Sunday, September 23, 2012

An Elixir made of belief, hope and attitude


I love advertisements for their creativity and the message they put across- urging us to do something! I love Amul ads, Limca ads,LG ads..the list is long.








I love LG ads for their tag line : Life's good. Each ad they come up with portrays how good your life will be when you buy their products-be it a LED TV, monitor or even a vacuum cleaner. Simple yet so effective. 

They advertise and we buy. Its simple- Slim TVs can have an effect on us- make us happy!

Me thinks I must find other sources of happiness too! I'm giving it a shot and loving it!

I love my job. I love working hard and putting all of my energy into it. I am an ordinary girl with not so ordinary goals and I am determined to work my way up. I have observed its never been easy to be successful. Things will never be easy nor will people co-operate.There will be jealousy, back-biting, politics-you name it. Its the only common thing found at all work-places.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Hard work and dedication fused together is the only way to move forward.

I believe it is very important to prioritize and set goals. Being stubborn,confident and never giving up is the new sexy. It is very important one has a dream and keeping it alive is very much essential. What will be life worth when you wake up and don't look forward to working hard to achieve something you really,really want?! It is important to have passions.
A life without passions will be so dull!

How do you react to a person when he/she says they aren't passionate about anything? 
I feel sorry for them.

I speak from personal experiences and I have learnt it the hard way. The amount of hard work I put in over the past few months have got me results that made me happy and these results will stay with me throughout.

It is essential to have a mentor,a friend,a guide,a philosopher. I treasure my experiences and will always be grateful for the help and teaching. In return, I helped too. The attitude I developed and things I learnt will remain with me forever. The mentor may or may not be with me, I will forever be grateful and never forget that its because of him, I am where I stand.

I love my family dearly and will always put them first,listen to them and do what they say-it makes them happy and their happiness multiplies mine.

My family has always been supportive of me, especially my grandfather. My grandfather has been my pillar of strength. Extremely critical and supportive, he has taught me to be strong and not give up. He has taught me that one must give respect to get respect and that my attitude plays a crucial role in everything I do.. The choices I make will take me where I wish to go.

Life is all about choices. When you cut away from all the jazz, every situation is a choice. You can choose how to react to situations. You can choose how you let people affect your mood. You  can choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. 
You can choose to be happy.

It's my choice how I live life and have no regrets. Life is a DIY project. Your attitude and the choices you make today, build the "house" you live in tomorrow.

There is a factor called luck. Some people blame their bad times on the stars. They say : "I think my stars are bad,this is happening to me...". Some feel their happiness is because of their good stars. 
I feel we can't base our results solely on luck. We can't afford to classify or categorize our times and justify luck as good or bad.

There is a Chinese story of a farmer who used an old horse to till his fields. 

One day, the horse escaped into the hills and when the farmer's neighbors sympathized with the old man over his bad luck, the farmer replied, "Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?"

A week later, the horse returned with a herd of horses from the hills and this time the neighbors congratulated the farmer on his good luck. His reply was, "Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?"


Then, when the farmer's son was attempting to tame one of the wild horses, he fell off its back and broke his leg. Everyone thought this very bad luck. Not the farmer, whose only reaction was, "Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?"

Some weeks later, the army marched into the village and conscripted every able-bodied youth they found there. When they saw the farmer's son with his broken leg, they let him off. Now was that good luck or bad luck?
Who knows?

I don't know,neither did the farmer-then. We have no business rating things and absolutely have no right to delve in self-pity. Things happen and we have to accept it.
Once we make up our minds, we have no right to blame others for "things". Nobody has the right or power to ruin your life but you! You make or break your own happiness.

You can choose how you live and what you get from living a happy life.

On a side note, my uncle gifted me a laptop as a birthday + graduation gift. That made me happy too! I really thank him for being so kind and thoughtful. He knows how much of a help it has been to me and how it has been a great source for learning.

:) )

P.S.

Have a week!





I miss my college days..!!

Its been only a few months and I miss my college days..!

College ended on a high note for me - I graduated with distinction and stood third in college, got a job and I have a daily routine which I adhere to. I am happy.
I meet my college/building/school friends and we have fun. Some things have changed but most remain the same.

The daily lectures, professors lecturing us (pun intended), our beloved canteen, the lovely Carter Road promenade, the jesters in class and fun between lectures, the library, the labs and most importantly, my friends, I miss them all..!!

The class..

The seminars...


Submissions..

My Project team..
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The never-ending Xerox hassles..



The ice-creams..

The canteen breaks..



The fests ..


The fun ..




So many memories :). 
I'll never get those days back but I got to know so many people,had varied experiences and made friends. We may or may not meet often but no measure of time will be enough with you guys....