tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789215209131851612024-02-08T10:08:40.635+05:30Tapestry of ContemplationsNidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-24923664473863483692014-02-03T00:10:00.002+05:302014-02-03T00:11:14.128+05:30New Beginnings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dear
friends, family and wonderful readers. It has been a long long time since I
wrote something here. As I give this blog a fresh beginning today, let me start
by sharing some very personal thoughts and some very special news with you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Beginnings
are always exciting! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Whether
it is the beginning of a new relationship, a new job or a new project. Whether
it is the beginning of a new year, a new month or a new day. Whatever the
beginning is about, it marks a fresh start. Something to look forward to. New
beginnings also bring with them new hopes and a way to let go of the past. The
month of January is one such time when I get excited about new beginnings. It
is the time of the year when I, and a lot of people I know, get busy writing
down resolutions. Around this time each year I start with a new diary to write
down my goals, hopes and aspirations for the next twelve months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As
I started the one for 2014, I realized that this year marks the beginning of an
extremely special and unique phase of my life. My husband and I are expecting a
little one in the family who is due to arrive in about a month’s time now. Let
me tell you that I am finding it very difficult to describe our feelings about
this new phase of life that both of us are about to enter. However, if you can
make a full sentence from words like extremely happy, elated, super excited,
little nervous, out of the world, can’t wait, a different life, change of
priorities, new hopes, new dreams, hundreds of questions and a million other
emotions and thoughts, then you have just nailed what I am trying to say. Our
families – parents, brother, sister, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
have showered us with love and are super thrilled too. All in all it has been
an amazing journey so far as we eagerly wait to embrace this new chapter of
life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
know life will be different – as a girl, as a woman, as a daughter-sister-wife,
and as an entrepreneur who loves her work. I am aware of the fact that priorities
will change. I also do realize that there are now going to be other
responsibilities, longer to-do lists and shorter days. I know that the famous
work-life-balance dynamic and debate, about which I only read, talked and
perhaps partially understood, will become more relevant. I know that this has
not changed my aspirations, my career goals and dreams and my burning desire to
achieve loads of milestones in life. In fact I want to do better each day now
than any point in my life. I want to continue inspiring people and facilitating
interesting training programmes. I want to grow my company in leaps and bounds.
I want to keep working with all the excellent and esteemed clients who have
trusted and supported my work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15.333333015441895px;">At the same time,</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15.333333015441895px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I also want to continue to </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15.333333015441895px;">cherish romantic dinner dates with my husband,</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15.333333015441895px;">give cooking lessons to my brother on skype,</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15.333333015441895px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">practice my yoga and
fitness regime, travel and explore the world, sip on afternoon tea and have crazy evenings with friends. But most importantly, I want to continue to be there for my family when it matters. I want to be the best mum to our little
one. I want to do everything for our little bundle of joy which my mum did for me.
Tough task. But I want to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In
short, with this new beginning, I want it ‘all’. Am I expecting too much –
perhaps. Am I scared – definitely not! I am completely sure that while I strive
to achieve my personal definition of ‘all’ I have the support of my family,
friends, associates and clients. And I am looking forward to this new
challenge. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With
the start of the year of the horse, I take a leap of faith (again)
and welcome this dawn of a one more significant story of my life. Here’s raising
a glass (of fresh coconut water) to new beginnings! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Kung
Hei Fat Choi! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-63537255926355337822012-12-04T12:07:00.001+05:302012-12-04T12:08:00.276+05:30All things Bright & Beautiful!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><i>A beautiful morning in Switzerland - View from my train</i> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Years
ago I had written down a song in my scrapbook. It was a hymn which we sometimes
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As
I was going through the rest of my scrapbook, I suddenly had a question for
myself -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is my current list of
"bright & beautiful"? What are the things which generally
brighten up my day? As I began prodding myself further, I was amazed at what I discovered.
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
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<span class="CharAttribute1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Do you find the title strange?
Why would someone talk about being happy on selected days. Reason - people find
it relatively easier to remain upbeat on Friday and Saturday. Today I will give
you some quick ways to find bliss on those days when you are generally counting
the number of hours left for Friday evening! </span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span class="CharAttribute1" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">1. Spend a little money</span><span style="color: black;"> </span> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">"Whoever
said money can't buy happiness, didn't know where to go shopping" said an
American actress years ago. I agree. Although it is not the only source, there
is no doubt that money can get you bliss from time to time. There are endless
possibilities and an endless budget if you think in broader terms. But to buy a
few moments of smile during a heavy week can be surprisingly inexpensive. Buy a
bunch of flowers or a house plant and adorn your living room. Buy that yummy
blueberry muffin you have been avoiding, from the bakery on the way home. It
can be anything which you have been thinking of getting for a long time! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">2. Play a sport</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">It
is good exercise, good recreation, a good way of catching up with friends and
an excellent way to recharge yourself mentally. Playing a sport adds a little
bit of verve to the week. Take out an hour every week for any game of your
choice - Squash, Badminton, Pool etc. Join a team or league. Soon it will be
something you will be eagerly looking forward to!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">3. Cook a dinner </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">As
someone who loves cooking and does it day and night, I vouch for it. There are
few things more rewarding than having a home cooked, delicious and aromatic
food, made with carefully picked ingredients and spices. Add colours and flavours.
Experiment and use your imagination to come up with something which you have
not tried before! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">4. Phone a Friend </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Although
usually we leave such 'errands' for the weekend, try this out on a weekday.
Just pick up your phone and call a friend from school or university you have
not talked to in a while. Just refreshing those wonderful memories and having a
laugh will leave with a great feeling! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">5. Write your journal </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Although
it does not sound as much fun as the other four, retrospection during a week will
definitely bring more value and meaning to your days. Write down about anything
which made you smile, anything which you are grateful for, or anything which
you are glad you did or did not! Make a collection of moments and memories and
update it every week! Just going through it once every week will only take 10
minutes but the joy will last for 10 days! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; line-height: 115%;">"Remember, it is not really difficult to become happy. It is just
that we forget to do so!"</span></i></span></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-40368600697764077922012-06-15T08:39:00.000+05:302012-09-20T07:49:35.743+05:30Pause, Pace and Peace.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Image: Phi Phi Island, Phuket</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">It
has been a while since I 'wove' something for this Tapestry. So I am back
again, with some new patterns and colours to add. The colours which I picked up
from the pearly white sands and the turquoise blue waters of Phuket. Patterns
which I picked up from the warm smiling people and their enriched culture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">It
is not new to us what a holiday can do to our spirits and energy. But
sometimes, it can be more than just a get-away. Sometimes it can bring you
closer to what you have been striving. Sometimes it can make you reflect.
Sometimes it can be a life changing or even a life threatening experience.
Well, I am not saying that this trip changed my life or anything. I am just
saying, sometimes it can happen to somebody! However, it certainly gave me time
to pause. Time to reflect. Time to slow the pace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">I
realized that ever since I moved to Hong Kong last year, I felt a rush to be
somewhere. A need to accomplish things before the break of the next dawn. Even
though I was having a great time all the while both at work and home, I felt
that I needed to do something more. Even though I was moving forward at a good
pace, I felt that I needed to run, jump and fly. In the last year, I certainly
met more than 365 people and certainly got more than 365 perspectives. Some
told me I was doing great. Some thought I was not aggressive enough. I heard
everyone, listened to few. But I was hard on myself. I wanted to do too many
things, actually everything, now! Whenever I felt that I was falling behind my
own set deadlines, I would take severe actions. And when I felt I was doing
good, I told myself to do better. I was quite unfair to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">In
Phuket, sitting on the beach, I heard the rhythm of ocean waves. I felt the
sand beneath my feet come and go with the tides. I noticed that not all the
waves made it to the beach. Some broke midway and some just managed to touch the
sands. However, all would gather speed again and then move towards the shore
with more speed than earlier, reaching further than earlier. It was all very
beautiful and yet very simple. I had of course seen this earlier on other
beaches too. But this time I realized that I too, can follow the waves. I
didn't have to reach the end of the shore every minute, every day. I didn't
have to have the same speed every time. It made sense to me. <b><i>A little bit of pause to increase
the pace and peace.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Now
I am back in Hong Kong, breaking my speed from time to time to gain more speed.
Does that make me less competitive? Certainly No. Does that make me more
productive? Certainly Yes. Does it make me happier? Certainly certainly Yes.(It
is not a typo). Does it make me more successful? Well, let's just say it makes me
<i>feel</i> more successful, a little more, each
day. Success too, after all, is a state of mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">I
hope that you feel happier and more successful today! </span></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-2223647597357301092012-01-24T14:13:00.004+05:302012-09-20T10:43:31.037+05:30Starting afresh this New Year! Time to let go the past!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hi
Friends! Happy New Year! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I hope that the year started great
for all of you. For me, yes it did! I had a great time in India with my family
and friends and now I am back in Hong Kong, just in time to celebrate the
Chinese New Year! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And as the first month of the new
year is coming to an end, I tried to retrospect this morning if anything had
happened worth noting down here. If I had discovered some pearls of wisdom to
share with you all. And I realized that I had in fact understood a very
important point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To tell you this point, I will start
with a short story which I had read in the Speaking Tree section of The Times
of India newspaper. The story goes like this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A wise man once told a joke to a group of people. Everyone was amused
and laughed a lot and appreciated the humour. After some time, he narrated this
joke again. This time, people were slightly less amused and just smiled. He
repeated the joke the third time and nobody gave a reaction. When he tried
telling the same joke again for the fourth time, people got irritated. Someone
shouted at the wise man asking why was he repeating the same joke again and
again. The man replied, "If repeating a joke ceases to amuse after a few times,
then how do we carry on with repeated remembrance of painful stories?"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As per my last post, when I was
noting my experiences of the last year and the dreams and challenges for the
coming year, I was reminded of some of the sad memories and unhappy incidents
from my past. I realized that I had been carrying them with me since many years
and they had only accumulated and become a huge emotional baggage affecting my
present and future. This baggage had only hurt me and given me more pain with
time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Many of us have been carrying the weight of these unnecessary painful
memories since ages. A lengthy warm discussion with my mum made me see that it
was time to let go, time to be free from this baggage. Time to be free from
fear, anger, hurt, resentment, guilt and all kinds of negative emotions from
the past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hence as the Chinese celebrate their
New Year with fireworks today, and the world rejoices with them, let us all
decide to leave something behind in 2011 and start the journey of 2012 afresh!
Lets free the diaries of our mind and heart and fill them with fresh happy
chapters. You might say that this is not easy. I agree. I wish that the human
genius would invent some device to retain only selective memories in our brain.
However until that happened, we would need to do it manually. And this how I
did it:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.
Free from Anger</b> - Try to make yourself free from all the anger, resentment,
or hatred that you might have carried for many different people since
childhood. You are only doing a favour to yourself by letting go of these
feelings towards them. Forgive them. I am not asking you to make them your best
friends. But rise to a level where it no longer affects you. The moment is
over. Now it is time to move on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Free from Guilt</b> - Quite often we life we blame ourselves for things
which happened in our lives or in the lives of our loved ones. However, don't
forget that we do not have control over everything. So free yourself from
guilt. If you know you made a mistake, try to redeem it. But do not spoil what
you can do today or tomorrow because of one wrong thing you did
yesterday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Free from regret </b>- Time machines only existed in fiction and hence
there is no way we are going to be able to go back and change our decisions,
our situations, our mistakes. Hence, believe that everything happened for a
reason and learn from them. Live in the moments of present and think of the
dreams of future. Try not to regret the past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Believe in yourself</b> - Believe in yourself and believe in the beauty
of your present and future. Just because something happened once in the past or
someone told you something, it does not become a reality. Trust yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I had read when I was a kid, that
every story has two parts. A beginning and an end. If you didn't like the beginning
you could give it a beautiful end. So don't remain stuck on the beginnings
which didn't start well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have decided to give some fresh
endings in the year 2012. I have decided to forget and to forgive. All the best
to you too!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kung Hei Fat Choy</span></b></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-84634704367645281902011-12-22T06:11:00.002+05:302012-09-20T11:05:46.672+05:30The Last 9 Days of 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hello! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">How
are you doing in the last week of 2011? Wow! Does it not sound a bit different
when I put it like that, rather than a mere <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">'How
are </i>you<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">?'</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I
am sure all of us are busy preparing for the big day - New Year's Eve! We have
made that reservation, shopped for that perfect party look etc. All in all, we
are all set to celebrate that second when the clock strikes 12! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">However,
have you planned anything for the last nine days of 2011, before that second
comes! With so many things happening, it can be a little overwhelming and so to
make it easy, let us think about what we would like to end the year with! Well,
here is my list! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Write down</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> at least one note,
one diary entry, one letter or one page to describe whatever that you are
feeling! It can be any memory of these last days which you want to stay with
you forever! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Click! - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get your cameras
ready! Whether you have a mini-pocket camera or an SLR - it doesn't matter!
What we are going to capture are feelings and not the flora-fauna of Amazon
forests! Take as many pictures as you can - not just of 31st evening, but
anything fun which you might be doing in this week. Like dinner with friends,
airport scene while taking that flight to home/holiday etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">One thing for 1st
Jan - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Try
and decide one thing which you would like to do on 1st Jan 2012, apart from
getting rid of the hangover from last night! This way the celebration will not
end on 31st night and you will have something good to start the new year with!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Connect - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you have not sent
that Christmas / Year End / New Year greeting to your friends and family, do it
now! Do not leave it for the last moment. Send that email/ card / or call, and
now is a good time to start!</span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Traveling? - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most people I know
are either taking a holiday right now or traveling to meet their family. Either
way, try and take a memorable trip in the last week of 2011. Even if it is a
short two day trip, I highly recommend to get out and move! You can even come
back before the new year eve celebrations! </span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">To-Do! - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Chuck that To-Do
list for a week! Don't worry about the hundred things which you might have
mentioned in the list. It's the last week, so don't feel guilty about giving
yourself a break! Rather, identify the few important things (like the above :)
) which you want to do and only think about completing those. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrate - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most importantly,
Celebrate! Trust me - you do not wish to end the year and begin the new year
sitting on your bean-bag with popcorn watching a movie or a TV show! You can do
this on any day of the year. Celebrate with your family &
friends, even if it is a dinner together - it is special! </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Light
up your room with candles, wear a new dress / jacket, go out for a special
dinner or anything else which you like to do! Remember that you do not need to
wait for special moments to happen to you, you can make them happen! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">See you in 2012! </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-26084928295357060342011-12-12T04:30:00.001+05:302011-12-12T04:37:11.373+05:30Reflections 2011 - Part 2; Ways to say Goodbye to 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope all of you
enjoyed reading the first in the series of Reflections 2011. Well, I can tell
you that I definitely enjoyed writing it because it brought back all the
wonderful memories of 2011. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Today, continuing
this a little further, I am going to write about the ways I have thought of, to end
this year meaningfully and well, interestingly! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank
you</span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2011</b></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Thinking about all the special, happy, funny
memories of 2011, I realized how none of it would have happened without all the
other people who made it happen. The interesting thing to note is that I was
not alone in any of my happy memory and I can bet that if you try and remember any of yours, you would not be in it alone
too! So, why not take out a minute to say thank you and show our gratitude to
all the people who made our year wonderful. Tell them how much they mean to
you! In the end, it is not about adding more <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">friends </i>on Facebook, but it is about adding more friendship to your
existing friends. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Dreams 2012</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I have always been a big believer in following
one's own dreams and wishes. And although I have unlimited dreams, every year I
try to fulfill some of them. And let me tell you something, it is working!
Slowly and steadily, I am getting there! Things which make me happy are truly
coming true! Isn't it amazing!</span></div>
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not possible all the time to get everything that you want! However, we do not
need to get everything at the same time.
Let us make it simple! This is what I do. Every year I write down at
least 5 dreams, which I think I want, to come true in the coming year. And the
target is to achieve at least 3 of them! Better still, write down 10. You have
a greater sample to choose from. And then when you know that you just have to
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diaries, journals or laptops and write down these things which you think you
want in 2012. And write down that you are going to get at least three of them. Start
with the ones which you think are most feasible, but be reminded that life is
indeed full of surprises and it will present you with something you never
expected, but always wanted!</span></div>
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am not a big fan of New Year Resolutions! For starters, I don't like anything binding. For me, I need
adventure, spontaneity and surprises to live my life and not a 12 month agenda
telling me what I should do! So I hardly make new year resolutions! However,
what I do is that I think of a few challenges which I would like to throw upon
myself for the next year! So, think of something. Something which you have contemplated doing, but
never got to! Something which you were scared of maybe! Or simply something
which seems challenging in itself. For me Challenge 2012 is going to be, 'learning
fluent Mandarin'. Yeah, that's right! And I hope that next year when I am
writing Reflections 2012, I can happily put it as one of my happy moments! So,
have you thought of your Challenge 2012 yet? </span></div>
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form the major part of our memories. Whether the experience is good or bad, it
will register. And although the good ones will bring smiles later, the bad ones
bring with them lessons. Now that I am done writing down my 'good' experiences,
I am going to write down my bad and sad ones. It is not the easiest task, I
know. However, after writing the not-so-good moments down, I am also going to
add what I learnt from them and how I can avoid the mistakes in the years to come. And
yes, those are not going to be posted on the blog! </span></div>
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I have made my list to do before the calendar strikes 31st December, I better
get started! Do you have your list? If you have more ideas, please share!
Wishing you all the best for the year end! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Wow! It has been such a long time since
I posted anything on this blog and I know apologies will not be sufficient to
make up for it. So I am back here with much more than just <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sweet sorrys.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Right now is an interesting time of the
year. A mixture of holidays, Christmas cakes, sale shopping, family and friends
gathering, snow, jingle bells, new year eve and new year resolutions. But
welcoming the new, always means saying good bye to the previous. And that is
not always easy. So, at a time when we are about to say goodbye to dear old
2011 and welcome the exciting 2012, I am going to bring for all of you a series
of posts in this month. Thoughts & contemplations, tips & techniques
and experiences and anecdotes for our simple souls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking back at the last eleven months
of this year, what would you want to remember first. I am sure the memories
that brought you smiles, laughter and of course happiness (and Facebook albums). Can you list all the moments which made you
do so? I am going to list mine. Why don't you create your own list and see how
fulfilling the year will seem to you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Rafting in the Ganga</span></b><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> - Going on this
fun adventure with my dear friends and diving into the cold waters of Ganga,
was one of the most memorable experiences of the last year. Am not sure if it
washed my sins, but definitely washed my fears away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Band, Baaja
& Baarat</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> - </span></b><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">It was
definitely a year of Big Fat Indian Weddings - for both of us - Bollywood and
me. Apart from the fact that I loved the movie, so many of my dear friends got
married this year. Looking back, I was fortunate enough to be a part of their
big day when they took their vows and promised each other a lifetime of
happiness (& fights). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Trips with family - </span></b><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Once you are out
of college, vacations look like a thing of fairy tales. But 2011 was kind
enough to make this tale a reality. Between my last job and the move to Hong
Kong, I could spend some quality time to spend with my family in my most loved
city, Ahmedabad and refresh the memory of those school and college vacations.
The fun picnics, playing Pictionary till late night with cousins, a trip to
Bhavnagar, restaurants, movies and outings with friends, and the list is
endless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Moving to Hong Kong - </span></b><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This will remain
one of the major interesting highlights of the last year. It was a huge step
for my husband and me. Luckily the transition went smoothly and both of us are
loving HK! Every bit of it! Everything from searching an apartment, getting our
first furniture, touristy weekend outings, learning Cantonese, LKF, beaches and
lots more have contributed to my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">'dear-diary'
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Swimming pools and sea - </span></b><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">After the
rafting experience , I decided to get my swimming costume and get my swimming
lessons! This was one of the new things I picked up (still learning actually)
in this year. And with this came my first dip into the salty sea water at Shek
O beach (HK). Even though I was no match for the waves, and the water flung me
across different directions until my husband came to my rescue, the experience
was completely exhilarating! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Master Chef of my kitchen - </span></b><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, this year also brought with it lots
and lots of cooking experiments and lots of new yummy dishes which I prepared
in my very own cute tiny kitchen! I love cooking and this year I took it to a
new level trying different cuisines all the time, so much that I am
contemplating starting a food blog in the next year! We will see! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Writing - </span></b><span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking back, this has also been the
year when I retrieved my long lost love - writing! Having a two months break
between two jobs, gave me the time to re-start what I always wanted to do!
Started two blogs (this one and www.nidhikushshah.blogspot.com) along with some
other writing projects (top secret at the moment)! However, I hope to be better
in 2012 with lot more posts on my blogs and many other things (again top secret
at the moment)! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Byington; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">These are some
of the key highlights which I could remember instantly. And as you must have
realized, the ones which I have noted are nothing like stepping on the moon or
building a robot or traveling the Amazon forests. These are my simple joys of
life, which made 2011 a special year for me! Why don't you try and remember the
good, significant and special memories of your 2011. I would love to read them
if you would like to share. Write these memories down and be grateful to
yourself and the people who made them happen! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“What
has happened to your blog? Why is there no new post since a long time?” A dear
friend asked me this question yesterday! And suddenly I realized that I had not
written for quite some time. Well, to be honest, written, but not posted on the
blog! Why? Many factors; but mostly excuses like, “other things kept me busy, I
have been traveling, commitments at work and family” and there is a string of
them to justify to none else but myself. However, now that I think of it, the
most important and honest reason was the fear of living up to the expectations
that I had set for me! My last few posts were liked and appreciated by my friends
and readers and hence, I wanted to make sure that the next one I wrote was –
‘up-to-the-mark’! And this made me delay typing down my penned pages! I was
apprehensive that what if my next post is not as good or as liked as the
previous one? Therefore, when I started this post, I had no title in mind. I
still don’t have one, but I know what I am going to write about. Fighting
performance expectations – from others and mostly from you! </span></div>
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more I thought about it, the more I realized that this is something which has
been in our lives since school days. You came first in the examination;
teachers and parents expected you to repeat the same and you studied harder and
were tensed before the exam! You won a debate competition in college; you and
your friends wanted you to do it again! You made an excellent presentation at
work; you got nervous before your next one and put more efforts! Why? It was
because, each time we accomplished something, we pushed the finish line further
away and we were scared of reaching this very finish line which others or we
ourselves had drawn for us! Isn’t that the reason we avoid doing many things in
the first place? </span></div>
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an example for yourself and everyone including you, expects you to supersede
your last work. And although we would love it that way, we need to remind
ourselves that the life’s curve is like a sine wave – there are both crests and
troughs equally. We have to realize that excellence is important, but so are
efforts! It is important to keep moving. Remember, that Sachin does not hit a
century all the time. And Mona Lisa was not the last painting by Leonardo da
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-20940979115918661842011-06-17T10:03:00.001+05:302013-11-20T05:01:49.256+05:30Are you ready.....for a CHANGE?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello...my dear friends! First of all, apologies for not having added anything new to the tapestry for a long time. I have now moved to Hong Kong and so the last couple of weeks were extremely hectic, moving and settling down in the new place. Yeah, everything is different – new city, new home, new people, new language and a new me! Everything has changed! The question is, am I ready for this change!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Moving and adjusting to a new city is not a new phenomenon in my life, however every time it occurs, it adds a completely different perspective to my persona and to my life. As a kid when I changed cities, it was all about changing schools, making new friends all over again, learning a new language etc. My concerns appeared to be more challenging than my parents, who had to worry about a new house, getting admissions for me and my brother into a new school, packing and unpacking etc. As I grew, the concerns translated into <i>little</i>more serious aspects like changing jobs, working with a new team etc. However, throughout the years, only one thing remained constant in my life – CHANGE! And thus, I grew to love it, be excited with it and look forward to embracing it! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After school, the university I got into was not by my choice but by situation, only to realize later that I couldn’t have been happier at any other place. I have been a day scholar throughout and never took to hostel life as I couldn’t afford to miss the luxuries of being at home, only to discover (after being married to a student studying and staying at IIM Bangalore) that life couldnt be the same without experiencing the hostel nightouts. I hated when my alarm went on at 8 AM, only to see the beauty of the rising sun, because now I <i>have to</i> get up at 5:30 AM. I used to be scared of heights and would never go the balcony of my friends appartment on the 10<sup>th</sup> floor, only to realize two days back, that the view from the 22<sup>nd</sup> Floor window of my hotel room is simply mind-blowing! With each changed situation, I had something to learn. Some people prefer to call these incidents unexpected or unwanted changes. I, on the other hand, prefer to call them as “Serendipity”! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think its upto us, how to react when the road called life presents us with a change at the next exit! Are we ready to take the new road or do we wish to take a U-turn and go back to the familiar route? Do we want to remain in the comfort zone or go ahead and let interesting accidents of change happen to you? I say, take a chance and face the change! You never know whats in store for you!</span></span></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-69077561172004113572011-05-14T13:29:00.029+05:302012-08-29T15:34:10.163+05:30The art of saying “NO”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span class="Apple-style-span">I heard my friend telling me yesterday, “I didn’t really want to go for the movie but I couldn’t say no!” I remember her telling me some time back, “I really wish I didn’t have to go to work this Saturday to help a colleague with his pending reports.” And this kept on occurring from time to time! And I recognized what her problem was! She was not able to say the ‘forbidden’ word – NO!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span class="Apple-style-span">And then I realized that this problem was not hers alone. Lot of people around us were fighting within to say this word! How many times have we found ourselves in an awkward or unpleasant situation where we wished we could say “NO”, but ended up giving an affirmative? How many times have we been pushed to do things which we didn’t want to, by our friends, family or colleagues? I have a feeling that we come across such situations quite often either at home, work or elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span class="Apple-style-span">But have we wondered that why are we not able to say “NO” at the right moment? The reason is the fear of making the other person unhappy or spoiling the relationship. We have been made to believe that it is rude to say no to people! However that is not the case. Being assertive is not the same as being impolite. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span class="Apple-style-span">We have to understand first, that it is important to express our refusal in certain situations because if we don’t we will be carried away. If we are unable to express it in the first instance then it becomes even more difficult the next time. After some time, we develop an inner resentment towards ourselves and other people and ultimately it affects our relationships with them. We also end up wasting a lot of our important time doing unnecessary favours. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span class="Apple-style-span">So what do we do? The secret is in the art of saying the forbidden word <i>–“NO”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Set Priorities – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If you have your priorities right, then you will know yourself what needs to be done first and what to say no to! <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> Reschedule – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Try and reschedule the request of favour to a later time when you think you will be able to do it. This way you will not end of giving a straight refusal and also not disturb your current timetable. However don’t do this, unless you wish to do this task at a later instance. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Polite but Firm – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Being polite is important while refusing. For example one could say, “I would have loved to do it, but….”, or “I am probably not the best person to do this...” etc. You can give any such reason politely. However remember to be firm. Make the other person understand that you can’t be persuaded to change your mind!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Don’t give too many explanations – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Saying No when you feel is your right, so don’t offer too many explanations for the refusal.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It might seem a little difficult in the beginning, but once you have mastered the art of saying no at the right moment, you will discover that it’s really not that tough! You will end up saving a lot of time, be more efficient and relaxed and happier! I learnt it and I know I am happier! Why don’t you try! </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-53750098577659068832011-04-29T12:29:00.004+05:302011-05-26T11:37:08.389+05:30The Magical Words<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">It was 2 AM. And Nikita was tossing on her bed from one side to another. It was not new to her that she was not asleep at this time. On most situations she would either be reading a book or watching a movie. But today there was another reason for her insomnia. Her thoughts were keeping her awake. Definitely something was wrong!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">She had an argument with her mother the last week! She was on ‘not-talking’ terms with her colleague! Her little sister didn’t want to talk to her. Her best friend had not called her for days after the last heated conversation they had! And so on! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">“Why is suddenly everyone so unhappy with me?”, she thought to herself! Unable to find any answers herself, she started doing what she loved the most – she took out her old letters from her dearest people and started reading them. At least that will make me feel happy!”, she reflected! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">While going through the bundle, she found a tattered letter from her grandfather. He had written this to her when she was in the 3<sup>rd </sup>grade. Carefully she opened the letter, as she was scared that it would tear at the folds. She had forgotten all about the content, but what intrigued her to read further was the title that her grandpa had given to the letter – <i>‘The Magical Words’</i>. What could it be? She started reading it. It said,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Hope your exams went well? Did you enjoy reading the Fairy Tales book which I sent with mumma?</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Well, today I am sending another gift with this letter. I am going to tell you the secret magical words! Yes! These are the words which fairies, elves, pixies and everyone else in the far far land use when they talk with each other. And you know what, they never fight. They never make anyone else feel bad with their words. They are friends forever and are very happy!</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">These magical words are “THANK-YOU”, “I am SORRY” and “PLEASE”! Whenever anybody does an act of kindness to you, say Thank-you. Whenever you know you are wrong or have fought with your friend say I am Sorry. And whenever you want something say Please. And say these words with all your feelings and you will realize that they will work wonders – just like magic! </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Remember to use the magical words next time you talk to someone!</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;"> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Lots of love,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">Nikita didn’t move. She had completed reading the letter but not the thought which her grandpa had sent her. She remembered that how as a kid., she had taken this message to heart and followed it and how it had worked like magic for her! And suddenly she knew the answer to the thought that had been keeping her awake. She had forgotten to use the magical words! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">And this is something which happens to many of us. As we grow, we somehow forget to use these magical words. Or even if we do, do we mean it? How many times have we genuinely apologized a friend whom we have hurt? How many times have we truly acknowledged and thanked the person who has helped us, maybe in the slightest manner? And how many times have we asked for something without taking the help for granted?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;">A slightest ‘Thank-you’, ‘Sorry” or ‘Please’ from the bottom of our hearts can work miracles – more than any other magical word like “Abracadabra”!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</div></div>Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-87651437776612821202011-04-10T17:37:00.003+05:302011-05-26T11:37:46.852+05:30Follow Your Dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Follow Your Dreams”!</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You might wonder that why suddenly (and that too after such a long time) have I started the post with such words! Well, actually last week I was talking to some students (at IIT Gandhinagar, where I am working at the moment) about believing in and following their dreams!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I told them, that while clearing a cupboard (on my mother’s insistence) filled with old books, diaries and tons of memories, I discovered an old diary which I had started writing when I was 10 years old. On the last page of the diary I had written a line, “<b><i>I want to travel the whole world”</i></b> about which I had completely forgotten over the years. As time passed, I got my engineering qualification and was going to join a reputed software company. However, the dream etched in my sub-conscious stopped me going after that job. Instead I went to Australia to do something completely different – work in the field of education. Coming back to India, my work required me to travel across India & Nepal. Last year, from Bangalore, again my dream led me to take, what people called, a crazy decision to quit my job and go to Europe for three months! And I ended up visiting 14 countries the last three years! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reading that line from my 15 years old diary made me revisit this entire journey in a flash. I realized that my dream as a child was influencing my decisions and leading me towards it. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But how many of us know what our dreams really are? What are the things we really really want to do or go after? And what are the things which we end up doing or taking up because of family, peer or societal expectations? And if we do discover that this is something which we really want, would we have the courage to follow it, fight for it! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I had read a short story sometime back. Two brothers while climbing to their apartment on 80<sup>th</sup> floor (as the elevator was not working), decided to dump their bags on the 20<sup>th</sup> floor. They could not carry it further and decided to come back later for it. They quickly climbed the next 20 floors hardly talking to each other. During the climb to the 60<sup>th</sup> floor, they were getting tired and irritated and fought with each other complaining about the situation they were in. After reaching the 60<sup>th</sup> floor, they decided as there were only 20 floors left, they would climb quietly in peace. On reaching the 80<sup>th</sup> floor they found out that they had forgotten the key in the bag, because of which they would not be able to rest in peace now!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This story is an excellent reflection of our lives. When we are young, we have too much load of others expectations and so we decide to dump the key to our happiness – our dreams, and then think that we will come back to them later. But we forget them. From the age of 20 to 40, we get busy doing various things and forget to think about what we left behind. At the age of 40 we realize and complain that we are not happy doing whatever we are doing. And then at 60 we make peace with ourselves, deciding to spend the rest of our life quietly. And at the end of life’s journey, we can’t rest in peace because somewhere there is an un-fulfilled dream within us which we left ages ago!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I would just conclude saying that if there is something which we truly love and want to achieve in life and if we truly believe in it, then there is nothing stopping us to get it. Just go for it!</span></div></div>Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-65031916286132478612011-03-08T11:22:00.012+05:302011-05-26T11:38:11.370+05:30Happy Women's Day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Since school I have been listening to the line, <i>"The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world."</i> Although I felt great each time I heard it, I probably did not understand its complete meaning until I grew a little older. </span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And as the world celebrates the International Women's Day today, I have penned down a composition of verse for all the women of the world who have fought and worked hard to be where they are today! Who have made a huge difference in our small lives with their love and affection!Who have made an enormous contribution to make this world a better place to live in. </span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">My message to all my fellow women is that <b><i>"Being born as a woman is a privilege in itself"! B</i>elieve in yourself and the fire within! <i><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">She hides her strength beneath her beauty</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">With a charming smile on her face</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Her tender eyes exudes courage to endure</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Both, gloom and glory, with grace!</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">She spreads colour and fragrance everywhere</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Like a blooming beautiful flower</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">However her roots, which are well grounded</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Is her source of immense power!</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">She starts her journey as an obedient daughter</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">And grows into a devoted wife</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">And then she becomes the loving mother</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">And plays all three roles, all her life! </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">She is the one who holds the family</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Through its phases, smooth and rough</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">With tears of joy in happy times</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">And smiles during times tough! </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">She works hard and smart to earn her due</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">For her honour and principles, she fights</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Sometimes with dignified acts and words</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Sometimes with all her might! </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">She is ready to face the challenges</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">She is ready to win the world.</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Yet for her, her prime accomplishment is</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">When in her arms, her baby is sleeping curled. </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">As I started writing this email today, </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">I could not think of words to say.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">I came here a year back, unknown to this place,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">With my husband, a handbag and a big suitcase. </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">I had thought I was going to miss my friends and home,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">And would spend most of my time, all alone.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">However as time passed and days went by, I began to see,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">I loved my room and the window with a view of the tree. </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">The beautiful campus with morning green and evening hue</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">But most importantly, my friend it was you.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">You made me a part of this campus life,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">And not like just a fellow-student's wife.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Dinners, parties and movie nights, </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Smiles, tears and silly fights.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">The ups and downs you saw me through,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">This life was like a dream come true. </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">And now its time to say goodbye</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">And a tear trickles down my eye</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Friends, I love you all and be well,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Are the words I say, as I bid farewell. </span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Hey All! Once again, I bring a poem for you from my collection. I wrote it couple of years back when I was trying to explain the subject to my 5 year old cousin. Hope you like it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">“Where is God”, he asked,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">And his mother gave a smile</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">“Sit down here”, she said</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Hidden from the mortal eyes</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">God dwells everywhere</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He’s the gold of the golden rays </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Which enter your room at dawn</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He’s the fragrance of the flower</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Which blooms everyday in your lawn.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He is in the humming of the bees</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">And in the songs of the birds</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He is the music of our lives</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Which can’t be expressed by words.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He’s there in the hot blazing deserts</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">And in the mountains, steep and high</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He resides in the deep blue oceans</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">And the forests outlining the sky.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He’s present in the fury of the storms</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">And in the cool gentle breeze</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He is there in the white foamy waves</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Which run of the seas with ease.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He is the silver of the moon</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He is the twinkle of the stars</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He everywhere in the universe</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Be it Neptune, Pluto or Mars.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He is the smile which lights your face</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He is the tear of your eye</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">You should remember him when you smile</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span">You should remember him when you cry.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He present in every truth of science</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span">He is there in the beauty of art</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Do you still want to know, where is He?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Just look into your heart!”</span></div>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span">"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”</span>, </i></b>they say! But this is certainly not the message which the cosmetic companies want to give us! Showing advertisements where a girl with a snow-white-flawless-complexion is out there winning the world, is definitely sending out a wrong word to the masses. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">For generations, great writers and poets have penned down beautiful and mesmerizing words to describe the beauty of a lady! However, today I have a poem, which I wrote during my first year at engineering, to express my definition of it! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><i><b>BEAUTY</b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">They teased her calling dark and ugly,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And often made her cry</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">They offended, ignored and made fun</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Of the girl, so timid and shy!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Never could she join their games</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And was kept out of everything,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Longingly, she would watch them</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Whey they used to dance and sing!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">No one knew how she felt</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">No one saw her weep</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">But there was one person from whom,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Her secret, she could not keep!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Nothing was hidden from her mother, </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">However hard she tried to hide.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">For a mother’s heart could tell her child’s smile,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And it would know when her child cried!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And so one day, when she could bear no more</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">She went to her daughter and said</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">“Come with me, I want to talk to you</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And listen with your heart and head!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I know why you don’t talk for hours</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Even when you have lots to say</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I know why you sit alone, quite</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">When other children dance and play!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Don’t take to your heart, hurting words,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">As they are not true</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Whatever you have is God’s gift</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Lovingly chosen for you!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Whatever may be the shape and colour </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Beautiful, all flowers are.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Sometimes dim, sometimes bright</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">But a star is always a star!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">You have a pure affectionate soul </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And you always do your duty.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Your truthful eyes, and your innocent smile</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Is what makes you a beauty!!” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-47336158178634794032011-01-09T23:11:00.002+05:302012-12-05T09:18:08.029+05:30Oh No! Its Monday!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">“Oh No! It’s Monday tomorrow!!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Did
you share this sentiment as the weekend is coming to an end? Do you dread
Sunday nights and Monday mornings? Does Monday seem to be the slowest day
of the week? Well then, its diagnosed! You are suffering from what everybody
calls “Monday Blues”. What’s new! We knew that already, you might say! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">However,
this suffering can be brought to an end! I hated Mondays, until I tried the
things I have listed below! And now, believe it or not, but I really look forward
to Mondays! Exaggeration? No! You will see….. </span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">SMILE, SMILE & SMILE a
lot!! It’s infectious and effective! </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Pick up your <b><i>favourite
dress/shirt</i></b> on Sunday evening and keep it ready to wear it the
next day! Let Monday be your best dressed day of the week at work! </span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Acknowledge & Appreciate – </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">send a word of thanks to some
old friends / colleagues/ family, anyone who you know deserves it, helped
you in some tiny little way in your life. Acknowledge their effort and
make them smile. Trust me, you will feel happy too!</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Decide to do <b><i>one fun
thing</i></b> for Monday evening, like watch a movie, go for a fine
dinner, go shopping, or just meet up with some friends. It can be anything
else you like! This way you will have something exciting to look forward
to as the day tags along! </span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Give yourself a <b><i>head-start</i></b>!
Finish up some of the work planned for Monday on Friday afternoon! Having
one thing less to do is a great feeling. </span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Make a list of things you
accomplished in the last week, and the things you want to over the coming week!
Will give you a sense of <b><i>Meaningful Mondays. </i></b></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Keep the To-Do list for Monday,
<b><i>Simple & Short</i></b>! </span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Play your <b><i>best music</i></b>!
Peppy Dance numbers help a lot! </span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Have <b><i>good food</i></b>
throughout the day – starting with a great breakfast! Yeah! Yummy food
does make you feel better! </span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Get some <b><i>exercise</i></b>,
preferably in the morning! Go for a short walk / jog, take
some fresh air, sunshine and take in the beauty of nature! </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Eventually,
while doing these, you will realize that there are many other things, apart
from the above 10 which will make you happy! Soon, you will have your own list!
And the time is not far away, my friend, when you will hear yourself say</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">“Thank
God it's Monday!” Exaggeration Again? Try it! </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"></span></span></div>
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Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-7478921637596074722011-01-01T19:49:00.001+05:302011-02-20T20:56:08.771+05:30Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Wow! It is January 1, 2011 - the beginning of the ‘New Year’, another year! And with it comes time to take the New Year Resolutions! Time to call friends; Time to revive long forgotten friendships, time to start something which was left pending ages ago, because something else came up! Time for Retrospection! An excellent reason and a chance to start everything afresh!! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And before I go on taking fresh resolutions for the New Year, I look back and think if I lived up to what I had thought exactly a year ago! Have I fulfilled the promises I had made to myself or to others. And although I realized that I was somewhere in the middle, the year, with its ups and downs, has been a great lesson!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And so I do not have a list of fancy resolutions for the new year! As I realize, that it is much difficult to achieve simpler yet realistic goals. It is much difficult to remain yourself and genuine, than be popular! It is much difficult to preserve relationships than to build new ones! It is much difficult to live up to your expectations than fulfilling others! And it is much difficult to make fewer people really happy rather than pleasing everyone I know! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And hence, the coming year, I am going to revel in the simple joys of life. To be true to myself and the people I truly love and cherish and my goals and aspirations! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And I so I raise a toast, wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!! To Life; to family and to friends who make this life worth living for! </div></div>Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-16348782052142668792010-12-30T17:36:00.002+05:302011-05-10T11:02:03.629+05:30The Aliens Speak<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">I had written this poem when I was in Std. 12 to express my views on something which I feel strongly about - Nature!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">The Aliens Speak<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Once upon a time on this planet</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Lived some strange creatures,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">They could eat and walk and talk like us,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">And possessed beautiful features.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">They called themselves Homo sapiens,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">And to us they referred as ‘aliens’.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Some of them thought we were mere imagination,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">And our existence was always a question. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">They were proud of something they had, called ‘brain’,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Which they wasted away in vain!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">As they were the cause of their own destruction,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">War! Explosion! War! Explosion!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">The deep blue sky soon lost its colour</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">There was no winter; There was no summer.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">The perennial brooks became thirsty,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Tired they looked, dry and rusty.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">All this didn’t give them satisfaction,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">For this it seems, was only a fraction!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">What happened next was more terrible,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Incredulous?? Or Incredible??</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"> </span></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Everyday a different war,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">It spread like a disease without a cure.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Everyday few hundreds died!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Everyday few hundreds cried!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"> </span></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">And finally there came an end</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">To this ugly and horrendous trend</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Cause there was no one left to die,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">And there was no one left to cry!!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">They neither lost, they neither won!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">But they definitely left a lesson!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">So that we don’t repeat what they have done,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">So that we don’t repeat what they have done!!</span> </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Nidhi Kush Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523778069406718989noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378921520913185161.post-45734621784723669702010-12-22T12:59:00.002+05:302012-08-29T15:37:59.331+05:30Whispering Trees!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And I stood under a tree, to save me from rain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">It startled me and a looked behind,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">But there was no one I could find.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I thought it was a silly hallucination,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And probably, my weird imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">But that was where, I was wrong,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And now I could hear a feeble song.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I strained my ears to hear the sound,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And was terrified at what I found……</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was a whisper from the trees,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Which gave me a shiver in my knees!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The following were the words they said, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">“We the trees, in every season,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Serve men without any reason,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">We serve them in hot; we serve them in wet,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">But in return, what do we get?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day by day our numbers decrease,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">As if we are paying fees, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Of making this earth a lively place,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And adding beauty to its face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nature has been partial to man,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">But we can neither move nor walk,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">For our survival, we can’t fight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">We don’t have strength, to show our might.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nor do we wish to fight back,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">As that cruelty is what we lack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have no accusations to make,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please let us live, is what we plead,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And we hope to this request, man will heed. “</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The rain had stopped and so had I,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And a tear trickled down my eye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I had never imagined that man could be so cruel,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Towards one, who gave him food and fuel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I still think in my solitude,</span></div>
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