Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Inspirational Quotes
It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is more
painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that
person know how you feel.
God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right person
one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to
be grateful for that gift. Love is when you take away the feeling, the
passion, and the romance in a relationship and find out you still care
for that person. Life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you,
only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just
have to let go.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens but often times we
look so hard at the closed door that we don't see the one which has
been opened for us.
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing
with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best
conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's
also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love
you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in
their hearts but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.
There are things you'd love to hear that you would never hear from the
person whom you would like to hear it from them from, but don't be so
deaf as not to hear it from the one who says it from his heart.
Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed
to those who still believe although they've been betrayed, to those who
still love although they've been hurt before.
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like
someone and a day to love someone--but it takes a lifetime to forget
someone.
Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that
fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a
smile to make a dark day seem bright. Hope you find the one of your
dreams.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just
want to pick them out of your dreams and hug them for real! Hope you
find the one who makes you smile.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want
to be, because you only have one life and one chance to do all the
things you want to do.
Pray you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make
you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you
happy.
Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it
probably hurts the person too.
Careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a
timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be just themselves, and
not twist them with our own image--otherwise, we love only the
reflection of ourselves we find in them.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes their way.
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have
searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the
importance of people who have touched their lives.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you
can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and
heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and
everyone else around you is crying.
painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that
person know how you feel.
God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right person
one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to
be grateful for that gift. Love is when you take away the feeling, the
passion, and the romance in a relationship and find out you still care
for that person. Life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you,
only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just
have to let go.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens but often times we
look so hard at the closed door that we don't see the one which has
been opened for us.
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing
with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best
conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's
also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love
you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in
their hearts but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.
There are things you'd love to hear that you would never hear from the
person whom you would like to hear it from them from, but don't be so
deaf as not to hear it from the one who says it from his heart.
Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed
to those who still believe although they've been betrayed, to those who
still love although they've been hurt before.
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like
someone and a day to love someone--but it takes a lifetime to forget
someone.
Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that
fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a
smile to make a dark day seem bright. Hope you find the one of your
dreams.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just
want to pick them out of your dreams and hug them for real! Hope you
find the one who makes you smile.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want
to be, because you only have one life and one chance to do all the
things you want to do.
Pray you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make
you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you
happy.
Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it
probably hurts the person too.
Careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a
timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be just themselves, and
not twist them with our own image--otherwise, we love only the
reflection of ourselves we find in them.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes their way.
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have
searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the
importance of people who have touched their lives.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you
can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and
heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and
everyone else around you is crying.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
My First Hike
My first hike was…, well it was memorable. I would not have thought I could make it, but I cheated. I had inspiration from this little marauder. A 10 year old girl, Ana, so confident that she would make it helped me occlude my mind from thoughts of deserting the hike.
We got to the Nagarjun reserve at 9. The armymen at the base got us to ‘register’ our trip with them; they assured us that if we were to get lost, lose one of our friends they would come to the rescue… how very reassuring! Well, we started the hike and the very first climb was killing my feet. When I asked Vishnu dai how long we would walk, he said it would be an hour more to the top. I doubled this in my mind; I was sure he was trying to make me feel we were closer than we actually were. We walked on; stopped in various places and discussed everything from Nepalese politics to integrity of politicians. That was fun, everybody hated all politicians! We finally ended our ascent at around 11. Standing at the tower, and telling myself I had no fear of heights, I felt an exhilarating sense of accomplishment, for having walked up this far. We met an Englishman, Ivon who was cycling around the valley. He has been on vacations since January and has been cycling ever since! We started our descent and I decided that hiking was not such a bad thing.
It was at this time that Surendra Dai and Vishnu Dai decided to ‘Jazz it up’. God, we were walking a normal looking path when they suddenly entered a forest. For 15 minutes we walked on a difficult terrain. Then we had to stop. The hill ahead looked like a straight fall. And, we could not even go back; the path was nearly impossible to climb back, at least for me! We sent out scouts, they said we could come down. Well, I will not go into details, but more than once I thought I would not make it back to my chair on Monday. Well, we slid, fell, got ourselves bruised as we continued the descent. With help from more experienced members of the party, I got halfway down the fall. Now, Vishnu dai asked me to slide! I was SCARED. I tried but had no control over it. Vishnu dai yelled at me to slide on my feet, not my bum, well, that was helpful. I got down to the foot of the hill. There was a sense of relief within me. Not that the hike was over, but that I was still alive. Wow! Well, after that we started walking on a riverbed, with no water in it. It was not monsoon, thank god for small favours. We met a party from Kathmandu. They had come to inspect the water. Well, they told us that we were quite a long way off our target, but that we would meet the highway in an hour. Well, we had just started walking when this party got on their pickup truck. We finally hitch-hiked the last 5 kilometers.
The trip was insane, surely by my standards, given I was on my first hike.
Signing off, until I get a fresh bout of insanity.
We got to the Nagarjun reserve at 9. The armymen at the base got us to ‘register’ our trip with them; they assured us that if we were to get lost, lose one of our friends they would come to the rescue… how very reassuring! Well, we started the hike and the very first climb was killing my feet. When I asked Vishnu dai how long we would walk, he said it would be an hour more to the top. I doubled this in my mind; I was sure he was trying to make me feel we were closer than we actually were. We walked on; stopped in various places and discussed everything from Nepalese politics to integrity of politicians. That was fun, everybody hated all politicians! We finally ended our ascent at around 11. Standing at the tower, and telling myself I had no fear of heights, I felt an exhilarating sense of accomplishment, for having walked up this far. We met an Englishman, Ivon who was cycling around the valley. He has been on vacations since January and has been cycling ever since! We started our descent and I decided that hiking was not such a bad thing.
It was at this time that Surendra Dai and Vishnu Dai decided to ‘Jazz it up’. God, we were walking a normal looking path when they suddenly entered a forest. For 15 minutes we walked on a difficult terrain. Then we had to stop. The hill ahead looked like a straight fall. And, we could not even go back; the path was nearly impossible to climb back, at least for me! We sent out scouts, they said we could come down. Well, I will not go into details, but more than once I thought I would not make it back to my chair on Monday. Well, we slid, fell, got ourselves bruised as we continued the descent. With help from more experienced members of the party, I got halfway down the fall. Now, Vishnu dai asked me to slide! I was SCARED. I tried but had no control over it. Vishnu dai yelled at me to slide on my feet, not my bum, well, that was helpful. I got down to the foot of the hill. There was a sense of relief within me. Not that the hike was over, but that I was still alive. Wow! Well, after that we started walking on a riverbed, with no water in it. It was not monsoon, thank god for small favours. We met a party from Kathmandu. They had come to inspect the water. Well, they told us that we were quite a long way off our target, but that we would meet the highway in an hour. Well, we had just started walking when this party got on their pickup truck. We finally hitch-hiked the last 5 kilometers.
The trip was insane, surely by my standards, given I was on my first hike.
Signing off, until I get a fresh bout of insanity.
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