I have always believed animals can teach us so
much about life and inspire us to become better
people. Be it in the wild or at home, people who
have stayed with animals truly know what a life
changing experience they bring into lives.
Personally, i have fallen in love with the animals
i've seen through a glass screen and animals i
have only heard about and also my pet cat,
kamikaze. What inspired me to want a cat was
a book i read called "The cat who came for
Christmas" . In that book , the author Cleveland
Amory, says in the end that , you'll never know
whether you owned a
cat or the cat owned you... :)
I'm not only a cat person as some people put it.
I love dogs too and am just waiting to get one,
once i'm on my own. Animals , specially pets, truly
teach you to love and give love, as much as they do.
They become your best friends and part of your
family. You end up feeling incomplete without
them around..
I have heard so many stories about how
animals were rescued from all sorts of danger
and also how animals have in turn saved the
lives of many people. They have been a huge
inspiration to me and often leaves me in awe of
the love shown by both human beings and
animals.
Once long back, my ambition was to become a
marine biologist to study dolphins. Dolphins are
animals i've seen only through a tv screen but
they amaze me by their intelligence and friendly
nature. Well, life has taken a different path
now, but i still want to swim and play with
dolphins and learn more about them one day.
With animals treading into the path of
extinction in such a rapid pace, people need to
understand and respect the nature and animals
around us and coexist in harmony. This is far
from being true in today's conditions.
I feel every person should strive for that and
everyone can in their own small way make a
huge difference in some other life.
I truly believe that all animals, from the largest
to the tiniest of them, have some quality or the
other which can help one become a better
person. Love truly conquers all !! :)
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Monday, January 1, 2007
A different world altogether!
Let me take you to a world where blue sweaters were the code of the evening and red sweaters and house ties were the code of the morning, money wasn't the need of the day, friends become your only family and everyday a memorable event in some way or the other. My life in a boarding school was one i'll never forget. When i stepped in there i felt that everyone around already had their own group of friends as in any other ordinary school. Mom helped me unpack and then had to leave. The dorm was filled with loud music and sought after reunion of close friends after a long summer vacation. Girls around me were busy unpacking; they were showing each other their new stuff with lots of "uuhhs and aahhs" and "thats soo cool" statements. There were others who were busy exchanging gifts they had bought each other during the holidays along with animated conversations of exciting holiday trips and there were others who were swaying to the music in a place where the bunk beds were pushed apart to make some space. Then one of the girls who had chinese looks and pretty features came upto me and introduced herself and asked me my name...Then slowly we had to all go down for roll call where they allotted us our classrooms and called out the people who would be classmates. My 8th grade class was then announced and i was looking around for anyone who was in my class as i didn't know anybody there. Then a girl with long hair pulled into a plait came upto me and said " Hey i'm Anjali , you're in my class ok?" and i was so relieved tat i almost jumped.. :) Then, after a homesick night, classes started and i slowly made friends with a few people who were new to school like me..But friendships changed and soon they had friends of their own and so did I. Somehow, after giving a wrong first impression to that girl with long hair in my class, we ended up being best friends and then she introduced me to two of her close friends , mahak and archie, and after a few initial fights, we ended up being (the four musketeers as it used to be called! ) , the best of friends!!
Then coming back every semester to school was like coming back home..it felt so good to be back each time! There was something or the other going on in school to keep us busy. It was either band practice early morning, with the headmaster with a cane in his hand , shouting his head off at some of us and making a few others kneel down...or athletics practice early morning 6 am with warm ups and competing for 100ms and 200ms with my friends for practice. Sports was quite an important part of almost everyone there and we had a lot of interhouse and interschool competitions which were fun to be part of and to watch as well. I even went for some NSS marchpasts and some horse riding classes in the morning whenever we were asked to. We had dance practices(it was here that i actually learnt to dance after a loot of practice and help from my best friends! :) ) and all kinds of house competitions in the evenings before prep. Prep time was usually a good time we had in class in the evening when we were actually supposed to be sincerely studying or doing our homework. The guys were usually upto some mischief or the other in class as long as the teacher who was supervising wasn't passing by our class. It was good to be part of the fun and we had quite a good amount of laughs at the things that happened in class though i missed out some of them as i had to be down in the library for being a library prefect. But the moment i came back to class, these guys had to tease me in some way or the other indirectly AARRGGGHH!!! Anyways they make memorable moments that i can always look back at and laugh at whenever i talk to some of my classmates at present. Holidays(including Sundays) and special programs in school were always looked forward to as it was a time where we didn't have to wear our uniforms and everyone looked...well.... their best :)
Our dining hall was a place where i actually came to know who people other than my classmates were and listened to some new music which had just released and ate both formal and informal dinners and also had our birthday cakes and celebration as such with the class.
Though there wasn't much interaction or talking with the opposite sex in my batch other than the few couples who were going out, there were secret letters passed between friends(some of which were caught and people got caned for) and proposals going around too, and news of which guy likes which girl , n viceversa, all of which made interesting gossip! :)
Then came the end of 10th standard and i had no idea of how time flew; we had slam books to fill that too, secretly when teachers weren't around...(quite a few of which were interesting to read, i should say! ) and many of my batchmates leaving school to new,strange places in the outside world and some still staying back in a place that had become almost their own home..
I left my so called "home away from home" in 10th and i heard school totally changed after i left with different sorts of people joining who were i guess... not as innocent as we were.. :) and things changed, and so did some people i knew...but few others stayed very much the same!!!
I have luckily managed to keep in touch with a lot of my classmates through the net and have come to know a lot of people from my batch whom i haven't even spoken to in school and have become good friends. That is something which i did not even imagine would happen and i'm so glad it did!
Well..as I walk down memory lane , i realise that my life in school has taught me a lot of things i wouldn't have learnt in any ordinary day school at home and given me invaluable moments and experiences and the best of friends i could make which could not have been otherwise!
Then coming back every semester to school was like coming back home..it felt so good to be back each time! There was something or the other going on in school to keep us busy. It was either band practice early morning, with the headmaster with a cane in his hand , shouting his head off at some of us and making a few others kneel down...or athletics practice early morning 6 am with warm ups and competing for 100ms and 200ms with my friends for practice. Sports was quite an important part of almost everyone there and we had a lot of interhouse and interschool competitions which were fun to be part of and to watch as well. I even went for some NSS marchpasts and some horse riding classes in the morning whenever we were asked to. We had dance practices(it was here that i actually learnt to dance after a loot of practice and help from my best friends! :) ) and all kinds of house competitions in the evenings before prep. Prep time was usually a good time we had in class in the evening when we were actually supposed to be sincerely studying or doing our homework. The guys were usually upto some mischief or the other in class as long as the teacher who was supervising wasn't passing by our class. It was good to be part of the fun and we had quite a good amount of laughs at the things that happened in class though i missed out some of them as i had to be down in the library for being a library prefect. But the moment i came back to class, these guys had to tease me in some way or the other indirectly AARRGGGHH!!! Anyways they make memorable moments that i can always look back at and laugh at whenever i talk to some of my classmates at present. Holidays(including Sundays) and special programs in school were always looked forward to as it was a time where we didn't have to wear our uniforms and everyone looked...well.... their best :)
Our dining hall was a place where i actually came to know who people other than my classmates were and listened to some new music which had just released and ate both formal and informal dinners and also had our birthday cakes and celebration as such with the class.
Though there wasn't much interaction or talking with the opposite sex in my batch other than the few couples who were going out, there were secret letters passed between friends(some of which were caught and people got caned for) and proposals going around too, and news of which guy likes which girl , n viceversa, all of which made interesting gossip! :)
Then came the end of 10th standard and i had no idea of how time flew; we had slam books to fill that too, secretly when teachers weren't around...(quite a few of which were interesting to read, i should say! ) and many of my batchmates leaving school to new,strange places in the outside world and some still staying back in a place that had become almost their own home..
I left my so called "home away from home" in 10th and i heard school totally changed after i left with different sorts of people joining who were i guess... not as innocent as we were.. :) and things changed, and so did some people i knew...but few others stayed very much the same!!!
I have luckily managed to keep in touch with a lot of my classmates through the net and have come to know a lot of people from my batch whom i haven't even spoken to in school and have become good friends. That is something which i did not even imagine would happen and i'm so glad it did!
Well..as I walk down memory lane , i realise that my life in school has taught me a lot of things i wouldn't have learnt in any ordinary day school at home and given me invaluable moments and experiences and the best of friends i could make which could not have been otherwise!
Monday, December 18, 2006
A friend is.......
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.
A friend is a living treasure and if you have one, you have one of the most valuable gifts in life.
A friend is one who will always be beside you, through all the laughter and through each and every tear.
A friend is the one thing you can always rely upon, the someone you can always open unto, the one wonderful person who always believes in you in a way that no one else seems to.
A friend is a Sanctuary.
A friend is a Smile. :)
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter where you are, no matter how close, or far apart you may be.
A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always, care.
A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
A friend is the one door that is always open.
A friend is the the one to whom you can give your key.
A friend is someone who comes into our life and makes some changes, maybe one maybe two, yet we are still very much the same and yet so much a part of each other.
A friend IS one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be!
A friend is a living treasure and if you have one, you have one of the most valuable gifts in life.
A friend is one who will always be beside you, through all the laughter and through each and every tear.
A friend is the one thing you can always rely upon, the someone you can always open unto, the one wonderful person who always believes in you in a way that no one else seems to.
A friend is a Sanctuary.
A friend is a Smile. :)
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter where you are, no matter how close, or far apart you may be.
A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always, care.
A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
A friend is the one door that is always open.
A friend is the the one to whom you can give your key.
A friend is someone who comes into our life and makes some changes, maybe one maybe two, yet we are still very much the same and yet so much a part of each other.
A friend IS one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be!
It's upto you!
One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream,
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring,
One smile begins friendship,
One hand clasp lifts a soul,
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame a goal,
One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam can light a room,
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh can conquer gloom,
One step must start each journey,
One word must start each prayer,
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care,
One voice can speak wisdom,
One heart can know what's true.
One life can make the difference,
You see, it's upto you!
Friday, November 24, 2006
I Believe......
...That we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change.
...That no matter how good a friend is, they are going to hurt you once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
...That true friendship continues to grow even over the largest distances. Same goes for true love.
...That you can do something in an instant that will give you a heartache for life.
...That it's taking me a long time to be the person I want to be.
...That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
...That you can keep going long after you can't.
...That we are responsible for what we do no matter how we feel.
...That either you control your attitude or it controls you.
...That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
...That heroes are people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done regardless of the consequences.
...That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
....That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and still have the best of times!
...That no matter how good a friend is, they are going to hurt you once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
...That true friendship continues to grow even over the largest distances. Same goes for true love.
...That you can do something in an instant that will give you a heartache for life.
...That it's taking me a long time to be the person I want to be.
...That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
...That you can keep going long after you can't.
...That we are responsible for what we do no matter how we feel.
...That either you control your attitude or it controls you.
...That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
...That heroes are people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done regardless of the consequences.
...That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
....That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and still have the best of times!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
African Shakespeare
hey this is a poem i came across which i found nice...check it out!
Dear white fellas,
Couple of things you should know,
When i born, i black.
When i grow, i black.
When i go in sun, i black.
When i cold, i black.
When i die, i still black.
But u white fellas,
When you born, you pink.
When you grow, you white.
When you go in sun, you red.
When you cold, you blue.
When you sick, you green.
When you scared, you yellow.
And you have the guts to call ME coloured!!
Dear white fellas,
Couple of things you should know,
When i born, i black.
When i grow, i black.
When i go in sun, i black.
When i cold, i black.
When i die, i still black.
But u white fellas,
When you born, you pink.
When you grow, you white.
When you go in sun, you red.
When you cold, you blue.
When you sick, you green.
When you scared, you yellow.
And you have the guts to call ME coloured!!
Life :)
Life isn't about keeping score. Its not about how many people call you and its not about who you've dated, or dating or haven't dated at all. It isn't about what sport you play, or which guy or girl likes you. It's not about your shoes or your hair or the color of your skin or where you live or study. It's not about grades, money, clothes or colleges that accept you or not.
Life isn't about if you have a lot of friends, or if you are alone, and it is not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn't about that!
But life is about who you love and who you hurt. It is about how you feel about yourself. It is about trust, happiness and compassion. It's about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love. Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance and building confidence. It's about what you say and what you mean. It's about seeing people for who they are and not what they have. Most of all, its about choosing to use your life to touch someone else's. That's what life is all about!
Life isn't about if you have a lot of friends, or if you are alone, and it is not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn't about that!
But life is about who you love and who you hurt. It is about how you feel about yourself. It is about trust, happiness and compassion. It's about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love. Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance and building confidence. It's about what you say and what you mean. It's about seeing people for who they are and not what they have. Most of all, its about choosing to use your life to touch someone else's. That's what life is all about!
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