Negligence and responsibility

Hello e'one,

This is a very remarkable incident that happened in my apartment building yesterday. It was around 11:30 in the night, and if you guys think that every body were in deep sleep dreaming romantically ;-) about their hero/heroines...then you are wrong :-(

All the tenants of the Quest on Willis apartment were on the road in that terrible cold, not much of them were on their shoes and jacket as well :-(
Ofcourse, no one was all that crazy to come out at that time :-) We were assembled on the road because of the fire alarm that sneaked into all of our rooms and woke us up. Fortunately, some lucky ppl like me were still awake and could easily manage to get down through the stairs...but for others who were in deep sleep, it was a miserable one to get, dress up and get out of the building.

After all this scene, everyone managed to get out of the building and were assembled on the road. In less than 2 mins, 3 fire engines came, followed by 2 ambulance and a police car. It was very funny that the fire men were not able 2 get into the main door without the sensor cards...hehehe...but jokes apart...the point to be noted here is the responsiveness and reactive nature of the fire man in trying to prevent the accident...

The fire men came, checked the entire building and got out...It seemed they had come as though to switch off the alarm....;-) But if we throw some more insight on this regard we can get to the topic of this blog.

I hope all of u might not have forgotten the Kumbakonam incident :-( So many innocent kids were just burnt like that...for no reason....Had the fire engine been on time without a call, just like as it happened in my building (No one called the fire service, its the deductor kept in all floors that rings automatically), so many young, innocent lives would have been saved.

I am not blaming the entire government for this, all I am saying is that, its hightime that govt starts thiking in these lines of building a safer place to live and work. Also, the other thing that I noticed was the people's discipline on roads when a fire engine/ambulance is on roads. People here, respect other's occupation and give importance to their role and responsibility. We cannot just walk like that straight and begin with a conversation even to the security/receptionist. You need to respect them, ask them if they can be of some help and then talk to them.

My Inspiration

Hi folks,

I am happy and energetic today, for this is my first blog that I have started to write in my life. For me, writing blogs were never considered to be a big thing, until today. So, what is that "something" that had inspired me in writing this?? It was me, myself.

The real fact behind this, if I share, would be a silly thing. But, I would like to mention here about that as well. I was uploading my pictures in my website, and was writing some description (detailed) one for each album. When I started to write that, I some how felt that I am stumbling for words to put them appropriately and was messing up things.

I had just dumped the issue for the time being, and got back to my work. But I was not able to get rid of it completely. The truth was that, I had scarcity of words to write something fully, and to express myself and what i think, through words...and that really made me feel desparate and drove me here.....straight....to a place where I can start writing/sharing my own thoughts.

Thanks to my appa and amma for supporting me in this, for I shared with them what I felt, and they were happy to review my writing for me. So, here we go...you can expect some crazy posts from me.

Appa, amma - thanks for reviewing it.

Cheers,
-Priya

Life going downbound

Hello,

God is absolutely amazing!! I was happy yesterday all day, which made me to start my scribbling, and today, He has done a striking change in my mood in a short span of hours!!! Today, I wanted to share one of the bitter and terrible experience that I had in my life with you. For those kind of ppl who are bold and brave in life, these kinda incidents are subtle.

God has always nurtured us and showered His love and affection on each and every individual whom ever He creates. Having said this, some times, I get a strange question/feeling, that still remains unanswered inside me....If God is the one who is behind everything, and if He is the one who is acting as the driving force, and if He thinks all of us in the world as His babies, why does He place he also create situations that places us amidst of sorrows and pains?? Is it for tuning a man's mind and make him understand and get convinced that God is the almighty? Or is it being done by God himself inorder for the Humans to realise that they should do good deeds once in a while and guide them through the right path???Why ?? Why these???

Perhaps I could get an answer when I complete my thoughts :-) But the reason why I am cribbing over all these is because of one such incident that happened to me today.

I believe in God, and thinks that God gives opportunity for every body in life. With these opportunities given to man in life, some body ask/have good wishes, some have bad. God grants the wishes both for good and bad.

My trip to NZ was once such wish that was granted by Him. I reached here, and I was feeling perfectly fine, as traveling abroad was my first and foremost passion in my life. I was all happy when I landed here. Things started moving on, and God was further doing good and showered his blessings on me by making my stay extended for some more time.

But here is the catch, when He made me to fall in His trap !! NZ immigration says that, if a person has to stay for more than 6 months, he/she has to take the medicals and prove to them that He/She is healthy. However, I had not done the medicals when I was in India, and had to complete them after arriving here. Though I had so much of issues, medically, I was able to be successful in that and was able to convince the doctors.

I realised the existence of God Himself when He made me run past all these hindrances. Finally a day came when everything was fine, and I had all my papers for filing the visa. I was all in high excitement and went to the visa consultant. And this is the fifth or sixth time, that I am appearing in front of the Visa consultants and still not successful in getting through my application. And this time was no different than the previous ones. I was again told that one of the form was missing which is due from the Radiology Unit. I was in the heights of frustration. Unfortunately, the radiologists had misplaced the form and they are clueless as where it could have gone. So, until I get that, I will not be able to file the visa. I started scolding God like anything and lost temper completelty.

As soon as I came out of the builing with dejection, I got into a taxi and headed straight to my office. I just happened to have a chat with the cab driver, and to my surprise, he was a desi Indian. The guy seemed to be floating in happiness in striaght contrast with me. I was fully dejected in sorrow as I had just got my visa application status, and God made me to meet up with this guy in less than a minute who was very happening. The cab wala (A term in hindi to address a guy by this nature of work) enquired about my day so far, and just as if I was waiting for this question, I immediately replied him that it was not at all good. The driver replied me, that no day is a bad day, and all days were/will be good for him. He added that it was all upto the individual to decide which day is good, bad and worse. Though this is just another statement that anybody would tell, the indepth meaning of it is really worth sharing. I was completeley astonished and taken aback with the enormous spirit of life the guy had at his 60.

I smiled at him and wished him good luck and departed. But I sat back, relaxed and give a thought of what he said. It actually made much sense to me only after I started thinking of it deeply. Words are mere words...they do nothing unless we understand the essence of them. I realised it only when I was alone, thinking of the fate that was instore for me.

God gives everyone, some chances to prosper in life. It is upto the duty of the human being, to take it in the right sense, and make the most of it. I started consoling myself and thought that I will be able to file for the visa atleast tomorrow, if the radiologist can help me in filling another form for the immigration. For everything that happens in life, there is definitely a super power that has control/execution above us. It is upto the human being, to understand his role in this world, and to analyse his importance in life and prioritize according to his life.

God never takes responsibility of the state that you are in at any given point of time, though he silently keeps watching us. If we have the trust in Him, rest all goes fine. We get to pray Him properly only when we confront any difficulty. Otherwise, we never allocate any time/money/value/thanks/thought towards Him. When this really crosses a threshold at one stage, I think thats when God reverts backs to us with a message that its high time we change our attitude.

For some, the message delivered might be just a warning, with a little or no impact on life, and just a message. It is extremely good and better if man finds that out and picks up from his mistakes. For some, the message might be critical and devastating, with a major impact of his or his loved ones life. In such cases, it is very easy to blame/abuse God for having done this, but a wise man should start thinking of what can be done and then still continue to trust Him.

In God we trust and rest all will be taken care by him. So, I am also continuing to carry my ropes of hope that I would get my visa through and be successful.

Appa, and amma - Hope I can expect some nutritious comments on my above thoughts from your end very soon :-)




Cheers,
-Priya