2010 and Dreams

Dreams make life worth living and some dreams i look forward to fulfill in year twenty ten.


1. To get interviewed- This is most random thing to think of *in my case*, but kuch na kuch to aisa kar hi jayenge ki apna bhi kuch naam hoga. On serious note,be practical, outperform and get interviewed and if by end of september, no one takes my interview then i will post my resume on naukri and will 'get interviewed' for some new job.


2. Shot at dream companies - Not that i don't like my current work place, but i have some dream companies on my list and working in your dream company always act as morale booster. My current workplace was also in that list when i joined it but this year with some experience in kitty, i think i will definitely like to give a shot to two names in list.

3. Read and Write - This year i will read more, not sure if that reading would be subjective or leisure reading but definitely, i will be friends with books. In terms of writing,i will try to write more this year. been a good start so far. Three posts in this month and i have already written so many letters which add to 'writing' stuff and if my english gets better with, i might start writing seriously :p


4. New Wardrobe - I want a new wardrobe. new clothes. new colors of turban.new shirts. new jeans. new trousers. formal. casual.everything. and to buy all of this, a sponsorship. :D anyone? I will be a good brand ambassador. pakka promise.

5. Bring AmritSarovar back - Amritsarovar needs attention and contribution. got plans but need good time to implement them.can expect things getting better in later half of year. so definitely before year ends, site will be back with better presentation.


6. Travel Show - To work on travel show. be it for myself, be it for youtube or be it for any production house, but some time and effort gonna be spent on this.after 'world cafe asia' experience, the learnings and exposure should be utilized in some manner and if you are reading it, make sure you see the show as well. release date. well.. something unsure of.. but soon :)


7. Less of Crying and More of Laughter - took this line from a poem written by a friend. last year has been totally different from few years before that. expectations were minimal and life was better. lot of travelling, good moments and less issues.


8. Travel Travel Travel - I have wheels on feet and i travel a lot and i have this thing in mind to travel more and see some new places this year. Rajasthan, Sikkim, Leh/Ladakh, Srinagar, Uttranchal are some places i want to visit sooner or later and yes mumbai for sure in near future. just waiting for things to be little stable and then i wanna feel the spirit of Mumbai for some time.. kuch to hai us sheher mein.. ya fir us sheher mein rehne wale dost mein ..mujhe mumbai jana hai. too filmy.. but when you like koko.. you can't help it.. :D


9. Gain Knowledge - I want to increase my knowledge about my city, my state, my country, my religion and be confident about all of them when asked about.I am proud Indian,I am proud Punjabi and I am proud Sikh. not in any order.

10. Laptop. Camera. Cellphone. Bike.  Wishlist is one word :) p.s= wardrobe already mentioned above.

11. Learn a dance form - Be it Salsa, Jive, Hiphop or Bollywood, i should learn atleast one thing this year. so that next four years i cover all of em. dnt ask me for bhangra,that is in genes :P

12. Talk Less- Heh.. just kiddin.. relax.. :p

Ever donated creativity?

If you are good at some art/creativity, its a great to donate it in one or other way at times. It might help someone or for that reason,some cause.

Something which caught my attention was this donation by Jasmeet to The Uniform Project which eventually goes on auction and money collected to educate a girl child. Jasmeet is a friend and upcoming fashion designer. Its not that she couldn't donate money to some cause, but since it was something where she could share her art and help the cause at same time, i think a great idea.

Tippy Tippy Top

What color you want?

I want....

remember the childhood times when this game used to be so much fun. well the same game was played today..different rules..different people and virtual world. Facebook turned to play field, all the girls became players and rules were simple, tell your bra color and let the fun come into the picture. supposedly the motive behind it was to spread breast cancer awareness but honestly, i did not get a single link to any cancer awareness website. i remember working with my corporate for such an awareness campaign but that was in October when the awareness month is actually there. So,why all of sudden, out of nowhere, one word color updates? whatever it was.. all taken in fun and good spirits.

Twitter had to take this thing in chill out mode hence started the #umbra express. i don't know if it will help me if i ever take a GRE/GMAT, but now i know branch, bravery, bracelet,brand, brat, brain,brazil, brandy, bravo,brawn, bravia, bragging, brad and yes, i am not telling you anything more on that. *yes you can find something common in all words*

can't share all the colorful status messages that i read today but must say whatte unique combination of colors my friends use :-} vibgyor for someone, pink for the other, purple was most popular one on my status list and i better move to some other point ;-)

yes, since none of color status messages took me to cancer awareness site and you have come this far reading this post, if you are a girl visit the site for all the information.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast

if you are guy, yes.. no fun reading it for yourself but bookmark this for anyone and everyone who you care.

and to end the post, another status message supposedly spreading breast cancer awareness - "stare if you care".

Meaning of Mool Mantar

Have you listened 'Ek Ongkar' in Rang De Basanti ? and wondered what did it mean? Its actually the moolmantar in sikhism which is sung beautifully in movie as background score. the moolmantar starts with 'ek ongkar' goes till 'gurparsad'.

Original Moolmantar Text in Roman -

Ik­oaʼnkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa­o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ.

Meaning :
Ik­oaʼnkār - only one God.
saṯ nām - Truth is his name
karṯā purakẖ - the creator
nirbẖa­o - without fear
nirvair - without hate
akāl mūraṯ - timeless and without form
ajūnī saibẖaʼn - beyond birth and death, The enlightened one
gur parsāḏ.-known by the Guru’s grace

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Jap = Remember Him and Embrace His meditation
Aad Sach = He was present in the beginning
Jugaad Sach = He was present before the Yugas (ages) began.
Hai Bhee Sach = He Is present now
Naanak Hosee Bhee Sach. 1 he shall certainly be present in the future. says guru nanak.

After Gurparsad, these are first few words of japji sahib recited by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

For any questions on it. feel free to post them in comments. will try to get answers for you :)

2009 - Free Flowing Year

Looking back at year gone,some of moments which made this year , a year to remember because

- SO MANY Friends got committed..engaged..married..OMG feel.yes yes i am still single and now you don't make that funny face :D

- I spent the first half of 2009 in Mumbai, then moved to Gurgaon for three months.. and last three months in Bangalore.

- I lived the year with very low expectations. helped me lot in dealing with people and stupid things.

- Twitter continued to be one of the awesomest things .met lot of new people. gave face to so many internet friends.and so many of them became good friends.La Cafe APTW, Leopold Cafe Meet,TGIF Meet, Dhaba Meet, City Walk meet..i remember them. :)

- I stayed in one company for whole year. being in IT ,this can be considered as WOW thing :)

- I went to Elephanta Caves, Matheran, Pune, Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar,Sirsa,Jalandhar and Ludhiana in 2009 and all the trips are a great memory.. good times to remember.

- Some beautiful people came in my life.. some beautiful people went away.

- I read some books..some good reads.. some average.. and two states was strictly an OK read. Going to read more books in 2010.i think reading habit is must.

- I learnt good things in terms of my work.by year end i gained good knowledge and increased proficiency in my skill :)

- I got an Ipod Nano and Sennheiser headphones LX80.

- My blog 'Zindagi Live' survived another year.

- Amritsarovar Blog continued with random posts on sikhism.one of the must 'to do' in 2010 is to revive the site back and maintain its blog :)

- special mention to PG for being totally jawdroppingawesomelyfantabulouslysuper girl i know. she inspires me at times.. but i am smart..i dnt get inspired from her which is not good i know. :)

- oh yes.. its a year to remember coz PG gifted me a 'Rockstar' tee.

- this year has been good mix of offline and online world.

- I got my caricature done too. i look super cool in it doing bhangra :P

Cheers to all those who i want to say thank you to,for your presence in life in my 23rd and running 24th chapter of life.if i put down names, i will miss some,so avoiding.but you know who you are.some of you will never read this blog even.. but still.

I dont have many blog friends but FadedGlory and Deranged Insanity, you have been there for whole year. thank you. good to have you as friend in real world as well :)

Thank you everyone who has made me smile..kept me happy..i had good times coz of you, i have this year in my good memories.

Thank you everyone who tried to screw my life, play games with me and my emotions because of you, i have become more strong to face random situations in my life

Thank you to all friends who invited me to your marriages but please now next year hold on with your family plans.. i have to attend some more weddings.. after that..i can visit you guys again to congratulate and meet your juniors :P

Adios 2009

Happy New Year 2010. Hope the next year brings more happiness and prosperity in our lives and make this world a good place to live in,

GOD BLESS ME, YOU, EVERYONE :)

Loneliness

Loneliness is the space almost every single human being on earth is creating within one's own world... almost all of us have this space of loneliness within us which we tend to fill up with as much time as we can keep ourselves busy in all the possible works we find... sometimes just to get occupied with some job, we move out of our limits and then tend to forget difference between right n wrong but this again is a sincere effort to remove the loneliness.i was just watching a report on a news channel tonite which was showing the same issue of being lonely at times and moving away from the path of leadin a happy life.

Why we feel lonely sometimes ? when i tried to give this thing a thought, just found that our mind sometimes fear from the world outside and brain senses things not going our way, When we don't find anyone to talk to even if we are standing in crowd, there are times when friends part away or there isn't enough confidence to move to them and talk, the mind completely find itself in no situation and with no place to go..the LONELY times come that time.

and i guess we should always be prepared of such times...because during those times, our maximum energy is utilised in just pretending that we are not lonely...the brain at times stop working and watever happens , we keep thinking going against us..and during this time...many a times we lose out on some golden opportunities coming our way and lose out faith on people around us.I ..i find best way to take over loneliness is to be lively and cheerful with a smiling face..this not only gives impression of you being happy with what is going in your life but also gives you a reason to feel the same.. if u wish to be happy ,only then you can be happy

P.S - was written on 15.11.07 .. found them in drafts.. so published it :)

Just a Joke

Divya and Rohit were in a relationship enjoying life.

Then this very good friend of theirs came in picture.

He ignited some rumor which spread like fire in jungle. And suddenly Divya and Rohit were in doubt about their relationship.

All they could say to each other after that was a bye and a promise not to meet again

Today Divya is married & Rohit is doing well in his career.

Years later, over a reunion, he was high and in his high spirits told Rohit ‘that rumor was just a joke man.. I loved Divya. So couldn’t see you with her. SORRY’