Kiki please come back.

It was just a post before that I was congratulating Kiki (my friend Bryan’s pet parrot) for winning the third price in parrot trick competition. And I am very shocked to know that Kiki is now lost. Due to carelessness Kiki flew out of my friend’s 10th story flat. She would not have died in the fell cos she knows how to fly, but due to her clipped flight feathers she would not be able to fly high. It has been a week since she was lost. She does not know how to find food nor identify its predators. I keep my fingers crossed that she is no dead and pray that Kiki would be fine.
If you guys happen to follow up on all the tricks that Kiki has mastered you can feel how much effort and dedication Bryan must have put on his pet, and how dear, Kiki must be to him. No words can comprehend his lost and I can’t find the words to console him.
I felt similar sadness when my pet oriental red Discus died after 2 years being with me. But to me my fish never spoke no responded to my commands. I am sure many of my readers must have pets which they are very attached to, if you do please post your comments.

Happy Birthday Mother!

Today is Mother Theresa’s Birthday. If one could call a lady who was the mother to the world is Mother Theresa. Mother Theresa would be 98 years old if she had not died. But she lives in my heart and in the hearts of many. She was not known for her missionary work, but for her humanitarian work.
I am proud to have lived to know about her and after me I will make sure the generations after me would remember her. Angels do exist and she was one of such angels sent from god.

i changed my template

I have changed my log template. It was not pre-planed, I just happen to fiddle with the template function and I lost my blog roll and the awards I got form my blogging friends.
Instead of just reverting back to the old template I have decided to change it. I didn’t make this new template though, cos I and designing are planets apart. I got my template from this site http://www.bloggerbuster.com. All credits to them.

I would also like to congratulate Bryan and his pet parakeet Kiki for winning the bronze medal in the “Best parrot trick” competition. I have been following up with the progress of kiki for a long time since he started keeping a parrot. I am glad his and Kiki’s efforts have been rewarded. Watch kiki in action @ Bryan’s Angels.

I wish I was a fish in the sea.

When went to Australia, I planned to do one dare devil stunt. That was to do sky diving. Both my parents refused to let me do it, thus refused to fund me for it. My compromise was if I can’t sky dive, I must do scuba dive (even this my parents refused but I managed to convince my mother).
To scuba dive was just a compromise, but once I have done my PADI open water dive I realized that this was my calling. My initial fears was, what will happen if I were to drown in the sea. The sea, which I was so much afraid of, changed my fear into my passion with its mesmerizing beauty.
If there was one Quote that I can describe about the sea is this “LIFE GOES ON! “. This is how the fishes live their life:
When a big thing (Shark, whale, any predator) comes by, the ones who can hide will hide, the ones who can swim will swim, the ones are meant to be hunted will get hunted, and when the predator is gone, the fishes will all come back and continue with what they were doing. This happens just seconds after the tragedy that happened a while ago. The sea recovers faster than anything, and “LIFE GOES ON!”
For a fish its playground is bigger than its imagination, because in its lifetime it will never swim finish the ocean. There is always something there to explore. Every day is special. Tomorrow or the day after it might die, but it lives its life happily with no regrets, no thoughts about the future. The sea provides everything, entertainment, food, sanitation and relationships.
As a fish you can choose to live a life in a big school of sardines, or a Rambo like the great white, or be a gang of desperados like the whales, a gang of fun friends like dolphins, fighting with sharks for fun and saving distressed human divers. Or you could choose to sit there like an oyster for years getting irritated all your life to produce a discharge called Perl which the female human specimen will crave for.
Whatever choice you make the sea has something for you. Too bad I am human, but I can’t resist the sea’s calling. This is my future plan
I will involve my life partner into diving, and when every possible we will explore the various seas in the world together. I am not interested in the 7 or the 8 wonders, just she and I in the sea floating weightlessly with no cares of tomorrow.(but with care for the amount of air left in my tank for the next minute!)

Wouldn’t it been easier if I god has put me in the fish basket and not the human basket?

Celebrating the Singapore Spirit

On the 9th August 6, 2008 my motherland Singapore celebrates her 43rd birthday. Singapore is a first world country right now. And during these 43 years of its growth there is mastermind behind its growth, the genius is none other than minister mentor Lee Kwan yew. From a fishing village to a first world country Singapore’s growth is phenomenal .Today I thank that man to have given me the proud feeling that I get when I tell someone that I am a Singaporean.

When I was in primary school (elementary school) the school’s annual sports day and the national day would be on the same day. Every child in Singapore will receive a gift from the education minister. It would be a stationary set, a bag or something very useful. I used to look forward to that day because whether or not I win something in the games, I would still go home with a prize.

Sadly as I am in Chennai I would be missing the celebrations. Although I might be in India, my heart is in Singapore. I feel proud to be a Singaporean.
With great respect, pride and camaraderie I recite my nation’s pledge for my Singapore:

We, the citizens of Singapore,
pledge ourselves as one united people,
regardless of race, language or religion,
to build a democratic society
based on justice and equality
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and
progress for our nation.

Here is a link to a song that describes the growth of Singapore.

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=piF_2PQSkBM&feature=related

One People, One Nation, One Singapore

Batman is back…

I managed to catch “The Dark Knight” at satyam today. Don’t worry guys no spoilers here, only promos. Initially I did not want to watch it because I didn’t like the previous installment of the movie, thinking that it would be boring just like the previous one I decided to give it a pass. But after reading Arvind’s post about the movie I decided to give it a chance. And I am glad I did. The action sequences in the movie were mind blowing.
I would compare it with a James bond movie. Christian bale should replace Daniel Craig as the next James bond. His acting was charismatic and he fit the role beautifully. I might even watch the movie again.
Truly the batman series have evolved, and being a kid who grew up watching batman on TV with the fight sequences described with “pow!” and “bang!” captions flashed on the screen, I can tell this move has done justice for the superhero I once idolized.
This movie brought back memories of me and my brother playing batman and robin when I was young. I was batman and he was Robin, my bed was the bat-mobile and all our toy guns were arranged on the bed. We were the dynamic duo for just 30 minutes, after which we will end up fighting over a toy and some furniture will break in the house. Mum will show up and take his side, since he is younger I should let him win and all those standard crap.
Readers: Please treat yourself to this movie and I assure you that you will not be disappointed. You might want to treat me to a fancy dinner, for making your watch it. I am waiting….

Happy Friendship Day

I would like to dedicate this poem to all my blogging friends. I read this poem when I was still in high school and thanks to another friend “Google” I found it. I am not a poet, nor am I good with words so I am using someone else’s poem to wish you guys “Happy friendship Day”

When trouble come your soul to try
You love the friend who just "stands by."
Perhaps there's nothing he can do-
The thing is strictly up to you;
For there are troubles all your own,
And paths the soul must tread alone;
Times when love cannot smooth the road
Nor friendship lift the heavy load,
Bust just to know you have a friend
Who will "stand by" until the end,
Whose sympathy through all endures,
Whose warm handclasp is always yours-
It helps, someday, to pull you through,
Although there's nothing he can do,
And so with fervent heart you cry,
"God bless the friend who just 'stands by' !"

B. Y. WILLIAMS
Dedicated specially to : Arvind, Anju , Bryan Xie , Gunj , Lena , Lemonade , Shalini , Ponnarasi Kothandaraman and many more readers.