4 Sep
Hmmm.. Gone for another 2-3 months.. Why…
I dont understand however much I try to keep the blog rolling, I keep slipping. It seems like impossible to be active blogger on sustained pace.. Deeper I think, Clearer I get in analysis.
I think it may due to absent reader base… Got to re-invent my writing to atleast get more users to write back..
Come on folks, Throw some suggestion, what do you think I can do to make this more appealign to readers..
Z
24 Jun
—————- Enjoy some funny quotes
Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.
Worst excuse for not turning in homework: I couldn’t find anyone to copy it from.
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. Lily Tomlin
“Marriage is give and take. You’d better give it to her or she’ll take it anyway.” – Joey Adams
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity. – Albert Einstein
Everyone has photographic memory; some just don’t have the film.
There are three sides of an arguement — your side, my side and the right side.
“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.” -George W. Bush
If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.
There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
The road to success is always under construction.
Car service: If it ain’t broke, we’ll break it.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher. – Socrates
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.
Courtsey :
http://www.coolfunnyquotes.com/funnyquotes2.shtml
22 Jun
You got to forgive me for holding on to this draft for more than 10 years.. atleast thats what WordPress tell me.
…. Last edited by dearestfriend on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am ….
No idea how s that possible , As my blog is in action only since early 2007.. Time to fix some data issues folks.. Anyone listening.. Knock knock wordpress..
Ok.. Let s proceed with the post..
“”"” Life has a way of surprise us all the time. Just when we think we have slogged it all, we deserve the peace and progress, Something somewhere happens to whack our little world. It happens with me all the time.
A friend who is dying with cancer, a collegaue who vanishes on one one fine weekend in “”"”"
******resuming from there , I think it was almost 2 years back when I wrote it. It was triggered by a meeting with a colleague who had death written all over his face. There was one colleague across my office cube, who had been on looong vacation ever since I came in the neighbourhood. I never met the person until that day.I have heard our HR lady talk about his health status, his recovery from Collon cancer , Relapse and then his decision of moving back to his home town. HR lady conducted some japanese ritual of making 1000 Origamy birds in sheer hope of some miracle.. I made some 50 birds out of sheer desperate wish to see my colleague recover..
Then other day HR lady told that his situation was worsening and doctors have done the worst.. That is to tell how many days he may live.. So HR person would send his friends’ group to meet in person. I thought that was very humane action. These folks went and gave all the origamy birds. No need to say he was very humbled. After few weeks he decided to fly back to our office to bid “final bye”.. Now how morbid is that… to meet a person very first time, whose name plate you are seeing for few months, only to see impending death in his eyes.
He was going on to say usual hi-hellos to new comers like me. He came to my office and introduced himself…
” I think you dont know me, I am Mr X and I thought I would fly back to say hi in person to everyone. I was like I know you are X.. How are you doing? and then I said , “I hope you recover soon”. I myself knew how futile was that wish. But didnt know what else I could say in this situation…..
And I saw this deafening expression of ” I know I am going to die in next two weeks”. And I think I got my reality check in his eyes..We all just run , run and run.. Never pause and think we could go in one blink of eye and never be back. If that indeed happened, would it really matter if we were one or two miles back in race….
8 May
Not sure if it s just me or many who feel like this..
Once in a while even in a seemingly happy life, we feel this emptiness of not being Loved…
I mean how you feel that you love everyone around and there is no one who loves you. So empty feeling… It happens to me once in a while.. And they you know what I do ?
I just cling to the word love.. I feel its so positive and magical to let despair last.. Sometime I feel when you love everyone around you, you get so free of clutter inside. I practically see the dirt of misunderstandings, schemes and hatred washing away in my own heart..
I know its too personal post.. But what the heck.. Lot of people do it.. I mean talk about their lives on their blogs.. While its been a year for this blog. I havent been able to find my own niche in writing. So trying this party as well. Do let mw know how it sounded to you..
See ya
27 Apr
Ok this is monday morning and I am summarising my thoughts for week here. I have been heavily sad with some latest news.. A bay area gal (Sandra Cantu) gets assaulted by a WOMAN!!!!! and killed!!!!…
God save us, Dont know if we really are human. May be we are just animals , howelse you will explain this henious act..
There is one more sadistic story about Caylee Anthony of Florida.. Which is suspected to be murdered by her own MOM!!!!!!Ladies give me a break.. I have never known female in this Avatar. Am I primitive types or what.. These are unthinkable crimes in my wildest thinking.
Then there is this OSCAR winning movie, which is called Slumdog millionare. I saw this movie on DVD. And it has been on my mind since then. It is all real and I cannt deny it. But being an Indian what amazes me , how britishers still love to paint picture of ONLY POOR INDIA. Why they dont make movies on Indians who have managed to be top riches on forbes in their Own Briton land.. I think that also calls for some british attention. Though I am happy for the folks who could fetch Oscar for their work. but then racist flavor of oscar comes out wide open, when you wonder same musicians’s bestest works never got enlisted. And while he does mediocre song number for a british director for some controversial movie. He gets an oscar!!!!
Wow!! Who said there is no racism in oscars.. Please ask us Indians.. We will explain it happily.
Z
17 Apr
Hello all,
Back from prolonged hibernation . It feels good to be back atleast. I was busy having baby and changing diapers. My lil boy is now 3 months and 7 days old. Got back to work and got enough sanity to resume my regular life.
Being mom is like out of this world. You have no idea until you become one. Once you become, its forever. Best thing about being mom, its most rewarding experience you will have after being self reliant. No doubt its full of challanges, conceiving, holding on to 9 months, child birth, post partum etc, none of it is joke. Its all seriously life changing events. I will write more later. For now just glimpse of the bliss.. I love being mom so much that I want to shout aloud from rooftop… Love you baby!!!!
Mommy
4 Sep
When I first started blogging, I had this secret hope that my blog will be instant hit. Which obviously has fallen flat. But I think there is some strange power in vulnerability. It helps you thrive in catastrophic failures and yet emerge out as winner. So I guess it s kind of relieving to accept a hope gone bust in open than in secret.
I am sorry that I have been so passive on my dear blog. I read some of my previous posts. And I wondered, how it didnt generate the traffic it deserved. I guess part reason is my non-availability of time to blog , and other obvious could be, may be I write not that great. May be I need to recheck what interests people. But wasnt a blog supposed to be about what you love most. I love jotting down “random thoughts”. And how can random be classified or modified as per other’s tastes. So I think I can only work on the first one. And be more perseverent.
So here I am guilty of passing blog anniversary without even checkign it out myself. I commit to the blog that I will be more perseverant and more available. Also thinking of putting some of my art work on in coming months.
Happy belated (so much) Anniversary to my blog!!
I know there are not any regualr readers, who will wish me and my blog. But Let s stick it out. For this too shall pass.
Coming back to topic of this post, I wanted to thank all the one-off and random readers. I dont know what brought you to the site, but whatever it was. It did give me a slight tinge of energy to go on each time I saw the stats.. People do read !! Thats what comes to my mind when I check my blog stats!
Thanks folks, I will do my best in this inning to better my blog.
22 Jan
Bulls are color blind.
A cow’s only sweat glands are in its nose.
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years
Chickens can’t swallow while they are upside down.
A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.
India has 50 million monkeys.
Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year.
Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.
The ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.
The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.
The only dog that doesn’t have a pink tongue is the chow.
Zebras can’t see the color orange.
The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.
In a fight between a polar bear and a lion, the polar bear would win.
The biggest bird in the world is the ostrich, which can grow up to nine feet tall.
According to hospital figures, dogs bite an average of 1 million Americans a year.
The study of ants is called Myrmecology
Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food.
Fleas have changed history. More human deaths have been attributed to fleas than all the wars ever fought. As carriers of the bubonic plague, fleas were responsible for killing one-third of the population of Europe in the 14th century.
A cheetah can reach a top speed approaching 70 mph.
Greyhounds can jump a distance of 27 feet.
Current domestic cats were the result of genetic mutation so that they would be tame at birth
When two dogs approach each other, the dog which wags its tail very slowly is in charge.
Some lions can mate over 50 times a day.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
A rhinoceros’s horn is made of hair.
22 Jan
When I thought I am all done,
Life bounced me back.
When I wanted to cry,
Friends came in bunch with loads of jokes.
When I wanted to be with Crowd,
There was no one around.
Biggest controversy I see is,
You get whatever you dont ask.
So next time if you dont ask anything
You would get lots.
Try This out,
If you want to shop a lot,
Avoid going to Malls,
You will save a lot. And one day you will crash it out.
When you want big gang to surround you.
Just sit in your hole, People will come hunting for you..
21 Jan
Its no fun to talk about this injury. Like all hurts you are better off without getting this one too.
But If your stars are bad, or you are too prone to push yourself and you have landed it . You will need loads and loads info to get over it.
I got my ACL torn in left on dec 16 2007. That makes it sixth week of my injury. I am much aware and settled with this now. Hence I can talk about it.
Day 1
How I got it.
I am a beginner Skiier and it was second day of my skiing. I was thinking I am improving. And little did I know I will be banned for whole season. 
Not good thing to happen. But like all unfortunate things, It happens.
So I was going downhill. and speed became too much. My binding didnot release and due to my constant attempt to stop it I twisted my knee way too much. And I landed on snow. Like all other previous falls, I got up and was trying to put the skii back. My knee didnot have strength to buckle up the ski. I thought of relaxing a bit. I sat down. Tried to get up after few minutes and felt like I will die with this pain. Finally got patrol people to help me. They had put me in the trolley and dragged me down. I had experience how it feels to be dead body and be driven around. One of bad things to experience.
As usual Ski-town clinic, I got x-ray done. Doctor didnot say much except suspected ligament injury. I got knee braced and crutches. I was so unaware of ligament injury, that I was telling my husband. we will be back next week here and then I will skii better. Little ignorant me.
Day 2
I was back at home. I got my doctor’s appointment and living in oblivion. There was lot of pain due to swelling and immobilizer. In nights I got up crying couple of times. Firstly immobbilizer will not let you sleep. Even if you get sleep, it will be distureb every few hours with pain. I could put any weight on injured knee. I had to use cructhes to go from one room to other. And restroom menace made me cry so many times. I used to be one of those to use restroom at last 0.000001 th second. And with crutches and brace I was misjudging my timing all the time.
Ice pack used to help tremendously. i was doing it as often I could.
Day 3
Visited Orthopaedic surgeon
He looked at swelling and observed range of motion (how much I could bend the knee). And he declared its ACL tear and it would need surgury for sure. I was not happy with the quickness he arrived at decision. But before My husband and I could settle with reality. Doc mentioned we should also get MRI done to know about other tissue damage.
We booked appointment for MRI, we didnt any until Day 11.
Doc suggested to do stationary bike and leg up excercises.
Day 4-10
Pain was reducing every day. I was able to put some weight on my left knee.
Day 11.
I got my MRI done. It feels irritating to hear those blurring sounds for 90 minutes. You wonder what happened to accoustic advancements. I asked assistance if she can run through quickly to tell me something positive. She said she doesnot how to read these. I was surprised to know assistant didnot want to enhance her own knowledge.
I had to wait impatiently for doctor’s appointment on day 16.
Day 12 -15
Pain had almost gone. And I could sleep though night easily. And I was able to walk without cructhes. But I was definitely limping.
Day 16
I visited doctor, he had already studied my MRI. His diagnosis, ACL is completely torn. No aparent damage to meniscus. But he didnt rule out surgury. He said my knee was far from ready for surgury.
He suggested to continue to bike and leg ups.
Day 17 – day 27
I have been biking for 30 minutes per day. And Leg ups around 30 or so. Knee was getting better. But it always felt unstable and hanging types. Before goign ahead with surgury I decided to take second opinion from other doc.
Day 28
Visted second doctor. He also suggested the same. He made me feel my lost ligament. Which was very educative experience.
Day 30
I visted my primary surgeon for his review on my knee. He found my knee progressing well this time. He gave go ahead for surgery on Feb 1.
Day 31 -38
Its virtually painless knee. But definitely unstable knee. I can walk short distances. But if try to stand longer times. Knee starts paining.
So that was update so far. From here I will update this info more often.
For now , I am all set to get the surgery on feb 1. I have read up a lot on knee injuries. One thing I had observed reading other’s stories. It s very subjective healing. So I definitely anxious on my own healing. But I am not worried per say. Just waiting to be normal back.
