Magical moment :)

Magical moment is a special and unforgettable event that is experienced in everybody's life. It's a special sensation of unexplained bliss.

Interestingly my most wonderful magical moment in life came when i least expected it and it became the most important part of my life which hopefully will remain with me throughout my life.

Magical moment in life is like waiting for a bus to abode. You wait for a bus to come, when it arrives, you look at it and say - "oh, this bus is full, I cannot sit down, let me wait for the next one". You let the bus go and continue to wait for the next one.

When the next bus arrives, the bus is not full, but its old and no air-condition, you look at it and say - "oh, there is no air-condition and the bus looks old, let me wait for the next one". You let the bus go and continue to wait for the next one.

After a while you find that the sky is getting dark, its late in the night and its really getting dark, so u panic and immediately abode the next bus which comes.Fortunately, you find the bus not to be full, air-conditioned and pretty new. You think this is the best that could happen in life for you at that moment. You think this is your magical moment. It is not much later that you realize you have boarded the wrong bus and wasted your money, time and energy just to get into a wrong bus. Even if a bus comes with all your requirements fulfilled, you can't ensure the bus wont break down. Wanting to get what you want is not wrong. But it wouldn't hurt to give other people a chance. Whatever it is, if you find a "bus" that doesn't suit you, you just need to get off the bus. The best thing to do is to be observant and open-minded. 

We all have experienced this before. We see a bus coming (the bus we want of course). We flag it but the driver acted as if he did not see you and zoomed pass you! It just wasn't meant for you.

However, there is one bus that one has to know about and try to board - the Bus for which you do not have to wait for, the Bus that will stop on its own and ask you if you wish to come inside, then take you for a joy ride for the rest of your life. Hope everyone gets to ride on this bus. Now that's what I call a magical moment, the most precious moment in one's life.

Life is never meant to be fair. Similar to the bus, you get to meet all kinds of people in Life's journey, but there will be one hand which will hold you, stand by you, support you, understand you. Try to hold that hand and enjoy the life's journey together by building dreams together, executing them in reality and creating more magical moments.

I found my Magical Moment, the most precious one. I got to hold the hand and live the dreams together with my magical moment. I will never have any regrets since I am happy I found my Magical moment :). I don't mind a bumpy ride, a few unscheduled stops or even a near-fatal accident on the road, as long as my magical moment stays by my side and completes the journey with me.

Nostalgic!!!

Its been a long time I blogged. Got a bit busy changing my job and adjusting to the new environment.
Its been over 2 months now in my new company. Time flies. Settling down in my new company, new role. After 5 years, I took the step of changing my job. 5 years is a long time, had mixed experiences. Many good moments, some bad, many memorable moments I have had in the past 5 years. I made some really good friends for life.
At this moment am enjoying my new phase of life, not really sure whats store in future. Whatever it turns out to be, I will continue blogging more frequently from now.

Bawra Mann - Song of the moment

Watched the movie Hazaaroon Khwaishein Aisi today. The Bawra Mann song is so mesmerizing. Everytime I hear this song, there is something that stirs inside me which gives the zeal and energy to dream, to achieve!! Just love this song...

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

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Bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna,

bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna….

bawre se mann ki dekho bawri hai bateein,

bawre se mann ki dekho bawri hai bateein,

bawri si dhadkane hai, bawri hai saasein,

bawre si karwaton se nindiya door bhaage,

bawra se nain chahe, bawre jharokhon se,

bawre nazaaron ko takna.. 

bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna…

 –

bawre se is jahan mein, bawara ek saath ho,

is sayani bheed mein, bas, haathon mein tera haath ho,

bawri si dhun ho koi, bawra ek raag ho,

O bawri si dhun ho koi, bawra ek raag ho,

bawre se pair chahe, bawre taranon pe,

bawre se bol pe thirakhna… 

 bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna…

–

bawra sa ho andhera, bawri khamoshiyan,

bawra sa ho andhera, bawri khamoshiyan,

thartharti louh madhdham, bawri madhoshiyan, 

bawra ek ghoongta chahe, haule haule dil bataein,

bawra ek ghoongta chahe, haule haule bin bataein,  

bawre se mukhde se sarakna.. 

–

bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna

bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna…

                                                    - Hazaaroon Khwaishein Aisi

Superstitions - To Believe Or Not To Believe

Today after a long time, thought of blogging and was thinking of a topic for my blog. After a long thought process, I couldn't arrive at a proper blog topic, so decided to cut my nails. The moment i started cutting my nails, my mom started scolding me. For a moment, I failed to understand why she was scolding me. Then she told me cutting nails on a Saturday is a bad omen. She also told me, I should also never cut nails after sunset on any day. Well, when I asked her the reason behind it, she had no answer, she just said its bad.

Similarly, there are many credulous belief or notion in this world which are not based on any reasonable proof or knowledge but still people tend to believe them.

Whether we believe in these superstitions or not, but when somebody says its a bad omen, we tend to believe it. I personally don't believe in these things but subconsciously I have believed in few of these superstitions over the years. In fact many of us would have believed in them at one or other instances.

I can list a few beliefs which I have heard from my elders from my childhood.

1. Do not proceed if a cat crosses your path.

2. Never ask the question "Where are you going" when somebody is leaving the house.

3. Never get a hair cut on a Tuesday.

4. When you wake up in the morning, always wake up from the right side.

5. Never leave your slippers in your bedroom. Seeing slippers as soon as you wake up in the morning is bad omen.

6. Right eye twitching is good for men, left eye twitching is good for women.

7. If there is itching on the right palm (left for female) you can get some money or favors.

8. If there is itching on the left palm (right for female) brings bad luck.

8. If a lizard makes a sound when you make a statement, it indicates that what you said is true.

9. Coconut tree, Ashoka Tree, Banyan Tree etc are considered sacred. Never cut them.

10. Repeated hiccups indicates someone's thinking of you.

and this list goes on. 

World No Tobacco Day

AN ASHTRAY WITH A ROSE,
LOGO OF THE WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY OF THE WHO

May 31 of every year is considered as "World No Tobacco Day".
I wonder why this day or any day related to tobacco would be important to me. Actually this is a question which most of us ie: non- smokers have in our minds.
Well, though I am a non-smoker or I don have any forms of tobacco like Cigarettes,cigars,pipes, bidis, kreteks, clove cigarettes, snus, snuff, smokeless forms like gutka, khaini, paan masala with tobacco etc, I cannot call myself a non-tobacco user since I am a passive smoker.
Now what is passive smoking?
It is also known as secondhand, involuntary or Environmental tobacco smoking. It is basically the breathing in and exposure to other people's cigarette smoke.
Environmental tobacco smoke is one of the biggest sources of indoor air pollution. As well as making your home or your workplace smell bad, it also, more importantly can lead to lung cancer and heart disease in smokers and in non-smokers. Non-smokers who are exposed to breathing in tobacco smoke at home have a 25% higher risk of developing lung cancer or heart disease. If this is added to exposure in the workplace and public places, the risk goes up to as high as 60%. Now, if this stats is to be believed, sub-consciously this makes me think about tobacco and importance of world non tobacco day to a non-smoker or a non-tobacco user like me. It makes me wonder, "Why should I be the victim of somebody's pleasure?"


Interestingly when I ask the smokers I know to quit smoking, I almost end up getting similar response "I am trying". Well, there are very few smokers who actually tell me they love smoking. But 90% of the time I hear smokers wanting to quit smoking and they are trying hard to do the same. This makes me appreciate the 10% who atleast accept that they love smoking or they cannot quit smoking. I agree with the fact that any addiction to quit, requires a lot of will power and determination, but it is not an impossible task. So the 90% who are trying to quit smoking have more will power and determination to smoke rather than to quit.This is the nature of addiction they have for smoking.


Mark Twain once said "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I 
know because I've done it thousands of times". 


So I can only sympathize and empathize the 90% of smokers who want to quit smoking and I pity them for the lack of sheer will-power in them. 


To all the 90% smokers, its better to be in the 10% rather than faking about quitting this addiction. If you really have the will to quit, you are already 50% out of this addiction,you just need to resist your temptation further to make it 100%. 
Someday I hope to find atleast 90% of the world population as non-smokers :).

Cheers!

First Post Finally!!!

It has been on my cards for more than 5yrs now that I should start blogging. Finally with lot of initiation from my friends I am entering the blogging world. I am not a good writer but I have promised myself that I will try and do a good job of writing in my blog.

This blog is not about anything in particular, but about everything under the sun: life experiences, best moments, worst nightmares, best dreams, mundane things, cooking, travel and the list goes on.

I will try and express my opinions through my writings.

Thanks for reading. I really appreciate it. Comments and opinions are always welcome. Will write more often.

Cheers!