Summer in love with June !

It was a crisp, sunny Summer evening in Bay area. As usual , we went for a walk in Marina Park , Alviso and I was so in love with this summer. The nature and landscape  reminded me of the "Peter and  Jane" book series of stories which my mom taught me when I was 5 years old ! A beautiful summer to remember ! Sweet June !

Hates it when Karma train is late !

Strongly believe KARMA exists but hates it when the train is late :) It will arrive surely though late !

Healthy habits = Happiness !

"Whatever you dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.” - Goethe


Recently I have been emotionally shaken after the death of my grandma. It was just so difficult to come out of the mode and I realized it's impacting my daily life. I then thought life couldn't take it anymore ! I learnt a big lesson that visiting chat rooms aren't the right option ! I told myself that something has to be done to come out of  such a feeling of pain ! A loss is always a loss, we cannot replace it , I did not see my grandma for the last , final time on earth before she's buried accordingly our hindu ritual way , but I believe that she've sensed my feelings. I am keeping myself happy for the sake of my loved ones and myself ! Hence, I thought there would be so many people like me , impacted by events of life , or could even be in worser situation. Therefore , for those out there , just remember , love lives !

We live in interesting times. We’re blessed that way.The world is changing rapidly.The way we work is changing, the way we live has already changed. Entire industries are crumbling, and more are growing on their ruins. People are empowered to express themselves, to create, to become a part of a global conversation and transformation, in a way that has never existed before.

What will you do with that?


What will your place be in this new, interesting world? Will you have a voice? Will you be a creator, or just a consumer?


Do something.


Do something interesting.


Be a part of the conversation, and say something remarkable. Create something unique, new, beautiful. Build upon the works of others and transform it into your own.

Just thinking..................

Just like parents usually want to monitor the television programming their children watch, we must be equally vigilant about our own mental programming. Our thoughts have the capacity to manifest destiny.



Watch your thoughts, they become words.

Watch your words, they become actions.

Watch your actions, they become habits.

Watch your habits, they come character.

Watch your character, it becomes destiny.



Our thoughts are the pathway to contentment or disappointment.

Gauthama Buddha

Dharma transmission :
"there are causes for all human suffering, and there is a way by which they may be ended, because everything in the world is the result of a vast concurrence of causes and conditions, and everything disappears as these causes and conditions change and pass away. rain falls, winds blow, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away. these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, and are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change."
( pic of Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple in Brickfields , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.)

Masked "Friends"

I believe many of us have certain things in life which we feel we could wind back the time and return back to the past to change many things ( things would have been different now ! ). Sometimes I feel that I should have been more careful in mixing and choosing my friends. However , we all learn a lesson at some point of our life.

The so called friends usually have a motive behind their conversations... could be anything , only if we can read their mind :) Back in high school , girls were so choosy... some just want to befriend the rich , the intelligent and the beautiful ones.... gosh......how ridiculous ! It was always a judgement through appearance !

You’re too fat or too skinny; your breasts are too big or too small ,  you are dark or fair skinned, you would be cute if…......... bottom line no matter what you do ! It's been almost a decade I've lost in touch with all high school mates.... we are now back in touch.... I've been getting friend request and message one after one through Facebook.........thanks to FB ! It's a kind of mixed feeling , some girls just add you to know what you are doing now!

There is no ending to some , who always love to pick on others based on appearance or possession. Beautiful women come in different colours , shapes and sizes , this is the truth.

In the walks of my life , having travelled across the globe from Asia to Europe and the Americas , I have met many types of  people. Fortunate enough to meet good ones , some people who never fail to amaze me....

Ammumma Left Us.....

An endless fight my mom had in  taking care of  ammumma. I am so  proud to be her daughter. Finally ammumma left this world for good to be in a better place. Her hardwork , pains , sacrifices and dedicated life will always be remembered. May her soul rest in peace and we will be missing you for all the good and bad. We could not attend her funeral but God knows , Ammumma knows that she was always on our mind.

Swami Vivekananda's Laws of Life

Here're 15 chosen gems gleaned from the immortal writings of  Swami Vivekananda that can well be termed as the laws of life :

1. Love Is The Law Of Life : All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore, love for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.


2. It's Your Outlook That Matters : It is our own mental attitude, which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light.

3. Life is Beautiful : First, believe in this world - that there is meaning behind everything. Everything in the world is good, is holy and beautiful. If you see something evil, think that you do not understand it in the right light. Throw the burden on yourselves!

4. It's The Way You Feel : Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.

5. Set Yourself Free : The moment I have realised God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

6. Don't Play The Blame Game : Condemn none ,  if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

7. Help Others : If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

8. Uphold Your Ideals : Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

9. Listen To Your Soul : You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

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

11. Nothing Is Impossible : Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin - to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

12. You Have The Power : 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.

13. Learn Everyday : The goal of mankind is knowledge... now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.

14. Be Truthful : Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.

15. Think Different : All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

As he said: "It is our own mental attitude, which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light..."
 

Chinese New Year Parade @ San Francisco

Beautiful evening , wrapped in thick fat jackets , we decided to get some Malaysian spirit by attending the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco. It was an awesome evening for all of us , we returned home with big smiles and Macy's coupons as gift  Angpows :))

Missing home

It's been sometime since we've visited Malaysia and India...... missing back home so much.