The murder of a Battalion

A battalion of mosquitoes were killed yesterday and I’m the killer. I admit the murder, but plead not guilty as this was an act of self-defence. Here is my say:

There were at least a hundred of them! I have no idea from where they all appeared all of a sudden, and never in my life have I seen these many of them all at once. Thanks to the electric mosquito killer bat that helped me kill at least around 70 mosquitoes. No kiddin.. I’m not sure what I’d do without the magic weapon. God bless those who invented it!

The event reminded me of the picture of Bobinson’s feet with mosquitoes all over them, which was put up all over the city. But sadly I couldn’t get a pic like that. I was panting like a dog after my stint with the mosquitoes, after which niKx took over the action. And after all that swatting, there still were so many, perching at levels that we couldn’t reach. That’s when we decided to use HIT the home insecticide. It is amazing how these tiny beings are able to reach as high as the 13th floor with those tiny wings.

The battle continues. Waiting for tonight for the next stint to happen. Gotta recharge my batteries & get ready for it!

Sona Mohapatra Again!

This lady is simply awesome! After not seeing her on screen for 2 years I feared she wouldn’t be back. And just then she appeared on MTV! I didn’t see the show myself, but  some of my friends knowing that I’d be happy about it called me up and told me about the  show and that she was back and amazing as ever with her new song Diljale from the album Raat Din.

I’m so glad to see her back again with some reverberating music coz I just LOVE her music and her voice. I heard her saying in an interview that playback singing for Bollywood is not her ultimate dream. She prefers to play her own music on stage with her band and directly face her audience. That is a very bold statement and it portrays her passion and determination to succeed in the longer and tougher path that she has chosen. I pray she’ll always have the strength to go on like this coz I relate to her music very well & want to hear more from her. Keep up the good work Sona!

The Death of Cricket

I recently followed a Buzz that turned out to seem like a debate between Bobinson and Amal regarding the IPL. One person on the note that IPL is an anti-national event and that it should be banned forever and the other pointing out the positive aspects of it. I feel that Amal had some really good points there.

Reading through it took me back to the days when I was an ardent fan of the Indian cricket team and never missed an ODI that India played. I don’t remember when I first watched the game, but the first time I followed it and understood what it was, was in 1990. It was my brother who introduced me to the game.

Though I have never played the game or I’m not very technically sound about it, the excitement it generated was awesome. The cheer, the spirit, the emotions – I’d jump with joy whenever India won a game and I’d pray for miracles to happen whenever it looked like India would lose. Somehow most of the turning point matches always happened whenever I had an exam. I’d always be between the tension of the game and the tension of my exams. Oh especially those India-Pak matches. Calling them matches wouldn’t do justice.. they were wars! Though I had favourites in other teams too, the Indian cricket team always mattered the most to me. I was damn crazy about it to the extent that I’d sometimes imagine myself as a cricketer and being a part of the Indian cricket team.

And then came 1999 when the betting controversies and match fixing sagas were revealed. I was shattered when I came to know that some of my favourite cricketers were involved and that there was a dirty world behind the scenes. I regretted all those times amidst my exams when I spent time praying for those guys to win, when all the while they were just acting it out and betraying the country. I vowed then that cricket wouldn’t influence my life again. Many people find it hard to believe me when I tell them that I was once a cricket fan and this is why it doesn’t excite me a lot now.

Every time I see a match I wonder if it is true.. the bad performances, the catches they drop, the run outs that happen and I don’t feel the blood rushing through my veins. I no longer follow the game and barely know the present cricket team players. I’m married into a family that doesn’t have any interest in any game or sport whatsoever in spite of 2 boys being in the family. So that makes it easier for me to not watch it. But sure it still is nice to watch a game once in a while when I have nothing better to do. Seeing the Indian team lose a game doesn’t break my heart anymore. And yes, I watched the IPL final. It was a cricket match that I watched after a long long time. I don’t even remember how long coz it doesn’t matter much to me. And I’m glad they introduced the 20-20 as I wouldn’t waste a whole day watching it and wondering at the end of it whether I was fooled again.

Candles

…. of Love

 

 

 

…. of Hope

 

Was that a coincidence?

I got this forwarded mail just when I needed it. I’m not sure if I can call it a coincidence, but I was amazed at the timing.

Trusting God when I don’t understand
by Rick Warren

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

When the children of Israel were finally set free from Egypt after 400 years of slavery, they started marching out to freedom and the first thing they came to was the Red Sea. There were impassable mountain ranges on two sides of them, the sea in front of them.

Behind them, in hot pursuit, was the Egyptian army because the Pharaoh had changed his mind about letting them go. The path before the Israelites looked like a dead end.

But God knew exactly what He wanted to do. He had not made a mistake. He could see what they could not see. He opened the Red Sea and they walked through to safety. Years later, the Israelites looked back and sang, “Your road led by a pathway through the sea—a pathway no one knew was there!” (Psalm 77:19 LB).

You may be facing a dead end right now—financial, emotional, relational—but God can see a path that you don’t know about. If you will trust God and keep on moving in faith, even when you don’t see a way, He will make a way.

It will become more understandable as you head down the path he sets before you, but understanding is not a requirement for you to start down the path. Proverbs 4:18 says, “The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter till the full light of day” (NIV). One day you will stand in the full light of eternity and view the big picture. You’ll see God’s purpose behind the path He specifically chose for you.

What do I do in the meantime? You do what Proverbs 3 says: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” What does He mean “don’t lean on your own understanding”? You don’t need to try to figure it out. In truth, you’re not going to understand most of the things that happen in your life until you get to heaven.

Be patient. God knows what He’s doing. God knows what’s best for you. He can see the end result. You can’t. All those problems, heartaches, difficulties and delays — all the things that make you ask “why” — one day it will all be clear in the light of God’s love.

I love sunny days!

The sun is my major source of energy. I have always wondered why I feel sluggish and depressed when it gets dark, and happier and energetic during the day. Today, I found the answer.. it is Melatonin. I came across the below:

“Lack of exposure to sunlight is responsible for the secretion of the hormone melatonin, which could trigger a dispirited mood & a lethargic condition. Melatonin is only produced in the dark. It lowers the body temperature and makes you feel sluggish.”

Now I know why the sun brightens up my day! I love sunny days

Sona Mohapatra – A new singing sensation

With her feet firmly on the Indian soil, Sona reaches for the sky

Bolo Na – Sona Mohapatra , I love it !!!

My tribute to Poornam

Poornam – A Promise

I remember a song that I was taught in School. It goes like this:

I am a Promise

I am a Possibility

I am a Promise

With the capital P

I am a great big bundle of Potentiality …..

And that is what Poornam makes me feel today.

An Instrument of Peace

My most favourite prayer … Beautiful in its simplicity and strong in its message. My greatest challenge in life

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not seek so much
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

– St. Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)