I am feeling Gooooggllllyyyy

So, now I've been using a Macintosh computer for a couple of months and I find that while support for the Mac has been growing, it is still not there yet......however, I must admit that Google impresses me more and more every single day.....they have so many apps, useful apps that are Mac compatible.... just today I found out about the Google Notifier feature and thats brilliant, just like many other apps they have developed......BTW, this feature is also available for Windows....

Anyhoo, it makes me happy to see that Google designs apps keeping in mind that the Mac is also quite popular and it needs to support it as well... yay!!!!

Blah....

Yeah....you read that title correctly.....

Blahh........Blaaahhh is what I feel right now...

sometimes, you feel that, maybe cuz it is blah, everything is blah...

what!!!??? you say I am suffering from delirium??? nah-uh.... I don't think so....

perhaps this is the our mind's off time, we've subjected it to all kinds of stress... and it just needs a break.....hmmmmm maybe it's better than meditation...

so, here's to beginning a new week on a blah note.... go figure.

Judgmental

While being judgmental is not a bad thing, somehow we still associate this word with some sort of negativity. Maybe its true because more often than not, we end up judging situations and people in negative light. Maybe the first "judgement" we draw is a tad bit negative before we change our opinion of that particular situation or person.

The question is, why do we do so? Why is it our first instinct to be skeptical and doubt everything. Sometimes, it's nice to question, but there's a difference in questioning with curiosity and questioning with distrust.

Sometimes, I feel that it ruins our innocence, it taints our souls. Have we lost faith in the basic essence of humanity? Do we have to unlearn in order to clean and purify our minds, why does our mind increasingly win over our hearts?

15 of the most captivating christmas trees around the world..

as per MSN...I found this really nice :)

check it out..

http://travel.msn.com//Guides/MSNTravelSlideShow.aspx?cp-documentid=377019&imageindex=1

Forgiveness and Hatred

It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured. I realized, somehow, through the screaming in my mind, that even in that shackled, bloody helplessness, I was still free; free to hate the men who were torturing me, or to forgive them. It doesn't sound like much, I know. But in the flinch and bite of the chain, when its all you've got, that freedom is a universe of possibility. And the choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.

-Gregory David Roberts (Shantaram)

These 4 letters that's called LIFE

Amazing how at every turn of our lives, the same revelation appears in a different form........the revelation that LIFE is so rewarding and yet we take it for granted time after time.......do we really need that ultimate "life changing" revelation to actually start appreciating what we have???

Yeah it's true that our life is enriched with all the experiences we go through but do all of us have to experience the same thing to understand the importance of this privilege we have. Do we lack the understanding or is it just that as humans while we think we are the most intelligent/smarted of all beings, we probably are also the weakest...... weak enough to be carried away by emotions. When we seek strength of the heart, we are actually rendered helpless???

We want somebody to share our lives with, enjoy the pleasure of living for someone, add meaning to our existence, add purpose to our existence.

So here's to a wonderful privilege given to us by God.....

Live and let live is not where it should end, let's join hands and make this world a better place to live, filled with love and harmony amongst all creations of God....

Giving thanks....

... amongst many other things... some which I cannot speak of, some which need not be mentioned..... I thank thee for opening the window to a world which I had only dreamt of exploring....

today....I saw the rabbit on the moon....

today....I appreciated the imperfections of the perfect moon...

today....I saw the clouds caress the moon....

today....I saw the moonlight shine upon me...

today....I once again thank you... for this and much more....

Autumn

The winds are cold, the winds are biting
The skies are stormy, the skies are dark
As I walk against the wind I'm fighting
Calls me to it, this old rusted bench in the park

Deserting the tree and leaving it hollow
Like the weathered leaves of autumn
Gone away is happiness, leaving behind sorrow
The heart feels empty, cold and numb

The eyes are moist, the hair are ruffled
The raging winds, the crumpled leaves
Abstract in pattern, the leaves are whiffled
The rain comes down, now the heart heaves

Caressing me gently, washes away my tears
The rain melts my heart, fills the chasm
The emptiness is gone and gone are my fears
With hope and love, my heart blossoms.

The Crossroads

We are always at some crossroads in life, be it small or big, easy or difficult, short-term or long-term.

We can either make the choice of what road we want to take or just follow the wind, go with the flow.....However, we as humans are lucky enough to be born with the intelligence to decide/choose what we want....

So, I think that at least if we choose what we want rather than just following the wind, which BTW is going it's own course, at the end of the day even the wind goes it's own way and you are left on your own....By making the conscious choice, at least we are doing something in the direction of what we want in life. Instead of having other factors influence or decide for us, we should follow our hearts.

And hey, the biggest mistake in life one can make, is not taking that chance.... after all you gotta take risks and yeah if you follow your heart, you know you won't regret your decision(s).

Sooner or later we all realize this.......sooner or later.....

Procrastination!? I don't think so

A friend forwarded this email to me about a person in Arizona who was supposed to be pullin' off an all nighter working on his presentation for the next day, but instead, he cleaned his bathroom sink, his refrigerator, paid his bills and what not.....

Funny enough, I've been through such situations myself....a couple of times...and I've mentioned it to this same friend who forwarded that email to me... he'll be like what you doin and I tell him that I am cleaning my kitchen or doing laundry....and he is like "Are you crazy!!?? Shouldn't you be doing your office work???", and I tell him that I have to do these things in order to be able to focus on my actual work....and surprisingly enough, we get the same or more work done in lesser time than we would have actually spent sitting there *trying* to get that thing done.......

At least for me, even though I am doing other things, subconsciously my mind is actually working on the problem at hand.... and then by the time I am ready and done w/ the distractions, I have not only figured out how to go about solving my issues at work or getting ideas or material for work, but I also managed to get other things done, like cleaning my apt or paying my bills, etc...so yeah I get more accomplished.......

Anyway, I think we can actually fit a lot more in a day's work than we actually do... but I guess that's something which will remain that way and for the better I think....

So, now you tell me... do you experience anything like that? have something else to share.... feel free to leave your comments! :)

cya!!!!

Bad Bad Apple.....

X-( Why does Apple keep it's favorite and nice and LOYALLLLLL customers hanging.....

I am referring to the release date of the latest OS X release... they say October, but hellloooo!!!! October has THIRTY FRIGGIN ONE days....which day of October is it going to be....Halloween!!!??????

Waiting.......

Although I must admit, as much as it frustrates me, the excitement to get my hands on MY VERY OWN MAC is just so thrilling....yeah the excitement itself is thrilling, I cannot imagine how I will be feeling when I actually have that baby sitting on this lap! :-P

Can't wait to write again..... but from my new Mac Book Pro

hahahahahaha!!!!, can't believe how my day changed from (._.) to (^_^) just on a mere thought/feeling....

My Precious Gem

Its funny how we always focus on what's wrong in our lives instead of focusing on what's right, what's good and how we can make things better. We often drown ourselves in pain and misery when we can actually do something to get out of it......

well sometimes its good to be a little sad, experience that aspect of life too.... after all, what fun would happiness and success be, if we didn't experience some pain and mild setbacks in life.

Last night I realized how blessed I am.... for the first time, even though I was sad about some things, I actually felt happier just knowing that I am surrounded by some gem of people who care for me so much that in a weird (but nice) way I feel obligated. I just hope that I can be there for my wonderful friend when needed.

-Kinjal

Breathing Light

Today....

I have renewed vigor....

Feel positive energy ......

See things in a new light......

See life in new colors.....

Smile with a new twinkle in my eyes......

Smile to pleasant thoughts in my mind......

Today.......

I am standing with open arms to embrace this beautiful life......

Thoughts for the day....

On a day like today... I have some really beautiful thoughts to share with you......

1. "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." - Robert Byrne

2. "Every man is his own prison. But every man can retain the right the escape. Never stop struggling." -- last words of Lord Buddha before dying....

peace,

-Kinjal

Existential Enigma

In the woods we return to reason and faith.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Walking through the woods towards the light......hearing the birds sing to the tunes of the morning glory....comes from afar a white unicorn, his eyes filled with frisson for life. Ringgggggg!!!!!! Rinnnggggggg!!!!! goes my alarm....it's time to get up and get geared up for another day. Another day in a mortal life..

Sometimes, I am lost in the process of finding the real me that is lost in the race for survival. Who am I, what do I really want from myself, what do I really want from life.....

Sometimes, in the middle of the day, I just want to take a plunge in the deep blue sea....ride on the ocean waves and dance with the glimmering sunlight....

Sometimes, I want to run, keep running, my music plugged into my ears.....run towards that light, run towards horizon where the sky kisses the earth and two beautiful souls merge....

Sometimes, I want to roller blade on Hermosa (Los Angeles) dancing on "I'm like a bird - by Nelly Furtado" playing on full volume on my iPod....
So, I think to myself.....what does my dream mean...how does it relate to my life....
the question is, does everything have a reason ?
does it.....?

Nokia 3360

Warning: Read at your own risk. Side effects include minor headache. Do not read if you are pregnant or have a weak heart or have never read Dilbert, Garfield or Calvin and Hobbes or have poor or no imagination at all.

On a stormy night, in a dark alley, tip tap tip tap tip tap tip tap..... went my heels as I was brisk walking, frightened and scared saving myself from 4 goons...before I knew I was sprinting. I thought of calling for help, calling my friends, but my friggin' cell phone died on me, that good for nothing piece of rock! As I knew it, my end was not far, I just ran faster and faster, against all forces of nature. Believe me, the water does hit you real hard and impedes your speed.

Trembling from inside, as I was racing thro' the hard pouring rain, tippity tap tippity tap tippity tap, went my heels now...those dark ugly men had knives in their hands, they were after me, I kept runnin' runnin' and runnin' runnin'..and while I was trying to remember the lyrics of this song by Black-eyed peas, I heard a sharp shrilling meoooowwwwww, a cat jumped out of a garbage can. It's green eyes shone brightly in the dark, enhanced by the silver and striking lightening. It was raining hard and my mascara started spreading...I should have bought the water-proof mascara, what was I thinking....darn!!!!Will remember this next time, if I am alive.

Anyway, as I was running to save my life, running out of breath, I reached a huge wall, a dead-end, nowhere to go, surrounded by scary nocturnal creatures, tons of pairs of eyes staring at me from nowhere and as I turned back, one of the goons devilishly laughed and what I saw next scared the bejesus out of me. He had a fake green eye, just like that cat (see, this is where the cat in the previous scene is related in case you are wondering...) and his teeth were just too white, reminded me of that F.R.I.E.N.D.S episode where Ross whitens his teeth for his date.. oh my God it was so funny....but wait, right now I was friggin' sweating like a pig or was I just feeling wet 'coz of the rain? Hmmmm.....couldn't tell the difference, although now I know for a fact that my body spray really does work!!!!

So, where was I?....Aah, yes, the goons came closer and closer, I was trembling, I did not know what to do. I couldn't think, I was scared. The four of them on the other side, in a line, and poor ol' me on this side. All of a sudden, the street lamp flashed and at the exact same moment, a light bulb inside me flashed. With my survival instincts, I gathered courage, my chin up and my eyebrows raised,I said: Can you handle this, you suckers? I swung my hand, just like one does while playing Golf (yeah, I have started playing golf now...) and flung my purse and knocked the living daylights outta them.

No, no, golf doesn't make one's hands so strong, but the swing did help. So here's where the star of this blog makes the grand entry. I knew it!!! (imagine Seinfeld saying it!!!). My hard as rock, sturdy Nokia 3360 cellphone may not give me the best signal or may not have features like camera, IR or bluetooth, but it sure did save my life today.
I removed it from my purse and there in its backlight I could actually see the graffitti on the wall, which btw was really cool, but alas! I couldn't take a picture, no camera phone you see...

So, there you go! Lesson learnt: there are times when you wonder what on earth made you get that useless cellphone,sometimes pepper-spray may not help, but your regular old junkie cell phone which barely works can save your life...so, now as we all know, the great lord created everything for a purpose, only at times, is the purpose remotely close to what it appears to be. Hmmmmm....

Copper....

Last night I stayed up just to witness the beautiful eclipse..... and let me tell you... it was so worth it. Just to enjoy the sheer beauty of the moon and the earth casting it's shadow over it....The earth cast a beautiful copper/brick hue on the surface of the moon and I could see in between the shadow the craters on the moon and a magnificent moon light lining just forming a very thin crescent shape on the lower edge of the moon's surface..... my words don't do justice to what I experienced last night, the wonderful transition from a big bright vibrant silver moon to a beautiful warm copper moon!

I knew it was Aug28th, but I would have totally missed it if my friend wouldn't have told me that it was actually at 3:00am in the morning......

I read up on this eclipse and the more I read the more I appreciated how nature works, the more I am now fascinated by our solar system, the space, galaxies and the universe and our earth, the moon, you and I....how we are all elements of this one massive organization co-existing (unfortunately I cannot say - in harmony! but I am sure one day that will happen!). we all have at least one specific purpose to fulfill.....wow!!! hmmmm!!!!! I am beginning to drift....ooopppsssss!!!!!!! there I go....

Here's a few links you'd enjoy reading...


http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/


http://spaceflightnow.com/news/0001/19eclipsepreview/

http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/7819




Signing off with a song that comes to mind --

Just Like The Moon....one line from that song which is stuck in my head.... it goes something like this...
" I believe that you were born
during an eclipse
and the stars named you moon child"

Someone told me.....

Eyes reflect one's soul,
You have beautiful eyes.

Best things in life sometimes don't make sense.

Life is simple, we make it complicated.

You can predict the future by creating it yourself.

Simple is beautiful.

Mmmmmm yummm yummmm yummmm!!!!!

okay, I totally had to blog about this coz this is by far the best strawberry milkshake I've ever had......

For 1 person (1 glass):
3/4 Strawberries
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 cup reduced fat organic milk
1 tsp/Tbsp honey

Now just mixie it... and voila!!!! you have the yummiest, most deliciousest, tastiest strawberry milkshake evahhhh!!!!! and yeah, the milk moustache left after enjoying that glass of some healthy yet super delicious milkshake is the best! :)

Enjoy!!!

Ooooh, lemme know if you try it and what you think....