Got any assets?

Today was a blog-blank day so I decided to ask you a question...yes once again :) What do you think is your best asset(s)? Whether it be a quality about you, a person you know, an item you posess or anything else, just write it down. The objective of this is for you to find out what your best asset(s) really is/are (in case you never realised it/them before) and by finding out what it is/they are, it/they may become real handy for you in future...because you may be able to use it/them better for your own self-development and for others' good too.

Influence

The flower in me...

I was once a dancing Daffodil...longing for your sensual rhythm...
I was once a bashful Daisy...basking in the glory of you...
I was once a thorny Rose...beauty in the midst of peril...
I was once an innocent Violet...yearning for an unbound love...
I was once a silent Tulip...wanting every inch of your soul...
I was once a wild Water-Lily...drowning in the river of lust...
I was once a bright red Marigold...craving for your sultry touch...
I was once a white Jasmine...my scent that you seeked so much...
I was once a Baby's Breath...trembling in your strong arms...
I was once a misty Lilac...seeking the dawn of your sensual smile...
I was once a steel Magnolia...passionate moments many I had...
I am now a desolate Lotus...floating till it's time to fade...

Celebrate Life

Guys I got the following words through an email and I put this picture together with it to emphasize the importance of Life...hope you derive something out of it that may affect your life in some good way...read the whole thing it's quite profound.




~~Today before you think of saying an unkind word...think of someone who can't speak...
Before you complain about the taste of your food...think of someone who has nothing to eat...
Before you complain about your husband or wife...think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion...
Today before you complain about life...think of someone who went too early to heaven...
Before you complain about your children...think of someone who desires children but they're barren...
Before you argue about your dirty house; someone didn't clean or sweep...think of the people who are living in the streets...
Before whining about the distance you drive...think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet...
And when you are tired and complain about your job...think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job....
But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker...
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down put a smile on your face and thank God you're alive and still around...~~

Life is a gift
Live it...
Enjoy it...
Celebrate it...
And fulfil it.

Earth Angel

Earth Angel - click to enlarge...

What turns you on?

Ok alot of people tell me a sexy girl or a hot guy turns them on. But surely that cant be it for turning someone on?? What is this 'sexy', what is this 'hot'...what are the elements of these adjectives apart from just looks...hehe...I wanna know what turns you on. I asked a friend and he said what turns him on is the way a woman cooks...hmmm...that's interesting...he said he loves to watch her cutting, chopping, stirring...need I say more...guess he saw me cooking - lol! Another friend said what turned her on was the way a man smokes..alright :) Ok please spill the beans here. After a few I will share mine...hehe.

Diamonds

Ah those words!

Some of my fav lines from some of the greatest singers ever...I can dedicate each of these lines to many people in my life, whether they made me shed tears of joy or tears of pain - after all they are people I crossed paths with in my life...

"...I've seen fire and I've seen rain...I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end...I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend... But I always thought that I'd see you again..."

Fire and rain - James Taylor

"...Empty spaces - what are we living for...Abandoned places - I guess we know the score...On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for..."
Show must go on - Queen

"...She's got a smile that it seems to me...reminds me of childhood memories...where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky...Now and then when I see her face...she takes me away to that special place...and if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry..."
Sweet child o mine - Guns n roses

"...I get so tired when I have to explain...when you’re so far away from me...See you been in the sun and I’ve been in the rain...and you’re so far away from me..."
So far away - Dire Straits

My name is luka...I live on the second floor...I live upstairs from you..yes I think you’ve seen me before...If you hear something late at night...some kind of trouble...some kind of fight...just don’t ask me what it was..."
Luka - Susan Vega

"...And when your fears subside...and shadows still remain...I know that you can love me...when there's no one left to blame...So never mind the darkness...we still can find a way...'cause nothin' lasts forever...even cold November rain..."
November rain - Guns n roses

"...And even though I tried...It all fell apart...what it’s meant to be...will, eventually be, a memory of a time, when I tried so hard and got so far...But in the end, it doesn’t even matter..."
In the end - Linkin Park

"...Take another shot of courage...wonder why the right words never come...you just get numb... It's another tequila sunrise, this old world still looks the same, another frame..."
Tequila sunrise - Eagles

"...All I wanna do is make love to you...one night of love was all we knew...All I wanna do is make love to you..I’ve got lovin’ arms to hold on to..."
All I wanna do is make love to you - Heart

"The woman in me...needs you to be...the man in my arms...to hold tenderly...Cause I'm a woman in love...and it's you I run to...yeah the woman in me...needs the man in you..."
Woman in me - Shania Twain

Give me a whisper...and give me a sigh...give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye...Don't you take it so hard now...and please don't take it so bad...I'll still be thinkin' of you and the times we had...baby..."
Don't cry - Guns n roses

"...It must have been cold there in my shadow,to never have sunlight on your face...You were content to let me shine, that's your way...You always walked a step behind..."
Wind beneath my wind - Bette Midler

"...Shadows grow so long before my eyes...and they’re moving across the page...suddenly the day turns into night...Far away from the city...Well, don’t hesitate, ’cause your love won’t wait..."
Baby I love your way - UB40

"...I felt all flushed with fever, embarassed by the crowd...I felt he'd found my letters and read each one out loud... I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on...Strumming my pain with his fingers...Singing my life with his words..."
Killing me softly - Roberta Flack

"...Near, far, wherever you are...I believe that the heart does go on...Once more you open the door...and you’re here in my heart...And my heart will go on and on..."
My heart will go on - Celine Dion

"...Something in your eyes was so inviting, Something in your smile was so exciting,
Something in my heart, Told me I must have you..."
Strangers in the night - Frank Sinatra

"...Friends will be friends...When you’re through with life and all hope is lost...Hold out your hands cos friends will be friends....Right till the end..."
Friends will be friends - Queen

"...We're caught in a trap...I can't walk out...because I love you too much baby...Why can't you see...what you're doing to me...when you don't believe a word I say?"
Suspicious minds - Elvis Presley

"...There’s no time for us...There’s no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away..From us..
Who wants to live forever..."
Who wants to live forever - Queen

Pride, Bride and Prejudice

Saw 'Bride and Prejudice' over the weekend. Thought it was a classic movie with a superb combination of desi and western habits. However if you're not Indian or do not know much about Indian culture you wouldn't particulary enjoy it as much as I did. What I could relate to was many a things in that movie. Here are some:

*How my mum too chats over coffee with her friends about how her daughers haven't found their men yet and how her home misses grandchildren running around...lol!
*How everyone in the house sits together at dinner and gossips about what not and who's getting married to who etc :)
*How my mum proposes boys for marriage and warns me that if I say NO to him she would never talk to me again..but she ends up talking to me anyways...hehe.
*How a young man will never be approved to stay over at our place because there are young unmarried girls in the house...duh!
*How I'm considered immoral if I talk to a boy without elders around me...jeeez!
*How talking intelligently is not very feminine therefore to keep quiet in front of proposed boys...hmmm.
*How my mum compliments me in front of eligible young men saying I haven't forgotten my origin though I live in Aus...haven't I mum? oh ok :)
*How desi marriage proposals give me nightmares thinking what if I end up being some desi granny serving aloo curry and rice to my husband for the rest of my life, clad in a big fat saree...scary thought!
*How mum sometimes sits in front of the PC logging into Desi matrimonial sites lollllllz!
*How pride and prejudice go hand in hand when it comes to marriage proposals...hehe.
*How a rich Indian engineer guy from the US is always THE most eligible bachelor as per desi mums, irrelevant of the fact that he could be a total idiot...
*How the bride should promise to treat her husband like God and dedicate her whole life to him even if that means having no life...ahemm..
*Last but not the least, how Indian culture bonds the families so beautifully and strongly that there is magic in the love they share...there is culture, discipline and beauty in it that no matter how funny or ridiculous our traits and customs can be, we reign richly in culture...

Feeling fruity?

If you are told to describe yourself using any fruit, what fruit would it be and why? I would give you my answer after a few of yours' :)