Smoking....

No guys.... I am not going to give a lecture on smoking and not smoking.... Its no use because who wanna smoke will smoke, who doesn't will not....

Whole idea of writing this post is to tell that i tried it.... Since when i am asking people that why do they smoke, that i don't remember and it is still unanswered.... So Yesterday I thought that how will I know how it feels until and unless I smoke. So yesterday, I took a Marlboro White and lighted it. I smoked the first puff, nothing happened, second puff nothing happened, puff after puff but nothing happened. Cigarette finished, I threw the stub into the dustbin. All I felt was some smoke taste which was not so good.

And Now I am more confused because it does not taste good, it damages your lungs and other body organs, you smell shit and then also people smoke. What for?

GOD... enlighten me.... :-P

Reality Check

How funny it is....

We believe unreal things in our lives and never want to believe what is real even when we know it is real and it is the fact....

My Encounter With God....

Tring Tring....!! Tring Tring....!! Rang my cell phone... I looked at my mobile screen to see who was calling... To my surprise it said no number. Confused and thinking who's this, i picked up my phone and said "Hello."

"Hello!!" came a computerised voice which continued ", your request for an interview was accepted by God. Please reach your room by 7.30 pm and open your almirah. He will be waiting for you." saying this the call got disconnnected. Before i could react and say anything i could hear the disconnected tone.

The whole day i was restless. God waiting for me in my almirah??? I thought someone is playing prank and they would be expecting to see me restless and roam around telling what happened. So i played kool. But deep in my heart i was thinking, what if it is true... Naah... I can't be....

I reached back to my room at 7 and everything seemed to be normal. I checked my almirah where i have made a small temple kinda thing. Nothing happened and i thot in my mind that someone played wid me but he failed. With a winning smile i sat on my chair and started checking my mails, but the celebrations were not for long. Trrrrriiinng.. Trrrrinnnng.... At 7.30 my phone rang breaking the silence in my room. I answered the call with a surprise as again my caller id said no number. Same computerised voice answered when i picked up which said ", Your appointment is on. Please come in..." after that, what happened was really unbelievable.

My almirah opened itself and rays of light started coming out from it. The light was bright and blinded my vision, but somehow it was not hurting. The rays had a soothing effect and i started to feel a soothing effect all over me. Suddenly i heard a voice "Hi prasanth, How are you?" I could not see anyone as the rays were still bright. Blood was flowing at the maximum speed through my veins, i could feel the tension when first time heard the voice and i wanted to reply but no words were coming out of my mouth. I was tottaly dumbstruck. Somehow I gathered all the courage and replied "Who are you and why can't I see you?"

"I, I am the manger of this Universe.... Generator, Operator and Destroyer of this world. You people call me GOD." replied the voice.

"God!???" I answered with surprise "but why can't I see you and what are these lights which are blinding me?"

"Yes GOD, and yes you can't see me. Its because you believe in me, my every face, my every shape" came the answer which continued " people who believe in rama, see me as rama, who believe me as Krishna, see me as krishna, who believe me as Jesus could see me as Jesus but you believe in all of them. Thats why you won't see any of them but my pure soul and it is invisible."

"And what interview, how can I ask you for an appointment?" i questioned with confused thoughts still going all over my mind. God replied "Oh! you forgot day before yesterday, when you were reading about Haiti Earthquake and you said that you wanted to meet me and ask why do i do all this. I heard it and just came to meet you. Ask me what you wanted to ask?"

I couldn't believe my ears about what I heard. God came to meet me and answer my queries personally. ''Hey am I dreaming....?" I asked myself, but i was not. I realised that whatever it may be lets fire some questions. With all the energy which i was left with, I gathered myself and fired my question.

Me: Why do you attack poor countries? I mean, earthquake in Haiti which is the poorest country of Western Hemisphere? Famines and draughts in african region which are already poor. Why so? why not in devoloped countries? I don't say to hit devoloped countries but why this damage to be done by nature?

God: Its not correct what you are saying. Nature hits all the places, it does not discriminates countries as poor or rich. if earthquake hit in Haiti, then Katrina came in US. But yes this is true that Nature comes very harsh. But you should realise it is a cycle. Destruction is a part of the life cycle. Something is created when something is destroyed. Ok, look it from another point of view, to maintain love and feelings for each other in all my kids these things are required. If a country like US is hit, people will be sad but won't help because it is a devoloped country. But people come forward when some poor countries are hit. The helping desire enhances this way. Or else you people are now living a mechanical life, whereas i created you to live together in happiness and spreading love. Why were you sad and reading about Haiti? You wanted to help people in Haiti. But were you worried when Katrina hit US?'(I agreed, that we get more emotional if a poor country is hit with a natural calamity)

Me: God why did you made religions? So much hate and agony takes place due to this. Why?

God: Son, i never made religions. When I first created you and sent to this world, you believed that everything in this world was me. I mean, you worshipped Sun, Wind, Fire, Water, Soil, everything. But as you all started learning and more civilized you became ignorant to all this. You started destroying things which once you believed was me. At this juncture, I had to do something to reach out to the masses and i sent prophets and some of my incarnations to guide you. In process of reaching out to everyone, I came in different names but the message was same. Love all the people and living beings. But if have good kids, i also have bad kids. Those kids misguide people on name of religion and are destroying all i havecreated. What i teach and expect from my good kids is not to hate their brothers who are going in wrong direction, and guide them to the way of happiness and peace.(I too agree, most of us believe in every religion. We respect others thoughts, but there are few people in between us who try to use religion for their own benefit.)

Me: Why is there a difference in poor and rich? I mean why didn't you make everyone rich. If there was no poverty then world would have been so good.

GOD: Hahaha, Son this is again the cycle to run this world. If everyone is rich who will work? I mean have you ever seen a rich guy doing labour work? Have you seen a Landlord doing farming? If everyone is self sufficient, no one will work. So I gave roles to everyone. And to play these roles there has to be some driving force. These materialistic things are the driving force. I mean, will you work for your company for free. Or if your bank balance is 100,000 $ will you work?(i realised what i heard was correct. You won't work if you are rich.) Me: Hmmm.... What should i ask now? I still cannot believe that I am talking to you.... If it is true then why did you select me? I am not big bhakt or something.GOD: Hahaha, its not thatyou should be chanting my name whole day. Forme all of you are my kids. Some are naughty, some are simple. Some believe in me, some don't. About you being selected, it was just a random selection. I told you na, to pass my mesage i select people. You mail around, wrie blog so i thought why not use your help in spreading my message.

Me: Message??? What kinda message?

GOD: That you all humans are my children. You believe me in different forms and call me different names but in the end I am same. Don't fight over my names, believe in me and live, love and be happy. Learn from the nature, what it is teaching. Every sunrie teaches you that after every dark night there is a sunshine. So if you are going through tough time, you will have a better future. Seasons teach you that in life you have to pass through every phase, it will sunny sometimes, it will be rainy, it will be spring with flowers all around you. Believe in me, if something is happening, i have planned something. Don't fight over materialistic things, live the life gifted to you, enjoy it with your family and friends instead of worrying about increments and bonus. Don't care that your neighbour is being promoted and you are not because i have planned something else for you. Be happy with what you have and try to spread smiles around and you will find yourself smiling. Essence of living happily is to spread happiness and enjoy the life. Heal the world, make it a better place for you and the entire human race.

Me: Thank you GOD for selecting me as your messenger. I will do my best to pass this message to the world. and I am really blessed that you chose me to do this.

GOD: Thats all right but my dear son to pass this message you have to do one thing first.

I enquired ", Whats dat god?" Hearing my question I could make it out that GOD was smiling and then i heard a Voice....

"Wake Up! Wake up! oye you are late, you idiot its 6.45 already." came a voice with a bang on my door. I woke startled and realising it was my friend who was banging my door.

"Yeah, I am up." i replied with a grin on my face. then i looked around but everything was normal. It was dream, but was it? I don't know but i thought i will share it because i think it was something which was worth sharing.

The Day I fell In love....

Today i wanna share something special.... something that happens to everyone once in a life, with sumone.... yes it happened to me.... Yes!... I know you won't believe it but its true.... This thursday my Manager Mr. A (names not to be disclosed) as usual had some work for me... Infact for friday also... nd majboori ka naam mahatama gandhi... mujhe friday ko kaam karna he padega.... but is ek din ne meri life change kar di....

There are 7 indian schools in qatar and they were having Inter school competitions on a big scale for which my company had sponsored.... On Friday it was the final which was to be held at Doha Cinema from 9 AM till evening.... I was supposed to reach there by 10 in morning and stay there to make sure that our company's visibility was all over during the programme.... Because in evening our COO was supposed to come and give away the prizes i cud not even think of skipping the programme....

Well it was a usual friday with only unusual thing, that was me getting up by 10... OH Shit!... I was late..... got up from my bed, brushed, took bath (yes i brush and take bath, don't be surprised) and rushed in my car to the Venue.... I reached at 11.30, and as soon as i entered the hall, i cud hear a girl sing maapila pattu (mallu islamic song).... ", Gaya aaj ka din", i thought and entered the hall....

there was a genuine crowd, mostly parents of the participants, but the balcony seats were mostly empty. Neways i went around the area with one of the organisers and checked if everything was ok. Then Mr. O (organiser) directed me to the seats in front as we were the sponsors. I smiled and went towards the seat thinking ",mera dimaag kharaab hai yahan baithunga.... yahan to so bhi nhi skta... sabko dikhega....", I started looking for a seat behind.... and then decided to go to balcony section jo thoda distance mein and khali bhi hai.... I got up and sat in seat in balcony..... competitions were goin on... an invisible woman was announcing names of team for various categories... bache aate ja rahey they, apna naach gaana dikhatey ja rahey they... Main bore hone laga to i connected my mobile to net and entered google talk.... Started chatting wid people wen i felt a shadow crossed me.... ", Yahan kaun aake baith gya yaar....?", thinking this i looked around and saw an angel like girl sitting two seats apart from me....

OMG! Two seats next to me sat a typical Indian girl in a pink salwar kameez which complimented her very well... baal baandhey hue, duppatta iron kiya.... oh my god kya ladki hai yaar.... Aisa nahi hai ki ussey sundar ladki maine nhi dekhi but somehow uske chehre se nazar hattane ka dil he nhi kar rha tha... Koi jaadu sa tha usme.... Mere phone pe IM ka beep bajey ja rha tha par aisa lag rha tha ki bas usi ko dekhta rahun.... Before I could finish admiring her beauty she looked towards me... I realised that I was still staring at her and she had understood that... My mind started screaming", Oh God! kuch bol prasanth kuch bol, dekhta mat reh... Kuch bhi bol," And I did ask....

I asked ", You came to see the competition?", and fir sochne laga ," Wah! How smart.... abey woh kya yahan tujhe milne aayi hai, competition chal rha hai usko he dekhne aayi hogi,"... With a confused expression (thanks to my smart question) she answered ", Yes, My sister is participating in one of the competitions." and then she started looking in to her mobile like reading some sms. I wanted to speak more to her, but pehle he mooh khol kar maine apni akal dikha di thi so i was jst avoiding to spit out more stupidity, when she turned towards me again and asked with a smile ",You are here with someone who is participating?" But i wasn't listening, i was busy admiring her eyes and her smile ", Oh God! kya hasti hai yaar...", when she repeated again realising i wasn't listening. ", Hunh! Yes.. Oh! no no... no one." as i was saying this i realised ki main kya yes no yes no kar rha hun... Meri antar aatma chillai ki abey ek baat pe ruk... Yes Or No....Coming back to senses I replied clarifying ", I mean, I am from CGC, CGC Nokia, I mean we are sponsors."

"Oh! so u r not a malayalee?" she enquired. Mujhe apne mallu hone pe itna garv kabhi nhi hua tha. I replied with a smile ",Arey nahi, I am a mallu, I mean malayalee." (kar di thi maine gadbad bol k mallu). tabhi khayal aaya ki naam bta de to shayad wo bhi naam bta de.... I said bending on her side ", Oh! by the way I am Prasanth... and you?" ",I am radhika, Radhika Menon." she replied. Radhika, kitna pyara naam hai.... Mann he mann socha Ma tere liye bahu mil gyi.... Wo uth k mere saath wali seat pe aake baith gyi. Aisa laga ki aaj bhagwan se lottery bhi maangu to shayad wo bhi de dega....

When she came next to me we started talking. I came to know that they were from Calicut and her parents were settled here. Her dad is working in Qatar Petroleum and she just came back after completing MBA and was searching for a Job. Her parents had gone to kerala, dats why she was here accompanying her sister. Mann he Mann main sochne laga ki yaar sab kuch set hai, kerala se hai, pyaari bhi hai, shaadi kar he leta hun. We were discussing about each other when she said ", I have seen you before also." At that moment of involuntary reflex, my brows raised and mouth opened with an expression "How... What?? She continued saying "Yesterday you came to BPS (birla Public School) with some colleague of yours." I replied "yeah, it was me and our Visual Merchandiser." I could not believe that she remembered because i was there for just an hour and there were so many people. How did she remem me. I wanted to know but darr bhi lag raha tha ki kuch bakwaas pooch lunga.. But u see, I was not able to resist asking that idiotic question of mine and asked her “But how do u still remember me, having seen me only once that too in that crowd?” She did shy for a while, before revealing that I was very impressive that day. She said that her friend noted me first as my dark blue shirt was striking enough to make heads turn! She also said the way I carried myself in style that made her friend fall for me! I seriously didn’t know how to react, as I was bemused thinking if only that style of mine made her fall for me?? I was not convinced with the reply but I did not want to make her feel uncomfortable asking more about that day. Anyways I felt good, though that was not what I expected. I mean not her friend fall for me. Nevertheless, in that next moment of honest confession she said, “Yeah true …Even I felt you were really good that day”. Hmmm.. Now I realized that she was really interested in me and from somewhere I got some confidence to move further.

She was not done yet. Her confession continued as she told me that she saw me sitting alone here so she came around so that she can speak to me and she was really being attracted towards me. I cud not believe my ears and was njoin every moment at that point. Yaar koi ladki mujhse attract ho rhi hai... Kya baat hai.... Aaahun Aaaahun, Aaaahun Aaahun.... Maine apne dil ki party ko jaldi se khatam kiya and then I looked into her eyes. She was feeling very shy on admitting everything to someone she spoke for the first time. I could see the love in her eyes and somehow i was feeling from inside that yes she is the girl. My heart was shouting that take her home with you. Dil se zor zor se awaaz aane lagi abey pata le, pata le, abhi propose karde, she will agree....." It seemed everything was happening so fast.

I regrouped myself for the brave act I needed to do tonight. I started “Radhika..When i was came here i thought what i was doing here wasting my day but now everything is falling into places” in my trademark idiotic way! She smiled with a slight confused expression and nodded her head. I continued adding some sense to what I said “ Yeah. I mean that I found you and i realise without you sitting next to me, my day wud not be so beautiful. Thank you!” She said in a girlish way “Come on Prasanth”! and stretched her hands, relaxing. I did not know what I was doing, but I clung her right hand… so tightly with my both hands and in the next second, trying to be romantic I opined, “Do u love me and can we marry each other”?

I did not feel I did a mistake, after seeing her expression not so harsh. She was bewildered though! May be she did not expect my proposal so soon. I could feel she was not comfortable! But I was wrong! She thought for a while and she placed her left hand upon mine and said “I feel I m lucky”! Now this confirmed that she has accepted my proposal. I was on cloud nine! I stood up and jumped high in the air and THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found myself on floor in my room. I checked my watch and it was 12 in the noon and i realised i haven't gone to the programme. As usual i already reached programme but in my dreams..... OH god! I am late for that programme.....

I got ready thinking about radhika and what i dreamt.... I went to the competition but I didn't find any radhika.... Hopefully kabhi to milegi... Yahi soch ke khuda hafiz kaha ki shayad this is what it means to how you fall in love..... falling from your bed in your dreams......

A Bucket of KFC, 7UP and 3 Movies

First of all Happy New Year to everyone......

I hope you people njoid ur new year party in your own way.... Every year I also make it a point to go out with frnds nd hav a new year bash... This year i was totally confused that what will I do.... because i din't have anyone around me with whom i wanted to celebrate new year...

Thought to celebrate in different way... just with me and myself.... Went and got a bucket of KFC family meal... Sat in my room, went through the photographs of my vacation back home in 2009.... njoiid the happy momments.... saw 3 movies and welcomed 2010.... And somehow I realised that It is our mind and heart which we have to control... Its not that you can only njoi if u r around with frends (yeah u vil njoi more) but if they r not there at least cherish the momments you had... Believe me had a gr8 time with those cherished momments....

So those who were sad being alone... you are not alone.... think about the happy momments and you will be surrounded by your loved ones....

chalo take care

Byeee