In Time of Trouble

They say when you are down and depressed, one of the way of coping with such situations is to distract your mind. Look at the positives of life instead of concentrating on the negatives. These days have been pretty harrowing and scary and downright depressive. So was just thinking of what could get my spirits up, when all i can feel is the lows of life? What could prop me up and help me through time.

There are number of hymns and songs that could be my saviour, my rope in getting over bad time.

For example, the following hymn:

When upon life bellows's you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessing name them one by one,
And you will discover what the LORD has done.

or this one,

Give them all, give them all to Jesus,
Shattered dream, wounded hearts, broken toys,
And he'll turn your sorrow into joy.

Or my favourite from the Sound of Music

When the dog bites, when the be stings,
When my salary is taxed (Note the modification)
I simply remember my favourite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.

School Anthems

There is always a sense of pride when you sing any anthem. Be it the national anthem, the school anthem or your love anthem.

There was point in my life when I used to go to Antonio De'souza High School, Byculla, when I used to be envious about my sisters cause they used to have a school anthem and they used to sing it, or try to remember it when she met with friends.

There is a sense of pride and belonging when you sing your school anthem. Finally did the get the pleasure of having a school anthem when I changed school to Don Bosco, Lonavla. It was always fun to sing it after assemblies, sports day, annual days, accompanied by a guitar or the keyboard or even the whole band. Each and every word made you feel that you belonged to a great institution.

Let's join in a chorus,
To sing to the glory,
The glory of Don Bosco Lonavla,
With one heart, and voice,
We sing never seizing,
The Glory of Don Bosco Lonavla.

Virtuous, Incendese, Vireous,
Let our motto be,
Because we believe,
That virtues kindle strength,
This is good for you and me.

Don Bosco we love and cherish,
Be our father and helps us on our way,
Be our guide we want to be like you,
We your sons and daughters Pray Today.

Why do I even bother polishing my shoes???

Sometimes I wonder why the hell I even bother polishing my shoes. When you get into a crowded local at peak hours, your feet is so stamped that you may even forget the what the colour of your shoes were. Not forget the sore toes.

I wonder why do I bother ironing my clothes. Its' bound to get crumpled in the train. What do you expect when you are packed in a compartment. And to top it all the heat and sweat. Once you get off the train i am sure your shirt would resemble Mandakini's wet saree from Ram Tere Gang Malee. you'd be showing of your assets (or liabilities if you aren't in shape).

Trekking to Raigad—The Planning Stage

Couple of days ago a friend of mine showed me the picture she taken on her trip to the Raigad fort. These pictures actually succeeded in awakening the sleeping trekker in me.

I have started gathering info about the place. Planning to make the trek. So watch out for this space about whether I will actually go on the trek. But as of now the enthuasism is pretty high. So surely going to do it :)

PDA

The other day while travelling back home, saw this Muslim couple in the bus (she was wearing a borqua type scarf on her head). The guy had his hand around her and planted a sweet little kiss on her cheek. She in return almost did the same but shied away. Seeing this PDA really both a smile to my face. I thought only Catholics were bold in enough to show affection towards each other in public. It was really nice to see this couple get all romantic in a public transport, which was really packed :)

How Fair is Life????

Everyday we look around and wonder why are we who we are and not someone else???? Why do we have to go through all the trials and tribulations of life??? Why do we have to struggle, budget the way we live, our expensive??? Why do we have to think 10 times before going on trips??? And then you look around and see affluent people. People who appear to have no cares in life, wearing expensive clothes and accessories, riding in expensive cars or bikes. And then you wonder why weren't you born in their place??? You wonder why is there so much difference in life??? You complain and wonder how fair has life been to you.

But then we complain and complain. But do these complains do anything to improve the situation???? It better to stop complaining and stop questioning life about it's fairness. What you need to do is go on living, working, struggling and at the same time striving to get to the goals that we want to achieve. Striving to fulfil our dreams. In that way Life would be more of a pleasant journey than a stressful one.

A few after thoughts

Well there are few more things I would love to add to my previous blog. Somethings that I know I have forgotten and and that are important. So here we go again...

Well I can be very impatient, but the irony is that I will wait for long to get things done or wait for somone. I get very irritated and angry very quickly, and will say and do things I know will regret. I know I've said goodbye to friends on a very irrational thought, but then want them back, because I can't bear to loose them and regret what I've said after wards. There are times I know that my actions have hurt a few but I really don't mean it. I know I can be really irritating at times.

If I love a person I love them with all my heart. But I need my space. I hate people taking advantage of me, which so often happens. I hate being taken for granted and I will not take someone for granted. Hate people bossing over me, but unfortunately get bossed over a lot.

Sometime I feel that even though people say they know me, but I don't think they really do.

"And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand,
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am"

ME

Just trying to put down something thats been troubling my head for the couple of days, or I should be saying the past couple of months. I hate it when people have the wron perception of me. Just wanted to put down what I feel I am. I hate writing the About Me fields in website becuse there soo much about me that it the space provided may not only br insufficient, but also I don't there soo much to that i may not even remember all of it.

There is one thing about me, I am by nature a very friendly person, Ilove to make friends and can make firends easily and consider people as friends very quickly, even though I may be bit shy at first. I love to talk to people and can start chatting with everyone I know, or I want to know. As a person I know I am pretty approachable and I really don't put any barrier in front of me.

I make friends very quickly, but have only a few whom I actually call my Best Friend. I will go to any length to help my friends or for that matter anyone whom I know. To make their lives better and help them in any way I can. I can see my friends hurt or can't see anyone hurting them. I care for them alot.

I am not an attention seeker, but I dont' like being ignored. Like any other human it hurts me when someone I consider a friend ignoring me, it hurts me. I do get jealous, which i normal. I am not a saint and I am etitled to be jealous.

I know I do come across childish, a bit immature. I know behave kiddish, because thats the way I try to deal with my problems and pain in life. You may think I can never be serious. But I am one serious person and I know the gravity of the situation I soo often find myself in. I hate decision making and leave the decision on others. But if the decision concerns me or affects me in anyway, I won't shrugg off my responsibility.

I am emmotional, very emmotional. There are times I have to literally hold back tears, or i may find myself in tears for very small incidents. But I can be very strong and be there fo my family, as I found out when my dad passed away.

I hate when people have the wrong impression about me. I hate when people say I am not trustyworthy, immature, someone who uses others. Thats not who I am. YEs I may be a bit immature, because I tend to follow my heart than my head. About not being trustworth thats a openion each one is entitled to, but I may never always agree with you. I know one who would use someone else for my own benefit. I can't hurt anyone, if I do it is totally unintentional.

I am pretty openionated and will talk about things I hate. But I am a person who is all bark and no bite. I hate confrontation, hate getting into an arguement. I hate being torned between two people.

I can get angry very quickly, but I cool down at the same speed too. I can't stay angry with someone for too long. And even if I say I never want to talk to them, I end up talking to them. I really don't like it when someone tell me never to contact them again. Maybe intially my ego will prevent them, but I will try in get in touch once evrything has settled down. There is a part of me that would want to try something else, but there is part of me that doesn't want me to seem to desperate. I am no leech. But there will always be part of me that wants to reconcile and clear any misunderstanding that may be there.

I can be very chirpy and quirky. Will start dancing and singing anywhere. I talk very loudly, can never be soft. When I talk it is not just my mouth doing all the talking. My whole body participates in the conversation. Love to dance but can't do it for too long. Would hate all night party. I do need my rest and sleep.

Well ther is soo much to me, as I said before, that I too can't remember. Hope this can clear some on the isunderstanding.

Memories

They say when someone passes away they leave behind memories of the times spent with us. However I believe that when a person is no more they not only leave behind memories, but leave behind a feeling of emptiness because the place they have left vacant. Be it your aunt, dad or dog, you'll always find a part of you pinning for them. You miss the person sitting on chair and taking lessons of quite a lot tution children, always asking you if you wanted cash. Or receiving long distance calls on your birthday, and special oassions like Christmas, Easter and other festivals. You miss someone who calls you as 'Sonna'. You miss someone who gets all excited when you come home, who can't wait for you to get home, Who'll bark, wag her tail, scratches the door so that someone opens it for her. Barking everytime the doorbell rings. Moreover loving you unconditionally.

You miss them alot, there is an emptyness in you that cannot be fille by anyone else. But there is one thing I know by pinning for someone we do not let their sould rest in peace. What we need to do is cherish the memories that we shared with them. Think of all the Happy times you spent together.

Why Vote

Well the BMC election were just held in the city and the results of these elections are out. approximately only 46% mumbaites voted in this elections. The ruling Shiv Sena and BJP alliance have been voted back into power, or have been voted back to heading the Muncipal Cooperation. The one features that has been appearing in many newspapers the pass few days is why people didn't excercise their constitutional right to vote. Celebrity and normal mortals like you and me. Whats interesting to read is their execuses for not doing so. The celebrity had the usual execuse, they will not be in town. Have to attendsome celbrity do somewhere around the globe or they are on their vacation. Among the gemeral public the common execuse is that they didn't trust any political party, or their area was not well looked after, or the roads were not properly done, or they were looking at the 26/7 flods for an excuse. Or even the resevations. Well whatever reason these people have for not voting, which is more than half of the population of Mumbai, they actually allowed the parties they blamed for their ordeal to come back into power instead of doing the opposite. The funny thing its these celebreties and people who will be complaining about the state of affairs in papers and whatever medium they have. After not voting do they have the right to complain????

Well there were those people who wanted to vote but couldn't vote. Because they were not registered voter, or their names were not transferred to the new area they moved to. Or their jobs didn't give them any time or any intimation. Me included :)