Gone are those days ...

Yes, gone are those days where there was a weekend spent at home and I used to wonder how to kill time.
I used to bug my mother on what can be done during holidays when I had nothing to do ... no home work, no assignments, no new lessons in school/college to revise, no household work allotted, ...

Nowadays, hardly I get such time having nothing to do and relax. Even if I relax, it was taken deliberately when work is piled up at personal front. There are multiple versions of "TO DO" list is created; one in office computer, one in personal laptop and one in my smart phone. Ufff ... even before a weekend comes, there is a list ready already for to be taken care. Some are to be accomplished soon, some has to be done but not immediately. This does not mean, I am not organised, it is just that there is something or the other to be taken care now and then.

Now I realize why people who passed out of college used to say enjoy your college days, who got married say enjoy your spinster life.

As and when you grow up, you have less time for yourself unless you take a break for your happiness. :-)

Books have an impact

After a long time, am writing now regarding the books that I read in the past few months. Suddenly, I started buying books which have become super hits or fellow bloggers who recommended. And have been buying/reading one in a month and must say it is totally relaxing and inspirational.

Most of the books that I have mentioned here are bought online, library and downloaded in smart phone.
It is a collection of fiction, management, self help books which I totally liked them all and enjoyed reading thoroughly.
I really like self help books which inspires and make me think from a different angle, even though it is hard to practice at day to day life; but strongly believe that sometime those hints pop up in your mind to practice.

After a dose of self help books, fiction with a nice light story will help to relax and enjoy reading and it does ... Yippe!

Here the list goes

Fiction
1. The Immortals of Meluha
2. The Secrets of Nagas
3. The Undomestic Goddess
4. Advertising for Love
5. Just the way you are

Self Help
6. Who moved my cheese
7. The Monk who sold his Ferrari
8. The Greatness Guide
9. The Power of Now

I have not yet completed "The Power of Now" although it's been over a year since I bought. This book was recommended by a stranger in the book store when I was thinking of whether to buy this book or not. She said if you dont understand something in this book, read again, it is a great book.
This book is peculiar as the author himself suggests to pause reading and think about what was read in the earlier section and realize it. It does help and I feel you need to think and practice what the author says then and there to understand its importance. Maybe, thats the reason I have left it incomplete still.

Read them as per your taste and let me know which one did you like the most.

Eagerly waiting for the third book in Shiva Trilogy from Amish...

Toll free Road beautification

I was travelling in a bus on a beautiful morning in the toll free road feeling sleepy and the bus was waiting in the city (oops outskirts) traffic jam in the toll free road. With no air breezing on my face, happened to open my eyes and look at the beautiful flowers in the road dividers segment.

Surprised at those beautiful flowers in the middle of the road, I peeped outside my window to see if there are more. To my surprise, I could see as many plants of those flowers planted with buds and flowers blossomed. Thinking twice of should I take a picture with my mobile or not wondering what if the bus starts by the time I could click one, I picked my smartphone from my handbag and clicked at them when the whole bus travellers were sleeping. Well, the plants were planted on a stretch until the next traffic signal.



Are these plants and flowers are lucky or is it likely for the pedestrians to stamp on them while crossing(ummmmm jumping) off the dividers was the thought prevailing on my mind for a while because, I used to see plastic bottles, wrappers, garbage inbetween the plants in the dividers segment with people spitting on them.

Will these flowers prevent these human acts is the arising question, but someone who initiated has the optimistic answer!

Shops in wedding hall

Yessssss ... Recently I attended a wedding reception of my colleague and noticed a strange thing -- a pop corn shop and a cotton candy shop at the entrance(I mean inside the wedding hall premises). I asked my friend what's that ...she answered with no surprise that it is the trend and it comes with a contract package of the wedding arrangements.

What an IDEA!!!

Wedding reception attendees, kids all thronged near those shops as if they are in a cinema theatre.
The next day I attended another wedding reception and noticed a pop corn shop ....I was like WOW ...here is the picture.



Wedding reception have become more than blessing and wishing the couple ... maybe an entertainment/outing activity for the weekend ... couples are selcting their wedding reception dates to fall on weekends so they can attract their close friends and colleagues to attend their function.

All in all, it was an entertainment for me on both these days with surprises.

2012

Wow!!! New Year 2012 with new freshness and enthusiasm prevailing in my heart and with new goals and resolutions listed in an Excel spreadsheet :-P. Never have I listed resolutions like that, this year with a list of resolutions on Family, Self improvement, work, soceity, etc. Hoping to fulfill everything as days pass by.

Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and a successful New Year 2012.