Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Gone are the days!!!

When
The school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and
benches!

When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books and notes!

When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays ,
Yet managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.

We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!

When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color pencils and finally sketch pens!

When we started calculating
first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to
Calculators and computers!

When we chased one another in the
corridors in Intervals , and returned to the classrooms
Drenched in sweat!

When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
Playgrounds,
under the trees and even in cycle sheds!

When all the colors in the world ,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!

When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!

When cricket was played with writing pads as bats ,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!

When few played
"kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,

While others simply played
"book cricket" in the
Confines of classroom!

Of fights but no conspiracies,
Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!


When we used to
watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!

When few rushed at 3:45 to
"Conquer" window seats in our School bus!

While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint" ,
"kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock!

Gone are the days
Of Sports Day,
and the annual School Day ,
And the one-month long
preparations for them.

Gone are the days
Of the stressful Quarterly,

Half Yearly and Annual Exams , And the most
enjoyed holidays after them!

Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when

We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!

We learnt,

We enjoyed ,

We played,

We won,

We lost,

We laughed,

We cried,

We fought,

We thought.

With so much fun in them, so many friends,

So much experience, all this and more!


Gone are the days

When we used
to talk for hours with our friends!

Now we don't have time to say a 'Hi'!

Gone are the days

When we played games on the road!

Now we
Code on the road with laptop!

Gone are the days

When we saw stars
Shining at Night!

Now we see stars when our code doesn't
Work!

Gone are the days

When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms .....!

Gone are the days

Where we
studied just to pass!

Now we study to save our job!

Gone are the days

Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our
hearts!!

Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart !!

Gone are the days

Where we shouted on the road!

Now we don't shout even at home

Gone are the days

Where we got lectures from all!

Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now ....!!

Gone are the days

But not the memories, which will be

Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and

Ever and ever and ever .....


Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in
our
Life!!

NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,

DONT FORGET TO

LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL

EXISTS....


Courtesy - My KEC group friends


Thursday, December 6, 2007

The window to a beautiful life

I would like to share with my readers, an incident that is supposed to have actually happened during the days of Buddha, the modern God of self-realization.
Long ago, there lived a tiger and a deer in a forest. These two animals were always at loggerheads with each other and they made sure that when ever an opportunity arose, they would teach the other one a lesson. It so happened that the tiger killed the deer in that life and in its next life(rebirth cycle/karmic cycle), the roles reversed and the deer made sure that it was reborn as the tiger and the tiger was born a deer and so this chain of action and reaction continued until some time. After a few births like this, where they avenged for their deaths, they realized they were tired of it and they wanted to end it but didn't know how.
They decided to go to Buddha and find out if at all there was any solution to their problem. When they told Buddha all that had happened, Buddha listened to them and in all his wisdom told them that there was a way of getting out of this rut and the mantra to that was to forgive and forget each other for all that had happened so far.
Its so easy, isn't it? Forgive and forget people for what they they have done to you and move on...
The point that I am trying to drive home is that God with all his knowledge, gave us all a mind so pure and a heart so big, not to hold anger and hatred but to love everyone around you as much as we would love ourselves.
Its definitely not easy but at the same time its not impossible. After all we are saving ourselves so much of trouble by not coming back here time and again just to get even with people and ruin the short and beautiful life that God has bestowed upon us...think about it...


Courtesy - www.makarajyothi.com

Friday, November 16, 2007

Facts of Love & Life

- Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
- You can only go as far as you push.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.
- Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
- If love isn't a game, why are there so many players?
- The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
- Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
- Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it.
- A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.
- Some people make the world special just by being in it.
- Best friends are the siblings God didn't give us.
- When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.
- True friendship never ends. Friends are forever.
- Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
- Don't frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
- What do you do when the only people who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry?
- Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.
- Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Most people walk in and out of your life, but only friends leave footprints in your heart.
- Every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted

Geethacharam

Whatever has happened, has happened Good

Whatever is happening, is happening Good

Whatever will happen in the future, will happen Good

What did you loose?

Why do you cry?

What did you bring to loose?

What did you create to go as waste?

Whatever you took, you took it from here

Whatever you gave, you gave it here

Whatever is yours today will be someone else's tomorrow

Another day it will be somebody else's

This is the rule of the World