Dreaming in my dream….. Zzzzzz

I get up from my bed and hear some roaring sound. The sound gets louder as I struggle to open my eyes. With half shutter open I steal a look outside my window and catch sight of something running very fast. I try hard to figure out what’s happening and I see a Lioness running behind a deer. My eyes are wide open while I look around to re-affirm where I am. I come out of my room and see that it opens into a forest with tall trees, colorful flowers and chirping birds around. That sight pleases me but again I hear that roar and rush back to my comforter. I think hard how this happened and why it happened. And while I am thinking I fall asleep. I go in a retro mode to analyze how this happened. And this is what I see …

It’s a dark night. I hear some sound coming from the parapet. I slowly tiptoe to find out what’s happening. Wooo!! I step back. I see ten small lion-cubs playing. I decide not to disturb them. I move back to my room to get my camera to click some photographs. But before I could click I hear some strange voice. And the cubs follow a queue and start running towards that voice. It’s too dark for me to figure out who that was. But I decide to go back to bed again rather than exploring who it was. The same thing happens for 2-3 days. And then I start observing the emotions of cubs carefully. When they enter my house they are all hip-hopping but when they move out of my house they frown and walk with a droopy face. I decide to keep some milk for them from tomorrow. I wait nearly at their arrival time at my balcony for them to come. But an hour passes by, then two hour passes by and no one appears. Disappointed I go back to my bed. But what’s this!! I still hear that voice which used to call the cubs. This time I grab a torch and my wallet and follow that voice. I keep walking until I reach a strange yucky smelling place. I put on my torch light to see where I am. And to my surprise it’s a Circus! No wonder the cubs made that droopy face while going back. I follow my instincts and reach the lion’s cage. The lioness is fast asleep and the cubs return back to their small cages before it is dawn.’ Hmmm’ I say to myself – ‘I need to do something for these cubs’. Next day I come dressed as an inspector from Animal rights department with some fake papers to prove that the National zoo authority has the rights on the cubs. I instruct the circus owner to transfer the cubs to my van and I drive away in full speed. I open the van-door to the location where the cubs used to play at night…

Captured some of the snapshots of the dream I saw in my dream

Hostel Life in Dubai…




As a kid I always wondered how much of fun it would be to live in a hostel. “Freedom” was the thought I associated the most with hostel life. I could wear the clothes I liked, eat ‘chinese’ all the while , watch movies online (as the connection at home is 8kbps for download), eat ice-cream any time of the day (Mom always scolds if I eat ice-cream at night) ….soo many things ….

And I did most of these things which I wanted to during my stay @ Dubai.

Apart from these fantasies of eating and having fun, on one hand I always wanted to stay in a hostel and thought about eating, studying, partying together while on the other hand I feared staying with someone who could be so unlike me.

My dreams and wish came to reality during my course in Dubai. I stayed in a hostel which was soooo far away from the city. In the country of deserts we were actually deserted: D. Before I reached Dubai, there was a girl from our batch from Delhi who had asked me if I would mind sharing the room with her. Since she was from Delhi and sounded ‘Sabhya’ on phone I thought ‘what’s the harm?’. I landed in Dubai early morning @1 AM. We waited for another flight to arrive as we had a common pick-up from the airport and then proceeded to the hostel. When we reached there @ 4 AM in the morning. While we had our registration I asked for the room I had pre-fixed. I reached my room and got a warm welcome from my roomy. She asked me if I would like to have tea/coffee. I was impressed with my decision to choose her as my roomy. I just kept my luggage and went to sleep. Then next day morning I had my first break-fast which wasn’t a breakfast actually. I had my brunch ‘puri-bhaji’. That morning I saw few of my class-mates roaming outside the building gate. To my surprise I saw girls in mini-shorts and I said to myself “Priyu welcome to the hostel world” 

I unpacked my stuff and then had my 2 other roomies join me. Then later half of the evening I had the 5th member in my room. I had fun with all but one of my room –mates. And guess who this special element was – Yes you guessed it right!
She was the one who had welcomed me and as far as I remember that was the first and the last time I remember she asked me for a tea or coffee. This dame was Miss Famous of our batch. People used to talk about her all the times and she was an attention seeker too. I had a very nice time with my other room-mates. We used to eat , go for walks, play cards, study together. It was fun!! And we had a visiting neighbor always who used to give our talks a new direction. I enjoyed that part of my life in hostel. But when it came to sharing with someone whom I had started disrespecting it was tough! Believe me! It was so tough and unreasonable at times that I had to sit outside my room to study so that I could find some peace from the chaos that used to be happening in my room all the while.

Soon the days passed by doing assignments and studying for exams and quizzes. The day came when we had our ARP presentations and people started moving back to their home towns as they finished with their presentations. On the last day one of my room-mates made pysum for 3 of us and we had that in the morning. That was the most memorable day in my life :)

A year down the line I dont think anyone from my batch was so bad to be hated . Everyone was a darling and I have forgiven some people whom I hated frm heart.

Cheers to you roomies !!!

School and College Friends

There are not always reasons to everything that we do or everything that happens to us

Life does not give reasons to smile but we need to smile always.

There are instances where people who are close to us just move away and then we have new set of people to interact with. There are some people , some friends of mine who I always felt had everthing they needed in life. I always used to feel that my life is way below standard as "compared" to theirs and so I chose to move away them. Was it because I was jealous of them? Well not exactly! My reason for moving away was for identifying who my true friend was. People who know come back to you when you are sad , who help you in times when u need them (without having you to specify that you need them), who do things for you so that you feel happy always are the ones as per my definition qualified to being called as "True Friends"

In school we make many friends ... I made many as well...And in those days we did not carry mobile phones or have email ids ... So after school I lost touch of few of my best friends ... And till date I get dreams where I find them, I feel the pleasure of meeting them.

When I moved to Enginnering, I made very good friends and am proud to say that I still have them as my best friends. Namita/Sheepra/Jyothi/Anusha/Preeti ...we were a gang of 6 girls and very famously know as the "4-feet" group. Most of my friends are married now and others in different states. But what keeps me bonded to them is the experience that we shared togther. The tough times we saw through. And never did we have any "reasons" for insulting anyone. Such friends are rare to find. Thus once found , one should always do whatever they can to be-friends. Today while I am away from my country, my friends, my family ... I miss all of them !!

Life will not always give you gifts to unpack, but will give you gifts in parts ...the way we assemble them makes the game of life interesting and a wonderful experience.

Someones dream ...

when sun sets down the ocean and the cool breeze blows around
i want to be with u lovefor an evening with sweet surround
i wanna hold ur hands dearright up close to my heart
and fathom those lovely momentsand pray that we never part

i want to see the world with u through your beautiful eyes
and sing the songs of passionas the evening passes by
i wanna laugh just with youi adore your sexy smile
I wanna drown into your beautyand swim there all the while

i wish i could hold u close by warm into my arm
I'll love u till my last breath and wont cause u any harm
i want this moment to stand stillas we both in love go insane
and there goes another dream of minedown the memory lane!!!

Being apart ...

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart,
but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in the heart.

Missing someone gets easier every day because even though it's one day further from the last time you saw each other,
it's one day closer to the next time you will.

We only part to meet again ...

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones,
as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long,
If we're in each other's dreams, we can live together whole life

Life is one or life is two ...

Life is one or life is two,
But surely the soul is one.

With this burgeoning friendship,I can truely say!
The thought of you makes me ebullient
Enlivens my journey through this lonely path called LIFE.

Walking along this path hand in hand
we are getting something to learnin each phase of our lives.
The desire to chase our dreams,
reach our goals,
and enjoy the icing on our cake named SUCCESS.

While speculating the future ahead,
it leaves a lightening spectre,
All through my body,All through my soul.

But then I always remember,
I have a friendwho is always there for meas cool as a rainy breeze.
Who'll always lend me a helping handand a shoulder to lean on,
And then strengthen my standin every act I do and every decision I make.

Life is full of loveand when a mild wind blows - passing the ear,
doesnt the world itselfsound like a pleasant wind chime.

Love is something immortal that will always stay
Although on me if the deaths cold hands lay.

Love is your smilewith all the gleam seen in your eyes.
Love is your voice which softens my nerves,
making and bringing a smile on my face always.

All that I try I can doand all that I pray , may you get
because I want the river of radiating happiness to flow from me to you
and enlighten you all throughout
Through mind and through soul.

Life is one or life is two,
I conclude saying " Yes its all ONE"

VICTORY IS BEING CONTENT NOT BEING WINNER

Life leaves a lot of quesions unanswered ... there are times when one keeps on running afer fame or take it this way - there are not less maniacs in this world ... even I am one of those :) Not true for everyone though - but few people like me feel content seeing the finish point ... for them achieving doesnt matter but the pride of being able to be a part of the grp which reached the finish pt matters ... on the other hand I have been in touch with people who wanna win at any cost ... such people are very determined and have their targets right and they do hit upon them 99% of times BUT in the process what they miss is - things they left unseen while running to achieve their targets ... many dont even realize what wrong they did ... they feel happy that they finally did it ... but for everyone comes a moment when he gets time for himself ... when he recoils the successful journey he had n while one is sharing that passionate feeling IF he is pointed out what he lost rather than what he won ... the self determined person stumbles ... the thought stultifies him ... he looks out for a forlorn hope which can help him retraverse his victorious journey but they are only a lucky few who get a chance to redo


ENJOII THE JOURNEY - VICTORY IS IN BEING CONTENT AND NOT IN BEING THE WINNER ALWAYS

Game of Life!!

Life isn't that easy ...Though it may seem to be SIMPLE if you choose to stay alone aloof.The way it is said-

Life gives you two paths:one that is easy but wrong and the other that is difficult but true. Similarly one can choose to be alone and live a simple life without any complications or one can choose to live a life with others and for others.And believe me, this is really true. There are times when you need support from your loved ones or atleast from someone who is special to you and if you are denied of the care ,you feel lost. You feel that is always good to be alone if at the end of it this is what one is gonna get.On the contrary, when there are people concerned about you, you feel the presence of crowd and feel like being alone.

Hmm ... so what can one conclude ... Life's not as simple as you want it to be.These complications in life help us understand the meaning of extremes - the best and the worst.
My philosophy of living is - Always be there for others,in the best form one can ever imagine of ... But when it comes to sharing - don't let yourself feel the crowd - try to sort out things at a personal level - JUST YOURSELF. If you dont get a response ... write down your feelings ...say in your diary ...Now when again the same question pesters you ... read it through a third person's eye ... Believe me you'll surely get an answer ... You are the best judge of yourself. You have got all the answers within you.All you need to do is spend sometime analysing your situation.As its conveyed in the book - 'WHO MOVED MY CHEESE' You should be ready to welcome the problems with a solution, dont let it come as a surprise.Be attentive to receive every signal GOD gives.Dont just be too lethargic to ignore it and have the 'Chalta-hai' kind of attitude.Life is a GAME ... life cheats you - its fair in a game right? so even you should be SMART enough to cheat life.Thats when comes the fun of playing the GAME OF LIFE!!!

Happy Living! Enjoii the game!!

HOW TO SCORE ON AN EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT

Emotional intelligence refers to an ability to recognize the meanings of
emotion and their relationships.Emotional intelligence is involved in the
capacity to perceive emotions, assimilate emotion-related feelings,
understand the information of those emotions, and manage them

When considering effective leaders, most of us can quite readily think of
examples from the sporting arena. If pressed for reasons for this view, our
answers are likely to include comments such as
'performs well under pressure',
'sets very high standards for him/herself and the team',
'makes the most of his or her ability always giving 100%' and
'a good team player'.
In simple terms these are all characteristics of emotional intelligence.

The four domains of The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace -
Self awareness
Self management
Social awareness and
Relationship management.

The first two of these domains are personal.

Self awareness is characterised by a deep understanding of one's emotions, strengths and weaknesses, an ability to accurately and honestly self-assess.
Self management is about the control and regulation of one's emotions, the
ability to stay calm, clear and focused when things do not go as planned, the
ability for self motivation and initiative.

The second two domains are social, and concern a person's ability to manage relationships with others.
Social awareness covers empathy for example, in the ability to consider
employees' feelings in the process of making intelligent decisions either on
a one-to-one basis or as a group. Relationship management covers the ability
to communicate, influence, collaborate and work with colleagues.

It all sounds like somethg we have gone through and some phases we would go
through. Like we do for our Exams - Study ... If not before the Exam atleast
before an situation puuls us into it ..Its always better to have studied -
HOW TO SCORE ON AN EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT :)

Namesake

The Namesake - by Mira Nair

Cultural assimilation is a specialty for Mira Nair, the India-born, Manhattan-based director who found the right balance in
Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding and soars with her film version of Jhumpa Lahiri's novel The Namesake .

In Calcutta, circa the 1970s, Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) agree to an arranged marriage (it was love at first sight with his shoes' - MAde in U.S.A) they start their new lives in Manhattan. It's a struggle... the way every Engineer/ Architect from India has to go through ...The birth of their son, with an odd sounding and tongue twisting name as Gogol Ganguli, intensifies the cultural clash.
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Gogul's life turns into tragedy ...after his GF (Max) ditches him on the day - Gogul's Dad's death ceremony ...and later when his wife - Bengali beauty Moushumi (a zesty Zuleikha Robinson) runs away with her french BF (Pierre)
Nair tries to shoehorn too much of a big novel into a small two-hour movie. But her ardor for the material matches her
ambition. This is a generational family saga everyone can relate to, and Nair gives it her special magic.

My Takeaway's from the movie ...
- Respect what your family decides for you ... there is always a reason behind every thing one's parent do for their childern
- Have an ambition in life ... its gives you life when you feel you are dead.
- Dont get fascianted by short term friendships ..worst was his wife ditching him ;( whom should you trust

God Knocked my door and said ...

Success lies not in the result but in the effort…

"Being" the Best is not at all important,

"Doing" the Best is all that matters….

~Priyu

Meeting Meghana ...

What a lovely way to start a weekend ! Having a nice long dream on friday night :)7 hours of realistic imagination you can call ...
A brief summary - I had a best friend named Meghana ... long back in school days ..I dont know what was so special about her but i liked her very muchIt was after tenth that we lost touch ... We did not have mobiles at that time and she hadjust shifted to her new place so I lost her new number if I had any :(
We were in colleges which were next to each other .. but our timings were different ...Never got a chance to meet her in those years ... But I always wished I could meet her one day .
SO there it goes ... I am all dressed to attend a marriage of one of my so called friends and I am just wondering what I would do there all alone ... but since i had been invited personallyI made up my mind to go for some time. I reach the venue well before time. The bride and Groom'sfamily members were busy with the decoration stuff.One aunty gets hold of me and assigns me the arrangement of one corner of the room . Oh! Cool! To my interest the job is of arranging the things in a glass show-case. Cute little delicated dolls , glass items , etc and what else do i see.I see a 10cms long glass piece - its a girl moulded to look as if she is asking for something.The glass was internally coloured in blue, pink and yellow to give it a classy look.Somehow that piece attracted me too much ... I took it in my hand ... and while I was just going
over the outline of the delicate figure with my fingers I heard someone talking ... seemed like a familiar voice ... I turned around ... and what a moment ! ... I see a gorgious girl in front of
me... and It was Meghana ... she was explaining something to her son ... While I was in the motionof turning around the beautiful lady which I had in my hand fell down . Luckily sinceI was wearing a long ghagra it did not break. But something strange happened. It wasnt just a glasspiece. It had perfume inside . and the colours which showed up as pink,blue and yellow were actually
different scents. The side containing BLue Perfumes nob somehow opened and when the piece fell on
my dress it sprinked few drops on me. The odour was so strong that it attracted everyones attention
towars me though the falling action had created no sound. And it drew Meghanaas attention too...
~ The way two old friends met... Interesting nah;)

MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE

On Marriage Pessimistic views:
Marriage is a gamble!
Marriage is a punishment;
Marriage is an evil that Most can’t but accept.

Optimistic views:
Marriage is a gift of God;
Marriage is a blessing;
Marriage is an enjoyment,
We make the best of it.

Truths:
Marriage is so wonderful;
Marriage is so fulfilling;
Marriage is so wholesome;
Marriage is an endless love,
More priceless than all wealth!
Marriage is a way of life;
Marriage is so natural;
Marriage is the better way, For two, to reach Heaven.

~ Priyu

Time to Have fun !!

• Sardar found answer to most difficult question question ever What comes first - the chicken or the egg ? Oye yaar, jiska order pahele dooge, wo ayega !!!

• Once a Sardarji was going to his office. On the way he slipped on a banana peel and was badly hurt. Next day , on his way to the office, he noticed a banana peel and Later after two days, he noticed two banana peels and exclaimed" ari sala, aaj to choice hai"!!!!!!

• A Sardar died and went to heaven. When he got to the pearly gate Saint Peter told him that new rules were in effect due to the advances in education on earth. In order to gain admittance a prospective heavenly soul must answer two questions: 1. Name two days of the week that begin with "T". 2. How many seconds are there in a year? The Sardar thought for a few minutes and answered... 1. The two days of the week that begin with "T" are Today and Tomorrow. 2. There are 12 seconds in a year. Saint Peter said, "OK, I'll buy the Today and Tomorrow, even though it's not the answer I expected, so your answer is correct. But how did you get only 12 seconds in a year?" The Sardar replied, "Well, January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd, etc...." Saint Peter lets him in without another word

• Nurse - "Mubarak ho.. Sardarji.. aap papa ban gaye.." Sardarji - " Meri wife ko nahi bolna.. main use surprise doonga..!"

• Dr Chopra psychotherapist wanted 'Sign board' to be painted in front of his clinic but our Sardar painter painted "Dr Chorpa Psycho The Rapist"

• Ek sardar apne bete se bola : Bevakuf, kaisa machis leke aaya hai, ek bhi tili nahin jalti. Beta : Kya baat karte ho papa, sab tili test karke laya hu.

Optical Illusion !!

!! A Friend !!

The best kind of friend is the kind whom you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you have ever had.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Hope I dream of those special moments ever till they come true.

Dreamt on 09-Mar-2006 [2.00 am-7.00 am]
Cause : The client of our project Mr.Sukh is gonna come next week on a visit to India.

Effect: Its morning time and I am in office , first one to arrive in my team as always.While I am engrossed preparing a query for one of the reports , I feel that somebody is watching me. I turn around and to my surprise find Sukh standing behind me.He pulls a chair and sits besides me.I am scared of that huge figure 6 ft 6" .Gosh!! . He seems to look cool as he has worn an old jeans on a weekday :) But he could not dupe me by his austere appearance.I understood there was something fishy gonna happen.He asked me to introduce myself not with respect to the work I did but about my college life and my boy friend , if I could - he said. We started talking and I got friendly to my 'Client' as we talked more. What else was expected of him, since we had become so friendly he took control over my pc
and the first thing he 'attacked' was the Personal folder of my Inbox and on my system.I could do nothing and the funniest part was I never felt like stopping him . By the time other team members stepped in He knew me completely. At lunch time he move on to other team members to know about their personal lives which I thought he was doing. But to my surprise he never asked anyone even a single question about their personal lives.When I came to know this I did not know why he did so and what was I supposed to do next.An hour passed by and I was just staring the screen .Could not even add a single 'and' clause to the query that I was preparing.
Few minutes later I heard an announcement. It was Sukh's call for me to join him in the cafetaria for helping him make arrangements for the games that he was gonna conduct . Rather I should say 'we' ( he and me ) were gonna conduct.
I had no clue why I was being pulled into all this.His infuencing jovial nature had
mesmerized me and I had stared helping him as if I was helping my father. We made all the arrangements for the games and then enjoyed everyone play too.
It was evening now and everyone was winding up their work to leave for home.
But today for a change I did not feel like rushing home. Felt like home at my
workplace.I wondered why so. But couldn't succeed in finding an answer.Most of them left.Others were busy with their work.I felt some presence again.It was Sukh again.
He asked me if I could accompany him to the cafetaria. In zeal I said yes, to know what exactly was in his mind.He started speaking ..." Priyu ...Rite ...that is what people call you ... or I must say your loved ones call you ... I know you might be surprized and wondering as to why I am interacting with you 'only' ... " I said 'Yes , I was indeed wondering why !' He continued ... "You we the first one to arrive in office thats the reason why I came to you first ... If you remember I was going through your personal stuff...I just came accross a mail sent by you to someone... and I learned something from it ...and that is 'ITS ALL IN GIVING !!' Such a beautiful thought ... which summarizes your
purpose for being alive ... your motto for past , present and future ..." And Sukh went on n on n on ... Suddenly I could see him as a fatherly figure ... And just wondered , it would have been so nice if actually it was my father in place of him who could have understood my feelings. He said he would like to meet my Dad and I said 'NOO' ...
I actually shouted 'No' when i got up and to my surprize I saw my dad standing
in front of me and he said he had just come to wake me up ... I asked him if I had
said something to him ... he said ... He had just asked if I was gonna getup now or
later ...and I said 'NOO' .... :)

My "Bestest" Friend :-)

My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would wish for you the ability to see yourself as others see you. Then you would realize what a truly special person you are. Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same...

Thanks for being with me. I will never forget your love and care.
-Vyasu

Importance of company

If a drop of water falls on lake, it loses its identity.
If it falls on a rose, it shines.
If it falls on a shell, it becomes a pearl.
The drop is the same but the company matters

Hi All,
A warm welcome to every one interested in me and specially in my dreams. As you all know I am a Piscean so dreaming has come to me inherently. If you feel like reading about mixed emotions a COOL place where you'l find it ... Yep ur rite ... My BLOG ... Hope to keep it active through a vibrant communication with all.

Luv,
DreamGirl-Priyu.