PERFECT SHOW WITH RAJSHEKAR : A SCI-FI GEEK

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Anais Nin

Welcome to the PERFECT SHOW after a brief hiatus(Well, not that brief also ;) . Well folks, its been sometime we had someone in the PERFECT SHOW, so i was raring to find a guest who like others will enhance our learning and share something useful to us. So when i came to know Rajshekar, i invited him to be a guest in the PERFECT SHOW. He is someone who lives by the 'learn & unlearn' principle. Still a young person working as a Software Professional, Rajshekhar, has worked on Enterprise level web applications and game development. He holds Masters Degree in Computer Application and Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing (PGDC) from C-DAC.

• He has been Sub-editor for Central Computer Mail- a monthly IT related magazine published from Bhopal during 2000-2003.

• He was a regular contributor of this magazine related to current and upcoming technologies. His endeavors include development of Learning Management System, Supply Management Solution and Xbox based games.

• He is also a regular contributor to Devshed Portal on topics ranging from server-side development (JEE/.Net/RoR) to mobile (Symbian based development) and game development (SDL and OpenGL) with a total readership of more than 1.4 million and holds 12th rank among 100 authors.

• His book ‘Dynamic Web 2.0 Development using Ruby-on-Rails’ is in top 40 of Web 2.0 section of Amazon bestsellers.

Apart from being a Software geek, he is also passionate about writing sci-fi stories and about sketching comic based characters. (His creativity is simply amazing!! )

Some of his blogs are:

Technical based:
www.apmuses.blogspot.com

Sci-Fi based:
www.mythicagaan.blogspot.com

Fantasy Sketching:
www.myfantasyscape.blogspot.com

With out further ado, over to the Show.

THE PERFECT SHOW

Host : Prashant Sree : PS
Guest : A.P.Rajshekar : RS

PS: Hi Raj. I on behalf of my readers Welcome you in the PERFECT Show.
RS: The pleasure and honor is mine.

PS: So here comes the first missile..Lets see how the sci-fi master handles it ;) . What are you passionate about in life ?
RS: Knowledge - of any kind. It can be science, spirituality, philosophy. In a way you can say its my thirst for knowledge that has helped me to reach here.

PS: I always respect people who value learning.,. Gr8 to hear that... Elaborating a little, can you provide some instances where in you had challenges in learning and how you overcame them and were successful in pursuing your goals ?
RS: Thanks... To quote one instance, it will be Maths. The pure maths to be more precise. The way theorems were proved , it was too much abstract for me.But I was always interested in time and its related theories.

When i started learning about it, the way how theories were proved started making sense to me that helped to have make abstract more concrete. In that way, my quest for learning proved useful to me. :)

PS: Tenacity wins at end.. Ok, here's my second launch.,.
RS: fire !!

PS: What have you learnt in life (other than academics) till now which you would like to share with others ?
RS: What I have learnt is what goes around comes around. If you share (in my case knowledge) nature will return it ten folds whenever you are in need

PS: Interesting.,. In case you are speaking from a personal experience,would you mind sharing that briefly with our readers ?
RS: There are many examples. But this one incidence is I think will be more appropriate.I was a student of DAC. At that time there was one batch mate who was from electronics back ground.so he was having a bit of tough time with computers.I happened to meet him once in the library and started discussing various things and he popped his doubts to me and I gave him the required way to study.

This became a daily routine and we became friends.When he got job he came to me and told me that it was because me he got it.A few months after this my dad was hospitalized due to brain haemorrhage.at that time he was there for me like my brother doing everything, helping me out with every needs even financially.At that time my belief in 'what goes round, comes round' was strengthened.

"You can have everything you want in life, just as long as you help enough other people get want they want in life"

Zig Zigler

PS: Touching indeed.,, Thanks for sharing it !! Now my next question. If you are a rebel (given a choice of doing anything you could,) what would you like to change in this society ?
RS: The way society always try to judge 'book by its cover'. Let me elaborate.For example, most of the people I see, for them they base their opinion on my handicap or if they have known me through my articles, the opinion is based on the image projected through the articles.
They don't try to understand the real me by spending time with me.This is one of the main reasons that we are having so many broken relationships. IMHO

PS: IMHO ?
RS: In My Humble Opinion

PS: ;) What you say is true. Humans tend to misjudge and get misled.,.
RS: Thanx.Interaction and the open mindedness is what we are lacking.

PS: so you want to change tat opinionated way of people's attitude.
RS: ya.

PS: Nice.now since you like sci-fi , Iam sure you will like this.Who is ur favorite mythological hero ? and why ?
RS: That one is easy - Arjuna. The reason is in the whole Mahabharata, is the only person who has thirst for knowledge.He does not learn to show that he is the best or to get revenge
and secondly he always follows his dharma.


PS: Great observation :)
RS: for example even when he was faced with the consequence of living the life of brihannala he did not accept advances of urvashi.

PS: Yes. Nice role model.,.Moving forward,what would you like to stand for in ur life ?
RS: Sharing of knowledge and freedom of choice

PS: Do you mean freedom of choice as in allowing each person to choose what he wants ?
RS: freedom of choice in there own personal sphere and career.Society should not compel ppl in these two spheres that's what I believe

PS: Interesting.,.Now time for some personal beauty ;) what do u consider as your charm ?
RS: My positive attitude and to a point my helping nature (without sounding boastful)
I never like to worry about things. I always try to take things as they come.

PS: Gr8 attitude.,.Now what is your thumb rule for life ?
RS: actually there are two rules. First : 'Live in present". Second: 'When the going gets tough, the tough gets going'. These are the two rules that I live by.

PS: The Never say die attitude :)
RS: you hit the bulls eye :)

PS: Who have been your role models in your life and why?
RS: To tell u the truth there hasnt been any. In each person I meet I find something that I can inculcate in myself and I try to do that. So as such there are no role models.

PS: Ok.Can u name some books which have influenced your thinking ?
RS: "Think and grow rich" by Napoleon Hill.and then "Stop worrying and start living" by Dale
Carnegie. And in fictions I have been greatly influenced by Dark Tower series and Disc world series.

PS: Raj, you also have a passion for sci-fi stories. How did you get the interest in sci-fi ?
RS:It was a story.Named visitors from outer space and 'From Ganemede (not sure the spelling) to Jupiter.

PS: Hmmm.,. It must have influenced u greatly.,. your sci fi stories fly over my head.,. ;)
Well readers, Raj has a blog where his creative juices make up a complex intricate sci-fi stories. He is currently writing one named "The Corridor Story". Well, that's if for now Raj. Thanks a ton for being a guest in the PERFECT SHOW and sharing your learnings. It was a pleasure to have you in the Show. I wish you on behalf of my readers a Happy future and all Smiles and Success in all your endeavors.
RS: Thank You Prashant. It was fun to be in the PERFECT SHOW. :)

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

Bertrand Russell

Chetan Bhagat’s Speech @ Symbiosis

I had received this as a forward and found the speech quite simple yet effective. It does reach out to you inner self sometimes !! Well, I didnt know Chetan Bhagat had this side to him as well. Hats off to you, Chetan.

Just wanted to quote this quote here as the speech is equally touching and inspiring.

Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

Lance Secretan

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Good Morning everyone and thank you for giving me this chance to speak to you. This day is about you. You, who have come to this college, leaving the comfort of your homes (or in some cases discomfort), to become something in your life. I am sure you are excited. There are few days in human life when one is truly elated. The first day in college is one of them. When you were getting ready today, you felt a tingling in your stomach. What would the auditorium be like, what would the teachers be like, who are my new classmates - there is so much to be curious about. I call this excitement, the spark within you that makes you feel truly alive today. Today I am going to talk about keeping the spark shining. Or to put it another way, how to be happy most, if not all the time.

Where do these sparks start? I think we are born with them. My 3-year old twin boys have a million sparks. A little Spiderman toy can make them jump on the bed. They get thrills from creaky swings in the park. A story from daddy gets them excited. They do a daily countdown for birthday party – several months in advance – just for the day they will cut their own birthday cake.

I see students like you, and I still see some sparks. But when I see older people, the spark is difficult to find. That means as we age, the spark fades. People whose spark has faded too much are dull, dejected, aimless and bitter. Remember Kareena in the first half of Jab We Met vs the second half? That is what happens when the spark is lost. So how to save the spark?

Imagine the spark to be a lamp's flame. The first aspect is nurturing - to give your spark the fuel, continuously. The second is to guard against storms.To nurture, always have goals. It is human nature to strive, improve and achieve full potential. In fact, that is success. It is what is possible for you. It isn't any external measure - a certain cost to company pay package, a particular car or house.

Most of us are from middle class families. To us, having material landmarks is success and rightly so. When you have grown up where money constraints force everyday choices, financial freedom is a big achievement. But it isn't the purpose of life. If that was the case, Mr. Ambani would not show up for work. Shah Rukh Khan would stay at home and not dance anymore. Steve Jobs won't be working hard to make a better iPhone, as he sold Pixar for billions of dollars already. Why do they do it? What makes them come to work everyday? They do it because it makes them happy. They do it because it makes them feel alive Just getting better from current levels feels good. If you study hard, you can improve your rank. If you make an effort to interact with people, you will do better in interviews. If you practice, your cricket will get better. You may also know that you cannot become Tendulkar, yet. But you can get to the next level. Striving for that next level is important.

Nature designed with a random set of genes and circumstances in which we were born. To be happy, we have to accept it and make the most of nature's design. Are you? Goals will help you do that. I must add, don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions. You must have read some quotes - Life is a tough race, it is a marathon or whatever. No, from what I have seen so far, life is one of those races in nursery school, where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One last thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. One of my yoga teachers used to make students laugh during classes. One student asked him if these jokes would take away something from the yoga practice. The teacher said - don't be serious, be sincere. This quote has defined my work ever since. Whether its my writing, my job, my relationships or any of my goals. I get thousands of opinions on my writing everyday. There is heaps of praise, there is intense criticism. If I take it all seriously, how will I write? Or rather, how will I live? Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It's ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.

I've told you three things - reasonable goals, balance and not taking it too seriously that will nurture the spark. However, there are four storms in life that will threaten to completely put out the flame. These must be guarded against. These are disappointment, frustration, unfairness and loneliness of purpose.

Disappointment will come when your effort does not give you the expected return. If things don't go as planned or if you face failure. Failure is extremely difficult to handle, but those that do come out stronger. What did this failure teach me? is the question you will need to ask. You will feel miserable. You will want to quit, like I wanted to when nine publishers rejected my first book. Some IITians kill themselves over low grades – how silly is that? But that is how much failure can hurt you. But it's life. If challenges could always be overcome, they would cease to be a challenge. And remember - if you are failing at something, that means you are at your limit or potential. And that's where you want to be.

Disappointment' s cousin is Frustration, the second storm. Have you ever been frustrated? It happens when things are stuck. This is especially relevant in India. From traffic jams to getting that job you deserve, sometimes things take so long that you don't know if you chose the right goal. After books, I set the goal of writing for Bollywood, as I thought they needed writers. I am called extremely lucky, but it took me five years to get close to a release. Frustration saps excitement, and turns your initial energy into something negative, making you a bitter person. How did I deal with it? A realistic assessment of the time involved – movies take a long time to make even though they are watched quickly, seeking a certain enjoyment in the process rather than the end result – at least I was learning how to write scripts, having a side plan – I had my third book to write and even something as simple as pleasurable distractions in your life - friends, food, travel can help you overcome it. Remember, nothing is to be taken seriously. Frustration is a sign somewhere, you took it too seriously.

Unfairness - this is hardest to deal with, but unfortunately that is how our country works. People with connections, rich dads, beautiful faces, pedigree find it easier to make it – not just in Bollywood, but everywhere. And sometimes it is just plain luck. There are so few opportunities in India, so many stars need to be aligned for you to make it happen. Merit and hard work is not always linked to achievement in the short term, but the long term correlation is high, and ultimately things do work out. But realize, there will be some people luckier than you. In fact, to have an opportunity to go to college and understand this speech in English means you are pretty damm lucky by Indian standards. Let's be grateful for what we have and get the strength to accept what we don't. I have so much love from my readers that other writers cannot even imagine it. However, I don't get literary praise. It's ok. I don't look like Aishwarya Rai, but I have two boys who I think are more beautiful than her. It's ok. Don't let unfairness kill your spark.

Finally, the last point that can kill your spark is Isolation. As you grow older you will realize you are unique. When you are little, all kids want Ice cream and Spiderman. As you grow older to college, you still are a lot like your friends. But ten years later and you realize you are unique. What you want, what you believe in, what makes you feel, may be different from even the people closest to you. This can create conflict as your goals may not match with others. And you may drop some of them. Basketball captains in college invariably stop playing basketball by the time they have their second child. They give up something that meant so much to them. They do it for their family. But in doing that, the spark dies. Never, ever make that compromise. Love yourself first, and then others.

There you go. I've told you the four thunderstorms - disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die.

The FIRE INSIDE

I welcome you again to the most wonderful years of your life. If someone gave me the choice to go back in time, I will surely choose college. But I also hope that ten years later as well, your eyes will shine the same way as they do today. That you will Keep the Spark alive, not only through college, but through the next 2,500 weekends. And I hope not just you, but my whole country will keep that spark alive, as we really need it now more than any moment in history. And there is something cool about saying - I come from the land of a billion sparks.

Thank You.

Chetan Bhagat

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The Miracle Man

We are unlimited beings. We have no ceiling. The capabilities and the talents and the gifts and the power that is within every single individual that is on this planet, is unlimited.

Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith

I have always felt inspired by the story of the Miracle Man. If some of you are wondering who is this Miracle Man, allow me to explicate more on this. Morris GoodMan, was one of the leading life insurance salesmen in the world, a member of The Million Dollar Round Table and Top Of The Table. Morris had success, fame, fortune, and a brand new airplane.

And then things turned upside down. While attempting to land his airplane one afternoon Morris crashed. With his neck broken at C1 and C2, his spinal cord crushed, and every major muscle in his body destroyed. Morris was no longer able to perform any bodily function except to blink his eyes. His injuries were too severe for him to survive. He was as crushed and broken as the worst one can imagine.When he was admitted in the hospital, the doctors believed that he will be confined to bed for remaining of his lifetime and his survival was by itself a miraculous thing. Anyone would have gone by that notion and would have resigned himself to his fate. But not Morris GoodMan.

THE PLANE AFTER CRASH

The only function he could do was to blink his eyes. So he conceived a method to communicate with others with the help of his sister. His sister wrote down the alphabets in a 5,5 matrix and by blinking his eyes he would point to each alphabet and through that make sentences and convey his thoughts. During the months that followed his plane wreak, Goodman became stronger in his mind –and with each passing day, one by one the injuries he received in that accident were healed –defying any medical explanation because he restored health in areas of the body that were believed to be immune to recovery once taking on the types of injuries Morris had sustained. He fought back just as hard and he never wavered or gave up hope and continued to insist that he was going to make a complete recovery.

He made a wish for himself for the upcoming Christmas.He vowed to himself to literally walk out of the hospital on Christmas Day. Morris knew that if he was healing a body so broken and damaged as his own, he could do anything with sheer will and tenacity alone. How could he believe anything else when his hope and faith in God where all he had to reach out to? He had noting but determination and time on his hands and he was sure he could reach his goal no matter what the odds against him dictated.

Day by day, on and on Morris worked with his Physical Therapist and pushed his body beyond its own limits. He would listen to his favorite motivational speaker –Zig Zigler through out the day and he kept his mind clear of any doubt. He was on a mission and he was not going to fail –that was simply not an option for Morris Goodman. Before he knew it December had arrived and he had regained the full use of his voice. his body was no longer in a state of paralysis but moving and mobile –just as he had predicted it would be –and he was breathing on his own again – all without the help of any type of medical gadget.

As his due date for release came closer he was a brand new instrument inside out and he knew he was going to have his Christmas wish fulfilled. As was the vision –Christmas Day arrived and Morris was met with tears of joy by the hospital members who had given so much of their time and support to see this “Miracle Man” reach his goal of walking out the door by his own accord…and that is exactly what he did on December 25th 1981.He walked forward into an unknown future and left behind him an entire hospital staff watching in utter amazement a man no one believed would survive his injures let alone fully recover from each and everyone of them- helped himself right on out the door!

MORRIS GOODMAN

When he met the head surgeon for the last time before leaving the hospital, the head surgeon said "Mr.Morris,, I never thought that you will be walking on your own some day". This is indeed a miracle. for which, Morris replied : "I never even for a moment, thought that i couldnt do it.". No wonder, it became a Miracle and Morris christened the Miracle Man.,.

Today Morris is a highly sought after speaker who travels the world sharing his story with millions of people and teaching his philosophy on goal setting and personal growth and development.

Another notable belief of Morris while he was in hospital was that he had a card board written "SNEOP" in it and he used to see it daily. So what was this SNEOP. It stood for

"SUSCEPTIBLE TO NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF OTHER PEOPLE".

The interesting thing here was that he was not only fighting the physical impairments he had to battle with that had been left behind after is mid-air disaster –he had to fight the very same doctors who had initially saved his life as well. No matter how much his body repaired itself, they continued to tell him that a full reversal of his injuries was just not possible. He believed he will recover and for once he didn't allow anyone else belief to overlie on his own. So every time he saw the cardboard he used to remind himself of the negative thoughts of other people which might influence him and in turn threaten to wrest control of his mind from him.

So much for our own life, where we allow others beliefs and thoughts to over shadow ours and we began to life someone else life instead of living our own. As Steve Jobs rightly said :

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

The Adventures of Jim,Rim & Sim

Well how do i start... The very idea of writing this chronicles was supported unanimously by all the three of us ( which is quite a miracle by itself !!!)... I had always held the idea that love always leads to distress and trouble and i was more than right in this case. Actually what had happened (we came to know later) was Sim had broken up with his latest girl friend, so he was a bit sad. Well, you cannot say very sad, one can say a bit upset. In case, any of you have started pitying him, i would suggest to think twice before you do that.


Actually Sim has had an evergreen record of finding a new girlfriend every month. It has been a surprise and still continues to baffle me and Jim as to how he's able to find new babes every month. Jim had a suggestion that maybe Sim knew black magic and voodoo stuff and we had even tried to press him for more information.,. yet we dropped the idea , what if he really knew it and used it upon us. The benefit accrued from the mission was not as exciting so as to possibly justify the risk involved., That apart, the fact remained that his girl-friendship abilities remained a mystery to us and he continued to make use of it.,.

Coming back to the main context, what happened was, that this time, he was on good terms with the girl for 2 months in a row. everything seemed rosy and good, when suddenly they broke up. Breaking up is never easy yet for anyone. Yet Sim is an exception. For him, breaking up is like a every-month ritual.,. I had never seen him get upset over that.,. What surprised me was that he looked very sad & dejected this time. Assuming that he had really started liking the girl and the
break-up had affected him, made us a bit soft towards him. He came back and then switched on the TV, (which again was a surprise. he usually comes back and gets on in his phone and always opposes TV watching as the TV sound disturbed his phone talk). So when he switched on the TV and sat there gloomily, our (Jim and Me) ennoble hearts couldn't hold anymore and we gently touched the topic of his depression.

That's when we knew we had made a BIG mistake.,. As if he was waiting for a cue from us, he threw the remote against the wall, and said in a high tone "Girls are always like this". We didn't get what he meant by "this". Yet as if to placate and sooth Sim, Jim also said "Very true, Girls are always like this". Sim threw a murderous look at Jim as if signaling that the stage was his and he was the main actor now, continued with his lamenting., He deplored on how the girls do not care for feelings and all they are concerned is for their own selfish gains.,. And he finally said the reason for his heart-break.,.

"I have broken up with her." We had already heard that a number of times. so we didnt take much of that. what we were more concerned is about the reason for the break-up. Jim took the initiative noticing that there weren't any more things to throw near Sim, asked him - why did you broke up ?

Sim: We broke up because she wanted someone who will be great and famous.

That perplexed us. This girl was indeed a unique species,worthy of preserving in museum. I have heard of girls desiring for money, jewelery , happiness.,. But not great and famous.,.

Jim said :You mean "great" and "famous". stressing each word as if he was reciting the ingredients for cooking a dish.

Sim: Yes, she wanted to be with some one who will be famous and great someday.

Jim: But how can someone be great and famous.,. Don't you think that's a bit hard to achieve,.,

Our conversation then veered to the fact about how people can become great and famous. Sim was of the opinion that when people do something good and then die, they become great and famous. In that way, he thought that the girl wanted him to die, so that her criteria gets fulfilled. Jim couldn't understand as to how will she be able to live with a Sim's ghost if he dies to become famous.

Sim had a suggestion to make.,. He asked us the names of the famous people in the world. Jim said there are so many domains and each one has its own famous personalities.,. Like in Sports, you have Tiger Woods, Roger Federer etc. If u take politics, you have many famous personalities across the world. But why we still didn't understand what he was arriving at..!

Sim: Well, one can become famous riding on a famous person's populace ,. Isn't ? Even assassins can become famous , he said with a evil gleam in his eyes. Jim and Me were so appalled on hearing this that we kept gaping our mouth as if someone is going to stuff sweet candies in our mouth. We looked towards each other and then realized that a face with open mouth was least pleasuring and looked more hideous.

Then Jim stammered you aren't serious,are you ? Sim said Of course , Iam not :) .That relieved the hell out of us. You never know what gets into Sim sometimes. He comes up with such unique, dazzling (so called brilliant ideas), that it sucks the happiness from a place for some time. Only when he says that he was joking that we began to breathe again.

So we spent an hour on coming up with genuine applicable ways to become famous. And we spend next one hour on what should we do to achieve those ways.,. At the start of the next hour, we were absolutely convinced on one thing. We had infallible confidence in our abilities that we were nowhere near or will be now where nearer to achieving something of significance which would make us great or famous. Jim suggested using Black Magic to do something, call in the black power arts and stuff like that. Sim said that would be too dangerous and that it could back-fire if not used properly. This confirmed the fact to a greater extent that he indeed knew black arts(otherwise how could he tell about its implications.)

Though faced with no solutions, yet the warrior inside us refused to subside.,. He kept on fighting the evil double headed "Famous" and "Great" Monster with his blazing sword, though it seemed that we were fighting a losing battle. But then as always, our Lucky Angel, arrived with a magical gem embedded sword which finally helped us behead the unbeatable monster. Actually all this time, while we were so engrossed in our discussion , we were completely oblivious to the TV sound/noise. But as the possibilities to become famous/great became less and less, we floated back to reality. It was then we saw the TV running.

Some programme on English literature was being shown. English literature had never held the charm for any of us but today it was different. The announcer was referring to the children's books like Don Quixote, Tom Sayer and said that it still retained its charm even after so many years.,. It was then the brain-wave struck us. If a person like Don Quixote can be immortalized by fiction, why not we.,. Agreed that we were not a knight like him but we had few good chunks of logic and intelligence than him in our grey matter.,. who cares if people will read our books or not !! At least our names will be immortalized in the English literature.


So here iam writing the preface for the book about the life's of 3 people : Rim,Jim & Sim.As usual when the discussion got over, Sim was back to his jolly mood and got busy with his mobile. Jim woke up and went for his daily routine. Neither of them bothered to ask/remember/discuss the previous day's happenings. As i was the only person left with some responsible attitude,the onus of penning down our life's chronicles fell upon me.

You might wonder, what in the life of 3 chaps be interesting to someone. Well, i cant say for sure, that it will be adventurous and heroic, yet i can say that we do have our own share of fun.,. For instance, if you take the case when Sim planned to go to gym and develop musculature like Jim or when Jim tried to take lessons from Sim about wooing girls and the response he got. Well, those stories are for the upcoming days.,. I cant guarantee that you will like it, yet that's not our concern for now,. As far as we are concerned, we will be evergreen in the pages of history. Rim,Jim and Sim.,. Sounds good, Isnt ??


Like Samuel Butler said:

"People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy" :)

WHEN A LIZARD CAN, WHY CAN'T WE?

I got this as a forward from one of my friend. Quite Impressive to be shared with others. Hence putting it up here !!

This is a true story that happened in Japan.

In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan breaks open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls. When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet. He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail, it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was! first built.

What happened?

The lizard has survived in such position for 10 years!!!!!!!!!!

In a dark wall partition for 10 years without moving, it is impossible and mind-boggling. Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10 years! without moving a single step--since its foot was nailed! So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what it has been doing, and what and how it has been eating. Later, not knowing from where it came, appears another lizard, with food in its mouth.

Ah! He was stunned and touched deeply.

For the lizard that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it for the past 10 years... Imagine? it has been doing that untiringly for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner.

Think, will u do that to your partner?

Think that will you do it to your Mom, Who brought you after a big struggle of Nine long months ? Or at least to your Dad, Friends, Co-workers, brothers and Sisters?

Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with a brilliant mind can't. As information and communication technology advances, our access to information becomes faster and faster. But the distance between human beings . . . is it getting closer as well? Please never abandon your loved ones.

Never Say U R Busy When They Really Need You ...

You May Have The Entire World At Your Feet.....

But You Might Be The Only World To Them....

A Moment of negligence might break the very heart which loves you thru all odds..

Before you say something just remember..It takes a moment to Break but an entire life to make...
To Live Use Heart And to Survive use Brains. Then Life would be a paradise Unfurling only Love Joy and Happiness.....

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Are you ready to be SUCCESSFUL !!

Iam sure you must have heard about Robin Sharma, the author of the book "The Monk who sold his Ferrari". He is an amazing person who has made a huge difference in the people's life. I had recently read a thought from his articles. It went on like this:

Successful people achieve what they want because they are ready to put in the amount required to be successful.

Give it some thought. Everyone is born with same physiology. And everyone gets the same 24 hour-1440 minutes everyday. But then the outcomes of the so-called successful person and the normal person is vastly different. More often we focus on the result and hence label people as successful and unsuccessful.,. tats it. no more questions on why they have been successful and what they did to achieve that. On close introspection, one can find that, Successful people more often are ready to give more than what is required of them. I found a simple method to make us realize of this truth.

Take an instance from your own life, where you have loved doing something without no restrictions for time.,. You became so involved in the work that you didn't have a count of the work. You didn't mind whether you had your lunch/dinner, whether the guy/girl next door is playing music or whether your favorite program channel will up shortly. All that occupied your mind was the work you were involved in.

Do you think you did the work because somebody said you to do it. Yes, you might do it , if someone came and threatened to kill you, unless you do the work, or somebody came and offered you a million bucks for the work, you will undoubtedly do it. Yet very few people are so lucky as to have people come up to them and give them such fat package for work. So in case you are waiting for someone to come and make you do work, its time to get wiser.


This is what differentiates the Successful from the others. The required motivation to make things happen is something which Successful people take in from within. They might miss out the fun which others have, they might miss out a date which others have, they might miss out their favorite program, They know all this yet they make a conscious decision to focus on their work. They work as of their entire life depends on it. And of course the outcome will be proportional to that. And we people label someone as successful/unsuccessful and then think that Successful people are endowed with special abilities. And that the unsuccessful people are the one who are unfortunate and less talented. It cant be further away from truth.

As Vince Lambardi captured the essence when he said:

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of
knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Wishing you all Success in you and your Life !