The Ant

One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather cross my back terrace. Several times it was confronted by obstacles in its path and after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour.

At one point the ant had to negotiate a crack in the concrete about 10mm wide. After brief contemplation the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked across it and picked up the feather on the other side then continued on its way. I was fascinated by the ingenuity of this ant, one of God’s smallest creatures. It served to reinforce the miracle of creation. Here was a minute insect, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome. But this ant, like the two-legged co-residents of this planet, also share human failings.

After some time the ant finally reached its destination - a flower bed at the end of the terrace and a small hole that was the entrance to its underground home. And it was here that the ant finally met its match. How could that large feather possibly fit down small hole? Of course it couldn’t. so the ant, after all this trouble and exercising great ingenuity, overcoming problems all along the way, just abandoned the feather and went home.

The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its epic journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a burden. Isn’t life like that!

We worry about our family, we worry about money or the lack of it, we worry about work, about where we live, about all sorts of things. These are all burdens - the things we pick up along life’s path and lug them around the obstacles and over the crevasses that life will bring, only to find that at the destination they are useless and we can’t take them with us…

Me, Me, Me and Me

No, No its not that an egotist took me over, its just me and one of my funny/stupid(as some say) thoughts that made me put this title.

The thought would be something like this: What if there were multiple me :-)(Not like Jet Li in "The One" where same person exists in different universes). I wish, I was some kind of a creature(Preferably Human) with 3 or 4 bodies and one centralised brain on a cluster(for fail over ;-) ) connected to the bodies through wireless which has no boundaries.

Phewwww........it might look like I am watching too much of Sci-Fi movies. Seriously, No! but when I imagine this WoW! It will be wonderful to have such setup: where one me will sleep till day break, one me will wake up early in the morning for a jog/ Photography Shoot, One me will go to work and one me will play Computer games or watch TV the whole day. I want to keep it simple and do not want to go deeper as it will raise unnecessary complexities.;-)

Below is a graphic representation of my thoughts. Each picture is a combination of different pictures which were taken at my home on a tripod so that the frame remains the same. The pictures were post processed in Photo shop by my friend Satish(Singapore).

Me waking up me and me watching:

Me, Me, Me and Me:

Happy First Birthday "My Inner Self" :-)

This week had my Blog's first Birthday on April 10'Th........

From my First Post to my Latest Post I think it was a long and wonderful journey of thoughts and feelings. Frankly speaking, I had a slightest idea that my blog will last so long when I started it, 'cause I did not have clue of what to put on it. But Hyderabad / Hyderabad Traffic , My Photography Expeditions , My Thoughts and everything just came in.

Though the posts on the blog recently was a bit irregular due to lack of time ;-) (I know thats bull shit ) but I am sure, it will pick up in couple of weeks.

Blog'o graphy(April 10'Th 2007 to April 10'Th 2008):
Number of Posts: 174

Number of Site Hits: 23,187

Visitor Locations:

Once a friend said........

Shyam: Hey Bheem, I think she is going to propose you
Bheem: What!!! don't kid me!!
Shyam: Yes, she loves you....and she is going to propose you at any moment
Bheem: Don't talk crazy! Me and her......?? "NO........WAY!!!!!!!"
Shyam: I just wanted to warn you 'cause I feel that you both are too different to be together
Bheem: Come on man, I told you right, get this into your brain.........Me and her...........?? "NO...WAY!!!!!!!". Its never going to happen.
Shyam:Ok..if you are so confident, there is nothing further for me to say, but take care!!
Bheem: Ohh! come on man...leave that topic and walk fast or else we will get late for the movie.
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This talk happened between two friends some 8 years back when we were in our second year of Engineering.

Guess what happened to the above story......

Bheem fell for her, they lived happily for the rest 2 years of Engineering. Later, they broke up as the girl could not convince her father to accept their relationship and lived in despair for 1 year.

After that, they both lived happily ever after separately in their own ways..........

Moral of the Story: Listen to your friends when they have something to say. Sometimes they see the situations in the direction that you cannot even imagine.

Talking about friends, I would like to take a moment to thank all my friends who were with me, stood by me in every shit I was in!! Thank you guys!!!!!

Sharing a few thoughts for Would-be Bride / Grooms

For Would-Be Grooms:

Rule No.1: Never compare your mamma's cooking with your wife's! There is no faster way to dig your own grave than that! Please understand that your mom's cooking has the backing of 20 odd years of experience.. ..don't expect that from your wife whose hardly into the process! What if she were to compare your earning capacity with her dad's!!! So shshshhhhh.. ..!!!

Rule No.2: Never go out of your way to please the lady with flowers, chocolates and gifts during your engagement period. If ever you do , please follow it up post-wedding too! When you could cover 20kms in 15 minutes when you are engaged just to spend some time with her, how dare you forget her birthday post - marriage, even after you are given the broadest of hints by her!
Remember expectations always double...ever heard of them being halved ???

Rule No.3: Do compliment her every now and then, verbally or with gifts! What are those lovely Teddies and Archie's gift cards for? Don't sit there like the Lord Of The Rings expecting to be waited upon! Of course she will do it but everyone likes to be appreciated and pampered!!!!

Rule No.4: This is very important! Sulking or complaining about marriage being a big mistake is a strict NO -NO !! You got into it with your eyes wide open, brimming with enthusiasm !! No one ever pushed you into it! So why this drama now!

Rule No.5: Be Brave and take your own decisions and stand up by them !!
Consult your parents for advice but realize that you are grown up enough to lead your life! Respect your partner's views at all times! Remember she has given up a lot more to make a life with you!!

Sharing thoughts for Would-be Brides:

Rule No.1: Don't expect too much from him. Less the expectations lesser the disappointments.

Rule No.2: Don't ever dare to plan any outing or movie on a day when there is an interesting cricket match going on. REMEMBER SPORTS is more important to him than anything else. U spoil his day n He spoils yours.

Rule No.3: Over Emotions, Sentiments.. . Woha... What are these? Tears are not going to give any results either. It's just a temp. attention that u get. No one likes Cry Babies m Whining Wife's.

Rule No.4: Never dare to cross with his mother. Even if he says "My Mom's cooking is the best. U are nothing in front of her." take it easily with a smile. Tell him that u are learning from his mother and will try to do it better. U are not gonna lose anything!

Rule No.5: Try to know his friends and understand that they are also part of his world. Allow him to spend few weekends or occasional night out parties with his friends.But at the same time make sure that u get u r due importance! It must not be that he roams around with his friends forgetting that you exist at home.

Rule No.6: Don't start fighting for silly things. Forgetting birthdays n Anniversaries is not a big mistake. Men are not blessed with 2 GB RAM for storing everything in main memory.If you are very particular about present gifts n parties on u r birthdays n anniversaries. make sure u remind them well in advance by some means (I know it sounds stupid. But if u are so particular,Do it for u r own good)

Rule No.7: Take him for your shopping only if he's interested. If you are going for Window Shopping or for sari purchase, Better go with your friends/go alone. He is better at office/home watching cricket.

Rule No.8: Give him importance always. Show due care and affection. That 's the only way to win a guy's mind.

Stop Dying and Start Living!

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