and whistles. Of course she is stylish, but no extravagance on fashion. She is fond of yoga. Everyday she gets up early morning and practices yoga :). For her, yoga takes precedence over all other house hold activities.<br />
Two days before I got a call from her saying that she started driving her own as husband is out of country to pursue his studies. She doesn't have previous driving experience but proud owner of a driver's licence. I told her to be careful as Bangalore is famous for heavy traffic. But inside my heart I said " You can do it buddy. You have proved it and made us proud many a times buddy."<br />
So now she is on her own living with her two labs. She doesn't want to bother her mom or dad. She says " let the old sweet hearts enjoy their retired 'romantic' life". It is difficult to stay alone in an apartment without anybody's help. .It is not an easy game to go for work as well as look after two big labs. But she can and she will. She is extremely confident and daring. I know, she is not like me or any of my friends. She is different and amazing. Salute. Hope I can be like her :)<br />
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Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-31142874506848326832012-03-29T20:52:00.000-07:002012-03-29T20:52:36.667-07:00Small Change-Big Difference !!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes!! It’s high time for us to change.. The mentality of our society, the mentality of our government and the mentality of the entire human race.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But then the question is.. Whose mentality should change? Changing religious leader’s mentality towards other’s religion? One countries mentality towards another? Men’s mentality towards women? Rich people’s mentality towards the poor? Politicians mentality towards common man? Or just our mentality towards ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you ask me.. I think the first change that needs to happen is changing our own mentality towards other humans. In today’s world, everything that we do can and does affect others. A few weeks back I shouted at a colleague for no major reasons. That evening, I saw her shouting at another colleague and disturbing the work environment. A couple of day’s back I smiled at the same colleague and praised her for the great job she did on a project. The same day I happened to see her smiling at others like never before and encouraging everyone in the team. What a change in the person? Suddenly, there was a positive vibe in the air. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wow..</b> If a simple smile and praise from me could change the environment in my office, imagine what would happen if each one of us changed ourselves for the good of others. There would be so much of positive vibe in the air that all negative vibes and ill feelings will take a long trip to Mars.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine if each one of us changed to be better humans. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There would be no religious leaders because we would all consider other’s religion as the same as our own. Doesn’t Gita, Quran and Bible all talk about respecting all human beings as the same. And even if there were religious leaders, they would be praising each other’s religion and requesting all humans to accept the best of all religions.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All countries will be helping each other in a mutually agreed socioeconomic growth. There would be no war and absolutely no need for nuclear weapons. In fact the elements used in nuclear weapons could be used to create energy for the globe. No more fights for Oil and no more fights for land. No more visas and no more entry restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Women will be living in a much safer place. All will respect her as a 1<sup>st</sup> choice of god. God creates life on this planet. He chooses only a women to bear the life.. Because he sees the sensitivity of a women as the right place to hold a life. All women across the world would have equal rights. All women will be considered as someone’s mother, sister or daughter and would be treated with respect.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The poor would never have any remorse for being born poor. The rich would be willing to give away some of his wealth for the uplift of the poor. More than all, Rich and the Poor will be friends. Never heard that happening until a year back I met Raj and Govind. Raj belongs to a business class family. Govind is a street dweller. But they are the best friends I had known. While Govind teaches Raj about the thought times of life and how to handle them with ease, Raj is helping Govind setup a departmental store of his own. 2 guys from different parts of life together just because they saw an opportunity to change their lives and in turn changing others life as well for good.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There would not be any corrupt politician. In fact all politicians irrespective of their party would be working towards the good of a common man. I really don’t know what corrupt politicians are getting (other than money of course) by cheating the same old common man who elected him. It is time for them to change or be changed. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While all of them change, I think it’s time for each of us to change as well. As a part of changing ourselves, let’s all do some of the below tasks on a daily basis. I’m confident that this could make a huge difference to us and all around us.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There could be many more good deeds that we can do every day as a part of changing ourselves. Point to be noted is.. When 100 people around us start seeing us doing good deeds and trying to make a difference, at least 10 will follow suit. From these 10 another 100 and then 1000 will follow. Soon the whole world would be changed and become a better place. Remember – Change is the only hope for the generations to come. It may soon be too late if we don’t start the change now.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-59009087653296639992012-02-28T23:23:00.001-08:002012-02-29T21:42:40.559-08:00THE UNFADED....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">As someone rightly said, childhood is the world of miracles and magic. It definitely was a world of magic for me. Though it was limited to a few streets, it was still a beautiful and sweet world filled with wonders. For my innocent soul, everything around me seemed to be a wonder. The beautiful butterflies, colorful rainbow, the green parrots, the hopping squirrels, pieces of bangles, those shapeless stones, the broken pieces of balloons and the doodlebug which doodled and left behind spiraling trails were absolute wonders :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">But the most rememberable of all memories is the moon lit nights and the rainy days. Those days when my grandma used to feed me saying that if I have my food, then uncle moon would come down to play with me. WOW. It was such a pleasure to think about playing with snow white moon :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I was all excited to go to school on rainy days. Those colorful umbrellas and splashing in rain puddles while on the way to school and the return. WOW. Goose bumps :)… We used to make paper boats and drop ants into it, as if they were sailors and drop them in the puddles. Those days would never come back :(...But I wish I could go back to those days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And yes of course my grandpa used to teach me lot of rhymes and short stories. He was the one who taught me alphabets and days of week, and months. When I was a kid, he had the practice of taking me to the pooja room and applying sandal paste on my forehead right after bath. Today, when I think about it, I feel the coolness and aroma of fresh sandal all around me. How can I forget those festive days, the temple, the music and the bajans. I remember my grand pa taking me to the temple, sitting with other devotees and singing bajans. Honestly, a world of difference when compared to the current hustle and bustle filled life. Many a times I used to doze off during the bajans and my grandpa used to pick me up in his arms and bring me back home...I can still feel his arms around me as I am writing this...grandpa...I miss u...In fact I miss my entire childhood days....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">*This is my entry for "The Kissan 100% Real Blogger Contest".</span></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-78031385723299314552012-01-28T01:35:00.000-08:002012-01-28T01:36:37.211-08:00Sparky Rocks!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm choo chweet :) ... <div style="text-align: left;"></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's Nappy Time :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't flash me...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yikes.. Same old food.. Need something new.. How abt some chicken.. haan?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm fasting for the right of puppies. No eating till I get some chicken...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have another side to my face.. Sparky The Terror...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah right.. Don't stare at me. Go to your own bed...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No kidding.. That's as flat as I can get...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey.. Either you let me sit there or I'll rip it apart...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moon light shines on me...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OMG.. Where's my head?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah..What?.. I can sleep on all sides.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleeping kung-fu...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at my chest. Man.. I'm growing muscles...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mmmm.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Ok.. now who wants it first.. I mean the bite :)</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me introduce myself to you. I am sparky. I am 40 days old now. Yesterday was the scheduled day for my first doze of vaccination. It really hurts. But I am happy because my master is happy. He was concerned about the after effects of vaccination. He was telling his wife yesterday that I might suffer from slight fever after the doze. But to his surprise nothing happened and I seemed pretty well. But the fact is, if I become dull, I know that he would call that vet again and he would give me another dose. Hmm… to avoid all these mess I had to be happy. Now, this is a letter which I wrote to my master. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi Ranju, </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I get a lot of free time during the day, I thought of writing a letter. Well, Your wife is scared of me when I try to nibble her. Just tell her that it is my way of expressing love by licking and nibbling the legs and chewing the shoes. But I never hurt her. So please be friendly with me lady... Whenever I try going near her, she runs away from me. Why so? I like her so much. She gives me food (even though it’s the same boring pedigree and Cerelac). I could not eat pedigree as such, as it is a bit hard for my little teeth to chew. I like Cerelac better than pedigree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She understood this. So she started powdering the pedigree and now she mixes this powder with the Cerelac. I appreciate that. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really want to tell you something; she eats chicken, ice cream, cake and chocolates and tells me that all these are bad for puppies. Do you think she is fair?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think so. So do you know what I do in return, I just go near and try to chase her. I am so excited to do this. But whatever said and done, I love her too. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it is really boring when you go to office. I wait for you to come home. You are the only one who plays with me. I like all the games we play. You have promised <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to take me for long walks after my 2nd vaccination which is due in February. You said it is for Rabies. I am waiting for that day. At least after that, I can go out for walks.</span></strong></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems your neighbor has a cat. You know, that guy used to peep in through the windows. Yesterday I saw him and barked at him. He got really scared. He rushed out and ran away with his tail lifted. That was so funny to see. I laughed a looot. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s sooo boring waiting for you. So I decided to take lengthy naps during the day time. Otherwise I don’t have any other way to spend time. Whenever I do something, your wife would come and tell me “no sparky, no”. She doesn’t allow me to chew your old shoes, carpets, mats, not even the old newspapers. Hmm... Every time “no sparky…no”. I am fed up. One day she was telling you to teach me discipline. But I liked your reply. You said, he is so young and he is here without his mom and litters. Let him grow little more and then we will start teaching him. You are really a sensible person<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>. That’s why I like you soooo… much. Now I have a small question for your wife. Tell her to show at least one person, who does not have egos, who is trustworthy, and who doesn’t spread rumors, who is not greedy, jealous, and above all loyal to others. Or at least a person who will be there for you in his good and bad times, alike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know this would be a big NO. Anyways I am like that. This is my word from heart. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, I liked the crate u have made for me. It is so comfortable. But please don’t expect me to stay there always. It’s too hot inside the crate. So I like to take nap on the floor. So, hope you get time to read this and understand me. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looooooooots of love</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sparky <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gandhiji</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jawaharlal Nehru</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manmohan Singh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sonia Gandhi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mohan Lal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">K. Karunakaran</td></tr>
</tbody></table> </div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-77423335443283896902011-10-29T00:24:00.000-07:002011-10-29T00:24:26.485-07:00Eye opener III - The god mother<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This incident took place in a place near my house and this is a real life incident which happened in front of my eyes. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A person was honking his car horn like hell at a girl who was standing in front of his car. I was about 100 meters away from the actual spot and was surprised to see this girl standing in the middle of the road. In fact, a few bystanders were also staring at what was happening. It really looked like this girl was trying to get herself killed. The person in the car kept honking. Some of the bystanders who were nearer to the scene even started laughing at what was happening. As I neared the scene, I could see a stick in her hand and in an instance realized what was happening. The girl was blind and she was trying to cross the road. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An old lady (bystander) asked her grandchild to help the blind girl. The grand child was little hesitant. I guess that was because the blind girl looked untidy. Anyways, the old lady was adamant and she forced her grandchild to help her. While the blind girl was being helped, the old lady who could hardly walk on her own held on a telephone post. Once the blind child crossed the road, all the gentlemen who had gathered to watch dispersed. The person in the car, who seemingly was in a great hurry, also left the place. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t understand what to say after seeing all this. The person in the car did not want to wait for a few extra seconds so that the little blind girl could cross the road. I guess if none was watching, this person would have run over the girl. I still wonder about those gentlemen who had gathered around, laughing and were least bothered to help. What was so funny there? What was there to laugh about? A blind girl struggling to cross the road. Was that so funny? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old lady was a real hero. A true inspiration, especially for the younger generation. Actually I felt like going and hugging the old lady. God bless that mother. But in my view she herself is a god.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-22020423043296482672011-10-22T23:28:00.000-07:002011-10-22T23:28:52.324-07:00Nemo - The Hero<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve started enjoying the life with our pet fish, Nemo. Nemo is actually our first pet. A dog was the only choice of pet that we had ever thought of. Honestly, we thought a dog could make a big difference in our life. But then, in 2 weeks’ time, this little fish has started changing our life for good… It is so nice to look at it and its activities. Believe me… it is actually a real tension reliever… <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These days we have noticed that Nemo plays tricks to grab our attention. It swims fast, it tries to make splashing sounds, tries to jump out of the water (Lucky Nemo, we have a cover for the tank), tries to bite the tail of other fishes, especially the little sharks. Looks like he is doing all these to get our attention and thus get some extra food from us... He loves eating... I had never imagined that a fish could eat so much. I got to know from our friends that gold fish eat a lot and dirty the tank. Nemo eats more than any of the other fishes in the tank. Guess, he was born hungry <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have got two more gold fish for his company. They are little tinier than Nemo... so he is like a hero for them, actually he plays one...hmm…the tiniest fish always likes tail gating Nemo, but Nemo never care for this and throws attitude on him as well. Poor little fish <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span>. He thinks that he is the senior most in the tank and to prove this, he roams around, shakes the stones, goes near the plastic plant as if to check if everything is fine with the plant, goes near the oxygen pump and confirms if it is working properly, and if we tap on the aquarium and throw in some fish food, he makes sure that he reaches the top of the water level to get the food before anyone else. I guess he is trying to showcase that he is the boss (But actually food is where he loses all his pride) …..</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We feel that these fishes may get bored of the same old fish food served every day. We actually want to give them different foods like rice, bread crumbs something of that sort for a change. But we think that their little stomach cannot digest these kinds of food (that’s our assumption, not sure about this).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways we stopped eating fish after Nemo came into our life. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-32910457225016836022011-10-19T07:26:00.000-07:002011-10-19T07:26:49.876-07:00Pencil drawing: The flower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">An attempt to draw a flower. Remembered seeing a photo of two flowers somewhere on the internet and based this pencil drawing on that.<br />
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After seeing Nemo for a day in his own little world, it was evident to me that he was not happy and was missing being in the company of other fishes.<br />
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So, we went out to buy a bigger house for Nemo. We looked at a couple of stores and finally selected a bigger house and some friends for Nemo.<br />
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A bigger house, 2.5 feet long fish tank. The whole kit included a fish tank, a stand for the tank, an oxygen pump, a tank filter, a few mixed variety of fishes, a net to catch fishes, a box of fish food, an anti fungal agent, lots of gravel to replicate sea bed for the fishes, 2 plastic under water plants.<br />
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We had quite some trouble getting these home without breaking anything. But managed it. Once home, we setup the tank in about an hour. Till then we had to force all the fishes to share the small home that Nemo was living in.<br />
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Some basic things to remember while setting up a new tank are;<br />
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1) Clean the new tank with crystal salt water. This helps remove the smell of the new tank and any remnants of chemicals used while putting together the fish tank.<br />
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2) Before you put the gravel in the tank, clean it with water. (No chemicals to be used for cleaning the gravel) This will help make sure that the gravel is dust / chemical free when it goes into the tank.<br />
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3) Set the gravel into the tank bed. Do not throw them into the tank as they may crack the tank.<br />
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3) Fill 3/4 of the tank with water.<br />
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4) Buy a bottle of anti fungal drops and put 3 drops of it in the tank with water (without the fish). Wait for 30 minutes to transfer the fishes to the tank.<br />
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5) Fix the oxygen pump and the filter to the tank.<br />
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6) Place the tank on a stand. We purchased one that fits the tank well.<br />
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These are just basic steps to be taken while setting up a tank.<br />
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So back to Nemo, we set this tank up and let all the fishes be in this. There are now 7 in the place of 1. And Nemo seems to be very happy. He is now swimming around with his new friends. :)<br />
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Here are some photos of Nemo and his friends.<br />
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</div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-47292858090893465222011-10-15T23:46:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:20:03.146-07:00Fear of failure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many a times in my life, I have asked myself "What is failure?". Seldom did I realize that every time I did a mistake while I was in school, I was failing my teacher. Every time, I disappointed my dad, I was failing him. Every time I did something that hurt my partner, I was failing myself. So after lot of thoughts, I realize that failure is a part of our life and that we are nothing without failure.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some say, talking about failure shows the negative aspect of a person. I would not agree. To me not talking about failure is because we are scared of it. We are scared of failure, something that we have crossed across so many times in our lives.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Wiki "Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success." To me failure is life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you are a child(about 1 year old), you try to stand up and fall. You fail and again fail and again fail, till you learn to stand up straight and walk. One such person is Lightning Bolt. He may have failed many a times as a kid, but learn to live with the failure and grow beyond it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In short, failure is what we all go through most of the times in our life to become successful. So we should stop fearing it and learn to live through it. Time for you to decide.. :)</span></div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-40335762209700342062011-10-15T10:11:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:08:17.861-07:00I found my Nemo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been thinking about having a gold fish in our house for sometime. But never were too eager to buy one. Yesterday, we were gifted one by our friends. Our own "Nemo". He's next to us right now as I write this post. I'm sure, you would have seen the movie 'Finding Nemo'. This is our dream Nemo and we have found him. In-fact we have named him Nemo.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here he is.. Swimming to glory.</span><br />
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</div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-4397723172890106882011-10-15T07:24:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:19:29.423-07:00Eye Opener-II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am here with a news which shook me totally and would like to share that with you. A person has been killed for no reason. "No reason", this should be highlighted, since the blame against him has not been proven yet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This guy was travelling in a bus and somebody pickpocketed his co-passenger's money, which was around Rs10000. The person who lost his money and his pals found money with this guy and started beating him brutally since he was having money with him and this ended up in his death.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His relatives claimed that he got money from a bank after pledging his ring. They could even produce the evidence from the bank. So only because of a mere doubt he was forced to let go of dear life and for no reason he had been declared as a "theif". He died before he could prove his innocence. His poor soul may be trying to shout aloud that he was not a thief. The actual thief may be sitting and relaxing at his home. Fate!!!! How many innocent souls are we going to take just because of our whims and fancies?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, you too are unresponsive now a days????</span></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-8744227921248292812011-10-11T11:36:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:21:17.007-07:00The Big Banyan Tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudzSjguWnZyT-H_jeSIl5DZn8NrY9Ibh0rV9WOK6fCeS4cCOnrq0qOWVUkiSV86UdI49shJKeqv_2VKghvf0DxuJF4ZOWvdxU_cq-mS2SFxHW_zilro7nUp_9WuMZDrJCTS7FZm09lkk/s1600/ADSC01013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudzSjguWnZyT-H_jeSIl5DZn8NrY9Ibh0rV9WOK6fCeS4cCOnrq0qOWVUkiSV86UdI49shJKeqv_2VKghvf0DxuJF4ZOWvdxU_cq-mS2SFxHW_zilro7nUp_9WuMZDrJCTS7FZm09lkk/s400/ADSC01013.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the best places to visit in the outskirts of Bangalore. Big banyan tree is located in Ramohalli, about 20 kilometers from Bangalore. It seems this tree is spread over 4 acres of land and is considered to be one of the biggest in the world. It's age is about 400 years.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not many have lived for 400 years and most of those who did.. were forms of god. I see a true god in this tree. If you see the pictures, there is a center to the tree and multiple branching roots at different locations. This is like god and the multiple religions around the world.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Anyways, coming back to the Big banyan tree, this place is worth a vist, especially during the evenings. The place is cool and with the evening's setting sun, the whole place around the tree gets a glow of its own. You can also see a few monkeys playing around the tree.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over all the tree is amazing and one look at it would dazzle anyone. 400 years of growth and still known to be growing.</span></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-78483639815028615982011-10-11T09:45:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:22:36.467-07:00Anger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have any of you got angry anytime? I'm sure everyone does. I have… many a times.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But as I think about the times when I had got angry, I realize that most of the times I got angry for no real reason. I remember my dad telling me when I was young, that it is when one grows old that his boiling blood starts to cool down. As I grew older, I realized that he was correct.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What happened to us, humans? Where have our humanity gone? No sense or nonsense? People have turned out to be beasts? No hearts anywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems this murderer was drunk and his sudden reaction, emotion and anger made him to kill a poor guy and ruin his family’s only hope for survival. What is he? A moron? He had money to drink, money to buy a gun, money to buy bullets.. but no money to pay for toll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While anger is understandable, it should not rule us. We, humans should learn to rule anger…not only anger, all emotions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at this guy, the murderer, the moron, the nut case who killed a young boy for 27 Rupees. Can this guy return the lost son to his mother for 27 rupees? Can he ease the sorrow of loss for this family?</span></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-73555629412562012832011-10-08T22:39:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:25:51.697-07:00Ezhimala - Hanuman swamy statue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYW-f0JctLWDAuOIxgk7VfeKBuNxN61CA37U_aFb3xm0ubfYJvxOFto0_fWiGCecgAaNoufH0ZtYnWc65TIZUWE5EuXTIpqsywF3o_9PwfS32i5jni-gjUTEhyphenhyphenspBEPVxsNyP6LrmXj0/s1600/DSC01070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYW-f0JctLWDAuOIxgk7VfeKBuNxN61CA37U_aFb3xm0ubfYJvxOFto0_fWiGCecgAaNoufH0ZtYnWc65TIZUWE5EuXTIpqsywF3o_9PwfS32i5jni-gjUTEhyphenhyphenspBEPVxsNyP6LrmXj0/s320/DSC01070.JPG" width="320" /></a>Hanuman swamy is beleived to be a follower of Lord Rama. During the times of Ramayana, when Hanuman was carrying the Dunagiri mountain which had the Mrithasanjeevani herbs to Lanka, a piece of the mountain fell down in the location which is now called as Ezhumala. This piece broke into 7 pieces on impact with mother earth. Today, these 7 pieces (hills) together are called as Ezhumala. Ezhu refers to 7 in the native language (malayalam).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is beleived that Hanuman swamy still resides in the Ezhumala mountains. And hence a temple was built for him at this location. The statue of Hanuman swamy is huge and gives a realistic view of swamy with his gatha (weapon).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been to this place a few times now and enjoy my every visit to this holy place.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The way I look at it, truth is the oppurtunity to present yourself in front of god and be able to disclose honest information such that the ones who beleive in you and your own believes are not hurt.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than anything, when you lie.. you inevitably end up hurting someone who loves you. I've decided to be honest with myself and my loved ones so that the eternal harmony of life is not affected.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Truth could be painful at times, but could bring a lot of joy to your near ones when they realize that you are being honest with them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't need a new year resolution for this.. just decide to be honest with your loved ones. Would you like them to lie to you?.. I'm sure you don't.. so just don't lie to them either.</span><br />
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</div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-14142720071792962222011-10-06T22:37:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:27:57.720-07:00Car Craze !!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9nYVyzqUg4-V7TlH9AyjatNkOA_urhyNvjAcYOMP58Y3O88CaNoylln6WCnMqqN8CCV2z4MLokawOv5608VxB9M9u4q82_VE5c08LwqXRaA47Zz6y-lEb51Rllg20VOwBCSU7THxtsM/s1600/MARUTI+UDYOG_Alto-2002_main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9nYVyzqUg4-V7TlH9AyjatNkOA_urhyNvjAcYOMP58Y3O88CaNoylln6WCnMqqN8CCV2z4MLokawOv5608VxB9M9u4q82_VE5c08LwqXRaA47Zz6y-lEb51Rllg20VOwBCSU7THxtsM/s320/MARUTI+UDYOG_Alto-2002_main.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still remember the day I got my first car. For a long time, I have been thinking about getting a car, but never got the guts or the money to do so. Even when I had the money, I was not sure if I should buy a new car or a used one. Finally, when I had the money and the guts, I got one. A Maruti Alto. A new one and my dream car.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now starts the real fun... so I wanted a car and I got it now... what next? I stay in an apartment and to get the car out of the parking lot without a scratch requires more than guts. Anyways... it took me about 20 minutes to get the car out of the apartment. All thanks to my navigator (my dad). He was the one who had guided me my whole life... and here he was, guiding me to take my car off the parking lot. So after 20 minutes, I got my car out... Not a single scratch... yaaahhhoooooo...........</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After this more fun started... I had lot of difficulty in shifting between 1st and 2nd gear. (Indian cars normally come with a manual gear system). Every 10 minutes, the car stopped... (Actually, I did not realize that I was removing my leg from the clutch too quickly). Since this was not working wonders for me... I decided to call it a day.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A week later, when I got some more guts, I called upon a driving trainer to teach me to drive my own car for a few extra bucks. The guy agreed and there I was in about 20 minutes driving my car with more confidence. My dad was sitting behind and giving me his regular piece of confidence speech. Man... I love him... He is a real role model for me and has taught me how to handle every situation that one can think off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways... back to my car and my driving. So that day with my dad and this trainer with me... I drove for about 20 minutes in the nearby lanes. If any of you have not seen the traffic in Bangalore. It looks like a full battalion of Roman army running for dear life. (No offence meant of the Roman army). A 2 lane road has 2 cars, an auto rickshaw and 2 motorcycles next to each other. The average distance between cars in Bangalore traffic is about 15 inches on all sides. Sometimes, it is lesser.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, after 20 minutes of driving, I was little more confident about driving. So the same day, post lunch, me and my dad set out on a driving mission. To me that was like MI2. With some difficulty I got the car out of the parking lot and drove for about an hour. As time went on... I felt more confident.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been over 3 years now since I got my first car. I still use it and love driving it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A bon voyage to myself :)</span></div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-66672654582757054392011-10-06T03:17:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:28:36.942-07:00Elephant Craze !!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">How many of us know about elephants? I did not, till the beginning of this year. Infact the maximum elephants that I have seen in one place has been 2.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This changed about 8 months back, when we went to Guruvayoor temple in Thrissur, Kerala(A hindu temple of Lord Vishnu).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The journey was tiresome, with over 500 KMs of drive (My husband did the driving). After our darshan (view of god) at Guruvayoor, we decided to go to Anakkotta (Elephant Fort), where the elephants belonging to the Guruvayoor temple are kept. They had about 64 elephants when we visited this place. Believe me.. this place was truly a elephant fort. 64 mamoth elephats. I was taken by surprise to see so many of them together in one place.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also learnt a few tricks of handling elephants from the friendly mahouts (elephant trainers).</span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Never stand in front of an elephant and stare at it for long. It feels threatened. Below is one elephant which we stared at. For a minute he was silent and kept staring back at us.. Then he got wild and we had no options but to move away from that place.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next time you are in Kerala, India, don't miss this place.</span></div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-18004147264168474422011-10-05T12:20:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:29:04.709-07:00Pet Craze !!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I am here with a very interesting topic, which is about my cute neighbors. Well, not about my actual neighbors, but their dogs. Our neighbor’s balcony (neighboring apartment) is visible from ours and is always filled with a variety of dogs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of my time at home goes looking at these dogs playing with each other. I’m sure you can understand 1 or 2 dogs.. but imagine almost 6 of them at any given time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not that my neighbor has these as his pets.. he runs a pet shop. Dogs are just the ones that I see in their balcony. But I’ve heard that they sell rare birds as well. Not sure where they get it from though.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would prefer talking about the dogs as those are the ones that I see and those are the ones that I like as pets. My apartment association does not allow pet animals. Hence I’ve not been able to get a dog for myself even though I have a strong desire to make one of those as my best companion. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The way they interact with their owner, the kind of love and intimacy they show to him is amazing. They probably do not know that one day their owner is going to sell them. Anyways I don’t have to discuss in detail about this, as this is his business. But the intelligence, the affection and the loyalty that dogs show towards their owner is remarkable. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following are the breeds that I would like to have as a pet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgGnc1YUJ8lzHhgvA008eAeMQHJ4WX7DjmXl2XWK5gZSwb9JeMKzxlIbbMgajWBfFNHfYJnVhGTGLd2tR5K2slbQ4CZXCwMGhoCkf6xnAcVaDJrqgqLr1yP55U_M9lqtxD8zns81k04U/s1600/A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="187" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgGnc1YUJ8lzHhgvA008eAeMQHJ4WX7DjmXl2XWK5gZSwb9JeMKzxlIbbMgajWBfFNHfYJnVhGTGLd2tR5K2slbQ4CZXCwMGhoCkf6xnAcVaDJrqgqLr1yP55U_M9lqtxD8zns81k04U/s200/A.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Alsatian or German shepherd:</strong> It’s a very good guard as well as loyal in nature. It’s a nice breed and gets along with the family well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully someday, I will move to a different home and if things work out, get one from each of these breeds for myself.</span></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-71638625409085096312011-10-02T06:55:00.000-07:002011-10-16T00:29:38.131-07:00Glass Painting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clean the glass thoroughly using any glass cleaner. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place the design under the glass and mark the outlines using the out-liner on the glass. </span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Avoid the formation of bubbles, in case of formation, burst it with needle. </span></li>
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now heat a little oil in a tawa. Dip each cooked chicken nugget in the batter and fry them in the tawa till they turn brown and the sides become crispy.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Serve hot along with rice and gravy.</span></div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024065755023216043.post-67280771760827179342011-10-02T05:20:00.000-07:002011-10-04T11:42:44.780-07:00My Hubby's Zone - Mexican Kothu Tortilla<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought I was crazy. Here is what my husband did for dinner while he was in the states. He and his colleagues wanted to eat something hot and spicy, and something that would look and taste different. So here is what my hubby came up with.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Mexican Kothu Tortilla:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Ingredients:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">10 tortillas</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 big fat onion (cut into thin stripes)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 tomatoes</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4 cloves of garlic (cut into tiny peices)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 teaspoon of ginger paste</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/4 spoon of tamarind paste</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 tablespoon of kitchen king masala</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 teaspoon of black pepper powder</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/4 tea spoon of red chilli powder</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pinch of turmeric powder</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Salt to taste</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Vegetable Oil- 3 to 5 tablespoon</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Tastener:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Scrambled Egg (4)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chicken Nuggets (10 nuggets cut into small cubes)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Method:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Roast the tortillas one after the other in a tawa till they are crispy. Keep them aside. Now take little oil in a big Degchi and toss the stripped onion in it till they are golden brown.Then add chopped tomatoes and let it cook for one minute. Now add, the garlc-ginger paste, tamarind paste, kitchen king masala, pepper, chilli and turmeric powder into the fried mix and let it cook for about a minute. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once does add little more oil into the mix, add scrambled egg and/or diced and cocked chicken nuggets into the mix, add the required amount of salt and mix well. Now break the crispy tortillas into small peices and add it to the earlier mix and let it cook for about 1 min in low flame. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now with a spatula beat up the whole mix for about 1 minute and serve hot.</span></div></div></div>Divya Ranjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00234925479841674136noreply@blogger.com2