Its halloween day

Its really fun especially if u have kids at home. It is such a pleasure to see them wearing Halloween costume and taking them for trick or treat. My little one was wearing spider man costume this year. Unfortunately i couldn't take him out this year as it was too cold outside.

I read from a website about the halloween costume ideas for newborn babies and and little kids , which impressed me a lot. Actually with very little kids it is difficult to choose a halloween costume as we should keep in mind about the comfort level of the baby. Especially if both the parents are working, the they might consider some practical/simple yet cute costumes for the babies. One such costume would be a Scrub from blissliving.com.

Image courtesy - www.blissliving.com

Smiling Enemies

Sorry if i have decieved you by this picture. Im not gonna talk about SushmithaSen or AishwaryaRai. Im gonna talk here about jealousy. Then why this picture?? Just to literally match my title! :-)) I know some of your faces are turning red .... but pls control yourself.

Before i could jump on the topic i would like to share a joke that i read in a book.

A huge family consisting of a husband/wife/children/Motherinlaw/Fatherinlaw went out for a shopping mall. After sometime they realised that they lost the mother-in-law in the crowd. Every body searched at each and every corner but couldnt find the mother-in-law. Suddenly the wife asks her husband an expensive neclace that she saw at a near by jewellery shop. The husband got mad at his wife for asking things at an in-appropriate situation. But the wife replied "Honey im doing this for 2 reasons". The husband asks what were they. THe wife replies : "

"Reason No#1 : I had been thinking to buy a necklace since long time.

Reason No# 2 : Every time I ask you to buy something for me, the mother-in-law, appears out of nowhere".

This proves the jealousy between them. Although it sounds funny, it should be analysed and get rectified , else it would lead into problems.

So, what is jealousy?When we think about this question, we could answer it in many ways.However each one of us have an answer to the question w.r.t how it has affected in our life. According to me Jealousy is comparison. We all have the basic nature to compare , but when the degree of concentration raises it becomes an absolute jealousy.Comparing lifestyles, wealth, property, personality, spouse, etc etc.... the list never ends.When jealousy arise, the chances are a lot many bad things could happen like a relationship or a friendship could get affected. Jealousy invades and leads every relationships into misery.

We all have been through experiences when we felt that someone close to us suddenly cooled off, and kept their distance from us after hearing of a positive development in our lives. And we might be wondering why and later would probably figure out but it might still be confusing. suggestions to handle such people :

1. Ignore

2.Return their bad behaviours with good

3. Never stoop to their level.

Many researches/surveys/articles have proved that jealousy is a negative feeling that would destroy the whole life.

Drop comparing and jealousy disappears, meanness disappears, phoniness disappears. But you can drop it only if you start growing your inner treasures; there is no other way.
Grow up, become a more and more authentic individual. Love yourself and respect yourself the way God has made you, and then immediately the doors of heaven open for you. They were always open, you had simply not looked at them.

Source Courtesy : Osho ,The book of wisdom chapter 27.

Image courtesy : Dr.PaulHauk Book's Cover.

Walmart tops Fortune 500

Acoording to Fortune magazine rankings for the year 2008, Walmart is at the top . I have always admired at the companies and personalities who are at the top.
The founder of Walmart - Sam Walton (1918-1992) , was a businessman , but very unique. He is also the founder of Sam's club. was described as to be industrious, always trying to get the most out of money, and had a burning ambition to succeed. This is all apparent by: how he helped his family through the depression, started his own business from almost nothing, and how he changed the field of management. I got amazed on reading more about Sam Walton. All these people who are now at the top (atleast most of them) have struggled in their early days . And they all have same thirst to succeed in life. I think they all live for ever.
Their motto that impressed me :
"We're all working together; that's the secret. And we'll lower the cost of living for everyone, not just in America, but we'll give the world an opportunity to see what it's like to save and have a better lifestyle, a better life for all. We're proud of what we've accomplished ; we've just begun." (The Wal-Mart Story)

Image courtesy : Wikipedia & Times Magazine.

My Diwali Day 2008

Deepavali (or Diwali) is my favourite festival. I donno why but it gives me a sense of happiness for no reason... I still remember my childhood days of celebrating diwali at my granparent's house with my brothers . My mother would wake us up early and ask us to shower and dressed up with new outfits. The sense of nativity, sound of crackers , the smell of breakfast and sweets and the loud talks of relatives and friends coming over, i would say that was my best diwali celebration ever in my life and i would never forget thos lovable memories. Its always nice to have people around especially during festivals. So is my husband. We both are alike in this issue.

Although its another day in a foriegn country :-)) we got up, took shower , dressed up with same old casual outfits... :-)) and did pooja , had breakfast(tea/bread) , and then................................. started watching suntv! :-)) As usual there were no good programs, except Dr.AbdulKalam's interview.

Wish you all a very happy diwali

Unleashing the iconic relationships

It has recently been discovered that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is a distant relative of the late Princess Diana as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt. The vice presidential hopeful and President Roosvelt are ninth cousins, while she and Princess Diana are tenth cousins, according to Utah-based genealogists Ancestry.com.

It was a bit funny when i read it at first but i then registered @ ancestry.com hoping to find my distant relatives ! :-)) or it might be helpful for my forthcoming generations.

But i've been wondering how far would this news be true? what do u guys think?

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My Music Blog

As i mentioned in my previous email I just released my music blog which was under construction long since. Although it needs a lot of work , its not that bad to start a simple one if we have all the things necessary such as a blog ,mic,recrding software, good sound card... etc etc. Since there are already too many resources available on the internet about these stuffs im not going to explain in detail about it .

My husband helped me set up all these things and there you go, i couldnt get up from the chair. Kept on recording and exploring the recording softwares (which is a lot more difficult).

I have recorded just a couple of songs without music,that is just my voice, as i could not find a good karaoke track. Will post more , as we go ahead. Now you can listen to my voice from the url below or from my blogroll.

http://abismusicalmoments.blogspot.com/

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My favourite commercial jingles

Its been a while i posted anything. I had been lately focusing on my audioblog which is my long time ambition, and other blogs. So i was little busy with blogs and other things and with my daily routine. I find myself unable to concentrate sometimes. I end up loosing the focus, which is becoz i do too many things at a time. Although audio blog is my focus of interest, this is my first blog so i would continue to write in this.
Anyways, there had been this commercial since a while .... for the "free credit report.com". This particular jingle is very enjoyable and pretty catchy with interesting songs from the guy(the main vocalist) who comes along with his band.. I actually think the ad agency is doing a great job targeting young people who might be wondering what their credit score is. There are like 3 commercials i have seen so far, all of them are portrayed in an excellent manner. Especially the restaurant commercial which is is my favourite(i have posted below).
I have caught myself humming the tunes. I haven’t yet visited the site, but I have been tempted to. I think the agency has created something pretty effective!
Hope you all enjoy this video.









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Tamil Online FM Radio Staitons

Although the recent developments of technology has gotten into the 21st century many a tools for listening songs like ipods & MP3 Players, i personally prefer to listen songs from the live radio station. Despite of the fact thaat the quality of the song might be a bit compromising issue, i still like to listen to the radio a lot. Mostly becoz you do not know which song is gonna be played next, and theres always a kick in it. Apart from the musical prgrams of the radio, i usually enjoy other programs like talk shows, comedies, sports broadcast, news, etc etc...
Actually i have to thank my friend Sudha, who told me the information. So here you go, a live online tamil FM Radio stations, for people like me.

Please click the below links:

Suryan FM
50 Plus Live Tamil Radio Stations



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Sit back & Relax

I was thinking to write some article but lately i had been very busy. I heard this latest tamil song 'Anbe en Anbe' from movie called 'Dham Dhoom' . Music scored by Harris Jeyraj. Male vocal - Harish Ragavendra ; Female Vocal - Prasanna.
Certain songs would make us sing those first few lines again and again, and we become an addict (atleast) for sometime. This is one such song.
I liked 'dham dhoom' songs to be better than 'Sakkarai Katti' songs by ARR











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Navratri 2008

Its Navratri season. This is one of the most famous festivals of the hindus. Naratri is a sanskri word, ‘Nav' means nine. ‘Ratri’ is made up of Ra, meaning night and Tri, meaning the Three aspects of our life: Body, Mind and Soul. So, 'Navaratri' means giving rest to all the three aspects of our life, for nine days! The tenth day of the festival is called 'Dusshera' in North India and 'Vijayadasami' in south india, is celebrated grandly which symbolises the victory of good over evil.
Although the concept of the festival is same, the way of celebrating this festival is different in North India and South India. The highlight of the festival is the “Golu”, which is the arrangement of dolls across nine( or any odd number of steps, minimum to be 3) steps at one home. Not all the hindus follow this tradition. Its the family who has this custom since generations would follow it. Neighbours and friends are invited to see their presentation, sing songs , and would have snacks and some gift . It is considered auspicious to do this, as its believed to bring more fortune to the house hosting the Golu
Its a feast for the eyes to see the arragement if the dolls in the 'Golu'. I miss all the fun happening in chennai. But i asked my mom to send some pictures of golu that she might happen to go. And she sent me few. I would like to share it with you all.

Arrangement of dolls on the steps:

Traditional tanjore dancing dolls(Thalai aati bomai in tamil)
Step 1 from top - Vishnu's 10 avatars ,

Step 2 - Bala krishna, Kamadenu, Ganesha, saraswathi

Step 3 - Ashtalaskmi

and so on.

Durga, Lakshmi wtih Narasimhar & Saraswathi
Durga :







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