{mosimage}Sometimes back in our office, this was a topic for discussion. The wide spread conclusion that came as the meaning for this phrase was - to be idle and leave everything to fate. I tend to disagree this interpretation. My take on this statement is that you should accept the way things happen rather than expecting it to have happened otherwise. This is the context what I took this statement and following it eversince I read it somewhere for the first time.

{mosimage}Yesterday while having my lunch I was going through previous day's "Dina Thanthi" paper. There was an advt for a Madhavan movie "Arya". Intha heroine-ai engo paathirukome... Aiyyada! Ithu "Swapnakoodu" Bhavana alle.... 2 - 3 varushathukku munnadi naan enakku Malayala figure-nga mattum thaan pudikkumnu sonnappo ellam nakkala sirichanga.... ippo engengu kaaninum Malayala figure mayamada... (My)Meera, Asin, Nayantara, Gopika, Bhavana, Nandhana.... Malayalathile innum yaar miccham irukkangannu theriyalaiye.... munnadi ellam Tamil padamnaale malayala figurenga ellam pammum... (Manju Warrier, Samyukta Varma, Kavya Madhavan ellam Tamil padathule nadikka matteinnu pidivatham pidichavanga)... aana ippo ellam "thuninju" oru mudivoda thaan varuthunga. Malayalathile intha poonaiyum paal kudikkumannu kekkura maathiri iruntha Nayantara, Palakkad station thaandina udane dress ellam kazhatti pottudra pola...... Pora pokka paathaa enakku "exclusivity" kidaikka naan Bhojpuri, Konkani language figure-ingalai thaan thedanum pola. En pozhappu ippadi aayiducchu...

{mosimage}Sometimes back I was talking to my colleague whose daughter I like the most. She is such a lovely shy kid. My colleague told that he has enrolled his daughter in UCMAS and vocal training class. He said that she is not going for painting and swimming classes and she is strictly saying that she will go to two classes only at a time. While talking about the current UCMAS trend and other things talks turned towards the extra curricular activities of todays children. My opinion was that current day children are being stretched beyond their limits and "grow" ahead of their ages. Then came the counter arguement that children should be adapted to the competitive environment. But my opinion was that competition exists in the minds of the parents only. I seriously feel that the current generation of kids are denied the pleasure of being innocent and enjoy their childhood.

{mosimage}After coming to UAE and missing the Indian festivals despite the presence of Indian diaspora over here, I realised that all our festivals were not for just sake of having some good time or showing off the wealth. For most of us in India, festivals means special programmes in TV, new movies and debates. Thats theday! But every festival has its own deep explanations and valid reasons in the pretext of mythological stories, which in due course of time was overshadowed by the religion and traditions. Since this article is written on the Diwali day, let us start with it.

1. Are you tensed in the office?
Say “Life is Beautiful…” you will find a relief and things will go in your satisfaction.

2.Are you feeling lonely?
Think “Life is Beautiful…” and suddenly you’ll find the whole world is for you.

{mosimage}Blogs - It is the most happening buzzword among the netizens and many portals and blog services are making trips and turns to cash in on this phenomenon. But do you know that there is no word called "blog" if you search in Oxford dictionary. Then how come a non-entity became something that rocks the world all of a sudden? In fact, the word "Blog" is derived from "WeB Log", which in actual means logging of activities on the web. For computer illiterates, the logging activity means putting down the sequence of actions in chronological order. However blogs even though meaning putting down your thoughts and ideas time to time, not necessarily falls under the category of chronological fashion.

{mosimage}It started as a normal and a happy year as usual but I realised that it is going to be tortuous at the end of January itself. I was mentally prepared to become bit stronger. Coimbatore had made me very softer and vulnerable by keeping me happy always. I had already written that how much I loved being in Coimbatore. I still remember the moments I visited Thirumurthy Hills last time. I was praying that I must come there more often. I was offered this job in April mid and I enjoyed that summer to the most extent. All the kids were at our home for almost a month. Day by day the number started increasing so as their mischief. I was praying that the tickets must not come soon. At last the tickets came for 20th May and the kids also left back to home after the vacation. The scenario shifted to Dubai.

Coimbatore - A place that was, is and will always be close to my heart. I really don't know when I took it there. Coimbatore was introduced to me as my cousin's place where we used to go in annual vacations. Earlier I preferred just because we can watch so much of movies there. I was always a rebel just because I felt we kids were given secondary treatment while my cousin Prakash was their darling,who walked away with all his wishes fulfilled at our cost. but that didn't deter me from falling in love with Coimbatore.