Never miss an opportunity to be fabulous

There is a very nice audio piece available online called " What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20"
As its description says " Provides insight to life, and the little things that make a big difference"
I found it very insightful - for anybody, of any age I would recommend listening to it.

http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1549

I love the part where she says "Never miss an opportunity to be fabulous"

CLUELESS

As i have mentioned I've been spending a lot of time painting lately... something that i've enjoyed doing but never found enough time to.
now i come to a crossroad in my life where i have to decide...
art or engg?
ENGINEERING.... I've (almost) finished engineering in electronics and communication.. and gotten a decent job ( though at a software company...) I think taking up this job will give me an insight about how the corporate world works. Future plans.... somewhere in my mind i want to do an MBA.I have no clue whether I'll actually be good at it.... though my dad claims I have an aptitude for it!
ART... I just enjoy doing that.... again have ABSOLUTELY no idea how good i am! easy for someone to say follow ur heart.... not so easy to figure out how to actually do that for a living!

Ultimately I hope to do something on my own... start of a business of some kind. There are so many things to do in life and so little time!!! Why can't a day have 50 hours instead of 24??!?!

Upto Infinty...

Ever look up at the sky and wonder whats happening in the star thats
10 light years away? Wonder what those tiny, sparking stars are
actually made of?? Where we came from? How our solar system came into
existance? Well... it might amaze you a little to know that we are
actually a small panet that revolves around an average sized star at
the side arms of one of the 10 billion galaxies that are present in

the universe...

Reading the last line, one thought pops into my head.
Insignificance.... all of us are so wrapped up in our daily lives that
we fail to see the bigger picture. Each one lives in their own world
and being so absorbed in it... like an isolated sphere. But we can't
survive on our own... interactions with the outside world make us who
we are. We have to looks at things from a higher plane and not be
absorbed in our own sense of importance.

Another angle... everything, however small is important by itself...
as they say, tiny drops of water make an ocean. Every spec has
something unique, something that sets it apart from the rest. And all
the parts have to co-exist and co-ordinate with each other for the
whole to perform efficiently. I don't have much knowledge to offer
about the management side of things...( i think 'zilch' would be the
perfect word to use!! :) ) but i believe this is one of the main
criteria to be fulfilled for any organisation to perform efficiently.

ps- the picture is of a perfect spiral galaxy that i found online long ago.... i hope i'm not violating some ten zillion copyright laws!!!

science n art

As a student of science, I strive to understand everything around me.
To comprehend how things work, be it from simple questions like "what
causes the tides?" to the most mysterious... " where have we come
from?" In the ever-changing world that we live in, there is never an
end to stop learning about things and never a place you can draw line
to stop asking th e question " WHY?"

But then the artist within me steps in... and i wonder, does
everything really NEED a reason? its a totally different perspective
to look at things... just look and appreciate the beauty in it. Just
stop for a minute from your fast-paced schedule and look around you...
take a 180 degree turn if required!! As the cliche goes... think with
your heart and not your head... the sights, the sounds, the smells.
Absorb the vibrant colours, feelings, emotions and i'm sure you'll
find something that will make you smile.

Breaking everything down part by part so that you understand the
complex mechanisms involved in the system, leaves you with only rubble
in the end. I believe that some things left unexplained intrigue
you.... and add that spark of mystery and magic to you life.

Summer is here

Summer is back in Chennai - As if it was ever gone in the first place!!!

And everyone's cribbing about the heat and refusing to step out of the house.

Sitting in the comfort of my room I think about all the things that I look forward to during summer....

MANGOES, MANGOES AND MORE MANGOES!!!
Is there anything other reason required.....
( You're looking at a person who refused to goto the U.S. for two months 'cuz its mango season)

Well if you do....

School's over and kids are back home, running around the street ...

Gaze up at the trees and look at sara-konnai ( a type of yellow flower ) hanging like a bunch of grapes ...

Who can forget the road side vendors selling 'elaneer' ( tender coconut ) at every street corner...

Everytime even a drop of water falls on the ground, the smell it gives out ( of new rain... though rain is nowhere in sight! )

And the ten million people that gather to Marina and Elliots Beach every evening, whether its to get a breath of fresh air or to look at the other people who come there... :)


With people fleeing the city to escape the heat, there are a few that refuse to budge ... Just to get a taste of the Chennai summer...

My passion!!

I'm currently doing my final year engineering in Chennai and am very passionate about art. I am currently painting away to glory as I have tons of free time ( the only thing that makes me smile when I think about not having to goto college!! ) I literally live, breathe and sleep paint. And whether I get paint on my canvas or not, sure do get a lot on my hands and clothes!!

I need to spend more time looking at other people's views and thoughts about various forms of art and I feel reading more blogs is the way to go!

My first blog!!!

Finally I've gotten down to starting off my own blog!
Hoping this blog gets my thoughts organised and gives you something interesting to read about!