You can ask the universe for signs all you want;

But ultimately we only see what we want to see...when we are ready to see it! :-)

"Tough times do not last, but tough people do"

Hope..

I see hope... when;

I hold a new born's tiny and soft fingers... :)

I listen to a KICKASS song like 'Khwaja mere Khwaja' ...

I watch a movie like 'Jab we met' or 'DDLJ' for the ....nth time...

I watch the splendid sun rise ..

I ride the bike without any agenda..

I receive a call from an unexpected source

I make someone laugh their lungs out ;)

Someone tells me that i should be an investment banker .. yea right :P!!

"Its always at the end of something that makes us realize how beautiful the beginning was"

Its the South indian thing i say!

U are a CLASSIFIED south indian...when...

When you complete a near 'perfect' executive chinese meal in a nice indian chinese restaurant and CRAVE for curd to end the meal.

When you love talking about how "punjus" will be punjus...and "gujjus" will be gujjus and how south indians are less complicated.

When you love taking a book/newspaper to the loo. Its a knowledge gaining thinggy, how does it matter WHERE?

When avakkai is THE sidekick with everything - rice, roti, naan, pappad, dosa, vada, sevai, aapam, bleh and blee....o all of it. wattta perfect side-dish.

If mum had to send something from good 'ol india - it HAS to be "parappu podi". nothing else can satisfy the tummy.

If you feel "at home" when you see the "vangoooooo", "okarangoooooooo" ad. Who eats that bingo anyway?. The ad jus makes you smile.

When you HATE these hindi speakin fellas make fun of the tamilified/goltified/kanadafied hindi we speak...like they speak good tamil/telegu/kannada themselves...hmmpf! :O...

When you discuss rajini kanth for timepass.. his life, his movies, his marriage, his school, his daughter, his son in law :P

When you ENJOY sardar jokes and then talk about how we shud not make fun of sardarjis the way we all do.

When we know atleast one - Sangeetha, priya, ram, krithika, vijay, vikram, ganesh, prakash, kavitha, harini, shilpa, divya, padma, krishnan, kartik. cant get more common than that :P

When you enjoy speaking in your native language when u are around people who don understand the language... cheap thrills i tell u!

Ah... i love being a south indian...and if u r one...i am sure u do too :D

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee! :D

What makes me smile...

A call from ma or pa...
When bro says "ah stop correcting me all the time...u and ma are just the same"..
When pa indulges in sarcasm...:P
A thoughtful message....from any friend...
timely call ...when i'm missing the person...
Nisi/axie's blogpost...its amazing how some people write really well..
a nice romantic comedy...
big shit pictures...
talkin for hours together bitching about the world with x,y and z
listening to some feel good song....
when i dream about me being "big" someday (no silly, not big made... :P...big in life...get it??)
meeting folks at the airport after a month... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D
A nice cuppa hot tea soon after i am up
When i read my testimonials on whatever site (some people mean a LOT to me...)
when i check out rowdy's videos....ehm specially the prince one... i aient talkin about that one here :P
PJ's..
a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong email... love them :D
staring at the family pic on my table...makes me smileeeeeeeeeee
Taking pictures of people i like..
A day filled with lotsa work...
a genuine compliment...

this blog post...

lotsa things make me smile..and i want to keep smiling...always.. :-)

Change Agents...

For those of you who underestimate the capacity of students, here is a heart warming example of a movement that not only has a strong purpose, but also has a bunch of very smart, motivated young individuals (a.k.a change agents) working together towards that strong purpose! kudos!

http://www.studentsforsustainability.ca/splash.php