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    Don't we just love 'good' weather?

    'Good' is subjective.

    I live in the southern side of the equator, the climate here is generally warm, dry and sunny. For almost half the population in the world, this would be the 'place to be', especially during this time of the year, nearing the holiday season. They're all probably saying,
    'Oh those lucky ****!'.

    But for the so-called-lucky population here, we're just waiting for the temperature to drop, waiting for some rain. And finally when it does rain, everybody is complaining!

    I just love a rainy day! Cold, dark, wet outside, makes you wanna stay in bed, under the blanket, with your hands in-between your legs, bringing back so many wonderful memories of the wonderful things you've done in the cold-rainy days, just like this one.
     
    Maybe it's just that way for me, but I think that's how at least some-people in the hotter parts of the world, long for a cold day.

    Rain is always magic, it makes a normal day, seem adventurous. Anyting you do when it rains (other than sitting at your desk in front of your computer, or watching TV) outdoors, feels like a challenge. But this is true only for the people who don't have regular rainy days.

    It's hard to explain, let me give you an example (something I'm good at, ha ha).

    Imagine your staying in the Antarctic, and your soaked and surrounded by cold-freezing snow all year. And suddenly, one morning, everything around you is green, fresh, dry and sunny? Wouldn't you feel like your in heaven?
     
    We'll that's almost exactly how I feel, when I wake up to a 'suprise' rainy day. I might be exaggerating a little, but I'm sure you understand what I mean.

    Rain makes everything clean, washes away all the dirt, and gives us a fresh feeling, that's the reason why the rainbow is so beautiful, not for it's colour, but for the way you feel when your looking at it.

    I'm just writing my mind today, nothing informative at all, but I'm hoping I made someone enjoy the rain a little more. Even just looking at these pictures can soothe your mind, that's the power of nature.

    What do you think about the rain? Have you enjoyed the rain? Let me know.
     
    Hope you have a special rainy day too and thank you for your patience with me.
     
    (Note: I do not take credit for any of the pictures on this page, and my humble thank you to the photographers who took these lovely pictures. I could not find the exact source, so if you own any of the pictures, leave me a message and I'll be happy to leave credits or links to you.)
  • Well it's been a while since my last post, been busy with designing my new page, and learning my share of HTML and CSS to build my own site. 

    I just realized, I like do things the hard way, and the satisfaction of being able to do something, all-by-myself with my bare hands and be proud of it, is something that drives me. Right from making my music, to the sports I play, I'm independent; don't ask me why, but that's the way I like it..

    Right from school, I liked tennis and badminton, while I was good at basketball and volleyball.. Whats the difference.? Tennis and badminton I am the team, my rules, it only affects me if I win or lose, while the other two are team games. 

    Sometimes it makes me feel arrogant or self-centered, but I don't think I am. I love to be in teams and work in teams, I love to share responsibilities, and discovering something new and creative as a team, but just one small condition, it should be a team of like minded and hardworking people.. I put in a lot of effort to most of the things I love to do, and if I'm in a team, at-least the majority of them should work in a similar way.. But how often would we ever get a team like that??

    I've been in teams where we all start out with so much determination and enthusiasm, that we seem unstoppable, and the goal seems so near, but few days into it, almost everyone's bored or lazy or uninterested. Few days later, someone jumps up and gives in some determination and words of advice and they get up and start working again, but then the laziness happens all over again.
     
    Team work is the common word in the corporate world these days, everyone believes in team work and how powerful it is.. Team work is powerful, it can do wonders, but we need the right team, and a good leader to motivate, organize and bring out the best in all.  

    My post on me being independent is turning into an lecture on teamwork and leadership., haha..
      

    We'll the point I'm trying to make today is, 'you don't always need a team, you don't always need a teacher.'

    When I got my piano (almost 10years ago), I couldn't find the right music teacher, maybe I dint look in the right places, maybe I was just lazy to go and read sheet music. Normally, I would have kept my piano in its box and waited for the right music teacher to come and teach me right from chapter one, but I'm proud to say that's not what happened this time.

    There was a thought that came to my mind that day, and I will always remember it. Its what drives me everyday, even to this day, and I wish to share it with you.. 

    ''Who taught the inventor of the piano, to play the piano?" and "If that guy could, why can't I ?".



    Firstly, I really don't know who invented the piano; wikipedia says - (Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano.) but that's a different story.

    If Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco, could make the piano from scratch, and learn to play it, and make sweet music on it, without the help of a teacher, why cant we.? 

    In this 'modern' world we claim to be independent, even though we need help for everything we do and we are very dependent. Let me give you a small example of that.. 
    There's an App ( mobile application) now, to find your way inside a book store, you just type in what your looking for, and the App shows you where to find the book, I draws you a route map of the inside of the store and where your book is. That is just super cool, so easy, so perfect, a true time saver.. right? 

    But what about those books you would have accidentally stumbled upon, when you were looking for your book without the app, a book which would have been a much better read, than the one your looking for? 
    It might be a small issue for many, but its a big thing for me.. I feel in life, every small journey has its reasons, I would love to work my way up the Mt. Everest and reach the peak, than to just appear there by magic (no fun in that). Its not the best of examples, I know!, but you get the picture, the journey is what our memory cherishes, let's not miss out on that, we live just once.

    Most of you who read this, is probably thinking, this is a really confused guy writing this, well I think so too. I asked you to be independent, and also work in teams, I asked you to climb the Everest and not take the shortcut, cause the journey is important; well I guess I've confused you too now, ha ha:)

    Moral of my story.? Teamwork is the best, but if you don't have the perfect team, fear not, a single human-being can do wonders (just takes a little longer), but when your at your goal, you are the new master of it.. Hope this makes sense now..
     
    What is your view on this topic? Let me know..
     
    Thank you again for your patience with me..







  • A small demo track, made some years back. Inspiration form Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love, one of my Favorite songs from the band. Comment, tell me what you think.    

     










  • This is almost like the oldest song I've made, and its very close to my heart. I have plans of remaking the song with better quality, have to start from scratch, will keep you posted if anything comes up. Enjoy the song, comment on it, I would love to hear from you. Cheers.!

            
  • Today was just a normal morning, checked my phone and replied to all the people waiting for me to finish our conversation, left overs from last night.. I'm finding it really hard to wake up in the mornings, guess its time to move to a different time zone..
    (This is my first 'serious' blog., and I plan to keep writing regularly.. Would be nice to keep track of the things I say and do., almost like a diary., maybe someday someone will read it, and there will be something useful that could help them)

    Okay, so let me continue.! It was really warm today, felt like it was the hottest day of the week., nothing special about that, but then after lunch time, everything changed., the clouds turned grey and the freshness in the air had that amazing smell of the rain, if I was a peacock I would have done my dance right then to celebrate, I was so excited.. I am a 'nose' person., my nose is my strongest sensory organ, I feel I'm blind sometimes, and even though music is my biggest hobby, I still think my nose is stronger than my ears.


    So me and my one-month old nephew, sat on the rocking chair, near the window, enjoying the beautiful rain.. He saw his first thunder and lightening just then in my arms., it was a really special moment for us.. I was explaining to him what the thunder is and lightening is, he wasn't scared of either.. I don't think he learnt anything form me either., but it was my duty as uncle to tell him, right.?

    As tonne's and tonne's of liters of water poured down from the heavens, it made me wonder how heavy a bucket of water on my head would feel., leave alone so much water, floating in the clouds above my head.. It was not a simple thing.. I've learnt my environmental sciences in school, and I guess I know the science behind it all., but still there was so much in this everyday phenomena that amazed me.. Guess nature will always amaze us, however intelligent or advanced we've become..

    How does a seed know what is its purpose in this world.?, it has to find water in the soil., use it to bring out its first leaf and a root, to find more water., and with that one leaf, absorb enough energy from the sun, to grow to a tree that can as be as tall as the Eiffel Tower., which took so many years to build and we know how much effort., its really amazing., and I keep forgetting that plants are living things..

    
    (updated) My nephew AJ and myself (he's about 7months old in this pic)


    These-past-few weeks, after my nephew was born, I got to spend a lot of time with him., first time I'm experiencing what its like to take care of a new born and how hard yet wonderful it can be.. We human's are so helpless when were born., we cant do anything on our own, all we know is to cry when we want anything.. But a new born deer knows it needs to run to survive, before it can even walk., and it learns to run in no time.. Its like they all went to some kind of training school on life, before they got here, and we the great humans cannot figure out what life is, and spend our whole life trying to figure it out..

    The rain can teach you so much, if we spend some time to listen., every pitter-patter is words of wisdom from the skies, but I was always too busy to listen, or guess I should say ignorant. Today i could see the rain., hear it., smell it., and even feel is splashing on my face., i felt like there was someone out there watching after me right then., felt like i was not alone in this world.. The rain is magic., and its from the skies., its got to be good.., heck! I guess its the best gift of nature..

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