Parents Are Precious!!!

This was narrated by an IAF pilot at a Seminar recently on Human Relations:

Venkatesh Balasubramaniam (who works for IIT) describes how his gesture of booking an air ticket for his father, his maiden flight, brought forth a rush of emotions and made him (Venkatesh) realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents.

My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Jet Airways. The moment I handed over the tickets

to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for a window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things.

As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him. When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me. But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life. As a child, how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for cricket bats, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have catered to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes? Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us? Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc.. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young. It is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.

Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments. Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children, the same attention and same care needs to be given to our parents and elders. Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes.

Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.

Take care of your parents. THEY ARE PRECIOUS.

Nothingness!!!

Have you ever looked at yourself and asked why are all these problems happening to me??? Well, Im just after a workshop on Discovering Oneself and it was just so amazing!!! We just do not realize that all the problems we face in our lives are created not by any one else, but is simply the creation of it by our own hands. The solution to these problems is very simple, and that is to operate from "Nothingness" which means, that do not judge the situation or the problem from any angle, in terms of right/wrong, blaming on others, because this would not solve the situation but further increase it. Hence, I am not going to judge any situation or any person and going to work on the principle of "Nothingness" and right now, this is just grrrrrrrrrrr88888888!!!!

The Feel Good Factor!!!

Subsequent too the various situations and changes in my life for a moment I had thought my world had come to a complete halt and didnt seem to see any kind of good happening for the rest of my life. I was feeling down in the dumps, no motivation to excel in anything, all I wanted to do was just to make it through the day and that would be enough for me. Just when all these were continuously running through my mind, my boss arrived in the country from where he was and calls a special meeting with our team at work. He goes on with the meeting and just before we finish he comes to this really important part of it and he goes lyk: "Hisham, now I want you to play a strategic role in this important project we are carrrying and you have to travel to all these countries anf he goes on giving me this really detailed list of countries, and he askes me to prepare the plan and send it to him for approval and stuff, annd he goes like you are going to be the team leader, so I want your best in this"!!!! WOW WOW WOW, is all I could say... So after all my life that aint bad and the Feel Good Factor was simply awsum!!!!

Back to Base...

Just when I thought everything was back to normal and was enjoying life, some idiot had to come and spoil all the happiness we were having. One sometimes wonders why do some people try and destroy friendships and try and be imposing and actually gain a pleasure out of it, I just don't get it!!! Anyways, I told my friend to go fly a kite with the new BFF and to bother me ever again!!! I guess being single, lonely and friendless is the best solution inlife, no one to bother you, no one to interfere with you nor with your life no one you need to think of a second time and the list continues... I am sooooooooooooooooooooo enjoying this period of my life!!!!

D Most Awsumest Day!!!! hehehehehe...

Today ws nt d kinda day dat i expctd... actually i ws dreadin n cursin d day... never expctd God to turn it into a day dat i wud luv and cherish sooooooooo much.. right, right, right.. k... let me nt keep u in suspense any more... well to strt off wit, i had an exam today, and exam dat i had to re-do thank 2 ONE BIG DUMB IDIOT of a lecturer!!!! I ws expectin it to b really hard, cos dats wat they say abt re-sit exams, dey try to make it hardr dan d 1st one...any ways...mine jst turned out 2 b d other way arnd, it was waaaaaaaaaaaay easier and bttr dan d original exam i sat fr... i prayd to God thoughput to make it easy fr me and so He did, I thnk u alone God and no one else!!!! So i came home really elated and ws feelin really on top f d moon...

A month bak i sent my Final Year Thesis (an abstract) to a University in Sri Lanka where they had requested fr such Thesis abstracts dat wud finally end up being research papers aftr a long process of approvals n stuff and dey said they'll notify us within a month... so i ws nt havin much hope of it being accptd since mine ws jst an undergraduate thesis... and today aftr da 1st happy situ, here cums d next "Your Abstract has been Conditionally Acceptd for the next Stage"!!!! WOW!!! WOW!! WOW!!! wat more cud i say, wat an awsum day i am havin!!!!

WOW, I am Really Recoverin Nw!!!!

hey ppl, wts up??? lyk my title says, im finally movin on nw wit my lyf, witout sum worthless creatures frm our planet Earth!!!! ystrday, ws my b'day, wich in my view i jst didnt wanna celebrate @ all @ 1st cos i ws jst in no mood to do so, bt thnx to sum f my best buddiz, they dragged me out and took me out fr dinner and fr sum lil fun("nw dnt get me wrong here, i t ws pure, clean fun")... durin d day wat really kept me busy ws respondin to d many wishes dat i received fr my b'day mostly on FB and d msgs on my fone, and everytime dat either one f dem came, i thought i ws hopin n paryin dat it wud b frm dat person, bt nt even one, intially i ws very upset abt it bt thn i ws lyk wat d hell, nw v have nutin more to do wit each other so i expect anytin!!!! guess dats d spirit i will hav to liv wit frm nw on!!!! God pls help me to stay dis way witout me jst ruinin my lyf....

Finally I am Moving ON!!!!

Hey ppl, im bak and felelin muuuuuuuuuuuuch bttr !!!! aftr much thought put into these problems dt i hav been facin lately, i ws lyk wat d hell, y shud i suffer jst fr one worthless and ungrateful wretch who dsnt giv a damn abt frnship.... initially wen I called it all off and dat it ws d end, i jst cudnt bear it no more, cos once gain dat person told me stuff dat ws really nt very pleasent fr me to hear.... so once i gt home i ws feelin sooooo terrible, i ws plannin on stuff dat were extremely drastic, cos i jst cudnt face d next day...dat ws d end, i had jst lost my best buddy cos f sum damned bitches in btwn, who basically ruined r frnship!!! todate i dispise all those bitches, may they rott to d MAXIMUM in dis wrld as wel as in d hereafter.....

Bt then again i ws thinking, wat goes arnd comes arnd too, so i basically left all des probs in Gods hands and told Him to shw me a solution to des worris, cos i jst cudnt think str8 fr a moment and told Him to shw ppl who each and every one of us are and to expose all those fake ones out there and to shw ppl who d real ones r!!!! and may He guide all of us to d correct ppl and may He shower wisdom on d foolish ppl arnd us...

until den!!!!

Cheers....

jst dnt knw wat to do wit my lyf!!!!

im still tryin to figure out wat to do and more so wat to do wit my lyf... i thot even aftr speakin wit dat certain individual everytin wud b OK... at times i jst sit and wondr y d hell am i sufferin wit all dis and lets put everytin in d past and move on, bt there r certain UNPLEASENT things dis indv said dat todate still rings in my ears and den i go in to dis mad+bad mood again, which basically ruins d rest f my days!!!! bt fr dat person, lyf is lyk a rollercoaster and is enjoyin every moment of it.... well any ways ppl, im tryin my level best to curb dis situation bt i guess dats gonna take a way long time to com to it!!!! so until den...

cheers!!!

p.s. well nt exactly "cheers", i dnt knw wat 2 call it....

Jst cnt seem to understand!!!

i jst cnt seem to understand sumtimes y ppl hav to b so difficult @ times!!! Lately me n a frnd hav been havin quite a few conflicts over a certain person.. what i really cnt understand is why do ppl hav to be so stubborn, nt that im sayin that i am free of fault, we all are in some way or another.. But wen a person specially a frnd is advicing u sincerely, abt a certain mattr r abt a person, y is it so difficult to @least consider their advice even a lil bit??? i jst dnt seem to understand dis attitude??? so instead wat iv dun is, adjustd my mind as the sayin goez - u cn take the horse to da water bt u cnt make it to drink it, and iv let dis person do wa eva he wishes, its a pure situation of jumping frm da frying pan in to the fire!!! And i hereafter shall nt interfere in watever he wants to do wit his life, cos i feel dat im jst no suitable person to giv advice to any person!!!! dats da end f it!!!

My Facebook!!!

the 1st ever real interview and exam experience!!!

hey, ppl!!! welcome bak aftr sum time.. well iv been busy wit an interview @ a selected bank f my choice!!! wow, it jst went gr8, cudnt beleive it... Sometimes gttin into places is soooo easy wen uv gt contacts (specially very influential contacts!!!)... well da 1st stage, which ws da interview or rather i wud call it a discussion ws overall nt bad, actually very gud... wel da nest day, dats ystrday ws pretty shitty though, cos I had the aptitude test, and i jst hate answering these tests, cos time is never enough to answer those papers, anywys i gav my best shot @ it... and fingers r crossed and jst hopin n prayin that i gt selcted.. until they. adios amigos!!!!

Y is it Soooooooooooooo Difficult ?????

Hav u ever been in a situation where u were asked to describe oneself in a few wrds either in writng r in speaking??? well if u havnt, i guess u shud wile u r reading this post!!! iv found it to be the most toughest things one cud do in a short space of time... today i ws faced wit a similar situation.. i am a member f a Toastmasters club, and they usually have this session knwn as the ice breaker, where uv gt 2 describe oneself in 2-3 minutes... i jst didnt knw wat to put in to my speech, bt since i ws super free, i jst wrote sum stuff.... it tuk me soooooooooooooo long to write it, dat i myself cudnt believe how long i tuk to write it!!! well if u call dat difficult, then u shud try speakin dat out, gosh!!! i suffrd, bt some hw managed to get it dun!!! i ws shokd as to hw well i had dun it!! it ws gr8 and useful all together i shud say!!

It's Finally Over!!!!

hey ppl its gr8 to have finally finished all of it... The projects, submissions, presentations, vivas', etc... im sooooooooooo relieved on one hand and on the other im gonna miss it... 4 years of continuous wrk lik dis, am sure gonna miss it, im even missin it rite nw as i type dis post!!! so nw im jst wonderin wat do i do frm nw on.. well to me the best is to jst chill it out n wait patienly fr the grades to come to decide my next move... until den... tada!! bye.. tc n KIT everyone!!!

The PRESENTATION!!!!

hey, y da hell am i so freakd out abt dis presentation... iv dun so much f public speakin n yet im freakin out so much every day... gues cos it entirely depends on wat i get fr my degree... God pls hav mercy on me, n pls make my assessor to nt ask too many questions n fr my supervisor to save me throughout. the freakiness is only until u get up there to speak, but once i start, it all jst vanishes away, it simply disappears to God knws where!!!! so i hope it will b lik dat dis time too...

finally gt it out f da way....

sry fr da delay in updatin this blog, cos other committments kept me buzy!!! so i finally had da get-together... it ws simply awsum... i ws sooooooooooo damned freaked out, didnt knw wat the guys wud think f it.... bt they jst had one heck of a time, which am glad abt...

hope its gonna b a gr8 day ahead!!!

tmrw is gonna b one hell f a day... gonna b da 1st day im invitin my best buddies over fr a meal!!! its kinda freaky, even my mum virtually fell of her seat wen i asked her, she was like - "u, invitin ur frnds over, definitely there must b mutin wrong wit u!!!" so u get the idea.. iv never invited any f my frnds over.... God only knws y i didnt all des years... anyways... !!! so i am simply freaked out, n prayin dat nutin goes wrong, n dat all my buddies hav a gud time. As long as they hav a gud time, den iv gt nutin to wry abt, hehehehehe..... so pls pray dat everytin goes on as planned!!!!

the transition

da next few days which i prefer to term as the transition days were killin... this is cos f so many reasons... 1st n foremost it ws da Sinhala/Tamil New Year holdidays, n we didnt go on a trip ;-( cos da whole family except fr me went to a foreign land on vacation leavin me all alone here cos f da last few days f my damned degree, hence, they didnt feel like goin out f twn, hahahahahaha, wat big bloody joke!!! 2nd reason ws all wrk ws over, hence, there ws nutin to keep my mind occupied (except fr da prepartion fr da presentation, which is jst a copy n paste frm da doc in 2 da slides, which is nt a big deal altogether). thus, to wile away da time, da constant routine was movies, sleeping, eating, movies, sleeping, eating, movies, sleeping, eating, movies, sleeping, eating, etc... which is nt very healthy afterall.. bt who da hell cares... as long as i ws enjoyin myself!!! so wat awaits me next.... God only knws....

its the last lap!!

Finally, im done wit it.... da final stage of da degree... da thing dat i thought i wud never c an end to, cos it ws lik a never endin race.... months together racking r brains, studyin, presenting, blah, blah, blah... well the day finally dawned to c an end to all this stuff... kinda sad dat its all over, bt then yet again im so relieved dats its all over, after all da hectic wrk dat went into it.... well its over literally bt still iv jst gt one more n da most important presentation to do, hw well i present at dis totally depends on wat grades i get, so fingers r crossed n hoping fr da best....

Welcome Back!!!

Hi there dudes... im bak n ma blog, after constant pushin frm frnds.. i have found this to be very effective to publish whatever u want to say... Gt loads to put.. shall be putting them in regularly...

exams and assignments @ apiit r the only reasons if i dnt put any blogs... Loads to submit in the next fw days...

cheers!!!

KIT n TC...