Todays topic is - "Japanese lore suggests that if you fold 1,000 paper cranes, your wish will come true. What would your wish be, and what would you be willing to do 1,000 times to get it?"
Well, my wish would be permanent peace for India with its neighbours - Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Burma, Bangladesh, Nepal and Srilanka. Though we have peacefull relations with Burma, Srilanka, Nepal, Afghanistan and even China to certain extent and the only visible dispute is with Pakistan. But i believe, that with peace prevailing in all other countries as in India, there is less chance of terrorism brewing and growing into a global menace. I know, i a beng selfish, with my India centric wish, but I dont want to think too big, wishing for Peace in the entire world, though that would be the final goal for any one who wish Humanity to succeed.
What would i do 1000 times, to get this wish come true, i would cook ( Yes being a chef, cant think of anyhing else) for 1000 people for free in 1000 different places - cities, towns and villages across India's border, provided i get enough sponsor for the same........
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
NaBloPoMo - Day 8
You've just been given a million dollars. You are not allowed to keep it or give it to anyone you know personally. What do you do with it and why?
This is the prompt for today.......
I would give 50% of the money to a charity, which helps poor and downtrodden in developing countries, not only with food and water, but also with education and skills for them to sustain.......It will be a humongous task to select a good charity, with so many good ones being there....
With the rest ofthe 50%, will buy a house in London, a house in Chennai, a farmhouse with acres of land in Pollachi, will buy me a nice camera with good lens, will go on a world tour with my family and if theres anything left, will put it in savings for further future plans......
This is the prompt for today.......
I would give 50% of the money to a charity, which helps poor and downtrodden in developing countries, not only with food and water, but also with education and skills for them to sustain.......It will be a humongous task to select a good charity, with so many good ones being there....
With the rest ofthe 50%, will buy a house in London, a house in Chennai, a farmhouse with acres of land in Pollachi, will buy me a nice camera with good lens, will go on a world tour with my family and if theres anything left, will put it in savings for further future plans......
Monday, 7 June 2010
NaBloPoMo - Day 6
Even today theres no topic prompt from NaBloPoMo......
I saw a hindi movie today and thgought will write about it. The movie i saw was "Rajneeti", meaning politics. I dont follow bollywood much, but did saw the movie's promotional trailers and thought that its based on Rajiv, sonia gandhi n congress.......what a fool i was, i was thrilled to see the way the director interpreted the epic Mahabharat and that too made it relevent to current political scenario of India. I have seen Prakash Jhas other movie - Apharan and loved his screenplay and came to know that his other movie Mrityudand is also good one, which am yet to see. In Rajneeti, with so many characters, the script is balanced in such a way that everyone got equal parts to play, like in chess board, even removal of one could spoil the entire game sequence......very strong characters and theres no hero or villain, as everyone playes into the politic's greed of power and do anything to attain it - the same like Mahabharat characters with Krishna and shaguni playing dirty politics n tactics on both sides, with just leaving the end with a positive note.
The way the script revolves around 2 brothers and their families, one dying and the other becoming physically challenged and both the siblings ( second generation) fighting for power, with lots of twists and truns, both opponents winning every alternate round, and keeps your finger crossed till the end.......Overall, a well thought of, well executed script and screenplay and wonderful performance from everyone who played their parts to the best of their abilities.......WATCHABLE
I saw a hindi movie today and thgought will write about it. The movie i saw was "Rajneeti", meaning politics. I dont follow bollywood much, but did saw the movie's promotional trailers and thought that its based on Rajiv, sonia gandhi n congress.......what a fool i was, i was thrilled to see the way the director interpreted the epic Mahabharat and that too made it relevent to current political scenario of India. I have seen Prakash Jhas other movie - Apharan and loved his screenplay and came to know that his other movie Mrityudand is also good one, which am yet to see. In Rajneeti, with so many characters, the script is balanced in such a way that everyone got equal parts to play, like in chess board, even removal of one could spoil the entire game sequence......very strong characters and theres no hero or villain, as everyone playes into the politic's greed of power and do anything to attain it - the same like Mahabharat characters with Krishna and shaguni playing dirty politics n tactics on both sides, with just leaving the end with a positive note.
The way the script revolves around 2 brothers and their families, one dying and the other becoming physically challenged and both the siblings ( second generation) fighting for power, with lots of twists and truns, both opponents winning every alternate round, and keeps your finger crossed till the end.......Overall, a well thought of, well executed script and screenplay and wonderful performance from everyone who played their parts to the best of their abilities.......WATCHABLE
Saturday, 5 June 2010
NaBloPoMo - Day 5
Unfortunately there is no topic given at NaBloPoMo for today, but dont want to discontinue my "post a day" for the month of june. Am going to write about my day today....
Well i woke up in the morning at around 10, had a cup of tea and some shortbread, enjoying the sun in the garden. Then switched on my comp, watched news, checked email, checked my facebook a/c, etc., At around 11.30 headed to my TOEIC learning and reading skills test ( As this is one of the qualification on point based system for workpermit holders like me in UK to switch jobs), the test stated at 13.00hrs and finished at 15.00hrs and headed straight to work after that(which i was late by an hour). Usually i am the one, who arrives early, but unfortunately me being late, everything in the kitchen (Yes thats my workplace) was in a mess. By the time we all got2gether and put the days delivery in its place n sat for lunch it was 4pm. Then did some admin work and by the time it was service time. The service was pretty slow, with less reservations, so was a bit boring. Slowly at around 9pm it started picking up with more n more orders and all went smoothly. at around 11pm, cleared , cleaned d kitchen, had dinner and came back home. The moment i stepped into the house, it started pouring like cats n dogs....now sitting in front of my computer and writing this post....will have a drink or two with colleagues and probably a movie online before i hit the sack....
Hope i didnt bored you all with my monotonous routine of life......Have fun and thanks for dropping by.....cheers
Well i woke up in the morning at around 10, had a cup of tea and some shortbread, enjoying the sun in the garden. Then switched on my comp, watched news, checked email, checked my facebook a/c, etc., At around 11.30 headed to my TOEIC learning and reading skills test ( As this is one of the qualification on point based system for workpermit holders like me in UK to switch jobs), the test stated at 13.00hrs and finished at 15.00hrs and headed straight to work after that(which i was late by an hour). Usually i am the one, who arrives early, but unfortunately me being late, everything in the kitchen (Yes thats my workplace) was in a mess. By the time we all got2gether and put the days delivery in its place n sat for lunch it was 4pm. Then did some admin work and by the time it was service time. The service was pretty slow, with less reservations, so was a bit boring. Slowly at around 9pm it started picking up with more n more orders and all went smoothly. at around 11pm, cleared , cleaned d kitchen, had dinner and came back home. The moment i stepped into the house, it started pouring like cats n dogs....now sitting in front of my computer and writing this post....will have a drink or two with colleagues and probably a movie online before i hit the sack....
Hope i didnt bored you all with my monotonous routine of life......Have fun and thanks for dropping by.....cheers
NaBloPo|Mo - Day 4
The very first thing that pops into my mind, when i think of my Father is - A LOVING AND CARING PERSON, who never cease to work hard to keep all in the family happy.......My dad started working at an early age of 16, after the demise of my grandfather. Being eldest of 7 children, hestarted working by putting up stall in the streets of bangalore, slowly getting employment in restaurants in chennai, then in a small town called arcot. He worked his way up to the position fo manager and in 1985, with the help of his brothers, opened his own restaurant in a small Industrial area of ranipet - sipcot. But, unfortunately, like anyother Indian father, he had very less time to family, as he was always at work, because of which me and my brother were more close to my mom than my dad. And moreover, we were a bit scared of him too......When he is in good mood, then its full of joy and happiness all around and he seldom gets angry, but when he does so, we are terrified. Any oppurtunity of holiday, he always used to take us to visit some place or the other, with every year summer holidays, we used to go for some 3/5 day tour, thereby we have covered almost all of tamilnadu (unfortunately, i dont remember many of those places, as i was too small to remember then). Now he took retirement from his work and closed his restaurant, after much compulsion by me and my brother. Now he is enjoying his retirement, though he havent stopped work compleely,a s he still goes to help out my uncles for few days in a month......Love you dad!!!!!
Friday, 4 June 2010
NaBloPo|Mo - Day 3
Todays topic is FREEDOM......
Its quite difficult to define freedom, in current world scenario, as people take it for granted, that freedom is only related to them......Thats a sad state of affair....
To me, FREEDOM means, something i could do what i wished to do, without anyones infuence or interference, but at the same time not disturbing any one else's life...........dont you think this is a bit difficult for anyone to achieve than said........I think you can still enjoy your freedom with a bit of diplomacy.....In hindi theres a saying - "KUCH PAANA HAI THO KUCH KHONA PADEGA", which means, to get some, you lose some.....And its individuals choice to decide on what one needs to win against loosing some (????) and this will differ from person to person........ITS GIVE AND TAKEPOLICY and am a firm believer of it!!!!!!!Cheers
Its quite difficult to define freedom, in current world scenario, as people take it for granted, that freedom is only related to them......Thats a sad state of affair....
To me, FREEDOM means, something i could do what i wished to do, without anyones infuence or interference, but at the same time not disturbing any one else's life...........dont you think this is a bit difficult for anyone to achieve than said........I think you can still enjoy your freedom with a bit of diplomacy.....In hindi theres a saying - "KUCH PAANA HAI THO KUCH KHONA PADEGA", which means, to get some, you lose some.....And its individuals choice to decide on what one needs to win against loosing some (????) and this will differ from person to person........ITS GIVE AND TAKEPOLICY and am a firm believer of it!!!!!!!Cheers
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
NaBloPo|Mo - Day 2
Todays topic is - "What's your favorite poem? (And if you don't have one, why?)"
Poem and me......I never had interest in poems and seriously i dont know why....All the poems, that i have read are from school as part of curriculum, and was compelled to do so,as, if i dont learn them, there was no scope for passing or scoring marks.........I dont have a favourite poem perse, but love poems that have a strong meaning. Unfortunately all the poems i like are of Tamil, especially the ones that i studied in school. Off all, i would say "THIRUKKURAL", by ancient poet Thiruvalluvar, my favourite. As it contains 133 chapters covering all aspects of life - from creation, god, love, anger, greed, sadness. truth, etc., and each chapter with ten poems of 2 line each. All these poes are are of 2 lines,with very strong and logical meaning and message. Though the actual era of this poet and the time of this poem is undecided, it covers all asects of life, which is still relevant to our times......
Poem and me......I never had interest in poems and seriously i dont know why....All the poems, that i have read are from school as part of curriculum, and was compelled to do so,as, if i dont learn them, there was no scope for passing or scoring marks.........I dont have a favourite poem perse, but love poems that have a strong meaning. Unfortunately all the poems i like are of Tamil, especially the ones that i studied in school. Off all, i would say "THIRUKKURAL", by ancient poet Thiruvalluvar, my favourite. As it contains 133 chapters covering all aspects of life - from creation, god, love, anger, greed, sadness. truth, etc., and each chapter with ten poems of 2 line each. All these poes are are of 2 lines,with very strong and logical meaning and message. Though the actual era of this poet and the time of this poem is undecided, it covers all asects of life, which is still relevant to our times......
NaBloMoPO - Day 1
This is my first attempt with NaBloPoMO......I was influenced by a freind, whos blog i follow everyday, though i started blogging 2 years ago, wasnt a regular blogger and used to write about social issues and news that affected me......lets see how much i keep up with this....
To all my freinds, who dont know wahts NaBloPoMO - it stands for National Blog Posting Month, wherein any blogger who signsup, got to post something everyday regularly for the month. I decided to join and this month, the theme is NOW......wherein we get to write about topics given for everyday of the month and for today, 1st June is - " When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up???
When i was little, i didnt really thought of what i wanted to become when i growup.....as this is a common question asked in most of the Indian household, I always used to say, that will decide whe thetime comes ( thats whe am in the final years of high school). But, internally, i was hoping to become a national Badminton player, winning tournaments for the country and earning fame.....Badminton used to be my passion during my childhood. It all started when i was 10, whe we moved from Arcot, a small town near Chennai, India, to Sipcot and the house we rented was bang opposite a badminton club. One evening, when me and my brother went to have a look at whats happening, inside and started watching the seniors play......the das went by and the owner of the club invited us to play for free (no subscription at all...). Our parents bought us the badminton racket and me and my brother started playing.....beng amateur players, we were allowed to play only in teh early evenings or late evening when the club is about to close and not in the peak hours, which was dominated by the paying seniors. Me and my brother will play early evening, watch the seniors play in the peak hour and play again late evenings....slowly couple of seniors took interest in training us, and we improved our game so well that wewere allowed to play in the peak hours with the seniors....slowly we started bringin in more kids of our age in the neighbourhood to play and we did even conducted a tournament.....It all ended when i was in high school and played in the interschool state championships, representing my school, winning district, inter district and finally loosing in Inter division level....the next level would have been state level and if i have gonethrough, might have put in more time and effort into the sport. Unfortunate and in majority Indian families, sports are not considered to be a worthy profession to pursue, so i decided to enter Hospitality industry. So did catering, worked in hotels and now a Chef here in London.......the good news is, after years of neglect, i started playing here in London and guess what my game is still good, though i play now only for fun and not the zeal and vigour that i used to play with passion, when i was a kid.......
To all my freinds, who dont know wahts NaBloPoMO - it stands for National Blog Posting Month, wherein any blogger who signsup, got to post something everyday regularly for the month. I decided to join and this month, the theme is NOW......wherein we get to write about topics given for everyday of the month and for today, 1st June is - " When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up???
When i was little, i didnt really thought of what i wanted to become when i growup.....as this is a common question asked in most of the Indian household, I always used to say, that will decide whe thetime comes ( thats whe am in the final years of high school). But, internally, i was hoping to become a national Badminton player, winning tournaments for the country and earning fame.....Badminton used to be my passion during my childhood. It all started when i was 10, whe we moved from Arcot, a small town near Chennai, India, to Sipcot and the house we rented was bang opposite a badminton club. One evening, when me and my brother went to have a look at whats happening, inside and started watching the seniors play......the das went by and the owner of the club invited us to play for free (no subscription at all...). Our parents bought us the badminton racket and me and my brother started playing.....beng amateur players, we were allowed to play only in teh early evenings or late evening when the club is about to close and not in the peak hours, which was dominated by the paying seniors. Me and my brother will play early evening, watch the seniors play in the peak hour and play again late evenings....slowly couple of seniors took interest in training us, and we improved our game so well that wewere allowed to play in the peak hours with the seniors....slowly we started bringin in more kids of our age in the neighbourhood to play and we did even conducted a tournament.....It all ended when i was in high school and played in the interschool state championships, representing my school, winning district, inter district and finally loosing in Inter division level....the next level would have been state level and if i have gonethrough, might have put in more time and effort into the sport. Unfortunate and in majority Indian families, sports are not considered to be a worthy profession to pursue, so i decided to enter Hospitality industry. So did catering, worked in hotels and now a Chef here in London.......the good news is, after years of neglect, i started playing here in London and guess what my game is still good, though i play now only for fun and not the zeal and vigour that i used to play with passion, when i was a kid.......
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