Bill Gates' Rules

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school .He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created ageneration of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept setthem up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect youto accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't bea vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a differentword for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes andlistening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So beforeyou save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HASNOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'llgive you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. Thisdoesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and veryfew employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that onyour own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one!

Card!!!

Greeting cards are a way of saying that one cares specially because you choose the one special card. And when its hand made it makes it even more special...

I made this card for my brother's poonal / thread ceremony!

Have made few more will be posting them one by one & will keep updating them as & when I make new ones!

Masti Ki Paathsaala

Paathshala or school now-a-days is not really the fun place anyone wants to go... A 15 Kg bag & Homework & tests & exams & tutions... GOD ITS BORING!!!

We do learn about various things at schools & colleges and this information also comes in handy when we are answering KBC questions. But lets get realistic... we are in billions & only few get a chance to go on to KBC!

There is a saying "I was born intelligent but education ruined me!"

Obviously... if you dont have time for interaction and play and fun... Jack will be a dull boy & Jill will be a dull girl!

When it comes to 5th September we conveniently forget the few important teachers and wish only a select few! It is good to remember the teacher who taught you history and maths and science etc... but aren't you forgetting something?

who taught us to stand up?
who taught us to say our first words?
who introduced us to this beautiful world?
who was the one who told us not to fear and run but face and fight?
who taught to to stand up one more time?
who taught us to smile & laugh?

Aren't these are equally important?

There are many more such important lessons that we learn during our lifetime from our loved ones and from our not-so-loved ones; from known ones & from unknown ones. They are more important that the lessons taught at school or college.

Every person has something that you can learn from him or her only if you are willing to learn. Even a child can teach you so many things. For eg., if you have noticed a child learning to walk... he falls so many times but he still stands up till he gets it right and can walk. We were that child once upon a time... what happened? Why do we give up we become adults?

I have held various positions in Rotaract... even headed the movement but at every stage with the entry of every new member or at meeting a new person I have learnt so many new things. Many of these are even helping me in my life!

It is said that life is a learning process. At every step you learn something. My Dad always said that 'Growth is the sign of life and stagnation is the sign of death'. So the minute we stop learning we are slowly moving towards stagnation.

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY TO MY FAMILY & FRIENDS & ACQUIANTANCES...
AND
HAPPY TEACHERS DAY TO LIFE... it is in this lifetime that I have met so many people who have spiced up my life and made it worth living... otherwise there are so many people who feel that life is not worth living & commit suicide (sacchi... read the papers!!! ;)

dus saal baad!

There are a few special days & dates that we never forget like a birthday or the first day of your first job or the anniversary (not just wedding)... well, there are many more special occasions... I think each of us will have our own dates & not everyone around will be able to relate to that special date except you & the few people involved with you.

The 27th of August 1997 is one such date for me... it was the beginning of a series of fun, frolic & friendship for me... These set of friends have continued for a decade!

It was the first time I along with this other girl from my class bunked a hindi lecture to attend a Rotaract Meeting... my first general body meeting in Room 3 GF at Mithibai College...

The initial idea was to just check if the meeting will be good & then get back to the lecture so both of us left our bags in the lecture room & went for the meeting without a paper or a pen. At the meeting we realised that we made a mistake by not getting our belongings but did not really have the guts to get up in the middle of the meeting & say that we would like to leave to get our bags so we sat there. We borrowed the pen & paper from the girl sitting behind us.

The meeting was the starting point for loads of events, friendships and beautiful experiences! Things that I will never forget (unless, God forbid, I get alzheimer's... just kidding!!)

Today its been tens years to that... its unbelievable that its been a decade and the girl whom I bunked the lecture with & the girl who lend us the stationery have become an inseparable part of my life... Not just them... there are many more who have added colours to the pages of my life!

KUDOS to all my friends who have accepted me & tolerated me for ten years & Kudos to us!

Today WE celebrate ten years of sharing & caring!

Got Googled!!!

I was playing some games on the comp... got bored of it & just came online wondering what to do next...

Suddenly I thought why not do a google on my name... many links appeared... obviously am not the only one with the name... but I spotted this one link that was about a cartoon named Veena... created by a Canadian named Eric Theriault... Apparently he took up cartooning in 1982... the year I also appeared on this planet...

Dont believe me... check this out! http://veena.comicgenesis.com/

Well, for all of you who think I am a cartoon... you have proof now... I am a super hero cartoon!!!

Woh din bhi kya the????

When catching up with friends from school or college have you realized that after the latest updates the trend is to talk about “remember the time…” basically get nostalgic!

Talks about the things that used to happen at college… some crazy & some senseless… the fights… patch ups… arguments… notions… ideals… jokes… bitching… canteen & wada pav wala… teachers… so on & so forth.

I remember the time in college… my friend Dhruti & I were inseparable… always seen together & always jabbering… after lectures we used to walk up to Vile Parle station halt near a sandwich wala as from that point she had to walk straight & I would take a left… we would stand there & talk for a long time then after reaching home we would call each other & talk… and the eternal question in our parents’ mind would be “what is there to talk so much?”

Frankly, I don’t really remember what we used to talk about but at that time those talks were so important to us that if disturbed we would get irritated & it almost seemed like we were discussing matters of life & death.

Fights would be the icing on the cake… the fights would be about something really stupid & silly and would go on for a long time (at times)… oh… there was a fight that I had with Chirag for not waiting for me when we had to go to his own surprise birthday party… dumb… I know!!! But at that time it did not feel so!!! I feel the patch ups used to happen fast because we would realize that the reason for fighting was really stupid… J ;)

Now, when all of us are occupied with meetings and clients and appointments such memories bring a smile on our face. At least when I am going through a low in life it really helps to look at the pictures & think about the events associated with each picture… as it really lightens the mood.

At such times also wonder if those days could come back & if you could be as carefree as you were just a few years back… the answer is a obvious ‘no’. But it is because of those days that you have lovely everlasting footprints in your mind… Isn’t it?

What Freedom means to me???

Freedom holds different meanings to different people. For the freedom fighters it was the idea of a independent and British free India. For children it is to play & watch TV whenever they want. For a woman it is to choose her career & lifestyle and I don’t really know a man's point of view in this but from what I understand they would be really happy to be free from all the nagging. Actually, I think we all would like that!

This is a very generic or a very broad look at freedom. I feel that the perception of freedom undergoes changes with every stage in life. At least mine has. At 6 I just wanted to play & watch tom & jerry. At 12 going for a school trip would define living freely. At 18 going for overnight parties was freedom.

Now that I think about it "freedom" is not just going out for a trip or choosing a career or choosing your partner. Freedom is much more than that. Freedom is to be free from apprehensions, inhibitions, discriminations, thoughts of jealously or pulling people down and most importantly to be free from one's own past.

Freedom is to live in the present. Past always stops us from doing a lot of good for ourselves. Past gives us instances that many a times stops us from doing something or trying something new. Past experiences & lessons from them are important, but that should not be used as a barbed wire that stops us from venturing new areas of life.

I have been fortunate enough to have family & friends who have been supporting me in new ventures & giving me handy tips that keeps me from getting hurt by the barbed wire.

To conclude, freedom is not just a term that comes up during independence day or republic day to prove a point but its something that is relative it varies from person to person & changes with time. The sooner you accept the truth you can be free & walk towards a better future!