C for Chicken

"Chicken"!!! - Reminds you of a tasty dish(vegetarians, please excuse) right?
And "chick", often used to refer to a stylish young woman, correct?

Well, now we are going to see a different meaning of 'chicken' and 'chick'.
A definition which we all know, but easy to forget in this world of Food and Fashion.
Chicken: The common domestic fowl
Chick: A young chicken
Hen: adult female chicken


Patience, please, let me explain first the reason for all this chicken talk.

Today morning, i was walking down the road and saw three hens outside a small house.
Everytime i see a hen, flash!, a childhood memory comes up in my mind.

----FLASHBACK START-----
Around 13 years back, i used to go for drawing classes everyday after school hours.
In the class, there were boys and girls of different ages... A few came to learn out of their interest and all others came coz of their parents' interest.

The teacher was very talented, patient and had good sense of humour.
For beginners, he used to draw a sketch on the book, and the student has to make a replica of it.
Sometimes he used to put an object before the class and asked us to draw that.
At times, he would think up of some simple subject and the student has to draw it out based on memory and observation.

One day, he asked few of the more experienced students to draw a hen.
I, among the newbies, was assigned the task of drawing the exact image of the mineral water bottle on his desk. (looks simple, but so tough to capture it on paper, you know)
The class was silent for a while, busy drawing, erasing and drawing again.

I was busy in my sketch when a deep sigh from our teacher made us all look up at him.
Standing beside him, was a girl student in late teens, with her sketch of "Hen" on the teacher's table.
We couldn't see her drawing from our places and waited eagerly to know the cause of our teacher's sigh.
A dramatic pause and pin drop silence in the class.
Then he asked her, 'When did you ever see a chicken with four legs?'
Oh the expression on his face - priceless!!!
We all burst out laughing.
She was a cool girl BTW. None of this embarrassed her.
She joined in the laughter and her answer was simple and honest - 'Sir, its been a long time since I saw a live chicken'.
----FLASHBACK END-----

Since then everytime i see a chicken, i smile and think of her answer and how true it is.
Even in towns like the place where i grew up, things change at a rapid pace.
As a kid playing on streets i remember hens, goats, buffaloes, donkeys (oh i miss them the most), stray dogs here and there in almost every street.
But nowadays... its such a rare sight.

The only form of chicken which we get to see is the one served in Chicken Biryani, chicken curry, soup, ... u name the dishes...

Am afraid that if i ask my nephew how many legs does chicken have, he might get the count from leg joints in a plate of chicken biryani.
Forget my nephew, maybe my own friends might do the same ;) Just kidding.

I don't think these kind of domestic animals are kept in Zoo either. So its so easy to forget how they look like.
Makes me feel sad that most people get to see them in poultry farm as just a source of meat and eggs and not as a household pet as they once were.

I am a strict non-vegetarian, but these thoughts make me think seriously about cutting down the meat intake.
The rate at which we are eating, chickens may as well be among the endangered species pretty soon...

Writing this in hope that, next time you think of chicken, you'll think of it as a beautiful bird and,yes, with TWO legs only :)

Hey! Look what i got on googling for chicken legs count...

Below is the relevant extract from answers.yahoo.com

Question (posted in 2009):
How many legs does a chicken have?
((---See i told you, people have already started forgetting how chicken looks like---))

Answers:
1) how many legs have u observed ?
cos what i saw was 2...

2) I think it has 3, but thats just the space chickens...

3) LOL

2...

and yum.. I love them with BBQ Sauce.. :-)

4) I've seen 2 legs but if you are including the wings I guess it would have 4

5) Mine's got no leg, its all on my plate. Or boiling in the soup.... my oh my, i love chicken and peanut soup.

6) They don't have legs they have drumsticks!
((---this answer is not my own, i swear, its there in that website only... but i would have thought on similar lines.. so same pinch to whoever posted that answer---))

And ofcourse they were many responses with the right answer
7) 2 legs

Thank God!!!

Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop

There are a few things in Life which i want to learn b4 i die. Dancing is one of the top three in the list. But I've been delaying it with some excuse or other.
Recently realised - 'There are no end to excuses if you are looking for them... and there are no end of opportunities if you go looking for them...'

So decided to take a chance today. My friend and I went to the institute near my office to enquire details about class timings and fee. And when the guy there mentioned the fee...he just said it once, but it kept echoing in my mind. I can still hear it ringing in my ears. Such a huge amount to which i was not at all prepared to pay.

After the initial shock wore off, i decided to go back to the online instructor, the ever reliable, Youtube.

Dwapara yuga Ekalavya (from Mahabharatha, remember?) learnt what he wanted from clay image of his guru.
Kali yuga Ekalavyas can learn what they want from online gurus.

Youtube has so many videos for different kinds of dancing.
Am posting few of the Nachle ve links i found. Will keep updating the list.

Ooh, hold on a sec, i found another website which has online videos from different Indian TV channels.
Omg, so many other things are there on the homepage http://www.parilok.org/
'Tv Channels Zone' is just a small section in this.
Anyways coming back to our dance videos... Posting the link from this site below

Search result for 'Nachle ve' in NDTV channel in below link returned 3 videos as of today.
All 3 are parts of song 'Crazy kiya re' from Hindi movie 'Dhoom 2'
Warning: Its just like watching on TV.. be prepared for lots of ads in between :) ...
http://ndtvimaginevideos.magnify.net/search/?search=nachle+ve&sort=recent&ente=1-5&info=1-5&fits=1-5&reco=1-5

Will be posting similar videos in this blog under same category 'Dance'.

Pardes - Jahan Piya Wahan Main...

Freedom.. In search of Freedom, I've been seriously thinking about long term stay outside India. So many traditions and social customs, uff, i felt i needed a break, a big big break...

While searching through some job portal, found this link somewhere in the corner and clicked on it:
India Tourism - IndiaWeek SIUE

Somehow seeing the video about few places in India (and the backgrnd song, a lovely flute instrumental one), moved me to tears (yeah right, i cry at every small opty).
Made me think, what am i doing? I haven't even seen my own country which i love a lot.
What am i running away from?
Made me think again of what my friend asked me - "What do you mean by Freedom?"
I didn't have an answer for that but felt that whatever it is, it is calling me from abroad... Freedom is calling out to me from somewhere out there, from some other country with lesser restrictions...

This song came to my mind, describing my mindstate in this context

Pardes Song - Jahan Piya Wahan Mein

(For translated lyrics - scroll to the end)

Just replace "Ganga" with my name (it rhymes too!!) and replace "piya"(my love/beloved in English) with Freedom... and the new lyrics describe exactly about what i was feeling and thinking about Freedom.

Then i mentally fast forwarded the movie and drifted to the movie ending...
I live in movies and books half the time :D ...
And I try to relate reel life and real Life and get the advice from there whenever possible.
Anyways, where was i, yeah got it, ... in the movie ending, Ganga's destined to find what she seeks back in her own country.
And then i thought, why to waste my time and money to get the similar lesson in life?
After all, i don't have the job offer anyway, so nothing to give up :) (thank God, no need to prepare for interviews now)
So THE END to all the working abroad thoughts.

Moral of the day:
The Freedom am looking for.. is within me... nowhere else... i carry it within me...
None can give it to me, and none can take it from me.
Its upto me to follow the traditions i like, and break the rules i don't believe in.
So am here to stay in my dear own country.
There's always option to travel abroad on vacation if i need to widen my perspective on Life, right?


AKS, hope this definition of Freedom is practical enough for you :)
and Ash you are right, am never going to work abroad :)

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Heres the song 'Jahan Piya Wahan Main' from movie 'Pardes'.
are ganga tu kaahe jaaye pardes
O, Ganga, why are you going abroad?

kaahe jaaye pardes
YWhy are you going abroad?

chhorke apna des...
Leaving your country?...

ganga chali kahaan qasam torke hamein chhorke...
Ganga, where are you going, breaking your promise, abandoning us?

piya mere piya
My love, my love

jahaan piya vahaan main
Where my love is, there I must be.

des chhudaaya pardes bulaaya...
He made me forsake my country; he called me abroad.

sandes yeh aaya mere naam
This letter came with my name on it.

jahaan piya vahaan main
Where my love is, there must I be.

mere piya vahaan main
I must be where he is;

main kya karuun mere raam
what can I do, my God?

jahaan piya vahaan main
Where my love is, there I must be.

mere piya vahaan main
My love is there, so must I be.

aisa lagta hai ki dil ke andar kuchh tuut rahaa hai
It seems as though something is breaking inside me.

baabul ke aangan mein mera bachpan chhuut rahaa hai
In my father's courtyard, I am letting go of my childhood.

main khush bhi huun udaas bhi
I'm happy as well as sad,

nadiyaan mein jaise pyaas bhi
like being thirsty amidst rivers.

main kya karuun mere raam
What will I do, my God?

jahaan piya vahaan main
Where my love is, there I must be.

mera piya vahaan main
My love is there, so must I be.

chaandi ki katori sone ka pitaara...
A cup of silver, a box of gold...

laa de maiya meri mujhko saasu ne pukaara
Bring them, mother; my mother-in-law has called me!

laali kaajal "powder" bindiya...
Blush, kohl, powder, bindi...

laa de meri maiya mujhko saiyya ne pukaara
Bring them, mother; my beloved has called me!

andekha anjaana sa ek sapna dekh rahi huun
I am looking at an unseen, unfamiliar dream.

apne man ke darpan mukh apna dekh rahi huun
I am looking at my own face in the mirror of my heart.

yeh main huun yaa koi aur hai
Is this me, or someone else?

sanjog pe kiska zor hai
Who has control over unions of the heart?

main kya karuun mere raam
My God, what shall I do?

ganga chali kahaan qasam torke hamein chhorke
Ganga, where are you going, breaking your promise, abandoning us?

wahaan main...
I go there...

jahaan piya vahaan main
I go wherever my beloved is.

wahaan main wahaan main
I go there, I go there.

Stranger in the mirror

There's a scary movie(Hindi movie, Naina) in which the heroine looks into the mirror and screams out in horror.
No, no, no, she's not screaming abt her make-up or appearance (she's beautiful!!)... its bcoz instead of seeing her own reflection, a stranger's face stares back at her from the mirror.... Oooooohhh.. the scariest thing that can ever happen in my opinion.
I would have a massive heart attack if i look into mirror and find Aish(no matter how beautiful she looks ;)) in my mirror reflection.
Ever since i saw that movie, i felt thankful to find my dear own familiar face in the mirror and noone else.

Years passed by since i saw the movie and then something happened which reminded me of that scene and the words "Stranger in the mirror" kept playing on and on in my head.
I lost my so called identity that time...
We define ourselves with few things in life like job, relationship, wealth, beauty, possessions, skills and so on. When one or more become so important to us, such things becomes an identity... something to define who we are.
When we lose that part of us, then comes the identity crisis.
When i used to look into the mirror during that time, i no longer knew the person looking back at me.
The smile is different, the eyes are different, the thoughts are different, everything... in short, a stranger in the mirror.

I used to stand before the mirror, looking at my reflection, hoping it would give back my definition or atleast redefine who i am. (Its not crazy, our mirror images do talk to us, don't u ever watch movies??)
Anyways nothing of that sort happened.
Every time i looked into the mirror, used to silently say hi to the stranger in the mirror. Maybe that should have been the point to go for psychotherapy, but friends therapy worked out all right for me.

Best medicine and diet when you are depressed or lost - its the brain of your friends. Keep eating it and you'll be perfectly fine over a period of time (Can't say the state of your friend after that though).
I talked and talked till i got the drama out of my system (i still keep talking, too much drama inside me).
And here i am - Happy and Healthy.

Alls well that ends well.
I still don't know the woman in the mirror, but i love her anyway.
Discovering myself day by day and refuse to define myself with any external factor. My identity is under construction, and i guess it'll always be.

'The day i stop changing is the day i start dying.'

Boy friends??!!!!

Here's the topic of the day "The cons and cons of boy friends" (in case u didn't notice, there are no "pros"... all "cons" only)

First let me start off with definition of boyfriends and boy friends. Go ahead, yawn if you must, but please finish reading the definition first. It'll take a load off my head and make me feel more clear. Boyfriends vs Boy friends... A space beteen the words makes a lot of difference.
"...There is a significant difference between boyfriend and boy friend. In a strictly grammatical sense, a boyfriend is an 'individual of significance' with whom one shares a relationship. A girl friend or boy friend, however, is simply a friend identified on the basis of gender...."

Boy friends... I used to think that having n number of boy friends was all a woman can ask for a happy independant life.. You get all the freedom and fun. No rules, no expectations. All play and no work. Etc. etc. I used to think all that for many years, but now???!!!!. I've few of the most awesome/awful (can't decide which word to pick, but i know u'll understand) guys as friends. They make me so mad at times that its a wonder i've not injured any one of them. Not yet anyway.

Won't believe me? Here i've the list ready, based on real life experiences.
Cons of having boy friends:
1) No support when you are sad.
When am sad they give some one-liners like 'It happens', 'It'll pass', 'Its ok' with the kind of empty face devoid of any kind of emotion. If my pride hasn't stopped me, i would have screamed and said 'Buddy, i don't want you to cry along with me, but atleast act like you are almost about to cry at my misery. A tear drop or two welling up in your eyes, is it too much to ask for. A woman needs her drama you know...'


2) No support when you are feeling senti.
When i feel senti or attached to them, they say people come and go. Make new friends and be happy wherever you go. (Hello, are you agreeing with them?? You are reading my blog and so you are on my side. Agree with me ok) Be practical they say. How stupid is that. Hit them on the head and that should fix their wierd way of thinking.

3) No support when you feel talkative.
If i chat for a bit longer(ok way more longer) than a sentence or two at a stretch, there will be no response from the other side. I panic at that point wondering if they ran away somewhere to hide and keep checking with "U thr?" after every few sentences or so. If they respond with "Yes", i sigh with relief and continue my monologue again till the next "U thr".
If i go and see my chat history, it will be full of my dialogues with the response from the other side very very rare, scattered here and there, i need to search very keenly that. Its 99.99% solo chat. I could as well be talking to myself.

But there are times, more often than not, when it feels really so wonderful to have them by my side. The fun time together and the kind of support they give... Its so wonderful, that i feel like going back and strike off all those cons above.
If not erase those, then atleast rephrase them as pros below.
1) The times when i felt sad - Their stupid one-liners made me stop crying and made me strong (No use crying when noone's joining you anyway)
2) The times when i felt senti - Their practical advice, somehow filled with unspoken care sounds so soothing... made a mature, practical (hmm, almost practical) person out of me.
3) The times when i felt talkative - Their patience in hearing me out (lets forget about their silence part for now, i don't need their response anyway, i just wanted to talk).. it makes me feel that even if they are slowly going crazy with all my incessant chatter, they will never shut me up(ok, there are times when they ask me to keep quiet, but i don't stop even then, so lets ignore those times also for now). Makes me feel they'll always be there even when am being silly and stupid.

((yawn)) Reading my own list makes me sleepy.
Lets end it here for now before the list increases...

Dedicated to all my stupid boy friends about whom this was written.
And ofcourse to all my girl friends, without whose calming presence, i would have killed those guys by now.

The Perfect Cube

Today is my 27th birthday.
This is the number i've been eagerly waiting for - 27 - Kind of sounds magical to me.
3 cube. and digits sum to 9 (which i consider lucky)

When the clock was about to strike midnight, I've had a very strange but familiar fear.
Was that excitement? Maybe so, maybe not.
Looking at my family, felt comforted and fell asleep.
Note to my sis:
Thanks sis dear for coming down for my b'day. I know i don't say it often, but hope you know that having u as my sis and friend is having a constant source of strength, care, fun and comfort for me.
Ofcourse, on a complaining note, there are times when its so frustrating to have someone know me as well as you do, reading my thoughts and predicting my actions... But thats expected i guess between people as close as we are... Pyar ke side effects, which we have to live through with loved ones :( ... But you know one more thing- Knowing that you can see through my stupid thoughts and feelings and still have you by my side with so much love, gives me the freedom to be myself and know, for sure, that i'm always loved, no matter what...

I slept in peace but woke up in a state of dread in the morning.

But then came home the teddy, red roses and yummy cake.
And along with that, a beautiful message which i'll treasure always.
Coming from you, dear Mad, it means a lot.
I'll carry that note with me as a reminder that no matter how mad people can be, there will always be madder friends around to love and be loved ;) .
Thanks for being such a wonderful friend and staying by me all along. I couldn't call you back to say thanks coz I felt so touched and senti and a phone call then meant so superficial. Hope you read this and know how much it meant to me.

After eating such cake its tough to stay awake.
On top of that, eating all day long whatever mom prepared at home.
Didn't want to begin my new year sleeping and lost in Dreamworld...
I called upon all my will power and though sheer determination managed to keep my eyes open.

And finally the day is over. Such a relief!!!
Did i mention, festivals and birthdays always make me feel so restless that i can't wait for the day to end.
Maybe am bit queer to feel that way, but thats ok.
I got my friends and family who takes me as I am, queer or not. Lucky me!!!

Review - Mane'a - The Salon

I've been to this place today for hair cut.
Mane'a - The Salon

Really good and worth every rupee.
There's something sinfully delightful in pampering oneself.
Having my hair shampooed and conditioned with such care(that too by a cute guy ;)) makes me feel like a princess.
Hmm thats it for now.
Got to run and see my hair again in the mirror.
Can't help it, the mirror wants to see my hair again and again :)

Music world

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Last (Lost) Weekend

I was supposed to read some poetry or classics last weekend.
But lets face it, so many years passed since i last read such stuff(high school days), and with no English teacher to encourage (read "force") me to do so, its really tough.
And i've skipped it.

One point in my defence, i don't have such books at home.
Time to buy new books.

And as usual, i spent the weekend stuck to laptop, watching movies online.
Time to break this addiction.
Am losing so many weekends this way. I can almost hear my laptop scream 'Get out. Get a life. And give me a break!'
Lappy, i know what you are trying to say... i'll think up of something to do in weekends and give you the break you deserve...

All about words

Subconscious spell check.
We do it all the time.
Just a while ago, i created a Label "Journal"...
Its been a long time since i've seen that word in use, but the spelling comes automatically to mind.
I typed it down and this sudden thought "Is this a really valid word".
It sounds stupid now even to me, but for a few seconds there, i truly doubted the existence of such a word.
So i went ahead and asked my reliable friend, Google. And yes, there is a word called "Journal".

Thing is, the English I use on daily basis these days, its the same as my 5th grade nephew would use.
The hidden reasoning behind that is, if we use complex vocab when we talk, we run the risk of being a social outcast in the very near future(like the very next minute).
Forget about society, even personally, if i hear someone give the kind of speech which my nephew wouldn't understand, i would run away screaming (if i had a choice to do so) rather than sit there listening.
But when it comes in written form, am a die hard fan of Literature - idioms, double entendre, ...(oops, i forgot what else is there, so lets go with 'etc'...), etc... all sorts of stuff, that you normally wouldn't encounter in regular spoken English... those words are a feast to the eyes and food to the mind.

Dust settled down on the unused words which i collected from books across the years and stored lovingly in colorful closets in my mind. Time for some spring cleaning, wipe out the dust and freshen my mind with some rich literature.. How about Shakespeare.. or R.K.Narayan... or John Keats... or William Wordsworth... (can't think of more names, i blame it on the dust again :) )

Coming up next, 5 posts with the summary on the stories/poems i pick this weekend.

Filhaal song lyrics with translation

Here's a beautiful song from Hindi movie 'Filhaal'.
When you are feeling sad, but don't feel like ruining your eyes with tears, try this song.
In sync with the sad mood, yet inspiring at the same time.
A peaceful acceptance of What is, What you are, right here, right now...
Posting this song as the first one here, coz it makes me "feel" (for the moment) like Sushmita Sen :D...
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(Click here for Filhaal song on Youtube)

zindagi yeh lamha jii lene de
(Let's live for the moment)
pahale se likhaa kuchh bhi nahin
(Nothing in life is pre-determined)
roz nayaa kuch likhtii hai tuu
(Every day you write a new fate for yourself)
jo bhi likhaa hai dil se jiyaa hai
(whatever is written is lived whole-heartedly)
yeh lamha filhaal jii lene de...
(For the time being, let's live for the moment)
filhaal...
(for the moment...)


maasuum si hansii bevajah hii kabhi
(Sometimes, for no reason, an innocent laugh)
hothon pe khil jaatii hai
(blooms on (your) lips)
anjaan sii khushii bahatii hui kabhi
(A strange happiness sometimes goes flowing)
saahil pe mil jaatii hai
(to meet the shore)

yeh anjaana sa Dar ajnabii hai magar
(This unfamiliar fear is strange, but)
khuubsuurat hai jii lene de
(it is beautiful; embrace it)
yeh lamha filhaal jii lene de...
(For the time being, let's live for the moment...)
filhaal...
(for the moment...)


dil hii mein rahata hai aankhon mein bahata hai
(It resides in the heart, it flows in the eyes)
kachcha saa ek khwaab hai
(it's an unfinished dream)
lagta sawaal hai shaayad jawaab hai
(It seems like a question, but perhaps it's the answer)
dil phir bhi betaab hai
(Even so, my heart is restless)
yeh sukhuun hai to hai
(If this is happiness, so be it)
yeh junuun hai to hai
(If this is obsession, so be it)
khuubsurat hai jii lene de
(it is beautiful; embrace it)

yeh lamha filhaal jii lene de...
(For the time being, let's live for the moment...)
filhaal...
(for the moment...)


pahale se likhaa kuchh bhi nahin
(nothing in life is pre-determined)
roz nayaa kuchh likhtii hai tuu
(Every day you write a new fate for yourself)
jo bhi likhaa hai dil se jiyaa hai
(whatever is written is lived whole-heartedly)
yeh lamha filhaal jii lene de...
(For the time being, let's live for the moment)
filhaal...
(for the moment...)

Pioneer Woman Photography Assignments

Some interesting photos from 'Pioneer Woman Photography Assignments'

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Animation Articles

1) Learning 2D animation
Articles by 2d artist on how to best learn 2d animation


2) http://questforanimationglory.blogspot.com/

With Love, Emma

Once upon a time, there lived a little girl Emma in a cozy cottage by the riverside.
Every morning she ran to her hideout among the trees near the river, and read aloud her favourite tales.
There were no other folks around to listen and nod their heads.
But the flowing river and the swaying trees, buzzing bees and the pleasant breeze made a wonderful audience to little Emma's stories.

One fine morning, Emma, lost as usual in her fairy world, heard a sound and looked up startled. There stood a little boy, a little boy named Eddie.

Emma knew not where he's from and why he came.

But looking into his eyes, it felt like being at home.
The world seemed more colorful, brighter, cheerful and magical.
Hand-in-hand they walked along. Humming a song all way long.

Day after day, they met at the hideout.
Emma read aloud to Eddie, mixing up stories or making up her own.
And this is how Happily Ever After feels like, thought little Emma.

But one day, little Eddie did not come.
That day, colors seemed less bright and the scents less intense.
Emma felt that magic came and left with Eddie and world seemed like a faded book.
For days and days, Emma looked around here, there and everywhere, but couldn't find him.

Emma knew not where he's gone and why he left

Emma felt lost and lonely. 'Yes', thought Emma 'there are other kids around... but none are like Eddie'.
Crying herself to sleep in her hideout, Emma had a dream.
And in the dream was dear little Eddie.
Hand-in-hand they walked along. Humming a song all way long.
They walked near the river and Eddie asked her to look into the river.
Emma saw their images in the river and smiled at him and lo! Eddie was gone.
Tears welled up in her eyes when Eddie's voice rang out clear and pleasant, 'Look into yourself and see what you find'.
But Emma's eyes were full of tears and she couldn't see anything.
Then said Eddie: 'Wipe your tears for then only you can see Magic'.

Emma did so and what did she see!
In her reflection, she could see Eddie in her heart, smiling back at her.
She bent down in wonder to touch the image and woke up with a start.

So this is a dream. thought Emma.
Yet, it felt so real than anything else that Emma decided this is Magic.

From that day on, Emma always smiled.
She knew noone else can be Eddie but she saw him in herself and everyone around her, and spread around the magic, love and joy that Eddie had shown to her.

And this is how Happily Ever After feels like, thought little Emma...

'Tears have no place in world of magic, hmm, only exception being tears of joy' - Emma :)

My Favourite Books

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The Faraway Tree

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

The Secret

One Thousand and One Nights

Must Watch Movies

My Neighbor Totoro

Shrek

How to Train Your Dragon



Mad, as per your comments, included below the links to watch movies.. :)

1) Watch Movies Online For Free Full Movie Downloads
http://www.movies-links.tv

2) Watch Anime Movies Online :: English & German - Subtitles & Dubbed Streams
http://www.anime-movie-site.com/

3) Free Videos Online - Watch TV Online - Free Video Clips | Veoh
http://www.veoh.com/

Foodie Zone

1) BringMeFood
Order Food Online (Hyderabad, India)

2) Sanjeev Kapoor Recipes
Recipes from Sanjeev Kapoor, Celebrity Chef

3) fullhyd.com
The Hyderabad Restaurants, Pubs, Bars and Nightlife Guide

For Shopaholics only...

1) Inorbit Mall
One stop shop for Hyderabadis

2) Indiatimes Shopping
Online shop for Books, Gifts, etc..

3) Fastrack
Watches, Sunglasses, Belts, Bags, Wallets, Wristbands

4) Fossil
Watches, wallets, handbags & Clothing

Quotes

Here are few of the quotes which i like.
Posted here in no particular order.
Yet to reorganise them into categories...Until then just keep scrolling and read whichever quote catches ur eye...
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Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you 've always gotten.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

You're lonely only if you're not there for yourself.

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.

There is no failure. Only feedback.

He who has a why to live for, can bear almost any how

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way

What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but sail we must and not drift, nor lie at anchor

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling and even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it. Be a reason for others to smile.

Every man dies… but not every man really LIVES...

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Have a mind that is open for everything, and attached to nothing

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls

While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about.

Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.

A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.

No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.

A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Tip for single women: If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.

What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.

In our dreams we are closer to our real self than in waking life

Life is not what happens on the ourside, it is how we perceive it on the inside

Happiness is a choice, not a reaction

Life is drawing without an eraser.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known

Live out your imagination, not your history

The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed

Wherever you go, go with all of your heart

Laugh at yourself and life and nothing can touch you...

When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use.
When diet is correct, medicine is of no need

Once you have felt the Indian dust, you will never be free of it.

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.

The best glimpse of heaven on earth-baby's smile

The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought

Sometimes things go worse before they get better

If you are looking for a Saviour, look into the mirror....

If God sends us on stony paths, he'll always provide us with strong shoes

The lesson for us today is that when we change ourselves to the point that we're willing to do whatever it takes to change - we won't have to. Facing our greatest fears - banishes the negative traits that causes us to commit our misdeeds.

Today, Jump into something unknown. This life goes by too fast to stay stuck in being stuck.

Love is not learned because there never was a time in which you knew it not

Nothing real can be threatened...Nothing unreal exists.

It is the privilege of the forgiven to forgive

We know that this matter is continuously changing, what is forming the sun one day, the next day may form the matter of our bodies

We required none else to make us happy, for we are happiness itself

There's a song in every drop of rain...

You are a living magnet, attracting what you want

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet

Leap and the net will appear

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare,
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult

Take a leap into the unknown today. You may just find yourself.

Good friends are like stars... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there...

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!

You were born an Original, don't die a Copy

God doesn't throw dice

If we want to know the Universe, we have to simply know ourselves...

Live life in such a way that even Sorrow smiles with you...

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are

When death approaches, we may look back on our life and wonder if it was just another dream

This, too, will pass

The “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that

The solution exists before the problem. We just need to find it.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so

Life is the dancer, and you are the dance

Life isn’t as serious as my mind makes it out to be

If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live

Even the largest goals are obtained one step at a time


For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail
-"small actions can result in large consequences"

The truth is we can have anything we want if we'll give up the belief that we can't have it

Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude

Your fear is like a toothless tiger—it seems ferocious but it has no power

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true

That is a lesson for all life—face the terrible, face it boldly ..the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them

Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark

Our words and thoughts are the hands of the sculptor, giving shape, form, and dimension to our reality

Courage is fear that prays

The only solution is to forget a past of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself

A child can always teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires

The light is IN you. Darkness can cover it, but CANNOT put it out

If you knew Who walks beside you on this way which you have chosen, fear would be impossible

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost...

Its the silence between the notes that makes the music

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no one is listening, Love as if you have never been hurt, and Dance as if no one is watching

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

No one else can dance your dance, no one else can sing your song, no one else can write your story.

Run towards ur fears. U hav to face them someday, so why not today...

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending

Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been, there you long to return

I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another human, nor ask another human to live for mine


The real magic wand is the child's own mind

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow.'

God gave people a mouth that closes and ears that don't, which should tell us something.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall

Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice...It's the choices that make us who we are, and we could always choose to do what's right - Spiderman :)

Earth Hour 2010

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