Flip Flop---the way we do.....

Its almost 11.00 in the night and i am about to write or yell at the internet world. But do you know yelling does help us to relieve ourselves of our tensions and we will be in a better position of handling the things in the day to day life filled with tensions.

And hence i am yelling at you please don't mind. Have you ever faced a situation wherein you had to buy back your words which were uttered out of frustration/ with an intention to hide something which you didn't wish to divulge? Yeah, we often face such instances in life and when we are caught we use a comfortable technique called or known as FLIP-FLOP and this is the subject of this hour.

Have you counted the number of times you have twisted your tongue and faced an embarrassing situation indeed? And it is quite interesting to find that there exists a direct relationship between the number and the principles followed by you. And it is a fact indeed. When you speak out something it is a function of the principles followed by you and when you are strong at your principles no one can rule out your decisions as to be flimsy.

These flip flops can also make you look like a joker but at certain times can break the hearts very badly and hence it is better to gauge the effect of these flip flops and limit the same to be of a less milder one...So be careful with your words... :)

Art of decision making...quite difficult..

We almost drive ourselves into a situation wherein a left and right directions confuse us a lot. But the one who is clear about his/her destination chooses right direction quite early indeed. The one who gets stuck in confusion eats up the time. But even after doing so if the person chooses wrong direction then it is a disaster of massive ill effects.

I have no hesitation in accepting the fact that i am a late pick vehicle, but i am even proud to say that though late I end up in riding in the right direction. Due to this disadvantage of doing late people usually hesitate to travel along. Earlier it used to make me feel incapable and often guilty about my inability to move along with the people which even made me to restrict my rightful desires but as the time passed the same so called giving up became a fault among the eyes of the people. Though i did it for the love of the dear ones but they began to see me as a incapable idiot.

It was a difficult part of my life, but never to say 'I cannot' got up from the sober situation to tackle the challenge right through its eyes, I am struggling for excellence and quite confident in completing the circle in a big way. So many nos, so many laughs but everyone had one wish for me, they wanted to see me happy and I love their deep from heart support.The only thing which make me feel painful is about the fact that I wasted precious time on not so precious things and never wish to repeat the same. Striving towards excellence till the end..love this life...

A night-out... Its Namma Bengaluru Awards..2012

On 16th March at 6.30pm wanting to be in a crowded environment to have that little bit of extra energy to be gained from them, checked out the newspaper's event section and it was Namma Bengaluru Awards-2012 presented by Namma Bengaluru Foundation for various people serving Bengaluru city under their own capacities.

It was just twenty minutes drive from my house. Saturday weekend at Malleshwaram ground, its fixed. Got my bike and I was there to become a part of vibrant environment and was not disappointed.

Program began with a special performance by a Bangalore lad who painted portrait of Shri Kempegowda in 5 minutes, it was great fete (sorry I don't remember his name), next piece of painting was still more wonderful he managed to draw portrait of Dr. Rajkumar (Icon of Kannadigas) upside down. Couldn't stop appreciating his talent.

And next one hour, it was awarding session where dignitaries were awarded in various categories with a Mantap. And crowd cheered for each awardee. 

Finally it was for music and fun. Guess the person and it was our own energetic Raghu Dixit who made the audience stand on their toes with his ever Vibrant music supported by his flutist, guitarists and drummer, a perfect combination indeed.

He sang many songs for us and made our hearts bloom to its maximum size and hence made my day. 

A sincere thanks to him and Namma Bangaluru foundation.

PIN CODE PROBLEM....Interesting..!!!

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/residents-get-prickly-over-pin-code-change/article4513272.ece

K.S. Upadhya has lived in Thyagarajanagar for 42 years. In that time, he’s grown used to the area — located in one of the city’s oldest parts — and its pin code, 560028.

So when India Post recently issued a notice announcing that the Thyagarajanagar Post Office would be merged with the Banashankari II Stage Post Office, which has the 560070 pin code, Mr. Upadhya turned livid. “Lakhs of people are affected by this,” fumed the retired lecturer. “Why is only ours being changed? Is Basavanagudi’s pin code being changed?”

Mr. Upadhya isn’t alone; several residents of the area were anxious to retain their own pin code.

A group of them converged on Friday morning outside the Thyagarajanagar Post Office on Netaji Road. Led by the Basavanagudi councillor B.S. Satyanarayana, they signed their names to oppose the change, even stopping passersby to express their solidarity through their signatures.

‘We weren’t told’

Residents, who’ve been used to 560028 for the past 40 years or so, got to know of the change two weeks ago. They were as angry about the change as they are about the fact that they weren’t consulted. “It is a unilateral decision!” Mr. Upadhya said repeatedly.

Councillor Satyanarayana sent a memorandum protesting the change to Ananth Kumar, Member of Parliament from Bangalore South, who has forwarded it to the Chief Postmaster General.

Residents say the reasons for the change are unclear; beyond stating that it was done for convenience and efficiency, officials have not offered explanations.

The postal authorities have tried to convince residents that since the pin code (postal index number) worked essentially as an internal reference number for post offices, citizens would not be affected. The pin code itself (560028) has not been seized, said an official (who requested not to be named). “It is still valid, and people will still receive mail if they continue to use the 560028 pin code,” the official toldThe Hindu.

All that red tape

The main fear among residents is one that turns even battle-scarred veterans into quivering jelly: the paperwork involved in updating records.

A pamphlet produced as part of the campaign lists a series of documents that would need to be updated, including driving licence, passport, ration card, voter IDs and so on.

“We’ll have to run from pillar to post to get these updated now,” said Parthasarathy M., another retired resident of the area.

“A single spelling mistake in our passport leads to it being rejected, and now we will have to spend so much time with each record,” as Mr. Satyanarayana pointed out.

Others strike a more ambiguous note, pointing to the current lack of information about the merging. N. Vasudevan, a retired HAL official who has lived in Thyagarajanagar since 1974, said: “Since we haven’t been told exactly why they are changing it, I don’t know if it will be beneficial to us or not. If it is, I don’t mind.”

A ride to remember....:)

Never had been through such a series of incidents, a travel which I ought to remember...

My brother got me a travel ticket which would take me and my brother to Chennai on a multi-axle bus owned by a travels company and the booking was done on RED-BUS website.

It was around 9.30 pm on 13/feb and cab was at our door steps.Within one hour, our cab reached the Majestic area where the bus was supposed to departure. Bus did arrive as per schedule to bus stop and we got into the bus after all other passengers from Chennai got down except some six members.

After identifying our seats..we got settled to have a good travel nap. And the next moment there was an argument between those six people who had not alighted the bus with the bus driver.

We thought it to be a minor issue and dint care much about the incident. Bus was suppose to depart at around 10.45pm and it was 11.15pm. Argument still continued without any signs of settlement and we were getting late. With no other choice, we need to go to the spot and enquire into the details. 

Six people were supposed to travel to Pune, are you wondering about their travel in the bus bound to bangalore? I have the answer, the guys booked the ticket to pune via redbus and due to some confusion or greed of the bus travels, these guys were assured of a connecting bus from bangalore to pune as soon as they dropped at bangalore. But to the bad luck of the bus travels , the other connecting bus left the place as it was fully booked.

And the pune guys were left sulking. I really admired the quick action taken by those guys who called the police and took the bus driver along with the bus and us to the police station to lodge a complaint against the owner of the bus. 

At last, the bus manager had to pay for the greed and refund the amount to those six travelers for the inconvenience.And we on the other end were busy complaining to the bus driver about the delay.

After much hush and rush, bus did depart at around 1.00am....:(

So dear friends and travelers,  pl do travel in buses operated by standard travel company when it is about long journey..and this turns out to be the moral of the story...

Confusion is no excuse.!!!!

Tomorrow is a holiday and need to spend it in a worthy manner...Should I go to a movie, or visit a temple or get in touch with a friend?.Confusion.....

Ok! Let me spend the holiday by watching a movie.. but three cinemas have been released over the week..should I go for that or for this or third one?.Confusion...

Selection of third one will introduce me to a next set of questions..there are two malls which are running the shows..one is nearest but is costly...second one is far away but sell cheaper tickets..Confusion

Selected the nearest mall, should I book ticket for only one or call the friends to join me.? Confusion

Called my friends and was reminded about the friends marriage..oh great!! all confusions put to rest..No options but only one direction to select...

Should I present a cash gift or something else.confusion :)))

Power of like :))

The power of like…

Have you ever observed in your life about an act committed by you willfully and differentiate it with a act committed just because of some external pressure. Well most of the people like to do easy things and get frustrated when they are given a task beyond their limits.

  

But my topic is not about the easy or difficult tasks but is more about the acts which we like to do but due to some reasons we find ourselves incapable of fulfilling those wishes. IT may as simple as dancing in a rain or as complex as inventing some new concepts in this world. But a wish is a wish and it keeps scratching our hearts to make us feel dejected.

 I would like to mention about the story of a person involved in carving statues of Gods. A good job, a happy family and a good talent. Guy was leading a heavenly life. Each and every idol carved by him was exhibiting divine look and this made people from far end to come in search of this great artist. Always busy was this good  and god loving human.

As usual involved was this gentlemen, another gentlemen introducing himself as a representative of a great kingdom reached out to the artist with an offer to carve a six feet idol of a goddess to be kept a temple being constructed by the king. Talented sculpture was very happy to accept the offer and started his work of the idol to be completed asap.

With great devotion and dedication sculpture completed carving of the sculpture out of most precious stone available with him and it was taken to the temple where it was to be kept for worshiping. On the inaugural day king was mesmerized with the artistic as well divine beauty associated with the idol. He was so much impressed that he ordered his minister to take him to the sculpture along with great amounts of gold and silver as a reward to the talent.

Artist was very happy to receive the king and accepted reward graciously. But the next moment he was stunned by a request of king. King’s request was to carve his image with same artistic sense as done with idol of goddess. Artist was left speechless, but was able to regain his balance and explained his position. 

Artist spoke,” Honorable king. I have been honored by your request but at the same time you need to understand that I have dedicated myself to carving of idols of God and Goddess, which happens to be the main reason of interest for me to be a great artist. I fear that I may not be able to get your image imposed on to the stone as perfectly as imposing the image of divine souls. I hence express by inability of accepting your request.”

King was polite enough to understand the feelings of artist but tried to incite the greed quality by offering one tenth of his property to him. Still the artist refused and king had to return empty handed.

When the artist's family came to know about the king's offer, they were so much excited that they began to pressurize former to accept the offer. Unable to convince the family about his sentiments, artist sent a message to the king about accepting the offer and requested for some of his paintings as reference to his carvings.

King readily sent the paintings and artist began carving the idol. But this time there was something missing from his end- dedication and devotion. He completed the carving and sent the idol to king.

King, who was eagerly waiting for the idol was quite happy to see the statue covered with cloth. He ordered the servants to the remove the shield. With all the members of the family present over there, when the shield was removed everyone began to laugh. 

The idol resembled to the brother of King than by king himself. King was much embarrassed by the idol; he immediately dispatched soldiers with a message composed by his minister.

Soldiers reached the place of the artist and read out the message:

Respected Artist,

I received the idol and I am sad to inform you that it doesn’t resemble an inch of my king. It would have been better if you had not carved the idol itself. I believe that a sense of greed prevailed on you in accepting our offer and made you commit a grave mistake of insulting my king by not acting in the right manner.

It is hence decided that you are hereby banished from our kingdom for a year as a reward for your mistake
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After reading out the message, soldiers immediately asked him to vacate the kingdom and sent him and his family away from the boundaries.

It is a simple story to demonstrate that more than the money it is the interest and like associated with an work which has the ability to glorify it and nothing else can substitute the same..!!!