Are you grateful for what you have?

How many times do you halt your busy schedule and appreciate what you have? There are many things we should be grateful for, but nowadays, we take most of these things for granted.

"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives." -John F. Kennedy

When I was a kid, I took almost everything for granted, but as I grew up, I learn to enjoy every little thing that life could offer.

Take education for example… Here in Mauritius, school is compulsory but some people don’t realize how lucky they are to be literate; some people might think that being educated is part of their basic Rights, but, it is more likely to be a gift, an opportunity, a privilege…

“An attitude of gratitude brings great things.”  -Yogi Bhajan

There are tons of things to be grateful for: your life, your family and friends, your health, nature, technology, to be able to read this post right now… some people don’t even have a decent place to live and here you are, at your desk, using a PC or cell with an INTERNET CONNECTION!!!

 “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” - Cynthia Ozick

Have you ever noticed the more you get familiar to someone or some situation in your life, you are more likely to take it for granted? Sometimes, we ought to give more attention and show more gratitude to these things…

Be more thankful for this amazing world we are living in... Even if sometimes you are going through a tough time, remember there's always tons of reasons to be grateful for in life.

Don't judge a Book by its Cover

Definitely, our physical appearance doesnt define who we really are, but is appearance soo important nowadays?

Many people formulate conceptions (true or false) about any person without really knowing them!

In the same way, some boys/girls would rather date a physically appealing person instead of the opposite!

Personally, I find it really stupid for someone to be judgemental towards anybody without really knowing their stories, what they've been through & all the stuffs...

Here's a link to an earlier post: http://velocity93.blogspot.com/2011/09/fake-people-all-around.html

"Stop allowing people to dilute or poison your day with their words

or opinions. You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey

through your day without attachment to the validation of others." -Steve Maraboli

Another Gang Rape in India :/

After the gang-rape of a 23 year old student on a bus in Delhi 3 month ago, a Swiss woman, aged 39 years old has been gang raped in a the state of Madhya Pradesh last Friday!

The woman, along with her husband, were camping overnight at a village when they were attacked by 8-10 men! The aggressors got the over hand on the husband before sexually assailing the woman... :/ To top it off, the assailants even stole the valuables stuffs the couple had on them! 

Is India a safe place for women?

Accodring to TrustLaw, India has been ranked as the worst G20 country in which to be a woman! Crimes related to raping is on the growth, with a rise of 9.2% over the previous year. Not to mention the several kidnapping cases or murder over the dowry payments, torture, woman trafficking...

"Female foetuses are aborted and baby girls killed after birth, leading to an appallingly skewed sex ratio. Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women."

Source: bbc.co.uk/

It was only last week that we celebrated International Women's Day, but don't you think that women are being disrespected, sexually discriminated? Not only in India, but all around the world?

Maybe we've built highways, huge buildings but our minds are becoming narrower and more perverted! Families are breaking, values are being jeopardized... We may be gaining more and more knowledge, but at the expense of possessing Wisdom! 

Best Moments of Life

To fall in Love.

To be loved.

Receiving a call/text from your loved one when you are alone

First Crush..

To see an old friend and feel that nothing has changed...

Laughing with your friends till ypur stomach aches :D

Doing stupid things wit your best friends

Late night outs!!!

To get a phone call that says class is cancelled.

To touch the fingers of newly born.

To wake up and realize there's still time to sleep.

To see your parents smile when you are its reason 

To clear your last exam.

Listening to a song that reminds you of someone.

To pee after having to hold it up for some time.

Walking in the rain...

Why i dnt like my University.. :/

Im currently studyin' Engineering and im already in my II semester & i really hate the system they use at our University.

1. Everything is exam-oriented! They are not preparing us for the job world but rather only on how to pass the exams! Everytime the teacher would explain some stuff in class, eventually he would need to say: "Ok, so this part carries 5 marks for exams" and bla bla bla... :/ 

This really sucks cos wat's the use of having an Engineering Degree if you don't even know how the job world really is! 

Engineering Fact

The only thing you type on your Final Year Engineering Project is your name, roll number & group number...

Everything else is: CTRL+C and CTRL+V

2. The teachers would only stick to what is there in the syllabus and would not bother to tell us about the applications where we would use these stuffs in real life!

There's no such thing as innovation, but we needa stufy only exam-related materials...

Engineering Fact

I study... I rake the test!

I pass it...

I forget what I learned...

I start a new Semester!...

3. Personally, for my I-Semester exams, you could just have answered some previous years questionnaires and sit for the exams! 

The questions are merely a repetition of previous years ones.. Sooo, are the students really learning something or they are just learning the answers by heart? 

Engineering Fact

Exams don't test what you know. They test how well you can study the night before the test.

Facebook=Personal Diary?

Nowadays, some people consider their Facebook profile to be their Personal Diary.. They wud post all kinda personal stuffs rangin' from what they are eatin to whom they are f*ckin!!!

Here are some posts I've seen on my news feed:

1. I'm at (some place) wit (tag some friends) !! Im havin such a great timeeeee! 

Bitch please! If u were really havin a great time, with your FRIENDS, you wudnt be postin' a status simultaneously...

2.Smokin (some stuffs)

3. Drinking (some stuffs) with (tag some ppl)

 & they would even post photos:

4. Its rainin' outside!!!

Im sure, very soon, im goin' to see somethin like this:

Boyfriend & girlfriend havin' sex.. Boy says: "Wait i need to update my facebook status that im fckin' you & we're havin a nice time.."

:/

On top of that, Facebook has now come wit some texts in their posting space... In the past, it was std: What's happening ?

Now:

Sounds creepy, but looks like Facebook wants to know everythin' that you're doin or you've been doin'..

To top it off, check out this video which is about: Facebook v/s Reality... Enjoy xx

How hard is it to keep a promise?

Definition of the word ‘promise’: 

assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare that something will happen.

How many times has anyone broken the promises they made to you? And how many times have you broken yours?

Every day people make promises to each other.

Promises can be the stuffs people say to win the elections ranging to a father promising to teach his son to ride a bicycle after he returns from work or simply the promises someone made to their better-half.

Sometimes due to some unforeseen circumstances we cannot keep our words. It may be due to lack of time, budget or simply lack of will!

But personally, all people should keep their promises whatever the age group or the magnitude of the promise made; otherwise, they just don't have to make any promises that they don't intend to keep.

Movie: Hugo Cabret

Hugo is an Americ 3D historical adventure drama movie released in 2011. It relates the story of a 12-year old boy, Hugo, who lives alone at a train station in Paris. By repairing a mechanical device that his father found at a museum where he worked, he deciphered some secrets linked to a great film pioneer Georges Melies.

Here's the trailer: 

During the movie, Hugo stated that a machine is made up only of the parts that it requires for the latter to work effectively and not of unnecessary useless parts... In the same way, the world is made up of people who are here to contribute to something to make a better world...

No one is useless in this world, everybody has been sent to accomplish something...

So don't think of yourself as a good-for-nothin, as a waste of space, but instead think in what way you can be useful to the world, to the people around you... "You're Original and cannot be replaced... You just gotta ignite the light & let it shine! Just own the nite like the 4th of July.. Cos baby you're a Firework, show 'em what you're worth..."

Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Here are some quotes of Marilyn Monroe which I coupled with some of her pictures: 

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them. We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid, so are regrets. If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere. Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are!

Sex is part of nature; I go along with nature. It's not true that I had nothing on, I had the radio on. I love to do the things the censors won't pass. Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman, but loose enough to show you're a lady. I restore myself when I'm alone!

A girl doesnt need anyone who doesnt need her! It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy wit someone. How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself! The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space. Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.

Life is Short...

Laugh often! :D

Give big Hugs...

Play your favorite songs loud 

Make phone calls to loved ones...

Breathe deep :)

Give up on haters!..

Visit family & friends that are far away...

Practice peace 

"It is time to practive peace. It is time to practice consciousness. It is time to practice kindness. It is time to practice embracing each other. And then, maybe, by the grace of God, there will be peace on this earth. I hope so, because the time has come." -Prem Rawat

See the beauty in all the situations :)

Don't sweat the small stuffs!

Dream big & make it happen!!

Love like crazy ♥

45 Things a girl wants but will NOT ask for!

Hey there! This is just some post i saw on Fb & i really  wanted to share it.. 'course, everybody might have their own outlook towards this post :)

1.  Touch her waist.

2. Actually talk to her.

3. Share secrets with her.

4. Give her your jacket.

5. Kiss her slowly.

6. Hug her.

7. Hold her.

8. Laugh with her.

9. Invite her somewhere.

10. Hangout with her and your friends together.

11. Smile with her.

12. Take pictures with her.

13. Pull her onto your lap.

14. When she says she loves you more, deny it. Fight back.

15. When her friends say i love her more than you, deny it. Fight back and hug her tight so she cannot get to her friends. It makes her feel loved.

16. Always hug her and say I love you whenever you see her.

17. Kiss her unexpectedly.

18. Hug her from behind around the waist.

19. Tell her she's beautiful.

20. Tell her the way you feel about her.

21. Open doors for her, walk her to her car- it makes her feel protected, plus it never hurts to act like a gentleman. :P

22. Tell her she's your everything – only if you mean it.

23. If it seems like there is something wrong, ask her- if she denies something being wrong, it means SHE DOESNT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT- so just hug her.

24. Make her feel loved.

25. Kiss her in front of OTHER girls you know!!! THEY MIGHT DENY IT BUT THEY ACTUALLY LIKE AND KINDA WANT YOU TO TICKLE THEM.

26. Don't lie to HER.

27. DON't cheat on her. (Difficult, i kno!)

28. Take her ANYWHERE she wants. (Well it wud be kinda difficult to take to the moon i guess...)

29. Txt messege or call her in the morning and tell her have a good day at work {or school}, and how much you MISS her. ('Course your dad owns a telephone company!!)

30. Be there for her when ever she needs you, & even when she doesn't need you, just be there so she'll know that she can ALWAYS count on you.

31. Hold her close when she's cold so she can hold YOU too.

32. When you are ALONE hold her close and kiss her.

33. Kiss her on the CHEEK; (it will give her the hint that you want to kiss her).

34. While in the movies, put your arm around her and then she will automatically put her head on your shoulder, then lean in and tilt her chin up and kiss her LIGHTLY.

35. Dont EVER tell her to leave even jokingly or act like you're mad. If 

she's upset, comfort her.

36. When people Hurt her, stand up for her. (Thats fckin true!)

37. Look deep into her EYES and tell her you love her.

38. Lay down under the STARS and put her head on your chest so she can listen to the steady beat of your heart, link your fingers together while you whisper to her as she rests her eyes and listens to you .

39. When walking next to each other grab her HAND.

40. When you hug her HOLD her in your arms as long as possible.

41. Call or text her at night to wish her SWEET DREAMS.

42. COMFORT her when she cries and wipe away her tears.

43. Take her for LONG walks at night. (If u want to be in a relatnship, be prepare for some sleepness nights.. :P)

44. ALWAYS Remind her how much you love her.

45. Sit on top of her and tell her how much u love her and then bend down to 

her face and kiss her while sitting on her. (Dont exert too much of your weight while sittin' on her though :D)

Well, havin a gf can be a quite High Maintenance task.. :P