Earth Hour !!

Indeed a sincere effort by the wonderful people hu hav decided to come upwith something so unique, yet so trivial to express a joint concern against global warming !!!Vote for Earth! by turning your lights OFF or Vote for Global Warming by turning your lights ON ont he 28th ofMarch 2009 from 8.30 PM to 9.30 PM irrepective of which part of the world you belong to !

Initially when I got this forward, I didnt take it so seriously at all.. Me not being the typical, oh protect our Earth for our children, our future kinda guy, I thought, who will remember to do such a thing or even who will bother to do such a trivial thing. The Myopic view point had hit me real hard. The only thing pulling me down was a silly thought that how does it matter If i am the only person who is bothered to turn off the lights and sit...How wud it help the global cause of worry.

I never ever realised that, if everybody starts thinkng like me, finally no one would end up doing it... Just a thought... Why do human beings always have the tendency of thinking about what others are doing?? The HERD MENTALITY (hey.. I know very little of HR. so I flaunt the jargons where ever Ican... plz dont mind.ha ha.... ). If you want to do something for some one, bloody well go ahead and do it !! Dont think of others...

I have to admit, I was really surprised by the way the 'Earth Hour' thing had gained popularity. I mean, i hadnt seen any of the ADs, in the so called youth Channels like the MTVs,Channel Vs etc.. or even the latest news providers like NDTV, CNN IBN etc hu didnt care 4 anything other than the IPL venue being shifted out of India which shattered the hosts Shahrukh and Priety Zinta.. Oh comon !!!I think inspite of not getting complete support from the media for the right cause, the Internet (though being partof the same media)played a wonderful part in in giving the "Earth Hour" a shot in the arm. I was in for a warm surprise when I received a mail from my 8 year old neighbour, saying I am doing my bit by participating in the Earth Hour, Are u?? I was just wondering, If an 8 year kid knows her responsibility very well and is ready to contribute towards a global cause, what should be stopping us?

If you do not feel the need, you will always have a 100 excuses to support you ! But if you actually want to do your bit for a safer tomorrow, without much effort, this is the least you can do !!!Another thing which I myself am trying to do is, Spread the Message.. Please do not wait for others to start off and you decide to follow. Like they say.. Be the change !!!!!

To be very frank, I do not know how much my participation will support the "global cause". I do not know will it be of any help at all. But still I think what is wrong in giving it a try.

Its my sincere request to everybody ..... please appreciate the beauty of darkness atleast for one hour, on the 28th... Let us all make it happen !!!

www.earthhourus.org/ -

Ah ! This is Life....

“I want 2 go back to the time when getting HIGH, meant on a swing, whenDRINKING meant only apple juice, when DAD was the only hero, when TRUE LOVE meant Mom’s hug, when DAD’S SHOULDER was the highest place on earth, when your WORST ENEMIES were your siblings, when the only thing that could HURT you were skinned knees, when the only things BROKEN were your toys, and when GOOD BYES only meant till tomorrow.”

This would have been just another one of those regular SMSes, had I not been going through what I am going through my life at present. This message touched me so deep that, here I am, up at 2.30 AM on Monday morning trying to express my emotions in a balanced way !!!!

In lyf they say, its the experiences that make or break you... I had least expected that my life would take such an unexpected turn. The turn of events were so dramatic that even though I am totally hurt and shattered from with in, when I look back (though i haven’t gone much ahead now,) it helped me realise that life has a lot more to it than what I had in my mind. I know its z pretty late realization for a guy of my age, but hey,its never too late for anything.... [Jus for the record, I am just 25.. :o) ]

Let me start off with an honest confession. I would have never ever written something related to feelings and emotions and values and other related stuff. I was always the guy who used to take things the way it comes... I always used to think, Arrey whats in all this yar? Its all part of parcel of your regular life. But may be I had taken life for granted..Until now that is....

I was always a guy who was content in life. I was happy with the way I was.I never had to struggle hard for anything that I wanted. I was fortunate enough to get everything that I wanted. But what I failed to realize was that, in the midst of all these momentary happiness, I never realized the worth of these things ever........When I look back, I realise how casually I had taken my life.

I was thehappiest guy alive on earth when I got the Bike of my dreams during mygraduation. I was the happiest guy on earth when I got my admission for myMBA. I was the happiest guy on earth when the prettiest lady I have everseen had decided to walk into my life. And I felt I had everything in theworld when I got placed. But as mentioned earlier, I had completely lost myself in this momentary elation.

But there will always come a point in your life when you feel, everything is crashing down on you. Things were all smooth sailing for me, or so I thought. I am happily working in Chennai,frequenting to meet my parents and friends and the usual. Though I too was grateful to god for what I had, I never reciprocated in the same way I was expected to. I failed to meet or rather understand the implicit expectations, that my friends, parents and others had on me. Little did I know that life isn’t always fair.

I had a rude awakening to reality, and that is what has jolted me like crazy. Never in my wildest dreams had I thought that such a thing could happen to me. I suddenly felt as though some one has thrown me off the track. All I could feel was, how on earth could this happen. Things were al so fine. I was expecting, praying that things will fall back into its place. The toughest part was, since I had never faced such difficult times, I had no clue how to handle it. Add to it, the fact of being all alone and Work pressures mounting on your head !! I almost lost it.

Thats when I realized that Life aint always easy. You Think it may be easy, when things move exactly the way you want it to move. But what should be understood is that Life is not always only about you. Its about the people around you as well.

I am thankful to HIM, for whatever I am today. I am thankful to HIM for whatever has happened in my life. I must admit, there has been a paradigm shift in my attitude towards life. I know how important it is to be there for somebody when they really need you. Never ever take any body for granted, even if they are your clooosest of closest pals, thinking that they always understood you well. Never stay away from expressing your love to one and all and so on.....

Please dont take this as some kinda advice, but its just that I have learnt a lot from my own experiences.

All I have to say is that, every little incident that happens in ones life is hinting at something really big and it happens for a reason. Take time out to realize that. Learn to value relations, learn to value what you are and most important, learn to value your life.

I am Bak !!

Well... hello everybody... Finally I m back.. after a loooooong break.. Well.. there have been loads of things happening in my life in the recent past.. Never got time for myself.. I know its not an excuse.. Well i also admit that I was laazy enuf not to keep up with my blogs...
This time I have decided to tread in to the Unknown. I had kinda limited my posts to my biking trips, adventure stuff and the likes. I am planing to try out some thing a loot different..

Lets c how far it goes.. All the best readers... ;)